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And we are live.
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And I must be dreaming. I can't believe
it. I get a chance to talk fights with
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some of my favorite people in the world.
And we're not just talking fights.
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We are going deep. This is deep waters
fueled by monster energy. And we're
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deep with a legendary crew. We got my
man, former middleweight champion, Chris
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Weidman, former interim lightweight
champion.
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Dustin Poirier and the former and the
original BMF champion, Jorge
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Maldonado. Now, guys, all show, we will
monitor the YouTube chat.
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And so, please, don't be afraid. Don't
be bashful. Chime in. In fact, we
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have some. So let's check the chat right
now. What do we got?
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Let's see if we got some.
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Let's see the trash talk.
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Okay, so TFL Prod says, I'm excited for
this, guys. We got some fans out there
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ready to get this up.
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Wildman420 says, let's go for the
diamond.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, here we go.
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Why did they put that up? Weidman is a
goon.
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AN5, no thanks.
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Weidman is a goon. Do you want to
explain yourself? Is goon, is that a
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compliment? I don't know what a goon is,
but I have a feeling it's not a nice
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thing. Is it a nice thing?
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Depends where you're at. Not really a
nice thing.
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I mean, it is. Does that mean I'm a
nerd?
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No, I'm quite the opposite.
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What is it? Like good looking? Street
dude, you know? I am hood. I am hood.
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sure. Jorge blessed me with that. He
said, why I'm in the street?
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Well, I feel like in this entire panel,
we're all kind of goons. I mean, the
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mean streets of Port St. Lucie? Come on.
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Lafayette, baby!
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Yeah. Don't get it twisted, man. From
all different walks of life, we're all
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goons. 100%. Well, let's get right into
the show. So UFC 327 took place down in
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Miami. It was a fantastic show. Let's
start at the top.
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Yuri Prohoshka fumbles the bag.
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Carlos, and I don't want to put it that
way. So Carlos Olberg.
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Grabs the bag.
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Injured man wins the light heavyweight
championship of the world. Knocked out
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Yuri Prohaska.
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Thoughts, Jorge, I'll come to you first.
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Dude, that was crazy, right? For sure. I
saw it like three times, and I've seen
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Jerry going through the emotions.
There's a time that Oberg throws a high
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and when he throws it, he lands. And
Jerry's telling himself, at least it
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to me, that he's like, yeah, he fucked
up his leg. Fuck. And it feels like he
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wanted him at his best.
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It didn't happen, but you still can't
take your foot off the gas, man.
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Yeah, at one point he, like, pointed
down. He started pointing down like he
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going to do the Max Holloway. Yeah, but
as soon as he engaged, he started
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running backwards. Yeah. Yeah, 100 %
because, I mean, Carlos hits hard.
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But I will say, like, he stopped leg
kicking. Like, all of us, if you know
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got a guy with an injured leg and the
calf kicks were working so good already,
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he was falling over and over again.
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Just stick with those cast kicks. He put
himself into range against the guy who
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got the only punch I think he had left
because his right leg was injured was
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check left hook, which is his best
punch.
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Boom. I don't know if you noticed, Yuri.
Oh, my gosh.
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Yuri has a bad habit of keeping his
right hand down because Pereira got him
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the left hook. You know, that right hand
when he lunges forward. The left high
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kick as well.
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High kick? Yeah, his right hand is down
a lot, especially when he's, like, being
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aggressive. You know, so it must have
been a weird, like, confusing time for
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because a part of him doesn't want to
win like that. But he also feels like, I
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have to get a finish. This guy can
hardly walk. So then, like, you know you
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to be careful coming inside the pocket
against a guy like Carlos Holberg
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look what he just did that with Dominic
Reyes. Dominic Reyes kind of hesitated.
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He slid back as he was coming in and
just put him down.
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And he felt like, you know, he had to
just.
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It should be an easy fight. I'm supposed
to just win this. He put himself in
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that pocket and, man, liked that. Yeah,
I think Carlos' hands were a lot faster
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than I expected them to be. Who did you
pick going into the fight? I picked Uri.
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I picked Ober.
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I thought Uri, too. No way. All of y
'all picked Uri? I picked Uri. But Ober
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just a little more disciplined, I feel.
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With the hands, just as good as an
athlete or better, but he's a little bit
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tighter, a little bit more.
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I thought the unpredictability of Yuri
was going to give him problems because
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you never know. You can't train for
that. He doesn't know what he's going to
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I think if you thought about it, when I
started getting close to the fight, I'm
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like, Carlos might be the worst matchup
for Yuri because he's very tall, he's
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long, and he's so good at sliding out of
range, getting you to try to get into
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the pocket and then making you pay
there. And he's got way heavier hands
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people give him credit for. And Yuri's
thing is to try to get it. his head
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inside the pocket, rely on his eyes to
barely slip out of the way of a punch
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then come out hard with his punches
where he finishes. And as of recently,
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been doing that. Like, Uri's defense has
improved.
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Like, when you look at his recent fights
against, you know, Khalil Roundtree and
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Jamal Hill, like, he's flipping punches
while he's throwing. I thought he'd be
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able to get inside and do that against
Carlos and apparently not. Yeah. And
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also, the longer that fight went, I
thought it was going to help.
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be a benefit for Yuri because he's been
in those big fights before. He's fought
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for the title now. That was his fourth
time fighting for the title, five
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So he's had that experience.
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And Carlos, man, that moment could get
you, your first title fight, and you're
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going against a guy as unorthodox and as
dangerous as Yuri. I thought that could
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have been too much for him. So Carlos
hurts his leg.
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I don't really know what happened. He
hurts his leg.
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But he showed a different
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level, a different side of him that we
haven't seen from him. Like he showed,
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like it didn't distract him because most
people might have quit. Most people
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would have just been like, look at my
leg. I need to get out of here. But he
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showed a different side that we hadn't
seen from him. And that was with the
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championship mentality that he has.
Yeah. I got to be honest. That's a good
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point because I remember when I broke my
leg in half.
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I should have kept that Carlos mindset.
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You should have kept going. I should
have been correct. You should have kept
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going, yeah. With the bones hanging out.
I should have kicked his ass, though. I
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was there. You were there like a
nunchuck. I was not.
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Like a nunchuck.
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It was like a sword.
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Yeah, bro.
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But I think one of the bigger storylines
is Uri has spoken out and said that he
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showed mercy.
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Bro. Come on. I got to.
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This is.
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I don't think so.
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To me, it looked like he was playing
with his food. It looked like he knew he
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was hurt. He was trying to set up a big
finish.
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That's what I thought.
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I don't think it was mercy, man. I think
there was a moment of โ I thought he
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had like a moment of mercy, but then it
was like I got to finish this dude.
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And Carlos was just too much. He kept
his focus and Yuri didn't. All right, so
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want to hear when Yuri talks about this.
I want to see when he talks about this.
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We got plays. We got plays. We got
videos. Thank you all for support.
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Just checking the jaw.
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here in hospital and uh big apologies
for my performance
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tonight still can't understand this this
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my stupid mercy in the fight and that
cost me
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this fight so
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I would like to fight the rematch. All
right.
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I feel for the guy. You got to feel. I
mean, I feel for him, too. You guys seen
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the movie Troy? Oh, yeah. When the guy
falls and he's like, I'm not going to
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a pebble take away my grace, you know,
whatever.
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And that's kind of, I think, how Jerry
feels. He saw this like, this is not how
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I wanted to win the title. In that split
second of that.
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Do you really think he felt a little
mercy? Not mercy, but just like.
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From what I saw, when Carlos throws that
high kick and he falls and he's like,
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oh, yeah, his leg is messed up. I wanted
him at his best. I think he was saying
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not necessarily maybe mercy, but just
like, fuck, I didn't want it down to go
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like this. And he already thought at
that moment, I think he's like, oh, I
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this in the bag. Because I didn't see
that. What I saw was a guy who saw a
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wounded man in front of him, and he was
still kicking at the legs. And when he
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wasn't kicking at the legs, he was.
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Trying to point down to say, let's just
stay in the pocket and trade.
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To me, that sounds like he was ready. He
did no mercy. But he was giving him a
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chance. Giving him a chance.
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He's not going to be working footwork
anymore. That's out the window. That's
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respectable.
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Let's point down. Let's give you your
only shot.
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Get back out of there quick, though. He
ran straight back. Yeah, he got out of
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there. I thought he was trying to set up
a big finish. Like, this guy's hurt.
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lure him into something, hit him with
the elbow, something crazy. I love
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the cat. I would have just kept kicking
the cat. One thing you can't deny,
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though, is that there was definitely a
lack of focus in Uri at that point. His
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game plan went out the window of working
his way in smart into the pocket to
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land the shots.
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he bailed on that completely. He just
put himself right in there, into that
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check hook, you know, which if he wasn't
hurt, we wouldn't have seen that, you
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know. Think about it. If he just used
footwork and just kept kicking the calf
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whatever he wanted to do, he'd go back
to the right. But you go back to the
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corner, they're probably stopping the
fight, right, because he could hardly
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walk, you know. Yeah, I think so.
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And I had to take with Chael on the road
with Chael. We do the show after.
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And, yeah, when I, yeah, when I, so.
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After the fight, I'm sitting there
thinking, is Uri a choke artist?
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Now, it's a bit unfair to say he's a
choke artist. We're talking about a guy
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who's got so many big wins. So he may
not be a choke artist, but did he choke
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this moment?
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Yes. I mean, I think he choked in this
moment. That's why I think it's killing
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him right now when you see him in that
hospital.
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he knows that fight was, it was his
fight to win. It was in the bag. Yeah,
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was his bag to fumble. And we talked
about this on the death show too, pre
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-show, is one of the biggest things for
Carlos to do is calf kick and Yuri.
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because Uri's been hurt a bunch with
calf kicks. He has a hard time defending
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that. And to see that Uri started
hurting him with calf kicks early, you
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and I don't know what ultimately ended
to his ACL tear or LCL, whatever
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in his knee tore, but it could have been
the calf kicks. You know, it could have
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been just that damage. It looked like
when he went and sat down on the right
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hand, you could see it explode, but it
might have been just the culmination of
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those calf kicks adding up and
something, you know, some issue going on
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knee. So what happens with Carlos now?
That happened too with Anderson Silva,
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remember, when he was defending the belt
against the Canadian guy, flipping his
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name right now. Patrick Cote?
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Was it Patrick Cote had the same injury,
right? He pulled back and something
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happened to his knee. Patrick Cote,
yeah, yeah.
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All right, so Carlos Oberg, obviously
something's wrong with his leg. We don't
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know yet.
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But in the future, who are his better
contenders? I think it's most likely
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Yeah. and it's going to require surgery,
and you know it's going to be six
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months, seven months before he's even
back on the mat.
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So what does the UFC do for the light
heavyweight division?
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Is there an interim belt?
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Because it's been crazy ever since John
left and then Pereira moved up.
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Who's the next contender?
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Yeah, it might be a year until he's
back. So, like, we kind of almost have
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get them out.
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Eliminate him from the conversation.
Yeah, I think he's kind of out.
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So I think we have, like, Ankaliev is in
there, Jan Blachowicz.
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So you make an interim ballot?
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I think you have to do an interim, or I
don't know how the UFC does it. They
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strip them of it. I mean, but think
about that. Like, they just, like, if
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moves up, they have a vacant belt. Now
the guy wins it, now they make an
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belt. Well, what happened with Uri? Uri,
he had an injury, and he had to give up
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the belt. He actually had to give up the
belt. He had a shoulder injury, right?
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Right. So did he vacate? He vacated the
belt. Then Jamal Hill won the belt, and
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then he got injured. He tore his
Achilles playing basketball. I was at
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too. Jamal Hill could hoop, by the way.
But, yeah, but he tore his Achilles.
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Even when he's big.
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I saw him Saturday. He's big. He's big
right now.
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So you think they just find a new crop
of guys to start working on? The thing
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is, everybody who's right at that level
to fight for the belt or interim belt
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has just recently fought for it. I know.
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And the big names, like Pereira was the
big name at 205.
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And I don't really know, like Ankalayev
isn't the big name.
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Jan Blachowicz, you know, he's just
older.
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You know, he's like 42 years old. You
know, does the UFC give him another
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So who do you have? You had that dude
Azamat Merzakhanov who just fought and
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lost to Paul Costa. He was ranked sixth.
You got a speed rocket Paul Acosta in
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the mix. That's what I say. That's my
thing right there. Put Paul Acosta right
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in the mix.
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Right now, because he's already got the
name, even at middleweight, but he just
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beat a guy who they were trying to push.
I think they was putting Azamat on this
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card to kind of showcase him to maybe
fight for the title. And then he gets
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knocked out by Paulo Costa.
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You got to inject Paulo Costa. Bro, I
got to give Paulo Costa a try, though.
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Every fight, I think, is a tough one for
him. It's a tough one for him for sure.
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You know, this dude was ranked 14th at
middleweight.
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He goes up. Now he's in the top five of
the division probably. And we're talking
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about him getting rushed right into a
title fight. It's kind of crazy.
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And I think the reason why he was 14th
ranked is because he's been so inactive.
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He doesn't really.
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Fight that off.
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But anyway, let's talk good about him.
In this fight, I thought he looked
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amazing. Yeah. Because Merzikhanov, his
power in his left hand is insane. So
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Polo started off the fight really using
his footwork, staying at bay, staying
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away from the power.
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And then as the fight, you know, and
landing heavy body kicks, heavy leg
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heavy high kicks, and shut down the left
hand of Merzikhanov. And then next
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thing you know, you got to see the best
vintage Polo Katsu we've seen where he
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walks forward and tries to get the
finish. It was awesome. Bro, nobody gets
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headlocked anymore.
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And, like, the women's division.
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A lot of free back picks when they
headlock.
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Headlock throw.
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I was like, nobody gets headlocked, and
then he gets headlocked. Dude, I like
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Secret Juice at 205.
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There's a bunch of fun fights for him,
and I know for sure from experience,
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going up a weight class, his quality of
life, training camp, fight week is much
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more enjoyable.
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And he's older, you know. He's older. As
we get older, he can't get weight the
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same. He's big.
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And he wasn't, like, when you talked to
him on the post -fight show, he wasn't
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into, like, he didn't want to commit to
205. I'm like, bro, you're a 205
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pounder. You just be the number six guy.
You're ranked 14th.
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He didn't want to commit now? After just
doing that? He didn't want to commit.
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What happened to him and Jerry? I think
he will, but. That's a fun one. Who was
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that? Him and Jerry?
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There's a massive difference in size,
though.
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I know Yuri did look pretty small, like
up in there against, even in his last
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fight. No, but he thinks Polo's a little
smaller than Yuri. You think Polo's
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smaller than Yuri?
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Yuri actually talked about going down to
85. I agree. When you look at Yuri's
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structure, he's still Polo.
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Dominic Reyes and Goliath, all these
guys are considerably smaller. I don't
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if it makes sense, but if I was
matchmaker, I think Polo and Khalil
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a fun fight.
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That's a banger.
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No, not for the title. Not yet.
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I say you do that fight as a title
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eliminator.
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Yeah. And then what happens with the
belt right now?
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You just let it chill.
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Yeah, but what if he's out for a year?
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I mean, but still, there's still so much
movement that needs to happen anyway.
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You know, it's not like there's this
clear -cut guy who needs to fight for it
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right now anyway. So might as well just
let them keep it until they kind of
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figure all that stuff out. So you do,
like, Uncle Ive versus John. Need some
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blood at 205, though. Need some new
blood at 205.
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Yeah, 100%. And it looks like Carlos, I
mean, Paulo Costa might be that new
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blood. Yep.
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Speaking of new blood, Josh Hokett. Oh,
man.
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Josh Hokit. Speaking of new blood, Josh
Hokit. I mean, he owned the entire week
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in Miami.
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He's probably the hottest thing out
right now in MMA.
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He's, you know, he had the great fight
against Curtis Blade.
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So let's talk about that fight. So first
off, did you guys expect that
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performance from either guy?
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Hell no. That performance, I don't think
anybody could ever expect that. That
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was one of the greatest fights I've ever
seen. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
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usually when you talk like that, you
don't fight like that. He's so in
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Now I'm looking at everything in
reverse. I thought maybe he was nervous
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moment. He was just this weird. He's
just so in control that he could get
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reactions out of anybody, even me. I'm
not the easiest to get reactions off.
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dude.
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This guy loves it. I'm sold.
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And then he goes out there and fights
like that. It just usually doesn't go
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in hand.
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I've been back and forth on him, man.
Like when he first two fights in the
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like at the apex, he was a little bit
more quiet, got the win. Then he jumped
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the mic and got into character. And I
thought it was fun. But then this fight
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week. I was like, it's too much. He's
got five different characters he's
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to pretend to be.
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So I kind of got off the bandwagon. But
then he fights like that. I'm back on
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the bandwagon. So I'm back and forth
with him. I want to see him fight.
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Like pre -fight, I was unsure too on my
band. This guy's got multiple
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personalities, and it's like too much.
The gimmick is like. And it's only his
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third fight. It's only his third fight
in the UFC.
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Third fight in the UFC. He's going
against the number five ranked dude,
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Blades. Which is maybe the worst matchup
for him. Worst matchup. He's got the
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most takedowns in the history of the
heavyweight division. Top time, I think.
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Yeah.
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And he's fought the who's who of the
heavyweight division.
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Here's a fun fact. When Curtis Blades
was fighting Francis Ngannou, that was a
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year before.
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Hokit made his mixed martial arts debut.
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So that's how quick this guy has moved
up the ranks and made a name for himself
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by fighting this way, but also by the
character he's playing. It makes you
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to watch. Whether he's going to win or
lose, you're tuning in to see. I have
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friends hitting me up that don't watch
MMA asking me about this dude, Josh
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Hokit, before the fight happened. Like,
yo, what's your take on this dude? You
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think he's good and all that? I'm like,
I don't know. But when you have dudes
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who don't really watch MMA talking about
him, I think after this fight, he might
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be the biggest star in the UFC.
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It's working because I just worked for
Paramount for the fights on Saturday,
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I've spoke more about this guy than
anyone on the whole card. So from a
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perspective, this is why I like him
because I know.
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athletes are never the same on fight
night everybody's really good in the gym
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they're never the same on fight night
they let the pressure get to them they
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the nerves get to them and some guys are
afraid to even open up and talk trash
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because the pressure and they don't want
to have to live up live up to it now
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we're talking about a guy who spent an
entire week with the cringiest three
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of all time all each one of them
individually was as cringy as the other
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right
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And he was able to, despite that, live
up to that and give a performance like
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that. To me, that is remarkable. The
level of comfort that this guy has
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the cage.
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It's remarkable to me. I agree.
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You put so much pressure on yourself
when you start bringing all that
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to you because, oh, my God, what if I go
in there and I get knocked out?
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It's extra embarrassing after doing all
that talking. There's very few guys that
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we have seen who could talk the talk and
then actually walk the walk.
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And when he went out there in that first
round, he almost finished Curtis
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Blades. Credit to Curtis Blades. But in
that first round, almost finished him.
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I'm like, damn, this dude is actually
doing what he's โ what we would want him
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to do, you know? Yeah, the Pee Wee
Herman cringe and just like โ Pee Wee
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Yeah,
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and you got to give Curtis his props. I
was just about to say that. You can't
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talk about Josh without Curtis. You
can't have one without the other. He was
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joker to the Batman. I think he's got a
broken orbital bone. He's got something
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with his jaw. Broke his nose as well.
Broke his nose. And that was first round
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he broke his nose. So, you know, his
cardio was good. These guys were well
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prepared. Yeah, I wonder what was
keeping Curtis in there. Like he โ
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mean, obviously โ He just couldn't
believe it. There's no way.
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There's no way. I think that's what it
was. He's going to get tired now.
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He hadn't have been thinking that. He
hadn't have been thinking there's no way
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that this guy should be hanging with me,
so I can't give up now.
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You know, I also felt like, you know, we
were talking about all the pressure on
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Josh Hoka going in there with all the
trash talk and, you know, his bits that
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was doing. But I think the pressure
probably got on Curtis Blades being
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and just trying to focus on his job.
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Because in that first round, it looked
like he was kind of a deer in
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He was getting hit with shots, and he
wasn't even moving his head. He's like,
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how am I being hit with this? He just
hit him. Yeah. He just jumped on him
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away. There's a lot of pressure when you
talk the way.
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Hoker was talking all fight week and
you've got to go perform. But there's a
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of pressure on the other side. When
you're supposed to beat this new guy,
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been the guy who's been there and done
that. You're supposed to make this guy
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look like he's levels below you. So
that's a lot of pressure as well.
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You know what it was like, bro. You went
against Conor McGregor three times.
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So there's nobody who talks better and
trash talks as much as Conor McGregor.
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Pressure -wise going into those fights,
how was that? Can you relate to how
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Curtis Blades felt?
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Conor's different because, like,
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He's better at it than Hokit, obviously.
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He's probably one of the best guys ever
to talk trash and try to get the most
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out of you in press conferences and get
in your head. But the way Hokit went
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about it was more just like it was fun.
It wasn't like he was attacking Curtis
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that much or breaking him down or
telling him he sucks. It was different.
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He didn't cross the line. He wasn't
talking about family. I think the worst
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thing he said to Curtis Blades was like,
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Do you guys know how to make ugly kids?
What sexual position makes ugly kids?
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Oh, yeah.
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Curtis Blades' parents.
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I think that might have been the most,
like, you know, the worst thing he
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possibly did. And that's fair. That's
fun.
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This is what I said about Hokit and his
bit, was that he's not selling fights.
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He's selling himself.
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And I think that's important for a lot
of fighters to understand, is that
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fighters go out there and feel as though
they need to sell a fight, which then,
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you know, once that fight's over, then
what?
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But for Hokit, he's selling himself. So
it doesn't really matter who he fights
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because he did such a good job of just
selling himself that I just want to see
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him fight whoever. It doesn't even
matter for me. But also he fights
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there's a lot of guys that try to do
these business. Don't fight. They're
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sniffing crotches. This guy is fucking
fighting. Yeah, for sure. When you fight
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like that, you could get away with
murder.
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And you become a superstar.
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Talk to me and walk the walk. I really,
I seriously thought like, yeah, Curtis
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is going to smoke this dude first
quarter.
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He's out of there and then, bro. One
other thing, this dude was a two -time
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division one All -American. So you would
think he's just going to try to get the
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takedown. He didn't shoot one takedown.
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You know, not one damn take. He showed
his defense, though. He showed his
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defense 100%, but he went out there and
put on a show.
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But I tell you what.
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We're going to see the offensive
wrestling in this next one, I think.
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You don't stand across from Derrick
Lewis and take those same shots or take
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same risks. Oh, hell no. And if you do,
God bless you. Yeah, so, I mean,
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obviously that fight got announced that
he's going to fight Derrick Lewis at the
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White House. It got announced when he
was still in the cage.
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I was like, how did this happen so fast?
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Like, what an opportunity to make a big
fight and just really elevate the entire
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White House card.
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Yeah, it makes it a lot more fun. It
makes it fun. I think I saw something.
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Trump might have had something to do
with that.
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With the fight happening. I think Trump
was on the phone with Derrick Lewis and
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he asked Derrick Lewis, hey, why aren't
you on the White House card? And then
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somehow Dana was on a live, like he was
doing like, I don't know, Instagram live
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or whatever.
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And he was like, we have a new fight
after Hokut won. Well, we have that. So
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let's play that.
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00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:23,140
Okay.
421
00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:27,540
Derrick, the president just asked me why
you're not on the card.
422
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,740
Do you want to fight on the White House
card? And he goes, of course I do.
423
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,980
Tell the president, thank you. I want to
do it.
424
00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:36,720
Then the Hokut card plays out.
425
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,560
The fight plays out. You beat the number
five ranked guy in the world. And Joe
426
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:44,920
Rogan says, is there still room on the
White House card? We went back and
427
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:45,899
to him.
428
00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:52,500
Polkett versus Derrick Lewis was just
added to the White House card in the
429
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:53,500
10 minutes.
430
00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:59,180
President Trump built half of that fight
and Rogan built the other half.
431
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,140
Both guys have accepted and agreed for
the fight.
432
00:24:03,330 --> 00:24:06,290
That's great. That's crazy, right? You
got the president. I love that type of
433
00:24:06,290 --> 00:24:08,210
matchmaker, too. That's a story in
itself.
434
00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:12,070
I love that. For sure. I love that.
Poker's going to be a fucking name now,
435
00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:17,450
know? Like, shit. Because I could see
him easily just beating there with the
436
00:24:17,450 --> 00:24:21,250
right strategy, you know? He could run
right through them. I know, like, DC has
437
00:24:21,250 --> 00:24:24,290
talked about that. And it's crazy that
Derrick Lewis has been there, done it,
438
00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:28,490
has crazy power still to this day, and
we're putting this guy, you know? DC
439
00:24:28,490 --> 00:24:31,810
it. You grab Derek Lewis's leg and he
just falls down.
440
00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:37,530
I mean, I'm not saying Cormier and Josh
Hoka are the same level of wrestling,
441
00:24:37,690 --> 00:24:41,910
but Hoka's got good wrestling. And if
he's smart, he goes out there and just
442
00:24:41,910 --> 00:24:45,330
takes them down, mounts them, and just
ground them, pounds them. But, I mean,
443
00:24:45,370 --> 00:24:48,930
it's not as simple as that because when
you think about it, like DC is the only.
444
00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:53,540
guy to really do that to derrick like
other guys like even curtis blades like
445
00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:57,280
all them guys tried to take him down he
was still able to get back up and knock
446
00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:00,580
him out so it's not as simple as him
just getting the getting the takedown
447
00:25:00,580 --> 00:25:05,420
is an interesting fight because of if
hokit goes out there and has any
448
00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:08,460
of that fight of what it looked like
against curtis blades he's getting
449
00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:12,680
out oh yeah you can't get hit like the
like the way you got by by blades
450
00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,190
No. With Derek Lewis. Hell no.
451
00:25:15,410 --> 00:25:17,030
He's got the most knockouts in the
heavyweight division.
452
00:25:17,290 --> 00:25:21,210
Big puncher. Most knockouts in the
history of the UFC. There you go. Of any
453
00:25:21,210 --> 00:25:22,650
division, which is insane.
454
00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:27,850
Well, guys, this was great, but we are
going to take a quick 20 -second break.
455
00:25:28,230 --> 00:25:29,230
Don't go anywhere.
456
00:25:29,370 --> 00:25:30,370
We'll be right back.
457
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:35,170
You think you understand how this
business works, but you don't.
458
00:25:36,210 --> 00:25:38,330
I now know why mommy was so stressed.
459
00:25:38,990 --> 00:25:40,110
What's the plan here?
460
00:25:42,110 --> 00:25:48,870
Landman. New season now streaming only
on Paramount+. Welcome
461
00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:55,510
back to Deep Waters, fueled by Monster
Energy. I'm Dean Thomas, Chris Weidman,
462
00:25:55,650 --> 00:25:58,290
Dustin Poirier, Jorge Masvidal.
463
00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:05,650
Guys also on the weekend, I thought Cub
Swanson, he had his swan song.
464
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,680
What a great career Cub has had, and
what just a moment for him to have that
465
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,180
type of performance in his final
performance here in Miami.
466
00:26:14,860 --> 00:26:17,120
His last two performances, he knocked
out Billy Q.
467
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,140
Then he comes out here and does this to
Nate.
468
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,080
It doesn't look like he needs to walk
away from the sport, but he's just at a
469
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,080
place. But that's the best time.
470
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,240
That's the best time when you don't need
to and you can. You have a storybook
471
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,300
ending here. Your wife and kids are
Kate's side. The president of the United
472
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:34,120
States is Kate's side. I mean, you go
out there and do this on your
473
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,140
Yeah, he looked great. He looked great.
He looked sharp. He looked powerful. I
474
00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:40,500
don't know if it was post -fight or if
he was talking. He came to it with us.
475
00:26:40,580 --> 00:26:43,800
But he said something like, you know,
he's happy to be done. It's not like he
476
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:44,800
has any regrets.
477
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:51,800
We all know the anxiety and the amount
of nerves and just stress that comes to
478
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,060
your life building up to a fight over
and over and over again. He's 42 years
479
00:26:55,060 --> 00:26:58,020
old. And you have a family and stuff. At
some point, it's like, bro.
480
00:26:58,490 --> 00:27:02,510
kind of want to just relax a little bit
because, man, this is a stressful game.
481
00:27:02,510 --> 00:27:05,970
It is. I think about that. Like, you're
42 years old. He's been doing this for a
482
00:27:05,970 --> 00:27:09,730
really long time. Really long time. And
it never goes away. You know what I'm
483
00:27:09,730 --> 00:27:12,750
saying? Like, that stress never goes
away. He was a young pro, too, I
484
00:27:12,930 --> 00:27:13,930
Yeah, I remember.
485
00:27:14,130 --> 00:27:16,430
2004 was his first pro debut.
486
00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:20,590
Ooh, which is crazy. Then he was in the
WC forever. Then had a long UFC career.
487
00:27:20,690 --> 00:27:22,810
That's where I first saw him. You know
what I like? Like, the first time I seen
488
00:27:22,810 --> 00:27:23,810
him was when he got.
489
00:27:24,030 --> 00:27:27,890
Was it a flying knee? The double knee,
the double tap. Holy.
490
00:27:28,270 --> 00:27:29,630
I never seen that in my life.
491
00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:33,890
So no one has ever done that before or
after. Well, you can't block them both.
492
00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,310
You can't block them both.
493
00:27:36,550 --> 00:27:42,070
You can't block them both. But, like, he
wasn't defined by that moment. No, no,
494
00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:43,170
no. Yeah, exactly.
495
00:27:43,730 --> 00:27:45,630
And he was like a crazy highlight.
496
00:27:45,970 --> 00:27:46,970
Bro,
497
00:27:47,130 --> 00:27:49,190
he ran through this dude, Lambert.
498
00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:51,390
Ran through him. Did he get touched?
499
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,320
No. Oh, he had a small little. Like a
little. Yeah.
500
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,820
Yeah. I don't even think that dude threw
a punch. Very creative striker too.
501
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:58,880
Very. Yeah. Yeah.
502
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:00,500
Unorthodox. Good timing.
503
00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:02,300
He was doing that.
504
00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:06,820
He's a really good boxer. He kicked
elbows.
505
00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:10,960
He's got good ground game too. And he
told me after the fight, when he came
506
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,500
with us, he told us all that.
507
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,460
He's really found a passion for helping
the younger generation. So with his new
508
00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:17,640
gym, he just opened Bloodline.
509
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,980
That's what he wants to do. He wants to
give his time and experience back to
510
00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:24,240
young fighters and help them. So that's
good. You know, Cub's the perfect guy to
511
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,179
do that, I think.
512
00:28:25,180 --> 00:28:29,400
Yeah, for sure. He talked about, like,
what helped him as he got older.
513
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,640
was not really listening to what just
coaches tell them to do if they can't
514
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:39,020
why they're telling them to do it. So
that's like a smart, mature way of going
515
00:28:39,020 --> 00:28:42,100
through this stuff because a lot of us,
you know, you go to a fight camp and
516
00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,340
your coach tells you to do something and
you don't think about, you know, why
517
00:28:44,340 --> 00:28:47,720
we're doing this. You know what's funny
about that? When he put that out, I had
518
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,100
like three different people that I work
with and sent that to me.
519
00:28:52,300 --> 00:28:54,080
And I was like, please, anytime.
520
00:28:55,050 --> 00:28:59,770
I ask you to do something, challenge me.
I feel like all coaches should be
521
00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:03,590
challenged by their athletes. If you
can't answer the why, then why are you
522
00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:06,610
telling them to do it? Hey, Shelf puts
great coaches in his corner because when
523
00:29:06,610 --> 00:29:09,910
I fought him in London, he was missing
shots. I was blocking shots in his
524
00:29:09,910 --> 00:29:13,550
corner. I could hear him through the
cage yelling towards the judges, that
525
00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:17,470
great shot. You heard him. I'm like, he
didn't land that. His coaches are
526
00:29:17,470 --> 00:29:18,930
winning the round on the judges' cards.
527
00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:23,700
Sometimes that is a good coach. Yeah.
Oh, he doesn't like that. I'm like, it
528
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:26,940
didn't hit me. Longo and Matt Sever,
they were the best with that. Everything
529
00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:28,140
did was devastating. Yeah.
530
00:29:28,420 --> 00:29:30,360
The judges hear it. The judges hear it,
man.
531
00:29:30,660 --> 00:29:35,000
100%. Yeah, but I thought his retirement
was special.
532
00:29:35,420 --> 00:29:40,580
Like, he got the package. He won the
fight in an impressive fashion. Not many
533
00:29:40,580 --> 00:29:42,560
guys get to do that. Like, Robbie Lawler
did it.
534
00:29:43,060 --> 00:29:46,600
Chiesa did it in Seattle last weekend.
He got a chance to do it in Miami.
535
00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:49,000
Dustin, I want to talk about your
retirement.
536
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:50,520
How did you feel?
537
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,200
I didn't get to do it.
538
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,540
But you still had this pageantry about
your retirement.
539
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,540
Where do you rank that in terms of all
-time MMA retirement?
540
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,680
Compared to the rest, I would have loved
to be on the Robbie Lawler side where I
541
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,440
knock somebody out in my retirement or
the Cub Swanson side, but it was cool,
542
00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:14,320
man. Being back home in the city of New
Orleans, a lot of friends and family who
543
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,180
don't get to travel the world to watch
me fight.
544
00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:17,780
in the building.
545
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,940
Just the idea of the UFC entertaining my
thoughts about retiring back home, them
546
00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:27,080
saying yes was a big deal to me, you
know, because UFC, it's hard to bring an
547
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,740
idea to them and get them to jump on
board. But for this, when I talked about
548
00:30:30,740 --> 00:30:33,960
it, they said, well, make it happen. And
they did. Louisiana got behind it. UFC
549
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:34,960
got behind my idea.
550
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,640
And Max was a great opponent, you know,
champion.
551
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,260
a great fighter, a fun fighter, a dog.
That was the kind of fight I wanted in
552
00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:47,140
retirement. And they gave it to me, man.
It was a good fight too. I mean, there
553
00:30:47,140 --> 00:30:49,700
were moments where he hurt me. I hurt
him for sure.
554
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,640
Yeah. I guess you kind of want that in
your retirement fight. Chris, should I
555
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:58,580
ask you, Chris, or should we just like,
bro, but
556
00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:04,520
I will say, I don't think there's ever
like a perfect way to retire because
557
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,860
you're like a part of you is always
going to want something. You, if you, if
558
00:31:07,860 --> 00:31:11,420
it's perfect as far as like, Look at
Cub. He just absolutely crushed it. I
559
00:31:11,420 --> 00:31:15,040
like you kind of always, that fighter in
you, always wants to come back and do a
560
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:15,719
little bit more.
561
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,200
Because I know Robbie Lawler, he still
wants to fight. I thought his was, like,
562
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,900
perfect. He still isn't to get back in
there. So I feel like that fighter in us
563
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:24,560
is always never really fully retired.
564
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,720
For sure. Just being at the fights,
every fight I go to, I'm like, I can
565
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,360
these guys. I don't know if that's ever
going to leave. Yeah, yeah. Well, you
566
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,120
can beat these guys. That's the thing
because you have beat these guys. Like
567
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,120
Benoit Saint -Denis.
568
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,860
There's like four or five guys that
you've beaten that are still winning in
569
00:31:39,860 --> 00:31:44,060
UFC. I think all the guys that I beat in
the UFC are now retired or dead.
570
00:31:44,420 --> 00:31:46,660
Come on, man.
571
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,000
My heyday was like 13 years ago.
572
00:31:49,260 --> 00:31:50,940
I've been out for a while, you know.
573
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:55,220
Yeah, they're doing good. Some of those
wins are aging well, man. Yeah, that's
574
00:31:55,220 --> 00:31:56,240
got to feel good. For sure.
575
00:31:56,980 --> 00:31:59,820
Well, who's left in the UFC that you
have fought?
576
00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:04,900
Actually, I don't know if anybody is,
bro. Really? Oh, Gaslam.
577
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,620
Okay, Gaslam. And we don't know how long
that's going to last after that
578
00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:12,220
performance on Saturday night. Well,
it's two in a row for him. But Vicente
579
00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:15,060
Luque had a few losses in a row. And
he's going up in weight.
580
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,240
Yeah. Right? And to lose like that,
that's a tough loss. I don't know, man.
581
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,340
he's had trouble making weight.
582
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,340
You know, I think probably the UFC might
be frustrated with him.
583
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,400
So I don't know. He has to be making
weight at 85 now? Yeah, bro. I think the
584
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,020
fight before this one, he didn't make
weight. Ooh.
585
00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:34,940
Yeah. Bro, he's got to be dead because
in person he's not a huge guy. Yeah. You
586
00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:35,940
know, he's not that big of a guy.
587
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,720
When I fought him, I'll be honest, like
I was like, I thought he was playing
588
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,780
possible. He felt really weak to me.
Yeah. You know, but.
589
00:32:43,310 --> 00:32:47,590
Yeah, there was one or two guys like
that. He's weak, but that's why he's got
590
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:48,309
great cardio.
591
00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:50,830
Sometimes they're not as strong. They're
not using all their muscles in
592
00:32:50,830 --> 00:32:54,650
different situations because their
endurance is just so good. He's one of
593
00:32:54,650 --> 00:32:57,630
dudes who just gets better and better as
the fight goes on. You also fought
594
00:32:57,630 --> 00:32:58,630
Dominic Reyes, too.
595
00:32:58,830 --> 00:33:01,290
Oh, that's true. I don't like that
fight.
596
00:33:01,690 --> 00:33:02,690
That was not a good fight.
597
00:33:03,150 --> 00:33:07,810
I think I put that on my memory. I
forgot I fought him. I have one that
598
00:33:07,810 --> 00:33:11,070
actually brought back just so I can have
this point right now.
599
00:33:11,270 --> 00:33:12,270
Jeremy Stephens.
600
00:33:13,110 --> 00:33:15,890
Yeah. Wait, you fought Jeremy Stevens?
Yeah. Oh, that's crazy.
601
00:33:17,130 --> 00:33:20,430
He's fighting again in the UFC coming
up, right? Yeah, he's fighting King
602
00:33:20,590 --> 00:33:23,090
He's fighting King Green. That's a fun
matchup. Yeah.
603
00:33:23,530 --> 00:33:26,870
He's a tough dude, man. Yeah. He's a
tough dude. That's the only time I've
604
00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:28,230
Dean Thomas shoot ever, I think.
605
00:33:28,430 --> 00:33:29,430
Yeah.
606
00:33:29,490 --> 00:33:30,730
He turned you into a wrestler?
607
00:33:30,930 --> 00:33:33,650
Yeah, he turned me into a wrestler. I
didn't want to get hit by that guy.
608
00:33:34,450 --> 00:33:35,850
He did not want to get hit by that guy.
609
00:33:36,050 --> 00:33:39,070
So UFC 327 took place in Miami. What
other...
610
00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:43,530
What other storylines or events or
things got you guys excited?
611
00:33:44,850 --> 00:33:48,210
Well, I'll say, like, well, let's talk
about what โ Mateo Gamrot getting the
612
00:33:48,210 --> 00:33:49,530
dub, getting the finish. That was big.
613
00:33:49,810 --> 00:33:50,930
Shout out to the teammate.
614
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:53,690
Because, you know, I come from a
background.
615
00:33:54,370 --> 00:33:54,869
Yeah, yeah.
616
00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:59,630
Like, his technique on his takedowns is
amazing. I love watching it. The way he
617
00:33:59,630 --> 00:34:03,250
โ at one point he had a single leg, and
the way he brought it up like a
618
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:07,890
traditional wrestler would, and you
don't see it that often. His timing with
619
00:34:07,890 --> 00:34:08,890
shots, too.
620
00:34:09,469 --> 00:34:12,270
His opponent threw an overhand and
missed. All game right there was change
621
00:34:12,270 --> 00:34:15,810
levels. Just duck down, let the guy fall
over him, and get up into a high
622
00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:19,550
crotch. When I see a guy like that, I'm
like, man. Yeah, his cardio. He's nice
623
00:34:19,550 --> 00:34:22,570
to have, like, good knees. I think his
knees are good. When he's up and down,
624
00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:25,190
I'm like, oh, that's got to feel good.
Yeah, you were just telling me you can't
625
00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:29,190
even run. Yeah, I can't run. He'll do
six, seven, eight rounds hard back -to
626
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:32,550
-back without even breaking a sweat.
This guy's got, like, a next -level
627
00:34:32,550 --> 00:34:35,290
gastric. Didn't always know any of that
top team, but.
628
00:34:35,659 --> 00:34:36,659
He's a hard worker, man.
629
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,199
The world's cheesy because this guy just
calls endlessly, man. Well, let's talk
630
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:43,600
about this fight. So we had the Cub
Swanson fight, which was picture perfect
631
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,639
him. And then the fight after that was
probably the worst fight maybe of all
632
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:51,699
time. Johnny Walker. Let's not talk
about that one. I think that was a gift
633
00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:56,699
us. And this is the one I had circled.
This is going to be a double knockout.
634
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:57,720
Something crazy is happening.
635
00:34:58,300 --> 00:34:59,720
Both of them have been hurt.
636
00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:03,630
bad a lot like johnny walker we've all
seen the videos of him running around
637
00:35:03,630 --> 00:35:06,330
you know the the canvas you know trying
to keep his balance after getting hit
638
00:35:06,330 --> 00:35:10,710
with a shot and then dom ray is coming
off a terrible knockout terrible again
639
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:14,410
over up against old bird and he had just
got things right back on track too like
640
00:35:14,410 --> 00:35:17,690
you know like as you get older and
you've been hit like that like you're
641
00:35:17,690 --> 00:35:20,510
hesitant like to come into the pocket
because you're like bro i don't want
642
00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:24,590
to happen again you know like sometimes
experience actually plays like it's a
643
00:35:24,590 --> 00:35:27,600
negative Because when you're young, you
just go.
644
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,540
You're slipping and you're ripping. You
don't give a crap, oh, he might come
645
00:35:31,540 --> 00:35:33,480
with a check left hook. Ignorance is
bliss, man.
646
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,040
Ignorance is bliss. And as you get
older, you probably get better. You
647
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,540
even better in the gym. But when you're
inside that octagon, the negative
648
00:35:40,540 --> 00:35:42,920
thoughts start playing in your head and
you just start thinking a little bit
649
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,680
more. I know I felt that in my career as
I got older.
650
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:48,540
Like I was better than probably ever in
the gym.
651
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,100
And then when I get in there.
652
00:35:51,109 --> 00:35:54,250
as I'm about to, like, really, I want to
connect on this, I start thinking, oh,
653
00:35:54,270 --> 00:35:57,010
wait, he could throw the left hook here.
That might hit me. I got to keep this
654
00:35:57,010 --> 00:35:59,990
hand up. Like, things that I wouldn't
think about when I was younger started
655
00:35:59,990 --> 00:36:02,090
playing in my head, and it's a negative,
you know?
656
00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:03,970
I know exactly what you're talking
about, man.
657
00:36:04,170 --> 00:36:07,410
Yeah, that fight was absolutely trash.
But you know who wasn't trash? Aaron
658
00:36:07,410 --> 00:36:08,710
Pico. Yep.
659
00:36:08,970 --> 00:36:12,130
Aaron Pico, he delivered, man. Aaron
Pico, so, like, everything that you
660
00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:13,130
about him.
661
00:36:13,390 --> 00:36:16,990
prior to coming to the UFC, and then
obviously he fought Lerone Murphy. It
662
00:36:16,990 --> 00:36:18,910
didn't go his way, but he came out and
fought Pitbull.
663
00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,710
Now, I know Pitbull's a little older,
but Pitbull has a style that aged well.
664
00:36:23,010 --> 00:36:26,890
So you can't take anything away from the
performance of Aaron Pico. I mean, he
665
00:36:26,890 --> 00:36:28,750
went out there. He boxed beautifully.
666
00:36:29,030 --> 00:36:32,290
He wrestled beautifully. He controlled
the entire fight. I thought he looked
667
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:34,870
amazing. I thought he looked like a
great addition to the featherweight
668
00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:38,390
division. You've seen him hesitant for
the first time in his career, right?
669
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:41,970
the first round came out, and, you know,
usually he's just running forward like
670
00:36:41,970 --> 00:36:42,970
what he did to Lerone. Murphy.
671
00:36:43,130 --> 00:36:46,490
He just dragged him to deep water in the
first three minutes.
672
00:36:46,770 --> 00:36:50,190
This is the first time I've ever seen
him. He was very hesitant to get in the
673
00:36:50,190 --> 00:36:53,670
pocket, which I didn't think was a good
thing at first. He got rocked with a
674
00:36:53,670 --> 00:36:54,509
couple shots.
675
00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:57,950
Sometimes when you're worried about your
chin, you need to get hit a couple
676
00:36:57,950 --> 00:36:59,050
times. I'm still here.
677
00:36:59,290 --> 00:37:02,250
Then you see him pick it up as the fight
went on. I like how he added in his
678
00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:04,790
wrestling because we know he's one of
the greatest wrestlers to ever come into
679
00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:05,790
the sport.
680
00:37:06,510 --> 00:37:10,210
He's one of the best boxers, I think, in
the sport too. It was good to see him
681
00:37:11,260 --> 00:37:13,640
Rip that band -aid off of getting his
first win in the UFC.
682
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,560
So now maybe we can see a little bit
more freedom in him when he comes out
683
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:21,100
his next one. But I do want to see him
against UFC caliber guys. Because I
684
00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:24,160
always thought he could beat this guy
over at Bellator. But now I want to see
685
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:25,220
him against the UFC's best.
686
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:28,880
Because he's been doing it for a while.
I know the Murph fight didn't go his
687
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,880
way. But I want to see him against the
UFC's best. I want to see him fight
688
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,680
Moxar. I thought Moxar dodged a bullet
by avoiding him.
689
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,300
And I won't say avoiding him. He may be
injured or whatever the reason was.
690
00:37:38,740 --> 00:37:42,740
Mozart did not fight him. I don't know
what the reason was, but Mozart did not
691
00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:44,940
fight him. But Mozart did beat the guy
that ended him, though.
692
00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:48,920
Yeah, but still stylistically.
693
00:37:49,140 --> 00:37:54,580
I want to see Mozart for the battle. But
stylistically, Aaron Pico matches up
694
00:37:54,580 --> 00:37:56,680
well with him better than anybody.
695
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:01,460
Definitely better stand up, more
powerful on the feet, and better wrestle
696
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:05,280
Can wrestle back into him. Yeah, 100%.
But I still pick Mozart to win that
697
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,720
fight. He just finds a way to win. I
mean, he's a good fighter.
698
00:38:07,980 --> 00:38:10,860
Shout out to Moser. Is he fighting for
the title next? Is it confirmed?
699
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:16,000
He deserves it. He deserves it. If it's
not confirmed, that's crazy, man. 10 -0.
700
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,760
The Murph fight was exciting, man.
701
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,240
He wants to fight him.
702
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,420
Volk wants to fight Evloev, but who
knows what the UFC does.
703
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,680
I don't know who else there is.
704
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:32,040
I'm interested to see who they get Pico
next, you know, because there's so many
705
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,900
fun fights you can match up. So many fun
fights for Pico. Yeah, at 45, there's
706
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:37,840
so many fun fights, so many bangers. The
only thing with Pico I'm worried about
707
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,320
is, like, once he starts fighting those
refined strikers, like, he's...
708
00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:44,250
All of his movements are so big, he's
looking for a knockout, and he puts
709
00:38:44,250 --> 00:38:45,250
himself in harm's way.
710
00:38:45,330 --> 00:38:48,710
If he would pull that back a little bit,
and I think we saw it there, he did a
711
00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:51,630
little bit, slow down just a little bit,
use his wrestling, be a little bit
712
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:54,850
smarter defensively, but he's always
looking for such a big shot. Even though
713
00:38:54,850 --> 00:38:57,130
has the technique, he puts himself in
harm's way, and that's what we've seen
714
00:38:57,130 --> 00:38:58,910
with him getting finished in the past.
715
00:38:59,370 --> 00:39:02,770
Him being over -aggressive. I know who
he could fight, that Argentinian kid,
716
00:39:02,930 --> 00:39:03,930
Aiejo, I think.
717
00:39:04,190 --> 00:39:07,970
The one that just beat up... Oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah. Dude, that dude.
718
00:39:08,250 --> 00:39:09,250
Oh,
719
00:39:09,710 --> 00:39:11,250
yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a great fight.
720
00:39:11,470 --> 00:39:15,470
That's a great fight, bro. And that dude
could wrestle defensively. He kind of
721
00:39:15,470 --> 00:39:16,470
looks like... And boxed.
722
00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:20,170
Yeah, like a... You know, that thing,
similar thing.
723
00:39:20,450 --> 00:39:25,260
Yeah. Oh, that guy's scary, though.
Yeah, max level speed, great timing,
724
00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:29,440
power. How's his rest one and stuff,
though? Ali, in this fight, there wasn't
725
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,340
too much. In his last fight, there was
two exchanges, I think, where they got
726
00:39:32,340 --> 00:39:35,900
into his leg and he immediately sprawled
the guy. It wasn't even close. With
727
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:38,640
Josh Emmett? With Josh Emmett. Josh
Emmett got to his legs twice.
728
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,980
That's a great matchup. You got Josh
Emmett shooting, who I think he's
729
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:46,040
got the most powerful, probably maybe
one of the most knockouts in the
730
00:39:46,260 --> 00:39:47,480
Yeah. And you got him shooting.
731
00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:51,660
I've never seen anybody do Emmett like
that. And I think Emmett's a stud. Like,
732
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:54,940
Emmett could do it all. And he just,
like, drew a line in the same. He's
733
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,900
every time you cross, I'm going to make
you pay. And he beat the brakes off of
734
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:01,440
him. All right, fellas. Before we go to
break, I do want to circle back.
735
00:40:02,090 --> 00:40:05,690
to Josh Hoke in that great heavyweight
fight and just get you guys' thoughts on
736
00:40:05,690 --> 00:40:11,710
it. That's your favorite fighter now. I
do like him right now, but just the top
737
00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:13,610
heavyweight fights of all time.
738
00:40:13,930 --> 00:40:17,830
Because, I mean, a lot of people are
talking about that one being the top
739
00:40:17,830 --> 00:40:20,770
heavyweight fight of all time. But what
are some of your favorites? Of all time?
740
00:40:20,890 --> 00:40:22,310
Like number one? Nah.
741
00:40:23,090 --> 00:40:27,510
I think it's up there, man, as far as
entertainment. Top ten. Top ten for
742
00:40:27,570 --> 00:40:29,750
For sure top ten. I'm putting it at top
three.
743
00:40:30,690 --> 00:40:36,130
So one of my favorite memorable ones is
it wasn't a full fight, but that Czech
744
00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:39,750
-Congo versus Pat Barrett fight. Great
fight. Banger. That's like our Tommy
745
00:40:39,750 --> 00:40:41,470
Hearns versus Marvin Hagler type.
746
00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:47,290
That fight was insane. Bigfoot and Mark
Hunt, the first one? Yeah. That was a
747
00:40:47,290 --> 00:40:51,310
war. And then Junior Dos Santos and Cain
Velasquez, I think, too, was another
748
00:40:51,310 --> 00:40:52,310
one. Yeah.
749
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:54,580
Two and three were both wars, too.
750
00:40:54,860 --> 00:40:58,420
I mean, this wasn't like the most
technical fight. Some of the pride
751
00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:01,560
too, man. Heavyweight division was
crazy. With Fedor. Yeah, man.
752
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:02,880
Yeah.
753
00:41:03,690 --> 00:41:07,670
What was the one when they were
uppercutting each other? The hockey
754
00:41:08,530 --> 00:41:09,830
Don Fry?
755
00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:15,910
Don Fry. I can't remember his opponent,
but with the crazy hair.
756
00:41:16,230 --> 00:41:18,710
It was a hockey fight. They were holding
each other's heads.
757
00:41:19,650 --> 00:41:21,710
Oh, here we go. This is the Pat Barabas.
758
00:41:22,190 --> 00:41:23,190
Oh, man.
759
00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:24,590
That was not.
760
00:41:26,770 --> 00:41:28,990
Bader versus Noguera. Those are classic.
761
00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:31,309
absolute classics.
762
00:41:31,330 --> 00:41:32,330
It's hard. It's relevant.
763
00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:37,870
It's like, you know, for me, it was so
damn exciting, especially with like the
764
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:40,150
buildup. We didn't know what this dude
was going to be able to do.
765
00:41:40,850 --> 00:41:45,210
So good. Right. He's like top five. He's
so dangerous. I always thought he was
766
00:41:45,210 --> 00:41:48,270
going to be a champion Curtis, but you
know, he's just a really good wrestler.
767
00:41:48,350 --> 00:41:49,550
Who's huge. And he's got heavy hands.
768
00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:54,090
But I think you have to add that into
the context of why it was so great
769
00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:57,390
you didn't expect it from either guy. It
wasn't like the most beautiful
770
00:41:57,390 --> 00:42:02,030
technical battle, but it was just heart
and grit on the line. And it was coming
771
00:42:02,030 --> 00:42:04,410
off the Dominic Reyes -Johnny Walker
fight.
772
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:07,210
That's what made it even better. That's
what made it even better.
773
00:42:07,550 --> 00:42:09,990
Because we was all asleep until Josh
Hooker came out.
774
00:42:10,270 --> 00:42:11,970
That fight was the last one, I think, on
CBS.
775
00:42:12,290 --> 00:42:15,590
Yeah. And that was supposed to be
pulling people over to Paramount+. Yeah,
776
00:42:15,590 --> 00:42:18,350
man. The poor people that didn't go over
to Paramount+.
777
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:23,820
messed up because, damn, that fight was
sick. Oh, before we go, I said we were
778
00:42:23,820 --> 00:42:29,760
going to go before, but did you guys
hear Kevin Holland bought $100 ,000 a
779
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:35,660
horse? I don't know if it was multiple
horses or one horse, but $100 ,000 he
780
00:42:35,660 --> 00:42:37,020
spent on one horse.
781
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,440
One horse he spent.
782
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:39,900
That's an amazing horse. Yeah.
783
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:45,500
That's from his purse. Like, that's
crazy to me.
784
00:42:45,850 --> 00:42:49,570
I think there's big money on horses. I
don't really know a horse game like
785
00:42:49,770 --> 00:42:52,990
It's like an investment. It's like
buying a stock, I think. Take it to a
786
00:42:52,990 --> 00:42:54,530
racetrack right away. If it wins.
787
00:42:54,750 --> 00:42:57,950
If it wins. What's the craziest thing
you bought with your fight money?
788
00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:00,730
A yacht?
789
00:43:01,110 --> 00:43:02,410
Well, nah.
790
00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:10,820
Probably some shit I can't say online,
but I did buy my dad a nice car because
791
00:43:10,820 --> 00:43:14,160
he liked the old school cars. I got a
Shelby 1968.
792
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,140
Oh, yeah. The old school one. Yeah, I
got it from my pops after one of my big
793
00:43:18,140 --> 00:43:20,520
fights. I love that. Yeah, I pulled up
on him.
794
00:43:21,060 --> 00:43:24,380
I had somebody drive it up. I was like,
hey, that's a nice car. You like it? He
795
00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:26,600
was like, yeah, that's a nice car. I was
like, it's yours. Wow.
796
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,940
Gave him the keys. That was pretty
crazy.
797
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:30,300
Dustin, how about you?
798
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:33,400
Biggest?
799
00:43:34,629 --> 00:43:39,110
I'm not sure if I splurged and bought
something crazy after a fight, but one
800
00:43:39,110 --> 00:43:44,350
spin that I did make that comes to mind
is after my first bonus in the UFC, I
801
00:43:44,350 --> 00:43:49,750
got a $65 ,000 bonus back maybe in 2011
or 2012 when the bonuses were $65 ,000.
802
00:43:49,790 --> 00:43:52,050
When they gave them to you in the locker
room as a check, now you've got to wait
803
00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:53,050
for the wire to clear.
804
00:43:53,930 --> 00:43:56,190
Lorenzo used to come in with a
handwritten check and hand it to you in
805
00:43:56,190 --> 00:43:59,410
locker room. Congrats, you won a bonus.
But I got me and my wife out of debt. I
806
00:43:59,410 --> 00:44:02,630
paid off her car, paid off her student
loans, spent some cash there.
807
00:44:03,210 --> 00:44:04,210
It was a smart purchase.
808
00:44:04,670 --> 00:44:06,790
That's a family man purchase right
there. I like that.
809
00:44:07,050 --> 00:44:11,590
I bought my mom a car. I think that was
a big one. I bought some ATVs after one
810
00:44:11,590 --> 00:44:15,890
fight, a couple ATVs. I bought myself
like a big truck that I'd lost crazy
811
00:44:15,890 --> 00:44:17,230
on. It was the stupidest purchase ever.
812
00:44:17,490 --> 00:44:20,710
They told me if I have residential
plates on it, I'm good, and I could
813
00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:23,350
on the highways and stuff like that. And
then I started getting tickets after
814
00:44:23,350 --> 00:44:25,690
tickets because I'm not supposed to be
on the highway with it. It was too heavy
815
00:44:25,690 --> 00:44:26,690
in New York.
816
00:44:26,990 --> 00:44:30,310
And so I had to sell it like three
months later. I lost like $30 ,000 on
817
00:44:30,310 --> 00:44:31,650
thing. So that was a dumb purchase.
818
00:44:31,870 --> 00:44:36,650
Yeah. Well, for me, I fought in the
early 2000s, so I was just trying to pay
819
00:44:36,650 --> 00:44:37,650
bills.
820
00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:41,530
Bought yourself a laptop after a fight.
I bought myself a cell phone. I got a
821
00:44:41,530 --> 00:44:44,850
cell phone. Yeah, yeah. I bought a
prepaid cell phone. Got your next cell.
822
00:44:45,090 --> 00:44:46,090
Yeah.
823
00:44:47,090 --> 00:44:48,090
Yes.
824
00:44:48,810 --> 00:44:52,330
All right. Well, we're going to take a
quick break. We'll be back in 20
825
00:44:54,410 --> 00:44:58,450
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827
00:45:02,810 --> 00:45:06,310
JJ, we appreciate your time breaking it
down. A lot of movement in the rankings
828
00:45:06,310 --> 00:45:09,890
this week. With the plays you missed.
What a finish at the final round of
829
00:45:10,230 --> 00:45:14,230
And analysis to give you an edge. All we
need is 20 points. I was shaking my
830
00:45:14,230 --> 00:45:18,650
boots. Ohio State, who wins this game?
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831
00:45:18,650 --> 00:45:19,650
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832
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833
00:45:24,810 --> 00:45:29,770
Welcome back to Deep Waters. I'm Dean
Thomas, Chris Weidman, Dustin Poirier,
834
00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:34,590
Jorge Masvidal. Deep Waters fueled by
Monster Energy Drink.
835
00:45:35,930 --> 00:45:39,910
Earlier this week, actually Saturday
night, it was announced that one of the
836
00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:44,610
highest profile athletes that we've seen
in a while signed to the UFC, Gable
837
00:45:44,610 --> 00:45:46,550
Steveson, signed to the UFC.
838
00:45:47,090 --> 00:45:49,090
Yeah, that was a big deal.
839
00:45:49,430 --> 00:45:52,550
Yeah, so how do you feel about this,
Chris?
840
00:45:53,310 --> 00:45:56,890
I think it's amazing timing, especially
with Hokit doing his thing, because the
841
00:45:56,890 --> 00:45:59,990
heavyweight division has kind of been in
disarray. You know, with Jon Jones
842
00:45:59,990 --> 00:46:03,910
possibly fighting, now you've got Alex
Pereira coming up, Aspinall dealing with
843
00:46:03,910 --> 00:46:08,110
his eye injuries, you know, giving up
the belt. It's just you need some big
844
00:46:08,110 --> 00:46:11,290
names. You need some depth there. And to
have a guy like Gable Stevenson,
845
00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:15,210
Olympic champion, coming in, I don't
think we've had a prospect like that
846
00:46:15,210 --> 00:46:16,870
to UFC for a really long time.
847
00:46:17,530 --> 00:46:18,530
I'm excited to see it.
848
00:46:19,380 --> 00:46:23,980
next level athlete yeah it's just man
this guy's explosive he could wrestle
849
00:46:23,980 --> 00:46:26,860
one of my favorite guys all through the
collegiate season i saw him since his
850
00:46:26,860 --> 00:46:31,080
freshman year when he first won the
title i got to be there like live in
851
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:35,840
so i saw his whole career even when he
went to go play like pro football and i
852
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,100
saw that in the wwe i'm just glad
finally
853
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,720
He's in the fighting because he's done a
lot of things at a high level, but I
854
00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:44,860
think this is going to be the one that
fits him the best. He looks like a
855
00:46:44,860 --> 00:46:48,180
fighter, too, because when you see him
fight, sometimes you're such a good
856
00:46:48,180 --> 00:46:50,300
wrestler that you're a little hesitant
to throw your hand.
857
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,180
He's dropping people. Now he's running
through people.
858
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:54,560
He's explosive.
859
00:46:55,340 --> 00:46:59,640
Did you see the video after him? It
might have been his last fight.
860
00:46:59,940 --> 00:47:02,880
And he just jumps out the ring.
861
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:05,280
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. No hands.
862
00:47:05,500 --> 00:47:09,600
Like, he knocks the guy out, and he just
jumps out the ring. So he jumps out the
863
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,360
ring, and he sticks the landing, and
then starts twerking.
864
00:47:12,820 --> 00:47:16,720
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you were cheering
for him. Yeah, I was cheering for him.
865
00:47:16,740 --> 00:47:17,740
You're like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
866
00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:19,300
No,
867
00:47:19,860 --> 00:47:21,700
I mean, it was impressive.
868
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,840
And he's a heavyweight, too. You look at
him do his back flips after his
869
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,120
wrestling matches and stuff. He's got
endurance. I want to see him versus
870
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,860
fight, man. Me, too. That's what I want
to see. Well, apparently, I think
871
00:47:31,860 --> 00:47:32,669
they're teammates.
872
00:47:32,670 --> 00:47:36,450
Oh, are they? Yeah. Really? Yeah.
They're both at Jacksonville. That's all
873
00:47:36,450 --> 00:47:40,010
right. We'll have like a Rashad Evans,
John Jones thing. Chris Duncan, Moikano.
874
00:47:40,150 --> 00:47:41,150
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
875
00:47:41,350 --> 00:47:45,770
We got to do this. In the big gyms. It
feels like only American top team forces
876
00:47:45,770 --> 00:47:48,890
the guys to fight. Every other gym is
like, no, we're friends with the top
877
00:47:48,890 --> 00:47:51,230
teams. It happens a lot with top team.
You know?
878
00:47:51,650 --> 00:47:54,830
Keep it professional. When it's time to
fight, it's time to fight. Yeah. It
879
00:47:54,830 --> 00:47:56,250
happened at Jacksonville. I mean, the
first.
880
00:47:56,700 --> 00:47:59,700
time that it was like a big deal was
that Rashad Evans, Jon Jones.
881
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:04,220
Rashad was like passing over there, like
Greg Jackson. And then Jon Jones came
882
00:48:04,220 --> 00:48:07,380
in as this blue chip prospect. And
before you know it, he was...
883
00:48:07,630 --> 00:48:10,230
you know, trying to fight for the title
against Rashad, which was crazy. That
884
00:48:10,230 --> 00:48:13,750
was a crazy time. And that was, it was
that one. So Rashad left then and then
885
00:48:13,750 --> 00:48:17,070
started the black zillion. Yeah. Yeah.
So like, you know, had that not
886
00:48:17,110 --> 00:48:19,650
we wouldn't have had the black zillions.
If there's no black zillions, there was
887
00:48:19,650 --> 00:48:20,950
no Kamara Usman. So.
888
00:48:21,370 --> 00:48:25,630
It's fun for the fans, but people don't
realize how it separates, how it splits
889
00:48:25,630 --> 00:48:29,570
the gym and it divides the gym. We've
seen it with Robbie and Woodley. I mean,
890
00:48:29,570 --> 00:48:33,590
that was, that was, I mean, that, that
crippled my relationship with Robbie for
891
00:48:33,590 --> 00:48:34,590
five years.
892
00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:36,660
Because you were coaching Woodley? Yeah.
893
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:38,980
I guess weird. Why did you pick sides,
man?
894
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:41,500
I mean, because Tyler was my voice.
895
00:48:41,780 --> 00:48:44,480
You know how that is, man. I was there
from the start.
896
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:49,860
And then, you know, they had to fight.
And then, you know, it was such a bad
897
00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:53,740
thing. Teammates have to pick a side.
Coaches have to pick a side. It's a
898
00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:57,480
man, for the gym and for the atmosphere
in the gym. For Amanda and Kayla, it was
899
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,040
like a massive one for us. We saw that
one, too.
900
00:49:00,420 --> 00:49:04,500
Yeah, I think Amanda saw it, too. That's
why she was like, you know what?
901
00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:08,280
Where's Amanda Traynor? She has her own
place. She has her own place. She brings
902
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,360
in coaches. I think so.
903
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,680
It's like a private gym.
904
00:49:10,940 --> 00:49:13,660
Gotcha. I think Dean's with her. Yeah,
I've been working with her.
905
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:18,260
Oh. You don't tell nobody. I keep those
things on the low.
906
00:49:18,660 --> 00:49:20,260
He just wants to hear what we're saying.
907
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:21,600
Back to headquarters.
908
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:26,040
I was wondering why you were asking so
many questions about Caleb.
909
00:49:26,910 --> 00:49:29,410
I was wondering why you asked. How much
did she squat?
910
00:49:30,830 --> 00:49:34,850
She was asking how the surgery was
healing up and stuff. I was like, man,
911
00:49:34,850 --> 00:49:38,650
are you asking this for? I am generally
concerned about that, though.
912
00:49:39,030 --> 00:49:42,590
I saw her Saturday. She said she's
feeling good. Okay. All right. So we
913
00:49:42,790 --> 00:49:46,070
did she have, because I've had two neck
surgeries, did we know what kind of, did
914
00:49:46,070 --> 00:49:47,350
she have artificial disc replacement?
915
00:49:47,630 --> 00:49:50,870
Do you know if she had a fusion? It's
the easy one. It wasn't a fusion. It
916
00:49:50,870 --> 00:49:54,530
wasn't a fusion. They just go out there
and deal with the herniation and pull it
917
00:49:54,530 --> 00:49:58,420
out. and sit you back up? I know exactly
what it was, but I'm not entitled to
918
00:49:58,420 --> 00:50:01,760
say. I'm just hoping it's not the one.
Because somebody's going to run back to
919
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,000
the gym and talk to you. Well, I will
say, like, the artificial disc, iPad,
920
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:07,600
Algebra, it's easy.
921
00:50:08,060 --> 00:50:11,020
I'm just hoping it's not the one that
your old Romero had. Yeah, that's a
922
00:50:11,020 --> 00:50:15,360
fusion. That turned him into a super
soldier. Yeah, a super soldier. He
923
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:20,500
be knocked out. If you call Jerome's
name, he can't turn his neck like this.
924
00:50:20,540 --> 00:50:21,540
He's got to go like this.
925
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,160
Take shots better because your head
doesn't whip. Your brain doesn't whip.
926
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:29,720
Robocop. That's a P .E .D. right there.
Yeah, bro. His head doesn't whip around.
927
00:50:29,980 --> 00:50:33,140
I remember Derrick Bunsen kicked him
right in the neck. Hard as can be and
928
00:50:33,140 --> 00:50:36,680
nothing. It was like right here. He
chopped him. Paulo Costa, the same
929
00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:37,359
There's a video.
930
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:38,360
Yeah, yeah.
931
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,460
He's like that looking away from it,
getting kicked in the back. I don't
932
00:50:42,460 --> 00:50:44,740
we've seen him really even hurt in the
UFC, right?
933
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,460
The old man? No, he's never.
934
00:50:47,220 --> 00:50:48,220
Never been hurt.
935
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,000
Never been hurt. He's a freak of both.
Because of that neck surgery.
936
00:50:51,260 --> 00:50:52,980
Yeah, 100%. I should have got that one.
937
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,620
That's the one to get. Damn it. I messed
that up. That's the one to get. Yeah.
938
00:50:56,700 --> 00:51:01,560
So Gable Stevenson's coming to the UFC.
And I heard rumors.
939
00:51:02,650 --> 00:51:07,150
that somebody sitting on this panel
might have had some talks.
940
00:51:08,090 --> 00:51:11,350
Chris? Coming back to the UFC.
941
00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:13,410
Jorge, this must be you or Dustin.
942
00:51:13,610 --> 00:51:15,630
I don't know. I'm retired, man. Somebody
speak.
943
00:51:16,610 --> 00:51:20,090
In fact, we have sound of it. Oh, okay.
944
00:51:21,410 --> 00:51:24,330
Jorge Masvidal says he has something
going on with the UFC.
945
00:51:24,670 --> 00:51:26,570
Can you confirm that?
946
00:51:27,190 --> 00:51:30,650
Yeah, no, we have no fights for him
right now. We have nothing done with
947
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:32,240
Okay. He's talking to us.
948
00:51:33,180 --> 00:51:34,180
Okay. Yeah.
949
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,940
All right. So there's no fights, but y
'all are talking.
950
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,240
We're talking, man. I mean, you know
what?
951
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:45,980
They owe me some money for some cleaning
bills and shit. But you know how it is.
952
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:48,380
You know, like back in the day when you
was in high school, you had a little
953
00:51:48,380 --> 00:51:51,460
girl and you was like, yeah, we just
talking. Yeah. But that was your girl,
954
00:51:51,460 --> 00:51:53,420
though, because you were talking. So y
'all talking.
955
00:51:53,660 --> 00:51:56,540
We're definitely talking. We've been
talking for a minute. You know, it's
956
00:51:56,540 --> 00:51:57,920
we haven't landed on that.
957
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,460
thinking you guys know better than
anybody how UFC is. I love them to
958
00:52:02,060 --> 00:52:06,260
But, man, they make you work for every
single thing, you know, and it's always
959
00:52:06,260 --> 00:52:11,680
like it's not quite where you want it to
be a lot of times. So we're going to
960
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:12,499
get something.
961
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:17,040
Yeah. I think International Fight Week
is a great return for you, man. If it
962
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:20,000
be around that time, it would be huge. I
love it. When do you feel like your
963
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,800
best, if it was up to you, when do you
think you're ready to go? Where are you
964
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:24,800
going to feel like you're at your best?
965
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,660
I think the more time they give me to
prepare, the better, obviously.
966
00:52:29,460 --> 00:52:32,460
So a good four months, five months from
here will be perfect.
967
00:52:32,820 --> 00:52:34,060
You're coming back at middleweight,
right?
968
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:35,640
Middleweight, welterweight.
969
00:52:36,060 --> 00:52:36,919
Whatever, whatever.
970
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,560
Yeah, 100%. You don't want to cut that
weight in.
971
00:52:39,020 --> 00:52:43,100
I mean, no, I don't. But I will take a
fight at welterweight. If it's the right
972
00:52:43,100 --> 00:52:45,540
names that I'm asking, there's a name or
two I'm asking.
973
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:51,160
And if it's those guys, I just get back
on that running diet shit. What do you
974
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:52,160
weigh right now?
975
00:52:52,279 --> 00:52:54,140
like too sexy right now.
976
00:52:57,220 --> 00:53:01,540
But if I get, look, I'll be honest with
you. If you give me a Leon fight, I'll
977
00:53:01,540 --> 00:53:02,720
get the 70 by the ball.
978
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:03,658
No kidding.
979
00:53:03,660 --> 00:53:04,780
I would like that fight.
980
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:07,400
The fans would like that.
981
00:53:07,700 --> 00:53:11,020
And it obviously makes the most sense.
Because I was thinking, like, you just,
982
00:53:11,140 --> 00:53:14,980
you know, with your name, you just don't
show up and just fight anybody. You're
983
00:53:14,980 --> 00:53:18,360
not going out there fighting Francisco
Prado. And he already got a two -piece
984
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,400
and a soda. Now it's time for dessert.
Yeah, you got to. Now it's the whole
985
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,440
buffet. I'm going to hit the
motherfucker with, brother.
986
00:53:23,780 --> 00:53:26,920
I would love it. And, you know, first,
he had said he wouldn't fight me because
987
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,310
I had, like, three or four losses in a
row. I think he's got, like. Four losses
988
00:53:30,310 --> 00:53:34,470
in a row and, like, three by KO, you
know? So, which is bigger? I think
989
00:53:34,470 --> 00:53:36,550
the fight that makes sense. That's a
great fight. I didn't even think of
990
00:53:36,650 --> 00:53:40,290
Yeah. You know, that's one. It's low
-hanging fruit for the UFC. Just give me
991
00:53:40,290 --> 00:53:41,990
what I'm asking for and we'll get the
call, man.
992
00:53:42,210 --> 00:53:45,010
Now, Jorge, I got to ask you, man,
because, like, you always fight guys
993
00:53:45,010 --> 00:53:47,510
have, like, all this beef with. Is that
pressure? No, no.
994
00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:54,730
Usually, most people, there's, like, two
people that maybe, you know, it was
995
00:53:54,730 --> 00:53:56,650
more serious kind of pressure.
996
00:53:57,740 --> 00:54:00,340
I mean, for the most part, I get along
with everybody. I like what I'm doing.
997
00:54:00,420 --> 00:54:04,420
And everybody that I fought, it's like
I'm cool with them afterwards, you know.
998
00:54:04,460 --> 00:54:07,760
If I see them, I share a meal with them.
I'll fucking hang out, talk some shit,
999
00:54:07,860 --> 00:54:08,379
you know.
1000
00:54:08,380 --> 00:54:11,680
But just one rat -ass motherfucker, you
know, is literally a rat. And I
1001
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,460
shouldn't even say his name because he's
already suing me, but fuck it, you
1002
00:54:14,460 --> 00:54:18,440
know. Colby Covington is the only one I
really never, you know, mess with like
1003
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:19,440
that, you know. Yeah.
1004
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:23,100
Speaking of, I mean, that segues right
into my next.
1005
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:26,960
Question. Yeah. For Chris. Jorge hired a
hitman.
1006
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,880
You got Kobe coming up. The Cuban
gangster.
1007
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,360
Is it seven or eight?
1008
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:36,980
What's that? Oh, I don't know.
1009
00:54:37,540 --> 00:54:41,600
So it's a real American freestyle. Yeah.
May 30th.
1010
00:54:41,900 --> 00:54:42,658
In Dallas.
1011
00:54:42,660 --> 00:54:45,600
I am wrestling Colby Covington. I was
kind of shocked.
1012
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:47,340
Put me in the corner, man. Yeah.
1013
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:50,880
You and my kids in the corner. That's a
good dynamic.
1014
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:52,200
I love it.
1015
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,380
Yeah. I think I'm going to throw him
around, man. I got to get down to 200
1016
00:54:55,380 --> 00:54:57,680
pounds. Is that what the weight is? 200
pounds?
1017
00:54:57,900 --> 00:54:58,899
What are you at right now?
1018
00:54:58,900 --> 00:55:00,220
I'm like 218.
1019
00:55:00,750 --> 00:55:03,690
You ain't no 280. No, I promise. I
promise.
1020
00:55:06,090 --> 00:55:10,390
I've been doing my thing for the last,
like, two weeks, so I came down to that.
1021
00:55:10,450 --> 00:55:14,890
I was probably, like, 225, 226, and now
I'm down to, like, 218. How did this
1022
00:55:14,890 --> 00:55:15,890
match come about?
1023
00:55:16,350 --> 00:55:20,730
My manager hit me up and said, hey, he
got hit up by Real Mecca Freestyle to
1024
00:55:20,730 --> 00:55:24,310
wrestle Colby, and then he went against
Dylan Dennis, and then he called me out
1025
00:55:24,310 --> 00:55:27,130
afterwards, and I'm like, all right, I'm
in. Let's do it. I can't believe he
1026
00:55:27,130 --> 00:55:28,129
wants to wrestle me.
1027
00:55:28,130 --> 00:55:32,350
Let's go. I mean, he probably thinks
I've had 31 surgeries. He thinks I
1028
00:55:32,350 --> 00:55:36,870
can't move, but I can still wrestle. No,
I saw you go against Pat Downey, and
1029
00:55:36,870 --> 00:55:40,410
you had him beat dead to rights, man,
just like that. I beat him, like, the
1030
00:55:40,410 --> 00:55:42,370
whole time wrestling -wise during the
whole.
1031
00:55:42,700 --> 00:55:45,620
Periods, but there was no scores or
anything like that. And then when it
1032
00:55:45,620 --> 00:55:50,100
overtime, I went for, like, a fun throw,
and he ended up on top, which wasn't
1033
00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:52,500
the smartest thing, but I was trying to
have fun, you know. Yeah. It was all
1034
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:54,820
good, but, yeah, I'm going to put it on
him. It'll be fun.
1035
00:55:55,620 --> 00:55:58,440
I don't think he can wrestle, man. I
don't think he can wrestle. For sure,
1036
00:55:58,600 --> 00:55:59,600
He's been doing his thing.
1037
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:02,260
But you've been, speaking of doing your
thing, you've been doing your thing.
1038
00:56:02,620 --> 00:56:04,860
Game bread successful over the weekend?
1039
00:56:05,140 --> 00:56:09,580
Yes, sir. DR. Great success with
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.
1040
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:10,880
We had a bout.
1041
00:56:10,940 --> 00:56:12,660
Right under 5 ,000 people in attendance.
1042
00:56:12,860 --> 00:56:14,280
It was a great, great show, you know.
1043
00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,700
Anthony Smith headlined the card. Chase
Sherman, no gloves.
1044
00:56:18,460 --> 00:56:22,100
It was crazy. Anthony Smith looked good.
Yeah, he did. He looked fast. He looked
1045
00:56:22,100 --> 00:56:25,540
explosive. The not cutting that weight
really, really benefited him.
1046
00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:29,380
In the co -main event, we had Guto
Inocente versus Thiago Santos.
1047
00:56:30,380 --> 00:56:32,640
Great co -main event, you know. What
happened in that fight?
1048
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:34,520
Brown stopped it, y 'all.
1049
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:36,460
Brown took him down.
1050
00:56:37,380 --> 00:56:39,320
He kind of handcuffed one of his hands
and just.
1051
00:56:40,019 --> 00:56:41,040
I wailed on him.
1052
00:56:41,580 --> 00:56:44,420
It's just different when the bare
knuckle hits. Even if it's just regular
1053
00:56:44,420 --> 00:56:47,720
and pounding, it explodes your face
right away, you know? Crazy cuts. I like
1054
00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:50,820
bare knuckle boxing, but I like bare
knuckle mixed martial arts.
1055
00:56:51,460 --> 00:56:54,300
I'm glad that you did that, man,
because, like...
1056
00:56:54,930 --> 00:56:55,930
Yeah, for sure.
1057
00:56:56,050 --> 00:57:00,130
There's something about bare -knuckle
MMA that just seems right to me. It just
1058
00:57:00,130 --> 00:57:03,570
seems like it's right. It seems okay to
me. And the grapplers actually love it,
1059
00:57:03,610 --> 00:57:06,650
too, because now you don't have all this
tape, guys, tape, guys, tape, guys. I
1060
00:57:06,650 --> 00:57:10,390
was thinking that. So your bite is a lot
harder. With that choke, like your
1061
00:57:10,390 --> 00:57:13,190
glove's not in the way. You can't stop
now. You just slide it right through.
1062
00:57:14,090 --> 00:57:17,670
When it's the glove, you get the glove
like that, and now you have friction.
1063
00:57:17,670 --> 00:57:20,850
can buy time, but when there's no glove,
you take that glove right out. Yep.
1064
00:57:21,050 --> 00:57:22,750
Slip it right back in there, you know?
Next event.
1065
00:57:23,390 --> 00:57:28,370
May 1st, and let me tell you who it is.
I got Hector Lombard fighting versus
1066
00:57:28,370 --> 00:57:31,210
Joel. Yes. How did you get there?
1067
00:57:31,550 --> 00:57:35,270
You better chill out. Limited A, limited
C. All y 'all got tickets.
1068
00:57:35,550 --> 00:57:36,930
Limited seating, though.
1069
00:57:37,350 --> 00:57:38,730
No gloves.
1070
00:57:39,090 --> 00:57:42,990
No gloves. They're fighting bare
knuckle. Plus another 12 fights. The
1071
00:57:42,990 --> 00:57:43,990
Missile Crisis.
1072
00:57:44,070 --> 00:57:50,190
So I did an event in Qatar against
Hector Lombard. It was like kick the
1073
00:57:50,190 --> 00:57:51,510
all this stuff and take down.
1074
00:57:52,220 --> 00:57:55,200
He ends up punching me in the head
because I don't think he knows how to
1075
00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:56,260
rules. He gets disqualified.
1076
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,120
I was just front kicking him to his body
over and over. He was too small.
1077
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:03,120
But they had told me that they were
trying to get Yoel Romero to go against
1078
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:06,040
in that. But Yoel was like, no, if I go
against him, I need to punch him in the
1079
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,580
face. He refused to, like, grapple
against him or anything like that. I
1080
00:58:08,580 --> 00:58:12,120
they had some serious beef, some Cuban
beef that I don't know about. Maybe you
1081
00:58:12,120 --> 00:58:14,840
could enlighten me. Do you know what's
going on there? I mean, I could, but at
1082
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,020
the same time, the Cuban mafia will take
me out.
1083
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:19,680
All I can say. As soon as you start
talking.
1084
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:21,760
All I can say about.
1085
00:58:22,190 --> 00:58:29,190
their feud there is that it's hyper
competitive and they're either one of
1086
00:58:29,190 --> 00:58:32,610
would rather die than give an inch in
anything like let's say they both got to
1087
00:58:32,610 --> 00:58:33,930
the urinal at the same time
1088
00:58:34,740 --> 00:58:39,040
They'll never go, oh, go ahead. They'll
never, like, do that unless, you know,
1089
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:43,180
there was some crazy ulterior motive,
like there's a bomb in there or
1090
00:58:43,540 --> 00:58:45,400
They will not give an inch to each
other.
1091
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:48,300
That's what I can say. You know what I
love about that is that Hector Lombard,
1092
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:51,960
when I was up and coming, we're all up
and coming, that dude was the scariest
1093
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:56,840
dude. I cornered against him in
Louisiana a long time ago in a Bellator
1094
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,140
and he knocked out a...
1095
00:58:59,390 --> 00:59:03,130
One of my buddies is, you know, is
crazy, man. And then you got to work a
1096
00:59:03,130 --> 00:59:06,310
team with him. Like the stories that
come from that gym. They're all true.
1097
00:59:06,310 --> 00:59:09,550
how he was. They're all true. Yeah, I've
seen it in person.
1098
00:59:09,990 --> 00:59:10,990
I've never seen.
1099
00:59:11,210 --> 00:59:16,230
Us three here have seen it the most. He
has the most bodies I've ever seen in a
1100
00:59:16,230 --> 00:59:19,990
gym. Especially at a gym like Top Team
where it's not flouches coming through,
1101
00:59:20,050 --> 00:59:21,370
you know. I'm talking about people dead.
1102
00:59:21,570 --> 00:59:25,610
He would leave people dead on the mat,
you know. Yeah. That's going to be a
1103
00:59:25,610 --> 00:59:29,200
crazy fight. I love that. Yeah, he was
terrorizing people. Being a bully is one
1104
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,120
thing, but being a bully to a
professional fighter is a whole other
1105
00:59:32,540 --> 00:59:33,580
It's a whole other level.
1106
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,680
And the thing about him that's
interesting, because usually the bullies
1107
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:40,260
like, well, I'm not going to go with the
big guy. He'll go with anybody, 100
1108
00:59:40,260 --> 00:59:42,020
miles per hour. He wants the big guy.
1109
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:45,220
What's the dude's name who he had beef
with?
1110
00:59:46,020 --> 00:59:47,520
Was it Barnett? Josh Barnett.
1111
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:50,900
And there's a big weight difference, and
he never gave a fuck, bro.
1112
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:52,400
Yeah, Josh is huge.
1113
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,940
Yeah. You remember the guy Titties from
the Ultimate Fighter? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1114
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:56,939
I remember that.
1115
00:59:56,940 --> 01:00:01,280
He knocked him out so bad. I was there.
For like five minutes, he was trying to
1116
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:04,820
resuscitate. We literally thought, heck,
you killed somebody. He was down like
1117
01:00:04,820 --> 01:00:06,140
six minutes, not moving.
1118
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:10,240
Like that, grabbing his leg, shaking him
up. They're contemplating, like, should
1119
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:11,780
we call the paramedics? Clear.
1120
01:00:13,860 --> 01:00:18,860
Did he punk Tyrone Woodley at some
event, too? Like, wasn't that more
1121
01:00:19,300 --> 01:00:20,300
I don't know.
1122
01:00:20,789 --> 01:00:24,630
I don't know if it was recent, but I
remember he approached him on multiple
1123
01:00:24,630 --> 01:00:28,410
occasions. On multiple occasions. You
don't want to see him. But Woodley's too
1124
01:00:28,410 --> 01:00:29,410
cool.
1125
01:00:29,590 --> 01:00:32,610
Woodley's too cool. If you're not paying
Woodley, he ain't even going to do it.
1126
01:00:32,690 --> 01:00:34,510
He won't even look at you. He's like,
yo.
1127
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:39,720
Yeah, he's not worth it. But I remember,
so this was, I was a top team at the
1128
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:43,400
time, and I had my own school, and every
so often I'd bring students down to
1129
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:44,400
train with the pros.
1130
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:47,860
And I brought a guy in, and he trained
with Hector, man. Bad idea.
1131
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:52,160
And I told him, I said, man, listen, you
don't want to go on that side of the
1132
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:54,820
room. And he didn't listen. He went on
that side of the room. He went with
1133
01:00:54,820 --> 01:00:56,680
Hector. He was crying.
1134
01:00:57,549 --> 01:00:59,230
Hector made him cry. One of my fighters,
1135
01:01:00,090 --> 01:01:02,050
he made him cry, man. I was like, oh.
1136
01:01:02,330 --> 01:01:04,830
Hector made a lot of people. Did you
still coach him after that? Yeah.
1137
01:01:06,090 --> 01:01:09,390
Hector made a lot of people cry. They
came to the gym on a visiting recruiting
1138
01:01:09,390 --> 01:01:13,890
trip and then never came back. And some
big names in the UFC, I swear. For sure.
1139
01:01:14,150 --> 01:01:15,150
I've seen them crying.
1140
01:01:15,350 --> 01:01:18,330
I've seen them right there first -hand
crying. And they never came back because
1141
01:01:18,330 --> 01:01:21,190
Hector beat the brakes on them. Over the
years, we got cool. But when I first
1142
01:01:21,190 --> 01:01:23,810
came to American Top Team. He tried to
kill you. I tried not to make eye
1143
01:01:23,810 --> 01:01:24,408
with him.
1144
01:01:24,410 --> 01:01:28,090
I did. He was looking my way. I was
like. You can't make eye contact with
1145
01:01:28,130 --> 01:01:29,410
Don't make eye contact yet.
1146
01:01:29,650 --> 01:01:35,570
He was an absolute savage. He was a
beast. Speaking of beast, it is time to
1147
01:01:35,570 --> 01:01:39,110
unleash the beast fueled by monster
energy.
1148
01:01:39,730 --> 01:01:41,670
We got a fight card coming up this
weekend.
1149
01:01:42,110 --> 01:01:44,990
Gilbert Burns taking on Mike Malott.
1150
01:01:45,670 --> 01:01:47,070
Guys, what do y 'all think about this?
1151
01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:49,120
I'm going to go with my boy Gilbert,
man, hard.
1152
01:01:49,340 --> 01:01:52,120
I'm going to bet the house on Gilbert. I
think we all love Gilbert, right?
1153
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:56,980
He's a man. He's a family man. Always so
cool to talk to. And he's such a tough
1154
01:01:56,980 --> 01:01:59,820
-ass fighter. He's another one who's got
great jiu -jitsu, but he stands and
1155
01:01:59,820 --> 01:02:02,980
bangs. It's always a fun fight with him.
And then you've got Mike Millat, who's
1156
01:02:02,980 --> 01:02:07,340
more of a technician, kind of like an
athlete. His brother's in the NHL, so
1157
01:02:07,340 --> 01:02:09,200
got that athleticism in his DNA.
1158
01:02:10,680 --> 01:02:13,980
So it's kind of like contrasting styles.
I don't think Millat's going to want to
1159
01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:17,690
be like in a โ like a real fight with
him in the pocket, he's going to have to
1160
01:02:17,690 --> 01:02:19,710
try to pick him apart from the outside
and frustrate him.
1161
01:02:20,250 --> 01:02:24,550
This is tough because we all love
Gilbert. Yeah. But, I mean, he's on a
1162
01:02:24,550 --> 01:02:25,690
-fight losing streak.
1163
01:02:26,490 --> 01:02:30,470
And sometimes, like, your confidence
goes down. Because, like, the Gilbert
1164
01:02:30,470 --> 01:02:35,590
fought Chemaez beats Mike Malott any day
of the week.
1165
01:02:36,430 --> 01:02:40,410
But after losing four fights, it's like,
does he still have it? Yeah. I don't
1166
01:02:40,410 --> 01:02:41,410
know.
1167
01:02:41,510 --> 01:02:43,610
I'm going to say he doesn't.
1168
01:02:45,740 --> 01:02:49,680
I'm going to go with Mike Millard on
this one. I'm going to go with Gilbert
1169
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:51,460
rest of the resurgence.
1170
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,440
You think he's going to come back? Come
back.
1171
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:56,120
I'm going to go with Gilbert.
1172
01:02:56,460 --> 01:02:57,460
You're going to go with Gilbert?
1173
01:02:57,760 --> 01:02:59,900
I'm going to go with Gilbert because I
just love that dude, man.
1174
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:03,220
I'm hoping he wins. But Mike Millard, he
is a problem.
1175
01:03:03,740 --> 01:03:07,760
And they're fighting in Canada. In
Canada. He always fights at home.
1176
01:03:08,850 --> 01:03:13,170
And you do have a point, though. The
four -fight losing streak, I've been
1177
01:03:13,210 --> 01:03:17,470
Not four fights, but I've had multiple
losses in a row. And it does mess with
1178
01:03:17,470 --> 01:03:19,210
your confidence. And this whole game is
confidence.
1179
01:03:19,510 --> 01:03:22,150
You've got to try to find it again. And
that's what Gilbert's going to be trying
1180
01:03:22,150 --> 01:03:24,930
to do. Don't be able to hit that reset
button and almost forget about it. And
1181
01:03:24,930 --> 01:03:28,290
then it's your first fight again. I will
say this about Gilbert. If anybody can
1182
01:03:28,290 --> 01:03:29,550
do it, he's a competitor.
1183
01:03:30,110 --> 01:03:34,530
He's a great competitor. Not just a
great fighter, but he's a guy who
1184
01:03:34,530 --> 01:03:39,210
well. Like, obviously, like, his losses
are, you know, Morales, Brady, JDM,
1185
01:03:39,290 --> 01:03:42,990
Bilal. So, like, those are, I mean,
that's, you know, that's a murderer's
1186
01:03:43,050 --> 01:03:43,928
Old champions?
1187
01:03:43,930 --> 01:03:44,930
Yeah, yeah.
1188
01:03:45,170 --> 01:03:50,550
Well, except for Brady and Morales, but
they're all top five guys, right? So,
1189
01:03:50,630 --> 01:03:56,750
like, they're all great fighters. But
Milat, like, Holland, Radke, Trevin
1190
01:03:56,930 --> 01:03:59,290
those are his last three wins.
1191
01:04:00,330 --> 01:04:01,550
Not on the level of his loss.
1192
01:04:01,870 --> 01:04:08,790
Yeah, his wins are not on the level of
the losses that Burns has had. So, I
1193
01:04:08,790 --> 01:04:12,770
mean, I think it's still a very
competitive fight, but I have to go with
1194
01:04:12,770 --> 01:04:13,870
Millat in Canada.
1195
01:04:14,430 --> 01:04:15,430
In Canada.
1196
01:04:15,490 --> 01:04:16,910
How old is Millat?
1197
01:04:17,250 --> 01:04:18,089
He's young.
1198
01:04:18,090 --> 01:04:19,510
Yeah, he's young.
1199
01:04:20,190 --> 01:04:23,810
If I was going to put all my money on
it, I'd probably have to go Millat,
1200
01:04:23,810 --> 01:04:25,990
depending on the odds. But I'm just
going.
1201
01:04:26,590 --> 01:04:29,750
Just put half of it. Yeah, half and
half. I think he's 34.
1202
01:04:30,320 --> 01:04:32,740
He's 30. Well, it's not super young, but
that's prime.
1203
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:37,980
Burns is like four. I don't think he's
40.
1204
01:04:38,260 --> 01:04:42,540
I don't think he's 40. No, I don't think
he's 40 yet. But I mean, but he's been
1205
01:04:42,540 --> 01:04:46,840
in a lot of wars and he just feels a
little bit more modest. Yeah. He feels
1206
01:04:47,060 --> 01:04:51,580
39. We got, we got producers in a year.
We got like the Jamie of the Rogan show.
1207
01:04:51,860 --> 01:04:55,160
You got to round up. That was 40. Yeah.
That's 40. That's 40. That's 40.
1208
01:04:55,690 --> 01:04:59,070
But I think it's, you know, all in all,
it's a pretty, it's a solid card.
1209
01:04:59,530 --> 01:05:03,210
We got Kyler Phillips taking on Charles
Jourdain. I think that's a great
1210
01:05:03,210 --> 01:05:07,110
Bantamweight. I think maybe
Bantamweight. I think Charles Jourdain
1211
01:05:07,110 --> 01:05:10,030
down. Jasmine, Jazz DeVicious taking on
Karini Silva.
1212
01:05:10,310 --> 01:05:12,950
And here's a fight that I'm really
interested in.
1213
01:05:13,210 --> 01:05:18,010
And this guy's making his UFC debut.
That's Mandel Nalo versus Jai Herbert.
1214
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,300
Now, Mando Nalo, he fought in Bellator,
and he's fought in all these different
1215
01:05:21,300 --> 01:05:26,340
organizations. He's an absolute killer
from Canada. But John Herbert, the black
1216
01:05:26,340 --> 01:05:33,000
country banger, he's the one who could
have stolen all of Ilya Teporyan's
1217
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:34,560
Yeah, that guy.
1218
01:05:34,900 --> 01:05:36,760
The head kick. I know who's talking
about now.
1219
01:05:36,980 --> 01:05:37,980
Yeah.
1220
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:39,240
Kind of.
1221
01:05:40,340 --> 01:05:44,080
Come on. We're going to put the replay.
He landed a nice head kick on the first
1222
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:45,620
round. Oh, yeah, first round.
1223
01:05:46,509 --> 01:05:49,930
At 155, right? I think they fought that
fight. Yeah, yeah, that was at 155.
1224
01:05:50,370 --> 01:05:55,410
And then that's when we saw how much
power Ilya actually has. He was like...
1225
01:05:55,410 --> 01:05:59,730
hard. And we continue to see it for the
following years. He was hurt. His resume
1226
01:05:59,730 --> 01:06:00,730
was insane.
1227
01:06:01,250 --> 01:06:02,470
The people he's put away.
1228
01:06:02,730 --> 01:06:06,370
And if he can do it to Justin, I mean,
he's going out there and assassinating
1229
01:06:06,370 --> 01:06:08,530
all of our favorite fighters. I know.
1230
01:06:08,810 --> 01:06:11,430
He's got the good style to fight Justin,
you know.
1231
01:06:12,259 --> 01:06:16,760
Justin has good kicks, too. That's the
thing. But the boxing, the defensiveness
1232
01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:22,460
of Ilya, man, levels above Justin, I
feel. But, like, that story, Gaethje
1233
01:06:22,460 --> 01:06:26,180
the American on the White House card,
he's going to be a huge underdog against
1234
01:06:26,180 --> 01:06:29,540
guy who we, like, look at as one of the
โ he's one of the greatest. Like, if you
1235
01:06:29,540 --> 01:06:32,400
look at every facet of his game, he
started as a jiu -jitsu dude.
1236
01:06:32,810 --> 01:06:35,470
You know, like, he was submitting people
early in his career, and then when he
1237
01:06:35,470 --> 01:06:38,490
got into the UFC, he decided, I'm going
to knock everybody out. And his boxing
1238
01:06:38,490 --> 01:06:41,350
is one of the best boxing, you know, the
best boxers we've seen in the UFC.
1239
01:06:42,290 --> 01:06:46,410
You know, Justin Gaethje's got a tough
test, but if he can pull it off, bro, do
1240
01:06:46,410 --> 01:06:47,870
you know how crazy that's going to be?
1241
01:06:48,190 --> 01:06:51,330
Does Justin do it all in this fight,
start wrestling, you know?
1242
01:06:51,710 --> 01:06:55,590
Because he does have that next set. I
know Ilya could wrestle right back into
1243
01:06:55,590 --> 01:06:56,730
him, but just to make things up.
1244
01:06:57,430 --> 01:06:58,650
Justin never uses wrestling.
1245
01:06:58,910 --> 01:06:59,828
I would love to see him.
1246
01:06:59,830 --> 01:07:01,470
Defensively. I think he's going to have
to just.
1247
01:07:01,790 --> 01:07:03,910
Throw his hands, man. He's going to have
to connect with something.
1248
01:07:04,130 --> 01:07:07,470
Justin does have the great equalizer,
man. He can put anybody out if he lands,
1249
01:07:07,610 --> 01:07:11,330
you know. But just the technique of
Ilya, how protected he keeps himself,
1250
01:07:11,330 --> 01:07:13,270
footwork is just speed.
1251
01:07:13,510 --> 01:07:18,110
I think people say, like, Ilya is maybe
the better fighter. But in our sport,
1252
01:07:18,270 --> 01:07:21,150
the better fighter doesn't always win.
You know, so that's why it's going to be
1253
01:07:21,150 --> 01:07:23,630
exciting. The guy who's willing to take
the biggest risk and put himself out
1254
01:07:23,630 --> 01:07:26,510
there to land the shot sometimes is the
winner because of that. You know, and
1255
01:07:26,510 --> 01:07:30,350
Justin is that guy. All you need is one
moment. I'm dumping the house on Ilya in
1256
01:07:30,350 --> 01:07:31,069
this one, though.
1257
01:07:31,070 --> 01:07:33,850
Yeah. I'm going stupid on this one.
1258
01:07:34,130 --> 01:07:35,950
Brought to you by, I'm going stupid.
1259
01:07:37,710 --> 01:07:40,550
I'm going stupid. We're waiting for the
sponsor to plug it up right there, but
1260
01:07:40,550 --> 01:07:42,050
I'm going stupid on that one.
1261
01:07:43,030 --> 01:07:44,490
So do you guys know what today is?
1262
01:07:45,130 --> 01:07:47,970
April Fool's Day. No, it's not April
Fool's Day. It's an anniversary.
1263
01:07:49,630 --> 01:07:50,630
Dustin, do you know?
1264
01:07:51,810 --> 01:07:52,810
Nah, anniversary.
1265
01:07:53,030 --> 01:07:53,788
It's the anniversary.
1266
01:07:53,790 --> 01:07:54,790
Today's Monday.
1267
01:07:55,070 --> 01:07:59,490
No, today is the seven -year anniversary
of this fight. Oh, damn. Yeah.
1268
01:07:59,730 --> 01:08:00,950
That's crazy. I had no clue.
1269
01:08:01,230 --> 01:08:02,230
Yeah, look at that.
1270
01:08:02,470 --> 01:08:06,730
Oh, that was nice. Talk us through it.
Oh, my gosh. Look at him. Look at him.
1271
01:08:08,550 --> 01:08:10,810
Come to 55. Come over here.
1272
01:08:11,470 --> 01:08:13,770
Holy shit. This is at 55, right? Yeah,
yeah, yeah.
1273
01:08:14,730 --> 01:08:18,390
When you see this, Dustin, you feel like
throwing them thangs again, don't you?
1274
01:08:18,609 --> 01:08:21,229
I always feel like throwing them thangs.
I'm just glad we're showing these
1275
01:08:21,229 --> 01:08:22,910
highlights and not my retirement fight.
1276
01:08:24,900 --> 01:08:28,399
I'm still up one, Max. You got one back,
but I'm up one still. Where were both
1277
01:08:28,399 --> 01:08:29,880
you guys at in your career at this
point?
1278
01:08:30,140 --> 01:08:33,939
He was on a 13 -fight win streak, the
featherweight champion. Yeah.
1279
01:08:34,180 --> 01:08:35,180
Yeah.
1280
01:08:35,439 --> 01:08:39,700
This was crazy, man. This was the way he
made the team was insane.
1281
01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:44,200
Max is one of my favorite fighters. One
of my favorite fighters. Not only is he,
1282
01:08:44,220 --> 01:08:47,840
like, beyond technical when he wants to
be, but he's got the most heart. Like,
1283
01:08:47,859 --> 01:08:50,640
you got to kill this guy every time.
When he steps in there, you got to kill
1284
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:53,180
him. And this fight just showed it.
Like, it just didn't go his way, and he
1285
01:08:53,180 --> 01:08:54,180
never backed off.
1286
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:56,439
He was still trying to find a way to
win.
1287
01:08:56,939 --> 01:08:58,760
You hit him a lot.
1288
01:08:59,340 --> 01:09:03,140
This one you made it look easy, man. And
Max usually doesn't get hit. Yeah.
1289
01:09:03,380 --> 01:09:06,760
So what was you thinking in your head
when you were hitting him and he was
1290
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:07,760
standing there?
1291
01:09:08,020 --> 01:09:11,120
I had hurt him a couple times early in
the fight, so I really thought I was
1292
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:12,120
going to get him out of there.
1293
01:09:12,439 --> 01:09:16,720
But he just kept getting up and
answering every bell and walking
1294
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:17,720
him with a knee.
1295
01:09:18,170 --> 01:09:21,069
It didn't bother him at all. He's a real
fighter, a real warrior. Like, he's cut
1296
01:09:21,069 --> 01:09:21,868
from that cloth.
1297
01:09:21,870 --> 01:09:26,330
You got to kill him. Yeah. He's got a
granite chin. Is Toporia the only dude
1298
01:09:26,330 --> 01:09:27,630
who's ever, like, put him out? Yeah.
1299
01:09:27,850 --> 01:09:29,210
Yeah. He's the first. Yeah.
1300
01:09:30,590 --> 01:09:31,590
Crazy. Yeah.
1301
01:09:32,350 --> 01:09:37,569
And I think they say Justin was the
first guy to drop him. Drop him, but
1302
01:09:37,569 --> 01:09:38,569
didn't count it, though.
1303
01:09:38,630 --> 01:09:42,130
I remember them not counting it. I
dropped him in our retirement, but he
1304
01:09:42,130 --> 01:09:43,390
me, too, so. Yeah. Yeah.
1305
01:09:44,330 --> 01:09:45,330
Man.
1306
01:09:45,590 --> 01:09:46,590
Max Holloway.
1307
01:09:47,000 --> 01:09:49,060
A legend, man. Yeah, for sure, man.
1308
01:09:49,300 --> 01:09:53,040
I mean, I was extremely surprised about
what happened in his last fight, though.
1309
01:09:54,060 --> 01:09:56,300
Yeah, his takedown defense. I didn't
think it was going to be that easy for
1310
01:09:56,300 --> 01:09:57,960
Charles. I bet at the house on Max.
1311
01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:00,040
I didn't think it was going to be that
easy to get him down. Yeah.
1312
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:03,480
It was a little easy for his takedown
defense. Charles just quit the first
1313
01:10:03,480 --> 01:10:06,280
fight. Yeah, no, yeah. He quit in that
fight.
1314
01:10:06,580 --> 01:10:08,720
He had some, like, weird neck thing,
right?
1315
01:10:09,220 --> 01:10:12,180
I don't know. Something happened.
Something happened, bro. He made him
1316
01:10:12,180 --> 01:10:13,640
I was thinking, you know, there's not
going to be no chance.
1317
01:10:14,860 --> 01:10:17,400
I guess that size could go back down.
You got that clinch, bro.
1318
01:10:17,620 --> 01:10:18,780
Max is big, man.
1319
01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:20,160
Max is big.
1320
01:10:20,260 --> 01:10:21,320
He's not a small lightweight.
1321
01:10:21,580 --> 01:10:24,640
Yeah, you don't think he could go back
down. He might be able to. I just don't
1322
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:25,700
know what's left for him at 45.
1323
01:10:26,060 --> 01:10:29,180
He has a frame at 55. He can keep
filling it out. He can.
1324
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:32,840
But that clinch was a problem. Like, a
takedown defense from that clinch.
1325
01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:33,900
Because I've seen videos.
1326
01:10:34,220 --> 01:10:36,040
Like, Charles had.
1327
01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:40,960
Ilya in that same situation where he had
that double under, and he was going hip
1328
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:42,160
to hip and trying to rag Dom down.
1329
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:45,640
Lower center of gravity, though. Max is
taller.
1330
01:10:46,660 --> 01:10:48,220
It was a tough matchup, I guess.
1331
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,220
Ilya has good wrestling, man. Good
throws from the tackle.
1332
01:10:51,460 --> 01:10:57,300
And Charles is very strong, man. It
doesn't look like he's slim, but when he
1333
01:10:57,300 --> 01:10:59,180
gets his hands on you, he looks strong.
1334
01:10:59,390 --> 01:11:02,450
Yeah, that's just from years of doing
jiu -jitsu and grappling. You know, he's
1335
01:11:02,450 --> 01:11:05,590
got a different kind of strength. Yeah,
he's got, like, them arms and, like,
1336
01:11:05,610 --> 01:11:06,610
that ligament strength.
1337
01:11:07,130 --> 01:11:10,070
Exactly. Like, long, he can just bring
you in.
1338
01:11:10,410 --> 01:11:11,309
It's deceiving.
1339
01:11:11,310 --> 01:11:12,310
Moikano's another guy.
1340
01:11:12,350 --> 01:11:15,450
Slim, but when he gets his hands locked,
it's like steel cables around him. You
1341
01:11:15,450 --> 01:11:19,010
got to give credit to Max, though. On
the ground, five rounds against the most
1342
01:11:19,010 --> 01:11:21,410
dangerous jiu -jitsu. And early, dry.
1343
01:11:21,830 --> 01:11:24,910
Yeah, I don't know how he stayed out of
all those submissions. I know. And, I
1344
01:11:24,910 --> 01:11:25,910
mean, not just, like.
1345
01:11:26,190 --> 01:11:30,330
he was dominated and stayed out of
submissions. So that's not easy to do.
1346
01:11:30,410 --> 01:11:31,790
Yeah. A hundred percent. Yeah.
1347
01:11:32,450 --> 01:11:36,810
All right. Well, I told you guys, I told
the fans that we would, um, those read
1348
01:11:36,810 --> 01:11:40,550
the comments in the chat. So we're going
to go to some of these questions from
1349
01:11:40,550 --> 01:11:41,550
the chat.
1350
01:11:41,870 --> 01:11:45,010
Welcome to the club. I guess they
talking about y 'all.
1351
01:11:45,430 --> 01:11:47,450
Nah. He's not talking about me.
1352
01:11:47,790 --> 01:11:52,070
I'm 37, bro. I might be on. Garrett
Manger, 19.
1353
01:11:52,310 --> 01:11:57,250
Yeah, we're all on. Garrett Manger,
Dean's biggest purchase is an old
1354
01:11:57,250 --> 01:12:03,210
phone with a snake on it. Sean Sterling,
247. Dean's biggest purchase was an old
1355
01:12:03,210 --> 01:12:05,930
Motorola phone with a snake on it. It's
probably true.
1356
01:12:06,550 --> 01:12:07,550
And a pager.
1357
01:12:07,830 --> 01:12:09,670
You're smart with your money. I had a
beeper, yeah.
1358
01:12:09,950 --> 01:12:10,970
100%. A good purchase.
1359
01:12:12,110 --> 01:12:17,690
uh dean thomas versus clavicular that's
that dude who uh he's some streamer he's
1360
01:12:17,690 --> 01:12:21,290
like talks about girls like their face
structures and he like makes fun of them
1361
01:12:21,290 --> 01:12:25,890
if they don't have their their like
eyebrows like whatever this is
1362
01:12:25,890 --> 01:12:26,890
it's like too big
1363
01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:30,360
I don't know. I don't know really that
much about him, but I know you've heard
1364
01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:30,959
of him.
1365
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:36,700
At X276, Dean Thomas versus Klovic. I
don't know who that is, but you know
1366
01:12:36,700 --> 01:12:37,700
I'm saying?
1367
01:12:38,580 --> 01:12:42,380
You'll be there. Okay, then I'll take
the fight. If it's an easy fight, I'll
1368
01:12:42,380 --> 01:12:44,020
take the fight. Big name at easy fight.
1369
01:12:44,860 --> 01:12:45,860
Get this man paid.
1370
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:51,040
Get a couple more to roll the phone.
From Joe Swanson, 5486.
1371
01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:55,940
What are Dustin's arms so huge all of a
sudden? Oh, he lifts weights.
1372
01:12:56,260 --> 01:12:58,980
Because I'm all peptides. They call me
Peptide Pappy around here.
1373
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:02,560
100%. Peptide Pappy.
1374
01:13:02,940 --> 01:13:05,060
What else we got from Aerodynamic?
1375
01:13:06,480 --> 01:13:10,320
What is that? Coppercut. For Dustin,
what made you fight Southpaw? I can't
1376
01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:13,780
see. Southpaw, despite being a right
-handed guy. All right.
1377
01:13:14,060 --> 01:13:17,420
Because when I was like 10, 11 years
old, I started wrestling for a private
1378
01:13:17,420 --> 01:13:19,440
club. In wrestling, you put your power
foot forward.
1379
01:13:19,950 --> 01:13:23,470
So I always had my rifle forward in
wrestling, and when I started boxing
1380
01:13:23,470 --> 01:13:27,770
was 17, I got in the same stance and
didn't know any better, and the guys in
1381
01:13:27,770 --> 01:13:31,150
boxing gym didn't know I was right
-handed, and I just learned that way. I
1382
01:13:31,150 --> 01:13:32,190
didn't know you started as a wrestler.
1383
01:13:32,450 --> 01:13:35,870
Yeah, I wrestled a few years. That was
your real entry into, like, martial arts
1384
01:13:35,870 --> 01:13:38,050
and stuff? It's a one -on -one
competition. Yeah, it's a martial arts
1385
01:13:38,050 --> 01:13:40,250
-one competition. But he stopped because
he kept jumping the ghillie in
1386
01:13:40,250 --> 01:13:41,250
wrestling competition.
1387
01:13:41,610 --> 01:13:43,790
What is this guy doing?
1388
01:13:45,690 --> 01:13:47,330
All right, we got a couple more from...
1389
01:13:48,130 --> 01:13:52,590
Kyre 5 -E -Y -L -M -A -O.
1390
01:13:52,830 --> 01:13:57,510
What did George smoke? He don't know
what L -M -A -O is. Well, I mean, it was
1391
01:13:57,510 --> 01:13:59,190
all these O's. I didn't know how to
pronounce that.
1392
01:13:59,830 --> 01:14:01,270
So what are you smoking?
1393
01:14:01,730 --> 01:14:04,870
I'll pick the fifth. I never smoke shit
in my life.
1394
01:14:05,210 --> 01:14:06,210
Brisket.
1395
01:14:08,950 --> 01:14:13,210
Brisket. George is smoking that brisket.
All right, we got it. Is that it? Is
1396
01:14:13,210 --> 01:14:14,210
that all we got?
1397
01:14:15,310 --> 01:14:16,650
All right, we got one more coming.
1398
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:23,720
From Randy underscore Singh underscore
9334, looks
1399
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:24,920
maxing.
1400
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:28,600
Anybody got anything on that one? I
don't know what that means. Oh, wait.
1401
01:14:28,600 --> 01:14:31,560
right. We got another one. That one,
that was a throwaway. We got at
1402
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:36,860
DariusDay45, Dustin frame mogs
clavicular?
1403
01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:41,800
That's that same dude, clavicular. So
Dustin frame mogs.
1404
01:14:42,480 --> 01:14:43,480
Mogs, what does that mean?
1405
01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:44,760
Mogs is like the โ
1406
01:14:45,670 --> 01:14:46,930
Huh? We're onks, bro.
1407
01:14:47,910 --> 01:14:51,850
We're onks. Hey, English. My kids got to
teach me this, man. What the fuck's
1408
01:14:51,850 --> 01:14:52,890
going on? Yeah, yeah.
1409
01:14:53,110 --> 01:14:57,390
Yeah, I definitely โ why is Chris โ all
right, from KXIDex.
1410
01:14:58,910 --> 01:15:02,870
Why do you know who Kavikia or whatever
the name is? Why, Chris? Why do I know
1411
01:15:02,870 --> 01:15:05,550
who that is? Yeah, Chris, why do you
know who that is?
1412
01:15:06,430 --> 01:15:09,410
I don't know why, actually. Like, he
must have popped up on my Instagram a
1413
01:15:09,410 --> 01:15:14,690
couple times or X, but I've seen him.
I've seen him. You know what? I think he
1414
01:15:14,690 --> 01:15:19,090
did stuff with Armin, Saruki. You know,
Armin was doing all those, like,
1415
01:15:19,090 --> 01:15:21,510
streaming things. I don't know. Somehow
popped up on my feed.
1416
01:15:22,030 --> 01:15:23,030
Clavicular, yeah.
1417
01:15:23,310 --> 01:15:27,350
I think Rampage Jackson, like, that
whole thing, the live streaming, he's in
1418
01:15:27,350 --> 01:15:30,830
that world. That stuff's getting big,
man. Well, I'm okay with being an unk,
1419
01:15:30,830 --> 01:15:34,150
then, if I don't know who that is. I'm
okay with it. I'm okay with all that
1420
01:15:34,150 --> 01:15:35,490
shit. Yeah, I'm okay with that. Yeah.
1421
01:15:35,870 --> 01:15:39,370
I don't know anything outside of this
Spike world. Yeah, and I'm okay with it.
1422
01:15:39,370 --> 01:15:42,890
All you got to know is that you'll beat
his ass. Yeah, if they can't whoop me,
1423
01:15:43,010 --> 01:15:43,989
I'm good.
1424
01:15:43,990 --> 01:15:48,050
They can't whoop me. Well, gentlemen, I
thought it's been real. Hell yeah, bro.
1425
01:15:48,330 --> 01:15:49,330
This was fun.
1426
01:15:49,550 --> 01:15:50,550
Let's go, boys.
1427
01:15:50,730 --> 01:15:51,329
Let's go.
1428
01:15:51,330 --> 01:15:53,350
Best MMA show ever.
1429
01:15:53,850 --> 01:15:55,810
Deep water. Good luck keeping up with
this one.
1430
01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:59,640
So that's going to be it for us. For
Chris Weidman, Dustin Poirier, Jorge
1431
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:03,940
Masvidal, we'll be back next Monday at
12 o 'clock Eastern. Make sure you all
1432
01:16:03,940 --> 01:16:07,360
tune in. Deep Waters, fueled by Monster
Energy.
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