1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: You're listening to Draftings Network. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 2: Welcome to the twenty twenty three Anak and Florian Podcast 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: Awards and now your hosts, John Anakin Kenny. 4 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: Florian sow you new Year's resolutions going, Ken Flow. Good 5 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: to be back with all of you folks after the 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: bye week for us. Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Hanukkah, 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: Happy New Year. It is Tuesday, January two, twenty twenty four, 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: and we are back with our first episode of the 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: Aniconmploring Podcast for the New Year, presented by DraftKings Ken FLLL. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: A little under the weather to begin twenty twenty four. 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: How are we feeling? 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, got a little cold. 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 4: You know, my daughter gets sick, my son gets sick, 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 4: my wife gets sick, and then you know, I thought 15 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 4: I was in the clear, but no, I always tend 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 4: to get it last though, so. 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 3: That's kind of a win. But yeah, have a little 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: stuffed up man. How are you doing? 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing okay. It was pretty nasally myself over the weekend. 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: My wife asked for Christmas. The only thing she wanted 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: was one night in Miami, and of course I was 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: sick as a dog. So we had a good time 23 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: at the Mandarin Oriental Miami. They're going to demolish actually 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: the whole goddamn thing and create something absolutely incredible right 25 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: there on the water in Miami, Florida. But it was 26 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: nice to have a little UFC respite. Of course, next 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: week on Monday, we're back with you, getting you ready 28 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: for the UFC's first live event of the new year, 29 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: January thirteenth. But today, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the ninth 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: annual half PUS the Anak and Florian Podcast Awards. Now 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: we could do fifteen twenty twenty five categories, we have 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: ten categories for you today. Ray Longo is going to 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: join us for the back half of the episode. He 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: has winners for some of our high profile categories such 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: as Knockout of the Year. I think he'll give you 36 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: a mail Fighter of the Year and also a Personality 37 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: of the Year. We used to do a Hottest Male 38 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: Fighter of the Year and I gave that award to 39 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Tyrone Woodley once and t wood was in the news 40 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: actually on New Year's Day, almost out my Tyron Woodley 41 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: UFC Welterweight Champion T shirt to wear today. You didn't 42 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: think I was going there. Ken Flow I did not 43 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: think you're going there. All I will say I had 44 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: buckets of respect for tea would before what some of 45 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: you might have seen, and now I have even more 46 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: respect for my. 47 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 5: Right. 48 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: So we have ten awards to hand out today. But 49 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: there have been some mixed martial arts headlines, Kenny, since 50 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: we last convened, so I'd like to talk about a 51 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: few of those things, and then we will rifle into 52 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: the awards. All right, unless you have been living under 53 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: a rock or you became a mixed martial arts fan 54 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: today and somehow stumbled upon this podcast, you know that 55 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: Conor McGregor posted on Instagram that he will return International 56 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: Fight Week twenty twenty four, June twenty ninth, Las Vegas, Nevada, 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: team Obalerena against Michael Chandler, and he suggested this fight 58 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: would be at one hundred and eighty five pounds. Now, 59 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: there's only one man in UFC history who has won 60 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: a fight in four different UFC weight classes, and god 61 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: damn it if I'm not looking at him right now. 62 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: So Kenny Floury, in one fight in the UFC, had 63 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five pounds one hundred and fifty 64 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: five pounds one hundred and seventy pounds and one hundred 65 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: and eighty five pounds. Now, I know you and our 66 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: esteem producer Cody Merrol, we're talking in our pre show 67 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: meeting that you guys don't necessarily take Connor at his 68 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: word here, at least when it comes to the weight class. 69 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: So before we get into one eighty five versus one 70 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: seventy versus one fifty five, do you take Connor McGregor 71 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: at his word that it will be Michael Chandler and 72 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: it will be June twenty ninth, International Fight Week twenty 73 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: twenty four. 74 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 3: Gosh, very interesting. I will say this. 75 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 4: We can get a poll question going Kenny Floyan the 76 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 4: most versatile fighter in UC history or the dumbest fighter 77 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: in UC history? 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 3: Et four different weight classes. 79 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, listen, I think it's going to happen, right, I 80 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 4: think the fight is going to happen. I think he 81 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: also has a tendency of messing with his opponents, right, 82 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 4: always messing with their minds. First he was saying, Hey, 83 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 4: the fight's off, I'm going to fight somebody else. He's 84 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 4: been playing with weight classes, all those things. Regardless, I 85 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 4: think the fight is going to happen. Whether it whether 86 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 4: it happens at one hundred and threty five pounds or not, 87 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 4: I'm not so sure. I wouldn't be surprised maybe if 88 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 4: we see something in the middle of maybe one hundred 89 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 4: and sixty pound weight, like catch weight or something like that. 90 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 4: But I do think it's going to happen. I think 91 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 4: it's a fantastic fight. I think it's the right fight 92 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 4: for both men at this point of their careers. It's 93 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 4: a fight that I think must happen, especially, you know, 94 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 4: given their history with The Ultimate Fighter and all the 95 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 4: you know, going back and forth between those guys. But yeah, 96 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 4: I don't think it's going to happen at one hundred 97 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 4: and eighty five pounds. I think it is, you know, 98 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 4: the mind games of Connor McGregor messing with the opponents 99 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 4: yet again, trying to win, you know, the battle before 100 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 4: he wins the war. 101 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: I do think that there are a lot of layers 102 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: to this. I do take Connor McGregor at his word 103 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: that it is going to be Michael Chandler. Promotionally, I 104 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: think they want to preserve that fight. They did built 105 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: an Ultimate Fighter season around the matchup. It does make sense, 106 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: I would agree with you now. Jorge game Bred Mosfidal 107 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: did post on X yesterday that he has unretired, and 108 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: certainly there long been legs for a fight between Conor 109 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: McGregor and Jorge game Brett Mosfidal. But I think Michael 110 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: Chandler deserves this fight. He's sort of been idling and 111 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: biding his time. I hope Michael Chandler gets this fight. 112 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: In terms of the weight class though, Kenny, And by 113 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: the way, yeah, I think can flow equal parts talented 114 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: and dumb right pounds, but also going in there with 115 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five pound fighters like Chris Leeban. 116 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 1: But I digress as far as the weight class is concerned, Kenny, 117 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: I have long been frustrated that Connor McGregor has not 118 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,239 Speaker 1: competed in what I believe is his optimal weight class 119 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty five pounds in the UFC. He 120 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: has one singular win at lightweight in his UFC career. 121 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: It was for the title against Eddie Alvarez. He never 122 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: defended the lightweight championship, and I don't believe for a 123 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: second that this fight with Michael Chandler is going to 124 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: take place at one hundred and fifty five pounds, even 125 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: though that would make the fight, in my mind, exponentially 126 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: more relevant as far as one of the belts is concern. 127 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: Let's hope they don't do Leon Edwards and Connor McGregor 128 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: for the UFC's undisputed welterweight champion ship, right, I mean 129 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: commorcgregor certainly does not deserve that opportunity, but as the 130 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: biggest name in mixed martial arts history, I wouldn't put 131 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: it past him to get a championship fight upon this return. 132 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be that. I don't 133 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: think it's going to be one hundred and fifty five pounds. 134 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: I just hope it's not eighty five. Kenny, Like, what 135 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: are we doing if this fight is at middleweight? What 136 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: are we doing? And who would you give the advantage 137 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: to if neither party had to really cut with? 138 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 4: Oh gosh, you know, yeah, I don't think it makes 139 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 4: a whole lot of sense. Obviously to be a one 140 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 4: hundred and eighty five pounds. I think it's going to 141 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 4: favor the heavier guy, who I believe is Connor McGregor 142 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 4: at this standpoint, and you know he's going to be 143 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 4: taller I believe he's taller already, but as far as size, 144 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 4: you know, I think it's a much tougher weight cut 145 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 4: for him to fight out one hundred fty five pounds, 146 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 4: So I don't know, maybe it's at one hundred and 147 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 4: seventy pounds or something like that, but still even that 148 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 4: doesn't necessarily make sense, you know, I don't think defeating 149 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 4: Mike Chan at one hundred and seventy pounds where it's 150 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 4: a title shotting Edwards after that, if I'm only on Edwards, 151 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 4: I'm trying to make the case go. Yeah, absolutely, yes, 152 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 4: Connor McGregor deserves it. You know, that's the that's the 153 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 4: money fight. It's the money fight for a reason. But again, 154 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 4: this is tough for me as a former fighter, because 155 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 4: you want to reward merit and you want these guys 156 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 4: who are participating in the organization to understand that there 157 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: is a ladder that is a straight path or somewhat 158 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: of a straight path to the title, and I think 159 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 4: it would kiss off a lot of fighters if Connor 160 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 4: is able to skip the line. However, what cannot be 161 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 4: denied is Connor McGregor is the biggest name in mixed 162 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 4: martial arts history at this stand point, he's just he's 163 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 4: one of the biggest sports figures in the world that 164 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 4: that is something we really didn't see from MMA before that, 165 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 4: So you know, you have to factor that in at standpoint. 166 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 4: And I think also that's why he should be fighting 167 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 4: at one hundred and fifty five pounds, because there's so 168 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 4: much stronger case if the fight takes place at one 169 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 4: hundred threey five pounds for him to potentially get that 170 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 4: next title shot. And of course you have the history 171 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 4: with the Dougs Donnie fighters, you know, to go in 172 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 4: there against Isla Mahasha. 173 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 6: Yeah. 174 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: No, I agree with all of that, and we will 175 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: get to Leon Edwards and his assertion that he is 176 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: going to defend his belt at UFC three hundred presumably. 177 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: I think it would be UFC three h three on 178 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: June twenty ninth. Conn McGregor and Michael Chandler would be 179 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: your headliner. But you're right, a win for Conna McGregor 180 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: over Michael Chandler, let's say, at one hundred and seventy pounds, right, 181 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: Beating a lightweight contender at seventy doesn't make you the 182 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: number one welterweight contender. Dana White doesn't like catchweights. I 183 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: would be very surprised if this thing happens at sixty 184 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: or sixty five. I'd be most surprised if Connor McGregor 185 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: actually cut down to fifty six or fifty five. My 186 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: expectation is that it is going to be a welterweight fight. 187 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: But I'm not as dismissive of eighty five as you 188 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: and Cody. I hope that you guys are right here. 189 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: But you know, if Connor McGregor wants to return in 190 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: June and not cut any maybe cut from ninety two 191 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: to eighty five, certainly he's well within his right to 192 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: ask for that. But it does seem as though Dana 193 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: White and Connor McGregor got together in United Arab Emirates, 194 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: and it does appear as though Connor will be back 195 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: June twenty ninth against Michael Chandler, and that is good 196 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: news for everybody in the MMA space. Leon Edwards Kenny 197 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: suggests that his next title defense will take place at 198 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: UFC three hundred, rumored to be against Blaal remember the 199 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: name Muhammad obviously Belal, close friend of the program. We 200 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,599 Speaker 1: don't have confirmation on that front. Ariel Helwani reported that 201 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: Shopcot Rockmanov was also considered, but that report suggested that 202 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: Rockmanov was past tense. Now again, a lot of layers 203 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: to this, Kenny, I sort of outlined the dates on 204 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: Ramadan and how if Leon Edwards really wanted to be strategic, 205 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: get all the pay per viewpoints that come with UFC 206 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: three hundred and also make BALaw Muhammad have his entire 207 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: training camp during Ramadan which ends on April ninth, which 208 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: would be during fight week for UFC three hundred. So 209 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: your thoughts on Edwards having defended his belt in December 210 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: making a RelA relatively quick turn here and speculating I know, 211 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: but do you think it'll be Blalan? Do you think 212 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: it's going to be UFC three hundred here? 213 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 4: I think it will be Balal and I think it's 214 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: a fight that makes a lot of sense. 215 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 3: Obviously, Belall has been waiting in the wings. 216 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 4: He is more than deserving of the opportunity. And I 217 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 4: also think Leon Edwards needs to capture this attention at 218 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 4: this standpoint. I think in a lot of ways as 219 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 4: an athlete, as a businessman to go and have this 220 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 4: quick turnaround and people and for people to remember his 221 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 4: name and to see how good he is potentially against 222 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 4: someone like Blall. And I'm also really curious to see 223 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 4: what kind of adjustments and what Blall has learned from 224 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: the first time they went against each other, of course 225 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 4: didn't last long, but obviously some controversy with that first one. 226 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 4: I think it's going to be a very technical, strategic fight. 227 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 4: Both these men fight in that manner. Belall more of 228 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 4: a grinder, but I think that's a fight that makes 229 00:10:58,880 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: a lot. 230 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 3: Of sense, man, and I can't wait to see it. 231 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: So Blala Muhammed and Leon Edwards fought in twenty twenty one, 232 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: and don't forget it was a short notice opportunity for 233 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: Muhammad that was to be Leon Edwards versus Kamzat chimai Have. 234 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: I think it was actually the third time they tried 235 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: to put that fight together. Now, Leon Edwards will be 236 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: favored over Balal in this rematch, and perhaps prohibitively so, 237 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: just based upon the success that he was realizing in 238 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: that second round against Bala Muhammad before the inadvert and 239 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: I poke led to the no contest. But let us 240 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: be clear, not only is there no Muhammad bias here, 241 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: both of these guys are much better than they were 242 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. I would argue that Leon Edwards 243 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: has improved exponentially since that first fight, all the championship 244 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: experience that he's accrued, and for Balala Muhammed, he's just 245 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: a completely different guy than he was in twenty twenty one. 246 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: I'm not suggesting he's now some other worldly striker, but 247 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: he has improved so much in that realm of the game, 248 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: and I just think it's a more competitive fight than 249 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: perhaps the short sample size we saw back in twenty 250 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: twenty one. Either way, I think the overriding sentiment is 251 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: a good thing. And to your point about Leon Edwards 252 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: riding the wave, he took nine months off after that 253 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: first title defense against Kamara Ousman last March. This would 254 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: be taking just three months off, and I think it 255 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. Even if that's not your headliner, 256 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: maybe that's your co headliner and you have another title 257 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: fight at the top. 258 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: Of the bill. 259 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: But looks as though Leon Edwards is going to fight 260 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: at UFC three hundred, and we'll see if the opportunity 261 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: indeed goes to the deserving Blao remember the name Muhammad 262 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: all right. Ninth Aannuel anikin Floran Podcast Awards. We call 263 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: them the AFPAS. We got ten awards to hand out 264 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: for you here today, but it's actually eleven because when 265 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 1: we've got to Knockout of the Year, Kenny and Ray 266 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: Longo is going to hand out a few awards as well. 267 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: I had a list of twenty eight knockouts that could 268 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: have been our Knockout of the Year. It was the 269 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: hardest category by far, so we're each going to give 270 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: you two Knockouts of the Year as part of the 271 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: Anik and Floran Podcast Awards. Just wanted to thank our 272 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: executive producer Cody Merrow and our audio engineer Will Berger 273 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: off the top. These guys have been working through the 274 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: holiday to bring you some of these special moments from 275 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: two thousand twenty three. With all of that, and without 276 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: further delay, we get you are twenty twenty three and 277 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: a Conflorming Podcast Awards, and we begin with Ken flows 278 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: UFC Rookie of the Year. 279 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Rookie of the. 280 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:21,479 Speaker 6: Year, phe Nicol Oh, good night, Jami's talking. 281 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 3: To you there. 282 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 7: It is yeah, yeah, he wants to maintain control of 283 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 7: the body. 284 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 6: DC that a tops, submission, shot away, get shot up 285 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 6: as the tap. 286 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 8: Man. 287 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 6: I feel at home. 288 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: Uh you know, I've been training my whole life. 289 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: For this, and I feel like I was born bred 290 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: and I train every day. 291 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: It's I come out here and dominate. 292 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 7: And that's what I did, what. 293 00:13:58,880 --> 00:13:59,599 Speaker 6: The couch. 294 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 9: No Wrestling needed necessarily tonight Wow five and zero for 295 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 9: bou Nicol who turns the tide and puts the power 296 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 9: on woodburn. 297 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 10: Man. 298 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I listen. For me, this was a pretty easy one. 299 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 4: John, You, of course, have had the opportunity of witnessing 300 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 4: the bow Nickel phenomenon right in front of you. 301 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 3: And this is a guy that is just special. 302 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 4: You look at his wrestling career, multiple time NCAA Division 303 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 4: One National champion out of Penn State, one of the 304 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 4: best wrestling programs in the last couple decades under Cale Sanderson, 305 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 4: and he has taken all that success, all that hard 306 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 4: work that he's been doing since he was a kid. 307 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: His dad was a wrestling coach. 308 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 4: He gets there's his dad a leader for a lot 309 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 4: of guys who are interested in hearing more about bow Nickel. 310 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 4: There's a great podcast with him on Jocko Willick and 311 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 4: it gives a great insight into his mentality and how 312 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 4: he trained and how he's been preparing for these big 313 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 4: moments in the UFC. Now he's five and oh John 314 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 4: all finishes three knockouts, two submissions. Seeing what he did 315 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 4: in his last fight, in particular with this striking in 316 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 4: his fourth you know, if you were to take that 317 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 4: like little maybe five ten seconds of striking, you'd think 318 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: this guy was a striker. I mean, that's how special 319 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 4: he is. Phenomenal grappler. God bless anyone who just considers 320 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: him a blue belt in Brazilian just he's a problem man. 321 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 4: He'll submit anybody, and of course his takedown game. This 322 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 4: is a guy that I truly think can not only 323 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 4: be a champion, but one of those champions that people 324 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 4: remember for a very very long time. Putting a lot 325 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 4: of pressure on bon Nickel, but yeah, that was an 326 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 4: easy one for me. 327 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 3: Bonnickel is my Rookie of the Year. 328 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: Great family athletes on both sides of his family, and 329 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: I think for a lot of people, in no doubt 330 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: or as the twenty twenty three Rookie of the Year, 331 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: it is interesting when you talk to him. He's so 332 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: thoughtful outside the octagon and then short sample size inside 333 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: the octagon, he has been phenomenal. But Shales and did 334 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: wonder aloud recently about this matchup with Cody Brundage at 335 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: UFC three hundred, and Shales's thesis statement was sort of 336 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: what do we do in here? Trotting him out there 337 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: as a minus fourteen hundred favorite again. Now, Jai Jilton 338 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: Almeta is an example of another guy who sort of 339 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: burst out of the scene. But Kenny, he had a 340 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: lot more experience than bon Nickel, and I think part 341 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: of the reason the UFC is slow playing this is 342 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: because the dude showed up on the Contender series. He 343 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: was like one to oh or two and oh. But 344 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: as much as I like Cody Brundage as an athlete, 345 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: I just don't quite understand exactly why this is the 346 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: fight that they are putting together. I'm not suggesting that 347 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: they need to give bon Nickel somebody in the top ten, 348 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: but I know you're not prepared to answer this question necessarily, 349 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: But at what point are we going to give this 350 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: guy somebody in the top fifteen or the top twenty 351 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: and not have these, at least what looked like on 352 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: paper showcase fights where He's a near minus two thousand 353 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: betting favorite. Like, when are they going to rip the 354 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: band aid off and put on paper a fight that 355 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: gets the fans intrigued that bon Nickel might actually lose. 356 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, now, I've probably sound like a broken record when 357 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 4: talking about guys and having this opportunity. The hamasat Chi 358 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 4: mayas the guys that are coming into the UFC with 359 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 4: not a whole lot of experience, and I always err 360 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 4: on the side of caution in that I would like 361 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 4: to see them a crew way more experience. Are we 362 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 4: looking at this from a short term perspective or are 363 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 4: we looking this at this from a long term perspective? Now, 364 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 4: I'm also looking at this from bow Nickel and his 365 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 4: team's perspective. And if I want my guy to be 366 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 4: in there for as long as possible, and when he 367 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 4: gets that opportunity to face that top fifteen guy, that 368 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 4: top ten guy, that top five guy, and that championship opportunity, 369 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 4: I don't want that to be a learning experience for him. 370 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 4: I want him to go out there and win that 371 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 4: damn thing every single time. And I think because of that, 372 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 4: you need experience. Talent is one thing, Skills are another. Thing, 373 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 4: and experience is quite another. What someone can do in 374 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 4: the gym, or what we think they could do is 375 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 4: very different than than how it plays out on fight 376 00:17:59,160 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 4: night in the UFA. 377 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 3: It's just a whole different level. 378 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 4: And why you know, while I would agree with you 379 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 4: guys that skill wise and what we've seen and the 380 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 4: dominance that he's shown in the UFC warrants a much 381 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 4: higher level fighter, I would say experience wise, I think 382 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 4: it's just about right. It is only five fights at 383 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 4: this stage of the game, and I would like to 384 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,719 Speaker 4: see him get a little bit more experience, especially if 385 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 4: the UFC is seeing him as a potential cash cow 386 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 4: a dominant champion in the future. 387 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 3: Hey, let's slow it down a little bit. 388 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: Let him build up, gain that experience, make those mistakes 389 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 4: so by the time he is in there against the 390 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 4: league competition, he's able to adjust and win what he 391 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 4: needs to. 392 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: And we'll see what Cody Brondage can do. I know 393 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: he's excited for the opportunity, and I'm curious what he 394 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: in Factory x's Mark Montoy can come up with in 395 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: terms of a game plan, what a career opportunity for 396 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: Cody Brondage. I guess I'm just a little bit surprised 397 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: as Chill was, at the nature of that particular fight booking. 398 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: But we congratulate Ken Flows twenty twenty three UFC Rookie 399 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: of the Year, bo Nickel, Why my Rookie of the Year. 400 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: There was just no way we were going to get 401 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: through this show without getting some hardware for this man. 402 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: My twenty twenty three Rookie of the Year goes. 403 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 2: To John Annex twenty twenty three Rookie of the Year, 404 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: Diego Lopez Man as he. 405 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: Blushed him through the door in twenty twenty four. Beautiful John, 406 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: my love, He's. 407 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 8: Found real deal. 408 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 6: That's sick, President sick. 409 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 3: He's a predator man. 410 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 5: You think, But I'm. 411 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 6: Mind soon that's not all I think. 412 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: I'll pay you if we win them. 413 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 3: Now that fo this. 414 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 6: I feel incredible. It's been a dream of my life 415 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 6: to be here. Mansli Scuare Garden, I thank you for 416 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 6: all of you to support me. Ah, this is the 417 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 6: fruit of all the work that I put in. 418 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: Twenty third pro Win DC twenty first finish fourteenth in 419 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: the first round. We talk of worse about the grappling 420 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: the BJJ blackfelt ninth career win by knockout or tko 421 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: for the oncoming force. The budding mixed martial arts superstar 422 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: of the Diego Lopez, only man or woman of bonus 423 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: in three UFC fights in twenty twenty three. Diego Lopez 424 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: UFC fight pass for the audio credit throughout the show, 425 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 1: and unlike Bo Nickel, there is no knocking nor disputing 426 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: the strength of schedule for Diego Lopez steps up to 427 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: face momster Yevloyev on a week's notice at UFC two 428 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: eighty eight when Bryce Mitchell suffered a shoulder injury and 429 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: then nearly submits a guy who is now sixteen to 430 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: zero in the number nine ranked featherweight in the world. 431 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: Then he followed that quote unquote loss up with finishes 432 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 1: of Gavin Tucker in ninety eight seconds by triangle armbar, 433 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: and then he TKO'ed Pat Sabatini as you heard in 434 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: ninety seconds in November at UFC two to ninety five, 435 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,239 Speaker 1: Diego Lopez Kenny, I don't know what the ceiling is, right, 436 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: I do believe that this is a guy who is 437 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,959 Speaker 1: going to contend in twenty twenty four could have been 438 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: my breakout star of the year for twenty twenty three, 439 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: he'll have to settle for Rookie of the Year, and 440 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what he brings to the 441 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: octagon next year. 442 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 4: It would have been an easy winner for Hair of 443 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 4: the Year as well, but no, he's super talented man. 444 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 4: I just love his attitude as well. Just seems like 445 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 4: one of the real good guys in the sport. And 446 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 4: he's a gamer man. When those lights are shining, he 447 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 4: is as well, So I'm excited to see what he 448 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 4: brings in twenty twenty four. 449 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 1: Definitely a big game player. Congratulations to Diego Lopez my 450 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three UFC Rookie of the Year. All right, 451 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: that brings us to Breakout Star of the Year. And 452 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: there were many, of course, not just in the UFC 453 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: but across all the mixed martial arts Impa Kasang and 454 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: I could certainly get the hardware here for me, though, 455 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 1: there was one guy I sort of homed in on 456 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: for this award, and safe to say a few midaway 457 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: contenders had a bigger twenty twenty three than the guy 458 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: who deserves the purple shorts. 459 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: John Annix twenty twenty three Breakout Star of the Year. 460 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 2: Brendan et. 461 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: He's trying to fight the best guys, the highest ranked 462 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: guys he can get his hands on. Alan a very 463 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: retning talent on the count's trots. 464 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 6: Here the ten, there's the top five. Did a roll 465 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 6: for Brendan Allen. There is no denying, you know. 466 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: And immediately Allen comes over to the booth. He's been 467 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: trying to get ahead of this Daniel Cormier coach all week. Yeah, 468 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: it's fellow Louisiana. And what a moment for Brendan Allen. 469 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 3: Four of his five on. 470 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 11: This winning streak of Comma like this, making five of 471 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 11: six another tap out victory. 472 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 12: Everything Brendon Allen said he was going to do in 473 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 12: this match, he did and followed through and did it 474 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 12: exactly the way he said he was going to do it. 475 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 3: I'm getting more and more comfortable. I'm not even in 476 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 3: my prime yet. I'm coming. I'm I don't want to 477 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 3: talk about it. I'm about it. Come see me if 478 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 3: you want it. 479 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 6: We want to fight whoa. 480 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: This looks to me like one of the best middleweights 481 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: in the world right now, just waiting now for his 482 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: shot against a top five guy. 483 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 6: We go money. 484 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: Cody nicely job on the edit there. So Brendan Allen 485 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: twenty eight years of age as of December twenty eight, 486 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: so he had twenty eight pro MMA fights before his 487 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: twenty eighth birthday twenty three and five. Overall, he's won 488 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: six in a row, Kenny, Five of his last six 489 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: wins have come by rear naked shoke, which I believe 490 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: to be very telling. That included all three of his 491 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: wins this year over Andre Muniz, Brunos Silda and Paul Craig. 492 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: Masterfully handling a lot of different stylistic challenges along his way. 493 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: I think he poses, as I've said out here on 494 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: the antican Florian podcast, an entirely different threat to guys 495 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: at the top like Sean Strickland, Dracus Duplessi Israelata Sonya. 496 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: Sean Strickland's only submission win in the UFC came in 497 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen against Bubba McDaniel at UFC one seventy one. 498 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,679 Speaker 1: He did beat Brendan Allen head to head in twenty 499 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: twenty the worst some extenuating circumstances before that fight. Maybe 500 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: we see a rematch for the title this year, But Kenny, 501 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: I'm all in on Brendan Allen the way he is 502 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: putting these elite middleweights away, suggests to me that he 503 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: could have a big twenty twenty four. He's my breakout 504 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: start of the year for twenty three year thoughts. 505 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 3: No question about it. 506 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 4: I think that he's been one of those guys I've 507 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 4: always been impressed with skill. 508 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 3: Wise, and I was kind of always waiting for him 509 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 3: to put it all together. 510 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,159 Speaker 4: When is he gonna get the mind up up, the 511 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 4: par with the skills and the experience all that stuff. 512 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 4: Well that happened in twenty twenty three, so I love 513 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 4: the pick. He's well on his way to a potential 514 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 4: title shot, I think in twenty twenty four, maybe one 515 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 4: more fight, two more fights potentially. 516 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 3: But he matched up with a lot of the guys 517 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: extremely well the top five. So congratulations, absolutely. 518 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: All right, congrats to Brendan Allen. My twenty twenty three 519 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: breakout Star of the Year can flow, of course, as 520 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: he is contractually required to do, went a different direction. 521 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Breakout Star of the Year 522 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: Sean Stripper. 523 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 5: A second. 524 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 6: To sign it back to his feet up sucking sign 525 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 6: chuck us out, hey mate, you know me? 526 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 5: Holy cut it out. 527 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 13: The dog You know what's crazy is Sean Strickland, outside 528 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 13: of his bush kicks, hasn't brown one kick, hurry out. 529 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 6: He's boxing the entire tart a jab and a two 530 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 6: and he's winning a championship. Fine with him. That right 531 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 6: hand got the chance attention and. 532 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 13: It doesn't look like he's doing much. But look at 533 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 13: how beat up is he is. Isy's face is battered. 534 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 2: Man. 535 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 6: Oh, oh my goodness, likely head Sean Strickland. Oh my god, 536 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 6: what do you mean? How does the biggest upsets in 537 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 6: UFC championship. 538 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 13: History Sewn Strickland just came to Australian one and. 539 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 6: Oh no, you'll tear us us she fiddle. 540 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 14: White shopping of the world, shows on. 541 00:25:55,000 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 6: Strict Ladies and Gentlemen. I am with the new Middleway 542 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 6: champion in the world, Shaw Strickland. Sean Strickland. 543 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 10: How good does that feel? Man? 544 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 3: Am I dreaming? 545 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 6: If I gonna wake up? 546 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 15: Somebody hit me? 547 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 3: Oh my god, you guys, Ah, that's so great. Man. 548 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 4: Bruce Buffer announcing fighters still gives me the chills to 549 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 4: this day. You know, listen, Sean Strickland for me, was 550 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 4: a pretty easy pick. Now you're like, well, you're picking 551 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 4: a champion as breakout Star of the Year. 552 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I am. 553 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 4: I think this was an amazing year form undefeated in 554 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 4: twenty twenty three, beating. 555 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 3: High level competition. 556 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: Of course, you know, get culminating with the win over 557 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 4: Israel Outasnia in enemy territory, and when you look at 558 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 4: what he was able to do in that fight against 559 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 4: one of the most intelligent fighters out there, indicates that 560 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 4: Sean strict And is a far smarter fighter than people 561 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 4: give him credit for. You know, I think he leads 562 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 4: with that toughness, and he is certainly tough, there's no 563 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 4: question about that. But his ability to pick guys apart 564 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 4: figure out a way to beat them, I think was 565 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 4: maybe the. 566 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 3: Most shocking you know, part about that. 567 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 4: It would be I think, you know, less shocking if 568 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 4: you went out there and did finish Israel to Sonia 569 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 4: in round one and be like, hey, listen, anybody can 570 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 4: get hit with a shot, But to masterfully out position 571 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 4: Israel out of Sonia, to find out those weaknesses and 572 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 4: vulnerabilities and then expose them and execute on that when 573 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 4: it counts to me just gave me so much more 574 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 4: respect for Sean Strickland. You may not like what he says, 575 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 4: but you have to respect the man. What he accomplished 576 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: last year was just nothing short of amazing. Absolutely deserves it, 577 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 4: got that opportunity, made the most out of it, and 578 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 4: I'm excited to see what he does in twenty twenty four. 579 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 4: So to go from a guy that maybe was you know, 580 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 4: certainly top fifty, no question about that, but a guy 581 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 4: I don't think a lot of people thought, hey, I 582 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 4: don't know if he's championship material though, well he absolutely is, 583 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 4: and he did it against one. 584 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: Of the greatest to ever do it in Audisigey nicely 585 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: Don And I think in terms of the true definition 586 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: of the award breakout Star, he became a star this year. Right, 587 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 1: Maybe Brendan Allen a breakthrough fighter, breakout fighter, right, hasn't 588 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: sort of crossed that threshold to become a star. That's 589 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: why they haven't let him wear the purple shorts yet. 590 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: But hopefully twenty twenty four is the year for Brendan Allen. 591 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: But congratulations to Shan Strickland, probably not done receiving awards today, 592 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: Ken Flows twenty twenty three Breakout Star of the Year, 593 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: all Right. That brings us to our twenty twenty three 594 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: Robert Fallis coach slash Cornerman or Woman of the Year. 595 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 1: And for some of our newer viewers and listeners, Kenny, 596 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 1: they may not know who Robert Fallis was. So if 597 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: you'll just allow me forty seconds or so, we have 598 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: named several of our awards after prominent members of the 599 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: MMA community who have passed away. I will never forget 600 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: getting a text from my colleague Megan O. Maybe I'm 601 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: sitting on a plane flying back from Winnipeg after a 602 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: Fox event late twenty seventeen and I found out that 603 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: Robert Fallis had committed suicide. He was one of the 604 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: founding members of both Team Quest and Extreme co Tour. 605 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: He grew up a Jehovah's witness and if you don't 606 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: know about that religion, there is obviously a lot to it. 607 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: They don't celebrate birthdays, and there's a lot of layers. 608 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: I suggest that you read about Jehovah's Witnesses if you 609 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: don't know about it. But ultimately, that background and those 610 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 1: formative years laid the foundation for this decision to end 611 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: his life and sort of not overcome the mental challenges 612 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: that had plagued him. I was close with Robert at 613 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: the time of his passing. You know, two weeks after 614 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: he died, I had breakfast with his brother and his 615 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: girlfriend Myra and just talked about how wonderful a man 616 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: he was. This really hit a lot of people hard. 617 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: And every year we take a minute to acknowledge this 618 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: individual and for my money, maybe the sweetest man in 619 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: all of MMA and one of the best mixed martial 620 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: arts minds Kenny of all time. So Fallis is the 621 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: guy who we memorialize with our coach or Cornerman of 622 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: the year and uh to that and let us get 623 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: you Ken Flows twenty twenty three recipient for Robert Fallis 624 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: Coach of the Year. 625 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Robert Fallis Coach of the Year. 626 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: Marcos Pahompa Demat It's important. 627 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: It's important that you understand that inside the half but 628 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: he has no he has no attacks. 629 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 2: It couldn't take her down. 630 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 6: I know, Coach Flaunta will be very much at me. 631 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: Won his final mixed martial arts fight at a right 632 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: forty five years old, the great Pahoopa Marcos Demotic. The 633 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: team effort that we've been putting together with Alexandra Pantoja 634 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: for the last five years. 635 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 3: You know, Steve Moco, Dan Lambert, you know everybody, all. 636 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 5: The training barners that we have over there. 637 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 3: It's amazing. 638 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 5: It's an American top team winning. 639 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 4: Oh man, it's my play to announce that Pahompenia Marcus 640 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 4: Dematta is my Cornman of the Year. Listen, you heard 641 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 4: a little snippets of what he's able to add to 642 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 4: his corner in between fights, giving him the right advice 643 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 4: at the right time, whether it's technical advice, whether it's 644 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 4: you know, lifting their spirit. Those are all things that 645 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 4: Carnerman need to do. They need to be a brother, 646 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 4: a dad, you know, whatever it is to get it 647 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 4: done through training, through the fight. And for me, Pohopa 648 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 4: has been that guy. One of the busiest guys in 649 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 4: the world. 650 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 3: John. 651 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 4: I can't tell you how many weekends I saw him 652 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 4: at PFL events only to see him the next day 653 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 4: on television. 654 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 3: In the UFC. He's one of the hardest working guys 655 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 3: in the sport. 656 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 4: He works with guys that are up and coming from 657 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 4: fokwardenof to Magamed Karamov, a champion of the PFL this year, 658 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 4: armand Serrukian, a guy who could be a champion in 659 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 4: the future, and of course Pantosia, who he mentioned, who 660 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 4: is a champion in the UFC. 661 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 3: So you know, he works with so many different fighters. 662 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 4: He had so much and to see a guy who 663 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 4: comes from that jiu jitsu background and who was given 664 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 4: back on the level that he has given back to 665 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 4: American Top Team, American Top Team is so lucky to 666 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 4: have him. He always makes fun of me for my 667 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 4: crutch word phenomenal, but Pahopa, you deserve it, buddy, great 668 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 4: job and. 669 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: It gives me chills just to hear you give the 670 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: award to Pahoopa. You heard Cody repurpose some of the 671 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: audio from way back in the day on the Anakin 672 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: Flooring podcast when we talk to our good friend Pahoopa. 673 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: He was my jiu jitsu coach for a time. I 674 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: have since quit the Gentle Art incidentally, but we're supremely 675 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: close with him. I'm so glad that he got your 676 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: award long overdue. His connection with Alesandre Pantosia is unbelievable, 677 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: and to see those two men realize a world championship 678 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: together this year just absolutely incredible. We congratulate Ken Flows 679 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three Robert Falls Cornerman of the Year. Pahoopa. 680 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: All right, so for me, so many directions in which 681 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: I could go. You know, Eric Nixon is a dear friend. 682 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: He's been acknowledged by many of these websites as their 683 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: coach of the year. Easily could have gotten my award 684 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: for his work, not just with Sean STRICKLM, but with 685 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: Francis and Gano and so many other extreme co tor athletes. 686 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: My Coach of the Year award, though, essentially was wrapped 687 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: up in March. I told this man to his face 688 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: in April that he was my coach of the Year. 689 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: Francisco Grosso, the uncle of Alexa Grosso. He has coached 690 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: her entire career, cornered her to the world title back 691 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: in March. But more than that, if you look at 692 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: the body of work for this man, he has methodically 693 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: built so many of these fighters into high level boxers 694 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: and then from there in the high level mixed martial 695 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: arts athletes. Orani Al dnophot for the belt this year, 696 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: then came back strong closed out the year in a 697 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: Fight of the Year contender against Coodole. Jose Diego Lopez 698 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: is the team's goddamn jiu jitsu coach. 699 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 3: Have you seen him? 700 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: Fucking box? Who deserves the credit? Francisco Grosso, Right, look 701 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: what he's done with Diego Lopez's striking. I mean, it's unbelievable. 702 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: And Alexa Grosso, of course, the female fighter of the 703 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: year for most people. I'm not sure why her head 704 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: coach isn't getting the accompanying acknowledgment. He gets it here, 705 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: Francisco Grass. So my Robert fallis Memorial Coach of the 706 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: Year for twenty twenty three. All right, that brings us 707 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: to the live underdogs, although some of these underdogs weren't 708 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: necessarily live going into those fights. We transition to our 709 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three UFC Upset of the Year. We start 710 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: with Kenny's Upset of the Year dateline Sidney. 711 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:25,240 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Upset of the Year Sean 712 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,319 Speaker 2: Strickland versus Israel out of Sun. 713 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: He put his number fold ranking on the line against him, 714 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: unranked Alexpondato when No. Top five mid away contender was 715 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: going to do that. 716 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,919 Speaker 6: Is he gonna have to let it get a little dirty? 717 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 8: Note? 718 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, seems like is he understands the urgency of the 719 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: moment just over two minutes to go. 720 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 13: Is he gonna have to stand on the coin Man, 721 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 13: He's gonna. 722 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 6: Have to stop moving. 723 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,439 Speaker 1: And nary a takedown attempt from Sean Strickland that lands 724 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: another jab and partially connects with the white han that 725 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: right hand got the chance attention and Strickland doesn't even 726 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: look like. 727 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 6: He's grieving or he's bloody and he's swollen. The champ 728 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 6: is gonna have to sit and throw. Man, he's gonna 729 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 6: have to fire. 730 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: Strickland flapping comes late final ten seconds out of Sonia. 731 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: Lane's a kick to the body that Seawan Strickland, in 732 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: all likelihood it's heading back to the United States of 733 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 1: America as the undisputed middle lake champion. 734 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 10: All the world. 735 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 14: All three judges scored this contest purty nine forty six 736 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 14: for the winner by your namous decision, sewn Us. 737 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 3: Strick just here he got. It's amazing to hear. 738 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 4: And the fact that he did this against Israelisania, as 739 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 4: I mentioned, and in the manner in which he did it. 740 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 4: This was a dominant performance and John you called it beautifully. 741 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 4: At the end of that fight, you and everybody watching 742 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 4: knew that he was going to win that fight based 743 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 4: on that performance. That's dominance, my friend, okay, And to 744 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,800 Speaker 4: do that as a major, major underdog against one of 745 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 4: the greatest champions that we have seen, one of the 746 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 4: greatest strikers that we have seen in the UFC, a 747 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 4: guy who is known to be excellent with his defense, 748 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 4: and the fact that he went and did this kind 749 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 4: of in a different manner than Alex Perero. 750 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 5: Right. 751 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 4: There weren't a whole lot of leg kicks where he 752 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,240 Speaker 4: slowed him down, but he got into a certain range 753 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 4: where he took away at of Sonya's leg kicks, and 754 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,759 Speaker 4: he did that largely by being at a closer range, 755 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 4: being in that boxing range, shutting down the kicking game 756 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 4: of Autasani himself by backing him up and then landing 757 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 4: a lot of jabs, picking him apart, going to the body, 758 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:49,399 Speaker 4: you know, adjusting and annoying out of Sonya throughout that fight. 759 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 4: So for me, that was easy, man, I mean, what 760 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,200 Speaker 4: a performance. What an upset Sean Strickland gets another award 761 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 4: for me. 762 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: Man, I'm just so curious, and I don't want you 763 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: to answer this, but how you would handicap a potential 764 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: rematch between Sean Strickland and Israel Oat of Sonia because 765 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, man like I think Izzy would be 766 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: excited to sort of right that wrong, so to speak. 767 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: But gosh, man, Strickland got so much done in that fight. 768 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: I feel like that would be a real challenging matchup, 769 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 1: maybe the most challenging matchup for Izzy in that division 770 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 1: right now. 771 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 3: So I agree, dude, all right, my upset of the year. 772 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: And again we can't land on the same one. It's 773 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,879 Speaker 1: hard to argue with Sean Strickland here in twenty twenty three, 774 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:26,800 Speaker 1: but mine goes to a guy who has experienced just 775 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: a tremendous career resurgence, came up large back in November 776 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: on the road against an undefeated prospect who was all 777 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:33,879 Speaker 1: the rich. 778 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three Upset of the Year Nicholas 779 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 2: Dalby versus Gabriel bonfiend. 780 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 6: Whatdding and a Copenhagen dead bark. Nicholas Denis done a bard. 781 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 16: Do. 782 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 12: Dolby's game plan is We're gonna make this a race, 783 00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 12: and I'm gonna make you race and race and race, 784 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 12: and when you get tired, I'm still gonna be there 785 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 12: punching a supercut Ooh, Jared, how about Nicholas Tobby turning 786 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 12: the tables here He's doing a great job in the 787 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 12: pocket here on the face straight. 788 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: Goodness, Nicholas Tobby turning it on. 789 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,840 Speaker 9: He just does not stop attacking Tomby, has not Dolly 790 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 9: hurt Rogos, He's cursed? 791 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: Is he gonna give him his first loss? 792 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 6: Thirty second. 793 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:24,839 Speaker 10: Knock out? 794 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 1: Got it done to us, Damny Siti let sing the 795 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: crude his biggest career victory a plus four to twenty 796 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 1: five undertob Cash the ticket well and he closed his 797 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 1: highest plus four sixty in some spots thanks to UFC 798 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: fight pass for the audio. How about my guy Cruisey 799 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,320 Speaker 1: getting emotional there after the big win for Nicholas Dolby. 800 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: What a story his career has been, Kenny, You and 801 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,800 Speaker 1: I called a lot of his early UFC fights. He 802 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: got to the UFC May of twenty fifteen, beat A 803 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: Lazio's Aleski dos Santo's. Then he fought Darren Till to 804 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: a majority draw in his second UFC fight two fights later, 805 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: finds himself out of the u UFC comes back three 806 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: years later, and Nicholas Dolby has lost just once in 807 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: eight fights since coming back to the UFC. What a performance, 808 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,040 Speaker 1: Gabriel Bonfiene. Obviously a lot of hype, a lot of 809 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: learning lessons accrued, and this loss to Nicholas Dlby, but 810 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,320 Speaker 1: this was the first name I thought of, actually, not 811 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,760 Speaker 1: even Sean Strickland. Nicholas Dalby gets my award for twenty 812 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: twenty three Upset of the Year. And by the way, 813 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: I think the cornrows look good on him. Now, my 814 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: twin brother, as many of you know, at Boston andak right, 815 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,880 Speaker 1: he's got hair down to his rear end and his 816 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: wife has told him you're white, You're not wearing corn 817 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: rows now his wife is black, which perhaps is neither 818 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: here nor there right now, I think Nicholas Dlby looks 819 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: pretty good. I don't think my brother would be able 820 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: to pull off the corn rows. What do you think 821 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: about Jay and cornrows? Cancel? 822 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 17: I don't know. 823 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,839 Speaker 4: I love it, dude, We got to do those things 824 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,839 Speaker 4: would be impressive at some point, Like imagine how much 825 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 4: he could get for his hair though, like that is 826 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:58,280 Speaker 4: like a serious money baker right there. But yeah, yeah, dude, listen, 827 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 4: I love the pick. That is one of those things 828 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 4: that it doesn't matter what Adalby does after this fight, 829 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,799 Speaker 4: he can lose his next thirty fights in a row. 830 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 4: This is the fight that you can not only build 831 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 4: a movie around, but this is something that he could 832 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,279 Speaker 4: be proud of for the rest of his life. The 833 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 4: way that he came back against a guy with that 834 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,960 Speaker 4: kind of offense and that kind of build and that 835 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,439 Speaker 4: kind of hype, and to defeat him in the manner 836 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,360 Speaker 4: that he did was just astounding. 837 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:25,560 Speaker 2: Man. 838 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 3: I love to pick. 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Could he realize a 842 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: ranking this year perhaps, But in terms of a singular moment, 843 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: you're right, Nicholas Dalby is going to look back upon 844 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:42,959 Speaker 1: what happened in November and sal Paolo fondly for life. 845 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:44,440 Speaker 3: All right. 846 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: Next UFC Live event is coming up in about ten days. 847 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,399 Speaker 1: But college football fans, the National Championship Game is set. 848 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: It is nearly upon us and DraftKings Sports Book is 849 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 1: making sure you can throw down for a shot at 850 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: Big Bucks. 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Continuing along with the 874 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,880 Speaker 1: ninth annual Anakin Florian Podcast Awards, as we get to what, 875 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,120 Speaker 1: in my view was the hardest category knockout of the year. 876 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,720 Speaker 1: Our what is named in honor of the late gentle 877 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: Giant Anthony Rumble Johnson, who passed away in November of 878 00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. He was arguably the biggest power puncher 879 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,360 Speaker 1: in UFC history with respect to Francis and Gano and 880 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: anybody else you want to throw in there. He was 881 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,200 Speaker 1: also a good friend to so many of us on 882 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,040 Speaker 1: the UFC staff. I mean, gentle giant doesn't even begin 883 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,320 Speaker 1: to describe it, especially close with our longtime listener and 884 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,400 Speaker 1: friend Heidi Dean, who I know feels his passing just 885 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: as profoundly thirteen months later as she did last year. 886 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,920 Speaker 1: So we shout out the late great Anthony Rumble Johnson 887 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,440 Speaker 1: as we get to our knockouts of the year. So 888 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,040 Speaker 1: we had a list of twenty eight fucking knockouts Kenny, 889 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: twenty eight knockouts. We paired it down to four. Longo's 890 00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,120 Speaker 1: going to come on in a few minutes and give 891 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,880 Speaker 1: us one as well. But we have four knockouts for you. 892 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,840 Speaker 1: This was a really hard exercise for me. In no 893 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,800 Speaker 1: particular order. Let me get to my first recipient for 894 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,480 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three Anthony Rumble Johnson knock Out of the. 895 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 2: Year, John Annex twenty twenty three co Knockout of the Year, 896 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:11,160 Speaker 2: Justin Gaechee versus Dustin Pourier UFC two ninety one. 897 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,400 Speaker 1: Ka che fans being heard from now about a minicon 898 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: by round. 899 00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:20,800 Speaker 18: Two, Justin Kasey kick suck, tell us, shut the stair 900 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 18: and wings the put. 901 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:28,439 Speaker 6: Justin Kchi has done it in somery. That had kick 902 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,800 Speaker 6: was nasty. It was perfect. 903 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,240 Speaker 13: Look at this again, hey Joe, because when it's perfect, 904 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 13: you don't have to get all the ship. 905 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:35,920 Speaker 3: The foot can get him. 906 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:36,239 Speaker 12: Yep. 907 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,640 Speaker 6: And that's exactly what happened there. And he did it 908 00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,560 Speaker 6: behind the punch. He stuck the punch out there and 909 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 6: he threw the kick. It's exactly you talked to something for. 910 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:46,680 Speaker 3: Head Kicks Boy. 911 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,719 Speaker 6: Two years in row two main events. 912 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 10: Right is it like that? 913 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:51,319 Speaker 6: That's right way? 914 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,960 Speaker 1: But what a way for Justin Kchie to eat in. 915 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,080 Speaker 6: This series or be with this shot. 916 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:58,440 Speaker 3: You know what I want to do next. I want 917 00:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,560 Speaker 3: to fight with the world championship. 918 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,240 Speaker 6: The guys are fighting in October. 919 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,239 Speaker 19: I want to prove in the vestim the world we 920 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,160 Speaker 19: lose it all, Maxaheiffer, is what you're gonna get out 921 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:07,320 Speaker 19: of me? 922 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,479 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if it was Ken floor Cody 923 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: who said in our pre show meeting or even on 924 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,360 Speaker 1: this episode, like what a huge year for Justin Gaichee, 925 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,919 Speaker 1: right beating Rafael Fhazibe and then winning the BMF belt 926 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 1: in this manner to make himself largely undeniable as the 927 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:28,080 Speaker 1: number one contender for Islami Kashev's UFC lightweight Championship. I 928 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,279 Speaker 1: know we have Charles Olavera, who was injured waiting in 929 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,520 Speaker 1: the wings. Seems like momentum is moving towards giving Geichee 930 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,239 Speaker 1: that championship opportunity, But given the way the first fight 931 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,120 Speaker 1: between Justin Geigee and Dustin Poier played out, sort of 932 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,600 Speaker 1: felt like you were hunkering down for a twenty five 933 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,480 Speaker 1: minute war, and for Gatecha to win that fight in 934 00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: that dramatic fashion, it's got to be the number one 935 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,800 Speaker 1: knockout of the year for me with respect to so 936 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,760 Speaker 1: many others. I want to get to my second knockout 937 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,400 Speaker 1: of the year, and this one really I think had 938 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,480 Speaker 1: more to do with the stakes than the style points. 939 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,880 Speaker 1: But nonetheless, we got a new UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. 940 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,200 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three CO Knockout of the Year, 941 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 2: Tom Aspinall versus Sergei Pavlovich USC two ninety five. 942 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,040 Speaker 5: What was it, honey Budger the animal. 943 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, honey Badgers are the league leaders in fear, so 944 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,520 Speaker 1: they're pretty dangerous in combat. 945 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:20,000 Speaker 3: That's me. 946 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 1: I'm the honey Budger moving forward, So I'm good that 947 00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:23,680 Speaker 1: that's cool. 948 00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:24,439 Speaker 10: Boy. 949 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,279 Speaker 13: He looks so much bigger at first, right, but it's 950 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 13: because he's a little taller, long. 951 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,480 Speaker 3: And lean for the heavyweight division. 952 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:33,800 Speaker 10: That's not what you used to seeing. 953 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:39,280 Speaker 3: Oh oh you heard we're gonnattack him earlier? 954 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:40,719 Speaker 6: Yeah, how good a dot? 955 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:43,319 Speaker 1: Askmall's father Andy in his car. 956 00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,560 Speaker 20: He's penned essentially every ex trading session since Tom was 957 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:47,439 Speaker 20: eight years old. 958 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:50,960 Speaker 3: A little leg kicker, paid. 959 00:45:50,800 --> 00:46:00,600 Speaker 10: Dividending like. 960 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:06,760 Speaker 6: Champion. 961 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 10: What devils. 962 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:12,799 Speaker 6: That sisation. 963 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:14,000 Speaker 2: He's the real deal. 964 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:15,960 Speaker 6: It's been crazy two and a half weeks. 965 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:17,879 Speaker 1: He's a big scary guy. 966 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 5: You know, he's a really really good I've never been 967 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:20,080 Speaker 5: a scared. 968 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,319 Speaker 3: In my life is fighting this guy ball? 969 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:22,480 Speaker 10: Do you know what? 970 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,040 Speaker 6: I got a lot of power too, And I believe 971 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,759 Speaker 6: in myself. I really believe in myself. I've worked so 972 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,239 Speaker 6: hard over the years and this one right here, my 973 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:29,759 Speaker 6: father is. 974 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:30,800 Speaker 3: Worse, harder than anybody. 975 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,959 Speaker 19: So this belly's dedicated to my father. 976 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,600 Speaker 1: What a champion, what a kinship between father and son, 977 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,880 Speaker 1: and what a nation to be a mixed martial arts champion, 978 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 1: Kenny right. I mean, it's hard to believe that any 979 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,200 Speaker 1: English British mixed martial arts athlete would realize the star 980 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,160 Speaker 1: power of Michael Bisping, who was the first to break through, 981 00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,839 Speaker 1: Leon Edwards the second, But tom Asminall is the first 982 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,799 Speaker 1: to do it at heavyweight. And you heard DC talking 983 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,719 Speaker 1: about his size and he did mention the words long 984 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,640 Speaker 1: and lean. I guess Aspinall is pretty long. I wouldn't 985 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,360 Speaker 1: describe him as lean. Can every time I see Aspinal 986 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,120 Speaker 1: he is fucking enormous in person. And I don't know 987 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:12,600 Speaker 1: what I'm even looking to a track and when I 988 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,960 Speaker 1: throw that your way, but dude, he is an absolute 989 00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,640 Speaker 1: giant and all the talk all week was about Aspinall 990 00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,680 Speaker 1: speed and Sergey Pavlovitch's power and what a moment for 991 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,839 Speaker 1: Tom Aspinall wasn't even training in a few weeks before 992 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: that title fight. Unbelievable result for him in New York City. 993 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,839 Speaker 4: One hundred percent. Man, love both of those picks. Really, 994 00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,000 Speaker 4: so many, so many different knockouts that you could have 995 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:33,600 Speaker 4: gone with. Those are lovely. 996 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:33,839 Speaker 10: Though. 997 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,759 Speaker 4: Yeah, Aspinall is just a problem. I was kind of 998 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,560 Speaker 4: scratching my head when DC was saying lean, maybe lean 999 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:40,520 Speaker 4: compared to d C. 1000 00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:42,239 Speaker 3: Maybe that that's what he was talking about. 1001 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,040 Speaker 4: But no, this dude is absolutely massive, and it's almost 1002 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:47,640 Speaker 4: like I forget about it every single time. 1003 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,760 Speaker 3: It's like when I see a ear and the speed 1004 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,040 Speaker 3: just jumped out at me. 1005 00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:53,440 Speaker 4: Every time I see Aspenal, I go, my goodness, this 1006 00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:57,400 Speaker 4: dude is a giant amongst giants, right, So yeah, and 1007 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,680 Speaker 4: then you combine that with his athleticism, he's just like 1008 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,920 Speaker 4: a big cat, you know, he's like a lion with tiger. 1009 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,800 Speaker 4: The dude is a major, major problem. Can't wait to 1010 00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:10,000 Speaker 4: see what he brings us in twenty twenty four. 1011 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of intriguing matchups on the horizon for 1012 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:14,480 Speaker 1: Tom Aspinall. He has intimated that he would like to 1013 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,560 Speaker 1: defend the interim title if he has to against the 1014 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,440 Speaker 1: winner of Curtis Blades and Jai Jilton Almeta. But man, 1015 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,080 Speaker 1: if we see Tom Aspinall against either John Jones or 1016 00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,279 Speaker 1: Stepe in twenty twenty four, that's a huge win for 1017 00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:27,960 Speaker 1: for God, for country, and for mixed martial arts fans 1018 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,720 Speaker 1: around the world. Congrats to Justin Gatgee and Tom aspenall 1019 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,839 Speaker 1: my winners for Knockout of the Year. Now we get 1020 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 1: to the first of Ken flows two selections for his 1021 00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three Knockout of the Year. 1022 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:44,640 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Knockout of the Year Sean 1023 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,399 Speaker 2: O'Malley versus al jaelminsterm UFC two ninety two. 1024 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,600 Speaker 20: That shot late, loud, longs to get a feel for 1025 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,799 Speaker 20: what am I feel like? Early round two sterling On. 1026 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:10,719 Speaker 18: Shot well, little like trying to close it out here 1027 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:20,040 Speaker 18: do the suger shot pad of black Child, shout on 1028 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,520 Speaker 18: Malelee Wow, sugar shot out. 1029 00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,920 Speaker 6: It's the Angels, guys, But why did you move the minis? 1030 00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:30,960 Speaker 8: He sets you up? 1031 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:38,839 Speaker 6: Whoa whoa shut o mally' is the UFC. 1032 00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,640 Speaker 1: Pandom Wake Champion, the Storm. 1033 00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,880 Speaker 6: Waine ends to night looting. 1034 00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:48,200 Speaker 19: What the body. 1035 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:57,520 Speaker 13: It feels, rudy lady, heel right, w fucking go. 1036 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,919 Speaker 6: Show. I want to enjoy. You are so hard boy, 1037 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,240 Speaker 6: you aren't the new pantom length champion. 1038 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:06,560 Speaker 10: Of the world. 1039 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:18,920 Speaker 3: O'Malley rules. 1040 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, listen, I just said, just an amazing, amazing knockout 1041 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,000 Speaker 4: against one of the best grapplers in that division of 1042 00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:26,640 Speaker 4: all time. 1043 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,880 Speaker 3: And you know I had picked out to made Shirley. 1044 00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:30,560 Speaker 3: I said, this is a tough matchup for him. 1045 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,920 Speaker 4: However, if you were to imagine a scenario where O'Malley 1046 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:38,120 Speaker 4: would knock out someone to win that belt, it would 1047 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:42,440 Speaker 4: be with that very nasty pole counter and you know 1048 00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:44,360 Speaker 4: what's coming, Can you stop it? 1049 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,480 Speaker 3: It's gonna be very difficult thing. 1050 00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:49,719 Speaker 4: And O'Malley, with that length, with that speed, with that 1051 00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:53,520 Speaker 4: amazing timing, was able to land it. And he did so, 1052 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,720 Speaker 4: which you know, and I believe him with an injury 1053 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,880 Speaker 4: and he did it. I guess an excellent grappler in Sterling. 1054 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:04,120 Speaker 4: He baited him, and you could argue that perhaps maybe 1055 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,280 Speaker 4: that win was attributed to a lot of the trash 1056 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,759 Speaker 4: talk leading up to that fight, because you know, he 1057 00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,880 Speaker 4: kept saying how boring Sterling is and YadA, YadA, YadA, 1058 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:15,719 Speaker 4: and it seemed like Sterling started to buy into that narrative, goes, hey, listen, 1059 00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:17,440 Speaker 4: I need to do something exciting. I just need to 1060 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,239 Speaker 4: just go for it and take him out. Got a 1061 00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:23,240 Speaker 4: little antsy and and paid for it with that beautiful 1062 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:27,880 Speaker 4: poll counter from O'Malley. So just a spectacular knockout and 1063 00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,440 Speaker 4: you know, doing it when it counts, O'Malley. 1064 00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:32,480 Speaker 3: Is special, There's no question about it. 1065 00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,480 Speaker 1: When we did our twenty twenty three UFC Year in 1066 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,040 Speaker 1: Review show, and by the way, you can access that 1067 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,200 Speaker 1: now on ESPN's MMA YouTube channel and also the UFC's 1068 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,239 Speaker 1: YouTube channel, our lead story in twenty twenty three was 1069 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,160 Speaker 1: the breakout of Sean O'Malley. And when you look strategically 1070 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,120 Speaker 1: at the pay per view calendar, right, they got him 1071 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,279 Speaker 1: competing at UFC two ninety nine. He'll carry that pay 1072 00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,920 Speaker 1: per view in Miami. That leads into three hundred matters 1073 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,120 Speaker 1: not who headlines that show, and then a few pay 1074 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,799 Speaker 1: per views later you got Connor McGregor. So a lot 1075 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,080 Speaker 1: of thought went into the way they line up those cards. 1076 00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:03,359 Speaker 1: But we congratulate Sean O'Malley, one of two winners from 1077 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,120 Speaker 1: Ken Flow for twenty twenty three Knockout of the Year, 1078 00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:09,560 Speaker 1: but the consensus top knockout of the year took place 1079 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,040 Speaker 1: in Miami, Florida, back in April, and ken Flow settled 1080 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,840 Speaker 1: on this one for his second selection. 1081 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:16,440 Speaker 6: I hows go. 1082 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:20,160 Speaker 3: There is no question in Israel, Aisania is a great 1083 00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:20,759 Speaker 3: fighter and. 1084 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:21,720 Speaker 15: A great champion. 1085 00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,480 Speaker 7: And grayness is often defined not just by victories, but 1086 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:30,640 Speaker 7: how one overcomes adversity. And adas Sonia has an opportunity 1087 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:33,680 Speaker 7: to beat this man who appears to be unbeatable. 1088 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:34,960 Speaker 3: Here we go, boys. 1089 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:40,040 Speaker 20: The intensity of this rivalry is so palatable and palpable 1090 00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,400 Speaker 20: and felt by everybody in this Vicks Martial Arts Arena, 1091 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:46,480 Speaker 20: Chapter two slash, Chapter four begins. 1092 00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:50,560 Speaker 5: Now you're right, John, just I mean so much confidence. 1093 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,520 Speaker 3: He's a tragic question my kick for I kick up 1094 00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:03,120 Speaker 3: the middle to hit the head kick. This is a 1095 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:05,200 Speaker 3: scary p head close to the distance. 1096 00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,239 Speaker 6: O chat to the body of my hand on top. 1097 00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:12,239 Speaker 3: Oh, oh my goodness, cause just gotta be kept long. 1098 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:14,680 Speaker 2: A beautiful luck hook back. 1099 00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,760 Speaker 3: I've made him if he to get. 1100 00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:22,160 Speaker 6: Holder again, he had so. 1101 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:34,279 Speaker 8: He got a clod. 1102 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,399 Speaker 6: It's pick it all. 1103 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:37,279 Speaker 8: I got chat to. 1104 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:41,800 Speaker 5: Stop to plan last hand. 1105 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,040 Speaker 6: He's a plug now he getting yet drunk? Yet he 1106 00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:51,440 Speaker 6: got a plane? Oh god judness, Oh my goot, yet sauce, 1107 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:56,640 Speaker 6: Oh my goodness, a lucky for handed did not respect. 1108 00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:58,480 Speaker 10: The problem, put the back in his leg and he 1109 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:00,920 Speaker 10: paid for it. Oh, oh my goodness. 1110 00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:05,560 Speaker 1: It seemed when your conson inside information from the out 1111 00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,279 Speaker 1: of sign of your folks that they were gonna try 1112 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:10,200 Speaker 1: to turn kind a crushing around the butt as a 1113 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:14,520 Speaker 1: mission accomplished for the last style vendor. 1114 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:17,200 Speaker 7: That might be one of the greatest kills I've never 1115 00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:17,960 Speaker 7: seen in my life. 1116 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:20,880 Speaker 6: Well, he looked like his letter was hurt. He was painting, 1117 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,239 Speaker 6: but he had a side and just started to let 1118 00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:23,879 Speaker 6: everything going. 1119 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:25,279 Speaker 3: Is he put him out? 1120 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:26,760 Speaker 8: Wow? 1121 00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:30,239 Speaker 7: Who want a knockout? 1122 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:36,000 Speaker 6: What a way to regain your championship and finally break. 1123 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:40,120 Speaker 3: Through in a series where you were way behind people. 1124 00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:45,000 Speaker 14: Hear, I hope every one of you can fill this 1125 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:46,239 Speaker 14: little happiness. 1126 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:53,080 Speaker 6: Just one sign on you never kill the level of 1127 00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:53,799 Speaker 6: happiness if you. 1128 00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:57,080 Speaker 13: Don't vote for sweeting when they knolt you down, when 1129 00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,520 Speaker 13: it takes us about you, if you stayed. 1130 00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:03,479 Speaker 6: Down, you would never get that result. Fortify your line 1131 00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:04,400 Speaker 6: and build the. 1132 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:04,840 Speaker 10: Level of that. 1133 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,759 Speaker 8: Why what time you're life when I'm blasting to be 1134 00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,680 Speaker 8: able to build again and. 1135 00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:19,240 Speaker 21: Again back on top of the white world and mission 1136 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,720 Speaker 21: accomplished for the last style vender. 1137 00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:26,239 Speaker 1: They say revenge is sweet, and if you know me, 1138 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:27,359 Speaker 1: I got a sweet tooth. 1139 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:29,760 Speaker 3: You already know this is sweet. 1140 00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:38,040 Speaker 4: I mean I got chills just listening to that. Israel 1141 00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:42,000 Speaker 4: asnya man against Pererra. Let me give you another Background'm 1142 00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:43,360 Speaker 4: sure a lot of you guys know the story. But 1143 00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,320 Speaker 4: right like you have to go out and slay a dragon, 1144 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:49,160 Speaker 4: slay the guy that had gotten the better of you, 1145 00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,560 Speaker 4: that had been a thorn in your side from your 1146 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:52,520 Speaker 4: kickboxing career. 1147 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,359 Speaker 3: Finally you get that kid to kind of right that wrong. 1148 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:57,239 Speaker 3: And mixed martial arts, you're ready to go. 1149 00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,800 Speaker 4: You have all the experience, you have the belt, and 1150 00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:02,800 Speaker 4: the guy comes in and actually knocks you out in 1151 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,200 Speaker 4: round five after you were winning the whole fight. 1152 00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:09,040 Speaker 3: So now it just builds that much more. 1153 00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:11,200 Speaker 4: And now he has to go in there in a 1154 00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:14,800 Speaker 4: rematch against Pereira and try to get it done once again. 1155 00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:17,680 Speaker 4: His leg was kind of a little bit compromised, it 1156 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:21,359 Speaker 4: wasn't looking so great, but he remembered round one from 1157 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:25,440 Speaker 4: their first fight, and he allowed Pereira to fall onto 1158 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,960 Speaker 4: his sword when he led him into that dangerous spot, 1159 00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:33,080 Speaker 4: landed a gorgeous shot and knocked him out in one 1160 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,239 Speaker 4: of the more inspirational performances that. 1161 00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:35,920 Speaker 3: I have seen. 1162 00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:39,719 Speaker 4: This at the end of the day, similar to what 1163 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:42,080 Speaker 4: we talked about Dolby, but at a complete different level, 1164 00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:45,480 Speaker 4: because you're talking about a championship fight, a guy who 1165 00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:50,200 Speaker 4: regained his belt in this manner. We will go down 1166 00:56:50,239 --> 00:56:52,680 Speaker 4: as one of the greatest performances of his career. People 1167 00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:57,239 Speaker 4: will remember him by this performance, and you saw what 1168 00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,640 Speaker 4: Pereira did at two hundred and five pounds after that 1169 00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:02,720 Speaker 4: he is a terror, but he was able to defeat 1170 00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:06,640 Speaker 4: that terror in fantastic fashion. And you could also argue 1171 00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:10,640 Speaker 4: that perhaps it was also that high that win that 1172 00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:14,279 Speaker 4: maybe said, ah, the Strickland guy, I'm good. I'll let 1173 00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:15,680 Speaker 4: me just take him out. And I may not be 1174 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:18,240 Speaker 4: feeling great. I've been having a busy last few years, 1175 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:19,959 Speaker 4: but I'll just go in there and do it again 1176 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,959 Speaker 4: because I do things like that against Pereira, and maybe 1177 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:24,720 Speaker 4: that actually came back to bid it. But either way, 1178 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,600 Speaker 4: what a knockout it was. Very difficult. I asked John 1179 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,560 Speaker 4: for top five. John said no, no, I'll give you 1180 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:32,480 Speaker 4: two and that's it. Yeah, but man, there were so 1181 00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,840 Speaker 4: many great knockouts, but that had to make my list. 1182 00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,000 Speaker 1: No, And I'm glad that we were able to sort 1183 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,600 Speaker 1: of give the appropriate shine to that as an Mma 1184 00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:42,560 Speaker 1: moment in twenty twenty three, because you're right. Shortly thereafter 1185 00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:45,640 Speaker 1: Attasania committed to that September date, perhaps to force the 1186 00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:49,280 Speaker 1: hand of either Drakes Duplessi or Robert Whittaker. And then 1187 00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:52,400 Speaker 1: that night did not go exceedingly well for Atasnya in Sydney, 1188 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,760 Speaker 1: juxtaposed against what Alex Paeda was able to do right 1189 00:57:54,880 --> 00:58:00,520 Speaker 1: moves up to two, five finishes well, he beat Yan 1190 00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:03,040 Speaker 1: Bohovich and then he beats Jery Prohaska to become the 1191 00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:06,520 Speaker 1: undisputed UFC light Heavyweight champion. Right, So obviously in April, 1192 00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:09,840 Speaker 1: Attasani's on cloud nine. In a perfect world, the rest 1193 00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:11,600 Speaker 1: of the year would not have played out for Izzy 1194 00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:13,880 Speaker 1: the way it did. But dude, why is my appetite 1195 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:17,200 Speaker 1: so strong for a fifth meeting between Israelato Sani and 1196 00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:20,440 Speaker 1: Alex Padata Right there? I mean, there're one one in 1197 00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:22,400 Speaker 1: mixed martial arts, Like, I feel like I need to 1198 00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:25,120 Speaker 1: see this again, either at eighty five or two oh five. 1199 00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm not sure Padda is going to have an appetite 1200 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,440 Speaker 1: for cutting back down to eighty five, but I don't know. 1201 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:31,320 Speaker 1: I mean, why do I want to see it? So 1202 00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:31,919 Speaker 1: vevey again? 1203 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:32,800 Speaker 3: Have they fought? 1204 00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:37,640 Speaker 4: It's been absolutely riveting, it insane, So yeah, that's why, Yeah, yeah, 1205 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:39,520 Speaker 4: two five said it? 1206 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right. 1207 00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:43,320 Speaker 1: A couple of honorable mentions from me for Knockout of 1208 00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,439 Speaker 1: the Year Diego Fijeda against Michael Johnson and then Derek 1209 00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:48,720 Speaker 1: Lewis against Paizou in a fight that a lot of 1210 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:51,480 Speaker 1: people were not giving him a chance to win. Paizou 1211 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,200 Speaker 1: had as much momentum as he had ever had at heavyweight, 1212 00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:57,040 Speaker 1: So congratulations to the Black Beast Derek Lewis as well. 1213 00:58:57,080 --> 00:58:57,400 Speaker 10: All right. 1214 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:00,480 Speaker 1: The third member of this team on the Antik and 1215 00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:02,479 Speaker 1: Flooring Podcast, the star of the show is Ray Longo. 1216 00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:04,680 Speaker 1: He wanted in on the Anik and Flooring Podcast awards. 1217 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:06,800 Speaker 1: He actually has a winner for Knockout of the Year. 1218 00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:10,680 Speaker 1: So let us get to uh, the venerable, the estimable, 1219 00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:13,160 Speaker 1: the esteemed Raymond Peter Longo. 1220 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,840 Speaker 3: It's now time for the Ray Longo Minutes, and I'm. 1221 00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:18,400 Speaker 1: Gonna put some hold on this fucking sets. 1222 00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:19,400 Speaker 10: That's what I want. 1223 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:26,360 Speaker 5: The Ray Longo Minute, the John Nick and Kenny Florian Podcast. 1224 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:28,480 Speaker 6: Hey, Happy New Year. 1225 00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,480 Speaker 5: Ray Happy. Yeah. I say this sounds a little off. 1226 00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,320 Speaker 5: I'm going to try to reload this thing. 1227 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:38,160 Speaker 1: Okay, one minute, all right, that's fine. I mean, he 1228 00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:39,000 Speaker 1: sounds good to me. 1229 00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:41,720 Speaker 5: But uh, I'm hearing a lot of echo. 1230 00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,200 Speaker 1: All right, he's hearing some echos. So we will get 1231 00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,720 Speaker 1: to Ray Longo, who has a knockout of the Year. 1232 00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,080 Speaker 5: For us, and hold on, I'm gonna I'm just just 1233 00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:50,480 Speaker 5: gonna reload this. Hold on one. 1234 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:52,280 Speaker 1: You reload. I mean, it's not like we're doing a 1235 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,960 Speaker 1: live show here, so you could reload that and do 1236 00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:58,600 Speaker 1: whatever you gotta do, and hopefully we'll get long go back. 1237 00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:02,840 Speaker 1: As we do that, we're going to transition to our 1238 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,480 Speaker 1: submission of the Year. We'll circle back for Longo's Knockout 1239 01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:07,400 Speaker 1: of the Year. I hope I'm not messing with Cody 1240 01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:10,640 Speaker 1: too bad here, but submission of the Year for twenty 1241 01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:13,440 Speaker 1: twenty three. And as I was breaking down, Brendan Allen, 1242 01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:17,320 Speaker 1: it's amazing to see a guy be able to get 1243 01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:19,280 Speaker 1: to that back and get to that rear naked choke 1244 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:23,240 Speaker 1: so consistently at the elite levels of a division. But 1245 01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to start here with Submission of the Year. 1246 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:27,240 Speaker 1: There weren't obviously as many choices as there were for 1247 01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,160 Speaker 1: Knockout of the Year. I'm going all the way back 1248 01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,280 Speaker 1: to Perth, Western Australia. It was UFC two eighty four 1249 01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:37,240 Speaker 1: February of twenty twenty three. Arguably the most memorable live 1250 01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:39,520 Speaker 1: event that I have ever covered, just given that crazy 1251 01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:41,560 Speaker 1: crowd in Perth. And one of the big reasons why 1252 01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,640 Speaker 1: it was as memorable a live event as I've had 1253 01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:46,440 Speaker 1: the chance to call was Al Pantera. 1254 01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:53,040 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three Submission of the Year. Yeah, 1255 01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:55,440 Speaker 2: you're Rodriguez versus Josh Emmitt. 1256 01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,959 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, Josh Emmett wearing it upstairs about 1257 01:00:57,960 --> 01:00:59,440 Speaker 1: three minutes here to going around two. 1258 01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,240 Speaker 12: Nice job by yay R to just touch him up 1259 01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:04,600 Speaker 12: and not get too aggressive. 1260 01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:05,439 Speaker 1: And get taken down for the worst. 1261 01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:06,880 Speaker 22: That triangle, I don't know. 1262 01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, he can pull that white leg out. 1263 01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:10,520 Speaker 3: He's thinking about the triangles. 1264 01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,960 Speaker 6: That's the triangles, pull down his gun him up jets 1265 01:01:15,480 --> 01:01:20,560 Speaker 6: fancy five seconds to go. That's all, it's his job. 1266 01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:26,640 Speaker 6: I'm checking him. He commits the cover. 1267 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:32,160 Speaker 1: Kio Rodriguez is the interim duc Featherway check him. Incredible, 1268 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:35,440 Speaker 1: perfect performance, he fought the perfect his style. 1269 01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:35,880 Speaker 8: He did. 1270 01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:42,320 Speaker 6: A drab you were here the other way shop him 1271 01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:50,880 Speaker 6: of the world. Joy Joe whoa driga. 1272 01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:59,480 Speaker 1: Yaya Rodriguez my winner for the twenty twenty three Submission 1273 01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,240 Speaker 1: of the Year. He did it to win a world title, 1274 01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,200 Speaker 1: and even though some of us were surprised that he 1275 01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:06,200 Speaker 1: turned around as quickly as he did to challenge Alex 1276 01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:09,240 Speaker 1: inner Volkonowski for the un disputed belt that summer, you 1277 01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,560 Speaker 1: can never take this belt away from Yaya Rodriguez. You 1278 01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:15,439 Speaker 1: can never take the pretty Mexican inspired themed colored belt 1279 01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:17,400 Speaker 1: they made for him as well. And Yahia Rodriguez will 1280 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,560 Speaker 1: always have a UFC Interim Championship belt at home. And 1281 01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:21,360 Speaker 1: he got it done against a guy in Josh Emmitt 1282 01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:23,680 Speaker 1: who just turned in arguably the knockout of the year 1283 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:27,520 Speaker 1: against Bryce Mitchell. So congratulations to Yayi Rodriguez, my winner 1284 01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:30,360 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three Submission of the Year. And I 1285 01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:32,040 Speaker 1: guess there was a good chance Kenny and I might 1286 01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:33,800 Speaker 1: have landed on the same sub this year, but we 1287 01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:35,560 Speaker 1: can't pick the same winner. So with that we will 1288 01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,280 Speaker 1: reveal what was a no doubter for Ken Flow's twenty 1289 01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:40,760 Speaker 1: twenty three submission of the Year. 1290 01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:47,600 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three submission of the Year Alexe 1291 01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:49,800 Speaker 2: Grosso versus Valentina Chevchenki. 1292 01:02:50,200 --> 01:03:02,439 Speaker 16: Oh thin back, that's no times is soft, time's tight, 1293 01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:04,080 Speaker 16: this is sometimes tight. 1294 01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:05,240 Speaker 5: I think she can. 1295 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:15,520 Speaker 6: For the winner, Blice, I've met, show you to a 1296 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:16,720 Speaker 6: weal that good joke. 1297 01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:50,200 Speaker 10: Just good, got a right showing all the who. 1298 01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:41,960 Speaker 9: Does not feel. 1299 01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:45,760 Speaker 12: Please try to me because I feel like I'm dreaming it. 1300 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,280 Speaker 6: I dream it with this moment for so long. 1301 01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:53,280 Speaker 5: And thank you everyone, that's you, thank. 1302 01:03:53,160 --> 01:03:54,120 Speaker 10: You, thank you so much. 1303 01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:56,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. 1304 01:03:56,480 --> 01:04:02,200 Speaker 4: What with Alexi Grosso her submission win over Valentina Schevchenko, 1305 01:04:02,480 --> 01:04:05,080 Speaker 4: and you know it could have been upset of the year. 1306 01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:08,160 Speaker 4: I thought that the path to victory was a little 1307 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:10,080 Speaker 4: bit more clear for her than it was for say, 1308 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:13,600 Speaker 4: strickling against Atasanya. Yeah, because I respect the striking so 1309 01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:16,040 Speaker 4: much for finishing ability and on the ground, as she 1310 01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:19,280 Speaker 4: demonstrated here against Chevchenko was right there with her. And 1311 01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:23,200 Speaker 4: of course that rematch just so close. But yeah, Alexa 1312 01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:27,520 Speaker 4: Grosso for me, just a phenomenal fighter who capitalized at 1313 01:04:27,560 --> 01:04:30,680 Speaker 4: the perfect moment. You don't have to get it around 1314 01:04:30,680 --> 01:04:33,200 Speaker 4: the neck to get the finish, guys, you can absolutely 1315 01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,200 Speaker 4: break a jaw if you're able to get that hold 1316 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,960 Speaker 4: in the right spot at the right time, and she 1317 01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:41,000 Speaker 4: was able to get it done with that face crank 1318 01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:44,600 Speaker 4: man over one of the most dominant champions in UFC history. 1319 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,600 Speaker 3: So yeah, that's my submission of the year. 1320 01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:51,000 Speaker 1: My second conditioning coach, JC Santana is always up in 1321 01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:55,160 Speaker 1: arms when people refer to rear naked chokes incorrectly. Right, 1322 01:04:55,240 --> 01:04:59,080 Speaker 1: it's a face crank And obviously Chevchenko's face told the 1323 01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:01,600 Speaker 1: story with the discoloration and everything else. And I agree 1324 01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:03,480 Speaker 1: with you, Ken Flow in terms of it not being 1325 01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:05,280 Speaker 1: the upset of the year. I felt like Alexa Grosso 1326 01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:07,320 Speaker 1: was live going into that fight a UFC two eighty five. 1327 01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:09,680 Speaker 1: I felt like her career, as I've said, methodically built 1328 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:11,960 Speaker 1: to that moment, So I didn't see that necessarily as 1329 01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:14,280 Speaker 1: the upset that some others did. All right, we welcome 1330 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:15,360 Speaker 1: back Raymond Peter Longo. 1331 01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:18,280 Speaker 5: A oh man, guys, it's good to see you. I 1332 01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:20,240 Speaker 5: feel like I don't know. I feel like I haven't 1333 01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:24,160 Speaker 5: seen you in a while. Christmas, Happy New Year, John. 1334 01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:24,760 Speaker 1: To you as well. 1335 01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:26,040 Speaker 3: To you as well. 1336 01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:28,480 Speaker 1: We have sent you a Christmas bonus. It has not 1337 01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:31,720 Speaker 1: arrived yet, but it comes with the annex family holiday cards, 1338 01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:33,560 Speaker 1: so you don't need to keep the holiday card, but 1339 01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:34,800 Speaker 1: maybe you cash the check. 1340 01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:35,560 Speaker 2: But no. 1341 01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:38,320 Speaker 1: It is interesting like we all spend so much time 1342 01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:40,480 Speaker 1: together and talking off the air that when we do 1343 01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:43,040 Speaker 1: take one of the two or three bye weeks that 1344 01:05:43,080 --> 01:05:45,120 Speaker 1: we take during the year, we do miss each other. So, yeah, 1345 01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:46,000 Speaker 1: it's good to see your friend. 1346 01:05:47,080 --> 01:05:49,360 Speaker 5: And I did get a Christmas card from your kids 1347 01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:51,400 Speaker 5: to everybody, who's beautiful. I mean, it was a great 1348 01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:52,120 Speaker 5: card his kids. 1349 01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:53,800 Speaker 3: Do you get a car? 1350 01:05:54,520 --> 01:05:56,960 Speaker 5: It was no, it wasn't no check, but. 1351 01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:01,120 Speaker 3: It was beautiful. No, I'm just saying what happened, all right? 1352 01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:03,080 Speaker 1: So all right, so you're gonna get a second car? 1353 01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:07,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know so Christmas baby. 1354 01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:08,480 Speaker 3: I love the car. 1355 01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:09,520 Speaker 5: It don't worry about it. 1356 01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,040 Speaker 1: Unbeknownst to me, my wife must have sent you a 1357 01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:16,680 Speaker 1: fucking Christmas card. When I got home from UFC two 1358 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:19,640 Speaker 1: ninety six, I sent you one, but I put a 1359 01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:22,640 Speaker 1: little something in. There's in there. No, I put a 1360 01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:26,840 Speaker 1: little check in there. But ray, what is a guy 1361 01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:30,320 Speaker 1: like you do on New Year's Eve? I mean I 1362 01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:32,400 Speaker 1: was a bed at nine thirty pm Eastern, But what 1363 01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:32,920 Speaker 1: was that? 1364 01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:35,960 Speaker 5: I was close to you, but you know, we ordered out. 1365 01:06:36,040 --> 01:06:38,520 Speaker 5: We watched a movie. U that's it, you know what 1366 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:40,000 Speaker 5: I mean. The kids we hit a whole week and 1367 01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,640 Speaker 5: then they went back into the city for New Years. 1368 01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:46,240 Speaker 5: So I actually had the flu, so I missed Christmas 1369 01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:49,840 Speaker 5: per Yeah, I got a pretty bad. The whole gym 1370 01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:53,160 Speaker 5: just got taken down, as usual, like once one guy 1371 01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,240 Speaker 5: gets something that itches, but everybody's symptoms were different. This 1372 01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:59,360 Speaker 5: was a weird one this year. Some people had COVID, 1373 01:06:59,440 --> 01:07:03,640 Speaker 5: some had the flu, baris vas going rets. It's whacked 1374 01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:05,720 Speaker 5: out here, really whacked whacky. I don't know if you 1375 01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:07,120 Speaker 5: guys had the same problem. 1376 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:09,240 Speaker 3: But and why a lot all way round? 1377 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, Whiteman sick as a dog in South Carolina. So 1378 01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:14,760 Speaker 5: I don't know what happened to him, but it is, 1379 01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:16,280 Speaker 5: it is what it is, but that's what it did. 1380 01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:19,920 Speaker 5: I'm not a New Year's Eve guy. Yeah, it's like 1381 01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:20,960 Speaker 5: twenty eight years old. 1382 01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:21,520 Speaker 3: That stopped. 1383 01:07:21,560 --> 01:07:22,560 Speaker 5: I think twenty nine. 1384 01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:25,960 Speaker 1: If you're pro dog you're usually anti fireworks, so I 1385 01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:29,240 Speaker 1: am very much pro dog and anti firework. Thankfully, my 1386 01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:31,360 Speaker 1: my puppy was able to make it through the night. 1387 01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:35,240 Speaker 1: So a lot of things I want to get into 1388 01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:37,280 Speaker 1: with you today. Obviously, you have a knockout of the year. 1389 01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:38,920 Speaker 1: You're going to give us a male Fighter of the Year, 1390 01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:41,000 Speaker 1: a Personality of the Year as we continue with our 1391 01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:43,919 Speaker 1: ninth annual Anakin Florent Podcast Awards. But you are five 1392 01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,000 Speaker 1: months removed from this hip surgery, so you got to 1393 01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:47,520 Speaker 1: give us an update as to how you're feeling. 1394 01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:50,640 Speaker 5: I tell you everything's everything's going good. 1395 01:07:55,600 --> 01:07:58,080 Speaker 1: Sorry, I got these new buttons, you know, So how's 1396 01:07:58,080 --> 01:07:59,960 Speaker 1: the hep tell us the hip. 1397 01:07:59,840 --> 01:08:03,120 Speaker 5: Is there's a couple of positions that really don't affect me. 1398 01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:04,880 Speaker 5: But when I go to stretch, I feel a little bit. 1399 01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:08,600 Speaker 1: But besides them, not like intercourse positions, just stretching. 1400 01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:11,640 Speaker 5: I understand. Now with the course, what is that? I 1401 01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:13,920 Speaker 5: don't even know what that is? Can you explain that 1402 01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:14,240 Speaker 5: to me? 1403 01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:15,680 Speaker 3: I'm ask. 1404 01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:17,599 Speaker 1: A friend. 1405 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:21,360 Speaker 3: I'll tell you one thing, man. 1406 01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:24,880 Speaker 5: With a bad hip. It was about one position that 1407 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:25,800 Speaker 5: was okay. 1408 01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:31,320 Speaker 1: That's good. Well, we're glad to hear that. So your 1409 01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:35,200 Speaker 1: knockout of the ear. We had like twenty eight knockouts 1410 01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:38,120 Speaker 1: on this initial list. What was your knockout of the 1411 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:39,880 Speaker 1: year ray for twenty twenty three. 1412 01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:42,280 Speaker 5: I'm gonna tell you something, you know. I I you 1413 01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,479 Speaker 5: know obviously, you know, you get on your phone, you 1414 01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:49,240 Speaker 5: see some things. And I think Adasagania against Pereira was 1415 01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:51,840 Speaker 5: a lot of people's choice. But I'll tell you what 1416 01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:54,559 Speaker 5: I'm going different. I'm for the little guy. I think 1417 01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:58,679 Speaker 5: Josh Emit's knockout of Bryce Mitchell was just fucking crazy. 1418 01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:00,600 Speaker 5: I've never seen a guy can tour like that on 1419 01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,719 Speaker 5: the floor. And these are two These ain't two prelim fighters. 1420 01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:06,200 Speaker 5: These are two guys up in the top five. And 1421 01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:08,240 Speaker 5: that's my knock out of the Yeah, I never saw 1422 01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:10,200 Speaker 5: anything that devastating in a long time. 1423 01:09:10,439 --> 01:09:13,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard for me, Kenny to assess that fight 1424 01:09:13,360 --> 01:09:17,479 Speaker 1: without thinking about the totally wayward career decision by Bryce 1425 01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:21,120 Speaker 1: Mitchell with respect to accept that fight while building a 1426 01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:23,400 Speaker 1: pole barn and not training at all. I know he's 1427 01:09:23,439 --> 01:09:26,760 Speaker 1: in shape, but I think that cooler head should have 1428 01:09:26,800 --> 01:09:29,720 Speaker 1: prevailed managerially or otherwise. To say, look, dude, like you're 1429 01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:30,679 Speaker 1: on the cusp of contention. 1430 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:30,920 Speaker 2: Here. 1431 01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,000 Speaker 1: You just beat Dany Gay. I don't know why you're 1432 01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,720 Speaker 1: rushing into this fight, even if the odds makers have 1433 01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:37,640 Speaker 1: you as the betting favorite. But let us get you 1434 01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:39,960 Speaker 1: some sound on what was a knockout of the year 1435 01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:41,960 Speaker 1: for a lot of people. Ray Longos twenty twenty three 1436 01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:44,960 Speaker 1: Knockout of the Year, Joshua, And you see. 1437 01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:45,519 Speaker 3: Mitchell took this. 1438 01:09:58,160 --> 01:09:59,760 Speaker 7: Saying about damn it. 1439 01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:01,920 Speaker 6: Oh my god, look it, it's gun shake it. 1440 01:10:02,360 --> 01:10:04,760 Speaker 10: He's shake it back. Oh my goodness, Oh my. 1441 01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:07,240 Speaker 3: Goodness, he's in composures right there. 1442 01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:08,200 Speaker 6: Oh my goodness. 1443 01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:13,560 Speaker 12: I'm so happy with josh Emmon because right after he 1444 01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:15,240 Speaker 12: knocked me out, he could have followed. 1445 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,840 Speaker 3: Up with the hammer fist and it probably would have 1446 01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:20,639 Speaker 3: killed me. And he didn't even follow up with anything. 1447 01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,360 Speaker 1: You know, he was just happy with the knockout and 1448 01:10:23,439 --> 01:10:24,120 Speaker 1: he walked away. 1449 01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:28,000 Speaker 3: And I'm so gracious for that. I will forever remember that. 1450 01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:30,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's what we trained for, what we hope for. 1451 01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:31,160 Speaker 10: That. 1452 01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:33,760 Speaker 15: I did my job, you know, I went in there, 1453 01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:38,080 Speaker 15: and I know I got criticized from some people for celebrating, 1454 01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:39,679 Speaker 15: and that's what I'm supposed to do. That's why people 1455 01:10:39,720 --> 01:10:42,120 Speaker 15: buy the pay per views, That's why people buy the tickets. 1456 01:10:42,360 --> 01:10:44,920 Speaker 15: They want to see that type of violence, and I 1457 01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:48,120 Speaker 15: delivered that every single time. It's like if you've ever 1458 01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:50,320 Speaker 15: played baseball or you golf, you know when you're just 1459 01:10:50,439 --> 01:10:53,519 Speaker 15: sweet and perfect and if it's effortless and you just connect, 1460 01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,599 Speaker 15: you know, the golf ball over the bats going out 1461 01:10:56,680 --> 01:10:58,320 Speaker 15: or I mean the baseball's going out of the park. 1462 01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:00,960 Speaker 5: And that's exactly what happen. And I hit him so 1463 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:02,439 Speaker 5: hard and flesh and clean. 1464 01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:04,800 Speaker 15: I could just feel it in my hand and then 1465 01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:07,840 Speaker 15: I just saw him, you know, kind of falling face down. 1466 01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:13,200 Speaker 5: Man y, Yeah, no, go ahead, nice. I love the 1467 01:11:13,280 --> 01:11:16,000 Speaker 5: analogy guy. He's spot on with that. 1468 01:11:16,160 --> 01:11:16,280 Speaker 22: Man. 1469 01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:18,920 Speaker 5: It's like getting the good crack on the bats, like 1470 01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,320 Speaker 5: when you hit somebody perfect, I mean they're it's a 1471 01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:25,800 Speaker 5: it's a pretty crazy feeling. So uh yeah, that's that. 1472 01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:28,600 Speaker 5: And listen, Emmit came off. I think, what do you 1473 01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:32,280 Speaker 5: have two pretty bad losses and to come back and 1474 01:11:32,400 --> 01:11:36,479 Speaker 5: do that again? Gled Bryce. Mitchell's all right, obviously he's 1475 01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:37,799 Speaker 5: he's a great sport. 1476 01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:38,320 Speaker 2: Uh. 1477 01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:41,400 Speaker 5: But like he said, when you say cooler heads, uh 1478 01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:45,280 Speaker 5: you hope that cooler heads could have interjected. It's just 1479 01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:49,160 Speaker 5: it doesn't work like that these guys are really thick headed. 1480 01:11:49,240 --> 01:11:50,880 Speaker 5: They do what they want to do. And I think 1481 01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,760 Speaker 5: right now I like Bryce, He's been at the gym, 1482 01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:55,800 Speaker 5: has nothing to do. But I think Bryce is his 1483 01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:58,200 Speaker 5: own worst enemy at this point. Somebody should get in 1484 01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:00,880 Speaker 5: it because he is a talented kid, but you're starting 1485 01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:06,800 Speaker 5: to see some wackiness seep into the octagon performance, I think. 1486 01:12:06,880 --> 01:12:09,799 Speaker 1: Anyway, I agree, No, I agree. I love Bryce Mitchell 1487 01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:12,800 Speaker 1: and a quick fire thing recently, and I think I 1488 01:12:12,880 --> 01:12:15,080 Speaker 1: might have even mentioned him as my favorite fighter. But 1489 01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:17,880 Speaker 1: if you are trying to win a world championship, you 1490 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,200 Speaker 1: don't accept a fight against the most powerful striker in 1491 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,920 Speaker 1: the division with no training camp. Now, Kenny, we have 1492 01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:26,719 Speaker 1: never had a serious injury nor death in the octagon, 1493 01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:29,000 Speaker 1: unless you consider leg breaks. Certainly, I think it stands 1494 01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:30,720 Speaker 1: to reason that a lot of athletes are going to 1495 01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:33,320 Speaker 1: have CTE when they come out of these careers. But 1496 01:12:33,439 --> 01:12:36,880 Speaker 1: to raise point like this is as fearful as I've 1497 01:12:36,960 --> 01:12:40,160 Speaker 1: ever been in that seat for that condition, as I 1498 01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:43,439 Speaker 1: saw Bryce Mitchell twitch and there on the canvas, and I. 1499 01:12:43,439 --> 01:12:45,760 Speaker 4: Think what's more shocking about it is the fact that 1500 01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:48,320 Speaker 4: this is one hundred and forty five pounder who landed 1501 01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:51,920 Speaker 4: that shot, right, This isn't a heavyweight knockout, you know, 1502 01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:54,320 Speaker 4: and to have that be you know, of course we 1503 01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,920 Speaker 4: always kind of have these short term memories, but I 1504 01:12:57,000 --> 01:12:59,560 Speaker 4: think a lot of people would would argue that that 1505 01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:02,360 Speaker 4: is one of the most devastating knockouts in UFC history. 1506 01:13:02,479 --> 01:13:06,040 Speaker 4: And to have that knockout from a featherweight amongst all 1507 01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:10,280 Speaker 4: the great heavyweight knockouts, says a lot about the power 1508 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:13,280 Speaker 4: of Josh Emmont And to hear, you know, the classy 1509 01:13:13,400 --> 01:13:18,639 Speaker 4: response post fight, you know from Bryce Mitchell says a lot. 1510 01:13:18,840 --> 01:13:20,640 Speaker 3: Says a lot about him as well. He is a 1511 01:13:20,680 --> 01:13:21,960 Speaker 3: true professional through and through. 1512 01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:24,760 Speaker 4: He was very grateful and to hear that I think 1513 01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:27,800 Speaker 4: was very impressive and Emmitt as well, and it's always 1514 01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:28,439 Speaker 4: a class act. 1515 01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:32,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, but after write the losses to AA Rodriguez and 1516 01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:35,679 Speaker 1: Ilia Topoitia, right, loses to Topoitia thirty to twenty four, 1517 01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:37,880 Speaker 1: to come back and close out the year, go into 1518 01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:41,320 Speaker 1: your vacation with a knockout like that. Congratulations to Josh 1519 01:13:41,360 --> 01:13:45,320 Speaker 1: Emmett ray Longo's selection for twenty twenty three Knockout of 1520 01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:47,639 Speaker 1: the Year. All right, that brings us to the Stephan 1521 01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:51,320 Speaker 1: Bonner American Psycho Fight of the Year for twenty twenty three. 1522 01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:55,400 Speaker 1: So last December, about a week before our twenty twenty 1523 01:13:55,479 --> 01:13:57,960 Speaker 1: two award show, we lost Stephan Bonner. Kenny, I know 1524 01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,880 Speaker 1: you competed alongside him on season one of The Ultimate Fighter. 1525 01:14:00,920 --> 01:14:03,080 Speaker 1: You and I became exceedingly close with him working at 1526 01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:05,160 Speaker 1: ESPN on MMA Live from two thousand and eight to 1527 01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:08,719 Speaker 1: twenty eleven. Just a hugely sad loss for the MMA 1528 01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:11,479 Speaker 1: community and the Bonner family. So we continue to honor 1529 01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:14,040 Speaker 1: him here on the show with our Stephan Bonner American 1530 01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:17,120 Speaker 1: Psycho Fight of the Year, and for me in twenty 1531 01:14:17,200 --> 01:14:20,400 Speaker 1: twenty three, recency bias aside a late entry at UFC 1532 01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:23,400 Speaker 1: two ninety six was just impossible to deny. 1533 01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:29,679 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three Fight of the Year Irene 1534 01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:33,920 Speaker 2: Al Donna versus Carol Hosa UFC two ninety six. 1535 01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:36,080 Speaker 4: That's quite as risy. 1536 01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:41,160 Speaker 6: It's a crazy son, crazy, my god, this is this crowd. 1537 01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:44,880 Speaker 6: Oh you Tiger in the right hand, Osten the Kigs 1538 01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:50,240 Speaker 6: another long kids, Oh. 1539 01:14:52,040 --> 01:14:53,320 Speaker 15: Oh oh my. 1540 01:14:53,400 --> 01:14:54,400 Speaker 10: Goodness, this is U. 1541 01:14:57,040 --> 01:15:02,600 Speaker 6: Shoot something. How about Coopers. 1542 01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:03,960 Speaker 3: Team? 1543 01:15:03,960 --> 01:15:04,599 Speaker 22: You want a fight? 1544 01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:05,240 Speaker 1: What? 1545 01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:06,599 Speaker 2: What a fight? 1546 01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:12,679 Speaker 6: I wrote a Stay Patient Team modeled arena already, Aldona. 1547 01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,679 Speaker 19: That was one of the best fights I have ever. 1548 01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:19,120 Speaker 7: Seen in my life, toe to toe from the opening bell. 1549 01:15:19,840 --> 01:15:23,439 Speaker 6: God, it is a dust stuff fighter. You can't get 1550 01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:24,320 Speaker 6: any tougher girl. 1551 01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:26,800 Speaker 18: Let me tell you something that is about as tough 1552 01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:27,920 Speaker 18: as human beings get. 1553 01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:30,400 Speaker 6: Just what an incredible. 1554 01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:36,559 Speaker 13: Performance and Rady Altnah, ladies and gentlemen, a Rene Altana. 1555 01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:41,320 Speaker 1: With a tremendous effort of the final ten minutes to 1556 01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:45,479 Speaker 1: get the decision over a game as hell Kuto Hoso Wow. 1557 01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:47,760 Speaker 3: I was so moved by that fight. 1558 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:51,200 Speaker 7: Sometimes you see a fight where you know they put 1559 01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:55,320 Speaker 7: out every fighter of their being inside that octagon, and 1560 01:15:55,439 --> 01:15:57,760 Speaker 7: that was one of those performances for both of them. 1561 01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:01,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, nicely put by Joe Rogan. And as I've often 1562 01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:05,160 Speaker 1: said on a UFC microphone, their lives are forever linked 1563 01:16:05,479 --> 01:16:07,400 Speaker 1: there too. For after a fight like that, a rain 1564 01:16:07,439 --> 01:16:10,280 Speaker 1: Aldanna and Kodole hoos a race six hundred and fifty 1565 01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:15,720 Speaker 1: eight combined strikes attempted raz fifteen minutes just absurd, And 1566 01:16:15,760 --> 01:16:18,040 Speaker 1: I found myself sitting there thinking, like, man, like you 1567 01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:20,240 Speaker 1: are so not tough, John Anik, Like you're such a 1568 01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:23,800 Speaker 1: oh see, like you would have taken one of those 1569 01:16:23,840 --> 01:16:26,440 Speaker 1: coudole hos of leg kicks and you be in a wheelchair. 1570 01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,240 Speaker 1: You know, I just have so much respect for these 1571 01:16:28,240 --> 01:16:29,960 Speaker 1: two athletes. Gave him my fight of the year. 1572 01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:30,559 Speaker 4: Yeah. 1573 01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:35,519 Speaker 5: Look, the ability to absorb pain and keep moving forward 1574 01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:38,120 Speaker 5: with a poker face is not easy to do. Like, Kenny, 1575 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:41,240 Speaker 5: we were watching some tie fights the other the other day. Dude, 1576 01:16:41,280 --> 01:16:44,960 Speaker 5: it's the amount of paom you have to endure on 1577 01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:47,920 Speaker 5: your shins, your legs, feet, We're not even getting to 1578 01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,560 Speaker 5: the head yet, you know what I mean, Like, it 1579 01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:53,280 Speaker 5: is crazy, and just she ate those inside leg kicks. 1580 01:16:53,360 --> 01:16:56,600 Speaker 5: After a while, man, they just add up and a 1581 01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:59,080 Speaker 5: normal person is just going to break, you know. But 1582 01:16:59,320 --> 01:17:03,320 Speaker 5: these are high level athletes that were able to move 1583 01:17:03,439 --> 01:17:06,240 Speaker 5: through that pain barrier and just keep trying to get 1584 01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:08,360 Speaker 5: what they wanted. And it was to me there was 1585 01:17:08,400 --> 01:17:10,639 Speaker 5: no win or loser in that fight, and that by 1586 01:17:10,760 --> 01:17:14,040 Speaker 5: far is nobody could argue with that at all. That 1587 01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:17,000 Speaker 5: was a hell of a fight. That's one that people 1588 01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:18,840 Speaker 5: are going to remember it and I don't have a 1589 01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:20,920 Speaker 5: good memory, so if I remember it, I thought it 1590 01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:22,200 Speaker 5: was really really. 1591 01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:25,880 Speaker 1: Good Kenny, in terms of the pain barrier that Ray 1592 01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:28,479 Speaker 1: just referenced and a perfect way to put it. Ray, 1593 01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:31,479 Speaker 1: do you remember the most pain you were ever in 1594 01:17:31,920 --> 01:17:35,559 Speaker 1: the octagon during a fight? I know you were doling 1595 01:17:35,600 --> 01:17:39,600 Speaker 1: out the pain most of the time. Yeah, I just 1596 01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:41,640 Speaker 1: feel like at some point in a fight like this, 1597 01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:44,240 Speaker 1: whether it's a Rane Aldonna trying to put pressure on 1598 01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,680 Speaker 1: a leg that has been kicked ninety five times, or 1599 01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:50,599 Speaker 1: could Old Hoosa trying to sort of fight through all 1600 01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:52,840 Speaker 1: the damage upstairs. Like, do you ever remember being in 1601 01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:54,680 Speaker 1: the octagon and just like being in a lot of 1602 01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:57,280 Speaker 1: physical pain or does adrenaline sort of take over? 1603 01:17:58,360 --> 01:17:58,800 Speaker 3: Yeah? I do. 1604 01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:01,639 Speaker 4: Actually the last out of my career against Jose Aldo, 1605 01:18:01,800 --> 01:18:03,439 Speaker 4: him kicking the inside of my leg. 1606 01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:07,160 Speaker 3: That was really, honestly the first time where I'm like 1607 01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:09,960 Speaker 3: this hurts, you know in a fight. 1608 01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,400 Speaker 4: Well, in a fight, you kind of the adrenaline kind 1609 01:18:12,439 --> 01:18:14,679 Speaker 4: of takes over and you're so focused on the task 1610 01:18:14,760 --> 01:18:17,120 Speaker 4: in hand you kind of don't feel the pain until 1611 01:18:17,280 --> 01:18:20,280 Speaker 4: like maybe in your back when you're backstage after the fight. 1612 01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:23,040 Speaker 4: But that was really the first time during a fight 1613 01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:26,000 Speaker 4: was like, well, first of all, being like taken aback 1614 01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:28,880 Speaker 4: by the speed of him because obviously this was something 1615 01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:30,800 Speaker 4: I had prepared for, Like that inside leg kick, of 1616 01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:33,560 Speaker 4: Aldo or the kick of Aldo, and to see it 1617 01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:34,880 Speaker 4: right in front of it was another thing. 1618 01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:36,760 Speaker 3: And then to feel the pain the power that he 1619 01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:40,400 Speaker 3: that he dolls out was was was not fun. 1620 01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:44,759 Speaker 5: Yeah, let me introject one thing too, John, I say, women, 1621 01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:48,720 Speaker 5: I believe and we I think just even when childbirth 1622 01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:51,640 Speaker 5: can endure so much more pain that we can. And 1623 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:55,320 Speaker 5: I think that fight was an example of like childbirth 1624 01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:58,840 Speaker 5: going band without an epidorable like you're just gonna they 1625 01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:01,880 Speaker 5: get through it, you know what I mean? And I 1626 01:19:02,040 --> 01:19:03,960 Speaker 5: used to I used to teach a class of women 1627 01:19:04,200 --> 01:19:07,160 Speaker 5: every Monday and Saturday morning. Dude, I would torture these 1628 01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:09,800 Speaker 5: women and they would just look at me like more more, 1629 01:19:11,560 --> 01:19:13,439 Speaker 5: you know what I mean? Like it was crazy. 1630 01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:18,400 Speaker 1: So, man, I don't know, you allow transgender women in 1631 01:19:18,520 --> 01:19:22,720 Speaker 1: that class? Or no, you allow men formerly men in 1632 01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:25,120 Speaker 1: that women's class? Or no, you don't have to answer 1633 01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:25,599 Speaker 1: that question. 1634 01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:28,320 Speaker 5: Let me ask you this instead, right, I'm pretty uh 1635 01:19:29,240 --> 01:19:31,600 Speaker 5: uh they could be They could be transgender people, and 1636 01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:32,439 Speaker 5: then I wouldn't even know. 1637 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:36,519 Speaker 1: You wouldn't even know, all right, So we all have 1638 01:19:36,680 --> 01:19:38,720 Speaker 1: multiple children, So I feel like I can ask this 1639 01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,200 Speaker 1: of you guys, and perhaps can flow archers too, young, 1640 01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:43,559 Speaker 1: so maybe you don't have an answer. Right, Like my son, 1641 01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:46,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to call him a whim necessarily, right, 1642 01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:52,519 Speaker 1: his pain threshold is higher than both of my daughters combined. Right, 1643 01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:56,240 Speaker 1: Like my dog can thrash his face and he'll be like, yeah, 1644 01:19:56,280 --> 01:19:59,400 Speaker 1: I want more, right, But overall, like he's sort of 1645 01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,360 Speaker 1: soft and wimpy as a kid, you know, and I 1646 01:20:02,439 --> 01:20:05,120 Speaker 1: hope he's not right outside right now, Like, can you 1647 01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:08,040 Speaker 1: guys differentiate between your kids, Like, oh, my son is 1648 01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:11,160 Speaker 1: actually the toughest in terms of pain threshold of the three, 1649 01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,000 Speaker 1: but he might be the softest actually when it comes 1650 01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:16,560 Speaker 1: to actually being an athlete. Like Ray with your two daughters, Like, 1651 01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:18,320 Speaker 1: is one of them tougher than the other? 1652 01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:19,640 Speaker 21: Uh? 1653 01:20:19,960 --> 01:20:22,560 Speaker 5: One of them is definitely mentally tougher, I believe, but 1654 01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:26,479 Speaker 5: physically tougher. I don't know about that. My daughters were like, 1655 01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:29,320 Speaker 5: they were about as feminine and as girly as you 1656 01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:31,479 Speaker 5: could get, and I think I made a mistake with that. 1657 01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:34,040 Speaker 5: They should have pushed them more. They started out with 1658 01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:37,600 Speaker 5: you know, like karate at the gym. We had a 1659 01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:40,640 Speaker 5: kid teach him, but it just wasn't for them. So 1660 01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:44,360 Speaker 5: you know, we went we went the education route. You know, 1661 01:20:44,479 --> 01:20:47,040 Speaker 5: my wife was big into education, and they both have 1662 01:20:47,160 --> 01:20:49,519 Speaker 5: great jobs and they're doing well, so they paint off. 1663 01:20:49,640 --> 01:20:51,800 Speaker 5: But I think they could have used a little more 1664 01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:54,840 Speaker 5: that toughening up, for sure. So I think I made 1665 01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:55,479 Speaker 5: a mistake with that. 1666 01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:57,960 Speaker 1: Ken Flow. Is one of your kids tougher than the other? 1667 01:20:58,479 --> 01:21:00,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I think my daughter's pretty tough, but 1668 01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:02,960 Speaker 4: my son kind of takes it to another level. Like 1669 01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:06,160 Speaker 4: especially if he hits his head on something, he doesn't 1670 01:21:06,160 --> 01:21:08,160 Speaker 4: even blink. There was one time and went out to 1671 01:21:08,240 --> 01:21:10,400 Speaker 4: take out the trash and he follows me around the house, 1672 01:21:10,439 --> 01:21:12,519 Speaker 4: you know, So he was waiting by the door. He 1673 01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:14,439 Speaker 4: thought he was gonna go outside. So he's waiting by 1674 01:21:14,479 --> 01:21:17,040 Speaker 4: the door. So I opened the door and I heard 1675 01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:20,320 Speaker 4: the loudest thump like I hit his head and oh 1676 01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:24,559 Speaker 4: my gosh, Like that was not good. That was definitely him. 1677 01:21:24,720 --> 01:21:27,400 Speaker 3: And I see if he's flat on his back and 1678 01:21:27,600 --> 01:21:29,840 Speaker 3: he and I look kind of like I didn't make 1679 01:21:29,920 --> 01:21:31,200 Speaker 3: a sound. I kind of look around the door. 1680 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:33,200 Speaker 4: I'm like, oh gosh, And I look at him and 1681 01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:35,519 Speaker 4: he's smiling and he's going like this like hey dad, 1682 01:21:38,720 --> 01:21:41,040 Speaker 4: So yeah, he's he's a tough little shit. 1683 01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:44,400 Speaker 3: I tell you that, man. Yeah, they're just so different. 1684 01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:47,320 Speaker 4: Like my daughter's so feminine and he's like in the 1685 01:21:47,479 --> 01:21:51,360 Speaker 4: trucks and dirt and rappling and he's only two. 1686 01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,960 Speaker 3: Like it doesn't make sense, but yeah, they were so different. 1687 01:21:54,240 --> 01:21:56,639 Speaker 5: No, I say, I've seen a kid, my friend's son. 1688 01:21:57,240 --> 01:21:58,840 Speaker 5: I don't know if I could explain this. But he's 1689 01:21:58,880 --> 01:22:02,000 Speaker 5: on the outside of the and he's holding the top rope. 1690 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,720 Speaker 5: He's got he's he's a baby. He's holding the top 1691 01:22:04,840 --> 01:22:06,880 Speaker 5: rope and his feet are on the bottom rope and 1692 01:22:06,960 --> 01:22:10,800 Speaker 5: he's jumping like this and there's no Matt behind him, 1693 01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:13,320 Speaker 5: and Kenny jumps. I don't know if I can explain. 1694 01:22:13,400 --> 01:22:17,639 Speaker 5: As he goes up inverts head down onto the floor, 1695 01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:21,360 Speaker 5: I'm having a heart attack. And the kid got up 1696 01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:24,880 Speaker 5: like nothing happened. And then they did take hup to 1697 01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:27,439 Speaker 5: that he had a separated shoulder like he was he 1698 01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:30,639 Speaker 5: was hurt. Didn't make a peep, didn't make a beep. 1699 01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:33,760 Speaker 5: So I don't even know if they you know, don't 1700 01:22:33,800 --> 01:22:36,559 Speaker 5: I don't know many they could they the young kids 1701 01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:39,000 Speaker 5: can endure some pain, man. But I used to have 1702 01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:41,680 Speaker 5: a friend that you know, when we were younger. He 1703 01:22:41,880 --> 01:22:45,240 Speaker 5: and Someway say we run, you know, we do something, 1704 01:22:45,320 --> 01:22:48,000 Speaker 5: but he gets hurt and then we were running and 1705 01:22:48,120 --> 01:22:50,280 Speaker 5: he falls, he scrapes his knee whatever. We get back 1706 01:22:50,360 --> 01:22:52,360 Speaker 5: up and running. The kid was all right as soon 1707 01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:57,080 Speaker 5: as I would say to him, are you okay? If 1708 01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:59,880 Speaker 5: I didn't say it, he we just keep running. Like 1709 01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:02,719 Speaker 5: I'm telling you. This was multiple times, Like you couldn't 1710 01:23:02,720 --> 01:23:04,800 Speaker 5: ask him how he was because that's what would set 1711 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:05,200 Speaker 5: him off. 1712 01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:07,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I don't know. 1713 01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:10,200 Speaker 1: That's actually something I tried hard to not say to 1714 01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:12,519 Speaker 1: my kids all the time. It's such a verbal crutch, 1715 01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:15,080 Speaker 1: right are if you act. 1716 01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:18,360 Speaker 5: Like nothing's going on with Kenny, they're gonna deal with it. 1717 01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:20,760 Speaker 5: They're going off for sometimes they're going off of your 1718 01:23:20,840 --> 01:23:21,160 Speaker 5: right Gi. 1719 01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:25,080 Speaker 1: It is crazy, though, for anyone who has pro created 1720 01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:27,880 Speaker 1: right that you could have like two daughters born nineteen 1721 01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:29,760 Speaker 1: months apart. You know, one of them wants to run 1722 01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:31,600 Speaker 1: with you and go and Masana works super hard. The 1723 01:23:31,640 --> 01:23:35,240 Speaker 1: other one leads the league of excuses. It's crazy. Just 1724 01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:37,479 Speaker 1: a few more awards to go Fight of the Year 1725 01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:40,519 Speaker 1: for Keny Coy and he went with an unbelievably compelling 1726 01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:42,680 Speaker 1: comin event. It took place in London at UFC two 1727 01:23:42,720 --> 01:23:44,920 Speaker 1: eighty six and then more than lived up to the 1728 01:23:44,960 --> 01:23:46,040 Speaker 1: appreciable hype going. 1729 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:50,519 Speaker 2: It Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Fight of the Year. 1730 01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,799 Speaker 2: Justin Gaegee versus Brafield physique. 1731 01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,200 Speaker 1: Gachee isn't black, Chattie is in white. 1732 01:23:56,280 --> 01:23:56,640 Speaker 3: Here we go. 1733 01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:58,519 Speaker 6: How did Gachie take that? 1734 01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:01,599 Speaker 1: And another because that's what he does. That was nasty. 1735 01:24:01,640 --> 01:24:03,479 Speaker 1: He has got one of the best chances in the USC. 1736 01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:06,960 Speaker 1: Don't see many jobs from either men. 1737 01:24:07,320 --> 01:24:08,519 Speaker 10: Perceive does not like that. 1738 01:24:08,680 --> 01:24:09,160 Speaker 3: Gig boy. 1739 01:24:09,760 --> 01:24:11,559 Speaker 13: Look at Him's barely putting way down on that right 1740 01:24:11,640 --> 01:24:12,160 Speaker 13: and left leg. 1741 01:24:12,240 --> 01:24:16,559 Speaker 1: Now, yeah, a lot of different welts starting to emerge 1742 01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:19,599 Speaker 1: operating south Paul here down the stretch around too. 1743 01:24:20,080 --> 01:24:25,280 Speaker 6: Whoa, that waszive body kick was nasty and he just 1744 01:24:25,360 --> 01:24:26,040 Speaker 6: took a big. 1745 01:24:26,040 --> 01:24:28,160 Speaker 1: Left hand Bove and that opened up a new cut 1746 01:24:28,439 --> 01:24:31,360 Speaker 1: on the right eyebrow of Raplael Phazie. 1747 01:24:34,280 --> 01:24:37,280 Speaker 3: Body shawl k lands up top and the power in 1748 01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:37,760 Speaker 3: that show. 1749 01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:41,760 Speaker 1: I mean you could hear that echo to Ruby Arenak 1750 01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:50,400 Speaker 1: Cassie Leasive somehow continues for press bowl under thirty seconds 1751 01:24:50,479 --> 01:24:50,840 Speaker 1: not ago. 1752 01:24:51,439 --> 01:24:53,280 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, what a fight. 1753 01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:56,360 Speaker 6: Kg told them out the damash lad. 1754 01:24:56,680 --> 01:24:57,320 Speaker 7: I mean, this is it. 1755 01:24:57,400 --> 01:24:59,000 Speaker 10: If you can hear the champs of Ki ki. 1756 01:25:02,960 --> 01:25:04,679 Speaker 6: Get for sure. 1757 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:10,720 Speaker 3: To be shut chuck to j G come it up? 1758 01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:13,200 Speaker 6: Can't not my health did? 1759 01:25:15,080 --> 01:25:15,360 Speaker 3: Wow? 1760 01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:18,360 Speaker 6: What a fight, babe. 1761 01:25:19,160 --> 01:25:21,839 Speaker 13: Just nasty punch by Justin Gaigee. 1762 01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:23,400 Speaker 3: These guys are warriors. 1763 01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:25,800 Speaker 13: They don't care about the way I look d just 1764 01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,920 Speaker 13: want to fight. What a fantastic performance by both that. 1765 01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,760 Speaker 3: He's been all your plays are just. 1766 01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,000 Speaker 19: I'm taking no more, no more run at the title, 1767 01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:39,120 Speaker 19: but I'm gonna be around much longer, so I'm so 1768 01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:41,280 Speaker 19: glad you guys got to enjoy this. 1769 01:25:41,400 --> 01:25:47,840 Speaker 1: Nne Thank you guys, man. 1770 01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:50,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, for me, this was one of those ones, 1771 01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:54,360 Speaker 4: unlike al Donna and Rosa, where you thought it was 1772 01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:56,400 Speaker 4: gonna be or it had the potential to be fighter 1773 01:25:56,400 --> 01:25:59,080 Speaker 4: of the Year. Uh, al Donna and Rosa came out 1774 01:25:59,080 --> 01:26:01,519 Speaker 4: of nowhere to be a the year. But this one, 1775 01:26:01,680 --> 01:26:04,040 Speaker 4: I think a lot of people said, Hey, if both 1776 01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:06,920 Speaker 4: these guys show up, this could absolutely be one of 1777 01:26:06,960 --> 01:26:10,519 Speaker 4: the best fights of the year. This in particular was 1778 01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:12,839 Speaker 4: kind of special to me because I had picked Gaichee 1779 01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:17,240 Speaker 4: and also I was racing, literally racing from the airport. 1780 01:26:17,320 --> 01:26:20,639 Speaker 4: I had many delayed fights out of Florida to make 1781 01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:23,760 Speaker 4: it back home. I got there just in time to 1782 01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:27,120 Speaker 4: watch this fight, and man, did it deliver. 1783 01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:28,320 Speaker 3: It was just insane. 1784 01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:32,719 Speaker 4: Max energy, max technique, max power, max intrigue, max drama, 1785 01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:33,600 Speaker 4: max importance. 1786 01:26:33,920 --> 01:26:35,240 Speaker 3: This was such a cool fight. 1787 01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:38,639 Speaker 4: And I truly believe coming off of that loss against 1788 01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:42,080 Speaker 4: Charles Olivera, which was an absolute disaster for Gaichie, this 1789 01:26:42,360 --> 01:26:46,760 Speaker 4: was so pivotal, pivotal in his career and I think 1790 01:26:46,800 --> 01:26:49,320 Speaker 4: it's what led him to get that win against Pooria. 1791 01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:52,200 Speaker 4: He was able to build off of this disciplined win 1792 01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:56,080 Speaker 4: and allow him to beat someone like Poorier. So man, uh, 1793 01:26:56,479 --> 01:26:59,960 Speaker 4: this was a tremendous knockout. You know, I do not knockout, 1794 01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:03,160 Speaker 4: but fight of the year for me. That was back 1795 01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:06,479 Speaker 4: and forth. It was close, but I did have Geegee 1796 01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:09,599 Speaker 4: edging him out. He got the win, and yeah, man. 1797 01:27:09,920 --> 01:27:10,400 Speaker 3: What a fight. 1798 01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:16,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, Ray, I agree with what Kenny said. The challenge 1799 01:27:16,360 --> 01:27:20,640 Speaker 1: in preparing for somebody as technically proficient and fast as 1800 01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:23,920 Speaker 1: Rafael Phazibe is such that you get through that challenge 1801 01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:25,960 Speaker 1: and I think it just really buoyed him going into 1802 01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:29,280 Speaker 1: the dustin Poier fight that happened three months later. But 1803 01:27:29,920 --> 01:27:31,599 Speaker 1: I feel like we almost need to do these Awards 1804 01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:34,400 Speaker 1: shows like twice a year, because that one held up 1805 01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,240 Speaker 1: for Kenvill all the way back in March. Rafaelhazive justin Gage, 1806 01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:38,800 Speaker 1: I barely can remember what happened. 1807 01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:38,680 Speaker 3: You know. 1808 01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:41,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's great. I agree. I think we should do 1809 01:27:41,080 --> 01:27:44,320 Speaker 5: and once every three months, to be honest, with six 1810 01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:47,120 Speaker 5: months is pushing it for me. But yeah, look, Geechee's 1811 01:27:47,120 --> 01:27:49,920 Speaker 5: a gunslinger man. I mean, that's a kid. You could 1812 01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:52,280 Speaker 5: tell the guys that love to fight, you know what 1813 01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:54,600 Speaker 5: I mean, And when you love to fight like that, 1814 01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:58,960 Speaker 5: they could get past a loss, you know what I mean, 1815 01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:01,680 Speaker 5: Like like you said, because they love to fight and 1816 01:28:01,800 --> 01:28:04,120 Speaker 5: they know technically could have zigged when he should have 1817 01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:06,920 Speaker 5: zagged and did that's what happens. And but to come 1818 01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,240 Speaker 5: back like that. He made adjustments in that fight too, 1819 01:28:09,280 --> 01:28:11,479 Speaker 5: which I think is more important that you know, it 1820 01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:13,680 Speaker 5: looked like at one point it was going Physigue's way 1821 01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:16,400 Speaker 5: and then he came out of nowhere and just not 1822 01:28:16,520 --> 01:28:18,600 Speaker 5: out of nowhere, but you know, he just did what 1823 01:28:18,680 --> 01:28:21,760 Speaker 5: he had to do. So he's Geechee's just like again, 1824 01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:24,320 Speaker 5: he's he's a gun slinger man. You know, you don't 1825 01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:26,800 Speaker 5: want to you don't want to be pacing with it. 1826 01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:29,960 Speaker 1: That guy for sure one of the fighters of the year. 1827 01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:30,200 Speaker 3: Right. 1828 01:28:30,280 --> 01:28:33,000 Speaker 1: Oftentimes those go to the champions, but look at twenty 1829 01:28:33,200 --> 01:28:36,160 Speaker 1: twenty three for Justin Gaegie beats rafel Fhazebe and Dustin Pourier, 1830 01:28:36,280 --> 01:28:39,840 Speaker 1: both with style points. Congratulations to those guys. For Zebe 1831 01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:42,320 Speaker 1: and Gegie getting Kenflow's Fight of the Year for twenty 1832 01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:45,800 Speaker 1: twenty three. All right, three awards to go. You will 1833 01:28:45,840 --> 01:28:47,320 Speaker 1: also get a Male Fighter of the Year and a 1834 01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:49,320 Speaker 1: Personality of the Year from Rey Longo before he let 1835 01:28:49,400 --> 01:28:51,120 Speaker 1: him go. But let us get to female Fighter of 1836 01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:53,840 Speaker 1: the Year. And I'll be quick on this. As much 1837 01:28:53,840 --> 01:28:55,439 Speaker 1: as I would have liked to acknowledge my dear friend 1838 01:28:55,439 --> 01:28:57,360 Speaker 1: Amana new Nest who came over and kissed me on 1839 01:28:57,439 --> 01:28:59,880 Speaker 1: the forehead after her final, twenty twenty three was the 1840 01:29:00,040 --> 01:29:02,639 Speaker 1: year of Alexa Grosso. She is my female the year, 1841 01:29:02,960 --> 01:29:05,320 Speaker 1: not just the way she beat Valentina Sheepchenko the first 1842 01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:08,240 Speaker 1: time around, but the way she handled the ensuing rematch, 1843 01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:11,840 Speaker 1: which obviously was a closer fight that ended without a finish. 1844 01:29:12,040 --> 01:29:14,040 Speaker 1: Alexa Grosso is my Female Fighter of the Year for 1845 01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:16,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, and just to see the grace with 1846 01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:20,400 Speaker 1: which she has accepted all of these awards absolutely love her. 1847 01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:23,439 Speaker 1: Couldn't be happier for her and her success or. I 1848 01:29:23,520 --> 01:29:26,160 Speaker 1: can flow went to the PFL rank for his Female 1849 01:29:26,200 --> 01:29:27,519 Speaker 1: Fighter of the Year for twenty twenty three. 1850 01:29:28,680 --> 01:29:32,400 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Female Fighter of the Year, 1851 01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:36,439 Speaker 2: Larissa Patako Jaco's. 1852 01:29:35,960 --> 01:29:40,360 Speaker 6: Having the leond every lad unelected rusher. 1853 01:29:40,120 --> 01:29:45,080 Speaker 3: Of Theresa Forsheko. Yeah, this is fifty Theresa Pojecco. 1854 01:29:44,880 --> 01:29:49,120 Speaker 1: Carefreen love Theresa Pashko with a quick six. 1855 01:29:49,720 --> 01:29:51,720 Speaker 3: That's f He's one of the best fighters in the. 1856 01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:54,519 Speaker 6: World right hand there for Psako and another land and 1857 01:29:55,160 --> 01:29:58,879 Speaker 6: big what's that Emitch? 1858 01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:04,520 Speaker 1: She called it Loasa for Shako to the championship. 1859 01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:07,639 Speaker 3: To so much power, so much speed. 1860 01:30:08,040 --> 01:30:09,880 Speaker 22: I'm gonna leave you to go and enjoy this picture 1861 01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:11,519 Speaker 22: and enjoy that second belt that you had. 1862 01:30:11,520 --> 01:30:15,720 Speaker 6: Into your collection, Ladies and gentlemen. Larissa Hushako. 1863 01:30:23,479 --> 01:30:26,439 Speaker 1: Shout out to our audio engineer Will Berger plucking that 1864 01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:30,519 Speaker 1: sound for us on ESPN plus. Larisa Pusheiko? Is that 1865 01:30:30,640 --> 01:30:33,120 Speaker 1: how we're pronouncing a camflo Either way? What a career 1866 01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:34,600 Speaker 1: and what. 1867 01:30:34,720 --> 01:30:38,760 Speaker 4: A year for the PFL champail. You nail the pronunciation 1868 01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:39,559 Speaker 4: per usual. 1869 01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:39,920 Speaker 3: My man. 1870 01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:43,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, listen, last year he was one hundred. She was 1871 01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:45,519 Speaker 4: the one hundred and fifty five pounds champion this year. 1872 01:30:45,920 --> 01:30:48,880 Speaker 4: And just to give you a background, she had trouble 1873 01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:50,800 Speaker 4: making one hundred and fifty five pounds. You know, she 1874 01:30:50,920 --> 01:30:53,679 Speaker 4: really had built up her body for that weight class 1875 01:30:54,040 --> 01:30:55,920 Speaker 4: and then making one forty five was kind of a 1876 01:30:56,000 --> 01:30:56,880 Speaker 4: big question mark. 1877 01:30:56,960 --> 01:31:00,280 Speaker 3: Now she was able to do that in April, got 1878 01:31:00,360 --> 01:31:03,840 Speaker 3: the wind didn't look so hot in that fight. 1879 01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:05,680 Speaker 4: You know, you could see energy wise, she was a 1880 01:31:05,680 --> 01:31:07,479 Speaker 4: little bit down on that even though she she had 1881 01:31:07,479 --> 01:31:10,679 Speaker 4: a tough opponent, still like a champion, got it done 1882 01:31:10,960 --> 01:31:13,559 Speaker 4: and then just looked better and better as the year 1883 01:31:13,640 --> 01:31:17,360 Speaker 4: went on. And guys, as a reminder, this is four fights. 1884 01:31:17,640 --> 01:31:20,800 Speaker 4: This is four fights between April and November. You know, 1885 01:31:21,200 --> 01:31:23,960 Speaker 4: Israel Asani was talking about how he was kind of, 1886 01:31:25,040 --> 01:31:27,240 Speaker 4: you know, just overwhelmed, you know, with with all the 1887 01:31:27,280 --> 01:31:28,440 Speaker 4: fights and the preparation. 1888 01:31:29,160 --> 01:31:32,400 Speaker 3: She had eight fights in two years. Eight fights in 1889 01:31:32,479 --> 01:31:33,760 Speaker 3: two years. Just insane. 1890 01:31:34,160 --> 01:31:36,400 Speaker 4: To be able to do that, and to do that 1891 01:31:36,479 --> 01:31:39,880 Speaker 4: in two separate weight classes. You know, to watch her 1892 01:31:40,439 --> 01:31:43,680 Speaker 4: land one of those devastating shots live in person is 1893 01:31:43,960 --> 01:31:47,960 Speaker 4: something special. She just has ungodly power and she was 1894 01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:49,800 Speaker 4: able to get it done and a real, real sweet 1895 01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:50,639 Speaker 4: human being as well. 1896 01:31:51,200 --> 01:31:53,439 Speaker 1: I really do believe Ray, if there is any fighter 1897 01:31:53,520 --> 01:31:56,120 Speaker 1: that is going to get Amanda noon As out of retirement, 1898 01:31:56,680 --> 01:31:58,479 Speaker 1: this is the only one that has a shot, right, 1899 01:31:58,640 --> 01:32:00,679 Speaker 1: she can continue this domin and it's in a couple 1900 01:32:00,760 --> 01:32:03,439 Speaker 1: of divisions for another two years or so. I don't know. 1901 01:32:03,640 --> 01:32:06,120 Speaker 1: I think that might he commanded Noon as his interest 1902 01:32:06,160 --> 01:32:08,400 Speaker 1: more than fighting her former teammate Kayla Harrison or something 1903 01:32:08,439 --> 01:32:08,960 Speaker 1: like that. I don't know. 1904 01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:12,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, maybe I just think she's embracing the family thing. 1905 01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:14,400 Speaker 5: I don't think we're going to see her again. 1906 01:32:14,240 --> 01:32:16,559 Speaker 1: But yeah, well I certainly think there's a better chance 1907 01:32:16,600 --> 01:32:18,280 Speaker 1: we see him at a noon As again than jabib 1908 01:32:18,360 --> 01:32:22,400 Speaker 1: Nrmago Metow. But you never know, all right. So Adam 1909 01:32:22,479 --> 01:32:26,040 Speaker 1: Snacks Geller was one of my best friends, longtime member 1910 01:32:26,080 --> 01:32:29,000 Speaker 1: of the UFC crew. He passed away in twenty seventeen 1911 01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:31,200 Speaker 1: after a two year battle with Cooley cancer battle that 1912 01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:33,960 Speaker 1: I didn't even know he was fighting. And Kenny, obviously 1913 01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:36,479 Speaker 1: you and Snacks were very close as well. And this 1914 01:32:36,640 --> 01:32:39,639 Speaker 1: one still hits supremely hard five years later, in large 1915 01:32:39,680 --> 01:32:42,160 Speaker 1: part because when my boss at Candido texted me that 1916 01:32:42,240 --> 01:32:44,080 Speaker 1: he had passed. I didn't even know he was sick. 1917 01:32:44,400 --> 01:32:46,040 Speaker 1: And this was a guy who was at my wedding 1918 01:32:46,240 --> 01:32:49,240 Speaker 1: and one of my dearest friends. So it's our Adam 1919 01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:51,920 Speaker 1: Sacks Geller Male Fighter of the Year. A lot of 1920 01:32:51,960 --> 01:32:54,479 Speaker 1: different directions you could go in twenty twenty three. Let 1921 01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:56,519 Speaker 1: us lead with ken Flow's selection. 1922 01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:03,160 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's ree Adam Snack's Geller Maile Fighter of the 1923 01:33:03,320 --> 01:33:07,880 Speaker 2: Year Islam maka che a super. 1924 01:33:07,680 --> 01:33:10,200 Speaker 1: Vit for the ages, the number one versus number two 1925 01:33:10,240 --> 01:33:11,560 Speaker 1: pound for pound fighters. 1926 01:33:11,240 --> 01:33:13,480 Speaker 6: In the world, which is one of the sport. 1927 01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:13,639 Speaker 8: Of the desks. 1928 01:33:14,200 --> 01:33:18,040 Speaker 6: If you are like to remember acutely. 1929 01:33:17,640 --> 01:33:21,559 Speaker 1: Where's you rode exactly when it went down? 1930 01:33:22,720 --> 01:33:32,480 Speaker 6: Stud you have love it? Wait, I heard of the world. 1931 01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:37,080 Speaker 10: World sho. 1932 01:33:40,840 --> 01:33:42,680 Speaker 23: Is Charles Lavera out of his fight with his arm 1933 01:33:42,680 --> 01:33:44,040 Speaker 23: and he's Adic Spolkanowski end. 1934 01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:46,080 Speaker 3: Yes, all of that is true. 1935 01:33:46,920 --> 01:33:49,000 Speaker 1: Well, I suppose that any fighter could weaponize pace and 1936 01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:51,360 Speaker 1: cardio without a training camp. But WHOOPI volplanofsky that that 1937 01:33:51,439 --> 01:33:56,960 Speaker 1: does figure to be a tough popposition shot. 1938 01:34:08,560 --> 01:34:11,840 Speaker 6: Thank you to this guy. He's a real champion. I 1939 01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:14,960 Speaker 6: told you you have to delight to beat this guy. 1940 01:34:15,320 --> 01:34:18,240 Speaker 6: He got a fight. Oh fire problem. He never what 1941 01:34:18,439 --> 01:34:20,479 Speaker 6: g you are? He's a real champion. 1942 01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:22,519 Speaker 1: Thank you Alix again, you. 1943 01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:25,400 Speaker 13: Are starting to put together an unbelievable resume as a 1944 01:34:25,520 --> 01:34:26,360 Speaker 13: great champion. 1945 01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:27,360 Speaker 4: Islam. 1946 01:34:27,800 --> 01:34:29,639 Speaker 6: Would you like to see Justin Gaetchee? 1947 01:34:29,680 --> 01:34:29,920 Speaker 7: Next? 1948 01:34:29,960 --> 01:34:32,439 Speaker 6: Would you like to see Charles OLIVERA? Who would you 1949 01:34:32,560 --> 01:34:34,280 Speaker 6: like to fight the next time you step in the octagon? 1950 01:34:34,439 --> 01:34:37,360 Speaker 6: I never choose DNA. You have Sam Joe, Give me 1951 01:34:37,560 --> 01:34:37,880 Speaker 6: some one. 1952 01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:42,640 Speaker 13: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the champ islamahchol. 1953 01:34:43,080 --> 01:34:46,400 Speaker 1: Kenflo Islam Kashev. You're twenty twenty three Adam snash Geller 1954 01:34:46,479 --> 01:34:49,320 Speaker 1: Male Fighter of the Year, and as the professional athlete 1955 01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:52,719 Speaker 1: on this program, Kenny does get to make these picks first. 1956 01:34:53,280 --> 01:34:55,840 Speaker 1: This probably would have been consensus that we both landed 1957 01:34:55,880 --> 01:34:57,800 Speaker 1: on Islama Kashev as the Fighter of the year before 1958 01:34:57,840 --> 01:35:00,240 Speaker 1: we get to raise pick Kenny. Why was Islam man 1959 01:35:00,320 --> 01:35:00,479 Speaker 1: for you? 1960 01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:01,640 Speaker 3: Well for me? 1961 01:35:01,880 --> 01:35:03,840 Speaker 4: You know, if we go back to their first fight 1962 01:35:03,960 --> 01:35:08,160 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty three against Volkanovski, you know that was 1963 01:35:08,240 --> 01:35:10,880 Speaker 4: the fight in many people's minds between who was going 1964 01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:13,040 Speaker 4: to be the best pound for pound fighter on the 1965 01:35:13,160 --> 01:35:16,400 Speaker 4: planet and Islam was able to win that fight. It 1966 01:35:16,520 --> 01:35:20,160 Speaker 4: was certainly close. I think Volkanovski won a lot of 1967 01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:23,680 Speaker 4: fans with that performance. Though because he was the smaller man, 1968 01:35:23,800 --> 01:35:28,439 Speaker 4: he was able to survive some very difficult spots. However, 1969 01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:31,960 Speaker 4: you know, I think in that rematch, despite Volkanovski taking 1970 01:35:32,040 --> 01:35:36,360 Speaker 4: it on short notice, Islam left no doubt in that rematch. 1971 01:35:36,479 --> 01:35:37,519 Speaker 3: That's what champions do. 1972 01:35:37,640 --> 01:35:41,160 Speaker 4: They come back, they adjust and they make the performance 1973 01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:45,160 Speaker 4: even better. And you know, winning in that dominant fashion 1974 01:35:45,320 --> 01:35:48,719 Speaker 4: that early against a true champion, one of the most technical, 1975 01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:51,040 Speaker 4: one of the smartest fighters in the world in Volkanovski 1976 01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:54,040 Speaker 4: was a big statement man. That was a major statement 1977 01:35:54,360 --> 01:35:57,240 Speaker 4: and he solidified himself as the best pound for pound 1978 01:35:57,320 --> 01:35:58,280 Speaker 4: fighter on the planet. 1979 01:35:58,680 --> 01:36:01,600 Speaker 3: Two wins over Volkanov's Yeah, that's good enough for me. 1980 01:36:01,720 --> 01:36:02,599 Speaker 3: As Fighter of the Year. 1981 01:36:03,600 --> 01:36:07,160 Speaker 1: My congratulations to ISLAMI Kashev ray Longo, Charlie Campbell your 1982 01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:08,720 Speaker 1: Fighter of the year. What who'd you have for us 1983 01:36:08,760 --> 01:36:09,040 Speaker 1: in point? 1984 01:36:09,880 --> 01:36:12,000 Speaker 5: First of all was that I love Islam, He's a 1985 01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:15,160 Speaker 5: great fighter. The fact that you know you will basing 1986 01:36:15,200 --> 01:36:17,840 Speaker 5: this on the forty five pound champ, it just takes 1987 01:36:17,880 --> 01:36:20,120 Speaker 5: away a little something for me, fair, I mean, like 1988 01:36:20,360 --> 01:36:23,799 Speaker 5: and the kid comes in Volkanowski takes that fight last minute, 1989 01:36:24,280 --> 01:36:27,479 Speaker 5: obviously it's a disaster. So I don't know, I mean, 1990 01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:31,879 Speaker 5: but there's absolutely no question about the guys that excellent. 1991 01:36:31,920 --> 01:36:33,840 Speaker 5: You know, he's fantastic, He's a no. 1992 01:36:33,960 --> 01:36:35,920 Speaker 1: But I think that's a fair point by you to 1993 01:36:36,000 --> 01:36:39,160 Speaker 1: bring into the conversation because a lot of people, Paul 1994 01:36:39,200 --> 01:36:41,120 Speaker 1: Felder among them, are up in arms at the notion 1995 01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:44,160 Speaker 1: that ISLAMI Kasha might cut the welterweight line and cut 1996 01:36:44,240 --> 01:36:46,680 Speaker 1: Balaa Muhammad and fight Leon Edwards for the title. Like 1997 01:36:46,880 --> 01:36:49,080 Speaker 1: with respect to Islam, I know he's already beat Charles, 1998 01:36:49,160 --> 01:36:51,280 Speaker 1: but I think most of us would at least like 1999 01:36:51,320 --> 01:36:53,439 Speaker 1: to see him defend the belt against a true fifty 2000 01:36:53,520 --> 01:36:55,720 Speaker 1: five or before being afford the opportunity move. 2001 01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:58,080 Speaker 5: I think that's pretty fair. I don't know, I think 2002 01:36:58,120 --> 01:37:01,400 Speaker 5: that's a fair criticism. Uh, you know, my guy is 2003 01:37:01,760 --> 01:37:04,040 Speaker 5: I'm going with Strickland, man. I mean, I think the 2004 01:37:04,120 --> 01:37:06,639 Speaker 5: way he he was able to shut down the guy 2005 01:37:06,760 --> 01:37:12,280 Speaker 5: that nobody's ever done that too, Israel Adisanya, And I 2006 01:37:12,520 --> 01:37:14,519 Speaker 5: just think that was the upset of the year. That 2007 01:37:14,760 --> 01:37:16,640 Speaker 5: was I got to give him the fighter of the year. 2008 01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,960 Speaker 5: I think you knock off a couple of categories with that, 2009 01:37:20,120 --> 01:37:22,080 Speaker 5: because it's just the way he did it. It was 2010 01:37:22,120 --> 01:37:25,840 Speaker 5: a dominant performance against a guy that even though he 2011 01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:29,000 Speaker 5: lost that Pereira that time, he was winning that fight. 2012 01:37:29,160 --> 01:37:31,560 Speaker 5: So he was even winning against a monster like that. 2013 01:37:32,240 --> 01:37:34,160 Speaker 5: And for Strickland to go in there and shut him 2014 01:37:34,200 --> 01:37:37,280 Speaker 5: down like that, that's off to him. Man. He's he's 2015 01:37:37,640 --> 01:37:40,360 Speaker 5: he's my guy, looks like you know, you know, he's 2016 01:37:40,400 --> 01:37:43,519 Speaker 5: that blue collar, grinding guy. You gotta be happy for him. 2017 01:37:44,280 --> 01:37:47,479 Speaker 5: His backstory is insane. He's been able to overcome so 2018 01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:50,439 Speaker 5: many hurdles in his life. I think he speaks well. 2019 01:37:51,560 --> 01:37:53,400 Speaker 5: I think this kid came out not that he came 2020 01:37:53,439 --> 01:37:55,960 Speaker 5: out of nowhere, but when he got his chance, man, 2021 01:37:56,040 --> 01:37:58,040 Speaker 5: he sees that opportunity, and that's what I like. 2022 01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:01,599 Speaker 1: Ray Long goes twenty three Mail Fighter of the Year 2023 01:38:01,640 --> 01:38:04,479 Speaker 1: as Sean Strickland, and I likely would have gone in 2024 01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:08,000 Speaker 1: that direction, but when Kenny submitted his awards selections to me, 2025 01:38:08,960 --> 01:38:11,599 Speaker 1: three of the ten awards he had given the fucking 2026 01:38:11,640 --> 01:38:17,080 Speaker 1: Sean Strickland. So I went with another UFC champion who 2027 01:38:17,160 --> 01:38:18,839 Speaker 1: had a massive twenty twenty. 2028 01:38:20,240 --> 01:38:24,799 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three Adam Snacks Geller Maile Fighter 2029 01:38:25,080 --> 01:38:28,000 Speaker 2: of the Year Leon Edwards. 2030 01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:30,880 Speaker 6: Right now he's contact. Who got chick ball. 2031 01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:33,160 Speaker 13: He's willing to press ball with the bow tiet the 2032 01:38:33,280 --> 01:38:34,080 Speaker 13: Moza Perni. 2033 01:38:34,320 --> 01:38:36,439 Speaker 1: Here's the upper cut of Edwards. 2034 01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:39,519 Speaker 3: Who's gonna tack the body from the. 2035 01:38:39,560 --> 01:38:41,719 Speaker 6: March handy low kicked by Leon. 2036 01:38:42,040 --> 01:38:44,960 Speaker 13: What a fantastic fight, Leon, there was in a ton 2037 01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:45,799 Speaker 13: of great work. 2038 01:38:45,640 --> 01:38:48,839 Speaker 3: With the bodykick. He landed a nasty early. 2039 01:38:48,720 --> 01:38:59,439 Speaker 6: In the fight that rock Mo was won. He shot shot. 2040 01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:07,960 Speaker 20: We always said there's something like a UFC title fight, 2041 01:39:08,160 --> 01:39:11,080 Speaker 20: especially whether there's a little heat and friction upon it. 2042 01:39:11,520 --> 01:39:13,840 Speaker 1: It's about as much heat or friction as I could 2043 01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:14,519 Speaker 1: never imagine. 2044 01:39:14,600 --> 01:39:16,960 Speaker 13: I'm with you, but that answered the question we wondered 2045 01:39:16,960 --> 01:39:18,280 Speaker 13: if Leon would be emotional. 2046 01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:19,640 Speaker 3: Look at him right now. 2047 01:39:19,720 --> 01:39:21,080 Speaker 6: He looks the same, very musure. 2048 01:39:21,120 --> 01:39:23,639 Speaker 3: He's putting the pressure on him, but he's being very technical. 2049 01:39:23,720 --> 01:39:27,920 Speaker 7: He's not doing anything rash, not taking any unnecessary chances. 2050 01:39:28,960 --> 01:39:31,400 Speaker 6: Uh stop. 2051 01:39:33,760 --> 01:39:39,519 Speaker 8: You gonna uf well away cut dude off the world, 2052 01:39:41,640 --> 01:39:43,760 Speaker 8: Leon Love Ude. 2053 01:39:48,760 --> 01:39:51,280 Speaker 1: Audio courtesy of UFC Fight Pass and with respect to 2054 01:39:51,479 --> 01:39:55,800 Speaker 1: Kamzat Chimayev and his rise in two divisions, kamar Usman 2055 01:39:55,800 --> 01:39:58,479 Speaker 1: and Kolbe Covington have been ubiquitously regarded as the best 2056 01:39:58,520 --> 01:40:00,200 Speaker 1: two welter weights in the world for the better part 2057 01:40:00,240 --> 01:40:03,240 Speaker 1: of five years, and within a calendar year, Leon Edwards 2058 01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:05,160 Speaker 1: is able to beat both of them and out last 2059 01:40:05,240 --> 01:40:07,320 Speaker 1: both of them over twenty five minutes. And I just 2060 01:40:07,400 --> 01:40:10,240 Speaker 1: felt like the way he dealt with the emotions of 2061 01:40:10,360 --> 01:40:12,800 Speaker 1: everything that Kolby Covington said and was able to channel 2062 01:40:12,840 --> 01:40:15,240 Speaker 1: it in the right way into that performance. The training 2063 01:40:15,320 --> 01:40:17,560 Speaker 1: camps that he put in in twenty twenty three in 2064 01:40:17,680 --> 01:40:19,800 Speaker 1: advance of the Usman rematch and in advance of this 2065 01:40:19,960 --> 01:40:24,800 Speaker 1: Covington fight, that was another tough stylistic challenge. It's a 2066 01:40:24,840 --> 01:40:27,920 Speaker 1: hard category, but Leon Edwards my twenty twenty three UFC 2067 01:40:28,560 --> 01:40:31,720 Speaker 1: Male Fighter of the Year. All right, we have one 2068 01:40:31,760 --> 01:40:34,920 Speaker 1: more category to go. Raymond last, but certainly not least 2069 01:40:35,000 --> 01:40:36,879 Speaker 1: Personality of the Year. And by the way, we appreciate 2070 01:40:36,920 --> 01:40:39,960 Speaker 1: all of you out there at Anni Florian Pott who 2071 01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,720 Speaker 1: sent in votes for Laura Sanko Nina Drama, but this 2072 01:40:43,520 --> 01:40:46,599 Speaker 1: reserved for a UFC fighter. So with that, I present 2073 01:40:46,680 --> 01:40:49,960 Speaker 1: to you my UFC Personality of the Year for twenty 2074 01:40:50,040 --> 01:40:50,439 Speaker 1: twenty two. 2075 01:40:51,560 --> 01:40:56,360 Speaker 2: John Annex twenty twenty three Personality of the year, Kevin Hall. 2076 01:40:56,840 --> 01:41:00,880 Speaker 7: I mean with the man Kevin Hall and kevinensational performance. Tonight. 2077 01:41:01,320 --> 01:41:02,559 Speaker 6: You beat him at his own game. 2078 01:41:02,720 --> 01:41:04,800 Speaker 1: You beat him standing up. You know you were on 2079 01:41:04,920 --> 01:41:05,559 Speaker 1: fire tonight. 2080 01:41:06,120 --> 01:41:09,439 Speaker 11: Yeah, I got a fool blow resting coach. Now, I've 2081 01:41:09,479 --> 01:41:11,280 Speaker 11: always had a great corner. I've always had a great crew. 2082 01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:13,280 Speaker 11: I just had to be a little bit more patient 2083 01:41:13,320 --> 01:41:16,320 Speaker 11: in here. I'm thirty years old now, guys, I'm growing. 2084 01:41:16,400 --> 01:41:20,120 Speaker 24: I'm mature. I miss kids being born. I go through 2085 01:41:20,200 --> 01:41:23,040 Speaker 24: all kind of fear for you guys, and I absolutely 2086 01:41:23,120 --> 01:41:25,519 Speaker 24: love it. Yeah, I'm gonna be real with you, guys 2087 01:41:25,920 --> 01:41:26,880 Speaker 24: that needn't land. 2088 01:41:27,320 --> 01:41:30,080 Speaker 11: When Mike Cousins, when Mike feels like he's in danger, he. 2089 01:41:30,160 --> 01:41:33,400 Speaker 6: Does bad things. And uh, I was able to take 2090 01:41:33,400 --> 01:41:33,960 Speaker 6: advantage of that. 2091 01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:36,719 Speaker 11: Had Neil Magnie been a better fighter when they fought smarter, 2092 01:41:37,040 --> 01:41:38,280 Speaker 11: he would have took advantage of it too. 2093 01:41:38,439 --> 01:41:41,640 Speaker 3: So well, you are fucking with the pros right now. 2094 01:41:41,720 --> 01:41:42,479 Speaker 13: Do not be nervous. 2095 01:41:42,680 --> 01:41:44,000 Speaker 3: It was actually the other day at practice. 2096 01:41:44,080 --> 01:41:45,240 Speaker 24: You have my foot in the air and I was 2097 01:41:45,280 --> 01:41:46,680 Speaker 24: just going like this with my hand, like get the 2098 01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:49,439 Speaker 24: fuck the fuck, get, get the fuck, get the fuck. 2099 01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:52,040 Speaker 23: Back, And I mean in the fight, get the fucked 2100 01:41:52,040 --> 01:41:52,760 Speaker 23: back actually works. 2101 01:41:52,960 --> 01:41:54,920 Speaker 24: Look, guys, if you're on the fight card and they 2102 01:41:54,960 --> 01:41:56,479 Speaker 24: say be down here at two o'clock, be down here 2103 01:41:56,479 --> 01:41:57,280 Speaker 24: at two o'clock. 2104 01:41:57,000 --> 01:41:58,200 Speaker 6: We're gonna start docking your page. 2105 01:41:58,240 --> 01:41:59,680 Speaker 5: Okay, that's what's gonna start happening here. 2106 01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:01,720 Speaker 15: We're gonna start docking your page because you're not down 2107 01:42:01,760 --> 01:42:02,240 Speaker 15: here on time. 2108 01:42:02,280 --> 01:42:03,720 Speaker 6: If I'm down here on time, you need to be 2109 01:42:03,760 --> 01:42:04,479 Speaker 6: down here on time. 2110 01:42:04,840 --> 01:42:07,439 Speaker 17: So we're gonna take about three thousand out of every 2111 01:42:07,479 --> 01:42:08,280 Speaker 17: person's venom check. 2112 01:42:08,320 --> 01:42:09,479 Speaker 11: So that mean some of you guys are gonna be 2113 01:42:09,479 --> 01:42:11,120 Speaker 11: in the negative five hundred on your actual check. 2114 01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:12,400 Speaker 5: I need you to get your shit together. 2115 01:42:12,600 --> 01:42:14,599 Speaker 15: Two days ago, Strickland beat out of sign You wan's 2116 01:42:14,600 --> 01:42:16,960 Speaker 15: your take on that, and that was not a big surprise. 2117 01:42:16,920 --> 01:42:17,599 Speaker 6: Not no surprise. 2118 01:42:17,720 --> 01:42:19,720 Speaker 5: One person's elevating, one person's trying to stand the same. 2119 01:42:19,880 --> 01:42:21,639 Speaker 5: You know, it's like it happens. 2120 01:42:21,760 --> 01:42:24,320 Speaker 23: You know, sometimes people accomplish goals and they tend to, 2121 01:42:24,600 --> 01:42:26,640 Speaker 23: you know, stagnate a little bit, and then you have 2122 01:42:26,720 --> 01:42:28,799 Speaker 23: other people they're trying to accomplish goals and they continue 2123 01:42:28,800 --> 01:42:29,080 Speaker 23: to grow. 2124 01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:31,559 Speaker 17: You know, Strickland was trying to grow and then show 2125 01:42:32,120 --> 01:42:41,639 Speaker 17: dream blunt rotation me Willie Nelson Snoop Dog, Bob Marley, 2126 01:42:43,640 --> 01:42:46,840 Speaker 17: old boy from Sublime, and then Uncle Pat and to 2127 01:42:46,960 --> 01:42:48,519 Speaker 17: be honest with you, we're not rotate. 2128 01:42:48,880 --> 01:42:51,639 Speaker 5: I got my own blood they got Damn it's getting 2129 01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:53,920 Speaker 5: hot and so hot, I'm gonna take. 2130 01:42:53,800 --> 01:42:54,920 Speaker 6: Off all your clothes. 2131 01:42:55,160 --> 01:42:55,599 Speaker 8: I am. 2132 01:42:56,080 --> 01:42:58,679 Speaker 6: I want to ship my black back to eighty five. 2133 01:42:59,120 --> 01:43:01,559 Speaker 3: I like the East and make. 2134 01:43:01,479 --> 01:43:04,760 Speaker 6: Great congratulations, So I can't wait to see you again. 2135 01:43:05,080 --> 01:43:10,320 Speaker 1: Kevin halland lazy Gentlemen, Kevin Trailblazer Holland my twenty twenty 2136 01:43:10,439 --> 01:43:14,320 Speaker 1: three UFC personality of the year. Actually, the best cannabis 2137 01:43:14,360 --> 01:43:16,400 Speaker 1: I've ever gotten in my life came from Kevin Holland. 2138 01:43:16,400 --> 01:43:19,200 Speaker 1: If you cared about that, no Cha UFC. In September, 2139 01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:22,360 Speaker 1: I feel like Kevin Holland sold more tickets than any 2140 01:43:22,439 --> 01:43:25,240 Speaker 1: Mexican on that fight called the Louder Fieldations all week 2141 01:43:25,479 --> 01:43:27,719 Speaker 1: were reserved for Kevin Holland. Even though that fight against 2142 01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:30,479 Speaker 1: Jack Dela Madelena did not go his way. This was 2143 01:43:30,520 --> 01:43:32,759 Speaker 1: a year where I think Kevin Holland sort of crossed 2144 01:43:33,479 --> 01:43:38,000 Speaker 1: that threshold into potential superstar territory. And even just the 2145 01:43:38,040 --> 01:43:40,320 Speaker 1: way he handled everything in Salt Lake City right didn't 2146 01:43:40,360 --> 01:43:43,080 Speaker 1: want anyone to know that he had just had another baby, 2147 01:43:43,120 --> 01:43:45,639 Speaker 1: and then he goes out and submits. Michael Kiessa treats 2148 01:43:45,680 --> 01:43:47,800 Speaker 1: our staff like gold. You heard him just talk about 2149 01:43:47,880 --> 01:43:49,920 Speaker 1: other fighters being late. I just have a lot of 2150 01:43:49,960 --> 01:43:53,560 Speaker 1: respect for this man, the way he has handled the microphone, 2151 01:43:53,680 --> 01:43:56,679 Speaker 1: the octagon. He's competing at one hundred and seventy pounds 2152 01:43:56,680 --> 01:43:58,560 Speaker 1: at the UFC's request, even though he would like to 2153 01:43:58,600 --> 01:44:01,880 Speaker 1: probably be competing at eighty five. Kevin Holland's my personality 2154 01:44:01,880 --> 01:44:04,439 Speaker 1: of the year, and I just always like the energy, 2155 01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:07,800 Speaker 1: the infectious smile. I just like being around this dude 2156 01:44:07,800 --> 01:44:11,040 Speaker 1: and rest assured. Ray If I had a dream blunt rotation, 2157 01:44:13,240 --> 01:44:15,759 Speaker 1: Kevin Hollands my immediate left. He's in my blunt rotation. 2158 01:44:15,960 --> 01:44:19,240 Speaker 1: And Kevin Holland Raymond is my twenty twenty three personality 2159 01:44:19,280 --> 01:44:20,360 Speaker 1: of the year. He lights up the room. 2160 01:44:20,760 --> 01:44:24,519 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you sold me, but I have to 2161 01:44:24,600 --> 01:44:28,439 Speaker 5: go with again. I'm gonna go with Strickland. You know, listen, 2162 01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:31,840 Speaker 5: if this guy's not a personality, you know, it's even crazy. 2163 01:44:31,880 --> 01:44:35,519 Speaker 5: I find myself agreeing with him, like ninety five percent 2164 01:44:35,600 --> 01:44:39,320 Speaker 5: of the stuff he puts. I think he heat delivers 2165 01:44:39,360 --> 01:44:42,360 Speaker 5: a message. In Layman's terms, you know what I mean. 2166 01:44:42,400 --> 01:44:45,840 Speaker 5: He's not one of those you know, intellectual guys where 2167 01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,120 Speaker 5: he can understand what he's saying. I think he speaks 2168 01:44:48,160 --> 01:44:51,000 Speaker 5: from the heart. I think he like again, his backstory, 2169 01:44:51,520 --> 01:44:55,000 Speaker 5: he has experience. I think he I think he's a 2170 01:44:55,080 --> 01:44:57,880 Speaker 5: guy that you know, comes across as as wacky as 2171 01:44:57,960 --> 01:45:00,960 Speaker 5: can be, but he's going to give you good advice 2172 01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:02,800 Speaker 5: at the end of the day, or honest advice. But 2173 01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:05,559 Speaker 5: he honestly believes even when he goes into you want 2174 01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:08,559 Speaker 5: to be a UFC fighter, he's dead on, man. Yeah, 2175 01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:12,400 Speaker 5: he's really dead on. And you know he's look I 2176 01:45:12,600 --> 01:45:14,920 Speaker 5: like those guys that are a little rough around the edges, right, 2177 01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:17,599 Speaker 5: and I think he's he's good. I think he's got 2178 01:45:17,680 --> 01:45:21,360 Speaker 5: a I think he's got a positive message. And that's 2179 01:45:21,439 --> 01:45:22,280 Speaker 5: my personality. 2180 01:45:22,360 --> 01:45:22,519 Speaker 3: Yeah. 2181 01:45:22,520 --> 01:45:25,280 Speaker 5: I don't think they get funnier than him, or you know, 2182 01:45:25,680 --> 01:45:29,960 Speaker 5: entertaining than him. And he had a great twenty three 2183 01:45:30,120 --> 01:45:32,800 Speaker 5: and I know, you know he mentioned Kenny had him 2184 01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:34,040 Speaker 5: in a couple of things. But I think when you 2185 01:45:34,080 --> 01:45:35,560 Speaker 5: have a good deal like that, you're all going to 2186 01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:39,400 Speaker 5: cover multiple categories. And he's by form, my he's by 2187 01:45:39,479 --> 01:45:40,560 Speaker 5: form my personality. 2188 01:45:40,800 --> 01:45:43,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's a great selection. Comedic value is very high. 2189 01:45:44,160 --> 01:45:46,240 Speaker 1: And it's nice too Ray to not have to like 2190 01:45:46,400 --> 01:45:48,040 Speaker 1: sift through the misinformation. 2191 01:45:48,320 --> 01:45:48,439 Speaker 5: Right. 2192 01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:50,560 Speaker 1: When a lot of these guys talk, you don't know 2193 01:45:50,600 --> 01:45:53,560 Speaker 1: if it's actually how they truly feel. So it is 2194 01:45:53,680 --> 01:45:56,720 Speaker 1: nice with Sean, even in our fighter meetings that are 2195 01:45:56,720 --> 01:45:59,280 Speaker 1: a little bit more technical than the average strickling conversation. 2196 01:45:59,479 --> 01:46:02,000 Speaker 1: It's like the I and and I always tell my 2197 01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:03,680 Speaker 1: daughters the truth will set you free, right, But it's 2198 01:46:03,720 --> 01:46:06,000 Speaker 1: like the guy doesn't have any lying leader at all, 2199 01:46:06,200 --> 01:46:08,240 Speaker 1: So ask him a question and he just gives you 2200 01:46:08,320 --> 01:46:10,799 Speaker 1: the truthful answer right out of the ship, right, which. 2201 01:46:10,640 --> 01:46:15,120 Speaker 5: I which literally I really appreciate and like like again, 2202 01:46:15,240 --> 01:46:18,479 Speaker 5: like it's better than you know, you know, even feeling 2203 01:46:18,560 --> 01:46:21,400 Speaker 5: in like corporate America. You know, he got guy's backstand 2204 01:46:21,520 --> 01:46:24,320 Speaker 5: and your bullshit? Yeah is that these are some of 2205 01:46:24,439 --> 01:46:27,120 Speaker 5: these guys are just refreshing because, like you say, they 2206 01:46:27,160 --> 01:46:28,200 Speaker 5: don't know how to lie. 2207 01:46:28,640 --> 01:46:30,479 Speaker 3: You know, that's yes, the right thought. 2208 01:46:30,600 --> 01:46:33,639 Speaker 5: I don't think like he's not the guy you don't 2209 01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:35,360 Speaker 5: on set with and say, look, I want I know 2210 01:46:35,439 --> 01:46:38,120 Speaker 5: what you think, but can you say this nor what happened? 2211 01:46:38,120 --> 01:46:40,639 Speaker 5: And you know he's not gonna you know, bow down 2212 01:46:40,720 --> 01:46:43,240 Speaker 5: to that. So I think he stands for something and 2213 01:46:43,360 --> 01:46:46,200 Speaker 5: I think, uh, he's got his platform, and I think 2214 01:46:46,240 --> 01:46:48,000 Speaker 5: he's in a in a great way. 2215 01:46:48,479 --> 01:46:51,000 Speaker 1: I think so too. All Right, raymon, we're gonna let 2216 01:46:51,040 --> 01:46:52,240 Speaker 1: you go to take care of your dog. But I 2217 01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:54,719 Speaker 1: just wanted to say this show would be nothing without 2218 01:46:54,760 --> 01:46:58,439 Speaker 1: your contributions. And I say that with complete seriousness. We 2219 01:46:58,600 --> 01:47:01,160 Speaker 1: thank you eternally for everything you have brought to the 2220 01:47:01,240 --> 01:47:03,080 Speaker 1: show over the last nine years. I promise you the 2221 01:47:03,160 --> 01:47:05,720 Speaker 1: checks in the mail. We hope great twenty twenty four 2222 01:47:05,800 --> 01:47:08,000 Speaker 1: for you, and we're back to a little normal Syne 2223 01:47:08,040 --> 01:47:10,280 Speaker 1: next Monday with a more traditional, antic and floring podcast. 2224 01:47:10,320 --> 01:47:12,920 Speaker 1: But thanks for adultence today, Momy listen. 2225 01:47:13,120 --> 01:47:15,960 Speaker 5: I appreciate you, guys. I really consider you good friends. 2226 01:47:16,040 --> 01:47:19,560 Speaker 5: I love doing the show obviously. How many years do 2227 01:47:19,640 --> 01:47:22,920 Speaker 5: we do it, you know, for nothing? And it doesn't 2228 01:47:22,920 --> 01:47:24,840 Speaker 5: who cares, you know what I mean. It's just a 2229 01:47:24,920 --> 01:47:28,560 Speaker 5: great time getting the like minded people. You know. I 2230 01:47:28,800 --> 01:47:31,320 Speaker 5: like watching you guys. It just sounds weird, but even 2231 01:47:31,360 --> 01:47:33,160 Speaker 5: grow up with your families, you know, because I've all 2232 01:47:33,360 --> 01:47:36,240 Speaker 5: been there. So it's all good, man. It's just I 2233 01:47:36,600 --> 01:47:39,719 Speaker 5: feel positive. I feel better when I leave this podcast. 2234 01:47:39,760 --> 01:47:41,320 Speaker 5: And I owe it to you guys. Love you guys, 2235 01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:44,599 Speaker 5: A man man, let's kill it in twenty twenty four. 2236 01:47:45,400 --> 01:47:45,960 Speaker 1: Thank you, buddy. 2237 01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:46,479 Speaker 3: It is Monny. 2238 01:47:46,479 --> 01:47:48,240 Speaker 1: When we started the show, my daughters were like two 2239 01:47:48,320 --> 01:47:49,160 Speaker 1: and three years old. 2240 01:47:49,160 --> 01:47:49,759 Speaker 5: That's crazy. 2241 01:47:50,320 --> 01:47:52,880 Speaker 1: Now they're thinking about guys. 2242 01:47:53,360 --> 01:47:55,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, how bad is the dog? John? 2243 01:47:55,439 --> 01:47:57,439 Speaker 3: You could hear that your dog or my dog? 2244 01:47:57,680 --> 01:47:58,360 Speaker 5: No, my dog? 2245 01:47:59,680 --> 01:48:03,160 Speaker 1: Oh it's bad. Yeah, that's right though. 2246 01:48:03,520 --> 01:48:04,240 Speaker 6: No, we're all good. 2247 01:48:04,360 --> 01:48:06,800 Speaker 1: We're all good. Hey, have a great day and a 2248 01:48:06,840 --> 01:48:10,400 Speaker 1: better evening. And uh, next, mon I love you guys. 2249 01:48:10,920 --> 01:48:11,519 Speaker 3: I love you too. 2250 01:48:12,560 --> 01:48:12,920 Speaker 20: There is. 2251 01:48:15,360 --> 01:48:19,320 Speaker 1: Ray Longo minutes every week here on the Anakin Florin 2252 01:48:19,400 --> 01:48:22,840 Speaker 1: podcast and his dog Lucky in the background. If you 2253 01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:26,599 Speaker 1: like that too. Uh, there's that as well, so Kenny. 2254 01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:30,040 Speaker 1: A lot of big personalities across the UFC roster, but 2255 01:48:30,160 --> 01:48:32,439 Speaker 1: one man stood out to our former three time UFC 2256 01:48:32,560 --> 01:48:36,599 Speaker 1: title challenger, Kenny Florian as the top personality of the year. 2257 01:48:38,280 --> 01:48:41,920 Speaker 2: Kenny Florian's twenty twenty three Personality of the Year. 2258 01:48:43,280 --> 01:48:45,680 Speaker 6: Who else but Sean Strickland. 2259 01:48:45,760 --> 01:48:48,639 Speaker 22: David gog I heard you're in Vegas more. I want 2260 01:48:48,640 --> 01:48:51,760 Speaker 22: to spare you for fifteen minutes. You're a tough motherfucker, bro. 2261 01:48:51,800 --> 01:48:53,599 Speaker 22: I want to see if I could help you physically, 2262 01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:56,760 Speaker 22: I mentally break you responding bea. 2263 01:48:56,640 --> 01:48:57,160 Speaker 5: Should come to it. 2264 01:48:57,280 --> 01:49:00,479 Speaker 22: You're good for when I'm a homing right and I said, 2265 01:49:00,520 --> 01:49:02,880 Speaker 22: you dary message, and I'm like, bro, hey, here's the thing. 2266 01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:04,400 Speaker 3: Man gives me four chicks. 2267 01:49:04,479 --> 01:49:04,719 Speaker 10: Dude. 2268 01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:07,200 Speaker 3: I know you're going through some shit right now. I 2269 01:49:07,320 --> 01:49:09,960 Speaker 3: know that, and you got preyed upon. I know all 2270 01:49:10,040 --> 01:49:11,280 Speaker 3: this shit, bro, and I'm here for you. 2271 01:49:11,439 --> 01:49:12,640 Speaker 6: Just give me a call if you need me. 2272 01:49:13,080 --> 01:49:16,120 Speaker 1: And this motherfucker he said, I'm gonna. 2273 01:49:15,920 --> 01:49:17,519 Speaker 3: Sue you if you don't fucking delete that. 2274 01:49:17,760 --> 01:49:18,600 Speaker 5: You're gonna assume me. 2275 01:49:18,720 --> 01:49:18,960 Speaker 3: Mother. 2276 01:49:19,280 --> 01:49:21,280 Speaker 22: I always call it, is he the Chinese champion? But 2277 01:49:21,439 --> 01:49:23,840 Speaker 22: is he's not the Chinese champion? Is he is the 2278 01:49:23,960 --> 01:49:26,760 Speaker 22: modern day man? Is he as the Chinese slut? He 2279 01:49:26,880 --> 01:49:29,120 Speaker 22: sold himself for a dollar, And you guys, we're gonna bring. 2280 01:49:29,080 --> 01:49:30,840 Speaker 17: That belt back to America? Just fucking go. 2281 01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:35,479 Speaker 22: It wasn't uc I probably cooking mething a trailer in prison, 2282 01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:38,080 Speaker 22: so I couldna say shit because Dana White would be like, hey, 2283 01:49:38,160 --> 01:49:40,439 Speaker 22: go fuck that white trash motherfucker, get him out of here. 2284 01:49:40,840 --> 01:49:42,400 Speaker 22: But now since I'm getting a little bit more like 2285 01:49:42,479 --> 01:49:44,800 Speaker 22: you know, fan based people are watching fire. I could 2286 01:49:44,840 --> 01:49:45,519 Speaker 22: say a lot more. 2287 01:49:45,439 --> 01:49:46,800 Speaker 1: Offensive shit, so it's nice. 2288 01:49:46,920 --> 01:49:48,400 Speaker 6: Now I'm gonna just give be the white. 2289 01:49:48,240 --> 01:49:49,519 Speaker 22: Trash motherfucker than I am. 2290 01:49:49,840 --> 01:49:51,720 Speaker 1: My mom grew up in a fucking box car and 2291 01:49:51,800 --> 01:49:54,280 Speaker 1: death Valley, bro, Like, how do you you know? How 2292 01:49:54,320 --> 01:49:56,080 Speaker 1: do you fix that generation of fuck? 2293 01:49:56,320 --> 01:49:58,280 Speaker 22: You know, like the neighborhood there's always got one white 2294 01:49:58,320 --> 01:50:01,479 Speaker 22: trash fucking house everybody avoids, like there's always cop cars 2295 01:50:01,520 --> 01:50:03,360 Speaker 22: in the front, windows fucking broken. 2296 01:50:03,120 --> 01:50:04,760 Speaker 1: Like that was us, but I was intially poor. 2297 01:50:05,520 --> 01:50:07,439 Speaker 22: No, man, I want to fucking you know, try to 2298 01:50:07,520 --> 01:50:08,439 Speaker 22: kill a man and get paid. 2299 01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:12,200 Speaker 8: You are training with him, so does that make you his? 2300 01:50:13,640 --> 01:50:13,800 Speaker 2: Oh? 2301 01:50:13,960 --> 01:50:17,960 Speaker 22: This shit, I've never smacked a woman, But you're about 2302 01:50:18,000 --> 01:50:18,280 Speaker 22: to call me? 2303 01:50:18,520 --> 01:50:20,280 Speaker 6: Would you like to learn some Chinese? 2304 01:50:21,320 --> 01:50:21,360 Speaker 5: Me? 2305 01:50:21,560 --> 01:50:23,439 Speaker 1: How was that way? What am I saying? 2306 01:50:24,080 --> 01:50:24,760 Speaker 22: What am I saying? 2307 01:50:25,720 --> 01:50:26,519 Speaker 1: Hello me? 2308 01:50:26,680 --> 01:50:29,519 Speaker 3: How I think fast? Shaman is always okay? 2309 01:50:29,680 --> 01:50:32,240 Speaker 22: Andrew Tate is a con artist friend. 2310 01:50:32,080 --> 01:50:33,840 Speaker 6: Who champion putting his bell on the boy. It really 2311 01:50:33,880 --> 01:50:34,840 Speaker 6: doesn't matter too. 2312 01:50:34,880 --> 01:50:38,120 Speaker 22: It means absolutely nothing. I'll win, I'll lose, you'll win, 2313 01:50:38,240 --> 01:50:38,679 Speaker 22: you'll lose. 2314 01:50:38,760 --> 01:50:38,880 Speaker 8: Man. 2315 01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:40,599 Speaker 22: As long as you guys are happy in your own 2316 01:50:40,640 --> 01:50:43,960 Speaker 22: life and you realize it in five years I'm an 2317 01:50:43,960 --> 01:50:46,200 Speaker 22: old man in ten years, fifteen years, I'm a little man. 2318 01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:48,280 Speaker 1: This means absolutely happened. 2319 01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:50,679 Speaker 22: But I think also too, that's why people like wing 2320 01:50:51,040 --> 01:50:52,519 Speaker 22: because most people don't. 2321 01:50:53,280 --> 01:50:55,320 Speaker 1: They see me and they're like, oh yeah, man like that. 2322 01:50:56,880 --> 01:50:59,320 Speaker 1: Thanks to Nina drama Hell and e ESPN Plus for 2323 01:50:59,360 --> 01:51:01,760 Speaker 1: the audio, there can flow. Shan Strickland, your Personality of 2324 01:51:01,760 --> 01:51:04,439 Speaker 1: the Year for twenty twenty three. I just find myself 2325 01:51:04,520 --> 01:51:08,400 Speaker 1: gravitating to any piece of Strickland content that's out there. 2326 01:51:08,439 --> 01:51:11,680 Speaker 1: I understand why he was a breakout personality for you 2327 01:51:11,760 --> 01:51:12,400 Speaker 1: here in twenty three. 2328 01:51:12,640 --> 01:51:13,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, no question about it. Listen. 2329 01:51:13,920 --> 01:51:17,240 Speaker 4: You know he's always been outspoken in his interviews. He's 2330 01:51:17,280 --> 01:51:19,240 Speaker 4: been a bit of a lightning rod over the years. 2331 01:51:20,040 --> 01:51:22,800 Speaker 4: But I think it's his authenticity that has brought in 2332 01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:24,960 Speaker 4: a lot of fans to watch him fight. Whether you 2333 01:51:25,000 --> 01:51:26,800 Speaker 4: hate him or not, a lot of people want to 2334 01:51:26,800 --> 01:51:30,320 Speaker 4: see Strickland fight. And it's not just because of the 2335 01:51:30,360 --> 01:51:32,920 Speaker 4: way that he fights. He certainly has an entertaining style, 2336 01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:35,800 Speaker 4: like to get in your face, but a lot of 2337 01:51:35,880 --> 01:51:38,200 Speaker 4: things just went right for him in twenty twenty three. 2338 01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:41,320 Speaker 4: And you know, it doesn't mean you're going to agree 2339 01:51:41,400 --> 01:51:44,479 Speaker 4: with everything he says, but to have that level of 2340 01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:47,519 Speaker 4: f you in your interviews and to say what you 2341 01:51:47,760 --> 01:51:51,519 Speaker 4: truly mean in a time where everyone is faking it 2342 01:51:51,640 --> 01:51:55,639 Speaker 4: to make it and everyone is afraid to get canceled. 2343 01:51:55,680 --> 01:51:58,639 Speaker 4: Everyone's afraid to say certain things and we've been able 2344 01:51:58,720 --> 01:52:04,040 Speaker 4: to censor with with the threat of fear and canceling. 2345 01:52:04,680 --> 01:52:08,120 Speaker 4: That does not affect someone like Sean Strickland. And because 2346 01:52:08,160 --> 01:52:11,400 Speaker 4: of that, he could have won it just that alone. 2347 01:52:11,520 --> 01:52:17,240 Speaker 4: But he is entertaining. He's funny, and that's why for me, 2348 01:52:17,400 --> 01:52:21,000 Speaker 4: you know, not only him being undefeated and winning some 2349 01:52:21,080 --> 01:52:23,920 Speaker 4: other awards, but he is, you know, one of the 2350 01:52:24,000 --> 01:52:26,920 Speaker 4: guys who a lot of people want to hear from. Yeah, 2351 01:52:27,200 --> 01:52:31,080 Speaker 4: and he's just very real man, He's very very real, 2352 01:52:31,240 --> 01:52:34,160 Speaker 4: similar to you know, Nate Diaz and all those guys. 2353 01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:37,479 Speaker 3: Like he's as reel as it gets. And yeah, he's 2354 01:52:37,640 --> 01:52:38,720 Speaker 3: he was an easy pick for me. 2355 01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:40,520 Speaker 1: He's just relatable. 2356 01:52:40,680 --> 01:52:40,800 Speaker 5: Right. 2357 01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:43,680 Speaker 1: I understand that Israel out of Sonya is not the 2358 01:52:43,840 --> 01:52:46,479 Speaker 1: favorite son in Sydney, Australia, especially given what he did 2359 01:52:46,520 --> 01:52:49,519 Speaker 1: to Robert Whitaker in Melbourne in twenty nineteen. So I 2360 01:52:49,600 --> 01:52:52,400 Speaker 1: did expect Strickland to have some of the crowd but 2361 01:52:52,920 --> 01:52:56,439 Speaker 1: certainly didn't expect him to have the crowd largely in 2362 01:52:56,600 --> 01:52:59,920 Speaker 1: totality against Israel out of Sonia. Congrats to Sean Strick 2363 01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:04,040 Speaker 1: and taking three of Ken Flow's ten awards here in 2364 01:53:04,160 --> 01:53:07,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Congrats to all the winners. Some thank 2365 01:53:07,360 --> 01:53:10,200 Speaker 1: yous to go out, our DraftKings family, our executive producer 2366 01:53:10,240 --> 01:53:13,200 Speaker 1: Cody Merrow, our audio engineer Will Berger. This episode is 2367 01:53:13,240 --> 01:53:14,960 Speaker 1: one of the more intensive ones we do all year. 2368 01:53:15,200 --> 01:53:18,479 Speaker 1: Thanks to those two individuals for making it seamless. Thanks 2369 01:53:18,520 --> 01:53:21,240 Speaker 1: to Ray Longo for his contributions even given the technical 2370 01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:23,559 Speaker 1: issues and the dog. We still thank Ray Longo, Jason 2371 01:53:23,640 --> 01:53:25,840 Speaker 1: Aik for all of his help on the business side 2372 01:53:25,880 --> 01:53:28,200 Speaker 1: for Anakin, Floyd and LLC in twenty twenty three and beyond, 2373 01:53:28,360 --> 01:53:31,200 Speaker 1: and of course Big Ron Pellegrino for just continuing to 2374 01:53:31,360 --> 01:53:35,400 Speaker 1: support this show from afar. We appreciate Big Ron as always. 2375 01:53:35,400 --> 01:53:36,559 Speaker 1: All right, that is going to do it for us 2376 01:53:36,640 --> 01:53:37,000 Speaker 1: this week. 2377 01:53:37,320 --> 01:53:37,760 Speaker 3: We are back. 2378 01:53:37,800 --> 01:53:40,080 Speaker 1: Next Monday, we will preview the first UFC Live event 2379 01:53:40,160 --> 01:53:42,920 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four, coming up January thirteenth from the 2380 01:53:43,000 --> 01:53:45,120 Speaker 1: UFC Apex. With that for Ken Flum, John and thank 2381 01:53:45,160 --> 01:53:48,599 Speaker 1: you all for watching, for listening, tell your friends Johnanna 2382 01:53:48,640 --> 01:53:50,120 Speaker 1: dot com for all of our merchandise. We'll talk to 2383 01:53:50,120 --> 01:53:52,160 Speaker 1: you next Monday. Until the eneo of walking. 2384 01:53:59,479 --> 01:54:00,280 Speaker 3: Thank you sure went. 2385 01:54:00,200 --> 01:54:02,320 Speaker 10: Down of the Boston und Yeah. 2386 01:54:03,160 --> 01:54:04,840 Speaker 23: Now, every time I started at first, I break at 2387 01:54:04,920 --> 01:54:06,920 Speaker 23: least three command It's kind of like Judo because I 2388 01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:08,960 Speaker 23: never planned, I'm planning to shouldn't have way them make 2389 01:54:09,000 --> 01:54:10,920 Speaker 23: the patches look like they're own the branches. It's the 2390 01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:13,080 Speaker 23: other way. Your bloods are only color on the canvas. 2391 01:54:13,120 --> 01:54:14,720 Speaker 23: And I don't mean it's like a thuck sense of 2392 01:54:14,800 --> 01:54:16,799 Speaker 23: how you can get God book being gangsty. 2393 01:54:16,800 --> 01:54:17,320 Speaker 5: I'm hip hop. 2394 01:54:17,560 --> 01:54:19,360 Speaker 23: You got it every time you walk in the label 2395 01:54:19,400 --> 01:54:21,519 Speaker 23: the and I was like nodded immunity your ship because 2396 01:54:21,520 --> 01:54:23,640 Speaker 23: I suckle suckle. Guy got it by the heat is 2397 01:54:23,680 --> 01:54:25,800 Speaker 23: the tactically gotta beat out on God to street copas 2398 01:54:25,840 --> 01:54:28,600 Speaker 23: he started, thinks like the speaker speak elitiously off the 2399 01:54:28,720 --> 01:54:30,960 Speaker 23: high horse, making ascid abuse. Your DJ must not know 2400 01:54:31,040 --> 01:54:33,600 Speaker 23: the alphabet forgetting this cute. My favorite DJ got those 2401 01:54:33,640 --> 01:54:36,120 Speaker 23: in six extra elfie abuse as so teric John p. 2402 01:54:36,280 --> 01:54:37,320 Speaker 3: And I'm the nuclear Stow. 2403 01:54:37,400 --> 01:54:39,320 Speaker 23: I'm ready to ls nice touch breacher show a bust 2404 01:54:39,360 --> 01:54:41,200 Speaker 23: of my styles. He gonna send your ego ship and 2405 01:54:41,240 --> 01:54:42,600 Speaker 23: with freeal fly as miles. 2406 01:54:42,720 --> 01:54:44,400 Speaker 3: He wanted to get to the bird and get it 2407 01:54:44,440 --> 01:54:45,879 Speaker 3: in the burden, Edinburgh 2408 01:54:48,560 --> 01:54:49,920 Speaker 10: On the comments or