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Speaker 1: Boston Massachusetts. We have a lot to get to today,

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Speaker 1: going to recap Vicente Luke's big win over Halfayel Dose

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Speaker 1: second episode We'll get you Ken Flows picks on UFC

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Speaker 1: two ninety two. We're also scheduled to talk to UFC

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Speaker 1: Midway contender, the Action Man, the King of Combat, Chris Curtis.

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Speaker 1: Obviously a huge week for ray long Goo Ken Flow

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Speaker 1: as big I would say, as any in his career.

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Speaker 1: No pressure, Raymond. He's scheduled to join us here in

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Speaker 1: of course, a big UFC fight night at the Apex.

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Speaker 2: New headlines on the John Nick and Kenny Flurians podcast.

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Speaker 5: So I'll be in Boston.

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Speaker 1: You'll be in New York PFL Friday, August eighteenth. So

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Speaker 1: it's too bad. We might have seen you at the

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Speaker 1: All right, so what is going on in my headset?

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Speaker 1: That silence is wonderful right now. So all right, let's

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Speaker 1: get into this UFC fight night, shall We told you

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Speaker 1: Khalil Rowntree Junior was frightening and I love that the

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Speaker 1: guy comes out and asks for a main event. But

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Speaker 1: we will begin with that main event, and Vicente Luke,

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Speaker 1: with a lot of I think internal pressure on himself

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Speaker 1: in this spot, just given the medical stuff, gets it

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Speaker 1: done over Hafayel Dosanjo's by unanimous decision forty nine, forty six,

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Speaker 1: forty eight, forty seven times too big performance. Some might

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Speaker 1: What were your thoughts on a big, much needed win

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Speaker 4: Given the odds, I'm not sure I would change my pick.

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Speaker 4: I still think it was worth it going with RDA.

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Speaker 4: I thought there was value there. But when they kind

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Speaker 4: this is gonna be a long night. Because Luke looked

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Speaker 4: And I think because of that, he was winning a

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Speaker 1: Yeah, protecting that head and everywhere else, and you just

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Speaker 1: So a lot of these guys are teammates, So Shapcott

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Speaker 1: But you're right, Kevin Holland potentially an option Jack Della

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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly, and you know, I think it's great to

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Speaker 5: I did think he lost that fight, but he fought well.

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Speaker 4: He certainly fought way better than he was when he

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Speaker 4: I thought he was moving well, he was responding to

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Speaker 5: You know, does he still is he still training hard?

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Speaker 5: All those questions were answered. He still wants it very badly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, perfect put And yeah I feel for Kim Dawodu.

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Speaker 5: I think he's ready.

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Speaker 4: It really wasn't much of a challenge against Dacas, who

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Speaker 1: do think generally speaking, they like to headline women and

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Speaker 1: bigger bodies, heavyweights and light heavyweights. So is it out

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Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility that the unranked oh number

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Speaker 1: thirteen in the world. Excuse me, Khalil Rowntree Junior now

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Speaker 1: four wins in a row, I think three of them

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Speaker 1: by knockout ur Tko John Bohovich coming off a losses

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Speaker 1: number four in the world. You can do worse than

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Speaker 1: a main event between Bohovich and Rowntree Junior. We'll see

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Speaker 1: what happens with Anthony Smith and Ryan Span That's that

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Speaker 1: is a fight in Singapore actually twelve days from right now.

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Speaker 1: Dominic Rays is out there. Vulcanos Demir. I think Alexander

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Speaker 1: Rokitch always seems to be on the mend. Obviously got

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Speaker 1: a lot of bigger names at the top of that division.

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Speaker 1: But we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens for

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Speaker 1: Khalil Rowntree Junior. I'd love to see him get the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he and Dustin Jacoby you could do. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if those guys could headline necessarily right now.

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Speaker 1: But Rowntree Junior man, the world's his oyster. I'm happy

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Speaker 1: to see it. Obviously he's dealt with some mental demons

452
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Speaker 1: and yeah, this like Mystic Thailand. Khalil Rowntree Junior, punishing

453
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Speaker 1: fighter is a real light heavyweight problem ken Flow.

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Speaker 5: No question about it.

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Speaker 4: If I'm a guy like Rocket, you's got a bad

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Speaker 4: wheel or you know, even for Jamal Hill or.

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Speaker 5: Any of those guys. Oh yeah, going back legajuries, No, no, no,

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Speaker 5: don't fight Roundtree because he will. He will chop that

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Speaker 5: leg down and it might just take one kick. That's

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Speaker 5: how explosive this kid is.

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Speaker 1: Last year, Roundtree defeated Dustin Jacoby, so I guess they

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Speaker 1: wouldn't run that back. Thank you, Cody merrow At the

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Speaker 1: screws always on it. All right, we'll see what happens,

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Speaker 1: but I gotta feel good for Khalil round Tree Junior.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 1: I just want to shout out a couple of prelim performances.

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Speaker 1: A couple of these actually my teammates Demon black sheear

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Speaker 1: with a twister against Jose Johnson. Not a lot of

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Speaker 1: these in UFC history can flow. So just the third

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Speaker 1: the Korean Zombie chance sung John Bryce Mitchell and now

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Speaker 1: one demand black cheer.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was awesome, by the way. Shout out to

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Speaker 4: my guy DC. Corbier was on it, dude, he saw

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Speaker 4: it coming from a mile away. I sent him a

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Speaker 4: text message. I was like, dude, your grappling knowledge was

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Speaker 4: on point all night. Sounded like a high level to

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Speaker 4: black belt all night.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: He was singing a lot of these exchanges coming not

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Speaker 4: only in that fight, but in a lot of different

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Speaker 4: fights with sweeps and attacks and and things like that.

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Speaker 5: So shout out to DC.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, man, that twister was nasty and it puts

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Speaker 4: so much torque on the whole of the spine, the neck,

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Speaker 4: the lower back, and it just feels like you get

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Speaker 4: twisted up literally right while they call it the twister,

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Speaker 4: and it's nasty. It's definitely involves pain and with standing pain.

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Speaker 4: But I think it's one of those that really could

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Speaker 4: do a lot of damage to the spine and it

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Speaker 4: forces someone to tap out before there's a serious injury.

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Speaker 4: So it's a nasty one, but that was beautiful and

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Speaker 4: that takedown that he hit as well was gorgeous.

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Speaker 1: And I mentioned him as my team and I've never

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Speaker 1: crossed paths with him at the Institute of Human Performance,

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Speaker 1: but that's where he does his strength and conditioning. Shout

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Speaker 1: out to Jackie al Marin as well, getting her first

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Speaker 1: UFC win and proudly rep ATIHP Terrence McKitty with a

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Speaker 1: huge win. You know, he fought nas not all that

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Speaker 1: long ago and stepped up on short notice. He gets

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Speaker 1: Mike Breeden. No bonus for him, but he steps up

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Speaker 1: on short notice, gets a TKO and back over five

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Speaker 1: hundred in his UFC career. Marcus McGee gets a bonus

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Speaker 1: for his knockout of JP Bays. Bryan Petrie called for

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Speaker 1: the round one knockout there, Josh fremmed by unanimous decisions.

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Speaker 1: Same for AJ Dobson, who gets his first UFC win.

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Speaker 1: Anything else, Kenny, that I'm missing on this UFC fight, man, I.

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Speaker 5: Don't think so.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: Mariem looked great, her positioning was awesome. Yeah, that's pretty

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Speaker 4: much it, man. You got it all right.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if Longo has anything else. Ray Longo coming

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Speaker 1: just thinking about all that lies ahead for Ray Longo

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Speaker 1: coming up on August nineteenth, But he does have thirty

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Speaker 1: good minutes for us today.

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Speaker 5: Let us get.

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Speaker 1: To the Ray long O Minute.

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Speaker 2: It's now time for the Ray Longo Minutes.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna bunch of Holus book and such.

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Speaker 2: That's what the Ray long Minute. Stray the John Nick

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Speaker 2: and Kenny Florian podcast.

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Speaker 1: All right, all groomed up. Ray Longo joins us live

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Speaker 1: from Las Vegas. So I would imagine this is somewhat

556
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Speaker 1: of an inconvenience to be in Las Vegas for Dana

557
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Speaker 1: White's Contender series in one of the biggest weeks of

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Speaker 1: your coaching career. I mean, I know they're all your students, Raymond,

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00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 1: but uh, good morning to you on Pacific time here.

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Speaker 6: This is crazy, John. I don't know what I signed

561
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 6: up for, but this week. If this week doesn't kill me,

562
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 6: I'll be I'll live a long, a long life.

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00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 3: Trust me.

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00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,399
Speaker 6: This was This was tough, big, This was tough. But

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00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 6: you know I worked with pomp Post. You know I

566
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,440
Speaker 6: didn't think it was right if I didn't come, and

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00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 6: you know those guys left on Monday. I'll be back Tuesday,

568
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 6: drive up. I'll be back Wednesday, drive up Thursday. So

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Speaker 6: kind of the same thing. It's just well, I make

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00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 6: it is the problem. It's all about me. It's all

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Speaker 6: about me.

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Speaker 1: I mean, can we get a wheelchair to take this

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Speaker 1: out of the gate? I mean, is that too much

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Speaker 1: to ask? You need to rest your hip, oh man,

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00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: and then he blacks out. I don't know if he

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00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: liked that or not, but I don't at all want

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00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: him to, uh, you know, put his hip in jeopardy

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00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: for UFC two ninety two. We're efforting to get very

579
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: long go back right now. I think I hear him,

580
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 1: but no, it's uh, it's slow going on the hip

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00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 1: right now. There's some long airport terminal walks in Las Vegas,

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Speaker 1: and then he's flying back to Boston. Obviously with Chris

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00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,479
Speaker 1: Wiman and Aljamain Sterling, we're going to get into all

584
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: of that stuff. But he has, of course a local

585
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: guy competing on the Contender Series coming up here on Tuesday.

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00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,119
Speaker 1: So as of this taping, Mario Bautista does not have

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Speaker 1: an opponent for UFC two ninety two. Cody no Love

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00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,640
Speaker 1: gar Brandt, due to some injury, forced to pull out

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Speaker 1: of the fight, and it remains to be seen as

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Speaker 1: to whether or not Mario Bautista will still be on

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Speaker 1: the card, and there will probably be some reshuffling, but

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Speaker 1: Randy cost of the Local has thrown his name into

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Speaker 1: the hat. It will be nice to get some local

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Speaker 1: flavor on that two ninety two card. Got a lot

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Speaker 1: of New Yorkers set to compete in Boston. We got

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Speaker 1: your back, Raymond, Yes.

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Speaker 6: We got you back, and let's put pull the couterin

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Speaker 6: from Pattista.

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Speaker 3: Throw his name in there. He's ready to go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw him throw. That was one of the

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Speaker 1: things I had on my list to discuss with you today.

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Speaker 1: I saw him offer himself up. We'll see if they

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Speaker 1: take the bait. But I think that would make a

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Speaker 1: lot of sense, right for him competing at thirty five?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, he just wants to get in, so he'll

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Speaker 6: do anything at this point.

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Speaker 3: I think that's that's the point of that. I don't know.

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Speaker 6: That's just so, uh, we need energy, guys. Kenny looks

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Speaker 6: like he might be drifting. I don't know what they

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Speaker 6: make for. What about my haircut? Let's start with the

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Speaker 6: hair You got.

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Speaker 1: Yeah video and he's on mute. We can't hear Kenny.

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Speaker 1: So Kenny's gonna need merry. Your haircut looks great.

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Speaker 4: The haircut looks great, right, This is the This is

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Speaker 4: the knockout. But you, I'm mesmerized by the knockout you.

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Speaker 4: I'm looking up at you like you just knocked out.

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Speaker 5: Your Yeah, there we go. I like here we go.

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Speaker 3: I like that. Like this.

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Speaker 1: Well you're saying, let's have fun with the haircut. Right,

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Speaker 1: you come on and seem particularly ornery to me out

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Speaker 1: of the shoot today. I know it's eight thirty seven

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Speaker 1: a m. Pacific, right, and now I'm gonna have the

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Speaker 1: But you come in, come in here today, and I

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Speaker 1: don't feel like you're in a great mood because you've

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Speaker 1: got a lot of heady over the next five days

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Speaker 1: or so.

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Speaker 5: Now we smile.

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Speaker 3: I'm good, I'm good.

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Speaker 6: You're about the Wi fi, buddy, I'm really piston off

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Speaker 6: about it. It's about me being retarded. Well, it's about

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Speaker 6: me being stupid. Yeah, I thought i'd tell that no WiFi.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry that. Uh, you're at Palace Station. But it's

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Speaker 1: a big week and so, in the nature of not

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Speaker 1: burying the lead while your WiFi is decent, we have

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Speaker 1: to get to Chris Widman and Aljamain Sterling and everything else.

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Speaker 1: So there have been a lot of times in the

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Speaker 1: eight nine year history of the ancon Florian podcast where

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Speaker 1: I have said to you, man, this week feels as

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Speaker 1: big as any in your coaching career. This one just

641
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: feels like the perfect storm of just high magnitude with

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Speaker 1: Chris Widman back from a broken leg for the first

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Speaker 1: time in two years, and then of course Aljamain Sterling

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Speaker 1: chasing further greatness. So I know you have this Tuesday

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Speaker 1: competition in front of you first, but what are your

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Speaker 1: emotions like now five days out from uh UFC two

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Speaker 1: ninety two.

648
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm just trying to stay busy, not you know,

649
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 6: think about too many things.

650
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 3: I got a lot of shit on my plate.

651
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 6: So you know, these are two guys that are really,

652
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 6: you know, the trucks in the heart of the team

653
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 6: going together. Wideman's story is another crazy story in the

654
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 6: history of MMA and for the gym.

655
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 3: And you know Al Joe's you know, man, he's shooting

656
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 3: for great business man.

657
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 6: All his victories, I mean, he holds records in how

658
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 6: many categories? Right, and this is just going to be

659
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 6: the icing on the cake. I think it's a great fight.

660
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 6: He looked great in the camp, had a great camp.

661
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 6: I'm super I'm just excited. I'm going to be excited

662
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 6: one day at a time, though.

663
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 3: Ray H.

664
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 4: Chris already has a Hall of Fame career, right, al

665
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 4: Joe of course as well. But you know, for Widman,

666
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 4: I think about these leg breaks, man, and I always

667
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 4: think about the mental hurdles that you need to come

668
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 4: back from.

669
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 3: Right.

670
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 4: It's like just getting healthy where you could walk, then

671
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 4: it's okay, you could start your sparring.

672
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 5: Uh, you could, you.

673
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 4: Could kick now, you can kick with shin pads now.

674
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 4: But then going into a fight for the first time,

675
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 4: no shin pads, throwing kicks, defending kicks for any man,

676
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 4: even guys who are as mentally tough as Chris Widman,

677
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 4: you know, it could be quite the challenge. How do

678
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 4: you think Chris is going to respond to that first

679
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 4: round in there in Boston.

680
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna tell you something.

681
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 6: I think if anybody could do it, it's him, Like

682
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 6: the guy I knew my whole life was always this

683
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 6: type of guy. It's not me, man. I'll I'll tell

684
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 6: you one thing. I'll be nervous. I don't want to

685
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 6: see the guy get hurt for sure. That would that

686
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 6: would actually be horrendous. But he's in a good spot.

687
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 6: I mean, he sounds great, he looked great when he

688
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 6: was in the gym, and like, again, if anybody could

689
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 6: do it, it's him. And I think, I think you're

690
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 6: going to see an aggressive Chris Widman.

691
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: So I want to Brad tabaras Kenny at the Raiders game,

692
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: and he had some silver hair, and so I was like,

693
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: all right, well, Brad Taboris isn't like a spring chicken either.

694
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: He's making his twenty third UFC appearance. But I will

695
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: admit to being surprised at the money line. Brat Tavars

696
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: is a pretty big favorite here. Ray, are you surprised

697
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: that Chris can be had right now? You know plus

698
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: two ten or so on Draftking Sportsbook.

699
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

700
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 6: I just think there's a lot of uncertainty, you know

701
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 6: what I mean. It's a he's getting old. It is

702
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 6: a long layoff, it was a lake break. I mean, no,

703
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 6: I get it. I would have thought it would have

704
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 6: been a little closer though. I thought it would have

705
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 6: been like in a plus one twenty or even or

706
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 6: something like that. But there's a lot of insertaincy here,

707
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 6: and he's gonna have to overcome those hurdles and like again,

708
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 6: I think if anybody could do it, it's Chris White.

709
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 4: And as far as the challenge ray of Brat Tavares,

710
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 4: you know, he's a big, strong middleweight h he could

711
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 4: be tough to take down.

712
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 5: Very good striker as well. How are you guys approaching

713
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 5: this one?

714
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 3: Uh? You know, look, I mean we know where Chris

715
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 3: is strengths.

716
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 6: Lie his stand up is awesome, But uh, I think

717
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 6: if he plays through his strengths in this fight, he's

718
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 6: gonna he's gonna do what he always does.

719
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 3: I don't think you're stopping him from taking you down.

720
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 6: His wrestling is still at a really super high level,

721
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 6: really super high level. He's still going with great wrestlers

722
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 6: and he's doing and he does well. So all he

723
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 6: has to do is bring that into the octagon with him.

724
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: It's so interesting to think about our fighter meeting and

725
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: asking a guy, so is there a piece of metal

726
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:24,439
Speaker 1: in your leg?

727
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: Now?

728
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: You know, because undoubtedly there is. What kind of gum

729
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: you smacking their?

730
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 3: Ray?

731
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 1: I looks delicious At eight thirty five in the morning,

732
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: My goodness, my.

733
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 3: Throat was dry. Had to get a piece of government.

734
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: Ah, all right, well you can get your water break,

735
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: you know, get your beaill of Hey, get you some water,

736
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: whatever you need, hoss. So sometimes when Kenny gets a haircut,

737
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: he suggests that his hairdresser or his barber cuts it

738
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: shorter than he wants. Right, how would you say she

739
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: did in terms of your haircut shorter than you want her?

740
00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 3: You?

741
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 5: Okay? With the light, he did a fantastic job she did,

742
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:02,959
Speaker 5: And you gave.

743
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: Her a hundred bucks and she put it between her

744
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 1: breasts there.

745
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,399
Speaker 3: She was going to pick it with the sun don't shine, John,

746
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 3: but she put it in her shirt. Right.

747
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: That would have been hard to do, I guess with

748
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: a comb and scissors. But uh yeah, a lot of

749
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: tea notes in your wallet. You just carry hundreds. You

750
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: carry like a couple thousand bucks wherever you go.

751
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 3: I love it.

752
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like Ray long ago looking for a fight,

753
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: looking to get pickpocketed.

754
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 5: On one hip. You're an easy target right now.

755
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: Actually you're an easy target right now.

756
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 3: Actually I'm an easy target right now.

757
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: You have thousands of dollars in cash on you, and

758
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: you have one hip with which to evade, right. Nice connection,

759
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: Jesus fucking Christmas.

760
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 3: All right, No, thanks for putting the mukte.

761
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 5: A mark on your what on his head?

762
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: I think, oh yeah, I don't Yeah, maybe we can

763
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,479
Speaker 1: have him come out and come back in. It's only

764
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: like the biggest week in the history of his fucking

765
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:17,240
Speaker 1: coaching career. I can't hear you, bro, I can't hear you, outstanding.

766
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 5: We'll get him here you go.

767
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: You hit them by accident, Champ, what happened?

768
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 3: You're making me a mark?

769
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: I know I heard to say that.

770
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 6: Yea very very apologiables on my head to give me

771
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 6: with my hip is injured, I carry money on me.

772
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 5: Still.

773
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four is going to be the year

774
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: of Ray Longo, but twenty twenty three maybe the year

775
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: of al Jamain Sterling. So there's so many layers to

776
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: this title fight between him and Sean O'Malley. And I

777
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: think a lot, despite what you may think about me

778
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: always you know, busting your chops, but I think a

779
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,800
Speaker 1: lot about this Ray Longo minute and how to thoughtfully

780
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: ask you about this fight to try to maybe peel

781
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: back a layer of on you. Has al Jamain Sterling

782
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: faced a striker on the level of Sugar Shan O'Malley.

783
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:12,359
Speaker 6: Uh, it depends, Uh, depends on what as far as

784
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 6: length and you know, accuracy, No, but power wise, Pdon

785
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 6: I think is probably a harder puncher.

786
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think just the heighten accuracy. Height and accuracy

787
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 3: is what he brings to the table.

788
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 6: And I'll probably say no, but he's never or or

789
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,399
Speaker 6: you know, I mean sand Aigan is good too, He's

790
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 6: just never got the chance to do anything. It's really

791
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 6: who O'Malley's faced. That's close to al Joe and that

792
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 6: that's a zero. He's faced nobody at all. Right, you

793
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 6: know what I like Aljo's face good strike is O'Malley's

794
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 6: never faced a wrestler and a striker like al Joe

795
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 6: with the submission capabilities.

796
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: Well, of course, I mean Sean O'Malley, I think, did

797
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: an interview with Brett Okamoto and basically suggests that I

798
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: can't let this guy anywhere near my legs at all costs.

799
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,720
Speaker 1: I need that to be the focus. I certainly understand

800
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: that angle to it. I guess I'm just asking you,

801
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: a lifetime viewer of striking, how do you rate Shawn O'Malley,

802
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: because I feel pretty convicted that later in the week

803
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: Kenny's going to say an awful lot of nice things

804
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: about Shawn as he sets up that fight, just in

805
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: terms of his distance management, his speed. You should see

806
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: the kids shoot a basketball. He's a tremendous athlete. I

807
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,720
Speaker 1: would submit to you this is, by a fairly significant margin,

808
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: the best striker that you guys have had to prepare for.

809
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 3: Well.

810
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 6: Look, I personally love his striking, you know what I mean,

811
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 6: But like again, it's MMA, and you know it's not

812
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 6: a boxing match out. Al Joe does great in the

813
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 6: boxing class with big guys fifty five pounds, so he's

814
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 6: not going to be He's not going to be in

815
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 6: a place where he's never been before, trust me, and

816
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 6: his pressure with the you know, with his strikes going

817
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 6: forward going to be a problem.

818
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 3: I mean, we'll see what happens. I mean, I who

819
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 3: do knows if you're asking me, do I like showing striking?

820
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 3: Yet hundred percent?

821
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 6: I like his fakes. I like his striking, you know,

822
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 6: and I like his long body. For Al Joe to

823
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 6: hook on thing, huh, drag him to the floor. That

824
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 6: I also like, you know what I mean. You got

825
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 6: to remember he getting so hudo down. Who's a short,

826
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 6: stocky guy. These longer guys he has. He has way

827
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 6: better chance with with that. All he needs is one scramble,

828
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 6: one mistake, He's on your back and it's going to

829
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 6: be a long night.

830
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,959
Speaker 1: I just want to bring Kenny in if I could Kenny.

831
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: A lot of Sean O'Malley's training camps have been grappling

832
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: heavy camps, even if he hasn't been fighting that prototypical grappler. Right,

833
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: his grappling coaches O Gusto Tankin, Yo Mendez, who Ray

834
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: and al Jamin Sterling can lay claim to having a

835
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: decision win over, but hasn't Sean O'Malley been working defensively

836
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 1: to try to build himself to be ready for this

837
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:03,720
Speaker 1: type of challenge. And to that end, like, how capable

838
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: do you think he is of handling just all the

839
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: suffocation and mauling that comes with an Aljamain Sterling fight.

840
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,919
Speaker 5: He better be. He'd better be in preparation for someone

841
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 5: like Sterling.

842
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 3: You know.

843
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 4: I think that Sean is also kind of dangerous offensively

844
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,879
Speaker 4: as well. He's got some good submission attacks and things

845
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 4: like that. But I think where he is maybe weakest

846
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 4: is positionally, right, that's kind of the glue of grappling.

847
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 4: The glue of Brazilian jujitsu, and in contrast, that's where

848
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 4: Sterling actually thrives. So that's where I think he has

849
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 4: the most ground to make up, and that is a

850
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 4: very difficult thing to do when you have a guy

851
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 4: in al Jamaine Sterling who's been doing that for the

852
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 4: majority of their life their life, and O'Malley is a

853
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 4: tremendous athlete, no question about it. He can get a

854
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 4: lot done in a short amount of time, but to

855
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 4: make up that amount of time against a true specialist.

856
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 5: In someone like Sterling is going to be extremely difficult.

857
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 4: And maybe he's done his homework enough where he can

858
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 4: avoid uh, you know al Joe's rear naked choking things

859
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 4: like that, but positionally he's still going to be at

860
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 4: a deficit when it comes to combating that level of energy.

861
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 4: And also, you know, when you have superior position, you

862
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 4: have the ability to punch as well, and that's another

863
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 4: thing that of course O'Malley's going to have to worry about.

864
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 5: So it's a tough matchup for O'Malley, no question about it.

865
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 4: But O'Malley I think we'll certainly have certain advantages on

866
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 4: the feet as well because of that like, because of

867
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 4: that speed, because of his ability to be comfortable there.

868
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 4: But in regards to the grappling, it's one of the

869
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 4: hardest things to learn because of sensitivity, because of time,

870
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 4: and Sterling just has such an advantage over pretty much

871
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 4: everyone in that division, man. And we saw it in

872
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 4: regards to his wrestling and his takedowns against even the

873
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 4: great Henry Shuda, Yeah right.

874
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 6: And John you know, even what even Widman, these guys

875
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,240
Speaker 6: have wrestled their whole lives. Man, Like, you put Weidman

876
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 6: in the wrestling room, now, I guarantee he shots the

877
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 6: hell He's still you're not.

878
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 3: Out wrestling them.

879
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 6: And I'm talking about you know, he might lose a

880
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 6: match to some of the top guy, I mean even today,

881
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,760
Speaker 6: but his wrestling is still It's just embred in these guys,

882
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 6: you know what I mean, what they do, they're not

883
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 6: thinking about what they do.

884
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 3: They're just doing it, you know.

885
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 6: And when you're training, you're not training two years to

886
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 6: get to this level, you know, I mean, you would

887
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 6: have to be a special person.

888
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 3: But we didn't get that. We definitely didn't get any

889
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 3: evidence of that. In yon fight. He got taken down

890
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 3: a couple of times. Or a bunch of times.

891
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 6: And you know, I think even if that, even if

892
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 6: it's not linear logic and al Joe's head very secure

893
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 6: what he's going to be able to do, you know

894
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 6: what I mean?

895
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 3: Like, maybe he won't. That's the game, you know.

896
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 6: I think I love the way I saw around Joe

897
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 6: handle speed and length, and I'm sure these guys love

898
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 6: the way he handled you know, the wrestling and the

899
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 6: positions and transitions. So now withs who can implement the game,

900
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,799
Speaker 6: it's a pretty simple formula for this one.

901
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 5: Yeah.

902
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: I did happen to go back and watch O'Malley Yon

903
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: last night, and you're right. I would think that team

904
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: Sterling would extract a lot of confidence from looking at

905
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: some of those situations because Algebener Sterling doesn't forfeit those

906
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: positions easily. So we'll see what happens coming up this

907
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: weekend UFC two ninety two. So Ray, in terms of

908
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 1: your nerves walking out for Dana White's Contender Series versus

909
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: walking out for wide Men or Sterling at TD Garden

910
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 1: in Boston, Like, is your heart rate different when you're

911
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 1: walking out for this h this bandam way fight on

912
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: a Tuesday night versus at the Garden for a pay

913
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: per view.

914
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be a little different. I think Boston.

915
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 6: There's a lot on the plate for Boston, so yeah,

916
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 6: I'll be uh, you know, I think my heart rate

917
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 6: will be.

918
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 3: Way higher, to be honest, well first at first would

919
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 3: say it the same. Yeah, go ahead.

920
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: Cameron Smotherman is in the crosshairs for your guy, charl

921
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,840
Speaker 1: Lampos Gregorio. Am I pronouncing that correctly?

922
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 7: Uh?

923
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 6: A Gregorio by cole him Pompos? But Charla Lampos. Yeah,

924
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 6: Charlie Lampos.

925
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:25,280
Speaker 1: Pompos Gregorio faced in Cameron Smotherman in the bandamweight division

926
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: Dana WATS Contender Series Tuesday, August fifteenth. Talk to me

927
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,280
Speaker 1: about this matchup? Why should Why should I be watching

928
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 1: on a Tuesday night?

929
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 6: I tell you it's a great, great match a very uh,

930
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,600
Speaker 6: they're very uh, you know, fairly matched up. There's a

931
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 6: big opportunity for Pompos. He's from my I think he's

932
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 6: from Cyprus, Greece, and I probably got that role too,

933
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 6: So this is a big This is a really big

934
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 6: deal for him. He's been in the gym for a

935
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 6: bunch of years. He's trained with everybody, UH say, he's

936
00:44:58,320 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 6: a really nice kid, got a nice one.

937
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 3: It's all good, good.

938
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: Man, all right, Before I let you go, the only

939
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,640
Speaker 1: other thing I had for you was Aljamaine Sterlings. What

940
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 1: are you laughing at?

941
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 3: Now?

942
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 1: What are you laughing at? You're laughing at me?

943
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 3: Yes, I'm just I'm mad at my I'm not definitely

944
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 3: not laughing at you.

945
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: I bet you can't wait. I bet you can't wait

946
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: to get some water and to have this interview be

947
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: over and not enough to deal with paliscation WiFi anymore.

948
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: But the last thing I did have written down for

949
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: you today, Shad O'Malley seems to be talking a lot

950
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: about this Aljamaine Sterling weight cut, and I think maybe

951
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: the back to back nature of it, because he just

952
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 1: made wait for the Henry Sehudo fight fifteen or so

953
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 1: weeks ago and then went twenty five hard minutes. So

954
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: how does one Aljoe weightcut differ from another? I believe

955
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: there was a particularly tough one, maybe again still a

956
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 1: shot a couple of fights ago. But what can you

957
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: tell us about maybe the back to back nature of

958
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: this one helping Al Joe get down to that one

959
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty five pound number come Friday.

960
00:45:59,200 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 7: More.

961
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 6: I think al Joe is using this as motivation. Like again,

962
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 6: I've never seen him looking this good. My last thing

963
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 6: I said to him before I left was house the

964
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 6: weight and he said, just like every other weight cut,

965
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 6: So nothing's going to be different. He's going to make

966
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 6: the weight and uh, you know, if he said it,

967
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 6: I believe it. But man, I'm telling you, I've never

968
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:25,879
Speaker 6: seen him look like this. And if that weight cut

969
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 6: goes good and the rihi goes good, You're in for

970
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 6: a great fight.

971
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 3: I guarantee you that.

972
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:33,880
Speaker 1: All right, man, Well, first things first, we.

973
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 3: Frozen.

974
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 5: Were good, We're good.

975
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 3: Did you did you get a chance to see the

976
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 3: open workout?

977
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 7: No?

978
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: I didn't get a chance to see the open world

979
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: clips of the open workout, yes I saw clips. I

980
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: didn't see it in tonality, but yeah, standing room only

981
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: a long ago. Why I'm an MMA in Garden City.

982
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 1: My goodness, mow, that's got to feel good.

983
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 3: Oh we crushed it.

984
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 6: Aljia Aljo was on point, But man guy's but face

985
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,800
Speaker 6: timing in and again the people behind the people. This

986
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 6: week's shout out goes to JB. He facetimed into the

987
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 6: open workout. Because he couldn't make it. He had his

988
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 6: buddy bring the phone over. So shout out to JP

989
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:18,359
Speaker 6: one of the minute men. A lot of minute men

990
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 6: showed up, John, how about might a lot of minuiventu.

991
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 3: They're getting angry.

992
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 5: I bet they're getting angry.

993
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 3: Let me also shout out. I got out my buddy.

994
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 3: I want to shout out my buddy, Mario Alba. He's

995
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:31,280
Speaker 3: a lawyer.

996
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 6: He's a class action lawyer. He does all my traveling stuff.

997
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 6: He's a great guy and he's always plaining your shout out.

998
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 6: Joe blow from the bar, never shot me out. So Mario,

999
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,640
Speaker 6: this is your shout out, buddy, and there you get in.

1000
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,919
Speaker 6: They marry on, so he feels good.

1001
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: Mario al But there's your shout out. There's your fucking

1002
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,760
Speaker 1: shout out. Mario took a long time for radio knowledge

1003
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 1: at presence here on the ANTHM podcast. But there's your

1004
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: shout out. Hey, Ray, have a great day at a

1005
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: better evening. Wish all the best. First things first Tuesday

1006
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 1: night Data Whites Contender series, and then we will see

1007
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:08,240
Speaker 1: you uh in Boston. We'll see what type of response

1008
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: your uh your New Yorkers get in the city of

1009
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: Champions here in a few days.

1010
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 6: It's gonna be gonna be huge. I feel it already.

1011
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 6: It's gonna be huge, Daddie, the acceptance we get in Boston.

1012
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:24,320
Speaker 6: We're all the same, these coast guys. Come on, when

1013
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,240
Speaker 6: do you get to Boston.

1014
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 1: I get to Boston Wednesday night.

1015
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 6: All right, I'm gonna I'm gonna call you when I

1016
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 6: get home because I feel like this was We'll talk

1017
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 6: with the white thing drove me nic all right, no.

1018
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 3: Right, I.

1019
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:42,800
Speaker 5: There is.

1020
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 3: Thank you, brother, I'm out here, Anny, Thank you, buddy.

1021
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: I'll see you say it.

1022
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 1: But a very long a minute every week here on

1023
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: the antican Florian podcast on the Draft Kings Network. If

1024
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: you don't know, the minute Men is a term that

1025
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:04,320
Speaker 1: refer to Ray long Go's legion of supporters that support

1026
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 1: him through this conduit that is the Anik Andmplorian podcast.

1027
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:07,799
Speaker 5: Right.

1028
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:09,720
Speaker 1: So I have a little bit of a personal rivalry

1029
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,399
Speaker 1: with the minute men because I feel like the Ray

1030
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 1: long minute segment maybe is a little bit overrated relative

1031
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 1: to the rest of the antik Implorian podcast. So I've

1032
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 1: gone back and forth at these people a little bit

1033
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 1: over the years, and I stand by everything I say,

1034
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 1: I do think ray segment has gotten pretty good, though

1035
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 1: it's getting better everybody, But a couple of things I

1036
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,879
Speaker 1: just wanted to say sort of on the way out.

1037
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 1: So the amount of venom that is out there for

1038
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:38,760
Speaker 1: Al Jamain Sterling are on disputed UFC bantam weight champion

1039
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: is pretty crazy, and it's hard for me to grasp

1040
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,719
Speaker 1: why there isn't more public acknowledgment of his skills. And

1041
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: maybe I'm just leaning too much into a vocal minority,

1042
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:51,360
Speaker 1: but when I pose the question as to who is

1043
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: the greatest bandam weight in UFC history, excuse me, greatest

1044
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:57,320
Speaker 1: bandam weight mixed martial arts history, most of these people

1045
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: say Dominant Cruz. And this isn't necessarily a two headed race,

1046
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: even though I think those are the only two guys

1047
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 1: in the conversation. But it's amazing to me that just

1048
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: by nature of the way he won the belt against

1049
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: pyotr Yan, being the first fighter in UFC history to

1050
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: win an undisputed championship via d Q, I just think

1051
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: it laid the foundation for a lot of people to

1052
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 1: just not acknowledge the body of work Al jam Sterling

1053
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: has fifteen UFC wins, right Dominica Cruz maybe my best

1054
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,880
Speaker 1: friend in the MMA space, but al Jamae Sterling has

1055
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,760
Speaker 1: more UFC wins than dom has UFC and WEC wins combined.

1056
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:35,960
Speaker 1: And when you look at al Jamaine Sterling's win list,

1057
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:40,359
Speaker 1: Kenny wins list, Dilla Shaw's on there, Corey Sandhagen's on there,

1058
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: Henry Shudo's on there, pyotr Yan is on there twice.

1059
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 1: He beat hen and Barrow back in the day, he

1060
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,839
Speaker 1: beat Cody Staman with an unbelievable submission. He has more

1061
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 1: finishes than most of these Bandam weights not named Marlon

1062
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: Cheeto Vera and I don't bring this up in closing

1063
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: out this episode to have the conversation about him versus Cruise.

1064
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 1: I just bring it up because it is mind numbing

1065
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,319
Speaker 1: to me the amount of disrespect that is out there

1066
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 1: for the best one hundred and thirty five pound fighter

1067
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,400
Speaker 1: in the world, who right now is a three to

1068
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: one favorite to beat maybe the biggest superstar in the

1069
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,359
Speaker 1: game right now, in Shauna Matt.

1070
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's a cumbination of a few different things.

1071
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 4: I think the fact that Aljo has had some bad

1072
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,440
Speaker 4: luck in regards to that first Pewoter Yon fight right

1073
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 4: with the DQ.

1074
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 5: Then there was you know, the TJ.

1075
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,759
Speaker 4: Dillashaw shoulder injury, so it was like, did al Jo

1076
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 4: really win those fights?

1077
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 7: Well?

1078
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:34,839
Speaker 5: Is this there was this injury, there was this thing

1079
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:36,279
Speaker 5: that happened, YadA, YadA, YadA.

1080
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 4: I think those were kind of some unfortunate circumstances that

1081
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:41,920
Speaker 4: the fans will point to.

1082
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Speaker 5: The Other thing is Aljo isn't.

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Speaker 4: That guy where he's a charismatic character like his opponent

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Speaker 4: on Saturday Night a Sean O'Malley or Connor McGregor, where

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Speaker 4: he's out and about and you know, he he knows

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Speaker 4: how to grab a mic and just hype himself up

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Speaker 4: to the point where either fans you're so excited.

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Speaker 5: About you know, he doesn't have that. He's I think

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Speaker 5: he's true to himself in that regard.

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Speaker 4: He goes to a lot of the fights and this

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Speaker 4: and that, but he's not out there just hyping himself

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Speaker 4: and doing this, and I think that probably has something

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Speaker 4: to do with it as well. And then you know

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Speaker 4: he will bite back at fans as well, you know,

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Speaker 4: which will kind of make things a little bit you know,

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Speaker 4: contentious there.

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Speaker 5: But as far as his body of work.

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Speaker 4: What he's done, who he's beaten, the manner in which

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Speaker 4: he's done it, you know, his overall skill level. I

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Speaker 4: think that he can't be denied as the greatest bandam

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Speaker 4: weight of all time, I think at this stage. And

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00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:43,520
Speaker 4: you know, if he goes out there and defeats an

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00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,759
Speaker 4: awesome striker like Sean O'Malley, I think it just strengthens

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00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:52,320
Speaker 4: the argument that much more so. Yeah, I mean, I

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00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 4: find that the general population or what is like, what

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00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 4: is like generally the accepted, you know, opinion about a

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00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,400
Speaker 4: certain thing, in my opinion a lot of times is

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00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 4: kind of wrong, right, because you know, when you're talking

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Speaker 4: about a highly technical sport like something like mixed martial arts,

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Speaker 4: I think the opinion that matters most are Aljo's peers, right,

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00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 4: his fellow fighters who have been in the game and

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00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,040
Speaker 4: know how difficult it is. You know, you've been around

1113
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:24,880
Speaker 4: this game forever. You've seen a lot of great fighters

1114
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 4: come and go, champions, et cetera, et cetera. So you

1115
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 4: have something to compare to of being there, of sensing

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00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 4: that energy. But I agree, I don't think he's as

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00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,120
Speaker 4: appreciated as he should be. And I think he's one

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00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:38,719
Speaker 4: of those guys similar to Domina Cruz, by the way,

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00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 4: who was not appreciated that much when he was the champion.

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Speaker 4: Now that we look back, we can kind of say that.

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Speaker 4: But I think Aljoel is most likely going to have

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Speaker 4: one of those careers that when you look back, he's

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Speaker 4: way more appreciated than.

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Speaker 5: He is, you know, in his current state.

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Speaker 1: And you're right, and you put it well as usual,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of that love for Cruizy is coming

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00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,839
Speaker 1: in right now, and it certainly warms my heart when

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Speaker 1: I am quoted as saying al Jamaine Sterling, in my

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Speaker 1: mind is the greatest band of weight of all time.

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Speaker 1: It warms my heart to see all that love out

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00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:09,359
Speaker 1: there for Domina Cruz overwhelmingly. I can't wait to see

1132
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 1: dom again and have this conversation with him. Dom's case

1133
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:15,880
Speaker 1: is rooted in the fact that he beat TJ. Dillasha

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Speaker 1: on twenty sixteen in Boston to become a two time

1135
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,840
Speaker 1: UFC Bandamwaight champion, to lose that belt not in the octagon,

1136
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Speaker 1: and then regain it with all the injuries, and then

1137
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 1: of course building the division the way he did again.

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Speaker 1: Cruz has a very strong case. I just would like

1139
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:32,160
Speaker 1: to see sterling skills be acknowledged. And for Kamar Usman,

1140
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:33,719
Speaker 1: for a while he was that boring guy and then

1141
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,360
Speaker 1: he knocks out the boxer Jorge Mosfiedal and then he

1142
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,240
Speaker 1: never has to hear that again. So maybe a knockout

1143
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:41,440
Speaker 1: in this setting against Sean O'Malley would be useful for

1144
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: al Jamaine Sterling. But the guy has really done a

1145
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: lot of things, and I do believe if he adds

1146
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:48,800
Speaker 1: a win over Shan O'Malley, who I think is the

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00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 1: best striker he's ever faced this weekend, then how do

1148
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 1: you deny him then? But I know yet still a

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Speaker 1: lot of people will yep all right PFL Coming up

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Speaker 1: back with you another episode coming up Thursday on DraftKings

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Speaker 1: you all for getting the word out about the show.

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Speaker 1: two hours. We'll have the action Man, Chris Curtis, we'll

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Speaker 1: have Brian Petrie and Ken Close picks for UFC two

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Speaker 1: ninety two. Best of luck to Ray Longo, thanks to

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Speaker 1: our producer Cody Merrow, and thanks to our entire team

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Speaker 1: at DraftKings for helping put it all together for kem

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Speaker 7: You in three days. Until then, fel Lit, I can

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Speaker 7: show me da is blust dog.

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Speaker 8: Yeah every time up first, up, wicked, reacommand it's kind

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Speaker 8: of like Judo because I never planned. I'm a planning

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Speaker 8: to shouldn't the way them make the patches look like

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Speaker 8: their own branches.

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Speaker 5: It's to all the way your blood is the only

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Speaker 5: color on the canvas.

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Speaker 8: And I don't mean it's like a thuck sense of

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Speaker 8: how you can get God hooked being gangsty.

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Speaker 7: I'm hip hop. You got it.

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Speaker 8: Every time you walk in the label the A and

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Speaker 8: us like nodded immunity of ship because a suckle cuckle

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Speaker 8: guy got it by the heat is the toxicly gotta

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Speaker 8: beat out on God to street copas he started thinks

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Speaker 8: like a speak and speak elitistly off the high horse

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Speaker 8: making acid difuse. Your DJ must not know the alphabet

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Speaker 8: forgetting this cute. My favorite DJ got those in six

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Speaker 8: extra elfie abuse as the Terek John p and I'm

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Speaker 8: the New Kids School. I'm ready to hellas nice duch

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Speaker 8: Reacher show bust some my styles. He gonna send you

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Speaker 8: an eagle shipping with free replies, Miles.

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Speaker 3: He wants to get in the bird and get it

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Speaker 3: in the burden, Edinburgh,