1 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: It is the twenty eighth of March twenty twenty two, 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: and it is time for episode eighteen of Morning Combat 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: Extra Credit. This is the podcast that we do within 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: the podcast where we get to the fights we did 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: not have time for on Regular Morning Combat. Hello everyone, 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: my name is Luke Thomas. Of course, for Regular Morning Combat, 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: I am one half of your hosting duo. Brian Campbell 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: joins me on that. But this is a bit of 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: a solo project and we have no time to waste. 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: Two events that we're going to get to from the weekend. 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: We'll have the UFC event over the weekend as well 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: as of course One's event one X Grand Finale or 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: whatever that took place as well on Saturday. So first 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: things first, thumbs up on the video, hit subscribe if 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: you're a new hero you haven't done it yet. And yeah, 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: let's get to some of the fights that we have 17 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: not talked about yet. 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: Okay, So here's how it's going to go. 19 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: We'll start with some of the one fights and then 20 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: we'll talk about a couple of fights on the UFC side. Okay, 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: for the one side of things, we'll talk about three fights. 22 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: We usually cover five fights total. I'm gonna save a 23 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: couple for the UFC. Over On the one side, we'll 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: talk about Demitrius Johnson fighting Rod Tang. I'm not even 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: gonna try to pronounce his last name, Please forgive me. 26 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: We'll talk about Adriano Morice taking on yu Yo Wakamatsu, 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: as well as Yoshihiro Akayama taken on Shinya Alki. For 28 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: the UFC side of things will go a little bit different. 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: We will go Alexa Grasso taken on Joe ann Wood. 30 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: I'll also talk about Chris Gutierrez taken on Dina batgarrel 31 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: and I probably will give little bit of an honorable 32 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: mention at the end for Ma Non Fiorro and Jennifer Maya. 33 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: But first things first, let's talk about the one event. Okay, 34 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: so one Grand one X Grand Finale. I believe this 35 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: took place over in Singapore. I don't have the exact 36 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: information for the value. Here we go, Singapore indoor Stadium. Now, 37 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: Demetrius Johnson taking on Rod Tang. This is, of course, 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: was a mixed rules fight, at least for the two 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: rounds that it existed. There were a three minute round 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: of kickboxing rules with four ounce gloves, and then they 41 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: did an MMA rules in the next round in the 42 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: subsequent round, and it didn't make it out of there. 43 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: The fight ended at two thirteen of round number two 44 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: and a special rules about now. I found the reaction 45 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: to this one a little bit interesting. It's not to 46 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: say that I did not enjoy the fight. I actually did, 47 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: or that Demetrius Johnson didn't prove himself to be what 48 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: we kind of already knew, which was just supremely talented 49 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: and well rounded. All of those things are quite accurate. Like, 50 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying that I didn't 51 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: enjoy it, because I did enjoy it, and I'm not 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: suggesting that you should not find it interesting. I think 53 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: based on where you are in your fandom, though, you 54 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: might have a slightly different response, namely in Asian MMA 55 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: in the aughts and even a little bit before, well yeah, 56 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: around the aughts, a little bit pasted it. Maybe I'm 57 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: not saying there's been a ton of mixed rules fights, 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: but I've seen a few of them. This is hardly 59 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: the one, and they tend to go as I mentioned. 60 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: I think I said this on the last either extra 61 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: credit or I think I said it on Morning Combat 62 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: Regular that you know they tend to go exactly how 63 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: you think they're gonna go. A couple times, there's been 64 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: some upsets. Alki got viciously koded and one I think 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: even in the MMA rules portion of it back in 66 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: year years ago. But although he was at about a 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: real EMMA about on Saturday. But the point I'm trying 68 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: to make here is it went about how you'd expect. 69 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: Now. 70 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: Obviously I don't know one kickboxing rules in totality, especially 71 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: when they have the four ounce gloves, but their MMA 72 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: fights are judged as a whole, so even if you 73 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: rent win round one, it doesn't matter if the subsequent 74 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: two show a greater overall effort. The point I'm trying 75 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: to make, though, is if you were scoring it on 76 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: the ten nine MUSS system. Rod Tang wins ten nine 77 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: no sweat, and then Demetrius throws a body kick, ducks 78 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: under a left hook, gets to the back, goes for 79 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: the takedown against the fence, takes the back fully and 80 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: has to hand fight with the choke. One time. Rod 81 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: Tang pulls it off, but he's able to get it 82 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: right back, and then he secures the choke. It's fun 83 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: to watch those, especially for Demetrius who had to really 84 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: deal with some adversity upfront with roteng who appears to 85 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: be you know, just a a A tank is the 86 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: best way to describe him. And I want to be clear, 87 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: Demetrius showed considerable skill to get the win, but some 88 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: of the people being like this was super experimental. 89 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: I'd never seen. 90 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: Anything like this before and it blew my mind. I 91 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: think you'll find when you see another mixed rules about 92 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: that it will more or less follow along the most 93 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: probable path, which is when it gets to the MMA 94 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: grappling side of things, it tends to go south. Now 95 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: you might be like, well, why didn't he get Kot 96 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: in the first round, Well, one, Demetrius has good striking 97 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: in factors. A couple of times row Tang was reaching 98 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: and Demetrius would light him up with hillcooks over the top. 99 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: That was nice to see. 100 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: But the point I'm trying to make here is, for example, 101 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: take Metamoros Meta Morris was sort of one of the 102 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: first ones to do not one of the first ones, 103 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: but you know, I had a big profile BIC splash 104 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: early on getting some MMA guys to do battle with 105 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: some jiu JITs guys under jiu jitsu rules, and a 106 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: lot of times the jiu jitsu guys would lose, especially 107 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: when they introduced judges into that. But a lot of 108 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: times they would just go to a draw where if 109 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: it if it went to the full twenty minutes, it 110 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: would go to a full draw. 111 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 2: Why because what you. 112 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: End up seeing when you put and this was you know, 113 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: obviously Demetrius is an elite mma fighter. But when you 114 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: put in a good or in this case, an the 115 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: elite mma fighter into one of those scenarios, ay, they're 116 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: gonna have some measure of success and b you know it, 117 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: three minutes not five. See, this is just kind of 118 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: the way it goes. Like for example, I remember like 119 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: when we watched Metamoros. If you go back and look 120 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: at who did Rory McDonald go up against. I forget 121 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: his name, but one of the big things Rory McDonald 122 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: will do is he lost the match on pure jiu jitsu, 123 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: but he was able to stuff takedowns and stand right. 124 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: That was the thing a lot of jiu jitsu guys 125 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: are not used to because we usually either it will 126 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: be a double guard poll or one will sit and 127 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: one will go on top, and you know they are 128 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: accommodating one another in that way. Guys stuffing takedowns and 129 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: standing up is a little bit unusual for jiu jitsu 130 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: guys because it nullifies what they're doing, nullifies what the 131 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: guy standing up wants to do because he's no longer 132 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 1: engaging in jiu jitsu, but at least he's not getting 133 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: run over, right, So. 134 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 2: They have this capacity. 135 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: Like Demetrius is super experienced in addition to being quite good. 136 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: Like the idea that he survived three rounds is important 137 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: but not miraculous. And I know some folks are like, well, 138 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: look how rod Tang changed how everything. However, he was 139 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: striking in the when the second round started under the 140 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: MMA rules, which is true. You saw him being much 141 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: He was walking Demetrius down in the first and in 142 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: the second round he was the one way backed up 143 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: and he had a lead jab. He was trying to 144 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: keep a lot of distance, and you know, it completely 145 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: changed the tenor so. I think if this was a 146 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: new experience for you, this must have been super cool 147 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: to watch. I think over time, the special rules miss 148 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: of it all when you have these kickboxing and the 149 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: may rules go back and forth. They more or less 150 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: play out kind of. 151 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 2: As you'd expect. 152 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: There isn't necessarily a lot of mystery and again dot 153 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: dot dot with repeated exposure to these sorts of things. 154 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: So I really appreciate the risk that Demetrius was taking. 155 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: I appreciate the risk that rod Tang was showing. Rod 156 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: Tang doing a pretty decent job hand fighting, and Demetrius, 157 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, bit a very good account of 158 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: himself in the first round. He lost it again under 159 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: a ten nine system, which they did not typically employ 160 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: for their MMA bouts, but it was it was a 161 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: good showing in a couple of ways by all, and 162 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: again I actually commend one. You guys know, I'm not 163 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: the biggest fan of their the guy who runs the organization, 164 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: but at the same time, I do like their product. 165 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: I like that there are experimenting with this. I know 166 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: some folks are gonna hear this and be like, oh, 167 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: you're poop pooing it. I'm only poop pooing the idea 168 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: that this was some novel experiment that revealed something brand 169 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: new that we didn't know. I very much challenged that idea. 170 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: I think Jack Slack had a very snorky tweet about it, 171 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: but he was right, Like if GSP had fought I 172 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: don't know whoever. I think he said bullcow if I'm 173 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: even pronouncing it correctly, and you know, imagine he survives 174 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: around then takes him down and chokes them out in 175 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: the second. Would this have been some great revelation. No, 176 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: that's about what is supposed to happen. More or less. 177 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: It's easier for Demetrius to hang in rod Tang's world 178 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: given the amount of exposure, although you could tell he 179 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: was not as good kickboxing under kickboxing rules as rod Tang, 180 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: and rod Tang is gonna actually have a huge gulf 181 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: in grappling ability that will be basically and you can't 182 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: make up for it and otherwise, And that's why I 183 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: was smart of Demetrius not to try and take him 184 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: down head on. He got in his level change was brilliant. 185 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: He got under that left hook and I went to 186 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: the back and then ran the takedown down. That was 187 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: the smart way to do it, rather than getting hit 188 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: with something linear up the front like that, throwing a 189 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: knee or an uppercut like remember how like Derek Lewis 190 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: knocked out Curtis blades or you've seen you know, every 191 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: time you've seen someone you know level change and they 192 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: get hit with a knee. He was trying to avoid 193 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: all of that quite wisely. So definitely a cool bout, 194 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Definitely a fun little thing. But I have seen some 195 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: of the takes being like, oh my god, I've never 196 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: seen anything like this. This was a grand revelation of 197 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: martial arts. Truth, not really, it's not really that. 198 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: It's fun. It's cool. 199 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: I commend both fighters, but that was more or less 200 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: pretty much how they go, and that was more or 201 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: less quite predictable. Adriano Moris taking on yu Yo Wakamatsu. 202 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: He wins via a guillotine choke at three fifty eight 203 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: of round number three. The bout was kind of interesting. 204 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: Wakamatsu had several takedowns early on, and the referee was 205 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: busy warning them for a lot a lot of stalled action. 206 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 1: Morice is maybe one of the most underrated fighters in 207 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: m I know for the insiders who know that he 208 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: has obviously beaten DJ and they know that Wakamatsu is 209 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: probably more of a challenge than is otherwise presented by 210 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: the average EMMA media outlet. But Nevertheless, Morice is he's 211 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: a talent man. He's very good, super athletic. That finish 212 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: he had, if you guys didn't see it, he actually 213 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: locks up a arm in guillotine on his left hip, 214 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: so his left leg is on the inside, his right 215 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: leg is on the top up, and Wakamatsu is trying 216 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: to fight it off a little bit hand fighting, and 217 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: actually Maurish brings his leg out in front, and so 218 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: he ends up finishing it like a bit of a triangle, 219 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: a triangle guillotine, a triangle arm in guillotine. So he 220 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: has the choke excuse me, on this side, right this 221 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: side with the arm I'm trying to remember he had 222 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: it this side. Yeah, he had this side, and so 223 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: he's leaning on his left hip and then he brings 224 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: the he kind of sits up a little bit and 225 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: then brings the leg around and I guess what that 226 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: ends up doing is I've actually I've seen it in 227 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: like the practice room, but I've never tried it, so 228 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: I don't fully understand. But it looks like obviously, one 229 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: it might give a little bit of extra torque, and 230 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: then two it could prevent some hand fighting scenarios as well. 231 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 2: It makes a little bit more difficult, but. 232 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Brilliant finished by him. Wakamatsu, I thought I had a 233 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: decent game plan. 234 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 2: He wasn't. 235 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: The takedowns were We're good. He had one takedown where 236 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: then you see Maris is near the fence and he 237 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: tries to sit up and walk them, and Wakamatsu drills 238 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: him with the knee. 239 00:10:59,120 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 2: Again. 240 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: I think One's rule set and their judging criteria is 241 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: superior to the ten nine mus system. I know a 242 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: lot of folks might agree or disagree with that. That's cool, 243 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 1: but for me, again, I like One's product. 244 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 2: I think in the end they. 245 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: Actually deliver a pretty good product, and part of that 246 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: is a function of the rule set that they use 247 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: and some of the experimentation that they employ, like rod 248 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 1: Tang versus DJ allowing niece to the head of a 249 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: grounded opponent, and that was a pretty clever use of it. 250 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: He basically got Maris sitting like an l So here's 251 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: his lower body, here's his upper body, and the fence 252 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: is behind it, so he's like sitting like, you know, 253 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: like a normal person would. And then he brought as 254 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: he drove his chest like he was pushing Marice into it. 255 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: He just brings his right knee around and drills him 256 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: right in the face with it. That was fantastic, fantastic. 257 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: That kid is good man. How old is Marice? Marice 258 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: currently sits at thirty two. 259 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 2: I calling him a kid. 260 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: He's thirty two years old, so he's a lot older. 261 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: But he's a black belt obviously trades at att But 262 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: I think he's finally getting some of the recognition. I 263 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: hope he's getting some of the recognition anyway that he deserves, 264 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: because that finish was great. He's a little bit raw 265 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: with his movement, and they say as a capa wear 266 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: a background, you can kind of see it a little bit. 267 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: His feet get crossed when he walks a lot. Now 268 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's soup. You can see how athletic is. 269 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: So there's parts of his movement that I would say 270 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: are raw, but his athleticism to you know, throw knees 271 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: from the middle of nowhere, and how strong he is. 272 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: And there was one time he got thrown or he 273 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: thrown and Wakamasu tried to roll through it and he 274 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: was able to roll through it on top. There was 275 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: just a lot he's able to do athletically, and on 276 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: the grappling department. So his movement on the feet's a 277 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: little bit raw, but that makes him sometimes quite hard 278 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: to read. And then when he becomes so hard to read, 279 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: then in the end a lot of folks get kind 280 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: of frozen. He's good about faking and fainting as well, 281 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: changing directions side to side, which by the way, DJ 282 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: was doing that. He was backed up along the fence line, 283 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: but you could least see he was trying to move 284 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:51,439 Speaker 1: side to side. So there's a lot of that going on, 285 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: which I thought was pretty cool. So again, not the 286 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: most exciting about beginning to end, but that finish spectacular 287 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: and some of the little moments intervening were great as well. 288 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: And that was a course for the flyweight title, and 289 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: Marie retains. How about seventy seven kilo they call it 290 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: lightweight Yoshiira Akiyama taken on Shinya Alki. They called this 291 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: a Japanese mma legends fight. 292 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 2: It's weird. 293 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: Akiyama once fought Bisping and Alki once fought Gilbert Melendez. 294 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: I mean, these are you know. I realized that they 295 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: both were in roughly the same weight here allegedly, but 296 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: they did not look at Yoshi. Hear Akiyama, by the way, 297 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: and everyone calls him Sexyama. I'm like, he's a little 298 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: too wrinkled to be Sexyama. Y'all can downvote me if 299 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: you want for that. I don't really care. He's forty six. 300 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen a forty six year 301 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: old outside of bodybuilding with a physique like his. 302 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 2: I don't know what he. 303 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: Did to get that way, but I would like some 304 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: either way. Did not go his way in the first round. 305 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: Akiyama got after it pretty quickly, ends up getting him 306 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: along the fence line, and then weaves his way to 307 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: the back, climbs to the back, locks up a body triangle, 308 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: and then basically holds it for the entirety of the 309 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: first round. And again they don't judge on ten to nine, 310 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: but they do at least have five minute intervals for 311 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: regular MMA bouts, so Akiyama again they don't judge it 312 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: by that, but he's clearly is losing. Let's say, after 313 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: the first round, then they come out, Akiyama goes for 314 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: a single and Akia, excuse me, Alki goes for a 315 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: single and Akiyama kind of defends it, bouncing on one 316 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: leg and then just fires a series of shots with 317 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: the other hand, all of which seemed to land, and 318 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: they kind of stun Alki. He eventually gets to separate, 319 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: but at that point, now Akiyama is dealing with an 320 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: Alki up against the fence, and he just lands the 321 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: right hand I don't think Alki was expecting it, drills 322 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: him and kind of freezes him in space, and then 323 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: at that point Akiyama sort of just follows up, follows up, 324 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: follows up, and you can see there's a moment where 325 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: Alki has a knee on the ground and he's just 326 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: eating punch after punch after punch, and you. 327 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 2: Can see him grinning his teeth or you know, oh. 328 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: Like this trying to just deal with the punishment, which 329 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: must have sucked because he was eating him clean. And 330 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: Akiyama's always had at least respectable punching power. Plus he 331 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: just looked to be like the incredible Hulk. I mean 332 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: the way he I mean, you could see the definition 333 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: in where his lats attached to his whatever, however it 334 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: goes down to like the lower back or the hip, 335 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: all the way at the bottom of the latin, I 336 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: like the top of the lot where you see a 337 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: lot of musculature up around you know here ish or 338 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: ever where. Then the lat is here, but I mean 339 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: like sort of mid back and you know the lat 340 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: to the sort of middle side. He had it all 341 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: the way down to the back where you know where 342 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: it attaches at the bottom of the anatomy. And for 343 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: a forty six year old, UM don't know I've ever 344 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: seen that. So it's a it's a solid win by him. Anyway, 345 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: the ref eventually intervenes because Alki just sits there and 346 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: takes an un just He just sits there and eats 347 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: punishment up until one fifty of the second round. I'm 348 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: not sure what it's supposed to mean, to be quite 349 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: candid with you. Nice win by Akiyama, but he's forty six. 350 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: Alki is certainly no spring chicken himself. What does he 351 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: said at he currently sits at thirty eight? Uh, And 352 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: you know he was on a good nice win streak 353 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: before this, beating Edward Follyang, who was also on this 354 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: car out of the Philippines and the event prior to this, 355 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: back in twenty twenty one at you won on TNT four, 356 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: but you know, just sort of goes to show that like, 357 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: and this has been a problem for Alki over time. Granted, Akiyama, 358 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: I think is naturally a much bigger guy, but Alki 359 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: has been sort of the guy who initially comes out, 360 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: you know, bat out of hell with his grappling, and 361 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: then if it gets shut down or otherwise doesn't work, 362 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: and then he begins to eat punishment, subsequently he kind 363 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: of falls apart at thirty eight. That's basically what you 364 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: can expect here. Nice win by Akaiyama, all things considered. 365 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: And that guy, you know, because he has a Korean background, 366 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: he took a lot of abuse in Japan even though 367 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: he was Japanese as well, and I think he changed 368 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: his name and everything. But yeah, they did what they 369 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: could with the fight, and I think it's okay. Edward 370 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: Follyang defeating of John Wayne par John Wayne Pard then retiring. 371 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: I was a muitti rules about and then there was 372 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: some great kickboxing on the card as well. Okay, let's 373 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: switch to the UFC. Okay, on the UFC side of things, 374 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: we go to UFC Columbus. This was at the Nationwide Arena, 375 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: and of course Columbus, Ohio. Pretty nice gate by the way, 376 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: two million almost. We'll talk here about Alexa Grasso and 377 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: joe Ann Wood, which, by the way, Grassow wins at 378 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: Real Naked Choka three fifty seven of round number one. 379 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 2: This was a This was a weird fight. It's like 380 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 2: I actually thought Joanne Wood for as long. 381 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: Okay, So they had a moment on the ground where 382 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: like Wood kind of slipped or whatever, and Grassow gets 383 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: on top of she was in woods guard and neither 384 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: was really trying a whole lot there, and you know, 385 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: nothing really happened, and they stand and it wasn't until 386 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: later that something actually happened. 387 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 2: But I'm saying before the second takedown, basically. 388 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: I thought that Wood was doing like a decent job 389 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: on her feet, like Grasso seemed a little bit she 390 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,479 Speaker 1: didn't quite move with the same amount of urgency as 391 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: I thought she would or has in previous bouts. But 392 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: once they locked up, it was the exact opposite. She 393 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: spun Wood one way, then she spung her the other way, 394 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: so she's going bop bop two different directions, and then 395 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: that inevitably gets hur to then put Wood to the canvas, 396 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: and then she fires over that right hand like Askarov 397 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 1: used to try when he was trying to get the back, 398 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: so she fires over the choking arm and then of course, 399 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's try to lock it up, and then 400 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: from there she just ran. I mean, like woods defense 401 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: fell apart, it fell apart. She tried to get the 402 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: choke in, I think either this way or that way, 403 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: but it was only just one switch. Like you go 404 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: back between Askar Askarov and Kaikar France, I mean, he's 405 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: constantly switching sides of his attacking arm. With this one, 406 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 1: it was on one side, then switched to the other, 407 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: and that was all she wrote. Now, granted that's a 408 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: credit to Alexa Grasso, but I just wonder what condition 409 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 1: Wood was in heading into this fight. 410 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 2: Maybe it was perfect. I don't know. I really don't know. 411 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: You know, obviously she's a little bit older at this point. 412 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: She's thirty five. She'll be thirty six in December, so 413 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: she's got some time. But you know, she has lost 414 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: four of her last five, and three of those have 415 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: been by way of submission, two by rear naked choke. 416 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: In fact, it's two neria naked choke defeats back to back, 417 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: So clearly there's like a hand fighting ish or something 418 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: about that position isn't strong for her, but for Alexa Grasso, 419 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: like take what the fight gives you, and we all 420 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: know that. Like when she's cooking with her boxing, she's 421 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: dealing like there's it's great, Like she does fun, noomenal 422 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: work that way. But this was nice to see because 423 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: now she's beginning to put other pieces of her game together. 424 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: I think this is her first submission win in the 425 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: UFC as a matter of fact, and she does that 426 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: all the way at age twenty eight. She's only twenty 427 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: eight years old, dude, But Lexa Grass has been the 428 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: UFC for some time, only twenty eight years old, and 429 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: is already doing stuff like this. 430 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: I mean she is. 431 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know exactly how far she's gonna 432 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: go with this because we'll talk about Minafia Row in 433 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: just a minute. But I didn't feel like I learned 434 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: anything new about Grasso with the boxing. I did feel 435 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: like I learned a lot about certainly the state of 436 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: Joyann Wood's career and what she can offer from a 437 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: grappling perspective against elite opposition or at least, you know, 438 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: pretty elite opposition. And then Alexa Grasso showing this other 439 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: wrinkle taking the back, pulling her backwards, finding to get 440 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: both hooks in, switching sides. 441 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 2: On the again. 442 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: It wasn't a super complicated process, but it was something 443 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: switching side to side and then getting it. 444 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: It's nice work, man, it's nice work. 445 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: You know. 446 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 2: I think where she ragged. 447 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: If I pull up the rankings here, that would tell 448 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: me she is currently Alexa Grasso and this is probably 449 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: not updated. Fully, she was sitting at nine and Joan 450 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: Wood was sitting at seven, so she'll probably bump up 451 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: to a round there. But remember Tyler Santos is getting 452 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: a title shot sitting in the fifth position, so she'll 453 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: have some opportunities there herself. We talk about now Chris 454 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: Gutierrez at bansamweight taking on DnaB bat Garrel. He wins 455 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: via spinning backfast and elbows at two thirty four of 456 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: the second round. Now, a lot of the spinning he 457 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: was trying in the first round wasn't really going all 458 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: that well, but there was a lot that really was 459 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: going well. In fact, he had spun in the first 460 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: round and it had caused him a bit of a 461 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: problem because at the last minute or so, bat Garrel 462 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: basically used it as an opportunity to I think either 463 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: got the takedown. Let me look at this up. In 464 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: any case, he ended the last minute dishing out punishment 465 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: to Gutiers, who I think had fallen to the ground 466 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: off of a failed spinning attempt. But the problem with 467 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: what bat Garrel was doing was that he it's one 468 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: thing to cage cut, it's another one to follow, and 469 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: they can be kind of distinct because there's actually ways 470 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: to cage cut that are different from one another. There's 471 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: actually different kinds of cage cutting strategies. But what you 472 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: don't want to do is get lured into a trap. 473 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: The reason why a guy like Gutierrez can land a 474 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: spinning backfast is because he moves side to side a lot. 475 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: And if you notice there's right before. First of all, 476 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: how does he score it. He scores it on the 477 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: half beat. Right he gets a lead step from back Garrel, 478 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: the second foot is coming up, and in the middle 479 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: of it, he's already moving and going. But the real 480 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: reason why is if you look at it, he's actually 481 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: walking like this. I mean, I'm exaggerating my arms, but 482 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: he takes a step with his left foot and in 483 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: this bat Girrel just kind of moves forward and into him. 484 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: It's less about I'm going to corner you and more 485 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: than I'm just gonna be like right on top of you. 486 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: And when you follow like that and the other person 487 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: is clever and there are a couple of steps ahead, 488 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: even just one step ahead, they can set traps for 489 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: you when you follow them side to side like that. 490 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: So he takes that step back, girrel comes with it, 491 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 1: and he just comes around the side and pops them 492 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: with it. 493 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 2: And that was all she wrote. 494 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: He followed up with ground and pound thereafter, but it 495 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: was taking advantage of trap setting. People always say like, 496 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: what do you mean by setting traps? Usually, well, not 497 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: usually often, I'll say, often setting traps can be a 498 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: situation where you're on the back foot defensively or quite literally, 499 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: and you're using lateral movement to get them to By 500 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: the way you can do it where if they attack 501 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: in a straight line, you can set that up, you 502 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: can faint, get a reaction, then you can go up 503 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: to the side, and then now you can escape and 504 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: then go. 505 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 2: Back to center. 506 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: I mean, there's lots of different ways in which you 507 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: can use that, but in this particular case, he knew 508 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: that bat Girrel by that point in the fight, was 509 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: following him. I mean, yes, he was cornering him in 510 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: a certain way, like he was giving him room. But 511 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: he was a little bit too well, he was aggressive 512 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: with his positioning. He was a little bit too undisciplined 513 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: with it as well, and follows him right where he 514 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: needs to and then just gets drilled. 515 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: That's it. You see it. 516 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: When Molly McCann throws it, their lead leg swings through 517 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: and steps to the outside of their opponents, which is 518 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: what you see. But then Batgirrel keeps going, so he 519 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: had to kind of spin I think maybe a little 520 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: bit further than normal, or actually he got a little 521 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: bit closer. That's why it ended up landing like right 522 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: near the elbow. But that's even a harder part, like 523 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: you land here. I mean there's bone here, and of 524 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: course we've seen people get knocked out, but man, that 525 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: bone on the elbow and then right next to it, 526 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: that can be really, really really hard stuff. So he 527 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: got drilled with that. But he was following. He was following. 528 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: That was the problem, and Gutier has lit him up 529 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: for it. But Gutierre is is good man. He was 530 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: in good shape. They we're talking about how good the 531 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: shape is well coached out of Mark Montoya at Factory X. 532 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: You know, on top of that, he's good with the 533 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,959 Speaker 1: leg kicks pete peppers, you know, up until that failed 534 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: spinning attack where he then got banged on at the 535 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: end of the first Other than that, I thought Gutierrera's 536 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: was in pretty much great control the whole time. You know, 537 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: it was what you would expect from him. The bigger cage, 538 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: by the way, might allow him to set traps a 539 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: little more easily. I think that was the bigger cage 540 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: that they were using. Something to keep in mind as 541 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: well in terms of the kind of results that it produces. 542 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 2: But yeah, that was good stuff. That was really good stuff. 543 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: On Chris Gutierrez, who had bandsaweight, I think got one 544 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: of the better wins of his career and I think 545 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: showed what he can do and i'd rather, i would say, 546 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: earn the right for a major step up in competition. 547 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: We'll make one note of the women's flyway bout between 548 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: men All Froo and Jennifer Maya. By the way, Fierro 549 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: wins thirty twenty seven across the board and looked impressive 550 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: doing it. Landing a couple of her own takedowns, stuffing 551 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: a bunch from Jennifer Maya, getting on top of Jennifer 552 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: Mayah and not getting submitted constantly. 553 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 2: What did she do? 554 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: She was hitting her with a sidekick from the south 555 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: paul position and then coming over the top with the 556 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: right hand at times as well at that same side, 557 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: going going lower than coming high, going lower than coming high. 558 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: She got hit clean I think in the second round 559 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: and with a head kick Firo did on a clinch break. 560 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: But in general, dude, that was a shut down performance. 561 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 2: Shit it from Maya. Not too long ago? 562 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: What was the title fight she had against a Valentino 563 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: Chevchenko That was at twenty twenty, so that wasn't too 564 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: too long ago. Rebounded against this guy, and I lost 565 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: against Kitland Chukegi and now I'm min a farro But 566 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: I mean, these are the fights that she's lost in 567 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: the UFC. Two to Kitland Shukegan, one to Valentini Shivchenko, 568 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: and now a man a Froh. That tells you what 569 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: you're dealing with here, Farroh physically strong, good judge of distance, good. 570 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 2: Mix of strikes. 571 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: You know that sidekick and not a lot of people 572 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: do it as well as she does it, where it's 573 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: almost like a jab and like it's a punch to 574 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: the gut, or it can at least push on the 575 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: hip and it can redirect them or slow them down, 576 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: or you know, there's a lot you can do with 577 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: that strike in the hands or actually saying with the 578 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: leg of somebody as talented as as she is. 579 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 2: And that's exactly what you saw. 580 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: I think she's a purple belt in jiu jitsu, so 581 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: she has some skills there, although obviously Maya on the 582 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: ground has a little bit more. And again there was 583 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: a couple of moments where she tried to take the 584 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: back but she got too far overt. 585 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: I'd say this thing about for f you or oh. 586 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: In the clinch and a lot of other positions, you 587 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: can see her balance as good. She's strong as shit, 588 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: and you see that in these scrambles she consistently finds 589 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: a way to come out on top. Now, sometimes it's 590 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 1: because she had initiated the scramble, and so of course 591 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: she's going to be the more advantageous position, but not 592 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: every time. And there was a time where she got 593 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: i think tripped or was taken to the ground and 594 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: used a butterfly hook to keep it alive. But she 595 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: had kept the body lock with her, so by elevating 596 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: with the hook and keeping the body lock, she could come. 597 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: Up with it at a certain point and stand. And 598 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: so she didn't. 599 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: She didn't get the separation from Maya, but she was 600 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: able to not get overwhelmed with it. So very strong, 601 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: very strong upper body takedowns, very strong understanding of position, 602 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: and very good balance, really good balance. And some of 603 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: the kicks she was throwing on even know what they were. 604 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: She was whipping them side to side in the same 605 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: you know, she would throw like a like a crescent kick. No, 606 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: I'm not even sure what they are. She would throw 607 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: all kinds of kicks, you know where she was waving 608 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: with the heel one way and then it would miss, 609 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: and then she would come right back with the end 610 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: step the next way and it would totally have Maya 611 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 1: off guard. So Maya didn't know exactly where to place 612 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: her hands. And then of course you go back to 613 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: the to the to the side pushkick, you know where 614 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: she's stabbing the body of Maya. I mean, there's a 615 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: lot that was really really good about that. Now she 616 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: didn't exactly. Ever, have Maya in trouble. So she's built 617 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: to win rounds. You know it's gonna be hard to 618 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: do as she moves up without some other kind of 619 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: finishing opportunity. I think getting you know, pot shotting people 620 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: and then sticking and moving. I know that's supposed to 621 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: be the name of the game, but it may not 622 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: be enough ultimately. But still hell of a win by Fierro. 623 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: If ever, there was one amazing all right, So what 624 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: did you like? 625 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 2: What did you not like? 626 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: From the Weekends fights? Thumbs up on the video, hit subscribe, 627 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 1: let me know in the comments. We'll be back next 628 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: next week of the week after. I gotta see what's 629 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: up with the schedule, but happy to do this one, 630 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: hopefully error free. 631 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 2: Appreciate you all watching. Until next time, Enjoy the fights.