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Speaker 2: Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 3: I fucking love him.

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Speaker 4: I can't get enough.

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Speaker 6: What was I think, you Ken? What was I thinking

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Speaker 6: doing the show this soon after that jaunt across the globe?

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Speaker 6: I mean, I know we got to get it in,

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Speaker 6: but your boy's hurting for certain this morning.

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Speaker 7: Well, here's the thing I can hear to the voice.

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Speaker 7: You don't look terrible like you know. I've seen you

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Speaker 7: a not terrible I've seen you on all of these trips,

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Speaker 7: like the Brazil trip, some of the Europe trips.

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Speaker 3: You come back and.

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Speaker 7: You look half dead, but right now you do not.

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Speaker 7: It's not too bad. But I hope you've slept a

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Speaker 7: little bit on the plane, a little bit, Yeah, a

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Speaker 6: You're in there due thank God for sake, coffee and uh,

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Speaker 6: maybe a little marijuana.

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Speaker 8: I'm not even sure.

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Speaker 6: I'm like blacked out right now, but we're gonna see

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Speaker 6: if we can get through it. It is Monday, October seven,

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Speaker 6: twenty nineteen, here in the State's episode two twenty of

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Speaker 6: the anac Implorian Podcast, and before we wax poetic on

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Speaker 6: the last dial bend of Israel Ota Sonia and everything

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Speaker 6: that was UFC two forty three. I just want to

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Speaker 6: thank the fans, every last one of you, who just

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Speaker 6: had so many nice things to say about this show,

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Speaker 6: in particular over the weekend. You know, this is the

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Speaker 6: best way for me and Ken Flow to connect with fans,

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Speaker 6: to give back to fans. You know, this is free content.

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Speaker 6: This will always be be free for you guys. You

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Speaker 6: know now that we have a YouTube channel if you

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Speaker 6: like the video, that's there for you as well. This

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Speaker 6: show is never going to be behind a paywall. I

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Speaker 6: can assure you of that. And when we launched this

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Speaker 6: thing in twenty fifteen, you know, this show fills what

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Speaker 6: we think is a very specific need inside this MMA

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Speaker 6: podcast stratosphere. You're getting a preview and a recap in

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Speaker 6: predictions every single week, and you're getting it essentially in

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Speaker 6: a power hour, right. It's not a monster to ingest

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Speaker 6: for you. And I guess just when I go to

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Speaker 6: a place like Australia, you know, and I hear from

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Speaker 6: so many of you about the show, it feels like

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Speaker 6: we are making that connection and I feel that connection

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Speaker 6: pretty deeply and can flow. If you were there, you

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Speaker 6: would never cancel this podcast because the love is out

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Speaker 6: there for YouTube.

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Speaker 7: My man, that is so great, dude, listen man, Australian

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Speaker 7: fans have always been amongst, you know, the most informed,

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Speaker 7: most intelligent, most hardcore fans that we have.

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Speaker 3: You telling me that is just further proof of that.

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Speaker 7: So thank you all those fans that are listening to

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Speaker 7: this show and keep spreading.

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Speaker 8: The word, telling you, keep spreading that word.

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Speaker 6: What an event it was though, Ken Flow fifty seven

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Speaker 6: two forty three, and I couldn't help but wonder with

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Speaker 6: respect to the Aussies, they're so respectful, right and so

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Speaker 6: knowledgeable as fans that they strike me as a group

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Speaker 6: that isn't belligerently drunk and just making volume for the

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Speaker 6: what fifty seven thousand Brazilians might sound like at three

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 6: That's the other part of this too, is that this

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Speaker 8: It didn't, you know, blow your ears out of the place.

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Speaker 6: But let's get to Israelde of sign because he obviously

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Speaker 6: four months inside of twenty one months. That's what Israel

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Speaker 6: Lot of Sonya has done. I know you predicted him

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Speaker 6: And he couldn't believe how not nervous he was for

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Speaker 6: this Robert Whittaker fight. You know, he was almost like Man,

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Speaker 6: I wish I was a little bit more nervous, but

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Speaker 6: just a masterpiece of a performance from Israel Lot of

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Speaker 6: Sonya and interiom is now undisputed for the Last Style.

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Speaker 7: Dinner, Yeah, I sense no nervousness When he did a

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Speaker 3: I mean right about that. I couldn't do that. I

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Speaker 7: But anyways, this is the guy who, yeah, just looked

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Speaker 7: but Robert Whittaker just did not, which was very uncharacteristic

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Speaker 7: of Robert Whittaker, who is cool and composed, but Israel

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Speaker 7: getting all the experience he needed, then being in the UFC.

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Speaker 7: All that said, I still think he did have to

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Speaker 7: and from there just picked up all of that momentum

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Speaker 7: truly shined. This is a striker that is doing what

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Speaker 3: In the UFC. This is a different level.

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Speaker 7: He can counter, he can fight going forward, he can

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Speaker 3: Very few strikers have been able to do.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he was so good defensively too, right, as much

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Speaker 6: And when you harken back to the early days of

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Speaker 6: experience gained there. The Marvin Vattori fight went to a

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Speaker 6: Marvin Vattori. I think he's going to be an absolute

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Speaker 6: judge goes for Vittori that night. You know, then none

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Speaker 6: of these championship opportunities happened for out of Sonya at

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Speaker 6: least this expeditiously, no doubt in my mind he was

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Speaker 8: But I think you're right.

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Speaker 6: The Brad Tavores fight the main event experience there, the

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Speaker 6: Gasolom fight, embracing the darkness in that fight, just that

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Speaker 6: and it's gonna be interesting to see that Paolo Costa

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Speaker 6: fight next for Israel Lota Sonya. But I want to

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Speaker 6: man has truly taken the sport by storm and Dana

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Speaker 6: White oftentimes, and I said this on the ESPN Plus

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 6: And it's like nobody was talking about Israelda Sonia except

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Speaker 6: the next superstar is going to emerge. We got ice

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Speaker 6: Cream Crone Gracie fighting this weekend. You know, I think

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Speaker 7: It's the guy who knows how to fight a technical fight,

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Speaker 3: He knows how to hype up a fight.

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Speaker 7: He knows how to deal with the mental warfare heading

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Speaker 7: into a fight. I think that really affected Robert Whittaker

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Speaker 3: That karate style blitz.

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Speaker 7: Israel at Asnia was and his team was very aware

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Speaker 3: That was a big fault in Whittaker's game. You know.

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Speaker 7: Israel Atisanya had a very specific plan Whittaker's plan just

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Speaker 6: So Israel at Asnia took great exception to people suggesting

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Speaker 6: a bull incredible result for Atasania, and it's just going

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Speaker 7: That's not who Robert Whittaker is. That that is very

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Speaker 3: I've experienced it several times.

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Speaker 7: But I also think that tactic, as far as the

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Speaker 3: Robert Whittaker forgot that.

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Speaker 7: He's going against a world class kickboxer in Israel Auti Sonia,

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Speaker 7: Could I have taken down BJ Penn? Yes, that might

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Speaker 7: And I think for Whittaker, I was really surprised, and

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Speaker 7: With Kelvin Gastlum, I think Kelvin Gastlom's success with his

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Speaker 6: So a lot of people were surprised that Robert Whittaker

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Speaker 6: I know it was only an eight and a half

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Speaker 8: He said as much with us, you know, but.

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Speaker 6: A lot of people did expect at some point that

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Speaker 6: you think Whittaker is going to try to mix things up?

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Speaker 7: Listen, I think it's a fight that Whittaker can win.

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Speaker 7: When israel A Sonya was leaning back, his head was

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Speaker 7: You can't move your legs if you're leaning back like

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Speaker 7: So he's just he's blitzing and staying in front of

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Speaker 8: And he certainly did just that.

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Speaker 6: UFC two forty three is South Florida is Ian Parker. I.

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Speaker 6: We were just talking about this from a Whittaker standpoint.

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Speaker 6: You picked him to win this fight by decision? Were

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Speaker 9: You know, first off, John again, you are a signage

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Speaker 9: for doing this show to dame. You are literally love

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Speaker 9: the fucking man. Kenny. Kenny's sitting there to Pj's rising

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Speaker 9: Whittaker in the situation, I think Kenny and Kenny don't

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Speaker 9: apologize to the fans of the show. I think you

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Speaker 9: that if you're gonna go into a kickboxing match, which

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Speaker 9: someone in autosania, you're you're playing giving him that that

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Speaker 9: I have no issue standing for five rounds with Izzy

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Speaker 9: I don't know if he gets knocked out, but that

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Speaker 9: You gotta feel for Bobby Knuckles Ken Flow.

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Speaker 6: Whittaker has this warrior spirit about him. He really considers

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Speaker 6: he was even able to crack a smile backstage shortly

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Speaker 6: after the fight. This was his first loss since twenty fourteen,

437
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Speaker 6: and I know Joe Rogan and others have quickly lauded

438
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Speaker 6: him for the way he handled defeat. He's as classy

439
00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 6: as it gets. I mean, I'll go buy a fucking

440
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Speaker 6: Robert Whitaker fight kit right now. But I will say

441
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Speaker 6: you and DC handle championship losses a lot differently than

442
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Speaker 6: this guy does. Not to say you don't do it

443
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Speaker 6: with class, right, but I think he just loves fighting

444
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Speaker 6: to such an extent that you know, he'll just lived

445
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Speaker 6: to fight another day. And didn't seem to take this

446
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Speaker 6: as hard as I thought he would, given the backdrop

447
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 6: that seemed to be a budding rivalry between you know,

448
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Speaker 6: the Aussie and the Kiwi.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 7: And I think the other thing is is that as

451
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Speaker 7: a fighter, you need to realize that only one person

452
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Speaker 7: can win, right. Often there's not a not a whole

453
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Speaker 7: lot of draws in mixed martial arts. Yeah, I also

454
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Speaker 7: feel this is a young champion that most likely had

455
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Speaker 7: a lot of pressure on him.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's different in that he's in a country.

457
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Speaker 7: In Australia where they're all supporting him and you said

458
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Speaker 7: it best yourself, how much they love that guy. I

459
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Speaker 7: mean that is a lot of pressure. Everywhere he goes

460
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Speaker 7: he's their champion. He is Michael Jordan over there.

461
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Speaker 3: He is their champion, right, So that is a lot

462
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Speaker 3: of pressure to deal with.

463
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Speaker 7: So in some ways, I think it's almost a relief

464
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Speaker 7: off of his back. I think over time it's that

465
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Speaker 7: that pain is probably gonna set in.

466
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Speaker 3: I also think the guy really is a class act.

467
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Speaker 7: He realizes that he's defeated a lot of great fighters

468
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Speaker 7: in his day. It could have gone the other way.

469
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Speaker 7: I think he definitely knows how vulnerable he is in

470
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Speaker 7: mixed martial arts, and absolute kudos to Robert Whittaker for

471
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Speaker 7: the kind of class that he shows. He's a quiet guy,

472
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Speaker 7: a true gentleman of the sport. I have no doubt

473
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Speaker 7: that this is a guy who will get back to

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Speaker 7: the championship fight.

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Speaker 6: Ian in the nature of time, I do want to

476
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Speaker 6: spend this thing forward a little bit before return our

477
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Speaker 6: attention to Tampa coming up this weekend. So Robert Whittick

478
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Speaker 6: obviously has competed as a welterweight in the UFC. So

479
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Speaker 6: Israel out of Sonia was the naturally bigger man, I

480
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Speaker 6: guess in this equation, not necessarily in terms of the physique,

481
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Speaker 6: but in terms of the length and the height. Paolo

482
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Speaker 6: Costa is a light heavyweight, Okay, he is not gonna

483
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Speaker 6: if he wins against Attasnia be defending this middleweight title

484
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Speaker 6: for years and years. He's gonna move up to two

485
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Speaker 6: hundred and five pounds, I can assure you.

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Speaker 3: So, what are your thoughts.

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Speaker 6: Early thoughts on Israel Oata Sonya taking on Paolo Costa,

488
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Speaker 6: And what are your thoughts on on Atasnya being so

489
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Speaker 6: willing in his moment to acknowledge the undefeated number one

490
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Speaker 6: contender Paolo Costa.

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Speaker 9: To answer the second part. First, he's a showman man.

492
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Speaker 9: He's understanding where he's at in the sport. He's understanding

493
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Speaker 9: his rises. Now he's understanding the marketing. I mean, have

494
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Speaker 9: you ever seen a guy dance other than Chris Brown.

495
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Speaker 9: The way he came out before his fight, you know,

496
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Speaker 9: I mean he was he was ready, no what I mean.

497
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Speaker 9: And the last time we saw an entrance like that,

498
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Speaker 9: I think was Anderson Silva Pride doing the Michael Jackson

499
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Speaker 9: just beating video. You know, I think is he really

500
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Speaker 9: just took it and shrine and understood, like, you know what,

501
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Speaker 9: if he's the number one contender, let's let's start building

502
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,160
Speaker 9: the something out. I think he is the next superstar

503
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Speaker 9: in the UFC. He's well spoken, he's exciting, he's a showman.

504
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Speaker 9: And why not calling a guy that has a fatique

505
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Speaker 9: like the Hulk in Paula a coasta To answer your

506
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Speaker 9: question regards to his size and all that stuff. You know,

507
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Speaker 9: here's the thing, I don't know if the size and

508
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Speaker 9: we're gonna make a joke here, I don't hope decide

509
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Speaker 9: he's gonna have much of an impact when you're fighting

510
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Speaker 9: a guy like Israel Aisani. You know, I would be

511
00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 9: more concerned for, you know, out of side, if he

512
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Speaker 9: was fighting a bigger, muscular guy who had capable striking

513
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Speaker 9: with a really strong wrestling clinch game. In Colsta just

514
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 9: seems to throw bombs, and we saw through a Merrow

515
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Speaker 9: fight he could take him, but he's also able to

516
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Speaker 9: be taken down, not to get you know, but not

517
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Speaker 9: a whole lot of difficulty. I just really think more

518
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 9: than anything that man Adasanni's gonna be way too fast

519
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Speaker 9: for him. I think he just knows his angles way better.

520
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Speaker 9: I didn't cost that he still hasn't. I want to

521
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Speaker 9: see costs to fight Jared Kenya before that fight, to

522
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Speaker 9: be honest with you and give at As Sonya a

523
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Speaker 9: little bit of time. But right now Ada Sonia's minus

524
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Speaker 9: one seventy five and I can't believe the odds are

525
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Speaker 9: that low. I'll leave it at that.

526
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Speaker 3: That's crazy to me, and I think that's pretty spot on. Man.

527
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Speaker 7: The other thing I wanted to add is perhaps the

528
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Speaker 7: guy who benefited most from this win from Israel to

529
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Speaker 7: Sonia is probably Yol Romero because he never I don't

530
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Speaker 7: know how much longer he wants to fight, but he

531
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Speaker 7: would not have gotten another chance at the belt if

532
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Speaker 7: Whitaker won that right so for him, and you look

533
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Speaker 7: at the way he matches up against Israel to Sonya,

534
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Speaker 7: that is a very interesting fight, ladies and gentlemen.

535
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Speaker 6: I just feel like in modern day mixed martial arts,

536
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Speaker 6: the natural inclination seems to be of a fighter with

537
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Speaker 6: Attasnia's profile and pedigree, right like Henry Suto is to

538
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,240
Speaker 6: call the biggest shot possible and Adasanya, admittedly not ready

539
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 6: for John Jones, would want to put on some muscle,

540
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Speaker 6: but he easily could have used that platform to try

541
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Speaker 6: to build up the John Jones fight, and instead he

542
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 6: is such a tried and true martial artist, and so

543
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Speaker 6: to your point, Ean aware of his place in the

544
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,120
Speaker 6: sport right now that he acknowledges the number one Brazilian contender,

545
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 6: the guy who everybody seems to believe is worthy of

546
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,160
Speaker 6: the title shot, and not only is is he willing

547
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,959
Speaker 6: to fight him, but he's probably going to fight him

548
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 6: in three or four months.

549
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Speaker 8: You know, yeah, I mean I couldn't imagine that.

550
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Speaker 9: And what he did that was even smarter than was

551
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 9: for people that aren't even aware of Paulo Coaster from

552
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Speaker 9: the casual fan that he's going to help build cost

553
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 9: to HUF. You know, people want to tune in to

554
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 9: see both guys fight. If you're able to build up

555
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 9: the challenger as much as you are the champion, there's

556
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 9: so much more leverage in him making that hundred million

557
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,680
Speaker 9: dollar goal that he has, so kudos to ASGNA for

558
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 9: really taking full full of agrad situation.

559
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Speaker 6: What is your hard out time? I know this doesn't

560
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 6: make for great radios at fifty five? Is at fifty eight?

561
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Speaker 6: I need a hard out time right now?

562
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Speaker 9: Fifty nine?

563
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Speaker 8: Fifty nine?

564
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 3: Okay?

565
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Speaker 6: All right, So we are gonna do some other two

566
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Speaker 6: forty three stuff on the back end with Ken Flow,

567
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Speaker 6: but I want to get a quick comment from you

568
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 6: on Dan Hooker and Ali Quinta. Certainly not the fight

569
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Speaker 6: that Ray Longo expected. As he texted me earlier today,

570
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 6: he's in transit, so he's not going to join us

571
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 6: Dan Hooker in this city kickboxing team. Eugene Barman, I

572
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 6: mean man masterful execution by Dan Hooker. I know both

573
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Speaker 6: of you guys thought raging Al would would probably get

574
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Speaker 6: the job. I mean, kenvill would have picked Dan Hooker,

575
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 6: but he was being nice.

576
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Speaker 8: Let's be honest.

577
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Speaker 6: If you listened to the show, no comment ian, what

578
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Speaker 6: did you think about the co main event?

579
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Speaker 8: Before we get some Tampa picks.

580
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Speaker 9: Out of you, sir, you know, I just think that

581
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 9: what we're learning in the situation was that that type

582
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Speaker 9: of rangeye fighter between a Cowboys sorority and the Dan

583
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Speaker 9: Hooker is just a challenge for Al. You know, Al

584
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 9: was not able to find rage. He wasn't able to

585
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Speaker 9: get inside Hookerson way bigger, like even muscle wise than

586
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Speaker 9: I expected, and Al wasn't able to establish that ground game.

587
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 9: I don't know if Al's really been looking at the

588
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,240
Speaker 9: ground game as much anymore, and it's a shame. He's

589
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 9: got a very underrated ground game. He is a good wrestler,

590
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 9: he is good jiu jitsu. I just think that Hooker

591
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 9: landed when he needed to, and he maybe just watched

592
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 9: the tape on what SARONI didn't fall suit.

593
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:14,399
Speaker 3: You know.

594
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 9: He wasn't his usual wild self. He was way more

595
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 9: composed I think that we've ever seen Dan Hooker. He

596
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,480
Speaker 9: was patient, you know, and when he dropped out, he

597
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 9: didn't go crazy over it, and he even mentioned him.

598
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 9: He was happy to show off fifteen minutes of his

599
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Speaker 9: full skill set, of his call out over Dustin Fourrier smart.

600
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 9: He's not going to get that fight. But Dan Hooker's arrived. Man,

601
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,879
Speaker 9: Dan Hooker's definitely arrived. I'm excited to see who they

602
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 9: give him next.

603
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Speaker 6: Six and one at one hundred and fifty five pounds.

604
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Speaker 6: And to your point, he is never afraid to call

605
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Speaker 6: his shot. You know, even when he sat down with

606
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 6: us in the Fighter meeting, he said, I kind of

607
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 6: want a five round fight. I want a main event

608
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 6: so I can test myself in that scenario before potentially

609
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 6: getting to a title shot. But Hooker was fifteen in

610
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 6: the world and certainly going to find himself in not

611
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Speaker 6: that top eight or so I would think when the

612
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 6: new rankings come out later today. All right, as I

613
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Speaker 6: say said, more on the pay per view coming up

614
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Speaker 6: on the back end, but it is now time for

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Speaker 6: the Main Event Challenge.

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Speaker 6: it was one twenty to one eighteen going into UFC

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Speaker 6: two forty three. Ken Flow had Israel Ottasanya by knockout,

635
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Speaker 6: Ian Parker had Robert Whitaker by decision. As such, Team

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Speaker 6: and Ian, this is you know, I'm not saying it's

639
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Speaker 6: getting out of control, right, but it's definitely not funny

640
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Speaker 6: at this point, Like we're four points down, Our fifteen

641
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Speaker 6: to twenty point lead has dissipated.

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Speaker 8: We got some work to do here coming up in Tampa.

643
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Speaker 9: Yeah, absolutely, listen. Uh, my strategy has been kind of

644
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 9: taken a little bit opposite Kenny, but I just got

645
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Speaker 9: to go back to my picks and just go with

646
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Speaker 9: my gut two dusy trying to hit a home run.

647
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 9: I'm just gonna hit a bunch of singles. We should

648
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Speaker 9: be able to capitalize in the next few weeks without

649
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Speaker 9: a doubt, not worry.

650
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Speaker 6: I will see how many of these Tampa fights we

651
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Speaker 6: can get to the poor commentators. By the way, flow

652
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Speaker 6: fourteen fights on that Tampa card hold up this week.

653
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Speaker 6: I just did eleven in Australia, which is super manageable.

654
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 6: Fourteen will fucking kill you, you know, try to learn it.

655
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 6: Every eight fighters if you're trying to give them all there,

656
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 6: just doue all right. So James Vick has moved up

657
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 6: to the welterweight division.

658
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 3: Boys.

659
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 6: He is a plus one forty underdog this weekend in

660
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Speaker 6: his divisional debut against Nico Price. Price comes back at

661
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 6: minus one seventy. Price's last fight lost to Jeff Neil

662
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 6: in July. Loss here for him would be three in

663
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 6: his last four Ian Vick on the other side, all

664
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Speaker 6: of a sudden from thirteen and one to thirteen and four,

665
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 6: three straight losses against top lightweight competition. Your thoughts on

666
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Speaker 6: Nico Price and James Vick.

667
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I'll keep this one kind of brief, you know.

668
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 9: I think this is gonna be a do or die

669
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Speaker 9: for James Vick. I'm actually excited to see what how

670
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 9: he fights without having a really deplete himself. And I

671
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 9: think what we're gonna see out in James Vick is

672
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 9: back to where he got started, what gave him that

673
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 9: dominance in the beginning, and that was really effectively using

674
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 9: his wrestling game. I think guy in Nico Price is

675
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 9: extremely tough. He's a brawler, but we've obviously obviously seen

676
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 9: outside of that crazy fight with Grandy Brout and when

677
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 9: he's on his back, that toughness, that brawling nature is

678
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 9: no longer a factor. You know, Vic will still have

679
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 9: the range here. I just think that if he gets

680
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 9: in a brawl, he's really at risk because that chin

681
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 9: is very scary for me. I think he plays it safe.

682
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 9: I think he uses that overhand right, takes the fight

683
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 9: to the ground, and he wins righting on top. I'm

684
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 9: gonna go James Vick. I'm gonna give him the benefit

685
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 9: of the doubt with the jumping of the wing class,

686
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:23,239
Speaker 9: all right.

687
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 6: So Ian Parker likes James Vick to get on tracked

688
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 6: here in the welterweight debut, can flow your thoughts on

689
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 6: Vic and Price.

690
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 3: Listen.

691
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 7: I like James Vick at one hundred and seventy pounds.

692
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 7: I would not have taken this fight if I was

693
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 7: his management, though I don't like this fight for him.

694
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 7: I think Nico is a guy that's gonna hit a

695
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 7: little harder. And also, if you know Nico Price, this

696
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 7: guy doesn't give a flying shit if it's knocked, doubt submitted.

697
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 7: He's going out to kill you. That's it, and that's

698
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 7: exactly what he needs to do against James Vick. Straight away.

699
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 7: I think he goes out and tries to start James

700
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 7: Vick to start this fight, I think James Vick will

701
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 7: have a much better chin out one hundred and seventy

702
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 7: pounds and might take Nico Price a little bit longer.

703
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 3: I do think James Vick most likely is the better grappler.

704
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 7: I agree. I agree with Ian there, but I just

705
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 7: don't think he's gonna be able to put Nico on

706
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 7: his back. I think Nico gets it done with the TKO.

707
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 6: Nico Price minus won seventy to pick to click for

708
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 6: ken Flow and you're absolutely right, Like if we have

709
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 6: the Baddest motherfucker Belt with Nate Diaz and Jorge Mosquital.

710
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 6: If you're doing like a zero FUCKX giving belt, like

711
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 6: asking to give me shit, he you know, Yeah, he

712
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 6: is a fucking maniac. I mean he has he has

713
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 6: cleaned up a lot of things in his life and mentally,

714
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 6: and he's gone back to his original coaches and such.

715
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 6: But he is a true wild man and he's must

716
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,959
Speaker 6: see TV as far as I'm concerned. All right at

717
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 6: strawwait guys, Mackenzie durn minus one sixty taking on a

718
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 6: man to Heboss plus one thirty.

719
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 3: This is a huge fight.

720
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 6: The Brazilians are very excited about this fighting rightfully, so

721
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 6: Dern is now a mother Ian.

722
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 8: She is still on the feed.

723
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 6: It at seven and oh he bost seven and one

724
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 6: coming off a big win over Emily wit Meyer back

725
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 6: in June. The American Top Team folks are very excited

726
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 6: about what they have and Amanda Heboss, what do you

727
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,719
Speaker 6: think she has for Mackenzie Dern this weekend?

728
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 9: It's so hard for me to pick Mackenzie burn after

729
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 9: that video that showed up on Twitter of her following

730
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 9: those boxing combinations while holding her breath. It reminded me

731
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 9: of when Connor was trading for Mayweathering did that arm

732
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 9: wiggle thing that everyone was kind of going viral make

733
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 9: a joke about. You know what, mckenzetherer, I'm curious to

734
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 9: ay how the wake cut's going to impact her with

735
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 9: her being out for a long time. You know, her

736
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 9: fight against Ashley Yoder went to a split, and I

737
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 9: think he Boss has got got some skill here. You know,

738
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 9: there's some sauce behind her. I did not expect her

739
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 9: to do what she did against Emily Whitmyer so decisively,

740
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 9: so dominantly. I'm going to go for the underdog here.

741
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 9: I think he Bus is going to have the better striking.

742
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 9: You know, Mackenzie's striking is still not there yet. I

743
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 9: think it's gonna be enough to keep the fight standing

744
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 9: and if she can, although she is more than capable

745
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 9: on the ground, I don't really get. I don't want

746
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 9: to go on the gravel with McKenzie if I'm anyone

747
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 9: other than McKenzie. So I'm gonna go Heabus. I'm hoping

748
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 9: she can keep this fight standing and really take the

749
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 9: full advantage in the striking department.

750
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 6: Ken Flower got puhumpa pretty high on his pupil, Amanda Heboss.

751
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 6: Mackenzie Dern obviously has had some issues making the one

752
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 6: hundred and sixteen pound limit, and those issues predated motherhood,

753
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 6: so it's gonna be an interesting way and day for sure.

754
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 6: Of course, our pickers here have the right to change

755
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 6: their selection based upon that weight cut and weigh and

756
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 6: your thoughts on McKenzie Dern taken on Amanda heab Us

757
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 6: here in Tampa.

758
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 7: You know, I was lucky enough and had the pleasure

759
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 7: to commentate the ADCC World Championship last weekend, and there

760
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 7: was her dad, Megaton Diaz with Mackenzie's baby.

761
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:46,879
Speaker 3: Mackenzie was there as well.

762
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Speaker 7: I have never seen McKenzie in this kind of shape,

763
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 7: which is really impressive. I mean, coming off giving a baby,

764
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 7: you know, having a baby in all that stuff. I

765
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 7: think it could take a while for a woman to

766
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 7: get back into shape, let alone fight shape. So that

767
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 7: was a little concerning for me. But she looked great.

768
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 7: She looked so healthy, she looked like she was already

769
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 7: at that limit. I've never seen her look this close

770
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 7: to wait this early on, so she looked phenomenal. She

771
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 7: said she was ready to go, and I think Mackenzie

772
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,479
Speaker 7: obviously is gonna have a huge advantage on the ground

773
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 7: against anyone, let alone Amanda Hebus. But yeah, I think

774
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 7: she will be outgunned on the feet, There's no doubt

775
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 7: about it. I think Mackenzie needs to take this fight

776
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 7: to the ground. I think Mackenzie is a jiu jitsu

777
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 7: fighter that can take a shot. She is tough as hell.

778
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 7: I think she takes us one to the ground and

779
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 7: gets it done by submission. That's good intel there from

780
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 7: Ken flon Mackenzie Dern. That's a great sign to hear

781
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 7: all of that. You know, parenthood is a powerful thing.

782
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,760
Speaker 7: I'm not saying that that is what was the impetus

783
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 7: for her getting in shape, but for sure, I mean

784
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 7: it's not an easy thing delivering a baby.

785
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 9: You and I have seen it.

786
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 7: They are way tougher than us. And the fact I

787
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 7: think something some kind of strength.

788
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 9: Coming for that and I couldn't even watch it.

789
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, here you go.

790
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 6: The real challenges for Mackenzie Dern are going to be

791
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 6: when her child is two and three years old and

792
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 6: you know, doesn't finish her chicken nuggets and you got

793
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 6: to push those away, you know. I mean sometimes I

794
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 6: find myself even like I'll be eating salmon for dinner,

795
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 6: and by the time I get to the salmon, I've

796
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 6: had like thirty two chicken nuggets, probably seventy five French fries,

797
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 6: just my kids leftovers. All right, Comaine, event, I will

798
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 6: have ken full lead here. We will need the round

799
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 6: and the method of victory. Ice cream crone. Gracie minus

800
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,400
Speaker 6: won sixty cups wants and plus one thirty So Gracie

801
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 6: Kenny is renowned for a lot of things, his jiu jitsu,

802
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 6: but also his work ethic. One of the hardest workers

803
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 6: in the game. He's five and oh thus far made

804
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 6: good on the UFC debut against Alex Casras, which feels

805
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 6: like a lifetime ago.

806
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 3: It was February of this year.

807
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,360
Speaker 6: Swanson, on the other side, tries to avoid a fifth

808
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,240
Speaker 6: consecutive loss.

809
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 8: Who do you like in the Komaine man?

810
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 7: I am so excited about this fight, and I'm sure

811
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 7: the whole jiu jitsu community is excited about this fight.

812
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 3: Chrome.

813
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 7: Gracie, as you said, works extremely hard. He's been training

814
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 7: a lot with Nate Nick Diaz now for a few years.

815
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 7: He's been working very hard on his striking. He is

816
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 7: one of the premier grapplers in the world in his

817
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 7: way class. He's a guy that is capable of submitting

818
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 7: anyone out there. There's no doubt in my mind that

819
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 7: he should try to take this fight to the ground

820
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 7: against Cub Swanson.

821
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 3: I'm sure Cub is prepared for that.

822
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 7: I know Cub has been working a lot on his

823
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 7: side of things with his jiu jitsu and his wrestling

824
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 7: and companied to get it done on the feet.

825
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 3: It's as simple as that.

826
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 7: Cub is going to be the more experienced striker, There's

827
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 7: no doubt about that. I think he'll have a speed

828
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 7: advantage as well. With Chrome Gracie. Don't expect to see

829
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 7: him tapping, don't expect to to see him get tired,

830
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 7: and don't expect to see him give up at any

831
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 7: point in this fight. You're going to have to kill

832
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 7: this kid. Yeah, that's how tough Chrome Gracy is. He

833
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 7: gives no as well. He's an absolute warrior. He literally

834
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 7: has that in his blood. I expect Chrome Gracie to

835
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 7: get a third round submission against Cub swantson.

836
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 8: All right, Chrome Gracie round three submission. Ian.

837
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 6: When Gracie walked into our fighter meeting, in Phoenix, Arizona.

838
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 6: It was the first time I had met him, and

839
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 6: he wanted to see the two zero nine tattoo of

840
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 6: course right off the bat. But he just struck me

841
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 6: as special, you know, he just struck me as special.

842
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 6: From the moment he sat down. Everything out of his

843
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 6: mouth was thoughtful, you know, no wasted efficiency in anything.

844
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 6: And on the other side, of course, Swanson from a

845
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 6: four fight winning streak to potentially a five fight losing streak.

846
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 6: Huge spot for Swanson in the co main event.

847
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 8: What are you thinking? And who gets it done?

848
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 9: Oh? I mean, well, first off, you know, Kenny's not

849
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 9: gonna saything negative about anyone in the jiu jitsu world.

850
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 9: You know, he doesn't want to gi himself in any

851
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 9: trouble between his gym and all the things that I'm

852
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 9: just kidding. Listen, Chrome, what he showed me in his

853
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 9: last fiume and I was more impressive. It wasn't so

854
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 9: much the jiu jitsu, which we know is wall class,

855
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 9: best of the best, you know, it's his DNA. His

856
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 9: striking looked really good though it was clean, it was technical.

857
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 9: It wasn't one of those jiu jitsu guys that come

858
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 9: in here you know, bum rush at the overhand right

859
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 9: getting to the clips against the cave Dreggs guy to

860
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 9: the ground. His jab looked good, his cross looks good.

861
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 9: And if what's you know Kenny saying it's true that

862
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 9: he doesn't give a fuck about getting hit either, then

863
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 9: we got someone here who's more dangerous than we saw it.

864
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 9: You know, Cub Swanson's been a hell of a pioneer

865
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 9: in the sport. You know, they don't a man. They

866
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 9: don't make him a Cub anymore. That last fight against

867
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 9: Shane Burgos was tough to watch because you hate to

868
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 9: see Cub become a gatekeeper. But uh, you know, Cub's

869
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 9: got a huge opportunity here to silence a lot of

870
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 9: people to say he's still really there and he can

871
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 9: still compete at this level. I just don't see him

872
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 9: being able to stop the ground situation with cron. So

873
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 9: I know, Kenny, pick what submission round three? I'm gonna

874
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 9: go sub round two. I don't think it's gonna take

875
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 9: all that long, you know, unless Kub lands one of

876
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 9: those wild hooks. I'm just curious. I'm curious about Grace.

877
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 9: He's striking here. I just want to keep seeing that

878
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 9: evolution as a more complete fighter, because we know the

879
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 9: jiu jitsu is there. So cron Gracie submission round two.

880
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 6: All right, Anian, we will get your main event selection here.

881
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 6: You got three minutes, and then we'll get Kempflows on

882
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 6: the other side. I know you got to pick up

883
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 6: your kid and we were a little late getting to you.

884
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 6: Yo Wanna you know Jchech minus four hundred. I will

885
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 6: admit to being a little bit surprised that the price

886
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 6: was this inflated when I look for the first time

887
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,760
Speaker 6: this morning. Michelle Waterson is plus three twenty the karate

888
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 6: hobby with a lot of momentum here Ian, but obviously

889
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 6: from a Vegas standpoint, she would appear to be up

890
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 6: against it. Who wins the main event in Tampa this

891
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 6: weekend and how do they get it done?

892
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 9: You know, man, Michelle has does have a ground game,

893
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 9: She's got a good jiu jitsu game. I just think

894
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 9: that Yolana has seen better. It's so hard to bet

895
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 9: against someone like Yolanna, especially in the stand up game. Man,

896
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 9: I don't I don't think anyone gets finished in the fight.

897
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,479
Speaker 9: I do think this will be a decision. I'm gonna

898
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 9: go Johanna by decision. You know, I just think that

899
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 9: she's had enough time to really get all the negative

900
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 9: out of her head, clear the cop webs. She's working

901
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 9: her ass off down here in American Top Team. Those

902
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 9: that I've spoken to said she looks better than she

903
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 9: ever has. You know, I would love to see the

904
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 9: karate hobby pull off the wind, you know, tocome the

905
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 9: mom champ. She wants to at least get an opportunity

906
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 9: to fight for I just think that she's running into

907
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 9: a really stylistically odd matchup for her. It's hard. It's

908
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 9: hard to really pick a whole lot of people out

909
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 9: striking Yulana. I just think that her aggression, Oh man,

910
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 9: her speed is gonna be trouble for Michelle. So I'm

911
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 9: gonna go Yoana. My decision.

912
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 6: Ian Parker, courtesy of his sources here in South Florida

913
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 6: goes Ioanna Young j Check by decision. All right, my man, Hey,

914
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 6: sorry we didn't get to you sooner. I didn't realize

915
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 6: you were on the line, but great stuff. We appreciate

916
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 6: the extended time, and just got to tell your wife,

917
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 6: dude on Mondays from now on, she's got to pick

918
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 6: up the kid because pickup time is right in the

919
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 6: middle of our you know, it's like, my kids are

920
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 6: getting out of school right now in three minutes, and

921
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 6: you know who's picking them.

922
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 3: Up and Anak and Florida podcast over everything.

923
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 9: Dude, you know, I know, but both of you guys

924
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 9: have such cooler jobs in me, so you know it's

925
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 9: and uh, I'm not in the place, like, hey, go

926
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 9: pick him up while I go do you know the podcast?

927
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 9: John's like, hey, you go pick him up because I'm

928
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 9: in Melbourne calling the fights. Kenny goes, Hey to my wife,

929
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 9: you go pick up the kid because I'm fucking Ben Florian.

930
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 9: I'm uu the man. So uh yeah, so I'm not

931
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 9: there yet, guys, but yeah, you know what, next week

932
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 9: you're on, I'll have a pick him up and uh

933
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 9: yeah that's awesome. Good talk. Wait all my spot right there.

934
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 9: I appreciate it. Welcome back.

935
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 6: Hey, how many over over under two and a half

936
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 6: Aussie's who came up to me and said they love

937
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:32,320
Speaker 6: Ian Parker.

938
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 9: Oh one under?

939
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 3: It was under.

940
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,919
Speaker 6: It was only one, but hey, I mean the fact

941
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 6: that you have traction in Melbourne, Australia, I think would

942
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 6: would make you feel better.

943
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 8: About the future in terms of having to pick.

944
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 9: Up you know what, I'm going to show you screenshots.

945
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 9: I have two guys that rose me on Instagram. They

946
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 9: like me from Australia. So we'll negate that. We'll say

947
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 9: one person in the whole country in Australia likes me.

948
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 8: That's great, all right, buddy, have a good day. We'll

949
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 8: talk to you next Monday.

950
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 9: Lay guys, and I am lying.

951
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 8: By the way Ken.

952
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 6: Flow not a single Australian and said they like Ian Parker.

953
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,959
Speaker 6: Oh I digress all right. So yo Wanna youn j Check.

954
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 6: If she loses to Michelle Waterson this weekend, that will

955
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 6: be four losses in her last five. Of course, the

956
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 6: last fight was against Valentina Shevchenko and that was a

957
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 6: long time ago. That was December of twenty eighteen. Now

958
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:26,959
Speaker 6: we talk about Mackenzie Dern, who seemingly has gotten down

959
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 6: her weight. I don't want to say she has mastered

960
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 6: the cut, but Yanna im j Check has had a

961
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 6: very difficult time at times making one hundred and fifteen pounds.

962
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 6: The cut against Tsha Torres was outstanding and was a

963
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 6: really good sign. And all indications to Ian Parker's point

964
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 6: are that Yoanna is in tremendous shape and that she

965
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 6: very much has now mastered this weight cut. She of

966
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 6: course will have the one pound allowance this weekend. The

967
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 6: Karate Hotty has won three consecutive fights, all by decision.

968
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 6: Courtney Casey, Felice Herrig, Carolina Kolevlkiyevich. Waterson will probably get

969
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,800
Speaker 6: a title shot if she wins. I think Yoanna certainly

970
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 6: is going to get John Way Lee if she gets

971
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 6: the job done this weekend. And I say that with

972
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 6: all due respect to Tatianaslarez, who I think is on

973
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 6: the mend your thoughts on what is obviously a big

974
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 6: one hundred and fifteen pound main event coming up Saturday

975
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 6: in Tampa, Florida.

976
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 7: For Yanna Young Jay check, what's more motivating in that

977
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 7: weight class than to not have rose Na Munez as

978
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 7: the champion right now? She has a huge opportunity here

979
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 7: to go in and fight for the belt if she

980
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 7: gets by Michelle Waterson. The problem is Michelle Waterson is

981
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 7: fighting in her prime right now. She knows how to

982
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 7: win rounds. She's fighting way more intelligent intelligently than she

983
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 7: was before, mixing up her strikes really well, keeping the

984
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,439
Speaker 7: proper range for the most part. Yoanna, though, I think,

985
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 7: senses that this is her kind of last chance to

986
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 7: get back in there and become a champion. Right now,

987
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 7: I think she's the superior striker. I think she has

988
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 7: way more experience. I don't know if she should be

989
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 7: as big as a favorite as she is right now,

990
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 7: but I do have her winning. I think she's going

991
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 7: to chip away at Michelle Waterson and break her down

992
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 7: round after round, eventually eventually getting the TKO in round four.

993
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 6: All right, Yanni and J check by TKO and round

994
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 6: four is the pick for ken Flow, And I think

995
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 6: think you brought up a lot of good points about

996
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 6: Michelle Watterson. You know, they will have a very specific

997
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 6: game plan and she will stick to it. I don't

998
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 6: know if she'll be able to execute it in its totality,

999
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,919
Speaker 6: but big opportunity obviously for the Karate Hotty a plus

1000
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 6: three twenty underdog coming up this weekend. All right, some

1001
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 6: closing thoughts on UFC two four to three. Those fifty

1002
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 6: minutes that Robert Whitaker spent in the octagon with Yoel Romero.

1003
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 8: I don't really care how long ago they were.

1004
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 6: I do think there is a price to pay, And

1005
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,919
Speaker 6: similarly for Israel Ada Sonia, I think there's a price

1006
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 6: to pay if you have too many fights like he

1007
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 6: had with Calvin Gastolim at UFC two thirty six. I

1008
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 6: think it's great for Adasani moving forward that he didn't

1009
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 6: have to embrace the darkness in what was a tough

1010
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:01,319
Speaker 6: matchup against Robert Whitaker. But how do you fi those

1011
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 6: Romero miles if you're Robert Whittaker, right, because.

1012
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 8: The chin you know, seemed to go pretty early on

1013
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:08,399
Speaker 8: this night.

1014
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 6: And I don't want to take any credit away from

1015
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 6: Israel Oda Sonia, but is there any angle there that

1016
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 6: you know there's a price to pay for Robert Whittaker

1017
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 6: for those for a near hour spent in the octagon

1018
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 6: with with the steel man that is Joel Romero.

1019
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 3: It's a brilliant point.

1020
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 7: Listen, you are one punch away from something potentially changing

1021
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 7: your career. You're talking about almost an hour of fighting

1022
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 7: a dude like Yol Romero that will certainly take its

1023
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 7: toll on you.

1024
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 3: I think it wasn't one of.

1025
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 7: Those insane fights where Whittaker was almost knocked out several

1026
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 7: times that we've seen before. But man, there's no doubt

1027
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 7: about it. Having a war like that can take its

1028
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 7: toll on you. I still think that Whittaker is young

1029
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 7: enough where he can bounce back and and be just fine.

1030
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:07,360
Speaker 7: But uh yeah, just the preperration for oh yeah fights

1031
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:11,280
Speaker 7: as well. The campsire brutal. Twenty five minutes of fighting

1032
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 7: a man like Romero twice is ridiculous. Yeah, it's a

1033
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 7: very interesting point, man, Bohashenya, Polo Costa.

1034
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:19,920
Speaker 6: I spent a lot of time with them this weekend,

1035
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 6: and I'm a huge fan. You know, he really handled

1036
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 6: the Q and A well. He had all these ausies

1037
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 6: sort of asking him about supplements and peds and he

1038
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 6: just brushed it all off of his shoulders. I mean,

1039
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,799
Speaker 6: it's funny as as respectful as these fans are as

1040
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 6: a group. When it came time for the Q and A.

1041
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 6: You know, these guys were all cracking a mic, you know,

1042
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 6: one hundred yards away, you know, puffing their chests out,

1043
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 6: talking shit at Polo Costa.

1044
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,720
Speaker 8: But he is so emotionally invested in this matchup with Israel.

1045
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 6: Lot of Sonya, like he thought Whitaker was gonna win,

1046
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 6: but he was praying that Autasanya would win because you know,

1047
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 6: he wants to kill him, he wants to break his face.

1048
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 6: And I just don't know how Costa keeps the emotions

1049
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:58,399
Speaker 6: out of this fight.

1050
00:47:58,520 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 8: I really don't, you know.

1051
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 6: And it might work to his advantage, but I just

1052
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 6: think he's so emotionally invested. What are your thoughts on

1053
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 6: on that matchup before we before.

1054
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 7: We move on, I tell you what, that is gonna

1055
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:13,560
Speaker 7: be an exciting fight. Bohashina. You know, he's more than

1056
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 7: just a guy who goes out to try to knock

1057
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 7: you out. He is game as well. There's a lot

1058
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 7: of guys that we see that want to knock you out,

1059
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 7: but when it when the going gets tough, they they

1060
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 7: kind of turn from a man into a mouse. Bohashina

1061
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 7: is not that dude. This guy is ready to die

1062
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 7: in the octagon.

1063
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 9: Uh.

1064
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 7: And I think he's gonna bring the fight to Israel Asnya.

1065
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 7: I think he's a guy who's gonna keep a high pressure,

1066
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 7: high paced fight on him, which is gonna make it

1067
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 7: exciting while it lasts. Israel Asanya will have to be

1068
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 7: the slicker, rangier fighter in that one. And uh, you know,

1069
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 7: I do think Israel is the slicker guy. I just

1070
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,239
Speaker 7: don't think it's gonna be an easy fight for him necessarily.

1071
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 7: I do think that Israel is going to be the favorite.

1072
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 7: I would pick him as right now, but man, you

1073
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 7: cannot count out someone like Bojashina who will continue to

1074
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 7: throw down until he stops breathing.

1075
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 6: All right, And before we highlighted a few other performances

1076
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,359
Speaker 6: from UFC two forty three, I want to shout out

1077
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 6: the Mexican American Calvin Gasolom because that loss to Israelata

1078
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 6: Sonia is already dating very well and it just shows

1079
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Speaker 6: you how goddamn tough and good Calvin Gaslim is. Because

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Speaker 6: to your point about Robert Whitaker, he does think he's

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00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 6: the much better striker than Gasolum and the faster guy,

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Speaker 6: and he felt like he would have success the way

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00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 6: Gastolm had success. And if Calvin gets by Darren Till,

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Speaker 6: I know a lot of people want to see Kelvin

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Speaker 6: Gasolim fight Robert Whittaker because that matchup never happened for

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Speaker 6: the undisputed title. I'd love to see Kelvin Gastlim if

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Speaker 6: he beats Darun Till, get a shot at this undisputed

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Speaker 6: title because I think he's a man who's destined to

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00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 6: be a champion, and you know, again, I just I

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Speaker 6: have a lot of respect for his performance, especially after

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Speaker 6: what I saw this weekend. I just want to throw

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00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:56,800
Speaker 6: that out there, no doubt. You know, Longo texted me

1093
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 6: that hook Riy at Quinta fight. I don't know what

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00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 6: his zach words were here. Yeah, John didn't see it

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Speaker 6: going down like that at all. People were amazing though

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Speaker 6: the CAF kicks from Hooker certainly changed things up for

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Speaker 6: Iya Quinta. Right, he had to fight Southpop for much

1098
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 6: of the fight, and I quent to he's sick of

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Speaker 6: being known as the tough guy, right. He wants to

1100
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 6: be known as the skilled guy, and his toughness again

1101
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 6: was on full display this weekend, but really just couldn't

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00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 6: get anything done after Hooker took control there early on.

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Speaker 7: He's already solidified himself as the tough guy, and I agree,

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00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 7: if he wants to move forward and start his climb

1105
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:34,600
Speaker 7: back to the top, he's gonna have to get more

1106
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:36,840
Speaker 7: technical and moral where when he fights.

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Speaker 3: I think that.

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Speaker 7: The two things that really stand out to me that

1109
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 7: that became a part of why he didn't win this fight.

1110
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 7: Footwork and head movement. He didn't have great footwork, basically

1111
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:53,719
Speaker 7: had no head movement. He was getting hit repeatedly, was

1112
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:57,279
Speaker 7: always at the U improper range, was allowing Hooker to

1113
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 7: dictate what was happening out there. You know certainly that

1114
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 7: those calf kicks did not help his movement out there.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 7: But I Aquinta just didn't look so prepared, didn't seem sharp,

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00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:10,760
Speaker 7: didn't seem like he had that pep in his step

1118
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 7: out there. I don't know what that's from. I don't know,

1119
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,799
Speaker 7: maybe a bad way cut or whatever it was. These

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00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,799
Speaker 7: things happen in fights. Sometimes, you know, you feel good

1121
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,839
Speaker 7: in camp, feel terrible in the fight. Sometimes you feel

1122
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:25,319
Speaker 7: terrible in the camp, great in the fight. Sometimes it's

1123
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 7: terrible in the camp and terrible in the fight. You

1124
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:28,879
Speaker 7: never know how it's gonna go down.

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Speaker 3: Some nights. Unfortunately, it wasn't the best night for Iaquinta. Uh.

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Speaker 7: He's another guy who I really enjoy watching U And

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00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 7: you know, he'll have to go back to the drawing

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00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 7: board here and you know, add to those skills.

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Speaker 6: That he has, and I do think Hooker's length is

1130
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:45,840
Speaker 6: going to be a real problem for a lot of

1131
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:46,480
Speaker 6: these lightweights.

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Speaker 3: I really do.

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00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 6: I mean the Barbozo fight is the outlier right now

1134
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 6: in terms of his body of the chilenge five pounds,

1135
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 6: but yeah, he's massive. And I do think when I'm

1136
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:59,240
Speaker 6: analyzing fights involving John Jones and Isralata Sony and Dan Hooker,

1137
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 6: you gotta start with the length, right As skilled as

1138
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 6: these three individuals are, it is a massive advantage when

1139
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 6: you got half a foot of reach and when you

1140
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 6: can use it as effectively as as these guys are doing.

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Speaker 6: A shout out to Eugene barm City Kickboxing. What a

1142
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,400
Speaker 6: huge night Brad Redell getting by Jamie Malarkey in the

1143
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 6: fight of the night. Huge fight for him. Last thing

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Speaker 6: I want to say before I let you go, and

1145
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 6: I'm not sure if you saw the pay per view

1146
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 6: opener between the Cape Verde and Fall River, Massachusetts product

1147
00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:27,839
Speaker 6: Jorgan di Castro knocking out Justin Tafous. Put a little

1148
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 6: background on Jorgan di Castro. Okay, he works security right

1149
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:33,520
Speaker 6: now for the Fall River Public Schools.

1150
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Speaker 3: Okay.

1151
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 6: One of the guys in his corner, Brian Riposo, is

1152
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,640
Speaker 6: a principal at the school right the principles in his corner.

1153
00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 6: You know, nice school system there in Massachusetts. It let

1154
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:46,200
Speaker 6: the fucking principle go to Australia for a couple of weeks.

1155
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:50,920
Speaker 6: Excuse me, but this is a life changing win. Fifty

1156
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,719
Speaker 6: thousand dollars for Jorgan di Castro who is now six

1157
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,520
Speaker 6: and oh and Justin Tafa obviously came in with a

1158
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 6: lot of hype behind him.

1159
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Speaker 8: But this is what it's all about for me.

1160
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 6: You know, a guy whose family gets behind him to

1161
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:07,280
Speaker 6: chase this career path that is just a crazy career,

1162
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 6: and all of a sudden, you come home. You know,

1163
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,239
Speaker 6: you put on your Fall River security jacket, you got

1164
00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,680
Speaker 6: an extra seventy five or eighty grand in the bank,

1165
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 6: and you've effectively changed your life forever.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 8: He was obviously brought to tears after the fact.

1168
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Speaker 6: And this is the best part of this job for

1169
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:25,480
Speaker 6: me is when guys go out there when not a

1170
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 6: lot is expected of them, candidly and they changed their

1171
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:29,720
Speaker 6: lives forever with one shot.

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Speaker 3: I love it. And man, what a shot.

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00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:37,200
Speaker 7: That shot was brutal, just a short right hand on

1174
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 7: the inside as his opponent was coming, you know, Adam,

1175
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 7: when he was really close to the fence there just

1176
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:49,239
Speaker 7: startched him. Man put him out cold. What a fight man,

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00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 7: and you could see he was dealing with some seria

1178
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,000
Speaker 7: adversity out there. He was eating some big shots as well.

1179
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 7: Really got himself composed, was clinching at the right times

1180
00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:00,759
Speaker 7: to kind of slow down the fight man. He saw

1181
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 7: him coming hard landed that right hand and that was

1182
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,399
Speaker 7: that real Happy to see di Castro win that fight.

1183
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,920
Speaker 6: First Cape Verdion to win a fight in the UFC,

1184
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 6: first to compete and then ultimately win. It's off the

1185
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Speaker 6: coast of Africa. About five hundred and forty six thousand people.

1186
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Speaker 6: Hre's Cape Verdian population in Brockton, Massachusetts, as you know,

1187
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Speaker 6: and Jorgan de Castro is on the map. Gotta shout

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Speaker 6: out the Massachusetts guys here on the Anak Imploring podcast.

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