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Speaker 4: Oh, he's back. The goat is back.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I can't call Johnny Bones the greatest of all time. Sunday,

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Speaker 2: January fifteenth, The year is twenty twenty three, Episode three

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Speaker 2: Jones is back, folks, Johnny Bones Jones is back.

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Speaker 4: Good morning, Kenny, how you doing man?

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Speaker 6: It's just such a great walkout song, so good, so appropriate.

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Speaker 6: I love it, you know, not only myself, the whole

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Speaker 6: mixed martial arts world has been waiting as to when

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Speaker 6: John Jones is going to fight again. Obviously, he's been

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Speaker 6: And I think he's ready and I can't wait to

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Speaker 2: thank you for your patients. As far as all of

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Speaker 2: that is concerned, I am reading right from Bretto Komodo's

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Speaker 2: article at ESPN dot com. And if you don't know,

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Speaker 2: in print journalism, it is lead spelled lede, and this

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Speaker 2: is a brilliant lead, right simple. John Jones arguably the

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Speaker 2: greatest fighter of all time. We'll fight Seallegan for the

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Speaker 2: heavyweight championship at UFC two eighty five on March fourth.

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Speaker 2: That according to UFC President Dana White, he is arguably

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Speaker 2: That means Francis and Gon who has been released. He

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Speaker 2: We're going to let him do that, release him from

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Speaker 2: So I'm not an executive, right, Israel Lota Sonya got

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Speaker 2: I don't know what he's looking for or what exactly

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Speaker 2: So Dana saying in Kana feels like he's in a

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Speaker 2: So if he gets that singular fight, you can certainly

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Speaker 6: There's no question about it. These are the fights that

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Speaker 2: Seedele Gone actually is minus one thirty five and John

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Speaker 6: Well, John, how long has it been since John Jones

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Speaker 2: Yeah, YOUFC two forty seven Johnny Bones Jones one race

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Speaker 2: Very very exciting. I look forward to that. It is

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Speaker 4: But tremendous stuff.

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Speaker 2: Johnny Bones Jones back in your life, and big opportunity

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Speaker 2: for him and of course for Sidal Gone as they

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Speaker 2: Lappy La Plant and Mike Ricci sometimes listened to this show,

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Speaker 4: Same sentiment for me.

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Speaker 2: We have so many positive things to say about Sean

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Speaker 4: I don't know, man, it's a different take.

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Speaker 2: Man, Like, the fans are the lifeblood of the sport,

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Speaker 6: I agree with that sentiment, I think for business reasons. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: I agree, and it seems like there are a handful

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Speaker 2: And what else can you say about Sean Strickland and

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Speaker 4: What do you think about all that?

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Speaker 6: I would say this, for someone who is sparring as

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Speaker 6: I think that's why we see Sean Strickland largely the

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Speaker 5: See.

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Speaker 2: That's why Kenny Florian gets fifty one percent of Anakin

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Speaker 2: because you're absolutely right, because you're able to be critical,

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Speaker 2: be critical. But you're right in terms of the skill development.

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Speaker 2: Incredible pro career, pro record. But yes, I mean most

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Speaker 4: A lot of my buddies like that. Over four and

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Speaker 2: In totality on the fight, it was Strickland by unanimous

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Speaker 2: decision Overnasordini Mavov forty nine to forty six times to

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Speaker 4: Close, but you know, I felt like it was a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Listen, I don't think Sean Strickland is the most

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Speaker 6: I thought he landed some good shots. But Strickland has

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Speaker 4: Out of the fight.

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Speaker 2: But Sean Strickland gets the win and largely gets the

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, and he came in, what ten pounds lighter than

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Speaker 6: I think there's little adjustments he could have made that

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Speaker 6: people into your fight and not adjust to them. I

437
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Speaker 6: just felt like in Wovoff was trying to adjust himself

438
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Speaker 6: to the style of Strickland, and that can be a

439
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Speaker 6: difficult fight to win when you do that.

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Speaker 2: All right, good stuff there. We'll see what happens with

441
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Speaker 2: Sean Strickland moving forward. Seemingly is going to stay at

442
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Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty five pounds, and I would say

443
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Speaker 2: if he can. All right, did my mic just unplug again?

444
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on here? Audio drop again.

445
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 2: It seems like my mic is doing its own thing today.

446
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,359
Speaker 2: But I was talking about Dan Egay and you know,

447
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,240
Speaker 2: sometimes parenthood can go both ways for UFC fighters. Obviously

448
00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 2: you were not a parent when you were fighting, but

449
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Speaker 2: you know, I believe this is dan Egay's first win

450
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 2: since becoming a father and man, he was waiting to exhale.

451
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Speaker 2: You saw it in the post fight interview after the fight.

452
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Speaker 2: Huge result for Dany Egay. And nothing like being able

453
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Speaker 2: to have a knockout like that, when when your fucking

454
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Speaker 2: nickname is fifty K to be able to have a

455
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Speaker 2: knockout like that, and it's all about location, right, I mean,

456
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 2: this was not like power slapshit where he's like in

457
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 2: a full squat, bending down, full throttle. Just perfect technique

458
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Speaker 2: execution and big bonus for Danny Gay over the weekend.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Danny Gay, he's got that fu kind of power. Yeah,

460
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 6: and he doesn't need to wind up very very big.

461
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 6: He stayed patient throughout that fight. I thought he fought

462
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,159
Speaker 6: a perfect fight for the most part. He was backing

463
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 6: up Damon or early in that fight, backing him up,

464
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Speaker 6: keeping him off balance, mixing things up. Actually went for

465
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Speaker 6: a takedown there at the end of round one and

466
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Speaker 6: was landing solid shots and you could see Damon respected

467
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Speaker 6: that power very early. He seemed hesitant because of it,

468
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Speaker 6: and Danny Gay finished him off with that walk off ko. Man.

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Speaker 4: That was that was sick, all right.

470
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Speaker 2: So he gay certainly positioning himself for another big fight

471
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Speaker 2: at one hundred and forty five pounds. Roman Koppolov, I

472
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Speaker 2: don't know if you saw that really resonating with a

473
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Speaker 2: lot of people. I mean, my twin brother and Cody

474
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,479
Speaker 2: going fucking nuts about Roman Kopolov. I just like pronounce

475
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Speaker 2: it his name if I'm being candied. No, really good fighter,

476
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Speaker 2: and obviously the bodily investment and Poona hal Soriano so

477
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 2: much potential and I'm not the guy you go to

478
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Speaker 2: as far as the cardiovascular base and all of that

479
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 2: stuff necessarily, But pretty early in this fight, Kenny, it

480
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Speaker 2: sort of became for Poona like Labored just one too,

481
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Speaker 2: like Labored one two.

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Speaker 4: What were your thoughts on Roman Koppolov and Poona.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Koppolov, man, I might I might have to purm

484
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Speaker 6: my hair after that performance. I was really impressed. Man,

485
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Speaker 6: I've been sleeping on him a little bit. I haven't

486
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Speaker 6: been too impressed, but I thought it really came together

487
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 6: for him very well. I thought his fainting and how

488
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 6: he was setting up his strikes, he seemed more sophisticated.

489
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Speaker 6: He seems more patient, he seems more confident in this

490
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Speaker 6: fight against Soriano, who is a very dangerous out for anybody.

491
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Speaker 6: But I think you hit the nail on the head there.

492
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Speaker 6: Soriano was just kind of looking for big shots and

493
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Speaker 6: I think he and he does have the power to

494
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Speaker 6: take you out with one or two shots, but you

495
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Speaker 6: cannot rely on that. To me, it seemed like he

496
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 6: was forcing the knockout. It really wasn't. He wasn't patient

497
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Speaker 6: enough to allow the knockout to kind of organically happen.

498
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Speaker 6: He was forcing it. Anytime you're forcing it out there,

499
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Speaker 6: especially at the elite levels of the sport, it rarely

500
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Speaker 6: happens for you. So for Soriano, he's going to have

501
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 6: to be more sophisticated, get some more weapons in his

502
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Speaker 6: tool belt, because to me it seemed like he was

503
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 6: trying one or two things it wasn't working, and he

504
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 6: was just kind of losing confidence and just hoping for

505
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 6: that one shot and couple off. I thought was way

506
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 6: more defensively sound than I've seen him, and just had

507
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 6: more tools, more weapons and took them out. And again

508
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Speaker 6: to your point about that first round, Sorrano just not

509
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,879
Speaker 6: pacing himself well, just looking for those big shots. Getting

510
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 6: tired early on and if you're showing that at this

511
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 6: level and coupleof isn't a top five, top ten, top fifteen, guy,

512
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Speaker 6: I don't think at this stage it doesn't vote well

513
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Speaker 6: for Soriano. He's got some work to do, man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I know, I think that's all fair as

515
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 2: far as punahelee Soriato and we'll see what happens with

516
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 2: Roman Koppolov.

517
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Speaker 4: And uh, you know, I thought donn A.

518
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 2: Cruz had a particularly good night on the sticks, but

519
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,359
Speaker 2: it felt like all night long he kept saying, you know,

520
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,200
Speaker 2: you guys got to work the body, like I just

521
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 2: feel like all night long he was suggesting to headhunters

522
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 2: that they needed to mix in some shots to the body.

523
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Speaker 2: Roman Kopolov did that very well, and he gets what

524
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Speaker 2: you could argue is the biggest win of his career.

525
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Speaker 2: I Ray Long made it coming up in sixty seconds

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Speaker 4: So I'm gonna puts a hole in this fucking shocks.

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Speaker 7: That's what mark the Ray long Go Minute or.

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Speaker 4: The John Annik and Kenny Florian podcast. Oh clear your schedules.

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Speaker 2: Fast forward to this part of the program, the Ray

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Speaker 2: Longo Minute, every week dating to episode one here on

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Speaker 2: the Anak and Florian Podcast. All right, I guess March

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Speaker 2: fourth doesn't need al Jamain Sterling anymore. It looks like

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Speaker 2: John Jones might be coming back.

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Speaker 3: Did you hear?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: I heard.

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Speaker 7: I heard the t mobiles and is in a lot

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Speaker 7: of trouble. That's what I heard.

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Speaker 4: All right, So I don't even know where to begin.

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Speaker 2: I guess with you, I kind of would like to

567
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Speaker 2: begin with Francis and Ghanu, who I believe is the

568
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Speaker 2: scariest power puncher in UFC history. People oftentimes ask me

569
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 2: the most scared I've ever been? Sitting Octagon's side, I

570
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 2: thought in Ghanu had killed alistair Ovarie. I thought he

571
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 2: had popped his head off his body or broken his

572
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: neck or whatever. So I guess I'll start there. It

573
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 2: looks like the UFC's undisputed heavyweight champion has been released.

574
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Speaker 2: Slash freed from his contract. That's big news.

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Speaker 7: I think that's huge news. Where do you want to start?

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00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 4: Well, I think it's a.

577
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 2: Little bit disappointing for me as a mixed martial arts

578
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Speaker 2: fan that in Ghanu's next fight seemingly is not going

579
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 2: to be in the UFC and it won't be against

580
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Speaker 2: John Jones.

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Speaker 8: Right now, I'm with you one hundred percent. I mean,

582
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 8: you know, we don't know what the negotiation deals with.

583
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 8: You know, Dana is saying he was going to make

584
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 8: the most money of any heavyweight, but what does that

585
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 8: even mean?

586
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 7: I mean, I don't know.

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Speaker 8: I mean, you know, everybody's complaining about fight to pay,

588
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 8: but to lose your heavyweight champ, I don't think is

589
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 8: a good look, especially if the guy goes out and

590
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 8: you know, makes a killing, right, because then everybody's everybody's

591
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 8: gonna want to do that, right, everybody will jump on

592
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Speaker 8: that bandwagon.

593
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Speaker 2: So I mean, like, I understand Kenny Florin has a

594
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Speaker 2: nice smile, He's a very good analyst. What I wanted, like,

595
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Speaker 2: what what is the attraction?

596
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Speaker 7: Is?

597
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 4: It can flow?

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Speaker 7: Jesus, Kenny, jump in, Like you get me started on

599
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 7: this Frentison I'm waiting for you. Oh yeah, that's Kenny's dream, right.

600
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Speaker 2: I Ken incidentally exponentially more excited about the Francis and

601
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 2: Ghana news than the Jake Paul news.

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Speaker 4: If I could say that, all.

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Speaker 7: Right, way do you think where do you think Francis

604
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Speaker 7: ends up?

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Speaker 4: Well, here's the thing.

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Speaker 2: If he fights Tyson Fury in a singular boxing match,

607
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 2: however it goes right, and whatever the betting line is,

608
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Speaker 2: that's not the point.

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Speaker 8: Right.

610
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Speaker 2: If Tyson Fury has any remote interest in that fight

611
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Speaker 2: and Francis and Kana gets that singular payday, then you

612
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: can argue this was all worth it.

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Speaker 7: But right if not? I mean, was he to go

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Speaker 7: into the PFL for a million dollars and when that

615
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Speaker 7: they have to bump that? Can? You got to tell

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Speaker 7: those guys got to like eight million?

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Speaker 6: Something tells me he'd make more than that? Ye yeah, yeah,

618
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Speaker 6: I mean he or hey, maybe he goes and fight

619
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Speaker 6: Tyson Fury. One fight he makes forty to fifty million.

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Speaker 6: He's like, take it easy, guys. That was nice seeing you.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it was weird when I heard it yesterday. It

622
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Speaker 7: is a weird thought, but the very weird thought.

623
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Speaker 8: But I was like, you know, this is like what

624
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Speaker 8: I have, not not a problem with the PI, but

625
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 8: it was from the beginning, like with all of that stuff.

626
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Speaker 8: You know, maybe they know how bad that need surgery was.

627
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Speaker 8: Maybe you know, maybe they got the inside track now

628
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Speaker 8: and they know, you know what, he's probably only got

629
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Speaker 8: one fight. Maybe reinjures that it's a bad injury. I

630
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Speaker 8: don't know why, but I don't see how you let

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Speaker 8: that guy go. He couldn't have been asking for, you know,

632
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Speaker 8: that much money where you know the company is making money,

633
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Speaker 8: and you let a guy like that guy who's really

634
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Speaker 8: just about in the prime of viewership for everybody, So

635
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Speaker 8: that I don't know if that just hit me, like yes,

636
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Speaker 8: they went to announced. It's like, you know, and I

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Speaker 8: think Dane has said something like you know, I think

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Speaker 8: he doesn't want to take a risk or you know,

639
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Speaker 8: so wow that that's where it gets tricky to me.

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Speaker 8: Right that the information, right.

641
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Speaker 4: I hadn't thought about that angle at all.

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Speaker 2: Right, the UFCPI essentially funded by the promotion with all

643
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 2: of this intimate injury knowledge. Now in the NFL, right

644
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 2: now you have Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is

645
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 2: not playing due to a knee injury and he is

646
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Speaker 2: eligible for a massive contract, and candidly, I hope somehow

647
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 2: the New England Patriots find a way to get the

648
00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 2: guy right. But he can be contractually controlled by the franchise.

649
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 2: He is sitting out right now. They can franchise tag him.

650
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 2: But obviously they are acutely aware of the medicals Lamar

651
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Speaker 2: is as well.

652
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Speaker 4: But it's interesting.

653
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 2: I hadn't necessarily thought about that angle. I don't know, man,

654
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 2: it's it's disappointing for me regardless.

655
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I would have liked to have seen

656
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 8: him stage, you know, when I when Fravola Fort New York.

657
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 7: Oh shoot, I did extra rounds with Tea at David Busters.

658
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 4: But we had oh okay, we had it.

659
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 8: We had Francis on He's a he's a sweet guy, man,

660
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 8: He's a really well spoken, nice, humble guy.

661
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 6: I just as long as he's not hitting you, as

662
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 6: long as yeah.

663
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, So you had Francis and Ganu on extra rounds

664
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 2: at David Busters. Is how you're saying you interviewed him

665
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 2: when you were on extra rounds.

666
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 8: So well, on a second, no, just yes, okay, that

667
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 8: would be correct. So there's two options for Francis, I'm

668
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 8: going to go with it's the pf L. It's slap league.

669
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 7: Yeah, so you might have let him go just so

670
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 7: we can go in the slap league. That's the option

671
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 7: number two.

672
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 2: Well, for all a minute, man, if when you're done

673
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 2: with the Anakin Florian podcast episode today on the Jeftkings

674
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 2: YouTube channel, you can hell and uh you know, check

675
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: out Longo interviewing Francis and Gonald Sure.

676
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 4: It's absolutely fucking riveting.

677
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 7: And TJ Desantas don't leave. TJ DJ really was. He

678
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 7: was the star of the show.

679
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 5: All right.

680
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 2: So John Jones versus Seattle Gone, who do you think

681
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 2: is the betting favorite right now?

682
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 4: Or do you already know?

683
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 7: And I don't know. I would say Cyril Gun's the

684
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 7: betting favorite.

685
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 2: See that's why you get paid the big bucks. He

686
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 2: is the betting favorite. Albeit slightly sounds like you like

687
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 2: the matchup for Seattle Gon a little bit.

688
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 8: Well, you know, look, the guy is of four and

689
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 8: three years. Who knows, you know what he's been doing.

690
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 8: I hope he's been training. But yeah, I like that

691
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 8: Zero has been active. He looks like he knows how

692
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 8: to navigate, you know, I mean for he's a big guy.

693
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 8: So I think Jones anytime he had any probably problems

694
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 8: with anybody, well, guys that were kind of his size,

695
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 8: like the first Gustason fight and even the guy I

696
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,760
Speaker 8: thought beat him what was his name? Uh, he's already

697
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 8: forgot come.

698
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 7: On, help me out.

699
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 4: Sorry I was, I was actually.

700
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 7: Rays, you know what I mean.

701
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 8: So he I think he has trouble with the bigger

702
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 8: guys than this guy's quick. You know, he knows how,

703
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 8: he's light on his feet, he can mix it up.

704
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 8: I mean, obviously there's a big discrepancy in the wrestling

705
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 8: ways where I would think he's going to take the

706
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 8: fight that that. I'm sure he's still he's still got

707
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 8: some pop there, but uh, you know, it's a five

708
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 8: round fight, so we'll see. But I could see him

709
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 8: taking Zero Down and just ending the fight in the

710
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 8: first round if he wanted to. But I'd still put

711
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 8: zero Down as the favorite.

712
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:54,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I don't want to get into John Jones's

713
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 2: place sort of historically, right, but when you see people

714
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 2: like me, right, there's been a go sighting or when

715
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 2: people write John Jones arguably the greatest mixed martial arts

716
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 2: athlete of all time, is back, Like, where do you

717
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 2: stand on that? Just given some of the things that

718
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 2: he has brought upon himself in his career, if you wait,

719
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: we go over that again with the well, I guess

720
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 2: I'm just curious, right like Anderson Silva, Right, some people

721
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: don't consider him the greatest of all time because of

722
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 2: the transgressions late in his career. You know, some people

723
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,359
Speaker 2: denigrate John Jones as far as that is concerned. That's

724
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 2: why I think most people believe GSP is the greatest

725
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 2: of all time. Some would suggest Hobibner Mago met up.

726
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 2: For me, the greatest mixed martial arts athlete I've ever

727
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: seen compete in an MMA setting is John. I'm just

728
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,640
Speaker 2: curious where you stand on all of that, you know,

729
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 2: because you led what I mentioned John Jones with T

730
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 2: mobile better you know type not right, So I'm just

731
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 2: curious where you stand, and you know how you feel

732
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 2: about him sort of you know, re entering the fray.

733
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 8: Yeah, well, look I tell you you can't deny what

734
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 8: he's done. That's impossible, right, I mean the guy was

735
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 8: the guy can fight, he was great. Uh, you know

736
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 8: obviously is off the out of the octagon antics. I

737
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 8: can't stand and you know, to me, that's always going

738
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 8: to diminish who he is. I don't want to just

739
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 8: look at people for the way they fight. I want

740
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 8: to look at the way people conduct themselves in life.

741
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 8: And that's where I think he fails. And gsp hits

742
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 8: a home run more than him and even Kabib. I mean,

743
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 8: even what Kabeb's doing now with the just want to

744
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 8: spend time with the kids. This is you know, this

745
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 8: is these are things that are huge that people I

746
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 8: don't I think we're in the society they don't even understand.

747
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 8: But you know, I think when you have principal and

748
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 8: you have character, I want to put that above the fighting.

749
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 8: So for those for that reason, I'm going to go,

750
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 8: you know, with guys like that, I mean, I don't

751
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,280
Speaker 8: know why would we leave out Demitrius Johnson.

752
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 7: He's probably the greatest of all time.

753
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 8: I mean, I mean the things he did in the octagon, yeah,

754
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 8: uh were phenomenal and he's still going. I mean, I

755
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 8: still think his greatest thing he did today was uh

756
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 8: of today was when he beat that tie guy in

757
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 8: that three round crazy fight. He when he had to

758
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 8: do the first round with a killer and he survived

759
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 8: and then he took him down, submitted him. So I

760
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,919
Speaker 8: think that guy to me, you know, when you start

761
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 8: doing all the type of things outside like that, I

762
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 8: think that defined you and it pulls you away from

763
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 8: uh you know that that would be like making you know,

764
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 8: John Jones do one round with Mike Tyson.

765
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 7: Then he has to go Yo. That's not easy to do,

766
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 7: you know.

767
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 2: No, it's a tremendous oversight by me. I wasn't trying

768
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 2: to be uh inexclusive or exclusive, but uh, you got

769
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 2: you're too small for me to be the one hundred,

770
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 2: you know, yeah, bigger, bigger man to be the greatest

771
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 2: of all time, at least for me.

772
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 7: He did something.

773
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 8: He did some crazy stuff, you know when he picked

774
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 8: that guy up and on bottom in mid air and

775
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 8: come on.

776
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 7: I mean you can't you can't deny yeah, of course

777
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 7: the way he bought No, he's disgusted, he's he's actually

778
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 7: you're man, all right? Did you watch so John Jones?

779
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 8: I think you can't deny that the guy could fight

780
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 8: period and you could put him up there is one

781
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 8: of the greatest ever. Do it unequivocally. I just you know,

782
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 8: there's got to be an asterisk next I mean the

783
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 8: pds and it's just awful. I don't know, take them

784
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 8: off the list. Matter of fact, all right, the movie

785
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 8: keep talking about it.

786
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,919
Speaker 2: So I don't know if you know this, but Matt

787
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 2: the steamroll of for Vola, is going to join us

788
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 2: in about five minutes because there's a really special circumstance

789
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 2: going on in his life right now. So I just

790
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 2: wanted to compare you for that, and we'll talk about

791
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: that in a minute. But did you watch Sean Strickland

792
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 2: and No Sordini Mobov in the UFC Fight night this weekend?

793
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 5: All right?

794
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 2: So before you get into whatever wets your beak as

795
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: far as the highlights are concerned, I do want to

796
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 2: read you this from our producer, Cody Merrow. He sent

797
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 2: this text this weekend. Okay, and Cody's die hard, right.

798
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 2: He watched all forty one UFC live events last year.

799
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 2: He didn't watch all the prelims, but he watches all

800
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 2: of these shows. And he wrote last night, I'm officially

801
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 2: and maybe this is in part because the NFL was

802
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 2: also going on. Okay, and now he's saying he watched

803
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 2: every fight this past weekend. I don't fucking believe him.

804
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 2: All right, I think Cody, he wrote, I'm officially at

805
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 2: the I'm over the Apex point of my fandom. So

806
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 2: Cody's having a hard time like watching these fights from

807
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 2: the ufc apex, And I just want to ask you

808
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 2: in terms of your viewership. I know you're coaching every weekend.

809
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 2: You're constantly cornering guys when maybe there aren't a lot

810
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 2: of fans. Although Ring of Combat's fucking loud, banging it

811
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 2: out all the goddamn time, but I don't know, man, Like,

812
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 2: sometimes it feels anti climactic for me watching as a

813
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 2: phone when you know they cap a post fight interview

814
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 2: and it sounds like a funeral man, And I feel

815
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 2: like cody sentiment is one that is shared by the majority.

816
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 3: Uh.

817
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 7: I'll tell you know, it's a weird week, dassnek because

818
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 7: they starved us for like three or four weeks, so

819
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 7: I was happy to see anything. I'm a junkie, Yeah,

820
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 7: but I think that point is really well taken at

821
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 7: this point. But look, it's it's like well basically, he

822
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 7: followed up.

823
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 2: He said that Umar and Ramago medov knockout would have

824
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 2: popped any arena from Siberia to Hawaii and feels like

825
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 2: you're losing out out on these seminal moments.

826
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 7: Yeah.

827
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 2: I mean it's one thing like in a in a

828
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 2: COVID in the middle of a pandemic, for DC and

829
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 2: STEPA to complete their trilogy at the apex. It's insane, right,

830
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 2: but it had to happen, right, I don't know.

831
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 8: But because of that, it's going to keep happening because

832
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,800
Speaker 8: you know, once you figure out you can make money

833
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 8: more money, yeah, without doing anything, and you're not losing anything.

834
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,399
Speaker 8: It's almost like this, Nobody goes back to the office, John,

835
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 8: everybody zooms it. Nobody wants to go back. You might

836
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 8: as well get rid of all those buildings that were

837
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 8: housing the companies. It's crazy, you know what I mean.

838
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 8: So it's the same type of deal once you get

839
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 8: a custom and you get used to something and you go, wow,

840
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 8: I don't have to pay two million dollars in rent

841
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,720
Speaker 8: every month and I could still have the same bottom

842
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 8: line at the end of the year. So from a

843
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 8: business standpoint, obviously, it makes a shitlotus stands from a

844
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 8: fan standpoint, From the fighters standpoint, yeah, it's always better

845
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 8: in those big arenas. Come on, who doesn't want that?

846
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 8: You know what the ambiance feels like in that John,

847
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 8: when you're call in a fight the same thing you

848
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 8: don't but you don't really call. Do you call a

849
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 8: lot of fights in the Apex?

850
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 4: Yeah? I mean not as many as I did in

851
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 4: the past, but I do. Yeah, so it did.

852
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 8: Sometimes it's good for an intimate setting. But I think

853
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,759
Speaker 8: enough is enough. I gotta go with Cody on that.

854
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 8: All right, I think that's a valid point.

855
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,280
Speaker 2: I'm gonna get fired if I don't shift the conversation

856
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:29,879
Speaker 2: back to the accident. You call Frances and Gonald France,

857
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 2: you got a number for somewhere over the PFL.

858
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,399
Speaker 7: Dot. I don't think we say anything, No, I mean

859
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 7: it just.

860
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 2: It provoked thought because I was having some of those

861
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 2: feelings myself.

862
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 7: And then and by I agree with that.

863
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 8: But again, if if, if you're in the business of

864
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 8: producing content and people say, I don't care where it

865
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 8: comes from, the bathroom, the apex, the TMO, what are

866
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 8: you going to do? I mean, it's a bottom line.

867
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 8: It's a numbers oriented business man. You know, you got

868
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 8: those bean count is and they going it would be

869
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 8: due to T Mobile. We can make another three million

870
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 8: rads here just by staying and nobody cares.

871
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 4: Are you a side sleeper?

872
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 6: Ray?

873
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 4: You sleep on your side? Your bare?

874
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 7: Is my hair going crazy?

875
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 4: It's fine. I mean, I think it's part of the appeal.

876
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 7: It's why you're fifty percent on my right and fifty

877
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 7: percent on my left.

878
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 2: That's why your public approval rating is so high, because

879
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 2: you're here with your cold brew.

880
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 4: You know, it's like, you don't need to brush his teeth. Guys,

881
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 4: you don't need to brush his fucking teeth.

882
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know. I just haint why you got

883
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 7: stuff with my teeth?

884
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:31,800
Speaker 4: Did you brush your teeth before the show today?

885
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 7: Definitely not.

886
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a man of veracity.

887
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, what is the age?

888
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 6: What is that age where you're just like, I don't

889
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 6: give a shit out of you. I'm not gonna shout.

890
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 3: An age.

891
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 8: There is written age, Kenny. Yeah, that is a valid

892
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 8: point when I think I'm there. Actually, you know you

893
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 8: were to your premature. I got I guess say I'm

894
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 8: going to go up with fifties. You saw going you

895
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 8: just you know what I have? You start just coming home,

896
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 8: you don't even making in the house, just piss at

897
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 8: the front door. This is what happens. This is what

898
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 8: happens when you get older. You just don't give a

899
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 8: shit anymore unfortunately. So yeah, no, no, Kenny, that's a

900
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 8: really good point, because things start going sideways.

901
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 7: I don't even understand them myself.

902
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 4: I mean, I've started to change at forty four. I'll

903
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 4: never forget my.

904
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 2: Late grandfather, my maternal grandfather, Howard Grayson, who my son

905
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 2: was named after. But towards the end, right, you know,

906
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 2: just like stonewalling my grandmother, like, honey, what do you

907
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 2: want for lunch?

908
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 5: Right?

909
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 4: What do you want for lunch?

910
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 2: Right? And he looks at his grandsons like I'm gonna

911
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 2: smile and not even fucking answer because the game's on, right,

912
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 2: watch me do this?

913
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 7: And oh that's your talking relationships. That's a totally different ballgame.

914
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 2: But no, I just feel like I because candidly, right,

915
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 2: a lot of UFC fans feel like I'm a super

916
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 2: nice guy, and I am a pretty nice guy, I guess,

917
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 2: but not when compared to my twin brother, necessarily and

918
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 2: generally speaking, in my family, I'm kind of the asshole, right,

919
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 2: And so I feel like when I'm sixty, I'll probably

920
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 2: be more of a dick than I am when I'm

921
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 2: forty four.

922
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 7: Right, it goes two ways. You either get nicer or

923
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 7: you get real ornery.

924
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 5: Yeah.

925
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 2: One guy who I know back in, One guy who

926
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 2: I know brushed his teeth this morning. He's joining us

927
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,479
Speaker 2: on the guest line right now. Friend of the Anak

928
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 2: and Florian podcast, you have to lightweight contender. Oh yeah,

929
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 2: the steamroll of Fravola and I call you a contender

930
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 2: because you're on a winning streak right now. It's great

931
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 2: to see you, and we're going to get into a

932
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 2: lot of different things today. I have my team steam

933
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,960
Speaker 2: shirt on last week, so I wasn't going to run

934
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 2: it back consecutive episodes, but it's good to see you.

935
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 4: Brother.

936
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 5: How you doing, Yeah, doing good. How are you guys doing?

937
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 4: We're doing great, man. Yeah, so you're being much.

938
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 8: Before we get into Matt Frovold, because this is a beautiful,

939
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 8: unbelievable story me. But I'll tell you the guy yesterday

940
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 8: in the gym Frovola, tell them how was that? The

941
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 8: ambiance in the gym yesterday? The sparring Kenny was unbelievable

942
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 8: between I mean pompos Armando, Steve Lee, Naz Frovola, the kid,

943
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 8: Montavo Levon it's you know what I loved about yesterday

944
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 8: met It started with guys with the least experience who

945
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 8: were good up to the next level, up to the net,

946
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 8: and the guys with the most fights probably I mean,

947
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:32,239
Speaker 8: the kids got a shipload of fights and the other kid,

948
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 8: Levan might have what are they saying he has two

949
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 8: hundred kickboxing fights.

950
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 7: I mean, Kenny.

951
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 8: The atmosphere was crazy and Nas and Matt went at

952
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 8: it yesterday. I mean the whole gym is clapping.

953
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 7: It's it.

954
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 8: The ambiance was unbelievable. So shout out to all the

955
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 8: guys yesterday. They they kind of put on the show.

956
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:52,320
Speaker 7: You know.

957
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 8: I had a couple of privates. They charged them extra

958
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 8: like they were at a fight. I said, don't think

959
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 8: you're leaving. It's another one hundred and fifty bucks. You

960
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 8: had a rings, I'd see you on one of.

961
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 5: One of the things about about our gym, like every Saturday,

962
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 5: every Saturday, everybody gets they're hard sparring in and uh

963
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 5: and it's like smokers. You know, it's like two hours. Yeah,

964
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 5: you guys take the cage and they spar hard for

965
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:20,320
Speaker 5: three fives and everybody's around the cage watching, cheering, on

966
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 5: and uh, I think that's a it's huge, especially for

967
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 5: these young guys coming up. You know, like I say,

968
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 5: they're smokers.

969
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 7: It's not smart, they are smoking. And that gets you

970
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 7: used to the apex because it's the same exact thing.

971
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 7: It's yeah, it's the same thing.

972
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 6: And it's a different type of pressure too in a way,

973
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 6: right because you got everyone's cheering for each other. You're

974
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 6: going to gainst a competitive teammate. You know, it's awesome.

975
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 8: Yesterday yesterday the ambiance, I tell you as a coach,

976
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:49,880
Speaker 8: that's why. So you guys are asked me stories. Do

977
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 8: I still have the passion yet?

978
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 7: For days like that? I went.

979
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 8: I walked into that gym a little groggy by the

980
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 8: end of those sparring sessions.

981
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 6: I was.

982
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 7: I didn't even know what to though. I just started

983
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 7: lifting weight was nuts, Yeah, fires you up?

984
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:03,919
Speaker 5: Yeah?

985
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 2: All right, Well it's good to have UFC lightweight Matt

986
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 2: Forravola with us. How did my guy Steve Lee do,

987
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 2: by the way, was he getting tuned up or was

988
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:13,799
Speaker 2: he tuning on others up? Steve had day, Yeah, that's

989
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 2: my guy right there. But Forravola didn't have a fucking

990
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 2: scratch on him.

991
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 5: But it was looking good.

992
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah for Vola, looking.

993
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 2: Fresh as a daisy. So, do you, by the way,

994
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 2: know right now who is the number fifteen ranked lightweight

995
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 2: in the world, Matt. You probably don't know who that is,

996
00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 2: do you? No, I don't know right now because I

997
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 2: guess I'm just curious, Like, are you numbered like twenty

998
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 2: five in the world, Like there are probably seventy UFC lightweights,

999
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,839
Speaker 2: right so, like I don't want to discredit you by

1000
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 2: saying you're twenty five or thirty five. Grant Dawson is

1001
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 2: the number fifteen ranked lightweight in the world right now, Like,

1002
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 2: do you have any idea where you fall?

1003
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 4: Probably not.

1004
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 5: I just know I'm somewhere in the thirties. But all

1005
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 5: that over to that guy and he tells me where I'm.

1006
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 7: At, Oh, two babies and on the rise.

1007
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 5: Big, I'm thirty two and on the rise.

1008
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:05,360
Speaker 4: If you don't know that is the great cell the

1009
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 4: bulldos God damn right.

1010
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 2: So we all we all always love having you on

1011
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 2: the program, but today specifically, we did want to just

1012
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 2: talk to you because the story crossed over a lot

1013
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 2: of our respective wakes on social media. Your wife Billy

1014
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 2: has donated her kidney or is in the process of

1015
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 2: doing that to an immediate family member. So what can

1016
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 2: you tell us about all of that, how it came together,

1017
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:35,800
Speaker 2: and how everybody's doing, you know now and looking forward.

1018
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, my wife, Billy, she she donated her

1019
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 5: kidney to save her father's life, which was you know,

1020
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:46,760
Speaker 5: it's really amazing and it kind of opened my eyes

1021
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:50,279
Speaker 5: to organ donation and how much that helps, you know,

1022
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 5: people around the world. And she's she's doing well, and

1023
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 5: Joe Snelli, her father is doing well, and everybody's in

1024
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 5: recovery and you know, he's got a new lease on life.

1025
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 5: He's going to be able to hang out with the

1026
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 5: grandkids and uh and and we're real happy about that.

1027
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 5: I'm so proud of my wife.

1028
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 7: You should be.

1029
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 4: That's absolutely incredible.

1030
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 2: And I'm glad I didn't know the timeline, but I'm

1031
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 2: glad that they are out the other side right now.

1032
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:19,399
Speaker 2: So how long ago did he get sick and when

1033
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,800
Speaker 2: did you guys sort of start the process of finding

1034
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 2: out who could be a potential match and your wife's

1035
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 2: ultimate willingness to go through with all that.

1036
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, he's been on dialysis for for a

1037
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 5: long time now, having to go to the hospital and

1038
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 5: uh and do all that and not being able to

1039
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 5: to eat healthy foods and all that, and uh and yes,

1040
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 5: she she got tested and she was a match and

1041
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 5: she was completely willing and and selfless and uh and

1042
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:49,960
Speaker 5: and we finally got the surgery done. And now now

1043
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 5: they're both on the recovery and and it's it's all good.

1044
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 2: Dude, that's just absolutely incredible. And uh, it's so heartening

1045
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:00,760
Speaker 2: for a lot of us to hear this and talking

1046
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 2: about just the overall familial willingness for you and for Billy.

1047
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 2: It's an incredible story. I have to ask, and maybe

1048
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 2: somebody in this room knows this. I mean, Kenny was

1049
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 2: born into a medical family. Can you compete mixed martial art?

1050
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 2: You can compete mixed martial arts with one kidney?

1051
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 6: Right?

1052
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 7: Like?

1053
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 2: I mean, obviously for you to donate a kidney in

1054
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,760
Speaker 2: the prime of your MMA career as a professional athlete

1055
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 2: would have been challenging. But I'd imagine you can fight

1056
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 2: with one kidney, right, Ken Flill, I think so.

1057
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,800
Speaker 6: I'm not sure. I really don't know on that. What's

1058
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 6: the recovery, like Matt for her now after getting a kidney.

1059
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 5: Remove, Yeah, she's super sore, you know, like kind of

1060
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 5: sitting up is tough. I gotta kind of help her

1061
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 5: sit up. But she's back to walking around and she

1062
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:47,439
Speaker 5: has like too much, Like the incision isn't even that big,

1063
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 5: you know, it's not too much, but she's definitely sore

1064
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 5: right now. It's like been like five days since the surgery,

1065
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 5: so I think, you know, the next couple of days

1066
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:02,120
Speaker 5: are gonna be the toughest. But she's she's she's strong,

1067
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 5: you know, she's she's strong, stronger than I think even

1068
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:09,760
Speaker 5: she knows, and she's she's really proven it to everybody

1069
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 5: now and it's just it's amazing to watch. And you know,

1070
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 5: she's got her little bell. Whenever she brings her bell, yeah,

1071
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 5: Femla comes running.

1072
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, Well, I know you guys have a really

1073
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 2: special bond and it's only going to bring everybody even

1074
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 2: even closer. So you have our ultimate respect as far

1075
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 2: as all of that is concerned. As far as your

1076
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 2: own timeline is concerned, Maddie, I know that there are

1077
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 2: rumors of a UFC event maybe in Brooklyn and April,

1078
00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 2: and as you know, we've talked to you about about

1079
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 2: this with you before they seem to like preserve you

1080
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 2: and your style for these numbered cards. So i'd imagine

1081
00:51:44,120 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 2: you're sort of, you know, staying in the matchmaker's ears.

1082
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 2: But what can you tell us about twenty twenty three

1083
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:50,799
Speaker 2: in the first and second quarter and when we might

1084
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 2: see it?

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00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know I've been I've been training for that

1086
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:59,279
Speaker 5: April eighth card. The rumor was Brooklyn Barkley Center. You know,

1087
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 5: I'd love to come back to New York and put

1088
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,560
Speaker 5: on a great show, you know, at the Barkley Center.

1089
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,839
Speaker 5: And you know we've been talking. I told them pretty

1090
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 5: much anybody, anybody April A. But also another opening just

1091
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 5: happened on that March card, March eighteenth. I know Chris Dokt,

1092
00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:19,840
Speaker 5: Chris Duncan just lost his opponent, so I threw my

1093
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,320
Speaker 5: name the name in the hat for that fight. You know,

1094
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 5: that guy had a crazy fight with our teammate Charlie.

1095
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 5: So it'd be nice to get that one back for

1096
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,879
Speaker 5: the team. And you know, a trip to London does

1097
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 5: not sound bad.

1098
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 6: I love it.

1099
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 4: I love it all right.

1100
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 2: Well, hey, if my twin brother doesn't come, maybe you

1101
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 2: use my two tickets as well for you if you

1102
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 2: end up fighting over there. All right, before we let

1103
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 2: you go, I got to get your thoughts on this,

1104
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 2: and again I appreciate your time on a Sunday.

1105
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:45,399
Speaker 7: Yeah.

1106
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 2: Sorry, my Mike keeps cutting out today. I don't understand

1107
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:51,719
Speaker 2: exactly why it's turning off on its own, but I

1108
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 2: would encourage anybody out there. I know we all have

1109
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,360
Speaker 2: our own beliefs, but I am an Oregon donor on

1110
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,080
Speaker 2: my Florida license, and I would encourage anybody to to

1111
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,440
Speaker 2: strongly consider doing that. But all right, So Daniel Cormier

1112
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:05,839
Speaker 2: is my dear friend and broadcast partner, but he says

1113
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,799
Speaker 2: a lot of ridiculous things, Like he said, Jong Way

1114
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 2: Lee is the greatest athlete of all time, and that

1115
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 2: actually is holding up pretty well. Like I could sit

1116
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,240
Speaker 2: here and say, Jeong Way Lee, maybe he's top five.

1117
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 7: Man or woman.

1118
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,760
Speaker 2: I've ever seen that one's holding up well. But Mattie,

1119
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:23,120
Speaker 2: he said, if Alexander Volkanovsky beats his teammate Islam Maikashev,

1120
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 2: it'll be the biggest upset in UFC history. So to

1121
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: say that a guy who's won like twenty two consecutive

1122
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 2: fights would be pulling off the biggest upset in UFC

1123
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:36,720
Speaker 2: history however much the size discrepancy. To me, it sounds ignorant.

1124
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 2: So I know for you, Matt, maybe see the word

1125
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,279
Speaker 2: ignorant sounds like I'm taking a shot at DC.

1126
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:48,439
Speaker 7: It's not, oh, of course, not just stupid ass would

1127
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:48,919
Speaker 7: have been better?

1128
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 2: Well, no, maybe it's like a hot take for ratings.

1129
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,359
Speaker 2: I don't know, but Matt, maybe for you, right, like Matt,

1130
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,439
Speaker 2: Matt Ravola is a lightweight contender, so perhaps you would

1131
00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:57,919
Speaker 2: have liked.

1132
00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 7: To see.

1133
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 2: I'm getting myself in trouble to Hey, now, maybe you

1134
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:05,399
Speaker 2: would have liked to see a lightweight be the guy

1135
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:08,279
Speaker 2: who islam defends the belt for the first time against it,

1136
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:11,080
Speaker 2: not a featherweight coming up. But how do you handicap Volkanov?

1137
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 2: He's chances overall and his chances against say like versus

1138
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:15,880
Speaker 2: say like video Dargish.

1139
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,319
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't. I don't agree with that statement either.

1140
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 5: You know, Volcas isn't volk like the number one pound

1141
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:22,479
Speaker 5: for pound right now.

1142
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:24,839
Speaker 2: Maybe the number one pound for pound fighter in the world.

1143
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:29,399
Speaker 5: How could you say that that if he wins, it's

1144
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 5: the biggest upset. You know, I know islunds good, but

1145
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,879
Speaker 5: he has been beat you know, he's he he lost

1146
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 5: his UFC debut, but you know, I'm interested in that fight,

1147
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:44,240
Speaker 5: like I want to see. I think I like watching

1148
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:50,160
Speaker 5: people chase greatness. Like when Bender went up to challenge Blakovich,

1149
00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 5: you know, in a losing effort. I respected, I really

1150
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 5: respected that that. You know, he went up and he

1151
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 5: and he went for it. And and that's what Volk's doing.

1152
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 5: He's going to go up away class and he's going

1153
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 5: to chase greatness. So you cannot root for that, all right.

1154
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 2: Matt, the steam roll of re VOLDI. You can check

1155
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,920
Speaker 2: him out by the way for the merchandise on millions

1156
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:09,320
Speaker 2: dot co.

1157
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 7: Also, it's again Team steam.

1158
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:12,840
Speaker 2: Designs are out there and I hope to see it

1159
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:15,239
Speaker 2: either in London or in New York. But please send

1160
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:19,239
Speaker 2: our best to your inspirational wife, Billy. And you know,

1161
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 2: we appreciate just the whole good nature, tight knit core

1162
00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 2: of your family. And I don't know, man, it's a

1163
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 2: pretty special thing. We wanted to highlight it today.

1164
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:30,879
Speaker 8: So yeah, and Matt, Maddie, I'm gonna I'm definitely, I'm

1165
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 8: saying is because I want to be held accountable.

1166
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 7: I'll be there around six thirty.

1167
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:36,759
Speaker 8: I'm bringing dessert, so don't go save it, man, So

1168
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 8: tell big Salam coming over.

1169
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 5: Finally there you go, he's coming.

1170
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 7: I'll be there. Sal let me ever reclient salth get

1171
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:48,359
Speaker 7: the recline already. I might not I might not leave. Yeah.

1172
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,919
Speaker 5: And the the amount of support that I made that post.

1173
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 5: You know, I'm always a little iffy about putting too

1174
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 5: much personal family stuff out there in the social media world.

1175
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 5: But the amount of support and uh that people are

1176
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 5: saying is really really lifting her spirits. And uh and

1177
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,920
Speaker 5: actually Alex Cohen, Steve Cohen's wife hit me up about

1178
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:12,160
Speaker 5: about my wife. I was real about it. And then

1179
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 5: we got to invite to the Islanders game on the

1180
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 5: twenty seventh in the in the owner's suite, so she's

1181
00:56:19,719 --> 00:56:22,239
Speaker 5: pumped about that too. And uh, you know, I gotta

1182
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 5: gotta keep this relationship with the Cohen's going. You know,

1183
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,239
Speaker 5: I want to I want to tell Steve Cohen or

1184
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:31,759
Speaker 5: tell Steve con to hit up Dana and teach him

1185
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:34,440
Speaker 5: how to how to take care of his athletes.

1186
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 2: You know, hey, you know you deserve it all. I

1187
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:39,880
Speaker 2: gotta say, man, and I'm not telling you anything you

1188
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 2: don't know, but it's hard to get embedded in the

1189
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:44,800
Speaker 2: New York market with those sports teams. Even as a

1190
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 2: UFC fighter, right, like your Ryah favors the King of

1191
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 2: Sacramento can flow being a pro fighter in Boston like

1192
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 2: no one gave a shit in his prime like they

1193
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,719
Speaker 2: did with respect, right, but no, but it's like the

1194
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:56,880
Speaker 2: Patriots and the Red Sox and the Celtics and the Bruins.

1195
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 2: Obviously when he went to TV Garden it was a

1196
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 2: big deal. But no, I give you credit. It's dripping

1197
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 2: out space with the New York sports teams and uh,

1198
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,239
Speaker 2: you know, please send our best of Billy and sell

1199
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:08,120
Speaker 2: the whole plan and we'll see you soon, brother.

1200
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 5: I will, I will do we Uh, Coach, we got

1201
00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:14,400
Speaker 5: to tell him about my letter that I wrote to

1202
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:15,200
Speaker 5: Dana White that.

1203
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:19,520
Speaker 7: I'm definitely definitely not the time of place. Let's save you. Yeah, hey, Matt,

1204
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 7: You're always welcome on the podcast. So he's already John's

1205
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 7: already insulted enough people today. Actually we leave it at that.

1206
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,120
Speaker 7: He took down d C and Kenny and one swoop,

1207
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 7: Oh my god, I'll rocked right now.

1208
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 6: Rock Someone just stopped.

1209
00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 5: I don't know what's happening.

1210
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, all right, Well, I guess we'll take it, Matt.

1211
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:43,920
Speaker 7: Let's say, let's say next time, go ahead.

1212
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 5: I know I broke, I broke some news. You guys

1213
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 5: said that the UFC April eight is going to be

1214
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,760
Speaker 5: in Brooklyn. You know hopefully that's true. But uh, I

1215
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 5: got a little another thing. Billy C's got a big fight.

1216
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 5: Come wow, big wow? Like are you breaking that?

1217
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:00,640
Speaker 7: We could hear it.

1218
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 5: All I can say is is, uh, keep an eye

1219
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:06,080
Speaker 5: out for Billy Q fight news coming soon. It's a

1220
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 5: big fight in April.

1221
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:09,920
Speaker 7: That's exciting.

1222
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:10,880
Speaker 5: I want to know.

1223
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:13,480
Speaker 7: Then wait, hold on, bet man, that's in April.

1224
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:15,760
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's going to be in April. I'll tell you

1225
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 5: when I see you.

1226
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 7: But it's can you get on that freaking card? Please? Hey,

1227
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 7: let's go.

1228
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 5: Ready, We're getting on that card whether we go to

1229
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 5: or or we're going to bring the house down in Brooklyn.

1230
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:28,400
Speaker 7: You know how we did, coach, all right, let's do it.

1231
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,160
Speaker 2: Hey, enjoy the rest of your Enjoy the rest of

1232
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:33,160
Speaker 2: your Sunday, Matt. We appreciate the time. Next time you

1233
00:58:33,240 --> 00:58:35,600
Speaker 2: come on, there'll be no rain long ago to cut

1234
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:35,960
Speaker 2: you off.

1235
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 5: So no, no, no, no, guys, nice talking to you.

1236
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 1: Thank you.

1237
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:46,200
Speaker 7: Now, keep everybody in suspense. Well, John, you're on a

1238
00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 7: roll today. Betty's back. I'm wait, Big Sala has something

1239
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:50,640
Speaker 7: to say.

1240
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:52,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, we're not going to cut you off, so big

1241
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:53,120
Speaker 4: debate off.

1242
00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:53,600
Speaker 3: Let me know.

1243
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 7: I'll come in and I'll do a little.

1244
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:59,960
Speaker 2: Yeah sounds good. Thank you very much. The Forbola clans

1245
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 2: ow here on the Anakin Florian podcast. I'm the I'm

1246
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 2: the president of Team Florian. Like I feel like as

1247
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:08,360
Speaker 2: the biggest Kenny Florian fan of the world. Sometimes I

1248
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,840
Speaker 2: can hit people with a docer reality, like if the

1249
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,000
Speaker 2: dude was born in Albuquerque in New Mexico, you have

1250
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 2: a fucking statue.

1251
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 7: Or isn't this is this is? This is unbelievable.

1252
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:24,600
Speaker 2: Today, I feel like I'm just speaking truth all the

1253
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 2: time and I'm just perpetually misunderstood. Kenny By there was

1254
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,280
Speaker 2: a lot expected of Islami Kashev even when he made

1255
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:34,760
Speaker 2: his UFC debut. That's why when he lost to Algiano

1256
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:37,200
Speaker 2: Martinz early on, it was like, whoa, I was at

1257
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:38,880
Speaker 2: his first or second fight, maybe his first fight in

1258
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 2: the UFC.

1259
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 6: Right, yeah, we called that. I think we called it one.

1260
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 4: But isn't like.

1261
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:46,280
Speaker 2: Dude, Agiano Martinz beating that version of Islam Mai Kashev

1262
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:48,760
Speaker 2: is a bigger upset than Volkanovsky beating this version. In

1263
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:51,400
Speaker 2: my opinion, I just think that is just a huge stretch.

1264
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:54,560
Speaker 8: But but how many guys have gone up and wait

1265
00:59:55,480 --> 01:00:01,560
Speaker 8: and then and won no matter where the.

1266
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:03,479
Speaker 7: Champ was No duly noted.

1267
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:07,560
Speaker 8: I just think I just think Israel is a talented guy,

1268
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:12,200
Speaker 8: and Jan wasn't the best heavyweight champ by far right.

1269
01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 8: He's a great fighter, but he couldn't pull it off.

1270
01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 8: Halloway couldn't pull it off against Poorier. I mean, I

1271
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:20,120
Speaker 8: don't know whichet. Am I missing something?

1272
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:23,040
Speaker 2: No, I think these are valid points. I'm just sitting

1273
01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:25,960
Speaker 2: here saying that Alexander Volkanovski is one of the greatest

1274
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 2: of all time, maybe the greatest featherweight of all time already,

1275
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,600
Speaker 2: despite the fact that Jose Aldo and Max Holloway can

1276
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:36,280
Speaker 2: also lay claim to that. I don't think Alexander Volkanovski

1277
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:40,280
Speaker 2: beating Kamoro Usman or fucking Leon Edwards at seventy would

1278
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:43,120
Speaker 2: be the biggest upset in MMA history, right, Like, who

1279
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,480
Speaker 2: are we talking about? The biggest upsets in the UFC

1280
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 2: history don't involve like all time Hall of Fame fighters.

1281
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:53,960
Speaker 2: But hey, man, you know DC's podcast does a little

1282
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:54,360
Speaker 2: bit better than this.

1283
01:00:54,680 --> 01:01:00,840
Speaker 7: So maybe wait, DC's got a podcast. What's the name

1284
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 7: of it.

1285
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 4: I don't know, I think right he looks on it.

1286
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:07,320
Speaker 2: He's the man. Hey, Ray, thanks for the extended time,

1287
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:09,720
Speaker 2: and uh, you know, I have a great day to

1288
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 2: better even just be on time later to that be

1289
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:13,120
Speaker 2: on time later, Okay, I.

1290
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:17,840
Speaker 8: Tell you wait, wait before we go. That is an unbelievable, fantastic,

1291
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:19,000
Speaker 8: feel good story.

1292
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 7: I mean I was.

1293
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 8: I was blown away when he told me that, Kenny,

1294
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,000
Speaker 8: I was like, because he kind of not I don't

1295
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,280
Speaker 8: want to say not. He might have nonchalanted it like

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Speaker 8: there was nothing. I'm like, this is, man, I tell

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Speaker 8: you what, just the ultimate act of selflessness. Man, I

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Speaker 8: don't I don't think it gets any better than that.

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Speaker 8: So hats off to Billy. She is the real hero

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Speaker 8: of all of this. Man, that's just absolutely fantastic. And man,

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Speaker 8: I'm blown. I'm that that's just that. Shit kills me, Man,

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Speaker 8: really kills me.

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Speaker 7: Blows my mind, you know. And I know if I

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Speaker 7: ever had a kidney problem, John would probably donate his

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Speaker 7: kidney to me. No I would, can I can I

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Speaker 7: put you down for that, because yes you can.

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Speaker 5: Let me talk to Chris.

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Speaker 2: But it's interesting, candidly, as an identical twin, a monos

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Speaker 2: i gotic identical twin, I've thought a lot about organ

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Speaker 2: donation and the possibility of giving my twin brother. More

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Speaker 2: than likely he'll be give me an organ.

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Speaker 8: But uh, we'll see you thought about giving him an organ.

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Speaker 8: Just make sure his diet's on point every day. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: keep that guy healthy.

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Speaker 2: John, Well, you take care of yourself. Thanks for the

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Speaker 2: extended time. That was a spirited red long a minute

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Speaker 2: today and we'll talk to you early next week, buddy,

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Speaker 2: when I get back from a Prio Dejaneira.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, safe trip, buddy. I will talk to you guys

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Speaker 8: next week. Kenny a look and show up and listen.

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Speaker 8: When you were in borssed and you were always my hero.

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Speaker 8: You were you were a hero in New York. So

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Speaker 8: I don't care what this guy says about.

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Speaker 5: I know that.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks, Thanks, take it easy, guys.

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Speaker 2: All right, Dad is going to do it. But rest

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Speaker 2: assured we're doing too. Two episodes a week now, so

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Speaker 2: later this week. We'll get into UFC two eighty six

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Speaker 2: predictions and excuse me, we will get into UFC two

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Speaker 2: eighty six, the trilogy between Leon Edwards and Kamar Usman

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Speaker 2: Versus Hill coming up Saturday night live on pay per view.

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Speaker 2: With that, thank you to our guests, Ray Longo, Matt

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Speaker 2: the Steamroll of Arbola. We will talk to you guys

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Speaker 2: later this week. For producer Cody Marilyn Ken Flom John Amsan,

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Speaker 2: so long for now, talk to you a few days.

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