1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, Luke Thomas here one half of your 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: Morning Combat duo here with a little bit of extra credit. 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Episode twenty one. This is where we go over the 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 1: stuff that we didn't quite have time for on regular 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: MK thumbs up on the video. If you're watching on YouTube, 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: please hit subscribe, and of course if you're listening on 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: podcast platforms, we appreciate that just the same. Now we're 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: gonna shake things up here a little bit. Normally, what 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: I do is I give you sort of five other 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: fights that happen from the weekend. Sometimes I like them, 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: sometimes I don't. I'm still gonna give you five fights, 12 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: but I think from now on I'm going to rank 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: them from five, which all of them will be ones 14 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: I like. But we'll go five four, three, two one. 15 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: And what I'll do is I will when I say 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: my best fights, I don't mean the fights that were 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: always the most competitive back and forth. Yes, those will 18 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: be included here and then we'll be included every week, 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: but also just the fights that I like the most, 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: the ones that brought me the most joy, the ones 21 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: that I found really entertaining, the ones that I found 22 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,919 Speaker 1: the most intriguing. These are my choices. This is my list. 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: There are many like them, but this one is mine, 24 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: if that makes sense. Feel free to disagree, feel free 25 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: to agree, feel free to have whatever different take you want. 26 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: But from now on, I'm gonna give you my top 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: five five four, three, two one, and that will be 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: what it is when we do extra credit. Okay, So 29 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: four today, we're gonna go over the course of basically 30 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: not the entirety, but I'm gonna pick from anyway three 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: different events. I will of course talk about UFC Fight 32 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: Night two oh six, which course was the one of 33 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: the Apex and Holly Holman, and of course Kaitlyn Vieira 34 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: will go to Eagle FC forty seven. I'll pick one 35 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: fight from there, and then I'll also pick one it's 36 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: hard to call it a fight, although depending on what 37 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: language you speak, it's a fight. One Championship one fifty seven, Now, 38 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: that was mostly some MOI we tie. I know rod 39 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: Tang was carving people up and whatnot, But I'm gonna 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: pick from that card because A I don't think we 41 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: have enough one coverage at one in combat, and two 42 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: I actually really enjoyed it. So without further ado, here 43 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: are my top five fights. From the weekend that I 44 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: like the most. Number five. Again, I will normally not 45 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: do this, but I don't want to exclude this event 46 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: and in this event, this one was just shocking to me. 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: How about ty Ruo Tolo defeating Gary Tonan and what 48 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven seconds via dars choke? Unbelievable what he was 49 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: able to do. Dude, the Rual Tolo brothers, who I 50 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: think are like Puerto Rican and Italian or whatever, this 51 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: was a pure jiu jitsu match. Let me say something first, 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: those two guys, if you look at their accomplishments, most 53 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: of what they've done has been really interesting, but it's 54 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: been someone of their junior level or somewhat smaller competition. 55 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: Some IBJJF stuff, but a lot of it at brown belt, 56 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: some professional jiu jitsu stuff like WNO and whatnot. But 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: for me, I don't know. I cannot say that I 58 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: know the entire history of Tye and kid Rual Tolo's 59 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: grappling history, but this win over Gary Tonan has to 60 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: be for tie, if not his best win, certainly up there. 61 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: And the kid was born in what two thousand and three, 62 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: so he's nineteen. I mean, these two are about to 63 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: start murdering people in jiu jitsu. First of all, I mean, dude, 64 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: it was kind of funny Gary Tonan got in this 65 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: particular match and did do a lot of respect for 66 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: Gary Toner. I've attended one of his seminars personally, we 67 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: all know what he's done, Like, we know how good 68 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: he is, dude, for him till I get thrown around 69 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: the way he was, and then for Rule Tolo to 70 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: just basically jump on him, find the dars immediately in 71 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: this position transition, and then seal it up. Gary had 72 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: nowhere to go. Just shocking, just a total shocking event. 73 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,839 Speaker 1: It would not have surprised me if Rule Tola won 74 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: and even by submission in that way, but to do 75 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: it so effortlessly, to do it so quickly, I think 76 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: that truly did surprise me. If I can be honest, 77 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: I did not see that coming. I want to see 78 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: something about one. And this is why they're going to 79 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: start getting more coverage here Morning Combat, not just on 80 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: extra credit, but the big Morning Combat as well, which 81 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: is dude, Like I realized, this was not MMA. This 82 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: was pure grappling, and I don't know what this might 83 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: mean for any MMA potential future for either rule of 84 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: toler brothers who you know are at the very beginning 85 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: of their black belt campaigns in sports jiu jitsu, So 86 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: maybe nothing. I don't know what this gonn mean for 87 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: Gary Tone of course was coming up of a loss 88 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: in an MME fight in one previous to this, but 89 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,239 Speaker 1: one does more to either offer a product that's different 90 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: by virtue of its rules with the way which it 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: does scoring and not by round but as a whole, 92 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: or in allowing for a more elaborate rule set that 93 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: allows for things like Nie to the head of her 94 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: down opponent, right, that kind of thing. They do more 95 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: in terms of that, plus the muy tie in the cage, 96 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: and now this grappling in the cage, and the cage 97 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: played a role in this one too because Gary got 98 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: kind of thrown up against it and then pressed. There 99 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: was a there was a action near the cage, and 100 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: so that limits some of your movement. Again you go 101 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: to fad or being triangled by Verduning. Part of that 102 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: is that the cage played a role. The point I'm 103 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: trying to make is whether it's you know, it's not 104 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: like a hearkening back to Pride and their system isn't 105 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: exactly a rule advancement, but I have to say it 106 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: is a differentiation. And then this I was very skeptical 107 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: that other things could work in the cage and the 108 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: way in which they've done it with the smaller gloves 109 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: and muay Thai and now grappling, but they keep finding ways. 110 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: Either that's clever matchmaking or whatever. And you could say 111 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: that his brother Kate had an easier matchup against Shinya 112 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: Aoki and that one would have produced more action, right 113 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: because there would have been a significant difference in skill fair 114 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: enough that I would have believed that. I would not 115 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,679 Speaker 1: have believed that necessarily for this one, and you still 116 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: got it. So it's not just matchmaking. It's a little 117 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: bit more magic that they've got going on and identifying 118 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: premier talent who will really go for the fit this up, 119 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: like they clearly hunt it. So whether it's offering a 120 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: product that's different meaningfully, if like who has the most 121 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: different product, Belator one or PFL, I would say one 122 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: has most different product. Now, whether that's the right product 123 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: for the North American market, we will see, I don't know. 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: But I have to say between that differentiation and then 125 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: this iteration with the grappling, and then the muay Thai 126 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: and what not. Again, because Rattang was on this car, 127 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: they had the whole flyweight turning on this card. It's 128 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: a real different product. I didn't think you could get 129 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: those two MMA fans. I didn't think you could get 130 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: MMA fans to like those kinds of things in that way. 131 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: But they have found a way to make it useful. Again, 132 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: partly smart matchmaking, partly the right kind of talent identification, 133 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: but a lot of it is just maybe it's a 134 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: good idea in the way in which they've done it, 135 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: And you know, not no matter who you plug in, 136 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: but you have a pretty wide swath of who you 137 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: could plug in and get very good action. This was 138 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: a tremendous event on Friday, that match in, particularly between 139 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: Ruo Tolo and Tonin shocking result but super exciting just 140 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: the same. So we'll see what happens there, and again 141 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: it happened in an MMA promotion, so I included it here. 142 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: Going forward, this will be fairly rare, all right. My 143 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: fourth favorite fight of the weekend, how about Chase Hooper 144 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: versus Felipe Klaris. Now, the results of this one are 145 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: pretty interesting if you look at the actual time of it. 146 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: It would go something like this, Chase Hooper getting the 147 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: submission at just three minutes of the third round, I 148 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: should say, into the third minute of the third round, 149 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: of the three minute mark. Rather either way, what was 150 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: the story here? Listen a couple things that I really 151 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: liked from Chase souper One. He appears to be filling 152 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: out a little bit. I think he's been in the 153 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: weight room, or at least he's done. Obviously he's put 154 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: some kind of effort not just into being fight shape, 155 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: but to maybe slowly but smartly bulking up. Because strength. 156 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: He's got, you know, a lot of limb length, and 157 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: he's got a lot of ability, but strength is going 158 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: to be a pretty key component. I still don't think 159 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: it's where it needs to be. I think he's going 160 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: to have to put on, you know, perhaps weight that 161 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: he may not desire for his natural movement, but he 162 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: might need it when he gets to the upper end 163 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: of however far he goes against whatever that limit is, 164 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: You're probably gonna need more strength than he has today. 165 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: But again, he's still a very young kid, so no 166 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: big deal. But again I do think there is evidence 167 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: that he is beginning to fill out a little bit 168 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: in that regard. So that's good to see. Obviously, he 169 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: got the win, and he got the win via TKO 170 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: like he was he was submission hunting, but it wasn't there. 171 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 1: His coach tells him in the third leave it alone, 172 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: keep pounding on him, and that's what he did, and 173 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: he got the win. So he was listening to his 174 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: corner like there was a lot to like here. The 175 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: only part that gives me trepidation and again regrading on 176 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: a curveer Chase Hooper. We just talked about Cad and 177 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: ty Ruotolo being very young. Chase Hooper at nineteen excuse me, 178 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: twenty two years old. He was born in nineteen ninety nine, 179 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: so he's very young as well. Still, what I would 180 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: say is, in addition to some of the physical tools 181 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: beginning to develop in the right way, there's much more 182 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: that needs to be done in that regard. The other 183 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: part is I wouldn't call it fight IQ necessarily. I 184 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: just feel like he has to fight a slightly different way. 185 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: I would not want to change him completely where I 186 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: advising him or if I had any kind of say, 187 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: which of course I do not. But let's say that 188 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: we did. You wouldn't want to like make him become 189 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: a striker or something, or just totally abandon what makes 190 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: him good. He likes the scrambles, he likes jiu jitsu, 191 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: he has long limbs, He can find things in a 192 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: lot of interesting ways. But the problem with this kind 193 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: of ongoing iterative jiu jitsu fight where you're switching positions 194 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: and one's coming out on top and now there's been 195 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: a reversal here and a change of fortunes, there is that. Yes, 196 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: usually he's going to win those over time, especially with 197 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: the I think the appropriate matchmaking that the UFC is 198 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: giving him. And it was full of excitement, Please don't 199 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: mist understand me, But what I would say is there's 200 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: a ceiling to that. Unless you've got dude, even if 201 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: you've got Charles olavera jiu jitsu, there's a ceiling to that. 202 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: You know, look at Charles, like, he didn't get to 203 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: be where he is by virtue of just really getting 204 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: good at jiu jitsu for mma. Although he is very 205 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: good at jiu jitsu for mma, it's also with all 206 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: the other things he's brought along, and you could say, well, look, 207 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: we can't put you know, Charles Olivera hopes on Chase Hooper, 208 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: nor am I trying to The only part I bring 209 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: up in saying Olivera is this guy is a weight 210 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: class or he was the title holder. Let's call him 211 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: the title holder for just the sake of argument. He's 212 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: the best one fifty five in the world that we 213 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: are aware of. Even that guy, as good as he is, 214 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: cannot rely on just that alone. There has to be 215 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: a lot more that goes into it. Other kinds of 216 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: things I did see, sometimes punching his way into the clinch, 217 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: stuffing a takedown at times, or really finding key positional 218 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: moments to land some ground and pound Like there was 219 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: clearly a more concerted effort at ground and pound this time, 220 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: and a lot of it worked again, finishing him off 221 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: in the third round the way that he did. I 222 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: only bring us up to say, is that floy jiu 223 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: jitsu game as good as it can be for you. 224 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: The reason why fans love it is because there's all 225 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: these twists and turns, and yes, the better one usually 226 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: comes out on top. But in MMA, one mistake can 227 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: make you eat heavy, heavy punches, and they start giving 228 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: him Guys who aren't going to like accommodate him in 229 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: the ground in that way where they're going to break 230 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: posture and get away. We're in a bit of trouble. Now. 231 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: You have to go back to those second and third 232 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: order skills, and to me, that part is still very 233 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: much in development. So the story for me from this 234 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: fight is he's beginning to fill out. There was more 235 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: ground and pound. I did see some other scenarios where 236 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: he was not forcing necessarily this kind of iterative jiu 237 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: jitsu process, but a lot of this fight was spent there. 238 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: Even if he was able to come out on top, 239 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: This is not a strategy by itself that will scale 240 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: up evenly as he progresses through the ranks. There will 241 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: be a point where the costs of that style will 242 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: potentially outweigh the benefits. And it's at that point where 243 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: you really have to say, Okay, what else do you have? 244 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: That's why you're gonna want those other things being brought 245 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: along the process. Or he could just get even infinitely 246 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: better jiu jitsu, and maybe some of these things aren't 247 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: as relevant, but I tend to think that's probably less likely. 248 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: What's more likely is that this kind of thing will 249 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: work less as the competition gets stiffer, so it's best 250 00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: to not immediately slowly phase it out or slowly dial 251 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: it back a little bit to where you have a 252 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: much sturdier base. You have better. I just spoke to 253 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: Demi and Maya and he told me something kind of interesting. 254 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: It will be an interview out a morning comment about it. 255 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: And what he said was, if you look at some 256 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: of the Russian guys and like, what they go for 257 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: is that they try to keep you down a lot 258 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: of wrist ties, and then they really try to go 259 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: for the submission only after they've just absolutely bludgeoned you, 260 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: when they can see that you're really panicking or really 261 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: hurt or ready to give up. So it's not just 262 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: so that it comes later in a fight. Sometimes it 263 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: can happen earlier in a fight. But he said that's 264 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: very different from his perspective, which was to get to 265 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: a position and then immediately hunt for the submission. Like, 266 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: don't waste any time. Those guys don't mind taking their 267 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: time dishing out punishment, he noted, because they're waiting for 268 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: your will to fade. Will in a fight is significantly important. 269 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, I shouldn't have to state that. But 270 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: for those who might not believe it, skills are important too, 271 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: But will that matches it could overcome a lot, or 272 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: it can be a very significant component of defeating someone. 273 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: What you saw in the third round was a diminished 274 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: will from Philippic by virtue of the ground and pound 275 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: that Chase Hooper was unloading on him. So the point 276 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: there I wanted to make is in thinking about that 277 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: jiu jitsu versus sort of Habib style, what's some of 278 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: the difference. Part of the reason why Habib had as 279 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: much success as he did and in terms of applying 280 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: submissions is yes, he's good at them, but also he 281 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: would you know, and for example, the justin Gagee fight, 282 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: he didn't really hammer him into a state of unwilling 283 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: to unwillingness to compete. But in other ones we've seen, 284 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: like for example Islam Maakachev and the Thiago more Sasfi, 285 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: like he hammered that guy, and so there's just you know, 286 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: he just really kind of just didn't have the same 287 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: will anymore. I would like to see Chase Hooper get 288 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: into those jiu jitsu scrambles a little bit later, following 289 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: the will of his opponents being taken a little bit 290 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: from them. I think that's the only part for me 291 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: that stands out a little bit there. Uh okay, for 292 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: our next one, my number three fight on the list, 293 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: how about Erro Shmititch taking on Omar Morales Erros Shmititch. 294 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: This one was on the premium card as well. He 295 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: wins at the second round three oh five. Omar Morales 296 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: a good, good kickboxer. Orosch Betich coming off of a 297 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: tough loss to Jalen Turner. Now Jalen Turner's got his 298 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: work cutout for him. He's gonna take on Brad Riddell 299 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: on his next fight. But it was a big setback 300 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: for Medich, who I thought looked awesome on the Contender 301 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: series and has looked awesome in most of his career 302 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: except for that last fight. Now Jalen Turner, it turns 303 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: out as a really great fighter, not perfect by any means, 304 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: but he's got a lot to offer when he's offensively dealing. 305 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: This was a bit of a comeback fight and Omar 306 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: Morales he was kind of up against the two here 307 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: a little bit. He had lost to Jonathan Pierce in 308 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: the lost at Gigachikazi. He did have a win over 309 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: Shane Young. But that was all the way back in 310 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Here we are in twenty twenty two. 311 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: What can you do, dude, Ero Schmenich. It's funny. This fight, 312 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: to me was largely even ish. What I mean by 313 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: even ish is that Meditch was busier and was landing more. 314 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: But it wasn't like the fight was getting out of 315 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: hand for most of it, right, But then it got 316 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: out of hand. Here's what I noticed. Metitch a couple 317 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: of times was trying to find a home for that 318 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: left hand. He was standing in a south paul position 319 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: and he got really really close, but it was a 320 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: little bit off, a little bit off, and I noticed 321 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: his footwork. His feet. Again, I'm not saying I'm sure 322 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: he knows this, but whether he was consciously aware of 323 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: it in the middle of the fight as a different story. 324 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: But if you notice his lead foot often in that 325 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: first round was to the inside of Morales's lead foot. Now, 326 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: they often talk about, you know, you need to have 327 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: the lead outside foot position when it's south paul versus orthodox. 328 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: You do if you want to land the straight, but 329 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: you don't if you want a job. In fact, it 330 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: shortens the distance of the jab if you have the 331 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: lead hand the lead foot inside right, so and by 332 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: the way, you can also throw with the rear hand 333 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: with your foot on the inside. You can do almost 334 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: anything in almost any pattern. But something's set up others 335 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: better than you know, depending on the context. So in 336 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: the first round you'll see him trying to throw that 337 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: big left and he goes just short, just a little 338 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: bit off it. Grazes goes a whiffs by the head 339 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: of Omar Morales. Change that to the second round, when 340 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: he's either dealing, they're going back and forth, he's setting 341 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: up with lake kicks. He seems to find it. He 342 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: takes outside lead foot position and then the left, which 343 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: he still loops around a little because I think he 344 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: fainted it first, it comes around and cracks Morales, and 345 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: from there he fired it again and then a third time. 346 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: You could argue that maybe the fight should have gone on, 347 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: but Morales didn't really fight it that much. When the 348 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: referee told him, he was a little bit surprised, and 349 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: I was like, ah, and then he got up and 350 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: you know, his face was a bit of a mess. 351 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: So this was a win that I think Metics really 352 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: badly wanted, really badly needed and made good adjustments between 353 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: the first and second round to find a better lane 354 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: for his left hand to really bring it to life. 355 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: And once he did, fight over, fight over. That kid's 356 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: good man, he's really really good. The loss to Jaalen Turner, 357 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: what can you say? Jalen Turner's a good fighter. You 358 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: know these guys they fight, you know what I mean, 359 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: He's another paid professional athlete. Sometimes the you know, a 360 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: guy like that's gonna be a tough thing to deal with. 361 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: And Medich saw it. And you heard him talking about 362 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: how much he had been in the camp and the 363 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: guy's wrapping his hands. Couldn't believe how it messed up 364 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: his hands were. You know, I believe that. I completely 365 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: believe that that he just really mattered to him and 366 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: he really needed it, and it forced him to get 367 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: to a point where, you know, he just had to 368 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: find a way to win. He had to find a 369 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: way to get overall better. Yes, but he really wanted 370 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: to make sure he could find some kind of thing 371 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: and he didn't rush it in this fight. He didn't 372 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: just go out there berserker mode. He consistently applied something 373 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: and then tweaked it, and then it worked that's basically 374 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: it kept himself safe. For other parts of it, there 375 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: were a couple of times where some of the long 376 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: range stuff from Morales was landing. There was a couple 377 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 1: times when Morales was chasing a punch as metitch would 378 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: circle away, So then you saw Morales try and throw 379 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: a kick to intercept. That had a little bit of effect, 380 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: but he couldn't. You know though, let me pull up 381 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: the numbers here if I can, because what seems to 382 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: me is probably that the overall work rate somewhat nullified 383 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: what Omar Morales wanted to do because in terms of 384 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: skills it was it seemed relatively even ish through most 385 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: of that contest. Yeah, there's not a huge difference. First round, 386 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: Oma Morales throwing and landing seventeen significant strikes met its 387 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: twenty four, so he numerically had four, probably got a 388 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: little bit the better of it. Second round not much different. 389 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: Sixteen strikes landed, significant strikes landing for Morales, twenty three 390 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: for Eroshmetics. No takedowns attempted or given, but he gets 391 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: two knockdowns. Targeting Omar Morales fifty four percent of the head, 392 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: twenty four percent of the body, twenty one percent of 393 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: the leg erosche metic is not too much different, but 394 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: spreading it out through the body a little bit more 395 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: forty four percent of the head. And then he targeted 396 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: the body twenty seven, the leg twenty seven, so he's 397 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: targeting the body and the leg evenly. And then you know, 398 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: the rest of it, still theo it, but still well, 399 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,880 Speaker 1: not the majority of you know, I guess a plurality 400 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,400 Speaker 1: or whatever. That forty four percent representing the biggest number 401 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: of all three, but nevertheless really distributing. Both guys do 402 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: it again, both guys. It just seemed to me that 403 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: Morales was head hunting a little bit more and a 404 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: little bit less active. So Meditch did himself a favor 405 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: by not merely finding good attacks and then fine tuning them, 406 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: but just kind of staying on rhythm a little bit more, 407 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: staying on pace a little bit more, putting Morales on 408 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: the proverbial and then sometimes literal backfoot, and that was 409 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: all she needed. That was all she wrote. Amazing, amazing 410 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: job by Roshmtich getting back in the win column over 411 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: a good striker who deserves to be taken seriously by 412 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: the ways great tattoos. Roshmtich is still very much, a 413 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: guy worth paying attention to has a very high upside. 414 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: All right, we go now to my number two fight. 415 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: This one I would have put it first, but my 416 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 1: first one I love so much. This comes to us 417 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 1: from Eagle FC forty seven. Ahmed Aliev taken on Daryl 418 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: Horchard on Daryl Horte. You guys might remember, was the 419 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 1: guy who I think his fight was over in thirty seconds. Basically, 420 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: ko Uh Hoorcher was the guy that was one of 421 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: the fights that was supposed to be Kabee versus Tony 422 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: and it ended up not being because Tony fell out 423 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: with I forget which one of them it was, and 424 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: then you know, I mean habib Nimkamidov went to work 425 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: on him. So he didn't have the greatest UFC run, 426 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: but he's a good fighter. They gave him a shot 427 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: here at Eagle FC forty seven. Akman Aliev, folks, I 428 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: think this might be the one. I've only seen him 429 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: fight a couple of times. This one was impressive. So 430 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: he was standing Orthodox and you had Horcher standing Southpaul, 431 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: so it's an open stance fight. Horcher is essentially turning clockwise. 432 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: Aliev is moving away, but Aliv is doing something a 433 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: little bit different. He is bouncing up and down, changing 434 00:20:56,359 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 1: his rhythm, fainting, sometimes circling out, sometimes circling into. Set 435 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: up different strikes for different faints, and he's bouncing up 436 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: and down, and dude, he was waiting for horchre Horcher 437 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: extends too far on a punch on actually his left 438 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: on his left cross. You see this is the setup, 439 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: and I excuse me, this was the finish. It was incredible, 440 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: Aliev Aliev. He slips the punch, so the left hand 441 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: goes past him. He comes back with an uppercut. It 442 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: misses just a little bit because actually Horcher stepped into 443 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: it and it kind of smothered it a little bit. 444 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 1: But it didn't matter because even though it smothered it, 445 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: he walked right into position. Left hook rings, his bell, 446 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: delayed timing, right hand comes down, it comes down, the 447 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 1: pike sits him down. Two finished up shots on the 448 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: ground and it was over, dude, And it happened in 449 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: the blink of an eye. Slip, uppercut, left hook, right 450 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: hand done. It was awesome, awesome. Achmed Aliev had a 451 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: fantastic showing in this contest. This was big bank take 452 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: little bank eighty fours in candy paint. You gotta be 453 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: kidding me. Phenomenal execution. The only part of it that 454 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: wasn't that great was again the the uppercut just missed 455 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: a little bit off the slip. But you know again, 456 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: I want to pay ten. I want you guys to 457 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: pay attention to something. It's when he slips like this, 458 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: he doesn't go too far. It's just enough to load 459 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: his weight so that the when the arm goes past, 460 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: he can then shift his weight back to either the 461 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: center or to the left, depending what he wants to 462 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 1: do in the combination. But because he's on that leg, 463 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: he can shift and come to the uppercut, and then 464 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: he can again. All that does is then cock this back, 465 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: you know, not in a telegraph way, to then bring 466 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: the left around anyway, you get the idea. It's his 467 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: weight shifting defensively to set up the next shot as 468 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: each one comes down the pipe. It's just it's just 469 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: remarkable what he's able to do. So that was a 470 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: really really pretty combination. Really loved that, and it was 471 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: it was brutal and effortless and quick. I would have 472 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: put up my number one, but my number one I 473 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: have to give to Cheety and Jikowani. Cheaty and Jikowani 474 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: taking on Dusco to Dorovich. We're back now to UFC 475 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: Fight Night two oh six. At absolutely phenomenal contest. He 476 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: wins this one be a ko elbow at four forty 477 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: eight of round number one. Dude, Tadorovic had the right attitude. 478 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: He had the right attitude. He was looking for the takedown. 479 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: He was looking for the takedown right away. Let me 480 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 1: pull up the numbers on this one as well if 481 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 1: I can. He couldn't get it, and he got pretty 482 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: close a couple of times. They credited him with two 483 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: takedowns seven attempts, so it wasn't like it was very efficient, 484 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: but he, you know, he was kind of smothering. He 485 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: had three minutes and thirteen seconds of control time, so 486 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: again not necessarily on top per se, but you know, 487 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: leg riding kind of between him and the fence controlling wrist. 488 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: It's sort of in the of the two, the more 489 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,399 Speaker 1: dominant controlling position. Although and Ji Kowani is credited with 490 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: about fifty five zero seconds of control time himself and 491 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,719 Speaker 1: even a sub attempt. But what was the real story. 492 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: The real story was in Ji Kowani, even though he 493 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: gets taken down, doesn't stop to wrestle through is basically 494 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: able to get back to his feet, and then from 495 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 1: there they clinch, and as they slide apart in the clinch, 496 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: an elbow comes over and I can't My shoulders are 497 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 1: all jacked up, and this one's been repaired, and this 498 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: one's up, so I can't quite turn the angle anymore 499 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: in the way that I once may have been able to. 500 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: But it's I want you to pay attention the weight 501 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 1: of a Njikuawani. If you watch it from the angle 502 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: of the back of to Doorvich, you might miss it. 503 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: Watch the angle from the back of Enji Kawani where 504 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: he shifts his weight over and then brings the elbow arcing. 505 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: I mean right to the temple slash side of the head, 506 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: right where you would exactly want to place it in. Folks, 507 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: I don't need to tell you how hard this part 508 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: of your elbow is. I mean, you hit somebody with it, 509 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna do some serious damage, dude, is it not? 510 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: Is it me? We've always seen people say, hey, keep 511 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: your hands up on the clinch break. I mean, we've 512 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: seen it a million times right, You've heard it a 513 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: million times, You've seen in a million times, you've heard 514 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: coaches talk about it. I mean, it's not new, None 515 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: of this is new, but it does feel like this 516 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: year that we're seeing a lot of like really heavy 517 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: vicious shots on a clinch break. I don't know if 518 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: that's my imagination. I don't know if there's numbers of 519 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 1: that effect, but it definitely feels that way. And so 520 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: it just seems to me like there's certain fighters who 521 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: when they break off the clinch, they just want to 522 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: cover some break and just want to push away. They 523 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: don't really think of offense. They think more of like resetting, 524 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: they think more of evasion, they think more of let's 525 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: create distance. And then there are guys like Chidi and 526 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: Trikiwani who just want to absolutely they know that you're 527 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 1: not gonna we're not gonna separate from each other without 528 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: me at least trying to just slash you with an elbow. 529 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: I mean, this is up there in terms of like 530 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: how his body fell, you know, with like Matt It 531 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: wasn't Matt Brown had something like a running start on it, 532 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: but it felt like Matt Brown's elbow on Diego Sanchez. 533 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: I mean it was an absolutely horrible, I mean ruthless shot. 534 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: And dude, you know it's funny. Man. You guys might 535 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: not remember this. I remember covering the career of his brother, 536 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: Anthony Jerkowani, who was a very good striker. And this 537 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: was in ZUFA with WC, so it didn't count for UFC. 538 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: But in Anthony Jikowani ever seen his knockout of Chris Hordeski. 539 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: Chris Rdski had his big name coming from the IFL. 540 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: They brought him over to WC and Anthony Jikawani went 541 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: to work on him. Boy sent him to the send 542 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: him to the Land of winding Ghosts. It was unbelievable. 543 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: And now here comes his brother, who you know, listen 544 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: through his belatour run. He had some ups, he had 545 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: some downs. I wasn't sure if he was ever gonna, 546 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, materialize. And I think he had LFA fights 547 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: as well along the way. You know, let me pull 548 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,640 Speaker 1: up his record here just to be sure. I don't 549 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: want to talk completely out of my ass on this one. 550 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, he fought in Beltore for a while. He 551 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: had one fight in LFA, I mean his last he 552 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: do He went in his last four in Bellatore, he 553 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: went one in three, he lost to Andrey Koreshkov, beat 554 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: his Saki Kato, he lost to John Salter, he lost 555 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: to hot Al Carvalio, and then he went to LFA. 556 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: He rebounded there. He went to the n West Contender Series, 557 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: had a phenomenal win there, and now he's had two 558 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: wins inside the UFC for a combined total of five 559 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: minutes and one second, and both of them getting Performance 560 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: to the Night bonuses. Now, I don't know if this 561 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: is just totally favorable matchmaking or if there are some 562 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: larger issues that go into some of the you know, 563 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: getting back to some of the wrestling concerns against andre Koreshkov. 564 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: Back in twenty seventeen, he had missed weight, so that 565 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,479 Speaker 1: I was at one seventy. You know, I don't know 566 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: what was going on at that time. I'm just saying 567 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: like I wasn't sure when he was, you know, after 568 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: two losses to Saltern Carvaglio. If you told me he 569 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: was going to be, you know, four years later in 570 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: the UFC and his first two fights would be a 571 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: total of five minutes or not more than that five minutes, 572 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: because he's gonna do my math wrong here a little bit. 573 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: I guess five minutes and four seconds either way. You know, 574 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: he gets like basically around. He's got two finishes and 575 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: two performances of the night bonuses and has looked like 576 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: you know, again, the key with a striker like this, 577 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: with a defensive wrestling is creating separation. That's what he 578 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: has to do. He has to find a way to 579 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: create separation. And there was three minutes plus of control 580 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: time for Tadorovich, but that wasn't That still leaves about, 581 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: you know, a shade under two minutes for stand up. 582 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: Should he need all that time? And he didn't. It 583 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: was a little bit left on the remainder there. So 584 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: he has, you know, twenty two and seven, he's kind 585 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: of blossomed into something pretty remarkable. How old is old 586 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: Chitty angin kanjuani? Thirty three? So yeah, he's about his prime. 587 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: This is about the center of his prime. I guess 588 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: he's a little bit pre prime before that. I know, 589 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: striking is his base, but now he's a black belt 590 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: in jiu jitsu as well. Dude, this was great. This 591 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: was a This was my favorite of all the fights 592 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,360 Speaker 1: I saw this weekend. That one This was the one 593 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: that captured my imagination the most. Now I know there 594 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: was some other ones. The Poliona Viana and Tabitha Ricci 595 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: fight was really really good. There were a few other 596 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: fights on the course of the weekend. Again, you want 597 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: to go back to some of the flyweight stuff and 598 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: muay Thai that was pretty good as well. But for me, 599 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: this one was just phenomenal. I love this one. I 600 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: especially loved it because you know, you want to see 601 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: a striker this good do well in MMA. It's better 602 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: when they're this good in MMA. This is proof positive 603 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: that they bring an interesting dynamic if they can just 604 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: find a way to stop the takedown to create separation. 605 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: Easier said than done. I don't know how far he 606 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: can go, but I knew his brother was a handful, 607 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: and now he appears to be a handful. Time is 608 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: not on his side thirty three. I mean, it's a 609 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: good time now. But what I'm saying is, I don't 610 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: know how much more time he has to develop something, 611 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: more time to fight. But if he's really turned a 612 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: corner with four winds in a row, you know, yeah, 613 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: you got to be impressed, man, you gotta be impressed. 614 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: This one was phenomenal, and again seems like there's something 615 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: in the water this year about clinch breaks. Keep your 616 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: hands up on the clinch breaks, folks, because these guys 617 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: are the ones who look for it are feasting this year. 618 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: I don't know. I fighters are getting lazy about it, 619 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: or there's some kind of new thing, or it just 620 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: happens to be, you know, just more this year for 621 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: whatever reason, but it does appear to be happening. So 622 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: those are my five. Those are my five. One more 623 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: time to go over it. I had Tyru Otolo versus 624 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: Gary Toner from one Championship one fifty seven with number five, 625 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 1: number four, Chase Super Forlipi Kerales UFC Fight Night two 626 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: O six, Roschmititz for taking on Omar Morales UFC Fight 627 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: Night two o six, achman aliav. Daryl horchra At number two, 628 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: and Chidi Ji Kawani versus Dusco Tudorovich from UFC Fight 629 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: Night two O six. What were your favorites? Let me 630 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: know in the comments and why thumbs up on the 631 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: video hit subscribe. Thank you guys so much for watching. 632 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: Extra credit. I'm Luke Thomas. I will see you guys 633 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: on regular MK on Wednesday live at eleven am in 634 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: the East, and until then enjoy the fights