1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Luke Thomas from Morning Combat one half of Morning Combat 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: here to react to some breaking news that came out 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: today that's Wednesday, July twentieth, twenty twenty two. Namely, get this, folks, 4 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: Sugar Sean O'Malley is set to take on in his 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: next bout, which will be at UFC two eighty. That'll 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: be at the Etty Hot Arena, Abu Dhabi on pay 7 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: per view. Sugar Sean O'Malley is going to fight pyotoor 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: Yan or Peter Yon, however you would like to say it, Yes, 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: O'Malley versus Yan Yan, the former bantamweight champion, fresh off 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: of his defeat to Al Jabner Sterling, the existing bantamweight champion, 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: in his return bout since losing, He's going to take 12 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: on Sean O'Malley. Now, you might be saying, Luke, that 13 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: doesn't make a lot of sense. Yan, as it stands today, 14 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: is literally ranked as the number one can tender. O'Malley 15 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: as it stands today, or at least the recording of 16 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: this video is sitting at thirteen. How did a guy 17 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: at thirteen get matched with a guy at one? And 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: the answer is, I don't really know that the news 19 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: of the booking of the fight comes from an interview 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: Sean O'Malley did with DC and RC Daniel Cormier Ryan Clark, 21 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: the podcast that they do together for ESPN. It was 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: revealed during that it has subsequently been confirmed, So that's 23 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: how the news came about. How the fight came about. 24 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: I don't really get it now. I'm not mad at 25 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: the fight, and in fact, I think it's kind of interesting. 26 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: If you're a Yon or a Yon fan, you get 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: to fight someone outside the top ten who's got a 28 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: huge name. If you believe in Yon, you must like 29 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: this as a return fight. It keeps your name quite visible. 30 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: You're in a high profile contest, and at least on paper, 31 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: it seems quite winnable. By contrast, if you're a Sugar 32 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: Sewan fan, I don't know what will happen with this, 33 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: but it is at least conceivable that if the number 34 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: thirteen guy in the world beats the number one contender 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: in that weight class. And I know this is gonna 36 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: sound crazy, it's not impossible to get a title shot. Now. 37 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: I don't know that the UFC will do that, but 38 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: you can't outright dismiss it. We're living in a world 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: where Alex Paeda at middleweight was fast tracking, and of 40 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: course he has legitimate wins, but he was kind of 41 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: fast tracked to the top of that division. He doesn't 42 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: have to go through your victories and your whittakers in 43 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: order to basically get a title shot. There is a 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: faster path for those that the UFC wants to fast track. 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: It's the matchmaker model, it's not the tournament model. They 46 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: can give preference to whoever they feel like, and they 47 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: might be able to say with a straight face, listen, 48 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: if you can beat Yan the guy who held the title, 49 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 1: you should be able to fight for a title thereafter. 50 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: At a bare minimum, it puts him in the top five, 51 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: top three probably at worst, and maybe he might have 52 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: to get one more after that. But this is the 53 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: ultimate proving ground. And there's been, of course, a lot 54 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: of conversation about Sean O'Malley and the strength of his resume. 55 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: How good is he to go from Howley and Piva 56 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: to which was a nice win, to the fight with 57 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: Pedro Munos at UFC two seventy six that got derailed 58 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: from the ipoke, which we didn't really get a lot 59 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: of final conclusion on and I think some of the 60 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: judges had Munyo's winning that first round two of the 61 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: three I believe to then go to Yan. That is 62 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: an extraordinary escalation for O'Malley. For the folks who are 63 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: critics of O'Malley who say he has been taking easier fights, 64 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: or he's looking to get big checks against little names, 65 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, whatever you thought about what happened in 66 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: the Munos fight, this is out of the frying pan 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: and right into the fire. He isn't running from a 68 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: big test at all at all. And if he's as 69 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: good as he says he is, and he can perform 70 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: well against a guy as battle tested, as well rounded, 71 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: as proven as Yon, the world will be his oyster 72 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: at that point. That would be absolutely incredible, not altogether unprecedented, 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: But you don't see fighters outside the top ten get 74 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: number one contenders this easily. And when you add in 75 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: the fact that part of the reason why I got 76 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: it is probably Sean O'Malley's popularity, but also the fact 77 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: that there is this sort of lingering desire to see 78 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: him actually tested, and that if he can leapfrog to 79 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: the front of the division and then win that popularity 80 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: would continue to boost his fortunes into a potential title opportunity, massive, 81 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: massive fight for both yon, because if he loses, you'd 82 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: be losing to a guy outside the top ten, however 83 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: talented you may believe him to be or not And 84 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: of course if you win, it boosts fortunes by virtue 85 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: of his ability. And again for O'Malley, no win arguably 86 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: anywhere in that division other than the champion, and even 87 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: then that will really depend on your perspective. But I'll 88 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: just say this, that's about the most legit win any 89 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: bansam weight can get. It's about the most legit win Sterling, 90 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: of course as your champion, and beating him is a 91 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: very different task. But in terms of the well roundedness 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: that Yan offers, he is an extraordinary talent for a 93 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: guy like O'Malley to beat him. After going from Howley 94 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: and Paiva to a inconclusive about against Pedro Muno is 95 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: a very good fighter Pedro munyams, but a very inconclusive 96 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: result to then this, you won't see this very often. 97 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: That's pretty rare. That's crazy, and I know some folks 98 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: might hate it. I know some folks might like it. 99 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: I tend to think it's actually kind of interesting when 100 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: they jumble the division like this and they don't really 101 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: adhere to the rankings. A lot of times, what you 102 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: see in fights, particularly on some of these APEX cards. 103 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: You're looking at matchups, it'll be eight verses nine, six 104 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: versus seven, ten verses eleven. It's a lot of the 105 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 1: fighters paired closely together. I'm looking at the rankings now. 106 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: If they paired O'Malley close together with other fighters near 107 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: where he is, it'd be Frankie Edgar, but of course 108 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: he's looking for a retirement bout of Madison Square Garden 109 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: in the last quarter of this year, and then it'd 110 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: be Ricky Simone. Now, Ricky Simone at UFC Long Island 111 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: just called out Sugar Sewn. That fight actually makes a 112 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,559 Speaker 1: lot of sense, and I think Ricky Simone is actually 113 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: a tough fight for really anybody in that division, particularly 114 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: guys ten to fifteen. No matter the UFC has pumped 115 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: him right to the front of the line. And again, 116 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: it's not the tournament model, it's the matchmaker model. The 117 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: matchmakers can do whatever they want. They own the titles, 118 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: they control them. It's not controlled by a sanctioning body. 119 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: They have the right to make the fights that they 120 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: want to make. Now, of course, they can't compel someone 121 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: to take a fight that they don't want to take. 122 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: But clearly they offered it to Jan, they offered it 123 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: to O'Malley and both accepted. I would love to know 124 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: more about them from the matchmakers, about why they selected 125 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: this fight. At the time of this recording, we don't 126 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: really have any so I'm relying on just my own 127 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: internal conjecture. Yours might differ, And of course, if you 128 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: have some opinions about it, leave it in the comment 129 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: box below. I would love to see what you guys 130 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: have to say about this one. But it's a crazy, 131 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: crazy turn of events. But as I mentioned, this might 132 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: just be some kind of new twist the UFC is 133 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: on putting Nate Diaz against hamzat CHAMAI. If you look 134 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: at the rankings, they're not really all that close together 135 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: at all in waltimate. In fact, I have it up 136 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: here right now. You've got hamsat Chimayev sitting at three. 137 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: Nate Diaz isn't even ranked, not even ranked so in 138 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: back to back days because the Nate Diaz Hamsaut Chamaiev 139 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: news was announced yesterday and now this today. In back 140 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: to back days. You've got fighters in terms of their 141 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: ranking super far apart getting paired for all kinds of reasons, 142 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: but fealty to the rankings it ain't one of them. 143 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Now again, you might like this fight or you might 144 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: hate this fight. I actually find it pretty intriguing and 145 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit numb to matchmaking whim to get 146 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: too upset about it. It's kind of a crazy fight, 147 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: but that's sort of the sport that we live, and 148 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: that's my personal opinion. Your mileage may vary. I guess 149 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: what I would say, though, is this UFC two eighty card. 150 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: It's an important one. It's a crazy one. Remember at 151 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: the top, the more recent glamour division of the UFC 152 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: one F five, they're going to have a title fight 153 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: for that. Charles Lavera, the sort of assume champion but 154 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: technically not, is going to fight Islam Makachev. Right, So 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: that's your main event. Then your comaine is that same 156 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: division for O'Malley and Yon the bantamweight title fight between 157 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: al Jamain Sterling, right, he's your champion, and then TJ. 158 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: Dillashaw the former champion who actually never had the belt 159 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: taken from him in the ring only administratively, they're going 160 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: to be competing in your main and comment. So you 161 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: have two title fights in arguably the Lamber division and 162 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: then maybe the absolute best division in all of MMA, 163 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: certainly in UFC. That's a hell of a one to 164 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: two combo. Then behind it you also have previously announced 165 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: at UFC two eighty balal Mohammed at one hundred and 166 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: seventy pounds taking on Sean Brady, an extremely extremely important 167 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: contender fight in the one hundred and seventy pound division, 168 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: and of course those guys are matched a little more closely. 169 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: Sean Brady sitting at nine, bal Mohammed sitting at five, 170 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: even that is a pretty big jump. Most guys at 171 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: five don't want to take on people who are ranked 172 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 1: below them. They want to fight the guys at the top. 173 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: I guess in the case of Yah and he had 174 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: nowhere to go butt down given that he holds the 175 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: number one ranking position, which, by the way, I personally 176 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: don't agree with guys losing a title and then keeping 177 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 1: the number one ranked position. I think there should be 178 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: more of a shuffling of the reordering. But that's my 179 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: personal opinion either here nor there. But for him to 180 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: go all the way down to thirteen, that is that 181 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: is unusual. That is extremely unusual. So you've got to 182 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: recap one more time. Ola Vera versus Makachef title fight 183 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: one fifty five, Sterling versus Dillashaw title fight one thirty five. 184 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: Brady versus are just a balalt Muhammad, So Mohammad versus 185 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: Brady at one seventy a massive contender fight. And now 186 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: add this one to the list. Yan versus O'Malley. Folks, 187 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: that is a crazy card. That's a stacked card, of course, 188 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: not go on wood. I don't know if all these 189 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: fights will make it by the time late October rolls around, 190 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: your guests will be as good as mine. And here's 191 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: something else to think about. As stacked as that card is, 192 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: there's another fight they could add to it that has 193 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: been heavily rumored, although at the time of this recording 194 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: we don't have any news about, namely a presumed bout 195 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: between Dustin Parier and Michael Chandler who apparently got into 196 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: it remember at UFC two seventy six in the stands 197 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: at some point and I've been chirping about each other 198 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: in interviews back and forth. So can you imagine that 199 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: for a second. Imagine that's your main card. And again 200 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: the other four fights we know are going to take 201 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: place there, assuming everything goes as normal, imagine if they 202 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: add that to the list. So let's go through that 203 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: list one more time. Olavera versus Makachev for the title, 204 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: Sterling versus Dilashaw for the title, Mohammed versus Brady Yan 205 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: versus O'Malley, and Parier versus Chandler. That would be your 206 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: main card. That is one of the most insane main 207 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: cards in a long time. Just nothing but lightweights, bantam 208 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: weights and welterweights. Wow. Wow, that is a crazy card. 209 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: That's actually what comes to fruition. So one more reminder, 210 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: Partia versus Chandler has not been made as of the 211 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: time of this recording, and even if it has been 212 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: made and not announced, we don't know exactly whether the 213 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: UFC is going to put it. But the presumption is 214 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: you could put it there, and what would it do 215 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: to that card. UFC two eighty h Abu Dhabi October 216 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: twenty second on pay per view. Whew. If you are 217 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: at all a fight fan, If you are at all 218 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: an MMA fan, that is one not to miss, in 219 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: part because the top two bouts are extremely important, and 220 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: in part because there are other contender bouts that are important, 221 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: like Muhammad versus Brady, and in part because there might 222 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: just be an absolute metric ton of craziness when they 223 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: put former bantaway champion Yon against rising yet at this level, 224 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: at this level, unproven sugar Sean O'Malley. But if Sean 225 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: O'Malley can capitalize on all the popularity he has a 226 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: master for himself and actually beat an opponent of this quality, 227 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: he might be your new big star in MMA. I 228 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: mean in some level he already is, but I mean 229 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: the kind that is in you know, highly relevant bouts 230 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: on highly relevant cards. He's always been a kind of 231 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: bigger cards of late, but you know what I'm saying, 232 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: in the he spots in them where everything is built 233 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: around him rather than him being an interesting addition to 234 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: how everything has gone. What a turn of events. So 235 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: what do you think of these bouts? What do you 236 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: think will happen on October twenty second? Does chanl maalley 237 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: stand a chance? Is he going to get butchered. You 238 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: tell me leave a comment below. I would love to 239 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: see it. Like the video, hit subscribe. We'll have more 240 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: on this on Friday's Morning Combat, but that's it for today. 241 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: I'm Luke Thomas. I'll see y'all next time.