1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: We're back on the way concept presented by the ring 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: magazine Massive news in the combat sports world. I have 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: no time to give you guys a rhyme that switches 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: on a dime. Shit is sublime. Let's just get into 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: what we're talking about today. Do UFC breaking news, Turkey 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: ala Chk breaking news. It was gonna already be a 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: good summer of fighting, but now it just got even better. 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: What do I mean the breakdown? Let's go all right, 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: So let's just go in chronological order. Number one. Turkey Laschk, 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: as of earlier today, told Mike Coppinger he was going 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: to make Canello Crawford on Saturday September thirteenth, not September twelfth, 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: like it was originally planned, which does make sense. Friday 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: night fights, for that magnitude of a fight when people 14 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: are getting off work and everything else, may not be 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: the best option, but a Saturday night fight does make 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: a ton of sense. And that their location is still pending. 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: We all thought this was going to be Allegiance Stadium 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: in Vegas, and I'm pretty sure that was even announced somewhere, 19 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: but now location TV and this is the same night 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: that uf seen noteesay goes down. So if I am 21 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: correct in what I'm thinking here, Dana White, who is 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: promoting obviously the UFC events, because that's what Dana White does, 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: He's also now going to be promoting the Terrence Crawford 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: Canelo Alvarez event. At least that's what was the picture 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: taken on the top of the Empire State Building Dana 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: in between Canelo and Terrence Crawford. He's going to promote 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: two combat sport running simultaneously against each other, maybe on 28 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: the same night. This is crazy. So that was the 29 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: biggest news to start here. And also the Terrence Crawford 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: Canilalvarez fight is not going to be on Netflix. This 31 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: is going to be on pay per view, which again 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: is a change. This was supposed to be on Netflix 33 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: from what I understood now, it's not. Some changes coming 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: here again, think of them what you will. I'm just 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: here to tell you guys exactly what's going down. So 36 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: that's the big thing to start. Changes coming for Terrence 37 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: Crawford and Canilo Alvarez. But then Uncle Dana said, uh, 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: We're not finished yet, because then he dropped an absolute 39 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: new govern announcement, well multi announcements later on today he 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: dropped what we all assumed was happening. But now it's official. 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: Ilia Tuporia taken on Charles Olavera. But here's a twist. 42 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: UFC three seventeen International Fight Week, it's not for an 43 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: interim belt at lightweight ladies and gentlemen. It is now 44 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: confirmed that Ilia Tuporia and Charles Lavera will be fighting 45 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: for the UFC Lightweight Championship of the World, meaning Islam 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Makachev has vacated his one fifty five belt to go 47 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: up and take on Jack Dela Mattlanta. This is massive 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: because a lot of people were assuming that this was 49 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: going to be a double champ situation. What this tells 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: me is the two belt era is over in the UFC. 51 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: That's what this tells me. This is no longer even 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: a question in my mind because you look at Ilia Tuporia, 53 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: who moved up from one forty five, they wouldn't let 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: him keep the belt and simultaneously challenged for the one 55 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: to fifty five belt. Now Islam, who has at one 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: fifty five cleaned out the top five, has every reason 57 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: to Under the old rules of the two belt system, 58 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: you know you can go and challenge for that second belt. 59 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: Get your picture made with both the goal on shoulders, 60 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: either of which I have. You guys know this, mister 61 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,839 Speaker 1: no shoulder that used to be the rule. Turns out 62 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: that's not the case anymore. The UFC is going away 63 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: from that, and I honestly don't mind it. It's been 64 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: such a thing for fighters to reach for him and 65 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: we talk about pound for pound, how it meant to 66 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: be a simultaneous two division belt holder. It never really 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: meant as much to me and still doesn't now as 68 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: it does to get fun matchups right. The belts, yes, 69 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: are important because there is one belt. When you have 70 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: a guy holding up two different divisions trying to hold 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: on to both belts, it makes things less important and 72 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: we don't get the fights we want. The two belt 73 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: eraw was fun while it lasted, but now you're not 74 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna get divisions held up. That's a cool part about it. 75 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: The other cool part about this is we get a 76 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: ton of announcements for the UFC three seventeen cars. Let's 77 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: run through those. The co main events for the flyweight title. 78 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: Antojia Versus Kaikr of France Banger middleweight bout in the 79 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: co CO main or just the undercard as most people 80 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: call it, Costa versus copylv Yes, please, may I have another? Sure? 81 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: A lightweight bout between Daryush and moy Kano, we like that. 82 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: A flyweight bout between Brandon roy Val mnel Cap we 83 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: like that. And Jack R. Manson taking on RoboCop, we 84 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: like all of that. That is a big time International 85 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: Fight Week card. I think those matchups are gonna create 86 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: fireworks for the UFC. Some name value on there as well, 87 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: from the top to the bottom of the card, or 88 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: at least top to the bottom of the main card. 89 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: Who knows what'll be on the prelimbs. That's a banger 90 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: for the UFC. So they could have just left it 91 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: there right and we're gonna get to the other big 92 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: announcements coming. But we have some talk and some chirping 93 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: going on as this card was announced, because Elliott Taporia 94 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: got on Twitter and said, well, Charles, my apologies in advance. 95 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm just fighting for my dreams. It's unfortunate that Makachev 96 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: ran away. Elli is the last guy to say this 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: because Makachev, unlike Taporia, had defended his belt at one 98 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: fifty five multiple times and it beat pretty much everybody 99 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: in the top five that could challenge him, and he 100 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: was starting to have rematches and potential rematches things that 101 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: weren't It wasn't gonna be as interesting as potentially him 102 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: moving up the weight was becoming harder for him to make. 103 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: We get all that, but Iliat also left forty five 104 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: and gave up his belt when other potential challengers could 105 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: have arisen there as well. Right like, do you see 106 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: somebody like Diego Lopez Go, Ilia ran away from me, 107 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: so I gotta fight Voltan're not seeing mobs are say, hey, 108 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: you know Ilia ran away from me when Mobbsar should 109 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: have probably had the title shot versus Vulk or the 110 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,559 Speaker 1: vacant title fight versus Volks. So it's good narrative because 111 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: Illia obviously moved up to fight Islam Makachev and called 112 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: him out directly, and Makachev said, nah, you know, I'm 113 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: going to one seventy. I would have liked to have 114 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,559 Speaker 1: seen that fight. I hope that one day we still 115 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: do get that fight, although I don't think Ilia could 116 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: get to one seventy and still be his his peak self, 117 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: So we'll see. But I like it. I like the banter. 118 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: I like the fight between Ilia and Charles. This is 119 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: another one that I think is super interesting. Charles, with 120 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: a lanky frame, does like to scrap, good hands, good feet. 121 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: He seems to figure out even the best strikers on 122 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: the feet. I mean he's ran through the last two 123 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: at forty five Vulcan Max Holloway, and they both had 124 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: their successes and failures at fifty five as well. So 125 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: Charles now getting a title shot after he had waited 126 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: for so long against let's say a freshman debutante at 127 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: one fifty five, even though Ilia has fought at one 128 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: fifty five before, and I think he got head kicked 129 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: in that fight. Was that the Ji Herbert fight where 130 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: he got head kicked? Maybe not point being this will 131 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: be an interesting move for Ilia. Does his power carry? 132 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: Does his ability to take shots Carrie, because sometimes he 133 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: does take some punches to get to the points where 134 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: he can get his head off center and really tag people. 135 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: And I'm right about the last fight he had at 136 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: one fifty five being the Gi Herbert fight. It's the 137 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: last fight he got hurt in got hit with a 138 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: nasty head kick and it rocked him. He won the fight, 139 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: but you get what I'm saying. And on the other side, 140 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: Charles been around in the UFC for a while now, right, 141 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: a veterans veteran. As he gets up there in age 142 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: and experience, what do we still have there? Obviously the 143 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: Islam fight didn't go his way, and there was a 144 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,559 Speaker 1: time there where Charles looked unbeatable. His striking is great, 145 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: his grappling is great, especially off his back. But talking 146 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: about a Georgian grappler in iliod Tuporia and they seem 147 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: to have the answers when it comes to even the 148 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: daggis Danny style grappling. If you look at Morob and 149 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: how he grappled uh Nerman gavedof so again love the matchup. 150 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: Would have loved Ilia and Islam more for sure. But 151 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: I love this one and it means we get Islam 152 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: going up and taking the Jack Dela Medalane fight. I 153 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: want to see what Islam looks like at one seventy. 154 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: And by the way, this doesn't mean that Islam couldn't 155 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: come back down. Let's say he goes up and is 156 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: unsuccessful versus Jack Dela Medalane. Although I don't know about 157 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: that one. I think it's gonna be a banger of 158 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: a fight, and he's a tough matchup for Jack and 159 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: Jack is for him vice versa. But let's say he 160 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: doesn't get it done, whos stopping Islam from coming back 161 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: and potentially fighting the winner of Ilia Charles again, right, 162 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: that can definitely happen. And if you think Ilia is 163 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: gonna win that fight, then we get the Ilia in 164 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: Islam fight. Any point is I think we all knew 165 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: this announcement was coming. We didn't know that we were 166 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: gonna get the full kind of card there as well, 167 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: but uh, that's pretty sick. So three seventeen gets announced. 168 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: I think for everybody else we knew that three eighteen 169 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: with Max Holloway, Dustin Poier BMF Belt on the line, 170 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: Dustin Poier's retirement fight, that one sells itself. We love 171 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: both those fighters. It is a babyface versus baby face. 172 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: One guy losing is gonna hurt people, but it's gonna 173 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: be bittersweet because the guy that wins is gonna have 174 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: a massive w dustin on his way out, Max solidifying 175 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: himself at one fifty five. Either way, it's gonna be 176 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 1: a banger. But then we got another big boy announcement, Ladies, 177 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: and gentlemen, because drikis duples C, we'll take on Hamza 178 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: Chimayev for the middleweight title at UFC three nineteen in Chicago, Illinois, 179 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: August sixteenth. Babe, this one right here tickles my fancy, 180 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: not the way my girl does. She's in the bathroom 181 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: doing her thing thing. I mean in the fight fields. 182 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: This tickles my fancy like nothing else right now, because 183 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: how can you not love this matchup dupleus C Hamzad. 184 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: It felt like it was Hamza's time to finally get 185 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: his chance. Honestly, it has felt like that for a bit. 186 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: For Hamza. I'm just knock on wood, pray to whatever 187 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: you believe in that this fight goes through because we've 188 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: had both guys had some injury issues in the past, 189 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: obviously Hamza pulling out of a couple of different fights. 190 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: But it's time now. This is the fight to make 191 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: hamzat After the Robert Whitaker splitting of his whole jawline 192 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: and face structure, drickis continuing to find ways to employ 193 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: the best base for Mma, which is just be a 194 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: spaz and also be a high level fighter. On top 195 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: of that, both guys, it feels like in their prime 196 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: right now. A lot of people thinking that hamza Chimaia 197 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: is the answer for Drickis' unorthodox grappling to striking, striking 198 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 1: and grappling, and we'll see, because Hamzat sometimes gets a 199 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: little taste of being on the feet and getting in 200 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 1: striking battles the Gilbert Burns fight, and things don't necessarily 201 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: go his way if he sticks with the grappling. I 202 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: think a lot of people are gonna say the wolf 203 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: is coming right. But regardless, these are the type of 204 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: fights that major MMA fans. These are the type of 205 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: matchups that kept you coming back, and this is what 206 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: people have been asking for the UFC to do for 207 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: a very very long time. Banger of a fight and 208 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: that's three bangers of fights back to back to back. 209 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: And then we got one more little tease and this 210 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: was all from Dana White's Instagram Live. We'reing out some 211 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: of this, but here's another little tease because this is 212 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: the question everybody's been asked. All this week. We've been 213 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: seeing John Jones is out in Thailand doing god knows what. 214 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: He was on a moped, grabbing a guy by the 215 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 1: back of his hair and holding on to his waist 216 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: while he grabbed his hair from behind as they sped off. 217 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: Make of that what you will. But Dana was on 218 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: his Instagram live LEO play the video because my computer 219 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: just died and I can't play it. Here's what Dana 220 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: had to say about the matchup. 221 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 2: To I'm asping All. I didn't read it. I told 222 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: you guys already. We'll get Aspinall versus Jones done, John 223 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 2: Jones versus Ah. The heavyweight fight will happen. Relax, I'll 224 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 2: announce that soon. 225 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: I don't understand it. This was the time for me. 226 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit here and complain because they did 227 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: drop a ton of good fights, but this was the 228 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: time to announce John versus Tom Aspinall. Sometime in the 229 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: latter part of the year November time frame, right, is 230 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: your big fight. Maybe they're holding it, I guess until 231 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: the end of the year. They usually stack that last 232 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 1: pay per view of the year, right the December slash 233 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: New Year card. They've stacked it for years and years, 234 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: and they've kind of stopped that over the last couple 235 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: Maybe they're getting back to that. Maybe that's what they're 236 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: holding it for. But it has to be soon. This 237 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: fight has to happen. I would say, either right before 238 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: the year ends or before you get into twenty twenty six, 239 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: because what the fuck is Tom Aspinall doing If he's 240 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: sitting here for the last year plus waiting for John Jones. 241 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: The heavyweight division is more stagnant than my hips. When 242 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: my favorite song comes on and I'm on the dance floor, 243 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 1: it just don't happen. I can't continue seeing this kind 244 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: of thing happening. It's it's either strip John or make 245 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: the bow. And Dana is saying, you guys saw the 246 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: video that they're working on it, that it's going to happen, 247 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: that everybody needs to relax. Fans can't relax because there 248 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: is no confirmation of what the division that you should 249 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: value most in combat sports, the big boys, the heavyweights, 250 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: the baddest men on the planet is even doing. I 251 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: don't know why. That's a hard thing to grasp for 252 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: everybody there, But it's a simple thing. Either strip John 253 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: or make the fight. And if is playing games and 254 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: he wants his thirty million, which I yeah, okay, I 255 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 1: think John should get his thirty million. They should pay 256 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: him his thirty million for sure for this fight. For sure. 257 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: And honestly, I am not with everybody else, and I 258 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: know I'm gonna get hate for this. I don't think 259 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: the fight is as one sided as everybody else thinks. 260 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: I think John has a massive chance to beat Tom aspinall, 261 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: I think there's definitely places where John has strengths that 262 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: it isn't just a one way traffic. John just smokes 263 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: him and around like people are overlooking who John Jones is, 264 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: even at his older age, as fighters tend to age 265 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: a little later at heavy. My point in all this is, though, 266 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: please please make that fight. And I'm not trying to 267 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: take the whole video away because again, massive announcements Iliot Tuporia, 268 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: Charles Lavera for the actual one fifty five belt in 269 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: the UFC, the best in the world at won fifty five. 270 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: I assume at some point Jack Dela Madelena Islam Makacheff. 271 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: That's the reason he moved up, vacated the belt. No 272 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: more two belt era, no more double champ. I'm okay 273 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 1: with that, less held up divisions, more fights we want 274 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: to see. That's the way I look at it. Middleweight 275 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: title on the line August sixteenth, trick is Tuo plus 276 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: see Hamza Chamaya of the fight we want to see. 277 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: All those things are good fights, and we get at 278 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: least one fight that we've been begging for two plus 279 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: CE and hamsach Chamayah. The UFC just needs to do 280 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: one more thing to make it complete, to bring back 281 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: the feel of what fans are bubbling over in this 282 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: summer to fall stretch. They're giving us three twenty or 283 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: three twenty one. I better see John Jones and Tom Aspen. 284 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: That would make it a perfect year for MM, but 285 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: is almost always in combat sports, none of us really 286 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: have the answers to what happens next. All these announcements 287 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: are great, knock on wood, they all happen, I think, 288 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: but there's one still missing, and I do think it 289 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: needs to happen in the next six to eight months, 290 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: because if not, you might as well book Tom Aspen 291 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: all was surreal gone and get John out of here 292 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: stripping with the belt, have him retire whatever else he 293 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: wants to do. But he can't continue holding up heavyweight 294 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: because it's the most important division in MMA and it's 295 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: not getting its due. And tom aspinall and his prime 296 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: is not getting his due, and that's a damn sit 297 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: and speaking of massive events, July twelfth, The Ring Magazine 298 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: is putting on a card again in New York Edgar Berlanga, 299 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: Hamza Sharaz. That's one main event. Here's the second one, 300 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: Schaquor Stevenson, Williams of Peta Banger Ring right there, Alberto 301 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: Pueo Subrio, Mattias Banger right there, all on the same card, 302 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: live from New York. And as you're seeing this video, tomorrow, 303 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: I am going to be holding a press conference including 304 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: those two main events, talking to them Eddie hearn Oscar 305 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: de la Joya and getting their thoughts on their opponents. 306 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: For Shakour, why is he going to be able to 307 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: stop Williams of Peeda, who brings the fight to everybody, 308 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: who just beat Tevin Farmer twice to get that WBC 309 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Interim championship. He's looking to take Shakur's off. And we 310 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: know the stuff that people say about Shakor. We know 311 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: that they say he's got hands like paper mache, that 312 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to engage, that he's on the back 313 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: foot slick. And we just saw the Devin Haney Express 314 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: roll through town and people didn't really feel great about that. 315 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: So how's he gonna be different in this fight. He 316 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: says he's bringing it this time around, and I'm looking 317 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: forward to it. I'm gonna ask him. And then the 318 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: other main event, you got Edgar Berlanga, fresh off the 319 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: twelve rounds with Canelo and a knockout victory right after that. 320 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: We know he's got stone in his hands and he's 321 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: trying to represent his hometown of New York City and 322 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: work his way back through the ranks of super middleweight 323 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: one sixty eight and his opponent tomsu shiraz Is making 324 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: his debut at one sixty eight after the draw with 325 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: Carlos Adamis over in Riata. It was a tough fight 326 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: for him. A lot of things that think he even 327 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: says that he can do differently, and a guy that 328 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: is known is a big time puncher in his own 329 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: right didn't really show that in his last fight. How 330 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: is he gonna be different against Edgar Berlanga. Both guys 331 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: are gonna be talking their stuff. You know, Edgar's definitely 332 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: going to and I'm gonna try to mediate all of 333 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: it again. Another massive event in the Combats sports world, 334 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: brought to you by The Ring Magazine and as much 335 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: as people don't want to talk about it. I'm gonna 336 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: Jake Baul, Juliosser, Chavez Junior that press conference. I'll probably 337 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: have a video on that out as well. It's just 338 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: a hot time to be a combat sports fan right here, 339 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: right now. You guys don't believe me, stay tuned because 340 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna cover all of it, as far as what happens, 341 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: who wins, what fights, how it shakes out, where the 342 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: belt holders in the UFC after this stretch, who's gonna 343 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: make their way up to super middleweight and potentially challenge 344 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: the Canelo and Terrence Crawford winner. I don't have those answers. 345 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: What I do know is you better buckle up because 346 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: combat sports is about to get white hot if it 347 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: wasn't already, and you don't want to miss who takes 348 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: advantage of it, who stakes their claim and makes their 349 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: name in both the UFC, boxing and everything in between. 350 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: Don't have those answers, but I guess we'll find out