1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: My name is Luke Thomas on, one half of the 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: hosting duo for Morning Combat, and it's time for extra credit. 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: This is a podcast we do on Mondays where I 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 2: talk about the fights that we didn't get to with 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: BC on regular MK. First things first, as always, thumbs 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: up on the video hit subscribing. As a reminder, we 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: said it on regular MK this morning, but thanks to 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: everyone who helped us get over the one hundred k 10 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 2: subscriber mark. 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: And if you haven't done it yet. 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: What are you waiting for? At this point, MK is 13 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: all right on a rocket ship. But thank you, thanks 14 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 2: everyone who helped us get there. We appreciate it. Okay, Well, 15 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: there was a big boxing fight over the weekend and 16 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 2: there was a undercard essentially to that. We're really not 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: going to get to it. I'm not opposed to doing 18 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: boxing results on this podcast, but a lot of people 19 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: have said they wanted an MMA only podcast, and so 20 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: at least for now, we're going to keep it that way. 21 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: We did get to a couple of the fights from 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: UFC Vegas thirty nine or UFC Mackenzie Dern versus Adrin 23 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 2: Rodriguez the fight night, so I will go over them 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: a little bit and then we'll get to everything that 25 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: we missed. Yeah, all right, so thirty minutes on the 26 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: clock or less time to get to it. Let us 27 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: do that now, all right. So we did talk about 28 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: the main event, Marina Hadriguez taking on Mackenzie Durn with 29 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: forty nine to forty six's across the board. I'm guessing 30 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: it's the second round that the judges gave to Dern 31 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: where she had ground control there. One of the things 32 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: that makes Dern so formidable on the ground is that 33 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: she constantly gives you two threats to think about at 34 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 2: least two, if not more than that right where she'll 35 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 2: do something with her hands to control where you cannot 36 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: allow them to establish that right. So if someone is 37 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: doing that to you, you're the opponent facing Dern, you 38 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: have to fight that grip or whatever it may be. 39 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: And I'm giving a theoretical example, but this would be 40 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: one where she'll try and pin that right. So you 41 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: have to remove that pin because you want to have 42 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: access to your arm. And of course if you just 43 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: let someone pin you, they're going to build on top 44 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 2: of that. But in the process of resisting that, and 45 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: then she's working on something with the legs at the 46 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: same time, or whatever the case may be. She's creating 47 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: two threats at once where you're focused on the hands 48 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: or whatever she's doing, and then she's hitting a knee, cut, 49 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: across pass or something else along those lines. And so 50 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: while your hands might be occupied and not being able 51 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,839 Speaker 2: to push on the knee, then the knee comes up 52 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: because you already have another threat that has occupied your 53 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: hands that doesn't allow you to do that. So she's 54 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 2: got a lot of two threat attacks. She was even 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: able to get to like a crucifix position for a 56 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: little while, but she didn't have great ground and pound 57 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: from there. I mean, look to me, like she's very 58 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: very good, dude. She's going to slice through anybody's guard, right, 59 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: I mean, who's going to stop the guard pass in 60 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: the women's strawweight division of Mackenzie Durham jiu jitsu for 61 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: jiu jitsu, nobody. She's getting the pass, it doesn't matter 62 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: who it is. 63 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: But. 64 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: Getting that pass can take some time. Four minutes on 65 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: the ground roughly is a long time. But if you 66 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,239 Speaker 2: still can't get the sub after that, how much good 67 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 2: is four minutes on the ground good for winning? The round, 68 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: but not so much and really get close to a finish. 69 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: She was able to get some dominant positions but couldn't 70 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: really mix in the ground pound. Why do I bring 71 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: this up? There was some ground of pound with it. 72 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: It's not to say it was some horrible performance. It's 73 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: just that we're measuring Dern against championship level standards because 74 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 2: she has such a decorated background and was a I 75 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: mean a very decorated champion in sport jiu jitsu. We 76 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: commented on Regular Morning k about the takedowns and why 77 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 2: they need to be there, and how even that is 78 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: an insufficient argument because what you really need is some 79 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 2: kind of striking a because striking is valuable, but be 80 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: striking is really the the is the is the binding 81 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 2: ingredient for the wrestling. And'd be like, oh, well, beeB 82 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: didn't have good striking. Wellbiebe had super explosive takedowns number one, right, 83 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: So like whatever he was lacking in the setup department, 84 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: there he could kind of fudge a little bit and 85 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: get away with because his takedowns were so overwhelming and 86 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 2: more to the point, actually his setups and his understanding 87 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: of distance and everything. For the most part, was pretty good. 88 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: He had some naked shots. Obviously, he would go from 89 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: long range at times. Obviously nothing is perfect, but a 90 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: the point I'm trying to make is his stand up 91 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: was better than folks realize, and be his wrestling was dominant, 92 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: so he could cut a few corners at times and 93 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: get away with it. You know, that's not a situation 94 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: that Durren finds herself in. And more to the points, like, 95 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: even if you get the fight to the floor, if 96 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: the submission doesn't present itself, dude, you got to bloody 97 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: these girls up. You're taking super dominant positions on them 98 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 2: where they don't really know what to do with her 99 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: because she can find the back quickly, she can move 100 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 2: to side control quickly. She can take them mount even 101 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 2: from a three quarter kind of mounted pass position, which 102 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: she did to Nina Nunez. There's a whole thing I 103 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: want to do on that. But she's made developments in 104 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: those I thought she came in good shape. She showed 105 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 2: good composure. Even into the fifth round when she was losing, 106 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: she was still making a go of it. But once 107 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: the clinch breaking was there, and once Hadriguez knew how 108 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 2: to get her lateral movement dialed in. That was all 109 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: she wrote. So to me, it's not just the takedowns 110 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: and how the takedown's feet off the striking. It's like, 111 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 2: if you're gonna be that good on the ground, yeah, 112 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna win rounds that way, and you're gonna stop 113 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: some people two with just jujitsu. You got to put 114 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: some hammers on her. There was not a lot of 115 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: time where Rorodriguez got like really beat up underneath during 116 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: and that to me is kind of a big problem. Okay, 117 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 2: in your co main event, it was a catchwaight because 118 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 2: Jared Gordon missed wait, Randy Randy Brown excuse me, defeated 119 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 2: Jared Gordon thirty twenty seven across the board. Gooden is 120 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 2: a I said, Gordon, I apologize, it's Jared good In. 121 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: I keep talking about Jared Gordon a different person. The 122 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 2: problem with this fight was that Brown was a much 123 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 2: better striker than obviously Gordon is or good excuse me, 124 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: I keep saying Gordon Gooden is. 125 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: Gooden had a good lay kicks. I thought that was 126 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: a pretty nice part. 127 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: In fact, there was a couple moments where I thought 128 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: he was going to really take advantage of it. 129 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: Because he had. 130 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 2: Situations where he would have Brown kind of putting his 131 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: legs back and looking out over his skis, so to speak, 132 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: trying to get out of the way of the leg kicks. 133 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: When when Brian Ortega did that, Volkanav he lit his 134 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: ass up. Now, obviously that's a very different scenario, but 135 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: you know, you are creating openings doing that. He's had 136 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: four fights in the UFCS. He has a UFC excuse me, 137 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: Gooden has he does have one one over Nicholas Stultze 138 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 2: Stoltze Stoltz. I'm not sure if he pronounced it from 139 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: back in twenty twenty one. He did lose to Abu 140 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: BA card number of mine of an Alan Joe Ban. 141 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 2: Joe Ban now retired, you know, and obviously had a 142 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: more or less some decent success on the regional scene. 143 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 2: But this was a tough one for me because I 144 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 2: think Gooden tries hard, he comes in good shape. He 145 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 2: did have those good leg kicks, but beyond that, he 146 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 2: just had no answer for Randy Brown. He had no answer, 147 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 2: particularly in boxing range. He was getting pieced up, and 148 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: the only thing that really kind of saved him was 149 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: maybe you could argue the game plan of Brown, But 150 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 2: also how do you get around the fact that Brown's 151 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: toes were all jacked up, either broken or dislocated, or 152 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 2: whatever the case may be, and he couldn't really plant 153 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 2: or turn or pivot or bounce in the way that 154 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: I think he wanted to. 155 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: He was constantly bothered by them. I've said this before. 156 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: I one time was rolling with a guy and I 157 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: was trying to prevent a backtick and turned into him 158 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 2: and I dislocated not my big toe, but the one 159 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 2: next to my big toe. Came right out and it 160 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 2: just stood straight up, like I could see that. I 161 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: could see almost the underside of the toe because it 162 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 2: was coming like this, And the only way. 163 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: To fix it was I had to stay. 164 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: It wasn't painful, I wasn't It didn't hurt, but I 165 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 2: had to stop the roll, and then I had to 166 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: I tried to like flick it back into place, and 167 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 2: it didn't work, which is what you saw him trying 168 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: to do. You saw him trying to use his other 169 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 2: foot to kind of like smooth out the one that 170 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: had the jacked up toes, but that doesn't work. I 171 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 2: had to take the toe and I had to like 172 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 2: pull it and then rearrange it to where I had 173 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: to line it up with the other bones and then 174 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: let it go, and it almost like snapped into place 175 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: when I did that, and it took a couple of 176 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: tries to do it. I'm not sure what his corner 177 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: was doing or how feasible that even was, but just 178 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 2: touching it is usually not enough. 179 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: To get it to go back in. 180 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: You got to kind of rearrange the toes a little bit, 181 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: and it was obviously quite distracting for him. So it's 182 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 2: a it's a good win for in the sense that 183 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 2: he looked quite dominant, especially in boxing range, but between 184 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 2: eating all the leg kicks, the toes kind of you know, 185 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: hampering him. I don't want to say in any way 186 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: it was a bad performance. It was not, but it 187 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 2: could have been a bigger showcase, and I don't think 188 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: that it was. And you know, for Gooden, it's just 189 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 2: he appears to be up against it. I mean, how 190 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: old is good and he is twenty seven. He's still young. 191 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: You know, Let's give him some time. Let's give him 192 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: some time to develop. But nevertheless, in this particular contest, 193 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: he had one good thing going. He used it to 194 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 2: about as well as you could have, but he was 195 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: just overmatched in this one, really overmatched. The punches were 196 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: coming from angles he just didn't see. Brown was switching stances, 197 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 2: catching him on the exit, all kinds of stuff, even 198 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: at a catchweight of one hundred and seventy four pounds 199 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 2: at flyweight, Matteo Snickel out defeating Tim Elliott twenty nine 200 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 2: to twenty eight across the board. I'm not sure what 201 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: round they gave to Elliott. That one looked like a 202 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: Nicolau fight all the way, dude, Elliott looked like especially early, 203 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 2: he looked like he was having. 204 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: Fun out there. 205 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: He was vibing, he was flowing, he was changing stances 206 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: and using all kinds of unorthodox but fun tricks, you know, 207 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: to for various purposes. I all just put it that way, 208 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 2: and none of it really worked on. Nikolau had t takedowns, 209 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 2: especially in the third when he needed to. He stopped 210 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: all the ones for the most part that Tim Elliott wanted. 211 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 2: I don't have the numbers here in front of me. 212 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: Let me see if I can find it. Actually, tay Use, 213 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 2: you know, I'll put this up here. Tay Use Nico 214 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 2: Lau fight metric. They have it In terms of the 215 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 2: stats of this fight with Tim Elliott, they gave him 216 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: one takedown. I think it was the one in the 217 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: third Tim Elliott went one for ten. He had ten 218 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: percent takedown defensive success in this fight, which is like 219 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: McKenzie Dern's overall. Actually, I think hers might be less 220 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: at this point. I'd be curious to see what hers 221 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 2: is actually at this point. Sort of as a side note, 222 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 2: McKenzie durn historical takedown accuracy. Yeah, it's still ten percent, 223 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 2: but you get the idea here. In the case of 224 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: Nicolau and Elliott, he stuffed all the takedowns, and while 225 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 2: Elliott was kind of flowing and looking good in the 226 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 2: sense that you could say, you know a fighter who 227 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: feels good, fight's good, it just seemed like it was 228 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: a lot of extraneous shit that had nothing to do 229 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 2: with actually successfully implementing a game plan. I didn't think 230 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: he got off enough. I didn't think he was throwing enough. 231 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 2: I mean, he threw two hundred and fifteen shots to 232 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: only one hundred and nine by Nicolao, but I don't 233 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 2: recall anything super impactful landing I remember, but Nikolau was 234 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 2: by the way, Elliott was like changing stances and blah 235 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: blah blah. Nicolau kind of, for the most part, not entirely, 236 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: but for the most part stuck to his orthodox stance. 237 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 2: Had good jabs to the body, had good intercepting calf kicks, 238 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: had good straight hook combos. 239 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: You know. 240 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 2: He kind of kept it a little bit more basic, 241 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 2: but he had much more success with it, whereas Elliott 242 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: was moving and flowing and changing stances and trying all 243 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: this stuff, but it didn't amount to effective offense in 244 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: the end, either in the takedown department or in the 245 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 2: stand up. It just seemed a little too as the 246 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 2: Brits might say, a little too cheeky. Not it wasn't 247 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 2: as focused and as dialed in Nicolaule. You could see, man, 248 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: he looked like he was ready to take the SATs 249 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 2: up in that bitch, you know. And what I mean 250 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: to say is like, you know, the proctor's delivering the test. 251 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: He wants to get to a good college. 252 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: He was. 253 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: He was focused that kind of a thing, whereas Elliott 254 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 2: just sort of was having a good time. Well, you 255 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: can have a good time, but there wasn't just there 256 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: just wasn't enough offense that. 257 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: Came from it. 258 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: And there was a couple of moments where Nicolau got 259 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 2: I do get into these hand fighting situations where Elliott 260 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 2: was around the back of fact. If there's sort of 261 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 2: one note about this card, the thing to me that 262 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: seems like it's really missing in modern mma, modern the 263 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 2: modern game more generally is just effective hand fighting from 264 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 2: the from the waistline. A lot of people don't really 265 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: seem to know how to do that very well, or 266 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 2: just can't find themselves at a position to do it well. 267 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 2: And as a consequence, you're seeing a lot of people 268 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 2: take advantage of that gap. I wonder how much longer 269 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 2: that will last. Probably for a long time, but because 270 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: the way the rules are structured, but still a bit 271 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: of a bit of a problem, A bit of a 272 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: problem that's win by Nikolau though, Okay. Maria Agapova defeating 273 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 2: Sabino Maso rear naked choke pick the three seconds of 274 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 2: the third round. We talked about this a little bit 275 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: on Morning Combat Regular, but I wanted to revisit it here. 276 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 2: Mazo has had a couple of problems in her career. 277 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 2: One she just has not been quite as physically dominant, 278 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: and I think, you know the lack of imposition. She 279 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,719 Speaker 2: wants to have a skill off and obviously she wants 280 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 2: to get that volume going, but there's there's a certain 281 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 2: rough and rowdiness to it all that her game lacks. 282 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 2: I think that it sometimes is really needed at the 283 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: at this level, Agappava clearly has it. And the other 284 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 2: one was she just couldn't switch gears once her basic 285 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 2: game plan didn't work. She didn't really know what to 286 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 2: do right. So what she was trying to do is 287 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: just get into these flow states where she could just 288 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 2: go and touch touch throw, switch angles, do this touch 289 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 2: touch throw, you know, and then once she gets going, 290 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: she becomes quite a force. That's when she starts going 291 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 2: to the body. That's when the head kicks, starts getting going, 292 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: and she's mixing it up. But it requires volume, it 293 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: requires openness, It requires something other than what Agapava did. 294 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 2: A Gapava did two things really well. Won She just 295 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,319 Speaker 2: intercepted and blitzed on her. She would what you saw 296 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: from Maza was she would want to faint to get 297 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 2: a Gapava to throw, and then off the throw she 298 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: would counter. But Agapava never played that game. She would 299 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: either get off first or she would jab or cross 300 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 2: with Mazo when she went, so she was going either 301 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 2: wret before her or right with her, and then not 302 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 2: just like landing the one shot and going landing and 303 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 2: continuing staying in Mazo's face. So she was forced to reset, 304 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 2: forced to reset, forced to reset, force to reset. She 305 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: had number from the word go. From the first minute, 306 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 2: her face was getting marked up, and she just stuck 307 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: to it over and over again. Also, Mazo's defense probably 308 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 2: not what it should be because she opened up on 309 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: that jab and ate a monster right hand. Why because 310 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: a Goppova was just waiting on it. A goppova wasn't 311 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: having to address anything else. She could wait for you 312 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: to open and then if your timing is good enough, 313 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: crack you. It wasn't like she was jabbing up top 314 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 2: to get the hands of a Gabova to go at 315 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 2: first and then quickly transitioning to the body and then 316 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 2: exiting out right. It was just step into you, do 317 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: a little motion. None of it gets you to do anything. 318 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: She opens, You just wait for her to open and 319 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 2: then you go. And then once you do that, you 320 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: saw that right hand sit it out and then the 321 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 2: clamp she had at the end there, that's that's a 322 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: great demonstration of when it makes a lot of sense 323 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 2: to follow a hurt opponent to the ground and not 324 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: just that. 325 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: Notice that Maso. 326 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: Landed on her hands and then her knees, sort of 327 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: in semi all force position. You could have a Goapava 328 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: just take the back and let Maso carry the weight. 329 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 2: That wouldn't necessarily be wrong. 330 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: What did she do? 331 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: She snatched her off of her base and then once 332 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: she did, the tap was the immediate immediate That's a 333 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 2: really nice win from a gopav A. It shows I'm 334 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 2: not even sure who she's training with at this point, 335 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: because I think she got booted at ATT. But whoever 336 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 2: she was training with, they game planned correctly. They scouted 337 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: Maso correctly. They game planned correctly. A Gopova implemented it 338 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: from the word go. She had a very disciplined approach. 339 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 2: And what I really love about it is it didn't 340 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: work immediately. The finish didn't come until fifty three seconds 341 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: in the third round. She had to put in two 342 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: full rounds in the bank before now the stop. It 343 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 2: came pretty quickly. What by the time the third round 344 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 2: came along, But you get what I'm saying, Like she 345 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 2: had to implement it and implement it, and then finally 346 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 2: it worked. I appreciate how disciplined and focused everything about 347 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: that was from a gob of a great win by her. 348 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 2: How about a bandsaway Chris Gutierrez defeating Felipe Corrales split decision. 349 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: I'm not sure why I was a split twenty eight 350 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: twenty nine for Corrales, yeah, and then two thirty twenty 351 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: sevens the other way. I get, oh, Kolera, excuse me, 352 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 2: Kolari's not Corrales. I apologize Felipe Coolares Colaes. Chris Gutierrez 353 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: is super super super talented, very talented young man, very 354 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 2: good fighter, great footwork, good accuracy, good cardiovascular conditioning, well rounded, 355 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 2: well coached. I mean he's a great leg kicks great 356 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 2: kicking generally, but obviously leg kicks are very very good, 357 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: great reads. I mean, he does a lot of things 358 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: really really well. What kind of killed me in this 359 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: fight a little bit, even though he won, was he 360 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 2: couldn't quite get Colares off of him, right, So Coolaris 361 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: was constantly pressuring him, and not enough to win the rounds, 362 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: in my judgment, not enough to really cause a severe disruption. 363 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 2: But for gutieras to take that next step. It's not 364 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 2: just enough to like strike and move. You want to 365 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 2: have the striking and the moving ultimately begin to cause 366 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: problems with Ford execution. 367 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 1: Whereas here's what I mean. 368 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: So as you begin to hit one, it can hurt 369 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 2: them right you begin to mark them up two, they 370 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 2: begin to not be as forward on that front foot 371 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 2: heavy by virtue of the attacks that you've successfully land. 372 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 2: It's another thinking about it, or they want to pressure 373 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: into you, but they're much more confused and they don't 374 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 2: quite know. On that level, he was actually pretty good, 375 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 2: but even still there's probably another a level or two 376 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 2: beyond that that he can hit. Whatever the case may 377 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: be he was doing. Maybe he was doing a lot 378 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 2: of really good things, but could not land with the 379 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 2: kind of effectiveness and thud and pop to keep coolores 380 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: off of him, which you might understand because Gutierre's game 381 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 2: plan seemed to center around movement, not being one place 382 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: too long. Early in the fight he was kind of 383 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: get impressed against the fence a little bit more than 384 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: he was a little bit later. So there's sort of 385 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 2: there's some things there that are really really good about him, 386 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 2: But I think to get him to that next level, 387 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 2: and that last thirty seconds do when he opened up 388 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 2: on colarias he was tearing him up in the third round. 389 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 2: The last thirty seconds were great. I like a lot 390 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 2: of what I see from Gutierrez. I just think the 391 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 2: one thing that is currently missing is and it's a 392 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 2: hard needled threat. I don't present like I've got all 393 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 2: the answers. I don't have any of them. I'm just 394 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: saying the guys who people are gonna want to for 395 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 2: a guy who can move like him, and for a 396 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 2: guy who's got all the tricks, and for a guy 397 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: who has who kind of uses motion very effectively, people 398 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 2: are going to try to do what Coloris did now, 399 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 2: maybe not in the exact same way, but they're going 400 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 2: to constantly try to take him down. They're going to 401 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 2: try to pressure him against behind the black line. They're 402 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,719 Speaker 2: going to try and put him against the fence line. 403 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 2: He's gonna need to have a lot of answers for that. 404 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 2: So this was a good experience, but there's still a 405 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: level or two in which he can succeed on their 406 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 2: preliminary Alexander Romanov defeating Jared Vandera. I don't know much 407 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 2: about Jared vander ro I was not super impressed in 408 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 2: this performance. He was even trying like a he was 409 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 2: trying Americana on a paintbrush from guard underneath, sorry name 410 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 2: from guard from underneath side control. He nearly got Armbard 411 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 2: for it. Like if you're asking, how is that even possible? 412 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 2: Like they don't work for a reason. That was really 413 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 2: really bad. Now, Romanov is interesting, big strong guy. I 414 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 2: think he's like fifteen and oh, he was throwing people 415 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 2: every which way. 416 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: We got a good ground to pound stoppage. 417 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 2: He's beating Juana Spino, He's beaten Marcos, Jigerio Delima, he's 418 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 2: beaten rock Roquet Martinez, He's undefeated in the UFC, and 419 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 2: all of those came by way of stoppage. 420 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: Dude is clearly good. 421 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: He's clearly talented, strong, determined. This was not the most 422 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 2: telling wind about how far he can go. You got 423 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 2: a lot of what you previously knew about him here, 424 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 2: and I didn't see anything heartily knew. But it's a 425 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 2: decent way to, you know, push the push the process forward, 426 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 2: so to speak. 427 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: So good ground and pound, good control. I think he 428 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: had mount for a time. 429 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 2: He had went to Neon Belly for some of his 430 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 2: ground and pound, which I early liked for a big guy. 431 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 2: Neon belly for a big guy can be devastating for 432 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: the in the in the right context, a lot to like. 433 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: But still, you know, pretty early on in his in 434 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: his run. 435 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 2: Damon Jackson, who must have left several gallons of blood 436 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 2: in the octagon, defeating Charles Rosa. They had a twenty 437 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 2: nine to twenty eight and then to twenty seven, then 438 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 2: thirty twenty seven. I don't know which round you would 439 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 2: give to Rosa up maybe the third. The first two rounds, 440 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 2: it looked to me like Jackson was just better about 441 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 2: initiating control. And then you know, there was a couple 442 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 2: of times when Rosa was locking up fifty to fifty guard. 443 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: There was a couple times where they were each guy 444 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 2: was going for leg locks, and neither was all that successful. 445 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 2: But in general, it just looked to me like Damon 446 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 2: Jackson was better about the takedown, better about establishing back 447 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: control or getting behind him with the again with the 448 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 2: locked wrists, ascuse me, locked hands, I should say, even 449 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: in the standing position, constantly doing Matt returns to Rosa, 450 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 2: picking him up and then returning him to the map. 451 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: By the way, Romanov doing that to Vandera a lot 452 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 2: as well, but it was just in that third round 453 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 2: you see Rosa hit him with that spinning back elbow 454 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 2: and just dump blood everywhere. That round was a little 455 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 2: bit more back and forth. One guy couldn't really put 456 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 2: it on the other one. If they wanted to give 457 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: Rosa that round, that's fine. But the big takeaway is 458 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 2: one great composure by Damon Jackson to suffer a huge 459 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 2: cut like that, see all that blood, not panic, not 460 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 2: lose his way. Even if you lost that round, Here's 461 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: why you want to get those two good rounds in 462 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 2: the bank because it really helps you. There almost had 463 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 2: a head and arm triangle at the end of the 464 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 2: second not quite there, but you know, he was kind 465 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: of putting it on Rosa. He was clearly the better grappler, 466 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 2: and that's what I really liked about it. You knew 467 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 2: that Rosa was going to give you that forward pressure. 468 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 2: He used that forward pressure to get takedowns, and then 469 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 2: once he got the takedowns, he was just the better overall, 470 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 2: top game kind of guy, even if at certain points 471 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 2: he found himself looking for kneebars underneath. But you know, 472 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 2: ros is tough out he's literally, I think, has won 473 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: or lost in that pattern. One lost, one lost, one lost, 474 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 2: all the way back to I want to see here, Yeah, 475 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 2: dating all the way back to his UFC debut. He 476 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 2: has won and lost alternately. So whoever he fights next, 477 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 2: good luck with that. He's got some good wins right 478 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 2: justin James, Kevin Aguilar, Many Bermudez, Kyle Bokniak, Sean Soriano. 479 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 2: But then he's got losses to Yayir, Shane Bergos, Bryce Mitchell, 480 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 2: Derek Benner, and now Damon Jackson. He's not losing the scrubs, 481 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 2: but he's kind of going that up and down, up 482 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 2: and down, up and down thing. This was the most 483 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: dominant fighter on the card to me in terms of 484 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: just what they showed in terms of what they were 485 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: up against anyway. Lupitza Go Dinez defeating Silvana Gomez Juarez 486 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,719 Speaker 2: Gomez Jurez out of Argentina. She was not ready for 487 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: this one. She got worked. Go Dinez took away her 488 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 2: jab immediately in this fight, immediately step two. It had 489 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 2: her timing almost instantly had a better angle on her 490 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 2: in terms of the striking, almost instantly got a take down. 491 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: I think I had to get a second one to 492 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 2: keep her down, but on the ground had massive advantages. 493 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 2: This was something bordering on mismatch. I'm not accusing the 494 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 2: UFC matchmakers of doing that. I don't think it qualifies 495 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: for that. But Gomez Juarez was up against it here. 496 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: She was up against it. This was not This was 497 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 2: not a fight. I don't think she could have won 498 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 2: short of landing an arrant punch kind of out of nowhere. 499 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 2: Godinez was better everywhere in this fight and took it 500 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 2: to her right away, which is why you see that 501 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: it didn't go past the first round. I'm just saying, 502 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: with Godinez and Gomezuarez, it's nice that the women's game 503 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: is growing, especially through South America. Although Argentina has long 504 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: been I won't call it a powerhouse, but they've been 505 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 2: a visible presence in MMA for quite some time, and 506 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 2: now it's expanding to the women's side of the game, 507 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 2: which is all great. But Godinaz, the Mexican fighter here 508 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: that out of women's strawey division was just way way 509 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 2: too much for her in literally every dimension. And then, 510 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 2: last but not least, Steve Garcia, if he's Charlie on 511 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 2: ta Veros at one fifty one of the second round. 512 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: So there's a good and bad here on ti Vo's 513 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: lands an axe kick that disrupted Steve Garcia. But the 514 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 2: reality is it wasn't just that he got dropped. Later 515 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 2: with just a striking exchange, got landed, got landed on cleanly. 516 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 2: Now he had the presence and the ability to then 517 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,199 Speaker 2: get the takedown, get on top and do well. But 518 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 2: then the second round starts, he gets dropped again going 519 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 2: for a takedown. So he's got some striking defensive issues 520 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 2: big time. It looked to me like he would kind 521 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 2: of faint sometimes and kind of get a reaction, like 522 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 2: you could see he was trying to work through that problem, 523 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 2: but it wasn't having the effect that I think he 524 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 2: was hoping for. So then he would just step in 525 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 2: and on Tavares would crack him right from it. But 526 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 2: then once they got to the ground, it was a 527 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,959 Speaker 2: totally different story. Eventually, Garcia moving to mount bloodying up 528 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,719 Speaker 2: on Tavares from an inside elbow. Dude, these elbows, man, 529 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: it's not just here. You can do a damage. I 530 00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 2: one time closed the guy's eyes. 531 00:24:59,400 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: It is true. 532 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 2: Started mean to from north south, just bringing my elbow 533 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: in to cover his head and that elbow lightly. I 534 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 2: didn't even notice it hit his eye, and then when 535 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 2: we stopped the roll, his eye. 536 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: Was almost completely blown up. 537 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 2: Just a little ass elbow like that can sometimes just 538 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 2: do miracle stuff. And you saw that he kind of 539 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 2: closed the elbow a little bit and it cut on 540 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 2: te Veros really badly and it was bleeding everywhere. But 541 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: Doude Garcia didn't let up. So it's a nice win 542 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 2: for Garcia. And then he overcame some difficulty keeping the 543 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 2: fight where he had the advantage and then not relinquishing 544 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 2: it once he did. But in that distance closing moment 545 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 2: and striking his way to get there, he obviously had 546 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 2: some issues. See this is what I mean taking it 547 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 2: full circle back to McKenzie Dern. You can have good takedowns, dude. 548 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: Steve Garcia has good takedowns and he got the win. 549 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: But a little bit of extra striking know how would 550 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: make those takedowns even better, which is going to make 551 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 2: his game that he likes to do, which is the 552 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 2: ground control, even better. That's what I'm talking about with Dern. 553 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 2: She can work on the wrestling. Work on it. 554 00:25:59,400 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: It's important. 555 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 2: She needs it. No doubt about it. But there's another 556 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 2: layer here. You got it striking as part of the 557 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: wrestling in MMA, when obviously the game starts on the 558 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 2: feet and at distance. How you navigate that is extremely important. 559 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 2: So it's not just it's not just the wrestling, it's 560 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 2: the ground upoun the wrestling and the striking. It's really 561 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 2: quite a lot except the jiu jitsu, and even with 562 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 2: the jiu jitsu, there might be some things she wants 563 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 2: to reconsider about. Your fight of the night went to 564 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 2: Rodriguez and Dern, and your Performance of the night went 565 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 2: to Lupita Godinez, well deserved and Maria Agappova. This is 566 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: the first UFC card where all of the bonus winners 567 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 2: were women. 568 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: How about that? Kind of an interesting little footnote. 569 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 2: And all deserved. What are you gonna say they didn't 570 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 2: deserve it? They really did, so nice wins by them. 571 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 2: Decent little card for a Saturday afternoon and especially considering 572 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 2: we got the Fury and Wilder three greatness later on. Okay, 573 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 2: that's it for me, Like the video, hit subscribe. This 574 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: is MK extra credit episode three, I believe, and we'll 575 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: be back next week. Getting You're ready for everything on 576 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 2: regular MK and then we'll pick up all the things 577 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 2: we didn't get to right back here like we always do. 578 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 2: Thank you guys so much for watching, and until next time, 579 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 2: enjoy the fights.