MMA Fighting - On To the Next One | Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 50

Episode Date: March 13, 2022

How do you book Magomed Ankalaev following his eighth straight win over Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC Vegas 50 — a performance that has not been looked at in a positive manner? On this week's edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what could be next for Ankalaev following his five-round decision win over Santos inside the APEX. In addtion, future matchups are discussed for Song Yadong after his sensational finish of Marlon Moraes in the co-main event, along with Sodiq Yusuff, Khalil Rountree, Drew Dober, and Alex Pereira following their victories. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A not at all that thrilling main event. I guess that's like the nice way to say it. But a very solid offering from the Ultimate Fighting Championship overall. I am Mike Hack and joining me as always the co-host, co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positivity and my best friend, Mr. Alexander Cayley. Good morning, sir. How are you? Good morning, my best friend.

I love that card. I yeah you wish you wish we had gotten either a competitive main event fight or a statement win from ankle I've I mean it made a statement It was not a statement that a lot of people were particularly compelled by unfortunately and did not live up to some of our Our pre-fight expectations But a good win for him nonetheless but yeah overall really really a fun card and and just as we had just as we had hyped it up I saw some people saying like oh this card was a classic case of the of the cards you don't you know that get overlooked I'm like all week literally like everyone in the MA media was saying like this was a good card.

So this is not fulfill that weird. It's not true anyway that all the cards that aren't talked about are good. This is already talked about a lot. We all said great matchup, potential for highlights. It really lived up to all of that. And I don't know if you guys had a chance to talk about it on the post-fight show, Mike.

But I loved the I mean, as the prince of positivity, I loved the aura of positivity that was emanating from some of these fighters. It was the opposite of 272. too we're like there's some characters on here there's some characters on here and that's fine you're trying to sell a pay-per-view that's that's the kind of people you want on there i guess but i mean we had my gosh calil roundtree just bringing us all the tears which is just this lovely post-fight speech

um damon jackson the first thing he did in his post-fight speech was just was give uh give props to camilla kirk he's like this guy this kid's great like he didn't say anything about himself that's his first line and then uh what did javid dude javid bash right one he he he he uh he big up his brother. And oh, he called over Trevin Jones. It was like, you know, me and, me and Trevin had worked together a little before. I know one of his, I think one of his coaches or trainers had recently passed. So I'm going to give Trevin the mic first to give this dedication, which you know, he was going to do if he won and he didn't win. So he'd give him the mic. What a wonderful, just talked about him. What a wonderful feeling to, what a wonderful feeling,

a wonderful night of MMA. Yes, very positive stuff. Most of the card, very positive. So let's start with the not so positive. Let's start with Magobed and Goliath, who finally, finally gets the opportunity. Everybody had been wanting to see this guy get his shot. Everybody has seen his talent. Everybody felt this guy could be a world champion. He just needed his chance to prove it. He just needed his chance to get a big spot. Well, he got one, AK. He got a main event a week after a pay-per-view on a loaded card that, like you said, everyone seemed to be in favor of. He gets this fight with Tiago Santos.

He gets the win. But boy, to say he didn't make the most of it would be a complete understatement, not a memorable performance at all. No one's going back and watching this fight again, except for maybe Magamenekelaif and his team just to like prepare for the future. And we all thought a win gets him a title fight next. Like, just go out there and win and you get a title fight. I'm curious to think if you feel that way after the,

this performance. First, let's give some credit to Tiago Santos. I think, I know people are kind of lamenting that Tiago Santos is not the, you know, not the like the guaranteed highlight that he once was. I think he's just become in his older age, he's obviously adjusted, uh, his just his strategy, his tactics, his mindset, his mindset is different. He's at a different point in his life. Um, I think it was, uh, Jed in our, in our chat that, uh, that's suggested, you know,

the guy has a family now. He just, it's just going to change how you approach things. That's fine. He's about to be a father. You know, that's great. And I think he's just a tough guy to fight. He's tough guy to fight. Johnny Walker found this out. John Jones certainly found this out.

Very difficult. He barely beat Tiago Santos and when Santos was on one leg. Excuse me. He had his moments against him to share before over took over. So the guy is very, very difficult to fight. So let's give us some credit. Yeah, I know everyone was screaming for Ankaaa if just go to the wrestling, go to a takedown, just grab a leg, anything, just force the action that way.

Much easier said than done, I think. Would we have liked to have seen that aspect of his game? Yeah, but he's a good striker too, so he thought, hey, and he was winning the fight, and he clearly did. So, you know, his mind is like, what do I have to change? If I'm winning the fight, why take a risk? And unfortunately, that's how we end up with it with a dud like that. So, yeah, I'm not as slow.

I'm not totally against him getting a title fight, Mike. I think we have this idea that people always need to put this, like, amazing exclamation point performance for getting a title shot. And more often than not, that's what we get. Sometimes we just get guys getting title shots off of, you know, long win streaks, wins against rank guys. I don't think that's going to happen here. But if it did happen, if they just said, yeah, he's probably next for the Desherapar Prachka

winner, I'm okay with that. I'm fine. But I do want to see him fight Alexander Rockich. I know we all assume, and I'm sure it's in the works, I think, that Rockich, the Rockich-Blockovich rebooking will happen. But it's not guaranteed. And if, for whatever reason, it can happen, there's more delay. lays and it doesn't come together.

I want him to go through Rockich first. And vice versa, I think Rackich needs to go through him first. Because Rockich easily could also be the next one fighting for the title. Yeah, we were to the Tiago Santos point, we were all in agreement on the post-fight show that Tiago Santos is not to blame for this fight. He's not. It's 100% on Anka-Live. And it seems a little harsh to say that.

But I get it. Like sometimes you're not going to go out there and just flatline a dude in 15 seconds to earn a title up, you have to, like, you have to show something. You have to make some kind of a statement. Now, maybe he was really, maybe it's going to be determined in the next week or so that he was, like, severely injured or something. Like, maybe something was really wrong. So I'm, like, I'm not willing to completely run him over with the bus, so to speak. But in terms of, does he get a title fight next? The answer for me is absolutely not. Like, I think the Jan Belhovic-Alex-A-Rackich fight will end up getting re-booked.

I think the winner of that fight will get the title shot next, especially if Rackich wins. If Pahlovich wins, you could do the Glover rematch. I think it draws more eyeballs than the Anka-Lyaf rematch, the fight, if we're being honest. If Yuri wins the title and Jan wins, it's a new matchup, and that's real bad news for Anka-Lyaf. So if you're Alexander Rackich, if you're Jan-Blovich, and you watch that main event last night. You didn't lose an ounce of sleep, in my opinion. Not one, you fell asleep right after the fight. You didn't need Z-Quil. You needed nothing. You slept naturally for 14 hours. And then

you woke up and you realized, oh my God, it's daylight savings time. But Ankleif needs one win. He might need two now, honestly. And this made sound just completely negative here. But the UFC could book him against anybody from Anthony Smith to Jamal Hill or anyone in between and I wouldn't have a problem with either of those matchups. If they booked him against Jamal Hill next, I wouldn't care. And that's a huge step back in terms of the rankings. But Jamal Hill in 2022 has way more momentum than Magamette Ancolaev has right now after that fight. So I'll go with Anthony Smith as my pick. But if they bumped him back even further, I'd be fine with it. I'd have no issue with it whatsoever, AK. Wow. Damn.

media is so fickle. I do agree, Jamal Hill is up there as far as career momentum goes. I still, boy, that fight is really going to leave a bitter taste in our mouth. The Saturdays fight. But I think it's actually a good thing that we live in this super fast MMA news cycle because the performance was forgettable for all the wrong reasons, but it was forgettable.

I mean, by the definition of the word, it is forgettable. So maybe a week for the week. from now, two weeks from now, a month from now, we'll kind of just look at it as a bad fight, but not as something that had such a deleterious effect on Ankaaiof's career. So again, I say this is someone who's obviously pretty bullish on Ankyo's title chances, and still like him. I know that fight was so uninspiring.

I still like thinking he's someone who could beat Glover, Jan Blahovas, Yuri Prakashka, whoever else you have ahead of him. So very disappointing performance. It's really since we had a banger of a Bellator main event go on shortly after with Mads Brunel and Adam Boritz. But yeah, his is in the eyes of the matchmakers and the fans, boy, big hit. But competitively speaking, he can't be more than one fight away. I don't know if I knock him down that much.

Mike, how high, let's do a little preemptive rankings talk here, a little crossover, ranking show. You have him seventh in your, in an NBA fighting global rankings, which would, and taking out Bellator fighters, you would have him, I think. You'd be like me, I think. you have him fourth. I would, oh, yeah, so I have him fourth in the UFC rankings, seventh in, in the Army fighting global rankings. I'm assuming this does not move him up at all for you.

He's behind Brockich. He's behind Corey Anderson. He's behind Nemcov. Probably just stays in the scenes. He's not losing a spot to Phil Davis, is he? He might. No. I'm serious.

Bill Davis had a very good win against Julius Anglicas on Saturday as well. We were like, and I don't even know if we're really joking about this, but we were, we We were having a serious discussion on the People's Pre-Fight show whether or not Phil Davis was the best two-o-fiber fighting on Saturday. I said, I think he was. And I think he, I mean, he went out there. Was it the most compelling? I mean, this is a Phil Davis win. Phil Davis's win will age better than Ankleiv's win.

There's no doubt about it. Phil Davis's win was, again, not superintaining, but it was dominant. It was dominant. If anyone watched that fight, it was a dominant win for Phil Davis. Ankelias win, while clear cut, I don't think anyone was. would describe as dominance. And I think anyone, if you put Phil Davis and Ankelaeuf in there, Ankylai would probably be favored,

but I can't imagine more than minus 150 tops. I don't think he'd be a heavy favor against Phil Davis. He'd be favored, but I would come on a preview show and pick Phil Davis to beat Ankelaiaf. Wow. And I think quite a few people would. That, man, that performance really hurt him, again, just reputation-wise. Again, I'm still on it all in sort of on that Angolaev train, but that's pretty rough.

That's pretty rough. And yeah, I do not think he will be moving up our rankings. Like I said, seven overall, if you add all our scores together. And I don't know if he's going to drop in some people's rankings. I would hope not. He's as high as sixth in Jeds, but I don't know. We know you love the thought of a vacation to Europe. But this time, why not look a little further to Dubai, a city that everyone talks about,

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Two things to that. One, I actually had no, I had very little issue with the Volkov performance. I thought he went out there and dominated. The Jarzino fight, totally different, totally different. Because there's no way he was getting a title fight after beating Jarzino the way that he did. Dana White showed up to the media, called it boring, all this stuff. after the Volkov win I don't like

it was an interim title fight with Derek Lewis and it had more to do with Derek Lewis than Cyril Gahn like Derek Lewis just need somebody to fight for an interim title and Cyril Gond just happened to be the guy so it was more on Derek fighting in Houston than it wasn't Cyril Gond getting a title shot so let's put that out there

and another reason let's talk about this Coal Main event because Song Yidong did the exact opposite of what Magamette Enk Alive did we've been waiting for Song Yidong to get an opportunity He gets a big name and a big spot on a big card. We knew this guy was good. We knew he had all the talent in the world.

He gets an opportunity. And he goes out there and says, you know what? I'm going to put on a show. I'm going to be aggressive. I'm going to be exciting. I'm going to do what everyone told me not to do in this fight. Everyone said, don't go after Marlon Marais in the first round. Let Marlon go after you.

Maybe wear himself a little bit. And then turn on the piece. He said, nope. I'm going to go right after this guy where he's the most dangerous. And he knocks him out viciously. And his stock jumps up tremendously in my eyes. He is going to be a top 10 Bannamweight in the world in the UFC on Tuesday. And it is very tough in this division to see how high we can go with this guy.

We saw a couple names come off the board. Rob Fon, off the board, Marlon Vera off the board. Because they're fighting each other, obviously. There's Dilleshaw. There's Josealdo. There's Rob de Walsh, Willie. There's Dominic Cruz. There's Pedro Munoz.

All of them are ranked ahead. Frankie Edgar's number 11. O'Malley's at 12. O'Malley wants Pedro Munoz on that Phoenix pay-per-view And usually what Sean O'Malley asks for he gets So I have a feeling the UFC might try to put that fight together So if we are to believe all of this And since I've been calling for Dillishaw versus Aldo

Song-Nong called out Domina Cruz And sure we could do Song versus Marab But let's get weird, AK Song-I-Nong versus Dominic Cruz I am completely in on that fight Like I don't know how Dominic Cruz would feel about it. Like, if they book Dillashaw versus Aldo and Domina Cruz can't get that Aldo fight, yeah, maybe you can do the Frankie Edgar fight, like, cool, like we get that, like,

legends fight. But if we're talking about Dominic Cruz, who's like, I want a challenge, I want a guy that's going to get me a step close to a title fight, I want to prove these doubters wrong. I feel like Song Yadong is an excellent answer, especially based on the performance that he just had. Your thoughts on where he goes after this, after doing what you were supposed to do in these kinds of spots? Yeah, he looked like a star. This was the first true fight night, like, co-main event we've had in a while. Like, this is what a co-main event is for, to build a contender, to possibly salvage a former contender.

Obviously, that part didn't work. That did not work out for Marlon Moody's. So, you know, again, only one of those narratives could play out, and it played out for Song Yadong in clear, clear and definitive fashion. He looked like in a, he's a, how was he 24? 24, 25? He's 24 years old. He's a young guy. He's an insane shape.

like an Adonis when he stepped in the case. He just looked ridiculously muscular and certainly deliver. Sometimes you see those guys go in there with those bodybuilder bodies and don't deliver. But boy, when he landed those punches, holy crap, everybody felt it. That was some scary stuff. And yeah, look, look, he stepped up. I was doubtful. I had picked Monice. I said, I need to see more from song. I think he's got a, you know, great record. But there's a, there's some questionable judging in there that he may have been the beneficiary of. Not saying that he won robberies, but FISA could have gone either way. So, you know, the record wasn't quite as glossy to me as it is on paper.

But that's a statement win. That is a win that says, forget about all the past decisions, split nods, the majority draws, whatever. This is my first fight with a real top 10 guy, and I smoked them. Maybe they're going in opposite directions. That's fine. You kind of made a compelling case for why Cruz, for Cruz, there's not a lot of options, Mike, so you're right.

Why wouldn't he take the Song-e-Dong fight other than the fact that, as we said, all the reasons we just listed? I'll go with him fighting the font, Chito Vera winner That is going down What is that going down? A winner? Yeah, the winner

April 3rd Wow Yeah Listen, I dig it I dig it Font would be a fresh matchup Of course And an even bigger step up

Than Dominic Cruz I say if you I say look Song again really impressed me With that win against Modais I know some people saw it more As Marais being on the way down

That's fine But I was really really impressed With how he ex-D you Like you said The his choice to just go at it was wonderful And the Cheeto Vera I mean look I just mentioned

A lot of content first you run that first meeting. I thought it was fine. I thought it was a very close fight. I didn't mind. It could have gone either way. Songya Don got the decision that day. People would definitely like to run it back. I think we're two years removed from that fight now. So certainly more than enough time has passed. Both guys have fought many, many times, very different points in their career. I'd love to see them get a chance to run that one back. Some people said win or lose. Just run that one back. But I think I'm getting the winner of that fight would be interesting. and put him one win away probably from a title shot.

If he got that, if the timelines makes sense, he could be fighting for the title by the end of the year. If he did get, well, I mean, April, it might end up trickling to next year. But he gets a win over one of those guys, a definitive win of one of those guys, then we're one fight away. Yeah, he's in a great spot. And see, that's the difference here. Because, you, like, you could put Tiago Santos in Maril Marais in very similar categories. Like, both needing a win very badly. both have fought for titles and then have really dropped off since fighting for the title

and losing the title fight. Like, this is what you're supposed to do in that moment. I'm not saying Magamad needed to go out there and put Tiago Santos out cold in the first round, but you need to go out there and make a statement. Song Yadong was like, nope, like, I'm just going out there. I'm leaving no doubts that I am a guy who's going to fight for a title in this division. You know what? What's even crazier is like if the UFC threw him into a title fight,

Like if something happened to Al Jermaine Sterling or something happened to Piotr Yan and you needed a backup, you could throw Song Yidong in there and no one would complain. No one would complain. You want to get on that short list. We always talk about the short list, sort of the, you know, the proverbial short list. I mean, that's that in the for the match markers is definitely a real thing. They have a short list. Now is Songya Dong on it after Saturday? I don't know. But like you said, the court of public opinion, they would accept a short notice booking for sure, for sure. It's kind of like with almost like a Korean zombie in Volkanowski. Like, you know, Korean zombie gets a title shot. Not a single person. He's obviously has a much deeper resume than Song Yodong at this moment. But I'm saying like, you just want to get in that realm. Once you get within that range, suddenly nobody cares.

People like you, people like your fights. People are like, yeah, you're somewhere in the top 10. It's short notice. We can't complain. We just want to see the fight held together. Yeah, when you said I'm like, I thought that was a little crazy. But you're right. It's the iron is so hot right now.

The song Yodong iron is so hot that if they struck. it. Everyone, I think most people would just be really excited about it. And here's the question on the other side. If something happened to Yere Perashka, what would the reaction be if Magamette got the Gloverjeechiaf got the Gloveridge of Sheriff? I can assure you it would not be the same. Stop bullying.

I'm not bullying. I want to make people clear on the show. We are anti-bullying, but despite what Mike is doing to Megamette Ancolaev right now and was probably, again, I'm sorry, I didn't watch the little Post-Pite show. What you probably did, you and Jed, I imagine on the Post-Fite show, just tying his shoelaces together, pulling on his pigtails. I don't approve of it, okay? We are not, he didn't have his best night.

He didn't have his best night, but he's won, what, eight straight fights now in the UFC, he's just beat a former, he's beaten two straight titles, former title challengers. All right, not the most memorable performances either way, but still, he's won eight straight. Let's just be nice to Magamana Goliath, okay? Listen, he can, he can feel bad, but he is no Sergei Spivak after the Alexiolanic fight. Ergus Vevac got destroyed on this program by me for about 75 minutes after the Alexi-Lylinic fight. So we're trying to motivate AK. We're not trying to bully.

We're trying to motivate. We're trying to motivate. We're trying to motivate. Yes. And here's the comparison I'll make. Some people are like, oh, you're being too harsh here. We're not being too harsh. If a pitcher goes out and gives up eight runs, but his team wins because they scored 15 runs, like we're not praising the pitcher for his winning performance.

We're saying, dude, you weren't really good. good and you probably didn't make the All-Star team because of this performance. You may not even made the postseason roster. Like, you got a win, cool, but I mean, we're not going to remember this victory. Like, a win is a win, and a win is cool, and I'm glad he got two paychecks. But yeah, I'm sorry. Like, it's just sports, my friend. It's just sports.

But let's move on to Sodyk Youssef, who returned to action after almost a year away. Very solid performance. Like, it's a very solid guy. And Alex Bruce Leroy, Kassaris, he gets back on track with a decision win. Those leg kicks are brutal to watch. Calls out Bryce Mitchell, A.K. And you got to love the gusto of Super Sodec Yusuf. But do you like that piece of business or does something else stand out to you, my best friend?

I love it. I love it. As you said, I think it's a great call out. For me, I think I had chosen someone else. I think I said Mitchell and Josh Emmett. And you could go Josh Emmett and Sudeek Yusuf as well. But just because, again, I want to stick with a pick that I just made. I don't want to go away from it just yet.

I'm swinging big again. I swung, I felt like I swung big with the song, a pick. I'm swinging big with this one too. Give him, Yair. Let me see Yajir. I think Yusuf and Yair. I think Yusuf is, is so good. I know people would probably like to see him rack up, you know, get a few more, like

highlight real knockouts and things like that, but he can do that. Listen, he definitely has knockout power, just watch him fight. But he's also pretty smart. He's a really tactical fighter. Like you said, his use of leg kicks was essential against a guy like Alice Casares, who was very, very tricky a fight. He'd won five straight. Even in fights he loses.

Remember when Alex Cesaris fought Yaiyar, that was a really exciting fight and just like a whirlwind of two guys just just using all every, every part of the of the octagon. Very tough to fight. But Yusuf won a very clear decision. Again, great like kicks. His jab, I think he has one of the best jabs at Featherweight. His jab is thunder. It's quick. It's accurate.

It's very, very powerful, as I keep saying. So I think he'd be a good opponent for Yaya. I think that year would be at least probably a two to one favorite. I understand that. I'm sure it would raise a few eyebrows if that matchup was made tomorrow. But I like Yusuf a lot as a potential top 10 guy. And hey, if he beats you a year, I mean that balls are probably into the top five. But let's give it a shot.

And if you're a year, I think it's a favorable matchup for you as well. I think you do look at that as someone with a name who's winning some fights and can put on an entertaining fight with you. And also just catch you back on the winning track. So I like it for both guys. I appreciate the gusto. but one, the UFC is never going to make the Bryce Mitchell fight. I mean, not never, but they're definitely not making it now because Bryce is just looking high up in the rankings.

And two, I just, boy, that's a rough matchup for Sudikki right now. Bryce is a nightmare for him. I just, I don't like it. I'm that high on Bryce. The Edson Barbosa idea I like. I actually think that that fight makes a lot of sense, Sudec versus Edson Barbosa. But I'm going to go kind of,

opposite from you a k i'm going with chain burgos i think i think it's a really fun fight Shane brings it sardique brings it they're relatively ranked right around the same place according to the ufc rankings i like the chess match nature combined with the chaos so yeah that's my choice i mean can't really go wrong on 145 it's a good good performance from soudique listen if they booked him against the i year i'd watch the hell out of it if they booked him against bryce i'd be intrigued although i mean i think bryce does very similar things to him as you did to Edsa Barbosa. Maybe Sudeek offers something a little different, but that's a tough fight.

I mean, that's just a tough fight for him. But we'll see what happens. Cater? Cater. Sotieck versus Cater? Mm-hmm. I mean, it would be a fun fight. I just, I honestly, I think, I think the way Cater beat Giga and the way people perceive

that fight heading in, I mean, I think Cater's a win away from fighting for the title right now. Like, honestly, I think he's a win away from fighting for the title. Siddeek could be that win? Maybe. It could be. Maybe Bryce Mitchell is that win. Maybe Bryce Mitchell? Okay.

I don't know. We shall see. But let's move ahead to, like you said, A.K., the MVP of the card for his outstanding performance inside that octagon while fighting after the fight on the microphone, Khalil Roundtree. Holy cow. A plus night. What a speech. What a post-fight interview.

What a dominant showing. And I understood the hesitancy. to side with Khalil because of, I guess, his inconsistencies in the past. Like, you see him have the performance against Eric Ganders. You've seen him have tremendous showings. And then the next fight, you're super high on him. You can't wait to see him again. And then it's just like, eh, that guy doesn't show up again.

But I feel like this man was outright disrespected in the build of this fight. He was the betting underdog to Carl Roberson. Most people in the media were picking against him. And when did Carl Roberson become this world beater? He's lost five of eight, finished inside his six minutes at all of those losses. The Khalil disrespect was outrageous to me, AK. It was just outrageous, but Calil goes up, proves his doubt is wrong, and now, now, A.K., I'm ready for it.

I'm ready for it. I'm ready to do it. Jed mentioned this on the post-fight show. I agree with it 100%. I'm not stealing it. I'm just, I'm siding with him. The fight to make is Khalil Roundtree versus Dustin Jacoby, my best friend. This is the fight, and there's nothing.

else. So good. Yeah, it's, it, it, I look, that's an amazing fight. I, I, I, I, I'm going another direction, but I, I think as I, so as you mentioned, a rank, sort of ranking, sort of placing roundtree, like in the, where he is in light, heavyweight division is, is tricky, because he just had some bizarre losses. I do want to believe he's turned a corner because the Bukascus performance was sick. I, by the way, I was one of the people. I, that was my one perfect pick in the night was round tree, second round knockouts, so pat on the back to me. Don't ask about the rest of my picks. That was probably one of my worst cards of the year so far.

After one of my best cards, I did really good with 272, and then I bombed. Did you guys mention on the Post-Fite show that Casey picked 13 out of 14, producer Casey? Yeah, I think Casey mentioned it himself. He probably put his typology thing on the screen the whole time. No, he didn't. He did a great, he did it really, he had a really, really good feel for this card. I don't know. He's become a fighter now, so suddenly he's just in tune with the fight-like energy.

It's wild. Okay, so I, yeah, I love. It doesn't go be great. Mike, let me ask you first. Okay, so there's about, I'm sorry about all the rankings talk, everyone. I know you get enough of this with me and Jehine, but bear with me, please. There's about 40, 45 light heavyweights in the UFC right now. Where isish do you think you would rank Roundtree?

Now, he's one, two straight, I think three out of four. What about what range would you, would you rank him in? Oh, sorry, three out of five, excuse me. He's 20 in the top. He's like 20 to 25. So it's for me, because as we will know, I go very much like you have to, you know, I use a lot of MMA math. If you lost this guy that now, you're probably below them. So for me, he's 30.

I have him like quite, so almost like in the bottom third of the rank. Because he has that weird loss to Marchant Prakneau, I know we should sort of look past it. I guess it's a year ago now. Has Prakneau, he fought, right? He fought. Well, he's for you won. He won. So Practneau is still winning, so I can't put him over him.

It feels weird to say Marchant Prakneau is the top 20. light heavyweight though maybe people would rank him there so yeah so because the ranking is so weird for me i couldn't go as high as jacobi i think i have jacobi uh just quite a bit higher than him i have jacobobarianne there so i'm going with uh nagumariano nikolai who really impressed me in his last win it was a close fight but i did but i mean i impressed me with his style i like how kind of wild he is and i think i want to know where that guy is as far as being someone who could jump into the top 20 and the same time I think Roundtree, if this really is, if he really has turned a corner and it's sort of this more focused guy, we always say, man, when he's keyed in, boy, he can beat almost anybody in a stand-up battle. If he made short work of Negamiriano, that might finally fault him into the top 20 for me.

I really want to see if this is a real thing for Roundtree, who I think he set himself, has just made great strides mentally. And, I mean, skill-wise, there's never any question this guy can bang. Nico's interesting because Nico just doesn't give an F. He'll just get punched in the face by Kulio Rontri a thousand times and he'll just keep coming forward. That's a, that's an interesting fight. Great comeback win for Drew Dober. The vet was incredibly wily AK. He was durable.

Terrence McKinney had him in big trouble, goes for broke, Dober weather's the storm, and gets the big win. As much as I love and respect Terrence McKinney, I've been talking about this kid and putting him over before he was even on the contender series. This has been a problem throughout his career. And that's okay. That is okay. There is a lot of value.

There is a lot of job security in being a guy like Terrence McKinney, super talented, super fun, great personality, great story. There really is. But Terence seems to want more than that. So he might have to change his approach a little bit. But having said that, good on Drew Dober, probably should have. got a bonus. I think he kind of got the big fat hose job from the bonus team in the UFC. Like, how do you not give this man a bonus? But maybe his bonus is being on this show and getting a mighty pick from A.K. Lee for his next fight. Right, AK? I mean, this might be, this might be worth more

than $50,000. This is not legal because if it was, we would, we would obviously send Dover some Otno points, which is like, like a few, a handful of Otna points is far more valuable than a $50,000 bonus. But we are in the media. We are professionals. That's a line. you really we really don't want to cross so yes i'm sorry drew dober you will just take a mention on our show and praise uh we cannot i'm making this public we are not sending drew dover any officially any on any on no points can we cannot do that uh yeah it's a shame he didn't get the bonus i don't know man but i don't know what was going on on saturday with m m m mary there's some crazy ass comebacks even earlier in the night cody brundage and cody brundage that was toast uh against against uh lungi

bula and he came back for a win over on belter we had alx polizzi who was who was winning that fight more than the other two guys we just mentioned were, but he ate this knee in the second round that made it look like he was dead. And he came back from that and won by the situation. And not quite the same kind of comeback because he was winning like the first round and winning most of the second before eating that knee.

But either way, something, man, these MMA fighters, you know, we just can't say enough. They're so insanely tough. And they just do so much to entertain us. So credit to those, all the guys, the winners in those fights, the losers in those fights, Lungianbula and McKinney and Jose Augusto. You got great, very exciting performances

And someone's got to win, someone's got to lose. So I'm pulling this card Because I have not used this guy's name on the show. I think you might have, And I think a lot of fans have kind of just booked him. He was supposed to fight recently. I think Dober has earned a fight with Fizif. Really?

Yeah, I don't think the RD, I've moved on from the RDA fight. I definitely said that in the last show. I think I said I want to see RDA and Porre. I know an unlikely fight, but just that was like magic wand matchmaking. You know, if I can make any fight happen, that's what I'd want to see next. So I can't pick, I cannot pick RDA right now.

I cannot re-book RDA and Fiziv. So for me, Fiziv is free, even though it is very likely they will try and make that fight happen again. But RDA, again, probably feels like after getting that win, he's also moved on. So if that's the case, give me Fisieve and Dober. Dober, my goodness, that Superman chin of his is unbelievable. It was definitely to be tested by Fiziv. And I also think that's a winnable fight for Dober. I think Vazee would be probably two to one favorite at least, but, man, I wouldn't bet against Dober.

After what happened on Saturday, I'm never saying Dober has no chance against anybody. Yeah, it'd be an interesting matchup, but, I mean, you know what? Drew Dober might actually get an on-no-point, A.K., because he called up Bobby Green. I say we'd just give the man what he wants. Give him Bobby Green. I mean, Bobby Green put out something on his Instagram stories, just basically saying, like, you know, I feel good right now, or I feel popular right now, or something like that. I think that's the fight. I think that's a tremendous callout, very realistic.

And Bobby Green still gets some buzz and momentum. So, yeah, let's go. I like that. And that's a perfect callout, tremendous. Yeah, listen, if you're, well, who handles this stuff? The FCC or the Better Business Bureau? Who's going to monitor? Who are the watchdogs that are nipping at our heels on this one?

Because listen, this is true. He did do a matchmaking suggestion. I wish he had said hashtag ought no, but again, he's on national television. I don't blame him for not saying that. You're right. We should legally be allowed to send a fighter a point, just like any fan, if they call for a fight and it happens. I mean, I guess they have a little more influence on making these happen. So that, again, raises a question of legality.

But I like where your head's at, Mike. He did some fine matchmaking rap. A lot of good callouts, by the way, on that Saturday show. Yes. Let's go to the moment I've been waiting for, AK. This is my main event right now. This is my main event of Otno. Alex Pajara defeats Bruno Silva.

Fine fight, fine performance. Not the way most thought the fight would play out, especially with the Pajada win, but he wins the unanimous decision. This is a very good win for me. This is a very good name to put on the resume, a seasoned veteran who is powerful and who could fight his ass off

and was undefeated in the UFC. But this is a main event pick for me, A.K., because you've said some very bold things in regards to how you may book this man coming off of a victory. So the question is, are you giving him the title fight still after a unanimous decision win over Bruno Silva? Because you said, you know what? Screw it. Let's just do this.

Let's just throw him in the title fight. Do you still feel that way after this win? Before anyone, before I get an AK check, I do want to say I qualified many times. I want to see a first round knockout. It had to be a spectacular chaos. I didn't mean not even the first round, but it had to be a spectacular KO. First round, ideally, or even like a second or third round after like sort of convincingly

outstriking Bruno Silva. And I really, really thought we were going to get first round, a first round KO, no disrespect to Bruno Silva, but he's kind of a slow starter. He does tend to let his opponents set the pace. Maybe this is because he's been matched up some grapplers in the UFC, so maybe this isn't fair to say. But he has had some slow starts. So I thought a slow start against, against Poitan.

I mean, you're going to get smoked. But he's a great fighter, very tough matchup. It was a nice win for Pajeda. You're right, from a competitive standpoint. As far as evaluating him from, if we're talking about the mixing of the martial arts, he showed a lot of potential there. He answered a lot of questions there. But yes, I like a lot of people, I've definitely cooled on the,

I'm sure to get the next title fight talk. I mean, again, if it happened, like I said, I think he's on that mythical shortlist, but it would now be really shocking to me if he did get it next, whatever happens with Canaanir and Israel Edison. So I'll go with a pick I saw a lot, and I love the idea behind it. I think you go Darren Till. I think Darren Till, even though he's had kind of like these middling results at 185, a good showing against Robert Whitaker in a losing effort and a win over a guy who was in the top 10 at the time,

Calvin Gasolam has given a lot of currency, plus his popularity. He's just such a popular fighter. He's one of those guys with that it factor that he can be on a losing streak. And everyone just keeps going, oh, he's one win away, one win away from a title shot. And Izzy has acknowledged him publicly, which is always good for a potential title challenger. So, yeah, I consider him someone who's not far away from Talashot, and Paheda might need to get past something like Darren Till to get that MMA fight with Izzy. I like that pick a lot. I didn't really even think about that one until I was going through the listener submissions.

I like to pick a lot. And I'm with you. I want to give him a top 10 guy. Some people think it might be a fast track. I don't give a crap. I think I like the Till idea. I think it gives him a nice rub. But I mean, I don't think that fights all that competitive.

Like, I think he just, I think he runs through Darren Till, honestly. But I think matching him up with Derek Brunson is the perfect fight. International Fight Week, it's just, it checks off all the boxes because Brunson, at least by his words, it's his final fight. So we're not like, he doesn't really factor in here. I mean, he does because he's in the cage, but he doesn't really factor into the future of the company. And Paheda would actually have a really good chance of winning that fight if he could just get out of the first round.

Like if he'd avoid getting taken down, smushed, and submitted in the first round, I think Paheda wins that fight and probably wins it in devastating fashion. And then after that, if he goes out there and beats Derek Brunson, then I don't care how he does it. Like if you go in there and you beat Derek Brunson no matter what, do you give him the title fight with Izzy? Like, that's it. Why the hell not?

So, yeah, I think Derek Brunson fight is perfect. I like the Darryntill idea as well. That gives him, like, the rub in a different way. But I feel like with Derek Brunson, you get everything you want. You don't risk anything on the back end because if Darren Till loses again, I mean, his stock just continues to plummet. And he's, you know, one of the popular guys in the sport. So I don't know if you want to give Darren a guy like Alex.

I mean, if he beats Alex, that's huge for him. but I do like the idea. I like where you're coming from. And from a little spoiler, the listeners, a lot of listeners agree with you. Now, from the point of a meritocracy, Mike, obviously, if he can't get past Derek Brunson, he probably shouldn't be fighting Israel-Idustina anyway. So in that sense, I agree. But don't you think it would be unfortunate to lose, again, what I think is a highly marketable fight,

mileage may vary. I know a lot of people said they don't care about the kick. boxing pass and again what does it do what does it done in may i'm totally on the side of it i think the kickboxing pass is the only thing that matters and they should have given a title fight in his first ufc with with a what was he what was he going to the oc like three and one that should just give him the easy fight right away um wouldn't you be concerned that like how depressing it would be to see brunson like just totally going on his wrestling and and if alice pehara he's a huge 185 but if he couldn't handle that and just getting grinded up for three rounds and

like that's how we lose the peheta easy fight and I mean, is it worth that risk? I don't think that would happen, though. I think it would probably look very similar to the cannon air fight. Like, Brunson would take him down. He would work his ass off to try to get him out of there quick. And if he didn't, Brunso would get super frustrated and probably get knocked out in the second round. Like, that's how I think it would play out.

Plus, like, when you don't have, when you're not looking to the future and fighting for titles and all this stuff and the stakes aren't really that high, like, yeah, maybe Brunson looks at it. a little differently, but, I mean, Paya just needs one with that guy. I mean, he just needs one. And yeah, I just think, yeah, I think it's worth the risk. Why the hell not? Imagine if it turned out like the Izzy Brunson fight. That was the fight for me that convinced me that Izzy was like, you know, championship material.

A lot of people had already kind of jumped on the bandwagon. I was kind of like, eh, let me see that big finish in the, in the UFC, like against a top, you know, top 10 guy. And when he did that to Brunson, I was like, well, so if it turned out the same way, obviously a very different fighter than Israel Edison yet. But yeah, maybe, you know, again, that's for sure you give him that tell the shot. Yeah. All right.

Let's go to the wild card round, AK. Who's your wild card selection coming out of UFC Vegas 50? Could be a winner from the prelim, somebody who was not victorious on the main card, someone we just haven't matched for yet. All right. Let me get ahead of this before I embarrass myself further. on the preview show I was very

there's no nice way to put this very stupid in my appraisal of Miranda Maverick's career thus far and her potential to become a future UFC champion I went off on some God knows what I was saying about like oh because she's going for a PhD

and she's a well-rounded human being that hurts her chances of becoming an elite fighter now I'm not fully backing down on that by the way I do I do feel Like in general, in any sport, I do feel like pro athletes need to be somewhat myopic and need to be somewhat single-minded. But obviously, look, she's 24 years old. She's going to have a lot of interest outside of just fighting.

So for me to suggest that education is a distraction to becoming a good fighter is, again, is stupid. So I do apologize for if anyone heard those comments and thought, like, this guy's nobody who he was talking about. You're right. I don't know what I'm talking about. because she looked fantastic on Saturday. I think Sabina Mazo, yeah, she's in a slump, but Mazzo is a tough out. She's a very tough out.

She had a nice arm bar attempt in there. There's a lot of fighters who would have fallen to that arm bar in the first round. Miranda Maverick, very calm, very calculated. Again, 24 years old, just 14 fights in your career. She's getting her MMA education in the cage. I mean, there's someone who's been very active since she debuted in 2016, and she was just so dominant. So huge bounce back performance from that.

that lost Aaron Blanchfield. We know, of course, Aaron Blanchfield is maybe just on another level, which we're going to see more from her. We're going to hear a lot more from Aaron Blanchfield, but for Maverick, I want another, I want a veteran test.

I want someone who's, someone who I think is kind of underrated at 125 and by her own fault, she's just had all these inconsistencies competing in two weight classes and just, and other issues. I want to see your fights to Jara UBanks.

I just have them very close together in my rankings. I know it's not a sexy pick. I know people would want to say, oh, someone's top of Dean. top 10. I'm not there yet, random Averick. Again, what is the rush? I say the same thing for Amplandh Field. I say the same thing for, well, I was saying the same thing for Casey O'Neal, just obviously jumped flying up there.

Manalfiore, oh, I was going to say the same thing. Now she's got the Jennifer Maya fight. Either way, all these prospects of 125, all these potential future telechallengers, I'm always slow rolling. So let's see the Sejara Ubangs matchup. She dominates Sejara. I mean, that's, again, like I said, that's the next level stuff. Zajar is a great grappler. Big, very big for the weight class. And if Maverick took her out in convincing fashion, boy, then we really got ourselves a stew going. So, yeah, Miranda Maverick, I was totally wrong.

She has a very, whatever she decides to do, has a very bright future ahead of her at flyweight. I like that entire thing. Well done. I'm going with Terrence McKinney. And I wasn't going to do this. but I feel like this needs and we've we've had scenarios like this in the past

in our program because I feel like this needs to be a learning lesson to media members out there who think that they can sit in our seats AK, that think they can sit in our squared circle and do what we do because this matchmaking stuff we just make it look easy.

It's not easy. It's not easy. Sometimes you have a card and things are kind of written in stone before the fights even happen. Like if this guy wins, we're going here. If this guy wins, we're going here. Oftentimes, you've got to dig and you've got to solve these equations in your brain.

You get to dig into numbers and resume. You don't just pull willy-nilly fights out of thin air and throw them on Twitter because we think it might be cool to watch. I saw some folks say that McKinney should be, quote, rewarded with a fight against Jim Miller because he stepped in on short notice to fight Drew Dover. This line of thinking isn't quite on the Man in Fioro booking against Andrea Lee stuff that was being thrown out last year that I just roasted. We're not there, but it's close. We're going to reward Terrence McKinney for taking an opportunity against a fringe top 15 guy losing.

But let's give him Jim Miller, who, by the way, might do the same exact thing to Terrence McKinney. Not a knockout way, but probably submission. But you get it. Miller, Wiley Vet, durable guy, could weather a storm. He could create the storm himself. And, like, if he gets out of the first three minutes of Terrence McKinney, he 100% wins the fight. And now you put him on a two-fight losing streak against two veterans. You stunt him completely.

Why would you do that to him? Why put Terrence McKinney in that position? Like, I understand you like him and, like, good for him for taking the Drew Dober fight. But anybody at 55 would have taken that Like that's a big opportunity He's been rewarded with the big shot So what happened if he took the RDA fight If he would give him Conner McGregor

Like what kind of like that that's the kind of thinking Oh he stepped in and face RDA in five years ago Let's give him Connor he deserves it Like that's just silly thinking so Here's what you do AK Okay this is why we're the pros of this You give him a freaking banger With a tough dude

That he's probably going to beat You boost his confidence but you still kind of test him at the same time because Terence McKinney is kind of in that position right now. He's in that sort of tie to Ivasa, Derek Lewis range, where like rankings don't matter, opponents don't matter,

we just want to see him fight. So there's two options for me. Option B, Jamie Malarkey. Good fight. I would favor Terrence McKinney to win that fight, and that's a fight no one would complain about. We would be excited for that fight. option A, much like my food, you throw a little hot sauce on it, AK, you throw a little hot sauce on it,

you make it taste better, Scotty Holtzman. That's a ridiculous fight. I'd favor Terrence to win, but there's danger there. And who's going to complain about it? You would get the same reaction about a Terrence McKinney Scott Holtzman fight as you would get with the Terrence McKinney Jim Miller fight, in my opinion. So that's how you book Terrence McKinney, friends. That's how you book him.

You book him in exciting fights that he has the chance of losing, but probably will win. And it's a fun, exciting fight. You don't throw him in there with Jim Miller. That's just silliness. Jim Miller has a gimmick right now. You throw him in there with guys with, like, just as many fights as him, or you throw them in there with guys making their debuts. Like, that's how you do it.

And then you build him to UFC 300. We don't throw Jim Miller in there with popular prospects that we think, like, we could build something with. Like, you don't do that. That's how you book Terrence McKinty, AK. That's how you do it. I think a lot of people feel attacked right now. And I think they deserve it.

I think you're right. I think everything you said was on point. There's a right way and a wrong way to handle Jim Miller. There's a right way and a wrong way to handle Terrence McKinney. Both popular guys right now, but both popular for different reasons, different reasons, going down different paths. It's a fight we could see happen someday. But to want to see it anytime soon, it seems, it seems a bit silly.

Okay. Here you go. Compromise. Compromise. UFC 300, Terrence McKinney versus Jim Miller. There you go. That's what you make that fight. For the lightweight title, because McKinney will be the champion by then.

There you go. And Jim Miller finally gets his title shot at UFC 300 in his, well, I think what we keep saying, it'll be like his 47th fight or something. I kind of, I don't remember. But that's it. What a story that would be. And then Jim Miller wins and then retires. What a story that would be.

And the promo would be us, would be the UFC pulling up that clip saying, yeah, you're right. This is too soon, too soon to throw them in there with Jim Miller. Now's the perfect time. UFC, UFC, you're free to use this clip, by the way. So just bookmark this. Yeah. The Jim Miller, Terrence McKinney idea coming off of a bad, like a loss like that, it's just awful.

I'm sorry, it's just awful. All right, AK, do we have any bonus material here? My goodness. Yeah, just a little bit. Oh my gosh, I have so many notes this week. I don't know why I have so many notes. A couple of shared points to give out. Of course, our listeners, always on top of things.

The Rob Font, Marlon Vera fight, which we had mentioned. It looks like it's going out April 30th. So there we go. Good job, everyone there. Can I point on that. And Whitaker Vittorri was such a popular pick after Whitaker's lost to a Disney. So that looks like that's going down to UFC 275, June 11th. I don't think we have contracts signed yet, but that is in motion for certain.

And I'll give a solo point to our pal, Marcus McGehee, I think, I could be wrong, is the only person I remember saying Nathaniel Wood versus Vince Morales. Now, this is kind of a sneaky point. Vince Morales just stepped in on, oh, Mike's like, I don't know, Vince Morales is stepping in on short notice as a replacement for Ludwig Scheldinian next weekend. So I still think Marcus gets the point. He said the fight, he wanted to see the fight happen. He said it would come to, it would manifest in some way and the universe did its work. And we are getting that fight next week. I think that counts. I think that you get a full point for that.

It's such a like random piece of business that I'm, I normally wouldn't do this. I feel like I've been kind of a grump all episode, just just firing off. Maybe it's just because I didn't get enough sleep. I think Anklead made you mad. Yeah. I mean, he speedbacked me in a big way.

You know what? I'm in. I'm in. Give it to him. I've been too grumpy this episode, so sure. Marcus, that's a full point. Well done, sir. And, of course, Marcus leads.

the listener picks and calls this the Kung Fu Monkey Edition of onto the next one, and of course in honor of Song Yudong, who maybe was the breakout star of this card. Yes, agreed. Anything else? No, that is all. Shall I read the disclaimer?

Yes. Guys, listener picks coming up. We like to focus on winners or guys, whoever was in the main event or title fights. There'll probably be a lot of Tiago Santo's picks as well this week. Scattergories rule, as you just saw, Marcus Beguéhe. I'm pretty sure it was the only person I remember

calling for it. So guys, if you were the only person, you get that special solo otno point, which is worth, again, like a thousand times a fraction of an ono point. A fraction of an auto point is already incredibly valuable. Guys, please pay attention. This always happens every week. You maybe got the wrong weight class. Guys fought already and you don't seem to remember. There's a notable injury that you didn't take account of. I saw this, I saw some Jim Crute matchup, guys. Jim Crout's out for the rest of the year. People might not be in the U.S. anymore. This is pretty easy to check. And Fighter could already be booked. That's a difficult one because this happened so fast, but guys,

no excuses. You should pay attention and stuff. Most importantly, your picks might be do-do and we don't want to read it and a couple extra notes this week. Guys, it's round tree, not with a D in it. It's not round tree. I understand. I can't remember who said the funny, someone, and I think one of our media

colleagues said on Twitter, they could not keep stop thinking, Round Tree versus Robertson. Like both names seem to be missing that familiar, your consonant in the middle. But no, guys, it was round tree, no D.

And Roberson, no T. But yes, round tree. Literally everyone wrote round tree, except maybe like a handful of you. So it's fine. And this goes to one person specifically, but this is a week, it doesn't remember every week.

Clarify your Normago Medovs. Guys, it's like a dozen, and I get a lot of them fight in different weight classes or different organizations, that's fine. But specifically this week, there was a bantamweight mention of a Norma Medov, and it did not clarify. whether it was Umar or Said okay and I don't care that they're not related you got to let me know which one you're talking about it's the same way class

They're both up and coming one 35ers you got to get you got to sort your number mega meadows out guys come on I know it's just it's a little thing to ask but it's like just a few extra characters All right. Let's get into this thing. Go ahead Mike Tristan Gordette Zongue Dung versus Pedro Munoz this fight would be very intriguing Don't think this would be a walk in the park for you Dong Pedro's never been caoed before in his career This fight could go the same way how Munoz and Garbrand went before where Cody got caught,

so song needs to be careful, sure. Wild card, Javid Basharap versus Sayy Dukub, Kakurmanov, this would be such a fun fight, both beat Trevin Jones, why not matches two up against each other? I think Kaka Ramanov has something cooking, so I don't know, I can't say. I don't know for sure,

but that just seems to be, that's the rumblings I'm hearing as he's got something on the books. Miranda Maverick versus J.J. Aldrich. I think this would be a highly, an evenly competitive match between the two, especially seeing how J.J. stuffed a lot of Roberts's take,

I think this fight makes sense and we'll put both fighters in a great position to get the top 15 women's flyweight, sure. Oh boy. Damon Jackson versus Ryan Halle, okay. Yeah, listen, I saw this a lot. So let's just jump to a comment here. I'll go to a comment from, oh my gosh, where to go? I had it saved.

What's wrong with me? Hold on. This is dead air. Oh, there it is. Our pal Barry O'Reilly, our man in Ireland, says, not sure if Damon Jackson deserves a top 15 guy with the record of 3-2 and 1 so let's give him the Ryan Hall test and if he comes out of the fight alive or with all of his limbs still attached then we can look at a rank guy but let's be serious he does not survive this fight so that's all Barry's words by the way so thank you Barry but yeah very popular pick that I saw as well I'm happy to welcome back John George to the picking program it's been a minute it's been a while since he has chimed in so he likes Basharab versus Randy Costa Paheda versus Uriah Hall first test.

I assume that's after Urihaal fights on dream. He is Dober versus Diego Faheda, beauty versus the beast. And he likes a UFC, oh yeah, now I remember, John. UFC tag team bout, the Smash Brothers, Hamzat and Darren Till versus the Nigerian bros, Izzy and Usman. It's been too long, and you know I had to come with some heat.

Remind Alex AK, the one the only. Happy B day. Oh, thank you. It's not my birthday, of course. us it never is but thank you robbie ryan good day you pair of bloody laricans let's focus on the next one this who's this this is robbie ryan always has a great intro larikins yeah l a r r r r i k i ns i don't know what that means what is it just go ahead i'll tell you when you're done with this entry alex behada versus ian hinesh drew dober versus jalen turner roundtree jacobovi ysop versus the

Igayev-Loyev winner, Yadong versus DeWalish-Villy, Ancalaev versus Rackich, Wildcar, what's the chance of Song Yonong jumping in as a replacement for either Yon or Aljo in case of travel issues or injury or the UFC already have someone in place as a backup. This is an interesting question. I don't think they would do this, but my point is no one would complain if that did happen. I feel like the two-title fight thing is just a buffer at this point, and you got Hamzot and Gilbert Burns on this card. So if for some reason Sterling or Jan couldn't make it to April 9th, I think they would just postpone it and just go with the one-two punch of Volcanovsky zombie burn Shemayev.

I hope that rematch doesn't enter Tony Khabib territory. It would be almost even crueler because we saw it once and we didn't get the resolution. Like it almost be worse than the Khabib. I think I think, you know, Jed always says like he's, I think he's kind of moved on from like the Khabib, Tony not happening because he and I think a lot of. fans are pretty comfortable now saying like, Ah, Habib probably would have washed them. I agree. I still wish we'd seen that fight.

I really hope that we've got to see Sterling on, too. I don't know a lot of stuff keeps happening. I keep putting the fight back. And I'm fine, like you said, with them facing a bunch of other guys, but I just need to see them fight each other first. Do we have a definition yet? Yeah, we do. Okay, so it's a very quick Google search.

It comes up pretty fast. For one thing, it's an Australian term. And there was going to be a Dreamworks musical cartoon, unfortunately, unfortunately was canceled. But a lyrican is, the classical meaning is a mischievous young person, uncultivated, rowdy, but good-hearted.

A person who acts with a parent who's regard for social or political conventions generally means a loud hublum, a young urban rough or a hooligan. Those are antiquated definitions. So,

mischievous but good-hearted, I think it's fair to say. And I like that. I love it. That's exactly. That's exactly what you need to do. Hello, Mr. Hatt. This is Jake Marshall. Hello, Mr. Hake. I think Khalil Roundtree versus Daun-Jung would be a good piece of match bake. Yeah.

Yeah, I agree. Roundtree is on a two-fight win streak. Jung unbeaten so far in the promotion. Both can strike. Love the show. He also said, love the Dom Cruz call-out from Song Yudong. Maybe a little selfishly. A eury of favor, understudy fighting Dom Cruz as MMA gold.

Yes. Brandon Nunez. Beheda versus Rockhold. I like that one. Dober versus Boycano. Roundtree versus Alonzo Menefield Sardique versus Giga Chikaze Like that fight a lot

Yadong versus Sanhagan Ancalaev versus Jamal Hill Wow see How do you feel about Yadong and Asong Yadong and Sanhagan? I don't think court I mean I actually think it makes sense Like it's a fine fight

I liked Sanhagen Fon I thought that fight was Exactly what we needed to do But I don't know what's going on with Corey They went with Fon and Vara which is still a really good fight, a really good main event. Maybe they just needed something. They were just like, we need to fill this spot.

We need to get a main event on this card. We need to do it fast. So let's go and get this done. Maybe they offered it to the San Hagen first, and maybe he just wouldn't be ready by April. So, yeah, I mean, Sanhagen's lost two in a row, so he's kind of in that spot right now. He can't be picky, I guess, right?

He can't be picky. They come with song, you just do it, right? Yeah, I mean, I said Sanhagen v. Marabon, so we'll see what happens there. John Ray, Maverick versus Boehm. I think Maverick's a little ahead of that, but yeah, sure. Jackson versus Hall, we know AK in parentheses. There was so much Damon Jackson versus Ryan Hall.

Yeah, that was definitely one of the most popular picks I saw. JJ Aldridge versus Tracy Cortez. I haven't confirmed this, but Cortez is reportedly booked to fight Melissa Gatto at UFC 274, but again, I haven't confirmed that. And this is new information, like as of last night. I've been campaigning for Aldous Cortez for so long. So fingers crossed, she, that Cortez wins that fight and maybe we still see that.

Or she, I don't know. Win or lose. I could see that. I could see that. I don't know why I'm just fixated on it. Matthew Semisberger versus Nico Price. Pahanna versus Till. I know it's high in the UFC ranks.

The UFC needs to get them to the title for as he moves up. And there's no reason to fight anyone with a ground game. Correct. Roundtree versus Devin Clark. Ankelioph, Anthony Smith. Santos versus Dominic Reyes. Sung Yudong versus Ricky Simone. Mara and Maraise to PFL or 1, 145 pound divisions.

And I say that with zero disrespect and hope for the best for him. Listen, we know where he's going. We know who his manager is. He's fighting for Eagle FC. He's going to fight a guy with a winning record, but hasn't fought anybody. He's going to make more money at Eagle FC. We know how this works, okay? He's got to go fight for Dominance MAA FC.

I feel like we need to have this in directs. Marlon Murray's science with Eagle FC. Like I feel that confident about it. One of us would make that, put it in the draft, just the only thing, you know, put in, and then just later we need to add in press statements or have a date for his debut. That's it because we don't know. We don't know this. We didn't hear anything.

Like, we don't know if this was the last, we would have heard if this was the last fight on his U.C. contract. Like, we don't know. He might. He might. Yeah, he might. Yeah. And so we don't know for sure that he's gone. It's just, it seems like it would make, this would be a logical.

parting point for both for the fighter and organization, I feel. If Marlon did want to leave and go fight for Eagle FC and if the UFC was like, yeah, we're fine with, you know, again, he's probably, he's probably paid a decent amount. He did come from another organization, another notable organization. So we had some leverage. So I think UFC would be fine parting ways of them as well. I do think it's that that has to be, has to be discussed. And as you said, the Eagle FC signing almost seems like FAA complete.

Yeah, it's probably going to happen. because Marlon probably makes pretty damn good money compared to most of his colleagues. So, yeah, I mean, it's unfortunate. I like Marlon, super fun guy, but Marlowe will be happy at Eagle FC. He'll get wins and he'll get money, and he just, you know,

maybe the legacy won't be built the way he would hope at the tail end of his career. Bryant, good morning, AKA Mike. What a beautiful week up here in Chile, Great White North. March Bandis has started, and some damn good fights happened on Saturday. Wildcar pick Damon Jackson versus Alex Casares sure Alex Beheada versus Brad Tavares sure Drew Dober versus Armand Sarukion called for it two weeks ago not what I want just that I think will happen

I think I don't think they will make that fight I think Armand's too far ahead and after that come no bonus comeback win you took a beating poor Drew Dober's face is all mangled he's bruised in the chest area like she's bruised up everywhere and your reward is Armand Saru Kyi Oh boy, that's rough. Did you see the picture he posted after of his bruised up face on social media? Did you see the picture that was circulating? I did not. He still look hot.

I'm sorry, I apologize. By the way, we shouldn't object to fight fighters of either gender, so I do apologize. But I will just let people let me have just say, he still looked hot. It was ridiculous. He may have looked hotter. We should all be so lucky to have like one. If I have like one bruise on my forehead, I'm already, I already look like a freak. I turn into Frankenstein's monster with like one bruise on my

forehead or something. This dude was bruised up all over and I'm like, man, this guy is, you could put this guy, you can still put this guy in a cover somewhere. It's ridiculous. Not fair, Mike. I know. Khalil Rontree versus Maxim Grishin. There are reports. There are reports that Maxim Grishin is fighting Jelton Almeida on May 21st. Yes. So, I mean, this is new development. Kambach has reported it. Magamanaikalav versus Alexander Rackich, Scrapion v.

versus Rackich, even though it's not made yet. Let's not even make it. Do Jan versus Smith and give the young guys there chance to fight for the title next. I mean, if they did that, sure. Yeah, that was kind of my thinking, yeah. Yeah. Harry Daweskin, Merzacanov versus Grishin. Again, we already talked about this.

Guido Kennedy versus Brady Highstand, not 100% sure he signed, though. So Aaron Films, if not, Guido should only be fighting the absolute fringe of the division, which I kind of don't disagree with if we're being honest. I saw a couple of people say, you mentioned Randy Costa earlier for Bosch, Bosharat. I saw some people say him for Guido Kennedy. That would actually be an interesting fight because both those guys, I mean, bring the ruckus in the first round.

I kind of like it, yeah. Yeah, I mean, Randy needs a win, and yeah, that'd be a fun first five minutes, is for damn sure. Cody Brundage versus Jamie Pickett Brundich hasn't looked UFC level at this point but he has some potential Pickett is a decent test Maverick Gatto Gatto Cortez

I believe is happening so that's out David Jackson Andre Feely makes a lot of sense like it Bachelet versus Tony Kelly love it Semmelsberger versus Tim Means would be fun and a decent step up for semi who's fought a lot of weak competition I don't necessarily agree with that

the student spent 15 minutes in a cage with freaking chaos Williams and live to tell the tale and didn't get finished. I think they're thinking about the Martin Sano. The Air Force and Matt, hey, that wasn't his fault. It was supposed to do. And he took care of that guy in 15 seconds. Yeah, I mean, it is what it is.

Pahanna versus Hall in a coal-man event of a pay-per-view, regardless of how the fight with Muniz goes for Hall, hopefully he doesn't get his arm broken. Okay. Drew Dober, John McDessie. It's been a rough three fights for Drew, even though he won this one, give him a minor break with McDessie. All right, that's a little bit better than the Armand pick.

Let's find a middle ground. Does I feel like John McDessie has been the UFC for like 12 years? Yeah, it feels longer. He can't be right. Go ahead. I keep going. I'm going to look at how long is John? Gosh, how long is John McDessie?

Canada before the UFC. This individual is with you, AKA, Kalil Rountry versus Neku. Yeah. Was going to match it with Berzikanaf, but Niku should be a good test for Khalil, considering how durable he is. Yusuf versus Shane Burgos, Caseras versus Edson Barbosa. Song Yidong versus Sean O'Malley

is probably the best fight song can reasonably get right now No chance Cruz takes a fight with him Ankleiv versus Anthony Smith I guess But who cares after that stinker Yeah, O'Malley maybe should have been the callout I get a lot of people called out O'Malley So I don't know if there's any point to it at that right now

And I'm sure his team knows that They're like this kid's, you know He's going to take a fight when he takes a fight Calling him out is pointless I don't know if anyone Well no I shouldn't Who has anyone called him out and got it O'Malley

Yeah I don't think so Did Cheeto Vera Maybe Cheeto Vera before their fight called him out Yeah maybe on Twitter Yeah I don't know Something like that But I feel like a lot of people called him out

And I Yeah I mean Paiva wasn't one of the Oh but these were remover replacements So Paiva Mutino replacement So okay anyway Yeah but either way I just don't feel like calling him out Has much of an effect

For whatever reason again He has a lot of uh Excuse me a lot of popularity He's the one who handles the Calls his shots right now with UFC as strange as that sounds. By the way, McDessie has been around

for almost 12 years. Yeah. December, December 2010. So a little over, a little over 10, 11 years now, excuse me. Dylan, hey Mike, here's my picks.

Ankle Live versus the loser of Glover and Yuri. More so Yerry because Glover is going to win that fight. Yes. That's right, Dylan. Darn right. You darn right.

Santos versus Hill. Song versus Sanhagan. Song seems to be coming into his own. Might be too early to push him that much. We look comfortable against dangerous opponent, Mariah. Sure. Yousaf versus Barbosa, Paheda versus Darren Till,

Neymour, Iza Paheda for the push of the Izzy fight. Till does that, sure. Biaghan, Gerard Biagin. Santos versus the Craig Krilov winner. Yadong versus Ricky Simone. Yusuf versus Shane Burgos, Kassaris versus Ryan Hall, sure. Dober versus Bobby Green. McKinney versus Jamie Malarkey.

See? Good matchmaking. That's what you do with Terrence McKinney. Okay. Alex Paheda versus Brennan Allen. Interesting. don't love it. I don't love that fight.

I'm actually kind of into it. I'm into that. I'm into that. I like that. I don't love it. Brennan's got a really good ground game. I think you stay away from. You keep those too far apart. We should keep the martial arts apart.

This is true. I do hashtag keep the martial arts apart. This is true. I'm usually not an advocate of that, but in this case I am. Semelsberger, Court McGee. Sheesh. I mean, that's actually probably the fight. that will happen.

But Matt Semmelzberger is a gamer, but part of him is going to have to be like, oh, man, really? I got to fight this dude. I got to fight this freaking guy. God. Damon Jackson, Lorone Murphy, fun.

Mercer Canoff, Alonzo Menafield, Khalil Roundtree, Jailton, Almeida. We just talked about that, but that would be a crazy fight. Drew Hilty, one of the best cards of the year thus far. Despite the lengthy wind streak, I don't think Anka-Live had the exclamation point performance you needed for a title shot.

Throw him in there with rackage. UFC will not make this fight, but Song versus O'Malley. I think Dom absolutely clowns song if they make that fight. Wow. I don't know. I'm a huge Dominicruz fan. And again, I think he's his style. Yeah, it's going to suffer, obviously, as the years go by, as his athleticism drops and his speed drops.

But I do feel like it also lends itself well because it was also never about power, right? It's never about power. It's never about necessarily explosiveness. is. He does need to be able to move. I don't know clowns, but I think the line would be pretty close there. I think, and it wouldn't surprise me if Cruz ended up favored by the time Flight Night rolled around. Man, I mean, I don't know. I might have thought that way before I watched this last fight with Maris. That was crazy. But I don't know. I don't know. Now I want to see it even more after reading that out loud. Another Sodeek versus Burgos, Rontree versus Shogun, winner lose against OSP, and bring back

pride rules for that one. Golly. You know, Rauchy would love that fight. Doeworth's the comeback of the year so far. I like the respectful call out of green, make it happen. Side note, this is a good learning experience for McKinney. He'll be back stronger than ever. Agreed. Wildcard. Paheda would get dog walked by Canineer. Not ready for that level matchup.

Put him against Chiti and Jaquani while he continues to work on his grappling. I mean, that'd be a crazy fight. I don't want to see that right now, but I would love to see that fight at some point. uh our francesco our italian big fan dober versus grant dawson don't hate it like it peheda versus till wildcards jackson versus dowadu miranda maverick versus jessica i yeah i it was uh who was supposed to fight uh ferole was supposed to fight i right yes she was going to get that because i has been you know sort of perennial rank that she's probably dropped out of a lot of people's top 15 but she's been up there for a long time and uh, Firol was supposed to get that bump. Maybe now, uh, whenever, uh,

just guys ready to, ready to come back, maybe now it was Maverick can get it. Can you imagine Aaron Blanchfield's reaction if Miranda Maverick got the Jessica eye fight and Aaron Blanchfield doesn't get the Jessica eye fight after just putting a vicious dominant beating on Miranda Maverick? I mean, that'd be, that'd be kind of a tough pill to swallow. Well, unless they give her someone even higher ranked than just guy. That's true. Valentina. Let's go. Give her a shot. Daniel Markoulos, Soneik versus Berger's another one.

Bastrop versus Mainis, Semmelsberger, Worley Alvas, fun. A.J. Fletcher versus Phil Rowe. That's a crazy fight. I wonder if A.J. Fletcher is not long for welterweight. Like, I wonder if he just needs to take some time off and get to

the PI and try to get to 155. Because I feel like, I feel like muscle mass-wise, he's good at 170, but I feel like he can get to 155. I do. I like it. Yeah. obviously a super talented guy. And I actually picked him to, I think I picked him to win.

Again, my picks were so bad. I'm pretty, he probably is one, was one of my picks that I got wrong. But yeah, super talented guy. Maybe a weight class change is in this future. Bahada versus the Duplice, Curtis loser. Roundtree versus Olegzechek, though Roundtree versus William Knight would be the best fight optically to remind ourselves to remind ourselves that maybe Yusada isn't perfect.

Oh, stop. Come on. Stop it. Come on. I just want to thank Ankelaif for ruining my awesome parlay. And keeping me from betting on fights from here on out. That said, Ankeliath versus Hill. I do not believe the UFC will be rushing him after that bout.

Did you see Sadie Kusuf's tweet after the show? No. All caps. PSA. I don't care about your farlights. That was Sudeek? That's Sadiq. That's Sadiq, you said right after the show.

That's amazing. John Hatz is back. Wow, first time since August. Okay. Oh, he double dipped. He double dipped. He also messaged me. Okay, whatever.

So that's good. I'll remember to pass. All right. I'll give you that one. I only have one more left. I'll give you that one. All right, all right. Fine, I'll do it.

Great Post-Fight show last night. Here goes. Ankleye of Lionheart. McKinney Selechee, Phaedatatitil, Semmelsberger, Jeremiah Wells. I like that fight. Jackson Hall, Maverick, Morose. Cool. Tino Alvarez, Ancalaev versus Anthony Smith.

That more contender fight with the winner of Rackets versus John will get it first. Yes. Song Yudong, Rob DeWalsh, Willie, five-round main event. In on it. Aldrich, Marina Morose. Sure. Basharat, Jonathan Martinez.

Fun. Damon Jackson, Julian Arosa. Fun. Miranda Maverick, Montana de la Rosa. She beats Macy Barber. Sure. Cody Brunage, Mark Andre Barrio. I like it.

Kenetti, Simon Oliver. Sure. Merzikanoff Negomariano Wait, who was this? This was Tino Alvarez Tino Alvarez, I'm sorry, okay, okay Oh, I have to do Jonathan Hots, right?

I already did it. You just did it? Oh, you ran through those so quickly. Okay, all right, I'm sorry. Yeah, we're in an hour and 13, holy crap. Oh, my goodness. You're on.

Oh, gosh, okay. All right, guys. I'll try not to keep people probably getting to the end of their run here. They're probably catching their breath, ready to go back inside and then take a shower. So, if everyone who listens to this while jogging

you're doing exercise. Stick with it. Stick with it. You guys are superstars. Okay. So we mentioned some of the most popular picks. What do we got here? Yusuf versus Barbosa was definitely up there.

Our guy in Nepal, Suman Janjohn says, personally, I think Bryce versus Giga Chikaze will be good. So instead of fighting Bryce Mitchell for Yusuf, let match Yusuf with Barbosa and see whose legs survived at the end of the fight. I like that.

Ankeliah versus Anthony Smith, very popular pick. I know Ankleyev does not sound like that's the fight he wants, but again, after Saturday's performance, you really don't get to choose, unfortunately. Ankelyev versus Paul Craig a rematch if Craig beats Krillov next week. I love this idea. Thomas Collins said, Magamette needs at least one other fight. And with Rockich potentially fighting Yon soon, the rematch with Craig might be Magamette's only option, so why not make this fight? Yes.

And if Ankelyev can definitively put away Craig, suddenly he has avenged his only loss in his career. And you're essentially going in saying, I'm an underlieb. defeated fighter now on a nine-fight win streak. If you won that fight, give me that title shot. This is your chance. If Angeleyev got that fight and just wiped Paul crack out, I'm telling you, the bitter taste of this Tiago Santos fight would quickly be forgotten. So I love everyone who suggested that.

Very popular pick. Song Yadong versus O'Malley, most popular one I saw. The font, Vera, winner, loser was another popular option for corner sports N. And Y is saying, ideally, it should be Songuadong versus Chito, regardless. But if Chito defeats Fons, it'll be an interesting rematch, considering that Chito got robbed the first time of face song. Both fighters heavily improved. Both run the rise, one of the deepest divisions in the UFC again.

I don't agree there was a robbery, but it was a very close fight, and I know a lot of people thought, Marlon Vera won. Did you get, I don't think you said one of these, Mike. Maraise versus Hanyaya. I did not get that one, but I like that one. I think most people are assuming that Marlin is not long for the UFC world any longer. Hayes with Thurrits says this matchup. I suspect Marlon will be released, but I hope he just gets a big step down in competition

since I feel like his chin is shot and I don't want him to be the victim of. of a nasty keo. I'll match him up with Hanya Yaya. With this, we see if Marais at least has his finishing ability still. And if he doesn't have it, he probably loses that fight. And then it's for a short cut. We can also see if Yaya has it in him to make a run of any kind at a ranking spot at his age. The U.S. will never do this.

But I'm just saying something I do. If I was a matchmaker's shoes, although, honestly, I prefer if he retires. No disrespect. Just don't enjoy seeing anyone be on the receiving end of multiple chaos like that. Though he understands why Monice probably won't retire again. And we all, I think, understand why. Usuf versus Burgos popular pick Roundtree versus Devin Clark

Very popular pick Also roundtriever's night Dover versus Bobbi Green Everybody said it Chris at Dragon Slater 2 on Twitter said They literally messes me During Dover's post by speech

And they called it just before he did So they won credit for For the originality of that call out Sure we'll see You can share the point with Drew All you guys will share the point with Drew If that fight happens Alex Bejada

What do you want? Shabazian, Brad Tavaris Darren Till, tons of matchups Semmel's Burger versus Carlston Harris I love that a lot of people call for that one Maverick versus Motos Brundage versus

Jordan Wright was a popular one and let me get I'll go to the individual picks now on IG Dad Jackson Roundtree versus Jamal Hill Song Yodong versus

Dillashah Mike I don't know what your thoughts are on that I mean there's a story there I'd like to see it I think I think that's one of those, that's a college girlfriend fight where it's, could be Mrs. Wright, but not Mrs. Right now. I think that's future wife material, but not girlfriend material right now.

All right. Carl's Torres, Buckley, Casares. I liked his suggestion of Anklea versus Blahovitz, sure. Sumon, John, I mentioned him before. Also, you mentioned this one, Tiago Santos versus Dominic Rias. We've mentioned this matchup at least like on three. different episodes of on to the next one. I really want to see it sometime. I just feel like it makes so much sense for both guys. I haven't seen, I'm surprised I didn't see more of, I think Elyaf

versus Dominic Reyes. Like, I thought I would see a few of those. I haven't seen any of those. I think, I think, you know, whatever, Reyes is on a losing streak. I think that's why and, Ankeliob's one. Yeah, it could happen for sure, but I think people just want, they're just, it's a great, like, I think it's a good second chance. You know what I mean? Like, you basically are getting the same like Santos is coming off the win over Johnny Walker but prior to that like it's almost the exact same tale

you fight John Jones things just don't work out you've suffered some bad losses like this would be like this would be like a round two like you didn't do well here here's another chance it's almost like the same thing you know what I mean and race

healthy recovered trying to get back the summer like I mean you can make the argument And that's a matchup that can be made as well. Yeah, but I think the thought is if Reyes beat Ankelyev, then Reyes is, I guess you could say, then he suddenly becomes one fight away from a title shot again, but it might be farther, given, like, his slump, and then you really bump Ankeliov back.

So I just feel like a Reyes win is like counterproductive, and I think that's something that people are trying to avoid, but not everyone apparently. I mean, some people are into it. Umon also recommends Kasseras versus Akeem Dawood, do I like it. And Mayheads, uh, Aldrich versus Agapava. Coming off a loss, I don't know, but it's not like the worst matchup. Damon Jackson versus Casares. Brundage versus Abu Supion Megametto.

That's a deep cut. And Kenetti versus the Journey, Newson, Fernie Garcia winner. They fight UFC 274 May 7th. So thank you on my hands with the deep cuts. Matt Bradbury, always trying to sneak in some odd-no points with non-UFC picks. Eagle FC Kevin Lee versus Anthony and Jacquani. Diego Sanchez versus Luic Radezabov, Ray Borg versus. Jimmy Rivera. He's out there somewhere.

And Cody Gibson versus Ricky Mendejas. Bell is to our Roman Feraldo versus Saba Hamasi. Oh, I like that. I like that. They might train together. Oh, really? Hamas is an ATT guy, right? Am I crazy?

Yeah, you might be right. It's more than I know. I have to look that up. I'm just taking a quick look now. He is American top dean, and I assume Feraldo is as well. For all those as well. That's Cody Law, too. Oh, well, they said, Cody Law versus Justin Gonzalez. I don't know if he's also an HD, anywhere.

No, ooh. That's, wow, that'd be a really interesting fight. A fight that this might fall under your, it's too obvious, so he shouldn't get a point for it. But Politi versus Phil Davis. Politi won, Phil Davis won on the same card. I don't know, Micah. We'll discuss that one if it gets a point. Yeah, I don't, I mean, I think Polizzi needs another win or two before we get to the Phil Davis territory.

That's a tough fight for anybody. That fight was insane. That third round was absolutely wild. Go back and watch that fight. Ballotaur probably had the most entertaining card of the weekend. It was really good. Yeah, it was a really good card. A lot of finishes on the prelims.

Main event was awesome. Yeah, it was a really good card. Main car was a little uneventful, I will say, before the main event. But again, strong main event, strong preliminaries. That's pretty card to me. Matt Bradbury. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just reading his pick. I want to say, he said,

Sonia Dong versus Marab, and then maybe book a song against Frankie first and then cancel the fight. Yeah, exactly. See, now you're understanding how we should be booking Frankie. You just create fights for him in theory. You create fights for him in theory. And I wanted to shout out Jake Halsey, who had a question for us.

Why can I find this? What is wrong with me? Did he change his name again? Jake Halsey, I'm sorry, I'm such a mess right now. Maybe he messaged my other account. But he had a question for us, but I just wanted to shout him out because I think Jake Halsey's an amateur fighter. And he had a question for us. Something about the car.

Oh, no, sorry. He had fight recommendations for other, like people have fought recent that Connemagragging things out. So not fights on this card. So I don't necessarily want to read those out. But I will say good luck to Jake Halsey, who is fighting on. Boy, I really made a meal out of this bit. He's fighting I'm sorry,

I can't find his message for me. He's fighting April 2nd in Michigan at a B2FS show. You can always find those on B2FS.com guys.

I think they're usually amateur cards so he's fighting B2FS 154 April 2nd. So if you're a listener of the show, Jake, thank you for listening

and good luck, good luck in your fight. Let me go to email now. I'm really good, man, I'm really scratched my head over having that message.

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Jamon Jackson versus Juicy J. Julian Arosa. Basharat Mantel Jackson. Alex Beheada versus Strickland. And I actually like this one. I should have said this for last Kalil of Roundtree Johnny Walker of rematch Sure Yeah I think it would go differently

I think it would go differently I do want to see them run up Obviously it was a great performance by Walker And a poor performance by Roundtree It's a while ago now It's quite a few fights back now It's running back Zach Leff also on email

Ankleev versus Desherapar Pahashka Loser Song Yodong versus Umar Nomagomato Thank you Zach for clarifying Which Nomega Nurturembermetov You're talking about I don't think anyone

wants that Umar smoke right now. Obviously, he would love to take Song Yadong's number, which will be higher than it was before after Saturday. Yusuf versus the Dan Igay of Loyaev winner. That's goes for June 4th. It's a bit of a long wait. It's a bit of a long wait. And then Alex Beheda versus Mahmoud Muradav, Basharat, Siv versus Douglas Silva de Andrage, Cody Brundage versus A.J. Dobson. Okay. All right. Good for Cody Brendan that win, by the way, getting all this talk.

Casey Carpenter, our friend, always a good friend in the show. Kevin Lee, Kevin Lee, they want to see Kevin Lee versus Kevin Holland in Eagle FC, just for some hashtag Kevin on Kevin action. Yeah, someday, someday. Dauber versus Jalen Turner. Mike, I don't know how you feel about that. Yeah, I mean, that actually be, that actually makes sense.

And I love this, by the way to fight because I have them very close together my rankings, Yusuf versus Cupswanson. So I'm very, very into that. And let's close out with the Twitter.

This person tagged both us and also Alex Bahoonan for some reason. But anyway, they had some good fix. This is Toby Kinsella on Twitter.

I like Selmelsberger versus Alex Marano, Bashtra versus Mario Batista, Cody Brundage versus Jacob Malcoon, Guido Canadi Guido Canadi versus

Louis Smolka. That makes a lot of sense. That's a fine piece of matchmaking. No, I don't think so. Why? They're veterans. veterans, two veterans. I don't like it. I don't like it. I just, I say this with,

with all due respect, Guido Canetti was booked to fight Chris Boutinho so Chris Butinho could get a win. Like, that's, that's why the fight was made. It didn't happen. Guido, I mean, and this is fine. Like, Guido is a, it's a terrific first round fighter. Go watch any Guido Canetti fight. The dude is nails on the first round, but then he just is done. So, I mean, like, I like the Randy Costa. I, idea, but I mean, these are the fights Guido should be fighting, like fun first round fights. Like, that's it. You don't, we don't give him like big boosts up in the rankings. Like, he's just, he's just not that guy. I'm sorry.

Guido is, uh, 42 years young. He's been fighting since 2007. So for over 14 years now. And has 15 fights. 15 fights. There was a USada suspension in there, I believe, and some other stuff. So what a what a strange career this man has had. Um, so, uh, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, And Mercosana versus Marchant Prachnogneau. So thank you, Toby for those bits. Okay, you did John the House. Sorry. Thomas Collins, Molin Rode Ice to one championship.

If it does not retire, that's the other one I see people keep saying. We're all pretty sure Eagle FC, but, hey, Chachry, sneak in there. Slide in there. See, even make a compelling offer. If he was with another management company, he would not go to Eagle F.C. Miranda Maverick versus Antonina Shepchenko, Courtney Casey, winner, April 30th. Okay. That's good thinking.

That is good thinking. I keep forgetting that matchup is happening. And I love this matchup, though I think Bashrat's probably... No, actually, I don't know. I love this matchup. Bashrod versus Ricky Tertios from the ultimate fighter in recent season. I love that. I like it.

Brandon Hahn and McKinney versus Patty Pimblit win-lose-or-dra. Next week, he fights Kazula Vargas. Again, you talk about people supposedly being set up for a win. That's a very favorable matchup for Paddy Pimble. But Brandon Hahn says, whatever happens, let's get him and McKinney in there. I like that. Yeah, I think they had to fight at some point. I think that's just, that's a fight night main event.

I mean, that's, that's so sellable. Basharat versus Eddie Weinland. I mean, fine. Six out of ten. Six out of ten. It's like a three out of five. Maverick versus the Maya Firo, loser. They're fighting March 26th.

Yeah, that'd be interesting. That'd be interesting. Especially Fioro. Fero is definitely, I would like to see a prospect for his prospect battle. But my, but my. too. Yeah, Maya could be an option if he loses to Menlo. So I don't mind that. Alex Bahaedda versus Julian Marcus.

Chris Martin, I want to read his intro. He says, always looking forward to listening to the number one of May Matchmaking podcast every Sunday afternoon. I accept the criticism of having a semi-d-do pick last week. He apparently proposed Jalen Turner, Scott's Holtzman, which I guess you were not a fan of. And we'll try to make fewer do-do picks. That's all we ask. That's all we ask, Chris, is that you be aware. Tiago Santos, Anthony Smith, too.

Anthony Smith probably doesn't need that fight right now. but I do want to see the rematch someday. Yeah, me too. Marais go to Belto and fight Kioji Horaguchi. He's not getting that fight. Roundtree versus Mezak-Murzak-Khanov. I spelled that wrong for some reason. And then Judeober versus Mike Davis.

That would be a big fight for Mike Davis. But if we're just talking fun fights, yeah. Screw it. Yeah, I mean, I mean, it would be a crazy fight. Nah, I'm not with it. Not with it right now. Let me skip over some of these, because some of these are some repeats.

Braden O'Neill, Bashar, for Tony Gravely, I like that. Canetti versus Chad and Heliger. I did not think we would be making Ninja Canetti picks. I'll be honest to you.

That's a kind of fight that I'm okay with. That's a good fight. I did not think we'd be saying his name on today's show. So Guido Canetti, by the way, credit to you, man. You proved us all wrong, and that was a great performance. Sean Haywood,

Basharov versus J.P. Bayes, Aldvich versus Arianna-Lipsky. Yes, I like that. JP Bays is Boy, that's That's kind of tough Has not been officially released, right? As far as we know.

No, he's not released. Okay, okay. No, he's just, he's got, I mean, not really, I don't really want to promote the interview, but I talk to J.P. Bays and he basically can't fight. Like he's got the visa and the marriage and all that stuff.

It's all stuff. It's crazy. That's a whole, I don't know if anyone, that you guys can Google all that drama. That's a whole messy thing. I mean, Mike's covered a lot of it, but boy, it's just that stuff they've said each by each other in public. Yeah, I'm done with that whole thing, but that's why he's not fighting.

Wiping my hands clean right now. Best of luck to both them in their lives. It's a very difficult and ugly situation. Four Cornersports and why I want to review, they said about Moraish versus Marlon Morais versus Sean O'Malley, not Song-e-Donger-Nonger-Mally. after my ice suffering multiple losses in a row and a loss he should have received against aldo i can comfortably see the ufc putting marlin against shana mali building it up saying he fought for a title defeated aldo blah blah blah just only for sugar shahn to knock him out and then the ufc will cut marlin moatheye's That's cold-blooded, but like pretty accurate of what they would do if they made that matchup. I think they missed the boat on that.

Like I think it's too late. I think it's too late. Yeah, maybe. Roundtree versus Ed Herman. Alice Paheda versus Ian Heinish. That's not a bad test. That actually, like, I don't hate that. I don't hate that.

It's not a sexy matchup, but. I think it's, I mean, and I like Ian Hinesh as a human being, that's a step back from Bruno Silva, in my opinion. I need to ask you about this, Mike, because you're not. know, Moutinho. Did he say he's not dropping down to flyweight? He's not out of the question. He just doesn't want to do that because a four corner sports is recommending him and the flyweight Bruno Silva. I love that matchup. Is Moutinio not, like if he's giving another shot with the UFC, do you think he's going to, I mean, he's not going to insist on anything, but do you think he would prefer to stay at Bantamway? I mean, when I spoke with him after the O'Malley fight, it seems like 125 was in his future. Okay. That's what I thought. So, I mean, it's- I remember that. I know he was booked to fight somebody else, then he got injured, and the fight was scrapped, so maybe he was just, this is like the only way to get him in?

I don't know. So I would advise basically, I mean, I don't know how much power Moutiniu can even wield in this situation. But if the UFC looks at him and says, hey, we'll give you one more shot, like you would have to believe that he would try everything in his power to get to Vegas, get to the PI, and try to fight at 125 because, I mean, again, no disrespect. But if you getting Guido Kennedy, losing to Guido Canetti is, I mean, I just don't know who he beats at 135. I just don't know. It's maybe Jay Perrin.

Again, no disrespect. But you could do the Jay Perrin fight. Like the J. Perrin fight would make sense at 135 because there's a regional rivalry between those two guys. There we go. Those two guys have been wanting to fight each other for. years. There's trash talk. Things have been happening for years. That's literally the only fight that makes sense in 135. Maybe for either guy, but certainly for Moutinho. Other than that, like, you go to 125. That's it. That's it. I'll say this. I don't think he gets cut. I don't know why.

I got a weird feeling. I got a weird feeling to give him one more shot. Give him the parent fight. Like that fight makes sense. That fight makes all the sense. I like it. I think because they have options. I just feel like they'll, I think they do owe him still one more. I mean, normally they don't, They just owe them one more fight. I think they owe him one more after this one for taking that O'Malley fight, short notice. Anyway, Dax says McKinney's probably going to jump in as a replacement if something happens to the Kui-Guita-Klaudeau-Poya's fight on April 23rd. I hope not. McKinney takes some time off.

I mean, going to wrong, fighting either of those guys would probably be favorable for him. But I just want to see a young – you said it. You're very familiar with this career. But I would like to see him just kind of slow down for a second and just focus on himself and not just taking fights. Even if they're winnable fights, just keep jumping in there. even though I fully supported the Drew Dober thing, I thought that was cool. But that had a very high reward. Marlon Mottais versus Ray Borg and Eagle F.C.?

Sure. That's probably a very logical first fight for him when he goes there. We mentioned Marcus McGehee before, of course. Mersakana versus Negamori-Murianu. Rebooked Dover, Drew Glenn. Drew Glenn. I'm sorry. Ricky Glenn.

Drew Dover versus Ricky Glenn. My bad. Damon Jackson, Quarantillo. Bashrat versus Krum, Aletang-Lee, winner April 16th Aldrich versus McCann, Luana Carolina winner March 19th.

Great, great deep cuts. Hayes Bethard said side note, I definitely enjoyed your Dana White impression. Hey, thank you. Hey, Dana White. Ah, I get no respect. No respect.

Dana White. impression gets no respect. Pahanna versus Uriah Hall. I just want to read Hayes' comments on this. Even though he didn't get that vicious kill, we were hoping for it's hard

not to be really impressed by him here. I agree. I know you said I want the easy fight, yeah, and I don't blame you. I don't want to trigger a rant that could lead to demonetization again. I'm fine. But I say, give him one more fight. Do not under any circumstances give him a grappler. I say, Uriah Hall, if he loses to Monez, which I think he will.

Daryntill would work too. I still think he's young enough to turn things around. I wouldn't want to risk a three-right skid for, a three-fights skid for him, Darren Tilly. Also, you might have to be worried about his wrestling now. If that training with Kamsat worked, even though Bahra had solid take down defense and sprawling. So, yeah, there's a lot of ways then go with Bahedahra. But I agree that overall sentiment, that the performance was good.

And then some more deep cuts, my goodness. Simulzberger versus Baeiza Fialo winner, Damon Jackson versus Sungwu-Choi Lutz winner, Maverg versus Wuyanaan, Maida Bronosilva winner. My goodness. These guys just cut deep. Just three more here. Liam Perry, they said, oh, they didn't get to see, really watch the event. I'm sorry, there's a good one. Hopefully you can watch the replay.

But I've seen some highlights and looked up stuff on the greatest M-May website around M-May fighting. Guys, flattery will get you everywhere. It's like the Mick Foli of On to the next one. Absolutely. That'll get you over. Thumbs up. Complementing the site, complimenting Mike, complimenting me, complimenting our friendship. That's all, that's all above board where you support it.

Alex Maheda versus Jocko Mir Shirt winner, April 30th. Damon Jackson versus Dawood. Maverick versus Arujo, Andrea Lee, Loser, May 14th. Yeah. Sure. I mentioned Bear O'Reilly before. I don't want to read, sorry, I don't want to read all these. Brendanh versus Puna Soriano, sure.

Semmelsberger versus Nicholas Dalby, banger. He's in support. Sonia Dong versus Corey Sandhagen. So people are talking about it. And lastly, let's go at Emilio plays on Twitter. Alex Paheta versus Gastilum Nasoridine Imavov winner, UFC 273, April 9th. They said, I should have to read this stuff because they said, in a world where Paulo Costa was actually a disciplined martial artist, that would be the fight to make.

But since we don't live in that world, that's not the case with Mr. Costa. He says, then you do the castle. Let me have a ball winner. Ouch. Nice. Harsh, but fair. Roundtree versus Usdemier. And Morais versus free agency, he should go to one chance ship, get juiced up to the gills.

And that way, he can't get tired and maybe his career can catch a second wind. Well, okay. now. We are not, we're not questioning the drug testing or weight-cutting policies of one championship. All right. That's not what we're about here. All right. I don't know if I agree with that sentiment, but thank you for the picks. Uh, media, and everyone else. Amazing listener picks, as always. For an amazing, what I thought was a really fun card. It was a really fun card. If you, if you haven't watched it and you want to go watch it, just watch everything but the main event and you will be, you'll be satisfied. Yeah. All right. So that is it. UFC Vegas 50 is in the

book. Mike, how can they reach you? Let's, you know, we got to do the business. Just find me on Twitter, M underscore, heck, J.R. I will do better with Instagram and trying to, like, do stuff with that. I mean, literally, I just have Instagram at this point just for Otno Picks. That's it. And I got to do more. A lot of people are doing that, making Ottono accounts just for just for doing Otopix. Guys, you got me at Alexander K.K. Lee, 2Ks on Instagram.

And Alex. Dotley at SBNation.com. Email. We will be back next week following UFC London. UFC back in London, England, main event. It's an early card. 1 p.m. Eastern prelims, 4 p.m. Eastern main card. Maybe AK and I could do on to the next one, like, after the event. Like, we'll just knock it right out.

Like, maybe we'll just do something crazy. I'll say live? Ooh, live. Maybe. Maybe. We're not making any promises. We got to discuss with the brain trust, the NBA fighting brain trust. Yes. But it's a maybe.

It's a hard maybe. So stay too for that. Main event of that, Alexander Volkov versus Tom Aspinall. Good fight. The co-main event is excellent at 145 pounds. Heard Arlowe Allen and Dan Hooker. Patty Pimblet, Casuala Vargas, Gunner Nelson, Takashi Sato, Shamil Abdera Himov versus Sergei Pavlovich, Nikita Krilov versus Paul Craig,

Jai Herbert, Ilya, At 155. Interesting fight. Jack Shore versus Timor Vallev is a sick fight at 135. That might be the best fight on the whole card right there. Molly McCann, Luana, Carolina. We will see the Octagon debut of Muhammad Mokaiov taking on Cody Durdens. A lot of bad blood there. A lot of bad blood.

They made that fight. They manifested that fight. They sure did. They sure did. Mike Grundy versus Makwan Amirhani. Wrestling battle. There's your wrestler's delight right there. Corey McKenna versus Elise Reed, the former CFFC, strawweight champion, and Nathaniel Wood versus Vince

Morales. Wow. That is your UFC London card. So not bad. Pretty solid card. Should be some good fights. And we'll be back to talk about the followout of all that, matchmaking, et cetera, right here on On to the next one, the podcast.

Always remember, don't take the stuff too seriously. MMA is supposed to be fun. Well, more fun right next week on onto the next one, the podcast.