The Ariel Helwani Show - The Boys in the Back: Ariel Helwani update on breaking UFC 310 news, Halloween candy rankings, more

Episode Date: October 31, 2024

The Boys in the Back are live for a special Halloween edition, but first Ariel Helwani joins the show to give an update on the breaking news that Belal Muhammad is out of UFC 310 and what that means for the main event (04:27).Then, Eric Jackman (NewYorkRic) and Conner Burks (GC) preview UFC Edmonton (35:22) before bringing in The Craic's Petesy Carroll to dive deeper on the card (51:57).Finally, Mysterious Frank joins The Boys to make parlay picks (01:13:15), give P4P Halloween candy rankings (01:21:15), and answer your questions (01:49:27).

What? in the back, b-b-b-b-b-back, boys, b-b-boys, boys in the back, b-b-b-boys, boys, boys in the back, back, boys, boys. What is good? We are back with another edition of Boys in the Back, this time a Halloween special. You're joined by the heavyweight champ of the world, Stone Cold Connor Burks. Let's get a full look at this bad boy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Come on. Look at the back of the wrist. Look at the jorts. Look at the boots. Look at the full thing going here. Promises made, promises delivered. We come with our costumes on this halloween happy halloween to everybody and you're probably wondering stone cold connor where is your uh is your partner in

crime the other boy in the back mr new york rick uh he's not one to dress up he's not one to put on the costumes he's not one to get in the halloween spirit but today he promised us he would have some fun he would actually get dressed up we have no idea not one to get in the Halloween spirit. But today, he promised us he would have some fun. He would actually get dressed up. We have no idea. Not a single member of the team has any idea what he's dressed up as. He's made all of these grandiose promises. It's going to be so amazing. I'm told he's ready. I'm told

he's ready to come in. He's just on the other side of the door. Here he comes. It is a... It is a... What is it? This is a cow in a bulls uniform? Connor. Hello, my friend. Am I the only one that isn't getting this?

I did this just for you, Connor. Who is this player? Who is number nine on the bulls? Dang? Who's number nine on the bulls right now? Who's number nine? No, you're right. Moodang.

Moodang! What is Moodang? Oh, this is amazing. It's Moodang. who's number nine on the bulls who's number not no you're right mudang mudang oh this is amazing it's mood oh this is amazing oh shout out if you don't know oh this is great and it's spelled d-e-n-g mudang i can't lie this is actually an unbelievable uh costume i did it for you so this whole time you've been saying how much i would appreciate this because i am mudang's biggest fan if you don't know mudang it is the cutest hippo in the world that's right viral viral sensation uh i now get it why you said i would appreciate i mean it was back in early september i was trying to put you and your your impression on game i was like you guys seen this hippo yet you guys seen this hippo this was before mudang hit the hit the streets and went mainstream you know now i don't really like her as much because she's she's gone mainstream this is incredible this is incredible

luau dang jersey luau dang jersey with the cow cow onesie mudang um that's a winner these are two winner costumes i want to hear frank i want to hear frank's thoughts on this wow wow speechless speechless and i couldn't have gone better okay i was dying laughing and i just finally stopped that is actually that's really clever you i thought i had it good with this i mean the custom vest the the heavyweight belt you know the strap i i've been working out in the gym i got the i got the boots i got the jorts i got everything but i mean this is this is an absolute winner right here this is is incredible. Are you going to trick or treating this? No, we've got a family costumes. We've got like a, I'm a Crayola box and the kids are the Crayola crayons.

And my wife is also a big crayon. So this was a one time only for you, the fans of Boys in the Back. And most importantly for my co-host here, Connor Burks. I have to say, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this. I actually can't wipe my smile off of my face for multiple reasons, how great the costume is, but also you're having such a great Halloween. You're doing a two-costume day.

This is the early part of the day costume, and then we're going to get into the night one. For a guy that only owns black t-shirts, this is truly incredible. We're going to have a lot of Halloween fun later, our pound-for-pound candy rankings. We'll take a trip down memory lane. We'll have a lot of fun. But the best part about these Thursday shows, man, we said it last week, we're able

to react. We're able to give our thoughts on breaking news and digest situations live on the air rather than having to wait until Monday. And we got some big breaking news this morning. Bilal Muhammad, welterweight champion of the world, out of his matchup against Shavkat Rachmaninoff for UFC

310, the main event. Now, what do they do? Let's bring in our man, uncrowned MMA insider, Elna Rees, joining the program. Even Iwani's in the costume. You gotta love it. I absolutely love it. I am on cloud nine right now. I mean, this is from all the MMA hour days when I was the only one dressing up.

Now, look at this. We got everyone in costumes. I am ecstatic. How are we doing, Awani? We're in the spirit. It's rare that we have an actual show on Halloween. It's a beautiful Thursday afternoon here in the tri-state area. It's like 80 degrees outside, guys.

It's absolutely beautiful. Look at your window back there. Look at that beautiful thing. And yes, El Narese. I might crack it open. Please, please, just make sure you don't jump out of it. We're worried about those things. Elna Rees doesn't often make an appearance these days. He is with us in spirit, but he is the greatest Canadian luchador of all time. And so, yes, we are here not to crack any pointers, not to crack the whip, not to be a negative Nancy, not to be the no fun police.

Oh, everyone gets all in their feelings on the chat and the comments about that. No, we are here to deliver some news. And so I do have some updates. The beauty of doing a daily show, guys, is that we can actually react to things on a daily basis. Who knew? What a concept. So yes, let us start with the 170-pound division. Bilal Muhammad is officially out of UFC 310. It was scheduled for December 7th in Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena, going up against Shafkat Rachmanov. The toe looks pretty gnarly. If you're eating dinner or lunch or breakfast right now, wherever you may be in the world, you may want to look away. I do believe we have photos of said toe and any suggestion that this man is just looking for a reason to withdraw because you see this,

you hear this very early on. I don't know when this photo was specifically taken, but that is not a good looking toe right in the middle. I'm not sure what the actual name of the middle toe is, but whatever the case is, that's not good looking. He right in the middle. I'm not sure what the actual name of the middle toe is, but whatever the case is, that's not good-looking. He was in the hospital. He posted a video. I mean, that's after the fact. It looks like they just popped it. I'm not sure what's going on with the toenails there on the big one and the other one, why they are that color, but that's neither here nor there. It's not for me to discuss all of that. Yeah, there he is in the hospital, and we do wish him a speedy recovery and so as a result of that the fight is off uh reached out to rachmanov's team and uh they are

saying that as of right now they found out about this early this week monday tuesday this week so it's been a couple days i do want to give a shout out to the young man on twitter i believe you know who he is rick who reported this first can you give me his name uh i believe no it was the italian alzolino alzolino yeah that's the young man yes bellissimo well done to you hat tip um and so he is out and right now there is no plan in place as far as the main event for 310 is concerned shavkatkat's involvement, you see Ian Gary posting the clip of him saying he wants to fight Shavkat back in the day. A few months ago, he said he wants to be the one to take the L away. He's trained with him in the past. I mean, if I'm Shavkat, why would I take that fight? It doesn't really make a lot of sense. I can understand Ian shooting his shot, and I would

love to see that fight. And I think we all said when Ian said that, that we would love to see that fight. But I could certainly understand Shavkat being like, unless you're going to make this for an interim title, I'm going to wait. He tweets, wishing Bilal a quick recovery. We'll meet when you're back at 100% for now. I'm ready to take on any contender for the interim title at 310. And so do they make Ian Gary versus Shovkat? They haven't talked about that. They haven't put that in place just yet. The other thing that has been thrown out, of course, Alex Pereira, the MVP, in many people's eyes, we'll I reached out to his team as well. And they said, as of right now, no one has reached out to them.

No calls have been made. And he does have a couple of big trips planned, Korea, Mexico, and he would like to fulfill those trips. I would be very, very surprised. Never count them out. I'm not saying it's not happening, but there's no need for it to happen what a little over a month away from now.

So as of right now, 3-10, fluid, developing situation. We do have one title fight already on the card. That's Adeshandra Pantoja, who we spoke to earlier in the week, going up against Kaya Sikora, who is celebrating a birthday. And we do not know if they will add another title fight to the card. So let me ask you guys this. A, do you want to see an interim welterweight title fight? Do you think that's even fair to Bilal,

considering he just won the belt in July? We're typically not big fans of interim titles. I'm not a huge fan of them as well. And B, if you do want to see an interim title, if you're the UFC right now, you got the pencil, are you guys interested in booking Shavkat Rachmanov versus Ian Gary for the welterweight interim title fight? Or is there someone else out there?

I'm definitely interested in Shavkat versus Ian Gary. I don't think it needs to be for an interim title, but you need to figure out a way to get it above the flyweight fight. And I guess if they're okay, even though it's a title fight being second above um the flyweight fight and i guess if they're okay you know even though it's a title fight being second being the co-main then i'm okay with it not being for a title and then winner gets below muhammad obviously we also don't know kind of the timeline for recovery for ball yet i don't you know know how long that injury is going to take to recover and how long it's going to take for him to feel like he's capable of getting back to training so interim feels unnecessary but i understand if it's a mechanism to make it the

main event of the card um very interested in that fight if look if i know you just said like there's no need for alex per to step in if there if it happened i'd i'd be all for it i mean it seems like alex per is always there to save the day when needed. And this would just be another example of it. But I do think that Ian Gary and Shavkat is a suitable replacement. Yeah, I'd love to see the fight, but from Shavkat's point of view, I'm just not exactly sure why you wouldn't just wait. I mean, you've already earned the title shot, you were going to be in it, and now with the Bilal injury, why just fight another contender to essentially secure your shot at undisputed gold uh so as much as i want to see the fight i just don't know why shavkat would do it i

know he mentioned in the tweet but it just feels like he should wait until below is healed up you know it'll be very interesting imagine i'm just saying imagine uh colby covington emerges and says give me an interim title fight when they were telling Ian Gary that he was injured. They tried to make that fight for December. It will be interesting to see if he raises his hand because as of right now, if you look at the welterweight rankings, Leon won, Usman two, Shavkat three, Jack Della four, Sean Brady five, Colby Covington six, Machado Gary seven. I would love to see Leon Edwards versus Shavkat.

But again, to your point, if you're Shafkat, you got the title shot. Unless they're giving you the interim belt, which typically acts as the real title in terms of the benefits that you can get from it, in terms of the pay-per-view points and all that, I don't see any reason why he would take any fight unless they just, you know, up the ante. Even then, is a Pantoja, a Sakura main event with a Shavkat, Leon Shavkat, Ian Shavkat, anyone, Comain, enough for pay-per-view. It's not the worst card of all time, but that leads to the other point I wanted to bring up. If you just look at the rankings right

now, you know, we know about DDP and Strickland. Are they going to do that in a little over a month? I would be shocked. DDP doesn't seem like the type of guy that wants to do that. And we still don't even know if they're officially going to go the DDP route. We just spoke about Alex Pereira, and I would be shocked if that happens. Pantoja is on the card. Marab isn't ready. He's already told us that. Ilya just fought. That's at 145. Issam and Armin currently penciled in for mid-January in Inglewood, California. Walter Wade is what we're talking about. DDP, we just mentioned. Pereira, we just mentioned. And the heavyweight title is on the line in November, just a few weeks prior. There

is Zhang out there. There is Valentina, who I know has been traveling the world. And I guess they can call her number. Juliana and Kayla out there as well. But there's no, this is a tough one and somewhat reminiscent, not as late notice as, remember the last pay-per-view of the year, just two years ago when Yuri got hurt and they had to do Magomed and Jan Bukovic on short notice. And that ended up being a draw and then it ended up leading to the Glover Teixeira versus Jamal Hill fight so they have a little more time now they have a little over a month but as of right now nothing said as far as what the new main event will be for 310. Yeah I'm very curious after you just went through the rankings on what on what they're going to do like because you know like you mentioned with Islam it feels like you're going to have to pull from another card if if you want to save this one or you're going to have To pull a rabbit out of your hat with like another Alex

Pereira or you make like a I don't know like you mentioned Valentina what if Valentina and Zhang fought Each other you make a Zhang go up to try and get double champ status Or something like that call Alex Pereira oh as always is the Answer to the scenario call Alex Pereira

Injured busy Alex versus who Magomed Get it out of the way yeah yeah that's what you would do magomed but if magomed doesn't want to take it now another opportunity for him to be sidelined if that's their their mission um i think yeah you you call alex listen this in my opinion favors magomed more so than than alex if i'm alex i don't like this because a i probably need a little more time to prepare for someone like Magomed. It's one thing to take a short notice fight against a striker or someone you've already fought. And B, Magomed, yeah, he just fought. I don't think too banged up.

Remember the litany of things that Alex talked about just a few weeks prior, you know, the infection, the antibiotics, the toe, the ribs. If I'm him, why? Why would you take arguably your toughest test as a champion, light heavyweight or middleweight on a month's notice? You've done them enough favors. If I'm his team, unless they're throwing like $10 million at you, why are we doing that? I was going to say money, like if he just got the most insane offer ever to come and do it. But I actually, I do agree with you. He's got all these plans for travel.

He's banged up. He's already fought three times this year, saving, you know, all three of those cards, essentially. As much as fun as it is to joke about it, I don't see it happening. I'd pay it, whatever it costs. Honestly, yeah, if you did pay it like you have this potential for this superstar to just keep going more and more nuclear like if he if he fights on this short notice and he beats Magomed on Goliath like it's just like it would be one of the greatest years in UFC history like it would be the most like how fast it would have taken him to get to

four title defenses if he wins like he would just be so nuclearly hot, it'd be hard to imagine. Yeah, I just don't know if he's proven enough as a pay-per-view draw to where it's worth breaking the bank for him. By the way, speaking of belts, shout out to you, GC, who is a noted non-wrestling fan for dressing up A, as Stone Cold Steve Austin, one of the greatest of all time,

but B, having the WWF title right in front of you and not going with a 2010, 2012, 2014 version of the title. You've got the late 90s version of the title, the one that Stone Cold had, the greatest era of all time, the Bret Hart version. Did you do this on purpose or is that just the one? I'm literally smiling ear to ear right now hearing you say this. this Yeah I tried to make this As accurate as possible This is like a The vest is like

An independent artist Off of eBay That I had to like Ship this thing in Yeah that's The belt took a minute To find man To like match it up

But how did you even know that How did you know that it changed You don't even watch wrestling You know I got people I got friends in high places Wow Google images also

Was a big help I mean jean shorts Like I'm matching the dye On the shorts Wow I got people. I got friends in high places. Google Images also was a big help. I mean, jean shorts, like I'm matching the dye on the shorts. Wow. Light wash shorts. This is exactly what Stone Cold would be wearing. I got black boots on. I got the- Wow.

I didn't see all this. We're ready to go, man. We're ready to go. Oh, yeah. No, this is high level stuff. I appreciate you recognizing the game though, man. I appreciate it. Oh, the belt.

That's my favorite belt of all time. That's like my prime, late 90s. And then they changed it all up with the spinning belt for John Cena. By the way, one more little nugget. Speaking of belts, speaking of champions, all that stuff and more, you'll recall on Monday, Helwani's show, we had, of course, Alexander, the great Volkanovski, Volkanovski, a.k.a. Volk. We had him on the program great stuff from him and then on uh tuesday's program we had diego lopez uh volk on monday

saying yeah yeah i'm waiting for ilia taporia we see him in the cage on saturday night on tuesday diego lopez throws out the suggestion hey let me fight alexander in Sydney in February. Interim title, maybe? Yeah, I don't know how much it makes sense, but let me throw it out there, see what happens, all kinds of reaction to this. And then, and I'll be honest, these days, in Elon Musk's Twitter world, I have no idea who's real, who's not, what's a troll account, what isn't. but i have seen several tweets of people saying that uh volk versus lopez is either in the works or even i saw one saying it was signed for february i believe it's february 12th in sydney i'm told right now no truth to that whatsoever it has not been even presented it has not been discussed they are not pushing for it right now. Again, things could change between now and February now and January now and December now and even November. It's the last day

of October. But as of right now, the plan is Teporia versus Volk in the springtime and Spain is an option. It's a real thing. Let's see if they get it done. But that's the plan as of right now. Okay. I saw a lot of those tweets as well with, uh, with Lopez and Volk. So I was very curious on that situation. So nothing there. And, uh, I'm just going to hope for Spain, Ileana,

Ileana and Volk in Spain in, in, uh, the springtime. Can I show you guys something real cool? Uh, before I go speaking of luchadors, my favorite luchador mask.

Oh, hit the TV. That bookshelf is... Yeah, where did that sun come from on that bookshelf there? Is it a window? This one I got in Mexico City. This one is a CML. It's legit. This one I have as well, also from Mexico City.

I love this one. I mean, this one covers, if I may, just for a moment. Oh, it covers the full face. This one covers the full face. Did you see Alex Pereira in Mexico City last week and he was rocking the full face cover one? Oh, that one's sick. I did not see that.

This one's pretty damn cool if I do say so myself. Pretty sick. Love the silver eyes. But this one was a gift. Oh, wow. How many do we have? From the legendary Ray Mysterio Jr. It doesn't quite fit me,

but for Money in the bank las vegas in 2000 it's like oh yeah that's what i'd squeeze it on man come on we'll get there you can do this yeah maybe you can't do this is your head room there we go there it is i mean look at this look at that for money in the bank custom you see that you see the money yeah, you see that? You see the money? Yeah, we see the money. Oh, yeah, we see the money, brother. You see? This is from Ray Mysterio in my house. Yeah, it looks like his mask.

This is incredible. Yeah. You gifted directly to you from his hands to yours. He gave it to me. Yeah. Wow. It's a little tight here. I need to open it up.

But yeah, he gave it to me. God, it looks great, man. Yeah, that's perfect. What's on tap for today? What do we got today? We got some pound for pound rankings. Pound for pound rankings, Halloween candy. We're going to do Edmonton, UFC Edmonton preview.

We're going to talk to our guy, PC Carroll. Do you have a quick rankings of Halloween candy? Do you have a favorite? Just give us your favorite. What's your favorite? This is unofficial being put on the spot here. Can hardly breathe. It's choking me.

I love peanut butter. So anything with peanut butter is huge. So I typically go towards Reese's. Lately, they've been having these sort of like pumpkins, you know, the pumpkin-shaped ones. Can I give a quick shout out? No one paid me to do this, but the good people over at Feastables,

which is the company owned by Mr. Beast, and I have nothing to do with Lunchly and all that stuff. Some way, somehow they got my address and they sent me a box and there's a QR code and you scan it. And then all of a sudden, Mr. Beast pops up and all of a sudden he says, hey, I want you guys to have a great Halloween.

And there's all his little feastable things in there. There's a cookies and cream, a regular, another one I don't remember. And then a peanut butter the peanut butter is maybe the greatest peanut butter chocolate bar i've ever tasted because it like actually comes out somehow it's not like hard peanut butter it's actually like gooey it's tremendous in addition to that he gave us a thick stack of i think either 100 ones or 200 ones and says give these out to your trick-or-treaters as well like one dollar bills wow u.s legit uh this is a nice sponsorship no no no i mean he just gave it to me to give out

the kids i i'm gonna give it to the best house tonight it's not only are you going to give out full-size candy bars as you love to just constantly brag about but you're also going to be giving out money cash cold hard cash and feastables i mean who's got feastables feastables and prime be the cool kids on the block? Or is Prime old news? We're Celsius guys here. Okay. Lunchleys? No, it's Celsius.

Celsius, Feastables. I mean, we have no allegiances. We're actually open for business at the moment. Deals have expired. So if anyone wants to hit us up, if anyone's out there, I don't know, a C4, a Monster. A C4, we can get in the gym. I've been in the gym lately. We can get in there.

Monster? Monster? So anyway, peanut butter and Bounty. I love a good Bounty. Did you just say this just in? This just in, yeah. There was a poll in the chat for who had the best costume today. It was between

Connor, Rick, and Ariel. Okay. That's what I was expecting. And Connor takes the cake. There we go. Actually, this feels like a wrongful victory with how good and creative Rick's costume is, the Mudang. Ariel, do you know who Mudang is?

Do you know what Mudang is? I will be honest. When you came out, I saw Luol Deng, and I'm like, I mean, I know you're a Fugazi Cavs fan. No, I wouldn't go there. He did have a cup of coffee. He did have a cup of coffee, I believe, with the Cavs, rightugazi Cavs fan. No, I wouldn't go there. He did have a cup of coffee. He did have a cup of coffee, I believe, with the Cavs, right? Back in the day.

He did. And then I saw the cow. I had no idea what you were talking about, but it's that little thing that looks like a hippopotamus, right? It is a hippopotamus. Once you explained it, I understood it. Yeah, pick me hippo. It's a great costume.

Connor was talking Moodang all day. It's a good costume because it's a light explanation. You just have to be like Mood Dang. Mood Dang. No, it's good. Did you buy the Dang jersey? Yeah, I did. I love it.

I had to order that on eBay. Commitment to the bid. I love it. The cow was easier. That was on Amazon. But as soon as I thought of it, I was like, you know, Connor's really going to like Mood Dang. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

I appreciate your masks, Ariel. I appreciate the news as well, man. I mean, we got an update on the on the boss situation nothing really moving yet and then uh no truth to the diego lopez versus alexander right now have to make a call what is the main event of ufc 310 oh fuck um i mean they might have to pull a rabbit out of their hat and then you know all bets are off but i just don't throw up a bmf all of a sudden, like a random BMF title fight. A lot of people got very mad at me for that one.

Oh, Daily Ariel L, I saw. I mean, come on. You know what this is? This is a pay-per-view title. Anytime they need a title fight, oh, let's resurrect this thing. It used to be interim. Now they've moved it.

We don't even need to do interim. We can just do BMF. It's essentially like spanking an interim title on there. Yeah. Yeah, but at this point, they've actually gamed the system. Oh, okay, interim title, you kind of have to take the top two guys, and sometimes they're not big draws. BMF would be like, oh, hey, top star at 45, top star at 55.

Oh, let's just throw these guys together. Oh, hey, 170-pound guys not in the title Oh, let's just throw these guys together. Oh, hey, 170-pound guys not in the title chase. Let's just throw these guys together. I hope Nate Diaz gets royalties every time they do this because it's literally his idea. Who is he going to be? 310, main event. Gosh, I don't know.

I mean, give me Zhang versus Valentina or some shit like that. But I don't see it happening. I really don't. I don't see it happening. I really don't. I don't see it happening. So right now, your guess is mine. What about you? My guess is Pereira, Maga, and Ancalave. Serious.

All of us doubting Alex Pereira. He saves the day again, gets his biggest payday to date to take on. And then you haters will still say Teporia is the male fighter of the year. Incorrect. I said Alex, by the way. I didn't mean you guys in particular. If you fight to win or lose, he is still the male fighter of the year. Incorrect. I said Alex, by the way. I didn't mean you guys in particular. If you fight to win or lose, he is still the male fighter of the year. If he does

that, yeah. I mean, it's just next level stuff. I just think they don't have an option. The only one you can always call is Alex Pereira. Money talks would be a tough fight. He'd probably be a slight underdog in it, I think. Even better. Yeah, probably. Especially on short notice against a guy like that. talk to be a tough fight he'd probably be a slight underdog in it i think even better yeah probably

especially on short notice against a guy like that so let us see i'm gonna sit back enjoy the rest of the show i'm not here to rain on anyone's parade commiserations to the yankees fans out there my heart bleeds for you although i will say i am happy for the dodgers fans who are getting their celebration they were robbed of that uh back 2020. Huge win for our Knicks last night, South Beach. It's a great time to be alive, guys. It's a great time. Yeah, 44, it's a great time to be alive. The big purr, the big

bodega, whatever you want to call it. El Nattis, the greatest Canadian luchador of all time signing off. Enjoy the rest of your day. And happy Halloween. Thank you, Ariel. Happy Halloween, brother. Tell the kids happy Halloween as well. Alright, how about that? signing off enjoy the rest of your day and happy halloween thank you happy halloween brother bye tell the kids happy halloween as well uh all right how about that nice little breaking news drop it love it love it so below muhammad out no plans of of anything yet on the books trying

to figure it out i would imagine they're kind of scrambling a little bit they're scrambling certainly and and when they've been in this position before the call has gone to alex um we'll see i think ariel's right in the perspective that you know if you're alex this is a big disadvantage for you right magomed just fought he's going to be ready he's going to be in shape you we we don't know what alex has been training for what you know kind of return timeline he's been targeting um but i also get the sense that he wants to prove that he's not scared. I don't think anybody thinks Alex Perrott is scared of anything, but I do want,

I do think he wants to thwart the idea that like Magomed is a bad matchup for him and just show people. And this would be a great time to do it. I would actually be more inclined to believe that if this happened, it might be Magomed who's like, yeah, I'm not ready. Like, I got a little more banged up than I thought. So we'll see if that call ever comes. Ultimately, I don't think you're in bad shape

to have Ian Gary versus Shavkat Rachmanov as an interim title fight atop that pay-per-view. I think that's a fine fight. Do I think an interim title needs to be made? No, but ultimately, what's the difference at this point? We've had Tom hanging around with an interim title this entire time they're meaningless in my opinion they mean number one contendership so make it a number one contender fight with a interim title yeah i i guess you know you get the perks of being

the interim champs supposedly the pay-per-view points everything like that that's why shofcott would do it other than that like you cannot there's no way shofcott's gonna accept if there's not at least the interim the only thing i'd say to that and i was gonna potentially mention this with ariel on but we we pivoted the ufc has not been known to if you if you get the fight now that does not mean you get the fight in the future meaning if they say to shavka we want you to fight ian gary and he says no that does not mean that he will get the next crack okay it could mean he gets the next crack but it does not mean that he will get the next crack. Okay. It could mean he gets the next crack, but it does not guarantee that he gets the next crack. I don't know how well the, nah, I'm not going to help this card,

plays out for people. And so I don't know if you have that type of choice if you're a shop cop. Maybe you do. Maybe your management team is able to arrange with the UFC, hey, we're going to start rebooking this. We're already going to look at the date. Let's get it in the books.

But maybe not. And so I don't know. We'll have to see how this plays date. Let's get it in the books. But maybe not. And so, I don't know. We'll have to see how this plays out. It's fascinating. They are limited on options here. Yeah, it is fascinating. I'm really hoping that Shovko can stay on the card, though. It'd be great.

I love watching him fight 18-0, 18 finishes. One of the best fighters in the world. Was really looking forward to him seeing, get a shot at the title. But we'll have to wait for that. We'll have to wait. And then, no truth to Lopezopez volk in february kind of didn't believe that anyway i was i was sort of curious on why volk would take that i

guess other than like just the itch but it feels like he's pretty he's pretty set on uh fighting ilia tavoria if you're diego throw it out there but i didn't think volk would ever take that i was so i woke up to tweets this morning that was like signed sealed and delivered oh i'm sure i'm sure i'm sure uh lastly on this after ufc 307 uh they released odds for angela versus perera angela minus 140 perera one plus 120 there you go and i'll take that that might i'll take plus money on bulletin day. That might be even a little steeper considering what we just said about like Magomed being fresh and Alex being off. Again, we're just purely speculating because of the idea of Alex always been in this position and saving the day.

There's nothing happening there at the moment. Double flyweight title night? Jean-Chev, Pantoja. It's good, but is it the one that sells that card like sure not i i unless they get perere it feels like this this is gonna be uh you don't think gary and gary and shofcott would do it to to the mainstream fans yeah i mean does it's not like but like if trading ian gary for balal i'd say that the star power is actually on Ian Gary's side. I guess that is true.

You make a good point. I guess the fact that Shavka was, you know, the favorite to get undisputed gold. Yeah. See a guy potentially be 19 and 0-19 finishes, you know, just an all-around killer. But we'll see. About a month and a half away. Not even. It's like five weeks.

Very close. Five weeks from Saturday Is the actual timeline Five weeks from Saturday So they're going to try And figure that out And we'll have our ear To the ground To see what happens

The UFC before Has gone Look we're in the situation We're in We're going to have The flyweight title Headline it And we just move on

You know this is A pay per view And that might be What they have to do Yeah That might be What they have to do But we shall see

This weekend though UFC returns to Canada This time at Edmonton You know, this is a pay-per-view, and that very well may happen. Yeah. That might be what they have to do. But we shall see. This weekend, though, UFC returns to Canada, this time at Edmonton. I love seeing all the guys in the Oilers jerseys, everything like that. Yeah. That card, headlined by Brandon Moreno and Amir Al-Bazi. So let's start there. Ariel's favorite card of the year, apparently. Yeah, he loves it, man. I really think it's just Canadian buys.

Yeah. I think he's just like, he sees all the flags with the maple leaf on it, and he's just like, oh, this is an amazing card. It's an okay card. It's, you know, you love seeing a fight night go on the road. You love having real fans, especially Canadian fans. I think they'll be hyped for it. And, you know, you get to see former champs in Brandon Moreno and Rosnami Yunus.

So, Brandon Moreno taking on Amir Al-Bazi. Yeah. First time seeing Amir Al-Bazi since June of last year. He got the split decision victory over Kaikara France. He's had some health issues. Controversial one. I mean, I am a Kaikara France guy, so I'm a bit biased on this one, but I did have Kaikara France winning that.

But he is undefeated in the UFC. He has been in title conversations a lot, but we haven't seen him in a year and a half. A lot of health issues this year. He was talking about he could have potentially gone paralyzed. He was one punch away from being paralyzed, was having issues with his neck and his spine. Scary stuff, but now he's saying he's cleared to fight. On the other side, Brandon Moreno, two straight split decision losses,

last one being to Brandon Royval in Mexico in mexico earlier this year so like i with with pantoja fighting kaya sakura like i don't feel like this is a bona fide number one contender fight whoever wins gets the title shot especially with brandon roy val coming on yeah that's but like it just feels like everybody in the division other than amir al-bazi and now they've added kaya sakura has lost to Pantoja if not multiple times. Brandon Royval and Brandon Moreno have done that. Do you think Amir Al-Bazi, despite his inactivity, locks up

the winner of Asakura versus Pantoja if he wins this fight? If Al-Bazi wins, probably. It's harder because Moreno is maybe not going to get the next shot. Unless, yeah, this is a fascinating one. It's going to depend on how that fight plays out, how Moreno and Albazi

plays out, and then how, uh, Pantoja and Asakura plays out. We, if you are Moreno, if you are Royval, you're rooting for Kai Asakura. You want him to win so that you have a clear path back there. If Asakura wins, I would imagine that Roy Val gets the next shot, right? Regardless of how Moreno and Al-Bazi plays out, if Kai Asakura wins, I would imagine that Roy Val gets the next shot. If Pantoja wins, then I would assume that Al-Bazi with a win would get the next shot. If Moreno and Asakura win, then I would still say it will go to Roy Val. So it's really just going to depend on what happens in this fight and then what happens in the next one. But if you are Moreno or if you are Roy Val,

you are rooting for Kai Asakura to upend Alexandre Pantoja's reign. Yeah. I mean, if you just look back on Pantoja's schedule of late, Steve Erceg, obviously, was an interesting, he had to come in lower of the rankings because of how many wins Pantoja has over the top

of the division. But Brandon Royval, Brandon Moreno, Alex Perez, Brandon Royval again, he's got a win over, you know, Matt Chanel's gone, but Brandon Moreno earlier

in his career. Yeah, so he's beaten them both twice, so you have to be rooting for the new outcome. I actually think he beat them on tough as well. Oh, that's right. It was the third one.

He's had three wins over Brandon Moreno. Shout out. Very good. And two wins over Brandon Royval. So yeah, both those guys definitely cheering hard for Kai Segura. I do think Al-Bazi will get a title shot if Pantoja retains. I do. Okay.

All right. Who else is there? it would be between Royval and him and we have seen Royval don't I've I've been on this corner I will continue to be on this corner if Royval and Pantoja the two best in the division I'd watch them a hundred times but I feel like I am in the minority I do not feel like everybody is of that feeling. Or has that position. And so I don't know if you can sell people on a Roy Valves versus Pantoja fight again. And especially in this

quick succession. Al-Bazi, new face, and it seems like that's the guy. I mean, we're already at the point where a newcomer to the UFC is getting a title shot. So we are slim on options here, and I think Al-Bazi would be next in line.

Pantoja's just cleared out the top half of the division. Yeah, I mean, looking at the rankings, Pantoja's champ, and then Royvel, Moreno, Al-Bazi, Kaikara France, Tatsuro Taira, but then you start getting into the contenders have lost to the contenders. Kaikara France has lost to both Brandon Royvel and Brandon Moreno. Tatsuro Taira has lost to Brandon Royvel now, but then both of them are 0-5 combined against the champ. So yeah, Kaya Sokora can really shake up this division,

create a lot of new matchups with a victory. And Amir Al-Bazi could do the same with getting a big win. Currently an underdog, minus 173, Brandon Moreno, plus 148, Amir Al-Bazi. The fight itself, how do you feel like it plays out? I think Al-Bazi might have the tools to be able to get it done at dog price. I think there's something interesting there. It really is just going to depend. Even in these split decision losses, Moreno still kind of looks like the guy. If you're giving me a coin flip, I actually lean Al-Bazi. I feel like he's, he's probably the one who, who has the momentum at the moment.

Now, granted the time off doesn't help, but I do feel like he's on the rise. Whereas, uh, Moreno has been champion and been in there for so long and fought all these tough guys. There is a certain point where there's an expiration on that. I, something in me is just telling me that Al-Bazi's going to be able to make it dirty and just grind a win out. Yeah, I feel like the way Brandon Moreno gets his done is just like going back to classic Brandon Moreno, pushing the pace,

mixing in takedowns, just using the striking beautifully. I mean, he's been in there with so many people, but he's kind of like the Max Holloway effect. He's been around for so long. He's still only 30 years old. Yeah. Like, he's got a lot of tread left on the tires, but man, you don't, you don't want to lose three straight. And then you're, then you're really stacked up against it because then

you've got a loss to Pantoja multiple times, a loss to Roy Val, a loss to Amir Al-Bazi. Now you're getting these new faces, uh, in Asakura and everything. Like it really feels like you're getting very far away, uh, from ever getting back to that title shot. Do you think there's any chance with a loss, Brandon Moreno would consider going up to 135? Possibly. I mean, I still think he's viable at flyweight, rather. But how many times can you try to climb that mountain?

You know, and especially when you're seemingly one away, right? It seemed like if he was able to get past Royval, he'd be right there and it seems like you're right on the doorstep.

How many times can you continue to do that? We're seeing it again with Max Holloway. Like maybe this might be the last time he tries that to, to do that at featherweight. It's a, it's a personal thing. It's it's,

he'll have to make that decision. Ultimately though, I think there's fun fights for him at one 35. I mean, we just saw Davis and figure it'll go up to one 35 and have tremendous success. That is a rivalry that started at flyweight. You could always kind of bring that back at one 35. Would could always bring that back at 135. Would that be the fifth

one? That'd be the fifth. No, fourth? Fifth? I think they had four already. It would be the fifth. And by the way... They did four. Davison, Davison, Davison, Kai, Davison. All four are bangers. You give me five, I'm all in. Especially at

135. And there's a fresh coat of paint on it. So so yeah i could see that but i could also see him saying like no i think i think i can get back there at 25 he's never going to be too far because the division is kind of shallow and lacking contenders that's why we've seen this run back so many times it's going to be up to him ultimately i could see it though i could definitely see it i just i just wonder if you've done that how many times you want to try to do that at 35 you're getting a you're getting a brand new look and it won't take as long you you get one or two under

your belt like we're seeing with davison now they're starting to say how far is davison from a title shot so he could he could take that similar path official prediction i think albazi wins all right i'm gonna go moreno yeah i mean i don't blame you for reasons that i'll uh get into uh later in the program when we do the better segment. Fair enough. Let's go to the co-main event. Rose Namiunas, former champ herself, down at 115, taking on Erin Blanchfield, who was seemingly have this meteoric rise,

just stopped dead in its track back in Atlantic City, a fight that we were at. Yeah, we were there. Against Manon Fierro, just didn't look herself and just kind of just didn't have it that night. It was sort of just like a pillar to post, you know, ho-humhum performance Manon Fierro gets it done uh Rose has looked good but she also has a loss against Manon Fierro 125 Blanchfield is now kind of a step away from the title uh who's going to be next for Valentina now that they've you know settled their trilogy

her and Alexa Grasso um your thoughts on this fight going into it and the repercussions that can come from it yeah this this feels like somebody who would be right up there right I feel like Manana's is above like I feel like Manana's in that spot I think she needs to be next she needs to be next in my opinion and and you know she has beaten both of these women like that yes, that is a clear thing that puts her above. But you would probably be the one under that. You know, you would be the next in line to the next in line. Rose did get an injury in that first round.

I think she broke her hand or something in the Manon fight. So I'm sure she wants to run that back, get another shot at it. And, you know, if Manon Fierro was able to get the title from Valentina Shevchenko, that's a terrible fight to make. But that's what's on the line. Like, you would be next behind next. You'd be the next next.

And I don't think a loss sets either back too far. I know that there was a lot of steam and momentum behind Erin Blanchfield and also, obviously, Rose, who always has, you know, her fan base behind her.

But the results at flyweight have kind of been a little mixed and up and down. She hasn't looked quite as ferocious as she had at strawweight um but i don't think they go too far back again in fact both the flyweight divisions remind me of each other where it's just dying for some contenders to kind of emerge and and they're round robinning and knocking each other off this feels like a a nice uh breaking point where somebody whoever loses is not going to fall too far back and whoever wins is going to get right into that queue um and it's

it's a fascinating matchup too it's old guard new guard you know it's a real like rose has has been champion at strawweight not at flyweight um but it was a pillar of of that division for a long time and erin is the one the one trying to make her name and had a significant setback here against what ostensibly is the number one contender in Manon. But we're going to see. Is it time for the old lion to get eaten or is she going to turn her back?

The y'all must have forgot moment. Yeah, man, I'm fascinated to see too. Is Erin going to be able to get the takedowns? Because if she's not able to get the takedowns i think rose is going to have a lot of success like we saw against manon she was not able to really like control that yeah i actually am i'm going to go flip from main event i actually think that the underdog gets it done here in rose so i guess i'm backing the the former champs uh in this one uh neither of which are canadian no canadians in the main or co-main event unfortunately you gotta get further hands there uh but i'm going

to go with rose i'm going to say that she can handle the takedowns and and you know beat her up on the feet and get it done i think i'm going blanchfield so we're i love our opposite sides i love it uh yeah i guess just watching the blanchfield performance in person uh back in march i was just like man but you know people have off nights and she's incredibly young we talked about brandon moreno being young, 30 years old. Blanchfield is 25, I believe. Like she has so much in front of her still. That felt like an aberration, but it also was the highest level of competition she was facing. So I want to see what this, this one will be a real measuring stick for Aaron Blanchfield, right?

We will either see if she was, she was good enough to get to this point, but not necessarily good enough to get to that level and, you know, be where Manon is and where Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso are. Or if that really was just like the off night of all off nights, because she did not look good there. That was a dominant performance. You know, it kind of reminded me of the Valentina Grasso fight. Like it was kind of just like the third one. It was kind of just like, what does Grasso have?

Nothing. And it was sort of one-way traffic for Valentina the entire way. So top two fights of the night are very solid. Very solid. Big names, intriguing matchups, title implications throughout both of those. Kind of falls off. You know how Juan was trying to, yeah, I think it's a little bit of the Canadian bias. He was like, card of the year.

It's a solid card. It's a solid card. It's a solid card. You got Derek Lewis in the third by the night going up against Jonata Diniz. I feel like they just like

the most random matchups for Derek Lewis, Rodrigo Nascimento, Geltron Almeida, Marcos, Roger de Lima is just like, why do we have to put him

through this Brazilian circuit? Like, can we not just get like a fun heavyweight matchup for him? But it's always fun. This one should be fun. They're going to strike.

They'll stand and bang. I think so too. It's fun when you see Blackbees get in there. This guy's 8-0. He's undefeated. Blackbees is the A-side. That's why I'm watching the fight.

Yeah, I mean, that is naturally how that will play out. We are here to see Derek Lewis. But I think they're going to stand and bang. So this one will be fun what what is the um what is the line on this one uh right now derrick lewis is the underdog plus 140 jonata denise that doesn't surprise me you know because derrick lewis can be hit or miss in situations like this although in a situation

where guys are going to stand and strike with him like i feel like you know that's giving him his best chance that's giving him his best chance. That's giving him a good opportunity. But who knows? Maybe we see some takedowns. Can we talk about Mysterious Frank just coming in here to give you some water? And I was like, yeah, come on, man. You can just pop it on the desk.

Just drops it right by the door. Appreciate that, man. Thanks so much. Mysterious Frank, everyone. Yeah, congratulations. Yeah, Derek Lewis, solid fight. I'm going to pick Derek Lewis. I'm just going to pick all the old heads today or i like it the you know the the old guard i guess yeah so

to speak uh but it's always fun to see him get in there kai machado uh looks great he looks to be in really good shape looks to really be taking this thing seriously going up against brinson habero uh another fight that should be really fun. I mean, two big dudes at 205. Brenton Barrow, a lot of finishes on his record. All of his wins, all 15 coming by way of finish. I think he's got like nine knockouts, six submissions. So like should be an exciting fight. Name value isn't really like off the charts for that one,

but it is one that I'm looking forward to. Yeah, and I think we saw this in the last Canadian card where it was like you put enough Canadians on it, but you also put enough fights that you feel like, yeah, these will probably end in a favorable way for the crowd. The crowd just kind of like gets amped up, and then you get to the two top ones with the real kind of like, you know, divisional significance in them. It's decently constructed here, and I feel the same way you do. And then you just get on a Canadian run. That's when you start to hit the Canadians. So maybe here's the plan for the UFC Edmonton crowd. You get in, you immediately don't have a Canadian fight.

You got Jack Shore and Yusuf Zilal, but then it's Canadian, Canadian, Canadian, a little Canadian break, and then Canadian, Canadian, Canadian, Canadian. And Canadian. So they'll get you hyped up for the final few fights of the card. You get some heavyweights in there and then you get the the main and the co-main uh mark andre barrio taking on dustin solfus it's always

cool to see power bar in there um you know two unranked middleweights but it should be an entertaining matchup nonetheless mike malott taking on trevin giles this one i actually am very intrigued uh to see what happens in just because i want to see how mike malott bounces back from the neil magny performance how much does that affect his head you know he was kind of like this canadian hope to be one of the great mixed martial artists from canadian or from canada uh but to get finished like that is uh it's troublesome it can get in your head for sure we heard we heard him talk about it yesterday on the show yeah he was talking about the the growth and and the adjustments that he made in camp in in order for this not to happen

and what i found interesting about what he said to ariel um was that he said a lot of people could look at that and go like ah you know if i if i was able to have the gas tank for a little bit more time um they could justify not having to make a drastic overhaul right they could go ah you know at the very end i faded but that's not going to happen again. It was my worst moment, but he's not looking at it that way. He's looking at it as I've got some holes, let's fix them. And I can appreciate the perspective, especially from somebody who would seem like was a super prospect on the rise. And at least, you know, to, to the Canadian fan base, like the next kind of GSP, Rory McDonald, the guy who could represent them on this major stage in that way. And so I can appreciate where he's coming from in terms of trying to really make

sure that that does not happen again from a from a holistic perspective and not just like and that was a one-time thing he's he's going back to the drawing board um or at least what he has told ariel is he's going back to the drawing board and really assessing what he can do better to be a complete martial artist and it will be interesting to see if he's able to i imagine he's a pretty sizable favorite here um but it will be interesting to see how those holes look i'm not sure truthfully frankly frankly frankly i'm i'm not sure that trevin giles is the guy who's going to be able to test if that is the case right i'm not sure that trevin giles is the guy who's going to be able to test if that is the case, right? I'm not sure that Trevin Giles is the guy who's going to be able to see if he has the same holes that he had against Neil Magny.

But ultimately, we will hope to see a return to form for Mike Millat if he is truly the prospect that many have believed he could be. Hey, Rick, there's some water for you. Thanks for having me on. Yeah, man, we already addressed that. We really appreciate that. I mean, you could have come in. Did I look parched? Was there a reason? Your mouth just sounds, for lack of Thanks, Frank. Yeah, man, we already addressed that. Yeah, we talked about that. We really appreciate that. I mean, you could have come in the way- Did I look parched?

Was there a reason? Your mouth just sounds, for lack of a better way, describing this. Oh, I need- Okay. Disgusting. Okay. You go grab it. I'm going to go get it. You go grab the water.

Yeah, the way Frank walked in, we wouldn't have seen you on camera. You could have just sat on the desk, make things easy. Yes, Rick just walked right in front of me. Yeah, instead Rick now has to walk in front of the camera instead of you, but much appreciated. Yeah, Mike Malott, I hope he can get back on track. I hope he can do that in front of the Canadian crowd and sort of get his confidence and his swagger back and get back on track. Jasmine Jazdavichius.

Oh, by the way, Frank, shout out to you for putting it directly in the path of camera one. Oh, wow. How about you just bring your own damn water? Could have done it to the other side. You might have put it in the worst place possible in the entire city. That's where I was told to put it. Also, maybe the steak burrito wasn't such a solid choice.

Mike Malott's teammate, Jasmine. There it is. Let's go. Let's go. We're one for two on those. She also fights Niagara. He was on Mike and still got it. I mean, that's pretty impressive. First time I said, you Team. He was on Mike and still got it. I mean,

that's pretty impressive. First time I said, you know, Jasmine and he didn't hit it. Ariane Lipski, I like that for her. I like for her to keep it going,

you know, get the Canadian crowd in it. Yeah, just going to be good to win. Yeah, we're just rooting

for Jasmine so we can play that drop. And then Eamon Ariel-Hawani is a hobby fighting against Pedro Munoz, a favorite after taking javi basharat's oh earlier this year now he gets a very tough out in pedro muñoz uh and he is a favorite

in the fight he opened his dog he's he's not like a minus 135 after that performance against basharat i'm i understand why four five win streak as i just bang the mic as i lift my hand up four five win streak for the man uh and we try to see Ariel Hawane go for a fifth straight win. I like that edit. You shared that edit. Yeah, someone out there, I don't know who it was, made an edit of Amon Zahabi and Ariel are the same exact person. It was fantastic.

Opening an investigation. Charles Jourdain, Victor Henry. Victor Henry came on the scene like two and a half years ago with a huge win over Heyoni Barcelos making his debut uh you know some ups and downs no contest the loss you know wins and losses but i mean i love seeing him get a fun fighter yeah very fun fighter had like 26 professional fights before he made his ufc debut and now has become a bit of a mainstay i mean this will be his sixth ufc fight uh so good

to see him alexanderanov, once undefeated, now has come on struggles of late. Just won in three in his last four. Taking on Rodrigo Nascimento. And then you got Siri Sidi

versus Garrett Armfield. Garrett Armfield, every time I see him on social, it's the picture he took comparing the old glove and the new glove. That feels like every time I see him.

He was one of the first with that. Yeah, he was one of the first to do it. Cody Gibson, former tough contestant taking on chad and hellinger jamie lynn horth the canadian taking on ivana petrovic and then our guy jack shore taking on yusuf salal who has been red hot of late and that that kind of brings us to uh our next guest the one the only the man in the emerald aisle pz carol who did a great interview with jack shore that i actually hadn't heard,

so I can't say if it's great or not. But there he is. Pete C., welcome to the boys in the back, man. You finally made your debut. It took three invites to get you here, but you are finally here. We were begging him, and he just couldn't make the time.

It's tough. It was ridiculous what happened to me. I was Matt Damon on this show twice already, if you don't get the reference. Jimmy Kimmel. Constantly used to have Matt Damon in the green room, to me i was matt damon on this show twice already if you don't get the reference jimmy kimmel constantly used to have matt damon in the green room and just before he was about to bring him on he said oh we've just run out of time twice that's happened to me but the worst part as i said yesterday was me having to pursue finding out getting bumped that was the worst part rick

i'm forgiving you great to be on with g A pleasure as always, GC, how are you? I'm doing fantastic, man The only disappointment out of all of this Is that I'm in a costume Rick's in a costume Helwani broke some news, you know, broke down everything In a costume And then here you are in your thin Lizzy hat

You're masquerading as a thin Lizzy fan? I'm the biggest thin Lizzy fan Probably I'm the biggest Thin Lizzy fan Probably anyone's ever met I played Phil in his bass guitar once as well I knew his mother before she passed away Thank you very much But I came as an alcoholic This is my costume

Okay, are trick-or-treaters coming through? Because it is 5.53 over there in Ireland right now There's fireworks going off all over the place You guys do fireworks? You didn't hear they invented it Is it like July 4th over there in Ireland right now? There's fireworks going off all over the place. Do you guys do fireworks? Mate, it gets crazy. You didn't hear they invented it? Is it like July 4th over there? You guys barbecue and grill?

The kids around here, they'll collect firewood for the last month and they'll just set up fires all over the place. And it gets crazy. Me and Alain will probably pop out to see the fires at about midnight. PC, that's called a riot. So the fires are an attraction?

Yo, yo. when we were younger, we used to have fistfights over firewood. Like, we'd be collecting firewood, and another road would be collecting firewood, and we'd just beat the shit out of each other and steal each other's wood. It was a great time. So as you go further west, you know, on the planet,

you get more and more, like, modern. What you're describing is prehistoric times people fighting over firewood are you gonna stand for this pt i don't like the it's called the whole ire like irish country more and more and then to be fair ireland is to the west of england so this is very like it's not just a blanchett sound thing like it's it's just let's just say uh the working class areas that generally has the the firewood wars i think they've toned it down like these kids are soft now the the bonfires are pathetic um like there wouldn't even be like two of me and i'm not even tall so i mean it's

and let me we used to have them like fucking like a like a skyscraper it was great it is called the firewood wars right that that's official no i don't i don't think it's been like publicized or anything but anyone from around way way would be able to tell you this happened i love how you take the old man status of just like uh we used to do it so much bigger so much better back there's soft firewood started what happened to a point Against us in a fist fight As a great man once said It's a great Saturday night It's a great Halloween night

I want to backtrack for a second though I want to just understand I want to confirm what you said here You said you forgive You were saying that to Connor or to me I think we should just move on I just want to make sure Alright let's move on to UFC Edmonton

You had an interview with the Shore family on this week, leading up to Jack Shore, Yusuf Zalal. What can you tell us, man? How are you feeling? Are we going to get a P-Dow here? I mean, last time it was one Paul Hughes. You interviewed him, and then he pulls off the upset victory over AJ McKee. Is Jack Shore the P-Dow?

And you can see that interview tomorrow, 1 p.m. Eastern on The Crack. Great problem. On this YouTube channel. Now, was it with Jack or was it with Shakey? Both. Both. All right, so I nailed it on the Shore family. They both joined me.

That's what you get here. If anyone doesn't know Shakey's story, like he's basically the pioneer of mma in wales he got a cancer diagnosis in may 2022 like this is a guy that's been in charge of every single one of um jack's camps he was going through chemotherapy and radiotherapy when jack was preparing for the americani fight which was his featherweight debut went in and if you remember shaky actually calls the sequence that jack hits him with which basically leads to the finish of the fight jack then tells the world about the struggles that shaky's been going through amazing fight one of the most emotional moments in uk mma history i'd say but shaky as of july has been in remission which is

great news and now this is their third fight of fed away you'll remember the brito fight in in rio the first fight of all time to be cut to be stopped because of a cut to the leg i think absolutely unbelievable shaky had to be restrained he gets into that in the interview fantastic stuff but um honestly i'm surprised and and this is no disrespect to yusuf zalal because he's a beast he had to battle his way back to the ufc and he's got two rear naked choke finishes back to back but i'm surprised that um given his pedigree jack shore is going in here as the dog uh we're talking about a champion since his teenage years a guy who took over nathaniel woods mantle as the bantam weight champion for cage warriors became one of the hottest tickets

in Cardiff I went to see him fight in Cardiff back in those days even back then he was struggling to make 135 I'm surprised he made it all the way through to that Ricky Simone fight but um this guy has been bred to be a champion he has been a champion his whole life I think it's funny that after the Amercani fight his featherweight debut everyone was like oh my god he should have moved up here ages ago and then the Brito fight happens a weird stoppage as we know not to say that Brito wasn't winning the fight he was his leg kicks were lethal but um immediately after that fight everybody's saying oh Jack needs to move back to back to Bantamweight I think that's a ridiculous a ridiculous call to make I'm looking forward to seeing this fight both excellent that rear

naked chokes we've seen Zalal finish this fight, both excellent at rear naked chokes, we've seen Zalal finish both of his last opponents with rear naked chokes, Jack's had, I think, 8th rear naked choke finishes in his career, so I think it's an absolute banger, is that, am I right in thinking that's the curtain jerker for this card? Curtain jerker, and you said Jack Shore coming in as an underdog, not just an underdog man, a sizable one at that, uses a lot, minus 316 Jack Shore, plus 266 right now that's paul hughes territory right there isn't it i don't know paul hughes was only like a plus 150 this is oh that's right yeah this is uh are you are you calling it now is this the p-dog or the play uh

dog of the week we've got to change that you know what breaking here. Jack Shore is the biggest underdog on the entire card. Whoa, what happened there? I didn't realize you were talking. No, you can hit it, man. Jack Shore, biggest underdog on the card, plus 266. Pizzi's right, though. Let's not call it the P-Dow anymore. The Pizzi Dog of the Week, the C-Dow?

The Carol Dog of the Week? The Crack Dog of the Week. Crack Dog. Yeah, Crack Dog. I don't know if this is better. Anything better than P-Dow. Yeah, you're right. P-dow the carol dog the crack dog of the week crack dog yeah this is better yeah anything better than p-dog yeah you're right we need a departure from that immediately but yeah i'm actually really surprised by that and that like yusuf zalal's very good there's no doubt about that but i don't know i think people are sleeping on jack shore all right so we're locking it in well here's the thing. Okay.

Since the crack went to video, we've had two guests so far. Paul Hughes, Lerone Murphy. Whoa. Jack's been on the crack. We know what's happening. We know what's happening. Whoa. All right, so this is, this is not, this is, you're the inverse.

Instead of the, the crack curse, this is the, the blessing of the crack. That's exactly what it is. The sunshine. It is, it is, um. That's exactly what it is. The sunshine. It is... I don't know, man. I'm surprised to hear this underdog stuff. I'm betting Jack Shore right now. He talks me into it.

But do you not think that's insane? Like, Jack Shore was the top of the world. He was closing in on a bantamweight title fight. Here's where I can see it coming from, right? In terms of ways to win, in terms of being dynamic i think yusuf zalal has more ways jack shore we know what he's going to want to do right we we know what the game plan is going to be and so i think when you when you are preparing for somebody with a style that like that you can focus in on it and i think there's a bit of a, maybe a respect for Yusuf Zalal

to be able to thwart that. Ultimately though, the line feels off, right? I would think it would be closer to even, again, Yusuf Zalal looks very good as of late, but we've seen him in the UFC. Like it was not a tremendously successful run the first time.

I think he would admit that he wasn't as well prepared, but I kind of get it from, like, I think Yousef has more tools, if I'm being honest. Well, when you say you know which way Jack Shaw is going to want this to go, what do you think? I think he's going to want to keep it close and try and get him down and stifle Yousef's game. Like, anti-offense, basically. Yeah, yeah, I suppose. We did, like, we're sleeping on his performance against Timur Valiov. stifle Yousef's game. Like, anti-offense, basically. Yeah. Yeah, I suppose.

He did, like... We're sleeping on his performance against Timur Valiev. He jabbed the face off Timur Valiev. He looked great. A guy people were saying, this guy's going straight

to the top of the bantamweight division. It's fair. Sure, absolutely schooled him. Simone, kind of... He was in an incredible room when he fought Jack. He's a great submission artist.

And honestly, like, you can't have a complaint about that fight. He did great. He dominated the fight. There's nothing you can say to that. Brito, though, Brito is a beast, first of all. I mean, there's not a lot of featherweights you're going to put in against Brito and be like, oh, I'm confident he's going to beat this guy. And to be fair to Jack, a cut leg stopped that fight.

And I remember talking to a lot of coaches and fighters afterwards because there was this kind of talk online obviously the UK and Ireland were all very upset about the stoppage the way it went down and then on the other side there were people like oh well Brito was clearly gonna win but when I was talking to fighters and coaches they were like the only way you can fight Brito is not meet him in the middle like you have to hope that you can hang around for two rounds and then take it to him in the third because the guy's just a fucking bull in a china shop for 10 minutes like he is going to absolutely wreck the place and wreck you with it unless you can kind of absorb all this and then

take it to him late because we know he's such a muscular dude we know these guys were later on fights and that had to be sure as plan they began to wreck like the weirdest thing about that stoppage is it's a wrestling exchange when they stop it like fair enough brito's kicking the shit out of his legs in that first round he starts off the second round the same way then it's a lot of up against the fence the cut is bleeding from his shin and then the doctor comes in and he starts fingering the wound and then he's like it and he starts fingering the wound. And then he's like,

it's over. Jack went to the hospital and they gave him three stitches. And that was the end of it. It made absolutely no sense. It was one of those that looked bad on camera. But then when we found out what actually the net result was, was like, yeah,

that fight could have continued clearly. It's, it's a banger of a fight though. I'm surprised it's so early on. Maybe it's because neither guy is from, from Canada, but I think that's a banger of a fight though i'm surprised it's so early on maybe it's because both neither guy is from from canada but i think that's a really great fight like i really think that's going to deliver me too i thought it was one that was falling under the radar when i was looking over the card last week at one point i was just like oh wow jack shore use of the laws kicking this thing off and then i looked at the odds and i do agree with you pt when i first looked

at him i was like wow i'm surprised jack shore is this big of a dog and it just continues to climb everyone's throwing use of in their parlays. He has looked great since he returned to the UFC. Two wins, but when you come on the crack, you get the blessing of the man, Pizzi, and you become the official P-Dow, Pizzi Dog of the Week. That's going to start being the appeal.

Crack Gaster 2-0, Paul Hughes and Lerone Murphy both won their last fight, so yeah, just plugged in a Jack Shore bet. All my bets this week are vibes, so this goes right along with it boys can i just say the outfits are absolutely unbelievable i should have opened with that it's um it's amazing stuff ariel called it in he literally i've been in that office those masks are just beside his desk like that if you're gonna call that a costume it's something that's giving away too much credit it's like a flag i think ariel wears those masks all the time like when he goes on zoom he actually takes them off and then today

he was like you know what i think i could show them who i really am today he's like ray mysterio you can't give it away he's at the grocery store the principal from uh billy madison when they go over to his house and he opens the door and he's still wearing the mask you don't know his reference do you he's captain inside oh billy madison reference we never get those on the show who me all right before we let you go man uh we wanted to introduce the pz carroll fantasy football minute yes um our team uncrowned the ariel hawani show we're representing uh i am your i want to people have said co-manager i I would rather go with assistant manager. You are the

lead dog. There's many times where you've sent me several text messages in a row. I've been busy. I haven't gotten back to you. I'm just going to my text right now between you and me. I'm actually sitting on one, two, three, four, five, six straight texts from you that I didn't respond to

and it's all just fantasy football related so i do apologize for that i haven't been stepping in on my duties but we're coming off our biggest win of the year 139 points uh five and three thank you we've it was unbelievable managing by you uh how do we feel going into this week but look last week it was a crisis and i had to get rid of a player so we could put the great puka nakua who i found out very late would be starting the game i had to put him back in and i was like i better i better get the green light from gc here sent one message nothing back the deadline is closing in this is a game time decision another message nothing back i then start telling Elaine, who was going to bed.

I'm like, listen, man, he's not getting back to me. And she's like, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. And I was like, listen, can you tell me who should I get rid of? Should it be Alec Pierce? Should it be Josh Palmer? In the end, we went with Palmer. We had just signed, again, my idea, if you don't mind me saying, Tank Bigsby the week before.

He's come through brilliant I mean, it was really a poetic move We were down to the last night of football We should have lost And once again, my fantastic management Has pulled us through We have a fairly routine Wait, before we move on

Are you saying Elaine made the call And she is who is responsible for our victory? No, she hates NFL She hates that I watch it. She hates that I stay up until 4 a.m. watching it three times a week. The fact that you stay up until 4 a.m. to watch NFL football is insane.

I cannot wait to watch the Jets and the Texans tonight. Absolutely buzzing for that. Sicko. Yeah, my last text from you is Pierce or Palmer. I'm looking at it right now. And no answer. I still haven't responded. No.

A lot of texts with no answer. But yeah, it all came down. You know what? This is just trial by fire. We're building, we're making you the best manager that you can possibly be. I can't hold your hand through the whole thing. Well, we're fourth in the league now of 10. We're taking on nine seeds this week, so we should absolutely pummel them.

But I think we're going to win this fucking league. All right? Let's go. That's what I'm saying here right now. I'm winning this thing. I don't know how it works. You know, Let's go. That's what I'm saying here right now. I'm winning this thing. I don't know how it works. You know, GC's giving me the odd message about playoffs, something or other.

I don't know what he's talking about. Yeah, we do have playoffs. I am going to win this league for the Ariel Wani show. I'm going to win it, and it's going to be one of the greatest ever debut seasons in fantasy football history. We'll have that trophy right on your bookshelf,

right over your shoulder. With the flashlights? Yeah, yeah, with the flashlights. PC flashlights these callbacks are getting real dicey yeah very dicey p-dow let's just move on uh pt thanks so much for joining the show man i wish you could have dressed up and everything like that wait but have you always had dark oh i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm kicking you out here rick so it's a new that's a new one yeah it's a new one you guys aren't even paying respect he He's showing some Pink Floyd mug. Yeah, I don't know anything about that. What's your favorite song on Dark Side of the Moon, Frank?

Dark Side of the Moon, my favorite song. Y'all love Dark Side of the Moon. Rick loves Wizard of Oz. That's a good reaction. We know what we're doing tonight. Trones? Sure, let's do it. Hey, I'm going to a chase and status tonight.

PT, do you want me to say anything to solve for you? Is it really tonight? It's really tonight, yeah. And you guys are all going? We all got invited. I've got to go. I'm going to Mexico.

It is a very kind invitation. Is it suspicious that Connor's going to Mexico right before a U.S. election? I think we should look into this. You're going. You're going, Frank, right? I'm absolutely going. I will FaceTime you. Savage. It're going. You're going, Frank, right? I'm absolutely going.

I will FaceTime you at... Savage. It'll be 1 a.m. Eastern. So, what, like 6 a.m. your time? He'll be up watching Texans Jets. Oh, I'll ask him. Oh, I'll believe him. But shout out to Saul.

Oh, there's a trick. Can you hear my dog? The trick or treat is I hear. You can hear that. Ruff, ruff, ruff. Show them. Yeah, go. Go get him.

Go get him, man. Get him on camera. I'm not getting him on camera. They're children. Jesus. Listen, tune into The Crack tomorrow. T Tune in to the crack 1 o'clock tomorrow 50th anniversary of Rumble in the Jungle 50th anniversary of Rumble in the Jungle

Wait so who's on? Chuck Mendenhall and then Jack Shaw And Richard Shaw Absolutely fantastic Alright let's go let's make it 3 in a row for crack interviews That's the crack blessing. All right, Pete Z. Bye, Pete Z.

All right, we did it. Pete Z finally on the program. I think we just needed that energy. You know, we were kind of missing the Pete Z energy. I love it. I'm glad we finally got it. A little bit of a fumble by me, you know. We had to cut him for time.

And I didn't necessarily, like, close the loop on that by letting him know. It's all right. It's on me. We live and we learn and we're on to – We win or learn. Yeah, as PT says, we win or we learn. And we're on to UFC Edmonton this weekend. And speaking of winning, the Parlay Pals won last week.

Big dub. Plus 292, four for four, four up, four down. We're going to try and go back to it. Try. We already got this one in the bag. I think the win really just hyped up. It got one Juliana Pena back in the booth. Let's go.

I mean, she wins championships. She's used to winning. She doesn't want to do anything unless she wins. She hit me up this week on Tuesday. Whoa. Not just with her pick, but also with a pop, pop, pop, pop, please and cha-cha-cha-cha-ching

for hitting last week and let's keep it going. Fire emoji, fire emoji. Wow. She's hyped up. She's hyped up. Her pick this week will kick it off

over two and a half in the Pedro Munoz Yusuf Zalal fight. Or not Yusuf Zalal, Eamon Zahabi fight. We were just talking Yusuf Zalal. I like that one. Pedro Munoz, known for going long. Yeah. Eamon Zahabi. It's Yusuf's law. Eamon's a hobby fight. We were just talking Yusuf's law. I like that one.

Pedro Munoz, known for going long. Yeah. Eamon's a hobby. Indecision. Not really. Over two and a half, you said, right?

The biggest finish. Yep. Yes, over two and a half in that one. And then let's throw the randomizer to get the last three picks. Is it me or since we moved,

the randomizer seems like better. It's improved. It's actually like improving quality. I'll actually go first. Oh, fuck this guy. I've never seen that in life. This guy is quality i'll actually go first that's a long bite i gotta be that's a long bite and like the bathroom isn't doing any favors i kind of i kind of feel like we just need a that guy's a fucking genius executive producer ariel has requested

it's quite long i feel like we could split them into two what the fuck is that? I've never seen that. This guy is a fucking genius. It's quite long. I feel like we could split them into two. What the fuck is that? And this guy's a genius, yeah? The audio quality is just... Who's going first

in the randomizer? I will go first. Frank will go second. Rick, you'll go third. Good. And I'm going to make this one easy. Easy, breezy. Mike Millat. There, you'll go third. Good. And I'm going to make this one easy. Easy, breezy. Mike Malott.

There we go. Top team. Niagara top team. Bounce back. Canadian crowd. Vibes. High. That's the pick.

Frank. Wait, wait. Before we move on. So Malott, we had this week and we're picking him. Did we have anybody last week that was in our parlay? I forget what our parlay was. I know.'t even remember how could you forget uh do you remember frank abis it was hamza i had hamza yeah it was uh it was there was there was one more money line it was the over in the game it was over we didn't have anything okay yeah we thought maybe we're

starting a crack streak i just wanted to check. Frankie, you are up. I'm going with Mike Malott. You're going Malott? I'm going Jasmine Jazdavicious. Oh! Shout out to that. Is it darker in there today? Yeah, because you don't have your little spotlights on.

I thought it was spooky for Halloween. There he is. Frank, you just showed off an identifying tattoo. Don't do that. It changes every day. I feel like I take this home and drink out of it this weekend. Jasmine, Jaz the Vicious. Toast. Shout out.

Toast to Jasmine. All right, that's two in the books. Rick, finish us off. Just me. I'm going to take the over two and a half in the Rose Namajunas and Aaron Blanchfield fight. All right. Over 2.5. That'll do it.

Minus 650 on that one, by the way. Look at that. Look how quick Jordan is with this. Look at Jordan. Damn, how do you do it so fast? Parlay Pals draft. Plus 170 this week. Plus 2.92 units.

1-0. Undefeated in the new era. Shout out. Juliana Pena going. Pedro Munoz aiming Zahabi over 2.5. Rick going. Rosalind Muniz, Aaron Blanchard over 2.5, minus 650. I'm going Mike Malot, money line minus 285.

And Big Mysterious Frank is going. Jasmine Jazz, the vicious money line, minus 230. That gets us to plus 170. And we try to go back-to-back. We don't try. We're gonna. What is this try thing? That's the champ right there.

That's Stone Cold. Oh, my God. Look at the muscles on this guy. You juicing that? All right. My bets. Yes. I mentioned earlier in the program

that we are going all vibes, and I'll tell you why. Let's kick it off with my first bet of the weekend. First up is the man, the myth, the legend. Just waiting on the graphic to pop up here. It is one, Amon Zahabi, the man that looks just like Ariel Helwani. You got to support your brothers in arms, so I will be going with Abin Zahabi. I actually think this is a pretty tough matchup against Pedro Munoz, but you got to support.

It's just that easy. On to the main event. I am taking Brandon Moreno. Not because I think this is a great matchup for him, but I will be in Mexico this weekend. I'm going to one of my friends' weddings. All-inclusive resort. Shout out. I'll be sipping Mai Tai's poolside watching brandon

moreno get a victory uh supporting the hometown kid as i will be in mexico i can't go to mexico and not support brandon moreno uh in a main event and then a parlay niagara top team i love it just a half of our parlay pals draft jasmine jazz the vicious mike malott niagara top team parlay pals draft jasmine jazz davisius mike malott niagara top team parlay plus 101 love that even money for that and then a nice little pacifist parlay just uh just to really bring it home just a chalk donkey express five legs plus 100 that's plus ev if i've ever heard of it uh all over one and a half's horth petrovic lipsky jazz davisius zahunoz, Blanchfield Rose, and Moreno Albazi all over one and a half. Five legs plus 100. If that doesn't tell you sharp gambler, I don't know what does.

And those are the bets. Four picks. UFC Edmonton. Can't wait. You're eating some poutine on Saturday, Frankie. Oh, nice. You think Derek Lewis is going to eat any poutine? No, he's asking if you are, Frankie.

Oh, I thought you said he was eating something. I think he's going to be in Mexico. I don't think he's going to be eating poutine? No, he's asking if you are, Frank. Oh, I thought you said he was eating something. I think he's going to be in Mexico. I don't think he's going to be eating poutine. Definitely not eating poutine this weekend. I don't have any plans to eat poutine on Saturday. Yeah, okay, I get it. Poutine's a lot. Poutine's heavy.

I'm a fan, but yeah, it's not like one I run to. I really like the poutine at the Canuck. Shout out. The executive producer, Ariel Juani, was like, this is not good poutine. I'm shocked. I don't know what to do anymore. I even got poutine in Toronto that apparently wasn't good enough. I don't think he said it wasn't good.

I think what he said was it wasn't like the real. It wasn't the like authentic authentic. I think it was good, but it just wasn't. It wasn't the one that he was. It wasn't made with. Yeah, it wasn't made with. Montreal water. The special.

It's hard to trust those guys sometimes, you know, because I'm tasting it. I'm like, this is delicious. But then the local guy is always like, no, it's not that good. Yeah. I feel like you could ship in poutine

directly from Montreal and give it to them and be like, this isn't it. No, it is it. It actually is it. Surprise. It's it.

Shout out though. Speaking of food, we got another pound for pound ranking that we're going to be doing and I think it's about to get contentious in here folks Can I just say

I picked the perfect cow It looks amazing I can't get over how good we look We got our first super chat of the day I feel like now is the appropriate time Yeah I guess so There's a person named Achilles Oh Jesus Christ

Hey Rick why didn't you bother wearing a costume today? Good one Achilles who has asked... Oh, Jesus Christ. Okay. Hey, Rick. Why didn't you bother wearing a costume today? Good one, Achilles Jr. Good one. Do we know who that is? Yeah. He's a longtime super chatter. Funny.

Those fighting words. Yeah. No, shout out to you, Achilles Jr. I respect the hustle as always and hope something bad happens to you. Yeah! On this Halloween, we're wishing ill will on our audience. Let's go, Rick. Let's go. But yeah, everyone who's watching the show right now, we really appreciate

your support. Throw some more Super Chats in there. Except you, Achilles Jr. But yes, Super Chat now. We'd love to answer your questions. Man, I can't get over how good we look. I'm seeing some full screens of me. I'm just looking. I'm looking top notch.

I'm looking A1. Guns are looking on point. But the reason we're wearing these is because it is Halloween. You can tell by the decorations, the special bug, you know, the special in monitor. We got the tombstones.

No big deal. I mean, we kind of do a big round here, but it is Halloween. And obviously on Halloween, you go trick-or-t obviously on Halloween You go trick or treating When you go trick or treating You're going to get candy And when you get home

You dump it all on the floor And you eat it all up But there's good candy And there's bad candy Gotta respect the menu There's candy that gets No the menu thing is Shut up with the menu

You're a nut job And you're a wild man You gotta have the menu I can't wait to hear this I don't know what the menu I still don't even know what the menu No don't explain it No do not explain it I don't want it Nobody wants to know what this menu thing. I still don't even know what the menu is. No, don't explain it. No, do not explain it.

I don't want it. Nobody wants to know what this menu thing is. When I was 11 years old, I ripped into my favorite candy, and that was it. So what we're doing here for the Pound for Pound rankings this week, last week we did Halloween movies.

This week we'll be doing Halloween candy, Pound for Pound, that you get most excited when you see it drop out of your bag, when you see someone come to the door, and they're like, oh, great costume. It's like, shut up, lady.

Just give me the damn candy. And when she plops one of those in your bag you're just like let's go so i judge if you don't have good candy that you're giving out yes that is like that i'm i'm the kid who used to like know the houses like i'd be like oh that was now last year they gave the off-brand candy we're going to this house this is the way that you profiled yeah hell yeah we profile no it's not profiling no they, it's profiling. No, they gave me the data already. They gave me exactly what candy that they're giving out. I know from now on.

Now I just need to go to the different ones. It's about to get... I could have gone 10 deep on this easy. I think it's about to get hot and heavy in here. I can't go 10 because I feel like it falls off after five. All right. Truly. Then Rick, you take the honors.

You kick us off. Your top five pound for pound rankings of Halloween candy. Quick reminder, we start at five. We're going to start at five. Frank, don't try to produce let on air jordan let on air jordan look at that skull for halloween could have done one instead of red but you know production what you know the budget's tight the the let's say the design is looking couldn't afford the orange but it is what it is um starting with uh last week's list the halloween movies i felt good about it like i felt like i had a really good list i mean the Halloween movies, I felt good about it. I felt like I had a really

good list. I mean, the people who responded obviously felt like mine was the best as well. This one I feel like is unassailable. If your list or Frank's list differs from my list, you need to explain yourselves because this is the definitive list. Okay, here we go. Number five, we're going with Sour Patch.

Auto. Easy. Love it. No argument from me. There it is. Sour Patch Kids. Favorite color of Sour Patch. Auto. Easy. Wow. Love it. No argument for me. There it is. Sour Patch Kids. Favorite color of Sour Patch Kids? That's a good one. I kind of love them all. Blue is solid. I've always been a good contender.

Blue team, Delta. Delta Blue team. I'm kind of boring. On most fruity candy, red, if it's cherry or strawberry, going to be like my one. So I'll go there. But I will say blue as a new entrant is quite good. Are you a one by one

or are you a dump it all and shove it in the mouth? I'm a one by one. I don't like, as we talked about, like sandwiches, salads. I don't like mixing too many flavors. I want to taste each individual piece. So I'm tasting one at a time.

Sour Patch. If this is not on somebody's list, we're going to have to have a conversation. I believe I had Twix next. I'm actually doing at a time Sour Patch, if this is not on somebody's list We're going to have to have a conversation I believe I had Twix next I'm actually doing this from your face If you The Perfect mixture of the caramel

The nougat and the chocolate together The crunch The texture is perfect The ridges on the top of the chocolate Is perfect This is a nearly perfect piece of candy But there are actually pieces of candy that I have above this The texture is perfect. The ridges on the top of the chocolate is perfect. This is a nearly perfect piece of candy, but there are actually pieces of candy that I have above this, so you will see the piece of candy.

From the top down. End to end? Yeah, do you stick it, profile, eat it? You're saying you would eat the top layer? This is based on your, I don't like to have mixed things. I've been wanting to eat the caramel. Don't get crazy. Then the cookie. No duh we're eating it like a normal person and all i mean the man dressed up as a cow and i'm dressed as mudank um number three we're going twizzler now this is

important twizzler at three hold this is a shocker hold all right now i had no expectations for this this comes out of nowhere twizz. There's an important distinction here. On Air Jordan had to shorten it for graphics, but here's the important distinction. I think I know where you're going with this. Go ahead. Must be that individually wrapped plastic. Oh, because fuck the planet, right?

When you get the Twizzlers in the pack, the just, you know, what is it? 10, the 10 individual Twizzlers, and they're in the pack, they're hard. They're very hard. They don't have the right consistency. I still like them. And they're in the pack. They're hard. They're very hard. They don't have the right consistency. I still like them.

And licorice is great. Not black licorice. If you eat that, you're a horrible person. The licorice is great. But the individually wrapped ones in the single serve plastic. Now, are we talking like the strawberry ones or just the classic red ropes? No, see, there's the pack. When you open the pack that has the 10 individual pieces like this the the full size

you'd find at the supermarket or the the drugstore there's 10 in there but they're very they're very stiff they're very hard the ones that come out around halloween time the ones that are individually wrapped that they give out they're very soft the. The perfect, the perfect chewiness. They are the ultimate Twizzler. And there's a big, big, big difference. Now, don't get me wrong. I like the other Twizzlers, but the individually wrapped Twizzler, that is the one. We're talking like the cherry flavored one? Yeah, yeah.

Or I think it's the strawberry one, but either way. Is it like this is what we're talking about here? That one right there. That exact one. Yeah, okay. Alright, Twizzler coming up. The pull-apart one? No, no. Pull-and-peel is different. Pull-and-peel is different.

I think they discontinued those. Yeah, we're not... We're fans. We'll eat them, but this is not the Halloween one. All right, next. Reese's Shapes. Now, here's the important...

Shapes? Here's the important... What's going on here? Important. Holiday shapes. Important. Holiday shapes. Ariel alluded to this earlier.

Also, Ariel alluded to it like he just discovered it as if they had for decades for the first time um every holiday whether it be easter whether it be christmas whether it be halloween reese's comes out with their shapes right it can be an egg it can be yeah yeah christmas tree christmas tree pumpkin heart they taste different they're they have a different texture they have a different consistency and so chocolates of peanut butter this this is the number two this is the one that is important all right there's a there's a distinction because number one is the reese's cup and if you don't have okay so we're going reese's cups and reese's shapes i'm not gonna lie man i've been completely thrown off here you were like this is the definitive list and we're

talking about specific type of twizzler and we're talking reishi shapes and reese's cups well here's the thing you will get all of those on halloween those those individually wrapped twizzlers like nobody's really like finding those like you can find them but more times than not they're in the halloween bags they're the ones that you're actually getting in your bag and the reese's shapes those are around holidays These are true Halloween candies Especially like the Reese's Shapes They taste different The cups and the shapes

Very different consistency Different taste when you put them into your mouth It's important because they're Number one and number two That's the important thing to distinguish here We actually have your dentist on the line right now And he is just shaking his head It's a Halloween candy ranking segment.

My dentist is a woman, and I'm going to see her tomorrow, and she's a lovely lady. We're playing this video for her. All right, Frankie. That list, I have to admit, that's a pretty solid list. Thank you, Frankie. It's a solid list. I thought you were going to run away with it.

You just play the favorites. Because I have a couple controversial ones on my list, and I can't wait to get to them. But before we do that, Frankie. What he just did was he played the Dodgers. He got to fifth inning and then just five runs. Yeah. I like it.

Yeah. I need my people who know that there's a difference between the shapes to weigh in. I actually do kind of agree that they do taste different. They taste different. But I didn't rank that. It's the gutter-respect ratio. All right, Frankie. It's your world, baby.

Oh, I was supposed to do this too good one all right so there's nothing really fancy about my list it's just a solid solid list um at number five we start with the all-time favorite you gotta get those okay gotta taste the rainbow i'm a big fan i'm a big fan great marketing that they did where it was like it's showering skittles as a kid i was like god one day yeah one day it's gonna happen sour no tropical after my first normal root canal i was like i'm never eating sour skittles again i gotta swear that i love i got a bad mouth sore when i was young because i ate so many sour skittles it does like it's abrasive you start to get to like ate a hot food type thing warheads too one time i had so many of those i

actually had to go to a doctor and like have a like get like shit in my mouth. Yeah, I mean I was housing them. I used to love them. That's a solid choice, Frankie. I'm a big fan. Next up,

foodie Tootsie Rolls. Oh boy. These are not these are not your mama's Tootsie Rolls. Yes, I know what you're talking about. The strawberry, the vanilla. Oh, Chris. No, no, no.

Okay, vanilla. That is not fruit. Thank God. Thank God you said vanilla about. The strawberry, the vanilla. No, no, no. Okay, vanilla. That is not fruit. Thank God. Thank God you said vanilla's out at least. Thank God. I don't even throw them back in the bag. I carry them back to the house that gave it to me. I throw it at their window.

I actually don't mind the vanilla Tootsie Roll. You've redeemed it. It's too high, but you've redeemed this as a selection. No, no, no. Fruity Tootsie Rolls, especially the lemon one. I get it. Lemon's very good. You're kind of on the verge of, is it a Starburst just rolled up as a Tootsie Roll?

Who cares? It's amazing. It's from Texas so am I. Shout out. Wow, Tootsie's based in Texas? Wow, I can't believe we're having this conversation. Have they changed the packaging since they started in like 1912? No, absolutely not. Tootsie. Have you guys ever had Dots before? Yes. Okay, they're not on the list.

That's like an old person. Thank God. I actually like Dots too too. I'm gonna say the tracks of what I think of you. Some number three. This one was a tough one because there are two individually wrapped candies that you get at Halloween time, and you have to choose between

Smarties or Sweet Tarts. And I've chosen Sweet Tarts. Now, real quick, I'm actually thinking they used to come in a little paper thing. You tear it, and you get three of them inside, different colors. Then they were watching what Smartarts. Now, real quick, I'm actually thinking they used to come in a little paper thing. You tear it and you get three of them inside, different colors. Then they were watching what Smarties was doing. And like, oh, that's genius. You got to have the Mylar plastic and twist the ends.

And they've been doing that. So now it's like, do I do the Smarties or do I do the Sweet Tarts? Always Sweet Tart Ford. Smarties, if that's all that's left. Sweet Tarts, my favorite, the chewy ones. I absolutely love those. Number two, have you ever smoked the Smarties before? Oh, yeah, of course. I don't like

ripping a Smarties heater. Takes the edge off, fifth grade and whatnot. Alright, I can't hate taking the edge off. If you're hungry, why wait? Eat a frickin' Snickers. Oh, my gosh. I thought you were about to go now and later. For a balance. I thought you were about to go now and later. I really, for a second, I thought you were about to go now and later at two, and I was

going to lose my shit, Frank. Snickers, respect. That's a solid choice. Snickers is very solid. You get the nougat, the caramel, the peanuts, the chocolate. And then here's a little, this is not actually on the list, but Snickers ice cream bars. Oh, my. Those are separate, though.

Definitely are separate. Have the fun size Snickers got even smaller. I feel like there was the fun size and it was about this big. They got more fun. Yeah,

now it's like half that. It's literally a square. They're ripping us off. This needs to be brought up in the next presidential debate. What I love about Frank's list is a good combination of chocolate

and fruity candy. I'm a fan. Respect the menu. Every time you dip your hand in the bag. Don't talk about the menu anymore. Just keep going. So then, before we go on to the last one, I'm a fan. You've got to respect the menu. Every time you dip your hand in the bag. Don't talk about the menu anymore. Just keep going. So then, before we go on to the last one,

I also want to shout out Snickers Blizzard from Dairy Queen. Like, oh, my gosh. Yeah, man, they're great, dude. We really like Snickers. What's your number one? What's your number one? Actually, number one is Snickers as well. Snickers ice cream products.

No, number one, I don't know how popular this candy is, but when I first had it, it never changed. These are Zowers. Zowers are from the Mike and Ike family. Okay, time out. Never heard of them. Time out. Time out.

Time out. Oh, it's like Mike and Ike's. Oh, they're like sour Mike and Ike's? They are amazing. I think they are a gift from the Magi. We're going to have to have a conversation because that's actually my favorite candy wow now it's not a halloween candy because nobody gives that shit out hey rick but it is how often do you get mike and ike zowers in the halloween Jesus like people honestly you get them in the little individual yellow bags those people i never

seen i mow their lawn i'm like do you need me to babysit the kids what's going on like that's how you win favor with Mysterious Frank. Even have gotten giant boxes of Sours for my birthday. Like, it's an all-year thing, but on Halloween, that's how you know who your real neighbors are. Okay, so I've never gotten it. So to be clear, these are just the sour Mike and Ikes. I can't believe you were just degrading them to the sour Mike and Ikes. I mean, I'm looking at a box that says Mike and Ikes Sours. But here's a great thing about them.

You've never had them. Unlike the Sour Skittles, there's not just a ton of sugar on the outside of it. It does not cause those abrasions. It is just the sour flavor and taste. They go down smooth. You can suck on it and you'll get the flavor out. You've aced the candy pound for pound, Frank, but you failed the Halloween because nobody gives this out.

It's bullshit. I don't know what they do in Amityville. You're probably running for your life from house to house. Connor, you ever gotten Zowers? I've never even had Zowers, period. It's not my fault you guys have grown up in some weird neighborhood. I actually respect this list, man. Jordan, Jordan, shake your head yes or no.

No, never seen it. You or he just texted me plus one on Zowers. That shit is delicious. I get it for Halloween texted me plus one on zowers that shit is delicious hours for halloween and give them out on halloween every year shout out wow shout out to sheen giving out the number one it was not a halloween i'm sorry that everyone has taken them by the time you get there because you're like oh i gotta have my laffy taffy or whatever zowers is a tremendous candy okay uh i that was better than you were expecting. You were kind of selling it like we were really going to hate it.

I think it's just clear that you like... No, you guys were shitting on it before I even... You were like, no one's going to like it. I think it's just clear that you enjoy fruity, chewy stuff. Oh, really? You can tell that from the Snickers, the Snickers ice cream, the Snickers... And also pick stuff that's not Halloween stuff. You opined about the Snickers, but also...

You got to respect the menu. You gotined about the Snickers, but also- You gotta respect the menu. You gotta respect the menu. Hashtag respect the menu. I think the only thing was the Tootsie Fruit Rolls. What the hell is it? Who doesn't like Fruity Tootsie Rolls? They're not top five.

They're not top five, unfortunately. You know what? You're not top five. That's fine. That's fine. They're good, but they're not top five. Mine's going to be the most controversial, then. I'm definitely going to get some hate.

I know I'm going to get some hate. I rolled up the sleeves for this one. If you've out-hipstered Frank, thisstered frank this is i haven't out hipstered five it's gonna be like the zowers they're definitely not my one um but i can go through these like an open bag is an empty bag of these they are the caramel apple lollipops like the green apple lollipop covered in caramel we have a picture of it for proof these things i can i can absolutely rip through these. Shout out another Tootsie product.

But yeah, every, I've probably had a hundred of these this month. I mean, I just like, I don't know why,

I just love them. I've seen them, never eaten them. Never eaten one. That looks like a charms pop with caramel. That's essentially what that is, right?

Essentially, yeah. It's a green apple lollipop covered in caramel. If we did 10 deep, this probably would have been an eight or nine, but I had to show it some respect

and put it on the list. it uh next up this this will absolutely be the most controversial opinion and i got a huge grin across my face uh when we heard this uh yesterday on the area hawani show oh one man might have bounty as number one and the other man might have bounty is shampoo and fuck is wrong with that person? You don't know about Bounty? We know Bounty. It's like an off-brand Almond Joy without the almond. You guys don't know Bounty?

It's disgusting. Yes, Pete's better. Thank you, my brother. Number four, Almond Joy's, baby. Give me that almond. Give me the coconut. Cover it in chocolate And serve it up I get it

I get why you can hate it You probably don't like coconut I absolutely love coconut I love everything tropical That's why I'm going to A tropical destination This weekend Pineapple on pizza

I like Almond joys Absolutely love it And you know what's so special About it at Halloween time If you're making trades With your friends Everyone hates almond joys

So I could I could be like You could snatch. So I could be like. You could snatch it up. I could be like, you want to, how about one three musketeer for four Almond Joys? And people are like, sure thing. And I was just like, this is scamming at this point. I mean, this is unbelievable. Yeah, you're getting scammed.

Love coconut, love chocolate, love Almond Joys. And I'm going to just zoom the whole thing in the mouth. Almond Joys, I'll eat even not it. What about Bounty? Is Bounty like comparable? Bounty is not comparable. First of all the whole thing in the mouth. Almond joists, I'll eat even not it. What about Bounty? Is Bounty comparable? Bounty's not comparable. First of all, Bounty needs to upgrade the packaging. If you've never seen Bounty.

I only know paper towels. I don't know what Bounty candy is. This is what it looks like. It looks like someone made it in like. Oh, paper towels. Yeah, paper towels. It looks like someone made it in like clip art or something like that. I mean, it's just like the worst thing ever.

But that is just straight. That's just coconut. Yeah, it's like mounds. So you know, mounds doesn't have the almond in it. They're nuts, yeah. And it's dark chocolate. Yeah, it's garbage. I also enjoy mounds.

I'm sure we're going to post this on social afterward. I know I'm going to get absolutely shit on. You're going to get people who love it, and you're going to get people who hate it. That is the candy. Polar. You either love them or you hate them. I love them. Almond Joys, number four. Now let's get into the top three, which I feel like are inarguable. Coming in at number three, it's like what you said, Twix. You get the cookies. You get the caramel. You get the chocolate. I will

eat a Twix. Halloween, I will eat a Twix. July 4th, I will eat a Twix. On Easter, I will eat a Twix. Any day of the week, it doesn't have to just be Halloween, but when you get them thrown in the bag, when people are just, whoop, Twix, I'm just like, yes, sir. Absolutely love Twix. You get two of them sometimes if you get the full size. Shout out to people like that.

Go to Helwani's house. Yeah, shout out to that. Number two, another one that you get two of that I absolutely cannot believe, didn't make any of y'all's list. It's an absolute classic, a staple on Halloween. Kit Kats. Can you give me a break?

Kit Kats, one of my favorite candy bars of all time. Also, I will seek these out outside of Halloween. If I'm in a store and they have a new flavor or something, I will cop the newest flavor. So many different flavors that you can get. Classic. You got green tea. Have you ever had green tea?

Oh, green tea. They're fantastic. Strawberry, peach peach they've got you know chocolate donut they i wow i didn't know they had these oh dude it's big in japan i like yeah the green tea i got my girlfriend visited japan the other year and she brought me back like 15 different flavors of kit kat there i love kit kats i love the crunch love the chocolate i can house kit Kit Kats. Like, king size. I could go through two of them. Absolutely love them. And number one, the fact that it didn't make your top five is just downright disrespectful, Frankie.

It's Rick's number one and two. Of course it is. Reese's Cups are the king. Are the king of Halloween candy. They got the colors orange and black down. The peanut butter, the chocolate. You see a Reese's Cup going to your bag, you're just like, that like that's getting automatic that is automatic getting eaten later uh and that's the rankings those those are my I feel like we all had pretty good lists I'll be honest like people are gonna

come after us I know that's fine I feel like we had good lists you know like Frank obviously did something you know um rogue last week um this week I feel like he definitely came correct and represented sweet tarts feels like a weird inclusion. The Fruity Tootsie Rolls feels like a weird inclusion. But Skittles, Snickers, Zowers is like super money. The biggest problem is like we had to have unanimous number one because there is no alternative. It's Reese's for me.

It's number one. There is no – this is not a – number one was already filled in. There was nothing to debate. Then two through five, we could have a conversation about. I feel very good about my one through three. I knew four and five were going to create controversy,

but I just love them. I had to have them in there just to pay respect to not only the candies, but also to myself as a man that, you know, you got to stand on your pride and on your business and all I'm enjoying caramel apple pops. I will back up to the day I die.

Some ones that we didn't mention that I think a lot of people are going to bring up. I would have had Kit Kat right under in this territory. I love Milky Ways. And one that I would get a lot on Halloween that I would never really see, the Midnight Milky Way. Yeah, the dark. Love the name. Love the dark.

Love everything about it. One that I never eat unless it's Halloween, Three Musketeers. Yeah, same. Love Three Musketeers. Only would ever eat them on Halloween. What else are we missing? I mean, there's all kinds of lollipops, right? You get a lot of Tootsie Pops.

You get a lot of Charms Pops. I'm a big Charms Pop guy. One thing I noticed about yours, you're very chocolate. Do you like fruity? I like fruity stuff, but I'm just such a... You're more chocolate. Butterfingers. Someone just threw those in the chat.

That barely missed my top five. Butterfingers are unbelievable. I absolutely love them. Wow. Gav's saying this is an old man list from Rick and GC. Are the young kids eating other candies? That barely missed my top five. Butterfingers are unbelievable. I absolutely love them. Wow, Gav's saying this is an old man list from Rick and GC. Are the young kids eating other candies? I thought these were. If Reese's ain't your.

Yo, Brandon QFG throwing in a hundred grand bar. Another candy I only eat on Halloween. Mad respect. These are all great, but they can't be the top five. They can't be the grail. I agree with you. Butterfinger and a hundred grand are fantastic. Crunch, crunch bars. I love a crunch bar. Get those down in there. They're on your way to Chris playing bingo or be the Grail. I agree with you. Butterfinger and 100 Grand are fantastic. Crunch? Crunch bars? I love a Crunch bar. Get those down in there.

Playing bingo or on the way back? Oh yeah, Frank. You eat Tootsie Roll, the fruit Tootsie Roll. That's the oldest person I've ever heard. You wouldn't understand. What did you want? You want some, what is it? Orther's Originals or whatever? Orther's Originals? On Air Jordan asked me

to throw a quick list a ounce for ounce rankings of Halloween candy these are the worst surprise list do we I I got to just say a number five I actually those little suckers they're like apple flavored government caramel I don't know

what they are called disgusting I don't know and like I called. Oh, caramel apple pops. Disgusting. I don't know. These are the worst candies? That's what we're working? Oh, okay. And I love coconut, fresh coconut, coconut water, shout out. But don't cover that shit in chocolate. Almond Joy at number four, like, get out of here.

You know, and then I actually respect having a good chocolate nougat caramel, but don't put the cookie in there. And if you do, I don't need two of them. What the hell is this Twitch thing? What we're leading up to is about to be a debacle. I don't need a twin pack. Just give me one. I'm good.

I'll move on to Snickers, something respectable. And then. Yeah, keep going. Number two is kind of the same thing because there's two of them. I don't understand. But Kit Kats? Like, what the hell are we talking about? Like, basically a Twix in disguise.

And then number one. This actually hurts my soul a little bit um yeah jordan you need a topic bar that says frank says yes frank is number one worst candy this however great bit by you frank but i really think it backfired on the back we need to pause for one second because none of you specify that on halloween when you get the cups, they're the miniature cups. Again, the ratio is different. So what I'm thinking in my mind is you're basically just talking about one half of the dual pack that you could get year round. Show some respect to the mini Reese's cups. That's why it wasn't my number one because I just had to watch you guys fire up and flame out like this. You don't just get the mini Reese's cup.

You also get the individually packed one. By the time you get those home, they're so soft and gooey gooey no you got to get the little cups with the individual no you know absolutely perfect some other ones Swedish fish unbelievable M&M's when you get a nice M&M's could have been a peanut butter M&M's is comparable to Reese's here's the thing though a lot of these I'm not getting on Halloween right I'm not getting a pack of the peanut butter I'm getting the regular M&M's I would get a lot of I'm not getting a pack of the peanut butter. I'm getting the regular M&M's, but I'm not getting a pack of peanuts. I would get a lot of the other. Peanut butter is the grail, though.

Heath bars, I love Heath bars. The Heath Mini on Halloween, absolutely love it. What else are we forgetting? Nerds, love a good box of Nerds. Dump the whole thing in your mouth at once. I mean, they are, there's some great ones

that we're forgetting out there. I'm going through the chat right now. Three Musketeers. People love them. Swedish Fish. But we can all unanimously agree Reese's is number one, and Frank is a nut job for not having it there. Lifesavers. Lifesavers gummies.

Yeah. I mean, to not even have them in a top five is insane. Lifesavers gummies? They smell like pasta. Caramel, Mars, and Big Turk. I'm going to guess that guy's probably in the UK. Yeah, I don't know. I don't get any of those.

Gummy Nerds. How do we feel about Peeps? Do people like Peeps? No, and that's an Easter thing. I mean, it is, but they also have them at Halloween. You said you have a unicorn not long ago, right? I was actually surprised that's not on your list. Wait, me?

I thought it was you. I think it might have been Connor. Reese's Pieces. You get a rare take five or something in there? I truly considered number three being Reese's Pieces, but I thought maybe that might be a little bit of an overkill. What's him a call it? I like those.

Starburst? Starburst. Starburst and Skittles I feel like are... Sour Patch Kids plus Twizzly get the Sour Punch Straws. How do we feel about those?

Yeah, I'm down with Sour Punch Straws. I like those, but there's better Sour Straws than those. So when Connor's done knitting, he picks out a Sour Punch Straw.

Paydays? Where is this coming from? Yeah, what is this like old... I eat one of the most popular candies on Earth and I'm old. The best candy. Paydays. I only eat on earth, and I'm old. The best candy. Paydays.

I only eat on Halloween. Those are also good. Let's flip the script, though. Fuzzy peaches. Shout out the peach rings. Those I feel like are rare. Milk duds. Kind of chewy.

I'm not a milk dud guy. They get stuck in the teeth, but overall, taste-wise, worst Halloween candies? Almond Joy Mounds. Not even close. Crazy. I mean, that's just like a personal thing, but like actually getting like double bubble, like a piece of double bubble thrown in your bag,

it's just like, what the fuck are you doing, man? Please, you're offending me. Bazooka? No, gum. Let's skip the gum. Just skip all gum. I don't need the hard gum. I'm going to lose the...

Nah, skip the gum. Speaking of skipping, fruit. Don't give me fruit. I like fruit. Know your audience. You put a banana in my bag, I'm going to come back and keep your house. You don't give me fruit i like fruit know your audience you put a banana in my bag i'm i'm gonna come back and keep your house you don't like runts no that's not that's candy man it looked like fruit it looked like fruit but you give me an apple or something and be like an apple a day

keeps the doctor away i'm yeah i'm gonna ding dong ditch you later for sure i'm gonna be like dude i just know your audience what was what was a halloween like when you were let's say 15 what what were we doing was it eggs was it toilet paper was it ding dong what are we doing i was big on ding dong ditching uh and tping houses uh one eggs never the eggs or yes nah never the eggs just because like that really like caused some some real damage yeah we did um we were that's so what i would do is uh we would we would set up a video camera in the yard and ding dong ditch people and like film their reactions wow and content creation yeah content creation and one time the person saw

the camera and went out and grabbed it and we had to go and ring their doorbell and ask for the camera back it was get out it was bad you didn't just cut bait you were like we need to get this camera back one of my friends like 300 cameras it was oh my god it was bad and then what did they say oh they were pissed yeah they were just like are you serious like grow up blah blah blah told our parents all this yeah they gave it back but like they you know told our parents all that so the thing like this is rubber then we started tping people and like we got like the people woke up while we were tping the house and like they looked outside and so we ran and then we were like 15 and we got all cocky and rode by the next day on our bikes to like witness our work and they were outside cleaning it up and they just stared at us and

like 20 minutes later they called one of our dads and was just like hey i think uh your children like rolled us blah blah and they they knew and we were so busted it was bad yeah i got caught doing several things in high school i guess i wasn't that that's you weren't slick yeah yeah the camera planted where they could grab it was probably not a great move you know dude it was so dumb it was so dumb speaking of those old halloween days i woke up this morning to a uh a text from my dad uh and he was like, here's some pictures of Halloween through the years. I sent them to On Air Jordan. We got them. We can see some of these old school.

Look at that. 2006. The classic. Just throw on a Georgia jersey and be like, oh, yeah, I'm a Georgia fan. Who is the player that we're wearing? Matthew Stafford. That's how old this is. Is it?

Really? Matthew Stafford in college. That's whose jersey it is. Look at the braces. I mean, I'm looking slick. I'm looking good. What age? What age?

This would be 13. Wow. 13, like nice and young. Let's go to another one here. Oh, yeah. Look at that. This is like 11. Had some weight on me all the way on the left.

I don't know what I was here. A zombie Donovan McNabb? I'm not really sure what this was. You got Napoleon Dynamite. That's a great one. This was 05. Napoleon Dynamite was hot in the streets. So I was 12 when this was happening.

Yeah, you got whatever. I don't even know who that is in the middle. Did McNabb get injured in a game and hit his head or something? Is that what this is a reference to maybe? I don't know. And I actually don't even know who these other two kids are.

I can't even remember who was with me. That's these other two kids are. I don't, like I can't even remember who was with me. That's how long ago this was. This was almost 20 years ago. This actually like, this makes me sick to my stomach that this is how long it is. And I think this is 08.

There I am with one of my boys, Austin. I do know who that is. Shout out. Still in contact with him today. This is when I was like 14 or 15. Wizard? Wizard.

This is 08. The difference between 05 and 08 is, I mean, puberty was really hitting then. Yeah. But yeah, shout out. Some old Halloween pictures. I love that. Always been in the Halloween spirit. Wizard football players.

The easy things to get to. What other is some shitty Halloween? Whoppers, I hate. Can't do them. Candy corn. Circus peanuts. Does anyone really give out circus peanuts uh i hope not those are like styrofoam uh but yeah that's it pound for pound rankings those

will get contentious in the comments some people are gonna be like i cannot believe this list it's the worst list i've ever seen in my entire life uh sorry i was getting uh i was getting a message from on air jordan so what's he saying what's up what's up jordan is jordan gonna speak speak now forever all your peace jordan no he's not i was saying i was responding oh haymakers yes yeah so if we want to yeah jordan uh doing the producing back there has got a graphic haymakers posted about balal muhammad's injury saying that balal muhammad is reportedly out of his title offense via al zalino shout out and look who is the top comment with a telephone emoji

alex polaton perera i actually have that it's funny that you said that. I have that up right now on my screen. Call Peloton? That's the move. I mean, it was the move before. It's the move now. Is it too soon? Like, is this the version of that fight we want ultimately? Probably not, right?

We'd like to see Alex at full strength. We'd like to see Magomed not, you know, fresh off a fight. And maybe we have a little more time between it but with limited options and on the magical run of short notice fights that alex perera is on so here's why not here's my argument for you you unload the clip you you break the bank for it you get an amount of money where he can't say no because if it pays off if he wins like the star power not only does he save this pay-per-view but the star power that will come from it would just be so and you get the magomed fight out of the way which i think they're they don't love the idea of doing but like he is the deserving title contender you get that fight out of the way just like that you have one of the greatest years in ufc history i mean it's just like

if you do it if you got it done anyone would be unbelievable. And you would have like a super duper, uber duper, duper star on your hands. Here's the other thing. You put yourself on a nice little timeline that if you expedite this and you get it done in December, one month ago, John Jones and Stipe Miocic would have handled their heavyweight business. And now you're closely aligned with a timeline that could put Alex Per in the cage with John Jones, assuming he wins a shout out to Stipe Miocic and all the reports that Ariel is hearing that Stipe is like locked in or Tom Aspinall. And now you don't have to worry about clearing the Magomed and Kalayev

hurdle that is potentially behind you. If you, if you're successful and you've now entered a conversation where you can move up to heavyweight and fight for one of those titles. Feels like the dice roll, the gamble is probably worth it. Yeah, you do this and then you say, not only are we going to give you all this money, we're also going to give you either Jon Jones

or you're either going to give Jon Jones or Tom Aspinall next. Or shit, I mean, maybe even Hamzat Shemaev comes up to 205. Either way, you just promise the guy essentially a mega fight for his next one. Take your time off.

Come back. And also, those are not dependent on him being champion, potentially, right? Yep. Come back International Fight Week. Fight then. Get your time off. But yeah, call Poiton.

Producer Jordan is also telling me we have a response from Kamaru Usman as well. Oh, he's looking for a call. Oh, he's saying... We ran through the rankings, right? Oh, yeah. He was one or two, I believe. Usman versus Shavkat?

Yeah. Where was he ranked? I don't hate that. Talk about being a gamer. Talk about being a BM. Yeah, he did it against Hamza. And then he steps up and takes this. Yeah, Kamaru Usman

is number two right now. Yeah, just number two. In front of Shavkat Rakhmanov. I don't hate that. Former champ. That feels like a pay-per-view main event to me. Starring his own, right?

Yep. That feels like a pay-per-view main event to me. Interim title? I think they would have to put an interim up. Okay, so. If he was to do that.

Yeah, you get Kamaru Usman back and you say if you win, you get Bilal next. Yeah. I'm down. I like that. I don't hate it. Call Kamaru.

Call Poetan. The Poetan feels like a break glass in case of emergency. I think you can keep this welterweight. Then you get to have the shop cut fight. Then you get Kamaru in there and you get a little bit of a mainstream like star power. And then yeah, winter fights below that feels right now. If I'm below, am I going like,

geez, I just got this belt and they're making an interim title. But at the same time, like as long as it just signifies number one contendership i don't hate that direction i don't hate a kamaru and i definitely don't need if they call alex either so um limited options but the options that seem to be presenting themselves are interesting they are very interesting uh i'm gonna say that i want shavkat kamaru or oran. That's how I'm officially going on the record. All right.

Any more super chats, Frank, or any more questions in the chat? We do have a few things that we should probably address. Yeah, let's do it. Number one being that we got some new members. We have Efra Herrera, Amp315. Oh, shout out to Amp. Legend. Pooch.

Shout out to Pooch. Howard Disc Golf. Oh, yeah. And Malkabees. Thank you all for subscribing that's awesome a couple questions Alex B. asked any interest or any future plans to have an actual

fighter former or current do a regular segment on the show maybe a skill fight breakdown I would love that are we big enough to get a current or former fighter to commit to that we're still building here we're still kind of finding what the show is going to be ultimately and we big enough to get a current or former fighter to commit to that? We're still building here.

We're still kind of finding what the show is going to be ultimately. And we're trying to go through that with you guys on the journey. Suggestions like that, always welcome. I think that'd be a great idea. But yeah, we're definitely open to that. We're having conversations about what we think guests could be and how we're trying to mix that in. So yeah, more feedback, the better. In consideration, would not be opposed to that please feedback tweet us yeah chat us tell us how shitty we are uh derek the dad asked what is your favorite halloween costume ever might be this one man this is this is multiple pieces across uh many different shops

with the custom belt i you know i feel like when i was a kid i i like kind of worked with what i had um i was scream a couple times one time i was i had to scream with the mask that you could pump the blood yeah ghost face ghost face with you could pump the blood under the robe and the blood would would go down the mask uh that was always pretty cool uh but yeah it was kind of like football players and wizards and like just like kind of makes you stuff now that i'm older and can like afford real costumes like i feel like i can do cooler stuff i was a nun one year that one went over well like people like the nun outfit um when i was a kid i did a lot of ghost face ghost face was a regular

one because most of my halloweens were not trick-or-treating like by The age of 10 it was just us Like going around causing havoc in the neighborhood I kind of stopped with the candy and was just Like I think like third probably like 14 15 maybe was my last year Trick-or-treating I wanted to spend so much More time throwing eggs at people's houses And throwing toilet paper

I was I was a real piece of Piece of work I was gonna use a different work. I was going to use a different word. So the costumes weren't as important, but Ghostface was a good one because it's kind of light and you're covered and nobody's going to know who you are anyway.

What about you, Frankie? One year, I was Rick Brunson. Oh, nice. Little known basketball player. My original AOL screen name was Slick Rick Brunson. Oh, I love it. Love it. Love hearing people's AOL names. Turns out Slick Rick Brunson Love hearing people say AOL Turns out Jalen Brunson

His son is actually like a Fucking tremendous basketball player Random Frank I dressed up as a pumpkin once Oh that is good We have one from LazyBed Says

Oh it's not actually a question it's just a declarative statement uh rick get out of town wild list oh rick get out of town wild list i feel like mine's pretty safe i could have gone more i think that's what you were actually going for i can't i can't wait to read the comments too safe well okay very that's fair enough then if that's the criticism i can i can accept that but like rhes Reese's, I mean, come on. I can't wait to read the comments on these lists. Alex Hurst asks if Alex is ensuring he gets Fighter of the Year. If he does it, yes.

I mean, yes, of course he guarantees Fighter of the Year if he does this. I think win or lose. But I will say, I don't think he cares about about that i don't think that's why he would do it i don't think he's like i need to do this to get fighter of the year because elia won no i think they would give him a monstrous pay to agree with you um if he did it win or lose he's my vote but i mean he's already my vote but this would just further it uh shop got posted on on uh his instagram story him cheersing i i can't tell what he's drinking, either tea or beer. And it says, to Bilal's health. So shout out. I'm sure he's chilling today. There it

is. Yeah, shout out to Shafqat. He doesn't look too bothered by it. I guess he's just going to wait. He kind of seems BMFE in the way that if it's Kamaru Usman, he'll take it. If it's Ian Gary, he'll take it. He'll fight anyone. I definitely think he just wants an opportunity. Anything else, man? man yeah it looks great that's all i've got i mean let's snap a nice picture here throw the

hood on this is this is something i'll post uh you know later on this is uh look at us oh there is a request in the chat rick if you could just give us your best move oh yeah man i didn't even think to do it Is it deep? Is it Moo Moo I know one in the chat asked for that Oh

Couple great bits from you today Frank can you give me one? I feel like you're more attuned to it Your ear is better than mine Meow Jesus I knew it was you that did the cat back at the MMA. We discovered it.

Yafet clarifies that that is tea. He's drinking tea. He's not drinking alcohol or anything. So, shout out to Shopcock. Grasply Firmit.

Oh, instead of Firmly Grasp it, shout out to Patrick from Swindrob. Is Conor McGregor totally out of the picture? He was asking to fight in 2024.

For December? Yeah, he's good, bro. Olajuwon Dream wants to know, this is a super chat. Shout out Olajuwon Dream. GC, can we get the DraftKings League back? Question mark, question mark.

So that's two question marks. Yep. I mean, I'm a big, actually it was a question mark exclamation point. Two Canadian dollars, thanks so much, Olajuwon Dream,

absolute legend. Yeah, we can work on it. We can work on it. I guess it would be a boys in the back. I mean, if we're breaking the fourth wall here, like we had a deal with DraftKings. Yeah. DraftKings was

the title sponsor of the MMA Hour. And they're no longer the sponsor. Maybe there's somebody else who can bring it back to us. Maybe there's another fantasy company out there. Yeah. But not out of the question. Again, we could do something in the interim if you guys are interested in it. So we'll look into that. Is Rick, is his custom some play on the words of bull cow?

I don't get it. Nope. It's Mu Dang. That's a Luau Dang jersey. What did he say? Bull cow? Bull cow. Bull cow.

Bull cow. Yao Ming? Yao Ming? Yeah. Someone said you should have worn the jersey backwards. No, because I feel like I said, whose jersey is this? You guessed it right off bat. Number nine Bulls is like a pretty like known, like the Luol Deng jersey was there for a long time.

This was funny. Thank you. I workshopped this with a few friends. I was like, what do you think? You know, this is good because pun can be dicey. Like if it's not good, they gave me the thumbs up, so I felt confident doing it. Rick, why did you not come to Dorney Park last weekend?

Did I not come to Dorney Park? See, not every question on the chat's a banger. I don't have any plans to go to Dorney Park. I like Dorney Park. Why didn't you come to Dorney Park last weekend? That's from Goons and Gaffs. I don't know. I like Dorney Park, though.

I've been many times. I used to go to a day camp called americamp and one of the main trips that we would take we would take like day trips every once in a while and return home late at night and one of them was dorney park the roller coasters were tremendous i'm a fan uh but i just never had plans to go there this weekend uh derrick the dad said that uh your cat impression sounded like a homeless cat, Frankie. Never heard of him. Shout out to Derek, the dad. Legendary Nine, you're fat. Yeah.

Respects the Llewell Deng jersey. Yeah, Deng's a G. Frankie serving up dishes at P.F. Chang. Shout out to ASAPOX3. Oh, man. Brandon QFG thought it was a Kirk Heinrich jersey. Legend. Was he nine?

I don't know, actually. No, because didn't Heinrich and Deng play together? I don't think he was nine, was he? I only know Kirk Heinrich from his... Wasn't he like 12 or something? I don't know. I think he was 12. Yeah, I think he probably was.

I only know him from his Hawks days. Yeah, Jordan confirming. I mean, come on. Like, the players from your age 15 to 25 jersey numbers, we're going to know that off rip. Come on. Nine? Get it right.

This is Luol. Someone asked me when my twin is fighting, obviously referring to one Guram Kutaladze. Is he booked? I actually don't think he's booked. I need to get him on the horn and see how twin is doing. Rajon Rondo reminds me of uh that was later yeah that was later years but that would have been celtics guys i mean come on it's it's a dang jersey and

by the way this is like i ordered this off ebay authentic from the adidas era like solid jersey i'm impressed it is no ad on it and the shine is nice no on it. That's all it is. 24-inch Dubs says that he was listening to the show in his company lunchroom, and his co-worker said that Frank's list was bad, bad. Yes, very bad. Very, very bad. I agree. I agree. All right.

I think that'll just about do it here for the boys in the back on this Halloween edition. You've got kids to go trick-or-treat with. What's the costume for this evening? I said it's going to be crayon box, and the kids and the wife are crayons. Crayola or Rosal? Crayola. No, we don't do that. Get out of here with the Rosal.

Thank you. We don't do the Rosal. Brand Q of G thoughts on the World Series this year? What an abomination that was from the Yankees. I like Jordan's thoughts. Jordan, throw up a topic bar with some thoughts on the Yankees. That fifth inning was absolutely horrendous last

night. I couldn't believe my eyes, and I'm not even a Yankees fan. It was so bad. The judge dropped over to third, botched it. Garrett Cole not getting to first. Rizzo not getting to first. It was bad. They could be up 3-2 right now instead of at home having lost. Yeah, I have a lot of Yankees friends, and I

have a group chat that's like a lot of Yankees, Kn giants fans and uh on air jordan doesn't need to recap um of the fifth inning yeah it was it was pretty brutal um shout out to my guy v shaw my heart breaks for you he's he's the most diehard yankees fan i know um but let's just have a judge conversation i mean i think it's time he had a great game last night until he dropped that ball clayton edwards asked if we can get a stone cold impression smash beers. I'm actually walking downstairs to get some beers right now to do just that. Don't want to mess up the studio here. Shout out to Elijah Wondream. 24 Inch Doves.

Brandon QFG. You're fat. Appreciate you, Washington. Beef Wellington. Great name. Graspley Furman. Another great name. Chris Garcia.

Fabo. Alex Knowles. Sir Spliffington. Fantastic name. Shout out to Sir Spliff, man. Shout out to everyone that watched, man. Shout, Sir Spliffington. Fantastic name. Shout out to Sir Spliff, man. Shout out to everyone that watched, man. Shout out to y'all. I hope y'all have a fantastic Halloween.

Happy Halloween. Hope y'all all enjoy trick or treating with your kids. Get some Reese's. We're almost there. I think we'll get some brews, Stone Cold. Going to Mexico this weekend. It's gonna be great. This fish is.

Thanks for watching. Happy Halloween, everybody. From the chat, baby. From the chat, baby! From the chat!