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UFC Kansas City Reactions w/ UFC vets Angela Hill and Jessica Penne
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Jun 16, 2025
We had some adventures this week but the fights this weekend left us with extra core memories. Ange debuted as an old lady competition brown belt in Boston, Jess jumped out a plane and we both enjoyed some epic fight night finishes. We also break down next weeks fights in Iowa which should be a wild night as well. Get comfy and enjoy this recap with your favorite mma gal pals! Powered by Duelbits. Join us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1FaPU4wQCG9RdbNlMBI-fA/join
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you are it's so nice to have you back you've been glad for so long you know right forever
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hello i'm back i'm back don't leave me again well no i don't want to hear it i don't want
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to hear it but this is going to iowa i'm not jealous oh no i know nothing over there but
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Steers and queers. Ow. Can we still say that? Yes, we can
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Can we still quote that movie? Yeah, totally. Oh, yeah. So I'm excited about both
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It should be fun, though. I love small town crowds. Like the crowds that don't get UFCs often
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I love going to shows like that. They're starved for violence. They're insane. Yes
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Falling off the rafters, throwing beer at each other. Yes. It's like their night out, their only acceptable night to get super drunk and their wife not be mad at them
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Yeah. And everyone's testosterone is gone because you're watching fights. So it's even more of a fun and crazy night out
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Oh, yeah. They all think they're fighters. Yeah. You get up a hall pass to really cause some ruckus
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I feel like the cops prepare themselves for a nice big drunk tank that night
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They're like, all right, no one's going to do serious time as long as they keep it under control
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No, just keep them confined. Yeah. It's funny. It reminds me of this Instagram post I saw I just brought up
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It says, men on average overestimate their ability to fight by 400%
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Dude, ain't that the truth? It is. It is. I don't normally believe the things I see on Instagram, but this one, I'm not even going to fact check
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It's accurate. You have experience with it. I mean, I feel like we're going to get destroyed in the comments
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Do it. But I've beat up men before, believe it or not
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And they were trying. It wasn't you, it was Angela Trill. They were trying to win
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I'm telling you, every female fighter, if you talk to a male fighter that started training
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and got serious with it, they will admit that there was a point that there was a girl in the gym that was good that beat their
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ass and they were like oh I guess this really does work let me get better so this never happens again
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you know I love it I love it when the confident noobs come in because they don't know any better
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so they're like overconfident again 400 percent um and they look at you and they're like really
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you want me to go with her and the coaches are always like yes yes we do and we're all gonna sit
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and watch what happens. Ask any coach. They all know that, like, that's the easy green light
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They're not going to green light you with the big guy at the gym because that would just be a lawsuit
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Yes. But if you get beat up. I mean, technically they signed a waiver. They did sign a waiver, but if you set them up with a girl
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they're not even going to tell anybody about it. They're not going to admit to the abuse that they had to endure
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All of these early training scenarios are going through my head. Lots of memories
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That's a fun trip down memory lane right there. Yeah, yeah. I don't mess around with that anymore, but definitely when I was more green
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but also could fight well enough to beat up a guy. It was a fun little, it was like a party trip
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It was, yeah. Always happy to volunteer for it. Oh, my goodness
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Yeah, but now I know. Now I know. You never know again. It's like a street fight. You never know what a guy is going to do when they're fighting for their life not to be embarrassed by getting beat up by a girl
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So crazy shit can happen. You know, things can get broken, injuries
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You want to stay away from that situation. But I'm just saying it's possible
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Believe it or not. Share your stories in the comments. Yes, yes
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Oops, sorry. I'm so unprofessional. It's okay. You have been on a trip
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You don't know if you're still in airplane mode or not. I know. Speaking of beating up people, I got to go to the Boston Open
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I beat JJF, not the marathon. What's the marathon called? Boston Marathon
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It's the Boston Marathon. Somebody thought I was doing a marathon when I told them I was doing the Boston Open
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In a gi? I was like, what? Is it the same name? um yeah our team our team alliance jujitsu uh went out to boston's alliance and competed for
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them so they can collect all the medals and everything and we did pretty good we cleaned up
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i was gonna say i saw a lot of gold i saw a lot of double gold yeah yeah i saw a lot of this i got
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I got double gold and gi and then silver and no gi
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But I got gold in open class. Hey. Because no one signed up
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yeah. Hey, it counts. It counts. Don't do that to yourself. It counts
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I've seen people with like things in their freaking Instagram bio that says two times
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something world gold medalist champion. And it's because nobody showed up. Dude, my eyes are being opened right now
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I feel like I was disillusioned. It's so crazy how padded a lot of like you can have your jiu-jitsu career
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It's insane. Like there's no video of any of the matches. Usually they stream it, but there were like three things going on this weekend
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like three bigger ones that were all IBJJF, so they didn't stream it anywhere
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So who's to say I didn't beat up Gabby Garcia? Double gold, baby
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Gabby Garcia in the open class. I know she's black belt, but she went down to brown for me
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They do super fights now. Yeah. But no, it was fun. It was fun to get out there and get a little crazy
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I had a really, even though I lost the match, I had a really cool moment where they were like
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you're down by points, you gotta submit. And I like rolled over the girl's like guard
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grabbed her head, tried to go for that guillotine. She like sat up and then I like lifted her up by the neck
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Oh God. It was really great. Hope she signed the waiver. Somebody had to have in the stand
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Someone had to see it. But yeah, I was lifting her up and trying to get that like guillotine you always see up against the cage
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But I feel like I needed a cage to really sink in it. Yeah
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But it was fun lifting someone up by the neck. Okay, that was very descriptive. So I can picture it now
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It was so fun. Got it right up here. Hopefully we'll get a little clip one day and I can share it with you guys
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Send it. Yeah. But you were doing some crazy stuff too, right? Sorry, guys
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We're talking about our lives. I don't know how much you guys like that. They love it
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Deal with it. I'll put a time signature down so you can skip to the fight breakdown
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But, yeah, you did some crazy shit last week, too. Oh, yeah, last week. I haven't posted about it because I haven't gotten all the footage
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I want to make a nice little post since I don't post very often at all
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Make it good or else it's going to get choked. Exactly. I went skydiving with the army golden knight That insane And I agreed to this about a like over a year ago i was probably intoxicated um i definitely was intoxicated and i was reminded around easter time
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like hey just a reminder like you know this is coming up i was like oh no is it
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do I really want to do this? Do I want to risk my life for fun
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I was like, I actually, so I, I mean, I do stupid things with, with my health and, you know
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Well, yeah, you're a fighter. Yeah. I mean, I, I like, you know, I'm, I'm, you know, pretty frivolous with my health, putting
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myself in danger all the time doing stupid things, but everything is like on the ground
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ish, you know, like it. You could die, but it would be a lot slower than falling to your death
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Yes. And there would be a chance of like an ambulance coming and like helping me
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I just feel a little bit like safer, even when I like dive because I love diving
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Even then, I feel like I have a little bit more control. You know, you're not going to fall in the water
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You may like, no, no, you're fine. You're fine. You might get crushed by the pressure of the ocean on top of you
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when your equipment malfunctions. I'll take the bends or a possible interaction with a shark
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over plummeting to my death and not being able to do anything about it
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I love how you call it an interaction. You're such an animal person
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An interaction with a shark. You're just going up to say hi
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You're just going up to say hi. A little date with the shark. Oh, he got a little bitey, but you know
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It's fine. They're like puppies. That's what sharks do. Exactly. You can't be mad at them
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You know, animals are going to do what animals do. But yeah, so I got to go dive in
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It was probably one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I'm not even kidding you
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I was so scared. Like, you know, when you're backstage before a fight or you're competing, you like, you get like kind of pent up and you get nervous
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But like, you know how to move your energy. You can like talk about it
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You can shadow box. You can hit something. Like everything's fine. But like that was not the case because you're like strapped in this plane and the doors open, mind you
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Oh, God. And I'm like the closest person in the door because I've said that I need to go first because I cannot handle watching anybody go before me
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I just have to. I just have to go. I'm like, I can't sit here for any longer
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So we like we strap in. I can imagine hearing the scream, too, when they jump out
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Oh, you know what? Blood curdling. There was a little scream. Not as much as I thought I would
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Normally, like when I'm on a roller coaster, I love roller coasters. I'm a screamer. Just like, you know, just like let it out
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And it's like so much fun. But I didn't I wasn't much of a screamer
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I was just trying to breathe and try not to freak out
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Yeah. But it was like the coolest thing and the scariest thing was when you like go out the
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door because I had no control. Like my tandem, you know, jumper guy, the one who had my life in his hands
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Yeah. He's like 6'2", 215. Okay. So I had, I was like, if he wants to go, we're going
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I have no like. You're basically the baby in The Hangover. Yeah
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It's just like, hey. I'm just along for the ride. Yeah. And he said we were going to go on three and he went on like two
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What a dick. I know. I would have been flicking his nose on the way down
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asshole. Oh my God. But it was so cool. It was like, it was so cool
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I wanted to go again. I was exhausted though. I would have been that baby just taking a nap
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Yeah. Well, you pretty much put yourself in a death situation. Any other time that happens, you're dead right after
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So I can imagine like all your all your functions just stopped functioning
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Yes. You malfunctioned. And he had to reboot once he realized he didn't die
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It took a few days. God damn. I would never like I was all about it like when I was younger
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But now I'm like I made it too far. I don't want to I don't want to do something like that for fun
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And then just oh, parachute doesn't work. all right well you know had a good run like damn i signed up for this this wasn't an accident
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i made this happen like some that part of me the the uh what do you call it just the survival
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instincts makes me not want to do it anymore yeah i i would do it again now but i would do it with
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them because I feel like that's the most white. It's so white
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White people are crazy. A little bit. Hey, I can't knock you for doing it
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I think it's really cool and brave that you did that. And I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life
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Yeah, I'm not kidding you. And I didn't. I mean, it like it
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I would get like little surges of like, you know, adrenaline. I'd be like, oh, shit, I'm going to do this
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but I was scared. Yeah. I was scared. You should be
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And I fight people in a cage. You can't fight gravity. No
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That shit wins every time. You can try. Every time it wins
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I get on unbroke horses and just hope that it's going to be okay
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You know? I dive underwater and hope I don't die. It was really scary
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Yeah. No, I can imagine. I did that photo shoot up on that
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it was called some i forget the name of chicago in new york and it's a new building which is also
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why like it didn't exist when i moved from new york so they're like oh do this thing it's like
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a tourist attraction and we want to do a photo shoot with the venom gear and they had the glass
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bottom floor area at the top of like this i don't even know how many stories i feel like it was like
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a hundred story building and you're looking down and I see a taxi cab and it's like this tiny
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and I'm just like and my whole body was trembling like I couldn't do it and Adam's like
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terrified of heights but because he knew I had to get the shot he stepped out on on the thing
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there were like two of them so he wasn't like in the way but he was also there so at least if I
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died he would die with me yes i'm like that's a man right such a gentleman that's a man you want
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him to go down with you yeah you're not gonna go live a good life oh hell no get a new girl
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someone that can't fight no you're stuck with me for life so yeah i thought that was cool but
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that like i didn't realize how afraid i was of heights now until i did that because i also
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I love roller coasters and rides and stuff, but when you're strapped in, it feels a little different
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But like for that, it literally looked like you were just stepping onto air
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Yeah. You know, it's just freaky. And I've never been on a nice one, too
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Like they were all kind of cloudy So you like ah it a floor But this one was clear It was like freshly like peeled plaster Oh God no Dirty that thing up
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Yeah, scuff it up real quick. Yeah, so I commend you because after that experience, I was like
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I couldn't do bungee jumping. I couldn't do skydiving. Like all that shit is like past my threshold now
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I'm over it. Yeah, it almost was for me. Yeah, well, good job
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You did it, and she's going to do it again because she's crazy. Yes, we got invited back
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Well, you know what we might get to see again is, what's his name
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Ian Gary fight in the main event. He just set himself up for a lifetime achievement
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He won his fight against Carlos Prats on short notice, And then he put in the stipulations that if he won, he gets to be back up for this for the was it Blau versus Jack Della fight
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Yes. Yeah. I think he showed such amazing fight IQ in this fight
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Like he nullified all of Pratus's tools, you know, by by throwing that like really big right head kick constantly just really shut Pratus down
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and he wasn't able to adjust until, I mean, honestly, the last round. Yeah, he was stuck
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And every time he tried to open up, Ian Gary would go for a takedown
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Like he just planned it out perfectly to the point where he was high-fiving strategically
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He stole that from John Silva's book. Like he was disrupting the rhythm
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So a lot of times when Protz defends a takedown, he comes back with something
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You know, he defends. you know that the person's a little tired because he has really good takedown offense
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So you try, you try to get that takedown, you gas your arms out a bit
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then you come up and he's able to hit you. As soon as Gary would come up, he would smile and high five him
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I'm like, that's strategic. He's doing that on purpose. So it was, there were a lot of little moments there that I feel like Gary
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Gary planned out really well where process was just trying to hit him
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He was just trying to fight. And I think obviously there was a game plan for it
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But I think someone like Carlos Pradas needs a camp to prepare for someone like Gary
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Whereas Gary has the experience that he can do it on the fly
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And granted, Pradas was preparing for Jeff Nill. But that's a totally different puzzle
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It's a totally different puzzle. And he's going to come at him a lot harder
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He's a power hitter. you're going to be force versus force and with gary it's just like kind of like uh uh bam and
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then get out of there now i loved how he used his his right-sided tools he used the right hand he
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used the right high kick and everything also was uh his takedowns were behind those right tools as
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well so everything just looked kind of similar it's like um produs's beautiful left kick you know
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it all looks like it's coming from the same place. So you don't know if it's going to be high, middle or low
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Yeah. Yeah. I liked how he was setting up the takedown. He was going for like that head outside single
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So it didn't really look like he cared if he got it or not, but it was disrupting everything
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Like anytime he threw big, he got underneath him. And then he was able to get that double leg eventually
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So it was a really good strategy until it didn't work anymore
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And I feel like Pradas is just kicking himself for not getting going sooner
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Man, I was wondering. I mean, again, the beautiful offense of Machado Gary definitely gave a lot of problems
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But I wonder if he could have gotten going just a little bit sooner
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Because we saw him put Machado Gary on the floor. He has the ability to knock him out
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He has he had that ability and he just he got too deep in the hole with it
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Yeah. Well, I feel like that whole sequence happened off of the defended shot
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Like he shot in. He was able to reverse it and land on top. And then he was able to really like capitalize on that damage he did on the feet
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Like there was even a moment in the third round where Prada is like landed like a nice three, two
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But because Gary's good at evading, good at backing out, controlling the distance, he couldn't follow up
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So a lot of times he was having a lot of trouble just finishing what he started
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Like he'd land something good and then Gary would skiff out of the way. He would pot shot him, like pop, pop, pop, pick him apart and then run away
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And as a Muay Thai fighter who has dealt with that problem before, it's so frustrating
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because it almost feels like you don't have the tools to find this person
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When someone has good lateral movement and you're more of a Muay Thai fighter who moves back and forth
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if you watch his fights, anytime he starts getting hit, he's going straight back
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Anytime he's attacking, he's going straight forward. And the funny thing is Prada looks pretty human in his fights
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until he knocks them out. He always has a chance. Even in the Magny fight, it was back and forth
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Magny was doing good work in the clinch, and then all of a sudden, bam
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he hurt him so hard, and it comes out of nowhere. So the entire time, everyone's waiting for this moment
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And, of course, you're losing hope that it's going to happen because you've never seen him in a second, third, fourth round
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But it happened in the fifth. I feel like that means that Prados' ceiling is still really high
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The fact that he was able to pull off that like crazy, just like power, almost upset thing right at the last moment, right where both guys are the most tired
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But he shouldn't have been able to do that according to what we've seen in the past
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Like it shows that he definitely has room to improve and he can have that power all five rounds
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And we still have to remember as well, like going off of what you're saying, that Pradas is still like fairly new to MMA, like in the grand scheme of things
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He has he has good fight IQ for striking, but we saw something that we hadn't seen before
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We saw his takedown defense. We saw his ability to get up. We saw his ability to turn off the cage
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Just more amplified than we have previously. Yeah, and he said that he's a Brazilian black belt, too
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So you wonder if he's going to start mixing it up. Like, I actually got to talk to him before his fight on my radio show, Series XM, Fight Nation
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And he was saying that he's willing to take the fight wherever it goes, but he just leans towards the strike
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Of course. Why wouldn't you? But he's a black belt in jiu-jitsu, and he obviously has wrestling
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He has extremely good counter wrestling. So I wonder if that might be the plan moving forward
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because it's worked really well for Ian Gary. And imagine the feints that Prada has the ability to get people shook after he lands a little power Imagine what a takedown would do to that Imagine how many powerful left kicks how many powerful crosses he can set up with a little dip shot
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Yeah, I think this fight, I don't think it exposed Pradas in a negative way
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I think it showed him, you know, obviously what there is to work on and the new tools that he can add to his tool belt
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And I think the next time he's out there that we'll see, you know, maybe even a different approach
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Yeah. So just the back of what you're saying, he started MMA, his MMA career in 2012
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But to fight at the high level that he is, he's just he just got into the UFC in 2023
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And there's a big difference, you know, like he talks about the people that he fought before he got into the UFC and how good they are
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But once you get to that top five level, which is, I mean, I think he's the first one right out of the fight nerds to get to that top five level competitor, then there's a different game
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I guess everything matters. You can't take as many risks. Or if you do, they have to be very calculated
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And I think he's going to him and his team are going to learn a lot about how to navigate these higher level fights where you have people who are just levels ahead of everyone else you fought
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Yeah, I'm really excited about that one. And I think it was pretty savvy of Gary to slide in that stipulation in his contract of getting the backup fight
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What do you think about that? You think he's going to be able to slide in there
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I mean, I don't know if that'll actually happen, but it puts him, you know
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it was definitely a smart move by him or by his management to put that stipulation in there
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because now he's definitely part of the conversation. And with the win over Prades in this fashion on short notice
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it just ups the ante for him. It makes him look even better
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Yeah. So we did get a fan question from Living HZ. He had a lot of stuff to ask, but one thing he asked was
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what is your reaction to Buckley and Ian Gary beef, as well as the ceremonial weigh-in video explained by Buckley
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The cuck, cuck-a-nees? The cuck-a-nees, yes. So the cuck-a-nees was part of it
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I haven't seen all the videos of all the beef, but I did see the ceremonial weigh-in where he tried to slide in
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and say something and the wife was in the way and the baby was in the way
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And then after she handed the baby to Ian, she turned around and just slightly caressed his arm
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probably like, hey, you know, hey, I'm not afraid of you. The thing is, so I think that the way Machado Gary
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you know, has this like showmanship about him, that's the same that Buckley has
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So they're kind of paralleled personalities, like going for the same thing
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like, you know, just trying to make more talk, more conversation. And that's what you have to do
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That's what sets you apart. But the difference is Buckley wants to fight Ian Gary
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Well, yes. Gary does not want to fight Buckley. He has not said a word about Buckley
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since he got snatched from that fight. that would put a wrench in the works
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And he's done a very good job of marketing himself, talking to himself, getting all of the eyes on him
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and backing up what he's saying. He's winning fights. Yeah, and I love the fact that he keeps talking about
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showing up for the Shavkat fight short notice, but people forget that he was preparing to fight Buckley
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Yeah, it wasn't... Like you're in a camp, But he's writing the story that he wants people to say
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Yes. He's figuring out a way to market it so that he looks like the most valuable contender that is not booked for a title fight
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And Buckley's trying to do the same thing. So I think that's where the beef gets kind of funny
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Ian Gary is getting the opportunities. Buckley is not. But he could be there very soon, especially after a win over Usman
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so I like the way that Buckley's been keeping his name in people's mouths
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the journalists are asking Ian about it they're annoying him with it
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he's creeping up on his wife he's doing not in a super creepy way
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but just in a joking way in a comedic way I like what he's doing and how he's keeping his name in there
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so people don't forget no he's doing the right things Yeah. So the call main was pretty dramatic
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We had Anthony Smith. Versus Zhang. Retiring. Yes. Yes, we did. And, you know, I thought Anthony might have had a chance against him
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He, Ming Yang Zhang, has not shown me just how good he was until that fight
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See, on paper, it looked like potentially Anthony Smith could get the victory
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But the thing is, if you look at his body of work and then you look at just the young, hungry, fast up-and-comer in Zhang
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I just thought that it might play out this way. Yeah, and it did
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And, you know, another thing that that's been going on with Smith is just he's always seemed very emotional when he gets in there, at least in his final fights
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Like there's something going on. There was the last fight where he was crying in there because he lost somebody like right before this one
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He was flipping off a guy in the audience. That was after, though
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It was after. But he also said that he heard it before the fight
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Yeah. And said it didn't affect him, but at the same time, it's the first thing you do after you get knocked out
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Like that's, yeah, it just seems like there's other things on his mind
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There's background noise. Yeah. And I think it's a good thing that he's retired because that's going to get you hurt even more so
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You know what I mean? Yeah, it's just. It definitely seems hard for him to block
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And some people thrive in that situation. Like some people are able to take like their pain or or the haters or whatever it is that's like pushing through your coroner's voices and they're able to use that as aggression and get the win
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But for Anthony, I feel like it's been shutting them down. It's been almost making him want to receive pain
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You know what I mean? Yeah, it's just if if your mind is not completely on the task at hand, you're you're going to get hurt
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And I think that that's what we've kind of repeatedly seen from him is just almost almost like his mind doesn't necessarily want to be in there
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Yeah. And how is that friggin elbow like that was the Anthony's one is the one
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worse type of head to get elbowed like that. Yeah. Like if you have a little hair, even, even a little buzz cut
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that's going to stop your head from splitting open that bad. But when you have Anthony's head shape and size and it just landed so perfectly
30:21
Yeah. There were some really sharp elbows thrown by Zang. Those, those step and elbows just were brutal
30:28
And then when he, you know, eventually got down to the ground, just repeatedly elbow, elbow, elbow, forcing Anthony to cover up and then, you know, getting the TKO
30:39
It was just it was brutal. Yeah, it was pretty is pretty messed up
30:43
But the nice thing was, you know, Zhang Mingyang, he did his whole thing
30:49
he said booby which made me feel better about my iso uma menina thing
30:59
that I said in Brazil what were you trying to say? I am
31:05
I don't know why I said it but it's just like one of the things that I've been saying
31:10
in Duolingo I'm a little girl I am a girl I didn't realize it was little girl
31:16
I was like what you old we saw you we saw you telling the tape you are not a menina you're a mujer
31:28
that's spanish pronunciation yeah yeah it's okay it's okay but i also appreciate how zing
31:37
afterwards was coming to anthony's aid and trying to calm him down that was cool while he was like
31:42
going off i was like oh like what a guy yeah what a good guy he was like he was really trying to just
31:48
like get him undistracted and unfocused on the negativity. It was so strange
31:55
Yeah. It was so strange. But what might be considered strange to some other people was the beautiful package that
32:04
they had for Anthony Smith for his retirement. Some people are comparing that to Stipe's retirement
32:14
A little bit. and how there was nothing I think there are very short clips well
32:26
not on the night I don't think they had it on the night
32:31
on the night on the night that Stipe retired they had it on the night Anthony retired
32:37
no that's what I'm saying Anthony had like this nice beautiful package
32:40
and then people are comparing it to Stipe's send off and how it was
32:49
Do you remember it? Uh-uh. So John Jones beat Stipe, and he had already said that if he doesn't win, he would retire
32:59
So you'd think that they'd have something prepared. Like, you know, he's a pretty big underdog
33:05
We'll have something prepared if Stipe doesn't win. There was nothing prepared
33:11
And then, you know, Joe Rogan's doing the interview, and he's like, so what's next for you
33:16
And Stipe goes, I'm done. I'm done. What else you got to do
33:20
And he starts talking in the Stipe language. The mumbles. People in Cleveland can understand
33:26
But as he's saying it, he's taking his gloves off or trying to take his gloves off
33:31
Eventually, he gives up because the tape won't come off of his glove
33:35
and he just walks out. Walks out. With the tape a little torn on his gloves
33:43
Well, not everybody gets a nice send-off. But Stipe deserves it. Yes, he does
33:49
Stipe deserves it. Of course he does. I think eventually they did like a little video thing
33:55
like maybe the next fight night or something, like, oh, honoring Stipe Miocic
34:00
But yeah, it still just kind of dropped the ball there. But one can argue that because Anthony is such a company man
34:11
he has been there, he has bailed the UFC out, he works the desk
34:16
they were extra ready for his retirement as opposed to Stipe's, who's been kind of like semi-retired for a long time
34:26
in and out, just kind of demanding things that he deserves, but not really cooperating
34:32
and maybe it was kind of a... Well, they also have Anthony on the desk
34:38
so that's a little bit more... Spike will get out of here. Yeah, it's a little bit more incentive to give him a proper send-off
34:44
The production people didn't forget because he's going to be there next week working the show
34:49
Exactly. So yeah, a few people were upset about that, so we just had to mention it real quick
34:58
So the other fights that happened, And, I mean, we could talk about Giga and Onama
35:08
Or we could talk about the amazing Randy Brown, Nicholas Dalby fight
35:15
What the heck were they smoking before they got out there? Meth
35:21
They were smoking meth. I think so. Yeah. It was that drug that the Vikings did before they went out to battle
35:30
I forget what it was called. I thought that was meth. It wasn't? I thought so
35:34
I don't think meth existed in like- What, PCP? 700 AD? Were they chewing on some coca leaves
35:41
Like what? I'm going to look it up. But yeah, talk about the fight while I look that up. Well, I mean, it was pretty crazy
35:48
It was typical Dalby, like going balls to the wall. You can never count this guy out
35:54
But Randy Brown, his jab was so impressive. Going forward, backward, he was always pumping that jab and always putting in Dalby's face
36:04
Hallucinogenic mushrooms. No. Like fly agaric. Do you know what that is
36:11
An alkaloid-bearing plant's, like, black henbane. It's... Say that other word. Black henbane
36:19
Oh, oh, hyo... Hyosycamus niger. Jessica. There's only one G. I just want to hear your pronunciation
36:31
This niger over here is trying to induce my battle rage. So yeah, lots of stipulations on what the Vikings were
36:44
I still say it was meth. You say it was niger. I don't, you do
36:50
I'll sick of this niger. yeah so uh so yeah it could be meth mushrooms but anyway that's what they were on continue
37:01
dalby was on much on the niger he definitely was because the way this man fights he cannot
37:08
feel anything he does not want to be able to feel anything because he knows that fight is
37:14
gonna hurt i love watching dalby fight for that reason he puts it all on the line yeah and
37:21
honestly you can cut them out or uh you can count them thank you the mushrooms are kicking in you got to say thank you my niger My hyalcycumus Not falling for it
37:38
Anywho. So it was really impressive the way Randy Brown was just utilizing the jab
37:46
I just really focused on that one. He has great striking, puts people on his heels
37:52
he was doing so well and then got caught yeah got caught faced a little bit of adversity at the end
37:59
of the first round you know maybe thought Dalby was coming back but then the second round starts
38:04
and then it was just more of Randy around pushing the action pushing the action and Dalby did Dalby
38:10
he came in a little bit wild a lot reckless and got countered yeah it was nasty it was it's it's
38:20
it was such a ridiculous fight. Like I'd already seen clips, but then I finally rewatched the whole fight on the plane and I'm watching it
38:31
and like, just hitting people next to me and going, Jesus Christ
38:43
It's one of those fights where you can't not react to everything that's going on
38:49
And then that final blow, they're throwing hook, hook, hook. And then finally he kind of rolls and lands one on Dalby
38:57
And the way that he drops like a sack of potatoes is hard to watch
39:02
because, like, I really like both of those guys. It was a nice guy fight, you know, like both of those guys deserve the win
39:10
Both put in the work, both show up to do battle. But Randy came out on top
39:16
and he was coming off of that Brian Battle loss that was a little controversial
39:22
Arguably, I thought he won. Yeah, he didn't have the same power
39:28
they were saying, that battled it. It looked like he did, but then, you know, when you get wobbled as opposed to just landing hard shots
39:37
but not dropping the guy, then they can score for that guy
39:41
And that's what happened in this last fight. But this one, he was like, nope, I'm not leaving it to it
39:48
He really opened up. And that's something that you don't always see Randy do
39:52
He opened up. He dropped his hands. He was throwing from his pockets, moving his head, being in the pocket
39:58
And that's what got him to win, just being able to use his big-ass arms
40:04
wrap it around his jaw. Dude, I loved those. It's like right, and then it's a hook
40:09
Yeah, yeah. That's the one that crooked Dalby's nose. And that was the fight ending punch in my book
40:17
And how nasty. I forgot about that. How nasty was that? Was another moment where I was just like watching them reset Dalby's nose in the corner
40:26
That was insane. Kudos to the cut, man. Good job. Seriously. Thank you
40:31
Yeah, that fight was ridiculous. Definitely deserve fight in the night. The stab kicks, too
40:37
That was something that Randy Brown used really well. his length, the size of his foot
40:42
I feel like that would feel like getting jabbed by the end of a baseball ball
40:48
You know, just stay back, Dalby. And then as soon as he gets in, boom
40:54
It was a really fun fight to watch. Guys, put that on your reels or whatever
41:02
fights to watch when you're bored or when you miss violence, when you got one of those fight nights with all decisions
41:09
just watch that one. It's a quick watch. It's worth it. You can watch it a few times
41:13
Yeah, watch it during the Burger King commercials. Oh, God. Just so tired of that
41:22
And I mean, they changed the voice of the singer. Did they? Yes
41:26
It's a girl now. No, it's a girl now. Can she at least sing now
41:29
Not really. It's still like a jingle. It's still obnoxious, but like it's just a little bit less obnoxious than that comedian that thinks it's a little bit
41:41
more palatable no because they play it like a hundred times during fight night i can't wait
41:49
for uh the netflix deal to happen so have we heard anything more about that no we haven't but
41:57
WWE seems to be thriving on it. And there was a big WWE last weekend
42:03
So I'm feeling like they're comfortable figuring it out. I feel like they're not freaking out like
42:12
oh, I don't know if this is going to be the right move. I think everyone's pretty excited about it
42:15
But we haven't heard anything about it being sealed. But I don't think it's happening for a while
42:21
But I don't understand why ESPN has to have the same three commercials
42:26
every time we watch it. You have more people buying ad space
42:30
than that, don't you? Yeah, there has to be. It's ESPN. Just throw in some pro bono commercials
42:35
just for the fans. Just put a limit. Just a little bit, please. We're so tired of hearing it
42:41
Sprinkle some extra stuff in there. Please. Well, I was lazy and I only watched the finishes
42:49
because I was tired from Jiu-Jitsu. And my flight wasn't long enough
42:56
to watch all of the decision fights. But the Ikram, Alex Girov versus Andrei Muniz
43:07
how did you like that one? You know what? I thought it was going to be a snooze
43:10
until like the last 30 seconds. Right? It was, Muniz, you know, he's more of a grappler
43:18
And Ikram, I mean, he's a takedown guy. So I was wondering if it would be one of those grapplers that turn into strikers
43:28
And initially it did. Ekerman ended up getting, he ended up dropping him with what seemed like an ineffective punch
43:38
But it stumbled Muniz, dropped him. I think it was, I think it was left
43:45
And it dropped him and then he got the TKO like right. We heard the clappers and Herzog decided to call it
43:51
He had seen enough. I always kind of wonder. I'm like, there have been these times where fights are close to being finished
43:59
but it's so close to the end of the round. I wonder if the refs would just, you know, like, let him go
44:05
Just take a couple more and then get him back on the bench
44:10
I always wonder if that could be a thing or not. I mean, again, it's the fighter safety above all
44:15
I'm sure there's more stress in the situation when that happens. Yeah, you're not really thinking about it
44:21
Well, no, I think when you hear the clapper, all of a sudden the stress levels go a lot higher for that question
44:30
do I stop it or do I not? Do I stop it or do I not? Like I think they're very aware of that
44:34
A good ref at least. And Herzog's definitely one of those ones that are going to be aware
44:38
And they're just like, okay, that's enough, you know? And that's what it looked like there
44:44
Like he ate a lot of unanswered punches before he jumped in there
44:48
And then the clock was still at eight. Like that, that was at least technically they weren like all the way going through but he really wasn trying to get up He was eating like three punches a second that would have been eight times three was that 24 that would have been 24 unanswered punches
45:08
and he's just i know but he was he was doing this no no no he was doing he was doing this
45:15
okay maybe like somewhere in between he was taking a nap he was stuck angela he was locked out no as he slept i feel like he was a little bit more
45:29
shelled than that but that's just he he didn't seem like he was complaining no yeah he seemed
45:36
like he understood what had happened and why yeah he was probably in the fog yeah there's like this
45:42
uh this weird like when you're your bell gets rung but you're not like knocked out there's
45:47
it's like it's a fog it's like a like you're kind of on drugs or like a brown out yes it's a brown
45:55
out you remember where putting your keys somewhere you just don't know where or who you gave them to
46:02
Or how long it's been. Oh, I think it is. Where's my panties
46:11
Oh. Well, one person who's definitely having a red panty night of his own
46:20
if he has a special lady, is Malcolm Wellmaker. Oh, he quit his job
46:26
He quit his job. He quit his job on money, just like he promised. Yeah, good for him
46:31
What job did he have? He was a welder. I thought you were going to say he was a well maker
46:39
Probably his parents. Parents' parents were. His ancestors. Because back in the day, that's how somebody has the name blacksmith
46:48
because they came from a family of blacksmiths. Yeah. Well maker. My ancestors lived on a hill
46:54
Yours ate pasta. They did. Lots of it apparently. yeah so malcolm well maker uh really made out in this fight like man his striking just looked
47:11
phenomenal and cameron simon uh if that's how you say his name he's no slouch like i remember
47:18
watching him on contender series because a guy we knew from uh san diego was fighting him
47:26
what's his name uh josh kim he's like come through alliance every now and then like i don't know
47:34
but like i say hi you say hi to everyone i say hi when i know i i know his name i know i say hi
47:44
to people whose name i don't know but he's come through the gym a few times like i've touched him
47:49
I've rolled with him. Did you? Yeah, but not like Cameron did
47:55
Cameron pieced him up. But it was a good fight, but he showed that he is one of those special fighters
48:04
And now in comes Malcolm Wellmaker, and he just showed he's more special
48:09
Used him as a stepping stone. It's crazy, because that was literally like a year ago that this kid was streaking
48:15
I think he knocked out Josh Kim on Contender Series. He got two more big wins
48:22
People were telling stories about how he went to the UFC PI the day after his win
48:31
so he could work out, and they opened it for him. He just seemed like such a good kid with a good story, trains with DDP
48:38
and then he lost two in a row, comes in, fights Malcolm Wellmaker
48:44
and is like on to the next shiny new toy. Now that's 3-0 and it looks like we might see his name on the cut list
48:51
So sad. It happens so fast. It happens so fast. It was literally like a year ago, right
48:56
That was 2024 when he had his last win or last loss
49:01
Oh, no, 2023. Time's flying. I'm old. No, I lose years now
49:06
I think something happened last week and it was literally last year
49:10
Yeah. That's the way it goes when you get older. It just flies. Why
49:15
That's why it makes me happy and a little bit nervous for Wellmaker to be bailing on his job
49:21
I'm like, I don't do it yet. But he's a welder. That's something you're always going to need
49:27
Yeah. He went to trade school. He's got a certificate. He may need to re-up it
49:32
Yeah. You know, renew. We might need some new heavy bag holders
49:38
What do you call them? The things where you hang the heavy bags from
49:42
The racks? Yeah. we might need some new heavy bag racks. Everyone will be calling him if it ever comes to that
49:49
But I think he's going to have a bright future. He's 9-0, got a nasty knockout like that on Contender Series 2
49:56
So this guy is going to be a problem. I'm wondering how people are going to deal with him
50:02
He just has really good command of space too, like the in and out
50:07
And being able to roll with the punch in order to land that check hook
50:11
You saw him throw it a few times in the fight, and then he finally timed it just right
50:16
Like, that's somebody that's not just scary to run in on with striking
50:20
but he's scary to shoot on, too. It's going to be interesting to see how they build him
50:25
and I hope that he doesn't get the Cameron Simon treatment. Just thrown to the wolves
50:33
I don't even know if he was thrown to the wolves. I think he just kind of had bad luck
50:38
Well, he fought Peyton. I feel like anybody that they have Peyton fight is, you know, being served
50:45
Yeah. And I don't think Christian Rodriguez was like a scary choice
50:52
but he did beat Raul Roses. So it's just like, yeah, they're just throwing these kids at each other
50:59
and seeing who's going to float to the top. Yeah. Yeah. So that was a really nasty knockout
51:06
Like the way he fell to the side was just branded in the back of my head
51:12
Yeah, also the way he was coming in too. You know, he was like his arms were a little bit low
51:17
He had a little bit low of a guard and he, I think he was. He was coming in with like a jab
51:23
Like he was, or stepping in with a straight punch. And Wellmaker just kind of went with the punch
51:30
It was so fast. He went with the punch. Like the punch connected, but he leaned just out of the way so it didn't connect perfectly and landed his own perfect shot on the chin
51:41
And he like opened up for it, too. It was really nice. I watched it a few times, but he's just like, like in a split second and had so much torque behind that thing
51:52
It's nasty. Yeah, I had to watch it a few times. It was fast. Yeah, it made him cartwheel
51:57
That was horrible. Yeah. So a few nasty knockouts on this card
52:01
It was a really fun card, and the crowd was going insane
52:06
Which brings me to another question we had from one of our many fans
52:13
What city do you girls like to fight in? Is it fun to go to smaller cities like KC
52:18
or does the buzz of NY and MSG feel way different, et cetera
52:24
That was from Marshalek89 I think there something about fighting at an historic venue like a Madison Square Garden
52:36
I think that that's a really cool experience. But I think what we were talking about is the audiences that you had mentioned earlier
52:45
the audiences that are kind of starved for blood. Yeah. I think those ones are really exciting
52:51
It's a little bit more intimate and like everybody shows up and everybody's excited because they don't get to see it very often in person
52:59
And it's just a different vibe. Yeah. And you get every walk of life
53:04
Like the thing that's really dry and drab about going to the apex is that
53:09
aside from the four people who came to watch you, if they come
53:13
if they let them in, if they let them in, it's a bunch of people who spend a lot of money to just be really close to UFC
53:22
fight. Like they probably don't care who you are. They probably don't really follow MMA
53:28
I just want to say they were there. Yeah, I was there. I was at the underground fight show that the UFC does
53:33
oh, aren't those tickets really expensive? Yeah, brah, brah, brah. You know, it's kind of like a scene
53:38
as opposed to a crowd of diehards who have been watching MMA since the 90s
53:46
Who show up at the early prelims. Yes, like watching the prelims at Kansas City
53:52
It was packed. It was packed. Like the girls were, the first girl that walked out there
53:57
was getting the same cheers that they were in the main card
54:01
Like it's really awesome to see. and I love that. Like, that's my preference too
54:05
because you know I'm going to be on the prelims. But no, like even when I'm not
54:12
it's really cool to feel that energy in the crowd and whether they like you or hate you
54:19
it charges you. It gets you ready for battle. You feel like you're a gladiator in a arena
54:26
you know? It's like taking meth or hallucinogenic mushroom cocktail. Yes, taking that niger
54:33
That hallucinogenic niger. Feel it. Yeah, I love it. So that's my drug is feeling that crowd from a small crowd
54:44
Even if you do or go to a Madison Square Garden fight night
54:50
people are still going to show up fashionably late. It's kind of like Vegas
54:54
They don't want to be the first people out there looking like dweebs
54:59
sitting there all night. They're trying to be there for the scene. and small towns, they're just like, I'm getting my money's worth
55:06
I worked five extra shifts so I could sit in the front row
55:11
and boo Anthony Smith. I worked so hard for this moment. You're going to get that boo
55:19
Getting flipped off was probably the greatest moment of his life. He will talk about it to his grandchildren
55:25
He will. And his children's children will tell the tale. They'll pull up the video
55:31
Yep, yep. They were like, hey, that's grandpa. Look at him. He's so cringe
55:41
Yeah, so that's why I love small towns because people are into it
55:46
and you really feel appreciated. That's it too. Yeah, you feel really appreciated
55:52
Yeah, it feels good. Well, we should talk about the chick fights since we're talking about appreciation
55:58
We got two of them with finishes. It says women don't finish
56:03
Shut your mouth. We'll talk about, let's talk about Chelsea Chandler and Jocelyn Edwards first
56:12
Because that was a big girl hit and a big girl dropped
56:17
She looked phenomenal. Amazing. So do you think that she has improved that much or was it the matchup
56:24
because that's, I hate to like say that, but it kind of, when you get somebody like Chelsea Chandler
56:32
who's, you know, kind of on a skid. Kind of. Kind of
56:38
Stop it. But her fighting style. I want to talk about the fact that she's ranked
56:45
All right. Because there are 10 people in the division. But was Jocelyn Edwards, was she ranked too
56:52
Let me pull up the rankings. I have them right here. Okay. Held the phone
56:56
We need some research on this. But yes. Before we speak. It could have been the matchup
57:03
Looking at her record, she's lost. Well, she beat. So Chelsea Chandler was 14
57:14
Oh. Yeah. Really? Jocelyn wasn't on there. No. Her UFC record is better than Chelsea Chandler's
57:21
And not even. Okay. I was going to say Eileen Perez's because Eileen just beat
57:28
What's she be? I forget. No, she just beat. Oh, Edwards. She just beat Edwards
57:37
Yes, she did. She did. And she tried to get her to twerk and she said no
57:41
She said no. I hope they're friends now. They must be. They must be
57:47
Yeah, we want. Oh, no. She she beat a lot of people. Okay. She beat Daria Zelenyankova
57:56
Where was that? Was that the one that we saw her at in L.A.
58:00
Was it? And then she beat Carol Rosa. That was the one I think
58:04
That was impressive. That we saw in L.A. Yeah. Yeah, so Carol Rosa was the big name that she beat
58:11
and that was super surprising. But going back to Jocelyn, she lost to good people
58:19
I mean, Nora, Cornel, Eileen Perez, like these are good people in her most recent losses
58:28
And then she has a bunch of wins too. So I think. It's hard though
58:31
She's one of those. Sorry to cut you off. Go ahead. Well, no, I was just going to say, I think she's getting the Angela Hill treatment
58:38
It's hard because you look at her record. She's six and four. So she's in, she's in bantamweight, which is not a very deep division
58:47
So I feel like her kind of fast track up there from Invicta was because they needed bodies
58:54
And now she's in there and she's learning on a very steep learning curve
58:58
Like it's it's tough because she's fought people that are, you know, top 15, top 10
59:03
And I mean, I joke saying that there's only like 10 people in the division, but it's just it's tough
59:09
It's tough to to learn that way. So why are other people ranked ahead of her
59:15
Like Chelsea Chandler is not just ranked. She's 14. Yeah, it's kind of crazy
59:21
After going one and two? Well, on a good note, I think Jocelyn will now break the top 15
59:26
She better. I'm going to be pissed. Where's AI when you need it
59:31
We're still waiting. The AI come through. The humans aren't doing it
59:36
They're not doing it. They're biased. It could also be because of the wait misses
59:43
That's a big one. I think she made weight this time right yeah she made weight this time
59:47
good for her but she missed weight maybe three times typology says she missed weight three times
59:58
so that's a pretty big deal So it could be biased because of that
1:00:02
But Chelsea Chandler, I think, has also missed weight. So it's one of those weird things that will sort themselves out eventually
1:00:10
She missed weight twice in recent history. It'll sort itself out eventually, but it's still kind of
1:00:17
I feel like Jocelyn was probably going in there with a bit of a chip on her shoulder
1:00:22
feeling like she was the better fighter and now showing it. And maybe that's the fire that she needed to get that first round finish
1:00:32
because we've never seen her look that good, whether she's fighting good competition or not
1:00:37
Yeah, she's usually much more methodical, uses a lot of her straight kicks, a lot of body kicks
1:00:45
keeps range a lot, but she completely shifted her mindset, shifted gears and came in with big looping punches and was relentless
1:00:54
The combinations were like the thing that got her that finish. She didn't just throw one or two
1:01:01
She threw like, pa, pa, pa, pa, all of them. Follow, follow, pa, pa, pa, pa, all of them. And they were getting through
1:01:07
They pinned Chelsea Chandler up against the cage, and she was able to get the finish
1:01:11
And it was nasty looking. I was happy for her because I'm like, dude
1:01:16
that is something that she probably has been wanting to do for a long time
1:01:20
and just hasn't been able to get there. so good for her Jocelyn
1:01:25
one thing that I thought was funny is you know the knockouts on this card had to be
1:01:33
epic because there were two female finishes and neither of them got bonuses
1:01:37
damn that's like kind of the thing that usually happens like if a girl
1:01:41
gets a finish then they're like yeah you know we'll give it to her
1:01:46
we'll give it to her but this time they're like no sorry could have been that it was early
1:01:50
on the card too sometimes but we're spoiled we forgot but yeah no it was a pretty epic knockout that jocelyn got
1:01:59
and then um the other fight that we have on here was uh jacqueline jacqueline and morum versus
1:02:09
pollyanna viana this fight kind of went down the way people expected it to pollyanna viana has been
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on a skid and Jackalini has been streaking so it's kind of like
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what else would happen you know but you always want to give the fighter the
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benefit of the doubt unfortunately I think Pollyanna was dealing with some issues
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she had to pull out of her fight with Corey for a knee injury
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and then I actually got to train with her a few weeks before
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her fight and she was still pretty messed up Like she, I think she just needed to fight, you know, and, uh, and it sucks because, and
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like not taking the win away from Jacqueline because she's an excellent grappler
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I actually got to train with her too before she got into the UFC and that girl can grapple
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her ass off. She's a champion. She's a legit champion in IBJJF
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Not the padded one. Yeah, no, no. She beat people. Although I watched a few videos and I was like, that wouldn't work in MMA
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She's a bottom player in jiu-jitsu. She has figured out her style in MMA really well
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She's been working with top team and she's really honed in a way to just get right to business
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And that's something that a lot of grapplers struggle with. And she been able to just like go blow through people get them down and then do what she loves to do So this fight kind of went the way I think a lot of bookies planned it A lot of matchmakers thought it was going to go
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And, yeah, I'm wondering what's going to happen next with Poliana because she's just had a lot of bad luck, you know, with the injuries
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with the losses. And, yeah, we'll see what happens. She's super popular
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So I wonder if she gets another chance. Yeah, one more go around the bend
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You let her fight her contract out. Yeah, yeah. So we shall see
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I mean, injury or not, she still fights the same way. You know, she stands upright
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She gets put on her back. And there's just, even though she, you know, I think she's still a brown belt
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there's just still not a whole lot of movement or urgency to get up
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She's kind of happy to play on her back. Yeah. And that ends up losing her fights. Yeah
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But in her defense, looking at the people that she has lost to most recently
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Richie is one. She beat Jingyu Frey, but then she lost to Yasmin Lucindo
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who's ranked, I think, eight or something right now. Jillian Robinson, who's ranked like 12 for some reason
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and then and now Jackie who will probably be ranked after this fight you know she has like
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uh four wins and four finishes so I think four finishes creeping up on that 15 yeah so she should
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be creeping up on the 15 pretty soon yeah four wins and four finishes so um that's a pretty big
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deal like i i would be surprised if she wasn't ranked by the end of this week so it she has been
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fighting really tough competition poliana has been and uh sometimes it's just you you just get
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unlucky multiple times yeah i know what that's like don't we all don't we uh well uh was there
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Anything else you wanted to discuss before we head off? No, that kind of covers it all
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If you want, we can just give a little sneak peek to our predictions. Oh, yeah, because we've got to figure it out anyway
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Before our next Duel Bits. Yes, stay tuned for our Duel Bits picks going to come at you
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We always deliver them to you on our episode. And then again, we give you a little reminder just before it's time for fight night
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So for Kansas City, Sanhagen versus, wait, where is it? Where'd it go
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Sanhagen versus Figueredo. How do you see the main events going? Should we start with the main or should we do bottom
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No, we can start with the main. All right, let's do it. I'm going to go for Sanhagen on this one
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I guess San Hagen, too. Yeah, I mean, normally I would pick Figueiredo
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but he just tends to fade just a little bit too much in five-rounders
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Friggin' Figueiredo. I know. Friggin' Figueiredo. I really like him. I got Corey because I feel like his back is against the wall
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and he knows that he needs this win to get back in the title contention
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Like, I feel like he's going to show a little more desperation, a little more, like, risk-taking, like, really get after it
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instead of being super, super technical. And I think, like you said, if he wears Davison down
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then he could really score on him in the later rounds. Yeah I got him too What about Rainer DeRitter versus Bo Nickel Oh this is so frustrating I don want to bet against Rainer DeRitter anymore
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Oh, yeah. Because anytime I bet against him, he ends up just making it his fight
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He ends up just using his length, his awkward rhythm, and he just pulls these wins out
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So I don't know. I think what I saw from Bo Nickel in his last outing, I think that I think that Ritter's going to get it
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Did I have to remind myself who he was? I'm like, OK, maybe one just starts talking
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I'll remember who Rainer the Ritter was. This guy. Yeah, you're right
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Like he just he looks so awkward when he fights, but he keeps getting those wins
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Like he keeps just like pulling shit out of his ass and like hitting people with stuff
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And yeah, like he got the submission over Gerald Mearshart, over Kevin Holland
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I think wherever the fight goes, he's going to be more skilled or not more skilled, but just have more experience in an MMA fight than Bo Nickel
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Yeah, I just. So Bo Nickel's last fight against Paul Craig, I was underwhelmed
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Yeah, and he played it safe. He did. And he was angry at people for getting mad at him for playing the same
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Well, and it just showed how green he is. And he keeps getting put as like co-main
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He keeps getting put at the top of the main card. And I'm like, yes, he's had some knockouts
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But I think you just need to pull it back just a little bit. Well, I mean, it's sink or swim
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So they're going to see if they can just create a diamond out of pressure
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or is he going to just get destroyed horribly in front of millions of people
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They don't care. Yeah, that's the thing. They don't care. It's like the Britney Spears thing
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Like they want to build the idol up just so they can break it down
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Yes, and use him for highlights for the rest of his life. Watch him shave his head
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He's crazy. Watch him dance. Look how insane he is after getting knocked out by DeRitter
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Have a laugh. Oh, man. Yeah. I got Rainer, too. But I always bet against Bull Nickel, and I'm always wrong, too
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Yeah, this looks hard. It's like two people who you probably didn't think were going to win a fight
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And they kept winning and making you feel stupid. But I'm going to go with Rainer DeRitter, too
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uh ponzinibbio and rodriguez i'm going ponzinibbio i just am yes yes yes yes okay i could be wrong
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i'm gonna go d rod right he's been looking good no he's been looking good and ponzinibbio looked
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a little labored his last fight but i'm still going with him yeah he pulled that shit out of
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his ass. I know I'm getting tired because I can't stop cussing
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It was a tough fight, man. And Ponsonibio, he found a way
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So that could be the X factor in this one. But I'm going to go D-Rod
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Alright, let's do one more. We have Montel Jackson versus Daniel Marcos. I'm going for Marcos
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on this one. Oh, yeah? Yes. They keep giving him challenges and
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he keeps rising to the occasion. He's 17-0. He just has beautiful this is charles rose boy yes he just has amazing striking and I don know a ton about Montel Jackson So this might come and bite me in the ass
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But just what I've seen of Marcos, he just is freaking good. Anytime I hear the name Montel, I think of that TV show
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He beat your boy Devon Blackshear. He did. He beat Ronnie Yahya, Julio Arce
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He's beat some good guys. So this really should be a good fight. And this is one where they're not giving Daniel Marcos like any kind of easy fights
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They're not trying to build this guy. They're battle testing him. Yeah, but he is under the radar
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So maybe they don't know. Yeah. Maybe they don't realize what they're doing
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Come on, guys. Setting their boy up for failure. No, this kid's talented
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The way he throws his knees, just like he's a surgeon with his freaking knees
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They're beautiful. Okay. Yeah, I can't remember any of his fights, but I know I've seen him fight before
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But I'm going to... Oh, he fought Brian Kelleher. I subbed him
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I'm not going to pick for that one. But what I am going to pick for is Jeremy Stevens versus Mason Jones
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Oh, who are you going with? Oh, you know who I got. I'm kidding. You know who I got
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Plus a joke. We got a boy. Jeremy, little heathen Stevens, hardest hit in 145 on the planet
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He's fighting Mason Jones. Is it at 145? Oh, no, is that lightweight
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Yeah, we'll see how hard he hits then. Ooh, even harder. Oh, that's going to suck
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Yeah, so that's going to be a fun fight. Mason Jones is also, like, streaking off of his cage warrior's return
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He was in the UFC, won a few, lost a few, and got cut
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Now he's back after a four-fight win streak. So it's not going to be an easy fight for Jeremy
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It's definitely going to be, you know, some dangers there with this opponent
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But Jeremy's seen it all. He's been in there with the hardest-hitting ones and has come out on top
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So I'm excited for him. I think he's going to get a really epic, victorious win in his hometown
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And he's fueled by his hometown. I know. And I can't wait to watch it live
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Oh, I'm so jealous. You should come. No. Like, no, I'm joking
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I lied. I am exhausted. And I can't wait to stop traveling and just sit down and not do anything
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Oh. Yeah. So hard. Soon. Soon. So hard being so cool. So popular
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being cool and old at the same time it is it is that's a challenge
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what's the guy's name that uh really uh steve b semi that steve b semi gif yeah it's like
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hello fellow kids like i always feel like that when i when i'm traveling and hanging out in a
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room full of fighters you should make it a shirt yeah for sure all right guys well this has been
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another oh our girl Julianna Miller is fighting too she's fighting Ivana Petrovic so yay
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return fight for a killer Miller that's why she was looking so lean in her last
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post I was like this she's a string bean goodness oh did you want to talk about it nope
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we'll talk about it after I'm tired too girl it's late it's late
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