The Ariel Helwani Show - Conor McGregor says White House fight 'signed,' UFC Qatar reaction, UFC 320 & PFL preview | The Boys in the Back

Episode Date: October 2, 2025

The Boys in the Back begin the show by reacting to Conor McGregor's recent update about fighting at the White House (02:12) and two huge fights announced for UFC Qatar: Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dan Hooker and Belal Muhammad vs. Ian Machado Garry (08:06).Next, they preview UFC 320 (20:15), PFL Champions Series 2: Nurmagomedov vs. Hughes 2 (1:19:04), and BKFC Newark (1:28:15), before making picks (1:40:30) and debuting a brand new Fight Feasts (1:45:22).Finally, the Boys deliver their P4P documentary rankings (1:59:23), listen to your voicemails (2:22:43), and answer your Super Chats  (3:10:31).

What is good. What is good? We are back with another edition of Boys in the Back. This time Thursday, October. Yes, October 2nd. It is my favorite month of the year. We made it. I am one-third of the boys in the back. Connor Birx join alongside me. As always, Pretty Ricky! Mr. New York, Rick. How we doing, brother? I like the fact that we turned it over into October. I'm ready. Love October. Five Thursdays in this month. So we're kind of book-ending the second and the 30th.

You'll be with us on Thursdays. Yeah, you just get that. We're starting to get that fall crispiness in the air. Last night I was walking around when I was heading home. I was like, oh, I feel it. I feel it. I don't yet smell it. There comes a day where you walk out and it's just like,

oh, yeah, it smells like fall. Same thing with spring. It's great. Love October. Have we started the PSLs? Have we started? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, started those actually on the day the season turned over to fall. So, like, September 22nd, yeah, started up with the espresso machines, the pumpkin flavoring. Yeah, it's good stuff.

Made some homemade apple cider. Wow. I mean, we're really turning the leaf. Now it's time for horror movies. Oh, yeah. Football's going on. You got playoff baseball going on. It's the best.

And we got a stacked weekend of combat sports. UFC 320, BKFC, PFL. I mean, what more could you ask for? the sports calendar is on fire. It's a great month. I'm feeling good. Frankie, how are you feeling back there, man? I'm so glad you asked. I'm actually doing really well. Lunch was good. Got you guys miced up. I thought it was fun to be able to start the show off today with such high energy. I think so we're asking. I'm feeling great, man. I'm feeling great. We got post-show plans. We're going to the smashing machine gift shop activation afterwards. I'm feeling good, man. I'm

feeling great. The Frank energy is different today. I'm not quite sure what it is. I'm just acknowledging that and we will see how that plays out the rest of the show. That's why you're in charge. I don't like this. I don't like what's going on here but we will ride with it. I'm loving it. Keep it going Frankie. We start this show as it feels like we begin every boys in

the back as of late with some news pertaining to the White House Guard and Connor McGregor. He was on Sean Hannity last night on Fox News and he had this to say in regards to his fight taking place next June at the White House. It can ignite a support.

for the people of Ireland. Is this a done deal? Is this a done deal? You're in? You made a deal? Sign delivered. It ain't a negotiation. Wow. It's a done deal signed delivered. McGregor will compete in the White House for U.S.C.'s 200, for the America's 250. Did you talk to Dana about it? Dana's got to sign off, I would imagine, no? Me and Dana are in constant communications. We've done incredible business together and the highest generating fighter of all time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. They've just signed a breathtaking deal with Paramount.

Where we go to cable TV, $7.7 billion, that deal was a crew for. And ready to rock, baby. Bring in the big dog, the Mac, the MacG. All right. So do you think it is officially signed and sealed? It's all good. We're done. I do not want to call Connor McGregor a liar.

I do not believe that it is signed, sealed and done. This is a weird situation because Connor is out there saying he's not negotiating with the U.S. he's negotiating directly with the White House, the cabinet of the president. And the fact that he said, you know, Dana White and I are in communication, that I believe, but like, do I believe that him and Dana White have had a full discussion on this is the date, this is the weight, this is the opponent, sign the, no, I don't believe that for one second. Do I believe that he will likely be headlining this card? Yes.

Do I believe that all signs would point to that and that they're moving in that direction and everything's good, yes, but it is now October 2nd and that car is not happening until late June. So I don't really believe that there's any reason it would be signed, nor do I think that if it was signed now that that's any sure sign of anything come months from now. Eight and a half months until that fight card likely takes place. Like you said, for it to be signed and sealed, that means there's a date, there's an opponent, there's a weight class that they've decided on. I am with you. I highly doubt that it's actually signed. But I do, it does make me feel like he's going to fight on the card.

Yeah. All the signs to me are pointing toward that. I have no, I have no reason to doubt that he and Dana White are discussing this. I have no reason to doubt, honestly, that he's discussing this with members of the president's cabinet and others involved as well. So I'm sure that this looks like it will happen right now on October 2nd,

but again, we have eight and a half months to go. Like, let's see what ultimately happens by then. But yeah, I mean, more positive signs in the direction of like Connor wants to fight on this card. Dana talks about Connor fighting on this card. We're going to, this is the new USC 300. This is the every single time there's any crumb of anything. We're going to be talking about it.

And to be honest, like rightfully so. I know it's getting a little bit tiresome. But in reality, this is going to be the biggest card in MMA history. This is going to be the most significant event in MMA history to this point. And so it's worth the discussion. But yes, I don't necessarily. feel like there was any, like, new news there. Yeah, I just feel like from the sheer size of it, we discussed yesterday that it's going to end up being like a Hill versus Pereira type thing. I don't

think so. I don't think that's the case. I think you need the fight to match it, whether it's McGregor, whether it's John Jones, anything like that. But it is interesting to see to see him go on a massive, massive platform. Like, Sean Hannity might be more for the old heads, but like, dude, the numbers that Fox News and Sean Hannity brings in are insane. That's where you get that that more casual audience, that's where you get my mom texting me being like, oh, is there really a White House card happening? So for him to go on and say that it's a done deal, it's signed and delivered, feels significant to me. He also had another quote from the show where he talked about how it's going to be a six-month training camp for him. I just want to clarify one thing. This was

actually from a roundtable that he was doing the BKFC. This was not from Hannity. Thank you for clarifying that. I have eight months out from the White House event. I consider it a six-month operation to get ready for this bout. That's my focus right now. I'm eager to climb the steps into being ready for my return. There is a lot at stake. So it sounds like if it's going to take place in mid to late June, like we're talking to like Christmas time, I would love nothing more than to see him like lock in, get off the socials, stop seeing him so often in public and in different places and looking like he's, you know, having great times and everything like that really start locking in around Christmas time.

Yeah, and I do think that is what will be required, right? Like, for Connor McGregor, the problem is never like, if you show up on fight night, can you fight? Like, that's not the issue. The issue is Connor McGregor has attained a status, has reached a level where everything outside of the cage is the obstacle, right? It is not the can Connor McGregor train for a fight? It is, can Connor McGregor train for a fight when he's doing a brand deal here or doing this

or doing a showing or blah, blah, blah. there are a million other things that distract him and pull him away from this or legal issues. There's lots of other things that are at play when it comes to Connor McGregor. So if he were to lock himself in and do it that way, I believe that that is the only way he can ultimately hope to achieve success. And he mentioned it in the interview with Hannity. He talked about how long he's been out of the fight game. He's like, I've been out of the fight game for several years now.

So I think he realizes what is at hand with the fight being at the White House and also how much he needs to do to get ready for this. Yeah, and another just declaration of his seriousness about fighting on this card. And so, yeah, as we said, long way away remains to be seen. But every step along the way has led me to believe that he will be motivated to fight on this card. We did get some concrete fight news last night from Dana White. He went live on Instagram and broke news about UFC Qatar. We got a main event for that one.

Armin Sarukian will be taking on Dan Hooker. and Belal Muhammad will be taking on Ian Mashado Gary in the co-main event. Two fantastic fights, two fights with a ton at stake. I mean, you could potentially have the two winners of these two fights fighting for the title next. Absolutely. No doubt about it that these guys could be next. Or let's say, I don't think that the winner of this fight will get the next lightweight title shot. because I think that this is an indication

that there will be somebody else getting a lightweight title shot, right? The booking of this tells me that it's not Armin Saruki and somebody else will get next.

I do believe that Armin's next fight if he wins, could be. That's what I'm saying. Their next fight, the winner's next fight could be for the title. Absolutely.

I actually think we can just get right into it. I think this implies that it'll likely be Elliot DePorea versus Patty Pimbley. Or Justin Gachi in like a real outside chance scenario.

let's say Paddy's not ready, something like that. I imagine it will be Patty. I would hope that it would be Patty. I think that fight makes a lot more sense. I think something would have to be wrong with Patty. But if Patty can't go, right? Now you don't want to put Iliot Toporia on the sidelines for that long that you're not getting one of these fights.

And so maybe Justin Gaitchur or somebody else does get in there. Or if, look, if Arm and Sarukian or Dan Hooker has a fantastic performance, maybe you do turn them around quickly and maybe they are next for Iliot-Suporia. But ultimately, I do think this is a nod toward the Iliya. fight and this would be the fight after that. The winner of this certainly has to be in line for the fight after that. It's also just a fight that's going to have a great build. Dan Hooker was talking to our guys over at submission radio and mentioned sort of like they've had a history on Twitter. They've had beef before they don't like each other and they talked about what'll

happen if they see each other before the fight. When it comes to Armand and this fight week, do you think he's going to stand for what he said he was going to do like if I see Dan and so on. Do you believe now that the fight's official when you guys see each other, do you anticipate he's going to be a lot more quieter now? I don't give a fuck, bro.

I don't give a fuck. If he comes in arms ranging me, like, I'm going to hit him. That's the long and short of it, and the fight's going to be off. Like, I don't care about that. There's just, that's what I'm saying. If you put me near the guy,

the fight, and I feel like he feels the exact same way, If you put me near the guy, I'm going to try and hit him and throw shit at him and piss him off. Yeah, that's not really my concern. The UFC wants this fight to happen. So I feel like it's on them to keep us away from each other. There's shit and there's guys that do it for show and stuff like that. but yeah it's not this is not necessarily the balled up for a fight if whether they pay me a million dollars and hit them inside of a cage or whether i bump into them in the car park

and the whole chabin gets canceled and i'm going to do what i'm going to do uh i think dan hooker means every word that he's saying yeah he is actually a crazy person and I don't think he cares where the fight happens. He just wants to fight Armin Saruki. Yeah, and to be honest, I almost believe Armin as well. Like, we've seen Armin kind of get into it with the Bobby Green stuff in the past. Like, these guys probably should not be near each other because I do believe, like, the teams are probably going to get Rowdy. Also, shout out to my guy, Dennis, from Submission Radio.

Go Submission Radio on YouTube if you haven't already. He's a legend. But yeah, I'm excited about this fight. I think it's been building toward it. Like, Dan in particular, has really wanted this fight. and you have to respect that on the heels of a win over Gamrod, he's like, yeah, I want Armin too. He's kind of taking some of the tougher challenges, and I think it's going to help him because this is the type of name you need to beat to propel yourself back into like a title conversation.

So Dan Hooker's trying to do it right, and he's a gamer. I do wonder stylistically if this is going to be the ideal matchup. Like Armin feels like somebody who's going to be able to exploit the holes in Dan's game. But at the same time, Dan is always dangerous. and the striking is certainly his advantage. And so we'll see how this plays out. But if you're Armin, I think just getting back in the cage is going to be a huge win here. Like we have seen him doing the grappling.

We've seen him on Instagram doing the eating of 6,000 foot croissants and whatever else he's been doing lately. I need to see this guy fight. Yeah, 100 in and out burgers, 17,000 wings. I just need to see Armin Saruki in fight because it has been way too long. And I'm happy that we're going to get to see that soon. Yeah, I mean, the fact that he was supposed to fight for a title in January, and now it'll be 10 months after that. We're finally going to get to see him at UFC Qatar. They've had a back and forth on Twitter, Dan Hooker, quote tweeting some tweets about him.

This one of Armin Sarukian just four days ago with an existing back injury trying to impress Nina drama. You can't make this shit up. That's the video where he's like spinning around on his head with his back. Yeah, this was before the pullout and everybody was saying that was to blame, yeah. Dan Hooker says, we are not the same. And then another one, Armin blames Nina for his back injury. And then Dan Hooker says, I broke my hand preparing for a fight. You hurt your back creeping on Nina drama.

So, like, there's a history there. Like, he's talked about how he's like a rich, posh boy and everything like that. There is a history between these two. Dan Hooker always comes for a scrap. You talk about the stylistic matchup, but, like, you would think Gamrot would lend to a boring fight and probably a Dan Hooker lost. But, man, they put on one of the best fights of the year. it ended up in a Dan Hooker win. So you just never know what's going to happen.

Five rounds. Dan Hooker knows that he doesn't have unlimited time left in this career, man. Like, he's aging a little bit. The injuries, like we're coming back from the hand injury now. Yeah. I think it's going to be a great scrap, dude. I cannot wait for this one. I think it's going to be fantastic.

And then you combine that with the co-main event of Bilal versus Ian Machado, Gary. A lot of people aren't to see Ian Gary versus Sean Brady, but we end up with him going against the former champion, which there's sort of a back. story there as well. And I think this could also end up being a great fight. Yeah, to me, this feels like a better fight for Ian, if I'm being completely honest. Like Brady, for one, is just a tough out, right? Like stylistically, he's going to be extremely tough for anybody. But two, he's not a former champion. He doesn't carry the name value. Balal has a win over Sean Brady.

And so I think this is probably a shorter path to the title for Ian Machado Gary. So I like this from Ian's perspective. And from Balala's perspective, I like it as well just because you need to get back on the horse, right, and show that you're the, you're still championship caliber, and I think this is a great opportunity for him to do that. So good matchmaking here. I definitely would have been interested in Brady versus Gary, but I understand why they went in this direction, and I like this fight quite a bit. All right, so we've kind of been, I don't want to say complaining, but sort of noticing how 155 and 170 have had a massive shortage of bookings. Now we're starting to get that. Now you got the number two guy, you got the number six guy booked at 155, and now you

got the number one guy and the number six guy booked at 170. Get those wheels turn in a little bit. Yeah, you just need one dominole to fall because now those guys are off the table for the other guys and then it starts to work itself out. So I imagine now we'll see kind of a string of lightweight and welterweight fights made because they don't want to fall behind, right? If I'm, if I'm another lightweight or I'm on another welterweight and I see these matchups being made, I don't want to be waiting for them to get their title shot. I want to enter that conversation myself. So I think we'll see some movement now finally now that these dominoes fell. We mentioned Ilya Tuporia, his brother Alessandre Tuporio, was announced to also be fighting on this card against Bezcat Alma Khan. So I believe that will be his second fight in the UFC. They're building up this card. Well, man, Luke Riley from Cage Warriors, taken on Bogdan Grad. Sergey Spivak, shout to Action Bronson.

Shout out of his favorite fighter. Taking on Shamil, the Goatzeev in a heavyweight clash. Alex Perez versus Asu al-Mabayev and Jacker Manson taken on. Mick DeBeck, Oroby. Man, Saturday before Thanksgiving, noon kick. A couple main and co-mains with a lot of stakes. Sign me up. Chris, November afternoon?

Yeah. It's looking like a nice, nice fight card just a couple weeks after UFC 322 will be taking place here in New York City. These Middle Eastern cards that they're obviously paying hefty, hefty site fees for, the UFC tends to bring out the best

for fight nights for them. Yeah, and it's just the reality of the game right now and the economics of the situation, but you can't be mad at getting a fight card like this. Like, it is going to be tremendous and nearly, like, pay-per-view worthy based on, like, these guys are title competitors, you know? Like, I'm very excited about this card.

Shout to Doha. Frankie, you a Qatar or a cutter guy? I am a cutter guy, but I could see that maybe it goes both ways. I was looking at the pronunciation. It's tricky, man. For a simple five-letter word, it's like you say cutter, but you have to pronounce it, kind of like Qatar. Like the emphasis is on the Qatar, cutter.

I watched about six pronunciation videos on it yesterday, and I just couldn't get it. So where did we land, though? You have to, like, use, like, an accent. It's like... So you don't want to do it because you'd have to do an accent? Cutter. You, like, don't hold out the R.

Kater? Qatar. I can't remember. I watched, like, eight videos on it in it. It's tough. Yeah, you said it, Terrence. You took the words right out of that. Can somebody from Qatar call into the voicemail line?

I was watching videos of people from Qatar. And it's like, they said that there's like no English equivalent for it. So you have to use the accent for the language spoken there. Like American struggle with that. So for now, I'll just. It's like a Melbourne, Melbourne situation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll just stick with guitar.

Got it. That's what I said, the entire World Cup when it was there. Doha, you said, right? Yeah, shout out to Doha. Um, no venue yet on tapology, but I think, I think, uh, I think Dana said the name of it, like a H-A-B-A arena or something like that. All right. Uh, should be a good one though, man.

I'm looking forward to that one. Um, so that's the news for November, I guess we're only like six weeks away from that happening. I don't know why I feel like late November feels like forever away, but that, that one is quickly approaching us, but we have got some big fights to look forward to this weekend. Uh, Friday you got PFL action, probably one of the best cards that PFL could possibly put on right now, save for a couple stars that aren't on there. You got UFC 320 taking place in Las Vegas, and you got BKFC going down across the river in Newark, New Jersey at

the Prudential Center. I mean, this is all you can ask for as a fight fan. Yeah, I mean, not only is it just like a busy one, but there are high-level stakes in these matchups and there's like names and faces that you recognize. It is one of those like, I have to watch everything. It's not one of those where it's like, okay, this one goes in the back burner, this one I'm going to watch. You kind of have to consume all this because these are the best of what these promotions have to offer. It's truly going to be incredible, and I love the way that they're stacking the times. Obviously, Friday dedicated to PFL, BKFC, wisely scheduling it to where the card will be over before the main card of UFC starts. It's genius, so you have no excuse to not watch everything.

And it's one of those weekends, like you said, where you do want to watch everything. Let's start with UFC 320, though, main event, Magamette Ancolaev, taking on Alex Pereira, light heavyweight championship of the world, rematch from the fight that we saw back in March, which I feel like as time has gone away from it, I feel like people are remembering more of a dominant performance from Magamette Ancolaev than actually happened. I went back and watched the fight and I also went back and watched our watch party both of us in real time scored it

for Alex Pereira now granted we were saying like man these scorecards could go either way like this was very close we gave one three and five to Pereira and like that third round all three judges gave it to Ancolaev despite Pereira out striking him

but it was a very close round like it was a close fight and on two of the judges' scorecards it was 4847 Sal Di Amato gave the fifth round to Uncleayev, so he had it 49-46. But, like, this was a close fight, and now a fight that, you know, fighters will say a lot of things after fights don't go their way. But Alex Pereira saying that he was essentially only at 40%. And when you go back and watch it, like, I don't know if he was at 40% or not, but, like, it didn't feel like the Pereira we had seen on that legendary run he went on in 2024. It felt like he was a little bit less aggressive.

He was able to stuff the takedowns, which was huge for him. but it felt like he never really stepped on the gas and forced the issue at hand. And I think if he's able to do that, like, we could see him come out victorious here. I mean, the odds just keep spiking from Agamette Ancolaev. He's the biggest, like, minus 280 or something like that, minus 270 on draft kings. He's minus 285 right now. So it keeps climbing, and it doesn't feel like there's a ton of buzz around this, the potential of Alex Pereira, one of the biggest stars in our sports getting the belt back.

But I'm intrigued for this one, man. I'm fascinated for it. I'm really curious to see how Alex Pereer come. comes out because it feels like there has been a shift in him. It feels like he's taking this one personally. It feels like he's fired up for this one. Yeah, he's definitely a little more vocal, right, than we've seen him. Like the last time we really saw something like this is probably Israel, right?

Where he had something to say about his opponent and was more interested in that than necessarily, like, just the Shama and maybe Jamal. Maybe Jamal Hill, there was a little bit, but it was more on Jamal's side, if we're being completely honest than Alex's. as far as the fight itself goes my feeling at the time has not changed which was that was the worst Alex Pereira performance I've seen like that did not feel like the version of Alex Perre that we're used to he was just so lethargic not aggressive when the openings and holes were there

he wasn't capitalizing on them he was just allowing himself to kind of be there for the taking with Magamad I didn't remember what you said about me scoring it for Alex that makes a lot of sense to me though because that was an extremely close fight There was not a lot of action on either side. The takedowns didn't end up being a major factor. Magamad shot for quite a few of them was unsuccessful.

There wasn't a lot of damage being done by either man. And so I feel that this fight is Alex Perrers to lose, if I'm being completely honest. I feel the same way I did feel going into it, which is that I do believe Alex is the better striker. I do believe when Alex is engaged and being aggressive and not just kind of like plotting and there for the taking, that he is going to be able to find Magamette's chin and be able to finish this fight. So the first fight really wasn't very instructive in terms of how I'm thinking about this rematch. I kind of almost look at it as a mulligan where I get to see that fight again. And if we see the version of Alex Pereira that had been in all the fights leading up to the Magamette fight, I think he wins. Now, there will be many out there that are saying

who will say in response to that, that I'm not giving enough credit to what Magamad did to shut Alex Pereira down. But quite frankly, I didn't see that. That was not what I saw from Magamette on alive. I did not see this masterful game plan where Alex Pereira was frustrated and could not engage. There were opportunities for Alex Pereira to pull the trigger in that fight and he was not taking them. It was not a situation where he was completely stifled, right? It was not facing Marab Davalishvili, where you have no room to breathe and you can't do anything because he's setting such a pace that your weapons are now useless. It was not that. That was not what we saw in that fight. We saw a lot of moments from inactivity from both sides. And in the middle rounds,

not in the middle rounds, in the middle moments when there was nobody engaging, maybe Magamad took a few more of those. And that's what ultimately got him to nod. If Alex Pereira fights like Alice Pereira, I think he's better than Magamene and Kalaya. That's ultimately where I'm at. And I will have to be shown otherwise because I did not see that in the first fight. What we were saying before the first fight was essentially if Magamad on Kaliv cannot get this to the ground, he is in massive trouble. Yeah. He didn't get to the ground. round. He went 0 for 12, and interestingly enough, he started shooting more takedowns as the fight went on. He, across the first three rounds, he shot for two takedowns, and then across

the last two rounds he shot for like 10. Ended up going 0 for 12 in that fight. If he goes Ofer again on the takedowns, but ends up being 2 and O against Alex Pereira, I will be just, I'll just be, I'll be speechless. It'll be like, man, this, what a back-to-back performances by Magamette Uncle I. Because I think again, at some point in this fight, he's going to go to the wrestling again. But you have to then acknowledge that if that scenario plays out, right? If Magamette is over 12 on takedowns again, then Alex Perrier probably did not pull the trigger again, right? Yeah. If Alex Pereer pulls the trigger, the likelihood that Magamette is going to be able to just outstrike him while going over 12 on takedowns feels very unlikely to me. It just does not feel

like a real scenario. I know I just saw it. I know I was going to say, but we just saw it. But to me like will we see Alex Pereira quite frankly I think he let Magamette off the hook in that fight I believe that that fight was there for him to be able to win and he let Magamette off the hook if we see that again to me that be more concerning about the future prospects in the career of Alex Pereira then it would be this like masterful performance by Magamette now I'm saying that if we see that again right if he's over 12 on takedowns and that's how that fight looks again there's a version of this fight where Magamette is even better right There's a version of this fight where his striking is getting off a little more.

Now they've both seen each other and Magamad was able to stand with Alex for extended periods. Those 0 for 12 takedowns, he wasn't really like hanging on him pretty long. A majority of this fight did take place on the feet and he was able to stand with Alex Pereira. Granted, as I said, I think this was a gun-shy Alex Pereira who did not pull the trigger. But he was able to stand with him. That's got to give you confidence. Maybe his hands open up a little bit more. And when he opens up his hands, he is quite good and quite powerful.

He's a very good technical striker. the book on him leading into the first way was all this stuff about like he's a crotch sniffer he's gonna grab him and take him down that's never been his game he's primarily a striker who opportunistically takes takedowns i actually think it was the the book was uh he's not a crotch sniffer everyone everyone was like everyone who likes to think these dougastanis are all crossings and then we did that not and so we did like everybody says that but he's actually not and so i think enough people were saying it that he actually is a striker yeah i mean like i don't know it just feels like with with corey with

Yeri, I mean with Marab Corey, with Yeri Khalil, with the Paul Hughes-Uzman fight going, it does feel like there isn't a ton of excitement for this. And it could just be my timeline. It could just be the people that I listen to. But it kind of feels like people are writing Alex Pereira off in this one. And it feels like the odds are reflecting that as well. Yeah, that feels a bit strange to me. I don't know how you could watch that fight and look at it and be like, that was a dominant performance by Magamid and Alex has no shot. Like there were just, there were just so many moments of inactivity where if Alex Pereira decided to pull the trigger, just put himself at risk a little bit, right? You have to put yourself at risk.

I think that's what he's going to have to do. You're going to have to put yourself at risk for getting taken up by Magamette or betting clip by one of his shots. But in doing that, you have the better weapon. Alex Pereira's hands are better than Magamans' hands. Alex Pereira's power is better than Magam's power. If he puts himself at risk in certain scenarios a little bit, I ultimately think he'll be successful because nobody standing with Alex Pereira can really out duel him when it comes to plant your feet and let's trade power for power. He's going to win that exchange in nearly all the scenarios.

So if he's a little busier, I just, I lean Alex. I lean Alex again. I feel no differently than I did feel going into the first fight. If you tell me that Magamette is going to go over 12 on takedowns this time, I do think that Alex Pereira is going to win the fight. I think both look better. That's how I ultimately see this. I think Magamette's going to look a lot better. I think he's going to be a much more comfortable

with his hands. I wouldn't be surprised if he completes some takedowns, especially if Alex Perrard does take some chances like we're talking about. And what happens from there? I don't know. That's going to make the fight more exciting. But if Alex can find Magamette's chin, I think he wins the fight, and I think he will. Ultimately, I think it's going to be a more exciting fight. I think one of the biggest reasons why it's going into the radar is the last fight wasn't that excited. It was a dud. It was, you know, some decent striking exchanges. You had the moment where he kind of throws them off at the end of the round, you know, some stalling and clenching in the fourth and the fifth.

I think that this is going to be a more exciting fight because I think you're going to have to force the issue if you're Alex Pereira. If you watch that tape back for 25 minutes, after the run that you went on leading up to that one, you and your coaches, you can't sit there and be like, fought the best fight we could, man. No. He just got the better of us. No, Plinyo was sitting right here with Alex, and he said it was his worst night. It was his worst possible night. And that reflected in the tape.

I saw a horrible version of Alex Perrier. I know we will get better. I'm not, I was a lot more confident in that first fight that Alex would be able to get it done than I am in this fight because that performance may have been the beginning of the decline, right? That performance may not have just been his worst night, but it could have been just the beginning of what we're seeing, which is Alex Perreira, having had an incredibly long and violent kickboxing

and MMMA career just coming to the end of that. And Magamad, I think he's fully in his prime entering his prime. right. I don't think that there's any chance that Magamed is on the downside. And so Magamad just may be catching Alex at the right time and have a better opportunity to beat him. But if we see any semblance of that Alex Pereira, I do lean that way. I mean, you talk about Magabat, man. He's that buzzer-beater by Paul Craig away from being an undefeated fighter right now. Yeah. Like to see Alex Pereira. I know it's just like the most obvious thing ever, but it's like,

you really like to see Alex Pereer throw out a lot of leg kicks. Use the John Bolshevich tactic back in 2020. especially with how good Alex Perrera is at that individual's what I'm saying you would have thought in the first fight the guy who's an incredibly powerful leg kicker spam him bro would spam the leg kicks against this guy we just didn't see Alex use any of his tools I'm confident we'll see more of that so if Pereira loses say it is akin to the first fight there are similarities it's not that great of a performance it goes five rounds Alex Pereira loses a decision magama uncle live and still where does Alex Pereira go from there because then the run of 2024 will have essentially worn off by then we'll have essentially worn off by then we'll have I've seen two fights in 2025, both kind of does, both coming up short in losses. You know, the aura, the mystique around him will be beginning to fade. Where do you go from there? Win or lose, I would like to see Alex Pereira fight at heavyweight. Now, I'm certainly okay with him skipping the line and fighting Tom Aspinall, who I think will defeat Cyril Gahn.

I'm perfectly okay if that's the outcome that we get. But I'm also okay with him doing one fight against another top ranked heavyweight and then getting into a title. shot, but win or lose, I would like to see him at heavyweight. I know people are excited about the idea of Carlos Oberg getting a title opportunity. That can come against anybody. That does not need to come against Alex Pereira. I'm totally fine with Carlos Oberg getting a title opportunity. I just don't think there's anything left for Alex Perr to accomplish at Light Heavyweight.

A win over Carlos Oberg doesn't, like, bring your resume at Light Heavyweight to a different stratosphere. Before the time runs out, before Alex Pereira's career is too close to the end, and he's not a viable fighter at heavyweight anymore. I want to see him put on that weight and fight at heavy weight. So win or lose, I want to see him fight at heavyweight. Is Carlos Holberg, Alex Pereira, the best-looking matchup that you can make? What does that rank pound for pound on the best living matchup that they can make? Alex Pereira, I know you love the custom shorts. Oh boy, here we go. Yeah, show me. He always rocks his custom shorts. He's now got a revamped edition of his custom

shorts there they are the new these are the new ones these are the new ones not the old ones so so the left side is like the old ones and then the right side has been revamped for the new ones now I believe this is like the paint that he's wore when he goes back to

Brazil to like the villages so yeah Alex Prairie gets revamped wow they did it again I like it it starts the new run I can't believe it run you they've done it again wow they've done it again can we can we

Can we please just do something else? I love it. I love it. Custom shirt. No one else is going to have them. Except for who was it at looking for a fight? Diego Brandau. Diego Brando was wearing the Alex Pereira shirts. Shout out.

Shout out. Rocking the Alex Pereira's name on that. Not looking for a fight. Tough enough when we were out in Vegas. Shout to Diego Brando. Co-mate event. Rod de Velasvili taking on course. Wait, final prediction.

Oh, final prediction. Alex Pereira, round four knock. okay so we're aligned we think Alex I mean underdog price on Alex Pereira don't mind if I do after a fight that we scored for him the first time and that was his worst like feels like feels like to steal a line from Frankie who's stealing a line from me feels like we got it feels like we got it all right so like I I feel like I was falling into the trap of like time has gone on you're like oh yeah makum alonka alive like he really did win that fight like clearly he went well like what's gonna even go differently in the second one and then like not only do you go back and

watch it. And then by me being like, how did we score this? I went back and looked at the watch party. We both were like, I'll say we're not like, Alex Pereira won that 48, 47. We're just like, these score cards are going to be all over the fucking place. Like some of these rounds were just like so close. You just don't know how to score them. And then you go back and like, if you look at the tweets from the scorecards, a lot of people obviously scoring it for Magomed, but a lot of people are also like, man, this was a super close fight. You could have given round three to Pereira. You could have, Diomato obviously could have given round five to Pereira. You just don't know how this ends up. The rhetoric,

around it was like this was an incredibly close fight that like no one is calling robbery at all from Agamette-on-Kalive winning but like no it was it was a very very close fight and I could see this second one being close as well yeah and and at that at that with that understanding you have to lean toward the dog at least from a betting perspective in my opinion rod the Velashvili yeah taking on Corey Sandhagen a man who's had a dog price tag next to his name many many a time despite being on an infinite win streak in the UFC. The guy just keeps winning and keeps dominating. That is no more.

Marab de Valshili is currently sitting at minus 400 against title challenger, Corey Sandhanging, coming back at plus 300. It's hard to pick against him, I'll say. Love Corey Sandhagan, love his style. He puts on exciting performances. He can strike, he can grapple. But man, the machine that is Marab is hard to go against right now.

Yeah. Corey is a fantastic mixed martial artist. I think he's been on the wrong side of a few very close fights that kind of were like heartbreakers, momentum breakers. I'm really happy that he was able to get to this title opportunity. And I'm really happy that he gets to do it against Marab because I think Marab is the best Bantam weight of all time. I think he's already kind of achieved that status. And I know Corey's mission is to be the best mixed martial artists of all time and be the best mixed martial artists that he can be. So the fact that he's getting an opportunity against somebody who I think is the best bantam weight, I think is a challenge that's worthy of Corey's mission. Unfortunately, and ultimately, I don't believe that Marab is slowing down at any point soon, and the style that he has, I don't see holes in it. There is not like every time I talk about Marab, I talk about the same thing, which is unlike everybody else in MMA, he's a unique one of one, unlike everybody else. The cardio is one thing, right? The cardio is tremendous. The cardio is a weapon. The cardio is probably the best weapon that anybody has in combat sports. But because of that cardio, his game plan does not need to be effective. And that's

the craziest thing. He does not need to land punches. He does not need to land takedowns. He just needs to be active and he will win the fight. And it's unlike anybody that I can think of in history. It's unlike anybody I can think of now where it does not matter if like Magamad, he would be 0 for 12 on takedowns. It does not matter. if his striking percentage is 20%. Because of the activity, because of how busy he's staying, because he's stifling you to the point that you can't get your offense off, he can win fights without being effective.

He just has to spam. It's the most bizarre thing because the game of mixed martial arts is much more on efficiency, being good at what you do, figuring those things out. He just has to be active and he's the best in the world at that. So it's a very hard style, one that I don't think can be solved. by anybody currently at Bantamate, nobody that I see at least. And so while I have a lot of respect for Corey Sandhagen as a well-rounded mixed martial artist, I don't think he has any holes anywhere.

He is very good on the ground. He is very good in the stand-up. He's very good in the exchanges. He's dangerous when there's a window of opportunity like we saw with the flying neon Frankie Eager. When it comes to mixed martial arts, Corey is as rock-solid as they come and as well-rounded as they come. But unfortunately, I just don't see anybody beating Maraub.

Until I see it with my own eyes Or somebody else comes up That we are not thinking of I do not see anybody who can beat Marab Including Corey And when it comes to Corey as well Like he beats the The top guys

Yeah He beats the figgies He beats the Fonts The Cheetos Song Yidong Like he beats those guys But then when he takes on The Alges of the world The Piotr Yans of the world

The Umar Namagamano's That like that final step up To the elite tier of the division it always feels like he comes short and now he's taking on a guy in Marathal's really 13-fight win streak who's taken out everyone at this division and when you go back and watch

the Umar fight for Corey Umar was able to have some success with the takedowns he was able to have some success in the striking it just kind of feels like what Umar was able to do Marab is also going to be able to do and potentially be able to do it better Yeah and it's a good comparison

in terms of what the style is going to be like You mentioned some of these fights outside of the outside of the Aljo one nobody really blew his doors off though right Jan versus Sanhagen

is one of we talked about this literally last week unbelievable one of my favorite fights super close heartbreaking for Corey against a guy

and Yan who we know is as good as they come and pretty much the only guy who can kind of like can say he can beat any

of the top guys except for Maraub he's able to just compete with every single person unfortunately it feels like Marab kind of is a style

that is hard for him and quite frankly hard for everybody else. But outside of that, and that's coming back in 2020, outside of that, these losses are close losses. It's not like anybody's just like blowing Corey out of the water. He just needs a little bit more to be able to get over that hump. The problem is those guys to me are not on the level of Marab, right? Even if you can beat an Umar, even if you can beat a Piotr Yan, those guys are here, the guys Corey's been beating are right below that here. Marab is up here. Marab is on a different level than everybody else

So even if you can get by those guys Ultimately, I don't think it's enough I couldn't I can't rave more I can't be more impressed by Marab de Valisvili And we talked about it when we had Alaya Quinta in the studio He's the type of guy

Who you're not going to catch having a bad performance One, because as I've said a million times A bad performance for Marab doesn't exist All he has to do is keep in your face Because that's all he needs to do to win And two, the guy is reliance He is in the gym. Like, I know we get the skits.

I know he's hanging around with Nina Drama doing, like, you know, funny, goofy shit. But when it comes to getting in the training room, the guy is there. Shin split open. He's there. Staples in the head. He's there. It doesn't really matter. When it comes to the fight game, this man is relentlessly motivated to be the champion

and represent his country of Georgia. And so I just don't see any fall off. And I don't see how you beat Marabh outside of a fluke, outside of a flash KO. right? And by the way, like, I don't want to disregard the possibility of that. Corey Sandhagen, as I said, is somebody who is capable of that. Corey Sandhagen is capable of that split-second moment of brilliance, like a read where it's just like, I think I can get him here, let me throw a flying knee, let me throw a spinning back elbow, let me throw something that I think is fight ending.

Corey Sandhagen is capable of that. I just think Rob is so hard to catch in those moments. Yeah, and it, I know it's been ages at this point, 2021, four years ago, but like Marlon Marias was able to catch Maratha Boas. So it's possible. Like if you, if you are able to clip him with those things. And man, you talked about like, he's just always ready to go. Like I was reading an article this week where he talked about how he doesn't even really stretch. He just pops in, just gets going. He's immediately into training, no stretching, no warm up. Doesn't care about the heart rate monitor. It was when he was with DJ. When he was with DJ, when he's grabbing with DJ, DJ's wearing a mouthpiece with a heart rate monitor in it. He's like, yeah, no, I don't

do all that. I don't do the tech. I don't do calorie tracking. I don't do any of that. I cut weight old school way where I'm just like, yep, just not going to eat for the next two or three days, not going to drink any water, cut it all off, and I'll be good to go. He's a throwback in that way. He's just like a throwback dude who just like gets it done and it's just like, has there ever been a day in the guy's life where he's just like, I don't feel like training today. I'm not up to it. No, there's probably never been a day.

Like DC, the video of DC where like after he won the belt, he's like walking through and he's like, oh, is that Marob and like he's like on a jog? And he's like, for Rob, Rob, yeah. He won the belt two days ago. And he's like, yeah, got to get back in the gym, man. Just like, just like, he's always ready to go. Like, and he's just focused on the next fight. It truly is unbelievable what we're seeing.

And, like, he is now finding himself in very, very rarefied air. Obviously, longest win streak in Bantamweight history at 12 for Bantamweight 13 overall. Title fight wins. He's at three. This would get him to four, one short of T.J. Dillishaw. Like, he's Aljo, most Bantamweight wins, 14. He's at 12, this to go to 13. Like, he's starting to put himself in that rarefied air where you start to be like,

is this guy one of the best 135ers of all time? I think he's the best 135er of all time. To me, it starts becoming a conversation about, like, is he one of the best fighters of all time? Like, Bantamweight is a division that has had some fantastic fighters, some fantastic champions. I think he's the best among them. I think he's both the best and I think he's the greatest. I think he's going to end up the most decorated if you don't already.

kind of consider what he's accomplished that. You look at the names on his resume, and it's hard to argue with. I think he's entering a territory where you start going, like, is this one of the best fighters we've ever seen? Now, granted, there's a long way before you can become a John Jones, a GSP, and Anderson Silva. But the makings of it are all right here in terms of the way he prepares himself, what you said about, like, him living and breathing, fighting, and always being prepared for it. there's not going to be Marab is not going to defeat himself that's the one thing we know about a guy

like that there is not going to be an opportunity like I talked about Alex letting Magamette on Kalayev off the hook there will not be a fight where Marab let somebody off the hook that just that just won't happen you will have to beat Marab and I don't see a style that's going to be able to do that yet you also talk about him living and breathing the fight game it's like man he becomes champion he's starting to get big on social media the checks are getting bigger you know life's starting to get a little bit more comfortable. So what does he do? Opens up his house to a bunch of Georgians to come in and train and work with him. So he's just feeding off them as well. It's unbelievable what this guy's been able to do. And if Corey Sandigan is the one to put it into it, what an accomplishment, what a feat

that would be for him to finally get the belt wrapped around his waist and knocking off this guy, I just don't know, man. I think it's going to be a fight that goes to a decision. And I think it'll be one where it's like, man, Corey had some good moments. There were some close rounds, but like all Ultimately, I score at 49-46 Marab. Which is kind of the story of Corey's life, right? Like, it's always like the big opportunities here, and he comes up just a little bit short. What are we missing?

What am I missing? Like, what am I blinded by when it comes to Marab? What am I not thinking of... That every fight you watch, you're just like, how does this guy do this? Yeah. Like, how does he 50-45, 54 Piotr-Yon? Like, how does he just, like, completely shut these dudes down?

How does he pick up Olympic gold medalist, Henry Suhudo, carry him across the octagon? like he's a child and slam him down en route to a 3027 victory. Like, how does he beat Sean O'Malley and then top it the next time he does it by finishing him? The dude never finishes anyone. Then he comes back and he's like, yep, I'll just finish him here. How does he go down two rounds to Umar Namaamaama had of undefeated the lineage that this dude has behind him? And he's just like, I'll just rally off the last three and get a dub.

Like, it's crazy. He's ridiculous. Here's the one part that I was going to say, like, I want to give bail to Corey. It's not giving bail. Here's where I want to give credit to Corey. Unlike past opponents, you look at Henry Suhuda, right? The path to victory for Henry Suhudo is typically going to be like some combination of wrestleboxing, right? He has a style, that's how he wins fights.

You look at Umar and her Magamadov. It's that crushing wrestling, that's the style. Sean O'Malley, keeping range, K.O. power, if not KOs, it's the high volume striking. The difference between Corey and all those other guys is, there's a few differences. I just think strategy-wise, he's smarter. I think he's smarter than these other guys. When it comes to coming up with a game plan, when it comes to exploiting your opponent's weaknesses,

I think Corey Sandhagen is better at that. And two, unlike those other guys, I think he can fight different styles and be effective fighting different styles. So if he comes in with a game plan that he has custom made, he and his team have custom made in order to beat Marab de Valishvili,

it would not shock me. And that would be the advantage that I would see. Maybe there is something that he has been able to identify. Maybe there is something that he has been able to see as a very intelligent mixed martial artist that the rest of us have not. That is a flaw that is a chink in the armor for Marav de Valishvili that he has identified. I think he can exploit that whereas other fighters like a Shona Mali, right? Shona Mali needs to knock Marab out. Otherwise, he's going to get cooked.

That's what we see. Piotr Yan has to figure out a way to be busier than Marav, right? The striking's great and you can counterpunch all you want, but Marab's going to be busier and he's ultimately going to drown you. You can stuff takedowns, but when he shoots 50 of them, like, what do you do about it? And so these guys have their style, but their style isn't better than Maraub's style. The thing that I admire about Corey, and we've seen it in various wins, right? When he needs to do a takedown heavy game plan, like he did against Cheeto Vera, he can do that as good as anybody in the world. Like, he really did against Rob Fon, where he got the injury early on, and then he ended up getting, like, seven or eight takedowns in, like, 20 minutes of control time to get the dub.

Or if he wants to stand and trade with Piotr Yan, he could do that, too. And so that's the advantage that I think Corey has over a lot of these other fighters. His style can adapt, and he knows ways to exploit. It's very much like George St. Pierre back in the day. If George St. Pierre thought that his best path to victory against you was to strike, he was going to be a striker that day. If he thought wrestling was his best path, he was going to be a wrestler that day. And I think Corey's capable of that.

The problem is, I don't know what that hole is. I've not identified that if Corey has, God bless him, and it would be incredible to see. I don't know what that hole is for Mara. It truly will be incredible. Also, you mentioned that Cheeto fight. split decision in that one, all-time bats scorecard. I had a 50-45 quartering someone. I can't remember who it was. Someone scored a 48, 47 Cheeto, absolutely insane. Can't wait for those top two fights, two title fights on the line. Like, this is what you ask for as a fight fan.

Yeah, you have to, you have to appreciate the level of martial arts in this fight. All four of those fighters are such, such high-level guys. If you had a hard time getting out of bed for Perth, I can understand. If you have a hard time getting out of bed for this one, you're just not Spotify fan. You're just not into it. Let's go to the featured bout of the evening. One that I think is the most likely to be exciting. The most likely one that you're going to be like, this was the fight of the night. And that's Yuri Prahaashtra, the man standing over your shoulder. You know, albeit with the belt in that one. But yes, Yuri Parhasia taking on Halilio Roundtree. Both guys, ironically, coming off of wins over Jamal Hill. Yiri at UFC 311 back in January

and Khalilah, UFC Baku in June. Three-round fight, if it goes to a decision, then I would feel like that would favor roundtree. I mean, he was up on the scorecards after three rounds against Alex Pereira, but I don't think Yeri Prahashka is coming in with the game plan that he wants to fight to a decision. You are coming, Yuri.

31 wins, I believe 30 coming by way of finish for Yari Pahaschis. I don't think he's just like, we're going to point fight this one. We're going to point fight this one. I know we've seen the tape of him doing the boxing drills with the head movement, but I think the game plan is going to be simple. I think it's going to be the one we always see with Yuri Prahashka. He is going to put the foot on the gas. He's going to come forward. He's going to be willing to eat some shots, but you're going to have to

take some shots as well. What do you think the impact is of college, Yuri? What do you think the impact of is a degree year? He said he was doing it to become a smarter. He actually said at Media Day, he's like, I don't really give a shit about my master's degree. I just wanted to become smarter. I wanted to become more cerebral. I want to become a better fighter. We need to use our brains with how much shots of the head we take, which Lord knows, Yuri's taking a lick too. But I don't know if it's going to have any effect on it, but yeah, I mean, I think it's same as usual for Yuri. What a beautifully bizarre man, Yuri Prohasker is. He's the best. He's just, he's just singular. And then he gets in there and, like, win, lose, or draw, man, it's always

exciting. Like, he's always in sick fights. The Dominic Reyes fight. The Glover-Teshire fight. Both the Alex Pereira fights, unfortunately, came out on the wrong end of those. There's a Jamal Hill fight. When he, like, when everyone talks about Alex Pereira entering the Matrix against Khalil. Oh, okay. Yeah. When Yeri entered the Matrix against Hill and he started like, shoo. Yeah. Like that slow-mo where he ducks out of the way and then just has the right hand,

just waiting for him. Yeah, head movement year he was sight of behold. It's always great. Then he hits the sword beforehand. He's down for the stair down. I know you're a huge fan If you're not a Uri fan It's like what is it

Like the guy puts on exciting fights He's wildly wholesome Like he has a personality Like no other The whole samurai schick It's great man It's great He another thing you pointed out

Like you know Chasing the knockouts And coming up short against Alex Another thing that's very unique about him Is how humble he is in victory And defeat right He recognizes what this game is Like he's very sharp

And I you know He talked about training his mind. But when it comes to his understanding of what this is in terms of combat, he's very astute when it comes to that. He knows that there's the difference between winning and losing is that razor, right? Is that like thin, thin, thin line? And he fights like it. He fights like somebody who knows that if he gives somebody an opportunity, it could go the other way just like that. And so I agree with you. I think he's not going to give Haleel an opportunity to do that. but I do believe

I'm a big believer in Khalil Roundtree I think we have seen a real evolution in him I think he's a better technical fighter than Yuri like that's not hard right Yuri's style is not exactly like perfect technique his style is just being a blitzer who has insane power

and just insane athleticism but I think the more technical Khalil is going to serve him extremely well over the course of a three round fight if Yuri can't really like put that early pressure on him if Khalil shells up and is just like super discipline sticking to the leg kicks chopping out Yuri's legs by the middle of round two I could really see Khalil being able to kind of like hit the gas and make a turning point there it's going to require a ton of discipline though and you really have to outlast Yuri for those early moments

and I just wonder how much he's going to be able to do that because it's sort of like you you kind of have to fight by Yuri's brand of fighter sure, which is where it gets hectic and where it gets chaotic. And it's not to say that Roundtree can't survive in that. Like we saw against Alex Pereira, I know he got finished there, but like he can scrap, man. He can go to war with people. And, you know, it could be one of those fights where it's like who gets touched first, who catches whose chin first, like with the power that these guys hold and with how erratic Uri fights. It could be one of those fights where it's just like, yeah, he tried to stay disciplined, but Yuri brought the war to him, but like he still clipped him and he got him out of there and he was able to come out victorious. It's a

fascinating fight to me. I think it's going to be incredibly exciting. Both dudes, I enjoy watching fights. Both dudes have exciting style. I think it's just going to be, it's like, garnered to be the people's main event. It's like, this is the one I'm not missing. Yeah, even if we do see that version of Khalil, who's defensively sound and like in that shell, in the moments where he comes out of it, when he lands his own offense, it's just explosion. It's extremely explosive. It's extremely violent. It's fight finishing stuff. The way he puts his power into, to his shots is very is very dangerous and so i lean i lean toward calil i think he's going to be able to keep himself safe in the early going and some of the accumulation of the stuff that he was

kind of doing against alex i think is going to be able to get to yury to the point where he doesn't become as dangerous in the later rounds but he is going to have to survive hell to do that i love it doubt us us you see the shirt we got a doubt a full violent Meditate and destroy, baby. Doubt us. That's okay. You're on Khalil. Demetri's Johnson's on Khalil. Hwani's on Khalil. I feel like someone else picked him yesterday. A lot of people that I know that are very good winning gamblers on Kalil.

That's all right, man. Doubt us. You versus the world. You and Yuri. Me and Yuri versus the world. It's going to be fantastic. It's going to be so great. These top three fights. If you're going to tune into anything this weekend, it's probably around like 11, 11. on Saturday night for these top three fights. They're going to be fantastic. I did want to take a second. Speaking of these top

three fights, to shout out the artist series this week, the UFC. Warwick Wong, he posted a video of him going through the art. His kid coming up and asking him, can you draw UFC? This guy, an incredibly accomplished artist, like 500,000 followers on

IG, has been doing this art for a while. On his post, he said, UFC 320. After all the UFC fan art over the years I was given the honor of drawing an official artist, UFC series for one of the biggest cards of the year. Thank you to the UFC. Thank you to Juliet Rand Creative for this incredible opportunity. It is a dream come true. My sons and I love combat sports and 80-90s kung fu film, so it was awesome to also share the drawing process with them. Thank you all for the tremendous support for this artwork over on UFC's page. I felt so much

pressure to make this right because as a fellow fan, I wanted to do right by the fight community. holy shit I could not be more down with this yeah I just love as soon as I saw this I wanted to highlight it just because I love his passion for it also like how fucking sick is this poster I love how he says the main idea was to stack the fighters in their own tiers Yiri Khalil warriors

Marab Cori are kings and Alex and Magamad are sort of like the god tier dude sort of like an old school fighting game style thing these are individual prints of it there's Corey and Marab and then you got Yeri and Khalil which is just like so sick. God, it's

with the custom shorts and everything. I think we have the full poster. Like the way that he talks about the poster, like he's just like I didn't want to let the fight community down. Me and my whole family were such big fans of the sport that we wanted to like pay homage to such a great card and then the UFC

official poster. No, it's great that this is the official poster right? This is the official poster. We are not acknowledging whatever. This is it. This is the UFC 320 poster. Like, imagine this was hanging in banners outside of T-Mobile arena. And anywhere you went, it was just like, oh, UFC 320 this weekend look at this badass fucking artwork. Like, why is this not the official poster, man? Pay the fee.

$7.7 billion from Paramount. Pay this dude $10,000 or whatever you have to do to be able to use his poster as the official artwork, man. It is unbelievable. Like, no disrespect to the graphic designer that, you know, got... No, disrespect. Disrespect to the graphic designer that grabbed the couple P&Gs of the fighters. For me? face, name, some weird

color scheme and then the UFC logo on it like, get the fuck out of here with that shit. They become so formulaic with it. This artist series poster is like, it's incredible. I just don't know how they don't make it the official poster. It is weird to me that they continue to do this thing where they're like, all right, here's the official poster and then here's this way, way, way, way better poster

that we're not going to use as the official. It's almost like, if you're just going to keep doing that, like don't even do this other one. Don't do the good one so that people know what is actually capable. Also, sell this one, bro. If this is a sick... Do they not?

I think they do, right? I think they do. I couldn't fight it on the UFC store right now. But if this ends up being a sick card, I would buy this poster in a heartbeat to have it as a key to it. It's an incredible poster.

We're definitely Warwick Wong fans. Shout out to Warwick Wong. Followed on all social medias. Go follow him now. He truly is a tremendous artist and the creativity and the passion he put into this one was well worth it. It was fantastic.

And honestly, most of the artist series are pretty tremendous. And even when, like, they're not great, they still shit on the UFC poster. Face, face, name, color scheme. Like, people... Block techs in the middle, going vertical. Bro, international fight week.

It was like they put the four guys of the main and co-main, and it was just like, they put the flags behind them. And people were like, I can't love this. It's actually a pretty great poster. It's just like, it's all right, dude.

It's all right. One last picture I wanted to highlight. I should have highlighted it during the co-main. is minus 400 enough for for maraub there's a picture of him that's that's gone around i haven't seen this i don't think you haven't no uh well i put it in the bitb production chat if we can grab that real quick um it's marab and corey and uh they're sitting together they're they're they're chilling on a on a couch and uh i think the kids call it magging uh is is the proper phrase for it i have to see the picture because i'm not aware you you can be the judge of

of whether or not Marab is is Mogging Corey here but it's Oh no Yeah it's as they're working on it Also like when you get down to the fits Like you know

It was nicely dressed Corey Kind of in like Okay I just want to Here we go AI overview from Google There it is there it is right there Mugging is internet slang for outshining Or appearing superior to someone

Particularly in physical appearance style or status All right let me now let me look at this picture Oh boy Oh boy He's got the legs jammed in there The legs crossed and jammed in there Got his arm around him full confidence. What is this from? I think it's from like backstage at a pay-per-view or something

like that. Oh boy, he might be mocking him. I think you're right. I don't know if minus 400 is enough after seeing a picture like that. It's, it's a shout out to Corey. All right, those are the top three fights for UFC 320 this weekend. We're going to take a quick break. We're going to break down the rest of that card. PFL, BKFC. We got to check fight feasts. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. Six foot one versus five foot five. This feels like a lying five foot five though. I am six foot one when I stand next to someone, no offense to them, that is five foot five.

I am like, I am towering over this person. Yes, I am much, much talking. We literally saw it. Jake is towering over a tank. If Jake Paul stands there like a cartoon and puts his hand on Tank's head and tank is windmilling at him, how is he going to hit him? Alabama's just different now. I don't know if they need a deal.

taste their own blood. I don't know if they needed to have their competitive character called into question. Whatever it was, it worked. The classic, Here We Go again, which is eternal now. It's just evergreen for Georgia fans when they play Alabama. You don't believe in ghosts. You don't believe in goblins. You don't believe any of that stuff. But you believe in Alabama. If you're a Georgia fan, it's got to be a nightmare because it doesn't even matter how good you've looked. Here we go again. Is Jordan Love okay, man? Like, that last play was one of the most baffling things that I've ever seen in terms of, like, game management where he just threw it to the back of the end zone as time was about to expire and luckily landed out of bounds from one second left.

Getting the touchdown, it would have been sweet if he scored, but wow, that was so risky and so unnecessarily risky, too. The way it ended has to also. also mean something. You still have to hold these guys accountable. At a certain point, if we actually believe that Penn State is going to turn the corner and be a real national title contender, like you want to see them win that football game, and they just did not do it again. The game would have ended the way the third quarter ended. We would be like, what the hell was that? But that's the fun thing about football. There are four quarters, and oftentimes the fourth one's the most important.

All right, welcome back. Let's go through the rest of UFC 320 on the main car. Josh Emmett taking on Yusuf Zalal. And like, you just can't say enough about the turnaround for Yusuf Zal. 3.3 and 1 in the UFC in his first stent, ends it on a 03 and 1 run, ends up getting cut, goes, I believe it was 4 and 0, 5 in 0 between boxing, MMA and kickboxing, before returning to the promotion. And now he is 4 and 0.

himself as a top 10 bantamoy getting a fight against Josh Emmett to try and push him in to this title contention. But man, he's looked unbelievable since he came back. Yeah, I said it heading into the Calvin Cater fight. Like, I believe in this version of Yusuf Zalal. Josh Zalai, he's kind of been a litmus test for like, can you be a top guy in this division. I think Yusuf Zalal can be a top guy in this division. Yeah, at this point, like Josh Emmett, I mean, the Yaya fight back in 2023, I believe, for the interim title shot. Like since then, you know, there's been some struggles. fighting the best in the world. I'll be it, but 40 years old at this point,

Yusuf's still only 29. Like, he got the 11-year age gap. Yusuf, going to be tall. He's going to be rangier. I just feel like this one is Yusuf's to lose where he's at in his career. It does feel that way to me, and I'm with that. It's just hard with Josh Emmett to know the level, right? If Josh Emmett unloads a hammer, mega right hand out of nowhere,

I'm going to be like, well, Josh Hammett cracked them. Well, there's that. But there's also the loss, like you talked about the skid. It is a rough patch, but it's Yahir Rodriguez, Ilya, Tori, Lorone Murphy. Like, the best fighters in the world. Like, it is... Offer a title, won the title, and then won another title at another weight loss. Probably going to fight for a...

Probably going to fight for a title. With a win sandwich in between there where he separated Bryce Mitchell from this earth for a little bit. Like, it's hard to know where Josh Emmett is truly at because the level of competition has been so high. but as you said like the other things are kind of piling up too right there's miles on on the tires he's also 40 years of age yusuf zalal is a guy who's like young hungry right now entering his prime and a guy who has looked flawless like since coming back to the ufc so i lean toward yusuf but i i am a little bit hesitant just because like i don't it's hard for me to take too much away from josh emitt dropping those fights against the best best best guys in the division 42 and he looks insane yeah he is cut from stone at this point i'm 32 and i i view myself to be in decent shape and i'm like man he kind of hurting hammy kind of tight today josh emett doing it for the

old guys man he looks fantastic uh first fight on the main card is joe pifer versus abis magametteoff coined the g seabull by uh by one ariel hawani my two favorite fighters on the card where do you think that came from by the way we've never really like broken this down how did that happen where Ario thought that you were like a huge Abis guy. I have no idea. I don't think I've ever mentioned. It was so ran. He just screwed up and then just ran with it.

Well, we're never going to drop the bit. I guess I'm just a supporter of German MMA. Next up, we're going out to an Octagon show. Max Holzer. Yeah, we're going to go watch a Max Holzer fight. Yeah, I mean, shout out to Abis Magamatov. Shout out to Joe Pfeer. Do you think he goes with the body cam off nicknames?

Oh, God. I forgot about that. Why did you have to remind me? about that. I forgot about that for a second. Yeah, I mean, to me, this fight is custom made for Pfefer to go over, right? Like, it feels like a guy who in Abyss is going to be game and bring that action to him. But Pfeiffer is just more powerful than nearly everybody he's going to face. And so if you're going to stand there and your game plan is to come head first at Joe Pfeer, that's a really dangerous proposition and I think he's going to win. So stylistic,

this just feels like it's tailor-made for Pfeiffer to knock him out. Yeah, Mugamatov looked, he's looked good since the two fights getting in Strickman and Baha'iola. He beat the gas out allegations. He beat the, like, this guy can't fight past a round. I'm done saying that he's like a gas bag. I don't think that's going to happen. And I also think Joe Piper is also more aware of how to spend his gas tank, especially after the Hermanson fight. But yeah, I'm with you. I think that Abis is a guy that still likes to push that pace and come after it. And I think going against Joe Piper, that doesn't always work out for you. What is it, is the Ford Focus?

That was Ingano. The Angano was, yeah. He supposedly hits harder than Inganu. Oh, he hit the cube harder than Ingano did? Christ almighty. He like passed some sort of litmus test over. He definitely hits hard. I'm not looking to take a shot from Joe Piper.

That is for sure. But yeah, I think he likely clips him in this one. And honestly, if he doesn't, Abis has finishing capability. I feel like this is another fight that could end up being. high energy and very exciting. Yeah, I just don't think, ultimately, stylistically, I don't think that that's the way you beat Joe Pfeiffer, right? It's the Jacker Manson

style. It's, it's you wear on him, you grind with him, you wrestle with him, you put him in uncomfortable positions. If your game plan is going to be like, I'm going to trade, I'm going to be the aggressor, ultimately I don't think that goes well. And so I think Joe Pfeer is going to be able to get it done. Atabay, going on to the prelims,

the featured prelim, Atabay got the Ate taking on traced on vines, who's getting very, very short-noticed replacement the week of 0-1 in LFA, three losses, all three coming by way of first-round knockout going against the guy in Gautier who has seven KOs and last time out against Robert Valentine, basically just beat him up like a bully in the school yard until he finished him 70 seconds into the fight. Trace Don Vines can pull this off. I will be wildly impressed, but this feels like...

Do you have a line yet? I still have not seen a line. Maybe the books just don't even want to give us one. It feels like a Lambda slaughter type deal to keep Gatia on the card. Minus 2K territory type shit. Might be value. Yeah, I mean, Gatier is a guy who, like, I think, opened a lot of people's eyes in the last performance and has been on that kind of, like, assent.

So, yeah, this feels like they're doing this to keep him on the card very clearly. like they're doing this so that he remains on the card I don't I don't give his opponent much of a chance here I was originally supposed to fight Ozzy Diaz yeah but even in that one he was a massive favorite no yeah yeah oh yeah like a minus 750 or something yeah vines is up against a tall test has been Shabazzian taking on Andre Munez

Andre Mniz man there was a time where I was like this guy's the real deal I think we all believed it the jiu jitsu on this man is is unbelievable unfortunately has lost three of his last four Shabazian at one point the golden boy man looked unbeatable he has one three of his last four um i like the striking advantage that shabazzian is going to have if it does end up on the mat he could get in trouble but with the striking acumen man i think he's going to be all right i think he gets this done this feels like

almost like the best style matchup for edmund that he's had in a while like it feels like this fight is made for him to be able to cruise if he's winning early on the feet it'll probably just go that way and he's able to finish if he's not winning early on the feet and he gets into some dicey territory, I don't think Monez is the type of dominant control guy that he's going to be able to really make Edmund pay for it. So I think, that's the thing. He doesn't have

the great takedowns. It's, you know, when he gets into an opportunity where there's a submission available, he's very good there. That is why we all kind of believed in him at first. But he's a very like traditional juditsu type guy in a sport in MMA that's not forgiving

to that. He's a good physical athlete, but he doesn't have the huge takedown. He doesn't have that ability to kind of put you into the position where he needs you. If you find yourself there, though, he does have the ability to close the show. I do think Edmund's going to be able to stay out of trouble. I think it was this time last year, Edmund got choked out by GM3. Like, if that ends up happening, I won't be shocked. I'll be like, oh, you just wasn't able to get him out of there, got taken down.

But, like, just the gap in striking, I think Edmund's going to be fun. I also don't think Muniz has the instincts of GM3. Like, GM3's ability to survive and kind of, like, hunt that is way different than Muniz's. Monezes is more like, if he's dominating and he sees something that he can snatch up and he's there, he can find it. But I just don't think he has that in a way that's going to trouble Edmund. Ferocious Farid, Basharot, undefeated 13-0, taking on Chris Gutierrez. This feels like a fight of similar styles. I think Farid can push to the takedowns more.

But in the striking, I also feel like Farid has it sort of covered. It's one of those fights, and a lot of times I'm wrong with this, but it's sort of like what Chris Gutierrez has. I feel like Farid is just younger, a little bit faster, a little bit better in those departments as of now. And he also can mix in the takedowns. I feel like this is a favorable matchup for him to stay undefeated. Yeah, I feel the same way, but I do feel like there's that dog factor with Chris. Oh, yeah, bro. When he needs to summon that, when he needs to be able to stay in a fight and we've seen it in his top level opportunities,

I do think if Farid is not finding the success that he would be expecting. all of a sudden his best shots are landing, but Chris is still there. I do think there might be an opportunity for Chris to kind of like turn the tables and step on the gas and maybe take that momentum. But ultimately I feel the same way you do, which is like I just feel like Farid's a little bit sharper in all those areas and should be able to get it done. But come middle rounds, if he's hitting Chris with his best shots and Chris doesn't seem to be reacting the way that Farid needs him to, I could see a mental thing where Chris is able to kind of like turn those tables because he's so experienced, he's so good, he's so tough.

I was going to say, I mean, he has 10 and 3 in the UFC. Yeah. Like, he's, albeit he lost, but he's fought like the Patriot Munoz. He's fought the Song Yodongs of the world. So, like, the experience could become a factor, but I'm going to say that ferocious, stays undefeated. Juseng Yu, who came on the show earlier this week on, on Hwani, Zombie Jr. He goes from being like a minus 750 in his debut, and now being an underdog against Daniel Santos. He's got the look.

He's got the finishing capability. Are we talking about Willie Cat? Are we talking about Zombie Jr.? I'm talking Zombie Jr. Two good nicknames here. Willie Cat versus Zombie Jr. I'm looking forward to this one. I think it's going to end up being a fun fight.

You get to shoot the box going against the guy who has knockout power. It usually lends to a fun fight. Yeah, I mean, he's going to be tested here. I'm a little bit surprised that he's an underdog to Santos, but at the same time, when you look at what Santos has done in the UFC, he's more of a known product. He's on a three-five win streak, zombie junior.

It was kind of like, I mean, the odds are like minus 800. You're sort of like your tailor-made to win And he was able to capitalize on that And do what he needed to do But like he is an unknown commodity to this point Yeah and and Willie Cat is the prototypical shoot-a-box fighter Like he is the guy who was just plotting forward

And trying to kill you And in moments that you're trying to kill him He's surviving and then he gets back up And it's time for him to take a shot It's gonna be hell if Zombie Jr. is able to get it done Would I be like sometimes it's just You're not ready for this type of fight that early into your USC career.

And, you know, Santa, I understand, I understand why he's the favorite, as you said, based on the experience and the fact that Zombie Jr. is just kind of like cracking into this. But he'll win on toughness if he wins, Daniel Santos. Interesting little run here from Daniel Santos. Fighting Juseng You this weekend. Yeah. Korean was supposed to fight Du Ho Choi just last week on Perth. That one got canceled also Korean.

Yep. And his last fight was against Jung-Yong-li. Also Korean. They're booking up Willy-Cat against the Koreans, man. The Korean killer. One win, one cancellation, and one yet to be seen. Macy Chezon will be fighting Yonnasantos. And who's that I see right there?

Is that patchy mix? Buried all the way down on the prelims. Was on the main card of a pay-per-view just a few months ago was telling the world that he was the best man to wait in the world and now he finds himself buried on the prelims against UFC Wittant, Jacob Vicklas, the bantamoy champion of KSW, coming over to make his debut.

This is what patchy mix needs. I agree. This is what you need if you're patchy mix at this point in your career. You really need to make a statement here. You need to remind people like, okay, that first performance that you saw from the UFC was not me.

That was not me. The guy that you see in this fight is the guy that I was in Bellator, the guy that I'm going to be for this organization, he needs to style here. Like, if he does anything less than rips this guy's head off, it's going to be bad. It's going to look really bad because this is the level of opposition that you should be able to walk through as a guy as good as Patchy Mix. In a match that is tailor-made for him.

Yakup is heavy on the grappling where patchy-mix shines in. Especially offensively. Like, offensively, patchy-mix gets on top, nasty with the strikes, nasty with the submissions. And you're going from Mario Batista, a dude who's in the top 10 of the UFC. The lights were bright. It was the main card of a UFC pay-per-view. Now you can kind of settle in. You've got one under your belt, albeit in a loss.

You're fighting a debut, who's now making his debut. The lights are going to be bright for him. And you're getting a good matchup in a guy against the grappler. Also, interesting, like if you look back at Yaakov, I was watching some KSW tape. Shout out to him. Most of their fights are free on YouTube to rewatch. Three of his last four fights have been against this guy, Sebastian Peshibis. I am butchering that name.

He's fought him five times in his career. 25% of his professional fights are against Sebastian Peshubis, including three of his last four. And in the last three and a half years, it's just been Sebastian, Sebastian, Sebastian, and some guy, Zerico, Jojua. So, yeah, I'm with you, man. This one is Taylor Made for Patchy Mix. This is the, all right, man. we started you off hot

go win this one and we can start rebuilding you back up if you lose this one it's disaster class no if you lose this one it's like it's game over it's like lights out but if you're not impressive in this one I think it's still bad I think it's still pretty bad

for being able to build yourself back up to enter a territory that you need to as somebody who proclaim themselves the best band to win the world you need to style on this guy Ramiz Brahimaj will be taking on Austin Vanderford the husband of one page

Van Zenz, who made his UFC debut earlier this year at UFC Seattle, a big win for him, a second round finish, and now he gets Brahimage, who is kind of similar to the batchy mix matcher, like Brahimage loves the grappling. He almost exclusively wins by submission, and a guy like Austin Vanderford, who has that wrestling acumen, has that grappling acumen, it feels like a fight that that is winnable for him to get to 2 and O in the UFC. Yeah, it feels like it's made for him to either outstrike him on the feet, like, which I think Austin is capable of, or controlling him and staying safe and just

staying out of trouble on the submission. So, yeah, I agree with you. Like, this feels like Austin's fight to lose. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see if he can move to 2 and O and maybe start doing something at 170 in the UFC. Punaheusoriano, taking on Nikolai Veritenekov and Veronica Hardy. Curtain Jerker against Brogan Walker

minus 825 for Ms. Hardy in that one. The latest version of Veronica Hardy is that much better than Brogan Walker. That is what it is. Shout to Brogan Walker. All right. On the UFC card, which why are you looking forward to most? Marab, Corey.

Okay. Not because I think, like, I think I've made it pretty clear how I feel about Marab, and I don't think, like, anybody's near him. I'm happy to see Corey get this shot. I'm interested in seeing what he can bring to Marab that past opponents have not been able to. I think the obvious, like, it would be too obvious to go Khalil and Yiri because I think everybody's looking forward to that, so I'm going to go Marab, Corey. I'll be the obvious.

I'll go, I'll go Kalil and Yuri. Frankie, what about you, man? Yeah, I agree. There's the prelims for you. There's the featured prelems. Shout out to him. And there is the main card of UFC 320, Magamette on Kalaya of Alexei,

of Al-Ary, Kori, Corey Sanagan, Yiri versus Kalil, Emmett versus Zolal, and Abis Magamato versus Joe Pfeiffer. That five pack of fights in that main card are fantastic. And I feel like they just crescendo as you go along.

You're looking forward to the next one more than you were the last one. Well, for you in the middle, you know, the middle. It's more of a bell curve. But either way, the top three fights are incredible. PFL will be taking place on Friday, PFL champion series with a rematch in the headliner. Paul Hughes, taking on Usman, Ermagamato. First one took place in late January. Unbelievable fight.

Unbelievable fight. One of the fights of the year. incredibly close. You had Usman losing that point in the third round because of the low blows. The head clash in the fourth round gets Paul bleeding there. The scorecards right there. Scorecards are interesting. I think ultimately they made the correct choice. I thought you could have given four to Hughes. And if that had been across the table, it would have been a draw. Yeah, very close, close fight. Now Usman can't overlook him. He can't claim that. He knows what's coming at him with Paul Hughes. I think we're in store for another fantastic fight.

Paul Hughes is not intimidated, and he will be ready for this fight. Yeah, and we saw them face off earlier. Yeah. And what we saw was a little bit interesting, which was a little jawing from both of them, right? Oh, yeah, man. It feels like this time around, Usman is not sort of laughing him off when he wasn't in the first one. Yeah, he's not doing the, you're not in my class stuff. Yeah, like, Paul Hughes was like, get ready, I'm coming for you.

And Oussbaum was like, who even are you, dude? I don't know who the fuck you are. And like now it's like, I'm not overlooking you this time. I know you're legit. I know what you bring to the table. And obviously the in-between fight that Paul Hughes had where he got a knockout in about 30 seconds in Belfast, prove that he is at that level. Also, shout out to John Martin.

A lot of integrity in that arm, keeping them separated. Red lens glasses looking good. Shout out Johnny. Looking good for new CEO, John Martin. Paul Hughes, jacked in. insane shape. He looks like he's ready to go. Usman, the same. This fight opened with Usman like minus 200, but the bets are coming in on the defending champ. Minus 60, Paul Hughes plus 220. It's been as big as plus 250 on some books. Fascinating fight. I think we get another

close one. Yeah. I don't know who's going to win, but I think it's going to be another exciting fight. I imagine we got fireworks in store. Paul Hughes is going to come to scrap, man. Two things that I feel, especially after seeing that face off. I felt that this was going to be the case, but the faceoff confirmed it for me. I think both of these guys are extremely confident, right? Typically in a rematch, you have to feel like one guy or another might be a little more confident than the other just because, hey, you know, this one, like, as an example, I bet Magamed's more confident heading into this one, then Alex might have been heading into this one as compared to the first one. In this, in this fight between Usman and Paul, I think both

these guys believe that they have the other's number. And it's incredible to think, especially Paul Hughes, right, dropped a decision there. In my opinion, like, at worst, the draw. And if you're going to give the fight to anybody, I actually think Hughes was the one who I would edge toward. I think in real time I scored it a draw. But if I had to pick a winner, it would have been Hughes, I think both these guys believe that they won the first fight and can win this second fight. And as you said, like if Usman did take Paul lightly in that first fight, this second fight is going to be a lot tougher. This fight is going to be a lot tougher for Paul Hughes because at their best, the guys from that camp are absolutely insane and just

all they do is win. On the Hughes side, there were moments. He had Usman in a lot more danger than Usman had him throughout that fight. And so if you're Paul Hughes, you look at that and go, I had my opportunities, I may have left something on the table here. If I can up that a little bit, I can leave no doubt this time. This may be a hot take.

This is the fight I'm most excited about this weekend. More so than Alex and Magamette, more so than Yuri and Khalil. This is my number one fight of the weekend. It is just two extremely high-level guys, getting into their primes, right? These are not even guys who are like in their primes right now who are just scratching the surface of their absolute potential, meeting at a point where the other guy is at that same level. I love this fight. And if you're looking, look, if you

want to do the easiest version of this, you look back at the first fight between Alex and Magamad, it's a little bit of a stinker. You look back at the first fight between Hughes and their Maga Madov and it was an all-time great fight. It was PFL's best fight in their company. any short history. So for me, this is the fight of the weekend that I'm most excited about and the one that I'm looking forward to watching the most. I think there's a chance we get to flip the script. This fight isn't as good as the first one. It's almost impossible to live up to it and the main event of UFC. It's possible. You talk about the danger. Yeah. I mean, like it's Paul Hughes immediately made a video in the locker room after it essentially just, you know,

addressing like the low blows of the point taking the head clash that caused the pause in the fourth round. And he says that the head clash kind of made him lose his momentum. He said he was rip into the body. He was landing with shots. He had Usman wheezing in that round and everything like that and he was kind of able to catch his breath from the head clash. He is, in my opinion, the more dangerous fighter to get a finish. But what Usman does so great is just the fundamentals and just being able to stick to his game plan and accomplish that game plan. If you look back at his last six fights, back to Cage Ware's first round knockout, first round knockout, makes his Bellator debut, second round knockout, gets the split decision

went over AJ McKee, but remember he had him hurt bad in that first round. Dangerous against Usman and then gets a 40. That was a bad decision. Paul Hughes dominated that fight. Oh, yeah. It was crazy. I remember we were watching that one together. And then against Bruno Miranda gets the first round knockout.

Like, it feels like he started to elevate his game. He's coming into his prime where finishes come more easy to him and I'm very curious to see what happens. I'm giddy for this one. Rank the top four. So like the three, actually, let's go top five. Are we going? What is the metric? What are we

measuring. What are you most excited for? What are you like most like if you were with your boys, like the one you're hyping up the most to between Mike Perry, Jeremy Stevens, made of him of BKFC 82, Paul Hughes Rousbondermanaghamedoff, and then the top three at UFC. So Yuri, Khalil, Rob Corey. Just to be clear, we're going like excitement, right? Like my boys are watching this and I'm like, you got to see this.

Lock in, lock in, lock in. Number one is Mike Perry versus Jeremy Stevens. Number one for sure. Number one is like that is just a look at that. King and Queen of Violence on the line in Newark on Saturday. I can't wait for that. That is savage warfare between Mike Perry and Jeremy Stevens. Both of them undefeated in BKFC.

This is possibly the most BKFC-BKFC fight of all time. This is maximum BKFC. Two dudes that are way, way, way too calm about the war that they're about to get into. And also so willing to go to the war, which is what's going to be incredible. It's going to be amazing. That's number one. Number two, I guess, Yiri and Khalil, right? You got to go that that's probably the most violent.

Then I'm going to Usman and Hughes, and then I'm going main event of USC last, honestly. Oh, I'm going, I'm going Alex Magamette, and then I'm going Marab Kori. But all five are most watch. Wait, are we including Usman and Hughes? Yeah, yeah. Okay, so five. Yeah, so ranking five. Top five.

Okay, so then. Marab and Corey. I'm going, this is mine. Mike Perry versus Jeremy Stevens, Yuri versus Julio. We're aligned on those two. Paul Hughes versus Usman Oh, that's three for you, okay. Pereira versus Magamad and Corey versus Marab.

But I would also be like, you got to watch all five with these boys. Yeah, it's hard. This is a hard exercise. That's my five for, in terms of exercise. Give me three. Give me three, Usman Hughes. Give me four. I have the same list as you.

Okay. It's going to be so safe. I have the same list. No, sorry. Flip Marab and Corey. I have Alex and Magamette last. Wow. Flip Morab.

Alex Pereira last in terms of excitement. Crazy. Yeah. Oh, man. Just talking through this, just, I just got a grin. You can't take off my face. I can't wait. It's a combat fan's delight, truly.

Like, these are great. Like, BKFC is a completely different product than these. It feels very different to me than the fights that we're talking about, right? When I talk about Hughes and Usman, I'm talking about, like, pinnacle mixed martial artists. When I talk about Marab and Corey, I'm talking about pinnacle mixed martial artists. These are the cream. of the crop when it comes to this sport. Mike Perry is

not that, right? But what Mike Perry is is when it comes to take off gloves and stick guys in a ring and guarantee that he's going to walk forward and deliver violence, he has that skill. He is the best at that. Entertainer in the art of violence. And I think Jeremy

Stevens is a perfect foil to do the same right back. So that's why I think BKFC is my number one in terms of that excitement. But it's such a different offering. That's what love about this weekend. Like you get that BKFC. You get Hughes andermagamade of, which is not even in that same organization of the U.S.C. And then you get a stacked UFC card. All right. So like my favorite thing is like when you're watching with like your friends that don't really watch

fighting and like some crazy shit happens. Like they're normally like, oh shit. Like when someone gets like knocked out bad or something like that. Like I watched the Saudi Arabia card with some of my boys and like when RDR got like almost knocked out by Robert Whitaker and then he came back like they were like oh damn that was so crazy like I couldn't imagine sitting there I don't think I've ever watched BKFC with friends where it's just like yeah yeah I actually change it over to this like we got to watch this fight real quick it's going to be nuts and it's just like is he dead Jerry Stevens like what the fuck is this it's like oh this is bare knuckle boxing between two insane people and it's yeah and it's just going to be it's going to be art it's going to be fantastic

Also on that PFL card, Corey Anderson taken on Dovlet, Yag Shemuradov, in a rematch from their 2021 fight in Bellator. That's all Corey Anderson win by third round, ground, and pound. But this time it will be for the PFL light heavyweight championship. Nice to see these titles on the line. Nice to see them on the line. The real titles, the one title. What I'm saying? You got the light heavyweight belt.

You saw big John Martin in the middle there, hand out. But where was the other hand holding that PFL lightweight title? We're getting some belts on the line. Archie Colgan versus J.J. Wilson, which is a fantastic fight. Undefeated versus one loss. And, like, can you really blame J.J. Wilson for losing the Tagazi, potential fighter of the year, according to fighters only. No, you go. I was going to say, just another incredible fight, and that could have implications on who fights for the lightweight title next.

I actually forgot to bring this up when you're talking about the main event. I think if Usman wins, he probably fights the winner of Colgan. versus J.J. Wilson. Yeah. But if Nirmaga Madov wins, it's a dream for PFL. Wait, you said Usman, and then you said Nirmaga Madoff. I'm sorry, if Paul Hughes wins, then it's a dream for PFL because then I think you run a third one. Yeah.

This time you do it in Belfast. Oh, fuck, that'd be good. Winner gets the hold court at his home country. Yeah. And now Paul Hughes comes in as lightweight champion with the belt in front of that Belfast crowd. I don't know if Usman is going to get it in his home country. his home country, but I do think if Hughes wins. Oh, yeah. You could do it in Belfast. Well, you wouldn't get a trilogy if Usman wins. That's true. Yeah, ultimately not. Unfortunately, because as I, like,

I think that first one was close enough and you could lean Hughes. I agree with you. Man, Archie Colgan is a real prospect. He is an absolute stud. He is one of the guys that we're going to be talking about in the way that, like, dude, you don't know about Patchy Mix. Now, Patchy Mix was already a champion by that point, and patchy Mix was somebody who was claiming he was the best band to win in the world. And there were other people who would make that claim for him as well. But I think Archie Colgan is that next guy. I think Archie Colgan is the guy that is going to be an Uber prospect that we're talking about, whether he makes it to the UFC or not ultimately, right? If your PFL, this is the type of guy you want to hold onto and build your entire organization around

like you would, a Hughes or an Usman-Narmagamatov. But if he ends up in the UFC, he's going to be somebody that I think people are very excited about. I mean, I remember him like he fought on Eagle FC, Habib's promotion, before going over to Belator, and he was one of those guys on Belator, sort of like a Cody Law style that it's like very few fights. They've got like six or seven fights and they're like a minus 1,200 favorite. And you kind of wait for those dudes to sort of drop off where it's just like, oh yeah, like he finally blew it as like a minus 950 favorite and lost the undefeated record. Archie Colgan is sort of a dude that continues to level up. And now it's like, oh, he's undefeated and he's 12 and 0 and now he's getting big fights within the PFL promotion.

I am with you, man. I'm excited to see his career grow, and if he's able to get this win, he could be fighting for a title next potentially. Yeah, one sneaky one also, Magamette, Magamatov is a good fight. Magamatov, I always just like love looking at his record. Four losses. Lost the patchy mix twice, who... First time he beat him, in my opinion. Yeah, I understand not a great debut for him in the UFC, but he's still an unbelievable mixed martial artist. Yeah, so Apache Mix is still elite. Rayfion Stats and Piotr-Yon, those are the four fights that he lost. Pretty good names.

Pretty good names. And then Sergio Pettis, obviously, you know the man. Wends over Kioji Horaguchi, that's spinning back fist, Patricio Pitbull, Raffa, Stats himself. Yeah, it's a great fight, dude. Those four fights, this is one of the best cards that the PFL can put on right now. Unfortunately, we lost the Artem Lobb fight. Not necessarily was going to be an amazing fight, but the story and the drama and everything

that goes along with it and seeing him get back in the cage would have been tremendous. But man, PFO is putting on a good show this weekend. No, this is the best of what they can do. Like, these are your two best guys. This might be the best fight outside the UFC that a promotion can make right now. They're doing it right.

I love the poster with them soaked in blood and the skyline in the background. Like, this is it. I know there's been some, there's been some, like, criticism of the quote unquote promotion of this. Like, at a certain point, you have to recognize like the levers for PFL to pull are just not the same as the UFC's, right? When it comes to the UFC, they're on every single week.

You're conditioned to know, okay, it's a UFC fight week. The media activity starts going up. It just does not happen that way for PFL. It did not happen that way for Bellator. They're doing their best, in my opinion. Believe me, if PFL has a moment to be criticized, I will take that opportunity because I think there are things to criticize. This is not that moment.

I don't ultimately think that they're falling short in terms of promotion or anything like that. There's just a reality that like it is going to be hard to cut through on a USC pay-per-view week. If this was happening another time, another place, another opportunity, there might be something to say, but this is a fight that is worth your attention. And it is up to people like us and it is up to the fans to say, okay, I think this fight is worth my attention and I will tune in so that I give them the right message. I am seeing a lot of people saying that. It's just like, oh, I guess the PFL forgot this fight was happening. and I haven't seen anyone talking about this fight while they're actively talking about the fight

and like I went on the PFL's Instagram and Twitter and TikTok pages and like they've been pushing this fight like they've been pushing it hard maybe they could have done some more on like YouTube or something like that but it's just like they have limited resources and also like beyond MMA fans

like it's tough to get people to watch a PFL fight just because they're the second to organization like you know sometimes like to get a casual audience for the UFC is tough enough period Not to mention the middle of the afternoon on a Friday for PFL. So I think they're doing fine. I think MMA fans will ultimately watch it. I don't think any MMA fan who's an actual fan is out there like, wait,

Usman versus Paul Hughes, too, is happening. I think everyone is aware that it's happening. I think the eyes will be around it. And I think come Friday, the buzz will be enough that people will tune in. And there's like a new era here happening at PFL, right? The development of singular champions and saying this is the direction we're going to go. we saw the CEO say that they're hearing what the fans are saying and they're getting back to things. It's okay if this is like a reset point where it's like, okay, we're not going to spend the money that we were spending to not be able to reach the audiences and bring them in that we were doing.

Let's put on a good show. Let's get the highlights everywhere. Let's continue to build from that. Maybe the third version of this fight is bigger. Maybe their next fights are bigger. This has to be a slow progression. This idea that, like, the PFL could be a competitor with the UFC probably is a fallacy to begin with. But even inch closer has to be with these small steps.

Putting on the right fights, I think is step number one. They are doing that this weekend. Build from here. And I don't need them to, like, start sprinting. I don't need them to be throwing a ton of money at, like, advertising this fight and doing this stuff. This, as you said, this is a fight only for MMA fans. No casual fan is tuning in for this fight. That's just a reality.

Start small, put on the right fights, build from there. get the highlights going their next fights will be bigger I'm okay your boys ain't hitting the group chat this week and being like what is it about

this Paul Hughes Usman or Magametta fight I should be excited by the way they ain't hitting for the Alex or Magamette fight either this is not like

this is not like a mainstream appeal oh Pereira's fighting this week yeah exactly a Perrara and Mara Maraubre fighting this weekend nice what I would like to do

see PFL do is capitalize on promotion tactics that the fans are craving from the UFC I know that takes budget. I know that takes people. I know that takes time to build that. But like, when people beg, like, man, start creating promos for announcements more. Don't just do the formulaic copy of

Dana White doing the announcement like you did with John Martin. Like, do something around an announcement when it's a massive announcement. People talk about like, oh, we want to bring the face-to-face backs. PFL should bring the face-to-face back. Like, you have a sit-down with these people. Like, you should, if you are wise within the PFL, the shortcomings that the UFC, and Lord knows there are a lot when it comes to the actual promotion of the fight. now just because it's such a relentless machine that doesn't even really need it at this point capitalize on those as the pfl oh you guys are doing this oh you like i would have loved to see a sit down with like uh uh usman hughes and like one guy in the middle and there was a sit down

you didn't see it oh loving duby love and duby bro that's exactly what i'm not turn out the lights in the studio turn out the lights in the studio um it's a it's a it's a brilliant point by you and when john martin says we're yeah there we go welcome into love and duby bye We've got Usmanamagabna versus Paul. I forgot about the camera guys. Yeah, the camera guy. And then the one girl just sitting off to the side, just like, that's how I look every time we start the show.

That's a great point by you. When John Martin says we're listening to fans, that's a version of listening to fans, right? There are many things that fans complain about when it comes to the UFC these days. Be the one who listens to what they're saying about that product and try to implement it in your own. It's a fantastic point by you. The things that they've taken their eye off the ball on, you can now make your core.

Yeah. Like, don't, as much as we kind of joked and, like, had fun with the John Martin announcement, don't do that, actually. Yeah. Do a production for these massive title fights that you're going to have. You only have five or six a year, if they're lucky, like, really lean into it. Don't do the Dana White, what's up guys type things. We mentioned BKFC.

It's going to be unbelievable. King and Queen of Violence. Mike Perry, Jeremy Stevens, I don't have a breakdown for it. They're going to go to war. That's pretty much good. You have to think that in his realm of BKFC, like Mike Perry is going to win this fight.

Like this is what he's built for. But I think Jeremy Stevens is going to be game and would not be shocked if like he is just in an exchange where he's able to catch Mike Perry as well. I think that Jeremy Stevens like power is a little bit overrated. We saw that at the end of his UFC career where it was like Jeremy Stevens is known it as a knockout artist but like doesn't really get a ton of knockouts.

He's just a really good technical scrapper who finds a way to be like both aggressive and dangerous and violent but also like kind of protect himself decently. So I think this is going to be a good fight but I do think Mike Perry is going to come out on top. Christine Ferreya versus Jessica Borga for the Queen of Violence. Minus 1.20 each way in that one. Yeah, I think both of them are just going to put on wars.

If you're in the Newark, New Jersey, New York, long island area, you're in the tri-state area, I highly recommend going. It's like 50 bucks to get in. They will put on an incredible show. It will be fast-paced. And then you can be in an Uber, streaming the G.C. Bowl,

Joe Pfeiffer versus Abis Magamatov on your way home to watch the main card. Highly, highly, highly recommend going. I know we got the belt here. I know we had David Feldman in studio. They're not paying us for promotion. We went to Knucklemania back in January, and it was unbelievable.

One of the best combat, no, the best combat sport event I had been to. and it was a ton of fun so if you're in the Tri-State area don't miss out on that if it wasn't for us doing a watch party on Saturday we would absolutely be in the building

Ariel is going to get to experience it it's going to be great a little behind the scenes content from Ariel yeah do you think he's going to put the belt on the Queen of Islands no I think he ultimately ends up not doing it so an unbelievable weekend in combat sports so we got to do Parley Pows and Picks

in honor of that Parley Pals Parley Pals losing again. This time, done a little dirty with the Jake Matthews loss. Frank had Jake Matthews, so we lose again. We're hanging on by a thread, boys. We're up like 0.0 plus 0.03 units. So if we lose, we're back in the red.

We're still in the green. Barely. We're essentially even. We got screwed by the Jake Matthews? Yeah, we got screwed by the Jayes. I know a few people who did an Anzac Parlay and got screwed bad. I already got Pizzi's pick for this week. uh no simping for you frank he's taking veronica hardy the biggest favorite on the car well probably

the second biggest favorite once the gautier line drops yeah give me gaultiaa minus 500 or less and it's all it's an auto every cent but that's not going to happen it's going to be like minus a thousand um all right frankie you go first i'll go second then rick can go uh can go third yeah man i got to say uh i'm actually going to go with the morocan devil oh shot wow look at you with I remember when Emmett did the finish with Bryce Mitchell back in 2023, but he hasn't been looking so hot lately, so the devil's going to get it done. Off to you. Technical, technical breakdown there. There's something different with Frankie today, and I like it. I know. Shout to Sal on the back as well. Shout Sal. I was going to go for that. I was going to go Yuri, but I actually, I like the matchup

for one patchy mix. I think he gets back on the trail, back on the train, gets the train, back on the tracks. It doesn't sound like me when it comes to Saturday night. I'm going to go patchy mix. Gets it done over Jacob. I have the frenetic pronunciation. Vichlas. Shut out. Which is Charles.

Um, no surprise here. Maraub de Vylaishvili. Okay. I just don't think the man is able to be beaten. All right. Dub coming, boys. We got to get off the pine here. To be fair, we kind of had the win last week.

We got screwed. We got screwed. Plus 0.03. It looks nice and green. 13 and 26. So we're averaging around a plus 200. We're 33%. Yeah, we're averaging around a plus 200 to be essentially even at this point.

All right, over to my bets. We start with PFL, Paul Hughes. Come on. It's big news, baby. Friend of the program over here, Mr. Paul Hughes, very, very close fight first time around. He's had 25 minutes of experience in the octagon with him, plus 250. Come all, man. If I was too close to give me plus 250 on the big news, Paul Hughes, I'm going to say,

gets it done in another very close fight. And then we run the trilogy in Belfast. PFL, the story writes themselves. Let's go over to UFC. I'm coming. Yuri Prohashka. Do I think this should be lined a little bit closer?

Probably, but I'm back at my boy. You know how it goes, Yuri Prohashka for the win. Then the main event, very similar to the Paul Hughes one. I think people are forgetting how close this fight was. I think he can make adjustments. Plus 2.30? Yeah. I'm going to take a little poke on it.

I'm going to take a little poke on the losers that are now big underdogs in rematches of very close fights. And then I got some parlays where I snag the favorites, Patchy versus Patchy and Fareed, Vanderford, and Edmund Shabazzian. I like both the matchups for them going against mostly grapplers, Yusuf Salal, and the co-main to go over four and a half. I don't see, unless like Corey just stings them, I just don't see too much of a world where, where Marab is getting or I mean

where someone gets a finish there unless Marab gets clipped and then one last one also with Patchy Mix and we'll go with body bags Joe Piper I like the power of him to get it done there and those are the bets

something about cams off oh yeah body cam off he's gonna he's gonna kill him after he is he said at the the press junkie yesterday so shout out to him those are the picks for UFC

320 and we had to do a flight feast because it was a pay-per-view we thought about doing what do we do for this one we could go get Russian food but you know we did we did borshton stuff last year

you know Alex Pereira we already did the Brazilian Steakhouse for him really thought about doing Georgian food there's a Georgian restaurant here called Shama Mama and it's Georgian food I was like God that's too perfect

but we did that last year as well I feel like we just need a little bit more time go by before we do Georgian food again. Me and Frankie are dying for it. Lord knows. So what did we land on? We landed on food from the Czech Republic in honor of Yuri Prohashka. Me and Frankie,

a little duo adventure hopped in the Winnebago, headed out to Queens and visited Kaliba to try Czech food for the very first time. Take a look. UFC 320 Fight Week. The promotion returns to Las Vegas. Alex Pereira, Magamette,

live main event. Murad de Valisville, Corey Sandhagan, and the co-main event. We're not here for that. We're here for the featured bout of the evening, the people's main event, Yiri Prohashka versus Khalil Roundtree. And that brings us to Kaliba here in Astoria. Queen's going to try Czech food for the very first time, never had it. Little goulash, little schnitzel. We're going to find out, Fight Feast, episode 27. Let's go for that. All right, we're off to a hot start here. Authentic Czech Pilsner, Pilsner, Urquell, and a branded Coliba glass as well. These people know all.

Frankie here's got the Czech var. I hope I'm pronouncing those right. I'm in Sunday afternoon, some Czech beers. They're a good pilsner. We might as well put it down the hatch. I actually want to try the pils. We can order another one. Don't interrupt my chugging. You're watching a master at work here.

Those are coming from the depths. I'm not enjoying this. I had sunburned yesterday at the Ryder Cup and now I'm having brain increase in his ice cold beer. It's a crazy feeling. Ah, greatest junker on planet Earth wins again. I mean it did take you six. Yeah, we're gonna cut that out. Oh, stuff, Frank. We're ready to roll. All right, look at this spread. I've got my I've got my Czech bar beer here. We got Yeri's favorite food, fried cheese and french fries. He spoke with Alex B. Hunan did humanizing athletes.

This is his favorite food. It wasn't on the menu, but they serve it here. We're a secret menu here. Beef goulash with Czech dumplings. Perogi's spetzel, a potato pasta, bacon on top, classic pierogies. Yeri's favorite food right here, he said fried cheese and french fries are his favorite food. So we are going for that, and we are going for the fried cheese and French fries.

Oh, it's just a patty of fried mozzarella. Look at the pole. Look at the pull on it. And tartar sauce, according to a mysterious frank indigenous to the Czech Republic. It is formed naturally there. Comes with the, I'm getting a big off camera. It goes with the fried cheese though.

Here we go. Nothing to say it's fried cheese. Unbelievable. There's no way I could do these two patties. I would be in the john. What is incredible? Do we do vegetables with it? I stabbed me a little mater on there?

A little chabab. It can't not be good. Check what do you got in terms of the cheese bowl? Well, she wanted to see the cheese pull up close. My God, look at it. The Checks know how to do a cheese bowl. Look at that cheese bowl. I'm coming!

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I'm in awe right now. I get it, Erie. I get it. I'm getting a bit emotional off of that cheese bowl. I feel a tear coming to my eye right now. Slam dunk in the tartar sauce. Wash it down with the check bar. I'm cheered about. cheese bowl. I almost got a standing ovation for that cheese bowl.

And at Chicago, you've been out dumb. That was, wow. We roll along after the unbelievable 11 out of 10 cheese bowl, we move on to pierogies and spatsal. This is essentially just potatoes, cheese, and bacon. This is it in a dumpling form, this is it sort of noodle style, pasta style. I can't imagine I'm not gonna like this but just to be sure we might as well try it yeah potato dumpling with bacon chives bringing out some flavors green onion feel like when you have a bro you have to eat one like you just pluck the tom and jerry style goldfish out of a bowl and you just oh yeah it's unbelievable never had spasel kind of looks like a chicken salad looks like a mayo salad

but i think that's just cheese yeah i was i was told it's nokey like Mmm, the cheese is sharp. I don't like this as much as the pierogi. The cheese is a lot. The cheese is a little too much for me. I much prefer the pierogies when we come to the Czech potato-based dishes. I thought you, Frankie. These are scallions, not chives.

Fuck you. This is more of a potato dumpling than this. This is a dumpling stuffed with potato. Fuck you. Starting with the parogi here. No bacon, vegetarian. Vegetarian? Oh, man. That's tasty as hell. Spatol we call them. Respect the holding of the plate, too. Yeah.

Oh, man. Delicious. Creamy. So good. Do you care to tell us your Czech story? Come on. My mouth is full. Even better. My dad's side of the family is Czechoslovakian. My last name is actually Linz Gwish, but it was cut in Ellis Island when my great-grandparents came over from the Czech Republic. My own son is named with a traditional Czech name. You'll have to imagine what that is. Yeah, enjoy yourselves. I have to say, they're playing like a Czech Republic station that's just been playing bangers this entire time.

It's great. No one else in here is talking. We're just vibe into this radio. They're playing something right now. Beef goulash. Never had a goulash before in my life. This is my first time having it. Have to say, not what I expected.

You hear goulash, you kind of think, oh, like, slop. This is not slop. This is beautiful. Peppers having something. some color to the brown sauce around the beef. It's incredible. And so here we have check dumplings. It looks like bread, but don't be fooled.

We've been trained by our waitress here. Don't grab it and dunk. You go piece by piece. So what we're gonna do, we'll cut up a bit of steak beforehand. Oh, tender to the bon. It just falls apart, falls apart. Get a little dumpling here. It's a bite by bite type thing, bite by bite.

Little steak, let's get the sweep through first. Sweep through first. We're just gonna mess this plate up. Get a little steak, get a little onion on there as well. Yeah, I get it. Oh yeah, this is fantastic. Could maybe use some more onions, honestly. The beef is, it just falls apart when you touch it with your fork.

Give me this on like a nice 28 degree night. There's a lot of problems in this world, but there are none in this restaurant tonight because we're eating beef goulash. Mmm. Not bad. Now I do have to know. There's only so much dumplings, there's only so much meat. What do you do with all the extra goulash? Like a cereal type thing?

It's just... It's just... Not bad. Ooh, just put the inside of my cheek, goddamn it. That's gonna grow throughout the week. We went for that. I'm coming. I'm coming.

Me and Frank about to do a digestief Betarovka. Cheers, brother. I just want to get up. Quick tooth. Oh my god, you're finishing it? Check please. Yeah, Chuck. Susie.

Nailed. Frank taking us to a beer garden with Czech food. Frank taking us to a beer garden with Czech food. Went down smooth, went down nice. I do have to say we ordered some pickle pairing at the end there and they just never brought it. They just didn't even acknowledge that we ever ordered it. Beautiful day here in Queens, home of one action Bronson. Camera's a little close, no? You get a look at that shirt. Shout at the full violence. My favorite fighter merch

ever right here. Look at that shirt. Let's go for that. I'm coming! to this beautiful Bohemian Beer Garden. Cheers, brother. Shout out, another Pilsner on there. I don't think I said that right at all. Shout to Yeri Prahashka. Shout to UFC, shout to UFC 320. Fight piece, episode 27 in the books.

I am coming. Let's go for that. I am coming. oh all right that was a fantastic way to spend a sunday i'm bummed that you could knock up me yeah i was a little bit bummed because the the type of food was like right in my wheelhouse bringing home leftovers to holly would have been tremendous um i was bummed but it looked like a great time i also like you acknowledging um frankie getting something right with the uh beer garden wow wow it was a good call he was just like yeah i think there's like a beer garden near here

literally said there's a bohemian beer garden what's due you know we could catch some more footage can we break the fourth wall well they didn't show the footage of me realizing it like I as we walked up there's check flags hanging and I was just like oh shit my man may not have known that bohemia was a region inside the Czechos Republican all right I only know the rap city I only know the rap city also you know action Brotson from Queens shout out a legend you know I'm also from queens I could have maybe gotten a shut out I could have said Mr. Jackman um I've got a a fight feast bonus a little extra a little surprise for you all right to what are tell me

some of your favorite food related things from chicago give me give me give me just start listing them off deep dish cheese yeah graders popcorn okay no it was a garret right garret garret garrets one all right what else do you like focus on the pizza hot dogs pizza pepperoni sausage onion no like the maybe like brands like what do you like from pizza oh home run in okay so garret's home run in, yeah? You like those two. Yeah, yeah, those two. You like those two things a lot. No way. What if I told you? Pizza flavored popcorn? Oh, pizza flavored popcorn.

Did a collaboration. Have you tried this yet? I have not. Oh, shit. We have to try this on the end right now. Shout out to Garrett. Shout out to Home Run in. Shout out to Home Run in for real. Apparently this is only available at certain supermarkets in Chicago. If you've ever had pizza goldfish, that's what it, that's That's what it smells like. Let's get a nice little... Oh, this smells good. Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Nope. It really tastes like a pizza. It really does taste like pizza. Holy shit. It really tastes like pizza. This is incredible. Frank's loving the chewing into the...

Wow. Who sent this over? Home Run, M? Hesah Hersh. Pizza Princess. Tessa Hirsch. Shout out, our friend. They just launched this collaboration,

and it's only available in like certain supermarkets into the Chicago land area so she sent us a month. Man, shout out. Shout out to you. There's like a few moments

in there where it really tastes like pizza. Yeah. I swear I taste red sauce. I'm not a big fan of like the pizza like you're talking about like the goldfish. There's also the pizza pringles. I'm not like a huge fan of these. I mean, when it comes to Garrett

and it comes to Homerin and you know you're getting quality. All right, that's fight fees. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. Still have pound for pound. Still have your voicemails. Still have super chats.

I mean, we're simply just getting started here ahead of a big week in combat sports. We'll be right back. Welcome back. Yeah, someone, I think it was 24 inch stubs pointed out in the chat. We keep running that promo, and it's just Josh Pate highlighting Georgia's failures against Alabama over the last decade.

No, it's not just that. It's also me saying that Jake Paul is going to comically hold tank game in Sullywood. Small world, though. Shout to Josh Pate, legend. Good for the bald brand, also incredible college football analysis. I was pretty pumped when we joined Yahoo. Everyone was just like, what's college football? I was like, oh, it's a pretty big sport around here.

But yeah, my dog's coming up short once again to Alabama. I don't know what happens, but when we see those crimson helmets, we just pissed down our leg. It's great. All right, pound for pound this week, in honor of the release of the smashing machine, if you haven't seen it yet, it comes out tonight at midnight, so I would assume you haven't seen it.

I just pull the Halwani. He keeps saying like, I've been shitting on him all week for him being like, in case you haven't seen it yet, it's like, dude, it doesn't come out until Friday. Midnight released tonight in all theaters across the country, Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr, the Rock acting as Mark Kerr, Emily Blunt, Boss Routon, Boss Routon, Ryan Bader. All of this based on the documentary that came out in the early 2000s, The Smashing Machine, the life in times of extreme fighter, Mark, Mark, That's what they coined him as back then. So in honor of that, we are going to be ranking top five documentaries. Frankie, what's the order? The order today is a little special.

It's going to start with Frank. Okay. It's going to go to Connor Birx. And we're going to have Eric Jackman finish it off. Wow. You've done it again, Frankie. You've done it again. Mapping that out so eloquently.

I appreciate that. So let's start with Frank. Let's do it, man. My number five is a documentary called Enron, the Smart. artist guys in the room. Now, this one hits close to home. I was living in Houston when the whole Shabang happened with Enron.

Real quick, I first watched this documentary off of Netflix when the only way you could watch streaming Netflix was on your computer or on the Xbox 360. Oh. And if you haven't seen the movie, there's just a tiny spoiler. Enron was in talks with Blockbuster

where they were trying to do a streaming video on demand, like in the early 2000s, and the tech just wasn't there. That didn't stop them from trying to get investor money for it. And I just thought it was really ironic that Microsoft was Enron's bigger competitor and Blockbuster and Netflix obviously went head-to-head. So I'm like, here I am watching this on their successor's success after Enron fumbled the bag. I thought you were probably the only one thinking that in the entire universe.

Oh, that's cool. Thanks for pointing that out. I thought you were going to say that you got the documentary through the mail. The Red Box. That's a thing. No, no, no, Netflix used to just sell out the DVDs. Can I tell you guys something crazy? My parents were still getting the mail up until Netflix discontinued it.

When did that happen? I think like 2019. Yeah, you remember when they tried to change the name to like Flickster or whatever? Yeah, my parents, like I'd like come home and back to my house from college and my mom would be like, I got a movie from Netflix on DVD if you want to watch. I'm like, I have a streaming app. You can just watch it whenever. By that point, by the 2018-2019,

was the stuff that they were sending out on DVD also already on the service? Like, you could pull it up? It reached a threshold where it was all on the streaming service, but there was a time where they stuck it out when the mailing had better options. And was that part of a Netflix subscription and you could just do that additionally?

Or was it a separate thing? You know, I can't, I don't know, I can't. Because it would be weird if she had the Netflix subscription and was still getting it mailed when you could just pop that on the TV. It wouldn't be that weird. My parents are in their late 60s and I go home and it's just like

mountains of newspapers and I'll like move it and my mom will be like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Is that the AJ C or is that the Wall Street Journal? Because I'm saving last Tuesday's edition. I need to read that article. But one thing I did like about the mail service is you could just queue up what you wanted.

Yes, yeah, yeah. Because you could have like two movies at a time. So if somebody is like, you gotta watch this movie, blah, my name's Rick. You just go put it on the queue. and then after you turn back the DVD you don't even know what's coming

just bam like oh okay I guess I'm watching and then it comes to your house and you skip it like frankly yeah I'd be like oh this is a risk suggestion oh fuck this all right my number four I was still my parents I'm always like andor that piece of shit

mom dad we can I can get everything on a Kendall all your subscriptions right there doesn't have to have a bright light it can be like paper take it anywhere they're just like nah she's like I read in this newspaper over here this one from Thursdays

single-handedly keeping the newspaper industry a lot Shout out to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. And shout out to my number four, which is also a early 2000s documentary called The Corporation. Again, just really powerful talks about, the premise of it, honestly, is that by legal definition, a corporation is a entity, like it's a person. So what they do is they do a psychological analysis of a corporation to see if the FBI would consider them insane, like if they were just doing a profile. If the corporation was a person, would they be in a business? insane person. Correct, because they are legally a person. That's why you become incorporated is to have the liability all go to this person that doesn't really exist. So it's a really interesting

premise. Spoiler alert, they are absolutely insane. This documentary used to be like premium. Then it went for free. It's still, again, it's 25 years old at this point, I think, and it's still relevant. So if you haven't seen it, I would recommend checking it out. Another documentary that I would recommend checking out is my number three and this one was a hard one to pick but it's biggie and tupac this is a documentary that came out in the late 90s by nick brumfield who was also yes i've seen the english filmmaker he did a curt and courtney documentary as well but this one was really at the height of people being suspicious of the death surrounding notorious b i g and tupac chakor and they actually go and interview individuals that were familiar with those

two victims as things have including like biggie's mom and stuff like very eye opening very um again kind of conspiratorial i'm not going to lie but we were talking about gonzow journalism yesterday on a aerial show and this holds true like nick just sticks himself in the thick of it and really has people open up to him and uh it's very powerful um speaking of power were you a big year or chupac guy i am a teupac guy okay what's the final consensus on what is he is he in porto rico somewhere or no i I mean, they're dead, but it's like, do the OAPD? Oh, you're asking him to kill them? I thought you're saying, is he alive?

That's the real one. Just because we're still talking about it, Biggie's mom is like, you know, I used to come to my kid and be like, yo, these lyrics, what's up with it? He's like, mom, it's all just, you know, bullshit, you know, like, it's just stuff that I'm thinking. And she's like, so my kid got killed because someone took his jokes or his, like, alternate reality too seriously. And, like, I'm like, was he telling her the truth? Was he just kind of telling her to buzz off or whatever? but if that's what she believes like that's fucked up in my opinion you know um number two is a documentary from the early 2000s called hype and this movie actually came out at a

catalogs and looks back on the entire grunge music scene at a Seattle specifically in the late 80s to early 90s fantastic showcasing of a lot of the artists that were still around in the early 2000s that were kind of talking about how they never asked for the hype that ended up getting thrust on them. I mean, they became, they started as a music scene and it became like a fashion statement. And MTV kind of wrote it into the ground. Like, we all know we lost Kirk Cobain. We ended up losing Lane Staley. Like, these are all victims of the fact that this music scene that used to mean something to just a small community became this worldwide phenomenon. And it's probably the last that we've seen one regional scene like that just take off outside of hip hop.

But yeah, if you haven't seen this, I would recommend it. Which brings me to my number one, I would watch this documentary any day of the week it doesn't matter what time of the year it's called the King of Kong a fistful of quarters I slept on this forever and it was brought to my attention

just amazing because what it is is it talks about the record holders of old arcade games like starting back in the late 70s and 80s and then there's just one guy who just like he actually worked at Boeing at a Seattle he lost his job and like in this kind of in between jobs

depressive state he just started playing donkey Kong and was like you know what I'm going to try to beat the world records so they came out and documented this little did he know and little did the documentarians know there's like a whole scene behind who keeps these records and there's just one individual he's on the picture right now Billy Mitchell who is like history has now shown us that he's an absolute fraud and has been called out for it but at the time that the film was made there was still a k-fabe going on where like people were suspicious but like this dude was just so full of himself just would look you dead in the

and claim that he had this highest score when it all ended up being not true. So if I'm not doing a, why does he have that? He also had like a side business of selling hot sauce. Wow. He was just a character. And like if you read the behind the scenes, the documentarians are like, we only got to show a small percentage of how insane this guy is because we realized if we showed all of it, no one would believe us that this was an actual documentary and not like scripted

because like just everything that he came up with was just like, what did you just say? And why are you doing this? but that's my list I'm happy to share it with you guys shout out man I've never seen any of them yeah well you know that's what we do we trade

I love it I love a good doc I'm gonna have to watch the King Kong alright mine number five this one came out a few years back

love a good Jimmy Chindock you know sort of nature he did Maroo 14 peaks a lot of it around mountain climbing this one came out in theaters

went solid and ended up winning the Oscar for best documentary Definitely hit the pendulum a couple of times before watching it, if we must admit. But it is free solo about Alex Honnold, climbing El Capitan out in Yosemite, no ropes, no safety harnesses, no nothing, 3,000 foot granite wall, unbelievable feet, unbelievable the way they shot it. And yeah, like the emotional impact that it had on everyone he knew that it was just like, oh yeah, he could definitely die, dude.

He could definitely die doing this. very harrowing tale pretty crazy the insight that they got there number four I heard you guys did you hear about this that he's going to

climb the building what on Netflix no live yeah he's he's gonna climb a Taiwan skyscraper

that's 1600 feet oh man on Netflix yeah oh man he's gonna do it too he's an absolute cycle yeah I know yeah he's

saying goodbye to his like girlfriend or wife in the thing before he goes and does it. And like she's crying and he's just like, yeah, yeah, it's going to be fun. Like even if I die, this is what I want to do when I die. So you kind of just got to accept it. So yeah, wow, I'm in live on Netflix.

Shout to Alex Arnold. Number four, I heard some talks before the show. There's two seasons. I don't recognize the second season of it. It is the Jenks, one of the best docs that HBO has come out with. It's the second season? There's no need to watch the second season. Waste the time.

He's dead by then. real estate air insane story the footage that they get is simply unbelievable one of the biggest twists in the end I'm not going to say any spoilers but this is a phenomenal documentary

you should absolutely go watch it's so well made by HBO the life of season one is one of the most jaw-dropping crazy is the life's and deaths of Robert Durst that keeps you entertained the entire way it's unbelievable elite

Elite. All five of these that I have, in my opinion, are elite. Number three, OJ made in America, the 30 for 30, the unequivocal, inarguable best 30 for 30 in my opinion. It's like 10 episodes. Overall, it's like eight hours long. The most comprehensive OJ. Doc out there, the footage that they have, the interviews that they have, Marsha Clark, Nicole's sister, Tanya Brown, his agent is interviewed Carl Douglas, one of his lawyers is interviewed, the footage that they have, the access that they got. It's unbelievable. If you have not watched it, it is like, it's crazy the impact that this case had on the United States of America in 1994 and the years after. It truly is. It's crazy. Unbelievably well made. Couldn't recommend it enough. Shout out to 30 for 30.

Number two, a much more somber, a much sadder doc, but one of the most unbelievable, story tellings I have ever witnessed on television, Nat Geo, 9-11, one day in America, six episodes, just telling the entire story of the day from sunup to a few days later when the cleanup begins and everything. The footage that they get in this documentary is some of the most unbelievable stuff I have ever seen. Like, from beginning to end,

They have found at home videos, newscasts, everything, the interviews that they get in this one. And then the footage to corroborate the interviews is just, it's incredible. It is one of the most insane storytelling pieces I have ever watched. There is no 9-11 doc that even comes close to this. Watch it every year. It is so incredible. Shout to Nat Geo for that one. Highly, highly, highly recommend it.

And then number one, because, the last one is like you can only watch it so many times and it's just such intense heavy subject matter not the number one for me number one for me took over the united states of america i think a lot of the world during the pandemic it was the only thing to watch 10 parts just like my number two the footage that they had the wherewithal that they had to get all of this footage behind the scenes of one of the most interesting figures in time mr michael jordan it's the last dance 10 episode documentary done by ESPN uh i mean the interviews that they get in this one the footage that they have it's it's unbelievable i bought like three pairs of jordan ones throughout the

entire uh season this one came out like week after week on sunday nights i believe it was during like peak pandemic times oh yeah might as well get another pair of jordan ones why not uh so yeah shout to last dance unbelievable as a 90s kid like i was becoming of age in the 90s uh as you probably know from my last pound for pound, Jordan and the Bulls were like such an essential part of that. No one looks cooler than Michael Jordan over the course of those 10 episodes. Like you're like, wow, this dude was a badass. Yeah. And the lore was already crazy to that point and then it pushed it over the top even.

That's when it was like, this guy's untouchable. Yeah. Okay. Great lists from both of you guys. Really enjoyed this so far. Number five for me. Also, I should just maybe a little disclaimer up front. Like I'm realizing how much of a basic bro.

I am from my list, but that's okay. We've been trying to tell you. I'm all right with it. Number five, we've talked about this many times on this show. Ariel has talked about it before. I had the pleasure of working a little bit on it doing public relations at the time that it came out. It's a film about somebody we know and love named Dustin Poirier, as well as another fighter, Albert Steinbeck. But this is the film fight, though.

And it chronicles Dustin and Alberts. Funny enough, like all the initial posters, DVD stuff was all Albert. Yeah. And then obviously, as Dustin kind of rises to prominence, this came out right around when he was fighting Korean zombie, then it started to be about Dustin in terms of like the box cover and things like that. Now he's gone on to become a legend of the game and somebody we love and admire. But at the time, it is truly the struggle of like a very low-level fighter, of a local

fighter who just wants to make it, just wants to make their dream to come true. Unlike, you know, we talked, the inspiration for this was the documentary, the smashing machine. Kerr was near the end of his career by that point, right? He was an established guy. This was a look inside like the grit, the real local

in the mud. He's fighting in what's it called when they have like the fair and they have like the pigs? Like what's like that area called? Oh yeah, like the rodeo area? Yeah, like that. Like on the dirt. They have a cage set up. And the promoter is an incredible character. But if you're a fan at all of MMA and if you're a fan at all of Dustin Poirier, like this is the story to follow, you should

please go back and watch this document. So I went back and watched it before the Islam fight last year in June. And it's just like, now that you know how the story is written and how it's completed, it's just like mind-blowing to see him A that young, the aspirations that he had, and just like to know what he goes on to accomplish. It is incredible. It is crazy that he's made his dreams come true. And the other character, the other person in the documentary was somebody who was extremely talented, probably more talented than Dustin. And that's why he was kind of the name the face you'd want to put on it and prominent, but he just never could kind of like put it all together. And he ends up not ultimately becoming much of anything in MMA, but an incredible

documentary. And especially now in hindsight, knowing what we know about Dustin, could not recommend it enough for our fan base. Number four, you talked about this one. Oscar-winning documentary, OJ. Mid in America. The intersection of culture that this like spans, like the true, um, wide spanning 90s culture that this impacts and talking about this case and how it took over America and also just the other like racial implications going into the Rodney King beatings in LA. Like all the stuff that this documentary touches on is so much wider than just the case itself, but then even in the case itself, just an incredible, truly, like, objective telling of the facts of this OJ case.

Oscar, as I said, Oscar winning, like, it needs no more accolades. It is an incredible documentary, an incredible piece of filmmaking. And I was born in 93, so, like, OJ, my whole life has been OJ post-trial, like, to see what a hero he was in the U.S. and, like, what a superstar, the amount of commercials, the amount of movies that he was doing like it would be like I don't even know a proper comparison like it would be like a it's like he was almost like a he was almost like a charles barclay right yeah like this guy that everybody loved revered like he was he was he was he was the guy that everybody was like oh he's he's he's an incredible football player he transitions into this

acting career he was just such a beloved icon of culture Charles Barkley is a solid comparison like everyone loves Charles and it's just like wait Charles murdered his wife allegedly if I did do it if I did it yeah but yes like an absolutely absolutely like meticulously perfectly done documentary over the course of I believe you said it was 10 parts I forget off the top of my head but so well constructed so well made number three a documentary that took many many years to finalize because of things potentially holding it back but when it came out, man, it was a masterpiece. It was a beautiful piece of filmmaking. When we were kings, the story of Muhammad Ali in the lead up to the rumble in the jungle, just like some footage

of Ali that I cannot shake from my head and you will not see anywhere else. Like a capturing, you want to talk about American icons. Like we're talking about OJ Simpson. When you want to talk about people that had America in an absolute stranglehold, this was the man. This was every single American knew who Muhammad Ali was and in the lead up to this fight there's so much like political influence and other things that come into the picture here. It is a truly gripping and fascinating doc if you have not seen it. I've actually seen it. Yeah, I was, uh, I was like on the elliptical or something one day and I was just scrolling through and they had it on HBO and I threw it on and then I finished it when I got home. It was it was tremendous. Yeah. Like Muhammad

Ali's like at the time that it came out, Muhammad Ali was already like on the downside and ascending into the unfortunate battle with Parkinson's of what we had seen of him in his later years. But it was such an insane reminder of the charisma of this man and how he was able to capture the imaginations of the public through his, not only his boxing, but his political activism and everything else. He was just a true titan of sport, a true titan of culture and industry. Shout out to Muhammad Ali. But yes, an incredible doc. Again, another one that like tailored for if you're a fan of the fight game, that is one to say. I would say the best boxing documentary, one of the best boxing films, period.

Number two, this one's an early 90s one, but one that really opened my eyes when I was a kid, hoop dreams. Oh, shut up. Yeah, like, to see the ups and downs, like to that point in my early years, like, when I would turn on the movies, it was always like a happy story. It was always like an inspirational story. It was always like, okay, there's a down, but then at the end, there's a happy ending

and everything's fine. This documentary really opened my eyes to the idea that it does work out for some. It doesn't work out for others. There are struggles in between real life. This was another one like OJ, like the OJ doc, that really like introduced you to culture in America in a way that I think opens people's eyes.

Certainly mine. Maybe I'm speaking for others, But it was certainly one that for me was like, okay, this is how people in the inner city of Chicago live. And this is like not everything has a happy ending. Not necessarily a bad ending either, but not everything is like this perfect kind of story. And being able for people like that to be able to open up and you to be able to have a view into that was something that was like really interesting to me at that time and kind of shaped my way of thinking around documentaries and just movies in general from there. an incredible watch if you're a hoops head it's a great one

a really interesting tale of high school kids and their families in Chicago number one it's the last dance yeah it had to be the last dance I mean come on it like so good dude this is probably for me like on this list the most

like empty calories right because it's not like this is some like cultural like review it's really just a hoop stock It really is just, like, looking back at, like, Jordan in the 90s and the impact he had, but God damn it, if it didn't produce, like, the best memes and it, the doc became the cultural moment. Like, it's not reflecting on a cultural moment other than, like, the 90s Bulls were sick and Jordan was sick and Rodman was sick and Pippin probably shouldn't have been shit on as much as he was. But then it itself, the release of this doc because of it coming out during the pandemic, became the cultural moment. This was the reflection of culture.

And it produced those incredible memes. We had the Jordan taking it personally. We have Dennis Rodman explaining he goes this way. We had the security guard. Oh, yeah, the shrug. Who's slipping the quarters of Jordan. I mean, it was just, it was a moment in time. It took over.

It was appointment television. There was really nothing going on. It was so well made. Like, talk about ESPN, lucking into like, A, they made an unbelievable doc, but like, lucking into the timing of when it was coming out, it took over. It shut down entertainment. on Sunday nights. And Jordan participating in it is like...

A lot of times these docks, you can kind of skirt around the edges, you get people who were there, this and that. You get Jordan, and it just blows up. He was able to control a little bit of the narrative of making them look sterling. Yeah. And that's what they did.

I mean, they made them look like the... The pinnacle of cool. Penacle of cool, man. It was unbelievable. Shout out to the docs list. Love a good doc. Love a good doc. Last dance, top and two of them.

Shout to the King and Kong. I'm out of the tune. that, Frank. It's worth that. I've seen that. It's quite good. And as he said, Billy is a very interesting character. Uh, Frankie, we got any voicemails, brother. Damn right. We do. Voice mails. Ahoy, hoi. Hey, uh, just, I had a question. Do you guys think it's smarter that that before the way-ins or after the way-ends? oh that's the whole thing

I've never taken that into account I get the line when you think it's good it doesn't make a difference to me if you're if you're sitting there and watching a guy weighing in at 155 and a half pounds and you're like his cheeks seem kind of drawn in then like I don't know what to tell you

I mean I get like yeah if a guy comes in it 159 or 161 you'll be like oh shit but like I'm not one that that waits to see the way ends if there's one of those fighters where they regularly miss weight or you're concerned about their weight, like Hamza, right? If it's like, I want to see if Hamzaa makes weight. I guess you could wait till after the way in, but I've seen enough fights where it's like sometimes missing weight is an advantage or I've seen a guy who

looks completely sunken and looks like he's on the verge of death and he comes out and has the best performance of his life. I really don't know. Weight cutting is just so quintessential and like a rather essential to the sport at this point and everybody's doing it I don't read too much on like how they look on the scale because I've just seen guys blow weight and win easily I've seen guys look like they're on the verge of death and win I've seen guys look fantastic on the scale and get the doors blown off it's just it's it's hard to read the scale I don't put too much into it so just whenever you get the best line boys in the back first time long time I'm originally from the East Coast, living on the West Coast, thinking about moving back to the East Coast.

Okay. Well, New York City's too expensive for me, unless you can really sell me on it. Give me your thoughts and opinions on Philadelphia. That's it. What do we think? I like Philadelphia. You're going to run into kind of the similar issue of, like, cold winters, getting dark kind of early. It's way, way, way more affordable than New York City, and it is an easy train ride up here.

And, you know, you're accessible to, you know, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York. You could go to Boston if you wanted to. And then Philly itself is, it's a nice town. You got good food. You got four major sports teams. I personally am not moving to Philadelphia. But, yeah, yeah, there's a lot to choose from the East Coast. It's not just the northeast.

Go Miami, go Atlanta, Charleston, maybe a Charlotte. Where are you working your way up the coast? A D.C. is nice. Sea coast. Shout out to the truck, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Portland, Maine. I like Philly. I feel like you could get decent value, right?

If you're comparing it to New York, you'll probably get a... Oh, it's going to be cheaper than New York. A better place, but you're also in Philly as opposed to New York. I don't know. Philly feels like an in-between. This might be a hot take. the same way about, I feel about Philly, Chicago, a little bit of Boston. If you want to live in New York, just live in New York, right? Don't do the approximation. Like, don't go to the, don't go to the

B. Don't go to the, the, the, the brand, the great value version of New York City. If you want to live in the big city, go live in the big city. Go to New York. Like, don't do the, so that's how I kind of feel about the, like, other big metropolitan cities is like, either do it or don't. Go to L.A., go to New York, or if you're not, then just go live in the suburbs somewhere. Those, though, I feel like have their own, like Chicago especially. Chicago is a metropolis.

It's just New York, it's diet New York. It's just like... I disagree here. Chicago has a great personality, a great city behind it. So does Philadelphia. It's just something about Philadelphia. No joke, Connor, like, go get stuck in traffic in Chicago and you'll probably change your opinion of this. Traffic is horrendous. I mean, bro, I, they're

the running list I have of things that I hate about New York if the traffic is the worst thing in Chicago I'll survive. The traffic in New York is not great, man. My map says we'll be there in 31 minutes. You'll be there in 57 because it'll just add time because of how terrible the traffic is.

That's the charm. Ah, subway says 16 minutes. Maybe there's an illusion in New York because you are like stopping and going right? Like through different lights and stuff in Chicago it's like, Mom, I'm just stuck on this freeway forever. I also grew up in Atlanta which is notorious for for horrible traffic

Yeah, I mean New York ain't And it doesn't got the perfect resume itself, so I mean Yeah, but it's the best city in the world So that's a tradeoff Propaganda Propaganda

Prapaganda Yeah, what's going on? Boys, my name's Drew, I'm calling from a little town in northern British Columbia It's called Prince Rupert Oh shout out to Prince Roo Roo! It never stops raining here

It's fucking ridiculous I'm talking about So anyways, my question is, me and my wife watch the Masked Singer. I wondered if you guys saw Oscar Delahoya as the fuzzy peas. Yeah, that's it. No, I did not. Can't remember the last time I tuned into weeknight cable television. But I love that you have that gone.

No, I think that's on Fox. I think it's network. Oh, is that what we call network, network cable? Yeah. Appointment weeknight television on any major. network I have not done in quite some time. So didn't catch the latest episode of The Masked Singer. I think it's from years ago. I don't think this is new. I respect it either way. I was talking to someone this weekend. It was Tuesday and they were like, all right, I got to bounce. I got to go watch

Dancing with the Stars. And I was just like, hmm, keeping up with Dancing with the Stars. Oh, no. They're like, oh yeah, I vote every week. I was just like, man, I miss that, you know? Okay, Oscar was the fuzzy peas in February of 2025, but he had also been on it in 2021, which I remember. Last time I watched, like, appointment was, like, live was, I would tune into modern family every week when it was coming on ABC. Shout out. Yo, what's up, boys in the back, Justin from Vancouver again. Hey, shout out. I remember on an older episode, you guys talked about GC potentially being on a misfits card one time.

you know, who would be in the corner, like, if you could be trained by Tom Aspinall. My question is, if you guys could all fight somebody, A, who would it be, and B, who is going to be in your corner? The rules for this, I got some rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So there's going to be four people in your corner. All right. One's got to be your striking coach. One's got to be your BJJ coach, and one has got to be your wrestling coach.

Pick who your dream coaches are for those ones. And then your fourth can be a wild card, so anybody you want can be the coach as well in your corner. Only other rule that I have is you cannot use Khabib or Islam, anybody from Team Khabib for your wrestling coach. I feel like that's kind of a cop-out answer because it's an easy one. Also, I want you all be going to order of Frank, G.C., then Rick. Okay. And you guys cannot choose the same. coaches.

Oh, okay, I like that. I like that. All right, Frankie, you're up first, bro. All right, are we doing snake draft? Like, how do we do it? Okay, yeah. Yeah, let's go, let's go straight draft. Let's start with who you're fighting.

Oh, shit. I'm going to fight Ian. Ian Machado-Magerie? What? Enjoy that, bro. All right, great. Enjoy getting iced in the first 15 seconds. Look, again, I'm the reason there is a cage.

I'm going to be trying to run out of the cage. Okay. All right. I am. fighting. I don't have a name. Someone 5-8 or under that I have a sizable reach advantage over. You want the Jake Paul Tank Davis. That I know I can run circles in cardio around. I'm here for a squash match. I'm here to get put over. I'm not here to get knocked out. So if you're 5-8. Enjoy Ian Gary, Frank. If you're 5-8 out there. And you want to sign up to fight GCM misfits,

you can get the work. You also have to be terrible at fighting. This needs to be like, we're on bet online and it's like oh do you see gc's minus 2,500 this weekend all right so I'll who I'm fighting is vishal shout out vishal my buddy um I'm just sick of his really horrible takes oh I thought this was like a friendly agreement this is like a you need to get some some frustration out on it the takes are just so bad like horribly bad fuck you vishal in the in the group chat I need to I need to show him what's what so it's vishal I'll go I'll go first coach and then we'll circle back I'm going to go with the wrestling coach first and I'm going Hamza Atchamayev.

Okay. I'll go wrestling coach as well and I'm taking Marab de Valsh really. That's a good one. Georgians. Give me chill. Are you going wrestling? All right.

So you're going wrestling. That's a good one. Now you go for you. Now pick another coach, BJJ striking or wild card. For BJJ. DJ. Oh, that's a good one.

I don't mind that. That's a good one. BJJ for me? or striking? No, I'm going to take a striking coach. I'm going to keep the Georgian alliance together and I'm bringing Ili on. That's a good one.

I'm going BJJ and I'm going Craig Jones. Craig seems to be kind of like having a moment as the coach right now. Striking or wild card? I'm going to go striking coach and I'm going to take Alexander Volcanowski. Oh, that's nice.

That's nice. I feel like I get a little bit more, you know? Like I feel like I'm kind of cheating a little bit there, but. I'm going to go BJJ coach. This one's going to surprise a lot of people. Okay. I'm going out to Manchester. Wiggin.

I see what you're doing here. I ain't grabbing Tommy, though. Oh. I'm going to be in the actual. Oh, yeah. It's also going to look great because I'm going to be on a team of guys that are like 5-8-5-9. So they're going to be like, man, GC's huge. It's like me, Ilya, and Marab.

Man, he looks huge in there. And look at that team he's got together. But by association, Tom's supporting. So Tom's also there. Charlie's there. So we got the crowd. Yeah, we got the boys like, oh, and also in the front row. Like, Tom's there and everything like that.

So now I just have, I'm liking this team I'm putting together here. Frankie, you got to go, you got to go striking and wild card. Striking and wild card. Yeah, you're finishing up because it's snake. So, striking, I want France. Okay. Okay, that's a good one. And for wildcard, Eugene. Oh, Eugene Berman's your wildcard.

So, like, your head coach is Eugene Berman. Yeah, I'm not the best at this. No, I feel like you actually assembled a pretty sick team. You did all right. Yeah, they'll all help me get out of the cage. They're like, come on, Frank. Right, they're not actually coached. And they're just helping you run.

And I'm like, Francis, not now. Like, please, just get me out of here. I got mine for the vibes for the mental coach. for the mental toughness here. I'm going Yuri Parahashka. That's a good one. As the mental coach, we'll be meditating beforehand.

Man, what a squad we'll be pulling up. Hell yeah. I'm going with undefeated boxer. Nice. Ariel Hawani. That's my wild card in the corner.

Shout out to Reed. Terrence Crawford. That was a fun exercise. That was a fun exercise. Yeah, these misfit rumors are not true. I'm thinking like if it ever happened to be like white collar boxers. or something like just like something to be like yeah

I went out there and did it so yeah I do love how like I'm the only one that's like pushed everyone's always like oh GC's gonna fight I there was a there was a time back in the day that I got pushed very hard it was like you're gonna fight right yeah by Ariel and I'm like no no no I don't think

yeah um that was fun great call great call I love the the rules and the stipulations that was fun what's up boys it's Danny here from Charlotte I'm listening to the episode from Thursday, and I'm hearing you guys talk about Tank versus Jake, and I need Rick to clarify something because he keeps saying it's not the skill differential between Tank and Jake.

That's going to be the reason Jake wins. It's simply the size. It's only the size. He's going to put his hand on his hand, and he's going to win no point. However, we watched a couple years ago, Floyd Mayweather boxed Logan Paul. Logan Paul is 6'2, so 1 inch tall than Jake, and Floyd is 5'8, which is probably a lie in its own right,

he's probably two, three inches taller than tank. So the difference is probably an inch, two inches, right? And Floyd dogwalked Logan. So clearly in that fight it wasn't the size, it was the skill. So I'm wondering, Rick, do you think, are you actually crediting Jake without trying to credit Jake for his boxing skills and saying he is too good of a boxer for Gervantes Tank Davis' skill set despite the differential in size? you saying, Hank is not a good enough boxer to negate the size difference.

Because we watched this a couple years ago over, I believe, eight rounds, and Floyd dog walked Logan across the entire thing. So it wasn't a side thing there. So I'm just a little confused because I'm trying to put my money somewhere, and I'm convinced Hank seems like the value at minus 215, considering when I watched Floyd do to Logan, but you're trying to convince me that Jake has guaranteed money in a fight where the skill.

differential is going to be about as apparent as any other big fight we've seen this year. So need a little clarification here. Thanks, I've got you. No problem. Let me clarify a few things for you. One, it's not that it's size independent of skill, it's size plus the skill levels. And to

measure that out, Floyd Mayweather is better than Tank Davis. By a significant margin. Tank is not as good as Floyd. Jake is better than Logan by a significant margin. So therefore, like, the skill gap in those two fights was actually much, much larger for Mayweather and Logan Paul. Secondarily, I think you're misremembering Logan Paul versus Floyd Mayweather. Floyd actually didn't really dogwalk to him, which was the unfortunate part,

but also support, evidence in support of the argument that I'm making that is, like, at a certain point, the size is way too much. And that is a perfect example of it. Like, if Floyd, if Logan was a little bit smaller, Floyd could have done whatever he wanted to, Logan, but because Logan was so big, he actually kept it relatively competitive. Now, there was a question of whether, like, Floyd even gave a shit. It was an exhibition. Was he really even trying to, like, do anything? Certainly, you could ask that question. But it is a good, it's the, it's the best example. I encourage you to rewatch that fight that, like, Logan really wasn't out of that fight just because of how massive he was. So, yeah, I'm firmly in the camp that I think Jake Paul is just going to be too big for Tank. And no,

he is not as good as Floyd Mayweather and yes he is much better than his brother Logan so I'm still on Jake and we'll be on Jake also not for nothing Jake is a much better boxer than much better has ever been yeah hey guys uh thank you so much once again for everything you do called in a couple weeks ago I'm the guy that's been listening to Ariel for the beginning basically and uh and all of you guys for for a long time so thank you I love that I got a little drop from Frankie, a little D1 glazer drop. I feel honored. And Frankie, let me tell you, man, I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way,

but what you mean to many of us is, I would say it's like you are to us, MMA fans in this show what the baseline is to Billy Dean, to Michael Jackson's Billy Dean. great song. I'm sure it'd be a great song with that bass, but with the bass, it takes it up to a whole different level. So thank you for everything to do. Great comparison. You bring it all together. That little nugget with

Mary Telly Moore, Senior, had me dying. And, of course, you messed it up with Edward James almost being Selena's mom. I know that's a mistake, and, you know, even Tom Brady said that's an introduction. So anyway, you're the best, Frank.

Thank you for all your drops. Thank you for making a slap with all those little nuggets that you throw our way and especially that one at the end of this last episode but the new one from that caller that said thank you very much that was a pretty good one man so anyway Rick Andy Jordan DC of course Frankie and Ariel you guys are amazing and I love you very much thank you for being part of our life again thank you Amazing. Craig, you're the bass, you're the baseline. I'll take it.

To Billy Jean. Also, him picking up on the very end saying the thank you very much call. That was great. Aw. That was sweet. Thank you for that. Hey, boys. This is Jono.

I'm from Canada. I live in Brooklyn. Longtime UFC fanatic. The question is, after a successful victory or a knockout and the UFC fighter is emotional and cheering or cheering or jumping on the cage, why are the athletic commission officials swarming them? If they're on the cage, why are they always trying to get them to come down? They won't let them celebrate. I just never understood it. Just give the fighters some space to celebrate. And Justin Gaichi has backflipped and almost landed on these athletic commission officials several times. There's going to be an

injury. So that's my question. Why are they there? Why are they trying to tame the emotions of the victor? Thank you. If I'm not mistaken, it's to try to prevent injury from slipping off the cage. I mean, we've seen Terrence McKinney climb up there, and then when he landed down, he like snapped his ankle, just like don't want injuries to happen. And also they have to step in as well just in case the referee can't contain the fighter and the fighter tries to go at the other fighter again. Yeah, that's exactly it. Like, you're talking about the commissioners almost getting hit by Justin Gaichie is exactly why they make them not do that, because they don't want Justin Gaichie to backflip onto a commissioner. Um, also,

So, like, we have seen Habib Narama Medov literally jump over the cage and attack somebody. Like, it is in the interest of minimizing any risk of injury, minimizing anything breaking out, it's just to keep it contained. Yeah, like, 99% of the time the loser is graceful in defeat. But, like, I mean, look at Jean Silva, losing Diego Lopez. Like, you talk about the emotions of the win. Like, there's also the emotions of the loss. And some of these guys take it incredibly personally. Yeah, and that's a great example because, as you see, there are people,

between them. There are people trying to, like, prevent them from doing anything. If there weren't, like, who knows where that goes. So I think it serves a purpose. Sometimes it's, you know, a little bit, I mean, we've seen some incredible celebrations, right? Like, it's not like a commissioner was tackling Israel at Asana after he pulls out the bow and arrow. You just got to kind of keep it safe. Yeah, and sometimes you just can't stop Justin Gates you from climbing up there. And he does it anyway. Yeah. Ronald up calling again. A lot of Canada.

I didn't ignore my last call because I've fully fucked up. But I was just wondering, what's one of your guys' craziest traveling stories? Something that will always stick by you in that kind of like a conversation piece. For me, it was when last year I was traveling

in Thailand to do Moitai, and I specifically went to Taga Moitai on a certain day to hopefully train with Raphael's disease because of each other's faster. But unfortunately, he was actually training for a flight then so he wasn't teaching and I was super bummed out about that and on the last day of my trip I was like fuck it let me go to the tiger moist eye shop to get some gear and who do I

keep walking out at the right moment as soon as I get there it's disease and I'm tripping balls and I go up to him just asking for a photo and it ended up being like a 15 minute walk up and down the street with him just casually shooting this shit like he's been one of my bros for the longest time and it just blew mind and he was even giving me like some secret intel that at the time this was last yearish he was training for a fight with Fourier and in my mind I'm like what a bang or that one is but yeah that's my story I'm here if you guys have anything like that too because I feel like you guys have some wild stories that we don't really get to hear about all right thanks guys talk to you soon man mine wasn't work but if like we're talking about like celebrities and

and just like weird interactions. I was in Paris, France, just on vacation. This is in 2022. If you've been watching the show for a minute, did like a hit from there or whatever. But I went to dinner one night in Paris and I sit down at a table at this nice restaurant there and I look to my right and it's John Hamm sitting at the table next to me

and I was just like, holy shit, it's John Hamm. Like big fan of his Mad Men, the Kimmy Schmidt show. he has some unbelievable royals see john ham don't say anything to him obviously like just let this do to his dinner i'm like man that's that's crazy and then afterward i'm walking and the french open is going on at the time and maria taylor works for mbc uh she went to georgia walking on the street see her right after dinner i was like oh maria go dogs blah blah blah she says go dogs back and everything like that walking to a pharmacy to grab something after dinner going to the pharmacy Like I mentioned, the French Open is going on

Turn the corner, bump into this woman I was just like, oh man, I'm so sorry And it's Cocoa Gough All within like a two and a half hour period I was like, damn, something's going down in Paris tonight So yeah, that would probably be the craziest Like celebrity interaction within one night I've ever had.

Yeah, I'm not going to top that That's good enough for me. Wow. I think you speak for all of us, man. Okay, all right. One lucky night in Paris? I've seen one like that. Hey, gentlemen. I'm calling from Vancouver, Canada. Another Canadian.

Shout out. Shout out. Yeah, a couple things. One, I'm going to do it. I'm wondering if you guys give me some words of encouragement. I'm going through a very difficult time. I found out last week. My dog has about a month to live.

And then I found out yesterday that my mom has pancreatic cancer, which is the cancer with the highest mortality rate that was struggling. So I could use some encouragement, but I did have a question regarding UFC and Paramount in 2026 outside of the United States, do you think it would be possible to get Paramount prescription in Canada and then get a VPN and change your location to the states and still have access to the pay-per-views? I mean, thank you. Yeah, I mean, for starters, like, hang in there, man.

Like, I'm sorry about the unfortunate stretch you're going through, but it, you know, it will pass. We're pulling for your mom, sending good vibes your way. Yeah, incredibly sorry to hear about your dog as well. Actually, a next-door neighbor that I grew up with, she's now in her 60. She also got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the beginning of this year. I mean, it's just like a, it's just a tough one to take because he has, mentioned like it's like the highest mortality rate among them it's sort of like this is like silent killer it comes with no no symptoms really she had stage three she was able to get a surgery like a

cutting-edge surgery and and she just finished chemo and like right now they're they're saying she's good so hopefully the the story can be similar for your mom really really am sorry to hear that I know that's difficult and and a parlay with with your with the news of your dog not having much time as well. I really am sorry. And like the only thing to say is to like to hang in there. Like you just got to kind of ride the wave and try to try to stay as mentally tough as you can because that's that's brutal news news to here. So really am sorry about that. And another thing I've thought about when it comes to stuff like this, right? Obviously we're getting to an age where we're starting to have relatives and people passing and it's just a reality of life

and it's an unfortunate thing is make time for yourself because I feel like the, the national instinct, right, is obviously to just like go all in and just think about others and find ways, but you tend to like kind of like shut yourself out. You tend to like cut yourself off and that's no way to be. So just try to find those moments of time. Obviously be there to support your mom, no doubt. Like that is priority number one. But make sure you're finding time for yourself and making sure you find those things that give you joy still so that it's not all about that. It can't always be about the doom and the gloom and the misery. There has to be those moments of light and try to find those as much as you possibly can.

But, yeah, pulling for you, man. Like, that is devastating, but, you know, this will pass. This will pass. And there are better times ahead. As far as the thing, like, I think Canada's Sportsnet, I think that just became the broadcast partner. I imagine they might have the fights. I don't know how that's going to work because obviously here in the U.S., those were on a pay-per-view model. and then now it's switching to Paramount

where everything's on there. I don't know if you'll even need a VPN because I imagine you might be able to watch those events on Sportsnet. I actually don't know. Somebody better to answer this might be Aaron Broadenstetter, who I'm sure if you sent him a tweet,

he might be able to answer. I don't know the Canadian broadcast part of it, but I don't think you'll need to. I think you'll probably get those events, but I'm speaking with not a lot of certainty here. What's good? It's your boy, Bodkins. What's up, Markins?

In light of Dana White being on 60 Minutes and G.C.'s dad, watching shout out G.C.'s dad. I got me thinking, if you guys could sit down with anybody in the fight game, past, present, whatever it may be, and have an in-depth, in-depth interview, who would it be? Y'all stay blessed. Have a great weekend. Bodkins out Peace out Bodkins Man that's a good question

It depends on what we mean by in-depth If this means that they're going to sit down And actually answer the questions Right They're going to like There's no alternative They must answer what is being asked I can think of a few

And are we talking to them in that time Or are we talking to them now Yeah that's a good question too Am I talking to 1977 or something Muhammad Ali? Yeah I mean that could be pretty freaking cool

you know, are you talking to 2016 Connor McGregor? You're talking to Connor McGregor now? I would want to talk to if they had to answer, if I could get true answers to my questions, I think Dana White is probably the most interesting one. Yeah. Because everything's kind of like

a facade, there's a little bit too close to the chest, there's so many stories you potentially have. Did he clarify whether we're on the record or not? Or you would literally just be discussing shit with them. I think it's assumed it's on the record, like 60. Is it? I mean, I mean, that's my opinion. I just feel like there's so many stories to tell there,

but there's no chance of getting them unless the stipulations are thus, right? I mean, if I can just have a behind-the-scenes talk yet, Dana White would be pretty fascinating to hear about, like, fights getting made, fights falling through. Back in 2016, when you were doing it, like, that would be a really... Yeah.

That's a good question. Muhammad Ali also would not be better. Muhammad Ali would be insane. Just to be in the presence of somebody like that. Yeah. That'd be crazy. Hey, what's up? It's your boy, Stephen, calling you, calling you guys from Oxnard, California. Hey, shut up. I just finished my first 5K.

Hey. And getting back into running. Woo! So shout out to Strava. Congrats up to the app. Shout to Strava, go join the group. This is my soft push for Rick. Yeah.

Come on, man. Hard push. Join the app. Join the app. Be a big pop. Be a big pop. Free to download it. Maybe get you and that beautiful family.

go for a walk on Sunday Get the running stroller Turn off the location Turn off the mat Hell even turn off the time Just go for a nice One mile stroll Post it

Say what's up to your boys All right Thank you guys, love you Love the show Love everything you guys do Have a good day You're the man brother Welcome back to the running game

Congrats on your first 5K It doesn't even have to be a run Could just be a walk Be a big pop? I go to the park with the kids all the time But I feel like that's a cop out I want to, if I was to ever do it, it'd have to be a run. Walk your way there, man.

But no, not for now. Shout out to the Strava, though. I mean, you have really built something. I mean, we're up to over 300 members now. Wow. Like, Day 5K, UFC 320. Let's go, boys. And girls.

And girls, yes. What's up, boys, in the back? What's up? It's Nico calling again from Miami. I'm looking for some advice today. No, Strava guy. Earlier this week, I fucked up pretty bad. fucked up pretty bad made a pretty poor decision and i'm not sure whether or not i'll have to

face the consequences for it but i'm super anxious and nervous about that now because one the consequences are pretty bad and two i really don't want to disappoint my parents so all parents get my question for you guys today have you fucked up before and nope about how i feel right now and uh how did you move forward yeah thanks for putting on the good shows and you're the man Nico entertaining and hopefully giving me some good advice

okay um we can't sit here entertaining and uh hopefully give me how I feel right now and uh how did you move forward um

Frank trying to really throwing in the dog can't speculate too much on what happened yeah parents getting involved yeah they're fucked up whether he's gonna have to face the consequences

I mean, I think definitively we can say We've all fucked up Everyone has fucked up A million times over in my life Had to face the consequences for it Regretted doing something Then when I realized I did something Not handling something quick enough

And being like, why didn't I just handle that A week ago and this would all be done? Yeah You say move forward You're gonna move forward It doesn't sound like this is a health concern or anything It sounds like you just messed up It doesn't sound like it's criminal charges

hopefully not knock on wood Nico and like hopefully it doesn't affect if this is the Nico I'm thinking of he goes to Miami hopefully it doesn't affect school or athletics or anything like that

but like you're gonna move forward the only way to continue forward is to face it move past it and continue moving forward and not let a situation like this arise again the key part is he said his parents so at least he didn't say the police

so hopefully it's nothing plot twist they are too bad oh his parents are cops what if he yeah hopefully hopefully it doesn't have to do with anything of like getting kicked out of school

hopefully doesn't have to do with anything legal and hopefully we didn't it has nothing to do with health as a habitual fucker upper this two shall pass and just keep saying that

it will absolutely pass and the consequences whatever they are you just have to face them because unfortunately you did fuck up. So you have to own up to it. You have to face it and you have to move forward. The thing that always gives me comfort at any time, every time I mess up is taking that moment right then, right now,

if you haven't done it yet, take the moment right now, accept the fact that it's over, except the fact that there is nothing you can do to go back in time. You can't go back to that moment. You can't change anything. I wish I could have did this. I wish I could have done that. None of that is going to help you right now. So it's useless. Don't waste your time doing any of that shit. Except right this moment that you messed it up and then figure out what the game plan is to fix it. As GC said, you got to move forward. You got to move on. You got to take the next step. Whatever that thing is to fix it, do it now. Don't delay. Don't go, oh, but if I do this, maybe it'll go away, this and that. All you're going to be doing is wasting time. Got to face it. There's nothing to,

there's nothing that's going to happen between now and then. That's just going to like magically solve this issue, nor is there anything you can do to go back and solve it. Rip the bandaid off. Do it. The way I always say that is you can't control anything only how you react to it. Winner Learn, as Pizzie Carroll says. And honestly, as Pizzie Carroll says?

He always says that, Winterlearn. If you feel the fire coming and like your parents are going to find out, it's much better for them to find out from you than it is from whoever else. You also, by the way, I know like, as a parent now myself,

sometimes you're anticipating reaction that isn't going to be as bad as you actually think it is, especially if it's something like pretty bad, a lot of, like, if my daughter came to me and it was like really bad, my first instinct, instead of being like, I'm going to kill you is I'm going to help you. Like, let's get out of the situation together. So give your parents a little credit.

Actually, a quick story here. Freshman year in college, I'm going down to Georgia Southern, where I went before I transferred into UGA. Shout-up. You know, had been caught partying once or twice in high school. school and they have a three strike system at Georgia Southern. And like if you get caught underage drinking or something like that, you get a strike. It's a three strike policy. And if

you get a third one, you're kicked out of the dorms and like they contemplate where they're kicking you out of school. They tell you that at orientation and everything. My parents are with me. And my parents like get in the car afterward. And they're like, if you get a strike, we better find out from you. If we find out from school administration, we are going to absolutely lose it. We, we better find out from you. I swear to God, Colin. I was like, I'm not going to get a strike. I'm not going to get a strike. Fast forward, two weeks in to being at college, Big Dog let off the leash. I am going home one night, and one of my friends, you know,

had maybe had a drink or two underage. One of my friends, the like emergency polls, was like, man, how do these things work? Opens up the door of it, and that just immediately sets it off. You don't have to push a button or anything. It sets it off. I jet. I'm gone. Sprint up into my dorm and everything like that. Turn all the lights off lay down in my bed. I'm like, I'm just like, oh, God. Friend calls me. Hey, man. The police caught me. You have to come down. I was just like, what the fuck do you mean I have to come down? Don't tell them that I'm with you. They're like, no, man, like you got to come down. They're going to come up, blah, blah, blah. I'm just like, are you snitching on me? Whatever, blah, blah, blah. Go down. Guy breathalizes me. He's like, oh, they've been drinking tonight. Can I have to give you a strike. I'm just like, It was the Listerine when I got up at my door. Okay, but this dude really did dry snitch on you. Oh, yeah, never talked to this kid again. You were gone.

Almost beat his ass. Gone. Made it back to my room. And he called to bring you back. His dorm was further away and he got caught. It was, it was real. Do you think they saw two of you running? No, shit, but they don't know who he is.

Yeah, yeah, bitch move on his part. But we don't have to get into that. If he's listening, you fucked up. Go down, get the strike. I'm like, no, no. I have to call my mom the next morning. Next morning, get up, call my mom, explain everything. pissed she's furious

and I ended up never getting a strike the cop just like never registered it oh you're preemptive called her well we're telling stories yeah but guess what you're fine shout out yes that's the moral that is the biggest thing when I was calling my mom heart pounding I'm like pook pooh pooh

called her and look at me now I'm fine you're gonna be fine it's all good high school years I'm told by my parents like there's no real curfew just call us when you're on your way home and let us know when you're made it home I'm like all right cool So I used to party out in the warehouses, if you know, you know. And it came home, told my parents good night, went to bed, woke up, you know, the next day around lunchtime, go sit in the dining room.

My mom sits down. She's like, so I came home this morning. I'm like, uh-huh. She's like, were you all drunk and stuff? I was like, no, sober as a cat. She's like, Frank, please explain to me why you grabbed my legs and kissed my ass good night. And I was like, well, it was, you know, it was dark. Your mom?

She was like, I wake up at 6.30 on the 1.000. morning and here comes my 16-year-old son and like, and I'm mom. And you kissed her on the ass. Frank, some of these things are not... Why the fuck did you just tell that story? Suitable for the...

You couldn't have waterboarded that out of me. You kissed your mother's ass? We all fuck up. Nico, you're going to be just fine. I swear to God, you couldn't torture that out of me. You could send me to Guantanamo and not as bad as you were making it out to be. Nico, whatever you did,

Did, hopefully, Frank, less of your nerves. If you think you're at the bottom, and then tell it to over a thousand people. There's a deeper bottom that you're unaware. Tell it to over a thousand people live watching right now. Frankie, bro. What's happening, boys? I can't believe we're just moving on from that.

What's up, Donnie? John Martin. Oh, John Martin. Oh, Johnny. Like 10K. And I wanted to check in on this great show that, you know, our leadership has been using. for a long time now.

Sounds like Don. The global voice of the PFL. And I just wanted to check you in. Appreciate the kind words and pass them along to our friend and comrades, PSL founder and chair, Don Davis. It sounds like Don. Yeah, just wanted to let everyone know clarify a few things. And we are doing away with the tournament format as the default mode of the PFL.

And, of course, no manaflox. But we are not against using it in some cases, okay, in special events. And everyone's asking what's happened to the mailman a person? What's happened to the regional? They're asking John Martin that? John, are you going to run right now? He sounds like he's exercising. Well, John is in good shape, you know, and keeps himself trim.

They're going to consolidate these cards. And it's going to be great now. Frank, it's going to be disappointed at a little. Learn that's not a big video game player. I don't have the Xbox either. But, Connor, I'm a big reader. So, what are you reading? Just about to finish up, player piano by Kurt Vonnegut.

You went to high school in America, you probably read a Plutterhouse Five. But Flash, this is his debut novel. It's really great. It's basically about Clankers taking over. Clank. Human job and robbing people of their dignity. figured that out all the way back in 1952 so check it out great to check in and you've been hearing a lot more for me signing off john martin check care thanks john martin's john martin who sounds an awful lot like don

davis doing a john martin impression uh what am i reading right now the measure it's about a book uh where boxes show up on everybody's doorsteps everybody gets one 22 years and older the measure of your life is within and you open it and it's a string and it tells you how long you have to live. And like, yeah, it's just like, would you open it? Would like eventually the government mandate you to open it? Job mandate you. How would society react?

It's a fascinating. It's a fascinating book. I only got like 50 pages left, but it's quite good. It's a page turner for sure. You and John start a book club. Come on, Johnny? I'm actually going to a book club this week and shout out. What's up, fellas?

This is Matt from Brooklyn, New York City. Shout out. Yes, shout out. Nailed it. I want to shout out to Conner Berks, aka G.C. aka Georgia Connor, aka Lucas Bozaki,

aka some European soccer player. I want to shout out for setting up the Uncrown Strava group. I've got my first jiu-jitsu competition coming up in November. Let's go. Let's go. I've got to get out to £170.

Sick. So I'm getting a lot of road working and this group is just more motivation to get out there. Hell yeah. Anyway, this is a full circle moment for me. Catch your mind back almost 10 years ago.

Okay. The year of 2016. MMA journalist and media personality, Ariel Hawani, often refers to this year as Sweet 16. MMA is legalized in New York State, and UFC 205 will be the debut event in MSG. Yes. A young Eric Jackman, aka New Yorkerick,

aka gout gout, still don't really see the resemblance there. Anyway, he had two tickets to 205, and was running a competition to be his plus one. Yes. I sent my entry to the competition from the start line of the New York City Marathon. Unfortunately, Brian Boone-Kelleher submitted a pretty kick-ass song and he won the ticket. Anyway, I just wanted to give a quick pushback against the idea that there's no stars in the organisation these days.

Sure, we don't have stars on the level of Connor or Ronda, but I think the UFC still has stars that will help to grow the sport. My most anticipated fight in this weekend clash with Uri and Khalil. Yes, sir. And previously a highlight was Uri and Alex, Poetown. These guys are ripped straight from the pages of comic books and video games. Yeah. Well, anyway, that's it. I'm out of here.

My man. What a cutjeet. Are you aware of the lore of Rick's Ticks? Rick's Ticks? Yes. Oh. I knew you guys did it and I knew Brian Kelleher won. No.

See, this is the thing. Brian Kelleher did not win. the lore of Rick's tics is Keller submitted like seven different songs he was very good I picked somebody else I did not pick

the actual guy who would then go on to fight in the UFC like six months later I picked a girl named who I don't remember her real name but she went by D Diaz

and her thing was doing videos where she pretended to be a Diaz brother and it was quite funny she was a lovely lady we went we saw the fights there were some other people

there that also were there on behalf of Draft Kings and never heard from her again never saw her again I think she kind of disappeared she just went to the UFC but the story was like

damn you fucking idiot Eric like Brian Kelleher who ends up going to fight on the UFC was the guy but yeah gave away I got to go to the MSG card hanging a box and take somebody with me it was great

bro let's bring back Rick's picks Rick's ticks yeah next we need a we need a partner and we can do it we need Rick's ticks bro. That'd be fun. What up? It's the real

Don Dada 5,000. And just because John Martin's the new CEO doesn't mean you're going to stop hearing from me. Wanted to check in and couldn't forget to provide. Good to have you done. I'm sure you boys have talked about it already on the show today. We did. The NFL champion series, Dubai, this Friday, October 3rd, starting at 8.30

a.m. Eastern, streaming on the ESPN app. You got Normugman Middall v. Hughes. the lightweight world title. We got Anderson v. Jackson Murdov and the light heavyweight world title, Magamadov versus Pettus, and on and on. It is a fantastic card, top to bottom.

It is. And I want to keep it brief today, so I'm just jumping right ahead into the Underback Frank video game segment. Frank, have you seen the new Kojima trailer OD Knock? And for anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, an upcoming

horror game, I believe it's going to be on the PSK. So way, way upcoming, but showed an incredible teaser trailer, scanned an entire real-life, haunted environment, and Kojima aspires to be the first person to scan an actual ghost. Yes, the man wants to prove the existence of life after death, all for a video game. So curious, as your thoughts on that, is the PFL event this weekend, Big Snoose or Big News. Thanks. Great to check in with you, boy.

I see you next time. Take care. I think he was asking, is it a big snooze or is it big nose? It's big nose. Frank, you excited for that video game? Hell yeah. I would call it less of a video game and more of like a life experience. Shut up to Kajima.

You're good to hear from Don, even though we also got John Martin checking. Glad John's still in the spotlight, you know? Is that it? Oh. What is up, boys in the back? This is Vaughn calling from Roosevelt Island. New York. Wow.

On Roseville Island, in Roseville Islands. I'm getting married this weekend. Shout out to my beautiful. Hey, congratulations. We came to see you guys in Ariel with Newark. Great show. Hope to go again. Reason for my call is when Dustin Porrier fought Michael Chandler at MSG.

They showed Dustin walking out through one of the back holes. And he saw Justin Gagey and he goes up to him and goes, Hey man, doing a launch tomorrow for my hot sauce in Brooklyn Brewery come through. So I see that and I'm like, oh shit, that's down the street. So I look it up, get tickets. it up, get tickets, end up going there, getting the hot sauce, getting the picture, meet and Dustin, pretty sick. So my question for you guys is, have you ever been watching a broadcast or a UFC event

and caught something that maybe wasn't meant for TV or only you guys caught? Thanks and enjoy the fight this weekend. Ben Rothesberger, third down misuse. That's about all I can think of. I have a very specific answer for this. Okay. when I was working at ESPN we would get different feeds

where you could isolate microphones inside the cage and you didn't have to hear the broadcast you didn't have to hear the gnat sound like you could kind of pick your channels and after one of the Kevin Holland fights I forget which one I wanted to hear

what he was actually saying to his opponents Like I wanted to actually We knew he talks to his opponents But until that point I didn't know what the hell he was saying to these people And so I went back and created a super cut Of every single time Kevin Holland talked to his opponents And then put that out on ESPN MMA

But it was because I was watching Kevin Holland fight And was like, I kind of picked up like He said something And then I went back and watched him And I made a super cut of every single time He talked to everybody And it kind of went viral and that was that That's a good one. Good enough for me

and that was all of them all right thank you very much for the voicemess thank you very much for the calls we got any super chats Frankie

damn straight we do and to start us off is AJ saying the boys in the back need a signal or WhatsApp for internal voice notes interesting

international voice notes oh I see what you're saying for once I've kind of sympathized with Frank you know what you should learn to be more sympathetic that was a little bit tough uh yeah maybe we maybe we open up the old international line do you signal frank

i don't have to answer that is signal not i don't know i don't know what signal is i know what's that though telegram signal is the one that's like private oh okay the one they would defeat the purpose of it yeah man i signal i signal all the time like that's all right osh says i used to live in prigg he's mad about kissing his mom's arms frog frog literally changed crate final fantasy Never will you beat the allegation. The Frank can't read allegations are as loud as the Floyd can't read allegations at this point.

Yeah, Prague, Czech Republic. Easy context, clues. Thank you very much, though. We appreciate it. We appreciate it a lot. It was a fun one. It was a fun one me and Frankie did together. I had a lot of fun.

Yeah, me too. And lastly, Alexander Hurst says, mythical fighter unlocks this week. And after the Apollo haircut, prison break, Rick, unhinged, Wilfet G.C. Frankly, Frank. Cheers from the UK. Well fed G.C. What is that one from? Yeah. I guess just like fight feasts?

Yeah, yeah. Shout out. I definitely get the prison break. Oh, yeah. Prison break. Shout to Hurst. Shout to everyone that's in in Superchat. Shout to everyone that's in in voicemail. Shout out to you for hanging around this long. Shout out to the fight game. This is a big weekend. Remember, PFL, UFC 320.

BKFC. BKFC. BKFC-82. There's an octagon card in there. I think there might be some K-A. Age Warriors. I know you got the crack tomorrow. 1 p.m. Eastern with one Patsy Carol. PFL card will already be under the way.

Then a post show. There's a post show. After PFL, Hawani, Pizzi. That's it. And then Hwani's going to be getting some behind the scenes from BKFC that'll air at some point. We're going to be doing a watch party on Saturday night. You can watch UFC 320 main card with us.

They'll do a post show again. After that, it's a stacked weekend. We'll have all the. coverage right here on on crown. Don't forget on crown.com to read all the articles, everything there. I mean, it's just, it's dizzying how much is going on. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you on Saturday night. Don't forget to watch the track tomorrow. I want a show Monday, whatever. Yada, yada, yada, yada. Peace.