1 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Oh, this should be a good one. This should be 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: a good one. Welcome everyone. This is episode ten of 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Morning Combat Dot Da Da Da da extra credit. This 4 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: is the podcast within the podcast. This is where I 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: go over some of the bigger fights of the weekend 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: that we never even got a chance to really talk 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: about on Regular MK with Brian Campbell. So first things first, 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: thumbs up on the video. If you were watching this 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: on YouTube, hit subscribe. If you are watching this on YouTube, 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: if you're listening on a podcast player, we appreciate that too. 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: Give us a nice review. In whatever format you are 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: streaming this on, whether it's Spotify, Stitcher, you get the 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: whole thing. Okay, back from Vegas. Huh, how about that? 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: A ton of fun? We got into it on Regular 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Morning Combat. I won't get into it here again, but 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: we are coming off of UFC two sixty nine. I 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: mean I could do the entire card honestly. For today, 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: in the interest of time, we're gonna pick, as we 19 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: usually do, about five fights and a couple of honorable mentions. 20 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: So let's throw the card up here on the screen, 21 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: the ones highlighted in yellow. That's what we'll get to 22 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: here for today. For folks again listening on the audio podcast. 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: That means Kay car France versus Cody Garbrandt, Sean O'Malley 24 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: taking on how Lee and Paiva Dominic Cruz, what all 25 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: win he had? Huh, taken on Pedro Muno's Andre Moonies, 26 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: taken on Eric Anders and then last, certainly not least, 27 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Blanchfield's win over Miranda Maverick. I'll throw out a 28 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: couple of honorable mentions along the way when we get 29 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: to the end here as well. But I want to 30 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: talk about these ten or these five, I should say, 31 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: episode ten. I'm here to start. Okay, all right, let's 32 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: get into it if we can. Kai Car France defeating 33 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: Cody Garbrandt three twenty one of the first round. We 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: talked about this a little bit on Morning Combat, although 35 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: the plan was to predominantly get into it here. This 36 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: is a tough one. This is a really, really tough one. 37 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: The biggest read I made. I've talked about this on 38 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: the post fight show. I went back and I watched 39 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: the fight a couple of times extra beyond what I 40 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: experienced live on fight night, to see if I had 41 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: the same reaction I more or less do I'm a 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: little bit more sympathetic to the argument that maybe the 43 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: durability issues are costing him again to go back, people 44 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: were like, Oh, it's his chin, and it's you know, 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: that's really the difference here, and blah blah blah. And 46 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: to be clear, you know, it is a problem. I 47 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: can acknowledge it much, and I did on Saturday night, 48 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: but I thought it was also worth repeating. And I 49 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: maintain this that part of his issues is for our 50 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: European listeners. You may not understand this, but I've talked 51 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: about this. Actually I just did a podcast with the SHMO. 52 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: I've made this comparison a few times, but it's worth 53 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: repeating at least once more, which is we have the NFL, right, 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: the National Football League one of the hardest things to do. 55 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: If you watch quarterbacks in college, they actually don't start 56 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: what's called under center, which is right behind the center 57 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: of the guy who hikes the ball to the quarterback, 58 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: you'll know that they often stand what's called in shotgun, 59 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: which means a little bit further back five sometimes even 60 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: more yards than that. So it gives them a big, 61 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: a big survey of the target. But it also creates 62 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: a little bit of lag time before the defenders can 63 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: get to them. Why do I bring all of this up, 64 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: because by the time you get to the NFL, they 65 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: don't do a lot of They do some shotgun formations, 66 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: but a lot of it is under center, and the 67 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: quarterback at the highest levels expected to go to the 68 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and look at how the defense has 69 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: lined up, how many are they rushing, are they loaded 70 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: on one side? What are they looking for? You have 71 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: to be able to read that, and then once the 72 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: ball is in play to make according decisions based on 73 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 1: how much that follows up or what it changes or 74 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. And you can imagine that like you know, 75 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: those reads of the line of scrimmage, they have a 76 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: huge impact on ultimately what throw the quarterback decides to make, 77 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: and whether it's in double coverage or whether they're open 78 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. But your best quarterbacks, your Aaron Rodgers 79 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: is your Tom Brady's. These are the guys who had 80 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage can look around and go, Okay, 81 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: I know what I'm up against. Tony Romo got in 82 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: trouble as a commentator because he was at the line 83 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: of scrimmage as a commentator and then calling out what 84 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: plays were coming next. That's an important skill to have. 85 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: I bring all of it up because it just seems 86 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: to me like Cody's got a bit of an issue there. 87 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: He has a hard time, it appears to me, making 88 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: reads about what is coming at him, and therefore, as 89 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: a consequence, effectively either blocking, being absent or just slipping 90 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: off to the side and getting out of the way. 91 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: We know he's got good athleticism, not really much of 92 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: an issue. We know he can hit hard, not really 93 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: much of an issue. He looked to me like he 94 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: was moving pretty well at flyweight. We never really got 95 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: a chance to see that tested. But that double jab 96 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: entry and then the location of it, it just completely 97 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: fooled Cody. Now understand fighters get fooled all the time 98 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: by what they see and then something lands, and sometimes 99 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: it can be catastrophic, but a lot of times, you know, 100 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. It seems 101 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: like everything he gets hit by has this, like, you know, 102 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: either catastrophic or nearly catastrophic response. To me, this says 103 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: a couple of things I will acknowledge, probably a little 104 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: bit more than I should have on Saturday that. I 105 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: do think that the durability issues, they are quite real. 106 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: I don't know how you fix them. You can go 107 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: back to one thirty five, certainly, but that by itself 108 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: wouldn't erase the problem. And we also don't know to 109 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: what extent he had those problems exacerbated by being at 110 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: one twenty five. Still that's a problem. And the other 111 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: problem is if you just don't know what's coming at 112 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: you and you have a hard time making reads and 113 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,679 Speaker 1: adjustments about it, you're going to get hit a lot 114 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: cleaner than normal. You're going to take the full brunt 115 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: of them because you literally don't see them. If you 116 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: can see punches coming and then kind of roll with 117 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: it and block and it kind of deflects a little bit. 118 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: None of that is great per se, but that will 119 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: keep you in the ball game a lot longer than 120 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: just getting stolen constantly. And it just looks to me 121 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: like when these guys land Cody just doesn't see it coming. 122 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: You look at the case of this fight. I said 123 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: he was stationary on Saturday night. That's not quite true. 124 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: It's somewhat true. He didn't have both feet on the ground. 125 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: He wasn't moving laterally or forward that there was none 126 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: of that. That's why he got hit. But what happened 127 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: was the jab from Kaikar France fooled Cody, and Cody decided, Aha, 128 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: he's going to throw this jab. I'm going to stuff 129 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: it or make him deter him by leg kicking him. 130 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: Is you go back and watch like you know, you 131 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: can kick out the inside leg that they're stepping on 132 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: quite heavy as a way to deter the jab or 133 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: a few other things. And he's going for that. But 134 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: that first job was just a decoy. He sets another 135 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: one behind it, and then the right hand comes and 136 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: then just completely sets him down. He he he bit 137 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: on a fake and that by itself is no scandal. 138 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: But when you combine the fact that you know, you know, 139 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: he's biting on stuff pretty early in rounds and getting 140 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: hit with things, the stuff that's landing is never landing 141 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: like in a halfway manner. It's always like crashing into him. 142 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: And then there's the durability issues aforementioned. It's a huge problem. 143 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: They asked us on DMS with Donks, do you see 144 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: Cody being able to fight at a high level, And 145 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: it's really strange, like offensively, Yeah, I do think he 146 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: can fight at a high level. It's just that if 147 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: you've got if you've got issues making reads at the 148 00:06:54,839 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, and you know, there's durability issues, that's 149 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: a it's a tough problem to deal with. It's a 150 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: tough problem to deal with, and I don't really know 151 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: what the answer is going to be for him. Candidly, 152 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't have a good response. But it's a nice 153 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: win by kai Kara France. We should note that it's 154 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: the frankly, the win of his career. He got it 155 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: relatively easily. He looked good. People were noting, by the 156 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: way with Garbrant that he was doing a lot of 157 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: moving and whatnot, and then trying to intercept Carl France 158 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: as he was finding his moments to get closer, which 159 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: is true. But like, here's the problem. It's like, on 160 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: the one hand, he was doing a lot of moving, 161 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: he was staying way outside of range. It's like, dude, 162 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: the first time he tried to throw a kick to 163 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,679 Speaker 1: counteract what he thought was the jab, he got drilled 164 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: with a monster right hand. It's like, it's fine to 165 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: be on the outside, you know, and I'm going to 166 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: pick my spots and whatnot. But it's like, dude, the 167 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: first time there was like real contact in punching range. 168 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: And by the way, there's another question about like Cody's 169 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: determination of rain here now, Kay, car France cheated it 170 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. And I'm not saying like the rules. 171 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm saying, like the position with the double jab, because 172 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: part of what the double jab allows you to do 173 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: is close distance effectively. So just Cody just not you know, 174 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: just making an early read I thought probably not best 175 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: for him. It's not like kicking that legout is wrong 176 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: per se to counteract the jab, but early in a fight, 177 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: if what you're really trying to do is maintain that 178 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: outside space and a guy is jabbing like that, you know, 179 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: not that I'm like some kind of coach. I'm not 180 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: in a position to tell them what to do other 181 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: than to say what they did didn't work pretty clearly. 182 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: And if you're really worried about that much contact, you 183 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: got to start that round with the kinds of responses 184 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: physically that keep you perhaps a little bit further away. 185 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: But that would require again judgment issues about distance and timing, 186 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: and appears to be a problem it appears to be 187 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: a problem. I certainly don't envy the unfortunate situation that 188 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: Cody has found himself in. But kay Car France looked great. 189 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: He has he has looked Remember he had a stint 190 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: in UFC and then was bounced, right if I get 191 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: that right? No, I guess once he started he never 192 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: looked back. But he was on the Ultimate Fighter and 193 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: started out kind of up, and he had some good wins, 194 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: but he had the Holly and Pivot when he only 195 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: won via split. He had the winner for Mark de 196 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: la Rosa, and then the two times he kind of 197 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: stepped up against Brandon Rouville and Brandon Moreno didn't really 198 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: go all that well for him. But this was a 199 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: solid one. Two wins in a row via stoppage. He's 200 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: looking pretty good. Kaikara France is only twenty eight years old. 201 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: He is one to certainly keep an eye on. He 202 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: looks to be pretty good. Okay, we go to the 203 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: second fight. How about this one? This is to me 204 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: just insanely impressive. Did he win a performance bonus? Yes 205 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: he did. Sean O'Malley defeating Holly and Pivot at at 206 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: four forty two of the first round boy, let me 207 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: tell them about Shaan O'Malley. He was impressive in this fight. 208 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: I want you guys to go and watch something for me. 209 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: There are you don't see as much of this in 210 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: MMA as you do in boxing. Where again this is 211 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: not like, oh, boxing's better, but because boxing has different 212 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: rules and different incentive structures, you're going to get different 213 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: capabilities as a consequence. And what I mean to say is, 214 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: you know, if you can just really focus your game 215 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: on striking, you can add certain dimensions that you don't 216 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: see a whole lot of and made you do see 217 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: some of it, of course, but only with the very 218 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: special guys. Sean O'Malley's rhythm change. I really want you 219 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: to go and pay attention to that. This was on 220 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: strong display recently, for example, when the boxer Sean Porter 221 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: fought Bud Crawford. And what you'll see Sean Porter doing 222 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: is actually kind of similar to what Sean O'Malley was 223 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: doing here a little bit. There are times when you 224 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: see him either in South Power or Orthodox folks focus 225 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: on his stance switching, which is important because he does 226 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: a lot of it, but also pay attention to his 227 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: rhythm change. So there are times when he is, you know, 228 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: doing a lot of this where if you're listening on 229 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: audio podcast, I'm headfainting, like I'm looking at it like 230 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm about to lunge forward for a second. And he'll 231 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: hit faint and do other kinds of feints. But he'll 232 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: get low and he'll be in this and he might 233 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: even rotate, but he kind of stays in a crouched 234 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: wide position where he's faking and fancy behind it. Then 235 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: he'll switch it up and get kind of tall and 236 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: then bounce in and out of range. And that's when 237 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: he's looking for you to chase him so he can 238 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: pop you, pull and then pop you again. Right. He's 239 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: very very good at that, so understand what he's doing. 240 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: He's got great rhythm change. He's low, he's high, he's bouncing, 241 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: he's stationary, he's switching stances on you. South Paul orthodox 242 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: in combination, before it, at the end of it, you 243 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: name it. And then of course he's got a wide 244 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: diversity of strikes that he's playing with as well. He 245 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: does good work to the body, a little bit of 246 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: a headhunter in this fight, but not too badly. And 247 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: in fact, that's how he set up the beginning of 248 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: the end. In fact, from Orthodox, he throws a right 249 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: hand right that just catches Piva clean. He doesn't see 250 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: it coming at all, doesn't anticipate it. I think there 251 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: was a quick feint before I know Sean O'Malley. I 252 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: think was he set it up with a jab and 253 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: he was going to the body and said he came 254 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: over the head to the top expecting I think a 255 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: reaction at the end of the punch from Paiva, so 256 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: he just drills him with his right hand. Then to 257 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: follow it up, switch to south Paul to finish him 258 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: off against the fence. I don't know if that was purposely, 259 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: like if I heard him from Morthodox I'm gonna finish 260 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: him off from Southwall. I tend to think it probably wasn't. 261 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: I tend to think what he was doing there was 262 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: instinctual in many ways. But it just goes to show 263 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: you what kind of command of striking Sean O'Malley has. 264 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: He has this ability to incorporate dimensions to his striking 265 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: that even at the championship level you just don't see 266 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: a lot of you see people changing their timing where 267 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: they do the same kind of thing either slower or 268 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: faster or not at all. But it's very different to 269 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: have one kind of posture in a fight where you 270 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: can move in a bunch of different directions, and then 271 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: you completely change up the look you are giving your 272 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: opponent with stance changes combined into it in a very 273 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: different way. That offers a series of different complicating factors. Right, 274 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: if I'm stationary but I'm in your face, right, that's 275 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 1: a different kind of weapon that you are in corporate, 276 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,719 Speaker 1: eating a series of weapons that you are incorporating. I 277 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: have to assess if you're up on your feet and bouncing, 278 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: now I have to worry about the blitz. I don't 279 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: only have to worry about the blitz if you're low, right, 280 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: But now if you're standing like Whitaker, and you're up 281 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: on the balls to your feet, I gotta worry about 282 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: the blitz. I gotta worry about your hands being around 283 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 1: your hips if you're standing and bouncing, versus when you're 284 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: low and stationary, their hands are here. So again, there's 285 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: challenges that come with either of them. But now I'm 286 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: switching them up. I'm incorporating them into a wider array 287 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: of dimensions. Dude, I don't see a lot of guys 288 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: change of rhythm the way O'Malley does not the UFC level. 289 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: It's pretty rare. Now, some of you might be saying, 290 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: oh am, I arguing that O'Malley because he does things 291 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: a lot of other striking focused fighters don't that this 292 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: must mean he's automatically better than them. That doesn't mean that. 293 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: I mean, there are many ways you can lose and 294 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: get tested in this game. He talked about the fact 295 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: that another rib injury, I mean, the guy appears to 296 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: be potentially injury from sean O'Malley does. We'll have to see. 297 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: And also you know, to what extent is he durable 298 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: and to what extent can he deal with the wrestler, 299 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,199 Speaker 1: Like there's a bunch of questions about who he can 300 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: actually beat in mixed martial arts that about like this 301 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: doesn't really answer. But what I can tell you is 302 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: on the feet against the likes of Holley and Paiva, 303 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: he was completely styling on him. I guess the round 304 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: was pretty close to being over at four forty two, 305 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: but dude, he looked fantastic. And if you missed warning 306 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: combat I'll repeat one of the points here quickly about 307 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: what I had said about Sean O'Malley, which is, you know, 308 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: back in Strikeforce, what they would do for guys is 309 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: they would match make them almost like boxers, where they 310 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: would give you. You know, obviously, if you are, you know, 311 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: a high level fighter in terms of the top of 312 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: that division or champion, you had tough fights you had 313 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: to win. But what Strikeforce would do a lot with 314 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: prospects is give them fights that were winnable for a 315 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: long time, more so than other promoters in the space, 316 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: or you know, this title defense is tough, and then the 317 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: next one's a little bit you made to look good, 318 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: made for you to look good, and that kind of 319 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: a thing. And it worked, dude. That model built up 320 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: a lot of guys who ended up being not just 321 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: UFC champions, but they were more popular than the otherwise 322 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: would have been by virtue of that matchmak Sean O'Malley 323 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: by turning down ranked competitors until he gets more. I 324 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: don't know if he's gonna I don't know if he'll 325 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: figure out a way to get the UFC to pay him. 326 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: But in terms of making himself look good, dude, these 327 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: are memorable performances. These are highlight reel knockouts. He validated 328 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: his place on the main card with the way he 329 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: fought like this and delivered like this to open the 330 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: main card. He is strike forcing himself. I mean, it's 331 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: an amazing thing to watch. Whether we'll result in the 332 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: pay he wants, I don't know, but in terms of 333 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: the acclaim and all the other rewards that come with 334 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: the way this style of fighting works and everything else, 335 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: he is utterly maximizing his position in time and that 336 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: should be pretty acknowledged as well. Very very very impressive 337 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: by Sean O'Malley. Pay attention, go back and watch watch 338 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: how his rhythm changes. He goes from low stance, jagged 339 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: in and out head fakes and faints and foot faints 340 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: and step fins, and then gets a pie and then 341 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: uses that bouncing stuff to go and then and you know, 342 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: do blitzes or you know other kinds of things. It's 343 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: you have to fight a lot of different kinds of 344 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: strikers all at once when you fight Sean O'Malley. Very 345 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: very impressive. Great job by him. Uh. We move now 346 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: to their preliminary card. How about Dominant Cruz. Dominant Cruz 347 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: getting a win over Pedro Munoz twenty nine to twenty 348 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: eight across the board. Now, he got dropped in the 349 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: first round, but then he came back and won the second, 350 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: in the third pretty cleanly. In my book, Pedro Munoz 351 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: was not really in those rounds, especially not the third, 352 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: but really not even the second either. He was in 353 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: the first. What happened in the first. Let's talk about 354 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: that for just a second. There is one particular stance 355 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: switch that a cruise does, and he likes to do 356 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff with it. He It looked to me, 357 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: and I have to talk to him about it. It 358 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: looked to me like he misjudged at the distance. What 359 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: I mean by that is, let me see if I 360 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: can let me see if I can draw something on 361 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: my hand or a piece of paper or something, so 362 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: you guys can see here. Yeah, I'm gonna draw on this. Okay. 363 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: If this is Pedro right here, and then this is 364 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: Cruise right here. Okay, So I'm gonna say Pedro Munos 365 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: is the plus dominant cruise is Let's do this. Look 366 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: at that for a second for me. Can you see that? 367 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: You see that at all a little easier to see? Okay? 368 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: The xes are Pedro Munos's feet. The sort of v 369 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: here is dominant Cruz right, and I go. If you're 370 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: listening on the audio podcast, I'll make this as explainable 371 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: as I can, but it just wants you to notice something. 372 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: Dominant Cruz started out. If you can look at this, 373 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: he started out on this side. He started out Orthodox 374 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: versus Orthodox, and then jumped to this other side. Excuse me, 375 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: right here, jumped to his other side to South Paul. 376 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: So he just jumped from Orthodox whoop to South Paul. 377 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: Now you might be inclined to think that if you 378 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: jump one more time here, if you jump from Orthodox 379 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: to South Paul, you didn't really change your distance to 380 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: the other fighter. You just kind of switched dance in 381 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: front of them. That can happen depending on how you 382 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: switch stands. But the way he did it created a 383 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: problem because I'm going to show you the matchup that 384 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: he lost when he jumped more time. See if I 385 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: can see you gotta see this one more time. There 386 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: we go right when he jumped to this side. Pay 387 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: attention to this one right here, Cruz has the one 388 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: more time. Cruz has the outside foot position here right, 389 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: so that means his left straight is right down the 390 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: middle But the problem is Munyo saw it coming. So 391 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: while he has well, he doesn't excuse me, have the 392 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:45,239 Speaker 1: inside foot position. Cruz has the outside. Excuse me one 393 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: more time. Cruz has the outside one more time outside 394 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: foot position, but Munyo's while Cruz is to the outside, 395 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: he is standing here ready to jab the shortest possible punch. 396 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: Once Cruz goes from Orthodox to south paw, the closest 397 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: punch is that jab from Muno's. It's right in front 398 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: of him. He has the inside foot. Remember how they 399 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: also talk about how south Paus versus Orthodox that lead 400 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: foot position really matters. The reason why they say that 401 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: is because if I can take my lead foot outside, 402 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: I create a lane for my dominant hand right, so 403 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: it lines up my dominant punch. But what they don't 404 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: tell you is if you actually keep your foot to 405 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: the inside while the other person has lined up their 406 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: dominant punch hand, you have the shortest punch to land 407 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: with the jab. So in the middle of hopping from 408 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: Orthodox to south Paw, what he ends up doing is 409 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: just lining himself up in transition for the shortest punch 410 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: possible between the two of them, which is the Munyo's 411 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: jab to the face of Cruise. Well, what Munos did 412 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: was a make a great read and do it so 413 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: quick he was able to catch it as Cruz is 414 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: coming into that south paw position. Normally what he likes 415 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: to do is hop from south paul to orthodox, not 416 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: just to switch, but like a literal hop over, and 417 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: because from there he can then level change, he can 418 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: then weave underneath the punch it and throw one on top. 419 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: It's actually a pretty handy stand switch for him. He 420 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: must have misjudged the distance because he did set up 421 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: the lead outside left to go straight down the middle, 422 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: but he wasn't quick enough and then center it himself 423 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: for a jab to the face from Munnos before he 424 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: could do anything, and that's what sat him down. That's 425 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: what caused all those problems for him in the first 426 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: So it was a great, great job by Munnos to 427 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: catch him like that. Bit of a misjudgment and a 428 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: miscalculation on the part of Cruise, but that aside a. 429 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: He ended the first round I would say quite strong strongly, 430 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: and then the second third round they were all his. 431 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: I'll boil it down to this. Go back and watch 432 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: in the second and third round. You'll see Cruz switch 433 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: stances in the way I'm talking about where he jumps 434 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: from Orthodox to Southpaw, but he is much further back 435 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: this time, so it actually actually made it actually made 436 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: that stance switch not all that valuable because he didn't 437 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: want to repeat the mistake, so he like overcompensated on 438 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: the distance versus this time where he just kind of 439 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: he may have. Like when you jump from Orthodox to 440 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: South Paul, what ends up happening is you think what 441 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: you're doing is on the right line, but if the 442 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: other person takes a half step or you misjudge and 443 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: you actually went forward a little bit, now your distance 444 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: is all off and you can get cracked, which is 445 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: what happened. So that's the story there. But the real 446 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: story of the fights in the second and third round 447 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: it's a two part issue for me. One Cruise made 448 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: it this way and b Pedro Munos didn't have an 449 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: answer for it. But Pedro Munoz just gave him way 450 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: too much space, like way too much space, like way 451 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: way way way too much space. We talked about it 452 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: on Friday, Dude, to the extent Cruise has moved a 453 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: room to move, He's going to light you on fire 454 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: if he has room to set up weaving stance switching, 455 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: blitz his stand switching through combination like from far away, 456 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: and then he can launch into like a thousand strikes 457 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: through this long process. Like dude, you're just it's going 458 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: to be hard to beat him that way. There were 459 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: some of the leg kicks I saw from Munos in 460 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: the first round that kind of went away after that. 461 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: He was just waiting around too long. And of course 462 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: you can credit dominic Cruz for much of that right, 463 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: for giving him so many looks, for being on his 464 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: horse the whole time, and moving and ducking and dodging 465 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: and throwing his own strikes. And by the way, another 466 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: great thing that dominic Cruz did was go back and 467 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: look at how many combinations he threw. He wasn't trying 468 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: to pitter patterer Pedro Munos. He knew Petro Munos was 469 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: probably going to be stationary as he got out of 470 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: the way, or at least his feet would be planted. 471 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: So if he could, let's say, circle around him, or 472 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: get him moving backwards, or get him to slip, and 473 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: then you stay in position so he'll slip and then 474 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: come back to where he was, and then you can 475 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: keep firing. So it was just great job by Dominic 476 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: Cruz in creating the conditions under which he can thrive. 477 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: Not some great reads from Pedro Munoz outside of that 478 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: first round. First round, he did a great job. Second 479 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: and third not so much. And you know, the the 480 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: misjudgment by Cruz cost him in the first, but it 481 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: didn't cost him to fight Dude. For him to get 482 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: a win over guys goose Petro Munos at this stage 483 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: of his career is extremely validating. And then you know, 484 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: to do it after getting dropped. He's a tough out. 485 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: Dominic Cruz is still a tough I thought he was 486 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: kind of on his way out maybe after the Sahudo loss. 487 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: That was very premature of me to even assume as much. 488 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: Not true he is. He is still a very difficult, 489 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: difficult fighter. But again I'm going to go back to it, 490 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: like dude an mma, the octagon gives these guys so 491 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: much room to breathe. It's not like the four ninety 492 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: degree angles that come with the square of the boxing ring. 493 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: They have so much open space. A big key component 494 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: is a lot of guys need that space to get 495 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: their creativity, you know, flowing and the bad part is 496 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: if they have it, they're going to be really hard 497 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: to beat. But the good news, albeit the tough news, 498 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: is that you have got to got to got to 499 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: limit their movement. Dominic Cruz forced to be in a 500 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: phone booth fight. Not saying he can't win, but that's 501 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: going to be a very different fight anyway when he 502 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: has room to move. So a great job by Cruz. 503 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: Some decent things from Pedro Munos for sure, but not 504 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: enough to get the w in the end. All right, 505 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: let's talk about a couple more of these that I 506 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: want to give some attention to. The first of them 507 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: was the main event of the fight pass portion of 508 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: the card. How about Andre Moonize defeating Eric Anders. He 509 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: just seems like a beast at middleweight. Moonize is a 510 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: huge middleweight. He is very much in control. Let mean, look, 511 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: how old is this guy. I have actually not paid 512 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: a whole lot of attention to him. Thirty one. He's 513 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: got a little bit going on for him in terms 514 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: of age. He has four losses, but they came from 515 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen and before, some of them from twenty twelve 516 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: and even further back. But since twenty seventeen he is 517 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: basically undefeated. He's undefeated in the UFC, had two wins 518 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,959 Speaker 1: on the Contender Series Bruno as Ciz, Taylor Johnson, Antonio Arroyo. 519 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: Then he beat Barstow's Fabinski. Then he submitted we actually 520 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: he submitted Fabinski, then submitted Jockeray and then submitted Eric 521 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 1: Anders as well. How did he do it? This one 522 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: is so nice? First of all, how did he get 523 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: him down? There's a couple of ways he was like 524 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: creating space behind Eric Anders and then kicking his feet 525 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: out as he pulled him back into the negative space. 526 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: But the real one he did is if you guys 527 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: have seen this a million times, where they'll get to 528 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: the side of an opponent and then weave one leg 529 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: over the near side and then behind the other one. 530 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: You see this all the time. It's a common tactic. 531 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: It's designed to spin them down to the ground. I 532 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: think Danaher was the first one I've ever saw, maybe Henzo, 533 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: but of course it's the same family system there. It's 534 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: actually a very effective takedown in the right hands, like 535 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: the people who know how to do it, It's quite 536 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: nice to get so he gets to the back and 537 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: then eventually what you see is Anders he's going to 538 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: get to his base and stand now not fully stand. 539 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: His hands will be on the mat and his feet 540 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 1: will be on the mat, and he will have his 541 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: rear end in the air. What Muni does is he 542 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: has the back at this point. So what he decides 543 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: to do is he decides to as as the weight 544 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: comes up the back from Onders, he actually SAgs his 545 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: own weight forward and then behind the right arm. The 546 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: hand of Onders is now planted on the mat. So 547 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: what he does is he actually reaches behind it and 548 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: now clamps it to himself. Right He comes actually, actually 549 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: you'll watch it. He comes underneath the arm almost and 550 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: then around on that same side with his own right arm. 551 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: He actually grabs the back of the leg of Eric 552 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: Onders and then pulls and drives his own hips. Watch 553 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: him go get his hips stiff drives in that direction. 554 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: Why is that important? Because one it takes Onders off 555 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: of his feet. First of all, holding that leg almost 556 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: serves as a cradle once they get Now he has 557 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: to eventually let it go, but it almost serves as 558 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: like a cradle where the person can't quite get on 559 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: their base because you're pulling out that near side leg. 560 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: From under them. But more importantly, he locks up the 561 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: arm behind him, then goes for the leg to pull it, 562 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: so by the time he decides to then twist his 563 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: hips underneath to go for the arm bar, the arm 564 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: is already tucked behind him. Understand something, with the arm bar, 565 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: you can have it with two hands close to you. 566 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: A lot of people grab it with the crook of 567 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: their elbow and then you know, try to wrench it 568 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: or you know, there's a lot or you know, even 569 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: with the center part of the forearm and to hold 570 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: it to their chest. One of the most vicious ways 571 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: is to actually tuck their hand behind your armpit and 572 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: then to wrench it. Gives it that much more torque. 573 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: What I'm trying to point out to you is he's 574 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: able to a lock up the arm behind him and 575 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: b cause Onders to be pulled off of his base, 576 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: so then he can then go Mouni's into the arm 577 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: bar position. All with one fell swooped with his leg 578 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: excuse me, with his arm reaching out behind, clamping that 579 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: arm to his side, and then getting behind the the 580 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: leg in front and then behind the leg on the 581 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: right side of Onders, all to pull him out and 582 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: he gets them on his side and then he just 583 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,719 Speaker 1: twists underneath the armbar. Understand that if you get if 584 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: you try and like get to the back right and 585 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna work on my choke, you might get 586 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: your choke, especially if your Charles o'laveri fied and Dustin Poier. 587 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: But for most people, in a lot of cases, if 588 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,640 Speaker 1: you try to go for a choke, once you get 589 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,199 Speaker 1: to that position, it's gonna be harder. Right Like, if 590 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: I'm in mount and I have I'm mounted on someone 591 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: and their arms are here, and granted, mma, I could 592 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 1: open up with punches, but with jiu jitsu, if their 593 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: arms are already here, you know, I have to now 594 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: create separation from their arms away from their body. That's 595 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: another task I have to do. What Moonis did is 596 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna set up my arm bar finish before i 597 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: even start the arm bar. I haven't even got to 598 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: the position where I can apply the arm bar. But 599 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: what I'm gonna do first is I'm gonna lock up 600 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: the arm. Then I'm gonna take him off of his base, 601 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: and then I'm gonna move into arm bar position. I 602 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: want to go for the arm bar when his arm 603 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: is already fucked before I even try that way. When 604 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: he goes belly down and drives into it, Dude, it's 605 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: that that shit was gonna get broken or anders was 606 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: gonna tap period period. That is clever, very solid, solid 607 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: ju jitsu. If you wait to attack once you get 608 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: to the position, you might get it, but your chances 609 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: go way up if you can lock up certain features 610 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: of it before you get to it, and then you 611 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: can do some real damage. Great great job by Andre Moonees. 612 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: And then last, but certainly not least of this whoops. 613 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Hang on, We will go to a fight that caught 614 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: me by surprise, and I will give her credit because 615 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: it was so thorough. There's nothing else I can say. 616 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: Pay attention to Aaron Blanchefield. She defeated Miranda Maverick. You 617 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: guys know I've been high on Mirando Maverick. I will 618 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: remain high on Mirando Maverick. I actually think she's quite talented, 619 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: but she got worked over in this fight. There's just 620 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: no two ways about it. Aaron Blanchfield, how old is 621 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: this young lady? She is twenty two, twenty two out 622 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: of Henzo and then Silver Fox BJJ, Silver Fox BJJ 623 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: shouts to silver Fox. That dude has some of the 624 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: best guillotine stuff I've ever seen in the sport. Really 625 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 1: good guillotines. Over from that dude. Her nickname is cold Blooded. 626 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: I can see why, bro. She is a fucking handful Jesus. 627 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: She was born after I graduated high school. I am 628 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 1: old as fuck. She does have one loss to Tracy 629 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: cortesvia split decision back in twenty nineteen and in Victa, 630 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: but since coming to the UFC, in two fights she's 631 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: defeated Sarah Alper and then Miranda Maverick. A bit of 632 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: some finishing issues at least at this level. She only 633 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: has three, yeah, three stoppages out of nine fights, which 634 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: is okay but not great. But but where she excels 635 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: is her takedowns. I mean, this was so amazing, right, 636 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: let me pull up the numbers on this if I can, 637 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: just to give you a sense of things. So Aaron 638 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: Blanchfield in this fight scored seven of eight takedowns. She 639 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: got four in the first, three in the second, and 640 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: then one in the third, but in the third she 641 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: held it for three minutes and thirty eight seconds control time. 642 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: She had overall twelve minutes of control time in this fight. 643 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: And what was kind of interesting was she obviously did 644 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: a lot about striking. In the first round, they didn't 645 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: do a lot either, six to eight Maverick to Blanchefield 646 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: terms of significant strikes. But in the second round Blanchefield 647 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: had twenty four Maverick eight. In the third round fourteen 648 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: Maverick just seven. Here's what was so impressive about this 649 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: It was that once she got to the floor, her 650 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,320 Speaker 1: control was overwhelming. Maverick simply could not do anything to 651 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: create the kind of space or you know, move the 652 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: balance of Blanchefield in a way to attack it. Ever, 653 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: and what was more impressive than even that was not 654 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: that she got seven of eight takedowns. They might be 655 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: this is probably not quite true, but there might be 656 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 1: five or six different types of takedowns that she got 657 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: those seven with. She might have gone back to the 658 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: well on one or two of them. But dude, she 659 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: was using a for what I'm trying to point as, 660 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: she not only had take down like if I have 661 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: like a great double leg and my singles like okay 662 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: and whatever, and we wrestle, my double leg could be 663 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: so good that in a wrestling match I could get 664 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: ten takedowns and you'd be like, wow, I was wrestling 665 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: was dominant, But like, what if, for example, I go 666 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: up against the next person and my double get stuffed, 667 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,479 Speaker 1: but they have a weakness to single legs, But my 668 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: single leg's not that great. Right. The point I'm trying 669 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: to make is if you can dominate someone in the 670 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: wrestling department, and you can do it with a variety 671 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: of different takedowns, it means that, like, like, without question, 672 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: your wrestling was way better at in the twelve minutes 673 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: twelve minutes of control time, plus there was a sub 674 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: attempt that she got credited for Blanchefield in the second round. 675 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't know how many passes that they credit with her, 676 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: or to what extent that they match that or look 677 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: for that, but dude, this was big bank take little bank. 678 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,479 Speaker 1: Maverick is still a talented fighter. I wouldn't lose sight 679 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: of that at all, But at twenty two years of age, 680 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: obviously we have to slow our role here a little bit. 681 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: There are some pieces of her game that need legitimate work, 682 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: and even the parts that are great could always be better, 683 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: and all that could become a more cohesive whole. But Blanchefield, dude, 684 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: that was she ran the table on Miranda Maverick, at 685 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: least in this one department of the game, and made 686 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: it look you know, effortless is not the right word, 687 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: but that hopeless is the one I would use for Maverick. 688 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: By the middle of the third round, You're like, Okay, yeah, 689 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: this is completely hopeless. She can't extract herself. This other 690 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: person's ability is just so far beyond. You're gonna get 691 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: what you're going to get. So I don't know exactly 692 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: where she goes from. Maverick is now zero win to 693 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: two after starting the UFC auspiciously, so she's got some 694 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: work to do for sure. But Blanchefield, I was sleeping 695 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: on her before. I can readily admit I did not 696 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: think a whole lot one way or the other. But 697 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: she caught my attention certainly with this win, one of 698 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: the most impressive this whole card. By the way, I mean, 699 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: I could just go up and down this thing. It's 700 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: not very difficult. There's a lot of fights that were great, 701 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: Robertson getting a nice rear naked choke win, Tony Kelly 702 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: beating Randy Costa the way he did. Costa just looked 703 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: out of it for a while. Bruno Silva's great win 704 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 1: over Jordan Ryan. How about taytoy Vasa blowing the doors 705 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: off Augusto Scicat. There's a lot you could point to. 706 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to give honorable mention to two more fighters. 707 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: The first one I guess I will give to Ryan 708 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: Hall defeating Derek Minner thirty twenty seven on two of 709 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: the judges scorecards twenty nine to twenty seven. I tweeted 710 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: about this being like I didn't know how the judges 711 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,319 Speaker 1: would look at it, because there wasn't necessarily an overwhelming 712 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,360 Speaker 1: amount of ground and pound from Ryan Hall in certain positions, 713 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: but clearly enough to get the job done. The thing 714 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,320 Speaker 1: that was so impressive was he changed up some coaching things, 715 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: which you know, I guess I'll leave to him because 716 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: certainly he's going to know his career better than we 717 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: will seem to work by the way to obviously, this 718 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: is very small sample size, but he looked pretty good. 719 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: But he didn't look like in the Taporia fight. I 720 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: just didn't understand. I have to speak to him, but 721 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: I didn't quite understand what some of the roles were 722 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: trying to achieve. And obviously they didn't do what they 723 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: were supposed to do in the end because he got 724 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: finished off with strikes. But in the Mintor fight, you 725 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: saw a little bit more conventionality. I thought some of 726 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: his game, like, I mean that in a good way. 727 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,879 Speaker 1: He's still going to have the you know, reverse daily, 728 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: heava back take kind of things that most people in 729 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 1: MMA don't, but in this particular case, you know, he 730 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: he was conventional in it, like the right adjustment. And 731 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: then the other thing I really stoo out to me 732 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: was like in that third round, dude, like minute didn't 733 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: do anything, and Ryan Hall held mount for the three 734 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,280 Speaker 1: or almost the entirety of to pull up the numbers 735 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: here about how long he had a what they're awarding 736 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,879 Speaker 1: for control time. According to fight Metric, he had yeah, 737 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: five minutes and thirty seven seconds of control time, but 738 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: in that third round he had three minutes and forty 739 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: three seconds, so he had a bunch in that round. 740 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: What I would say is, you know, it was kind 741 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 1: of amazing to me, like there's a lot of people 742 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: who get to mount, even Blanchfield against Maverick, they would 743 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: get to mount and you would see that like they'd 744 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: throw a lot of heavy punches in there, either because 745 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: they feel like they can get the opponent out of there, 746 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 1: or because they know they're not going to hold that 747 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: position for very long, so bomb on them while you can. 748 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Hall had the exact opposite calculation. His control of 749 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: Mount was so good that he didn't have to have 750 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,480 Speaker 1: this like do or die ground and pound to get 751 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: the results he wanted. He was able to control the guy, 752 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 1: and he had like I would say, moderate to good 753 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: ground and pound, but nothing like super savage. He didn't 754 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,760 Speaker 1: need it. He was landing punches, he was scoring damage, 755 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: and he was controlling a dominant position from which he 756 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: could do those things almost effortlessly, like there was no 757 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,319 Speaker 1: way Minner was getting out of that. Ryan Hall is 758 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: surprisingly strong. Like Olivera, those skinny, wiry guys have a 759 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: little bit of squeeze on them. I've roll with Ryan 760 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: a number of times. I can tell you about it. 761 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: His squeeze is actually very very good and anyway you 762 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: get the idea there. You don't see a lot of 763 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: guys who either looked him ount or can hold mount 764 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: and then on top of it, can keep it for 765 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: a long periods of time while doing ground and pound, 766 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 1: Like they can make different choices about their offense because 767 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,239 Speaker 1: their control position is so good. And then, last, but 768 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: not least, there was a hell of a fight between 769 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: Dan Egay and Josh Emmett. This was the main event 770 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:17,319 Speaker 1: of the prelimbs, A really really really great fight, strong one. 771 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 1: There was a thirty twenty seven scorecard though for Josh 772 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: Emmett that I didn't understand. I leaned ever so slightly 773 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: towards Ega. I had him losing the first winning the second, 774 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,880 Speaker 1: but then there was definitely a better effort from Emmett 775 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: in the third, and I could him winning is not 776 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 1: in any way scandalous. It was a tough that third 777 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,239 Speaker 1: round was tough to score, so it was fine if 778 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,479 Speaker 1: Josh Emmont won. But like the idea that he won 779 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: the first after getting you know, or rather that he 780 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 1: was me they won the second. There was a couple 781 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: times where he got buzzed with big punches, like hurt 782 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: with him. It's like, I don't quite get that. But 783 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 1: it's a nice win for Josh Emmett being back after 784 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: what eighteen months something like that, almost two years, And 785 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: it's a tough loss for Danny Game. But Danny gay'sould 786 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: fight nothing but hammers and he still is getting better, 787 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,399 Speaker 1: and that was a winnable one, so you know, it's 788 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: I feel bad for Danny Gay, but it's a nice 789 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: win for Josh Emmitt and that's the way the fight 790 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:20,320 Speaker 1: game goes. So there you have it. Great wins, what 791 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: a great card man. And I could go on and 792 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: on about a lot of these fights for a little while. 793 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:25,919 Speaker 1: The only one that really interested me was the Jeff 794 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: Neil Pontsnibio fight. But even then there's something to take 795 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,160 Speaker 1: away from it, right, So what did you guys, like, 796 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: what was your fight of the card outside of the 797 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 1: main and the co Maine? Let me know in the comments, 798 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: and who was like your standout fighter of the card. 799 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,320 Speaker 1: I would love to know that as well. Obviously Juliana 800 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: Paene is gonna win that a lot of that Olivera too, 801 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: But I mean, you know, main and non main event edition. 802 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: Who really impressed you up and down that fight card? 803 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: Let me know in the comments. So there you have it, 804 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,680 Speaker 1: all right, thumbs up on the video, hit subscribe if 805 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: you watching on YouTube, give us a follow anywhere, I 806 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,359 Speaker 1: should say, give us a nice review. If you're listening 807 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: to this. On the audio portion of the podcast episode, 808 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: ten Ladies and Gentlemen. It is in the books. I'll 809 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: be back for episode eleven next week, and until then 810 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:07,320 Speaker 1: enjoy the fights.