MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL - UFC 320 Pregame Preview: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira Presented By Cuervo® | Morning Kombat

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell are back in the studio, joined by friend of the show Jed Meshew, breaking down everything we need to know for Saturday's main event light heavyweight title fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira at UFC 320 in Las Vegas. The guys go through the rest of the card including a clash between Merab Dvalishvili and Cory Sandhagen for the bantamweight title. This edition of Pregame Preview is sponsored by Cuervo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time to bang. Oh, yeah, back at it in a big, big way. It is October 3rd, Friday of the 25s. This is morning combat, and this right here is pregame preview. UFC 320, brought to you by Cuervo. Get yourself fired up. It's Brian Campbell live from the, man. Manhattan. Metal Arc Studios, but directly from the Connecticut suburbs, you know Luke Thomas

from Washington D. Sizzle. How about, as Luke would say, better call y'all himself, Jed Meshew number two of MMA Fighting.com back in the building. We appreciate it. This is going to be a fun-ass card. Are you ready to get down and dirty with the boys? I appreciate it. I am super ready. I'm pretty pumped about this weekend. I don't know if it's just because it's been a while. We hadn't had a pay-per-view in a hot minute, but it's a great mining card. We've got really solid main card, three total heaters of a fight. Let's get into it. Yeah, and that we didn't have a pay-per-view. Well, we had Canello and

Crawford last month. Yeah, but that's a separate. Separate. I'm saying, you know, that would be a pay-per-view quarter. We didn't have any UFC pay-per-views. For six weeks. Six weeks without it, so I'm pretty ready, man. Heck yeah. This episode of Morning Combat, of course, is brought to you by Draft Kings. Draft Kings. The Crown is yours. And Jed, maybe at this point in this show's vehicle's history, I don't have to do this type of

disclaimer, but I hope you know what you're up against today. We expect real talk. Like men do? Like men do. Thank you very much. Thank you. And anything you see written below Jed's name today is definitely true. There it is right there. All right. Great stuff. L.T. When you hear UFC 320 this Saturday on pay-per-view, Las Vegas, rematch of the light heavyweight

championship card in totality. Can you give me a grade? Can you give me an excitement level? What? can you give me? Well, I'm... Besides FBI. What's FBI? Full blown AIDS. Okay.

A little inside humor there. I'm going to say, it's a good question. Wow. Hmm. I... Okay, well, here's the thing. Card quality is unimpeachably high. By the way, early prelims has both patchy mix and Austin Vanderford.

Not bad. That's early prelims. Also, Macy Chase, on... That's a top 10 women's band. Let's go. Let's go, Luke's pronouncing her name. Yeah, it's difficult for me because my brain doesn't work. I think their card quality is absolutely super, super high.

I do wonder what kinds of fights, not the Yuri and Khalil fight, but in the Maine and Co-Main, to what extent are they going to be action-packed, I think remains to be seen. We're going to learn a lot, though. No, no. You're saying it could be technical. It could be. Yeah, listen, they could be, they could be not bad fights, but are they going to be barn burners?

they could be, we have to see. There could be a set of Titi's technical thrill. I guess I'm just trying to point out. I like a good set of Tis, you know what I mean? I think the most important thing to think about is, did they put together high-quality fights, did they put together high-stakes fights, and did they put together important fights that could end up being good? There's simply no question about it.

Yeah, I think this is a solid A-minus. This is a badass card. Yeah, it's pretty good. And very top-heavy with the good stuff as well. Let's bring in the fourth member of our team quickly. producer director bong enthusiast and of course the man who's here on a one-way ticket from his australian father's libido at his long island luke no ceda of the main card minute luke will you or will you not keep us updated during this live program regarding the way in for

saturday night i'll keep you guys updated i forgot all about it i'm not going to lie but uh yeah he's i don't know why i'm here actually uh long island luke uh you fired up for this card i am fired up i think a minus is a good grade for it i'm pretty freaking hyped especially for the main card dude last three fights bangers Bangor. That's matter. That's fantastic. All right, we should open the show, by the way, for the friends from Cuervo here and do it the right way. And, you know, of course, this opening shot is brought to you by Cuervo. Now's a good time to enjoy the tequila that invented tequila. So right about now, Fung Sol Brothers, you want a little Blanco on that ass? Or what? Well, what are we drinking here? We're going to do, we had such a good time with the devil's reserve that we're going to have to get a little bit more. But we will be drinking the... traditional al tequila blanco okay very good let's rock it let's rock it here why don't you dip into the new one okay that's the same one that is the new bottle okay right on jad you've done this before apparently uh you know a time or two this is this is my

fourth trip here you guys you guys keep bringing me back for some reason it's great and i'm a big fan because you you feed me delicious tequila and i tend to fill it too when i pour you are not the best poorer we always also get that bottle over here yeah yeah yeah got a what do A big shot. Yeah, take it. You know, I am 47. I do have a weak shot these days. I had that surgery.

It's not fun, not fun at all. You know what I mean? Luke knows. I've not had my ball bag rearranged. You know, should Luke need a chaser for this? That's really, you know, the existential. He's not chasing. He's just making a redneck margarita.

That's right. No salt on the rim. I need some, I need some tahine on that round. Luke, in honor of all of our Colombian listeners, can you hit us with the Ariba Bahalia? Abajo, Alcantro, touch. We're going to do it. Pretty good.

Pretty good. So smooth. Is that a wrestling thing? What is that? No, that was just maybe, you know, freelancing in the moment, freestyle and no style is free except the radio. Let's hit it now. Main event, let's get fired up.

In March at UFC 313, we did. an upset happened as 20, one in one, Malcolm Ed Ancalaev of Dagestan fame. Despite getting all 12 take-down attempts stuffed by one Alex Poetan Pereira, who was fresh off of the 2024 fighter of the year honors, became the UFC's biggest star, had defended the title three times in 175 days of previous year. But gentlemen, while both have talked about that that first meeting, they were not at 100 percent, and that is part of the fight narrative coming in there. Look, that was certainly a tactical fight.

a thriller, not overly exciting. We did learn a lot, though. The title changed hands. We get this immediate rematch. Are we only getting this immediate rematch, though, because it wasn't decisive the first time around. LT, what do you got? Yeah, I mean, I think there's a couple of factors in play.

As you indicated, Poetan appeared to be injured. You look at the targeting in that fight. He targeted the head, I think, 16 or 17%. Whereas in the roundtree fight, he targeted the head 70 plus percent. To what extent that is attributed to the round. right hand, I guess we'll have to see. And then reported neurovirus and the fact that he said, I was at 40%.

Yeah. You can take that or leave it, but he said it. I mean, guys, fighters routinely compete compromised. That would, I mean, how much is hard to say to quantify it, but that he was probably, you know, not his best self. I don't think is in any way controversial necessarily. Also, recall that that first fight took

place where Uncle I have had to do his camp during Ramadan or least big portions of it anyway. And so he said he only broke fast to make the weight. Poetton challenged that narrative, but it's certainly part of it. And he said he also didn't commit to following through on the takedowns because he wanted to protect that gas tank. Yeah.

And he also said Pereira was greasy. Yeah, interesting. I would say this. I think the thing that really frustrated me about that first fight was that neither guy was able to maintain, or I should say, create any sustained offense. There'd be a little bit of offense, and then it would break, and then a little bit of offense, and then there would be a tie-up, and no one was able to do anything. I think the reason that it's happening again, BC, is that Ancalaev is not a star.

Poetan, there's a question about like why the fans abandoned him, which I'm sure we'll talk about just a second, but certainly relative of the two is the far more popular guy. And we know the rules. If you beat a popular champion, and especially if the fight is in any way, you know, kind of close, ish, or whatever, you're going to have to do it twice. This is the second of those. And Poetan is a very special fighter and was at that point the biggest star. And let's not forget that first fight. three rounds to two on two scorecards. It's how I scored it. A lot of people did.

But Jed, what did you ultimately learn from that first fight? Honestly, my takeaway from that first way is it's one of the very rare fights that delivered more questions than answers. Because, like, usually that's the point of the fight. Now we know, oh, I know that Magamund Ancolaev is better than Alex Brera. I don't know that. I don't know how much the weight cut, you know, for Frank Eliav training in Ramadan. I don't know how much Alex Pereira's activity.

influenced it, the potential injury, I don't know shit head into this rematch is basically like, it is very rare that there is a rematch, especially so close to the initial fight where I feel less confident in what is going to happen on Saturday night, which makes it interesting. I'm not the biggest fan of this fight sort of holistically. I think that Alex should have just bailed and gone to heavyweight, but now that it's here, the reason I've gotten more excited about this car is I've just been. a lot more time digesting the first

fight what this fight is going to be. And I got no clue. I have a lot of thoughts what could happen, but no idea how Saturday is going to shake out, and that makes me really interested in it. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot to look back on how much are you going to take what Poeton said. He fights her all the time.

Sometimes that'll catch up with you if you do that. If you take fights on short notices, I do believe, looking back at that first fight, that he was compromised. I'm not saying that's the ultimate excuse, and Goliath was also compromised. But I think the right question isn't necessarily what percentage were they both at in the first fight. I think the question is if they're both at 100% in the second fight.

And if Pereira is as motivated as he looks. I mean, we've seen the stoic Chama kind of break his personality a few times and be offended by some of the comments from Anka Live, whether on social media or in person. I feel like that's, you mix that with the idea that he knows legacy-wise, could he lose this fight, move up to have you anyway? Yes. But I think he understands what it would mean to get that title back to sort of right or wrong in this situation.

Luke, if it is 100% versus 100%, we're not talking about bad training camps or the fact that Glover Tosheras said, this camp, we didn't let him fly around to be an ambassador for UFC. We did the camp here to make sure he's in the right shape. Does that alter how you handicap it? Because for as much as Uncle I have deserved the victory the first time, never overwhelmed Pereira.

He backed him up with effective pressure. He heard him that one time, but it wasn't a solid all the way you feel like you got all your questions, answered in that one fight. Yeah, I don't know how you can look at that fight and be like, this was super impressive. I mean, you can definitely have, you can be, you can commend the performance, right?

For five rounds, he didn't get hit with too much. It was a couple times Poetan had some nice stuff. The leg kicks didn't seem to affect him. The push kicks were really never there. Yes, he stuffed the takedown, but he had really no offense beyond that. Or as I should say, the defense was such a priority. He wasn't able to turn defense into offense. Not, I mean, again, there was a couple times where he did it.

But in general, like- He was backed up a lot to the cage, too. backed up a lot. It was a commendable effort, but to your point, it was hardly overwhelming. It was hardly authoritative. He didn't take him down and thrash him and then, like, cut him open or, again, 30 seconds of a sustained beating or something. There was none of that. It's like, big shot, run him into the fence, and then there'd be several minutes of clenching. And it's like, don't get me wrong, one person is taking the lead. And even what he's doing there is quite difficult. But this is not the kind of performance where you're like, oh, Poetan is so outmatched that I could not imagine. a scenario given more time where he could make adjustments and win, clearly that is on the table. Now, I'm not saying, Uncle, I have won't win. I'm just saying that performance is not

so definitive that you can just close the book. I agree with that. And because, look, Poton likes to keep things close to the vest. He never wanted this to come out that he was compromised the first fight. He finally just kind of sort of agreed and said, yes, I won't tell you the details, but he said he was shocked he ever made it to the cage the first time around. So let's give him that chance to come back at full strength and full speed. But I think Jed, the fact that Poeton has been willing to publicly say, yes, it's getting

harder to cut to 205 now, and I'm not sure I can continue to do it. That does lead me to believe that win or lose, he's going up to heavy weight after this fight. If that's true, does that change any way you look at this boat? It doesn't. It should be. Win or lose, he should absolutely go to heavyweight. I don't. He should have

gone to heavyweight already. I think this fight is relatively meaningless in the terms of his career. It's not win or a belt, you know, there are some interesting statistics. He becomes the first fighter since Randy Couture to win a belt in multiple weight classes while multiple times or whatever.

But like, at the end of the day, if he wins or loses, we're not going to, it's not going to move him up or down the goat list, right? Like, this is kind of relatively meaningless. So it should. But I, that's not what this is about. Like, to me, the reason this fight is happening is, yes,

to Luke's point, you got to beat him twice. But if Alex wanted to go to heavyweight. The UFC would have absolutely been like, sure, man, go. This is a pride thing. This is a, I didn't give my best. I'm better than that dude.

And that also makes it interesting because to your point, B.C., they're talking a lot of shit, right? Like, they are talking a lot of he was, I was 40%. I'm not flying around. Like, if he loses on Saturday, he has built this to be incontrovertibly. Oh, I got beat. There are no excuses.

is baked into the pie this time. And so I don't think the heavyweightness of this matters. He knows what is at stake for him. And that is why he is as invested as he is. In light of what he's saying, is this a subtle referendum on whether 38-year-old Pereira still has it on the super elite face of the brand level, both in the cage and maybe even commercially? Yes, absolutely.

And again, part of this is, who was I talking about this with, Dennis from Submission Radio? And he was kind of like, people lose to Uncle I have. Yeah, Dennis Scrotatov. I love that guy. Scrutinov. Shkirtinov. Shakur Stevenson is really good last.

But he made a point. He was like, you know, it's kind of true where if you lose to Ankaliv, you kind of just get, I don't know, you're kind of like you fizzle out promotionally. It's weird. Like, if you come out of the fights where you're like. The Bermuda Triangle of Fight. Yeah, he's sort of what he is, right? Shout out to Big Arm.

Yeah. And so to that point, like, you know, so he's suffering from some of that. Imagine losing twice, by the way, and what that might do to your stock, but to the point you raise, you know, yes, this is, if he wins, he'll be the oldest active UFC champion at 38 years old, Uncle I have just 33. So there's a big difference there, obviously. And to that point, yes, BC, like, what does he have left as a promotional entity? What does he have left at the top of this division or potentially in heavyweight? Again, you asked a question early, are these great fights? And because of the quality of them, there's no question. I don't know how entertaining it will be, but like you said, it will be very informative. you're going to learn a lot with this fight, and that is the most important thing, I think. I'll give Ank the benefit of the doubt to say if he's fully healthy, it could be a different thing we see on Saturday.

But if you're telling me, definitely Pereira was compromised the first fight, didn't have a great training camp, was potentially battling a broken hand with neurovirus, whatever. But he's going to be 100% and motivated. I have to believe that that gas tank will be there as well. And I think by proxy, we're going to see a much more exciting fight than the first time,

which really was sort of we're waiting for something. to happen. It never really happened. Suddenly the fight ends and you're like, yeah, I guess Ancolaev did it. I feel like this is going to be a Poetan who isn't working off the back foot with this more technical opponent pressuring him. It's going to be a guy that's trying to go after it. Is a fully healthy onk going to be able to dial up that technique and mute the aggressive, emotional, energized version of Poeton that wants to come back and fix that hole on the

resume? My strongest take for this whole weekend is that the main event. in is going to be a stone cold banger. Like I, and I saw the first five, I've seen the first fight a lot. And I think that after watching as much as I have, I think that everybody has sort of short-sold what Ankleyev did in that fight. I do think Alex was a little compromised. Like, all that is true.

But I also think, like, I watched Alex fight Cleo Roundtree and struggle greatly in that fight. And that some of this is stylistically, he's not as good against Southpaws, unless you're Jamal Hill and just gonna you know engage and also just a pure boxer like there's no extra threat with Jamal exactly and I thought uncle I have rewatching like did a lot of good things right like he he made a really concerted effort to be defense first and Alex never felt confident to throw it the head right like it just and he got buzzed so I think that you know looking at that fight maybe it happens again I don't think so I don't know how who's going to win but I feel so

confident that Alex, he has put so much on himself. He's not going out like that. If he's going to lose, he's not going to lose another, like, tepid, questionable, passive thing. And Uncle I have, I think is, he's riding high, man. He is high on the hog right now. He is feeling himself. I think they're going to come out and maybe there's a little feeling out early and very

quickly, Alex is going to stop backstepping and they are just going to toss them. And at that point, both dudes can put the other down. And so I don't know who's going to win. I think we're in for a much more exciting man. And so if that goes down that way, I don't want to disrespect Unclelyev. He's got finishes where he front kick the dude, knocked him down,

finished him with strikes. He's got, he's a better array of strikes than he gets credit for. He buzzed Alex in the first fight. There is a lot that Ancolaev does great. But if this turns into a bit of a war, a bit of a shootout over 25 minutes, we've said before that Enkoliath,

I mean, if we're going to, it's real time time, if don Goliah, first team all donk, and sometimes that means he's too passive in the moments that he shouldn't be. And he even admitted on the countdown show that he was too passive the first fight. He had openings where he could have either followed up on POTOM when he heard him with strikes

or taken him down when he had him backed up against the cage, and he either wasn't willing to go that extra mile or was playing it too safe. You mixed that with maybe he's a little mistake prone. But is that a fair thing to say about a guy whose record is 21 and 1? He's in the top 10 of most pound-for-pound guys. I mean, are you confident

and if this becomes a give and take, that Ankleyev is going to be able to notch up that safety even more and be able to execute without, I mean, I don't know, I have doubts still. I don't know what you're asking me. I'm saying that for all the great we could say about him, he's got a great record, he looks great against B&B plus guys. He finishes them. When you're on there with somebody who's either you're equal or better,

and let's break them down. Is Ankelyev more well-rounded? Yes. Is Ankeliov more technical, yes. But Pereira is more clutch. Pereira rises to the occasion. Pereira is more dangerous. Is he?

If it's fought on a more even terms of what they normally do well, I would fear for Ancolaev in the fight like this. You don't think he's more dangerous? Oh, he's more dangerous. The more clutch thing is just like, I don't know. Angoliath has lost one fight ever in his whole life. And like, that was literally by one second. But Pereira lost four rounds.

Yeah, but I mean, it was a dumbass loss, though. It was, but it was literally by one second. Whereas, like, I've seen Alex Pereira lose more fights. Like, the clutch thing feels more dangerous. It's Alex Pereer. man like okay but but was he clutch against is he after losing the first four rounds in round five when he knocked him out that was pretty close he was he was clutch against an colive when he was up two rounds heading into the championship rounds and turf the last two wasn't no magamanaikolive

was the more i mean look if all things are equal and everything's jacked up and we're going strength against strength even with echolive having that technical advantage he's better defensively i don't know dude i don't know here because this seems like a re-energized potom but i could be falling for the myth of pooton that's the whole thing you have to ask yourself when you look at this well i mean he definitely does this camp better, right? He's not flying to Sydney, Australia, and doing Shama world tours before the fight. So, like, I think the hope and the renewed optimism for him is quite genuine, but to the point you raise, Ancolaev is more well-rounded.

Anka-Lyiv has more ways to win. We think. That's what we believe that the tape shows. I just think for me, Anka-Lyav might have been somewhat diminished in the first fight, but I think this is really a question about Poetan. This is, this is a, this is a, this is a, this a referendum. It's interesting, right? Because Uncle Ive is the champ, but this is a referendum on Poetan. He made big claims about what he was in the first fight and the diminished state that brought him to that moment. It's now his job to fix that. And he has said that there are so many things that went right this time. Do you see the face off where he said, I don't want to go back to the tire shop? Yeah. You know what I mean? And a lot of that is for, you know, dramatized effect.

There's a call back to the Uncle I have, you know, shot at him. Yeah, yeah. But still, you know, like dabbling in it and leaning into it and he just seems like he's got a little bit more focus less so swag but certainly more focus about this whole thing dude i feel like uncle i was trying to talk himself into this big unc energy moment you say he's kind of running riding high on the hog i wonder if that's a bad thing for someone like him he's almost better was coming in under the radar like he kind of did the first fight like you're not talking too much shit do his technical stuff control the fight on his own terms which he was able to do and get the win wasn't overly exciting but we weren't debating who won it at the end

this is a time where he's talking about if you saw on the countdown special which I thought was a good episode of that where he basically said this story isn't about Pereira coming back this fight isn't about Pereira coming back to eventual loss and get his title back this fight is about me finishing him

that's really the core of my fear on Ancolaev here that he is saying look I was a little too passive at the first fight I had him in dangerous situations that I didn't follow through and maybe he's underestimating what a refocused, fully trained,

fully healthy Poeton's going to do I can imagine a scenario that he walks into a left hook and we are suddenly in a we're on on Q Street as they say in boxing and that's where the real men hang out I like his energy like if he walks into a left hook I don't you could say that that happened because he took him I don't he walks into left hook is because Alex Perez is really good at fist fighting he's been doing it for a real long time really good at it and if he doesn't then he's he is he's brought big on time to the to the forefront if he goes out there and does it he knocks to your point he actually actually actually kills Alex this time. You don't just when he puts a statement on it. Yeah. Then we're good. It's like, okay, well, that's the guy. And we don't have any questions.

And I think that's the energy you should bring to this sort of, you're the champ now, man. There's no debate in your mind. Every fighter psychopathically thinks of the best in the world. He's got a belt to prove it. And so I love the energy he's bringing. I love the energy they're both bringing. That's why I'm so confident this is going to be a banger.

Like, I think they're going to get after it in a way that was not present the first time around. I love the energy he's bringing. It's kind of like Dale's senior post-crash. Dead? I mean, I want to be clear, I don't mind those jokes. Okay, sorry, sorry. But you'd be surprised.

You'd be surprised. Shab, you would be surprised. Raysale, baby. Look, there is a what-if here, and if that's were undermining how much per, sorry, Ankleyev was compromised by training during Ramadan and that negatively affected his wrestling ability here. Is there a scenario here, I want to ask you,

where he can, like, where this second fight is what people thought the first fight was, where he comes out successfully lands takedowns, tires, Poetan out, where Luke Thomas, this is the part of the show where B.C. is going to predict that and Gano's going to out, Russell, gone. Is there a flip side here? The fact that Pereira stuffed all 12 takedowns show us that he has almost unnaturally evolved his game

at such a freaking rapid level. It's ridiculous. No one side of this side of Gokensaki thought he was going to come in there from kickboxing and be credible in the areas that you would expect him not to be. He's evolved so quickly. Is there a deeper evolution with him and Glover that we're not experiencing or predicting here that shows maybe he's a submission threat on the ground if it does go there? I mean, you never know.

I didn't think Marab was going to be a subthreat against O'Malley. And sure enough, that's exactly what you got. So you don't want to be too dismissive. I mean, to say that, though, I think you'd just be kind of guessing. Like, what would you, unless you've trained in him, of course. I guess with vibes. That's what I do. You are the vibe guesser.

That is true. I would say that, like, I mean, he did take down Izzy in their first, oh, okay, first MMA fight, right? Yeah. It's hard to number them. Well, he can't really take them down in the kickboxing fight. Well, I'm trying to figure out what number fight it was in the overall scope of them. Is it three, the four?

But that was number three, right? So the first M.M.A. fight, he took him down. You know, could he surprise Uncle I of that way, potentially? You mentioned the takedown defense. That was true. But also, didn't you feel like watching that fight? Like, okay, Uncle Ayiv was, like, trying for the takedown. But he wasn't trying for the takedown.

He wasn't trying for the takedown. He was happy to have the, the, the, the positional advantage in the standing clinch a lot of things. That's what it seemed like to me. He didn't try it at all. He just wanted the clinch. Yeah. And Poet-Tom was all too happy to be like, all right, we can hang out here. Maybe Ankh was protecting that gas tank through Ramadan.

Maybe that's where it was, you know? I mean, it could be that. Mostly it's just like, oh, I'm winning this position. I am ahead here and I can suck the clock away from the dangerous guy. Like, that's, that was just good tactics. It's boring. It was good tactics. Do you believe in position over submission, or are you just like a boring missionary guy?

How are you laughing? how are you that much of a simpleton how do you know i was laughing before i can hear you no you can't yes we could long island luke could you please share the draft king's odds up to the minute of this main event plus 220 poet on minus 270 wow wow it's a big price it's a big price hey are you going to put money on poiton for that i already did you did what is your read on the value there i mean just like bc was saying earlier it was 3-2 the first fight poiton was injured i'm just like hopefully he's telling the truth and is coming in healthy this time i'll take his one punch knockout power plus 220 and a 25 minute fight yeah don't forget poetons been saying to

big gunk on my worst night you couldn't drop me or finish and now you're saying you did rock his shit a couple of times that's just the worst argument on my worst night you beat me is what he's saying it's still just a terrible like yeah you're right i did me sure did buddy okay um what does the world look like here if poiton loses i mean we touched on it earlier talking about sort of the referendum on his stardom, on his ability at this age, that'd be wild to see him loose twice consecutively and to see Ancolaev essentially enter the top five pound for pound, right?

I mean, that's where we would be headed with this. It would reset the available matchups at light heavyweight because of the recent dominance of Poetan. But are you ready to live in a big onk world for the second time? Yeah, because I've been ready for this for a while. I've thought Ankaliav was the best light heavyweight for a hot minute. But like, you know, he's in the Mavisar-Ev-V-Bermuda triangle of they don't like him.

Yes. Despite the fact that he historically, he's had some snoozers. I'm not here to say everyone's a banger, but like he's... Is that true, but he's been, uh... I was in a lot of them. Quickly, pulled out of that quickly. Yeah. But yeah, like I, I think he's probably the best light heavyweight.

And so it's okay to be there. If prayer beats him, that's cool, but then Uncle I will just fight for the belt again soon because Alex is just not long for two... There's nothing left for him. You're right. There's this fight because he lost the first one. That's it. Like, do we care about Carlos Holberg?

Maybe you do. That reporter did who asked that question at the, do you see the picture of them backstage afterwards? Wait, who? Remember that we played on, Have you seen this shit? Have you seen this shit? The female reporter who during the press conference was like, Hey, Dominic Reyes, if you thought anybody is handsome?

I mean, he's very handsome man. We can all agree. I think there was a smash burger with extra cheese, and I'm not afraid to, you know, imagine that. Anyway, were you high? No, no. I'm high on Cristolino, believe that of the traditione al blanco uh here's what i want to say

poet on by fourth round tk o it's going to happen guys okay because he is angry focused redetermined he was he was gambling on the run that he was on before where yeah i can take any fight short short-handed or hurt or injury or whatever um will i will we see even a better or Ancolaev from the first fight? Yes, I think Ancolaev probably goes up 2-0 in this fight. Maybe it looks in some weird ways almost like a replay of the Khalil fight. But I think

Poetan is going to have the gas tank here to set up that one big shot that he's going to need to turn the fight in his favor. I think he could stop Ankeliov here. Am I crazy? I don't think it's crazy but I guess I think honestly if I'm being serious, the reason why I like this bout so much is

listen, sometimes you look at a bout and you're like man, Fighter A is about to beat the living fuck out of Fighter B. Yeah. But of course, that can always happen. MMA is crazy. But in this one,

it's like genuinely mysterious to me. You know what I mean? Like, is Poetan overselling how banged up he was? Maybe, is he underselling it? Maybe. Is Ancalaev exactly who you saw in that fight?

Or is that also, you know, a clearly diminished version? And if they're not both diminished and they both open up, what is it? I don't know the answer to these questions. And for that reason,

it makes it a little hard to make a pick. All right. So no pick from Luke Thomas. Jedd, are you willing to put your money where your mouth is? You put a lot of things in it's just unbelievable. Including some traditional. Very true. Very true.

I have bet on Alex Pereira because like Long Island Loop, that's just a really good price. Yeah. I will say this, at that price, that makes a lot of sense. It's a really good price. I think it's a total coin flip, but I will side with sort of historical precedent and go that the younger guy, who just unseated the champion gets it done again. I will too. But I think he's going to knock him out.

I genuinely believe that. Wow. I think Alex is going to come in with a lot more fire. On the feet or on the ground? On the feet. I think they're both just going to throw. And people underestimate that Uncle I have swings a pretty big hammer himself. And Alex is 38.

Okay. He got buzzed hard last fight. Unk's got tools in a real fight if he's willing. Yeah. It's just we haven't seen it at his biggest fights. We haven't seen that same willingness. He gets a little, he gets more technical in the biggest. Who?

Uncle Ayah. Uncle Live, yes. But, like, if he buzzes him again, like he did the last time, I think this time he'll pursue it a lot more. I mostly just think they are going to trade hooks at some point, and whoever gets there first is probably going to be the guy who wins. And I don't know, we've never seen Uncle I've knocked out. I know he's been dropped before. I think Tiago Santos put him down once, but like, Alex is old man and a lot of miles, because even he's relatively MMA young. He's been fighting since 2012, something like that.

Yeah. And you wonder how I'm pushing against my own pick, but you wonder how much Laster took out of him, fighting three times in such a short window while hurt, while sick. Yeah. You know, I mean, it's almost like Mazved all the same thing happening. You had this incredible bounce back year and put everything into it. It was great.

But you're like, and you really sustain that at that age. We do have to ask that about it. Yeah. I think it's a coin flip. So if Alex, if Alex is the one who gets him, sure, like that either happened. But historical precedent suggests the younger champion who has only kind of lost once is probably going to win historically also just talk about it too like there

are way like once you lose the UFC title yes some people get it back some people get it back by changing weight classes some people get it back by rematches whatever but the overwhelming majority of time is once you are separated from that title you're separated for good yeah it's very very difficult

who are we off of our head GSP got it back Volk got it back Valentina Izzy got it back over Qatar took turns between the divisions it is rare we're talking about the great Yeah, look at the names we're talking about. Like, it's very difficult. And then, again, Izzy got it back and then lost it immediately right after.

Nunes got it back as well. Yeah, we're talking about the greatest of all time. It has happened a lot more recently. And Alex is one of, like, Alex is one of those guys who you'd be like, okay, yeah, sure, he's Alex Pereira. If it's that description. Yeah, he is in the mold of the fighters who would reclaim it. One more point, if I may, do we buy Dennis's theory that, like, Magamette Uncle Live just has, and the fight itself kind of being harmed? Like, why was every, why was 2024?

the year of Poetan and then he loses and everyone's like, go fuck yourself I don't know. Yeah, he's old. He's old now. I was like what happened? Where was all the Shama chance? It was because Uncle I have is the Bermuda Triangle of fighters. That's your theory? I honest to God, yeah, because the UFC has been so

not promoting him in general. Uncle I. Yeah. So it's like, oh, he lost to this guy that pretty clearly the promotion didn't really like that much. It's like if Mavsore Evlov ever gets to fight for a belt and wins it, everyone will forget about the featherweight division. because the UFC is so concertedly not promoted that man.

Right, right, right. So I think it's similar. Yeah, I think that's the best explanation I've heard. Look, quick phone or check on that UFC cutter card, one of your early stops in your life tour. That's right. I did live in Doha briefly. It'll be November.

Did you really? My dad was in the State Department. I know, but I just didn't realize you were. Dude, between this whole main event of Balaam-Mohamed versus Ian Gary and this main event of Hooker versus Sarukian. Yep. Give me some levels here. How are you going full?

Okay, so you're more of an Ian-Gig. Gary guy than I am. That matchup is great. That matchup is phenomenal. I'm not hitting on the matchup at all. That, again, speaking of a fight that could be boring, but is packed with information that you're going to learn. That one is, I mean, chief among them.

The one that's interesting to me is the Soruky and Hooker one. Because you'll note, Gamrod beat Sarjukian, somewhat controversially, but he did beat him. However, Chandler, a wrestler, boxer type, knocked out Hooker. However, Gamrod himself couldn't beat. Hooker. So you have to ask yourself, what kind of wrestling style does, sorry, you can need to have and what does he have? That's going to be a problem for Hooker. I think it might actually be a little bit more Chandler, where you actually wrestle boxing, whereas Gamrot was a little bit more just my offense starts once my wrestling begins. So I think that fight is interesting and somewhat mysterious, but it's the main event that is, or no, no, that's the main. Sorry, the co-main.

Yeah. That's the one that's like, is that a five-round co-main? I have no idea. I don't know. It should be. I don't know if it's a five-rounder? I think it's actually three. Oh, it's three? Well, that favors Gary, doesn't it? I think the whole five favors Gary. You think so?

His movement is going to be tough. Kraft King's odds right now. Ian Gary's minus 162, Belal plus one-thirty. It's a former champion. I'd hammered Gary. I think that price is low. You hammer them? The male or the female on that?

A little genuine. I would have to say that the main event could be the worst day for a hooker since Heidi Flakes lost the Charlie Sheen trial. Many of you watched that recent Netflix. I'm pretty confident there have been working. Worst days for hookers in the last 20 fucking years. Oh, yes, I did see the first. My man will come up with mid-90s references that absolutely zero people in the audience know.

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A little better call y'all on there. Ariba, Baho, Alcentro, Panthro. Oh, you mean, not just, when are you going to be giving it? Yeah, when are you going to be on it? Yeah, when do I get, you know, knighted by the morning combat gods? That's a good question. That's like a skull and bone ceremony you're going to have to go through. It's going to be like Luke's fraternity bros.

Yeah, you're going to have to blow B.C. I was literally about to be like I'm not not doing that Hey here's your prize Certainly not you with what is it FBI not doing that I do have full load aids There's a fantastic home main event

We can get into it right now The third title defense for Marab Devalish Willie of that Bannamweight belt Top 5 pound for pound 34 years old riding a 13 fight win streak and if he wins on Saturday one short of Islam Mahachev's two short of Anderson

Silva's UFC record of 16 So big fight odds are maybe oddly, aggressively in Marab's favor. But I have to say with Corey Sanhagen, friend of the show, we love the guy. He's been to the dance a bunch of times, could not break through. Is he or is he not, Jed, the toughest style matchup, just style matchup to date of Marab's incredible band and weight run. No, Umar is.

I know Maraup beat Umar, but that's just a testament to Maraub, like, uh, you don't think San Higgins a little more dynamic on the potential of like catching Marab coming in with one of those jumping knees or something. He did that to Frankie Edgar. Yeah, when Frankie was old and... BKFC version of Frankie? Oh, no, the early... There is no BKFC version of Frankie. Actually,

we got rid of that. Thank God. Thank goodness. Yeah, no, it's Umar. I mean, the Umar fight was still close. Marob won, undeniably, but like this is a fight I'm very interested in, very excited about. I was... That's just gross. He was baptized in motor oil. That is fucking

awesome this is gross but like to me this looks like it's setting up for all respect to a friend of the show Cory Sandhagen

a classic Corey Sandhagen fight where he looks good he proves that he's one of the best guys in division and he proves he proves he's not the best guy

so it just like the Umar fight just like the TJ fight just like the Pilateau had a little bit more tension like people kind of oversell that one

like to your point Mara was better and he won and in fact I thought it's like actually, between that and the O'Malley fight, those were so impressive by Marab. But, dude, Umar was given him the business at certain points in that fight and was a bare minimum quite competitive throughout.

This idea that, like, Marab just ran over him is not. I think he was saying the Umar Corey fight. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Yes, I was basically saying, look, Corey's been here, I mean, the Aljo number one contender fight when he got subbed. Like, we've seen him get so close to this level. But if we're building a case for Corey, wouldn't we say, great gas tank, which you need against Marab can wrestle

can sub off his back can hurt you with all four limbs switches stances could he potentially LT because you break these fights down like no one else is Sanhagen maybe he's not as good as Umar and we learned that when they went to head to head but does he have the best chance to slow Marab down

make him think and make it a little bit more of either chess or hesitation for Mara because of that versatility and unorthodox nature well maybe let me throw a little wrinkle in here I found out something this week by accident. I didn't even, I just stumbled upon it. I spoke to Ryan Hall this week and he's not working with Corey anymore and did not work with him for this camp, which I found quite surprising.

I don't know what the nature of... Trevor Whitman, right? Yes, with Whitman? Yeah, yeah, but I mean, he's still working with some other people that I know, like, for example, Ton Lee and Ryan and Corey were working together, and Tom Lee's still working with Corey. I don't know. I don't know what happened, or I don't think it's a bad, but I just don't think they're working together anymore. But that's... surprise me, because I would have imagined that's exactly the guy you would want who, to your point, could, like, introduce the element of surprise into the grappling. To answer your question,

I think a lot of people have fought Marab, like you fight any other elite guy, which is, you know, there's a certain sort of conventional norms that you adhere to. But Marab, dude, you can't, you can't do that shit with him. Yeah. Because there's no amount of labor you can throw at him that's going to be enough. Labor is not the thing. That chin is almost as insane as his gas thing. But hear me out. Hear me out. You ask me, like, can Corey be more dangerous? With a mindset change, yes. If your plan is he takes you down or a bare minimum gets to your back and then Matt returns you,

and I'm going to just wrestle up to my feet, if you play that game long enough, it's a guarantee you're going to lose. You have to switch it up. You have to reset the grappling attack with an inversion, some kind of role, whatever. There's various different ways and you can manage that. I would have imagined that having Ryan Hall in your game, to come with the game, plan for these exact scenarios would be that. Now, the good news is Corey's talented on his own.

You saw what he did against Devincent Figuero. I think something relatively akin to that gives you your best chance of beating Marab. But we haven't seen anyone really do that to Marab yet. And Marab has to know that some of that might be coming. And how does that change how he approaches his top control and his takedowns? This is, to me, honestly, who's better on the feet? It's not a mystery. Who's better on the ground?

Marab, it's not a mystery. But can Sandhagen through Jiu-Jitsu? For example, if someone tries to take down Charles O'Levara, they're setting the terms. But if Olavera in the process jumps guillotine, now he is setting the terms. I'm not saying it's to jump guillotine, Jed. What I am saying is... That would be a bad idea. That would be a bad idea.

Charles, it's good. If everyone else is pretty bad. But what I am saying is, Sanhagan has to take control of the process. Just take the initiative. You're not going to out wrestle and out labor Marab. Do something else in that process to establish the attack. Indeed, indeed. Marab, by the way, I've seen as high as a four to one.

What are the odds? As long as Luke looks it up, by the way, Maraub can become the eighth champion in UFC history to defend the title three times in one year and we know he wants to do it a fourth time in December. We'll see if he gets that chance. What are the odds at the moment? Minus 440 Marab Plus 340 Has come on him

All right is this Are you putting money on? Are you putting money on Corey? No I took Maraub I got him at minus 350 Which is still hefty Okay but if he was if he was from You know Australia and not Long Island

Would you have done the same thing? I don't know man Because you know I've been back in Marab for a while Now that's my guy Yeah people accuse you of eating the microphone Are you eating it right now? No it's because I'm talking into a fucking Gooseneck talk box

And people think I have like a legit Mike back here. So for anyone always like, Luke, you're popping your peas. Yeah, you're popping your peas. As my father would say, a poor carpenter blames his tools. This ain't my studio, bro. You know, it was a great carpenter. Jesus and he didn't tap.

So no forget Jesus. I've seen the T-shirts. Okay, definitely didn't tap. I one time went to an M.MA fight where the whole team fought where the Jesus didn't tap shirts and the fight was at a gun range. I saw, I called fights. That's the worst M.A thing. I call fights in a gun range.

where guys had Jesus didn't tap t-shirts. No wonder my dad doesn't like him. Yeah, that's a fair play. Look, so here's the deal with Marab. They were almost saying at Thursday's press conference, it was almost like people were saying, like, you know, could he be on the verge of becoming the true Bannamweight goat, although respects to Dominic Cruz and T.J. Dillishaw.

But if you really think about it, doesn't Corey Sanhagan kind of represent the last guy of Marab's era, the Marab Aljo era there, that he hasn't fought? It is interesting, and it played into a little bit of trash talk that came, Whether started it fun, went a little bit, you know, a little bit competitive by the end. But we heard a little bit of trash talk on Thursday, and we, you know, we're already here with Quervo. So why don't we do a little shots fired? We're going to fire a shot?

This is shots fired, brought to you by Quervo. Now's a good time to enjoy the tequila that invented tequila. Let's listen in on Marab from Thursday as we pour another one. Let me enjoy my shot. that makes you feel you could knock him out and how aggressive will you be in trying to land that punch nobody give me any problems

even in striking you know I fought Peter Ian I fought Josialdo I fought Sean O'Malley two times nobody can do shit so I'm the goal I'm the champion and I will prove it again whatever fights will go I'm ready

but my goal is to knock him out I said I will finish Sean O'Malley second fight I did so now This is my second chance. He would go on to say that... I got to say that suit wasn't bad. That was a nice suit. No, and he would go on to say

that Corey Sanhaken has small balls. Hold on him. Time out on that. Did my man really put his balls on Only Man? No, it's a running joke from Corey who did a dry humor skit on Instagram that said he started an OnlyFans. He made a ton of money.

Marab either fell for it or was playing into the joke. And then Marab said, I think we know which one. I have big Georgian balls. And I know there's going to be people like, wow, how could he not know that? Well, partly because I'm old. washed. Put the camera on me for just a second. You're looking at

your future. I mean, this will happen to you too. I mean, you're nursing this fantastic cocktail. I have a suggestion. Are you taking... Why don't you link the backside of my balls and tell me what they taste like? I've been... I've been farting on them. You can put some taquin on there if it makes it

easier. They taste like a Joseph Baybanks double-breasted. Okay? It tastes like FTA. Yeah. Do you know the story? No. Bro, one time I was on M Street. You can look this up on the Google maps it was on 19th and m i was on m street yeah so dude i i uh i one time had the shit of a lifetime and i was like oh my fucking god where am i got to go 19th and m there's like it's just businesses there there's no like like you're fucked right so i just saw joseph a bank and i was like yo i'm looking

for a tuxedo right i got to give him some excuse and like but first i need to go to your bathroom and they're like oh you have to use the employee one in the bathroom a triple flusher and remember i told you that shit in piles not long this sponsored segment by the way, just so you know, all right. Oh, dude, our producer is like, what are you doing? This is the magic of MK. Shots fired.

So as we shoot this, Luke, to hear that Marab's 4 to 1. It says a lot. It says a lot about who he's beaten. It says a lot about the run he's on, the cardio, the chin, the fact that he's evolved to striking so much that you heard him in that clip,

he's predicting a knockout. Are we overlooking the Sandman here, bro? Shots fire. Just to all the single women in America. Thank you. No. I think that... So smooth.

I think that the problem is for the perception of things, Marab is on the hot streak of all hot streaks, certainly in this division, right? You can make the argument, obviously, that, for example, Dominic Cruz is the goat, but he doesn't have a winning streak continuously

uninterrupted by injury and stuff like that, like this. Yeah. This is the hottest streak Bantamate history, I think. And then, I mean, it's up there. If it's not number one, it's up there. It's certainly competitive. And more to the point, Corey Sandhagen, also on his own hot streak, but to the point you raised, there's just been these moments where it's like, okay, he's obviously good,

but he's falling short a little bit. And now you're running headlong into that. You just get the situation. Dude, Corey Sanhagen is fucking dangerous. There's no doubt in my mind. But, dude, I'm not picking against Marab. until somebody shows me what it's like to make him lose. I've been making the argument all week on CBS Sports

of the danger that we don't want to overlook Sandhaken. There's real danger here. But Marab by fourth round submission is not a horrible pick. What do you got? Fourth round is that? Yeah. You should pick fourth round TKO? I think there's going to be synergy in the air.

I'm actually closer on this one with you because I think we're going to get a finish. I think the under here's long on Luke. You can pop us the numbers, but I like the under here. Because I think we've got two factors. a play. One, I think Marab's getting better. It was just like

I didn't think he was going to tap. Dude, he said he's going to fight until he's 50 yesterday. Well, sure. He said, fighters say shit. That's fine. I was surprised by the O'Malley finish because it was like, I don't know, immediately ahead of that fight. I was like, I don't like Maraub.

And I still stand on that. He is not a fighter that I generally consider interesting. We'll never say he's not great. He is amazing, one of the top pound fighters in the world. That fight made me think, huh, maybe he's got a Habib-esque, oh, now I'm the champion, I'm just going to dust, you fools. Like, I'm going to start putting guys.

30% better at the theory. He's going to start putting guys away. And I think playing into that, this is Corey's one shot. And Corey knows it. He's never getting back here again. It's just. He's 32. And Bannem Wade is Bannumweight.

Like he's not, he's going to leave it all out there. I don't think Corey Sandhagen is going to be, I'm down three rounds. I will just lose with dignity. He's going to go for broke as the fight starts slipping away from him, which I expected to, and that will just open up more opportunities. And so I actually like a full-truth.

It does make him dangerous. In short windows, it does make him dangerous and short windows. That's really the question here. To what extent? People have been asking, like, oh, for example, like, oh, can he flying knee when Marob shoots in? And I'm like, look, you know, yes, that's on the table. But, like, that is a Tom Brady throw in the middle.

of winter at Gillette Stadium that like only one guy I mean the possibility of landing that is real but remote you know less than Tom Brady it's more like a sure Tim Tebow can win a playoff game no what I'm saying it requires a Tom Brady level of skill to find

that little window over the shoulder for Randy had a flag football game in Saudi that's really the reference point do you know how much money they're paying ready to do that it's Saudi I assume all the money I think it's like 50 million some absurd number tell me if I'm crazy here if you're Sanhagen and you lose the bad news is you're Joseph Benevita

historically. The good news is you go home to Megan Olivia for it. I'm just going to let that one hang out there. Long Island, Luke, please listen to me very carefully. We need to add crickets to the soundboard. I'm into that. Yes. Come on. That was...

No, no, no, no, no. No, no. It was well-timed. No, no, no. Because... Was it your best effort. Because, because, first of all, Meganelie, wonderful lady, congratulations. on the birth of her child. However, if we're going to hit pop horn and when they're good, because sometimes they're phenomenal, you see me laugh. We all laugh on the show. But when they're bad, I want you to dunk on this bitch. It's true. I'm down to do that. I'll definitely do that. Two props I want to touch on quick because Jedass, the under four and a half is plus

260 on this. And smash it, boys. You guys were talking Marab by sub plus 850 marab by sub. Oh, I really like that too. Wow. That is a big price. Here's what I'll say about Corey. Corey's got pretty good sub-defense. He's pretty tough. He also underrated chin. He is tough as a $2.00 fucking steak. So this one actually, to me, has the likelihood of going the distance. I guess we'll see. I think normally, well, my

thing, my thought is just, Corey is going to sell out when he's behind. Yeah. Because he just has to. He's like, oh, I'm losing. I'm going to try to win. He's even said, I can't win this via decision. Yeah. Because you can't. You can't beat Robb. Like, maybe Umar on a great night can beat Mara

on the cards. I think if he works on his card, this rematch Umar Marab if Mara wins is going to be fantastic. I'll pick Umar whenever they rematch the first fight was so close and I don't mean fix your cardio I just mean oh shit I'm going against truly dial it in here I think he underestimated how much that was going to be a factor I would pick him in the rematch but like credit to Marab I thought he had no chance in that fight and he's proved why he's great Rob's take down defense in that fight was so fucking good incredible so good let's continue on he's good let's continue on down the card we have a top five life

heavyweight duel that is going to be a banger. I'm excited. Road to UFC 320 Yuri Prohatska, Khalil Roundtree Jr. preview brought to you by Total Wireless, the official wireless provider of UFC get unlimited data that won't slow

you down. Yeah, it is total wireless. You know what? Won't slow you down this fight right here. Both gentlemen are fresh off of victories over former champion Jamal Hill. Both gentlemen were stopped in title fights by former champion Alex Pereira last year. You could make the argument that whoever wins this, especially if Ancolaev should

beat Pereira second time, could be in line for a title, although obviously Black Jagalberg is writing a non-fight win streak, just dispatched down to McReyas. The UFC is going to have a difficult time there. But Jed, when you look at this matchup between sluggers, one of them more technical, one of them a little bit more unorthodox, although that unorthodox gentleman now has a master's degree. What are your expectations for this one on Saturday? Friggin chaos. My expectations are for Luke to have to eat crow and accept that Yuri Prohashka in rules and is awesome. Did you know he reached out to me? Did he? Was it after you trash talked him when I was in studio and you were like, I like good fighters? I was like,

no, it was after I did a, so after he beat Jamal Hill when he listened to me and turned defense into offense, he wrote me a note. asked me to do a little bit of a favor for him so I did so oh so suck my paylo to us is the reason that you're not no no no no no no no no are you writing his game plan for this one no let me be clear absolutely not when I said the favor was small was infinitesnately small but he was receptive to the things I did in my breakdown by the way I hope he was receptive to me loving him because he can rule that you wanted him to stay an interesting and delightful mediocrity I

wanted him to maximize potential. Eat my ass. That's not the only former UFC champion that's actually reached out to Luke for tape research. I really mean that right there. Luke is phenomenal in that area. You expect fireworks. Yeah. But do you expect, like, is it going to be technical and tentative until it gets crazy? Or is this just crazy? Because look, Yeri was known for craziness, but you got to dial it in if he's going to get back on top a second time here. May I jump in here? Yeah. To you. Wouldn't you agree that watching that Jamal Hill fight that on the one hand, clearly a better defensive

effort. And again, Jamal, a little bit more predictable because it's basically just boxing. On the other hand, you still got a little bit of that razzle-dazzle from Yeri. He does, which is why this I was about to say anyway, is like, I think I've made no secret of this. Like, Justin Gachie is one of my favorite

fighters because he should be everybody's favorite fucking fighter. I think Yiri is about to have the second half of Gachie's career. Oh, shit. Where it's like, because when Gachi came to you... I hadn't thought of it like that. When Gage came to the UFC, it was like, he said it was like, when am I going to find a dude who can bang like this? And then he found two of them and they whooped his ass.

And then he went back and he and Trevor Whitman controlled the chaos in spurts and then added tools. And he just, he's a much better fighter than, you know, his WSOF days or whatever. But he's still awesome. I think Yuri is in the exact same situation of he fucking ruled, man. And then Alex knocked him out. And the first time underrated one of the funniest things ever happened in this sport. They're like, Alex didn't beat me because he's good. He beat me because the Amazonian spirits.

One of the funniest things that's ever happened. And nobody talks about how fucking funny that is. That he was like, ah, it was the spirits of the Amazon. It was the black magic. Yes. And if he would be an honorable foe and not bring those spirits, I think the second loss, he had to be like, oh, maybe it's not Amazon spirits. Maybe I just should maybe block one. Reminder, the second fight against Poiton was even worse for him than the first.

This is the exact same fight, but worse, condensed. I think that fight, because to your point, he obviously looked better technically against Jamal Hill. And it's not huge. It's just adding a couple of layers. Totally agree. And so I think it is, I think he's about to be the, he is always spiritually just in Gagee at late heavyweight. It's the same thing. He's going to still have controlled chaos.

he's going to be a little bit better about not being totally reckless I will say this though Roundtree? Fast I was going to ask you. It kicks the shit out of your legs kicks the fuck out of your legs Now he had a more disciplined, moderate game plan against Hill because I think he was just trying to

get to the next thing But he found new life from that prayer fight. You have to give that to him. So for example, tonight is I think it's even started now is the Usman and Nurembergam and Paul Hughescord for PFL. Someone asked me like what's the biggest difference for Paul Hughes this time around he he believes we talked about this on Monday he believes and I think the same thing happened to roundtree yeah he lost he got

stopped but his chin held up for I mean holy shit his chin held up he won the first two rounds won the first two rounds and like dude he fought awesome yeah he fought awesome in that fight so I think there's no question he believes and this is the most important thing dude if you don't believe you can beat these fucking guys even if you can it's a rap I mean I believed in that a leave you joke like I really put everything I had into like the delivery of it and Look, if you hadn't believed it, it's super wouldn't work. Listen, still didn't.

Here's the problem. Just because you believe in it. Belief is not enough on its own. It's a necessary but not sufficient condition. You know what I'm saying? I'll give Roundtree a lot of credit. And he is exciting and explosive, but also technical at times. But at Yeree, I have this feeling is going to be much more careful.

They talked about this at the press conference on Thursday. Will that bring out instead the opposite in Roundtree? Will we see Roundtree going after him and maybe taking some chances? Um, that's a great question. I think Yuri's going to make him. I think Yuri's just going to be in his fucking face, right? Yeah, he is. Like, you know, Hill was trying to play that kind of distant.

And the fight kind of sucked as a consequence. Obviously, you know, Roundtree was the better of the two. Dude, I mean, I think Yuri's going to, you know, he's going to be tactical about it, but he's going to be in his grill. And he's just going to, okay, hold on. He's cooking something, boys and girls. No, no. You just know, you can, you can, dude, I want to say some about Brian.

I want to tell you something about Brian Campbell you can literally be like my whole family was burned alive in the house fire and I want to tell you about the depth of sadness that it's brought me to and you'll watch his face be like this he'll literally do that shit to you sometimes I got something in the chamber and I just love it so much anyway the point I'm trying to make is to answer the question simply I just I don't see any way Yuri doesn't make him engage, right? All right, so we're getting a finish, correct?

100%. And am I right in saying that if Ankleyev wins, we really could see, especially with a finish and a top five matchup, we really, sorry, Ulberg, but we really could see this, right? Well, you think so? I think if it's Ankhaliev and Yuri who win on Saturday?

Because it's a better win than Ray is. I think Alberg's next fight is for the belt, but it might not be next. Because he's not going to have to fight again after that. Yeah. But if Yri is going to say, You have to give him a title shot. Yeah, but if Yeri and Big Ongk both win, they're running that,

and Oberg can be the backup fighter and sit and do the whole, you know, pony show. But, dude, they love Yeri. I love Yeri. Do it for me, UFC, because Yeri should be exclusively in title fight. This feels like a coin flip. What are the odds here? Because I'm leaning Yeri, former champion. I think he's a little bit better.

I think he's a little more dangerous. I don't want to discount Roundtree and those leg cakes. But what do you got for me over that one? Minus 218. yeary more money is coming on year he too this 180 calil look would you have the guts to go around for here i don't discount his ability at that price it's getting pretty decent i'll say this i don't discount his ability to if yri is

fucking around yeah he could absolutely lose this one but i just feel like the time off the guy was like i had to get a graduate degree just to work on my memory and i was like oh yes of course you did um the master's degree sold lou he's like oh higher education. No, no, no, no. But it wasn't the degree. Did you what he said he got to work on his fucking memory? He's the best. And I was like, that makes no sense, but that's amazing. He's best. And I just feel like it's, one thing about Yuri too, we all lose sight of, he's very athletic. I mean, he's a big, durable 205er. The straw that stirs the drink for him. He's fucking athletic as shit. Dude, he hasn't gone the distance since 2016. It's insane. It's ridiculous. So I just feel like I, I, I don't. Don't discount the threat that Roundtree poses. He's a worthy adversary. Yes. But I just feel like it's Yeri's fight to lose.

And a great story, we're the adversary, but I'm going Yerry. You as well? To your point that you're not many good guys in the game. You've got two of them here. True. I'll give you that one. Yeri's been my boy forever. I'll back him forever. I will say, if you are trying to believe in Clue O'Roundtree, you like him, totally

reasonable. There's absolutely a world where, like, all of Yeri's defense is head movement, and that is meaningless because Klu's going to kick his leg off. And he doesn't check those. So, like, there's absolutely a universe where it's just like, oh, Cleo chopped his leg out. And then he couldn't do anything because he couldn't walk. Shout it to John Wood of Syndicate, by the way.

He's in Roundtree's corner. He's in Marob's corner. He had a great sit down with She Loves the Gloves, you know, out of the nation of Georgia. So shout out over there. Hey, everybody, are you looking at me over here? I got something to tell you. Total Wireless is hooking you up with the ultimate fan experience.

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any total wireless store from September 25th to October 26, and maybe you can win the ultimate fan experience brought to you by the UFC and Total Wireless. Holy cow on that one. All right, let's continue on down this card. Sleeper of a featherweight bout. 40-year-old Josh Emmett, hands of stone. Loser, though, of three of his last four, including most recently against a streaking Lorone Murphy, taking on a Yusef Zalalal. nobody is talking about it featherweight, despite a seven-fight win streak. What the hell are we expecting in this fight, dude?

I think this fight is probably not going to be that interesting, if I'm being honest. It's fun, though. Touch and go. Yeah, because the law is just going to dictate the range. And Josh Emmett, I mean, in general, you see this with all fighters. The older you get, you just become a trope of yourself. Like you have the A game and those are the only weapons.

Josh Emmett's just going to swing a real big hammer and hope it lands. It won't because the law will dictate range. well and it this is a meaningful fight I do not mean to run this down like I'm interested in it because it's also the interesting part is this obviously the biggest opponent the law has ever faced right like he beat Calvin cater he was the fourth guy in Calvin cater's current five fight losing streak so you're like how much do you weigh that Josh Schmidt still has the goods despite being 40 years old but my guess is the odds are huge probably a little bit bigger than they should be.

My guess is the law just dictates range this whole fight. Emmett never gets going. Of the main card fights, I think this is the one with the highest likelihood of being the least interesting. All right, all four fighters

in the main and co-main event, by the way, of Wade in, we're all set for Saturday. Josh Emmett, he's an interesting spot. Three of four, he's lost, but he's 40. You can knock out anybody at any time, ask a pre-meth, Bryce Mitchell on that one.

Now being trained by T.J. Dillishaw. Well, they were always Team Alpha Mill together Have you seen how big Dilleshaw looks in their photos? He dwarfs Emmett. I mean, it's like, dude, you got to go fight it illy if you come back, yeah. It's so big. This is the thing about Emmett, which, by the way, we did a room service diaries, a fucking amazing story. Great story.

Love the guy. Again, I think a pretty good person in the fight game, which are pretty rare these days. But more to the point, this is the thing, though, that kills me, Jed. He was like, man, I was working out with TJ with his camp, blah, blah, blah. It's like, I really went back to the lab and worked on my power. And I'm like, that was the thing you needed. I was like, Josh, you already had nuclear power. What are you trying to get?

Sounds like the American War budget. Now, it's like, you already have that. It's like, don't get me wrong. Like, okay, sharpen the sword or whatever. But like, this is not a fucking weakness, my guy. This is your ace in the hole. Remember he told us in the RSD? He's like, I have no game plan every fight.

I just come out and throw. He told us, he was like, bro, I don't got no motherfucking game plan. Honestly, I love that energy, but yeah. But yeah. Here's the problem. That's apparent. Zulal will. Yeah.

That's the issue. So to me, it's like, is he going to come in shape? Yup. I mean, if he lands on you, it's fucking Armageddon's. Born in Casablanca. He's ever been to Casablanca? He was born in Casablanco? Morocco?

Yes, he was. Also, isn't that where Zalal? Yusef Zal was born there, is what I was saying. Oh, I thought you said Josh Emit. And I was like, no. I was like, what? I was like, what? I thought he was born in California.

I don't know if you've been there because you've been everywhere in the world. I've actually never been to Morocco, no. Do you think that Josh Emmett or Luke has a better beard? Is that quervo talking or are you right now? Because I like this direction. Definitely, Josh has the better one. We can have some more quervoir. We've only had three.

This is his flight home is going to be great. Yeah, yeah. You're going to, dude, I'm going to watch you on TikTok getting thrown off of Frontier Airlines. I refused to verbally. For urinating in the exit row. I just refused to verbally commit to like, oh, yeah, I'm in the exit row. sure and get thrown out like a long out look give me a 30 second answer is yousef zalph for real at featherway he's probably still like two or three fights away even if he wins i just i feel like they're not

like favoring him there's so many other guys at featherweight i feel like they they favor above him he's one of those guys i think is going to have to win unless he starts getting it done emphatically his last fight a little boring tell you what you stop josh emitt i mean unlikely but if you stop josh emitt you're on your way you're on your way but josh it's also 40 so it's like you Youssef has stopped Billy Q and Jack Shore in his last four fights. He's fresh off a decision and went over Calvin Cater. Yes, he's quite good. Again, the touch and go that he talked about is going to be on the table.

But I wish Josh Emmett had worked on other things. All right. He's 40 and looks unbelievable. I just think I wish I looked like Josh Emmett from him. You still can, though, at 37. I cannot. You can turn the side of a chance. He went the distance with Ilya when a bunch of fucking guys can't do that.

Both of them have, actually. What's the biggest? Oh, you're right. A different fight. Yeah. Well, earlier, but still. What's the biggest threat to your fitness and diet health journey? My personal happiness.

Yeah, that's a fair point. It's way more fun to eat and do whatever you want. Gas station, Delta, AIDS, you know, fast food. I've been there. You know, I have black liver. It's tough. Black liver society. There it is.

Tough. All right. Let's close out the main card here with a middleweight bout. Not a plane train or an automobile, but a bus. Lago Medoff is riding a three-fight windstreek against some likes. That was the likes of Michelle Padeta and others. I mean, it's not been an overly impressive one. Worley Alvis, one of the other ones he beat.

He'll be taking on a Joe Pfeiffer who has had a stop and start sort of opening since his Be Like Joe Pfeiffer run on Dana White Contender Series. The big thing about body bags this week is he wants to change his nickname, but I can't wait for Luke to respond to this one to no body cam Pifer which means Luke does you see that actual quote before they I watched the

I watched the media day yeah before they kill I don't think naming yourself after secret police abuse yeah that's a fair way is the best idea but I'm just thinking out loud you know it was I was absolutely stunned now let me ask a question did he plant that and then the media guy asked or did the media guy just ask I think the media guy asked because like I remember that

happening but his response being like Yeah, like I saw that out there and it was supposed to be people calling me racist But I think it's funny Like that's that's a bad sentence to exist You know I don't know what to say All right, Pfeiffer's 29

5 and 1 in the UFC Seemed to have bounced back from that humbling decision Lost to Jack Hermanson He stopped Mark Andre Barrio He took a decision from Kelvin Gastlam In theory if he beats a somewhat Streaking a Boost Magamatoff That's a launch forward

Luke do you believe in Joe Pfefer as a future middleweight tighter contend. The problem is, Magamadov probably won't tell us much because he fades down the stretch, whereas Gastilum doesn't, and Gastilum is kind of having his way a little bit by the end of that fight,

although obviously to your point, you know, Pfeiffer was the rightful winner. He's like, dude, Piper is shot out of a cannon. He comes out with fucking blinding power. Hates his parents, but that's the reality. You know, an accurate combination. I'm being serious. Like, he's a handful early.

The problem is it just, he can't maintain that. If he doesn't get you out of there, he can still win the fight, but he doesn't maintain that same level. of first-round dominance. And Abus Magamatov is, like, talented or whatever, but can't maintain his game at all down the stretch.

And it's like, well, you know, I don't know what's supposed to give here first, but Pfeiffer's got better wins and seems like he's better, so he should win. But it doesn't, like, oh, does this renew my confidence if he wins about long-term potential? Not necessarily, no. Outside of the nickname and the childhood trauma,

is there any big drawback to Joe Pfeer rising in these ranks here at middleweight? I mean, they're certainly going to make him. They seem really invested in Joe Piper. I don't think there's a drawback to it. Like, I think the drawback is I don't believe he's very good. I think he's fine. He's not a bad fighter, but like he's very one note to Luke's point.

Like he has, he's got a fastball. Yeah. And you can make the majors with just a fastball, but like he doesn't have all speed, right? He doesn't. And, you know, you can beat Kelvin Gasolum who's washed with just your fastball. But like, there's, there's nothing else to it. And he's still young enough. I think he's 29.

He could develop more. like I'm not trying to throw them out right now but like I I personally if I was invested in the Joe Piper experience would have hoped that the loss of Jackermanston would have been like oh I need to add I need to develop tools and I got beat by a jab that's functionally what happened like I need to figure and it was just like no I probably should have won that fight anyway and it's actually Mexico's fault that I missed weight because that country stuff like he doesn't seem to have the introspective, and this is, this could

be wrong, straight. Like, I don't know him personally. This is what I am interpreting from the outside, but like, he needs more tools, because he beat a washed Kelvin Gasolam with a big right hand. Yeah. And building enough of a lead early. And that's good enough to beat Abis, frankly. Let me just say something too, like, to the point you raised, it's a good

point, which is, you know, listen, Mayweather, I don't know how academically bright he is, and obviously Mayweather's like, you know, one of the best fighters or boxers ever, but you see, you would agree with this. He just had a real keen sense of self. You have to. He understood himself, his limits. He understood with fine detail what his opponents were going to do in certain contexts. And Pfeiffer just seems to be like brute force. I'm going to beat you with brute force. And I think that like as long as

that's your mentality, you're never going to take that next level of introspection to maximize your game. That is good analysis about where he's at. He's going to have to use these type of fights to add those wrinkles and continue to grow. I want to talk to you now about Draft Kings pick six folks, and here it's presented to you by Draft Kings, where, of course, the crown is yours. You can download that Draft Kings pick six app right now. Use our code, Combat with a K. That's Combat with a K.

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over five rounds, more or less, 88 and a half significant strikes for Marab. Take the over. Yeah, that's smashed. Take the over. Okay. When we go to that main event, how about Alex Podeta, 63 and a half strikes over five rounds, significant strikes, more or less? That is a good line.

No, that's tough. I'll go less. Just for fun, I'll take the over on that, only because I think it will go long, but that's a tough one. This is where you've got to put your knowledge to the test. Take downs completed here. In the main event?

In the main event. That means like total between either guy? No, between, for one fighter, Magum and on Goliath, 1.5, more or less, takedowns completed. He was over 12 in the first time. Nail the under. Yeah, I'll take the under.

You think Pereira is going to stunt all of those against. No, I think he could give up a takedown. I think he might give up a takedown. One takedown. But that's one. All right. Alex is a way better defensive wrestler than people think.

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And Goteer is the camera. It's supposed to be Ozzy Diaz. Yeah, Gautier is the Cameroonian dude who looks like he's fucking Captain America. Otee is New Age Melvin Manhofe, and they're going to let this dude blow up. Thank you. Nobody's forever, and it rules. He's going to send that fucking kid's chin into orbit. Okay, expect it.

It's going to be so fun. I don't know what the line is on that one getting out of the first, but I wouldn't tell you. I was just going to say, Jed and I have been waiting a few days for this line to drop. Have they dropped one yet? They did. So it's minus 1650, Gautier, plus 850. Have they dropped the K.O. line?

They have not. They just have over under a money line. Yeah, he's going to smash the Kio. He's got no Wikipedia pages in this fight, but you will see violence. But how about this? Edmund Chabazian at middleweight against Andre Munez. We have a 27-year-old Chabazian who's been to hell and back a few times

and he's riding a two-fight win streak. Do you believe in head movement? He's not with Edmund anymore. Yeah, he's over to extreme couture. You know what I believe in? Quervo. Can we make what happen? Wow. I'm good. I have a headache.

Wow. From all the quervo? From all the sickness. I'll say probably not because this is so smooth. You're not down with the sickness? Probably from the FBI. You know what I'm saying? Down with the sickness.

I like Shabazi in here. I think the last two fights have been, oh my God, look at you too. I mean, sure. We'll call that. Are you calling this morning track power? Calling it something. This one's for now all the divorced women in America.

Thank you. Here's to swimming with bow-legged women. God, that's good. No, it is good. I'm just sick. Y'all have made me Cuervo fans. Yeah, I don't know. They're amazing.

Which is insane because I've hated tequila my whole life until I started doing this. And now I'm like, oh, quervo's unbelievable. Yeah, it's fantastic. Muniz has lost three of four So this is an opportunity for Shabazzian To keep rising back, is it not? He's an Armenian, you love Armenians. I do love him.

He's been up and down. It's a fair way to put it. But I do like the way, I think he's just got He's just, he's finally putting together a well-rounded game. Let's put it that way. I think he should win this one. When Munez started hot and has fallen off a cliff, you know. I don't believe in him.

Yeah, I don't either. I just, I believed in Jake Matthews, who I thought was putting together a game. And then Neil Magny got him. It's the same thing. He's the same fighter. Chris Gutierrez has won two since losing that decision to Saddam. Sadong, yes. Sadong Yong.

Sadong Yong. That's right. Thank you very much. Sorry, Mr. Faber on that one. Song Yadong. Excuse me. He'll be taking on Farid Basharat. What do you guys think about this?

Boschard, I think, is very technical. Yeah, great fight, but he kind of fell short in, I don't know if his last one or the one before that. As you indicated, very, very technical. I think Basharat has more ways to win. He's 13 and O Basharat. Farid? yeah he's his brother that lost it's his brother that lost please forgive me yes the only issue is bit of a decision machine no um and so gutierras might have who's i think a little bit more of a

punisher between them but i think basharat more well-rounded this is a fun show i can co with that assessment do you care about featherweight daniel santos against you jew song that's probably fun yeah i mean as as prelim card stuff you know all right to close out there's names on this early prelim. I want to jump down to the middle prelil-h. Hachimix fought in a fight last time out against Mario Bartista. Who's on a win streak

in which a win probably would have gotten him a title shot in his second UFC fight there at Bannonway. Instead, like Tatiana Suarez, a significant other who went from losing DeWayley in a co-man event for the title to being on the early prelims on the Noce UFC card, he'll be

taking on a Jacob Weaklots, who is the defense, with a, he was, 16, 3 and 2 record was the defending KSW Bannonweight champion, making his UFC debut and on a hot streak right now. What do we say about Patchy? The run he had through Bellator into PFL was electric. Yes, it was. I mean, he beat Horaguchi, he beat Magamatov, he beat Petis.

I mean, it was like name after name by stoppage most of the time. He did not move his head in this fight at all and got completely exposed. Is it bounce backable? Have you seen Wicklets fight? Not recently. He's fun. Yeah. I mean, the moving his head is not going to be an issue.

Wigglitz is basically Morsin held. Like, he's very similar. He's a super fun, like, tricky grappler. Can't really strike all that well. So, like, Patchy can probably just keep this on the feet. Yeah, but let's say, or entertain him on the ground. Let's say he could win the ground, too. To BC's point, it really shows like, oh, here's where Patchy was.

now you're facing a guy who's tough, but nobody knows on the early prelips. They have lost all confidence in him. Massive loss of confidence. I think the fight is actually really, really fun because I think Wiglitz deserves to be in the O.C. is very good. We've seen KSW champions have success in the promotion. I'm really looking forward to this,

especially if they get to grapple. It'll be super fun if they get grappling. Look, are you moved by the featured early prelim at Women's Bannamweight when Macy Chaison is going up against a rising, Yana Sant. who knows all about that Mahata hammer on a two-fight win streak? Took me a hit to rat.

No, she's seen the tattoo on the chest. She's seen the tattoo. That's what you meant, though, too, right? That's definitely what he meant. I'm going to say that, um, no. I mean, yeah, I don't hate it. I don't hate it. Look at him.

Look at him. He's so proud of himself. That's the face he's going to make when you tell him your wife was brutally murdered. You'd be like, yo, my wife was murdered. He'll make that face out of you. There we go. All right, we got to get out of here.

Also, Puna Leahy Soriano is back. Yeah. Did you see him tell Mike Bonn about training with Islam? No. He said Islam, when Puna was at middleweight, he trained with Islam one day, Extreme Couture, and Islam beat the living fuck out of him. Yeah, that tracks.

Puna's an awesome Walterweight. Like, his drop to Walterweight, I'm really excited just because he's been a heater, but... Yeah, he gave me a little confidence. I was like, ooh, I don't know, man. Puna was like he tooled me. Like, I could do nothing to him. Yeri Pahasca just came in at 206 pounds. So he's in for that feature.

I get my guy. And also, Austin Vanderford, former Belator MFightor MFA fighter, Mr. Page Van Zahn, is going to be making his second UFC appearance. Last minute, they put him on the card here against Ramiz Brahimaji. I think it's Brahma. But there might be, there is some debate about how you pronounce it. Dude, I like Austin. Shout out to him.

He can wrestle. He's game. I mean, he kind of fell apart against Musassi, which broke my heart a little bit. But, yes, in general, he's got some skis. That's a middleweight. He's a welterweight. feels like a natural weight class for him. And in the curtain jerker at Women's Flyweight,

Broken Walker will take on a friend of the program, Veronica Hardy, who's like a minus 800 favor. It's like a minus 5 million. The second biggest favorite on the card behind the table. Minus 700 right now. Broken Walker. Brogan Walker hasn't fought in 30 months. Great card.

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All right. Jed, can you tell other people about yourself at all? They got a sponsor the show. Yeah, they do. Do you think they want to be associated with that story? I think there's an upside. Jed, can we watch your work somewhere or something? M.AFlein.com, baby. Watch party this week. It's a great website.

And yeah, you know, and hopefully back again. I hope that I didn't have too much square vote to not get invited back in the future. to a fourth shot, and I'm very happy about that. Thank you very much. I'm really pleased with it. Luke Thomas, people can check out your work this week on the Luke Thomas YouTube channel. If the train gets me back on time tonight, I'll have Nirmigamadov and Hughes coverage, but either way, for sure, tomorrow, watch the long post-fight show. The ex-Marion and you should be following any train except for us, former Marine.

For Long Island, Luke, the great Jedmishu, the deuce, and Luke Thomas, I'm Brian Campbell. Thank you for joining us. Enjoy the fights this weekend. We'll be back in the studio Monday morning to break it all down. has been morning combat morning combat dot shop for our new exclusive october merch morning combat at gmail dot com to reach out to the show follow us on the socials check out our sponsors it has been m to the k thank you we are out of here this is an i heart podcast