Full Transcript for Haymaker Combat Sports Ep. 141 (MMA Edition) | UFC 334 Preview Show

00:02:15.340 Yeah, I think so. And that's what happened with this win. 41 00:02:15.379 --> 00:02:17.740 They bumped her up to number one and bumped Weili 42 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:23.229 back one because they have Weili and Verna tied for 43 00:02:23.449 --> 00:02:25.710 first place. And they bumped them both back to put 44 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:29.340 Suarez at number one. So, I mean... What are you 45 00:02:29.379 --> 00:02:30.620 going to do? Are you going to say the number 46 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.400 one person that just leapfrogged two people ain't going to 47 00:02:33.419 --> 00:02:34.860 get a title shot? I don't think they're going to 48 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:36.680 do that. So, I mean, they have to make that 49 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:37.479 fight happen now. 50 00:02:38.819 --> 00:02:39.900 Yeah, so.... 51 00:02:40.969 --> 00:02:45.830 I watched the fight. Nothing too impressive. Suarez swarmed her. 52 00:02:45.849 --> 00:02:49.310 I think she got a couple takedowns. Verna, Jana DeRoba, 53 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:55.740 you know, is a high-level jiu-jitsu practitioner, so to speak. 54 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:56.740 So. 55 00:02:57.810 --> 00:03:01.229 They got to probably do Tatiana Suarez versus Mackenzie Dern 56 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:04.669 for the title. Wouldn't it probably be more likely the 57 00:03:04.710 --> 00:03:09.240 same outcome? Suarez kind of maybe canceling out Mackenzie Dern's 58 00:03:09.250 --> 00:03:13.939 jiu-jitsu going into that, which might not be the most 59 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:14.780 exciting fight. 60 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:19.780 Yeah, it'll probably be a cancel out. The only thing 61 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.840 I can see, though, is I think Dern's a little 62 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:24.379 bit more powerful. So I think she's going to have 63 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:27.439 the edge there if, you know, if they kind of 64 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:29.340 cancel each other out on the ground and they decide 65 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.240 to keep it standing, I think Dern might have the 66 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.620 edge standing up, but maybe not. Maybe I'm wrong because Suarez, 67 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.560 I did go back and watch this fight. Suarez, I mean, 68 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.770 has some great striking in this fight too. So, I mean, 69 00:03:42.110 --> 00:03:45.830 anything could happen when those two get in there. Yeah. 70 00:03:45.870 --> 00:03:46.969 What do you think, Steve? 71 00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:53.310 Yeah, I think, um, depending on the opponent, Suarez, when 72 00:03:54.009 --> 00:03:59.020 he's one of those, um, people that are high level 73 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.020 in something in her weight class. And I think we've 74 00:04:03.060 --> 00:04:06.430 talked about it. I don't think we, I don't know, 75 00:04:06.449 --> 00:04:09.990 I speak for myself. I don't think she's a strong champion. 76 00:04:10.930 --> 00:04:13.909 So I think there may be a chance that Suarez 77 00:04:13.969 --> 00:04:16.250 might be able to pull off a win based off of, 78 00:04:17.350 --> 00:04:20.470 you know, their, yeah, I don't think McKenzie has set 79 00:04:20.509 --> 00:04:24.910 herself too far apart as an extraordinary fighter, you know, 80 00:04:24.990 --> 00:04:27.800 as far as like, the way Wei Li came in, 81 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:33.980 you know, indestructible force. I think he might be the 82 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:37.180 person to where she might be able to get Mackenzie Dern. 83 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:39.259 I don't know. 84 00:04:39.290 --> 00:04:43.189 I think I might be swinging slightly toward Admiral. I 85 00:04:43.230 --> 00:04:46.990 think Dern is bigger than Janet Aroba. I don't know 86 00:04:47.050 --> 00:04:48.850 if Suarez will be able to push her. 87 00:04:48.769 --> 00:04:50.610 Around like she was Janet Aroba. 88 00:04:51.670 --> 00:04:54.920 And then, I don't know, Mackenzie Dern's– I'm not too, 89 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:56.800 too impressed with her striking, but I just think her 90 00:04:56.899 --> 00:05:01.300 being bigger, she might be able to, you know, get 91 00:05:01.339 --> 00:05:04.959 to Suarez's chin a little bit and shake it up some. 92 00:05:05.060 --> 00:05:07.300 But then again, I might be wrong. 93 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:10.319 Suarez just might have a game plan to utilize that 94 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:14.959 wrestling a little bit more. And I don't know, just 95 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.639 thinking about it, just trying to, you know, lay out 96 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.480 the X's and O's is interesting to think about more 97 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.040 so than. 98 00:05:20.939 --> 00:05:22.459 Probably the actual fight will play out. 99 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:27.959 But, Yeah, I can see that fight definitely being made next, 100 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:31.879 but with the main event in this one, it was 101 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:34.459 a quick turnaround for Johnny Walker. I feel like we 102 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.560 just talked about him fighting his first fight at heavyweight. 103 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.740 Got in there with Waldo Acosta, and. 104 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.279 Walker started off fast in that fight, and then he 105 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:45.500 started to get tired. 106 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.060 Waldo was a few inches away. 107 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:51.379 From some of those haymakers he was throwing, no pun intended, 108 00:05:51.540 --> 00:05:54.569 but he was missing, but then Seems like Walker got 109 00:05:54.610 --> 00:05:57.529 second wind, did that head kick. And then he's like 110 00:05:57.569 --> 00:05:59.829 a back fist a little bit. He caught him with 111 00:05:59.850 --> 00:06:02.610 the back fist. And then he went in with that 112 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:05.310 lunge and punch. I can't remember the exact sequence. I 113 00:06:05.329 --> 00:06:07.209 know he did the head kick and the little back fist. 114 00:06:07.269 --> 00:06:09.009 And

then I think he did with that lunge and punch. 115 00:06:09.050 --> 00:06:11.209 Almost like out of an action movie, the way he 116 00:06:11.269 --> 00:06:14.410 lunged with that punch. Basically, he didn't knock him out 117 00:06:14.449 --> 00:06:17.199 complete cold, but he was knocked down. And then I 118 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:18.759 think he got one ground and pound in before the 119 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:19.459 rest stepped in. 120 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:21.100 And that was the one that pretty much got him 121 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.339 out of there. But it's not bad. another winner heavyweight. 122 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:25.889 What'd you think about that? Am I? 123 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:29.439 Yeah, I think he's found his new home. Uh, you're right. 124 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.959 He fought exactly a month ago. So like one month 125 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:37.019 between fights, uh, he's keeping real busy. Uh, I'm more 126 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:40.689 concerned about the fall off of, uh, Walton Cortez Acosta. 127 00:06:41.189 --> 00:06:45.170 I mean, like I thought this dude was like, you know, 128 00:06:45.670 --> 00:06:48.670 projected to be like a title contender and that's three 129 00:06:48.709 --> 00:06:51.069 losses in a row. He lost the Volkov blades and 130 00:06:51.089 --> 00:06:53.899 now Johnny Walker. So, I mean, his fall off is 131 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:57.509 pretty wild, man. I haven't checked to see what they 132 00:06:57.649 --> 00:06:59.769 did to him with the rankings wise. I'll pull it 133 00:06:59.810 --> 00:07:00.410 up real quick. 134 00:07:00.529 --> 00:07:04.319 But I think Walker jumped up to basically swap spots. 135 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.959 I think Walker jumped up like seven or eight or seven. 136 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.360 Yeah. Yeah. They got Johnny Walker at eight, man. I mean, 137 00:07:11.750 --> 00:07:14.050 if he stays this active and he gets another win, 138 00:07:14.110 --> 00:07:17.430 I mean, he's in. Josh Hocus ranked number five in 139 00:07:17.449 --> 00:07:20.430 his fight for the title this weekend. With one more win, 140 00:07:20.529 --> 00:07:24.449 Johnny Walker's fresh blood in that heavyweight division. We kind 141 00:07:24.490 --> 00:07:28.319 of talked about this the last couple shows where everybody 142 00:07:28.339 --> 00:07:30.519 at the top has kind of fought each other. A 143 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:33.819 lot of them have fought twice against each other. A 144 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.240 lot of them have won and lost against each other. 145 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.920 They need fresh blood in that heavyweight division. I can 146 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.199 see Johnny Walker getting one more win and getting a 147 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:45.540 title shot. Yeah. it'd be in his best interest, stay 148 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:48.389 active like that, you know, uh, get another fight as 149 00:07:48.410 --> 00:07:49.689 soon as possible and get a win. 150 00:07:51.569

--> 00:07:52.350 Great. Thanks Steve. 151 00:07:53.930 --> 00:07:57.769 I think it's fresh air for the, um, heavyweight division. 152 00:07:58.149 --> 00:08:03.040 I think this was needed. Uh, Johnny Walker had a 153 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:08.120 fast running highlights in his light heavyweight career. And, uh, 154 00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:13.540 I don't think was projected this fast as far as 155 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:17.220 the heavyweight rankings before he got to any top 10 156 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:21.850 or eight. And like I said, and since the heavyweight division, um, 157 00:08:21.870 --> 00:08:23.389 he can get a. 158 00:08:23.389 --> 00:08:24.410 Title pretty quick. 159 00:08:25.870 --> 00:08:29.550 Uh, he might be a fight and then away from 160 00:08:29.589 --> 00:08:35.200 a championship. I mean, he's to first win was pretty 161 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:36.500 dominant in fashion. 162 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:40.259 Had a highlight. And, um, this one was a knockout. 163 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:44.399 So I don't see any other argument based off. I think, 164 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:49.220 you know, Cortez lost his, um, surgeons up to the 165 00:08:49.259 --> 00:08:52.259 top and, and didn't capitalize. So it's almost like, uh, 166 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.539 he fought everybody to get to that point. So you 167 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.769 have somebody to replace him to make other, um, uh, 168 00:09:01.870 --> 00:09:04.590 fights happen, let alone he hasn't lost yet. 169 00:09:04.669 --> 00:09:07.750 And, to me, one fight away from the championship. So 170 00:09:07.809 --> 00:09:12.220 I think it's good for the heavyweight division. It sets 171 00:09:12.269 --> 00:09:16.299 up new fights. I mean, imagine a Piera and a Walker. 172 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:20.740 If anything happens, I'm just thinking of different possibilities right now. 173 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.620 Well, I kind of jumped ahead of what I was 174 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.000 about to say. At my ADC, Walker is a legit 175 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:32.279 heavyweight now because I was just about to bring up 176 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:36.370 a Piera, but Walker was at light heavyweight. 177 00:09:37.350 --> 00:09:39.419 Pierre was all the way down at middleweight. 178 00:09:39.659 --> 00:09:45.159 His striking may not be as dynamic as Pierre, but 179 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:50.340 him being a little bit more limber on his feet 180 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:51.899 may have. 181 00:09:51.710 --> 00:09:56.129 Him be more successful at heavyweight than Pierre. 182 00:09:56.149 --> 00:09:58.750 I think he's got a little bit more of a 183 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:02.399 more body frame fit for heavyweight and more than so 184 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:03.840 a pair. 185 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:05.919 Am I? Yeah. 186 00:10:06.019 --> 00:10:08.049 I don't know if it's recency bias just because I've 187 00:10:08.070 --> 00:10:11.710 seen Johnny Walker more recent at heavyweight, but to me, 188

00:10:11.789 --> 00:10:15.230 he just looks more comfortable at heavyweight than Pierre does 189 00:10:15.409 --> 00:10:19.419 like He just looks, you know, like he fits it 190 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:23.139 better body-wise. He looks more, you know, just more agile 191 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.139 on the feet at that weight. I mean, like I said, 192 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.120 it could be just recency bias, and, you know, we 193 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.019 haven't seen that much of Alex at heavyweight, but I 194 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:34.269 just feel like Johnny Walker's, you know, basically killing it 195 00:10:34.529 --> 00:10:36.710 at heavyweight. He just looks the part for it. So 196 00:10:37.710 --> 00:10:38.990 hopefully he gets back in there quick. 197 00:10:39.009 --> 00:10:42.190 What do you think, Steve? 198 00:10:43.470 --> 00:10:45.590 Yeah, quite honestly, yeah. 199 00:10:46.889 --> 00:10:49.970 You might mistake looking at somebody at another weight class, 200 00:10:50.029 --> 00:10:53.629 but thinking about the weight cut, it doesn't have to 201 00:10:53.690 --> 00:10:57.250 cut as much. More fluid to the brain as far 202 00:10:57.289 --> 00:11:01.190 as the take hits. And not only that, it's not 203 00:11:01.529 --> 00:11:04.429 like you're bloating up your body too much. I think 204 00:11:04.710 --> 00:11:09.909 Johnny Walker has well enough to have the frame for 205 00:11:10.009 --> 00:11:10.759 a heavyweight. 206 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.360 If I'm not mistaken, six, four? 207 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:13.419 Yeah. 208 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:17.100 Somewhere around that. 209 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:23.299 Yeah, that's heavyweight frame. Yeah, 6'5. 210 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:27.159 That's heavyweight frame, plus he has the muscular build to 211 00:11:27.250 --> 00:11:27.799 fill it out. 212 00:11:28.950 --> 00:11:33.809 Taking Costas' punches pretty well, too. 213 00:11:34.710 --> 00:11:37.309 And as of late, we've been looking at Johnny Walker 214 00:11:37.330 --> 00:11:40.730 that has a glass chin, but I think if he 215 00:11:41.210 --> 00:11:44.590 keeps his defense up and he's in heavyweight to help his, 216 00:11:45.190 --> 00:11:47.740 you know, his chin a little bit, I think we 217 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:53.850 might see good things from him. Because Costas wasn't one 218 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:57.750 of the lower ones in the heavyweight class. He was 219 00:11:58.730 --> 00:12:02.149 one that's well-mannered and knows how to get the job 220 00:12:02.169 --> 00:12:03.750 done with fighters we know of. 221 00:12:03.850 --> 00:12:05.750 So that was a good win for him. 222 00:12:07.750 --> 00:12:09.190 Yeah, definitely a good win. 223 00:12:09.210 --> 00:12:12.029 I'm curious to see who they match him up with 224 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:16.679 next because It's not too many grapplers in heavyweight division 225 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:21.779 outside of Curtis Blaze. Maybe they might toss him in 226 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:24.789 there with him and see if he can still swim 227 00:12:25.409 --> 00:12:29.350 with the Sharks. But yeah, definitely impressive. Main event in there, 228 00:12:29.429 --> 00:12:33.269 the Apex. Fans were chatting his name. So maybe a 229 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.519 mainstay up there at heavyweight. But before we get into 230 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:38.860 Carter's weekend, let's get into a little bit of the bullshit. 231 00:12:40.220 --> 00:12:43.590 Max Holloway was on live stream and I guess he 232 00:12:43.610 --> 00:12:48.190 was getting mad at somebody's playing and dropped the end bomb. Uh, 233 00:12:48.309 --> 00:12:49.769 I heard a censored version of it. I didn't get 234 00:12:49.789 --> 00:12:52.879 to hit an uncensored version of it. And then, uh, 235 00:12:53.429 --> 00:12:56.799 Joaquin Buckley didn't take too much of a liking to that. 236 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:59.700 He got on, I don't know, IG, but he was 237 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:05.200 saying that he was like, I challenge, uh, Max Holloway, Volkov. 238 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:09.470 Cause apparently Volkov said it again. And also, uh, Dustin 239 00:13:09.490 --> 00:13:11.330 Poirier to go into a club in the middle of 240 00:13:11.350 --> 00:13:13.000 the hood and get on the mic and say that. 241 00:13:13.049 --> 00:13:14.799 He said, if y'all do that, I'll shut up forever. 242 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:19.340 And then apparently, according to y'all, Josh Strickland then got 243 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.500 on like a troll he is and showed a video 244 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:25.590 of him getting knocked down and sparring. But back to 245 00:13:25.610 --> 00:13:29.049 the Max Holloway things and more so the bigger picture. 246 00:13:30.490 --> 00:13:33.490 When does UFC step in and say that this is 247 00:13:33.789 --> 00:13:37.509 not a part of our conduct? I know the UFC 248 00:13:37.570 --> 00:13:39.850 brass have kind of lined themselves up with one side 249 00:13:39.870 --> 00:13:42.690 of the spectrum as far as like free speech and whatnot. 250 00:13:42.769 --> 00:13:45.549 But if you want to present yourself as a legit 251 00:13:46.110 --> 00:13:48.649 organization like NFL, NBA, don't you have to have some 252 00:13:48.669 --> 00:13:49.700 type of code of conduct? 253 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.659 You don't have to fire the people, but have something. 254 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.450 Am I? 255 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:59.200 Yeah, I mean. It's wild that nobody has stepped in 256 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:02.899 at any point about this. I mean, as long as 257 00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:05.860 we've been talking about Sean Strickland, he's always walked a 258 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.340 weird line with the race thing. You can go back 259 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.769 and find videos of him doing weird shit with that. 260 00:14:12.789 --> 00:14:16.409 Well, didn't he admit that he used to be a 261 00:14:16.490 --> 00:14:18.289 Nazi back in the day, but he reformed or

something 262 00:14:18.309 --> 00:14:18.649 like that? 263 00:14:19.470 --> 00:14:22.389 Yeah, he admitted that. And then I remember one of 264 00:14:22.429 --> 00:14:26.100 the first videos that I seen of him, he was training... 265 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:28.419 at the gym and he was like, uh, this is 266 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.940 where I get to legally beat up a black guy 267 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.649 or something. Like he was just saying like, you know, this, 268 00:14:33.669 --> 00:14:40.950 you know, subliminal undertone racist shit. Like, so I'm surprised 269 00:14:40.970 --> 00:14:42.950 that nobody's ever stepped in before and just be like, 270 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:45.870 Hey man, like calm the shit down. And then like, 271 00:14:45.909 --> 00:14:48.830 we kind of talked about before the show, like, Nate 272 00:14:48.850 --> 00:14:54.149 Diaz has said it before, and everybody says, well, that's 273 00:14:54.190 --> 00:14:55.950 how he grew up. He grew up in Stockton. He 274 00:14:55.970 --> 00:15:00.899 grew up around gangs, blah, blah, blah. I didn't, but 275 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:03.279 I don't think that's an excuse. I mean, I don't know. 276 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:05.519 I'm not allowed to give out the pass. I've never 277 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:09.620 received the pass. I don't want the pass. So I 278 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.210 don't know what's acceptable and what's not, but in my mind, 279 00:15:12.330 --> 00:15:15.450 it's just not. And I would think on the business 280 00:15:15.529 --> 00:15:20.320 end of things, You wouldn't want that happening. I know 281 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.220 a lot of shit happened when Hulk Hogan got caught 282 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.200 saying it. He kind of used it in a different way, 283 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:30.090 but still there was a lot of backlash for it. 284 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.700 The company came down on him for it. We've heard 285 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:39.139 other sports people get in trouble for saying it. I 286 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.070 can't remember the baseball player, but there was a baseball 287 00:15:41.090 --> 00:15:43.750 player that got caught saying it. There was a football 288 00:15:43.789 --> 00:15:48.029 player remember the guy for the Eagles? There was a white, 289 00:15:48.330 --> 00:15:49.230 I think it was a tight end. 290 00:15:52.330 --> 00:15:55.289 Yeah, it was Riley Cooper. This was like 10 years ago. 291 00:15:55.330 --> 00:15:59.029 Yeah, Cooper, there you go. He got caught and his 292 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.059 own teammates were whooping his ass in the fucking practice 293 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:06.539 and in the locker room and shit. Everybody's had backlash 294 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:10.980 in some way and the company's really not saying anything here, 295 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:13.179 so it's just kind of weird. I mean, I don't 296 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:16.379 think that it's a way of, they're saying they're okay 297 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:22.519 with it, but it's their way of saying we don't 298 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.399 care what they say. I mean, we've talked about it before. 299 00:16:26.009 --> 00:16:29.529 You know, back in the day, I remember the one 300 00:16:29.590 --> 00:16:38.769 fighter getting suspended or like booted for making kind of a... Yeah. Yeah, 301 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:43.370 that's what it was. Miguel Torres. Miguel Torres. Yeah. And he, 302 00:16:43.389 --> 00:16:46.059 and I think he lost his, yeah, he lost his, uh, 303 00:16:46.129 --> 00:16:51.529 Bud Light sponsorship too over that. Like they went from 304 00:16:51.669 --> 00:16:57.379 cutting people over saying little things to this, the wild 305 00:16:57.409 --> 00:17:01.340 fucking West. So I don't know, man, it's just, it's weird. 306 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.200 Steve. 307 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:04.880 Yeah. 308 00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:08.440 Speaking of that, I remember, uh, at our RAF, uh, 309 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:12.589 what is that? The wrestling, uh, promotion they have that 310 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:16.309 UFC does. And I think even recently, uh, Colby said, uh, 311 00:17:16.390 --> 00:17:18.089 said it in a press conference. 312 00:17:19.170 --> 00:17:20.849 He dropped the N bomb in a press conference. 313 00:17:20.990 --> 00:17:21.769 Oh yeah, he did. 314 00:17:22.230 --> 00:17:22.609 He did. 315 00:17:22.630 --> 00:17:24.890 I can't remember. 316 00:17:25.109 --> 00:17:28.210 Uh, I don't think it was his last fight, but 317 00:17:28.250 --> 00:17:31.859 I think the one before that, uh, he was basically 318 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:35.519 explaining how the person he was about to wrestle was 319 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:38.680 saying it, but he just said it multiple times within 320 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:43.210 the press conference. Uh, I guess you wouldn't say in 321 00:17:43.269 --> 00:17:46.630 a direct derogatory way, but it's almost like he kept 322 00:17:46.690 --> 00:17:49.930 saying the word just because he can explain it. What 323 00:17:49.970 --> 00:17:52.109 the other person did, I think he felt like it 324 00:17:52.150 --> 00:17:54.539 gave him the rights to say it. But you said, 325 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.480 I think about like three times. Yeah. 326 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:59.119 Trying to call somebody else out. 327 00:18:00.099 --> 00:18:01.920 Hey, when people try to use that as an excuse, well, 328 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.920 I'll just tell them a story and then they try 329 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:05.079 to use it as an excuse. 330 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.619 That's exactly what he did. He was talking about the 331 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:13.259 Dustin Poirier incident. He kept telling the story over and 332 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:15.019 over and kept repeating. 333 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:17.519 It. 334 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:19.980 He was calling out Dustin for saying the N-word for 335 00:18:20.029 --> 00:18:24.750 saying the N-word

multiple times. Trying to explain to the 336 00:18:24.869 --> 00:18:27.809 audience that Dustin was messed up for that. 337 00:18:27.829 --> 00:18:32.329 He was just saying it because he wanted to say it. 338 00:18:32.369 --> 00:18:33.829 You could substitute it. 339 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:37.339 I'm not going to make this a big lecture, but 340 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.480 everybody knows the history behind that word. I know it's 341 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:43.680 infiltrated its way into hip hop culture. It kind of 342 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:47.269 makes it kind of complicated and nuanced, but at the 343 00:18:47.289 --> 00:18:49.930 end of the day, I don't think anybody should say it, 344 00:18:49.990 --> 00:18:54.170 but at the end of the day, it's been taken 345 00:18:54.230 --> 00:18:58.809 into a term of endearment. I mean, like I said, 346 00:18:59.349 --> 00:19:02.990 I can get into history, but that'll take forever. And, 347 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.390 you know, it's, And. 348 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.619 If you're not black, you shouldn't say it. 349 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:09.720 Even though it's a, like I said, nobody should say it, 350 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:13.000 but it has been, the power has been taken out 351 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:15.819 of the word by the black community to take away 352 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.299 centuries of people being killed behind the word. So I 353 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:23.279 don't know why it was people's infatuation with saying the word. 354 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:25.799 Like I said, it's infiltrated in hip hop. I think 355 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:27.920 that's a big reason, but I don't ever have the 356 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:31.180 urgency to say any type of slur for any other races. 357 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:34.069 So, It's just interesting how that word wants to be 358 00:19:34.109 --> 00:19:36.710 said by anybody. I think, you know what? I think 359 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.839 it's in a vacuum. 360 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:41.140 I think people just want to say stuff that they're 361 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.400 told they're not supposed to. 362 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:46.150 It's almost like that forbidden fruit out there. So it 363 00:19:46.210 --> 00:19:46.950 is what it is. 364 00:19:47.930 --> 00:19:51.480 Yeah, I think it is. You're not supposed to say it, 365 00:19:51.549 --> 00:19:55.259 so they do. And I think that it's also, I 366 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.619 think a lot of people get so comfortable saying it 367 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:03.119 in privacy that sometimes it just slips out and they 368 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:07.440 say it. Like when Morgan Wallen got caught saying it 369 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:10.460 on video, like, He just came out and said it 370 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:13.380 like he was part of his everyday vocabulary. I think 371 00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:16.230 people just say it to their friends so often that 372 00:20:16.269 --> 00:20:19.109 they forget what company they're in front of and they 373 00:20:19.130 --> 00:20:21.690 just let it go. Yeah. 374 00:20:22.650 --> 00:20:24.589 And if you're the UFC and you want to be 375 00:20:24.630 --> 00:20:28.430 taken seriously as an organization on a level of an 376 00:20:28.650 --> 00:20:31.779 NBA or NFL, you don't have to cut people, but 377 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:35.039 10% of your purse, fine people. 378 00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:36.900 I don't understand what's so hard about that. 379 00:20:37.349 --> 00:20:39.309 I know you're trying to appeal to the red pillars 380 00:20:39.390 --> 00:20:41.769 and that side of the field, but if you get 381 00:20:41.789 --> 00:20:45.279 docked 10% in your purse, that'll deter people from doing it. 382 00:20:45.410 --> 00:20:48.230 And then if the fire really doesn't care, then I 383 00:20:48.269 --> 00:20:51.039 guess you just get your money taken. I don't understand 384 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:53.839 why there can't be some type of happy medium, Amir. 385 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.319 Yeah, yeah, definitely. 386 00:20:56.339 --> 00:21:00.019 They need to find some way just to, you know, 387 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:04.630 get rid of it. I mean, didn't Booker T get 388 00:21:04.670 --> 00:21:07.759 in trouble recently? for dropping it. And I mean, he's black. 389 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.400 He didn't, he didn't, he thought he was going to 390 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:12.299 get fired. It, nothing happened to him. This is WCW 391 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.920 back in like in the mid nineties. So it was 392 00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.640 probably coming for you. 393 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:19.619 Yeah. There's probably people calling him back, him that backstage. 394 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.880 He didn't get in trouble. 395 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.319 But not even just that, just a code of conduct 396 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:28.059 for any, anything that's like, should be not anything. Like 397 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:30.279 you see baseball players get in trouble. The UFC should 398 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.369 implement that. Baseball players get in trouble and basketball players 399 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:35.289 get in trouble for saying that. shit all the time 400 00:21:35.470 --> 00:21:35.950 and fine. 401 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.539 Yeah. 402 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.099 I mean, I guarantee you if they come out and 403 00:21:41.150 --> 00:21:45.900 like Strickland came out and called somebody like a gay slur, 404 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:50.039 like I guarantee you somebody would be making them apologize. 405 00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:53.579 I guarantee it. Like that's such a big deal right now. 406 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.920 I guarantee you if it was some other word or 407 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:59.200 somebody else offended, I bet it would like go a 408 00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.759 different way. 409 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:02.700 It's funny you said it. This was back when he 410 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:04.549

was living. rest in peace. 411 00:22:04.609 --> 00:22:08.509 Kobe, he called like the referee, uh, uh, racial, uh, 412 00:22:08.569 --> 00:22:11.789 gay slur. And he got fined for that because the mics. 413 00:22:11.630 --> 00:22:14.000 Picked it up. So it's called code of conduct. 414 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:16.119 You're not the government. It's not like a freedom of 415 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:18.640 speech violation. They're not UFC, not the government, they're a 416 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.160 private company. So it's stupid, but it is what it is. 417 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:24.829 I hope Max Holloway tightens up. Like you said, he 418 00:22:25.069 --> 00:22:26.970 was like, he was, he was playing video games. He 419 00:22:26.990 --> 00:22:27.789 forgot he was online. 420 00:22:27.809 --> 00:22:30.109 He thought he was just at home chilling and slipped out, 421 00:22:30.150 --> 00:22:31.930 but it is what it is. 422 00:22:31.930 --> 00:22:35.190 Um, Let's keep it moving. Before we get on the fights, 423 00:22:35.269 --> 00:22:42.269 one more thing, Atmire. Usman Namaga-Madoff, the brother, the older brother. 424 00:22:42.369 --> 00:22:43.250 No, he's the younger. 425 00:22:43.069 --> 00:22:48.250 Brother of Umar Namaga-Madoff. Because Usman weighs more, but he's 426 00:22:48.269 --> 00:22:51.410 the younger brother. And Umar is the older and the 427 00:22:51.490 --> 00:22:55.799 one in the UFC. But there's been like rumors with 428 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:58.619 free agency. Will he or will he not sign? So 429 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.279 what's the latest? 430 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.000 Is he going to sign? 431 00:23:02.769 --> 00:23:05.490 It's been back and forth, back and forth. And then 432 00:23:05.549 --> 00:23:09.650 the last thing I heard is that he was getting 433 00:23:09.690 --> 00:23:14.910 ready to sign yesterday. I heard his next fight was 434 00:23:14.930 --> 00:23:16.799 going to be in the UFC. That is the last 435 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:20.640 that I heard as of eight hours ago, actually. 436 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:24.380 Hopefully I didn't mix it up. It's Usman that they're 437 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.990 trying to sign. Umar's already in it. 438 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.660 Yeah. 439 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.599 Usman. 440 00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.400 Yeah. 441 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:30.839 So I don't know. 442 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:33.339 Lightweight is so deep. You think he'd come in and 443 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.220 make a splash Steve? 444 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:41.059 I think he possibly could, but damn, I think we 445 00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:44.220 even talked about, um, I think lightweight is pretty deep 446 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:50.859 right now as far as the talent pool, the top five. Yeah. 447 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:54.559 I mean, lightweight has always been deep since basically the 448 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:56.509 BJ Penn days and moving forward. 449 00:23:56.529 --> 00:23:58.309 Yeah. 450 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:01.539 And, uh, You got Gaethje. 451 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:07.160 I think he'll shake something up, but I would have 452 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:11.000 to see how dominant. And I think pretty sure they'll 453 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:14.809 probably give him a pretty good opponent to test that. 454 00:24:14.829 --> 00:24:16.609 I would have to see the first fight. 455 00:24:18.630 --> 00:24:20.329 You think he'd fare as well at Admire? 456 00:24:22.170 --> 00:24:23.750 I'm with Steve. You kind of got to have to 457 00:24:23.809 --> 00:24:25.829 see that first fight because we talked about it a 458 00:24:25.890 --> 00:24:29.309 couple of shows ago is like how these outsiders don't, 459 00:24:30.410 --> 00:24:32.789 typically fare very well when they come over to the 460 00:24:32.890 --> 00:24:35.849 UFC because that competition on the outside is just not 461 00:24:35.890 --> 00:24:41.289 at the same level. The hype is that he's like 22-0, 462 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:46.480 but what has that competition been like outside of the 463 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:48.880 UFC to get him to that 22-0? It's not the 464 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:53.119 same level. You've got to see what that first fight's like. 465 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:56.500 You know they're going to throw really a nobody just 466 00:24:56.539 --> 00:25:00.059 to put him on the world stage at first. you 467 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.799 got to see what he looks like, you know, against 468 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:05.359 this nobody. And then really, you know, the real test 469 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:07.299 is what does that second or third fight in the 470 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:10.740 UFC look like against, you know, a step up in competition. 471 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.559 So that's, that's where you got to see what it's like. 472 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.589 I think that he'll do okay. I mean, just because of, 473 00:25:16.829 --> 00:25:19.990 you know, the, the name, you know, you know, he's 474 00:25:20.029 --> 00:25:23.650 going to be a decent fighter as it is. And if, 475 00:25:23.950 --> 00:25:26.750 if he struggles, he's going to be trained right to, 476 00:25:26.950 --> 00:25:30.430 to deal with it. So I think, you know, Eventually, 477 00:25:30.950 --> 00:25:33.150 when he does come to the UFC, you'll see him, 478 00:25:33.430 --> 00:25:36.380 you know, in the top 10 within a year or two. 479 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:40.279 A year or two? You can think of that long? 480 00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:46.279 Yeah, because, I mean, if you look at the Dagestani 481 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:50.269 guys' fight schedules, you know, a lot of times, one 482 00:25:50.289 --> 00:25:54.349 or two fights a year, you know, they respect the Ramadan. So, 483 00:25:54.869 --> 00:25:56.769 you know, a lot of times they do have some 484 00:25:56.789 --> 00:25:59.849 time between fights. So that's why I'm saying, year or 485 00:25:59.890 --> 00:26:02.210 two to get, you know, three fights in to

get 486 00:26:02.289 --> 00:26:02.609 up there. 487 00:26:06.490 --> 00:26:10.930 That might play a factor, but every, that's kind of crazy. 488 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:16.819 If they take, if the UFC is gatekeeping like that, well, yeah, 489 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.839 I mean, you might be right. 490 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.819 Sure. 491 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.740 It doesn't even have them ranked in the top 10. 492 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.039 I feel like it's kind of crazy. 493 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:27.829 And it's probably due to that strength of, you know, 494 00:26:27.869 --> 00:26:31.329 schedule type deal. Because, I mean, what's the biggest win 495 00:26:31.509 --> 00:26:36.890 on his record? I mean, is there anybody that you 496 00:26:36.910 --> 00:26:37.390 can even. 497 00:26:37.269 --> 00:26:37.349 I. 498 00:26:39.130 --> 00:26:42.609 Mean, his last win, the guy didn't even have a Wikipedia. 499 00:26:44.589 --> 00:26:45.829 It be like that sometimes. 500 00:26:45.930 --> 00:26:50.369 Wikipedia's real finicky with their page, but I kid. 501 00:26:50.390 --> 00:26:53.740 I mean, he's got a win against Ben Henderson, but, 502 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:57.259 I mean, Ben Henderson way past his prime time. But 503 00:26:57.279 --> 00:27:01.619 tricky pit bull, I mean, that's a decent win back 504 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:07.180 in 2022. I mean, that pit bull had some good 505 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:10.460 steam back in 2022 still. But other than that, I mean, 506 00:27:10.569 --> 00:27:17.150 every person that Usman's beat 2021 and before, not one 507 00:27:17.210 --> 00:27:20.309 person has a wiki. So I got to say that 508 00:27:20.349 --> 00:27:24.430 a lot of that is padded. I mean, it's a 509 00:27:24.509 --> 00:27:25.690 pretty padded resume. 510 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:32.740 Yeah. You think his resume is padded, Steve? 511 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:37.250 I would say because I'm. 512 00:27:39.269 --> 00:27:43.029 Not looking at saying Umar's career is padded, but, I mean, 513 00:27:43.069 --> 00:27:45.109 these are the elite of– Usman. 514 00:27:45.670 --> 00:27:46.029 Usman. 515 00:27:46.809 --> 00:27:48.609 But these are the– well, I was talking about his 516 00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:49.509 brother looking. 517 00:27:49.309 --> 00:27:50.609 At– Oh, you're talking about his brother. Oh, my bad. 518 00:27:50.869 --> 00:27:51.470 Him. 519 00:27:52.490 --> 00:27:55.200 And based off of– we also thought he was on 520 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.180 the roll of looking like one of those elite. 521 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:59.420 Because it was two in a row, right? 522 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.180 It was Khabib. 523 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.519 It was Islam. So they're all running off this hype. 524 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.759 And we just seen, you know, one of the Dagestani 525 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:11.930 warriors fall from Song Yedong, you know, when he was 526 00:28:12.009 --> 00:28:16.109 on his rise to the top. Back to the top, actually, 527 00:28:16.170 --> 00:28:18.309 because he lost to him before that. 528 00:28:19.789 --> 00:28:20.970 But he ended up getting KO'd. 529 00:28:21.609 --> 00:28:26.529 So saying that, you know, the steam on getting credit 530 00:28:26.569 --> 00:28:28.069 from what Islam doing is. 531 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.440 It could be, it's kind of rolling down. 532 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:34.279 And I don't think he gets that same credit based 533 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:38.059 off of what Admar say, transitioning to the UFC. 534 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:41.619 You see these dudes, you know, slow down when they 535 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.329 get hired to the top of the rank. 536 00:28:44.250 --> 00:28:46.890 So I'm not saying he will do that with based 537 00:28:46.990 --> 00:28:48.549 off of, you know, a lot of these people we 538 00:28:48.589 --> 00:28:52.450 don't know on his record, he might hit a little 539 00:28:52.509 --> 00:28:56.200 bump in the road, getting the wrong fight for his 540 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:00.859 sake going up to the top. Yeah. 541 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:04.880 I mean, I'm looking at the rankings. 542 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:09.309 He might be the highest ranked non UFC fighter. I 543 00:29:10.210 --> 00:29:13.049 guess I showed you how deep lightweight is and he's 544 00:29:13.109 --> 00:29:18.289 ranked number 40 on a topology. Like I'm doing a 545 00:29:18.349 --> 00:29:20.329 quick skim. 546 00:29:20.470 --> 00:29:20.750 Okay. 547 00:29:20.789 --> 00:29:21.079 Come on. 548 00:29:21.150 --> 00:29:23.250 All right. I don't know how they do this, but 549 00:29:23.269 --> 00:29:26.230 they got Michael Chandler ranked higher, a lot higher than them. 550 00:29:26.329 --> 00:29:29.319 They got Michael Chandler ranked at 26. So I didn't. 551 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.960 Give it a little bit too much weight to UFC. 552 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.200 Am I in these rankings? 553 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:38.970 Yeah, that's probably a little probably some bias there, giving 554 00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:43.349 the UFC a little bit too much credit. But still, 555 00:29:43.410 --> 00:29:46.599 I mean, you kind of have to go off of, 556 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.779 you know, what's Chandler's most recent win? 557 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:52.319 Didn't he have a win in this decade, almost? 558 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:56.059 I guess last one was Tony Ferguson, wasn't it? 559 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.710 He made his face turn in the He mailed it 560 00:29:59.750 --> 00:30:02.710 his face when they showed the replay. 561 00:30:03.349 --> 00:30:12.230 I think he won like once this decade. If that. Yeah. 562 00:30:13.390 --> 00:30:17.119 It's been a while. I'm just running through it. He 563 00:30:17.170 --> 00:30:20.569 might be the highest ranked non-UFC. 564 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.759 Dude in here. 565 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:23.980 Yeah. 566 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.119 I'm looking at Klein. 567 00:30:26.890 --> 00:30:29.130 Klein

just had a UFC fight, even though he was 568 00:30:29.210 --> 00:30:30.490 in rising before that. 569 00:30:33.210 --> 00:30:35.269 Yes. Jalen Turner. 570 00:30:35.329 --> 00:30:38.349 Yeah. So, so they not give it a whole lot 571 00:30:38.390 --> 00:30:41.819 of credit to people that fight outside of UFC. 572 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:45.099 Parnas. And. I guess just got into UFC. 573 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.539 Yeah. 574 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:45.880 Go ahead. 575 00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:50.160 He has tested positive for a banned substance before too. 576 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:54.119 You know, there's been a lot of talk about different 577 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:57.789 things and, You know, Khabib's camps and stuff. They've been 578 00:30:57.809 --> 00:30:59.609 accused of some things. You know, I think it all 579 00:30:59.650 --> 00:31:03.660 started with Connor accusing them of things. And this guy 580 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:07.240 has been popped for pissing hot in 2023. 581 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:15.500 Yeah, I mean, what did he pop for? 582 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:19.700 It says banned substance. Let me see if I can 583 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:32.829 go up here and find exactly what it was. Banned substance. 584 00:31:34.670 --> 00:31:40.869 It says accidental ingestion. Yeah, that's what they all say. Now, 585 00:31:40.890 --> 00:31:42.849 it doesn't say exactly what the substance was. 586 00:31:42.869 --> 00:31:45.529 It could be. 587 00:31:45.630 --> 00:31:51.190 Basically, stuff gets mixed in with supplements. If it's like egregious, 588 00:31:52.109 --> 00:31:56.019 like T.J. Dillis or a child, then we have to 589 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:59.569 talk about it. Either way, he still pops. So, yeah, 590 00:31:59.589 --> 00:32:02.230 I'm curious to see how he fares. 591 00:32:01.930 --> 00:32:04.309 In the UFC. And hopefully we get to see that soon. 592 00:32:04.890 --> 00:32:09.769 But let's move on to the card this weekend. This 593 00:32:09.849 --> 00:32:19.180 is the annual MSG card going down this Saturday. UFC 334. 594 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:21.140 I was just in New York a couple weeks ago. 595 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.059 So, lightweight. 596 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:27.539 And let's go to the early preliminary card. Lightweight division, 597 00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:31.220 we have Evan Elder versus Samuel Sanchez. Bantamweight division, we 598 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:36.410 have Alting Helly versus Juan Diaz. Women's bantamweight, we had 599 00:32:37.049 --> 00:32:43.130 Macy Chazon versus Beatriz Mesquita. Let's finish off the early prelims. 600 00:32:43.190 --> 00:32:48.250 In lightweight division, we got Jared Gordon versus Melky Zahil Costa. 601 00:32:50.049 --> 00:32:55.759 Will you be around to watch some of these early prelims, Amir? Yeah, 602 00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.559 I think I should. 603 00:32:56.950 --> 00:32:59.569 Be around to watch these. Not a lot of big 604 00:32:59.630 --> 00:33:03.069 star power on it, but, you know,

you never know. 605 00:33:04.750 --> 00:33:05.970 Costa's an interesting one. 606 00:33:06.390 --> 00:33:10.970 The Dalmatian, there's a nickname, the Dalmatian, the Brazilian, the 607 00:33:10.990 --> 00:33:11.779 Brazilian fighter. 608 00:33:12.410 --> 00:33:14.359 He's had some pretty crazy. 609 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:18.740 Exchanges in there. So I'll be interested to peep that out. 610 00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:20.420 If I don't get to watch it live, definitely go back. 611 00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.740 What do you think, Steve? 612 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:26.180 Probably, definitely, probably will. 613 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:31.279 It's the tempo of how, you know, this light, how 614 00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:34.319 much we have pretty much settled in by a time 615 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:38.059 against dark time outside. So I'll probably be sitting down 616 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:42.529 watching this early prelims around, what do they start, six? 617 00:33:43.369 --> 00:33:49.150 Somewhere around that ballpark, six, 530, something like that. Well, 618 00:33:49.890 --> 00:33:54.410 let's get into the prelims. Middleweight division, we got Dante 619 00:33:54.450 --> 00:34:00.460 Johnson versus Cesar Almeida. Lightweight division, Jim Miller, the ageless 620 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:02.140 Jim Miller versus Terrence McKinney. 621 00:34:03.349 --> 00:34:05.829 Another lightweight fight, we got Drew Dover versus Chris Duncan. 622 00:34:07.049 --> 00:34:10.869 And to top this one off, welterweight division, is this 623 00:34:10.929 --> 00:34:14.030 his retirement fight? Wasn't there whispers of it? Steven Thompson 624 00:34:14.070 --> 00:34:17.769 versus Charles Radke. You probably have more information on that, Amir. 625 00:34:17.829 --> 00:34:19.809 Is this supposed to be his retirement fight? 626 00:34:19.949 --> 00:34:22.110 Or Steve, I don't know. Maybe one of us was 627 00:34:22.130 --> 00:34:22.710 talking about it. 628 00:34:22.710 --> 00:34:24.630 It was the Wonder Boy. 629 00:34:24.650 --> 00:34:27.269 It's supposed to be his retirement fight. 630 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:33.780 I heard that it might be. Yes, it is. This 631 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.500 is for sure his retirement fight. 632 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:40.090 So I'm guessing that piques both of y'all's interest watching 633 00:34:40.289 --> 00:34:44.710 Wonderboy square up for one last time, allegedly. 634 00:34:46.469 --> 00:34:47.630 I would like to know if there's going to be 635 00:34:47.670 --> 00:34:51.369 any side bets, you know, I imagine on that Pauly 636 00:34:51.409 --> 00:34:54.920 Market shit, you know, will there be, you know, one 637 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:58.519 of the big packages, you know, for his retirement. Cause 638 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.099 he was kind of a company man. He's did a 639 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:03.539 little bit of, you know, broadcasting, commentating on the mic, 640 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.300 you know? So I wonder if he's going to get 641 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.949 the special treatment or if they're just going to breeze 642 00:35:09.030 --> 00:35:09.320 over it. 643 00:35:10.150 --> 00:35:12.989 Oh, you know, they're going to do the whole package. Yeah. 644 00:35:13.050 --> 00:35:15.269 Yes, man. I wonder if that's why he, I wonder 645 00:35:15.289 --> 00:35:17.769 if that's why he's like headlining the prelims that way 646 00:35:17.989 --> 00:35:20.809 between the, the prelims and the main event, they can 647 00:35:20.849 --> 00:35:22.949 do a big, you know, video package. 648 00:35:24.650 --> 00:35:25.030 Oh yeah. 649 00:35:26.030 --> 00:35:27.429 I bet. 650 00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:30.039 Not a lot of money, but I, I throw 20 651 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:33.679 on that. They will, but you're going to, you say 652 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.599 you'll be around for the early prelim. So I'm guessing 653 00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:39.960 you'll be dialed in a wonder boys last fight, allegedly Steve. 654 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.079 Definitely. 655 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:45.760 Uh, he had a lot of, um, highlights in the UFC. 656 00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:49.860 He's one of those people that, uh, gave us entertainment 657 00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:53.429 and you can't miss a fight from Steven wonder boy, 658 00:35:53.449 --> 00:35:57.280 especially if it's his last one. So, um, Hopefully he 659 00:35:57.340 --> 00:36:01.030 does something crazy or give us something good to remember 660 00:36:01.070 --> 00:36:01.449 him by. 661 00:36:03.769 --> 00:36:08.150 Yeah, we'll talk more in depth about the career of 662 00:36:08.210 --> 00:36:14.369 Wonderboy when loser draw at this weekend. So hopefully he 663 00:36:14.409 --> 00:36:19.269 puts on an exciting performance this weekend. But let's get 664 00:36:19.570 --> 00:36:22.030 into the main card. 665 00:36:22.050 --> 00:36:22.110 So. 666 00:36:25.610 --> 00:36:29.349 We're getting close to the end of our yearly picks. 667 00:36:29.409 --> 00:36:31.489 I feel like we say this every year, but the 668 00:36:31.570 --> 00:36:35.500 older you get, the more time flies by more fast. 669 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:42.159 But going into this weekend, the predictions. 670 00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:44.400 Are I'm 40 and 21. Amar is 33 and 28. 671 00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:45.659 Steve is 30 and 31. I'm not trying to. 672 00:36:54.110 --> 00:36:57.980 Sway your picks, Amir, but I'm going to give everybody 673 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.500 the benefit of the doubt going to these last two 674 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:02.480 cars of the year. I'm going to pick first and 675 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.360 you can try to go balls to the wall and 676 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.400 try to catch up with me if that's what you 677 00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:10.710 want to do, or you can pick honestly, but, uh, 678 00:37:11.050 --> 00:37:13.510 I'll go ahead and click this off in a flyweight division. 679 00:37:14.130 --> 00:37:22.880 We got Bilal Hassan versus Louise, uh, guru, uh, I'm

680 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:27.760 not too familiar with Luis in this one. And I 681 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.400 hadn't even looked at the odds of this. 682 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.269 I'm going to say since Bilal has a Wikipedia page, 683 00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:34.969 he's probably the favorite in this one. 684 00:37:34.989 --> 00:37:41.230 So I'm going to go with Hassan. You got to admire. 685 00:37:42.190 --> 00:37:46.340 Yeah, Hassan is a crazy heavy favorite. Minus 1100 favorite. 686 00:37:49.050 --> 00:37:52.090 Lewis is a plus 700 underdog, so I mean, I 687 00:37:52.130 --> 00:37:54.389 got to go with you on this one. Hassan is 688 00:37:54.429 --> 00:37:55.289 the easy pick here. 689 00:37:55.309 --> 00:38:05.260 Steve? I don't know too much about any of these fighters, 690 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:10.539 but I guess I'll have to go with Hassan based 691 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.380 off of the odds. 692 00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:19.840 So all three of us. All three of us got 693 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:26.079 Hassan in this one. Next up, welterweight division. We got 694 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:29.519 Uros Medic versus Kevin Holland. I feel like it's been 695 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.599 a little minute since we. 696 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.260 Talked about Holland. 697 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.280 It finally seems like he took a little bit of 698 00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:35.550 a break. And then if I go back and look, 699 00:38:35.570 --> 00:38:37.750 he probably fought like in Maine. I just probably forgot 700 00:38:37.789 --> 00:38:44.969 about it. But let's see. With this fight, it looks 701 00:38:45.050 --> 00:38:51.070 like Holland, it's pretty much a pick-em. And Holland's last 702 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:58.679 fight was back in April with a win. And I 703 00:38:58.699 --> 00:39:02.309 can't remember the last time that Mettis fought. I feel 704 00:39:02.329 --> 00:39:05.329 like we just talked about one of his fights not 705 00:39:05.349 --> 00:39:06.030 too long ago. 706 00:39:06.309 --> 00:39:10.269 He beat Daniel Rodriguez. That's it. Oh, this one. 707 00:39:10.650 --> 00:39:15.800 This one might be tough to pick. Give me marriage 708 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:23.309 in this one. I think some music's coming in on 709 00:39:23.329 --> 00:39:23.989 your end, Steve. 710 00:39:24.429 --> 00:39:25.090 Sorry about that. 711 00:39:25.110 --> 00:39:29.889 Who you got to admire? Man. 712 00:39:30.949 --> 00:39:34.420 Well, just in the spirit of trying to catch up 713 00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:40.260 to you. Yeah, I'm going to have to go with 714 00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:44.300 Kevin Holland just to try to catch up. But I 715 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:46.340 can kind of justify going back to 2021. Holland had 716 00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:55.670 lost to 1-2, lost 2, 1-2, lost 2, 1-1, lost 2, 1-2, 717 00:39:55.829 --> 00:40:00.510 lost 2. Now he's on 1-1. So if he follows 718 00:40:00.550 --> 00:40:04.119 this pattern, I mean, he should win this one. So,

719 00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:07.820 I mean, I'll go with Holland, you know, in this 720 00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:11.079 hope that, you know, he sticks to the patterns. 721 00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.079 Steve? 722 00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:17.340 Yeah, I was about to say Holland until I looked 723 00:40:17.429 --> 00:40:22.110 at Medics Club. Medich, whatever you pronounce that. 724 00:40:22.130 --> 00:40:24.969 You got it right. It's Medich. 725 00:40:25.670 --> 00:40:30.090 And he's on a KO tear. So I'm going to 726 00:40:30.110 --> 00:40:35.139 give him his credit. Because I guess his first debut 727 00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:37.159 was a loss. And I guess he said he wasn't 728 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:38.119 playing after that. 729 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.159 I'll go with Medich. 730 00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:45.039 So me and Steve will go with Medich in this one. 731 00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:50.460 And I have Holland. Moving right along. 732 00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:54.940 Some of Admirer's favorite guys, the fight nerds on this call. 733 00:40:55.059 --> 00:41:00.820 We got Kyle Baralo versus Yusri Belgari. 734 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:08.019 I'm going to wait. 735 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:09.980 Hold on this one. Even though this is pretty much 736 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:12.730 a pick-em as well. I feel like some of these pay-per-views, 737 00:41:12.750 --> 00:41:15.130 they've been doing closer match-ups than they have with some 738 00:41:15.150 --> 00:41:17.670 of these fight nights where the odds have been ridiculous. 739 00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:23.579 One way or the other. But go at Fight Nerds 740 00:41:23.610 --> 00:41:24.119 in this one. 741 00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:26.989 Yep. 742 00:41:27.550 --> 00:41:27.949 Me too. 743 00:41:28.449 --> 00:41:30.610 I can't go against the Fight Nerds. That's my guys. 744 00:41:32.750 --> 00:41:34.050 Any particular reason? 745 00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:44.349 Looking at Ysiri, I'm trying to think of the last 746 00:41:44.389 --> 00:41:46.070 fight because we've covered a fight for him. 747 00:41:47.090 --> 00:41:47.610 Or have we? 748 00:41:48.929 --> 00:41:51.210 We may have not covered it. I've watched those fights, 749 00:41:51.230 --> 00:41:53.230 but I don't think we've covered a fight. Oh, me 750 00:41:53.349 --> 00:41:57.239 and Steve did during the Adesanya Pfeiffer. We did a 751 00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:03.760 show for that. Yeah, that knee when he beat Mansoor 752 00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:05.559 Abdul Malik with that knee. 753 00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:09.639 Oh, he's on a tear, too. Three TKOs in a 754 00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:13.010 row in the UFC, and then you can say four 755 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:16.329 if you count Dana White's contender series. Dude's kind of 756 00:42:16.369 --> 00:42:20.090 a beast. But, yeah, man, I roll with fight nerds. 757 00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:23.000 Who you got, Steve? 758 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:26.460 I think I'm going to have to go with Brahalo. 759 00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:31.940 I think

his only slip up was Imabov. And I 760 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.769 think that was maybe a technical mishap, more of being dominated. 761 00:42:36.489 --> 00:42:42.150 They went all five rounds. I think Brahalo is a sturdy, 762 00:42:42.469 --> 00:42:49.920 sturdy guy that just slipped up. Two fights ago. And 763 00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:56.820 beat pretty predominant people. Cannoneer, Paul Craig. Like I said, 764 00:42:56.880 --> 00:43:01.739 went five rounds with him involved. Beat Derrida. I think 765 00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.960 his best win out of those is him involving Cannoneer. 766 00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:12.260 So I think he's sturdy enough to give Yosri a 767 00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:15.570 good fight. I think Yosri, he's coming up, and it 768 00:43:15.630 --> 00:43:17.389 looks like he's been K & L. 769 00:43:16.929 --> 00:43:21.550 Everybody, but he's not a significant win. So, Berhalo all 770 00:43:21.590 --> 00:43:21.889 the way. 771 00:43:24.590 --> 00:43:26.789 All three of us got Berhalo in this one. 772 00:43:28.550 --> 00:43:32.000 Moving on to the co-main event, and this is. 773 00:43:31.969 --> 00:43:32.679 A big one. 774 00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:40.159 Women's Bantamweight division, you got your champion, Kayla Harrison, versus 775 00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:46.489 probably the GOAT. if you would ask anybody. A return 776 00:43:46.590 --> 00:43:51.489 in Amanda Nunes coming out of retirement. She said her 777 00:43:52.489 --> 00:43:54.610 kid is old enough now and she got the itch 778 00:43:54.630 --> 00:43:56.449 again in the fight. This fight was supposed to happen, 779 00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:58.510 I think, earlier this year, maybe even late last year, 780 00:43:58.550 --> 00:44:01.039 but I think injury to Kayla Harrison, she broke her 781 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:03.760 neck or she had some type of surgery, but kind 782 00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:09.019 of derailed the fight. Former teammates back there at ATT 783 00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:14.750 down there in Florida, but then You know, once Kayla 784 00:44:14.789 --> 00:44:16.869 Harrison started rising up, I think she kind of pushed 785 00:44:16.929 --> 00:44:19.670 Amanda out of the gym. So they got the storyline 786 00:44:19.710 --> 00:44:24.469 going into this. I think this is the matchup that 787 00:44:24.510 --> 00:44:27.280 they thought that Rousey. 788 00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:28.119 And Nunez would be. 789 00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:31.340 And Nunez ended up wiping the floor with her like 790 00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:34.239 in less than a minute. I think this is going 791 00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:40.789 to be way more competitive because Kayla Harrison is Rousey plus. 792 00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:44.710 She's actually a gold medalist. Rousey only got the bronze medal. 793 00:44:45.030 --> 00:44:48.170 I feel like she's stronger than Rousey. A little bit 794 00:44:48.190 --> 00:44:49.090 more well-rounded. 795 00:44:49.110 --> 00:44:54.849 Man, this. 796 00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:59.380 Is pretty much a pick-em, even though Harrison is the 797 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:05.679 slight favorite. Even though, like I said, Nunez is considered 798 00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:07.960 a GOAT. She's got like four or five losses on 799 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:10.530 her record. She lost to Pena before gaining it back. 800 00:45:13.489 --> 00:45:15.179 I think cage rust is going to be a factor. 801 00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:20.860 Give me Harrison in this one. You got it, Meyer. 802 00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:24.639 Damn it. I said I was going to pick the 803 00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:27.320 opposite of you just to try to get some wins. 804 00:45:28.369 --> 00:45:30.710 So I have to go with Nunez, but I don't 805 00:45:30.789 --> 00:45:34.289 like it, man. I think age is a factor. I 806 00:45:34.329 --> 00:45:39.670 think ring rust is a factor. You know, even though 807 00:45:39.690 --> 00:45:42.039 there's a two-year difference in age, I think that's going 808 00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:47.039 to be a big difference. Amanda hasn't fought in three years. 809 00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:56.719 Like you said, I think Harrison's Rousey 2.0 is better. Yeah, man, 810 00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:58.679 this is going to be rough. I mean, I hope 811 00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:03.139 Amanda wins, but I don't think it's very likely. If 812 00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:05.610 you had told me I had to put money on it, 813 00:46:06.150 --> 00:46:09.050 I'm betting on Kayla Harrison all the way. So, yeah, 814 00:46:09.110 --> 00:46:09.869 give me Amanda. 815 00:46:11.949 --> 00:46:14.349 Steve? Yeah. 816 00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:17.179 I think I'll go with Kayla Harrison. 817 00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:23.099 And I'll say that because if Pena had a chance 818 00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:27.719 when she did beat her, and then on top of that, 819 00:46:28.969 --> 00:46:31.610 she went five rounds with her the second fight. 820 00:46:33.289 --> 00:46:34.909 But Nunes ended up winning. 821 00:46:35.610 --> 00:46:39.250 But saying that, I would give Kayla Harrison because she's 822 00:46:39.269 --> 00:46:39.949 been active. 823 00:46:40.409 --> 00:46:43.730 And I didn't even expect Pena to win. 824 00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:47.610 At all. 825 00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:51.489 So thinking, I think Kayla Harrison has way better odds 826 00:46:51.530 --> 00:46:52.070 than Pena. 827 00:46:53.349 --> 00:46:55.590 I think Kayla Harrison has enough. 828 00:46:55.389 --> 00:46:59.969 Skill, uh, to, to take her to the ground. Um, 829 00:47:01.349 --> 00:47:04.150 I think even in the Pena Nunez second fight, I 830 00:47:04.190 --> 00:47:08.070 think it went to the ground a few times. So 831 00:47:08.289 --> 00:47:12.860 just saying that's Harrison's expertise as far as her judo. Um, 832 00:47:14.710 --> 00:47:18.199 I can't remember if Harrison incorporates wrestling too, but even 833 00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:21.900 if she incorporates that also, I think we might have 834 00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:25.099 a chance to see Nunes possibly

on the ground, maybe 835 00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:26.519 a ground and pound. 836 00:47:26.239 --> 00:47:32.699 Win or a submission. As far as stand-up, Harrison might 837 00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:34.780 get caught, but I think I'll go with Harrison. 838 00:47:36.110 --> 00:47:40.409 I've seen Kayla shoot for some single legs before. She 839 00:47:40.429 --> 00:47:43.210 trains down there in Florida with a lot of wrestlers. 840 00:47:43.289 --> 00:47:46.829 But Yeah, I think Ronda, she was always, I wouldn't 841 00:47:46.849 --> 00:47:51.500 say stubborn, but heavily relied on her top-heavy judo instead 842 00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:54.019 of going for single and double legs. I think that's 843 00:47:54.059 --> 00:47:57.760 what could have made her a stronger fighter. But I 844 00:47:57.780 --> 00:47:59.179 think Kayla Harrison has that. 845 00:48:01.070 --> 00:48:01.300 Yeah. 846 00:48:02.110 --> 00:48:05.989 And the crazy thing about it is people in the 847 00:48:06.010 --> 00:48:09.449 gym probably already know who's going to win because they 848 00:48:09.469 --> 00:48:10.510 used to be training partners, so. 849 00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:14.780 Whoever was in the gym training, they probably saw one 850 00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:17.139 fighter get the best of the other. We just don't 851 00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:19.360 know it because, of course, they're like, oh, leak that 852 00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:25.590 information out. But, I mean, Amanda Nunes has, you know, 853 00:48:25.670 --> 00:48:29.909 fight change of power, so she could catch Kayla Harrison. 854 00:48:29.949 --> 00:48:30.829 We haven't seen it yet. 855 00:48:31.010 --> 00:48:35.119 We haven't seen really anybody catch Kayla, and she's taking 856 00:48:35.139 --> 00:48:37.880 some shots in there. All it takes is one, but 857 00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:42.190 I don't know if, like you said, Steve, if She 858 00:48:42.210 --> 00:48:43.869 wasn't able to get Pena out of there. 859 00:48:43.969 --> 00:48:44.969 I don't see her. 860 00:48:45.489 --> 00:48:48.690 Getting to Harrison because Harrison's stronger than her. But anything 861 00:48:48.710 --> 00:48:51.510 can happen in the fight game. But I just don't 862 00:48:51.530 --> 00:48:53.849 really see it playing out like that. But I'm definitely 863 00:48:54.570 --> 00:48:57.719 excited for this one. So I'll be at the edge 864 00:48:57.739 --> 00:48:59.119 of my seat once they. 865 00:48:59.139 --> 00:49:00.219 Ring the bell. 866 00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:05.860 But let's move on to the main event in this one, fellas. 867 00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:12.289 In the heavyweight division, we got Sarah Garn versus the 868 00:49:12.710 --> 00:49:15.599 fast rising kind of came out of nowhere within a 869 00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:18.050 whole year, Josh Hokit. 870 00:49:19.309 --> 00:49:19.539 And I. 871 00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:28.230 Hate to say that if Hokit trains out Jackson Wink 872 00:49:29.090 --> 00:49:33.650 and they're really good at game planning, I highly doubt 873 00:49:33.690 --> 00:49:36.630 that he's going to stand on the feet, even though 874 00:49:36.650 --> 00:49:38.800 he's been doing that so far, He's going to stand 875 00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:40.340 on his feet with Cyril gone. I don't think it'll 876 00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:44.159 turn out well. I just see this fight playing out. 877 00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:47.550 He's going to go back and realize he's a wrestler 878 00:49:47.570 --> 00:49:49.809 real quick. I think he's just going to try to 879 00:49:49.869 --> 00:49:52.909 smother gone and ride his way to a victory and 880 00:49:52.949 --> 00:49:56.349 get the takedowns. And he's so cringe outside of cage. 881 00:49:56.369 --> 00:49:59.429 I hate picking them, but I don't know. I think 882 00:49:59.469 --> 00:50:04.019 we will see a new heavyweight champion this weekend and, 883 00:50:05.099 --> 00:50:05.920 Lord help us all. 884 00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:07.480 Cause it's going to be a bunch of cringe stuff. 885 00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.940 I heard he did a rap video. I didn't get 886 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:09.679 a chance to see it. 887 00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:12.480 I will talk about it in a second, but before 888 00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:15.000 I get everybody or after I get everybody's picks, you 889 00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:15.519 got in this one. 890 00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:17.420 Am I, I got whole kit. 891 00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:23.099 Man. Okay. It's crazy. 892 00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:23.619 Yeah. 893 00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:26.099 I mean, he's fast rising, but like, if you look 894 00:50:26.119 --> 00:50:28.280 at his record, like you'd be like, what did he 895 00:50:28.340 --> 00:50:31.599 really do to deserve this shot? Like you beat Curtis 896 00:50:31.639 --> 00:50:33.880 blades and then you beat Derek Lewis. Like, how does 897 00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:36.719 that warrant it? But, it's the whole conundrum of the 898 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:39.539 heavyweight division that everybody up there has already bought for 899 00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:43.280 the title or everybody's already lost to a contender. So 900 00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:46.409 it's just a traffic jam up there and he's fresh 901 00:50:46.449 --> 00:50:50.269 blood and, you know, kind of like what we talked 902 00:50:50.289 --> 00:50:54.530 about earlier, you know, the big mouse get fed. So, 903 00:50:55.010 --> 00:50:59.119 you know, they, they put them in there. Uh, a 904 00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:02.489 lot of the pros are picking Hokit, uh, They're saying 905 00:51:02.530 --> 00:51:06.579 that he's the more athletic guy. They're saying that he's 906 00:51:06.619 --> 00:51:08.659 got the better skills, which is wild. 907 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.400 I don't know. 908 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:15.699 I don't think he's a better stand-up than serious kickboxing. 909 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:19.110 He might be more well-rounded, but he's not a better stand-up. 910 00:51:20.570 --> 00:51:23.269 He was striking with Curtis Blaze. They

were going back 911 00:51:23.289 --> 00:51:25.510 and forth. Blaze is a wrestler. Blaze is not like 912 00:51:25.630 --> 00:51:26.590 a stand-up guy. 913 00:51:26.610 --> 00:51:27.050 Yeah. 914 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:31.280 Even though Derek Lewis is excited, the wise Derek Lewis 915 00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:32.300 is past his prime. 916 00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:35.400 If he doesn't catch you with a punch, then he's 917 00:51:35.420 --> 00:51:37.539 going to lose. Yeah. 918 00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:40.699 And gone six, five. 919 00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:43.809 And we saw what gone, we saw, we saw gone 920 00:51:43.849 --> 00:51:47.610 piecing up everybody's hero, Tom Aspinall for the eye poke. 921 00:51:47.630 --> 00:51:50.190 So I don't think, I don't think whole kids are 922 00:51:50.210 --> 00:51:51.630 going to fare well. If he tries to stand up 923 00:51:51.690 --> 00:51:54.730 and just go toe to toe, he's going to have 924 00:51:54.750 --> 00:51:57.070 to use that wrestling. He's a better wrestling than gone. 925 00:51:57.090 --> 00:51:58.170 Yeah. 926 00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:01.539 And then he actually did a face off today in 927 00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:06.530 New York. Hokey was wearing the fucking Floyd Mayweather boost shoes, 928 00:52:06.849 --> 00:52:09.409 like had a big ass soul on them. So he 929 00:52:09.429 --> 00:52:12.309 was like the same height is gone. Like this fucking 930 00:52:12.349 --> 00:52:15.849 with him. Like, I hope it's just a fucking animal, man. 931 00:52:15.869 --> 00:52:20.579 I was going to pick Hokey, but just in spirit 932 00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:23.539 of keeping it a competition with you, I, I'll go 933 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:29.170 surreal gone. Uh, Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I mean, 934 00:52:29.190 --> 00:52:31.789 realistically it could go either way. I think what you 935 00:52:31.829 --> 00:52:35.289 said is probably right with the Jackson wing crew. Uh, 936 00:52:35.670 --> 00:52:37.949 I mean, they, they knew what to do with John 937 00:52:37.989 --> 00:52:41.789 Jones against surreal gone. You know, they're just going to 938 00:52:41.809 --> 00:52:45.719 try to repeat that with Hokey. So most likely that's 939 00:52:45.739 --> 00:52:47.440 what the game plan is. Get them down. 940 00:52:49.840 --> 00:52:50.199 Steve. 941 00:52:51.699 --> 00:52:51.820 Yeah. 942 00:52:51.860 --> 00:52:54.619 I think that's, what's going to have to boil down 943 00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:58.960 with Hokey. Um, do the hustle wrestle, get your chance 944 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:01.440 to get him down, tire him out, and hopefully you 945 00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:06.030 will have him breathing hard in the third or fourth to, 946 00:53:06.269 --> 00:53:10.949 you know, impose your striking on him. I think that's 947 00:53:11.329 --> 00:53:15.409 the only chance Hulkett has. Nowhere near the early rounds 948 00:53:15.690 --> 00:53:22.550 unless he's got surreal gone tired. But saying that, I 949 00:53:22.590 --> 00:53:25.269 might eat my

words, but I think I might have a, 950 00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:28.480 There might be a slight chance for Hokit to win 951 00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:30.420 this one based off his wrestling. 952 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:35.260 And so I don't know. Something has me leaning to Hokit. 953 00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:37.340 So that's who I'm going to choose. 954 00:53:39.789 --> 00:53:44.449 I don't think it's a big upset. He's a plus 185. 955 00:53:44.449 --> 00:53:50.070 Usually when somebody's a plus one something, the other person's 956 00:53:50.170 --> 00:53:53.489 a minus one something. But Gon is a slight more favorite. 957 00:53:53.510 --> 00:53:56.530 He's a minus 225. I don't think it would be 958 00:53:56.710 --> 00:54:00.289 too big of an upset if whole kid wins. So 959 00:54:00.929 --> 00:54:05.869 Steve's got whole kid as well. Going back to the answer, 960 00:54:05.889 --> 00:54:08.710 clean up to the rap video. Like I've, I've heard 961 00:54:08.730 --> 00:54:10.909 people talking about it and I wanted, I had my 962 00:54:11.170 --> 00:54:12.570 work day was just too busy. I didn't get a 963 00:54:12.590 --> 00:54:14.809 chance to watch it. How cringe was it? And when 964 00:54:14.829 --> 00:54:16.050 I was even rapping about. 965 00:54:17.170 --> 00:54:19.969 I haven't watched or listened to it. Like it popped 966 00:54:20.030 --> 00:54:21.869 up in my feed. I just scrolled on by. I 967 00:54:21.909 --> 00:54:24.630 was like, you know, it's gotta be cringy, but like, 968 00:54:25.110 --> 00:54:28.329 I've read some comments from people and said, they said like, 969 00:54:29.090 --> 00:54:31.449 it really wasn't that bad. It was like a diss, 970 00:54:31.849 --> 00:54:35.170 like a diss track. Like, and people said for like 971 00:54:35.210 --> 00:54:38.010 a rap, it wasn't that bad really. So maybe after 972 00:54:38.050 --> 00:54:40.159 the show, I'll go back and try to find it. 973 00:54:40.380 --> 00:54:43.739 But you know, everything that I've seen Hoka do so 974 00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:47.719 far has been cringy as shit. Like from his post 975 00:54:47.780 --> 00:54:50.960 fight stuff to the, the pre fight stuff, you know, 976 00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:53.500 one of the pre-fight things, he was acting like super 977 00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:58.010 nervous and like stuttering and all that bullshit. Like dude's 978 00:54:58.050 --> 00:55:02.210 just weird. Like he, I don't know why somebody has 979 00:55:02.250 --> 00:55:04.349 not told him like, dude, you are fucking up your 980 00:55:04.369 --> 00:55:09.849 own pockets. Like you're doing shit to like avoid sponsorships. 981 00:55:09.949 --> 00:55:13.090 Like if you win that title, it is like a 982 00:55:13.389 --> 00:55:15.940 open invitation for people to just throw money at you 983 00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:19.300 and sponsor you. And you're saying and doing dumb shit 984 00:55:19.760 --> 00:55:23.750 to avoid that. Like, what are you doing? Like, cut 985 00:55:23.769 --> 00:55:24.530 the shit, man. 986 00:55:25.369 --> 00:55:27.630 Well, he's probably not even looking at the bigger picture thing. 987 00:55:27.690 --> 00:55:32.789 He's looking at the instant gratification because he's got a 988 00:55:32.829 --> 00:55:36.679 certain pocket of fans who, like, applaud him and give 989 00:55:36.719 --> 00:55:39.940 him praise on social media and that's, he's probably got 990 00:55:39.980 --> 00:55:41.159 more engagement. 991 00:55:41.179 --> 00:55:43.539 He's 28, so he is in that younger generation that's, 992 00:55:44.219 --> 00:55:45.320 he's after the clicks. 993 00:55:46.179 --> 00:55:48.110 Yeah, he's after the clicks and he's not seeing the 994 00:55:48.170 --> 00:55:50.570 bigger picture of things of, like you said, he probably 995 00:55:50.610 --> 00:55:53.250 could get sponsorship, but. I guess that's the cat and 996 00:55:53.289 --> 00:55:55.949 mouse game you have to play with getting noticed nowadays. 997 00:55:56.010 --> 00:55:59.329 But I don't know. Did you see that rap scene? 998 00:55:59.489 --> 00:56:00.590 Because me and Amar didn't. 999 00:56:01.469 --> 00:56:01.869 I did. 1000 00:56:02.489 --> 00:56:06.710 It was for him bringing hype for what it's worth 1001 00:56:06.750 --> 00:56:10.340 to the heavyweight division. It was a disc calling out 1002 00:56:10.599 --> 00:56:14.820 all of the fighters. So I like it. The fact 1003 00:56:14.860 --> 00:56:17.880 that he ain't ducking no fights and calling everybody out. 1004 00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:20.420 He's he had a lot of A.I. 1005 00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:21.420 In that video. 1006 00:56:22.260 --> 00:56:25.280 Had Tom Aspinall crying, say he poked his eye or whatever. 1007 00:56:25.300 --> 00:56:29.409 It was those type of disses. And if you look 1008 00:56:29.510 --> 00:56:32.250 at it, I can say, you know, what it is, 1009 00:56:32.670 --> 00:56:35.309 it's not a serious rapper. You can look at it 1010 00:56:35.329 --> 00:56:38.650 as corny, but he was talking directly to all those fighters. 1011 00:56:40.829 --> 00:56:45.119 Yeah, I mean, was he deserving? 1012 00:56:45.860 --> 00:56:48.920 Maybe not, just because he got fast-tracked a little and 1013 00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:52.139 the resume is not there, but sometimes... It's all about 1014 00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:55.340 marketing yourself, and they'll teach you. 1015 00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:57.639 To the top. So now it's time to show and 1016 00:56:57.659 --> 00:56:58.519 prove this weekend. 1017 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:03.960 So we'll see if he sinks or swim. But, yeah, 1018 00:57:04.780 --> 00:57:07.650 wrapping up the show. We'll be back next week to 1019 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:11.369 recap the MSG card and see how things play out 1020 00:57:11.409 --> 00:57:15.010 because this is basically the biggest card of the year, 1021 00:57:15.030 --> 00:57:17.369 it seems like, now that they were able to go 1022 00:57:17.409 --> 00:57:19.590 to New York back in, what, 10 years ago now. 1023 00:57:20.030 --> 00:57:23.510 That's crazy that they've had 10 cards. There's some fight 1024 00:57:24.570 --> 00:57:26.449 in the National Fight Week. I say this might be 1025 00:57:26.489 --> 00:57:30.039 slightly more as far as them trying to put on 1026 00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:31.980 big cards because they got rid of the Super. 1027 00:57:31.739 --> 00:57:33.800 Bowl card, basically, and the New Year's Eve card. 1028 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:39.280 So, yeah, should be a fun weekend of fights. 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