MMA Fighting - No Bets Barred: Breaking Down Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov In The UFC's Saudi Arabian Debut

Episode Date: June 19, 2024

The UFC is heading to Saudi Arabia! This Saturday, the UFC makes its maiden voyage to Saudi Arabia with a Fight Night card headlined by a middleweight matchup between Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov and the No Bets Barred Boys are here to break it all down. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off with a brief state of the union discussing both of their winning weeks last week and Conner's return to the great state of Georgia. Then it's on to UFC Saudi Arabia and the late notice change up that saw Aliskerov step in for Khamzat Chimaev against Whittaker this Saturday. Will the short notice hurt Aliskerov's chances? Can Alexander Volkov stand up to the otherworldly power of Sergei Pavlovich? And what about Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez? All this and a lot more are discussed on this week's episode. Tune in for episode 92 of No Bets Barred. Follow Conner Burks: @connerburks 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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between Robert Whitaker and now Icrum Alaskarov, what was supposed to be, al-Shemayev, he's unfortunately fallen ill. Icrum steps in to take his place, Chad. How are we doing, my brother? We're doing great, Connor. I mean, everything's looking up right now. We got a big week of fights that's substantially better than last week.

I love this new main event. A lot of things happening. I'm up for the year. Big winning, another winning week. We're now firmly. in the black this year. And you're back in the south. I mean, what?

We're going to have to do an in-person NB. Please. We can rent out a bar, sell tickets, you know, get all the fans in. Seems like that has to happen. I don't need that. I don't need that hits my ego. We cannot sell tickets. But we can definitely do an in-person one,

especially for one of these pay-per-views. I will be here for at least through 304. So, yes, that would be delightful. I mean, it's hot out and I love it. A lot of people complain about the heat. I love the heat. Give me the heat over the cold any day of the week. And when you're in New York, it's like October to May,

you could potentially be sitting in the cold. So I am loving this heat here. Yeah, I'm also loving this card, man. I think it's going to be a really fun one. Love that it's a noon start here on the East Coast. Love that it's on ABC. Love that we got a lot of big-name fighters going. Wish it was still Hamzad,

but we're going to find out a lot of questions about Icaram Alaskarov come come late Saturday afternoon we also got PFL, Bellator it's a jam-packed weekend man I'm looking forward to it there's just a shitload of stuff happening this weekend man the Bellator card super interesting I'm not entirely sure why they decided to counterprogram the UFC on ABC with Jason Jackson debut of Paul Hughes let's let's just compete against the UFC Yeah, interesting choices when I realized that that card was not in the evening, like I had assumed in my head. It was like, going to be a long day. Actually, no, we're just going to overlap and tell you which one of those things going to get more interest.

You can guess. And then, you know, probably PFL on Friday. Not a bad little PFL card on Friday, frankly. You got some names on there. Robert Wilkinson. You got Patrici. You got Inba, you got Inpa, you got Clay Collars. versus Mads Bernel.

That's an interesting matchup. Sadie Bousai going. Yeah, it's a very... You had some things happening that are reasonable on Friday. So, let the palate, you know, watch, you know, just enjoy the view and then settle in because you've got to wake up a little earlier,

particularly if you're West Coast or wake up, have a little breakfast. I didn't have a kick out there on the West Coast. That ain't a bad gig over there. It's good stuff. Yeah, I mean, you said it. You're up for the year. I am not up for the year yet,

but I will get there. But, I mean, I've strung together several winning weeks here since like, since like mid-May. So like the last month, I want to say for the last five winning weeks, three of the last four. Either way, I mean, we're getting your groove back. We're getting the groove back, trying to keep it tight. Have a little bit more action this week, but kind of calls for it for this quality of card. And yeah, let's hopefully keep things rolling. You ready to dive into this thing?

Yeah, I think I have the same thing. I've got more action this week. frankly, more action than I wanted. And I think that's why I've been able to claw back winning weeks is I've been keeping it tight and I'm about to spew. This week, I would say let's not. Don't do the follow thing this week because I think I might be on some losers this week. I love it.

All right. Well, let's dive right in. Let's start with the main event. Robert Whitaker taking on the aforementioned Iqrum Alaskarov, big jump. Warlie Alves to Robert Whitaker. The man, if he's ever going to prove himself, he's got his chance on Saturday night right now. Robert Whitaker, minus 155, Icrim Alaskarov, plus 130. How are we feeling on this main event?

Well, it's not just a big jump from Warli Alves to Robert Whitaker. This man up until about six days ago was under the impression he was fighting Antonio Tricoli. So that's a big gap in preparation. If you're Icarat, if you're in the gym, if you're in the gym, like, all right, I got to fight Tricoli. maybe you hit that snooze button you know, maybe like, ah, I can catch a couple extra Zs, it'll be fine, rolling into the gym a little late,

just stay loose, it'll be okay. Yeah, but it went from like a minus 1,200 to a plus 130. Yeah, not quite the same against old Bobby Knuckles. And I got to tell you, I love this fight. This is, like, everyone was pretty pumped about it

when it happened, like, okay, everyone agrees universally. It sucks we lose and Hobbs out. Like that, we all, everybody wanted that fight. It was a great fight. But as soon as it looked like Hamzaa was out, I was like, just pull Icrum. No one cares about it from fighting this weekend. Pull him, kick him a week later.

Great. The UFC did it. It's the best of the bad outcomes. And I wasn't even, like, I was excited about it. And then I started watching taping, looking at it, and I'm even more excited about what the hell's about to happen. Because I think there's a, that Icarav has a very good chance in this. fight. I don't know that he is going to win, but these are just two dudes who can be competitive

in every phase of the game, who have layered games, layered mixed offense. And I truly don't know what's going to happen, Connor. I can see a hundred different scenarios. And so because of that, I decided to go back to an old trusty favorite, and I invoked chat GPT. It's been a hot minute. It's been a hot minute. It's been a hot minute since we're going to on a chat GPT, but this felt right. It's a closely lined fight. I don't really know what to make of it, given the circumstances. Like, I think on a full camp, I would probably pick, like a full camp of preparing for

each other. I'd probably lean out like Icrum, but given how they are, I do think Robert Whitaker has the more adaptable style for sort of this. So I just threw it to chat GPT. And chat GPT, definitive answer, it feels very confident in what's given. and I want to remind everybody, chat GPT, picking over 70% winners historically. I mean, it has been a money machine for me. I'm very curious is the way the bot's going here, very confident.

The bot says as the championship rounds begin, Robert Whitaker showcases conditioning and experience, maintaining a high pace and landing significant strikes. And with the fight potentially hanging in the balance, both fighters dig deep. But Whitaker's precision striking continues to find its mark. staggering Alaskarov with a series of punches and a head kick sensing an opportunity. Whitaker pours on the pressure lands a devastating right hand that drops it from Alaskarov to the canvas. Referey steps in, stops the fight.

Robert Whitaker, winner by TKO round five. Wow. Championship finished for Bobby Knuckles. What a fight that would be. We are on Bobby Knuckles minus 135. I'm very glad you said that. I was nervous what the robot was going to have to say. And I agree with the robot in terms of, while I do think Icrum is wildly talented, I really like the experience of Bobby Knuckles. I really like his ability to go five rounds. The fact that he's been training for five rounds, the fact that he's been training for Hamza Tremayev, not Antonio Tricoli. and Tony, Anthony, any, any Tricoli there's out there, whichever one of them. You name them.

Yeah, love the well-rounded game as well. And just like, you go through Robert Whitaker's resume. You just obviously, Icramal Scaroff, very young in the game, he is essentially a prospect at this point, has championship potential, but it's just wild that it's Phil Haas, Warli Alves, Robert Whitaker. And Robert Whitaker over the last decade is like 14 and 3. three losses being all to UFC champions. I think the experience will play a factor.

Love that he's got 82% take down defense over a pretty large sample size. Bobby Knuckles over the five rounds, I think he gets it done. I do think it's competitive. I think it's a great fight, but I think Bobby Knuckles gets it done. That's the thing. I'm very confident this fight will be competitive, particularly early. But like I said, the adaptability of Robert Whitaker, like you said, he has been training for five rounds.

And I do think that that is a huge, huge benefit to him here. Because even if Iqram has some success early, just, you know, Whitaker should have a pretty clear and decided advantage should this get into rounds four and five. So yeah, it's great. We're starting off strong. You, me and chat GPT, baby. You mean the bot. Let's roll on to the co-main event. Sergei Pavlovich taking on Alexander Volkov, the two Russians going at it right now, Pavlovich, minus 205, Volkov, plus.

170. Yeah, I mentioned the two Russians going at it. Also, former sparring partners, you know, they took a picture this week. Say you see the photo. It's adorable. Like, they're kind of boys. Like, this has the potential to be like a banger. I feel like they're, I feel like they're going to put on, but like you always run that risk with guys that are friendly. Do you think Sergey Pavlovich knows how to hit people not as hard as he possibly can? That's what I'm hoping. That's what I'm hoping is. He turns the brain off once he gets in there.

Just want to put this out there. They did spar, and Volkov had this to say just a few months ago about the sparring. Pavlovich hits very hard. It was very difficult to work with him. I don't think I won a single round against him. After every single blow, my legs were giving way. To be honest, when I came to sparring, I tried to stand less with him because I understood that every time he hit, some kind of entry could easily happen.

I mean, that's, and that's sparring. That's not that's not Sergey Pavlovich trying to hurt him. Yeah. Yeah. So obviously this is pure speculation, but like I am wondering if Volkov is going to try and grapple because he's aware of the power that Sergey Pavlovich holds. I mean, I think that everyone will try and grapple Sergey Pavlovich for the most part. Just because it's-

Tommy A, baby. Well, I mean, that was just over so quickly that he didn't. I think the game plan probably still was like, don't be afraid to exchange, but, you know, take your windows. It was just like, actually, I just killed him. Just killed him. 17 days notice. Doesn't matter.

I suspect Volkov will look to get some grappling exchanges going. But I'm interested to see where you have because I do have a wager on this fight. Do you have wagers? Okay, so I'm definitely using the under as a parlay piece. I'm not getting scared of it being like a sparring match between two friends. just because it's Sergey Pahlovich. It always ends in the first round, even if he's winning or he's losing. He really is great for that.

And like, let's not act like Volkov is some stranger to the unders. Four of his last six have ended in round, four straight, I'm sorry. Six of his last eight have ended either in round one or two. So, I mean, probably if Volkov gets it to the mat, he might be able to finish them down there. But if they're standing and swinging, you have to think Pavlovich is going to be able to connect at some point. And he just brings that fire. And if you get touched, you're probably going out.

So I'm just on the under two and a half right now as a parlay piece. But what are you thinking? So I got a lot of thoughts on this one. And the first thought I had is really want to bet Alexander Volkov in this fight. Because I am, I'm not saying that I doubt Sergey Pavlovich. I'm saying that I don't know. Like, remember when Francis and Gownau was coming up? and he was just tearing the heads off everyone he faced instantaneously.

And so obviously he is very good. But we don't really know how good he is because he's not fighting against, there's no resistance to him. Everyone is just getting obliterated. So you can't tell like, is this guy just actually like a Mortal Kombat fighter who's the greatest fighter of all time? Or has he just been spiking some big punches? Pavlovich is exactly that dude.

The one time we've seen, like, well, I guess the two times we've seen real resistance against him, Al-Alesa Rieman-Man, Tom Aspinall beat him. And even the Aspenol fight, that wasn't like a hard drug-out fight. They exchanged, he got the worst of it, and he fell down. Like, I don't know what to make of him. He is still somewhat of an unknown to me, whereas I know who Alexander Volkov is. And what I know is that he can win this fight on the feet if he has to, I wouldn't favor him to. But he also can win this fight on the ground. He has multiple avenues here.

And I think I like that versatility to him about this. And then one thing pushed it over the edge for me, Connor, because I do, I have a bet on Alexander Volkov. But the thing that pushed it over the edge is that I don't have a bet on Volkov. I have Alexander Volkov in a parley. Wow. With a human being we're going to talk about in the very next fight. And that human being's name is Kelvin Gaston. Because Connor Birx, both Kelvin Gastilum and Alexander Volkov were born on October 24th.

It's the birthday parley. We're going to assume these birthday brethren get it done together out there in Saudi Arabia. Wow. I love a gimmick, and there's another obvious gimmick to make, like a gimmick parlay to make on this. We'll talk about that coming up soon. But the birthday, they share a birthday. Can I guess what the other gimmick parlay is? If you couldn't guess it, I'd be stunned.

Kelvin Gastlam and Nasra Hockbrost. Oh, no, but that's actually a terrific gimmick. I didn't even think of that one. I mean, Kelvin Gastlam is literally the like Pokemon evolved form. Like, it's just like 155, 170. They are the exact same people. That's actually an unbelievable gimmick. I might have to do that gimmick, too.

I'm not going to lie, it's a gimmick, but like, they're both like pretty big favorites this week. They are pretty big favorites. I might have to do that because that's a great gimmick. I didn't even think of that. Wow. What is the other one? Turkestan?

The Tajikistan Parlay. I mean, that's very obvious, but we'll talk about that coming up. Interesting. But I've been waiting to find a birthday parley for like months. So I'm always checking like, I need two guys who get the same birthday. And 1024. Right here. The 1024 is.

This would really be perfect if this was the Abu Dhabi card because they would probably be fighting right around then. Oh, my God. It would be so great. Wow. So, all right, we're betting on Volkov. I'm just saying the Scorpio Parley is what we're at here. And it's going to be great. All right.

Maybe one of these days I will actually do that as a gimmick. I'll just find everybody in like one sign on a card. Oh, yeah. I'm sure there's many on every card. This could end horribly. There's definitely a chance when you're going against Sergey Babel. Oh, it could for sure end horribly. But, you know, like I said, I was kind of wanting to bet on Volkov anyway, just as an underdog.

And then when I realized these two guys had the same birthday, I was like, well, we've got to do it. Gemi-parlay, let's make it happen. Okay, so we roll on to the next fight to feature about the evening. Kelvin Gaslam taking on Daniel Rodriguez. And right now, Kelvin Gaslam, minus 250, as big as minus 260 at some books, plus 205 on Daniel Rodriguez coming back on Draft Kings right now. and you're set on Calvin Gissela winning this one. Yeah, I actually do just in general like his chances here. I was a big D-Rod guy for a little bit.

I think he's just sort of aged out of his athletic prime at this point. He is maybe a slightly like a crisper boxer, but that doesn't really matter against a guy like Calvin Gasolm who just can't be knocked out. It can just stay in your face and can throw back of you. Plus, I'll just think he's got a. pretty clear wrestling advantage as well. So, you know, Kelvin Gasolam, making welterweight is always an adventure.

He did it last time. It's a thing that he can do. But I am still laboring under the assumption that he has some juice left in the tank, whereas D-Rod is on the way out. So I feel good about his chances here. And honestly, I might have to also just parlay him up with Nasrot. That's just a terrific idea.

I actually think I'm going to have a little bet on Daniel Rodriguez at plus 220 right now. I mean, neither guy has looked good of late. I understand that. But like Daniel Rodriguez was like the same size dog against Ian Gary. And I don't think Kelvin Gasolam warrants that price tag at this point. I know he's got the wrestling advantage. I'm just not convinced that he's going to use the wrestling. And Rodriguez, like you said, he's got Chris boxing.

He's going to be bigger in there. It puts up way more volume. I likely think this is probably going to be. to go to a decision. I know we just saw Rodriguez knocked out by Ian Gary, but he doesn't get knocked out often. Maybe his chin is just dust now, but that's just not something I'm willing to go against. Plus 220, I'm just going to throw probably a half unit on old D-Rodoo. Support for this show comes from Volkswagen. As the U.S. gets ready to host soccer's biggest moment on a worldwide stage, Volkswagen is helping people discover new turfs and new ways to play

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I mean, that's just a stone brain fart on my. Like, it's a miss. Sometimes I look at them and I'm just like, what is this Kelvin or is this? Which one? Which one's which? Which one's which? Which one is which? So yeah, I think I'm going to, I mean, at plus two 20, the line just keeps growing.

I think I'm going to have a little shot on old Drod. See if there's anything left in the tank. Not going to go big, not going to go heavy exposure. But we shall see. Let's keep it rolling. To leg one of your Tajikistan Parlay, Muhammad Nymov, taking on short notice. UFC debuting Felipe Lima right now. You can get Nymov minus 120.

Lima coming back at even money plus 100. I mean, Lima was supposed to fight next month at Octagon 59 summer party. That's a tough one to miss. You don't want to miss the summer party over at Octagon, but now plans have changed. And I'm not going to lie, I didn't really watch any tape on them just because of the short notice replacement. But I'm definitely missing something here for sure. Like Nymov has looked fairly good in the UFC so far as Cash doesn't underdog several times, can crack. and yeah he's only minus 120 against the guy coming in on super short notice making his UFC debut

I think that the answer to that is one lemma's got a little bit a little bit of sauce to him right he's young great camp good gaudy record watched a couple of fights it seems like a pretty decent fighter um and name of you know I think he's still got some of those priors on him where he came in as a massive underdog in his first two fights. And so people are still kind of looking at him like that. I do need to clarify, I don't have the Tajikistan parlay. Oh. I had to abandon the Tajikistan parlay because I don't know if you know this, Connor.

I've made that parlay twice. Because twice before, Mohamed Naimov has fought on the same card with the villain Mueh Gafferov. And both times I've made that parlay. And both times, Mungafrov has blown that parlay. up. So I'm sure that this is the week he will finally win one, but not, you know, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times. I'm a dumbass and shouldn't be doing this. I'm not going to put it down so that I had to pass on that parlay. And then that's when I found

the Scorpio parlay that we were on. All right. I am passing on this fight as well, just because of the unknown surrounding Felipe Lima. Should be a fun fight though. I mean, he's getting a main card slot. That's not bad. That's as close as fighting the home as you're going to get, too. Yeah, I mean, it's been an impressive little run from Nymov. So here's him keeping it going, kind of just keep representing Tajikistan. Who and Gaffrov sure is shit it ain't.

We can get into that in a little bit. I feel like the Tajikistan fans are going to be showing out for this one, just a short flight away. Let's finish up the main card Johnny Walker taking on Volcan O's the Mere right now. This one's essentially a pick on minus 110 each way on Draft King's Sportsbook. And man, Volga, I've got the dog territory. I saw him at plus 100. It was real tempted to support my Swiss and back Volcan O's the Mayor. Haven't made the bet yet, but I don't know.

I don't know. I'm kind of tempted on it. I'm betting Johnny Walker, so I don't know if that's going to change your views, your thoughts. Also, a lot of Brazilians fighting in Saudi. There's a lot of Brazilians on this card. Just an interesting shift there. Four? Four Brazilians, yeah.

A lot of Brazilians just making their home in Saudi. How many Russians are there? Four Russians. So the same amount of Russians as there are Brazilians. There's got to be more than four. Because Sergei and Volkov are Russian plus Iqrum. I'm talking real, real Russian flag. Oh, real, real Russian flag.

Like Renat, Farkradinov, Sergey, Volkov, and Icrum, or the four with it on topology. Oh, no, we got Shara. Don't disrespect Shara. Oh, Shara, yes, I'm sorry. Five. Five. Pretty simply, I don't, I think Volcanozimir

loses to guys he's not as athletic as. Like that's just, if you look down the list of people who have beat Volcanozdemir, good opposition, like Daniel Cormier, Anthony Smith, Dominic Reyes, Hugh Phrashka, Magmanankalive, and Nikita Krillov, like, all of those are good fighters and all those are just better athletes than him. And that's kind of been what's happened. And while I don't think Johnny Walker's ever going to get to where people hoped he would be and win the champ like win the belt and do stuff like that i do think that he is still like a dynamic

physical athlete and you're talking about a dude who is also only lost to top opposition krillov kore anderson jemal hill like magman and klyev but he you know beat anthony smith and i just think he has a higher ceiling i think he's more athletic more dynamic uh and that that should probably serve him well and get this done so i bet johnny walker okay so here's what i'm really thinking about doing. And it's, I am walking into the gates of hell backwards, giving God the double bird as I go. I know what I'm getting myself into. Thinking about playing the under two and a half has great potential of hitting. Minus 165, two guys, 40 combined wins, 33 of them coming under the two and a half. That's 83% of the time. And then when they lose, 15 combined losses, they've been finished.

in 10 of those 15 losses. So they're finishers that get finished. And I could easily, easily see a finish happening here, whether it's a knockout from either guy, a Johnny Walker submission, could easily see it happening. Big, big boys going at it. But man, I've been fooled before. Johnny Walker versus Anthony Smith. Johnny Walker versus Tiago Santos. Volcan versus Paul Craig. I've been lulled into it before. On paper, every single One of those should be a finish. Oh, and I bet them all. I bet them all and I wanted to pull.

That's actually why I'm bald now is because I pulled my hair out watching those fights. Gosh, you're giving to me a minus 165. I think I'm just going to have to do it still. I think I'm just still going to have to do it. I love it. I mean, I'm always supportive of any bet that is for the action. You know, life's too short to bet to bet the over. That's how the saying goes.

Oh, that's for sure. Am I nervous of the new gloves? Many people are asking me. People can't be finished. You know, anytime I step out outside, the paparazzi swarms me, are you worried about the new gloves, playing all these unders? Are you worried about the new gloves? The answer is no. I am not. I'm just going to go and lean on the side that it just hasn't really been finishers fighting as of late. Because, you know, you look at that one card we had. We had, what, four KOs on the main card of UFC Louisville. So I think if people have the ability, they'll get it done. The real test, if Sergey Pavlovich and Volkov goes to a decision,

then I think the new gloves are cursed. Oh, that is such a good, good thought. Now we'll know. and then, man, then it's just over-seasoned. Just landing bombs. Just landing full, like swinging out of his shoes, bombs and Volkov's just eating them. Can't hurt him because these new gloves. Yeah, the new gloves are just cursed.

All right, so I'm doing it. I'm playing the under. Life's too short. Fuck it. A little Saturday afternoon under. All right, let's roll on to the prelims, featured prelim. Shara Bullet Magamete of taking on Joyleton, not Jailton, Joyleton Luterbach, who is making his UFC debut.

And right now you can get Char a bullet at minus 250. Luterbach coming back at plus 205. Tell me that the bullet is a lock that I need to parlay him up. Please tell me that. Because Joy Tawitin Luterbach does not seem to be a pushover. Almost 50 professional fights from a man. He has fought in boxing, karate, moitai, kickboxing, well-rounded. 14 KOs, 13 subs, 11 decisions.

I know it's his UFC debut, but he's fought in KSW, fought DDP in KSW, he's fought in PFL, he's fought in Cage Warriors, Brave, ACB, like he's been around the block. Bruno Silva had grappling success. That worries me. But just sell me, just tell me that the bullets are lock. I mean, I wouldn't call him a lock, but I do think he's going to win. I've actually stayed away from this fight for those.

those reasons of concern. I suspect Shaw Bullitt is going to be the, like, maybe the parley piece of the week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's sitting at a nice number. He's got the look. He's got the name. He's fighting close to home. Like, parlay piece

of the week. And I, you know, I don't like to be on those because it feels like the parley piece of the week really lets people down a lot of the time. What happened two weeks ago? What did I say about Tiago Moises? I was like, everybody's on him. This one's going to lose. Denise Gomes. I was like, no one's on this one. This makes me feel

pretty good about it. Sure enough, Tago Moisesse gets his ass beat. Let me also, we didn't talk about it, and we don't have to talk about it. When I saw you were on my girl, Carly Judice. Who, I was like, my brother. That is my, that is my brother right there. What's actually hilarious is that I thought about texting you. I was like, we're both on Judis, right? A hundred percent. And dude, I thought she deserved it. I'm not saying robbery, but like I thought she deserved it. It was not a robbery.

Not a robbery. Because round one was very close. But bro, the way she was putting it on in round three. Like she was putting it on, dude. Yes, I enjoy her very much.

She's not a power. She's not a power person. But bro, she puts out volume and she does not quit. She was one of my favorite people coming off Contender Series. She lost on Contender Series. And I was like,

she's 24 and has been fighting for like a year and a half and she can already just be she got that dog she could just go scrap day one without really even knowing shit if she can develop at all she's going to be a top 10 freaking fight and like i thought she might lose this fight i bet her i was like this is a big step up like she is still so raw but she might just hustle away to a w again i thought she did i love her she going to be so much fun dude i mean let's let's just take them wins i know she's and two right now. Only five fights in. Lost a split decision in both those fights and, I mean,

got fight of the night against Fernandez. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot to like, crispy as the nickname is just a great good name. Great nickname. Love that she was born in Lafayette. Just Dustin Porre's career ends. Carly Judices begins. Coincidence. I think not. Fighting out of Mississippi right now. I just went to Mississippi for the first time a couple months ago. Underrated state. I misjudge Mississippi. It really wasn't that bad. Rozadette. I actually enjoyed it. So yeah, Carly Judice

looking forward to her next week. That was just, I had to bring that up. When I saw you on it last week, it was like, that's my brother right there. Right there. Go dogs. Shout out. Go fucking dogs. Back to this fight. Yeah, I'm a little just concerned because

Joelton is just professional. Like, this is a dude who I feel like isn't around the UFC nearly as much as he used to be. Like back in the day, there used to just be guys like this who just fought, you know, five times a year, every year.

They went all around promotions, whoever it was that would give him a fight in a paycheck. They're professionals. They'd lose a few. They win a few. They know how to scrap and compete and stay healthy and make the walk. And that's just a dude who can be hard to look good against.

I do think Sharra gets there, but, you know, if we hadn't seen him have some struggles, I'd be all in. Like, I'd be, yeah, this guy to the moon. You know, we do know that he's got some deficiencies that he's got to work on. So I'm passing, but I guess he's probably going to win.

Very much looking forward to the fight. I'm also going to be passing on it. Let's keep it rolling to Nasrod Hackparas versus Jared Gordon right now. Nasra, your favorite, minus 238. Jared Gordon coming back at plus 195. Yeah, I think Nasratt probably gets it done. Kind of everything you just said about Sharra Bullitt. Like, I think Nasra probably gets it done.

I think the striking is probably too much. But I just don't really want to pay this price on Nasratadad. I agree. I didn't want to pay this price on him. So I made it a prop. This is about to be a little run of me making bad prop bets that are probably guaranteed losers because God knows I can't hit a prop bet to save my life this year. But I think he's just a better striker.

Jared Gordon. you know, professional he's going to be competing, but he needs takedowns. I don't think they're going to come easily against Nasrott. I think Nasrott's probably going to have a good day in the office. But Nazraat, particularly lately, and it was last fight coming off as a finish, but, you know, six of his past seven have gone to the cards.

Jared Gordon, you know, he was caoed early in his career a bunch. Like, that was the way he lost was by getting knocked out. Hadn't been knocked down like five years. hadn't been dropped. He has, you know, figured out that part of his game and he goes to the cards a fair amount. So I took Nasrot by decision at plus 125. And I think I got a better than 50-50 shot of this paying out. Yeah, I think this one likely goes long. I have two parlay pieces right now. I need a third leg. And the over one and a half in this one might. I think the over one and I, because I was looking, before I bet Hawk Prost, I was looking at over one and a half parlay

with this, the next fight we're going to talk about. I think the over one and a half there is a very good piece as well. So I was looking at stuff and then I just, I don't want to be double exposed on any fight this week. So I just went with the decision probably. Yeah. That's, that's kept me off a couple of things in, is not getting exposed, double exposed on a fight. All right. Let's roll to that fight you just mentioned we're not. Fogretnav, taking on Nicol. this Dalby, our guy, the Brazilian killer. And right now, wouldn't you know it? Nicholas Dolby, again, a giant underdog.

You can have Renot minus 355, Dalby plus 280. Was real tempted on that Dolby bet. Fives are high. But then I had to check, where is Renov? Jose, can you answer that question for me? I've thought maybe for a second it was... Is he from Manous? I thought it was Renat Fakhetinov.

And it was like a Brazilian touch to it. No, no, he is not from Brazil. This fight is not taking place in Brazil. Nicholas Dolby's superpowers are not going to come into effect here. So I am just staying. I mean, really unlucky for Dalby in a fight card with as many Brazilians as they're all on it. You're not going to give him Brazil? They're not going to give him one?

Like, I think we all thought, let's get Nicholas Dalby in Saudi Arabia fighting a Brazilian. Just makes all the sense in the world. Instead, he gets Renovov. and I'm betting know that I will be cheering for Dalby I will be cheering for him hard I won't because I'm betting Farquardino by decision Dalby is shoe leather tough man

but I think that this is a very tough matchup for him again we're not not Brazilian and just a vastly superior wrestler and grappler and I think that that will sort of be the story he's going to get takedowns control Dalby

Dalby's going to hang in try and scrap his way as much as he can but Farkar Dinov is like just a tough out dude just going to be a real tough out for his grappling Yeah for for Dalby it's just going to be nine to 12 minutes on his

back being like this sucks and he'll lose a decision so I've got we're not by decision at minus 115 I do want to throw something out there Dalby did fight a Russian last year in Muslim Salakov and got it done just throwing it on there prior to

us learning, I remember prior to learning the Brazilian killer, this man is actually just an international assassin. He has fought people from almost every country on the globe. That might be like what he is secretly trying to do is just match me up

against somebody from every nation until I can be the guy who has the most wins over different countries. Let's get him a Tajik fighter next time out. Let's get him, you know, Gaffrov. He'll beat Gaffrov. Everyone beats Gaffrov. Like, let's have some fun with Nicholas Dalby.

I mean, can we also just talk about it? I just feel like he's just such an underrated guy in the UFC. Like, beat Elizie Zaleski in his UFC debut, goes to a draw with undefeated Darren Till at the time. While he was also undefeated, unfortunately, loses two in a row gets cut, goes to Cage Warriors, fights his way back to the UFC. And, like, he's got wins over Alex Oliva, Daniel Rodriguez, Gabriel Bonfim. like he's had a nice little career man 7 3 and 1 in the UFC

he has man like it and like just a a very good underrated fighter and it would be cooler if he wasn't fighting a dude who's going to sit on him yeah yeah uh so yeah I might I'm between that

and the and the Gordon fight as the as the over one and a half I really like the over one and a half in both of those fights frankly and I almost just did that as a parlay but then I was like, that feels like I'm stepping on Connor's turf. Just over one and a half parley, these two fights up.

Maybe I will, maybe I'll make that a parlay. Maybe I'll do two separate parley. An unders parley and an over's parley. A little pacifist, little violence, the yin and the yang. Can I even get this at like minus 200? Does that even do that?

A minus 550 and a minus 300. Does that even get you to 200? Yeah, something close. to that. Sure does. Sure does. Oh yeah, get you like minus 175. Yeah, why not. Why not? Let's live a little. Let's have a little fun. Why not? All right. Let's keep it wrong. Are you going to do a fight feast in Atlanta, Georgia for UFC Saudi Arabia? Okay. So that's actually, I'm glad you brought that up. Yeah, we're about, we're about S.O.L on the fight feast down here. I say, I'm not. I just wanted to know so I could know where I need to go eat. Be like, okay. Love Atlanta.

Love this place. Born and raised, 25 years, college here. You know, this is my home. And I, like, I am officially have become, like, a snobby New Yorker. Because the food scene in New York is just like, you want it? It's New York. They got it. Like, I was thinking about next week, I'm like, oh, shit.

Like, I was going to do Irish food for McGregor. But then Yeri comes on, and I'm like, oh, check food. food. Look up Czech food in Atlanta, obviously just a straight no-go. I was like, I wonder if they have it in New York. Like four restaurants come up. I'm just like, bless it. So yeah, I might do, I'm probably going to skip this week because we will get a Saudi card again and then I can get something proper when I'm back up in the Northeast. But I might do a check meal at home, make their national dish at home, do a little fight feast at home. That's what I'm thinking. I like that.

And then for Denver, I can make my own Denver omelet. Like, we got to make lemonade out of lemons right now because, you know, just sort of in limbo while I'm here in Atlanta. I mean, you can find someplace in Atlanta that does Denver omelet. You do a lot of places. Oh, yeah, well, Denver omelet, but I want to cook my own Denver omelet just because it's so basic. I'm just be like, I'm here at a diner. Here's my Denver omelet. I mean, I'm here a Waffle House.

Let me get in Denver omel. Let's rock, baby. Listen, man, I'm looking ahead, too, to 304. I've been struggling to find a place. There's no. Saudi cuisine in, I mean, there's Arabic cuisine in Atlanta. Well, that's what's tricky. Yeah, like there's, there's Arabic, but it's like Yemen and Lebanon and like the the cuisines can easily get mixed up out there. So like I don't, I don't really know

what I'm looking for either. It's, it's a bit tricky. I've been having a hard time. I mean, yeah, you can serve me a full English too. Really. Interesting. I was just say like, I mean, Delbar is not Saudi, but it is Mediterranean. It's delicious. That's tough. We'll have to figure something out. Delbar Middle Eastern? Yeah.

It's Delbar kicks ass, dude. Oh, yeah. I mean, it looks delightful. Del bar's real good, but it's not. I don't think it's really like. Like, I want an Edmund Park. Shout out. I want it melted.

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I do have a wager on this fight, and I want to be clear. When I placed this wager, I knew what I was doing. I am lighting this money on fire. This money is gone. And I understood it. Because sometimes you got to pay the price to know your enemies. And I have bet on Kyeong-Hokang. and I am 100% certain

that Muing Gaffarov is about to win this fight and he will be my enemy for the rest of my life. Oh, oh, good. I can't even celebrate the Wolfpack because I know Mooran's going to win this. Nah, I feel like people are looking at Kyeongheng's age and they're just like, oh, we're going with Kiforov. Kifov has not impressed me.

No, he's been terrible. He's been 0 and 2. He lost on the conditions. Tender series to Chad and Hellinger as well. Meanwhile, Kyeong-O-Kang just quietly going eight and three in his last 11 in the UFC. He's incredibly dangerous on the ground. If he gets your back, it might be a wrap. Has decent striking. He's going to be the more technical fighter here. He's not going to just throw just massive overhands the whole time. It has not been K-O'd since 2008 in his third professional fight. I mean, come on. Like, we're getting him at dog odds. I took him

plus 138. I think it's going to be competitive. I think he's got a major shot at winning this. He is as live of a dog as it gets. And yeah, I'm riding with him. Young O' Gang. Mr. Perfect, baby. I mean, I love that you are feeling better than I am. I placed it for all those same reasons. I get where you're coming from. Yeah. The enemy of the state will always reign victorious. The house always wins. So when you try to zag, it's going to zig on you. I know what you're saying. That's the thing. I placed the bet for all the same reasons you did. And I just knew as I was doing,

it was like, this is the fight he wins. And then he and I will forever be enemies. Just for as long as I live, I'll carry that. Good. I will join you in that. We will be Mohammed Naimov supporters.

We will be enemies of Mween Giforov. We will be a split Tajikistan state. That's how this podcast will operate moving forward. Or Mr. Perfect gets it done. And I hope we're on an island. I hope people keep betting on Giforov because I like being on an island when I'm betting on a dog. I don't like when too many people are on Giforov. So, uh, Junkokane.

Let's go. Let's go. Uh, let's keep it rolling to the next one. Magomed Gadsia Sulav taking on Brinson Habero. Right now, Magamed is your favorite at minus 310. Brinson, Habero, the underdog, plus 250. So yeah, I just don't really know a thing about Magamette. I can't speak confidently.

Like, he fought a nobody on Dana White contender, Searing not really impressed with that win. And then almost everyone else that he's fought throughout his short career has had three pro fights or less. Couldn't really find a bunch of tape on him. I just don't really know. I mean, Habero is going to be more dangerous than the man he fought on Contender Series. He exclusively wins by finish, has never won a decision.

So just no real need for me to lay over minus 300 on someone I just don't really know about. I can just sit, watch, enjoy it. But I will be parlaying this under two and a half with the co-main event just because A Barrow is going to make this chaotic. He has seen one third round in his entire 21 fight pro career. So he's going to force the action win or lose. And yeah, I see I see someone getting served. Yeah, both these contender series guys, Heverro was in the very small group that I referred to as defense is optional because he does not believe in defense. And that can work out great and it can also get him killed. Magamad's a dude who I think actually has a little sunshine to him, but old. He's just too old to be a prospect. 30 years old, 8 and 0, like it's a little

late to the game but because Havaro has such little defense I took a flyer on Gadsasulov by knockout just because he's like the price is substantially better like I would never lay the the straight price

on on Magamette here but if he's going to win it's going to be by knockout because that's he's not going to go to a decision I think he's got one submission um like it he's just he's just got knocked dude out that it's how it goes so uh I took that minus 135, way better price,

taking a flyer on some contender series, guys. I love it. I love it. Shout out to the content series. Also, my last action for the evening. I know we got two more fights. I don't have any action here, so. I'll keep it short.

I will keep it brief. And actually, we'll have one more fight. That's right. Long Zhao, Zha Long, taking on Chang Ho Li. And I am on, Zhao Long. I took him at plus 105. You believe that he is the road to UFC champion. Bingo.

Chengo Lee, like, he's a good wrestler. I won't lie. But what happens if we're not going to spend time and control time? Like, almost all of his road to UFC has, whether it's him getting controlled or him controlling his opponent, and he's good down there. But what if the taketowns aren't there? What if he can't get the takedowns? And he's just going to have to stand and strike with this guy. Long is going to be younger.

He is much more experienced. has almost 35 professional fights under his belt. And he has been knocked out, but he has shown great durability over the last seven years, has not been stopped. And a dude's 17 and won in his last 18. I like his chances at this coin flip odds, I will be taking Jello. Sure. I won't even pretend like I studied up for this. I was like, I'm not going to do a road fight here.

I'm good. I've got way more action than I even thought it had. Love that. Just calling it road. Yeah. Don't even need the rest of it. Yeah, just a road fighter. Fuck it.

And real ones, no, that means road DFC. Shout out. Anything for Bellator or PFL? No, I'll probably end up on Friday putting together some chalky PFL parlay. We did it last week. Me and Mike were chatting up, and I just put, like, honestly, if you'd actually put just a full favorites parlay other than the main event, which probably should have been a favorite. given the Vesel had beaten homie the last time.

I think that that cashed. But I just put a stew of a Liz Carmouch, Dennis Goldsov. Oh, yeah. Feed me. Yeah. And then like almost lost it until Carmouch got the last second arm bar finished. And a fight she was about to lose. But, you know, just cashed a 150 chalky garbage PFL.

I'll probably do that again. What could we go cross promotion? Like I like Impa as a parlay piece. Sure, sure. Paul Hughes, I think he is likely to get it done. Like Sadabousi, probably going to get a dub. Sadibu C. So now we're at three.

Oh, like Jason Jackson? I think I do like Rob Wilkinson to get a fight. Again, like, that's probably just a PFL. A bit of magic for me. What do we like over in Bellator? Let me let me read that. So you say Impa, Rob, and Sadibu. Yeah, I don't think I hate that.

Let's go two and two. Let's go, Empa and Rob. And I'm taking Paul Hughes. I'm just supporting the kid. I like Paul Hughes. There's a little piece there. One more. Ooh.

Some of these prices are really. Yeah, I'm not. I'm not trying to lay that price on Jason Jackson. Minus a thousand. I think Jason Jackson wins. I think Jason Jackson wins. I don't want to lay minus 210 on him against a, Magamatov.

You know? Maybe that'll just be the three. Maybe that's just the three-leger. You know? Um, I mean, Shoeface's probably going to get a W, too. The, the co-promotion.

Okay, so we're throwing Shoe-Face in there? Uh, it, uh, it juices the price. Um, yeah, I don't know. I don't hate,

like, that's the thing, like, if I think if I did a full five-leggar here. I like, I like Impa. I like Shoeface. I like Wogan. I mean, I think Sada-O-C is going to win,

but I don't like watching him fight, so I'd be okay pulling him from this parlay, frankly. And then just adding Hughes. I think that's where I'm going to go. I'm going to those four. Hughes Wilkinson, shoeface, Kassanga, and I, plus 153. Hughes, Rob, shoeface, Cassangana. Yep.

Plus one. I'm going to write it with you. I'm going to go with that. I like that. I'm going to write it with you. Okay. Yolo. We get a little action on both of them.

Co-promotion, we get to support our guy Paul Hughes. Shout out. So we got minus 350, minus 370, minus 270, and minus 625. Yeah, it seems... Honestly, we could have done a Rob Wilkinson, Rob Whitaker parlay. That's up there. There are a lot of things. A lot of options this week.

But yeah, I think that this will be a fun little PFL belly parlay. All right. That's that. All right. UFC Saudi Arabia, enjoy. Talk to you next week. Love y'all. Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap.

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