1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Hey everybody. Luke Thomas here with another episode of extra credit. 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: This is the podcast within the podcast where we talk 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: about the fights that we didn't get to on regular 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: MK and we get to them here on this podcast 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes or less. Thank you guys so much 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: for watching. I greatly appreciate it. As always a bit 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: of a business here. If you haven't already, please give 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: a thumbs up on this video hit subscribe. It's free, 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: it doesn't cost you nothing. Why not do it? All right? 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 1: So we are now in the shadow of UFC two 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: ninety five, which took place over the weekend at Madison 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: Square Garden in New York, New York. I usually do 13 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: about five fights or so five points anyway that I 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: want to make on this podcast. So let's do that 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: now without further adude, get this whole thing started. Okay, 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go from the top of the preliminited card down, 17 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: not in order, but like reverse chronological order if I 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: can a little bit. The biggest one I wanted to 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: get to was Lupita Go Dinas taken on Tabitha Ricci. Obviously, 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: Lupita Go Dianas wins. We have split the decision. One 21 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: of the scorecards was a thirty twenty seven for Ricci 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: from judge Brian Minor, which was basically incomprehensible. The interesting 23 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,279 Speaker 1: part about it was one judge at least gave Ricci 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: a ten or the round anyway in all three rounds. 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: So one judge, I think Minor gave her the I 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: have to go back and look at the scorecard. But 27 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: Minor gave her the first, one of the other two 28 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: judges gave her the second, and then one of the 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: other two judges gave her the third. So there's like 30 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: this accumulative sense where it's like, well, could you see 31 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: it for the first, could you see it for the second? 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: Could you see it for the third? And I understand 33 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: that argument, but I gotta tell you, I just if 34 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: you look at some of his other stuff where he 35 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: didn't give satakaal of a ten eight. We'll talk about 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: that in a second. He gave Mackenzie Dern round number 37 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: one even though she got dropped, and it's not necessarily 38 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: that if you always get dropped, you always lose the round. 39 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: There are obviously greater context everything what happened before, what 40 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: happened after. How bad was the drop. But there's just 41 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: lots of things going on. But I just want to 42 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: point out there was like a consistent inability to evaluate 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: fairly the performance to certain people. I did not feel 44 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: like he had a great judge, Bryan Minor a great 45 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: sense of what Godnaz had done. I do not believe 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: he fully understood the significance of Androdga knocking her down. 47 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: I do not believe that a ten to nine round 48 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: is justified for Santakalov in round two. So it was 49 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: just a weird thing where he was not acknowledging some 50 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: of the performance that I thought need to get acknowledged. 51 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying there was any kind of inherent bias. 52 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 1: I don't think that's necessarily true. So while I can 53 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: understand that you can find a way to give Ricci 54 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: each of those rounds, the accumulative way in which she 55 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: gave her all three, to me becomes the problem becomes 56 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: great in some of its parts. Right, So, putting that aside, 57 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: I thought Godinaz looked pretty great on this one. Again, 58 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: there was a little bit back and forth. Ricchie had 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: her moments, but basically Ricci could not be in control 60 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: of the takedown which she usually is. I think that 61 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 1: cost her here and then go Dinez has gotten consistently better, 62 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: not just at wrestling. She's always been pretty good at that. 63 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: Her sister, who's also an outstanding wrestler, was also in 64 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: her corner. But more to the point, she's you know, 65 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: there wasn't a huge difference in how much she had scored, 66 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: at least numerically, but I thought the quality of her 67 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: shots there was a big difference, Like you could just 68 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: kind of see her edge as the fight went along, 69 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: especially so thirty twenty seven to me was very unfair. 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: Twenty nine twenty eight, I guess you could get but 71 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: the right person one so it didn't really matter all 72 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: that much in the end. But I think for me, 73 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: Godina is now really doing special stuff. And then one 74 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen pound weight class, and we're talking about, 75 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: you know, how this you know one p Thirty five 76 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: is a bit of a wasteland for women's MMA. One 77 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: twenty five has gotten significantly better. One fifteen has always 78 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: been good in now, but I think it hit a 79 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: lull for a little while and now it's picking back 80 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: up again a lot like the the we pull up 81 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: the rankings here. If I can for the women at 82 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifteen pounds, and which you'll see is 83 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: something pretty special if you ask me, so at strawweight, 84 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: you have Asparza sitting at this is number one RAN contender. 85 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: She's not really active, but she's sitting at one. Yon 86 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: shown on at two, tatanas Is at three, Limos at four, 87 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: on Droj at five. She's coming up with a big win. 88 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: I think her number will jump Jenji Robo, Dern Harodriguez Pinero, 89 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: and then Tabitha Ricci. Godinez was sitting at thirteen, so 90 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: I think she's gonna enter the top ten with this one. 91 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: But at the top of that division with jan Shaw, 92 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: Nan and Suarez, I really feel like you've got some fun, 93 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: interesting opportunities to see some growth in this division and 94 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: we'll see ultimately what it does. But great win for 95 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: Go Dinaz, great win for Mexican MMA, great win for 96 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: Lobo Jim. I think they had two winners, both her 97 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: and Diego Lopez won on this contest, so I believe 98 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: on this night, so a great a great, a great 99 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: showing by her, not a great showing from the judge 100 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: didn't matter in the end. But what I wanted to 101 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: see was defend the takedown, be more methodical over time 102 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: and the striking. And that's basically what Godinaz did. Good 103 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,239 Speaker 1: win for her, very good win for her. Roosevelt Roberts 104 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: filled in on short note is supposed be one hundred 105 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: and fifty five. He missed. Wait, it was very short notice. 106 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: And so they did it against Matejosh. And I'm sure 107 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pronounce this name wrong, mateush Rambeski. It's spelled Rebeccy, 108 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: but that's obviously not how it's pronounced. So if I'm 109 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: getting that wrong, please forgive me. But for point number 110 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: two here through this guy looks like an absolute hammer. 111 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: He wins at three oh eight of round number one 112 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: with an armbar. Did you notice how he did the 113 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: arm bar? So all the ingredients of an armbar matters 114 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: how far their elbow is past your hip line? Are 115 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: your knees pinched together? Are you are you? Are you 116 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: engaging your hamstrings to control their posture? But the two 117 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: legs that you use for an armbar technically have somewhat 118 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: different application. And I would argue, especially in the mma, 119 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: where you might have to make some compromises to technique 120 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: to get what you where you want to go. You 121 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: have to decide which pieces of the puzzle are the 122 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: most important ones. The leg over the face is often 123 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: going to be the more important one to really finish 124 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: an armbar. And the reason why is because if you're 125 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: on top and you're going let's say you're a mount 126 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: and you want to spin for an arm it's the 127 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: leg over the face that prevents them from sitting up right. 128 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: And you can just do this with a partner. Don't 129 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: do anything crazy, but if you want to, just try 130 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: the mechanics. Take your leg off of their face, just 131 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: have one across their chest, and then try and hold 132 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: them down with just your legs right. You can pinch 133 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: your ankles closest to your ear, and as you want, 134 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: you can flatten them out if you want. Just try 135 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: and keep them pinned with just that. It's very, very difficult. 136 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: But if you have two legs over, or even just 137 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: the one over the face, you'll realize that's the one 138 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: that prevents them from sitting up. It's very easy to 139 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: keep someone pinned to the floor once they're already there. 140 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: Now if they're starting to sit up, it's a little 141 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: bit harder. The game changes a little bit, but the 142 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: one over the face, the leg over the face, to 143 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: me is much more important. Now he wasn't on top, 144 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: he was underneath. So what do you notice that Rambesky did. 145 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: He got the leg across the face. He took him 146 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: a couple of tries, but he got the leg over 147 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: the face. And what that did to Roberts was it 148 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: pushed his head over and then his posture down. So 149 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: now he's not in a strong position. This is a 150 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: strong position. This is a weak position. Your spine being 151 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: curved over. No one hits Max's depth on deadlift or 152 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: bench or squat or anything that requires strength of purpose 153 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: like this, it's a weak position. He then, keeping that 154 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: leg over the face, takes the far side leg pushes 155 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: into the fence because they were close to it, and 156 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: he uses that to push off and then off balance 157 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: Roosevelt Roberts, and then he can really begin to crank 158 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: hard into it by bringing both the legs back together. 159 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: In the end, it was real, real clever. The guy 160 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: is short. How tall is Rombesky? He currently is listed 161 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: by the Way nineteen o one record thirty one years 162 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: of age. They've got him at five seven. Not a 163 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: tall gentleman. But he's built like a little tank. And 164 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: that was a nice excuse me, that was a nice 165 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: armbar from him. Really really cool how he knew what 166 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: the most important essential ingredient was the leg over the 167 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: face to control posture and to control spine. Then use 168 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: the other leg to off balance the other guy. And 169 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: then when they're they don't have balance, they don't have weight, 170 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: they don't have gravity assisting them in any kind of way, 171 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: then you can really lean into it. He got the 172 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: verbal tap right afterwards. That was slick. That was real 173 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: nice from him. I really enjoyed what he was able 174 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: to do. Now he comes into this fight, he's he 175 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: gonna win on the Contender series, and he's had three 176 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: fights since he beat Nick Fiore, Luyke Radzebov, and then 177 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure I'm saying all these name wrong. And then 178 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: Roosevelt Roberts. I think he's due for a big step 179 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: up in this weight class. Obviously, you know, Roberts did 180 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: the best he could on short notice. It is what 181 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: it is. But nice, nice win for rom Besky. You 182 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: don't see a lot of arm bars from the guard 183 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: in MMA finished guys, you don't see that very often. 184 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: It's actually very difficult to do that. It ended up 185 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: being slightly different with the positioning and how it went, 186 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 1: but arm bars from the guard has a hard thing 187 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: to hit on. Someone didn't love how Roberts kind of 188 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,559 Speaker 1: didn't move a lot. I think going back, he might 189 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: have been somewhat limited by his position relative to the fence. 190 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: But in the end, the creativity the creativity, and I 191 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: would argue, frankly, the offensive fundamentals from rom Beesky to 192 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: know the important ingredients to hold and then whip. I'm 193 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: gonna control posture first, then I'm gonna off balance, and 194 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna really sink this arm bar. And he 195 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: did exactly that, really really really strong work from him. 196 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,599 Speaker 1: He moves now to nineteen and one awesome job by him. 197 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what you want to say 198 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: about Nazim Sadakov taking on vatcha Slava slav borschev. They 199 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: pronounced it a borschev. It looks like it's pronounced bor chev, 200 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: but I guess it's just borshav. What a fight? What 201 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 1: a fight? Let me say something. First of all, it 202 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: ended in a draw, which I gotta tell you I 203 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: don't mind. I really don't mind. I think more fights 204 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: need to in draws. If I can just be perfectly 205 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: honest with you, there's this thing where we want some finality, 206 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: and I would agree that in a title fight, or 207 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: in a grudge match, or you know, there could be circumstances. 208 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: I can fully grant that there are circumstances that exist 209 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: in fight sports where we arrive at a draw, and 210 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: even if you can agree that that's the right scoring, 211 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: it somehow feels unsatisfying. Your mileage may vary. I did 212 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: not feel that way about this fight. I felt that 213 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: a draw was not only the fair score ten nine, 214 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: ten nine, ten eight to Satakov in the middle, but 215 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: I felt like, you know what that actually is a 216 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: emotionally satisfying score. I don't really know who the winner is. 217 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: Sadakov had Borshev at the brink of defeat for that 218 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: large portion of the second round, but Borchev was basically 219 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: winning and at times putting it on him in the 220 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: first and third round. Like that's kind of how it 221 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: should all work out in the end. It should be 222 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: a draw that not only reflects the accuracy of what happened. 223 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: But I feel like in this case, that's the emotionally 224 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: resonant one, because if no one gave or if enough 225 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: guys didn't give Satakov the ten to eight in the 226 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: second round, you'd feel wronged by that. If somehow he 227 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: had won one of the other rounds, you'd also feel 228 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: wrong by that. This one was that rare one where 229 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: the drawing and the scoring actually did set the tone 230 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: for how we should feel about the draw in general. 231 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna be one of these people that's like, 232 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: we should have a million more draws in MMA. I 233 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: don't know if that's necessarily true, but is there a 234 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: case where a draw is sometimes not merely the fair 235 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: result but the emotionally satisfying one. I would submit to 236 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: you this lightweight contest was exactly that. Nazim Sadakov an 237 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: Azeri out of the ray Longo team in Long Island, 238 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: and then Borshav what team does he fight out of? 239 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: He is currently out of tiam Alfa. Mel I did 240 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: not realize they called him Slav Slava claw excuse me, obviously, listen. 241 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: For the majority of the fight, Borschav was better. His 242 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: kicking game was absolutely dynamic, but it was more than 243 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: that he was being able to switch stance. He was 244 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: using great footwork and lateral movement. His kicking two. First 245 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: of all, he had good kicks, and he had good 246 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: hand combinations, and his ability to go from one to 247 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: the other was also pretty pronounced, like the guy is 248 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,479 Speaker 1: a very talented striker. They had called him a kickboxing 249 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: World champions, double checking that with some of the folks 250 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: who are into the kickboxing space, they weren't quite sure 251 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: how true that was. But he did have a couple 252 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: things I told me on his resume that definitely stood 253 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: out as special, if not super elite, but certainly special. 254 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: The tape kind of shows you he's got real ability, 255 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: but he ends up taking I think it was ultimately 256 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: a big punch and then a big kick that drops 257 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: him in the second round, and he had to hang 258 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: on for dear life. He got tuned up like a 259 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: guitar for a long stretch of the second round to 260 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: the point where he goes back to the corner at 261 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: the end of the second round and he has a 262 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: cut over his eye that looked like a change perse. 263 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: I mean it would it looked like you could have 264 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: fit a kind of coin that they don't even print anymore. 265 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: I mean, it was huge, this thing, and the cutman 266 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: managed to find a way to limit the damage. And 267 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: then credit to Borschev, what a push back in the 268 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: third round. Not merely that did he win the third round, 269 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: not in ten eight territory, But what I really sort 270 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: of observed here was that he got back to the 271 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: game that he had in the first round, which was 272 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: a game that was for the most part defensively not cautious, 273 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: but defensively responsible, but I would say more offensively oriented. 274 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: So he didn't start just brawling with side a call 275 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: in the third round, but he get back to a 276 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: game that showed the same kind of athletic courage that 277 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: he had before he got rocked. Yes he did, Yes 278 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: he did. So what a nice marriage of skill, What 279 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: a nice marriage of skill and athletic courage. Great job 280 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: by the cornerman in that fight to not let the 281 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: cut ultimately decide the outcome, because it was a bad 282 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: cut and it was right over the eye. There were 283 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: a lot of ways that bout could have gone real 284 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: poorly for Boreschev, but he rescued himself. The cutman did 285 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: a great job, and I also have to say for 286 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: Stakov there are some things to work on his hand. 287 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: Combinations were great, but he was a little bit more hittable, 288 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: he was creating more openings. He wasn't as active, I 289 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: think as he needed to be. Borchev kind of won 290 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: a little bit, or I should say they draw, but 291 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: he won two of the three rounds to me a 292 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: little bit on volume, and it was more than just volume. 293 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: But the volume I think did play a role as well. Now, 294 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: partly volume is going to be a function of just 295 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: being able to find your range and your timing and 296 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: being kind of a gifted offensively oriented striker, but nevertheless 297 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: putting in the work the work rate sufficient to get 298 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: it done. So credit to Satakov for doing everything I 299 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: thought he could with the skill set and opportunity he 300 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: had at this moment. Really took Borshev to the brink 301 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: of defeat, but Borschav rescuing himself in the way that 302 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: he did salute. Not many guys are gonna be able 303 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: to come back from something like that, And of course 304 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: it brings us to Jared Gordon defeating mark O Mattson 305 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: Mark Madson this seven at four point forty two of 306 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: the very first round. You'll notice that the left handed 307 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: collar tie. Obviously Madson, having a background of Greco Roman 308 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: he's going to be a body lock, grip, collar tie 309 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: kind of guy. Any kind of wrestler is going to 310 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: be a collar tie kind of guy. But a Greco Roman, 311 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: you know, Olympic silver medallist, and he walked out to 312 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: the Olympic theme, which was kind of interesting as well. 313 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: A guy like that is going to heavily favor collar ties, 314 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: but collar ties, like anything, have to be done in 315 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: a certain way and in a certain context. And what 316 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: you'll notice is for large parts of this fight, he's 317 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: got this collar tie in a way where Gordon's posture 318 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: is affected to an extent, Gordon's motion is affected. We're 319 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: really pulling him forward and down at the same time 320 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: or to the side he's getting pulled. It's getting pulled, 321 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: so it's directing the Gordon's hands in a certain way 322 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: or his balance in a certain way, which was opening 323 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: up Mattson to go in a lot of different directions. 324 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: He was really using that collar tie to very strong effect. 325 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: And they also talk about how it can wear on 326 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: your neck. It can wear on your lower back as 327 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: people are constantly pulling on your neck. All of that 328 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: is true, but of course, in any kind of situation 329 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: like that, with an opponent. You have to be careful 330 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: about when you have the collar tie where the head 331 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: is placed. So if you have a collar tie and 332 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: it's just open like this, you're going to be hit 333 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: all day long. If it's a collar tie and I 334 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: have my head on the opposite side of the collar tie, 335 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: I'm usually a lot safer. Right. What you'll notice is 336 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: he actually keeps the left handed collar tie for long stretches. 337 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: But you'll see that Gordon is able to create a 338 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: little bit more space, and what ends up happening is 339 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: Madsen just holds on to the collar tie without the 340 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: same pulling mechanism. It's not so much that every collar 341 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: tie has to be here and entire. You can have 342 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of space. You don't want too much, obviously, 343 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: but you can have a little bit of room. But 344 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: even if you have room on the collar tie, it 345 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: has to be done with intention. With intention, it has 346 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: to be there has to be literal tension on the 347 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: collar tie. And you can see he's just holding the 348 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: back of the neck, it's not pulling, which means one 349 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: Gordon is much more rooted in a way to do 350 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: offensive work. And two this is so defensively weak. He 351 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 1: just brings a right hand over the top, cracks him, 352 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: drops him, and that's all she wrote. Now he was 353 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: injured a little bit more before that. So couple of things. 354 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: Number One, great job by Gordon and his team getting 355 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: ready for a guy who you knew was going to 356 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: be pulling on you in the way that he was. 357 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: He didn't panic. He showed veteran savvy. He was getting 358 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: landed on. You know, through a large stretch of that fight. 359 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: It nearly went the full distance of the first round. 360 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 1: Several minutes of that Madson was landing on him with 361 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: great effect. I mean, this is a strong guy. He's older. 362 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: Madson currently out of Denmark sits at thirty nine years 363 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: of age. You know, he's not a young guy anymore, 364 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: but still a very good athlete. Strength is the last 365 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: thing to go, and he's got literally decades of wrestling 366 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: experience under his belt. His collar tie is going to 367 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: be pretty good. So they knew what they had to do. 368 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: He didn't panic, He did take some shots, He worked 369 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: through it, and he began to find his own openings. 370 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: And this weakened all of the sort of architecture that 371 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: Madson was working on. Till finally he got this far 372 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: out where he's just holding the collar tie, he's not 373 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: pulling the collar tie, or he's not redirecting balance, because remember, 374 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: if your balance is going all different directions, you're not 375 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: going to have real punching power. You're certainly not going 376 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: to have maximum punching power. And if you're stationary and 377 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: I'm just cupping the back of your neck, well you 378 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: can set someone on fire that way, and that's easy. 379 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: Exactly what he did. Great great win did by Jared Gordon. 380 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: He goes to twenty and six and he sits at 381 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: thirty five years of age. This puts him now on 382 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: a win streak after the Bobby Green fight was a 383 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: no contest, and he had lost to Petty Pimblett before that, 384 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: beating Leonardo Santos before that. So he's got some good 385 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: names on his resume. He beat Joe Celeski, he beat 386 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: Leonardo Santos, he beat Mark Matson. Jared Gordon's put together 387 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: a very respectable resume. And you know I said this 388 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: on Normal MK. He said he was doing drugs in 389 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: the basement of Penn Station. So Penn Station is no 390 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: longer the main train station underneath Madison Square Garden. It 391 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: used to be you could catch, you could catch. I 392 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: used to catch when I did the MMA Hour and 393 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: all those shows at Sirius XAM. I would catch the 394 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: trains there. Now you catch them across the street at 395 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: the Patrick moynihan train station, so that's like the new 396 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: Penn Station. Penn Station still exists, and you can catch 397 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: the New York City Subway from There's a lot of 398 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 1: different spots on the west side of town, so you 399 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: can usually catch you know, I think, like Ace, you 400 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:00,040 Speaker 1: can catch the two three there, but I think I 401 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: don't know if they can catch the one there anymore. 402 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. It's a disgusting place. So you go 403 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: in and that used to be the Amtrak platform, and 404 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: then you go down a level and that would be 405 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: like the subway platform, although you have to go down 406 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: to catch your Amtrak train as well, but there's slightly 407 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: different places where you board and where the floor is. 408 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: It's so disgusting. I one time saw a homeless man 409 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: shaving his pubic hair in the sink there at Penn Station. 410 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: So if you're doing drugs and Pen Station, you've hit 411 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: rock bottom. So for him to go there and then 412 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: all the way back to the point where he's now, 413 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,959 Speaker 1: you know, stopping Olympians in the first round with very clever. 414 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: When I say rehearsed, I mean like they trained a 415 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: lot for these kinds of scenarios, very rehearsed performances. Very 416 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: great job, really really really stud a very good job 417 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: to do something like that. That was I'm not gonna 418 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: say completely unexpected, but certainly nice to see, very very 419 00:20:55,720 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: nice to see. And then on the fifth point, if 420 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: I can on this card, there's some other ones you 421 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: could go to. I really have to say that. Joshua 422 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: Van and Kevin Borjas fight first of all, a phenomenal contest. 423 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 1: Phenomenal contest. Joshua Van wins via a unanimous decision, which 424 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: is the right call. These two guys are unranked bantamweights 425 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: and they put on a hell of a performance. Just 426 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: shows you the depth of Bansamwait is absolute extraordinary. Joshua Van, 427 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: by the way, he is a Burmese fighter, I think 428 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: by birth twenty two years old. You know when folks 429 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: get really high on rebel rosas junior, and again the 430 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: jury is out, we just don't know how that's going 431 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: to go. But eighteen nineteen is very very young for 432 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: the UFC twenty two to me is a little bit 433 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: different depending on how long you've been training. Look at 434 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: how developed his striking game was and how much he 435 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: went to the body on Kevin Borjas, and Borjas rocked 436 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: him badly in the first round, and then he found 437 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: a way, nevertheless, to rally and push into Borjas, make 438 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: him fight off of his heels, stay away from some 439 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: of the spinnings, and then the rib roasting from Joshua 440 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: Van after that. This was an eye opening, frankly eye 441 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: catching performance from him. Really really good job out of him. 442 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: Joshua Van. If you're not familiar with him, he trains 443 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: out of the four Ounce Fight Club out of Houston, Texas. 444 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 1: I guess he has one loss to Devin Jackson, which 445 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: happened back at Fury FC in twenty twenty one, but 446 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: since then he hasn't lost. He has a fight over 447 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: Zaugas Zuma Gulov which happened earlier this year, and now 448 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: this fight. Dude, two fights in a row. He fought 449 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: tough customers who don't necessarily have the biggest names in 450 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: Zuma Gulov and now Borjas. Keep your eye on Joshua Van. 451 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: When someone is this dedicated and effective a body puncher 452 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: number one, this young and listen, was it a flawless performance? 453 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: It was not. It was not a flawless performance. He 454 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: got wrecked a little bit in that first round. But 455 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: how about at twenty two years of age without even 456 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: he's only got this was his tenth MMA fight, tenth 457 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: his record climbed to nine and one. To have the 458 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: kind of presence of mind necessary and frankly, the skills 459 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: necessary to not panic, to persevere after being badly hurt 460 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: in the first round. This is a gentleman to keep 461 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: your eye on. It's still very early in his development. 462 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly how far he can go, but 463 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: he looks to me like he might have some special 464 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: knights ahead of him. It's very rare to see someone 465 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: who's got the kind of diversified targeting that he does 466 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: at his age. Most guys in any kind of combat 467 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: sports the couple things happen. They learn offense before they 468 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: learn defense. That's first, and in the striking they are 469 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: all headhunters, leg kicker slash headhunters. Body attacks tend to 470 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: happen much more unevenly, whether with punches or with kicks, 471 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: And in the case of Van, where he's using most 472 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: of the body work he had done was with the hands. 473 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: That's even rarer to find. Guys don't want to get 474 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: that close to fire those kinds of shots that consistently. 475 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about jabbing to the body. I'm 476 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: talking about, you know, ripping shots to the body, combinations, 477 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: multi punch combinations to the body. That's what he was 478 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: throwing at age twenty two. Whoever is training Joshua Van 479 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: and I don't want to take anything away from him, Obviously, 480 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 1: he has put in the work to get himself here, 481 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: and make no mistake about it. But whoever is training 482 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: him is doing a very good job. Right. Whoever is 483 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: training him understands they've got a guy who's aptitude for 484 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: fighting is high, whose ability to learn quickly is high, 485 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: and they're giving him a ton of offensive tools that 486 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: will very valuably serve him as he begins to build 487 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: on them. When you see somebody who can target the 488 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: body this effectively, and this was their tenth pro MMA 489 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: fight and they're twenty two years old, you should put 490 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: a little mark around his name, being like, okay, the 491 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: next time he fights. I want to see exactly what 492 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: he does. UFC has not given him too easy fights 493 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: to get into the UFC. They've given him some tough 494 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: fights and he has answered them. I would say, you know, 495 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: first round in this fight notwithstanding, but in general he 496 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: has answered it with flying colors. Very very very impressive 497 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: young man twenty two years old, super impressive guy. So 498 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: keep that in mind now there while other winners on 499 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 1: this car, Jamal Emmer's got a fantastic win at just 500 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: forty nine seconds of Verdenniz Buzukiya dropping him with a 501 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: right hand. Bazukiya didn't make weight. It was a one 502 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: forty seven kind of situation. He also, I think was 503 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: filling in on short notice, so it didn't quite go 504 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: his way. John castan Jeda took taking on Kyung Ho Kang. 505 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: Not a great fight. I think there was a weight 506 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: miss here as well, but John Castiana taking castan Jeda 507 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: taking the three round decision over him. And then Steve 508 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,400 Speaker 1: Ursa got out to a nice lead on Alessandro Costa 509 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 1: Costa and won ultimately a decision. But he got you know, 510 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: he got stung a couple of times. He is well rounded. 511 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: I'm still high on Steve Versig. He's just eleven and 512 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: one in his career. He's also fairly young at twenty 513 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: eight years of age from Australia, so I'd be curious 514 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: to see what he's got in front of him. Still 515 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: high on him, but it was the If I could 516 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: honestly say, if there was one name to me that 517 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: really stood out on this card, Rumbeski or Rumbeki or 518 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: Rumbeski or the hell you say his name, he would 519 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: be one for sure. But the big one wud be 520 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: Joshua Van. Joshua Van looked tremendous in the bigger picture 521 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: of things, a lot to like about his game and 522 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: what he showed. So again we talked about it around MK. 523 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: The main card delivered all finishes. How about this card 524 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: as well? The premium card? It delivered big time. You 525 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 1: didn't get every fight being great, as I mentioned, or 526 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: say again, Costa not what we had hoped. Castanjeda and 527 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: Kyung Ho Kang could have been better, but basically everything 528 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: else was great. Great, great card overall. UFC two ninety 529 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: five one of the best shows of the year. Really 530 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: enjoyed watching this, really enjoyed covering it and I'd be 531 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: curious to know who stood out to you on the 532 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 1: prelim card. Give me a thumbs up on this if 533 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: you haven't already. Thank you guys so much for watching. 534 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: This has been an episode, whatever it is, of extra 535 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: credit a little bit of coverage of that prelim card. 536 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm Luke Thomas. We'll catch you guys on Wednesday's MK, 537 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: and until then, enjoy the fights.