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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 3: I did it because I was foolish.

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Speaker 4: The John Nnick and Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 5: Podcasts Gary Kenny FLORIANI God, here're your hosts.

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Speaker 4: John Nnick and Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 6: Oh yes, right on the screws two nine fifty am Pacific.

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Speaker 6: Kenflow has been in the seat since nine thirty.

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Speaker 1: Though, waiting for you, kid, Wait where you been?

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Speaker 7: Quarter of an hour early?

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Speaker 1: Today?

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Speaker 6: You have a rocky Brazilian jiu jitsu co founder Kenny Floorda.

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Speaker 8: I've been way for you have like thirty kids now,

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Speaker 8: so I get it. I know why you're late.

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Speaker 6: Congratulations, Papa, Thank you, buddy. I appreciate it. Can you

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Speaker 6: believe there was a penis in there after all that?

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Speaker 8: I can't, I mean one out of three thirty three percent.

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Speaker 8: You know you nailed it. That's good you got out

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Speaker 8: of them.

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Speaker 6: You know how I feel about my daughters and how

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Speaker 6: strongly I feel about the father daughter thing, and how

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Speaker 6: happy I was when you and your wife welcome to

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Speaker 6: Daughter into the world back in February. But we didn't

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Speaker 6: find out this time, so the suspense was there, and

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Speaker 6: the fact that a boy popped out, like every time

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Speaker 6: I change his diaper, I'm checking to make sure that

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Speaker 6: this is a reality because the fact that we didn't

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Speaker 6: find out, and then there was a boy in there.

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Speaker 6: When you got two girls at home, my mom's got

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Speaker 6: six granddaughters, like we are just running with the girls,

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Speaker 6: and I still am in shock that that there is

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Speaker 6: a boy in this equation. Hunter J has arrived.

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Speaker 8: Dude, the annic name survives. Congratulations. We were pumped for you, man, for.

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Speaker 7: Better or worse.

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Speaker 6: I know it's interesting, and I appreciate all the support

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Speaker 6: from you and from everybody else sincerely, And I'm not

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Speaker 6: on Facebook, but I see every message, so thank you all.

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Speaker 6: But it's like when you have children, and you have

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Speaker 6: two girls, right, and you go through the different emotions

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Speaker 6: and they're the best of friends. Injecting a third girl

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Speaker 6: into that equation. I just I don't know how that

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Speaker 6: would have played out. And then you allow yourself to

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Speaker 6: have these thoughts as a father, like what exactly would

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Speaker 6: I do with that third girl? You know, I don't

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Speaker 6: know what I would have done with a third girl.

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Speaker 6: So I am over the moon to have a son.

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Speaker 6: And I think the only thing that can get me

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Speaker 6: down today, Ken Flow, is that I'm gonna be forty

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Speaker 6: in the morning.

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Speaker 9: Dude.

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Speaker 1: That's so oh wow.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, So that's no good. That's no get anyway you

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Speaker 6: slice it. And I mean, I know your agent and

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Speaker 6: reverse you're like Benjamin Button, right, and if they opened

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Speaker 6: being you up right, I'm diet coke and you're like

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Speaker 6: way protein.

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Speaker 7: So we know I'm probably fifty and you're like thirty.

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Speaker 6: But I'm gonna be forty in the morning, Kenny, and

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Speaker 6: I am not looking forward to it. I don't want

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Speaker 6: birthday tweets. I'm not in a great place about that.

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Speaker 6: But I'm a happy.

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Speaker 8: Father everyone, and tweet John a happy fortieth birthday.

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Speaker 7: Please do not So it is Monday.

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Speaker 6: It is July second, twenty eighteen, episode one sixty one

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Speaker 6: of The Anakin and Florian podcast and the real reason

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Speaker 6: why I'm jumping out of my skin today. It's not

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Speaker 6: the sugar free Monster energy drink that I am drinking

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Speaker 6: right now. But this is the biggest fight week of

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Speaker 6: the year, Ken Flow. I know you've got your boots

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Speaker 6: on the ground in Vegas come Wednesday night.

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Speaker 7: And the fight card differs every year.

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Speaker 6: We remember what happened last year with UFC two thirteen

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Speaker 6: and Amanda Nonez and Valentina Chepchenko and everything else.

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Speaker 7: But this is about as big as it gets.

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Speaker 10: Like.

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Speaker 6: It doesn't feel George Saint Pierre bjpenn UFC ninety four

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Speaker 6: big back in two thousand and nine, right, But this

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Speaker 6: is one of the five to seven biggest fights in

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Speaker 1: Well, that's right.

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Speaker 8: I mean, it's rare in the UFC that we have

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Speaker 8: true super fights where you get guys from two different

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Speaker 8: we have two champions, the light heavyweight champion taking on

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Speaker 8: Steep A Miacic, who many regard as the best heavyweight

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Speaker 8: of all time along with cam Velasquez. Taken on Daniel

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Speaker 8: Cormier and a guy who a lot of people think

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Speaker 8: one of the greatest of all time. It is certainly

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Speaker 8: in his way class, maybe just across all way classes.

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Speaker 1: Now if he's able to pull this off.

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Speaker 8: Against steep A Miacic, two unbelievable wrestlers, two guys that

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Speaker 1: And is it intriguing fight?

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Speaker 6: What a crazy sport to think that Daniel Cormier here,

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Speaker 6: at thirty nine years old, has put himself in position

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Speaker 6: at least arguably to be within one win of being

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Speaker 7: And I know John Jones is going to turn his

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Speaker 6: And when I used to call Jones the goat before

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Speaker 6: about it, right, he didn't want that distinction. Now, the

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Speaker 6: fact that people are mentioning Cormier in that context, you know,

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Speaker 6: has has drawn the attention of John Jones. But it's

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Speaker 6: and it's about d C. One factor that I think

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Speaker 6: a little while. It's hard to quantify what that means

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Speaker 6: for Daniel Cormier, but I would think just in terms

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Speaker 8: Let me tell you something about Daniel Cormier. He's a

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Speaker 8: He has experienced what it's like to fight a high

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Speaker 8: So I think that DC likes his chances because of that.

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Speaker 8: like to suffer in there against a big heavyweight. Daniel

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Speaker 8: Cormier is an undefeated heavyweight at the end of the day.

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Speaker 8: We can't forget about that. And again I think it's

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Speaker 6: So DC went thirteen to zero as a heavyweight in

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Speaker 6: when you look at the body of work at heavyweight,

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Speaker 6: I look at power in this equation and as a

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Speaker 6: I think Stepe's got the power with the hands plausibly

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Speaker 6: with the feet as well. I know DC's probably the

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Speaker 6: better kicker, but I think when you look at paths

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Speaker 1: I think.

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Speaker 8: So listen, DC does have the ability to knock you out.

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Speaker 8: Does he have steep A miacic power? Probably not. DC

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Speaker 8: Stepe's head is like a TV monitor, It's huge, his shoulders, everything,

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Speaker 8: but he does hit very very hard. DC's hands, they're

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Speaker 8: not the biggest in the world. Is risk all that stuff?

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Speaker 8: You know, he can wrestle at the heavyweight level. Can

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Speaker 8: You know, it affects your confidence because you know you're

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Speaker 8: To worry about, you know, having to eat, you know,

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Speaker 8: The fact that he can eat not whatever he wants,

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Speaker 6: And he has the heavyweight experience, right. I mean, in

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Speaker 6: one breath, I would say there are fighters like Domina

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Speaker 6: Cruz who say the suffering prior to the fight helps them,

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Speaker 6: not just in terms of the cardio, but just having

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Speaker 6: I mean, you would know the inner workings of his

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Speaker 6: you know, is there something to be gained for DC?

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Speaker 7: Right?

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Speaker 6: You mentioned all the gains, but is there something to

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Speaker 8: Listen, there's very few guys in the world that can

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Speaker 6: And Steve ed longer than you think, not a John

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Speaker 6: Full breakdown coming up in the main event challenge, including

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Speaker 4: It's now time for the Ray Longo Minutes, and I'm.

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Speaker 4: That's what i want, The Ray Long Minute, the John

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Speaker 7: Good Monday to you, man.

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Speaker 11: Hey, First off, congratulations again, it's a very big news.

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Speaker 9: John. How's the baby.

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Speaker 6: The baby is a lie, my man. You know it's

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Speaker 9: Congratulations man, very very happy for you, buddy.

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Speaker 7: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 10: Man.

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Speaker 7: So how you doing. We missed you last week, obviously,

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Speaker 9: Yeah, nothing much, man, Just gearing up for this week

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Speaker 11: Very excited about, you know, inducting my buddy into the

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Speaker 9: Big news, big stuff. Everybody's getting sighted.

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Speaker 6: So I got my hands on the Hall of Fame

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Speaker 9: Were we were way off by the way when we

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Speaker 9: Well, they originally said five minutes. Okay, I think you know.

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Speaker 9: So I cut everything down. I had five minutes. I

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Speaker 9: He kind of gave me some stuff.

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Speaker 6: So see, you're not the prototypical induct tour right, You're

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Speaker 7: We don't we don't want to leash on rail. Long ago.

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Speaker 9: I think I don't know if I'm reading it. Even

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Speaker 8: No.

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Speaker 11: They are trying to put a leash on me though,

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Speaker 9: I don't we will see.

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Speaker 8: I don't think there's any way it will be longer

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Speaker 1: It was like an eight hour old deal. Yeah, that

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Speaker 9: Oh I don't want.

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Speaker 6: That's crazy, Uh, James, because I'm a name dropping piece

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Speaker 11: But my brother, he said you're better off want to,

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Speaker 11: So that's what I'm doing. I'm just gonna dangle the carrots,

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Speaker 10: Nice.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, there you go.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, as our late producer Bruce Connell always said, less

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Speaker 7: To induct Bruce Connell this weekend.

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Speaker 6: So I'm trying to figure out how to pivot from

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Speaker 9: Let's get it to the floor. Not that he understood

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Speaker 11: You know, kind of, you know, I think he followed

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Speaker 11: he he took away that guy's game, h you know,

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Speaker 8: Yeah yeah, and with his reach, man that he's going

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Speaker 8: the next three to six months?

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Speaker 9: Right?

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Speaker 9: I give you a good story. Somebody gave me a

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Speaker 11: So the first time I use, I go simple, I

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Speaker 9: He's laughing. I go, what are you laughing about?

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Speaker 11: He goes telling me to take a shower. So I

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Speaker 9: In the garbage. I told the poor guy I told

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Speaker 9: him to take a show was horrible. He's a great sport.

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Speaker 11: He's you know, he's really good energy for the gym man.

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Speaker 11: He is a funny dude.

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Speaker 9: Again. The last six months, really all I into his

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Speaker 9: Can you'd like, you'd love to watch this kid work.

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Speaker 8: that's the problem.

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Speaker 1: I think.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, translator wasn't. Oh well that translator, Hey man, listen.

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Speaker 8: So I got to ask you about your other guy. Obviously,

443
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Speaker 8: Aliaquinta was supposed to fight Justin Gaechee.

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Speaker 1: That didn't go down. What the hell happened?

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Speaker 9: Man?

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Speaker 11: I gotta tell you, man, really really upset. I was

447
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Speaker 11: looking forward to that fight. But his body's beat up.

448
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Speaker 11: You know, he's been sparring and uh, he just you know,

449
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Speaker 11: I think his knees broke down again and then because

450
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Speaker 11: of that, his back went out.

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Speaker 9: So yeah, he was just miserable, like but uh, you know,

452
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Speaker 9: I love him. I just feel for him.

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Speaker 11: I just you know, I just think this is going

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Speaker 11: to be an ongoing thing. And you know, he was

455
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Speaker 11: looking great, that's all I could say. And he was

456
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Speaker 11: psyched for the fight. Everybody was psyched for the fight.

457
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Speaker 11: But I I feel I just feel for him, I

458
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Speaker 11: really do. I think he's in a weird spot with

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Speaker 11: the injuries, and he wants to do the right thing.

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Speaker 9: He wants to fight and whatever it.

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Speaker 8: Is, it isn't anything that requires more surgery or anything

462
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Speaker 8: like that.

463
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Speaker 9: Or no, I don't think so. I think he's done

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Speaker 9: with the surg I mean, if he has to go

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Speaker 9: for surgery again.

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Speaker 1: It's just the nature of his knee. Of how it's

467
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Speaker 1: I think it's the.

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Speaker 9: Nature of the knee. But it was doing good.

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Speaker 11: But I guess when he picked up the spar and

470
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Speaker 11: he was far at some heavier guys, but like not

471
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Speaker 11: not crazy's faring.

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Speaker 9: You know.

473
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Speaker 11: It's like Kenny, if your knee goes out and then

474
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Speaker 11: you start walking different and the next thing you know,

475
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Speaker 11: your backs out.

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Speaker 9: It's just you know, it's not really like, you know,

477
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Speaker 9: another operation.

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Speaker 11: And I tell you, man, he's so good with the

479
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Speaker 11: rehab and every time he comes to the Jimmy does

480
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Speaker 11: the same exercises over and over again. Very very disciplined.

481
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Speaker 11: But so I think that's what leads to the frustration,

482
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Speaker 11: you know what I mean. I think he's doing everything right,

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Speaker 11: and then if he doesn't feel it, man, I don't know.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, No, he needs the mind and body to be aligned,

485
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Speaker 6: and obviously they aren't going to be for the gay

486
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Speaker 6: chief fight. More on that later in the show. But

487
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Speaker 6: I got this ray from Bjpenn dot com. And I

488
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Speaker 6: know Kenflow's making you sweat there a little bit with

489
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Speaker 6: a hard hitting question, but I got a softball for you,

490
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Speaker 6: so all right, Bjpenn dot com. According to Robert Whittaker's manager,

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Speaker 6: Titus Day, Whittaker is hoping to defend his title against

492
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Speaker 6: the former champion Chris Widman at UFC two thirty one

493
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Speaker 6: in November, expected to occur inside Madison Square Garden in

494
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Speaker 6: Widman's native New York state. So again, people thought I

495
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Speaker 6: was beaten a Sarah Longo drum and that I was

496
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Speaker 6: injecting Widman into this conversation. The fact of the matter

497
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Speaker 6: is he has a finish over the other guy they're

498
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Speaker 6: considering in his last fight. You gotta like the news

499
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Speaker 6: that Whittaker would like to get Widman on the resume

500
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Speaker 6: and that might be the next fight for your boy.

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Speaker 11: Listen, man, I don't think they can be better news

502
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Speaker 11: than that, you know, so by sort of same thing.

503
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Speaker 11: So it's not obviously nothing's finalized yet, but yeah, that'll

504
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Speaker 11: be a that'll be a great fight. Looking forward to that,

505
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Speaker 11: toe man, it's big stuff. And again it gets him

506
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Speaker 11: right back where he wanted to be. And uh yeah, good.

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Speaker 9: All positive stuff.

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Speaker 6: It's very interesting too. And when it comes to a

509
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Speaker 6: champion calling his shot, right, because this is a two

510
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Speaker 6: man race with Calvin Gasolom and Chris Wyman. The fact

511
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Speaker 6: that Robert Whittaker wants to go into the belly of

512
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Speaker 6: the beast and fight Chris Wyman in New York, I

513
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Speaker 6: mean he's already building up the underbelly to that fight, right,

514
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Speaker 6: not to mention the fact that getting a guy like

515
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Speaker 6: Chris Wyman on your record is something that I'm sure

516
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Speaker 6: Whittaker desires.

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Speaker 9: Which is which I agree with.

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Speaker 11: I think fighting Chris more Ry, balls are going to

519
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Speaker 11: be on that fight than if he fought Gastolum, so

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Speaker 11: I believe anyway, And that's how I take away from Gasolom.

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Speaker 9: You know, I always talk highly about him and I

522
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Speaker 9: love him.

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Speaker 11: I'm not sure what kind of a drawer he is,

524
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Speaker 11: but I think for this fight that probably would be

525
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Speaker 11: a bigger fight.

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Speaker 9: I would think, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And Ray, is Chris back to hitting with that hand yet?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, he's back to hitting with the hand. Yes, so good?

529
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Speaker 9: Going would so far? So good? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Nice?

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Speaker 6: All right, we'll get you out of here on this

532
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Speaker 6: obviously a big one this weekend. Steep A meat Chitch,

533
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Speaker 6: Daniel Cormier, Max Holloway, Brian Ortega for the UFC Featherweight Championship.

534
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Speaker 7: Which way are you leaning in these two fights?

535
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Speaker 6: And ultimately just curious to get some extended thoughts on

536
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Speaker 6: how you think it'll go for DC returning here to

537
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Speaker 6: the heavyweight division.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I gotta tell you, I love all four guys.

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Speaker 11: I think all four guys are absolutely fantastic. But I'm

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Speaker 11: gonna pick obviously Steve Bay because I know him and

541
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Speaker 11: I love him, and I just think he's no. DC

542
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Speaker 11: did do good with the heavyweight division at Strikeforce. I

543
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Speaker 11: think that was a long time ago. I think he's

544
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Speaker 11: got a big, big problem with Steve Bee if he

545
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Speaker 11: can't get this guy on his back consistently. And Steve

546
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Speaker 11: A's got a good gas tank. That's a big boy man.

547
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Speaker 11: He hits hard, he's got a good gas tank, and

548
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Speaker 11: that should be a look. I'm really looking forward to

549
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Speaker 11: the fight, but I'm going with Steve A and I'm

550
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Speaker 11: gonna go with Holloway in the second fight. I love

551
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Speaker 11: Brian Ortaga. I love the backstory. I think he's got momentum. Also,

552
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 11: he's looks like he's got destiny on his side, But

553
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Speaker 11: I think Halloway's fought the better guys, He's got the

554
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Speaker 11: more experience, and.

555
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Speaker 9: I think he's the guy that beat in that division.

556
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Speaker 11: And it might be a little too soon for or Taga,

557
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 11: but we'll find out another great fight that you know,

558
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Speaker 11: I really can't wait.

559
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Speaker 9: I think they're fantastic matchups.

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Speaker 6: So are they giving you the VIP treatment the rest

561
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Speaker 6: of the weekend after you had ducked your friend Matt

562
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Speaker 6: Sarah into the UFC Hall of Fame Thursday.

563
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Speaker 9: I'll let you know on Monday. Just he is like

564
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Speaker 9: it's heading in that direction.

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Speaker 7: But okay, all right, Well I hope so, but I

566
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Speaker 7: hope to be.

567
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Speaker 11: I definitely have tickets to the fights Friday and Saturday,

568
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Speaker 11: which I'm very excited for all.

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Speaker 9: I have my wife with me.

570
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Speaker 7: And she's, yeah, I was gonna ask.

571
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Speaker 9: This is big stuff, big stuff, John.

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Speaker 7: Oh Man, I watch. I'm afraid.

573
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Speaker 6: I'm afraid you're gonna throw me off of my game,

574
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Speaker 6: you know, fucking around with me because I got to

575
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Speaker 6: go out there first off the top of the show

576
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 6: and for me too, and Kenny knows this better than anyone.

577
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 6: I have a hard time sitting still keeping my body tight,

578
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 6: so in a stuffy Hall of Fame setting doesn't necessarily

579
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Speaker 6: dovetail with my skill sets. So I get more nervous

580
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Speaker 6: for something like this than I do call in a

581
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Speaker 6: big pay per view, So I'm excited to get this

582
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Speaker 6: out of the way.

583
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Speaker 9: No, this is that.

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Speaker 11: Look, I say, if we can, I'd love to come

585
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Speaker 11: up with a safe word that if I having a

586
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Speaker 11: panic attack, you just come over and read the rest

587
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Speaker 11: of my speech for me.

588
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Speaker 9: Is that going to make that? Can we make that happen?

589
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Speaker 6: If we can reciprocate that if something happens to me,

590
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Speaker 6: I need you to back me up.

591
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Speaker 11: Yeah, Like, if if it's somehow I just you know,

592
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Speaker 11: blurt out cuckold, you know, just come over.

593
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Speaker 12: Yeah yeah, oh wow that really Now, I just might

594
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Speaker 12: like a Turett's patient up there.

595
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Speaker 9: I just might just thought, you know, twitch and.

596
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Speaker 1: Come out and say, oh my goodness, that's enough. That's hilarious.

597
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Speaker 6: We're gonna work on us safer safe where when we

598
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Speaker 6: let you go? Thank you, Ray, love you buddy. We'll

599
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Speaker 6: see in a few days.

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Speaker 9: All right, all right, guys, thank you always a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Man, right, thank you.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm telling you he's the best. Hey, long ago.

603
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Speaker 6: It's so interesting and some of our listeners are probably

604
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Speaker 6: sick of me talking about the Ray Longo minute and

605
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Speaker 6: how it originated. It been a part of the show

606
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Speaker 6: since episode one. But never did we think that we

607
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Speaker 6: would have all of these interesting things happening, whether it's

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Speaker 6: with Chris Widman or ally A Quinta or al Jamain Sterling,

609
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Speaker 6: or that Ray would pick up a guy in ooh

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Speaker 6: Lukas Sasaki. We were putting him on for the New

611
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Speaker 6: York accent and sort of the comedic value. And what's

612
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Speaker 6: been really interesting is the fact that all of his

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Speaker 6: high profile fighters have stayed relevant. Maybe in the case

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Speaker 6: of Ia Quinta made more headlines than we ever dreamed

615
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Speaker 6: of than a guy, and Al Jamaine Sterling, you know,

616
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Speaker 6: looks well on his way to contention. So good stuff

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Speaker 6: UFC Featherweight Championship Brian Tcity Taga challenging Max Holloway, who

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Speaker 6: has won his last twelve fights.

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Speaker 7: A lot of interesting storylines here.

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Speaker 6: I don't think Max Holloway is gonna be a featherweight forever,

645
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Speaker 6: so we certainly need to enjoy this rain while it lasts.

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Speaker 6: Brian t city Or Tega has tried to contextualize this fight,

647
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Speaker 6: Kenny saying that it's the biggest UFC featherweight title fighter

648
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Speaker 6: most anticipated since the fight between Connor McGregor and Jose

649
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Speaker 6: Aldo late in twenty fifteen. Again, I'm trying to get

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Speaker 6: out of my bad habit of speaking in absolutes, but

651
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Speaker 6: this fight just feels absolutely massive, and I think the

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Speaker 6: big reason why is because for the first time and

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Speaker 6: at least several fights, you know, it's closer to a

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Speaker 6: pick him and Max Holloway is fighting a guy that

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Speaker 6: can match some of that size and length and real

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Speaker 6: featherweight material in Brian Ortega.

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Speaker 1: I think that's accurate.

658
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 8: I think it's the biggest featherweight fight since Aldo and McGregor.

659
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: You know, I think it is that big of a

660
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: fight because we have a.

661
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 8: Guy in Brian Ortega who might just be the dude

662
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 8: he's undefeated, he's fourteen and oh I believe heading into

663
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,479
Speaker 8: this fight against Max Holloway, he's a guy who can

664
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 8: beat you in a variety of ways. He's pretty much

665
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 8: finished everybody, right, has he finished everybody in the UFC?

666
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 6: I have it in front of me. I don't see

667
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 6: any decisions. Yeah, he's finished everybody.

668
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: I mean that's pretty remarkable.

669
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 8: And then you look at the last few fights, it

670
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 8: seems like he's fighting better competition and looking better and better.

671
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: So that's amazing.

672
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 8: He's a guy who his best asset really is his composure,

673
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 8: his ability to stay grounded, to not get thrown off

674
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 8: by what his opponent is doing, to be able to

675
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 8: adapt and find the answer, whether it's the beginning of

676
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 8: the fight or the end of the fight. In the

677
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 8: very last round, he just finds a way to win,

678
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 8: and he finds a way to put you away. So

679
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 8: this is a guy who came in we knew about

680
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 8: his submission prowess that was definitely on display early in

681
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 8: his career. Now we're seeing him knock guys out and

682
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,120
Speaker 8: knocking guys out that have never been knocked out for

683
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 8: and a former one hundred and fifty five pound champion,

684
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 8: and Frankie Edgar, a guy who's a sure bet to

685
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 8: be a Hall of Famer. It's amazing what he's done.

686
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 8: And he did that on short notice, by the way,

687
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 8: we can't forget about that, So.

688
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: It's amazing.

689
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 8: And we have a guy in Max Holloway who has

690
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 8: defeated the greatest featherweight champion of all time and Josialdo

691
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 8: not once but twice and finished him both times in

692
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 8: the third round. So these guys are destined for greatness.

693
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 8: One of them certainly is, and we're gonna find out

694
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 8: which one. And I think with both these guys and

695
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 8: all their weapons and all their abilities to finish the

696
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 8: fight and the confidence that they're bringing into this, one

697
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 8: one of these guys will go down as an all

698
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 8: time great And I think that's what's putting everybody on

699
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 8: the edge of their seats.

700
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 7: I think so too right.

701
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 6: And it's hard to provide any context really for Brian

702
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 6: Ortega's career. This is first championship opportunity. He's a guy

703
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 6: not onlike Max Holloway that many people in Vision events

704
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 6: actually making a run up a division in a premiere

705
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 6: one hundred and fifty five pounds UFC division in which

706
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 6: the top ten, everybody you fight in the top ten

707
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 6: is a big fight at one hundred and fifty five pounds.

708
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 6: I can't wait to see how this plays out. And

709
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 6: you still in my thunder a little bit in terms

710
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 6: of the Brian Ortega evolution because he's still just twenty

711
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 6: seven years old, and we all remember after wins he's

712
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 6: humbly asking, you know, I can't wait to meet my

713
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 6: equal in a mixed martial arts setting. I mean, this

714
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 6: guy has developed a fan base organically. He's the antithesis

715
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 6: of a guy like Colby Covington in a lot of ways,

716
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 6: has just gone about everything in the sport seemingly the

717
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 6: right way. And I think you're going to see that.

718
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 6: I think you might see a pro Brian Ortega crowd

719
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 6: in Las Vegas Saturday night when he takes on the

720
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 6: champion Max all theway.

721
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: So John and you nailed it.

722
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 8: Just to go off of what you said, he hasn't

723
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 8: taken the road of trash talking his opponents and saying,

724
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 8: you know, he'll never be beaten in all this stuff.

725
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 8: He's a confident fire, no doubt about it. But you

726
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 8: know he's a guy who's out there, you know, promoting

727
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 8: his Brian or take a foundation and basically has gotten

728
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 8: all these fans from his performances.

729
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: So it's awesome to see that.

730
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 6: Well finishes are the best way to get fans, right.

731
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,240
Speaker 6: I mean that's especially in a spot like he was

732
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 6: in back in March against Frankie Edgar to produce like that.

733
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 6: He does have championship experience too, I mean outside the UFC,

734
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 6: he has been a champion. He has gone five rounds

735
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 6: twice before, and a lot of people think if this

736
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 6: one goes twenty five minutes, you're looking at an instant classic.

737
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 6: In terms of Max Holloway and the wake cut. You know,

738
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 6: just because a guy always makes way Kenny doesn't mean

739
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,239
Speaker 6: that there's anything easy about it. And at least at

740
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 6: this stage of their respective careers and given their frames,

741
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 6: it seems like this is a harder fight before the

742
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 6: fight for Max Holloway. So you know, I think Demetrius

743
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 6: Johnson's record is in good standing. I think Max Holloway

744
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 6: is going to move up sooner rather than later. I think,

745
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 6: depending on the result this Saturday night, it could be

746
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 6: the last time we see Max Holloway at one forty five.

747
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 8: I agree with you man, and obviously we spoke with

748
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 8: Tyler Minton. He would like to see his fighter at

749
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 8: one hundred and fifty five pounds, And no one's gonna

750
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 8: know about weight cuts better than Tyler in regards to

751
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 8: Max Holloway, So yes, he does cut a lot of weight.

752
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 8: Ortega is a good sized featherweight, now Halloway. Halloway is

753
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 8: a huge featherweight. And you were talking about the age

754
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 8: of Ortega. Halloway's even younger. He's even younger, and he's

755
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 8: had a tremendous amount of experience in the UFC, facing

756
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 8: high level guys like Connor McGregor, and he's dealt with

757
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 8: you know, you know, knowing how to lose and knowing

758
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 8: how to come back and going on this crazy wind

759
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 8: streak that he's on. Yeah, I think this is a

760
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 8: fighter that's gonna be very, very difficult to beat right now.

761
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 8: But I agree with you this might be the last

762
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 8: time because the other thing is, I know he has

763
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 8: mentioned that he would like to fight the legend Frankie

764
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 8: Edgar at some point in his career. But I mean,

765
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 8: you know, he if he beats Ortega, he would beat

766
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 8: the guy that finished Frankie Edgar. I don't know if

767
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 8: that makes a lot of sense for him to wait around.

768
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 8: I think that would still be a big fight if

769
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 8: he decides to do that. But I think Frankie's the

770
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 8: only guy that's left in that division, So I agree

771
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 8: with you. I wouldn't be surprised for him to go back,

772
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 8: go up to one fifty five and maybe challenge for

773
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 8: the belt right off the bat.

774
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, and in terms of featherweight legacy, you're not gonna

775
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 6: do better than two head to head finishes of Jose Aldo. Right.

776
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 6: I can understand why, in terms of his his mixed

777
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 6: martial arts legacy, the Max Holloway would want to beat

778
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 6: Frankie Edgar before moving up. I can understand that because

779
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 6: Max is a guy that does care about his all

780
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 6: time status. But I think his days, sooner rather than later,

781
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 6: are going to be at one hundred and fifty five pounds.

782
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 6: One other fight I want to hit on before we

783
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 6: get into the picks and the main event challenge Francis

784
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 6: and Ganu taken on the Black Beast Derek Lewis. You know,

785
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 6: I was asked earlier this morning on the radio, you know,

786
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 6: over under a round. I actually think that this thing

787
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 6: might see a second round. It's going to be It's

788
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 6: gonna be damn fun to watch as it goes down.

789
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 6: I mean, these are the type of fights. As fun

790
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 6: as they are to call, I think they're even more

791
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 6: fun to sit back with jaw dropped and just watch

792
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 6: as it unfolds between just two massive, powerful heavy.

793
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 8: You know, this is a testament to the card that

794
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 8: you know, the strength of the card that not you know,

795
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 8: I don't know why, but I'm surprised that not as

796
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 8: many people are talking about this fantastic fight. You know,

797
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 8: these guys are two heavyweights that can finish the fight

798
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 8: in an instant. Both these guys have excellent chins as well, though,

799
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 8: so I agree we might see it go to the

800
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 8: second round, maybe even to the third.

801
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 1: If we do, uh, we will have an absolute classic.

802
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 8: I'm curious to see how Francis and Gano Beck's you know,

803
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 8: comes back from his last fight against Steve A. Already

804
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 8: calling for a rematch against Steve A Michiic. He better

805
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 8: stay focused though, on Derek Lewis, because Lewis is a

806
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 8: guy who's not gonna be afraid to throw down. He's

807
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 8: gonna go for it. Derek just kind of has that

808
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 8: I don't really care attitude when he walks in the fights,

809
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 8: which makes him that much more dangerous.

810
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: Uh So this is gonna be interesting. Man.

811
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 7: It's a heavyweight dream fight.

812
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,319
Speaker 6: I mean, there's no belt online, but I think if

813
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 6: you were sort of playing fantasy mma, this is a

814
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 6: fight that a lot of people wanted to put together.

815
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 6: And I think it sort of speaks to Derek Lewis's

816
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 6: overall approach that he wants to fight you know, Goliath, right,

817
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 6: I mean that is Derek Lewis. I know the Verdoom

818
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 6: fight went away and that was disappointing for him day

819
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 6: of several months ago, but he wants Francis and Ghanu.

820
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 6: You know, you could be sure DC beats Stepe. The

821
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 6: last name on the tip of his tongue is going

822
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 6: to be Francis and Ghano. So all right, we'll see

823
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 6: how that fight plays out. And real quick, just want

824
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 6: to get your thoughts on this whole thing with Platinum,

825
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 6: Mike Perry taken on Paul Felder. I know we touched

826
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 6: on it briefly with Ray Longo at least in the

827
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 6: angle for ally at Quinta, but now justin Gatchee takes

828
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 6: on James Vick and I think more saliently to this conversation,

829
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 6: Paul Felder moves up his training camp a week and

830
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 6: now he will take on Platinum Mike Perry in the

831
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 6: welterweight division. He was about one hundred and eighty pounds

832
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 6: when he got the call. Your thoughts on the new

833
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,399
Speaker 6: fight that we have here in six days between Paul

834
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 6: Felder and Platinum Mike Perry.

835
00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 8: Well, listen, I'm glad for Felder, who has missed the

836
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 8: last couple of fights due to you know, his opponents

837
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,399
Speaker 8: dropping out whatever. That finally he's able to get a fight.

838
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 8: It's an exciting one man, and I think Felder is

839
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 8: one of those lightweights that could easily fight at welterweight

840
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 8: if he wanted to.

841
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 1: He's huge for the division, so to see him.

842
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 8: Fight at weltwaite, he's probably happy at this point, doesn't

843
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 8: have to cut as much weight to get as similar

844
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 8: to what we were talking about with Daniel Cormick, He's

845
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 8: gonna be in a much better mood. He's gonna have

846
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 8: a lot more energy heading into this fight against Mike Perry,

847
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 8: and he's going against another guy who loves to strike

848
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 8: and that's what Felder likes to do, so I think

849
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,959
Speaker 8: this fight is absolutely going to deliver some serious action.

850
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 6: Well, and you think about the Boise Idaho show was

851
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 6: a co main event, so Paul Felder was on the poster.

852
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 6: But he's fighting the six foot three inch James Vick right,

853
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 6: a guy who is similarly ranked but not entrenched in

854
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 6: that magical top seven that can really expedite a run

855
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 6: to the top. So in terms of upside, he just

856
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,359
Speaker 6: got added to International Fight Week, to the biggest pay

857
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 6: per view of the year. I know he's fighting in

858
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,320
Speaker 6: a prelam on FS one and to your point, doesn't

859
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 6: have to cut weight, which is absolutely no picnic for him.

860
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and of.

861
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 6: Course taking on a guy and planting to Mike Perry

862
00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:59,879
Speaker 6: that's gonna meet him on a napkin in the center

863
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 6: of the octagon.

864
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: You know.

865
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 7: So a lot of upside and it's been interesting.

866
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 6: We'll get into it later with the betting line a

867
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 6: whole lot to get to ten total picks coming up

868
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 6: from Ken Flow.

869
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 7: Let's get to it. In the main event challenge, it's.

870
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 4: The main event challenge.

871
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 1: The time is most definitely.

872
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 13: Hi fished fight.

873
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Speaker 4: How do you everything box we'll do win the main

874
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Speaker 4: event challenge to John Nnick and Kenny Flourian podcast.

875
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Speaker 7: All right, we update the standings.

876
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Speaker 6: Team Annict led at seventy five sixty two going into

877
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Speaker 6: UFC Singapore. You went head to head with Josh Hayner.

878
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 6: Nice underdog play on ovin Saint Prue. Out of the flow,

879
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Speaker 6: but four to four. At the end of the week.

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Speaker 6: It is seventy nine sixty six heading into International Fight Week.

881
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Speaker 6: But this is your chance to make up some ground.

882
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Speaker 6: Ten picks, nine of which are on the lineup for

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Speaker 6: UFC two twenty six. We have two guest pickers today.

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Speaker 6: First out of the shoot from the two six to two.

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Speaker 6: Claudia Peterson is with us. Claudia, how are you today?

886
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Speaker 10: I'm doing great. Thank you for having me.

887
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 6: You got a great tone to your voice. Claudia, It's

888
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 6: good to have you. Is that Southeastern Wisconsin two six two?

889
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 10: You know, yes, the two sixth to two. It is southeastern Wisconsin.

890
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 10: My father in law is from there, but I actually

891
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 10: live in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

892
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 6: Okay, so you big fight fan? Have you heard of

893
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 6: Kenny Florian before today?

894
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,479
Speaker 10: I am a big fight fan and I have heard

895
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 10: of Kenny Florian and if I could just add, I

896
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 10: am actually originally from Peru, so.

897
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Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh, get out of here. That's so cool.

898
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Speaker 10: Yes, I'm from Peru, but grew up in the Miami,

899
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Speaker 10: Florida area, ended up in the Midwest because of my husband.

900
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Speaker 1: So there's some good Savice restaurants in Miami.

901
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 10: There's many good Savica restaurants down in Miami. And I

902
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 10: really missed that. We don't really have a lot of

903
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 10: that uppere in Saint Paul.

904
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Speaker 1: I imagine. Oh that's that's that's cool.

905
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 6: That's pretty I like the Peruvian love on the show today.

906
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 6: I wish we were still talking about the soccer outfit

907
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 6: in the world. But there's always twenty twenty two, all right,

908
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 6: First fight up for debate today. This is the main

909
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 6: event for the Ultimate Fighter Finale for headlining spot for

910
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Speaker 6: both guys Israel Atasnia and Brad Tavores, Last Style Bender.

911
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 6: Atasanya the favorite here minus one sixty. Brad Tavores has

912
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 6: the bad wheel, so we'll see how the footholds up.

913
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 6: He is the plus one thirty underdog. Claudia Atasanya versus Tavaris.

914
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 7: Who will it be for you?

915
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 10: You know I am going to go with Tavares by

916
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 10: third round, Tiko. I just think this is going to

917
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Speaker 10: come down to experience, and Tavares has the experience. Although

918
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Speaker 10: Adasagna is undefeated, you know, Tavares hasn't lost since twenty fifteen,

919
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 10: and two of his last three losses have been to

920
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Speaker 10: the current champ, Whittaker and then Romero. So I've got

921
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Speaker 10: Brat Tavarus on this one.

922
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, I can flow for Tavares.

923
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 6: You do have to feel good for him getting this

924
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Speaker 6: main event nod here and what will be his seventeenth

925
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Speaker 6: UFC appearance. Four wins in a row, five of his

926
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Speaker 6: last six and the only loss in there a force

927
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Speaker 6: to one Robert Whittaker. The question, I think, Kenny is

928
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Speaker 6: just how healthy is Brad Tavares. There were some rubblings

929
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Speaker 6: that this fight would go away and here it is

930
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 6: holding up, and I think we all respect for Tavores

931
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Speaker 6: for staying in there. But I think at least for

932
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 6: gamblers listening to this knowing that context would give you

933
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 6: some pause, at least when you're going to the betting

934
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Speaker 6: window to lay down some cake on Brad Tavoris this week.

935
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Speaker 8: I hear you, and that's why Claudia has me so

936
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Speaker 8: nervous making this pick because Tavares does have the experience advantage.

937
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 8: I also think he can win this fight by just

938
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 8: repeatedly taking out his Sonya down and using his submission game,

939
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 8: using his ground and pound, and just slowing out of

940
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 8: Sonya down and kind of shutting down his offense. However,

941
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Speaker 8: I do need points. I have heard the rumors about

942
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 8: Tavares possibly being injured. I gotta go without a Sonya here, all.

943
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Speaker 6: Right, UFC two twenty six, Saturday Night. This is a prelim.

944
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Speaker 6: We just referenced Paul Felder stepping up to welterweight here

945
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 6: to face platinum Mike Perry. So the sportsbook that I

946
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 6: use does not have this fight on the board right now,

947
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 6: So you guys can proceed as if it's a pick

948
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 6: him and will adjust accordingly. When it opened, it looked

949
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,760
Speaker 6: like Perry was a massive favorite. Now in some spots

950
00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,839
Speaker 6: it looks as though Paul Felder is actually a slight

951
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 6: a favorite. Very interesting fight here, Claudia, how do you

952
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 6: see a plan out between Paul Felder and Mike Perry.

953
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 10: You know, I think Paul Felder is going to get

954
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 10: the win here, and I think he'll probably get a

955
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 10: late round Kotko. I think he's going to be able

956
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 10: to defend well those possible take dun attempts from Mike Perry.

957
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 10: I think he's definitely going to utilize those spinning back

958
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 10: kicks and he's going to tire Perry out as we

959
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 10: have seen the last two fights for Perry, and he's

960
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 10: probably going to get a knockout late in the third

961
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 10: round this way.

962
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, Ken Flow, I wouldn't be surprised to see Mike

963
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 6: Perry try to mix in his wrestling. It's something he

964
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 6: talked about leading into the Max Griffin fight. It is

965
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 6: a two fight losing streak though for Platinum Mike Perry

966
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 6: at present Santiago Ponzinibo and then the aforementioned Max Griffin.

967
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 6: He is now at Jackson Wink MMA and Albuquerque, New Mexico,

968
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 6: working closely with Frank Lester and the rest. Your thoughts

969
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,280
Speaker 6: on Perry in a huge spot for him this weekend

970
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 6: against Paul Felder, Yeah.

971
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 8: You know, listen, I just think I think Mike Perry

972
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 8: hits harder. I think he's the more powerful strike or

973
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,280
Speaker 8: when it comes to the boxing, but I think Felder

974
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 8: just has more weapons. I think, you know, you talk

975
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 8: about his elbows, his kicking game, his knees, his ability

976
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 8: to tye clinch properly and effectively. I think Felder just

977
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 8: has more ways to win. And even you know, for

978
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 8: Mike Perry, yes, he could take it down and ground

979
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 8: and pound and get maybe a t K or knockout

980
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 8: that way. But I just think that Felder has seen

981
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 8: everything that Mike Perry is coming to the table with,

982
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 8: and I think Felder's just the more technical fighter. I

983
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 8: think Felder wins this, all.

984
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 6: Right, Paul Felder trying to make it four consecutive wins.

985
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,840
Speaker 6: He has won his last three, all of them by knockout.

986
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 6: All right, Next a big one here, guys. At one

987
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 6: hundred and thirty five pounds, the grossly underappreciated halfay Ella

988
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 6: SNSAL minus won seventy five favorite against perhaps New England's

989
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 6: best hope for UFC glory right now.

990
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 7: I mean, we got Manny Bermudez.

991
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 6: Of course, Ken Flow out of South Shore Sports fighting

992
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 6: there in Abington, Massachusetts.

993
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 7: But Rob font is a bantamweight contender right now.

994
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 6: That's why he's getting the A Sun South Fight fought

995
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 6: is plus one forty five Claudia, who will it be

996
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 6: Rob Font or Hafela Sunsu.

997
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 10: I think it's going to be Rafaela Sanshou by decision.

998
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 10: I think although both men have a great knockout power,

999
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 10: I think Asansao is just a more powerful striker, and

1000
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 10: just the fact that he switches stands this a lot

1001
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 10: and keeps you almost guessing throughout a fight is going

1002
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 10: to confuse Rob Font, and he's going to force Rob

1003
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 10: Fund to lead and will just counter him the entire time.

1004
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,439
Speaker 6: Sunsaw very smart fighter for sure, And Kenny, what else

1005
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 6: can you say about this guy? I mean, certainly on

1006
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 6: the short list of the best fighters and most deserving

1007
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 6: to have never fought for a UFC title. Ten and one,

1008
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 6: one hundred and thirty five pounds only lost in there

1009
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 6: to the current CHAMF TJ. Dillashaw, whom he beat back

1010
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 6: in twenty thirteen, and he gets another dangerous finisher here

1011
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,320
Speaker 6: in Rob Font. Your thoughts on this one this weekend?

1012
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,760
Speaker 8: Yeah, listen, Hafela Sunsao really doesn't know what it means

1013
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 8: to lose in the UFC, So I'm amazed with his consistency,

1014
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 8: his high level of competition. I think he has faced

1015
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 8: guys that are a little bit tougher than Rob Fund,

1016
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,800
Speaker 8: a little bit more dangerous than Rob fun Font is dangerous.

1017
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 8: There's no doubt he's going to be fast, He's precise

1018
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 8: with his strikes. I just think, I just think a

1019
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 8: sun Sow is just he has he has too much game,

1020
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,760
Speaker 8: too much game for Funt. I think a Sunsaw wins

1021
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 8: this all right.

1022
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 6: Next up, I know Kenny likes this Curtis Milliner kid,

1023
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 6: and so does Las Vegas. Here he's the minus one

1024
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 6: seventy favorite against Max Griffin. He comes back at plus

1025
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 6: one point forty. I guess a couple of intriguing welterweights here, Claudia,

1026
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,160
Speaker 6: Depending on who you talk to, which one are you

1027
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 6: back in this weekend?

1028
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,280
Speaker 7: Curtis Millander or Max Payn Griffin.

1029
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 10: I'm going to go with Curtis Millinger by second round.

1030
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 10: Koor t Ko he has some very impressive knockouts lately

1031
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 10: and again just looks like the more powerful fighter, and

1032
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 10: he's going to just keep it on the feet until

1033
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 10: he can knock out Max Griffin.

1034
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:54,479
Speaker 7: Can flow.

1035
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 6: Griffin coming off the biggest win of his career by

1036
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 6: far against Platinum Mike Perry his last time out, but

1037
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 6: he is the underd here against Curtis Millander, who beat

1038
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 6: thiagu Albez in his UFC debut, left with a performance

1039
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 6: bonus his seventh consecutive win.

1040
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 7: Does Milander make it eight this weekend?

1041
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 8: Can I just say Claudia really knows her stuff. She's

1042
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 8: making prove very proud right now, very impressed. I gotta agree.

1043
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,399
Speaker 8: I think, listen, I think Max Griffin's one of those

1044
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 8: guys who has He's a solid fighter, doesn't make a

1045
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 8: whole lot of mistakes, He's relatively consistent. But Curtis Milinder

1046
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 8: just has that extra special quality and I think him

1047
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 8: being the longer guy, he knows how to use his

1048
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 8: reach and mix in some very dangerous strikes.

1049
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: I think Millinder is the guy who's gonna win this fight.

1050
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 7: All right.

1051
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 6: Two plays there for Curtis Millander in the minus one

1052
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,840
Speaker 6: seventy range and finally Claudia on the way out a

1053
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:47,240
Speaker 6: UFC fight pass preliament lightweight and I wanted some opinions

1054
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,720
Speaker 6: on this fight because I love it. Dan Hooker minus

1055
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:53,479
Speaker 6: won sixty five, Gilbert Durino Burns plus one thirty five,

1056
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,839
Speaker 6: Claudia Hooker or Burns for you.

1057
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 10: Yeah, this was a really tough one to think about,

1058
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 10: but I'm actually going to go with Gilbert Burns by submission,

1059
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 10: probably in the second round.

1060
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:05,840
Speaker 5: Again.

1061
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 10: These two guys have both excellent knockout power, but I

1062
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 10: think Burns is gonna have to rely on his BJJ

1063
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:15,839
Speaker 10: skills for this one. I'm considering the sizestscrepancy and he's

1064
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,880
Speaker 10: gonna be able to get Hooker down on the ground

1065
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 10: and get a submission win.

1066
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 6: All right, Gilbert Durinho Burns canny out an absolute tear.

1067
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,479
Speaker 6: Both of these guys are. I think Dan Hooker's really

1068
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 6: been bullied by a lot of things in his career,

1069
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 6: moving back up to one hundred and fifty five pounds

1070
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 6: for sure, but also the success of fellow Kiwis and Australians.

1071
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 6: I think that this is just a confident group right

1072
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 6: now that is sort of supporting each other, piggybacking upon

1073
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 6: one another. He trains with israel A da SONI there

1074
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 6: in New Zealand. What do you think Hooker and Burns?

1075
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 7: Who do you like?

1076
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,879
Speaker 13: Claudia? You gotta give me one of these. Come on,

1077
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 13: stop making these good picks here, geez. Dan Hooker is

1078
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 13: very dangerous. I think he's tall, he's rangy. As you said,

1079
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 13: he's on a nice win streak right now, feeling very

1080
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 13: confident heading into this fight. But having worked with Gilbert

1081
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 13: Burns and knowing his work ethic and seeing what he's

1082
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 13: capable of and coming off uh you know that devastating

1083
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 13: knockout win uh in his last one.

1084
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 11: Uh.

1085
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 8: Birds is very hungry right now, very motivated. I think

1086
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 8: Gilbert wins this one. I think he has more ways

1087
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 8: to win. Yes, Dan Hooker can knock him out as well,

1088
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 8: but Birds has crazy power and we all know about

1089
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,839
Speaker 8: his brigial jiu jitsu prowess. Is the former world jiu

1090
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 8: jitsu champion. I like Burns.

1091
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 7: And how about Claudia Peterson stealing ken flows?

1092
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:31,720
Speaker 1: Thun, Where do you find these people?

1093
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 8: And he finds the greatest minds out there on the

1094
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 8: internet talking about fights.

1095
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, when ken flow's changed in diapers, Claudia is

1096
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 6: on the internet researching mixed martial.

1097
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: My goodness, you know something.

1098
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 10: I also changed diapers though I just had child.

1099
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: Oh congratulations, that's awesome. She does it all.

1100
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 6: Yeah, congratulations boy or girl, Claudia, I have a son.

1101
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 6: Amazing congratulations and thanks to you guys as well.

1102
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: Great job, it's our pleasure.

1103
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 6: Hopefully you enjoy the fights a little more this weekend

1104
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 6: knowing you're going head to head with Ken Flow. Claudia

1105
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,319
Speaker 6: Peterson only the third or fourth woman actually Ken Flow.

1106
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 6: I think to make picks here on the show. We

1107
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:16,160
Speaker 6: encourage more of that. Annichlorian podcast at gmail dot com

1108
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 6: if you would like to make selections head to head

1109
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 6: against Ken Flow in the main event challenge, Annik Florian

1110
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 6: podcast at gmail dot com. So I'm just going to

1111
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,279
Speaker 6: rifle through a couple of other of these fights while

1112
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 6: we get ready for Robbie Fox. Here Michael Kisa and

1113
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,800
Speaker 6: Anthony showtime Pettis. So this fight was supposed to happen

1114
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 6: obviously back in April UFC two twenty three, I believe.

1115
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,120
Speaker 6: And Anthony Pettis, I think for a while there it

1116
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 6: looked like he was going to fight Ubibnrmago Medov. On

1117
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 6: fight day, Kisa taken out of the fight because he

1118
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 6: had the glass in his head courtesy of the Connor

1119
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,359
Speaker 6: McGregor Dolly. But this is the type of big name

1120
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 6: opponent that Michael Kiessa has been trying to get on

1121
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,439
Speaker 6: his resume as a springboard to lightweight contention. Kisa hasn't

1122
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 6: fought a whole lot. He's favored to beat Showtime Pettis

1123
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 6: this weekend, and I think if he gets this one,

1124
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 6: he'll be in that conversation that he's really been trying

1125
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 6: to get in since the beginning of twenty sixty.

1126
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 9: Well.

1127
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 8: I think this is the kind of fight for me

1128
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 8: that Michael Kiosa needs to win in a word, to say, Okay,

1129
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,840
Speaker 8: this guy, you know, can really make a run at

1130
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:20,760
Speaker 8: this title. I think those are the kind of guys

1131
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 8: you have to beat. A guy and Anthony Pettis a

1132
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 8: former champion, one hundred thty five pounds, a guy that

1133
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,800
Speaker 8: is really dangerous everywhere, a guy with a tremendous amount

1134
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 8: of experience. If Kiosa can get this win, then I

1135
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:32,799
Speaker 8: think he's on his way.

1136
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 6: It'll be interesting to talk to Anthony Showtime Pettis tomorrow

1137
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 6: when we do the Fighter Calls, because one thing that

1138
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,239
Speaker 6: he spoke about as he was getting ready for the

1139
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 6: Kisa fight was that he had basically eliminated regular wrestling

1140
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 6: from his training regimen and the long trips to go

1141
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 6: see Izzy in the Midwest, and he felt like getting

1142
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 6: back to the dynamic athlete that rose to the top

1143
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:59,239
Speaker 6: and reacted instinctively to what happened inside the octagon would

1144
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,040
Speaker 6: be the better guy. It's gonna be interesting to see

1145
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 6: if he actually leaned on the wrestling a little bit

1146
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,080
Speaker 6: now that he had the extra few months to prepare

1147
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,760
Speaker 6: for Michael Kiessa, but now with us to make picks

1148
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 6: for the pay per view main card. Just like Kenfill,

1149
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 6: this guy does not do prelims. Folks on Twitter, you

1150
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,720
Speaker 6: can find him at Robbie Barstool. The Great Robbie Fox

1151
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:18,279
Speaker 6: is with us. Robbie, Good afternoon, man.

1152
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 9: How are you great?

1153
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 5: How are you guys?

1154
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,839
Speaker 6: Well, we're doing well and we certainly appreciate you taking

1155
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 6: the time. Before we get to the picks, though, I

1156
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,960
Speaker 6: just need to acknowledge publicly, at least for our listeners,

1157
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 6: your work and support of Connor McGregor outside the courthouse

1158
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 6: a few weeks ago. I know I messaged you privately,

1159
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 6: but you were loud, man. I thought you were authoritative.

1160
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 6: He certainly heard you. You're the King, Connor, dude. I've

1161
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 6: watched it like ten times, so I know. I mean, obviously,

1162
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:46,239
Speaker 6: none of us can doone what Connor was doing with

1163
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 6: the Dolly, except for you and a few handful of others.

1164
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 6: But I mean that day had to go about as

1165
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 6: well as you had projected when you left your house

1166
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 6: that morn.

1167
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:55,839
Speaker 5: Oh my god, it was like a dream come true.

1168
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,960
Speaker 5: We showed up to the courthouse super early. We were

1169
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 5: like really trying to find it. For a while, we

1170
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 5: didn't know where it was. As soon as we showed up,

1171
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 5: Connor and his whole squad pulled up, and I was

1172
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 5: just causing a scene. I was screaming into the top

1173
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 5: of my lungs that the dolly slipped that Connor didn't

1174
00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:10,279
Speaker 5: mean to throw it, that if he did mean to

1175
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:11,959
Speaker 5: throw it, the bus driver axed him.

1176
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 9: To throw it.

1177
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 5: It was It was a scene. I think. I was

1178
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 5: quoted in the New York Times and the New York

1179
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 5: Daily News saying that, you know, if Connor did do

1180
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 5: anything wrong, who cares let him go? It was crazy.

1181
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 5: And the fact that you know, I was kind of

1182
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 5: brought over to where Connor would be to meet him

1183
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 5: was absolutely insane. I mean, John, he put his left

1184
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 5: hand on my shoulder to take a picture with me.

1185
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:35,720
Speaker 5: Robbie had to be at least twenty pounds.

1186
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,399
Speaker 8: We're seeing that picture right now, and I think you're right.

1187
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:40,319
Speaker 8: I think it's ridiculous that the bus was in the

1188
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 8: way of that dolly. I mean, what it's irresponsible of

1189
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 8: that bus driver to park that bus right there in

1190
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 8: the way of Connor practicing his throws.

1191
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 5: Finally, someone's talking cens around here.

1192
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree it is.

1193
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 6: You know, it wasn't a chance meeting though, as we

1194
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:56,719
Speaker 6: hear from you there. I mean, he seemed just as

1195
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:59,399
Speaker 6: excited to meet you as you were him. I thought

1196
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,360
Speaker 6: that's what made it's so powerful. He was genuinely excited

1197
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 6: to meet you. He's got the damn thumbs up in

1198
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:05,479
Speaker 6: the picture. I mean, what else do you want?

1199
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:06,239
Speaker 9: Man?

1200
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 5: It was crazy. He actually he followed me on Twitter

1201
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 5: like the week before, and I thought like, oh my god,

1202
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,240
Speaker 5: I can't get better than this. You know, Connor McGregor,

1203
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 5: I have. I'll pull up the DM every now and then,

1204
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 5: and I've never shot him a message, but I just

1205
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 5: want to know that I can if I want to.

1206
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 5: You know, I was over the moon. I couldn't believe it.

1207
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 5: And then for us to meet the next week, it

1208
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,000
Speaker 5: was it was crazy. I'll be back outside the courthouse,

1209
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:28,919
Speaker 5: you know, later this month.

1210
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 6: Of course, as well, we know you will. But dude,

1211
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 6: you got that direct line now with Connor McGregor. It's

1212
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 6: a very powerful thing. I mean you know that in

1213
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 6: that moment, the only thing that he was thinking about

1214
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 6: was Robbie Fox.

1215
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:42,399
Speaker 5: That's true. I would be shocked if I wasn't walking

1216
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:43,799
Speaker 5: him out to the octagon his next fight.

1217
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,279
Speaker 6: I go, well, I you know, I mean, it took

1218
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 6: the words out of my mouth. I think there's something

1219
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 6: in your future. Maybe during fight week he will request

1220
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 6: to only interview with you or something, which I think

1221
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 6: would be very exciting. But we got to get to

1222
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 6: the picks. I think you're very talented, obviously, so does

1223
00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 6: Barstool Sports, and they've recognized that you're a massive UFC though,

1224
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:01,600
Speaker 6: So I wanted to bring you on to make some

1225
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,720
Speaker 6: picks today. First fight on the main card Gokin Saki

1226
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:08,319
Speaker 6: minus one fifty, Khalil Rountree Junior, the slight underdog at

1227
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:09,320
Speaker 6: plus one twenty.

1228
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:11,080
Speaker 7: Some bad blood here. We like heat.

1229
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 6: These guys don't like each other. They've been booked to

1230
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 6: fight before it shall be done Saturday night. Robbie, who

1231
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 6: do you like? Go Kansaki or Khalil Rowntree Junior.

1232
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:20,719
Speaker 5: So I do want to preface this with the fact

1233
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,840
Speaker 5: that you just said I'm a massive UFC fan, and

1234
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,319
Speaker 5: that is very true. I am far from what you

1235
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:27,879
Speaker 5: would call an analyst, So I'm gonna try my best here.

1236
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:29,879
Speaker 5: I think I have a good grasp of a lot

1237
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:31,919
Speaker 5: of these fights, and in this one, I'm taking the dog.

1238
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 5: I'm taking Roundtree. I don't think either one of these

1239
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:38,839
Speaker 5: guys has necessarily the best cardio. Sake never like really

1240
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 5: showed issues with it in K one or Glory or

1241
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 5: anything like that. But he had that one UFC fight

1242
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:45,600
Speaker 5: in September and it was a first round knockout over

1243
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:49,280
Speaker 5: Henrik da Silva, and right after it he was completely guessed.

1244
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:51,319
Speaker 5: And it could be Jitters, it could be I know

1245
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 5: there was a long layoff, but I think he is

1246
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 5: the superior striker. I just think from what I've seen

1247
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:00,839
Speaker 5: in the octagon, Roundtree hits harder. I think this one's

1248
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 5: going to be either overfast or with a quick knockout

1249
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,040
Speaker 5: from either one of these guys, or it's going to

1250
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:09,800
Speaker 5: be kind of a grinding out win from Rowntree. Because

1251
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,360
Speaker 5: we haven't seen Sake have to face grappling in the past.

1252
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:17,400
Speaker 5: Khalil not a superior amazing wrestler, but I think he

1253
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,240
Speaker 5: can neutralize Saki.

1254
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,360
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think Roundtree has worked very hard Kenny

1255
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 6: on his conditioning, so it'll be there late in round

1256
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,400
Speaker 6: three if need be a lot of amateur MMA experience

1257
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:29,959
Speaker 6: as well for Khalil Rowntree Junior, who obviously has more

1258
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,919
Speaker 6: MMA experience than his counterpart go Kan Saki. Pro MMA

1259
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,359
Speaker 6: debut for him was in two thousand and four, and

1260
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,400
Speaker 6: then his next fight was his UFC debut that Robbie

1261
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 6: referenced there a knockout late last year. So Saki or

1262
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,680
Speaker 6: Roundtree Junior as the slight dog ken Flow, who do

1263
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 6: you like?

1264
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 1: Listen?

1265
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 8: I think this is excellent matchmaking here. I think Roundtree

1266
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 8: is definitely capable of getting the win here over the

1267
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:56,200
Speaker 8: legendary striker go Kan Saki, but I don't think he

1268
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 8: gets it done here. I think Saki is going to

1269
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:00,560
Speaker 8: be a little bit too quick for I think he

1270
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,360
Speaker 8: lands the more precise strikes and gets a knockout probably

1271
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 8: early in this fight.

1272
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,880
Speaker 6: All right, next up at one hundred and fifty five pounds.

1273
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 6: We talked about it briefly there. Michael Kisa minus one

1274
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,880
Speaker 6: sixty Anthony Showtime Pettis coming back as the plus one

1275
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 6: forty underdog. Robbie Fox, You're gonna take the guy in

1276
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 6: Kiessa who was unfit to fight because of the Dolly incident.

1277
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,279
Speaker 6: I mean, as a Connor McGregor guy. I'm not sure

1278
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 6: how you can back Kiessa this weekend.

1279
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 5: You know what, it was tough, but we're gonna have

1280
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:33,720
Speaker 5: to let bygones teak bygones and say hand up. That's on, Connor.

1281
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 5: I'm taking Kisa in this one. But this one is

1282
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 5: so tricky because I think, no matter what I would

1283
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 5: love for this to be a war, I think it's

1284
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:43,680
Speaker 5: gonna be one sided one way or the other. I

1285
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 5: think either Michael Kios is gonna go out there with

1286
00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 5: a great game plan where he pressures and has has

1287
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,560
Speaker 5: Pettis on his back foot. And really, I mean the

1288
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 5: thing I would like to see him do is get

1289
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,279
Speaker 5: inside the pocket like Poorier did. Obviously he's not the

1290
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:58,880
Speaker 5: striker that Pourier is, but I could also see Pettis

1291
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 5: coming out and just like kind of annihilating Kisa with

1292
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,160
Speaker 5: kicks and and just really fast jabs. I don't know

1293
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,640
Speaker 5: what kind of version, what version of Pettis we'll see

1294
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 5: in the octagon, though, because he's not the fighter he

1295
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 5: once was. I mean no disrespect by that, but it

1296
00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:14,799
Speaker 5: seemed like for a long time, you know, he was

1297
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 5: so ahead of the game, and so who could ever

1298
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:19,800
Speaker 5: possibly beat Anthony Pettis. And now he's on part with

1299
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 5: a lot of these guys. So I do think Kiyos

1300
00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 5: is gonna get this one done. His hands are like

1301
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:29,600
Speaker 5: deceptively heavy, where he you know, seriously rocks Masvidal a

1302
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 5: few years ago. And I do think if he uses

1303
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:36,960
Speaker 5: his length as well as he normally does, but then

1304
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 5: also transitions and gets inside the pocket and pressures and

1305
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 5: just keeps up a rabid pace, I do think Kisa

1306
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 5: could get this one done. I think he has the

1307
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 5: advantage on the ground as well. If this one goes

1308
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:50,440
Speaker 5: to the ground, I can't see any way where Anthony Pettis,

1309
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,920
Speaker 5: who is a great grappler, can submit Kiesa just because

1310
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 5: of his crazy length.

1311
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:58,600
Speaker 6: Oh, he is just massive and he should be fresh Kenny.

1312
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:01,440
Speaker 6: Since twenty fifteen, Yesa has been in the octagon for

1313
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,280
Speaker 6: less than eleven minutes. Pettis has had six fights in

1314
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:07,600
Speaker 6: that time. Not sure if that's a factor, but Kiesa

1315
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 6: just has not fought a lot he's been out of sight,

1316
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 6: out of mind.

1317
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 7: Which way you go, and kid ki Petes.

1318
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 1: Well, Kis, it will be fresher.

1319
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,360
Speaker 8: He'll also be very hungry heading into this fight against

1320
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 8: Anthony Pettis. And you look at you know, the fights

1321
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:21,120
Speaker 8: that they've had. Pettis has taken a lot of damage

1322
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 8: in his last few fights. Geez, you know, this is

1323
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 8: a tough one for me when I look at the skills,

1324
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,920
Speaker 8: when I look at the skills of the fighter, to me,

1325
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 8: Anthony Pettis is just the more skillful fighter. I think

1326
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 8: there's more ways for him to win. However, wrestlers grinders

1327
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 8: like Michael Kiyosa have given him a lot of trouble

1328
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 8: in the past. You know, Kis's reach kind of concerns

1329
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 8: me here. I do need points. I do think Pettis

1330
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,760
Speaker 8: is the better striker. I do think Kiyosa does make

1331
00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 8: mistakes on the feet. He hasn't kind of come with

1332
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,600
Speaker 8: the same progress on the feet that he has with

1333
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 8: on the ground.

1334
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with Pettis here well.

1335
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 6: And if he is to be taking at his word

1336
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 6: back in April when we sat down with him before

1337
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 6: this fight went away, He's gonna come out like a

1338
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 6: bat out of hell. Right, he understands that Kis is

1339
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 6: probably gonna shoot and shoot early if he can't get

1340
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 6: that jab going early, and Pettis will be ready for

1341
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:14,280
Speaker 6: it and try to bring the fight back into his wheelhouse.

1342
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:14,640
Speaker 7: All right.

1343
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 6: At heavyweight, the black Beast Derek Lewis try to come

1344
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:21,360
Speaker 6: through here as a plus two to eighty underdog against

1345
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,760
Speaker 6: the division's number one contender, Francis in Ghana, who is

1346
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 6: minus three sixty. A lot of people expecting in Ghanu

1347
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 6: to bounce back viciously here after the title loss to

1348
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 6: Stepe back in January. Robbie Fox, the floor is yours?

1349
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 6: You going within Ghanu or Derek Lewis.

1350
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,640
Speaker 5: I'm going within Ghanu. I love this fight. I think

1351
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 5: this fight is awesome. I love both of these fighters,

1352
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,920
Speaker 5: and it's tough for me to go within Ghanu. But

1353
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:47,040
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna discredit his hands just because of what

1354
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 5: happened in January against Steepe, who is obviously Derek Lewis

1355
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:53,760
Speaker 5: is not the fighter that Stepe is, but his cardio

1356
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 5: Francis and Ganu's cardio seems to be an issue, and

1357
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 5: I don't know how much he could possibly improve that

1358
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 5: Cardio from January to July. But I guess we'll see,

1359
01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 5: and I'm taking in Ghanu by first round knockout. I

1360
01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:09,800
Speaker 5: don't think that Derek Lewis necessarily has the strength to

1361
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:13,920
Speaker 5: dragging Goanna to the ground and hold him there like

1362
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:17,040
Speaker 5: Steepe was able to do, so I'll take him by

1363
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:19,160
Speaker 5: first round knockout. I could kind of see this one

1364
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,200
Speaker 5: in my head. This plays out exactly as the alistair

1365
01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:23,840
Speaker 5: Overine Francis and Ghano fight does.

1366
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:28,040
Speaker 6: Interesting fourteenth UFC appearance can flow for Derek Lewis. He's

1367
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 6: won seven of his last eight. He's the more known

1368
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,240
Speaker 6: quantity here. We'll see what type of improvements Francis and

1369
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 6: Ghana has made since January.

1370
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Speaker 7: Which way you go?

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01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,720
Speaker 8: And kid, I'm smiling just thinking about this fight. It's

1372
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:42,600
Speaker 8: gonna be ridiculous. I don't think it lasts that long.

1373
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,120
Speaker 8: I don't think it's going to go the distance.

1374
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:45,160
Speaker 1: Listen.

1375
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,720
Speaker 8: I gotta agree with Robby here. I think and Ghano

1376
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 8: wins this one. I think he's a little bit more precise.

1377
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,200
Speaker 8: I think he hits harder. I think he might have

1378
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 8: the better chin as well. But this is kind of

1379
01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 8: one of those where if either of these guys Lands

1380
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,960
Speaker 8: a clean shot over the lands that first one will

1381
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 8: win the fight. But I think in Gano will get

1382
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 8: the win. I think he's tailor made for these kind

1383
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:07,080
Speaker 8: of fights.

1384
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:08,800
Speaker 7: All right.

1385
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 6: Now to the co headliner UFC Featherweight Championship, Max Holloway

1386
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:14,520
Speaker 6: the minus one forty five favorite to defend his title

1387
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:17,640
Speaker 6: against Brian t Cidy Ortega, who is plus one twenty five.

1388
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 6: For true fans of MMA, disclaimer here, this is about

1389
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 6: as good as it gets for me on paper. This

1390
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:26,200
Speaker 6: is a dream matchup. I can't wait to see it.

1391
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 6: Robbie Fox, the question to you who leaves Vegas as

1392
01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:30,200
Speaker 6: the UFC Featherweight Champion.

1393
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:34,400
Speaker 5: Have you guys seen the gift and the video of

1394
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:38,120
Speaker 5: that fan way back in the day UFC with UFC

1395
01:01:38,360 --> 01:01:42,120
Speaker 5: painted on his forehead and just bleed painted on his chest. Yes,

1396
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 5: flex and his guts out, because when this fight starts

1397
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:48,800
Speaker 5: and Bruce Buffer says it's time, I am going to

1398
01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:51,280
Speaker 5: rip my shirt off no matter where I am and

1399
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:55,959
Speaker 5: just be flexing my head off because oh my god, fight.

1400
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:59,880
Speaker 5: I cannot wait for this and I truly have no

1401
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 5: idea what's going to happen. I have no idea. I

1402
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:06,320
Speaker 5: love Max Holloway. He's one of my favorite fighters to watch,

1403
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 5: and I also think bringing it back to Connor McGregor

1404
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,800
Speaker 5: that he, other than kuld Be, is the hardest matchup

1405
01:02:11,840 --> 01:02:15,600
Speaker 5: for Connor in the entire UFC. I think he's absolutely superb.

1406
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:18,640
Speaker 5: What he did to Jose Aldo him offering to step

1407
01:02:18,640 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 5: in against could be but UFC two twenty three was

1408
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:24,000
Speaker 5: just crazy and shows you how much of a warrior

1409
01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 5: he really is. Brian Ortega that I feel like he's

1410
01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 5: had a thousand wins, and I mean he has had

1411
01:02:30,560 --> 01:02:33,040
Speaker 5: a thousand wins where it looks like he's out of it.

1412
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:34,360
Speaker 5: It looks like he's out of it, it looks like

1413
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 5: he's out of it, and then he just pulls through.

1414
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:38,960
Speaker 5: So he's a guy that you could never really count out.

1415
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 9: Him.

1416
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:43,360
Speaker 5: Knocking out Frankie Edgar shows his power and Franki Edgar

1417
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:46,280
Speaker 5: having never been knocked out in his career before that.

1418
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,320
Speaker 5: So this is so tough for me to call, but

1419
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,680
Speaker 5: I'm gonna call Max Holloway here. I'm gonna say a

1420
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:55,040
Speaker 5: third round knockout for Max Holloway. I think he's too

1421
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:59,160
Speaker 5: crisp with his footwork and just with the way he's

1422
01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 5: so precise in his strikes, and we saw that against

1423
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:05,560
Speaker 5: Aldo twice. Like we're talking Jose Aldo, one of the

1424
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:08,920
Speaker 5: greatest fighters of all time. I mean, Max Holloway made

1425
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,640
Speaker 5: him look like a shell of himself. So I have

1426
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:13,920
Speaker 5: to go with Holloway. I think Halloway's one of the

1427
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 5: most skilled pound for pound fighters the UFC has. But

1428
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 5: I honestly wouldn't be shocked if Brian Ortega pulls out

1429
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:22,080
Speaker 5: a crazy submission out of nowhere.

1430
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, great chance for both guys to sort of stake

1431
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:27,400
Speaker 6: some sort of pound for pound claim this weekend. Halloway

1432
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,080
Speaker 6: and Ortega. So Ken Flow fought for this very belt

1433
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:32,360
Speaker 6: back in twenty eleven. Flow, I bet you're excited. You're

1434
01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 6: not having a fight one of these guys this week.

1435
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:37,240
Speaker 8: These guys are beasts, man, There's no doubt about it.

1436
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 8: You know it's tough, man. I picked against Ortega in

1437
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:43,560
Speaker 8: his last one against Frankie. I thought Cub was gonna

1438
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 8: beat him as well. I ate my words there. I

1439
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 8: might be eating my words yet again. I'm gonna go

1440
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 8: with Max Holloway. I think Halloway is one of those guys.

1441
01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:54,600
Speaker 8: Not only is he so skillful, Robbie, but I think

1442
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:56,480
Speaker 8: he's one of those guys. He's one of the more

1443
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,960
Speaker 8: intelligent fighters in the octagon. He knows what to do,

1444
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:02,600
Speaker 8: he knows when to do it. I don't see him

1445
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,920
Speaker 8: making a huge mistake here against a guy like Ortega.

1446
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:08,200
Speaker 8: Although if Ortega gets him on the on the mat

1447
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:11,200
Speaker 8: mistake or not, Ortega wins this fight, he will submit

1448
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:14,640
Speaker 8: Max Holloway. But I don't think he's able to do it.

1449
01:04:14,640 --> 01:04:16,160
Speaker 8: I don't think he's gonna be able to take down

1450
01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:19,600
Speaker 8: Holloway or Tega not really known for his takedown game.

1451
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:22,240
Speaker 8: So I think Halloway finds a way to keep this

1452
01:04:22,280 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 8: one on the feet and it avoids that big power

1453
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 8: of Ortego. Ortega might even be the guy who hits

1454
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 8: harder in this fight. Halloway just so consistent puts together

1455
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:34,080
Speaker 8: some of the more beautiful combinations you will see in

1456
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:37,000
Speaker 8: this sport. Max Holloway, I think, retains the belt here.

1457
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:39,720
Speaker 7: Does he finish him? You got a round for me?

1458
01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 1: That's right? Sorry, Yeah, let's go.

1459
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:46,120
Speaker 8: Let's go with a fourth round TKO for Holloway.

1460
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:48,880
Speaker 6: Fourth round TKO for Max Holloway or right, finally, Robbie

1461
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:51,600
Speaker 6: Fox the super Fight for the UFC heavyweight title, Stepe

1462
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:54,400
Speaker 6: a mia Chich the hunted right now Daniel Cormier trying

1463
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:57,600
Speaker 6: to take his belt and become just the second simultaneous

1464
01:04:57,600 --> 01:05:00,760
Speaker 6: two division champion in UFC history. Steep about minus two

1465
01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:04,000
Speaker 6: fifty DC plus two hundred or so, Robbie, who do

1466
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:06,280
Speaker 6: you like in the super in the super fight?

1467
01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:06,800
Speaker 1: Excuse me?

1468
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,480
Speaker 5: I hate doing this to Steepe twice in a row.

1469
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:13,560
Speaker 5: I got to admit I picked against him with Francis,

1470
01:05:13,560 --> 01:05:16,000
Speaker 5: and I'm picking against him here. I'm taking Daniel Cormier.

1471
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 5: After UFC two twenty. Immediately, you know, everyone at the

1472
01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:24,600
Speaker 5: press conference, they were the hushes of who's next for Stepe?

1473
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,120
Speaker 5: Who's next for Stepe? There wasn't a real contender, and

1474
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:29,440
Speaker 5: one name came up and everyone is kind of just like,

1475
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 5: I think it's DC, And they were the questions about, well,

1476
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,120
Speaker 5: will will you do that with Kine and all that.

1477
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:39,960
Speaker 5: It finally got booked. This is an awesome, awesome, awesome

1478
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 5: main event for International Fight Week. This is a super

1479
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,760
Speaker 5: fight of the highest caliber. We got the most dominant

1480
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:48,400
Speaker 5: heavyweight champion of all time against a guy that was

1481
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:50,920
Speaker 5: thirteen to oh at heavyweight, moved down to light heavyweight,

1482
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 5: is now the most dominant light heavyweight of all time

1483
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,360
Speaker 5: other than John Jones, of course, who you know. There's

1484
01:05:56,360 --> 01:06:00,200
Speaker 5: an asterisk there, so that's a tricky situation. But this

1485
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,800
Speaker 5: is just so, so so good. I'm taking Cornier by

1486
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:07,640
Speaker 5: fourth round submission. I think he's going to be able

1487
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:10,960
Speaker 5: to wear steep A down. We've never seen him have

1488
01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 5: issues against people bigger than him except Jones, and I

1489
01:06:14,120 --> 01:06:16,720
Speaker 5: don't even think the size was necessarily an issue there.

1490
01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 5: He fought at heavyweight before, so I don't think the

1491
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 5: agent's reach advantage is going to play a huge factor

1492
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:24,200
Speaker 5: for stepe especially considering step A isn't a guy that

1493
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:29,280
Speaker 5: like necessarily uses that reach that he usually has over guys.

1494
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:35,240
Speaker 5: He's tighter with his strikes and more close up. Both

1495
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,280
Speaker 5: of them are great wrestlers, so I don't think anyone's

1496
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:40,520
Speaker 5: getting ragged oled here. But I just do think that Cornier,

1497
01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:43,120
Speaker 5: a better chin at heavyweight, will be able to withstand

1498
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,800
Speaker 5: the first storm through steep A and then be able

1499
01:06:46,800 --> 01:06:49,720
Speaker 5: to drag him to the ground and grind out a submission.

1500
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:53,200
Speaker 6: And can you imagine the reaction can flow from Daniel

1501
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,320
Speaker 6: Cormier if he submits steep A and becomes the UFC

1502
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:59,959
Speaker 6: Heavyweight Champion. Your final thoughts on this UFC heavyweight title

1503
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:02,320
Speaker 6: fight with your selection Interesting?

1504
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:03,840
Speaker 1: Interesting from Robbie here.

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Speaker 8: Well, this is a fascinating fight, both guys tremendous champions.

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01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 1: Daniel Cormier I think, isn't you know?

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01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 8: In just in doing some film study, I feel much

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01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:20,840
Speaker 8: better about this fight for Daniel Cormier than I did before.

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01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:23,200
Speaker 1: I think step A, Yes, he's still dangerous.

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01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:26,880
Speaker 8: Yes he hits harder when it comes to boxing, But

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01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 8: I think d C is gonna be able to avoid

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01:07:29,080 --> 01:07:31,280
Speaker 8: those heavy strikes. I think he's gonna find a way

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01:07:31,720 --> 01:07:35,000
Speaker 8: to utilize his dirty boxing, get into the clinch, work

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01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:38,160
Speaker 8: some takedowns here or there, you know, kind of keep

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01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,480
Speaker 8: Stepe on the defense of a little bit.

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01:07:40,560 --> 01:07:42,240
Speaker 1: I think that's what he needs to do. He needs

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01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:43,520
Speaker 1: to be able to stock Stepe.

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01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:46,760
Speaker 8: DC will not win this fight if he is being

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01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:49,400
Speaker 8: backed up by the heavyweight champion.

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01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,480
Speaker 1: He has to lead the dance here.

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01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 8: He has to get the heavyweight champ moving backwards in

1522
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:59,200
Speaker 8: this fight. Stock him with takedowns, enter with sharp combinations,

1523
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:02,120
Speaker 8: utilize the kicks, h and uh.

1524
01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:05,400
Speaker 1: I think DC wins this fight by decision.

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Speaker 6: Wow, Robbie Fox barstoolsports dot Com on Twitter. You can

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01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:12,160
Speaker 6: find them at Robbie barstool. Appreciate you coming on today, man,

1527
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:13,440
Speaker 6: great work. We'll keep tracking you.

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Speaker 5: Thanks so much, dude, Thank you guys so much. This

1529
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 5: was a mental world to me to be on. So

1530
01:08:19,680 --> 01:08:21,800
Speaker 5: enjoy the card on Saturday, safe travels and all that.

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01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 9: Thank you so much.

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01:08:23,080 --> 01:08:24,160
Speaker 1: Great job, Buddy, you too.

1533
01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:26,600
Speaker 7: There he is Robbie Fox with us here for the

1534
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 7: main event. Challenge can flow?

1535
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:31,679
Speaker 6: Any chance that you change your picks by the time

1536
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 6: the pre fight show rolls around on Saturday night for

1537
01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:37,360
Speaker 6: either of the two title fights, based upon what you

1538
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:39,519
Speaker 6: see maybe Friday at the Way In or otherwise.

1539
01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:42,519
Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely, listen. There's always a chance, just due to

1540
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:46,800
Speaker 8: how they look on the scale. Also on fight week,

1541
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:49,400
Speaker 8: as you well know, you know, you hear certain things

1542
01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:52,920
Speaker 8: that you might not hear otherwise, and being on the

1543
01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:56,120
Speaker 8: ground in Vegas, you have access to that kind of information.

1544
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:57,920
Speaker 1: So who knows.

1545
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:00,880
Speaker 6: We will see man, and I will see you there.

1546
01:09:00,920 --> 01:09:03,000
Speaker 6: I get in July fourth as well, Buddy. You can

1547
01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:05,400
Speaker 6: catch Ken Flow on the pre and post fight shows

1548
01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:07,920
Speaker 6: on FS one. Also, don't forget the Hall of Fame

1549
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 6: induction ceremony. I'll be hosting. I'll also be inducting Bruce Connell,

1550
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:14,360
Speaker 6: which I'm very excited to have the chance to do that.

1551
01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:15,920
Speaker 6: So if you can't be with us in Vegas, you

1552
01:09:15,960 --> 01:09:19,320
Speaker 6: can see that, I believe sometime around nine pm Eastern

1553
01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:22,840
Speaker 6: sixth Pacific on Thursday July fifth, and of course the

1554
01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:26,559
Speaker 6: big pay per view coming up on Saturday night. Until then,

1555
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:29,040
Speaker 6: thanks to everybody at Fox Sports, thanks to Ray long Ago,

1556
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 6: Robbie Fox, Claudia Peterson. Until next Monday, enjoy the hell

1557
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:34,719
Speaker 6: out of UFC two twenty six and the tough finale.

1558
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,360
Speaker 6: We will recap it for you on Monday, July ninth,

1559
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Speaker 6: fo later the.

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