MMA Fighting - No Bets Barred: Are Manel Kape And Asu Almabayev Fighting For A Title Shot At UFC Vegas 103?

Episode Date: February 26, 2025

This Saturday the UFC returns to the APEX for UFC Vegas 103, the go-home show ahead of UFC 313 next weekend. In the main event, Manel Kape takes on late replacement Asu Almabayev in a pivotal flyweight contest and so No Bets Barred is back to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew flies solo to talk about one of the weaker UFC offerings in recent memory. Topics discussed include whether Kape and Almabayev are fighting for a flyweight title shot, which underdogs present the most value on the card, which prospects are most likely to justify their heavy favorite odds, the latest update on The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 118 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Nobody cares about this card. And I will be honest with you, wonderful listeners. I love you so much for tuning in. I very, very strongly considered skipping this card entirely because it on paper one of the worst outings the UFC has put forth in some time, which as you hear us talk all the time on the NBA Fighting Radio podcast, YouTube channel, all of those networks, saying something. So the UFC quality overall dipping a lot in recent years. And this event is basically proof, right? This is just, look at what we're doing here. We are back in the apex and we are getting an apexy card.

Not entirely their fault, though. This event was supposed to be Manel Kopp versus Brandon Roy Val in a matchup that was going to essentially determine who, not the next title challenger for Alessie, because the rumor mill is turning that Pantosia will be defending his belt in the next couple of months here against possibly Kikaro, France. though none of that is confirmed nor reported. That is just the rumor mill out there. So, but functionally, the next deserving title contender would be established in that fight. Instead, unfortunately, Brandon Hoyval ends up getting a, apparently, according to him, a series of concussions, still feeling the afterfucks and simply did not feel like putting his health on the line, putting his position as the number one contender on the line, and was kind of forced to withdraw.

So in steps, Asu Almabayev. but before we dive into UFC Vegas 103, a quick recap of UFC Seattle. I say quick because boys and girls, the losing streak continues. It is a great and terrible tragedy, but we just can't get anything going. Down a little over two units last week. Again, nothing major, just slowly losing more bets than we're winning. We are down 10 units on the year. A lot of the years still left to go.

and so hopefully we just need one win to get back on track, break that seal, get things going for us. But, you know, underdog shot on Henry Suhudo looked useless. I do think that fight should have ended up being a no contest, which would have at least saved us a unit loss. But, I mean, the pick was just stone bad there. He had nothing for Song Yadong. Andre Fili, just immediately losing.

I will say I personally thought Jean Matamoto won in the Mean Gene Parlay. I thought he beat Rob Font. I do not think that is a robbery by any stretch. It seems like more people think Rob Font won, so totally fine, but competitive for that. And our other Parley, just the Simone Bostrad, had no expectation. Ricky Simone was going to turn the clock back like that and get a first round knockout killing our other Parley. So really just continuing the string of bad luck.

But the most important part, as I've said all year, in part because it is frankly just more important to me than anything because I love it. And also because it's the only thing that isn't costing me money thus far. The climb. The climb continued, ladies and gentlemen, we went with Jean Silva as our member of the climb. Never in doubt. No doubt about it. My boy did the thing for us picks up a big win and now we are 11 steps down and the climb bankroll is at an even $1,000. That is right. turned $100 into $1,000 with 11 consecutive winning bets. We got 19 more to go to get us where we want to be. And I will tell you right now, as we shift our focus to UFC Vegas 103, we are not

climbing this week. Again, this is an event I almost skipped entirely because it is so poor. We are going to take a pass on this apex card. Frankly, no bets I feel massively confident in. Plenty of bets I think there are value in, but nothing. I feel super good about, certainly not to be climbing with $1,000 on the line for our particular journey. So no climb this week, but let's dive into UFC Vegas 103.

We're going to keep it quick. Hopefully we will be at under 30 minutes or less. You guys can have your time, spend it with the family, and not focus too much on what is going on in the apex on Saturday. But what the big thing that is going on is the main event. I already mentioned it. Manel Cop taking on Asu Amabayev relatively short notice for Amabayev, and Cop is the betting favorite, minus 230. The comeback on Amabayev plus 190.

Odd circumstances, but this is objectively a very, very good fight. It may not be an entertaining one, depending on how it shakes out, frankly, but these are elite-level flyweight's competing. Cop is won five of his past six, that low loss coming to Muhammad Mahayev. Cop believes he won that fight. Many people actually do. I even had a bet on Mahayev, and I thought Cop won the fight, though not a robbery, very, very close. And then Cop rebounded from that loss with an impressive TKO finish over Bruno Silva back in December, put himself back on track to potentially challenge Al-Anjyipantosia,

who was getting the Reval fight to put him over the edge. Now instead he gets Al-Mab and Al-Mabayev, this is a big, big opportunity for Osu Amabayev. He is undefeated over the past eight years, hasn't lost since the early stages of his career in 2017. A 17-fight win streak he is riding 4-0 in the UFC coming off a unanimous decision win over Mateus Nicolao back in October. Big opportunity on short notice for him because if he beats Cop, honestly, he's probably fighting for the belt next, right? Like, Cop is a well-known guy. The number next to his name maybe isn't quite the same as some of these other. competitors. I mean, he is currently number six in the flight ranking, so it's there. But

Osirom Abyev would be 5 and 0 undefeated over nine years. Like that feels like a guy Panthosia gets. So big stakes in this fight, very possibly the cop would also get one just because they've been trying to find a way to get Manel cop into a title fight here. So this is a fight that we should all be excited about if not, maybe not because of like I said, the in cage product, but because what it represents It is meaningful MMA amongst some of the best guys in the world. And now, straight up, I think Osama Baya has a good chunk of value on him at plus 190. Certainly concerning. This is a five-round fight.

He's coming in on short notice. But we have seen Monell Kopp struggle with this sort of stylistic matchup before. Mahab Maha'am Kayaev, whether you thought Kopp won and I did, Mahayev made him work. It was very, very difficult for him in that matchup. Amabayev, I actually think, might even be a little bit better. served for that portion of the game. Certainly not as athletic as Mahayev, but

Mahiav is so reticent to do anything other than submission grappling that I think Omabayev can just have a cleaner level of success when he gets the fight to the floor. And I do think he will get the fight to the floor. If this goes long, maybe Cop just is in better shape. He's better prepared for this. He is certainly the more dangerous fighter. He is the one likely to create a finish out of nowhere. but a plus 190, I just think there's a big chunk of value on Alam Bayaev.

I think this should be close to a pick-em. Maybe the short notice gives you a slight favorite edge towards Kopp, but I know people really want Manel Kopp to finally do the thing, and I will be really happy if I'm wrong here just because it would be cool. Manil Kopp would be a terrific title challenger for Pantosia, but I think also on Mabayev, I'm picking him straight up to win, and I certainly think there's a ton of value at this price. So the bet is I'm buying it at plus 190.

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on select plans. Conditions and exclusions apply. Moving on to our co-main event, and this is not a co-main event, I feel confident speaking for Alexander Cayley, this is a penultimate fight. Cody Brundage taking on Julian Marquez in a middleweight contest. Marquez, your betting favorite, coming in around minus 160, the comeback on Brundage plus 135. Brundage coming into this just middle of the road.

Two and one no contest in his last five. That no contest was actually his most recent fight. where it was rendering a no contest due to elbows to the back of the head by Abdulazakal Hassan. Marquez, three-fight losing streak coming off a Zachary's T.K.O. lost back in June. This is a fight. It doesn't make sense. Also, the U.C. is going to Kansas City. Marquez famously from Kansas City, big supporter of the area.

Unclear why he's fighting in this event. I mean, I guess maybe he can just make a quick turnaround and we'll probably even try to make one. should he win or lose and not get cut. But it's a super weird fight. That being said, I actually think Brundage is undervalued here. Like, it feels weird to bet Cody Brundage, given what's going on, but it feels even weird that Marquez is a betting favorite at minus 162, lost three in a row, and frankly, not like the best wrestler at Brundage.

Yeah, he's been up and down. He's fought some tough dudes. And most importantly, like, I think that he can shoot and score 10. takedowns. And Marquez hasn't been punished entirely by his wrestling because he has proven sneaky good at finding chokes when guys shoot on him getting that guillotine going. But Brunge is a pretty good submission grappler in his own right. And I just think that he's got a real chance.

This should at least be a pick-um to me. And I think Brundage can just sort of tackle and work his way through. And when you lose three in a row, man, it's tough to feel a ton of confidence in you. So Cody Brund is plus 136. I don't know if it's a good bet. It is a bet that I am on. Moving on to a lightweight contest. Nazarot, Hock, Pross, taking on Estabon, Riebovich.

Rebovich, your betting favorite at minus 250. The comeback on Hock Pross around plus 205. This is a good fight. This, frankly, should be the co-main event. It's very unclear why it is not the co-main event. Hock Pross, both these two dudes are just like on the outside of the top 15, probably top 25-ish, lightweight, very, very talented. Hock Prost on a four-fight winning street,

Rievovich on a three-fight winning streak. He is, of course, famously coming off that split decision win over Daniel Zell, Huber at UFC 306, that was the runner-up for fight of the year last year. Many people thought it was the fight of the year. And Hock-Pross coming over a split decision win over Jared Gordon back in June. Honestly, it feels weird because I just keep repeating this same refrain. Feel like there's a little bit of value on the underdog. this one. I'm actually not betting this one, though. I do think that this should be a closely contested

fight. I like Ruevovich as the better athlete, guy who's got a little bit more dog in him than Hock Pross. But Hock Pross is consistently sort of overachieve my expectations of him. I think this is going to be pretty nip-tuck affair. I may look to bet a Hock-Pross points bet, so the plus three and a half, which I assume is what the line will be set at for Hock-Pras, just thinking this is a 29-28 contest down the road. But that line hasn't dropped, and we'll see what the price is at. I do it. I just don't, honestly, this is like, it's like back in school, right?

When you're doing, you're taking a Scantron, you're filling out the multiple choices, and you look down and suddenly you've answered C for five questions in a row. And you're like, that can't be it. The teacher wouldn't do five in a row. Obviously, this is ridiculous. I got to mix up one of these. Something here is wrong. That's where I feel like.

because I kind of want to take a value bet on Hock Pras, but starting this freaking card out with three underdog bets where the rip just feels wrong, not doing it instead. What I am looking at it is the over two and a half. It's minus 185. Both dudes tend to go long. Both dudes are pretty durable. I think ultimately what I'm going to do, though,

is just pass on this fight entirely. The way you get back out of the hole I've dug myself is not to just sort of take these speculative picks. So maybe if the points spread bet has a good price, I might invest in it. Certainly if it's plus money, I probably will. I doubt it's that. I'm sure it's like minus 150 or something when it drops.

So probably just passing on this fight altogether. A fight I am not passing on, though. It's our next one. A heavyweight contest between Austin Lane and Mario Pinto. Pinto, the betting favorite minus 4.50 lane plus 3.5. Laine 1 and 2 oh I'm sorry 1 2 and 1 no contest in the UFC The former I want to say Jacksonville Jaguar I believe that's who drafted him Yes the former Jacksonville Jaguar

Uh Coming off a win guys shocking I know I actually even bet that when austin lane Over rebellus to spain back in october You finally used his tackling on the most tackleable guy in the heavyweight division. No longer, no longer with the UFC, but Austin Lane gets it done at a big underdog price, which we cash. Mario Pinto, he is making his debuties off the most recent season of Contender Series. And if you haven't read my Condender Series breakdown, Mario Pinto is one of my favorite prospects.

I believe, off the top of my head, I think I had like 12 high-end prospects that I graded as A, you know, five-star prospects. Pinto was just below the top-top of that list. As far as heavy-weight prospects go, he's really, really good, man. He is a big guy who it's real hard, real smooth and composed in there. My comp was Shades of Alex Beheada, if that gives you an idea. Thus far, guys who I've graded his round one prospects are six and one in the UFC from that season of Contender Series, and I think Pinto was one of the better ones of that.

Austin Lane needs to try and do the rebellious thing. I don't think he's going to do it. Pinto by K.O. is minus 140. It's a much better price since this dude hits so hard. When Austin Lane loses boys and girls, he loses with authority. Five of his five losses, all by knockout baby. So I think just you're getting a great value price to get a minus 450 favorite, just to pick the way that Pinto wins and the way that loses all lines up.

you're getting a big chunk there, minus 140 is the price that honestly, one of my, one of my favorite bets of this weekend, wouldn't call it a lock, but I really like the value you're getting on that one. And that takes us on to our next fight, ladies and gentlemen. It's either good or, it's not a bad fight. I don't know if it's good or if it's great. It is a featherweight contest between Hyder Amil and William Go Me. Go me, the betting favorite minus 205, the comeback on Amil plus 170.

I say it's a good fight because, again, like, these are featherweights who are in that top 25, 35-ish range. Go-Me, 4-0 in the UFC coming off that split decision, whenever you enter some Brito back in September. And Emil, coming off contender series, he's 2-0 in the promotion and knocked out Jiangyang Li back in July. Bit of an over-achieving from Emil thus far. I did not rate him very highly coming off Contender Series, just didn't have any standout skills. No, he's undefeated and certainly looks good getting off the bus, handsome young man, but his in-cage skills just didn't really do a ton for me. That being said, he has looked good in the UFC thus far.

William Gomy certainly has done much of the same. He is bigger man, but he fights. His style is so curious to me. It is very hard to have a good sense of what William Gomy is bringing to the table because he is so low volume, low output. And that frankly, that's probably why he has three of his, you know, his four-fight win streak in the UFC. That is two splits and one majority decision and then a third round of K.O. Like he is, he creates opportunities for opponents to have success by simply not doing a ton. And so by that, honestly, token, I think that there probably is a little bit.

but a value on Hyder Emile here. I am not betting it, though. Again, I just, if I bet all the value I saw on this card, maybe it would work out. But it's just a lot of underdogs, and I feel a little questionable, particularly in a guy like Emil who I didn't see as that talented coming off contender series. And so what I have done instead is I'm putting the over one and a half. It's a minus 450. I'm going to team that up with a couple of other overs later on this card for a passive

parlay. Go-Me has only been finished one time he gets submitted, very durable guy. The way he competes doesn't lend itself to scoring finishes as well. And so I am going to guess that this one does drag out a little bit longer because that's kind of just the way William Go-Me fights. So the over one and a half is the first of a pacifist parley. And that, ladies and gentlemen, takes us down to the final fight of the main card. Danny Barlow taking on Sam Patterson in a welterweight contest.

Barlow, a considerable favorite at minus 290. Come back on Patterson plus 235. Barlow, a contingency's product from 2023, 2 in the promotion, coming off a split decision winner, Nikolai Veritnikov back in August. Do you remember Veritnikov fought just last week? Patterson, 2 and 1 in the UFC. He lost his debut, but he is now on back-to-back first round submission wins, most recent which was Kiefer Crosby in July.

Barlow is this fight It was one of the easiest fights to bet for me is very straightforward Barlow is a guy who doesn't care a lot about defense In fact I created a special category called defense is optional Basically for him a couple of other dudes from that season of contender series Patterson is just a Gator get-gick guy man like Patterson comes out and he is gonna attack you and smate you he's gonna get knocked out There's basically what's happened in his last like eight

fights and I think that the same things can be he's either going to tackle danie ballo to the ground and tap him out or he's going to get got by danie ballo swinging them things at him the under two and a half is minus two seventy five bit pricey normally wouldn't mind parlaying that up with something else but just going to take a shot at it doing a little bit more of that lately just to get wins on the table we did a few of those last week they all cashed out they that didn't do enough to offset the losses we had but we're going to be a little more comfortable expanding ending our non-parlay range and minus 275 sort of the top end of that. Moving on to the prelim, I was going to say the prelim.

Moving on to the preliminary fights, we're going to really kick through these next two because quite frankly, I don't have a lot to say about the Mercado Ramos taking on Chipe Mariscal in a featherweight contest, Chipe minus 500 to come back on Ramos plus 375. and I do not have a bet and I don't really have a breakdown. You'll notice this episode's coming out a little bit later. Things were happening this week

and just didn't have enough time to get to all of them. This is a fight that I'm fairly certain Chappi Mariscal is going to win because he is just a better fighter than Ricardo Ramos. But I don't, because I'm not going to put in the time to work to actually investigate it, that's a big price.

to just say confidently with it. So I think champion Marcos girl is going to win. Minus 5, a bit too price for me to be super interested. Similar vibes on Douglas Silva Day Androge taking on John Castaneda. Castaneda minus 230 betting favorite. Androge plus 190 in their bantamweight fight. And basically, I would never bet on DSA at this point. Not that he's, he's coming off the John's loss.

Sort of alternating wins and losses is last little bit. still showing some game to him, but he's 40 years older, is about to be 40. I think he is not quite 40 yet, and that is just a lot at Bannonweight. It's tough to trust the 40 old. Look at what Henry Suhudo, an elite elite athlete look like last week. He just never even looked that good because he's getting old. Age comes for all of us, and it really comes for you in the younger weight classes. I suspect Castaneda should win this just as a result, but I don't even feel massively confident

because he's coming off the Marcos loss. got a couple of decent wins in there, but just not a dude that I feel a stunning amount of confidence in, I guess, is what I'm saying to you. And so just a firm pass for me on this fight. Actually, might even be interested in an overbet if I'd spent more time, but not going to do that because we are moving on down the road

to a fight that I have a couple of bets on. That is right. We were talking about the women's flyweight contrast, Andrea Lee, taking on J.J. Aldrich, Aldrich, minus 190 is the betting favorite, to come back on Lee plus 160. Lee, I mean, this is quite a fight, y'all. When you thought Jed's going to have a bet on this,

he's going to have two bets. I know that you thought that this would be the fight. Because Lee is on a five-fight losing streak coming off a split decision loss to Montana de la Rosa back in June, and JJ Aldrich, two and three in her past five, coming off the loss to Veronica Hardy back in May. I mean, this screams Barnburner. Look, I think a lot of what I'm about to say is stupid, and I want to preface that,

so you guys know that I know I'm being a moron. Because, sure, I actually don't think Andrealee lost all the fights. She lost in this five-fight losing streak. But at some point, if you lost five-in-roar, that's you. And you just kind of forgot how to even win the fight, right? Like, it's just been so long since you have tasted victory. It is incredibly rare to see someone go on. It prolonged losing streaks like this and then turn it around and get meaningful wins.

I'm not sure JJ Aldrich is a meaningful win, but it is hard. All of that caveat being thrown out there still kind of think Andreely has value. Uh, JJ Aldrich is just not a fighter that I am blown away by, right? Like just has never deeply impressed me. And Andrea Lee, she can go to the grappling. She works a little bit higher pace. She's bigger. There's a lot of natural advantages here.

This fight gets won't walkie and she loses a splitie. It won't shock me at all. Plus 160. Just enough value for me to say, F it. I actually got her at an even better price. They got her plus 180. So I think mostly you're seeing plus 160 in a lot of places now. But there's that.

And this is the second leg here of what we are going to do for our parlay. The over two and a half minus 550. I don't have the numbers in front of me because I am bad at podcast hosting on a week. I don't care. But both of these women, their average fight time is close to 15 minutes. They go long. Strongly suspect this will go long as well. So that's leg two of our pacifist parlay.

As we move on down the road to another fight that I do have action on a featherweight contest, Danny Silva, taking on Lucas Almeida. Silva around a minus 200 betting favorite that come back on Almeida plus 165-ish. Silva, one and O in the UFC coming off a split decision win over Josh Kulabal back in March. I made a two in the promotion. A unanimous decision win over Timmy Quamba

back in June is his most recent. I really like Danny Silva's prospect. He'll use a big pause prospect on season 2023 of Contender Series. He is a very good athlete with a lot of craft to his boxing. He's a good boxing game.

And I like what he can bring to the table. A bit of a difficult showing for him against Kula bow in his debut. I think we're going to see him look a little bit better here. Almeida is an opponent that should be lined up well for him, doesn't want to grapple too much, just going to be content to strike it out with him. Danny Silva, more volume, more polish, maybe even a little more pop too. I think he's got a clear advantage here.

I got him at minus 185 earlier yesterday when I was looking at these lines, but you guys, I still think there's value even if you are having to pay the price at minus 200 on Danny Silva. And that takes us to the final fight of the evening that I have a bet on. There's one more fight after this. Montana de la Rosa taking on Luana Carolina. Carolina, your betting favorite, minus 1.35 in this women's flyweight fight, while De La Rosa is the underdog a plus 115 in this fight. De La Rosa, two and three in her past five.

She was on a three-file losing street before winning that split decision over Andrea Lee. I think that that was a just decision, by the way. But I also think that was a rematch if hindsight. serves me correctly here. Luana, on the other hand, three-fri-fitting street, really kind of putting together a nice little run for herself in the promotion now. And I think that there is value on her as well, minus 135. I think that it's just a good fight for. She is a good enough defensive wrestler to stop Montana de la Rosa from doing too much of that. And she's just a more high volume better striker. I think that over this past little run for Carolina, we have seen her basically employ the

same strategy and and been really, really successful with it, right? Like her last three wins, she's, you know, Pudolova Sto Yarenko Petrovich, I guess maybe you could look at those and say, okay, Montana de La Rosa does not share a very Eastern European or Russian or Slavic last name like those. So maybe not.

But no, like she is just throwing a lot of volume, defending takedown, scoring takedowns of her own as necessary. and so the fight will go to the floor at some point probably, but we have seen Carolina defend submission attempts. You know, Sto Yarenko tried a couple to get against her. Petrovich tried. She has proven to be developing as a fighter. I think minus 135 is a low price, and so I took it.

And also the over two and a half on this one as well. Again, it is a bit reductive. Women's flyweight fights are tending to go long anyway. and if you look at these two women, both of them are pretty close to a 15-minute average UFC fight time. The over 2 and a half minus 450, you pair those three overs, the Hydera-William-William-Gamee over 1.5, the Lee Aldrich over 2.5, and the De Lauraosa, Carolina over 2.5. You pair all those three together, you get around minus 1.30 for this passive parley, and that is the final bet of the evening. Not the final fight, because the first fight of the night is legitimately a good matchup. We are opening the bout and we are, or we are opening the event and we are closing the event with legitimate high-end fly-weight fights as Charles Johnson takes on Ramazahn Timorov.

Timorov minus 1.20 betting favorite that come back on Johnson, even money, depending on your book. Johnson's on a four-fight win street coming off. Johnson's such an interesting character because I wrote him off. We hated him. He was an enemy of Flyweight Under Nation, as you all very well remember. and now has really looked unbelievably good in his last four, just out of nowhere kind of turning the franchise around with wins over Azamat Maxim, Jake Hadley, Joshua Van Sumadir,

you're like, those are good fighters in that list. That has a good run. Other side of the coin here, Timorov, guy coming over from Risen, hasn't lost in like six or seven years since early in his career, basically, getting just on a heater right now, five first round finishes in a row, including his UFC debut over C.J. Vergara, was blowing the doors off people over in Risen,

continued to do so when he made his debut back in October. A guy people are pretty hyped on, like people are pretty excited that Ramzan Timorov could be something new, exciting, and interesting to bring to the UFC Uzbekistan stand up. I just honestly don't know what to make of this fight, Right. Charles Johnson is really durable.

I would be pretty surprised if Timorov got him out of there in the same way he's done his last few. Can't count it out entirely. Right? And at the same token, like maybe he can just win a longer fight. I think Timorov probably should be favorite, but I think this line is pretty much spot on. And so you could convince me that we should be taking it over here just because Johnson is so durable and isn't like a massive finisher in his own right. But instead, I'm just going to. saddle up. I'm going to enjoy the first five of the evening. I'm going to enjoy this flyweight

sandwich of a card with two delicious pieces of flyweight bread at the end and a whole bunch of garbage filler in the middle to Round Auto UFC Vegas 103 experience. That's it, ladies and gentlemen. I told you 30 minutes or less. That's what we were shooting for. Delivering straight to your ear holes like a pizza pie company. I am sorry that this car just isn't that exciting, but it's okay because next week we got, what was a good one is now, I don't even know. It's not a bad one.

Next week is not bad, but UFC 313, Alex Behead, I'm Magamette and Goliath. Co-main event is up in the air. Justin Gaitchie was supposed to take on Dan Hooker, hooker withdrew with a broken hand. Gachie says he is waiting on a replacement opponent.

Still don't have one at the time of recording this. Don't know, honestly, who even makes sense to fill in on this notice. So I don't know what's going to happen. I am excited to watch it, though. if Justin Gachie competes. And if not, it's still an okay pay-per-view.

Won't be the greatest. But we will have a guest next week. We will get right back to doing good things. Hopefully we'll get back on the gambling track this week and set ourselves up. And next week we'll, of course, have the climb. So until we go back to the Team Mobile Arena. I'm sorry, back to Vegas with Team Mobile Arena next week.

Until then, enjoy the fights this weekend. If not, if you've got other things, enjoy your family time. Enjoy whatever it is. Keep it locked to Enmofidding.com. And as always, thank you for tuning into this episode. Couldn't do it without you. Wouldn't want to do it without you. Love y'all.

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