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Speaker 1: San Antonio District judge resigns after a federal corruption probe.

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Speaker 2: A former San Antonio, Texas judge goes to federal prison

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Speaker 2: after pleading guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for rigging

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Speaker 2: cases in his court. Angus McGuinty committed the ultimate judicial sin.

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Speaker 2: Why did you do it?

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Speaker 1: I did it because I was foolish.

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Speaker 2: Listen to how to Bribe a Judge on Revolver podcast

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Speaker 3: The John Annick and Kenny Florian Podcastle's God, John Annick,

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Speaker 3: Kenny FLORIANI here're your hosts, John Annick and Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 4: Well it says here Julian Edelman is back in Foxboro,

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Speaker 4: Massachusetts as of this morning. But that is a conversation

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Speaker 4: for another show. Because ladies and gentlemen, it is the

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Speaker 4: fight week of all fight weeks. I mean, I cut

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Speaker 4: up a UFC T shirt so I could have like

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Speaker 4: a headband today. It is Monday, October one, twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 4: Episode one seventy three of the Enknploring Podcast. We are

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Speaker 4: thrilled to have Ken Flow back in studio, and what

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Speaker 4: better week to have you back? My man, looking young,

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Speaker 4: looking fresh, looking good.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, my man. I like the Daniel Sun headband

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Speaker 5: by the way. It looks fucking phenomenal. Thanks it funny. Fuck,

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Speaker 5: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 6: I love it.

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Speaker 4: I love it.

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Speaker 6: But dude, it's good to be back. I'm excited.

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Speaker 5: I was in Alabama for a while with Tyron Woodley

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Speaker 5: and it's good to be back.

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Speaker 6: Dude.

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Speaker 5: This is such a huge weekend for me. It's a

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Speaker 5: huge weekend for all the mixed martial arts fans out there.

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Speaker 5: We have a dream matchup and these things don't come

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Speaker 5: around very often. Habib Dermaga Manoff of course against Connor McGregor.

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Speaker 5: Just an insane card all the way across the board,

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Speaker 5: which we will talk about a lot, which I'm very

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Speaker 5: excited for, have been thinking about it for the last

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Speaker 5: month or so.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, man, good to be back.

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Speaker 4: We are five days out folks from beiban Nermago Medov

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Speaker 4: and Donal McGregor UFC two twenty nine. So you probably

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Speaker 4: didn't listen to the show last weekend, flow, and we're

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Speaker 4: not gonna fault you forward. I know you were filming

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Speaker 4: movies and doing other things. But so I went around

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Speaker 4: South Florida looking for a bottle of Proper twelve to

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Speaker 4: sort of Christen on the show. I know you tried

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Speaker 4: it on UFC tonight, I believe right. So I was

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Speaker 4: going to liquor stores last week before the show in

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Speaker 4: South Florida. Nothing doing, So I pushed out a tweet

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Speaker 4: saying I was zero for three and the folks at

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Speaker 4: Team Proper coming up large. So, dear John Connor wanted

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Speaker 4: you to have this bottle. You should be able to

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Speaker 4: find it in South Florida real soon from Team Proper.

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Speaker 4: So here is the Proper twelve as promised here during

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Speaker 4: fight week.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if we need to be drinking right now,

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Speaker 4: but why not as we set the table. Coming up today,

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Speaker 4: we're gonna have the UFC weltroweight champion, Tyron Woodley, by

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Speaker 4: the way, fresh off the movie set as well. He's

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Speaker 4: going to join us talk about the Connor McGregor habibnrmago

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Speaker 4: meta fight. What he's got going on. How nice is

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Speaker 4: this bottle? By the way? All right, so we got

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Speaker 4: the rocks handy, here, we got the Proper twelve.

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Speaker 6: Yeah heay.

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Speaker 4: It is nine forty three am Pacific. All right, I'm

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Speaker 4: gonna let that marinate a little bit. That's a healthy poor.

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Speaker 6: That is a healthy poor.

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Speaker 5: I did it at around eleven am over here Pacific, so

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Speaker 5: both of us are just complete degenerates.

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Speaker 6: But it's okay.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna have to fucking take this headband off, I

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Speaker 4: think before the end of the show. This thing's driving

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Speaker 4: me crazy. So Proper twelve is in the building, thanks

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Speaker 4: to Brian and everybody that put this thing together, and

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Speaker 4: let's see how it goes.

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Speaker 6: It's good stuff, dude, I liked it.

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Speaker 4: Oh, spicy crispy chicken sandwich. That is fucking good. It's good, right,

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Speaker 4: it will Proper twelve. Yeah, put at little pep in

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Speaker 4: your step, Proper twelve, right, And I know all the

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Speaker 4: the bands are thinking, man, this is so one sided,

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Speaker 4: and it really isn't it really isn't you know. I

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Speaker 4: don't know Proper twelve is actually be on the canvas

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Speaker 4: or not. But we are excited for Kabib and Connor

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Speaker 4: five days from now, and Kaddie, we're going to talk

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Speaker 4: to Ray long ago here very shortly. So I don't

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Speaker 4: that Connor McGregor might have made since November of twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 4: Obviously a lot of his training was rooted in that

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Speaker 4: not fighting an active every three month schedule. And I

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Speaker 4: just think as good as Connor McGregor was when he

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Speaker 4: we're going to see a different, better version, and I'm

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Speaker 4: excited to see what improvements, what wrinkles, the better hands,

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Speaker 5: John, I agree with you, first of all, when you're

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Speaker 5: preparing for a very specific skill like boxing, and when

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Speaker 5: you're preparing for such a match against arguably the greatest

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Speaker 5: boxer of all time in Floyd Mayweather, First of all,

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Speaker 5: you're gonna get better in training, right, You're going to

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Speaker 5: sharpen your hands, your awareness, your your site, your ability

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Speaker 5: to be heightened by just working on that very specific skill.

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Speaker 5: And now let's add in the fact that he actually

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Speaker 5: faced Floyd Mayweather, a guy that you know, if you're

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Speaker 5: you have any kind of intelligence, and Connor McGregor is

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Speaker 5: a very intelligent guy, and he's a true martial artist.

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Speaker 6: Don't let the talk full.

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Speaker 5: You're gonna pick up some things, things that were done

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Speaker 5: do when they're right. So he's gonna come back sharper,

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Speaker 5: There is no doubt about it as far as the

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Speaker 6: Gonna carry that confidence with him.

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Speaker 5: And also we saw him come back after that Nate

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Speaker 5: And he just continues to improve his fight against Eddie Alvarez.

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Speaker 5: You know again, it's amazing how this guy continues to

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Speaker 4: Man, he said to the MacLife dot Com. I'm a

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Speaker 4: veteran now, I'll be prepared for five rounds. I'll be

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Speaker 4: prepared for any scenario, and that's it. I'm well trained,

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Speaker 4: I put in the work, and I'm confident going in

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Speaker 4: no matter where it goes, We'll always confident coming in

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Speaker 4: here is Ray Longo, and let's not keep a good

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Speaker 4: man waiting. Let's get to the Ray Long Come minute.

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Speaker 8: It's now time for the Ray Longo minutes.

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Speaker 9: And I'm gonna punch a hole in his fucking chips.

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Speaker 3: That's what I want, The Ray Long minute during the

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Speaker 3: John Nik and Kenny Florian podcast.

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Speaker 4: And the venerable Ray Longo now joins us. Looking good,

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Speaker 4: my man.

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Speaker 7: That's it with your tea and off with me today.

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Speaker 7: This is awesome.

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Speaker 4: Little extra pep. We're drinking proper twelve whiskey for the

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Speaker 4: program today. Ray, is that okay?

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Speaker 7: Exactly? That's perfect.

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Speaker 4: Doesn't mean I'm on team McGregor.

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Speaker 7: So.

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Speaker 4: Uh, you've had a long time to sort of let

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Speaker 4: this fight marin A. We talked to you a little

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Speaker 4: Last week we asked you about your enthusiasm for the

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Speaker 4: fight this week. I just want to know, from an

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Speaker 9: Look, First of all, enthusiasm, I'm really excited for the fight.

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Speaker 9: I think last week you asked me if there was

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Speaker 9: I didn't think there was. Me personally, I'm super excited

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Speaker 9: for the fight. I think all hardcore fans, but it

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Speaker 9: wasn't like when he fought Mayweather. I mean, you had

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Speaker 7: Everybody was talking about it.

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Speaker 9: I'm not hearing one thing that way, But for me, personally,

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Speaker 9: I'm super excited to see this fight.

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Speaker 4: So what are your expectations. I think it's easy to

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Speaker 4: But what are your expectations for what we're going to

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Speaker 9: Uh, look, I just listened to what both you guys

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Speaker 9: you know, like again, it's I know it's it's simplifying it,

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Speaker 7: If the other guy can survive and still have guess

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Speaker 9: You know he'll do very well, if not when, But

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Speaker 9: I think that's a big if. He's been off for

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Speaker 9: a while. And I do agree with Kenny. He's a

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Speaker 9: I'm not sure it's going to be a factor in

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Speaker 5: Ray, how much do you think emotions come into the

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Speaker 5: play here? Because first of all, there's no doubt about

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Speaker 5: it that Conor McGregor has been in much bigger events

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Speaker 5: for any fighter of any discipline mixed martial arts boxing,

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Speaker 5: it is huge, and he's been a part of these

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Speaker 5: huge events. Habib has not. The other thing that I

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Speaker 5: look at, and again this is not the takeaway from

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Speaker 5: at reality here. The best guy that Habib has beaten

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I know, but that's some Bobo's is a kill him.

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Speaker 5: He absolutely is the exact same thing to him. What

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Speaker 5: was that Kevin Lee did the exact same thing to him, essentially.

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Speaker 9: But yeah, but Kevin Lee did it after he was

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Speaker 9: already beat up. You know what I mean that I

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Speaker 9: don't think I don't think Kevin Lee does that. If

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Speaker 9: Barbosa never faced Kabeeb, I think psychologically that took a

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Speaker 9: big mental toll on him. And then I'm saying that's

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Speaker 9: a big factor in a fight. But your point is

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Speaker 9: really well taken. Connor McGregor one hundred percent will have

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Speaker 9: the edge in being in front of the big crowd.

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Speaker 9: He is not going to be phased by that, and

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Speaker 9: the only time will tell whether Kabeeb will. So that's

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Speaker 9: a huge, huge thing and that could mean something. But

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Speaker 9: if he settles into that fight, and like, that's why

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Speaker 9: I say, I think that's what mcgreg is trying to

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Speaker 7: I don't think I think they make it a non issue.

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Speaker 9: But one one quick thing to when Edson Boboser is

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Speaker 7: You know what I mean.

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Speaker 9: We all know that, and that's the that's the key.

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Speaker 7: We all know that.

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Speaker 9: And McGregor is great as a counter puncher against another puncher.

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Speaker 9: Is he great as a counter puncher against another wrestler?

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Speaker 9: That's what we're gonna see. You know, I'm to Bee's

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Speaker 7: You know, and we've seen it.

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Speaker 9: Nathan has said it, nathanas he didn't submit to me,

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Speaker 9: knocked him out, He got hit a couple of times,

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Speaker 7: You know that he might have finished the fight.

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Speaker 4: we're going to talk about that throughout the course of

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Speaker 4: could just go head to head and say, like, loser

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Speaker 4: So we'll just have you go on the record with

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Speaker 4: I was giving away your money, So basically, five hundred

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Speaker 4: here's this, Well, wait a.

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Speaker 7: Minute, Kenny, you're a big movie star. Now, five hundred.

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Speaker 6: It was good. It was good, it was fun, it

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Speaker 4: I need I need more Ray Longo experience.

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Speaker 6: You need to put me in one of your movies.

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Speaker 7: Pal, I gotta get you.

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Speaker 9: You know, kid, you did the movie with a did

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Speaker 9: a movie years ago called Deuces Wild. I think it

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Speaker 7: He was old enough. Oh cool, Yeah, if you can't

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Speaker 7: talk to him. But I think his name was Paul

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Speaker 7: mon Carter. I gotta get his name.

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Speaker 4: Come even Paul who fighting Saturday night, Paul who gives

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Speaker 4: a ship? Right? All right, So Longos.

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Speaker 6: I want to see again, very ornery right now?

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Speaker 4: Yes, sorry, no, and and and look at nobody's ever

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Speaker 4: All right, so Longo's lunch money though, And sorry, I've

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Speaker 7: I'm gonna say. Referee, referee stops it in the third

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Speaker 7: round for Kabe, All.

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Speaker 4: Right, Kabibe. Round three sounds like a t k O

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Speaker 4: Kenny's like, what are you doing here? If you could

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Speaker 4: tell us ally Quint's next opponent, do you have that

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Speaker 7: I believe it's going to be Kevin Lee.

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Speaker 4: There you go, all right? So if it's Kevin Lee,

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Speaker 4: that's another five hundred. This is gonna be a merry

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Speaker 4: Christmas at the long Ago House.

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Speaker 7: I'll tell you what, Ray is the are you going

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Speaker 7: to carry?

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Speaker 5: We're printing money over here at the podcast, We're printing

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Speaker 6: Ray, how are you.

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Speaker 9: Going to carry that envelope next time you see me?

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Speaker 9: How don't you think you guys are strong enough to

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Speaker 7: Both? All right?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we're not well, I certainly am not.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 4: I'll get you out of here on this because we've

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Speaker 4: Chris Widman Luke rock Coold. There are rumblings that that

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Speaker 4: two thirty. I know Widman's the cardio king and everything else,

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Speaker 7: That's correct? Oh, right now we're training for a three

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Speaker 5: It goes well, it's about time you broke some news

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Speaker 6: Jez, this guy he holds everything.

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Speaker 9: After this conversation today we start for five rounds for sure.

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Speaker 4: Yes, thanks, all right, my man, Thank you for the time.

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Speaker 4: Enjoy the festivities this weekend and we will talk to

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Speaker 7: You'll be getting Texas during the night next me.

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Speaker 4: Please do give me some insight. I'll credit you on

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Speaker 7: Thanks y all right, guys, take of ease, go get them.

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Speaker 4: The Ray Longo minute every week here on the Anak

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Speaker 4: So I Quenton Kevin Lee now have to fight in

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Speaker 4: That was the situation with this press conference. They wanted

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Speaker 5: Nothing motivates you more as a professional fighter than coming

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Speaker 5: He will come back with a fire that we probably

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Speaker 5: haven't seen before.

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Speaker 6: Will it be enough to beat Habib? We're not so sure.

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Speaker 5: That is a tough, tough challenge, but there is no

440
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Speaker 5: doubt everything that I'm hearing is this guy has trained

441
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Speaker 5: extremely hard for this fight.

442
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Speaker 6: He has taken it very seriously.

443
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Speaker 5: We've seen him not do a whole lot of media

444
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Speaker 5: requests leading up to this. I expect him at this

445
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Speaker 5: press conference coming up, I believe it's on Thursday.

446
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Speaker 6: Offer him to ramp it up yet again.

447
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Speaker 5: In all fight week, he'll be, you know, I'm sure,

448
00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,840
Speaker 5: tweeting this and that and instagramming this and that, poking

449
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Speaker 5: and prodding, but he will do most of it at

450
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Speaker 5: the weigh in and at the press conference.

451
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Speaker 6: But he's not.

452
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Speaker 5: Doing anything extra as he used to do. And you

453
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Speaker 5: know what, he doesn't need to. He doesn't need to

454
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Speaker 5: promote himself. Time that Con McGregor shows up to anything,

455
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Speaker 5: it is an event in and of itself. So yeah,

456
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Speaker 5: it's gonna be really interesting, uh this fight week to

457
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Speaker 5: see what he does to try to rattle Ababna Margamatas.

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Speaker 4: And if you recognize the track in the background, what

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Speaker 4: we call television layout. So good, all right now joining

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Speaker 4: us on the Anak and Florian podcast. Figured we'd let

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Speaker 4: his track lead in today I'll Beat Your Ass release

462
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Speaker 4: stem it can be yours on iTunes for ninety nine cents.

463
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Speaker 4: Rapper USC welterweight Champion, actor Father of the Year, Tyrone

464
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Speaker 4: Willy is with us champ. How you doing?

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Speaker 10: Hey?

466
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Speaker 4: It was so close, So we figured if Bellatur fighters

467
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Speaker 4: this weekend had the opportunity to walk out to I'll

468
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Speaker 4: Beat Your Ass, that we would at least usher you

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Speaker 4: in with your track today. Congrats on everything you got

470
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Speaker 4: going on. Man, it's got a good sound to it.

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Speaker 9: Man.

472
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Speaker 10: I appreciate it. Man, the song that's going hand right now.

473
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Speaker 10: I appreciate all the love them support. You know, all

474
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Speaker 10: my celebrity friends stepped up will really kind of help

475
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Speaker 10: me get it out there. And anytime you do something new,

476
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Speaker 10: you always have that fear, especially being an athlete crossing

477
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Speaker 10: over to music. It's always that stigma, Oh my god,

478
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Speaker 10: here we go again. So I just took a lot

479
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Speaker 10: of time to say what I do with fighting or

480
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Speaker 10: any other class that I pursue, I go ham, I

481
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Speaker 10: go all in. So that song was actually recorded like

482
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Speaker 10: eight months ago, and just the sound and the delivery

483
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Speaker 10: and all the things that I've been working on. I

484
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Speaker 10: treated it the same way as champ camp is getting

485
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Speaker 10: ready for a fight.

486
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Speaker 4: And the calculated release of it right after knock it out,

487
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Speaker 4: tire our finishing down until I should say, for your

488
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Speaker 4: fourth successful UFC welchweight title defense. It's funny you talk

489
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Speaker 4: about the fear because I've been a rap fan since

490
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Speaker 4: I was a kid and we used to freestyle rap.

491
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Speaker 4: There was no better feeling in the world when you

492
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Speaker 4: actually got one out there clean. But I've wanted to

493
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Speaker 4: do like a UFC track and do a rap track,

494
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Speaker 4: and I think fear has has held me back. I

495
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Speaker 4: got most of it written to you would, but I

496
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Speaker 4: just don't know how to take the next step.

497
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Speaker 10: Let's get you in the studio because that's really what

498
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Speaker 10: it is when you get in the studio. It's just

499
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Speaker 10: a magical thing that happens when you and our viving

500
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Speaker 10: you in our music, and especially like I put myself

501
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Speaker 10: around mcs that are better than me, same way I

502
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Speaker 10: put myself around boxes that are better than me and

503
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Speaker 10: rappers that are better than me. They stretch you and

504
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Speaker 10: make you dig deep. They make you not want to

505
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Speaker 10: become the weakest link. And I think that's what happened.

506
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Speaker 10: I took Lamart. I took Lamart my video on my

507
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Speaker 10: videoographer from Champ Camp Champ Life. I took him in

508
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Speaker 10: the studio. I'll tak it in there and we did

509
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Speaker 10: a cover to not this song, Not for Radio, and

510
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Speaker 10: the dude went ham And it's just something about being

511
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Speaker 10: in that studio. So what I would say is, if

512
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Speaker 10: you wrote it down, you got it in your mind,

513
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Speaker 10: I would go into the studio and once to be

514
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Speaker 10: hits you and you feel to go through your body.

515
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Speaker 10: You know that's it. Let's do it, let's report and

516
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Speaker 10: you just do it.

517
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Speaker 5: I want to see you. I want to see you

518
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Speaker 5: trash annek in a rap battle.

519
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Speaker 6: T would please.

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Speaker 10: You.

521
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Speaker 4: Know.

522
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Speaker 10: I'm better at writing for some reason I become a

523
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Speaker 10: pretty good writer as far as writing lyrics, because I

524
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Speaker 10: think it's really just telling the story. And I got

525
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Speaker 10: so many avenues, you know, whether it's music, you know,

526
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Speaker 10: growing up in Fergusons, fighting, going out to the club,

527
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Speaker 10: making a lot of money, being broke, you know, being

528
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Speaker 10: involved with gang, skinning, drug dealing, shot, you know, everything

529
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Speaker 10: you could think of. It's a big spectrum that I've

530
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Speaker 10: been blessed to be a part of. And I call

531
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Speaker 10: them all blessings. I call you know, growing up in

532
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Speaker 10: the House of thirteen that John Addick, you know, took

533
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Speaker 10: us around in the question. You guys have to see

534
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Speaker 10: my home story. That was a blessing. I wouldn't be

535
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Speaker 10: who I am had that not happened. So I'm not

536
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Speaker 10: that great at battle rapping. Battle rapping is a whole

537
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Speaker 10: different world, different than freestyle rapping, and it's different than right.

538
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Speaker 10: There's some battle rappers out there that I don't even

539
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Speaker 10: understand how to come up with this information, and they

540
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Speaker 10: can rap for five minutes. Say so, Anik, if you

541
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Speaker 10: can do that, you're probably gonna get me.

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Speaker 4: I don't think i'd be good in that setting, but

543
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Speaker 4: I have like fifty five UFC fighters in the track. Right,

544
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Speaker 4: I'll give you a little taste right now. Flow, So

545
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Speaker 4: that's a fact. Don't say I didn't warn you. I'll

546
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Speaker 4: swarm all over your ast like I'm Israel out of Sonia.

547
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Speaker 4: Smoke a bunt, go watch Mark Hunt. I mean, what

548
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Speaker 4: else you need?

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Speaker 10: You know, you know what I feel it, I think

550
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Speaker 10: feel it. What you need to do is you need

551
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Speaker 10: to you need to let me get you a beat,

552
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Speaker 10: and we need to get in the studio. When I'm

553
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Speaker 10: in La I got a studio on sunset and I

554
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Speaker 10: go too, or if I'm in Florida, wherever we're at,

555
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Speaker 10: we can hook up a link.

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Speaker 4: Boom, my man. I love you. Well, let's talk. Let's

557
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Speaker 4: talk fighting for a little bit, because this is the

558
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Speaker 4: first time we've had the chance to talk to you

559
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Speaker 4: since you beat Darren until just a few weeks ago.

560
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Speaker 4: And I saw Dean Thomas in the hotel after the fight,

561
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Speaker 4: and you got your Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt and

562
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Speaker 4: everything else. But I said, I hope you guys can

563
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Speaker 4: enjoy this win because whether we put dar Un Till

564
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Speaker 4: on a pedestal or not, or overrated him or not,

565
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Speaker 4: I hope you can enjoy the fruits of your labor.

566
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Speaker 4: How satisfying was this singular win for you?

567
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Speaker 10: You know, it was the training satisfying. And you know

568
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Speaker 10: a lot of people don't know where it goes into

569
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Speaker 10: the fight game. They see the fight, they see the training,

570
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Speaker 10: they see the press complice, but they don't recognize what

571
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Speaker 10: goes on behind the scene, what issues people actually have,

572
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,959
Speaker 10: real life issues that they have to deal with in

573
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Speaker 10: addition to training, or if you got kids, or you know,

574
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Speaker 10: I had training partners. You know, I brought in Chris Mzako,

575
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Speaker 10: which is a great shrike, and got to bring in

576
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Speaker 10: right Paul Linear of South Paul. On a first day

577
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Speaker 10: of training, towards a cl we had spa, we had finished,

578
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 10: We felt good, they do one more round. I got

579
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Speaker 10: in on a single leg and he defended an awkward league.

580
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 10: And then towards Aco the first day. So now I

581
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Speaker 10: got this guy all the way up from Poland, and

582
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Speaker 10: now I got to figure out what I'm going to

583
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Speaker 10: train with. You know, I don't have anybody in Saint

584
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 10: Louis has qualified to be a darn feel So then

585
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 10: I got to scramble again, you know, and just all

586
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Speaker 10: the different things I had to do to prepare for

587
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Speaker 10: this training camp. It was just refreshing and it was

588
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Speaker 10: a blessing to be able to go in there. But

589
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Speaker 10: now I actually got on lock man, I can tell

590
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Speaker 10: you one thing, God that's really He's done something special

591
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Speaker 10: with me, because when you locked the octagon, all my pains,

592
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Speaker 10: all my drama, all the politics, all the naysayers, all

593
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Speaker 10: the haters, it don't matter. At that point, I don't

594
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 10: think about it. It don't affect. But like even injury,

595
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 10: I've walked into so many fights with injuries, broken bones

596
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Speaker 10: and tore ligaments, to strain growings, and I know adrenaline

597
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 10: is a powerful hormone. I know it, and I don't

598
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 10: think about it. And that's just something that I actually

599
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 10: took for granted that I was able to do so

600
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Speaker 10: to have a training camp and to be able to,

601
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Speaker 10: you know, put everything together and have my coaches. I

602
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 10: had Duke way more than I've ever had them. I

603
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 10: had Eric Brown everyck. Brown never left California except for

604
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 10: Kid Chocolate to train, never no other boxer. He trained everybody.

605
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 10: He came out to Milwaukee over the weekends, well my

606
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 10: three weekends in a row to box with me. I

607
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 10: trained twenty days straight because I knew it was a

608
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Speaker 10: short camp and I knew I had a press conference

609
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Speaker 10: on a Thursday, the week that the fight was a

610
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Speaker 10: in LA. I trained all the way into that Thursday,

611
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 10: and I treated as all days because I was traveling.

612
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Speaker 10: And guess what happened. I got there, I said, fuck that,

613
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 10: I'm training anyway, got it in in the back. So

614
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 10: the mindset was different than me. I took it personally.

615
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 10: People in the.

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Speaker 5: Sport I want to talk about that mindset as well,

617
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 5: because it was like all business. You went in, you

618
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 5: defended your belt against Darren Till, impressively finishing a guy

619
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Speaker 5: with that dors and you made it look really easy man,

620
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Speaker 5: And then after you got up, it was like, no

621
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Speaker 5: big deal.

622
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Speaker 6: Why did you approach it like that? Why was your

623
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 6: mindset like that?

624
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Speaker 4: Was that?

625
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 6: Where did that come from?

626
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Speaker 10: You know? The thing about me is, you know, anytime

627
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 10: I train for somebody and I do the work, in

628
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,919
Speaker 10: the beginning of the training camp, I might look at

629
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Speaker 10: a fighter and I was like, you know what, this

630
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 10: Ferston does this well perfect getting down my fall souning.

631
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 10: I'm content he may be still my favorite fighter. So

632
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 10: I'm fighting a guy I'm a fan of I'm fighting

633
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 10: a guy that I love to watch fight nobody, no

634
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 10: other fighter at that point in time, I you know,

635
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 10: I was a bigger fan and I gotta fight him now.

636
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,919
Speaker 10: So when I was watching this family like damn, this

637
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 10: was good and I was getting butterflies. But as I trained,

638
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 10: as a week to go by were two, three, four,

639
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 10: we go back and watch them again. Hey, we fixed

640
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 10: that problem. We need to figure Hey, I forgot about

641
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 10: this my dad. This is we go two or three

642
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 10: more weeks. I watch it again. Now I'm looking at it.

643
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 10: I'm like, how can he beat me? Wor can he?

644
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 10: Where can he fill a hole at? Then come fight week,

645
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 10: I'm like, I'm so confident. So that's that's where the

646
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 10: confidence come from. It comes from my training staff, my

647
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 10: repetitions in the gym, and just a preparation. So when

648
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,719
Speaker 10: I talked Darren Til, I'm like, this kid really believes it.

649
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 10: He's authentically confident, not just talking because it sounds good.

650
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 10: He thinks he can beat me. I was an undefeated

651
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 10: fighter that I didn't care who was. I never thought

652
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 10: I was gonna lose. You couldn't everybody living in May

653
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Speaker 10: I said, I ain't gonna lose. I swear, I said

654
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Speaker 10: it so many times. So I saw that in him.

655
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Speaker 10: He possessed anytime, you have two skills. If you have

656
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Speaker 10: the ability to knock somebody out with kale power and

657
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 10: you have the ability to either take me down or

658
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Speaker 10: stop me from taking you down, now you're a threat.

659
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Speaker 10: He possessed the scrambling ability to get back up to

660
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Speaker 10: his seat real quickly. As we saw in all his fights.

661
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Speaker 10: He had good leverage from his multti clunch two guys

662
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 10: about balance. You know, he kept a long distance and

663
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 10: long range which forbade a lot of people from getting

664
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Speaker 10: takedowns on him. And we all see the ko from

665
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 10: the left hand, left elbow. You know, he's bitches when

666
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,479
Speaker 10: he hurts you. So he had the ingredients and they

667
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 10: were boosting them up, and they were marketing him, and

668
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 10: they was saying he was a next kind of mcgrecord.

669
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Speaker 10: So I just took the silent approach. I did what

670
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 10: I do best. I got it in the mud, and

671
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 10: I wasn't talking shit, I wasn't into all in the

672
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 10: social media. I said, I'm gonna go out here, I'm

673
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 10: gonna do my thing. I'm gonna beat his ass. Now

674
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 10: I'm gonna drop the track next week, said I'll beat

675
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 10: your last. Who won't tell me I won't after this performance,

676
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 10: that was my mindset.

677
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Speaker 6: It was amazing man, very well done.

678
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 5: And listen, I know you hurt your hand in that

679
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 5: fight against Darren Till what round did you do it?

680
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 6: And when will we see you again?

681
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Speaker 10: You know I do have to have a surgeon. I'm

682
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 10: getting it done next week. I was. I was supposed

683
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 10: to get it done this week, but I got so

684
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 10: much stuff to do in Vegas. I'm working the desk,

685
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 10: I'm performing for the first time. I'm hosting and open

686
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Speaker 10: it up forever Last at Brooklyn Bowl Fridays. Period this

687
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 10: before then, yeah, so ever last it look at the

688
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 10: fly and if I ruin these other guy's name, but

689
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 10: I'm doing that at Brooklyn Bowl Friday. I got all

690
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 10: these appearances and autograph signings. I just didn't want to

691
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 10: be down like that. So I'm getting it done. I'm

692
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 10: going back to Pennsapala, Florida, and I'm getting it done

693
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 10: on the tenth So this will take me out for

694
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 10: eight weeks. But they answer your question, Tifflo, I did

695
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 10: it at the end of the first round. If you look,

696
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 10: if you go back and look at the fight, what

697
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 10: he did was he does something really weird. He keeps distance.

698
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 10: But when someone throws the overhand right, it's actually kind

699
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 10: of genius. He blocks from the front just in case

700
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 10: of the straight punch when he steps in, so the

701
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 10: punch doesn't clip around the chin. When I throw the

702
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 10: overhead right, I'm assuming that the people are gonna block,

703
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 10: because anytime you throw speed or anything fast, the natural

704
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 10: human reaction is to block right, to block your face

705
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 10: because you don't know what's gonna come. So then I

706
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 10: can snick that overhand right behind the glove and get

707
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 10: the jaw line. So he steps in, so he blocked

708
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 10: both his head and steps in, and I hit the

709
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 10: back of his head like his skull, like behind the

710
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 10: ear trbably, one of the hardest damn balls on your body,

711
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 10: and I hit it and my thumb hit it, so

712
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 10: it dislocated my thumb. My ball was sending up and

713
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 10: tore three or four ligaments. And you know, now, that's

714
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 10: why I have to have a They call it a

715
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 10: sutra bridge. So they're going to provide some stability and

716
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 10: prevent me from having arthritis. So I do that eight

717
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 10: weeks and I'm back training.

718
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,239
Speaker 4: Got a couple more minutes here with UFC Welterweight King

719
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 4: Tyron Woodley here on the Anak and Florian podcast. So

720
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 4: Kenny sort of touched on it that you seemed more

721
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 4: excited to get that Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt maybe

722
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 4: than to have successfully defended your UFC Welterweight championship and

723
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 4: ken flow smiling as I say that. But you aren't

724
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 4: a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. That

725
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 4: being said, I'd imagine privately you have had some emotional moments,

726
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 4: maybe tears of joy when you think, man, look where

727
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 4: I was, look at my childhood, and now here I am,

728
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 4: you know, providing for generations past and present. I mean,

729
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 4: have you had that private moment where you've at least

730
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,479
Speaker 4: exhaled and allowed the emotions to spill over a little bit,

731
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 4: you know?

732
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Speaker 10: I mean, you could have put it any any better.

733
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 10: But the thing that people don't know is Dean is

734
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 10: a gea man. He knew that. Now I've been a

735
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 10: brown belt for over five years. Ruharlo Boreo had left

736
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 10: American Top Team, and you know it, so static with that,

737
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 10: and I was supposed to give my black belt awarded

738
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 10: from him a couple of years ago, and obviously those

739
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 10: things happened, so you know, that kind of got put

740
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 10: on the shelf. But I was like, you know what,

741
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 10: I'm a martial artist. I'm not gonna stop doing this.

742
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 10: So if you keep training, you stay well, You're gonna

743
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 10: eventually be a black girl. May I tell any white

744
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 10: belt that if you don't quit, you will be a

745
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 10: black belt. It's the only sure thing you know a sport.

746
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 10: You may not win a UFC title, you may not,

747
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 10: you know, be a world champion boxer. But if you

748
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 10: start as a white belt, you never quit and you

749
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 10: stay with it, at some point you're gonna reach black

750
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 10: belt status. So that was my mindset on it. Dean

751
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 10: left during fight weeks kind kind of crazy, is that tower?

752
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 10: I got drunk and I got Duke and those guys

753
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 10: for your weight cut. I got a show that I

754
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 10: had that I got to go and do. I'm gonna

755
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 10: leave one day and I'm gonna come back. You know

756
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 10: what Dean did.

757
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 4: He went, He flew back to Florida.

758
00:33:58,560 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 7: Yea.

759
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 10: He met with look with Cardio Laboreo and ask him

760
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 10: for the blessing to ward me my black belt, got

761
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 10: the black belt from Florida, blew back out fight week.

762
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,760
Speaker 10: That's the kind of dude thing is. Yeah, I didn't

763
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 10: know I was eating. I didn't always getting a black belt.

764
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 10: I didn't know anything about nothing. I was just going man.

765
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,280
Speaker 10: To be honest, I was trying to knock him out.

766
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 10: That's all all I kept. Visonalized me knocking him the

767
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 10: fuck out, standing above him and just looking at him

768
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 10: fall like a cycle of potatoes, not celebrating, not cheering,

769
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 10: just walking away because that's you can't do. That's what

770
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,240
Speaker 10: I do. So when I submitted him and that black

771
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 10: belt came out, I lost it because as a martial artist,

772
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 10: that's the lifetime a chief that might that might surpass

773
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 10: me being an All American. That's definitely surpassed me. Winning

774
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 10: a UFC title. That's a moment that as a martial artist,

775
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 10: you've achieved the highest level of that sport, and it

776
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 10: takes a long time to do it. So you know,

777
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 10: that's that's that's something that you know was near and dear.

778
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 10: And I'll tell you what I said to what I

779
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 10: said to Dean right before I walked in an octagon

780
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 10: and I almost I almost crowd a little bit. Then

781
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 10: I shook his head and I looked at him. I said, mash,

782
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 10: I said, Dean, we're still here. Man. I said, we've

783
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 10: set this ship forever. I said, here we go. I said,

784
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 10: were about to do it again? I was that kind

785
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 10: of I said, were about to do it again? And

786
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 10: he started smiling, and that shit happened. Man was that

787
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 10: was probably one of the best moments of my life,

788
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 10: to be honest.

789
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 4: It's amazing.

790
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: Man.

791
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 4: And he said to me in the lobby after the fact,

792
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 4: he said, I really thought Tyrone was going to get

793
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 4: it done by rear naked choke. So I had to

794
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 4: have the blessing. I had to have the belt in

795
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 4: tow and of course he got the submission and the

796
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 4: Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. All right. I thirty seconds

797
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,399
Speaker 4: on Kabib and Connor, because it does seem as though

798
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 4: Connor McGregor has interest in fighting you, potentially if he

799
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 4: gets by Kabib this weekend. I also wanted to get

800
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 4: your thoughts on the confidence and undefeated fighter brings into

801
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 4: the octagon because some suggest as you pointed to the

802
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 4: value of the Nate marquartt loss for you that a

803
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 4: being undefeated could work against Kabeeb in this setting. So

804
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 4: any thoughts on the big fight and your future potentially

805
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 4: with Connor before we let you go.

806
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 10: You know, me and Kimselop talked about this as we

807
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,919
Speaker 10: was being superstars on the movie in Battle, were talking

808
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,800
Speaker 10: about and trailer, you know, as I was kicking around

809
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 10: those Air Africa Bosman elevens. We we we decided that

810
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 10: this even fight, each guy's strength is the other guy's weakness.

811
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 7: You know.

812
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,959
Speaker 10: The timing and the sharpness and the power of Connor

813
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 10: McGregor is a kryptonite to kuld Be. Kabeev's pressure is

814
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 10: wrestling and his ability to ground apology and do it

815
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 10: around that. To around that's around is going to you know,

816
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 10: be very difficult for Connor to deal with. I think

817
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 10: that the undefeated streak could potentially pay a factor because

818
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 10: once until, like the DC said this, until somebody has

819
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 10: beaten you, you don't know how to lose. You got

820
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 10: to teach an undefeated person how to lose. Now. I

821
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 10: told Guarantee us say, man, I thaught early in this week,

822
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 10: and I'm just telling you when I was your age

823
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 10: and I was fighting for a world title. Nobody could

824
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 10: have You could have paid me to believe I was

825
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 10: gonna lose. I was having a shelf prepared of my

826
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 10: gym for the belt to go on. So Connor McGregor

827
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 10: is gonna have to teach to be how to lose.

828
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 10: And also, if Connor thinks you sweet and he want

829
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,840
Speaker 10: to play around, if you allow one in two rounds

830
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 10: of Connor McGregor getting close, I'm not even taking him

831
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 10: down getting close. I'm getting hold of him. He's gonna

832
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 10: wear on him. He's gonna take away kind of speed.

833
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 10: He's gonna put him on the ground where we know

834
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 10: he's gonna have this sheer advantage. And that's what I think.

835
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 10: That's how I think the fighter's gonna play out. Whoever

836
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 10: dictates that, if Connor can keep the space, keep the distance,

837
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 10: you know, use his right hand just to keep him

838
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 10: at base, sniper him with the left as many times

839
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 10: and then move. If you can do that, could be

840
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 10: has not shown us that he's a multi dimensional fighter.

841
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 10: They just so happy that his one dimension is so

842
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 10: fucking dominant that nobody else has been able to stop it.

843
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 10: If Connor can stop that one dimension, Kabeb is not

844
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 10: gonna stop trying to game play. He goes keep trying

845
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 10: to strike to a takedown, strike to a takedown, and

846
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 10: if you don't find it, I think he's gonna final

847
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 10: left hand and get knocked out.

848
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 4: All right, Well, we look forward to getting your official

849
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 4: prediction on the pre fight show coming up on FS

850
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 4: one Saturday night. And I just got to say on

851
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 4: the way out, man, you know, as a guy who

852
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 4: is listening to rapid hip hop my whole life, I

853
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 4: had high expectations for I'll beat ho Ass. I think

854
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,240
Speaker 4: your voice sounds great man, I think you've got a success.

855
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 4: Congratulations on that. Hope the surgery goes well and we

856
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 4: will see you in Vegas in a couple of days.

857
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 4: My friend, thanks for hopping on.

858
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 10: All right, I appreciate it.

859
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 6: Guys to you what.

860
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 10: All right?

861
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 1: There?

862
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 4: He is UFC welter Wood Champion Tyron Woodley here on

863
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 4: the Anakin Florian podcasts. I'll beat ho Ass man. I

864
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 4: like it. I like it. It's got a good ring

865
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 4: to it. It's on my iTunes, man, I get was

866
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 4: that playing in the movie trailer all weekend? Or did

867
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 4: he give you a little lead?

868
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Speaker 7: Believe that?

869
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 5: Believe that he listened to everything. But no, I'm just

870
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 5: really impressed with Tyron just as an individual. You look

871
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 5: at a guy who's the UFC welterweight champ of the world.

872
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 5: He's the defending the belt. He's defended the belt more

873
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 5: time than any other champion currently, he's out acting. He's

874
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 5: an amazing father. He's just got so many different uh

875
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 5: you know, rods in the fire, irons of the fire.

876
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 6: It's it's amazing, man. This guy is very very talented.

877
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 4: Decent father, I mean decent father right now. I'm just kidding,

878
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 4: but I do wonder how some of these guys can

879
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 4: be a truly elite father when you have all these

880
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 4: different irons in the fire. But hopefully he got good

881
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 4: help and family and takes a village as we all know.

882
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 4: But you're right, Kenny, very impressive and certainly in terms

883
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 4: of the mental game, as you heard there, he has

884
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 4: absolutely mastered Fight Night, and Darren Till can speak to

885
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 4: that all right now with us on the guest line,

886
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 4: a guy who if I had asked him to come

887
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 4: on today a one pm Pacific, he probably would have

888
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 4: said no because at that time it's gonna be the

889
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 4: NL West tiebreaker. Between the LA Dodgers and his Colorado

890
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,280
Speaker 4: Rockies from ESPN dot com. My friend, our former colleague,

891
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 4: Brett Okamoto is with us. Brett, sorry for the short

892
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,280
Speaker 4: delay there, my man, how are you to.

893
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 1: Oh man, I'm great and you're You're absolutely right. I mean,

894
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: if my phone starts ringing at one pm, don't expect

895
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 1: an answer. I don't care who you are.

896
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 4: Well, and right after I reached out to you, I

897
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 4: saw that Brewers Cubs game was starting about right now,

898
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,400
Speaker 4: and I was thinking, if the Rockies were in that slot,

899
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 4: that was really inconsiderate of me. I promise we're not

900
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 4: going to spend more than thirty seconds on baseball. Okay,

901
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 4: during the week that Kabibnrmago, matav and Connor McGregor are

902
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 4: going to fight. But if you do know Brett at all,

903
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 4: as Kenny does a little bit, you know he has

904
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 4: few greater passions than the Colorado Rockies, who have had

905
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 4: an amazing two week stretch, an amazing season. I mean,

906
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 4: you got to be on cloud nine right now, but

907
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 4: this is a very legitimate distraction. I would think for

908
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 4: you here, during the busiest work week of your year.

909
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: I'm going to get some work done this morning, and

910
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 1: I'm going to make sure that I have nothing on

911
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: my plate come one pm. And it's awesome because actually

912
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,280
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago when the Dodgers swept the Rockies,

913
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: and quite frankly, it looked like they were in a

914
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 1: bad spot this season, maybe over I was at right

915
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: one of those games when Chris Taylor had a walk

916
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: off home run to win it. So to compare that

917
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: with how I'm feeling now and then to go in

918
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: and potentially win division at one hundred and sixty three

919
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: games in LA, I mean, you know me, John, this

920
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 1: is this is the best best day of the year

921
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: for me right now.

922
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 4: Well, and that's part of the reason that I wanted

923
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 4: to book you on the show. And just for some

924
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 4: of our international fans that maybe don't care or don't know,

925
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 4: if the Rockies win today, they're guaranteed a five game series.

926
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 4: If they lose today, it's a one game eliminator, So

927
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 4: massive stakes for your Rocks today. I wish them the best.

928
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 4: But you just got back to Vegas from San Jose, California.

929
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 4: Of course you were there embedded with ubibnrmago Metov during

930
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 4: the final days of his training camp very telling back

931
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 4: and forth between you guys right now at ESPN dot com.

932
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 4: What was most telling for you in the time that

933
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 4: you spent there in San Jose recently.

934
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 1: You know, I'll be honest, I think one of the

935
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,720
Speaker 1: biggest takeaways I had is that there really is nobody

936
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: who can be completely immune to the mental warfare that

937
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: Connor McGregor puts you through. Like I can remember, I thought,

938
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Speaker 1: you know, when Jose Aldo was first going to fight him,

939
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: when he finally bought you know, had ran through the

940
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: featherweight division and we knew that fight was next, and

941
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: he jumped over the cage in Boston and you know,

942
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: confronted Jose Aldo in the crowd. I remember thinking that then, like, well,

943
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: you know what, Aldo's not going to be susceptible to

944
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,320
Speaker 1: this because Aldo is Aldo. He's the best, potentially of

945
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 1: all time. He's certainly the best featherweight of all time.

946
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: He's not going to be you know, thrown off by

947
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: any mind games. And then he absolutely was. He completely was,

948
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: you know. And then I kind of thought the same

949
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: thing about nay Diez, but that rivalry, you know, just

950
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: because it became so emotional and so he did. I

951
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: don't think it really necessarily affected Nate's performance so much.

952
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: But my point here is that you know, you may

953
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: think the same thing about Habib because he's so confident

954
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 1: in his skill set. He comes from a part of

955
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,839
Speaker 1: the world that just to me, it seems like those

956
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 1: guys they manage their emotions so well. But I will say, like,

957
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: I sense real anger in Habib, and and how could

958
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: it not. I mean, after all the things that Connor

959
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 1: has said and some of the personal things attacks that

960
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: he's made on him. Not to mention that whole bus incident,

961
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: it's having an effect on Kabib, I will say that.

962
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 5: And that's what's so strange. And again you bring up Aldo,

963
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 5: but how about Eddie Alvarez. How many fights has he had,

964
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 5: how many he's fought all over the world in big events,

965
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 5: and the same thing, he knew exactly what he needed

966
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 5: to do as far as game plan, and he couldn't

967
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 5: do it. He told his coach, he apologized to everybody, sorry,

968
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 5: I didn't stick to the game plan. Why didn't he

969
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 5: stick to the game plan because of those emotions attached

970
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,400
Speaker 5: for the attached to that fight against Connor McGregor. And

971
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,479
Speaker 5: you look at Connor McGregor. When he walks out before

972
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 5: that fight, it seems like he was, you know, about

973
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 5: to jump into the jacuzzie, like he was so relaxed.

974
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 5: It was exactly where he needed to be, exactly where

975
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:37,959
Speaker 5: he believed he should be at.

976
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 6: That moment in time.

977
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 5: And so, you know, for Habib, did you notice that

978
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 5: he was emotional And do you think he's going to

979
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 5: carry that emotion that he showed you that interview to

980
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 5: fight night.

981
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, the key part in that, I think is

982
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: that it doesn't take much. You know, it doesn't have

983
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: to be the situation where it Kudbib is just so

984
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: angry that he's you know, staying up in and that

985
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: you know, he's just he's just his his his you know,

986
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 1: fists are clenched for the entirety of fight week. It

987
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be that. All it could be is

988
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 1: just a little bit of tightness in the first minute

989
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: of the fight. And that's why I think this fight

990
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 1: is so fascinating because the first thirty seconds, first minute

991
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: is so important. I think it could be was able

992
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:19,919
Speaker 1: to get his hands on Connor and to get some

993
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,760
Speaker 1: type of confidence going. Well, then you know, those nerves

994
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: wash away. But if he has even just the slightest

995
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 1: little bit like ah god, I really want to hit

996
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: this guy, really want to get in there, I really

997
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: want to take him down right away, and he makes

998
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 1: just the slightest mistake, that's Connor McGregor is the kind

999
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: of guy that you can't do that again. So, like

1000
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: what we're talking about here is again, it's not this

1001
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: big thing where you know you're going to see it

1002
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: all through fight week and it's going to have this

1003
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 1: massive impact on on on everything. The point is is

1004
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,800
Speaker 1: that it doesn't need to be that. It could be

1005
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: the slightest little thing in the first thirty seconds of

1006
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: the fight that could cost could be right.

1007
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 5: Well, Brett, you know from what you're hearing, from what

1008
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 5: you're seeing from the buzz around this fight, do you

1009
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:59,240
Speaker 5: see this being the biggest fight in UFC history.

1010
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a little weird. You know, it was like

1011
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,439
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, even you know, last week,

1012
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 1: I would have said, you know, the buzz just doesn't

1013
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: feel like it's there. But what I've been telling people is,

1014
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 1: you know what I think it's gonna I think it's

1015
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: gonna be a late buzz. You know, like when nay

1016
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 1: Diaz saw Connor McGregor the first time. We didn't even

1017
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: know if I was gonna happen until what like eleven

1018
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: days before. It doesn't take a long time to create

1019
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: buzz with the social media world that we live in,

1020
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: and then Connor McGregor is being so good at it.

1021
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: So I'll be honest right now, it does not feel

1022
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: like the biggest fight of all time to me on

1023
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: a Monday, But you know, ask me again on Friday,

1024
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 1: and I think my answer will be will be very different.

1025
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 4: Right, see too much Rockies baseball on the brain step.

1026
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: Right, Yes, you had when you had something of the

1027
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,879
Speaker 1: magnitude of a Rocky playoff game, It's hard to try

1028
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: to compete with that on a Monday.

1029
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 4: I get it. ESPN's bread out Comodo with us here

1030
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 4: on the Anakin Florian podcast. And you mentioned sort of

1031
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 4: biggest fight in UFC history, and two twenty nine certainly

1032
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 4: is tracking very strong on pay per view, some estimates

1033
00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 4: north of two point five million buys. How much credit

1034
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 4: or can we quantify Brett? How much credit gobib Normago

1035
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,839
Speaker 4: Metov deserves for those numbers? Because Connor's going to get

1036
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,360
Speaker 4: the lion's share of money and credit and rightfully so.

1037
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 4: But you know, Kabib's got like six million followers on Instagram.

1038
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,800
Speaker 4: This guy has a definite following, and I think maybe

1039
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 4: for the first time in a long time, there might

1040
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 4: actually be some competition for the crowd because nirmago Metov

1041
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,879
Speaker 4: has such a fan base. I mean, shouldn't he get

1042
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 4: some credit for some of those internal estimates?

1043
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, I think. So. It's difficult because you know,

1044
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 1: Habib doesn't have a real great track record of he's

1045
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 1: not approven pay per view draw. But at the same time,

1046
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can necessarily hold that against

1047
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 1: him because he's had some major fights fall through, you know,

1048
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: I think you know internally, you know, John, I'm sure

1049
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,960
Speaker 1: you heard this that his numbers with Tony Ferguson were

1050
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,439
Speaker 1: tracking very well early this year, before before Tony got hurt.

1051
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 1: So I mean it is still Connor. I mean, Connor

1052
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 1: is the pay per view draw and he is against

1053
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: anybody he faces. But I think when you've got a

1054
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: guy who's got the undefeated record, of course, he's got

1055
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: that stoic you know, and delivery when he sits up

1056
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: there at a press conference, and then he also just had.

1057
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,399
Speaker 1: He brings a global element to it because of where

1058
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: he's from, because of you know, his muggling belief and

1059
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: you know, that's that crowd that he brings and that

1060
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: culture that he touches, and they're very much behind him.

1061
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 1: I saw that, you know at the end when when

1062
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: they had a big send offs on Friday. So he

1063
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: brings a lot of different Like you said, it's hard

1064
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: to quantify, but he's definitely bringing a whole lot of

1065
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: value and elements to this fight that no one else

1066
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 1: would bring.

1067
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so too. I also understand that the

1068
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 4: fighters and the teams are are very confident that they

1069
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 4: know what's going to happen here Saturday night. I would

1070
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,080
Speaker 4: challenge the fans out there who feel so convicted in

1071
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:43,640
Speaker 4: one outcome, one way or the other. Are you required

1072
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 4: by ESPN to go on the record and make a prediction.

1073
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 4: I know you're a grown man, but in a perfect world,

1074
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:52,360
Speaker 4: would they ask you to make a prediction on this fight? Yeah?

1075
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: You know, I'm like everybody else. I don't really love

1076
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: giving predictions because you know, these guys see it and

1077
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: then they hold it against you know, these guys are

1078
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 1: spensive guys, and no one will to hear that. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm picking against them, or anybody's picking against them,

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00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 1: and you know, it's one of those fights that's that's

1081
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: very close. I mean, I could see two very distinct possibilities.

1082
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: If if kuld Bebe is able to get into the floor,

1083
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 1: it's going to be a bad night for Connor. I

1084
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: think you know that's that's not stepping out on any limbs.

1085
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: If if Connor can keep it standing, then it's going

1086
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: to probably be a long night for Kabiv. I haven't

1087
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,000
Speaker 1: made a prediction yet. I will. I will definitely make

1088
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: one on ESPN this week. I'm going back and it's

1089
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,320
Speaker 1: one of those fights and you get you get a

1090
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 1: few of these every year. I'm going back and forth.

1091
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 1: My initial thought was was kud Be kuld Be, kuld

1092
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: Be kuld Be. And now as it gets closer, man,

1093
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. It's just that part of your brain

1094
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: tells you that Connor is such a big time player

1095
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: in those big time moments that you just really struggle

1096
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,319
Speaker 1: picking against him.

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00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,480
Speaker 4: Right, bet against him at your own peril. The only

1098
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 4: time he's lost in the UFC. I got a two

1099
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 4: oh nine tattoo to show for Brett. Just don't put

1100
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 4: a tattoo on the line, you'd be fine, you know,

1101
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 4: just give the prediction, no tattoo attached to it.

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Speaker 1: You know, Sorry, you're breaking up what you say.

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00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 4: I said, as long as you don't do like a

1104
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:03,319
Speaker 4: tattoo you bet attached to your prediction, you'll be fine.

1105
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:04,920
Speaker 1: Luckily you took that bullet for me.

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00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:05,160
Speaker 10: Man.

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00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: I was considering it, but then I saw how I

1108
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: went for you, and yeah.

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00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 4: Bet for me, all right, last thing, And I got

1110
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 4: a million things to get to with you, but we're

1111
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 4: up against the clock a little bit. I spoke with

1112
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 4: Daniel Cormier over the weekend and he had a lot

1113
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,279
Speaker 4: to say about his personal situation, a lot of which

1114
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 4: I would like to share. But the minute I tried

1115
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 4: to like pry him for information and shift the focus

1116
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 4: to Kabib, you know, he closed the laptop like, he

1117
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 4: literally went silent. So I just wanted to get your

1118
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 4: take on sort of the team vibe and the relative

1119
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 4: confidence of Hovey or Mendez and the guys that you

1120
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 4: were around as they get ready for one of the

1121
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 4: biggest fight weeks of their respective lives as well.

1122
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's interesting, you know, I saw Daniel at Aka.

1123
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: He was running his children's wrestling program, of course, and

1124
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: the guy is just so busy, you know, he were

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00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: able to shake hands and he had something he was

1126
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: running to. You know, he's a family man and he's

1127
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,239
Speaker 1: got a lot of the obligations obviously to come with

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00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: me and a double champion, and you we didn't talk

1129
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 1: much about the fight. I mean, he's always going to

1130
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: be supportive of them behind his guy of course, Javia Mendez,

1131
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,320
Speaker 1: I will say this, he's very confident. He's very, very confident.

1132
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 1: And I asked him, you know, as we were just

1133
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 1: kind of before I left the gym, I was like,

1134
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 1: I know you're confident, and I know you're really confident

1135
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: in your guy's skill obviously, and who wouldn't be, I mean,

1136
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:20,879
Speaker 1: the way he goes in and dominates fights and he's

1137
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 1: never lost around in the UFC. But like, as the

1138
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 1: fight gets closer, do you get like that real sense

1139
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 1: of nervousness? No, just and I don't even want to

1140
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,839
Speaker 1: I don't even I hesitated like even putting this out there,

1141
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 1: because a lot of times these guys don't even want

1142
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 1: to think about the possibility of losing. But you know,

1143
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: have like like, this is like, what if Connor catches

1144
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 1: that perfect shot, you know, and what if we all

1145
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: know that this sport is unforgiving and just one small

1146
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: mistake ends up with Kabib on the canvas, like and

1147
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,320
Speaker 1: everything that would co along with that in the magnitude

1148
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 1: of this fight, like, you have to get some butterflies

1149
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: in your stomach just even thinking about that possibility. And

1150
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 1: he point blank confidently said and said, no, I'm not nervous.

1151
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,319
Speaker 1: I've been nervous for fights in the past. This is

1152
00:50:58,360 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: not one of them. I'm not nervous going to the

1153
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:02,400
Speaker 1: next week, and I believe them. He seemed very very confident.

1154
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 4: That's very interesting stuff. Well, it'll be a big fight

1155
00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 4: atmosphere for sure, and something that U Kabeb hasn't necessarily seen.

1156
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 4: But I think most of us are pretty confident in

1157
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:13,839
Speaker 4: his ability to handle it. And if you want, brett

1158
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 4: O Kamoto's final prediction seems like a color McGregor lean,

1159
00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 4: but you can get it later in the week at

1160
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 4: ESPN dot com. Thanks for the time, my man. We

1161
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,759
Speaker 4: always call you in for the big ones, and uh,

1162
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 4: I'll be rooting on your rocks today, man. I played

1163
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 4: them plus one fifty. I hope they get it done

1164
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 4: for you.

1165
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: That was gonna be my last question before I signed off.

1166
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 1: So you got money on my Rocks. I'm happy you're I.

1167
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Speaker 4: Do, and as you know, what I would suggest you

1168
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 4: do is to bet on the Dodgers so that at

1169
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 4: least that'll soften the blow if the Rockies lose.

1170
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: I don't need you if I got annex money on

1171
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,360
Speaker 1: the Rockies against this man, and you got a good number,

1172
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 1: you got a good number. You know your stuff.

1173
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 4: That's right, my man. All right, thanks Brett. We'll see

1174
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 4: in Vegas, Bud.

1175
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Speaker 1: Thank you, g I see you all right.

1176
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:56,480
Speaker 4: ESPN's bread okamodo with us here on the Anak and

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Speaker 4: Florian podcast. We are going to make some predictions here shortly,

1178
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 4: but first you've heard us say a lot over the

1179
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:05,879
Speaker 4: last several weeks. UFC Bantamway Champ TJ. Dillashaw absolutely loves

1180
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,080
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Speaker 4: as tough as they come, and they are the official

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Speaker 4: tire of the UFC. You know, there's a lot to

1184
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Speaker 4: love about Toyo tires. Aggressive design, proven on and off

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Speaker 4: road capabilities. These truly are tires for any weather. They've

1186
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Speaker 4: got the toughness to back it all up and then some.

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Speaker 4: There's a confidence that comes with tough tires. So no

1188
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Speaker 4: matter what you're driving, no matter where you're driving, you

1189
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Speaker 4: great as well. I can vouch for that. They are

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Speaker 4: also the choice of so many fighters up and down

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Speaker 4: two twenty nine is upon us. Ken Flow has exhausted

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Speaker 4: the clock. It is time for him to make his

1200
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 4: predictions to that end the Main Event Challenge. That's just

1201
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 4: it's the Main Event Challenge and the time is most

1202
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:17,879
Speaker 4: definitely I finished. Fine, how do you everything, boss?

1203
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,759
Speaker 3: We'll do win the Main Event Challenge to John Nnick

1204
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,160
Speaker 3: and Kenny Florian podcast.

1205
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 4: And I'm gonna drain the rest of this proper twelve

1206
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 4: flow as we get started.

1207
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Speaker 5: Uh, it literally will turn you into Connor McGregor. You

1208
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:36,839
Speaker 5: will be flying off the handle in like telling another

1209
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Speaker 5: couple of minutes. Well, those who know me well know

1210
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 5: that I don't have a great tolerance for alcohol. I

1211
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 5: don't drink that much, especially in the middle of the

1212
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 5: day when I got to go pick up my daughters.

1213
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Speaker 4: Right, So we'll see how this goes. Toyot Tires is

1214
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 4: probably thinking, hey, can we get the host to like

1215
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,280
Speaker 4: not drink before he reads the spot.

1216
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Speaker 6: Maybe you're gonna take an art Yeah that's right.

1217
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Speaker 4: Yeah, sorry, Riley, no car seat today, honey, get in

1218
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,359
Speaker 4: the back of the yuba. All right, you have two

1219
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:03,920
Speaker 4: twenty nine be versus McGregor. First, we'll update the standings.

1220
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 4: It was a big week for ken Flow in South

1221
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 4: Polo in terms of the predictions, but the guy that

1222
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,240
Speaker 4: we brought on, Brett Lopsi, also was strong as well.

1223
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 4: So one oh seven ninety seven was the lead for

1224
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 4: Team Annik. You had Thiago Mahetasanto's can flow by third

1225
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 4: round TKO, so you called the round the method of victory.

1226
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 4: You also had Lil nog as a plus two thirty underdog,

1227
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:28,920
Speaker 4: but you only win the week eight seven because Brett

1228
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:30,840
Speaker 4: was basically with you every step in the play. So

1229
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Speaker 4: one fourteen, one oh five going into the big one,

1230
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 4: but you got a lot of momentum, and as you

1231
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 4: might expect for a card of this magnitude, we're calling

1232
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Speaker 4: in the big guns on Twitter. He is at MMA

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Speaker 4: l OTN, MMA Locke of the Night, Man pre Jahas

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Speaker 4: is back by man Man Preaked.

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Speaker 8: Welcome back, addic what's going on, my brother? I appreciate

1236
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 8: you guys having you back on, especially for the biggest

1237
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:01,319
Speaker 8: event of the year. Fourth quarter of twenty eighteen is

1238
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 8: right here with us. So Team Manicet starts time closing

1239
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Speaker 8: the show.

1240
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 4: Well, you made such an impression on me when you

1241
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 4: made picks for UFC two to twenty seven in Los

1242
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 4: Angeles that there was only one guy I was bringing

1243
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 4: back for the consensus biggest fight in UFC history, and

1244
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,400
Speaker 4: that's MMA Lock of the Night. Let's get to it.

1245
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 4: First fight on the main card, strawweight Felice Herrok slightly

1246
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,879
Speaker 4: favored here minus one thirty five. Michelle Watterson coming back

1247
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 4: at plus one oh five. So Hark now thirty four

1248
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 4: years old, just turned dropped a split decision to Carolina

1249
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 4: koble Kievitch her last time out. That was a pretty

1250
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,879
Speaker 4: dominant effort from coble Keyevitch, if memory serves. Karate Hati

1251
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 4: on the other side, split decision winner over Courtney Casey

1252
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,760
Speaker 4: that was back in April, man pre close fight. According

1253
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:41,560
Speaker 4: to Vegas, how do you see a plan out?

1254
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,280
Speaker 8: Well, like you touched on Felis high run into Carolina

1255
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,960
Speaker 8: in her last fight kind of stopped some momentum that

1256
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:51,400
Speaker 8: she had going on with her. She did deet Grasso,

1257
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 8: which really put her on the radar, especially her being

1258
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 8: such a sizeable underdog in that fight. She has great

1259
00:55:56,840 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 8: stand up, solid Brazilian jiu jitsu, and various physically opposing

1260
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 8: for this weight class. Michelle O Otterson on the other hand,

1261
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Speaker 8: and you're talking about a former Invicta Adam Way champion.

1262
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 8: You know that's the one oh five pound division for

1263
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 8: all you newbies. A lot of hype going into her

1264
00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 8: UFC debut, even though she was coming off a loss

1265
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,759
Speaker 8: and in Victa she's a mass about a three to

1266
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:18,400
Speaker 8: two UFC record with setbacks only too Rose and t

1267
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Speaker 8: Sha Torres. They don't call her the karate Hardy for

1268
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,960
Speaker 8: no reason, though you know she got some fluid, stand up,

1269
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 8: unorthodox striking with the karate base, and she's definitely a looker.

1270
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 8: But in this fight, I gotta go with Felice Harrig.

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Speaker 8: I think that Michelle is just too small for this division.

1272
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:34,360
Speaker 8: She might have to hope that the UFC rings in

1273
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 8: the one to five pound division or just go back

1274
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:38,239
Speaker 8: to Invicta. I think she's going to get overpowered, and

1275
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Speaker 8: I was struck by Felice on rout to a.

1276
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Speaker 4: Felice's decision always insightful from man pre but it is

1277
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:46,480
Speaker 4: interesting when he talks about the Karate Hotty on the

1278
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 4: wrong end of the size equation here, Kenny, because Courtney

1279
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 4: Casey is as physically imposing as any strawweight in this division.

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Speaker 4: And I thought that was really a nice test for

1281
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 4: Waterson at this stage of her career, and I thought

1282
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Speaker 4: she passed it with flying colors. That was that the

1283
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 4: first night I saw Waterson as someone who could potentially

1284
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 4: contend for the championship in this division. So your thoughts

1285
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 4: on Karate Hatty as a slight underdog this weekend against Falise.

1286
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, listen, the difference is though Fullice Harrik is a

1287
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 5: different kind of animal. I think she does have that

1288
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:18,720
Speaker 5: strength advantage as well, but she also has the skill

1289
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:22,280
Speaker 5: advantage as well, especially on the ground, and I think

1290
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 5: she's gonna be able to hit some of those takedowns

1291
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,080
Speaker 5: against Michelle, especially probably late in the fight.

1292
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:30,920
Speaker 6: I think Felice will win this by decision.

1293
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 4: All right, Falise, Herrik minus won thirty five right here

1294
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:36,040
Speaker 4: at the outset of fight Week, all right. Next up

1295
00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 4: on the main card, man pret heavyweight title eliminator Alexander

1296
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:43,040
Speaker 4: Volkov enters here the minus one seventy five favorite, the

1297
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:46,280
Speaker 4: Black Beast Derek Lewis plus one five plus one forty

1298
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 4: five or so. Right now, what do you think here,

1299
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 4: man pre you going with the Black Beast Alexander Volkov?

1300
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 8: Well, Alexander Volkov is kind of forgotten heavyweight in the

1301
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 8: top five. You know, he's just coming off with Kale

1302
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:00,520
Speaker 8: victory of Champion or a former UFC hian for bris

1303
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 8: over Doom. But people are still kind of like looking

1304
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 8: past him and not really bringing him up in the

1305
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 8: discussion in terms of a title shot, which I think

1306
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 8: he's very deserving. He's writing a six fight win streak,

1307
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 8: twenty KOs and thirty victories, which is just ridiculous. Is

1308
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:15,720
Speaker 8: a durable long heavyweight, standing at six foot seven inches

1309
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,160
Speaker 8: tall with a eighty one reach eighty one inch reach.

1310
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 8: He's a former champion in other organizations. He uses his

1311
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:23,800
Speaker 8: kickboxing very well with a good sense of range, and

1312
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:27,400
Speaker 8: has a pretty complete MMA game overall. Derek Lewis, though,

1313
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 8: can we just not talk about being Gago fight Kenny,

1314
00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,640
Speaker 8: Let's just not even bring that one up. Yeah, he's

1315
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,160
Speaker 8: got eight and one since losing to Sean Jordan from

1316
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 8: that hook kick ko. You know, his only loss in

1317
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:41,440
Speaker 8: that stretch was to Mark Hunt, which one I believe

1318
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 8: four rounds or so. His back has been a concern,

1319
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 8: even though you know that it's something that he's always

1320
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 8: you know, pointed to when he's having issues inside the octagon.

1321
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:52,400
Speaker 8: But you know, we know about his devastating power, his

1322
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 8: vicious ground and pound. He gets these rushes of a

1323
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:56,560
Speaker 8: dragone at the end of these fights as well, and

1324
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 8: it's always enough to get the ko like see the

1325
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:01,800
Speaker 8: Shamil Abdua Rahiema fight, or enough to just win the

1326
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:03,840
Speaker 8: round like the Roy Nelson fight, which is probably one

1327
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:06,920
Speaker 8: one going into that third round. In the end, my

1328
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 8: prediction has got to be that Volkov uses his kicks

1329
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,840
Speaker 8: to keep Black Beasts on the outside. He mixes in

1330
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:13,880
Speaker 8: a couple of takeouts because I don't think Black Beast

1331
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,600
Speaker 8: has much off of his back. Volkov will make it

1332
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:18,240
Speaker 8: a boring fight and do enough to stay away from

1333
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:20,680
Speaker 8: the power of Lewis. As long as he mindus p's

1334
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,560
Speaker 8: and q's, he should be able to come away with

1335
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 8: a decision victory. So I got Alexander Volkov.

1336
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 4: And you're right that he is the forgotten man in

1337
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,080
Speaker 4: this heavyweight division, Kenny. He's thirty and six, a shiny

1338
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 4: four to Ozho in the UFC and when they needed

1339
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 4: a backup for steep A and DC, the calendar played

1340
00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 4: some role there, but Alexander Volkov was the guy who

1341
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:41,920
Speaker 4: weighed in. So if he beats Derek Lewis here his

1342
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 4: next fight conceivably at some point in twenty nineteen. I

1343
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:47,360
Speaker 4: know there's this brock lesnar cloud, but Volkov could be

1344
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:50,000
Speaker 4: one win away from a crack at the UFC title.

1345
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,080
Speaker 4: How do you think he matches up with Houston's Derek Lewis.

1346
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 5: Well, he's got to utilize that reach in length against

1347
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:57,400
Speaker 5: the very dangerous Derek Lewis.

1348
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 6: Volkov is a good strike, He's good everywhere.

1349
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,760
Speaker 5: He's a better overall mixed martial artist than Derek Lewis

1350
01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:07,960
Speaker 5: in my opinion, but he does get hit. He has

1351
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:10,480
Speaker 5: to be much better defensively. All it takes is one,

1352
01:00:10,560 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 5: and all it takes is one with Derek Lewis, especially,

1353
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:17,160
Speaker 5: so he has to be very careful. Yeah, if it

1354
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:19,720
Speaker 5: plays out the way it should, Volkov should win this fight.

1355
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:24,200
Speaker 5: I think he should probably try to work in takedowns. However,

1356
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 5: that's where he's really gonna have the huge advantage against

1357
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 5: Derek Lewis, especially if he gets that top position.

1358
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 6: I'm gonna go with.

1359
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:35,680
Speaker 4: Volkoff nine UFC knockouts coming in for Derek Lewis, will

1360
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:37,800
Speaker 4: see if he can make it ten. And for Lewis,

1361
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:40,480
Speaker 4: this is as close as he has been to title contention.

1362
01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 4: Say what you want about that. Francis and got a result,

1363
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,200
Speaker 4: but it's a do w in the column of Derek Lewis,

1364
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:49,920
Speaker 4: who obviously has a lot more UFC experience than Alexander Volkov.

1365
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:52,680
Speaker 4: All Right, interesting light heavyweight fight here, man pried on

1366
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 4: the main card at least in my opinion, Dominic reyes

1367
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 4: against the roster staple ovin Saint Pruz so Vince the

1368
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:01,240
Speaker 4: dog here plus one seventy Ray is the minus two

1369
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 4: ten favorite Rays undefeated man. You know, Vegas likes those

1370
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,640
Speaker 4: undefeated records. What do you think he does here against

1371
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 4: open Saint Prue.

1372
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,640
Speaker 8: Dominic Krez is definitely a budding prospect, you know not

1373
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 8: I know all of them by finished except one.

1374
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 10: Uh.

1375
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 8: He seems to always be seeking the finish from all

1376
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:20,080
Speaker 8: positions when whenever he's in the fight, from you know,

1377
01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:23,080
Speaker 8: taking guys backs, which he did to Jeremy Kimball, or

1378
01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:27,240
Speaker 8: just methodically you know, knocking or getting a TKO over

1379
01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:30,840
Speaker 8: somebody in like Jared cannoneers. So he picks his shots.

1380
01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:34,160
Speaker 8: He's very methodical again with his striking, and he never

1381
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 8: really lets the guys off the hook once he gets

1382
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,480
Speaker 8: them hurt. He's he's really good at finding, you know,

1383
01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 8: the proper shots and the proper entries to get the

1384
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,320
Speaker 8: finish that he needs. Orsp you know, the pinnacle of

1385
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:46,280
Speaker 8: his UFC career so far has been that loss to

1386
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:48,840
Speaker 8: John Jones when he stepped in on short noise for

1387
01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:51,200
Speaker 8: that fight. He's four and one in his last five,

1388
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:54,440
Speaker 8: with his only loss coming to the learly TP. You know,

1389
01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 8: he has all the potential with his talent and his physicality,

1390
01:01:57,520 --> 01:01:59,560
Speaker 8: but he always ends up just falling short when he's

1391
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,960
Speaker 8: managed to string it together a couple wins. He didn't

1392
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,480
Speaker 8: react very well to the leg kicks that Volkanozemir was

1393
01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:07,760
Speaker 8: able to throwd him, and he's a slow starter, and

1394
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 8: that's the last thing you want to do with the

1395
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:12,600
Speaker 8: guy like the Devastator. My prediction for this fight. You know,

1396
01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:16,120
Speaker 8: the TT managed to drop OSP and OISP didn't really

1397
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:18,560
Speaker 8: hold that range very well. Pedro was able to drop

1398
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:20,800
Speaker 8: Orsp and rock him as well, but you know, he

1399
01:02:21,120 --> 01:02:24,040
Speaker 8: got a little bit oversealous with that guillotine and wasn't

1400
01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:26,400
Speaker 8: able to get the finish there and allowed OSP to

1401
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:28,480
Speaker 8: get back into the fight. I think Ras puts the

1402
01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:31,600
Speaker 8: pressure on Ost from the jump, rocks him, doesn't let

1403
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:33,120
Speaker 8: him off the hook and picks him up parking and

1404
01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:35,560
Speaker 8: gets the TTO in round number one.

1405
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, Reyes doesn't fight at a light heavyweight pace. He

1406
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:40,920
Speaker 4: fights more like a middle waight. He's a pressure fighter,

1407
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:43,400
Speaker 4: and that does concern me about open Saint Prue Kenny

1408
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:47,400
Speaker 4: in the early going, how he handles the fast start

1409
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:51,440
Speaker 4: potentially of Dominic Reyes thirty fifth pro fight overall for

1410
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:55,280
Speaker 4: Saint Prue eighteenth in the UFC, Perhaps experience will pay

1411
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 4: dividends for him. What do you think about osp in

1412
01:02:57,680 --> 01:02:59,600
Speaker 4: the role of betting underdog this weekend?

1413
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:02,680
Speaker 5: Kid Well, for osp you know, fundamentally, he does make

1414
01:03:02,720 --> 01:03:04,920
Speaker 5: a lot of mistakes and I don't see him changing

1415
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:06,880
Speaker 5: any of those things in the future. His hands are

1416
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 5: typically very low and that is always going to make

1417
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,880
Speaker 5: him susceptible, especially to a guy with great and fast

1418
01:03:13,880 --> 01:03:16,280
Speaker 5: hands like a Dominic Raise, So he has to be

1419
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:18,360
Speaker 5: very careful there. He's got to use those kicks from

1420
01:03:18,360 --> 01:03:21,120
Speaker 5: the outside and try to work in takedowns to get

1421
01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:24,200
Speaker 5: on top, try to control the action from that position,

1422
01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:27,080
Speaker 5: maybe work one of his guillotine submissions there.

1423
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:29,600
Speaker 6: That's not going to be an easy task.

1424
01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:31,520
Speaker 5: I think Raise is also pretty good on the mat

1425
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 5: as well, So yeah, listen, betting wise, if I'm betting this,

1426
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:40,800
Speaker 5: this might be one of the underdog bets to to place.

1427
01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:45,200
Speaker 5: I think Ovin Saint Prue can win this match Dominic Raise.

1428
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 5: While I do see him winning this fight, I'm going

1429
01:03:47,640 --> 01:03:50,320
Speaker 5: to pick him as far as the better for the

1430
01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:53,000
Speaker 5: betters out there. I think this is a pretty decent

1431
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:55,480
Speaker 5: underdog pick, and Ovin Saint Prue Dominic raise is like

1432
01:03:55,480 --> 01:03:57,640
Speaker 5: a three to one favorite right now, is that right?

1433
01:03:57,720 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 4: Yeah? Pretty big favorite, pretty favorite. I saw him as

1434
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:03,600
Speaker 4: high as plus one eighty five today, so I think

1435
01:04:03,640 --> 01:04:05,400
Speaker 4: you are onto something there, Ken Flow. It was a

1436
01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:08,400
Speaker 4: little bit wider than I expected it to be, so

1437
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 4: we'll see how it plays out this week and our

1438
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 4: comin event. And I regret that we didn't spend more

1439
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,680
Speaker 4: time on Tony Ferguson off the top of the show,

1440
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:18,360
Speaker 4: either last week or this week, because lost in this

1441
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:22,880
Speaker 4: Kabib McGregor dynamic is the fact that Tony Ferguson is

1442
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:24,240
Speaker 4: one of the best pound for pound fighters in the

1443
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 4: world and has won ten consecutive fights at lightweight and

1444
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:30,240
Speaker 4: is returning here this weekend against Anthony's Showtime Pettis a

1445
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:33,120
Speaker 4: lot sooner than a lot of medical professionals would think

1446
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:35,520
Speaker 4: he would be humanly capable of returning. He had a

1447
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:38,640
Speaker 4: very invasive knee surgery in April, and here is el

1448
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:42,080
Speaker 4: Ku Kouy minus three p fifty against Anthony Showtime Pettis,

1449
01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:46,280
Speaker 4: who is plus two seventy. Very impressive to see Ferguson

1450
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,320
Speaker 4: return here. The question is in what form? Man, what

1451
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:52,560
Speaker 4: are your expectations for El Kukooe and Pettis here this weekend.

1452
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,080
Speaker 8: I think this is a tough fight for Tony Ferguson

1453
01:04:56,120 --> 01:04:58,760
Speaker 8: to come back from, especially after such a devastating injury,

1454
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:00,880
Speaker 8: and that he needs to have.

1455
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:01,480
Speaker 10: Uh.

1456
01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:04,439
Speaker 8: Pettis is coming off a great victory over Kisa, even

1457
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:06,760
Speaker 8: though everyone kind of counted him out in that great

1458
01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:09,600
Speaker 8: technical striking, brilliant jiu jitsu off his back. And let's

1459
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,560
Speaker 8: just quickly talk about those quick like chokes that he

1460
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:13,160
Speaker 8: got on Melendez and Bendo.

1461
01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 10: Uh.

1462
01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:16,280
Speaker 8: Those are great, you know, quick submissions. Nobody really saw

1463
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:18,600
Speaker 8: them even coming there. He just latched on that guilty

1464
01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:20,520
Speaker 8: onto the letters like instantly.

1465
01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 4: It was.

1466
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:22,200
Speaker 8: It was insane how quickly.

1467
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:22,360
Speaker 1: He got that.

1468
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:25,360
Speaker 8: And who can forget about the you know, the kick

1469
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:28,800
Speaker 8: herd around the world, the drump kickover defense on Bendo.

1470
01:05:29,560 --> 01:05:29,680
Speaker 10: Uh.

1471
01:05:29,920 --> 01:05:32,120
Speaker 8: You know he's not the best with being pressured. He

1472
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:34,080
Speaker 8: needs a little bit of space to get some shots off.

1473
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:34,760
Speaker 10: Uh.

1474
01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 8: And he always he hasn't always had the strongest takedown

1475
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:41,640
Speaker 8: defense other either Tony Ferguson on the other hand, he

1476
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 8: is by far my favorite lightweight on the UFC roster

1477
01:05:44,760 --> 01:05:46,640
Speaker 8: at this current moment. You know, he's running a ten

1478
01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:49,320
Speaker 8: fight win streak. Unfortunately, he's been barred by a string

1479
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:52,960
Speaker 8: of bad luck injuries, bluke injuries, the whole Kabiev debacle

1480
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:56,520
Speaker 8: and not being being able to get that site together. Technically,

1481
01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:58,480
Speaker 8: should still be in the interim champion, you know, hasn't

1482
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:00,680
Speaker 8: even been a four years since he's since he fought

1483
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:04,680
Speaker 8: Kevin Lee. He has an orthodox striking, awesome jiu jitsu

1484
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:08,120
Speaker 8: game as well, very excellent in scrambles, has legit resting

1485
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 8: credentials and skills, but he doesn't lean on them much

1486
01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:13,920
Speaker 8: As of weight. He does get hit a lot. The

1487
01:06:13,960 --> 01:06:16,880
Speaker 8: Vanata fight was just bonkers as well, so his striking

1488
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 8: defense is something you know to.

1489
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: Be to work on as well.

1490
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:23,720
Speaker 8: My official prediction for the fight, however, I think the

1491
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:25,960
Speaker 8: severe eng layoff will play a factor in this fight.

1492
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 8: Petters is definitely some ready not to overlook, and especially

1493
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,439
Speaker 8: the fact there's a three to one dog in this fight.

1494
01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:32,880
Speaker 8: I saw him at about plus three hundred today, so

1495
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:38,040
Speaker 8: that's just insane considering the circumstances and stylistic matchup. I

1496
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,360
Speaker 8: think Ferguson can make it a really easy matchup if

1497
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 8: he relies on his wrestling and grinds pet this out.

1498
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:45,919
Speaker 8: But as my man John Anak says, you're betting the number,

1499
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:48,640
Speaker 8: not the fighter, And I think Anthony will outstrike Ferguson

1500
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 8: Joe Land some beautiful cannons and either catch a submission

1501
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 8: off of rocking Ferguson, or he might get Ferguson with

1502
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 8: some sort of choke on one of his wacky entries.

1503
01:06:57,480 --> 01:06:59,280
Speaker 8: So I think I'm gonna go or I will be

1504
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:01,800
Speaker 8: going with Antony Cetus to get some extra points for Tea.

1505
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 4: That's very interesting, man, And that's an well, no, I

1506
01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 4: kenfo is going to go that. Well, that's an important

1507
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:10,640
Speaker 4: distinction though, right, because if you have a gun to

1508
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:14,200
Speaker 4: your head, you might take Tony Ferguson, right, But when

1509
01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:16,360
Speaker 4: you're sitting in a sports book, right, you have to

1510
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 4: try to find value. You're betting a number and not

1511
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,440
Speaker 4: the fighter, as man Preet said, So again, this was

1512
01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:26,520
Speaker 4: wider than I expected, Kenny, especially given what Tony Ferguson

1513
01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:28,400
Speaker 4: has had to deal with outside the octagon and also

1514
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:33,320
Speaker 4: in being around Anthony showtime. Pettis right, Petts two point

1515
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:35,840
Speaker 4: zero is here, man. I mean he is back right,

1516
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:39,640
Speaker 4: like he has literally gotten past a mental place in

1517
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 4: his career where he was hyper focused on the wrestling

1518
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:47,400
Speaker 4: that kiesa result in July can't be overstated how big

1519
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:50,160
Speaker 4: that is for Anthony Pettis coming in here against Tony Ferguson.

1520
01:07:50,560 --> 01:07:52,480
Speaker 4: Your thoughts on this comine event, kid.

1521
01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:54,960
Speaker 5: Well Man pret I was a little worried as you

1522
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:57,160
Speaker 5: were breaking that down because I said, oh, man.

1523
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:58,520
Speaker 6: I hope he doesn't go with Pettis. I hope he

1524
01:07:58,560 --> 01:07:59,360
Speaker 6: doesn't go with Pettis.

1525
01:08:00,080 --> 01:08:04,960
Speaker 5: Corse you went with Pettish Man, Well, listen, I like

1526
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:09,000
Speaker 5: Pettis here as well against Tony Ferguson, And you know

1527
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:10,000
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna lie.

1528
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:10,320
Speaker 6: Listen.

1529
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:13,000
Speaker 5: I've been surprised with some of the results from Tony Ferguson.

1530
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 5: I am always blown away by this guy because of

1531
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:20,599
Speaker 5: his heart, his determination, his chin, his killer instinct.

1532
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:22,879
Speaker 6: But when you look at him.

1533
01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:25,920
Speaker 5: Fight, he makes a lot of mistakes out there, and

1534
01:08:25,960 --> 01:08:29,400
Speaker 5: I think against a sharp fighter like an Anthony Pettis,

1535
01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:31,920
Speaker 5: you just can't do that. And I think Anthony Pettis

1536
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:34,799
Speaker 5: is one of those guys that, yes, can Tony Ferguson

1537
01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:37,920
Speaker 5: submit him absolutely, but Pettis might be able to take

1538
01:08:37,960 --> 01:08:42,439
Speaker 5: advantage of the inadequacies of Tony Ferguson, both on the

1539
01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 5: feet and on the ground. I think he's one of

1540
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:46,559
Speaker 5: the few guys who could probably finish Tony Ferguson.

1541
01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:49,679
Speaker 6: I think he's gonna be cleaner on the feet.

1542
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,280
Speaker 5: I think he has to be ready for the hardest

1543
01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 5: fifteen minutes of his life, and Pettis does not like

1544
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:57,880
Speaker 5: being pressured. I agree with you, Man Preden, and I

1545
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 5: also agree with the fact that you know he can

1546
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,600
Speaker 5: slow down late in fight, especially with the type of

1547
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:06,880
Speaker 5: a pace that Tony Ferguson can put on you.

1548
01:09:07,400 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 6: But I don't think it goes this far.

1549
01:09:09,680 --> 01:09:12,200
Speaker 5: I think we get blown away by an Anthony Pettis

1550
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:14,280
Speaker 5: finish in round two.

1551
01:09:15,400 --> 01:09:17,919
Speaker 4: I can't wait to see it can flow. Pretty convicted

1552
01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:21,880
Speaker 4: Pettus finishing Tony Ferguson this weekend. But I also just

1553
01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:25,040
Speaker 4: feel like for Tony this is an opportunity on a

1554
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 4: huge show to show that he is back and seemingly

1555
01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:30,479
Speaker 4: better than ever. And if he can finish Anthony Pettis

1556
01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:31,360
Speaker 4: on the other side, then.

1557
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:33,840
Speaker 6: Did man par I'm sorry, did man pre go round

1558
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:35,000
Speaker 6: one or two or three?

1559
01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:37,760
Speaker 4: He did not give us a round because there is

1560
01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:41,040
Speaker 4: no round, there is no finish. But we might give

1561
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:43,000
Speaker 4: you an extra point, kid, that's fine. You never know.

1562
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:45,480
Speaker 4: It just depends what kind of mood I'm in. If

1563
01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:47,200
Speaker 4: I'm drinking properly, I.

1564
01:09:47,640 --> 01:09:50,640
Speaker 5: Was gonna say round one, but that's fine if I'm

1565
01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:51,839
Speaker 5: drinking proper twelve.

1566
01:09:51,840 --> 01:09:54,439
Speaker 4: When I tally the results, I sometimes give Ken Flow

1567
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:56,920
Speaker 4: an extra point. See, but he's not always drinking proper

1568
01:09:57,000 --> 01:09:59,639
Speaker 4: twelve when I'm tallying up the results. All right, main

1569
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:05,200
Speaker 4: event here we go. Got bib Normongo Medov minus one seventy,

1570
01:10:05,280 --> 01:10:07,960
Speaker 4: the betting favorite. He will try to successfully defend his

1571
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:11,439
Speaker 4: UFC lightweight title here against the former two division champion

1572
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:14,440
Speaker 4: you may have heard of him, Connor McGregor, the notorious,

1573
01:10:14,439 --> 01:10:16,799
Speaker 4: a plus one forty underdog, at least in most spots.

1574
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:20,559
Speaker 4: As we sit here on Monday, MMA Lock of the Night.

1575
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:23,880
Speaker 4: We need a lock here. Who will win this epic

1576
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:27,040
Speaker 4: main event Bib Normongo metav Or Connor McGregor and ultimately

1577
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:28,040
Speaker 4: how do they get it done?

1578
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:32,240
Speaker 8: And just with you teeing up this fight, I'm getting goosebumps.

1579
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:34,640
Speaker 8: I'm so excited for this fight. I cannot wait for

1580
01:10:34,680 --> 01:10:37,840
Speaker 8: this fight to go down could be twenty six and oh,

1581
01:10:37,960 --> 01:10:39,840
Speaker 8: there's a reason he's twenty six, and oh he's one

1582
01:10:39,880 --> 01:10:42,200
Speaker 8: of the most feared wrestlers in the history of the UFC.

1583
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,799
Speaker 8: Unfortunate delay and his rise to start with nagging injuries

1584
01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:48,639
Speaker 8: and blocking out certain months to fight due to Ramadan.

1585
01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:52,599
Speaker 8: But you know, we see his queer weakness and striking,

1586
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:54,559
Speaker 8: but he's gotten away with it due to the fear

1587
01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,799
Speaker 8: that he imposes or puts into his appointans with his wrestling.

1588
01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:00,800
Speaker 8: One thing that a lot of people that aren't really

1589
01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:04,400
Speaker 8: talking about, Unlike Connor McGregor, Kabeb has actually been fighting

1590
01:11:04,439 --> 01:11:08,040
Speaker 8: guys whose strengths are massively stronger than Kabebe's weaknesses in

1591
01:11:08,200 --> 01:11:10,639
Speaker 8: terms of striking, and he's ragged on them like three

1592
01:11:10,840 --> 01:11:13,920
Speaker 8: his last few fights a loan. Michael Johnson, Edson, Barbosa,

1593
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:17,280
Speaker 8: Ally Quinta very good strikers. You know, guys that may

1594
01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:20,080
Speaker 8: not be known for the finish that Connor McGregor, but

1595
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:22,439
Speaker 8: the guys that can put their punches together. And you know,

1596
01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:24,519
Speaker 8: we saw what Michael Johnson was able to do when

1597
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:26,840
Speaker 8: he was getting confident with his striking and was able

1598
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:30,760
Speaker 8: to put some combinations together, Eventually Kabib was able to

1599
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:33,000
Speaker 8: get Michael Johnson down and that just kind of turned

1600
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:36,040
Speaker 8: the tide for the fight. Same thing in the Barbosa fight,

1601
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:38,879
Speaker 8: Same thing in die Quinta fight. Whereas in the Quantified

1602
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:42,320
Speaker 8: we saw a little bit more of you know, Kabeb's striking.

1603
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:45,320
Speaker 8: It seemed that I Quinto was too try to pull

1604
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 8: the trigger due to the you know, the fear of

1605
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:50,439
Speaker 8: the resting. And then once we started talking about Connor McGregor,

1606
01:11:50,479 --> 01:11:52,599
Speaker 8: you know, this guy hasn't convenied in the USC since

1607
01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:54,960
Speaker 8: USC two or five when he finished at Jabres. But

1608
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:56,400
Speaker 8: then again, who the hell would if you got a

1609
01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:57,280
Speaker 8: one hundred million in the bank?

1610
01:11:57,400 --> 01:11:57,519
Speaker 3: Right?

1611
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:01,280
Speaker 8: Confidence is far, why the most we've seen in the

1612
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:04,040
Speaker 8: UFC from Connor McGregor, and just to step into the

1613
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:06,640
Speaker 8: octagon with that confidence is already in the advantage right

1614
01:12:06,680 --> 01:12:09,920
Speaker 8: off the bat. He has that powerful, light left hand,

1615
01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:13,240
Speaker 8: great movement, and great footwork. But the only real grappler

1616
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:16,120
Speaker 8: he's fought in the UFC is Chad Mendez, who's coming

1617
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:18,360
Speaker 8: in on the super score notice and had a very

1618
01:12:18,360 --> 01:12:21,360
Speaker 8: depleted gas tank from the get go. He's only been

1619
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:25,680
Speaker 8: taken down from Chad Menders and Nate Diaz. But you

1620
01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:27,439
Speaker 8: know again, if Chad Menders had a little bit more

1621
01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:29,200
Speaker 8: of a training camp, we may not even be talking

1622
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 8: about Connor McGregor as much as we are right now.

1623
01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:36,080
Speaker 8: My prediction in this flight, Connor needs to treat the

1624
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:38,120
Speaker 8: warning track of the Doctor God like hot love. As

1625
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:40,400
Speaker 8: soon as he steps on that on that border, he

1626
01:12:40,439 --> 01:12:42,880
Speaker 8: needs to circle off, get back into the middle of

1627
01:12:42,920 --> 01:12:44,960
Speaker 8: the cage and stay off the fence as much as possible.

1628
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:49,559
Speaker 8: Kabib needs to close a distance, keep his striking defense

1629
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:52,080
Speaker 8: on point, and get the takedown as soon as possible

1630
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:55,800
Speaker 8: in every single round. Every round, the first priority is

1631
01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:58,240
Speaker 8: going to be the takedown and he has to take

1632
01:12:58,280 --> 01:13:01,600
Speaker 8: no chances to get hit with that Kelta cross. I

1633
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:03,879
Speaker 8: left my final pick as kind of to be decided

1634
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:06,200
Speaker 8: because I was still unsure of who I would go with.

1635
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:09,280
Speaker 8: But in the moments, I gotta go with Kabebe dead

1636
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:12,719
Speaker 8: round TKO. I've seen everything on tape from their past

1637
01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:15,800
Speaker 8: experiences and as a as a handicapper, that's what you

1638
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:18,759
Speaker 8: gotta rely on. So just based on tape, I gotta

1639
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:19,439
Speaker 8: go with Kabebe.

1640
01:13:20,400 --> 01:13:23,160
Speaker 4: All right, Lock of the Night goes with Beibmago metof

1641
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:25,800
Speaker 4: round three, TKO, I'm gonna get Ken Flow's pick on

1642
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:29,520
Speaker 4: the other side. So Man Prede, I appreciate your insights.

1643
01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:31,280
Speaker 4: On Twitter, you can find him at M M A

1644
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:34,280
Speaker 4: l O t N. Thank you for your time as always, man,

1645
01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:36,439
Speaker 4: great job, enjoy the fights and I'm sure we'll talk

1646
01:13:36,439 --> 01:13:38,360
Speaker 4: to you before the year's out, Bud, thank you so much.

1647
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:41,600
Speaker 8: Last thing on the way out exclusive dog play like

1648
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:44,160
Speaker 8: I always do. For that Hereforian listeners, I got one

1649
01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:46,960
Speaker 8: unit on Juice It for me get plus one fifty

1650
01:13:47,160 --> 01:13:49,479
Speaker 8: and lastly I got M M A l OTN dot

1651
01:13:49,479 --> 01:13:51,599
Speaker 8: ca A dropping today to make sure you guys sit

1652
01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 8: that up and check out everything you need to tell

1653
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:55,960
Speaker 8: you about MMA Lock of the Night. Thanks Sean, Thanks Kenny.

1654
01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:57,640
Speaker 8: Let's fucking get these points.

1655
01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:00,960
Speaker 4: Thank you, buddy. There he is, man pre Now. Last

1656
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:03,760
Speaker 4: time I think it was JJ Aldrich he gave you

1657
01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:06,720
Speaker 4: as an underdog pick for UFC two twenty seven, and

1658
01:14:06,720 --> 01:14:09,759
Speaker 4: that came in and today he likes Juicya Formiga against

1659
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:12,360
Speaker 4: Sergio Pett has some pretty good betting value there, all right.

1660
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:15,160
Speaker 4: As far as betting this fight between how Bibermongo metav

1661
01:14:15,160 --> 01:14:17,720
Speaker 4: and Connor McGregor is concerned as I've said over the

1662
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:20,639
Speaker 4: last several weeks, if you do like Kbibe, I think

1663
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:22,400
Speaker 4: you can wait. I think you can get a better

1664
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:24,880
Speaker 4: price than one sixty five, one seventy whatever it is

1665
01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 4: right now. I think the McGregor money is just inevitable.

1666
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,280
Speaker 4: When everybody gets to Las Vegas. I think you're going

1667
01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:32,519
Speaker 4: to see this thing move twenty or thirty cents pretty

1668
01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:35,439
Speaker 4: quickly over under his set at two and a half rounds.

1669
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:38,000
Speaker 4: Right now, you can get even money for the over.

1670
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:39,840
Speaker 4: So if you are on the Kabib side and you

1671
01:14:39,840 --> 01:14:42,160
Speaker 4: think he's going to extend Connor, maybe you see some

1672
01:14:42,280 --> 01:14:45,559
Speaker 4: value there. Kenny. When this fight was announced, I said

1673
01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:49,439
Speaker 4: on the annek and Florian podcast that I believed, when

1674
01:14:49,479 --> 01:14:53,040
Speaker 4: push came to shove the striker, Kenny Florian was going

1675
01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:55,799
Speaker 4: to pick Connor McGregor to win this fight. I'd imagine

1676
01:14:55,880 --> 01:14:57,720
Speaker 4: it's not all that easy for you to make this pick.

1677
01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:00,120
Speaker 4: I know we always ask you to do it on Monday,

1678
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:03,840
Speaker 4: but the world wants to know on which side do

1679
01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:06,840
Speaker 4: you fall bieb Nermago Meta or Connor McGregor, and how

1680
01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:07,559
Speaker 4: do they get it done.

1681
01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:09,639
Speaker 5: Let's break this down a little bit. Let's talk about

1682
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:13,679
Speaker 5: Habib Normaga Metof. Now, when I look at their records

1683
01:15:13,680 --> 01:15:15,639
Speaker 5: and I see all the guys that they've faced, there's

1684
01:15:15,720 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 5: no doubt that Conor McGregor has beaten the tougher roster.

1685
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:20,479
Speaker 6: There is just no debating that.

1686
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:25,880
Speaker 5: However, habib Nirmaga Medoff has used a style that we

1687
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,519
Speaker 5: saw in the late nineties and early two thousands with

1688
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:31,360
Speaker 5: American wrestlers, where they would take you down and ground

1689
01:15:31,400 --> 01:15:33,800
Speaker 5: and pound you into oblivion and there was nothing you

1690
01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:35,800
Speaker 5: could do to stop it. You know exactly what they

1691
01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:37,640
Speaker 5: were going to do and you couldn't stop it. The

1692
01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:40,200
Speaker 5: fact that habib Na Maga Metof is able to do

1693
01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:44,559
Speaker 5: this in twenty eighteen against every single person he's faced,

1694
01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:49,080
Speaker 5: all twenty six of them, is nothing short of remarkable. However,

1695
01:15:49,200 --> 01:15:51,960
Speaker 5: it is a limited style, and there's times where I

1696
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:54,600
Speaker 5: see him on the feet where he's very vulnerable to

1697
01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:58,519
Speaker 5: countershots and other strikes. He's a little robotic in what

1698
01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 5: he does. When he's he's flowy, he's fine, it's okay,

1699
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:06,280
Speaker 5: it's not that bad. But for me, it's his stance

1700
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:09,920
Speaker 5: that worries me the most. He stands very square, which

1701
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:13,160
Speaker 5: makes a very large target for any striker. The problem

1702
01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:16,040
Speaker 5: is he's not just going against any striker. He's going

1703
01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:20,040
Speaker 5: against Connor McGregor, and he has the ability Connor to

1704
01:16:20,160 --> 01:16:23,680
Speaker 5: find that one inch on your on your chin, that

1705
01:16:23,720 --> 01:16:27,960
Speaker 5: he can land that fist and you're out. Habib also

1706
01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:31,160
Speaker 5: uses that pressure style well. Connor sometimes will use that

1707
01:16:31,240 --> 01:16:36,880
Speaker 5: against you. However, it will be difficult for Connor to

1708
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:40,240
Speaker 5: win this fight if he does get backed up repeatedly

1709
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:43,280
Speaker 5: in this fight. The man who dominates the center of

1710
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 5: the octagon will win this fight. And we saw it

1711
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:51,280
Speaker 5: in his fight against Chad Mendez. Connor McGregor ran out

1712
01:16:51,920 --> 01:16:55,720
Speaker 5: to pursue Chad Mendez. He did not allow him to

1713
01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:58,120
Speaker 5: kind of come back and decide to count of counter wrestle.

1714
01:16:58,439 --> 01:16:59,800
Speaker 6: No, Connor McGregor.

1715
01:16:59,439 --> 01:17:03,000
Speaker 5: Takes a pro active approach against most grapplers, and I

1716
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:05,719
Speaker 5: believe he will do this and must do this against

1717
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:06,920
Speaker 5: Habib Narmaga Medov.

1718
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:09,719
Speaker 6: I also think that.

1719
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:13,200
Speaker 5: Habib is going to deal with an emotion and an

1720
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:15,680
Speaker 5: energy that he has never dealt with before.

1721
01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:18,160
Speaker 6: Is he scared of Conor McGregor.

1722
01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:18,600
Speaker 10: No.

1723
01:17:20,160 --> 01:17:23,960
Speaker 5: Is he nervous about how big this fight is. No,

1724
01:17:25,160 --> 01:17:29,400
Speaker 5: but he does want to destroy Connor McGregor. He wants

1725
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 5: to kill Mconnor McGregor. He wants to make him pay

1726
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:36,080
Speaker 5: for everything that he said, that everything that he's done

1727
01:17:36,120 --> 01:17:38,640
Speaker 5: to insult him in his religion and his dad and

1728
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:42,360
Speaker 5: his family. Those are the things that are going to

1729
01:17:42,479 --> 01:17:46,080
Speaker 5: bother a man from Dagastan. Those are the things they're

1730
01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:50,559
Speaker 5: gonna bother a man like habibnrmaga Metov. And that is

1731
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 5: what worries me most. Connor McGregor. You look at all

1732
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,840
Speaker 5: the guys that he has faced, a lot of people

1733
01:17:56,880 --> 01:18:01,080
Speaker 5: believe he wasn't gonna beat Dustin Pourier. Okay, a lot

1734
01:18:01,080 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 5: of people believed he was not going to beat Chad Mendez.

1735
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:05,160
Speaker 5: That was a terrible matchup for him. That was at

1736
01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 5: one hundred and forty five pounds. Connor McGregor had a

1737
01:18:07,720 --> 01:18:10,719
Speaker 5: torn acl He was traveling back and forth on fight

1738
01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:13,120
Speaker 5: week trying to cut down to one hundred and forty

1739
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:15,560
Speaker 5: five pounds. This guy was going over to Bristol, Connecticut

1740
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,599
Speaker 5: to do an interview at ESPN on fight week. No

1741
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:21,000
Speaker 5: one would do that. And he came back, he made

1742
01:18:21,000 --> 01:18:26,600
Speaker 5: the weight and he won by knockout against Chad Mendes. Okay, Joseialdo,

1743
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 5: the greatest featherweight of all time. That was the fight

1744
01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:33,360
Speaker 5: that Connor McGregor was supposed to be exposed in. Thirteen

1745
01:18:33,439 --> 01:18:36,920
Speaker 5: seconds later, Josialdo was knocked out face first into the canvas.

1746
01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:40,719
Speaker 5: Eddie Alvarez, a guy who was fought all over the world,

1747
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:44,680
Speaker 5: had many fights, many big fights, could not execute a

1748
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:48,000
Speaker 5: game plan because of his emotions in that fight, after

1749
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:50,639
Speaker 5: all of that experience, after everything that he has seen,

1750
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:55,080
Speaker 5: he wasn't able to put across that. Take away that illusion,

1751
01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:59,360
Speaker 5: take away that pressure, and he lost to Connor McGregor

1752
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,880
Speaker 5: and unfortunately looked like it was his first fight ever

1753
01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:04,520
Speaker 5: in mixed martial arts.

1754
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:06,960
Speaker 6: Okay, Connor McGregor can do these things to you.

1755
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:12,760
Speaker 5: And again his fight against Natz that he fought him

1756
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:15,240
Speaker 5: at one hundred and seventy pounds, he lost.

1757
01:19:15,320 --> 01:19:16,719
Speaker 6: He was embarrassed in that fight.

1758
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:19,960
Speaker 5: He came back and looked sharp as hell on the

1759
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:23,879
Speaker 5: feet and I believe won that fight by decision. Okay,

1760
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:26,439
Speaker 5: So this is Connor McGregor who knows how to deal

1761
01:19:26,479 --> 01:19:30,519
Speaker 5: with pressure, he knows how to deal with adversity. He's

1762
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:33,080
Speaker 5: coming off this fight against Floyd Mayweather, one of the

1763
01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:37,920
Speaker 5: biggest combat events of all time period, and I think

1764
01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:41,000
Speaker 5: Connor McGregor will get it done here against Habib Normaga Medov.

1765
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:42,920
Speaker 6: I do believe he will win this fight.

1766
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:46,280
Speaker 5: If you think you know what's gonna happen in this fight,

1767
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:48,960
Speaker 5: you're crazy and you don't know what you're talking about.

1768
01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:51,920
Speaker 5: Because Habib could absolutely win this fight, and he can

1769
01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:54,400
Speaker 5: win it by finish, just with his pressure in his

1770
01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:55,439
Speaker 5: ground and pound alone.

1771
01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:56,960
Speaker 6: Sure, there's no doubt about it.

1772
01:19:57,200 --> 01:19:59,040
Speaker 5: But when I look at the records and I look

1773
01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:01,800
Speaker 5: at the way that Habib's stands, that makes me a

1774
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:05,000
Speaker 5: little bit nervous here against Connor McGregor, because this is

1775
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:08,439
Speaker 5: by far the best fight or best fighter that he's

1776
01:20:08,479 --> 01:20:11,479
Speaker 5: ever faced. But for Connor McGregor, this is also the

1777
01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:14,679
Speaker 5: toughest style matchup that he's ever had in his career.

1778
01:20:15,439 --> 01:20:18,840
Speaker 5: So this is one that can absolutely go either way.

1779
01:20:19,360 --> 01:20:22,240
Speaker 5: But for you betters out there, you get an underdog

1780
01:20:22,280 --> 01:20:26,200
Speaker 5: Connor McGregor, I say take it. This is gonna be

1781
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:28,880
Speaker 5: an amazing fight. I think Connor McGregor gets it done.

1782
01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:33,840
Speaker 5: Let's go with round one. Round one, and he had

1783
01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:37,840
Speaker 5: and he has really, in my opinion, probably ten to

1784
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:40,280
Speaker 5: twelve minutes to win this fight. He has ten to

1785
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:43,280
Speaker 5: twelve minutes to win this fight against Habib Ramaga Madoff.

1786
01:20:43,280 --> 01:20:46,200
Speaker 5: Anything after that, I think Habib is going to get

1787
01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:50,559
Speaker 5: the win, most likely from Connor being absolutely exhausted from

1788
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:52,479
Speaker 5: that pressure style of Habim Muga Madoff.

1789
01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:55,920
Speaker 4: Good stuff flow. One final quote here from Connor McGregor,

1790
01:20:55,960 --> 01:20:58,880
Speaker 4: courtesy the maaclife dot Com. I think I'm gonna turn

1791
01:20:58,920 --> 01:21:00,920
Speaker 4: him into a bobblehead. To be on honest, it's personal,

1792
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:02,680
Speaker 4: but it's the same. It's always a little personal. But

1793
01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:04,320
Speaker 4: in there, like I say, it's a blank face and

1794
01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:06,320
Speaker 4: a new body. I predict. I see his head. I

1795
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:08,160
Speaker 4: see him turning into a bobblehead when I hit him.

1796
01:21:08,240 --> 01:21:10,000
Speaker 4: I feel his brain is going to rattle when he

1797
01:21:10,040 --> 01:21:12,400
Speaker 4: gets a clatter of me. That's what I'm keeping in

1798
01:21:12,439 --> 01:21:14,640
Speaker 4: my head. So you have the most dominant force in

1799
01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:17,880
Speaker 4: the game, ibnrmago Madov against the biggest superstar and mixed

1800
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:21,280
Speaker 4: martial arts history, Connor McGregor. I thought you set it

1801
01:21:21,360 --> 01:21:24,240
Speaker 4: up really well, and I think without a common opponent, Kenny,

1802
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:26,920
Speaker 4: you know, I think anyone that is so convicted one

1803
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:30,000
Speaker 4: way or the other, uh is being a little bit

1804
01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:32,599
Speaker 4: disingenuous about what we may or may not see. Saturday.

1805
01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:37,000
Speaker 5: Now, Yeah, and listen you know, no fighter but besides

1806
01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:40,640
Speaker 5: maybe John Jones. Okay, John Jones is definitely at that

1807
01:21:40,760 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 5: level of Connor McGregor where he is able to cut

1808
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:47,400
Speaker 5: through the illusion of competition and cut through all the

1809
01:21:47,439 --> 01:21:51,759
Speaker 5: pressure and bring all of his skills to the table

1810
01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:55,400
Speaker 5: on fight night and more. There's no other fighter like

1811
01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:58,000
Speaker 5: a Connor McGregor that's able to do that. A lot

1812
01:21:58,000 --> 01:21:59,519
Speaker 5: of guys, you know, you'll see them in the gym

1813
01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:01,720
Speaker 5: and they're great, but on fight Nite they're just not

1814
01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:04,439
Speaker 5: able due to the pressure, due to the hesitation, due

1815
01:22:04,479 --> 01:22:05,959
Speaker 5: to the fear, they don't.

1816
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:07,040
Speaker 6: Show us everything that they have.

1817
01:22:07,680 --> 01:22:11,080
Speaker 5: Connor McGregor is able to do that unlike any other fighter,

1818
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:13,479
Speaker 5: and I think when it comes down to it, when

1819
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:18,120
Speaker 5: the lights come on, Connor will show up and it's

1820
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:18,960
Speaker 5: gonna be a good one.

1821
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:22,040
Speaker 6: Man. It's an absolutely fascinating matchup.

1822
01:22:22,080 --> 01:22:25,000
Speaker 4: I will say. In terms of the big fight atmosphere

1823
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:27,400
Speaker 4: and the walk that Habib is gonna make, which is

1824
01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:31,320
Speaker 4: dissimilar to any walk that he has made before against

1825
01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 4: Michael Johnson or anybody else, I think he is as

1826
01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:39,479
Speaker 4: well equipped mentally, physically, emotionally to handle this as any

1827
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:41,920
Speaker 4: fighter on the roster that doesn't mean that Connor McGregor

1828
01:22:41,920 --> 01:22:44,160
Speaker 4: won't occupy some space in his head. But I do

1829
01:22:44,240 --> 01:22:46,840
Speaker 4: believe that Habib will be able to get past that

1830
01:22:47,040 --> 01:22:49,719
Speaker 4: and put his best foot forward. I'm glad I don't

1831
01:22:49,720 --> 01:22:52,439
Speaker 4: have to make a prediction on the fight and look

1832
01:22:52,479 --> 01:22:54,439
Speaker 4: forward to being there for the call. UFC two twenty

1833
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:58,400
Speaker 4: nine Habib versus McGregor Saturday on pay per view. Joe Rogan,

1834
01:22:58,439 --> 01:23:00,360
Speaker 4: Dominic Cruz also on the call. Some of you asking

1835
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:02,920
Speaker 4: why Daniel Cormier won't be calling the fight got Bbis's

1836
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:06,040
Speaker 4: dear friend and teammates, so that removed him from contention.

1837
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:08,280
Speaker 4: Ken Flow, where will you be for USC two twenty

1838
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:09,360
Speaker 4: nine Las Vegas or what?

1839
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:12,360
Speaker 5: I will be at one of my students' place watching it.

1840
01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:14,240
Speaker 5: He's got a movie theater in his house.

1841
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:15,840
Speaker 6: Oh, so I'll be watching it there.

1842
01:23:16,360 --> 01:23:19,240
Speaker 4: Send me the text, give me the analysis. Remember, I'll

1843
01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 4: pay you fifty bucks a text for everything I use

1844
01:23:21,439 --> 01:23:26,040
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1846
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Speaker 4: If you do want to meet Kenny Florian, best chance

1847
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Speaker 4: to do it is probably coming in or out of

1848
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Speaker 4: May Rocky BJJ, I'll just throw that out there also

1849
01:23:37,160 --> 01:23:40,479
Speaker 4: before we go. Congrats to my man Keith Florian and

1850
01:23:40,560 --> 01:23:43,360
Speaker 4: to you as well the new look Florian Martial Arts

1851
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,200
Speaker 4: Center in Brookline, Massachusetts. I knew there was a renovation

1852
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Speaker 4: going on, I didn't know you were actually moving the school.

1853
01:23:50,280 --> 01:23:53,200
Speaker 4: I also didn't realize it's been ten years kid. I mean,

1854
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Speaker 4: this is pretty incredible to see where this thing was

1855
01:23:56,160 --> 01:23:59,639
Speaker 4: in Brookline on Webster Avenue or whatever it was turning

1856
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:02,000
Speaker 4: into the monster. So I just want to close congratulate

1857
01:24:02,040 --> 01:24:02,679
Speaker 4: you and Keith.

1858
01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:03,599
Speaker 6: Dude, thank you so much.

1859
01:24:04,360 --> 01:24:06,519
Speaker 5: It's been a wild trip and to be able to

1860
01:24:06,520 --> 01:24:09,360
Speaker 5: do this with my brother has been really special. And yeah,

1861
01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:12,120
Speaker 5: we finally have showers, we have locker rooms, we have

1862
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Speaker 5: an insane amount of matt space. We will have a

1863
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Speaker 5: cage in there as well, and we are growing and

1864
01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:22,320
Speaker 5: building and look forward to having more students. And I'll

1865
01:24:22,360 --> 01:24:24,920
Speaker 5: be there over in November teaching and I can't wait

1866
01:24:24,960 --> 01:24:27,240
Speaker 5: to be back man and check it out for myself.

1867
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:29,599
Speaker 5: But we've been working very hard and renovating the new

1868
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Speaker 5: Floord Martial Arts Center, new location, and thank you for

1869
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Speaker 5: the show, dude.

1870
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Speaker 4: All Right, good stuff going on there and great stuff

1871
01:24:35,880 --> 01:24:39,719
Speaker 4: going on this weekend. UFC two twenty nine b versus McGregor,

1872
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:42,080
Speaker 4: it shall be done. Thank you to our Fox Sports crew,

1873
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Speaker 4: Ben Wisurik, Danny and the rest our guest today, UFC

1874
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Speaker 4: Welschweight Champion, Tied wood Let, ESPNS Bread Okamoto, of course,

1875
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1876
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Speaker 4: the night on the picks. We cannot wait to be

1877
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Speaker 4: back here in less than a week. We'll rehash UFC

1878
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Speaker 4: two twenty nine. See how it all played out. It's

1879
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Speaker 4: the return of the King. We'll have Bib Normago spoil

1880
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1881
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Speaker 4: Ken Flum, John Anna. Thank you all for listening so much.

1882
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