The Ariel Helwani Show - UFC 311 Post-Fight Show: Islam Makhachev and Merab Dvalishvili are unstoppable

Episode Date: January 19, 2025

On the UFC 311 Post-Fight Show, Ariel Helwani joins the Boys in the Back to  react to Islam Makhachev's dominant performance against Renato Moicano (06:21).Next, they discuss the co-main event, which saw Merab Dvalishvili finish strong to hand Umar Nurmagomedov his first career defeat (16:51).Ariel gives an update on Dana White's comments from the post-fight press conference, including his declaration that Arman Tsarukyan would not be next for Makhachev (25:56).They touch on Jiri Prochazka's highlight reel knockout of Jamahal Hill (32:40), before recapping the rest of the card (39:35). 

welcome in to the uncrowned post fight show this time for ufc 311 i am connor burks joined alongside me is my main man as always mr new New York Rick we just got done with UFC 311 Islam Makachev finishes Hanato Moikano in the very first round there was that one moment Hanato looked like he kind of clipped him and like there was a slip or a drop from Islam that was really the only moment and then Islam takes him down and there's a scramble. And then boom, Dar's over. Yeah, you have to appreciate what Hanato tried to do there was on Islam. Tried to seize his moment, was really aggressive with it. But Islam Makhachev is the number one pound for pound fighter on the planet for a reason.

Yeah, it's just like, this is what he was supposed to do. Minus 1300 favorite, I think, is what he closed at. You know, he's going up against the number 10 guy on 24 hours notice. That's what you're supposed to do. But a lot of the times, especially in a sport of mixed martial arts, what you're supposed to do doesn't always happen. Yeah. And you have to wonder if that was Armin Sarukian, what does that fight look like? But that will be for another day. That will be for another day. Speaking of for another day, do you think that is what is next for Islam Makhachev? I'm not sure. I hope so. I'll say it this way. I hope so. I hope that's the next fight for Islam Makhachev because I was very excited for that one. I think Armin is probably the number two guy in that division. But would I

be surprised if all of a sudden the calendar shakes out the way it shakes out and we see Charles Oliveira or we see Islam going to 170 or we see something else? I would not, right? Like there was an opportunity here. This fight has had a few kind of starts and stops, right? It was supposed to be last year and it gets pushed to now. Armin's out. He gets a new opponent to Moikano. I wouldn't be surprised if they go another direction. I hope it is not. I hope it is Armin Sarukian because I really need to see that rematch. Co-main event. Yeah.

Rob de Vellishvili, Umar Nurmagomedov. Marab comes alive the last three rounds, puts on an unbelievable performance, starts showboating, gets it done in hands. Umar, his first loss of the year. I mean, that was some of the most fun I've had watching a fight go to a decision in a long time. Yeah, same. And Murad tends to be the guy who goes to decision, but it's one of the craziest paces you'll ever see. He's an absolute animal. I don't know how many times I can watch this happen and just continue to wonder how can anybody stand up to that pace?

How can anybody be there standing opposite him in round five? No, I truly don't know who can because the resume that he is starting to put together is just simply insane. Yeah. We talked about it on the watch party,

but Marlon Marais, Jose Aldo, Piotr Jan, Henry Cejudo, Sean O'Malley, Hanzo, Martin Magomedov, his first loss of his career.

It truly is. It's just incredible what he's putting together. And at this point, it's just like, I don't know. I don't know who's going to beat him. ilia chimed in on social media congratulating his fellow countrymen oh this is on it this is on islam islam if i want to i can finish you

if i want to i can knock you out i'll make it look easy see you soon yeah so is ilia toporia mother of god could you imagine if Ilya Teporya says, I'm going to knock out Islam Makhachev, and he goes in there and does it, and he has a three-fight streak of Alexander Volkanovsky, Max Holloway, Islam Makhachev. You know, there was this guy. There was this guy. It was a while back. And he was this MMA fighter.

He was from Ireland, and he just took over 45. And then one day he just decided, you know what, I'm going to go up and get another belt at 55. And would you believe it? The guy actually did it. It's crazy to think about, but he did it. Do you think Ilya Islam is bigger than Armin Islam?

Yes, but I think Ilya still has some work to do at 45, if I'm being honest. All right, let's bring in, it's not just us here. Let's bring in our man, Mr. Ariel Helwani, who is watching as well from his home. Ariel, Islam Makachev, first round finish, makes it look borderline easy. He's giving us a, I feel like he wants some pleasantries. He wants some like, how are you, man? Hello, how are you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow, no foreplay. What's the foreplay? The energy is the foreplay. Hi, how are you? Hey, how you doing, man? What a night. It's a great time to be here.

You guys had a great time. You guys did an incredible job. Everyone's doing good. Can I break the fourth wall? You're like, treat it like an interview. You don't toss me. No, I mean, yes, obviously treat it like an interview, but we're friends. We've got to welcome him in.

Yes, you welcome him in. Ariel, it's so good to see you. Thank for joining us i'm sweating look at me i'm sweating because i'm sweating because of what we just witnessed that was incredible stuff i thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed that card uh a card that was uh you know a hit snake bit at the 11th hour and uh what about the the star of the show the mv of the event? If we're handing out MVP awards, the Intuit Dome. You nailed it. I was going to say, please give credit to that arena. It's unbelievable.

The Intuit Dome is an unbelievable facility. Not even when WWE held Raw there like 10 days ago or so, whatever it was, 14 days ago, they used like one-fourth of it. Yeah. That was unbelievable. That's like a mini sphere. You don't need to go to the sphere i was thinking like is an unbelievable it's it's not quite the world's most famous arena madison square garden easy fella bells and whistles i've never seen anything like that we were never seen anything like what we just saw tonight we were actually saying because we didn't have the expectations of the sphere like the sphere goals

were just like so high and so lofty because we didn't have those expectations it was like yo this place is incredible like they need to go there every time they go to la i mean if i if i'm crypto if i'm o'shea jackson i'm shaking my boots fans no this by the way this is what we thought barclay center was going to yes 100 be when they introduced it to New York. And everyone was like, uh-oh, MSG is in trouble. MSG obviously not in trouble. This facility, this arena might be the most impressive arena in North America or even in the world. That was incredible stuff.

So shout out to the Intuit Dome. Just absolutely beautiful. Shout out to Islam Khachev. You know what impresses me so much about Islam Khachev? There's multiple things. Number one, he took that fight. He didn't bat an eye. You know, I had some fun with the John Jones fans,

you know, over the weekend saying, look, back in 2012, John Jones said no to Chael Sonnen. And that was 10 days out. Here he is as champion taking a fight against Hinata Moikano on essentially 36 hours notice. He deserves all the credit in the world. And of course, he gets paid if he takes this fight. So yeah, sure. Great. You know, like he takes the fight, but this was an opportunity to get paid. It was an opportunity to fight. If he doesn't take the fight, he doesn't get paid. He doesn't fight. So that impresses me. Number two, the guy finishes fights. Eight of his last nine fights have been finished.

He doesn't just go out there and dominate. He has a different style, a more aggressive style, I think, than Khabib. He actually goes out there and finishes fights. He is so much fun to watch because the second he slapped that darts choke on, it's like old school pro wrestling. He's like an anaconda. You just knew that the fight was going to be over. Back-to-back darts choke wins.

The previous fight against Dustin Poirier in June in Newark wins via the same move. Obviously, it took him a little longer to get there. And by the way, the only decision win of his last nine fights was the Alexander Volkanovsky fight of the year, unbelievable back and forth, you know, war that we all remember and think of so fondly. So he's an incredible fighter. He steps up, he takes all comers. Very fun. He did what he had to do against the, you know, short notice replacement. But I do feel like I agree with you guys, Armin Tsurukian should be next. And I do think that the Armin Tsurukian should be next.

And I do think that the Armin Tsurukian fight would have been a lot more competitive. Does he ultimately win? Who knows? But I thought that fight was going five rounds. And I thought Armin had a very good chance in that fight. So to me, there's no real debate to be had as far as what is next. God bless Hinata Moikana for stepping up. He is so much fun.

A tale of two nights for him. If he fights Darius, I think he wins that fight via TKO in the first or second round. He steps up. He is so much fun. A tale of two nights for him. If he fights Darius, I think he wins that fight via TKO in the first or second round. He steps up. He dares to dream. He dreams big. He takes this fight. No knock on him. Dusts himself off. He's right back in the mix and, in fact, probably gets the rub as a result of this. But Islam versus Armin is the fight that has to happen. And hopefully we get to see it. We don't need to see it in the next few months. Um, you guys mentioned Abu Dhabi. It could even be that far away. It could be maybe around international fight week, but that to me is the fight that I need to see next. You mentioned like how he finishes fights, how funny is how aggressive he is. Like if you go

back through this eight of last nine finishing streak, and obviously you mentioned the bulk thing, the way he's getting it done back to-to-back D'Arce, then head kick and hammer fist against Volk, he arm triangle chokes Charles Oliveira, he ground and pounds Bobby Green, he Camaras Dan Hooker, he rear naked chokes Thiago Moises, and he arm triangle choke from half guard Drew Dober. Like, the variety

of finishes, the complete game, the way that he can finish you, is truly astounding. Like, I really believe we're watching the pound-for-pound number one guy in the world every time he steps in the octagon. It's incredible. I love that you said that. Go ahead, Ariel. No, no, no.

I was just going to say it's a great point. I still think it's a two horse race between him and Alex Pereira just because Alex Pereira is one of two or five. But honestly, I mean, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It matters. I think it matters. I mean, having this conversation is taking something away from Islam. Like, he is just so damn good.

And look, I'll be a thousand percent honest with you guys. When Khabib was climbing through the ranks and Islam is stumbling against Davi Ramos, and even when he, you know, dusts himself off, I didn't think that he would turn into Khabib 2.0 or potentially by the time all is said and done better than Khabib. He is on pace to be better than Khabib, A, because of his longevity. He's not going away anytime soon, but because he's doing things like this against the best in the division. And it's not his fault that Arma Tsuruki got hurt. You know, he's fighting whoever is being presented to him. Even when Rogan asks him who's next, he says, I'm the champ. I don't decide. Bring him on.

And so by the time it's all said and done, you can hang the Ramos slip up over his head, but the resume might end up being better than Khabib's, and that was not something that I thought was going to happen back in 2015-2016. I was just going to say,

he just set the record for most consecutive lightweight title defenses. It really is incredible what he's able to put together. Yeah, I got I was just going to say, like, he just set the record for most consecutive lightweight title defenses. It really is incredible what he's able to put together. Yeah. And in setting that, is it crazy to say that I think he's already better than Habib, that I think that the variety of finishes that he's been able to string together, that I think that the number of title defenses, that I think the ability to be both a striker and a grappler as needed. Let's call it what it is. He's standing there and trading punches with Dustin Poirier. It's not a grappling match and he's doing just as good as anybody's ever done. And when it, when it finally does hit the ground,

he's able to snatch up the choke for my money sitting here today. I think he's the best lightweight who's ever lived. Oh man, you know, this is tough. And obviously that means a lot coming from a lifelong BJ Penn fan who, when he was at the top of the lightweight division, I thought that he was the best pound for pound fighter in the world for a brief moment there. So I don't know. And quite frankly, I don't even want to get into the weeds with all of this. You guys are talking about 170. I'm way more interested in Ilya versus him as opposed to him at 170. And I don't think that's necessarily fair to Islam because he's already fought the 145 guy. And so he should have the opportunity to go up to 170. And I do think him versus Bilal would be a very competitive fight. And it's a fight that

we're never going to see because they're friends and training partners. But let's see what happens against Shafqat. He deserves that opportunity as well, but to me, the Ilya fight is a lot more interesting right now. Point is, that's not the fight that should happen next. It should be Armin, and I do think Armin has a solid chance against him, but there's clearly a pecking order at 155, and Moikano got a lot of credit for taking the fight on short notice. Islam deserves that credit as well. He didn't have to take the fight. And he went out there and didn't even sort of entertain the thought of giving this man some hope. There was that brief moment there, which ended up being a slip. They showed it on the broadcast. He didn't allow him to believe. I saw some people saying he looked nervous or he looked tentative. I didn't get that sense.

He just went out there to say, like, I'm not even going to give you a chance. I'm not even going to give you a glimmer of hope. It's supremely impressive. It's fun to watch. He finishes fights. And, like, he just saw his, you know, he just saw his teammate lose in devastating fashion in the co-main event. The guy's unflappable. Goes out there.

Does the job. Says all the right things. Doesn't bat an eye on to the next i just want to throw one thing out there for food for thought and and the adriano martin's boss like feels like a lifetime ago right but when you're comparing the i said davi ramos why did i say i always mix up davi ramos and adriano martin's for some reason adesanya and uh prayer always like oh yeah he's gonna be in a bar one day being like, I'd be like, if you're Adrian Martinez, you're just like, I'm pulling up the highlights.

It's like, yeah, dude, I beat this guy. I knocked him out flat, man. Yeah, that 27-1, I'm that one. But I say that to say, that feels like a lifetime ago, but that is the thing, right? That is the differentiating factor. When you look at Habib,

you go 29-0. That is the big, bright, bold thing. It's the same with Mayweather, right? 50-0, he has it. To bright, bold thing. It's the same with Mayweather, right? 50-0. He has it. To me, one way that you can counter that, that you can differentiate yourself, is that second title. And if Islam does not get that

opportunity, if Islam ends up never getting that, I would feel like we got shortchanged. Because I do think that would be something that would allow him to separate from the pack. I love the... Look, Ilya Teporia challenging for lightweight gold sounds great, but I do feel like I need to see Islam do that.

And I think he's earned that because he has already taken two against both. No, no, no. You're 100% right. That should happen before Ilya gets a shot at him. I'm just saying the fight that interests me more, the sexier fight is Ilya versus him as opposed to him versus Balal

or him versus Shavkat. But he has earned that. First things first though, it has to be Armin. Armin has to be at some point... No chance for Charles? Could it be Charles? I mean, Armin beat him. And I know he just got hurt, but Armin beat

him. I think it would have to be a circumstantial thing for Charles to get it over Armin. Yeah, it's all a subject of the schedule. It's just one of those words. I think we're all on the same page, though. Armin versus Islam is the most compelling. That is the one we want to see. We didn't get it tonight, but hopefully we get it next.

I do also want to mention that Adriano Martins beatinez beat donovan uh desmay back in march of 2024 so he's still active in in kong's fc2 so we're going rematch are we going rematch martinez sign him i mean we gotta avenge the loss islam come on i mean he was supposed to fight damir isma gulov that's a great fight shout out to damir I love to hear that he's still out there kicking. Yeah, that fight got canceled. And then he was supposed to fight Alexander Sarnofsky on December 27, 2024. And that fight got canceled at AMC Fight Nights 126. I was actually reading Kaposa's live blog of that one on X, and it was a late scratch.

They're pulling out because they know what that guy did to Islam. I mean, look, I wouldn't want to step in there either. Can we just talk about the list of places Martins has signed to fight

over the last few weeks or years? AMC Fight Nights 126, Alash Pride 100, Kongs FC2, Copa Norte de MMA 2021 finals Oh there's a little gap there Future FC10

Chudo Brazil Fight Nights Global And then UFC Jeez Louise Of all of those Guys been all over the place Of all of those different ones How many times do you think

In the pre-fight promo Be Islam Makachev They called him Davy Ramos No no not called him Davy Ramos How many times it's Only man to be Islamakhachev. No, no, not called him Davi Ramos. How many times it's only man to beat Islam Makhachev. That's what I'd put on my grave if I was him. I'm the one to beat Islam Makhachev.

Alright, so we're all in agreeance. Unbelievable performance. He did what he was supposed to do. We think that the Armin fight should be next. The co-main event tonight, Ariel. Rondo Valishvili, close first two rounds, and then he just starts pouring it on in 3, 4, and 5. And in my opinion, they were definitive and had him retain the belt.

What he's putting together, this resume is starting to really become insane by Murad Duvalishvili. What did you make of his performance tonight? Giving Umar his first loss, just insane. I don't know if I'm going to be able to go to bed tonight after witnessing that. It was unbelievable, truly, on so many different levels. Number one, you know, we've been talking about it ad nauseum. Murad Diwali Shafili was emotional. He was bothered. He was upset. He was pissed off. Chuck Mendenhall wrote this great piece about him. He

was still harping on it like 10 days before the fight. Seemed to have calmed down this week, which was a good sign. But I had it 20 to 18 for Umar and Magomedov going to the third, which differs from both of your scorecards. I believe you both had it for Murab, at least the first and the second. No, we had the first. We had 19-19 going into round three. All right, so I had a 2-0 Umar going into the third.

And two judges did as well. Yes. And then one judge, we're looking at it right now. And so I was very curious to hear, or at least to see how this would play out. By the way, I had heard that he had, someone close to Murab told me that regular people would have probably had their leg amputated if they had to deal with the staph infection that he had on his leg and he was just he was just like taping it up and going to practice also doing 10 rounds as john wood told you by the way right also as he alluded to a very very serious back. And so perhaps that's why he wanted a little bit more time in addition to the fact that he thought Umar didn't deserve the title shot.

Nevertheless, here he is. What an entrance. He's coming across like a superstar. And I'll be honest as well. I was worried for him. I was worried that if he lost this fight, UFC is never going to give him another title shot. Maybe they don't think he's markable. Maybe they think he's a pain in the ass. Maybe they don't like the videos. Maybe they didn't like the fact that he gave him a hard time with this fight.

This was do or die for Murab. Down two rounds to none. What does he do? He turns it all around. And it was really his cardio that I thought won the day. He goes for 30 takedowns, 30 takedowns in this fight. He lands seven of them. He beats GSP's record. Most takedowns landed in UFC history. Umar said that wasn't going to happen. And he just kept on coming. And it was very clear that Umar was getting tired.

Now, we find out afterwards, he said it. A picture is posted online. He broke his hand. And, you know, that shit happens. And it's bad luck for him. He looked great in those first two rounds. But Murab's a champion. Murab has won 12 in a row. GC, you tweeted out the resume. Like, the resume is just, it's unfathomable. And what is also unfathomable is the fact that this guy was such a massive underdog. I still couldn't believe it. It only occurred to me while we were talking to John Wood on Tuesday, I wrote to you guys in the middle of the interview. I was like, what's the line in this fight? Thinking that it would be, you know, maybe like minus 180 for Murab, minus 150 or plus 150, like a pick'em. I couldn't believe that he was this big of an underdog. And I don't know if it was the name, like what, what has Umar done and against who to suggest that he would just be that big of a favorite going up against Murad Dohaishvili, who has shown so few holes in his game against the very best bantamweights of all time?

It's a who's who. It's a murderer's row. And so, you know, he proved his point. He made a statement. Incredible comeback win. He may have had the fight of the year. He may be the fighter of the year, as was my prediction. May have had the promo of the year afterwards as well. That was just a virtuoso performance and shaking his hand and all that stuff. And I hope people start to appreciate Murad because he's a very likable guy, easy to root for, and he's an incredible fighter. Maybe he doesn't get the finishes that Islam does, but how do you not watch that fight in 25 minutes? If you have a friend who's on the fence about MMA, just say, just watch this for 25 minutes. This is the best of MMA. This is the

best of athleticism to have that kind of pace and cardio and a well-rounded skill set. I enjoyed every second of that. Both guys should be commended. I saw some people saying immediate rematch. I do not agree with that. I mean, he lost the fight fair and square. He needs a couple of wins.

I'd love to see it down the line, but immediate? No, that's crazy. A few things of what you said I tweeted out the resume of the last six fights for him which is just an unreal run that he's been on and I actually do think he is starting to get more respect I'm starting to see a lot of people responding

with this is a bantamweight goat run he's putting together an all-time run at 135 I feel like people are starting to respect him more and I think a bit of the showboating and the fun and just the dominance that he has people are starting to become more and more fans of him, especially the social media presence and everything like that. The second thing, the line.

I couldn't agree with you more, man. We, from the day that they dropped the line, I want to say he opened as like a plus 170. We were like, this is off. I will be betting on Murad Davalosvili. You cannot give me a guy on an 11 fight win streak who's beaten the best of the best of this division against a guy who has one top-10 win. Name aside, undefeated record aside, I'm going to take that any day of the week.

It ballooned all the way up to, like, plus 280, plus 290 on some sites. Just purely disrespectful. And then lastly, and kind of what I wanted to ask you guys, through the first two rounds, I want to use scored it 2018 for Umar, and we both had it 1919. And I i kept saying as we were watching it live i was like man it it feels like umar is up to the task of solving the puzzle of the ball she really kind of had him on the back foot he wasn't applying the pressure and just to see marab come alive like that in the last three rounds just the championship medal that he showed yeah through three four and five And like the showboating turns on and he just completely turned the tides and made it definitive

to retain his belt. To me, it just showed like who is going to be able to beat this guy at 135. It's just incredible. I think everyone thought that Umar would be the guy like despite the fact that he didn't have the resume or despite the fact that he didn't have, you know, maybe the longevity in the UFC, they thought that he would be that guy. And look, it's not easy to win two rounds against Murad Dolly Shafili. Most people don't win one round. Most people don't have that kind of success. Most people don't land a single takedown. I believe he landed two of 15. So there's something to be

said for that. And he is very young and he will be back and and and and he probably was pushed a lot you know just ask Bilal Muhammad or Murab himself like compare their resumes and how long it took for them to get title shots but um you saw Sean O'Malley there and uh they're very confident that this fight goes a lot different the next time around you look at the rankings and you just go down the line you know Peter Yan is out there we that fight. It was very one-sided. He said he was hurt. Corey Sanhagen out there needs to get back on track. Figueiredo needs to get back on track. Marlon Vera seems far from that title picture. Cejudo's fighting against Song Yedong. Saw it already. Song Yedong, like, I don't already. I don't know.

It seems like it's going to be Sean O'Malley. What's your level of interest in Sean O'Malley versus Murab at this point, guys? What do you think? Do you think that it's a sellable fight? Oh yeah, it's definitely sellable because I think you can sell the idea that Sean O'Malley has the knockout power to be the one

to beat Murab, and quite frankly, I think that's the only viable path, right? We have seen, we've now seen somebody whose wrestling is just as good, who's a decent striker like Marab is. And it just, by the time round five rolled around, it looked like it was a foregone conclusion. So I think you can sell them on the idea that like the dynamic striking of Sean O'Malley is the one path to victory to beat Marab. I just want to touch on something real quick we're talking about the disrespect we're talking about the the betting lines and the fans and all this stuff I don't think it's that much of a secret I honestly don't think it's like surprising and the and the reason

I'd point to is like the UFC has not treated him like the champion that he is the UFC has looked at him Dana White's calling him an idiot in multiple press conferences. When he wins, it's almost like the deflation of the Sean O'Malley balloon. This guy's been putting on great fights forever. Like I like, like it or leave it. Like this guy is the champion that maybe they didn't want, but that they need because he is going to control that division for a long, long time. And he's absolutely incredible. He's a showman. I don't care that he's going to decision because he's doing shit like he did tonight that should get fans on his side and then cutting incredible promos. He's got all the passion in the world. It's about time that he got he gets some respect that he deserves.

And I think tonight can be a turning point. I hope Dana White goes out there and says something quite nice about Murab Davalosvili. To the point you made, Ariel, it sounds like he was injured and he could have been the one to pull out of a fight, but never did because he's so motivated to be that champion and to defend against all comers. He didn't think Umar deserved this fight. What more could you ask for from a champion that Murab doesn't have? And so I think it's time that he earned this respect. But I'm not surprised that he's been disrespected this far because he's been disrespected by the UFC, if I'm being quite honest.

Yeah, no, 100%. And I heard that the road to making this fight was not a very pleasant one and not a very, I don't know, just not one that, you know, that, to your point, Murab was very happy with. He will be happy to know that he won the Fight of the Night award. Also, Yuri Prokhaska and Jalton Almeida won performances of the night bonuses. So that's obviously going to make him a little happier.

And it seemed like afterwards, you know, Dana and him had a nice little moment there, and he told him to go talk to Joe Rogan. So, I mean, how could you not be happy? He's so likable and he's so promotable and especially being such a big star over there in Georgia. Not to bounce around, but there's just a couple of interesting things that's going on right now during the press conference. Number one, Dana White has proclaimed that his number one pound for pound fighter is now Islam Makhachev. So congratulations to him and commiserations to one John Jones. But more interesting than that, in my opinion, is the fact that he has said to the media at the Post-Fight Press Conference that of a better word, punishing him for having to pull out. And that's tough. fighter to fight for the belt never got that title shot because he got injured not the night before but um very close to a title fight and here was armin sarukian um many many many moons later about to fight for the belt and and he loses it i i pray for his sake that he doesn't end up like

caro never getting to fight for a ufc title because of some freak injury you know i saw those videos of people saying oh it, it happened here. We don't know anything. By the way, at the press conference, he was like the biggest star of the whole damn show because everyone, there's so many Armenians in Los Angeles. That would be a bummer.

And Charles Olvera is back there, by the way, saying that he is next. So how would you feel about that? I'm fine with that, if I'm being honest. Next man up. Look, I don't like the politics of this. I don't like the idea that

Armin's losing his shot because he had to pull out of a fight because he was injured. That should be no stain on his record. Here, I'll put it this way. If you're going to fight Islam Makachev, you should be at the absolute peak of your skills. You should be 100, you should be 105% because that is the number one pound for pound fighter

on the planet. And you should not take that opportunity compromise. For the UFC to hold it against him, I don't love that. If you tell me that due to circumstances, Charles Oliveira is the one to get the shot, I'm not looking at this from the who does not get the shot perspective. From the getting a shot perspective, Charles was in the position to get this title shot

against Islam, got the cut, and then it ended up being Volk. He was in the same spot that Armin was, and he did not get the title shot next. He got the Armin fight. So ultimately, these days in the UFC, all this stuff is kind of on the table. There is no guarantee anymore. If you don't take the opportunity when it comes, there really is no guarantee. I'm okay ultimately with a Charles

shot. I would prefer Armin. And I do not think in under any circumstances, he should be penalized for not wanting to be compromised in a fight against the number one pound for pound fighter. You know what? That's actually a great point by you, Rick. I didn't even think of the Charles Oliveira being in the exact same situation, getting the cut and then not getting the title fight, and then had to fight Armin Sorokin. Yeah, it's a great point.

Actually, that makes me more okay with it now that I think about it. Yeah, it did suck for him. Yeah, but the difference... It sucked. It's the exact same position. Here's the difference. Dino white's not coming out and saying we will never give charles a shot he's not getting the next shot

he's not burying charles olivera charles got a cut and it moved on from there this feels personal this feels like hey we don't like that he did this and i'm going to make a point here i don't like that but i am ultimately okay if charles olivera gets the next shot i was gonna say it almost feels like the quote like he's gonna have to go back to the drawing board i don't like that, but I am ultimately okay if Charles Oliveira gets the next shot. I was going to say, it almost feels like the quote. He's going to have to go back to the drawing board. I don't want anyone to ever fight hurt ever. What's the drawing board? Explain that to me.

We went down with the doctor. Is he saying he was hurt and he just took it all the way to the last minute to pull out? I don't know. I don't know. And ultimately, Dana White's going to be the one to answer that. All right, so maybe Charles doesn't get it. Maybe he moves up to 170. I hope cooler heads prevail.

I'm very interested to see what the next fight for Islam Makhachev is now. There's got some time to figure this out. There's so much time. And he may say something today and then in a month changes his mind. What about this nugget saying that the initial gate was 9.5 million for this event, which is just absurd. And then after the main event changed, it shot up to 10.2, which is wild on two fronts.

Number one, the popular Armenian pulled out. And then number two, it somehow goes up when Moikano comes in. comes in like okay so what is that math um i'm not good is that 700 000 right sorry what were the numbers 9.5 to 10.2 that's 700 000 yeah yeah i mean crazy thought but should moicano get some of that yeah we kind of want money. We kind of want money. We kind of want money, man. Yeah, unfortunately. Some percentage of it. Silly.

Silly with this Armin stuff. But there's so much time between now and then. Again, and I continue to say this about the UFC thing. It's all calendar. It's all calendar now. Who's giving them a site fee? Where are they? Who can they headline with?

Come, let's say Islam doesn't fight till October, right? What if Charles isn't available october then it's going to be armin that's the craziest part what does the landscape of the ufc look like by the time october rolls around there's just no talent you can't you can't make statements like this now it's it's too soon okay so so we're gonna we're gonna obviously talk we're gonna have like a you know a day and a half or so to uh digest all this monday will come in We'll all be happy. The Bills will be going to the AFC Championship game. So let's save all that talk for later. Can we please talk...

You know, I loved seeing two things I loved about tonight. Well, about this point, many things I loved about tonight. A, your reaction to Yuri Prochaska's win. Connor Foggin. In particular, especially Andy going to the security cam shot there, getting the full scope of everything. The multiple, whatever samurai move that was. And then me getting texts from my nephews who are in high school being like, I love Yuri Prokhaska. And this is why people love this sport so much.

This is why people adore this sport so much for characters like Yuri who take us on this ride because there is no one like him in sports, right? The spirit, the intensity, the way he speaks. And then the story with the cancer patient who is inspired by him and he flies her out and he cuts his hair and he just makes you want to run through a wall

and root for the guy. And what a freaking fight. We all thought that that fight was going to be bananas. We thought it was going to be wacky. Everything from the walkout, them staring at each other, and you're seeing the moment here at the Wands. This is the young woman, Ashley, who we spoke to him about when that Reddit thread popped up the morning that he the WANs. This is the young woman, Ashley, who we spoke to him about when that

Reddit thread popped up the morning that he was on the show, which was fortuitous for us being able to get it over to him and we were able to connect with her. And I'm not suggesting that we had anything to do with it, but Rick did a tremendous job in connecting with her and getting her email and then sending it over to Yuri. But according to his manager, Tim Simpson, the wheels were already in motion and they were going to make it happen. But just so happy to see all of that. And just, I mean, remember when he was in studio

talking about the hair and how much the hair means to him? It's an antenna. For him to cut that off before a fight on fight week is a pretty massive deal. And then he goes out there and the walkout and he's staring and they're staring at each other. And the first round is insane. And the second round is insane.

I had a one-one going into the third and then he stops Jamal Hill in the third. He puts his hands up a little more than usual. Jamal took some massive shots. Yuri takes some massive shots. And here's Yuri who, you know, had the big comeback win at UFC 300, takes the short notice fight against Pereira in June,

gets knocked out. He's devastated. You know how much these losses mean to him. And this is what he does to Jamal Hill. Absolutely amazing. What a character. One of the all-time great characters. I just don't know how you can't love this guy.

Just like from what he does outside the octagon, just how unique of a person he is, his fighting does outside the octagon just how unique of a person he is his fighting style inside the octagon how chaotic he is he always puts on these unbelievable performances and wars whether he's a win lose or draw like it's going to be exciting all like all of his fights end by finish and it's in some insane fashion it's it's just like i every week i look forward to yuri prahashka fights and every week they deliver whether he's winning or losing. Every time he steps in the octagon, I am like emotional and hyped up and happy as a fight. Yeah, he's he's one of the most like energetic, intense, like he's he's just this enigma that I think people are drawn to.

He actually kind of reminds me of Alex Pereira to a certain degree where it's like, you're not getting a lot of language out of him. You're not getting the verbosity, but you can just identify with how singularly driven he is, how intense he is, how about it he is, right? Like the performances speak for themselves. I love Yuri and he's very unique. What do you do with him next? Because I have a suggestion.

I'd love to hear it. Khalil Roundtree. Oh boy. Down for that. That's fun. I'm down for Khalil Roundtree. That's fun. Khalil Roundtree versus Yuri would be absolutely batshit incredible.

It would be incredible. By the way, I tweeted this and people were like, no, no, no. Roundtree needs to fight someone else. I mean, Yuri's not getting the next title shot. By the way, in case you missed it, they announced March 8th, UFC 313. It is going to be Alex Pereira versus Mangumadankalive. It is going to be also Dan Hooker versus Justin Gaethje.

That was very fun. Do you guys think, by the way, that the UFC employee who leaked this is going to get banned for ruining the surprise or yeah well played well anyway uh it's great that they made that fight because that was the fight to make i'm talking about uncle live um versus perera but um remember on on on tuesday john wood told us that they were eyeing this fight for Roundtree's return. So, you know, let's see how Uri feels. But to me, that's the fight.

Uri lost to Pereira twice. Oli was coming off of a loss to Pereira. It could make sense, man. Winner gets another shot. I was just about to say the same thing. I got to be honest. I'd watch a third Uri and Alex fight. If he can get past Roundtree, I'm watching that again. If Roundtree can get past

Yuri, I'm watching that again. I'm down. I'm down. That feels like a rightful kind of number one contender after Magomed gets a shot if Alex can get past him. And if, honestly, if Magomed wins, like, I don't think Yuri is out of the question for the next title shot. I think that's possible. Did you see when they announced alex versus uh magomed and then they cut to yuri and it's just yuri and plinio just like grooving to tupac like these guys are just fucking loving life do you see them like wearing their what did i say oh yeah sorry that'd be a fucking scene too yuri and plinio well actually actually there was i was thinking of that because there was a video

that emerged afterwards of Alex doing an interview in the back and Yuri standing there just staring a hole through his chest in the back after the fight so yes I would love to see that too but I don't think it's obviously not happening next and then

who knows you'll have if Alex beats Magoman and by the way I saw some early lines did you see this but I don't think it's, I mean, it's obviously not happening next. And, and then who knows, you'll have, you know, if Alex beats Magomed, and by the way, I saw some early lines. Did you see this? No, no,

no. Alex underdog. Alex underdog. I have seen this. Not shocking to me. I think, I think, I think people are,

are overestimating what Magomed is going to do to him. All right. You want me to be honest? It's, it's kind of the same way as Merab. You're giving me plus money on Alex Pereira. I'm probably going to take it. Yes.

Probably going to take it, especially with a guy who is coming out there saying that he's not going to take him down and he's going to stand and strike with him because that is usually the worst plan of action you can take against Alex Pereira. This idea that like Magomed is this like double leg chasing like dude shooting for takedowns

for his life. He's not that guy. He's not that guy. He is not that guy. I honestly, is it possible that because he's of a region that is dominated by wrestlers, people are just equating him with that? Is that what's happening?

I think that's it. Yeah, I think that's exactly it. It's a wild thing. It took a long time. I'm just going to say it took a long time for Islam not to be seen as like, ah, he's just Habib. He's not anything like Habib. And, but, but because of the association, because of the region that he's from, it feels like everybody's Habib. He, they're

not, he's just not. Uh, we'll have plenty of time to, to run through all of this on Monday. So I don't want to, you know, do it twice essentially, but, um, let's quickly just run down and share some quick thoughts on some of the other fights. Our boy Action Bronson was locked in on Sergey Spivak versus Jelton Almeida, and he was freaking out early on. I was going to say he had some moments. He had some moments.

Yeah, he was freaking out when the polar bear was looking good. He said he got too cute. That was his assessment. He said Spivak got too cute. Spivak can take that one to the bank, bring that into the lab, and he'll be back. Ah,

man. He was looking good. That would have been a great shot. What was it like a plus 750 or something? Nah, he was like plus 350.

Half of our, I can't lie, half of our legs hit. Rob and Yuri. Yeah. Anyway, Jolton, I made it with the

first round stoppage. Just what the doctor ordered for him. Yeah. Tremendous win. What about RDR? Yeah, man. RDR looked great.

Reiner. Reiner de Ritter. I think I finally got it right. I actually have to spell it out. Just absolutely dominated Kevin Holland. I think this is what we were expecting from him in his debut against Gerald Mearshart. He looked great.

And Kevin Holland did not look good. Look. Safe to say? Yeah, it's Kevin Holland, though. It's Kevin Holland. It is what it is. This was a classic. This was a UFC striker grappler battle.

To his credit, Kevin Holland looked good once he got to the ground. He was attacking. He was defending pretty well. But when he was down there for too long and it became a submission trade game, he's never going to win that one. But if you're RDR, that's how you win that fight. I was just going to say,

RDR is just so nasty on the ground. The fact that he was able to get a takedown so quickly, it's a tough task for Kevin Holland to survive that for four full minutes or however long he had on the ground. My main thing is at the press conference, Kevin's like, let's not shoot for a takedown in the first three minutes. Let me get a couple minutes.

How long can this last? In terms of what? Holland trying to not get taken down? Yeah. And then getting taken down and losing? Like the gimmick of like, you know, I'm going to beat everyone, da-da-da-da-da, and then it just, I don't know.

It feels like it falls a little flat. Here's my question. Why does the UFC keep matching him up with people who are going to grapple him? Give this man a striker. Let him have some fun out there. Let him strike. This is not what I come to see Kevin Holland do. Let him strike.

There was the Delite fight prior. That was a weird one. Michael Page, Jack de la Maddalena. Give me more of those. Anyway, great win for RDR. Ronnie Barcelos. Holy shit. Can we talk about it, man?

Maybe the upset of the year. This could be the upset of the year from a gambling standpoint, right? Yeah, plus 750. I saw some books that had Peyton Talbot closing at minus 1,300. On the odds, it was almost like the equivalent of if an Atom Waikano had upset Islam Makhachev.

Yeah. On the odds. It was, so my wife is on a ski trip with these parents in our school. I got out of it to be here to do this and to watch in peace. And they happen to call me. Yes, I'm absolutely devastated. And they happen to call me. Yes, I'm absolutely devastated. And they happened to call me

right before this fight was going to start. So I said, you got to put on, they were watching the Commander's Lions game. You got to put on ESPN News. This guy's incredible. He's the future of this and that. So we all watch it together on FaceTime and they're like, this is the guy.

This is the guy. Cause he got thoroughly dominated. They were like, he was never really in it. Maybe some flashes here or there, but Barcelo, I mean, I was blown away by Barcelo's, his tenacity, his takedowns, his ground attack, obviously, you know, going for multiple submissions throughout. It just, I don't know. I don't know if Peyton was flat.

I'd be lying if I didn't say I thought about the hair a little bit and the aura comment. That was actually as soon as the fight ended, I looked at Rick. I was like, was it the hair? I don't know what it was. Honestly, it was so crazy to be that big of a favorite and to just get blanked like that. Like 30-27 and then a 30-26 thrown in there as well.

Heyoni gave it to him, man. He took the fight to him. and to just get blanked like that. Like 30-27 and then a 30-26 thrown in there as well. Like it was, Hayoni gave it to him, man. He took the fight to him. There was a couple moments here and there where Peyton looked like he might be putting something together. But overall, man, just the complete game from Hayoni Barcellos. It was just the definition of a veteran lesson.

If I'm going to take a glass half full approach. Okay, take it. Too much too soon, right? Like in a past life, in older times, he's not in the UFC facing a veteran of this caliber at this point in his career, right? And we saw other prospects lose on this card as well. This is the new UFC. People are coming through a contender series

and getting skyrocketed into these positions. Too much too soon. He can find the time. He's very, very young in this game. He just needs a little more experience. I think there are some moments that you can look at that fight and say, you see the skills. I know you're on FaceTime and people were not seeing the skills. I think you can look at that and say, I see the promise. I see the opportunity. I see the potential. I see if you get a little more cage time and there's some mistakes that you can easily, easily fix that there's something there. Now, will it ultimately be the rocket ship? No. But like, even think about a guy like Umar Nurmagomedov in the co-main event. The guy had not lost yet, and now he suffers defeat against the champion.

You can't go undefeated in MMA unless you're Habib. That's the guy. It just doesn't happen. It's almost better, in my opinion, to lose it early, learn the lessons, and then get to that opportunity later. So I'm still high. I still have Peyton Talbot's stock. I think this will be a real learning experience. And I think

he just needs to go against somebody who is more his level of experience in the next fight and not a veteran of this caliber. Riny Nakamura, another 9-0 bantamweight that lost tonight? Match him up? Get someone back in the winning column? Well, that's not a bad shout. You know everyone's going to be like, fraud check,

fraud check. Of course. I know you had to be getting it because a few people, I mean, I saw the chat blowing up because we had just gotten on the air when it happened and everyone was like, I want his boy getting fraud checked.

I think he's a fascinating guy. I mean, how could you just deny how good he looked in his previous fights? He's still supremely talented. He got completely dominated. But again, let's not forget it was once a time where davi ramos knocked out his samahacha you know forget about that shit davi ramos was in a bar tonight taking tequila shots and he's like i did that i knocked the guy

out play the highlight he must have been pretty drunk they were all like davi davi davi got carried out of the bar. There's people who miss the beginning. They're tuning in now. They're like, what are these casuals talking about? I need some time. I need some time to process Peyton. What about Azamat Bekoiev?

That was a scary knockout. That was a scary knockout. Yeah, but there was like five shots clearly to the back of the head. Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it was like so clean to the back of the head. I mean, I know these never get called, but... Right, yeah, that one is literally his fist is on the back of his head. Yes.

Like, there were two very clearly clean shots to the back of the head. I mean, he's a scary guy. He looks fantastic. Look at that shot right there. Golly. Yeah, that guy was great. Bogdan Guskov looked great as well. Really nice.

Grant Dawson has... Dude, Grant Dawson is starting to look very nice since that Bobby Green knockout, man. He's really starting to, like, not only get the takedowns, but apply pressure once he gets the takedowns. Isn't this the perfect, hey, Peyton Talbot, right? You can lose. It's not the end of it.

You've got plenty of time in this game. Look at Grant Dawson now. Got more experience putting it all together. Now he looks like the guy that we thought he could be. It's too early, but yeah, Grant Dawson doing great now. Yeah, no, very impressive and fun on the mic as well. Eileen Perez, also fun.

It's a unanimous decision. Five-five win streak for Aileen. Crazy. Big dog in this one. She was like a plus 200 in this one. She just keeps winning. Was she a plus 200? Wow.

Yeah. Carol Hosa was everyone's lock of the week, man. I think on Boys in the Back, we both heard that line and we're like, huh? I saw people playing Carol Hosa inside the distance, even though she's won every single fight in her entire career by decision. I saw people parlaying her up. She got bet down to minus 300 at one point this week. Yeah, Aileen Perez, women's bantamweight. What could go wrong with a minus 300 favorite?

Gafurov beat Nakamura, as you said, by decision. So Pudge beat Tertius. The Gafurov thing, it was kind of like the same thing as the Talbot. It was just like a beatdown. It wasn't even close. I think Nakamura got dropped like four times. They looked like the favorites, as you said earlier. Yeah, and Nakamura was like, he wasn't as big as Talbot,

but it was like minus 700 favorite, man. It was crazy. Yeah, and Gafurov, according to typology, plus 430. Yeah, man. Crazy. Ricky Turcios lost to Sobhaj. Our boy Action was very excited about that one because Bernardo represents Albania.

I believe he was born in Albania. And Tajir Ulambekov beat Clayton Carpenter to start off the night very strong for Team Nurmagomedov winning the unanimous decision. All in all, I thought a very fun night. Yeah, very fun night. Crescendoed. There was one point where Rick looked at me and he was like,

man, a lot of decisions tonight. I think it was actually we were going into the Bogdun fight. I was like, it's going to change right here. Get the finish. And then kind of started taking off from there. You get the surprising upset with Peyton Talbot. And then the main card was just... The main card was amazing. That a great fantastic it was it was a good way to start

the pay-per-view year for the ufc i i i do wonder in a sliding doors world what are we talking about here if that's a more kind of fought benil dariush and armin tsarouki and fought uh islam but uh we'll never know. And of course, we'd be remiss if we don't mention Darren Till's massive win over Anthony Taylor earlier today. Scary scene, guys. Afterwards, Anthony Taylor

collapsing as he was leaving the ring. Was put in a wheelchair, I was told, and medics had to check him out. And first he was going to go to the hospital, then he didn't go to was told, and medics had to check him out. First, he was going to go to the hospital. Then he didn't go to the hospital, and he actually just texted me like an hour ago because I asked him if he was okay, and he said he was doing much

better and was going to live to fight another day. Congratulations to Wade Plemons on winning his debut. Yeah, baby. Big Wade. He had some balls in there, man. He was looking good. He's got some range. He's got some range.

We're talking about him versus Chase DeMore. Oh, Plums versus DeMore? Sign me up, man. You know I'm in for that. And, of course, we're all in for KSI versus the footballer guy. Yeah. As they say, we will be there no matter what. That's a banger for sure.

That's the one for me. Yep. Yeah. You said it. It's two. Sorry. It's number one. You bank Ben two?

Oh, stop. KSI versus the guy I've heard of. KSI footballer one. Now what? Plem, the more four? Yeah, I think that's fair. Yeah, Borey, a Makachev three fair yeah yes that's my Aspinall Jones 5

yep Ariel important question for you yes who's the number one pound for pound fighter right I have an even better question after this who's the number one pound for the normal oh yours is the same question i thought i was going to get it out no i have a better question after you answer this

not a better but i have another question after you answer this uh right now right now i go with alex because alex has won belts in two weight classes if for me it was always alex one and and islam two i also am totally fine if you put always Alex one and Islam two. I also am totally fine if you put Islam one and I'm also totally fine if every time they fight, it's like in a way and Crawford and Usyk, you keep switching it. But because he has won

belts in two different weight classes in the UFC, I lean towards that. There is no wrong answer. There is no right answer. But gun no right answer. Okay. But gun to my head, yes. You say Pereira and then Islam. Where do you rank Marab DeLasvili?

We talk about how insane the resume is at this point. Where do we rank him pound for pound? You know what? That's actually an even better question. Thank you. I appreciate it. I think I put him three. Okay.

Over Ilya. Wow. Yeah, I mean, the longevity is. Okay. Over Ilya. Wow. Yeah, I mean, the longevity is there, and the resume is there. There is a thick top five of pound for pound right now. Well, who's your top five? I think I go Islam one, Ilya two. Whoa, Ilya over Alex.

Marab three. Whoa. Alex four, Jon Jones five. Wow. Whoa. Ilya over Alex. Marab 3. Whoa. Alex 4. Jon Jones 5. Wow. Wow. Wow. All right, Rick.

Those fighting words. I've got... Yeah. This was my last one. I'll tell you when I adjust it. Oh, boy. I'm in trouble here. I got Marab way too low.

All right. Islam 1. Still there. Still there. Not changing. I'm in trouble here. I got Murab way too low. Alright. Islam 1. Still there. Still there. Not changing. Ilya 2. I'm still there. Alex 3. I'm still there. This is where it gets dicey. I've got Hamzat Shemayev

4. I've got to put Murab above Hamzat at this point. So I'm bumping Murab way up. I had him all the way down at eight. We're going Marab up there. Then I'll bump everybody else down there. I don't have Jones in my top five. Hell, I've got Jones six.

He's bumping down even further. Marab's got to be a top five pound for pound. He's got to be. 100%. 100%. You know, the thing is, it's a very solid top five and you can make a case for like two,

three, four of them. What's missing is the superstar. And Alex is a superstar, but like you, you don't have that, that, you know,

there was once a GSP and Anderson Silva, um, a Conor McGregor. Alex probably is the closest in that bunch. Global superstar, Ilya superstar in, in Spain and Georgia, Morava superstar in Georgia.

I just feel like we're missing that, but honestly, they don't need it. $10.5 million gate for a card headlined by a Russian and an Armenian and then a Russian and a Georgian in Los Angeles is bananas. It's just bananas. It truly is. All that was missing was The Rock showing up there saying,

you just had the biggest game. Everyone's like, yeah. Noah Hogan? Congratulations, everyone. You just set the record for the biggest game in WWE history. Give it up for yourselves. You spent a shit ton of money to be here tonight. $800 standing room only.

They were selling $800 for standing room. To be in that arena and witness those graphics, I'd pay it. Oh, tonight for Intuit Dome? Out to the Intuit Dome. I'd be there. MVP of the night. Where do you rank the Intuit Dome pound for pound arenas right now? Yeah, no.

Let me give you those answers on Monday. Let's do it on Monday. Let's get it. Ariel, thanks so much for joining us, brother. Thank you guys. Great job. By the way, shout out to the old school Clippers hat. When I see that logo, I think of Boo Richardson. Boo Richardson!

We said Lamar Odom, Corey Maggette, Darius Miles, Elton Brand, Andre Miller. I low-key, was i was i was shocked at how much i love this at yeah that's a tremendous lot over 30 bucks uh new with tags off of ebay it's got the old school green bottom underneath it fits nicely love the red and the blue this this is gonna be a daily in the rotation after danny man Manning, Mark Jackson. That's who I think of.

You young kids, look him up. Mark Jackson for Clippers? Do you remember that era? You think of him as Clippers. This is Knicks. This is Knicks royalty. Mark Jackson on the Clippers has the famous hoop card with the Menendez brothers sitting in the front row.

Is that the one? Wow, that's wild. That's why I think of Elton Brand. Michael Oluwakandi. Oh, Michael Oluwakandi. Number one pick. How could we forget? Corey Maggette. I mentioned Corey Maggette. That's who I first thought of.

How about Dominique Wilkins? Oh, Quinter Richardson. I haven't said him yet. Quinter Richardson. Shout out to Quint Rich. Dominique Wilkins for Dominique Wilkins traded for Danny Manning was like the first blockbuster trade that I ever remembered as a kid. That was massive. This is just those guys just sitting around naming obscure basketball players. Drinking beers, naming obscure old Clippers.

It's good shit. Ariel, thanks for joining us, brother. Thanks, guys. Much love. See you tomorrow, man. How's that sound? Ariel, thanks for joining us, brother. We will see you on Monday. See you tomorrow, man. How's that sound? What about Baltimore and Buffalo? Oh, yeah.

Official prediction. Final score prediction. 31-20. The boys go to Kansas City. Oh, and by the way, what about that hype video? What about that hype video? That was sick. That was sick.

We plugged it earlier. That was sick. All right. Peace. All right, brother. We'll see you on Monday. Thank you for joining us. All right, brother. We'll see you on Monday. Thank you for joining us. All right, man.

UFC 311 in the books. In the books. Show in the books. Watch party in the books. Oh, yeah. Okay, real quick. One last thing. All right, one last thing.

Star of the night. And it cannot be the Intuit Dome. Who's the star? Who was the Intuit Dome? No, no, it can't be. Good night, everyone. I think it's got to be Murab, man. I just said I love you.

The performance that he put on under the circumstances. I'm sitting here. He was fighting. It was just unbelievable. I think Yuri had the best moment of the night. That was going to be like the, whoa, that was so crazy. But Murab, just the way that he fought those last three rounds. Just overcome.

Those first two rounds, I was like, damn, this does not look like the normal Murab. This does not look like the guy that's putting on that just insane pressure. Unrelenting domination. And then there it came. Rounds three, four, and five. Doug Deep got it done. And now he's starting to put together one of the best resumes that 135 has ever seen. I agree with you.

I agree with you. Rob's about to feel it. This is Rob's night. All right. I think that'll do it. Frankie, if you want to kick up the track. Okay, we're going with this one. I thought we earned the art.

I mean, that's why we rehearse. So good. Fun one tonight. I know. We'll do the old fast forward. Fun one tonight. I mean, this is the flippers into a dome. Into a dome was on full display.

Rob was on full display. Thank you. Thank you for watching. Thank you to all the fighters. I mean, we've been live on the air for four hours and 23 minutes now. I've had a blast. I'm not going to lie. This is some of the most fun I've had to watch a party in a long time. It was a great one. It was a great one.

Sometimes you just get those cards. This was one of them. This was a fantastic evening. Nato Moikano, shout out. Shout out to him, man. I mean, valiant effort, about all you can do. That's what you do. He gave it. He didn't show up there and just like pay,

collect a paycheck and wasn't in it to fight. He tried to get after Islam, and unfortunately he's facing the number one pound for pound guy and that's how that's supposed to go. Yeah. How much can you do? Yeah. Um, you're go yeah yeah it's

hard I mean I I did pick Marat but is that on the air Frank no no no let the people know I mean 45 more seconds this is I'm just wondering I mean we had some more Celsius and then we just I know we we have those songs I'm gonna have her on for a little bit oh you're just gonna hop on the bike I'm gonna just bike my way out of here we literally ended every post show with this song I know but I thought we'd make it all you gotta do is put it in the run of show

run a show I have to put in the run of show like switch to the music that we used to end alright is this the end of it UFC 311 we'll be in fucking Philly next week see ya 4 312 we used to end. All right, is this the end of it? UFC 311. We'll be in fucking Philly next week. See you for... PKFC. Knucklemania. 312?