1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: Luke Thomas here on this twenty seventh of September twenty 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 2: twenty one, for this brand new extra podcast we're going 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: to do on Mondays. MK is the star of the show. 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 2: Of course, Brian Campbell and I do that every Monday. 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: Wen was there Friday at eleven am. But starting on 7 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: Mondays now a little bit later in the day, we're 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 2: going to get to all of the fights we didn't 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: get to on MK on this one right because we 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: can only get to like a handful of fights due 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: to time constraints. So we said, you know what, let's 12 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: get to the rest of them, so the folks get 13 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 2: all of the fight analysis that they're looking for. A 14 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: couple of things. Number one, like the video. Give it 15 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: a subscription if you haven't already for the channel anyway, 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: like the video. And on top of that, if you've 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 2: got a name for this podcast. We've got a couple 18 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: ideas floating around. But if you've got a name or 19 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: an idea for this podcast, or even something you want 20 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 2: to see on this particular podcast, give us a comment 21 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: right now down below. Let us know what you're thinking 22 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: about some things you'd like to see some segment ideas, 23 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: some names. Whatever you're feeling it, we appreciate it just 24 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: the same. All Right, the clock is ticking. We're gonna 25 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: do these in thirty minutes or less, so let's get 26 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: to them now. We'll talk about UFC two sixty six today, 27 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 2: although in future iterations I would want to get to 28 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: some other things like one championship and whatnot in this podcast. 29 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: But hey, today is episode one, all right. So we 30 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: talked about Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz on MK. We talked 31 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: about the main and comin event, the two title fights. 32 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: What leaves us There is two fights left on the 33 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 2: main card plus the prelim card. 34 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: Normally I'm going to go in. 35 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: Order, but for today, I would like to start with 36 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: Dan Hooker. Dan Hooker was something like the co main 37 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: event of the prelims or second to last fight on 38 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: the prelimbs the results, he defeats Nasaq Hack Breass via 39 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: the unanimous decision thirty twenty seven across the board and 40 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 2: then actually one thirty twenty six. What was the big 41 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: takeaway here? Well, we all know the story about Dan 42 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: Hooker flying across the earth. Late notice, pack Brass, for 43 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,559 Speaker 2: his own issues, had to fly from Frankfurt last minute, 44 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: of course, was dealing with a tragic death that was 45 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: in his family either both guys dealing with a lot 46 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: of different challenges to make this fight happen. But in 47 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: the end this was the Dan Hooker Show. Why Two 48 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: big reasons, I would say, well, maybe even three, but 49 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: the ones that stand out to me were. First, Dan 50 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: Hooker had hack Parass on his heels for the majority 51 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: of this fight, and even in the third round when 52 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: hack Parass was pressing into him, you found that there 53 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: was a second gear that Dan Hooker was able to 54 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: go to by changing levels. Before I get to that 55 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: and talking about the wrestling, let's just keep it on 56 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: the heels part. It's really good to work by Dan 57 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: Hooker when he was getting backed up. It's not to 58 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: say he can't win, but it's not his best work. 59 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: And you heard Daniel Cormier on commentary talking about Dan 60 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: Hooker being able to press hack Parass back in the 61 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: way that he was. It lets him keep hack Parass 62 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: to any of his opponents at the end of his punches, 63 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: at the end of his kicks. It allows him to 64 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: set things up behind the jab, the double jab sometimes 65 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: and also, of course it keeps in this particular case, 66 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: his opponent kind of behind that warning track that inside 67 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 2: black lines space that puts them next to the fence. 68 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: It has a lot of benefits. Second thing I mentioned 69 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: number one, or I should say second thing I mentioned. 70 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: I guess there's a sort of semi two parted of this, 71 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: but the idea would be he was able to bring 72 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: wrestling into the game. He got a great takedown at 73 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: about one twenty of the second round off a body lock. 74 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 2: He had looked for a wrestling takedown I think in 75 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 2: the first with sort of like a weak single legg 76 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: couldn't get it, let it go. But by the time 77 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 2: in the end of the second round he was looking forward, 78 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 2: he had a deep, deep body lock, picked him up, 79 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 2: dropped him, and he couldn't quite go for the mountain. 80 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: He tried to like get them out like you're going 81 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: for a horse, like you're trying to get on top 82 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: of a horse, you know, and the and the stirrup, 83 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: but it doesn't really work that way. You have to 84 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: slide your knee through. Everyone thinks it's a big motion. 85 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: It's actually like a really stealth motion to do it. 86 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: But either way it doesn't matter. He had hack par 87 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: Ass completely controlled and the takedown was beautiful. 88 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: And then in that third round. 89 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 2: When hack pra Ass was like, Okay, I gotta do 90 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: something a little bit different, which is good credit to him. 91 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: You saw Hooker play the issue where he could, you know, 92 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: back up a little bit when needed to. And then 93 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: when the cross came of hack Parass, that's when you 94 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: saw the level change and Hooker got under it and 95 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: got the takedown was able to win from there. So 96 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: the big factor of course was putting hack Parass on 97 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: his heels. Second of all, it was getting the takedowns 98 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: when necessary. And then third I would say, listen, it's 99 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: not as slight to hack Press. He was coming in 100 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: under terrible circumstances and he's a quality opponent, but probably 101 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: you know, I don't think it's unfair to say he's 102 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: not as accomplished to date as the two previous opponents 103 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: that Hooker had in Dustin Poorier and Michael Chandler. This 104 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 2: was something of a reset moment for him, and the 105 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: resetting got done. 106 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,559 Speaker 1: So to me, this was perfect for Dan Hooker. 107 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: I mean, all the other things were terrible, but the 108 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 2: fight itself, getting to more implement your style showing new 109 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: wrinkles and then getting to try them against a talented opponent, 110 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 2: but one that was beatable versus going right back to 111 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 2: the top in a situation where you may have been 112 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 2: able to use that. It's valuable experience, I think for 113 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 2: Dan Hooker. Okay, putting that aside, let's go to the 114 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 2: main card if we can. Curtis Blades defeating Jayrzeni rosenstrike 115 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: thirty twenty seven across the board. Not an exciting fight. 116 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 2: I think it's fair to say when Blades can get 117 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: the takedown, he is obviously formidable. So the good news 118 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: for Curtis Blade is he gets the win, he gets 119 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 2: to move on from the loss to Derrick Lewis. And 120 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 2: there actually were some positives from this, but some negatives too. 121 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 2: Let's start with the positive. Number one, it's important that 122 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: Blade's got the win. I think he needed to know 123 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 2: he's never going to be a promotional darling, So getting 124 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 2: wins in the UFC is important. It's especially important when 125 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: you have that kind of situation with management. 126 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: Number one. 127 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: I think number two what I would say is I 128 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: actually thought there were really good moments with his striking. Now, 129 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: his striking wasn't it was not going to ever do 130 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: to Rosenstruck for Strike Herry pronounce his name, the kind 131 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 2: of thing where he's gonna wobble him or hurt him 132 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: real bad or whatever. But between the wrestling threat and 133 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 2: the striking, and then some of the trick or he 134 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: was using in that striking, faking low, going high, going 135 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 2: to the body, hooking around the top of the gloves, 136 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 2: you could tell there was a certain sophistication and growth 137 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 2: that had happened with Curtis Blaze, Like there was a 138 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: moment there later on the fight where he wasn't really 139 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 2: able to get the takedown very effectively or even at 140 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 2: all in certain stretches, and so he had to rely 141 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 2: on the striking. But because he had established a bit 142 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 2: of a wrestling threat early, even though he couldn't re 143 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 2: establish it later, Rosen Strike couldn't just not take it seriously. 144 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: He still had to take it seriously. So I actually thought. 145 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: That Curtis Blades managed that portion of the fight against 146 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: a much better striker, at least in pure striking terms. Really, well, 147 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: that's going to get lost here because the fight was 148 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: kind of boring and Nick Diaz fought afterwards. But I 149 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 2: actually take a lot from that. The thing that was 150 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: a little bit more concerning was and maybe they were 151 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 2: trying to go this direction to a degree, you know, 152 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 2: between the wrestling and the level of striking that Blades has, 153 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: it's a winning combination. He didn't just beat some scrub 154 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: on Saturday. It was good, but it's a little worrisome 155 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 2: that his striking is, while coming along and certainly good 156 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 2: for winning rounds where your opponent doesn't do much or 157 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: you've already done other things, it's still got a long 158 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 2: way to go to be like a potent threat to 159 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 2: high level guys especially, and that's fine if you're wrestling 160 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: is a little bit more lights out, which it was, 161 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: and like the Volcal fight, like the Vocal fight, to me, 162 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 2: is sort of like the opposite here, where he had 163 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: to rely so much on the wrestling that he kind 164 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: of overdid it, whereas in this one he couldn't rely 165 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: on it, and so he had to use a striking 166 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: and again he did a lot of that really well, 167 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: but it wasn't really ever a dynamic fight ending threat. 168 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: And so to me, the balance is a little bit off, 169 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: Which when I say the balance is off, I don't 170 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: mean to say the coach is doing a bad job 171 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 2: or Curtis is doing a bad job or anything like that. 172 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 2: He got the W and by the way, he got 173 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: the W after getting his eye blasted, and I think 174 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: that was the same eye that got messed up in 175 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: either one or both even of the Enganu fights. So 176 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: you know, this guy has a lot of metal, to 177 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: be clear, and he's a high level fighter. What I 178 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: mean to say is as his game progresses and as 179 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: it grows, keeping the balance right about the things that 180 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 2: got you to the dance then bringing new partners with 181 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: you that can be often hard to manage. I think 182 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: even the best fighters in the best teams can sometimes 183 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: struggle with that. You see that here. So he was 184 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: able to get the job done when his wrestling was 185 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: shift down, but one I would have liked to have seen 186 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: his wrestling be a little. 187 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: Bit more dynamic. 188 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 2: Roses strike is stingy and doesn't throw a lot, so 189 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: he makes it hard, but still there has to be 190 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: a little bit more of a threat. Conversely, though, when 191 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 2: he was when he was forced to stand, it should 192 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: not be lost that he actually did a pretty commendable 193 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: job in maintaining his composure and shutting down rosenstrike and 194 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 2: showing a clear understanding of you can't just throw the 195 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: one too, even if you've thrown a fate behind it. 196 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: There has to be a lot of setup. You got 197 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: to be clever with it. It was clever. I thought this. 198 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: I thought the striking was clever and just not deadly. Okay, 199 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 2: So it takes us to the opener of the main 200 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: car just Gondrodge defeating Cynthia Calvijo Calvo, however you want 201 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 2: to pronounce it, four fifty four of round number one. Dude, 202 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 2: Androge gets to break the rules. 203 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: You know. 204 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 2: I remember when she was at bantamweight, she was an 205 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 2: absolute force of nature. Even there, she was stronger than 206 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 2: all of her competitors. Even there at you know one 207 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 2: p fifteen or even one twenty five, and this particularly 208 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: is one twenty five. She is, I mean, another level 209 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: of ferocious that. 210 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: Dude. Go back and watch that fight. 211 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: Cynthia lands on her repeatedly clean, super clean taps to 212 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: the midsection. She was scoring, she was scoring jabs, she 213 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: was scoring jab cross combos, hooking punches. 214 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: Like dude, it wasn't like Cynthia wasn't landing on her. 215 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 2: The problem was it was just not having any kind 216 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 2: of deterrent effect. And if you recall what Dean Thomas 217 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: said when they went to him for like, you know, 218 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: sort of the sideline perspective, he was arguing pretty cleanly, like, dude, 219 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: she's not respecting your punching power at all. You got 220 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: to go to something else, like a takedown attempt at 221 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: a bare minimum. Again, it goes back to the Curtis 222 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 2: Blades thing. Dude, Curtis Blades didn't have a dynamic punch 223 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 2: really a whole lot in that fight, and after the 224 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 2: takedown began to get shut down. The takedowns were few 225 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: and far between, right the relative to the attempts, and 226 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: he still found a way to get it done right. 227 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 2: He still found a way because that wrestling threat is 228 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 2: always kind of playing in your mind. Even if you 229 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: can't get the takedown, you gotta make them respect that. 230 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 2: There was just nothing happening that could force Onrodge to 231 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: be like, Okay, if I'm standing at range, I need 232 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: to be very careful when I close distance. 233 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: Duo. She just walked in. 234 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: You know, and again against a fighter like Chevchenko or 235 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 2: some other ones who have big power, you know, that's 236 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 2: just not going to work. You are going to be 237 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 2: made to pay for that eventually. But at this level, 238 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 2: even as good as Cynthia is, that's just not enough. 239 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 2: There's just not enough horsepower behind the punches and the 240 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 2: strikes to get Jessica to respect it, and so she 241 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 2: just walked through. Jessica did a couple of the things 242 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: that I thought were pretty good. She was using her 243 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 2: I think it was a left hook to try and 244 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: corral Cynthia a little bit. She was the combo to finish, 245 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 2: was like an uppercut cross, which was nice. That was 246 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 2: really good. Obviously the right hand hers is super deadly, 247 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: and she becomes the first person to stop Cynthia in 248 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: I think mma certainly in the UFC with inside the distance, 249 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: and did it inside the first albeit it with just 250 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 2: six seconds left at four fifty four of the very 251 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 2: first round, but dude, that was super impressive, super impressive. 252 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 2: It doesn't make me think that her chances against Chevchenko 253 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: are really any different, but it does make me think 254 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 2: that like these other top contenders, man Jessica is she's 255 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 2: not just strong physically in terms of what she can 256 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 2: do to others she has she has, She's just strong 257 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 2: as a sturdy physical presence where landing on them just 258 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 2: doesn't it doesn't spin the head far enough, it doesn't 259 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 2: hurt her. She can withstand it all, and so it's 260 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: such an advantage. It's such an advantage. Thing changed about 261 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 2: her fortunes relative to title implications title shot maybe, but 262 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 2: not title implications like can she actually be the best 263 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 2: person in this division? But to beat an opponent like 264 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 2: that in the way that she did it extremely impressive. 265 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: Your main event for the prelimbs, how about a ban 266 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 2: some weight morab dawalas Wili I spelled Devalashviilia. I'm sure 267 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 2: that the V has pronounced like a W ticket on 268 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 2: marais due. This was a gut check moment for Miaish 269 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: and I feel really bad for him. He had all 270 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 2: the hype in the world coming out of World Series 271 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: of Fighting. 272 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: His run the UFC was great. 273 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 2: I mean, he lost his debut, but then after that 274 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 2: he beat John Dotson, Al Jabin Sterling, Jimmy Rivera Hafel Sunsaw, 275 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 2: and then he also beat Josealdo, albeit via split. But 276 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 2: since then he lost to Corry Sandagen, Rob Font and 277 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: then Morob He also lost to Henry in between then, 278 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: so of his last five. He's one and four and 279 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: he's lost three in a row, all via stoppage, all 280 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 2: no later than the second round. It's a terrible losing streak. 281 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 2: You knew coming into this one exactly what the scenario was. 282 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 2: There was no debate about it, there was no doubt 283 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 2: about it. He had to get a win here. 284 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: He had to. 285 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 2: I'm not saying he'll be cut, although I think he 286 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 2: probably will be. I mean, I'm not guaranteeing, and I 287 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: don't know, but I think the chances were high. I 288 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: guess this is a better way to put that. And 289 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 2: he started off strong, dude. He had that slip uppercut combo, 290 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 2: that rock Morab excuse me that, yes, the Rock Morab, 291 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 2: and then he followed it up with a series of 292 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 2: punches and he had Morob. I mean, another ref might 293 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 2: have stopped that. Keith Peterson had a nice close look 294 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 2: and another ref might have absolutely stopped that. Was he 295 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 2: had him as close as you can get to stopping 296 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 2: someone as you possibly can without actually doing it. But 297 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 2: Morob doesn't just have an incredible motor, although he has 298 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 2: the best motor, I think in all of the UFC. 299 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 2: That motor is combined with a certain perseverant will that 300 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 2: can just help you get through bad scenarios when a 301 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 2: more technical fighter who doesn't necessarily have those things will 302 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 2: actually struggle there. Fighting is supposed to be about skills, 303 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 2: but one of the skills that gets underrated is if 304 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 2: you can weaponize will, if you can weaponize perseverance, you 305 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 2: can do a lot with that. And that is exactly 306 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: what Marad Dawallash really did. I mean, that was incredible. 307 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: More to the point, he withstands the storm in the 308 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 2: first and then gets the takedown and does some nice 309 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 2: work on top to end it. What was more impressive 310 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: to me in the second round was he didn't just 311 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: get the takedown. He got the takedown by stealing on 312 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: Mari's first with a punch and then under the level 313 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 2: change getting the takedown, so he didn't just run headfirst 314 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: into him the second time. Morob's got a lot of 315 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 2: work to do to polish his existing skills, and some 316 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: of them are quite good, but obviously in the stand 317 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: up department and certainly even in transitions, there's still plenty 318 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: of work to be done. But already what you can 319 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 2: see is dude, if you don't put him out right 320 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: maybe Ricky Simone with the choke. If you don't put 321 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 2: this guy completely out, he is gonna be an absolute nightmare. 322 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 2: And fighting a dude like that when you're tired, good 323 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: effing luck with that. That must be torture to try 324 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 2: and do something like that, and that was what Marius 325 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: was up against. Man, that's a bad loss. Why he's 326 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 2: gotten this way, it just feels like everyone kind of 327 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: figured out his game. It also does feel to me 328 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 2: like he doesn't have a resilient cardiovascular base upon which 329 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: to rely. It's probably a little bit simplistic, especially going 330 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 2: up against a guy like Morob. We've seen it in 331 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: other fights too, kind of fades a little bit down 332 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 2: the stretch if he gets pushed. So it just turns 333 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: out if you put this guy on his heels at 334 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 2: not a little bit, but if you can put him 335 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: on his heels in a meaningful way, all the things 336 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: that make him great tend to go away pretty quickly. 337 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 2: But that early part could obviously be very very difficult 338 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: for him for opponents. But Morob, dude, good luck fighting 339 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 2: that guy. You're gonna need it. You're gonna absolutely need it. 340 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 2: He's gonna make up for a lot of technical deficiencies 341 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 2: with a will that is indefatigable and a motor that 342 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: is a perpetual motion machine. We talked about Dan Hooker already. 343 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 2: We dropped to Chris Dawkas at heavyweight defeating Shamil abdur 344 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: Rokamov at one twenty three of the second round and 345 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 2: going back and through this one. 346 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: What's the story here? 347 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: Two things. One, Chris Dalcas has big power. At this point, 348 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: it simply can no longer be denied. He might be like, oh, well, 349 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 2: all heavyweights have big power. To varying degrees, they have 350 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 2: big power. His is especially good number one. Number two, 351 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 2: he just did a great job counter striking, and in 352 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: particular he dropped of du Rokamov in the first They 353 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: said it was a right to the body. It wasn't. 354 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 2: It was a left. Well, the right set up some things, 355 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: but then it was a left to the body and 356 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 2: then immediately behind it left to the body, left hook. 357 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: So it's the same side attack and that that trickery 358 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 2: got Schamil big time. The other part about what he 359 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 2: was doing that I thought was interesting is he was 360 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: kind of pressing Shamil a little bit with his position 361 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 2: and fainting and throwing a little bit, and then getting 362 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 2: Shamil to throw back, and then when he threw back, 363 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 2: he would blitz him inside to sort of make him. 364 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 2: I think he thought there was going to be a 365 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: speed differential, not just with the body, but with the 366 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 2: hands and the feet, and so when Shamil committed to 367 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 2: a punch in a big kind of way, he would 368 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 2: be lighting them up on the inside. He would kind 369 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 2: of slip it or cover or whatever and then charge 370 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 2: through and a lot of that would land, and so 371 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: he was able to push up to Rukamov back a lot. 372 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 2: But it was the setting up with anytime with the blitzing, 373 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 2: and it was the counter striking where he would wait 374 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 2: for something to come, and he just knew his hand speed, 375 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 2: if he timed it right, was going to be too 376 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 2: much for his opponents. So it's good power, it's a 377 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 2: good strategy, it's good timing, and it's good hand speed, 378 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: all working together in concert for. 379 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: Chris Daukas to get a big win. I would actually 380 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: like this. 381 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 2: I mean, maybe it's too early in their journeys, but 382 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 2: I gotta tell you know, it's one fight that would 383 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 2: be kind of fun. I'm not saying it's the best 384 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: fight to make, but it would be fun as Chris 385 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 2: Dawkas taken on Tom Aspinall two guys, one UK, one 386 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 2: American who are showing great skills. I would say aspinall 387 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 2: has the smoother technique. I would say Chris Dalcas a 388 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 2: little bit more of the force of nature between the 389 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 2: two thus far in terms of what we've seen, but 390 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 2: it'd be a fun one women's flyweight featured about to 391 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 2: open the sort of middle portion of the premium card, 392 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 2: Tyla Santos taking on Rocksane Mota Fairies. Santos wins thirty 393 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 2: twenty seven across the board. Mota Fairy is setting records 394 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 2: here for forty ninth professional fight, which is the most 395 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,199 Speaker 2: for women's MMA fighter. She has been a part of 396 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 2: the fight game as long as I've been covering it 397 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 2: and is a credit to fighters everywhere a boy the 398 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 2: professionalism and the commitment and resolve to getting better that 399 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: she has shown, and she's obviously formidable talent as well. 400 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 2: But Santos too much physically and was able to hurt 401 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 2: Motifery on the feet with the punches, back her up 402 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 2: to the fence, get the takedown hold her there couldn't 403 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,479 Speaker 2: really pass a whole lot Monta Faiy's got pretty good 404 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 2: guard retention. But it was that over the course of 405 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: three rounds, the physicality of Santos. You know, Motifairy is 406 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 2: probably not the best athlete in the UFC. I don't 407 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: think that's an unfair characterization. 408 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: And so. 409 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: You know, you lean on the athletic gifts and you 410 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 2: push her around even if she's able to be technically 411 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: not overmatched, Like from a technical perspective, she knows enough 412 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 2: about how to keep herself safe. Underneath, she was still 413 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: getting hit with bombs from the guard. Even if she 414 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: was able to retain guards she had it. She kind 415 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 2: of had her neck pressed up against the back of 416 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 2: the fence for long stretches of the fight. There were 417 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 2: times that Moltiferia was able to listen to her corner 418 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 2: and get back to her feet. I give her credit 419 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: for it. She was in it to win it, throw it, 420 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 2: firing punches, trying to back up Santos even into the 421 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: third round. But it was just it was just too 422 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 2: much of an uphill climb. It was too much physicality, 423 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 2: too much firepower, too much difference in wrestling skill. And 424 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 2: then Santos had a good enough submission defense sort of 425 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 2: you know, grappling awareness to not get caught. There was 426 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 2: one moment though, that really kind of just blew my mind. Folks, 427 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: if you are like this, face to face with somebody, 428 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 2: you're directly in their guard. Can they get an. 429 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: Arm bar on you? 430 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: Yes, there are methods to get it, but one of 431 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 2: the best ways to do is to bring their posture 432 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 2: down and then you want to angle off right. You 433 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 2: have to angle off like this right, so you're the 434 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 2: person underneath. You need to create an angle to get 435 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 2: their hips. If you think about an arm bar, if 436 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 2: someone's laying down there doing a demonstration, where's the person 437 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 2: doing the demonstrating from, They're gonna be on the side 438 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: of them because that's the best way to get the 439 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: arm all the way out right, that's what you want. 440 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 2: There was a moment where underneath Motor Fairy framed for 441 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 2: an obvious arm bar. She had got like this, and 442 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 2: you could tell she was hunting for it, and Santo's 443 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 2: didn't like follow. Like you know, you have to be 444 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: careful following because sometimes you can follow, especially in grappling transitions, 445 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 2: you can follow into a triangle you can follow into 446 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 2: other things, but you also cannot let them just have 447 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 2: that angle underneath. So if you are grappling someone and 448 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 2: they turn the angle underneath, you have to pull away 449 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 2: or you have to recover the angle to square. 450 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: Otherwise you're gonna get your shit snatched. So, you know, 451 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: not great. 452 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: We'll see if that ends up costing her in a 453 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: subsequent fight. Didn't cost her this time, but that was 454 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,120 Speaker 2: I saw that through my fingers. I was like, oohe 455 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 2: was about to lose an arm. But they're not careful, 456 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 2: all right, So we go to the early preliminary card. 457 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,479 Speaker 2: How about Jalen Turner defeating Erdoshmitich. Medich is a guy 458 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 2: who looks like the real deal to me. He came 459 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: off the Contender series with the right attitude, with the 460 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 2: right style of fighting. 461 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: He seems smart, he seems capable. 462 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 2: Problem for him in this point, and this fight was 463 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 2: one Turner has some of his advantages, only more in 464 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 2: terms of like length and reach, and he just got 465 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 2: pressed back. So the two things that really cost him 466 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 2: were one, Mediic got a kick, caught, got taken down. 467 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 2: Turner had pretty good control on the ground, was able 468 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 2: to like you know, stall him out for big portions 469 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: of the round and not stall him out, but like 470 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 2: shut him down, I should say, for big portions of 471 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 2: the fight. And then even when he went to the feet, 472 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,959 Speaker 2: you know, Meditch was throwing some nice leg kicks, but 473 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: he was he couldn't really keep Turner off of him either. 474 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 2: Turner had a great jab, good entries and kind of 475 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: kept Medich along the fence line and along the fence line. 476 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 2: He just didn't have the movement to really get going 477 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 2: to get inside to back up Turner to find a 478 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 2: way to get around that reach and turn A lit 479 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 2: him up. 480 00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: Turn A lit him up. 481 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 2: Was finding opportunities at the end of his own punches, 482 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 2: so I'd rather you know, minutes would throw, he would 483 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 2: wait and then counter. He was quicker to the punch 484 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 2: when he needed to be. It was just a really 485 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 2: dominant performance from Jalen Turner, who was the very very 486 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: slight but somewhat underdog betting heading into this contest. Still 487 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: think very highly of Menich, but that's gonna be a 488 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,880 Speaker 2: bit of a wake up call for him. Ultimately got 489 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 2: his back taken and got submitted at for one of 490 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 2: the first rounds. So nice win by the Tarantula let's 491 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 2: see Nate Nick Dias product Nick Nick Maximov defeated Cody 492 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: Brundridge one brun Didge. 493 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: Eight. 494 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 2: Not a great performance on a terrible performance. Maximov had 495 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: to fight a guy totally outside of his weight class 496 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: on the Contender series on like you know, late notice, 497 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 2: and he got it done. You know, Brundage is a 498 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: good fighter, but you know was shooting from way outside, 499 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: and so was Maximov's. Candidly, Maximov was kind of shooting 500 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: from far outside. So you had these sort of long, 501 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 2: sort of stretched out wrestling scrambles were first they're stretched out, 502 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: but they're making contact. Then they have to get closer, 503 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 2: then they have to work to a superior position. First 504 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 2: couple of rounds. You know, Maximo'll be able to find 505 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: his way to the back, put Brundage in trouble by 506 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: the third round, which is kind of hunting hunting, hunting hunting, 507 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 2: the takedown and it with these sort of like long 508 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: slow scrambles because again they're shooting from far outside. I 509 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 2: think Brundage a lot of times will bring his feet 510 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 2: together and get him scooped out from under him. You know, 511 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 2: it's just a lot of guys at middle eight that 512 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 2: I think have a long way to go in terms 513 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 2: of their development. I know, in the case of Maximwell, 514 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: I think he's quite young. I don't know Brundage's age. 515 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 2: You know, they come from good camps and they're talented, 516 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 2: but in terms of some of those fine tune details, 517 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 2: there's some work to be done for sure. Matthew Semmelsberger 518 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: at Walterway defeating Martine Sono Junior fifteen seconds of the 519 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 2: first round. This one was a little weird for me. 520 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: Let me verify this before I go any further, just 521 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 2: to make sure, because if I'm not mistaken, I thought that, 522 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 2: like the opponent, Sano had been off for like four 523 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 2: years or something. 524 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: Let me verify that. 525 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 2: Martine Sano his last fight prior to this was in Yeah, Bellatore. 526 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 2: He had two fights. Well, let's see about this. He 527 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 2: had one fight in World Series of Fighting, which he lost. 528 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 2: Then he had two fights. Yeah, so he had one 529 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 2: fight in two fights in Bellator, one that he lost, 530 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 2: one that he drew. He got a UFC signing off 531 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 2: of that four years later at a record of four 532 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 2: and two and one basically, and then he gets crushed 533 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 2: within literally fifteen seconds of the first round. 534 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: This fight should not have been made. 535 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 2: Again, I'm not accusing the matchmakers like we're gonna sabotage 536 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 2: this guy. I don't think that. But no matchmaker on 537 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 2: earth is perfect. None of them are going to get 538 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 2: by doing this without incident. There's always going to be 539 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 2: something there that's a problem. Again, they will I will 540 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 2: fuck up. In mind, everyone's going to mess up at 541 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 2: their job. I think they messed up with the job 542 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,439 Speaker 2: on this one. This fight should not have been made. 543 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 2: Semmlsburger guy out of this area of the woods from Rockville, Maryland. 544 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 2: If you're wondering how close that is, you know, I 545 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 2: wouldn't commute from there, but the lady who cuts my 546 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 2: hair commutes from Rockville. So take that for what it's worth. 547 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 2: Every day to DC. So he's at a Clinch Academy 548 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 2: and at Crazy eighty eight. Crazy eighty eight is with 549 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 2: Julius what's his name? Also Tim Spriggs is at a 550 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 2: Crazy eighty eight. It's a loiter of an affiliate. They 551 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 2: do really good jiu jitsu there. Clinch Academy one of 552 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 2: the better academies for MMA in the area in terms 553 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,439 Speaker 2: of producing fighters who make it to sort of that 554 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 2: LFA sometimes UFC level, Simbelsberger being one of them. Nice 555 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,239 Speaker 2: win by him. He went to the body and they said, oh, 556 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 2: that's why he went up high. That is true. But 557 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: if you also notice a lot of times when Sano 558 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 2: was trying to check or what he was biting on faints, 559 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 2: you could see him loading up the hook. But he 560 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,679 Speaker 2: was not just loading up the hook from like a 561 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: type perspective like I'm bringing it up and I think 562 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 2: he's going to hook. He was like telegraphing it, like 563 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 2: winging it back, and he kept doing this. Well, if 564 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,400 Speaker 2: you keep doing this, what are you creating. You're creating 565 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: this lane down here to get hit. That's exactly what happened. 566 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: He cocked it back a straight punch delivered at the 567 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: same time as a hooking punch from the same distance. 568 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: What's gonna land first the straight punch boom Plus Semmelsberger 569 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 2: is pretty athletic, pretty quick, pretty heavy handed obviously, and 570 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: so this guy draws it back and what is he doing? 571 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 2: Hits him right down the middle, closes the show. Six 572 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 2: sick win for him. Good job by Semlsberger. And then 573 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 2: last but not least, a nice win by Jonathan Pierce 574 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 2: taking on Omar Morales. 575 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: Omar Morales is a good. 576 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: Fighter of Venezuela, and I think by birth and by nationality, 577 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 2: and Pierce winning by the way at three point thirty 578 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 2: one of the second round. Morales on the feet is 579 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 2: a tough customer. He's gonna be hard to beat. So 580 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 2: Pierce had the right idea, Let's get into close contact, 581 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 2: let's back him up, let's go to the fence line, 582 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 2: let's go for back takes, let's go for takedowns, Let's 583 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 2: make him wrestle. And then once you saw that there 584 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 2: was a big disparity in wrestling, and there was a 585 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 2: big disparity in grappling, Morales getting a moment where he 586 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 2: had a nice sweep and reverse actually a reversal I think, 587 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 2: to get on top. So that was pretty good, but 588 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 2: in the end there was a pretty big difference. And 589 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 2: by the time that Pierce got the choke, you'll notice 590 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 2: that Morales doesn't even hand fight. He kind of just 591 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 2: let it go back to his hand and that was that. 592 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 2: So to me, it's like, dude, Morales is obviously big 593 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: athletic for featherweight especially. He can strike his ass off. 594 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 2: He's very very good, But those other pieces. 595 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: Of his game. 596 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 2: I'm not entirely sure what his training situation is. But 597 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 2: if he's still if he's I don't know, if he's 598 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 2: he's over at Sanford MMA, So it's not his training 599 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 2: situation in the sense that he's with a bad team. 600 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 2: He's with a good team, but in the sense of 601 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 2: the development of his game. Sanford's a great place to be, obviously, 602 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: but he's going to have to He's got some work 603 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,160 Speaker 2: to do. He's got some work to do because Pierce 604 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 2: is a very talented fighter. Don't mist understand me. But 605 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 2: what Pierce did is something that any really talented featherweight 606 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 2: should be able to do, or I should say, those 607 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 2: skills are going to be ones that Morales is going 608 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 2: to face in opposition pretty consistently over time. So if 609 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 2: you can't handle it from Pierce, as good as he is, 610 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 2: someone else is gonna be able to pick up that 611 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 2: baton if you don't address it. So Morales got got 612 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 2: some work to do, but it was a nice win 613 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 2: by him. You're Fire of the Night Volkanovski defeating or 614 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 2: excuse me, Fire the Night Bulkanowski versus Ortega, and then 615 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 2: your performances, but it went to two prelim fighters, which 616 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 2: is nice to see. Marab de Waalasheely got it and 617 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 2: then Chris Dawkas got it. Nice work by them. Okay, 618 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: that's it. Less than thirty minutes of what we promised, right, 619 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 2: so hopefully we kept that up. Thumbs up on the video. 620 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,439 Speaker 2: Hit subscribe. If you want me to add segments to this, 621 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 2: or you want me to see any changes to this, 622 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 2: or you got a great, great idea for a name, 623 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 2: leave a comment. 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