1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: It is Monday, June thirteenth, twenty twenty two, and it 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: is time for Morning Combat Extra credit. This is the 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: podcast within the podcast. I am one half of Morning Combat. 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, my name is Luke Thomas. Thank you so 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: much for joining me. If you're watching on YouTube, thumbs up, 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: it'd be so nice. Hit subscribe, it'd be so nice, 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: give us a nice reviewing whatever podcast platform, it would 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: be so nice. 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: Today. As you guys know, here's what we do. 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: We cover a lot of the biggest stories on Morning Combat, 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: but the stuff we don't get to that's still important 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: we do on this podcast. That's going to be of 13 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: course UFC two seventy five, some of the other fights 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: on the card as well as I got one little 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: pick from Cage Warriors because I like to pick the 16 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: top five fights that just matter to me. These don't 17 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: have to be your top five. This is my rifle. 18 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: There are many like it. This one is mine, So 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: you know, plenty of choices to pick from, but these 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: are the ones that I liked the most and for 21 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: all different reasons, which of course we will go through. 22 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: So UFC two seventy five, as you know, took place 23 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: in Singapore. I pull up the information here if I can. Yes, indeed, 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: we go first to Jake Matthews defeating Andre Fialio via Keo. 25 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: This took place at two twenty four of the second round. 26 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: I really really was so delighted. 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 2: To see this. 28 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: I did not expect this at all. I will tell 29 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: you candidly, I'm probably one of the guys. I don't 30 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: think I wrote off Jake Matthews, but I certainly didn't 31 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: take his chances to become an elite title contender all 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: that seriously after all that had transpired. But in fairness, 33 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: that was probably unfair of me. He just I think 34 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: he's now twenty seven years old. I have said this 35 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: before with other fighters who are like Marvin Victoria twenty 36 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: seven to twenty eight places. You know, if you get 37 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: used to somebody at twenty three twenty four, they could 38 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: be radically different fighters in the span of a few 39 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: years now. Jake Matthews took a lot longer, but making 40 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: his UFC debut at nineteen, it took some time, it 41 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: looked like, to get his feet under him, and there's 42 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: still might be deficiencies in his grappling game. We shall see. 43 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: He's always been a good grappler. But as you saw 44 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: with like Sean Brady, that tells you an elite grappler 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: might be able to do be causing problems for him. 46 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: But let's talk about what the stories of this fight. 47 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: That's the best opponent he's beaten, certainly on the feet 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: by a long stretch. He looked real, athletic sharp. He 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: was making good decisions. I just thought and you heard 50 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: that John annixday was the biggest one of his career. 51 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: That was the best performance of his career. 52 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: Too easily. Easily. 53 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: He was just smoothly executing and reading and for the 54 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: for the most part staying out of trouble. That one 55 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: time where he thought he got dropped at the end 56 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: of the first he didn't. It was turns out to 57 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: be more of a trip, as the commentator Michael Bisbey 58 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: had indicated. And so for me watching this and what 59 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: they really had picked up on was the right hand 60 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: was connecting with Jake Matthews a lot. Filio kind of 61 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: was using that left hand for a lot. This other 62 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: one was kind of staying fixed. I mean that's not 63 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: entirely true, of course, because the left took landed a 64 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: little bit in combination by the way, throwing combinations with 65 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: purpose and swift hands athletically like Jake Matthews was. But 66 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: the real big thing was the right hand was scoring 67 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: for him over and over and over again. It's because 68 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: Filio was just kind of hanging out here, you know, 69 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: not like not lazily. 70 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: It had a purpose, but it wasn't. There's a cost 71 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: to every style, right and the. 72 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: Cost is it just creates a lot of space, and 73 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: he was kind of using both for both defense and 74 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: offense at the same time, which again not necessarily a 75 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: bad thing, but again there's always gonna be context. 76 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 2: That go with it. 77 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: So put trying to make is They realized they could 78 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: have a lot of success with the right hand, but 79 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: he was switching stances and setting up a lot of 80 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: different things. It was more than just that, because you 81 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: notice the right hand lands more and more and more. 82 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: It was actually the final shot that put him out 83 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: as he put him up against the fence. 84 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: Jake Matthews did a great job of patiently. 85 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: Getting failure backing up, getting him to where he wanted, 86 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: not attacking until he saw things cleanly, you know, getting 87 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: himself out of potential stall situations when sometimes that was 88 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: presented to him. You know, he just made a He 89 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: just looked like a mature, smart athletic. 90 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 2: There was a swag about him. I mean, I hate 91 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: that work because. 92 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm a forty two year old piece of shit, but 93 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: it is true, like he just had some swag. Man, 94 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: he really had a purpose with everything he was doing, 95 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: and that you could feel that when fighters really apply 96 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: that kind of a thing. And I have to say, 97 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: say more generally, we're gonna talk more about some of 98 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: the other results in this card. Dude, if you're from 99 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: Australia or New Zealand or the Oceanic region or you know, 100 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: it's a great time to be a fan of Australian mma. 101 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: It really is. 102 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: There is so much already prestigious and predominant talent. We 103 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: all know the ones like Volkonowski and Whitiker obviously in 104 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: New Zealand, be you know, Izzy, and. 105 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: There's a lot more than just that. But you know, 106 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 2: these are the sort of the bigger three. 107 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: But that's the whole point, Like, there's these these they're 108 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: coming out of the woodworks. And what really gives me 109 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: a lot of hope is you're seeing it across both 110 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: genders from Australia. Now the men's game certainly more advanced 111 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: in the women's game on the Australian side to date, 112 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: but you are you're seeing you know, UFC level talent 113 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: from from both of them. You're seeing it across a 114 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: lot of different weight classes, which is which is really encouraging. 115 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: And they're just getting started, man, they're just getting started 116 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: to there is so I really have it's I'm I'm 117 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: loving I'm loving what I'm seeing out of Australian MMA 118 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: these days because you know, again, not every prospect from 119 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: any place is always going to meet the hype in 120 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: that sense, it's a very unfair expectation. But for all 121 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: of the good things to be happening that is in 122 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: Australian Mma, and then for Jake Matthews right as it's 123 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: really heated up to turn it on himself, it really 124 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: just drives home you know what a special market that is. 125 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: And they're producing just sensational talent. So shouts to those folks, 126 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: what are performance by Jake Matthews Really really great reads, 127 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: really great job. 128 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 2: He should be very proud of himself. 129 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: All right, we moved out down to the car Jack 130 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: Dala Madalena defeating Ramazan Emive via TKO at two thirty 131 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: two of round number one. What a I keep? I 132 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: sound like a broken record? Another aussee just doing incredible stuff. 133 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: So the real one was this is a very sophisticated striker, 134 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: but he had to deal with adversity. Now you might argue, well, 135 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: you shouldn't get into those positions anyway, but the reality 136 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,119 Speaker 1: is playing is such a strong defense that you never 137 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: find yourself in trouble, especially if you're a young guy. 138 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: Young fighter in his twenties, is not a realistic expectation. 139 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: Bad things are probably going to happen to them. It's 140 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: not that it's not a relevant question, but I think 141 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: the more urgent, pressing question is, okay, you got into 142 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: bad spots, what did you do with him? And here 143 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: he finds just a ability to ramason a meve, locking 144 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: up piece by piece, getting metaliated into the ground and 145 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: then finding the gandiconor choke, rolling through it and what 146 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: it met only to do usked. It was a bit 147 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: of a you know, a sticky predicament. But he was 148 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: constantly moving scrambling. Now when I say constantly moving, I 149 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: don't mean flailing. I mean there was he had. He 150 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: went when the moment called for it and was ready 151 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: to you know, jump off the block when any kind 152 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: of perceived opening was made. 153 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: But he was. 154 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: It was just you know, again a concerted effort to 155 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: get every stage of it correct. Anyway, so he gets out, 156 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: he gets on top, and then he just takes Ramazon 157 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: of Eve to school. 158 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 2: That really is what happened. After that, he had a 159 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: lot of success. 160 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: Really what ended up happening was the body work, right 161 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: because he was going low and then coming up high 162 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: when landed, and he just followed it up with another one. 163 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 2: But go watch him switch stance, watch his entry fake. 164 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: Off one side, go ho, go go low, go low, 165 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: then come high and then switching stance. And then one 166 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: thing I really appreciated, I re appreciate about his game 167 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: is look at how he uses so much, not just 168 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: clever entries and stance, which in which looks fun, but 169 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: look how many angles he uses. In fact, look at 170 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: the finishing sequence. Ramazan EMIV is facing essentially where I'm looking, 171 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: and Dala Madelana is facing this wall like he has 172 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: him dead to rights on the angle there was I mean, here, 173 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: you're gonna get demolished. When someone has a perfect perpendicular 174 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: angle on you, and yes he was hurt from a 175 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: previous shot, but it just goes to show the motion 176 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: that's in play. You know, that's that's advanced, high level, 177 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: really really really good stuff. That guy is a sensational 178 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: striker and he did it again in the first fing round. 179 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: Very very clever, super high on him. And I think 180 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: there was some concern because you know, listen, he faced 181 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: some didversity on the regional scene as well. But I 182 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: think there was a concern that you knew he was 183 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: a good striker, but what's he going to do as 184 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: he elevates through the rankings, And this was his announcement 185 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: that he is elevating his game as he moves through 186 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: the rankings. 187 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: That's a great sign. That's a great sign. 188 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: Again, still early, a lot of rooms go, but I 189 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: just thought it was a sensational performance by him. 190 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 2: He is him. 191 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't have put Matthews on the same level, 192 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: and I probably still would give medal in his flowers, 193 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: but that was a that was a certainly a fair 194 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: to state one of the more exciting prospects coming out 195 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: of Australia. All Right, we jumped now down to the 196 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: prelim card. Mahashat, I think is how they pronounce it. 197 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm not entirely sure. Defeating Steve Garcia one fourteen in 198 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: the first round, you know, Steve Garcia, it just seemed 199 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: to be a little too just too much pressure, just 200 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: way too much pressure. And if you know this sort 201 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: of final sequence there, I include this one because it 202 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: was just a really nice shot that. 203 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: Put him out. 204 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: But he was just, you know, he had trouble earlier 205 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: in the round, and then he kept pursuing like in 206 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: his really. 207 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: Dedicated way, and then obviously what. 208 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: Happens he switches stances through combination. But he was just 209 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: there was nothing to really set up Mahashat's hands to 210 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: do anything else other than kind of block one but 211 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 1: not He didn't really have to move, He didn't really 212 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: have to transfer his defense or believe something else was 213 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: coming first and then something else behind it. So he 214 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: was just able to more or less move with it, 215 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: slid back in the pocket and then. 216 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 2: Drill them right over the top. 217 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: And as you guys know, when you switch dances, folks 218 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: some obviously there's all different ways to do it, and 219 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: some folks are better out than others. 220 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 2: But the sort of key insight there would be. 221 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: It can cause defensive lapses with fighters less experienced with it, 222 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: it can do that. So there's probably a little bit 223 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: that there, plus this over pursuit, And of course I 224 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: think Steve Garcia has a decent or good chin, probably 225 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: a fine one, but you know, running into the punch 226 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: is going to exacerbate its effect. Until you saw that 227 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: there hell of a shot. Hell of a shot. You 228 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: don't see guys go face first that often in the UFC. 229 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: You know, it's not like super irregular, but that kind 230 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: of a knockout is even still somewhat rare. 231 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 2: But it was just well timed and he read it perfectly. 232 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: It was a great job on all the way, and 233 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: I think sort of, you know, an important learning listen 234 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: for a young developing fighter in Steve Garcia. 235 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 2: All right, here's a very interesting one. 236 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: Brendan Allen defeating Jacob malcoun via decision twenty nine to 237 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: twenty eight. Across the board, you would probably give the 238 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: second round to Malcolm. Rounds one in three you would 239 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: probably give to Alan if you were so inclined. This 240 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: feeds into this debate about does grappling count anymore. I 241 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: don't know that this fight is the best one to 242 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: have that over, but I did have a different one, 243 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: which was certainly you could argue in. 244 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: The parts where Malcolm got the round. 245 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: In the second round he was able to do a 246 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: lot of grappling, have some decent ground of pound, plus 247 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: his jab was pumping. 248 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 2: In that round. 249 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: There was just enough overall activity, even if it wasn't overwhelming. 250 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: To still be like, okay, he was the clear guy. 251 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: But like in other parts of the round, Here's what 252 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: the Brendan Allen story is of this fight, which is 253 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: one in the first round he got taken down. Yes, 254 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: he got taken on a lot in this fight, but 255 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: he was able to stand up at certain times after 256 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: getting taken down slowly, but he was able to do 257 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: it and then reverse position and even get his own 258 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: takedown on top. So you know he's going from worst 259 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: position to best case scenario, at least in a grappling context. 260 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: That's worth pointing out. 261 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: But the bigger one I would say is it is 262 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: a totally viable strategy at this point with the way 263 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: judging is scored. If the guy who took you down 264 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: and has top position isn't all that active with ground 265 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: and pound. If you play prevent defense where you can't 266 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: just lay there and throw strikes, but you know, you're 267 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: pushing on their hips, you're catching their overhooks, you're framing 268 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: against them, you're shrimping, you're constantly moving underneath so they 269 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: can't really get a totally firm hand on you. And 270 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: then you're elbowing through all of that and punching them, 271 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: and they're just kind of accepting that, thinking that top 272 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: position is going to confirm more benefits with the judges 273 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: than it does. That's a very viable way to win 274 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: prevent defense, grappling wise on the floor mixed with basically 275 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: ground and pound off of your back. An, that is 276 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: a very acceptable, and I might say something you might 277 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: see more common of way of winning rounds in professional 278 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: mixed martial arts. Now that explains a lot. Now, there 279 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: was other great things that happened for Brendan Allen. 280 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 2: On the feet. 281 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: He's very talented. You knew he was the more talented 282 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: of the two overall, but the question was could he 283 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: tightened up some other things. I think the fact that 284 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: he was able to the one thing in the grappling 285 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 1: context would you would say, is what the takedowns? A 286 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: single leg takedown obviously something to work on. And then 287 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: the other thing you would say is he played a 288 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: little bit of guard too long in the first round 289 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: strategically because once he got standing up and it was 290 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: a reversing position, he was doing quite well. But dude, 291 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: the other part you got a hand it to him 292 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: was just phenomenal. That ground upon underneath was great. Malcoub 293 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: was just kind of he didn't he was just trying 294 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: to maintain enough top pressure and control will maybe you know, 295 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: slow him down a little bit. 296 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 2: But the bit it wasn't just people say busier, what 297 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 2: does that mean? 298 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: Defense with the grappling hip hip shifts, you know, moderate 299 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: to minor threats that they kind of have to address 300 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: with your positioning and then just you know, slice them 301 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: up with elbows or just you know, uh kind of 302 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: hammerfest there in that position. That is an utterly viable strategy. 303 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 1: Utterly viable people who get taken down. Everyone thinks that 304 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: you have to like constantly race to your feet and 305 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: there should be urgency about it, and I think they're 306 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: probably not going to be to be maybe they didn't 307 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: have urgency in the first round. But if you're not 308 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: gonna be urgent about getting back your fet or it's 309 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: otherwise too difficult, dude, just play prevent defense on the 310 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: pass and and go to work, you know, go. 311 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: To work underneath. 312 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: It will absolutely win you around it these days, totally 313 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: viable way to do that. Lastly, for my number five fight, 314 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: I just wanted to do some honorable mention here just 315 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: a second, I want to give a shout out to 316 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: Kage Warriors one thirty nine. There's a kid you might 317 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: want to pay attention to. 318 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: Now I don't. 319 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: It's obviously insanely early in his development, but I've seen 320 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: a couple things from him that I've been a little 321 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: bit interested in. 322 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 2: His name is Chason Blair. 323 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: He defeated Kona Olavera at Cage Warriors one thirty nine, 324 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: second round, knockout, one punch, knockout, put his lights out, 325 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: or you know, mostly put his lights out. Chason Blair 326 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: wrestled at UNC, so he's a D one wrestler. 327 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: Now he didn't. 328 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: I don't think he won any major titles while he 329 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: was there, but certainly, you know, having a division one 330 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: for folks who may be from Europe or Australia. You know, 331 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: it's very, very difficult to become a division one wrestler. 332 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: You have to be very good in high school, like 333 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: extremely good. And yeah, yes there's other people at the 334 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: division one level that were much much better than him, 335 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: but you know, we're talking about you know, one percent, 336 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: one percent at that point, so you know, and I 337 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: also would make a point that the guys who have 338 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: a real good background, who didn't necessarily achieve the best hides, 339 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: sometimes they actually make better fighters because they were left 340 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: competitively wanting. Now obviously, you know, Olympic champion becoming USC 341 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 1: champion special too, but something to be said for. 342 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 2: The guys who came in second or third or whatever. 343 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: But Chason Blair wrestled at UNC and you know, listen, 344 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: he's a very green fighter. 345 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: He's just I think two to zero at this point. 346 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: But he's got great athleticism, great speed, heavy hands, doesn't 347 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: a little bit over zealous. The times I would argue 348 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: good takedowns. You should go check this out. It's on 349 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: fight Pass. He knocked ConA Olivera down in the first round, 350 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: he couldn't quite follow up with it appropriately, comes up 351 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: the second round with a sense of purpose, and just 352 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: hit him with just an absolute hammer. Could be a 353 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: prospect worth paying attention to. I just want to point 354 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: that out last, but not least, we go to honorable 355 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: mention here. As we wrap it up on the fight card, 356 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to give one shout out to Joshua Kulabau 357 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: defeating I'm gonna mispronounce it sung Wu Choi. He wins 358 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: via split. It should not have been a split. There's 359 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: just no argument for that. 360 00:14:55,520 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 2: Dude. Kulibao was tearing sung Wu Choi to pieces from 361 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: the Orthodox stance. 362 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: Now he went to South Paul a lot to just 363 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: kind of mix it up and show different things. Go 364 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: back and watch this fight and pay attention to like 365 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: the fifty thousand times he rocked Choi in this one 366 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: and count how many came from the Orthodox stance, and 367 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: he threw a lot from the South Paul stance in 368 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: that landform too. Dude, that right hand from the Orthodox 369 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: stance Choi got hit with it over and over, and 370 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: the left hook too. That left hook from from Kulubau 371 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: was money. It was unbelievable. So it was a you know, 372 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: he had to very he can't just be super one 373 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: note about it. But in terms of it's very you know, usually, yes, 374 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: one person's stance is better than another. And I don't 375 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: know if that was exactly it or where their choy 376 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: had issues reading what was coming his way depending on 377 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: the stance, but all I can say for sure is that, 378 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: you know, usually you see a little bit more parody 379 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: between the stances. 380 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 2: This was like he couldn't miss from orthodox. It was crazy. 381 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: So good job by him, and even if the judges 382 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: kind of they didn't rob him, but it should not 383 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: be split at all. And then last, but not least, 384 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: Evanna Gomes Warrez defeating Lieg nah via Ko punches at 385 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: one twenty two of the first round. 386 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: This is also UFC two seventy five. She walked right 387 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: into it. She walked right into it. 388 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: Silvana Gomes Warrez is, you know, listen to the Latin 389 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: American market has made many strides, but it still has 390 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: many strides to go, and I would say she has. 391 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 2: You know, this is obviously a sensational win, but there's 392 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 2: been some. 393 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: Pretty you know, noteworthy deficiencies in the grappling department in 394 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: previous UFC contests, so this is still very much a 395 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: work in progress. 396 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 2: But she can crack for this weight class, which was 397 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: straw weight. That's pretty impressive. 398 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: Again, that was accommodated to a degree by how much 399 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: the punch was being walked into. But nevertheless I thought 400 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: it was, you know, a you have to give her 401 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: her credit where it's due, but still much room for 402 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: improvement to win and stay at this level. 403 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: But a fantastic shot. 404 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: You don't see a lot of people walk into I mean, 405 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: I guess you do in MMA. A lot of times 406 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: you do see because pressure is so important that they 407 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: over pursue it a lot. It happens, but this one 408 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: was like an unusually bad case because she just there 409 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: was just she just walked directly into range and punching 410 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: range too. And it was a good shot because Gomez 411 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: Warres was slipped off the center line and came over 412 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: the top, so that's a nice little addition. 413 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 2: And again I just she put all of the power 414 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: into it. Great job. But it is interesting how much. 415 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: I guess you do see that kind of a thing, 416 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: but this one was a uniquely bad case. Usually you 417 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: see someone get their head popped, but not completely put 418 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: flat out the case of previously with Steve Garcia, he 419 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: was almost running into it and that was a really 420 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: hard shot. I guess it was a hard shot too. Yeah, 421 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,719 Speaker 1: it is something that tends to happen a little bit. 422 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: Volkanofski makes a bit of a habit of chewing people 423 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: up on a smaller scale like that. 424 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 2: All right, that's it for today. That's it. We do 425 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 2: a little bit extra credit here. 426 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: We'll do another one next week or the next I 427 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: think next week, at least next Tuesday, if not next week. 428 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys watching thumbs up on the video. What 429 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: was your favorite fight of the weekend? Those were my five. 430 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: Would love to know. Leave a comment in the comment 431 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: section below. Until next time, I'm Luke Thomas. Enjoyed the fights.