The Ariel Helwani Show - UFC 320 Post-Fight Show: Alex Pereira gets revenge on Magomed Ankalaev, Merab Dvalishvili becomes bantamweight GOAT?

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

Ariel Helwani is joined by Petesy Carroll to give their immediate reactions to UFC 320, starting with Alex Pereira's blistering knockout of Magomed Ankalaev in their rematch (00:26).After discussing what could be next for Pereira — Jiri Prochazka, Carlos Ulberg, heavyweight (09:16) — they break down Prochazka's own impressive win over Khalil Rountree (22:12).Next, they look at Merab Dvalishvili's dominance against Cory Sandhagen and wonder whether he's cemented himself as the bantamweight GOAT (22:56).Performances by main card winners Youssef Zalal (32:10) and Joe Pyfer (36:18) get mention, before wrapping up with a review of the prelims (40:33) and BKFC's show in Newark (54:43).

Hello and welcome to our UFC 320 post show. Shout out to the boys in the back. Tremendous job with the watch party as always. And shout out to the brand new UFC light heavyweight champion. Or should I say the brand old or maybe the once again? I don't know. Point is and you probably figured it out in case you didn't watch. Alex Pereira is your new UFC light heavyweight champion.

Again, he defeats Magomed Ankaliev in very quick fashion. First round, TKO. All it really took was a massive, an overhand right from all the way in Brazil. That's where it looked like it came from. An overhand right seemed to have hit Ankalive like about here, like a little bit over the ear, and then dropped them and then just unleashed 12 to 6 elbows. on the head to the body, and he threw those elbows. He inflicted that ground and pound

with anger. Like there was anger. The whole thing, even in the aftermath, it felt like he was still angry because as he said in the post-fight interview, he wasn't himself back in March when they fought at UFC 313. He said no one believed him, some did, and here was his opportunity to prove his point. He also did that thing, which Rick or GC probably know where it comes from. It's from some sort of TikTok thing where he goes like this, he goes like this. He did it over Jamal Hill. Well, he did it three times right over Magoamad, Uncle Ive. And then he made sure to say Shama a few times in his face because Uncle I've said prior to the fight that there would be no more Shama. Of course, Shama reigns supreme and he is once again the man. I mean, he comes across as a

superstar. I said on Wednesday, deep down inside the UFC, if they were being honest, they would admit they needed him to win and he won. He's one of the biggest stars in the sport, the most beloved figures in the sport, and for him to come back like that, to make it undeniable, to make it as clean and as one side and as dominant as he just did, a little over a minute. Let me get the exact time, if I can pull it up right over here. The exact time, the exact time is, according to our friends at Tapology, it is so quick that they didn't even have it up yet. One minute and 20 seconds, so 80 seconds is all it took.

for Alex Pereira to dispose of Mago Man-Ancalaev, the guy who took his belt away from him back in March and who beat him back then via unanimous decision. Also of note, co-main event Marab Duolishvili might just be the greatest bantamate of all time. I hate that kind of talk in the immediate aftermath of a fight, but he might just be the greatest band-to-weight champion and fighter of all time. 20 takedowns against Corey Sanagan. He wins the unanimous decision. He becomes the first UFC fighter to have 100 plus takedowns in his career, a very dominant affair in which he almost stopped him in the second round. We'll talk about all of that and a whole lot more.

Yeri Prakaska is insane. There's a lot to get into, but it's not just me here tonight. We do it back to back. Last night, we were livid. Last night, we were agitated. Last night, we were disgusted. This time around, I don't think so. I don't think so.

It was a great card. I'm talking to my friend, the patron saint of the Emerald Isle, the host of the critically acclaimed podcast to crack, Mr. Peecey Carroll. It's a little later in the day. There I say, it's a little earlier in the morning for you. How are you holding up, Pizzi? I'm doing good. And that main card really woke me up as well.

And no judging controversy. Like, only the one fight went the distance on the main card today, right? So we don't have to do any of that tonight, which is nice. But blown away by Poetan, the rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated. Even all week, I was asking Gilairemei Cruz, Brazilian beast that the greatest reporter in the history of Brazilian combat sports, I was saying, is this worrying you, this new Alex Pareda, the way he has been acting all week, the new talkative way, you know, he's doing interviews to his phone, he's posting

on the internet, I was like, is this a bit of a tell? And Guillermo admitted to me that he was very worried, and then suddenly he just gets shot out of a cannon as soon as that bell rings. And honestly, is there a more terrifying guy? Is there a more terrifying champion than the UFC in terms of the striking realm when he gets going? I really don't think there is. I thought it was absolutely phenomenal. I mean, you look at these photos here, and again, the intensity in which he displayed. This man was possessed.

I mean, it got very personal, as we've talked about. It got very personal between the two of them. Uncted his part, like, let's be honest. A lot more people care about Mago Man on Kalayev today than they did a year ago. And that's due to the fact that he played his part. He played the heel. He said the things that fired up. Alex Pereira, people were booing him in Las Vegas, and I think he was okay with that.

I think he set things up to be the bad guy. And so credit to him for that. But Pereira, I think, just absolutely despises this guy. I think that is very clear. And for him to go out there and rock him, I won't say drop him, because he landed the overhand right, and then Uncle Ev kind of shoots because he was rocked, and then he unleashes those elbows again. to the body to the head.

I have seen a couple of people, Pizzi, say that they thought that the shots were being defended, that they were being blocked. Did you think it was early? Or were you okay with the stoppage? No, I felt as though Herb was showing Angolaeuf that I'm here. You know, I'm here.

I'm waiting for you to defend yourself. I'm waiting for you to change position here. I did feel as though like he gave him some opportunity, maybe not the longest amount of time, but I do feel as though he gave him opportunity, let him know that he was in a situation. situation, a fight ending situation, and nothing changed from there. Now, granted, it's easy for me to say that I'm not defending massive elbows from Alex Pereira. Well, this is going down. But I do feel as though Herb gave him a good chance to get up. I don't think there should be any massive issues with that, if I'm being honest. So unofficially, as far as UFC stats are concerned, Pereira 28 of 45, as far as total strikes, on Kalaya of 9. You know, it's crazy to me? When we were talking about this fight before the first one happened. When we were talking about whether or not the

UFC would want to make this fight and whether, you know, Ancalaev would be Perra's kryptonite. What did we focus on? We focused on the takedowns, right? Now, after two fights, after two fights, Magumet Ancalaev is 0 for 13 in takedown attempts against Alex Perea. O for 12 back in March, O for one today. Who saw that coming? It's pretty remarkable, right? I mean, I know this was a really quick fight, but the O for 12, obviously, it was in a fight in which. he won and Perr just wasn't himself. Who would have thought that Akalive would have outstruck Pereira the first time they fought? But I just think that's an unbelievable stat. And look, Dana White wasn't there, so we couldn't get a sense for how he feels about the proceedings. But let's be

honest. Just like I said back in March, I stick by it. This is a great result for the UFC. Pereer being on top of this division is very good for them. And I know there was some talk. Even you and Guillermo spoke about it. All right, if he loses no big deal, he could go up to heavyweight and he'd probably be the biggest threat to Tom Aspinall. But Pereira being on top of this division and we'll talk about the potential options. There's really two necks for him I think is very good for business. Would you agree? Yeah, absolutely. And it's funny because I think we're often on these shows and we're talking about, you know, we just need a bit of new life in these divisions. We want to see some new guys up there. And tonight, the toast of the town

is two former champions of this division and it's injected so much energy into it. And look, you're dead right in what you're saying. All the stuff that was coming out and laid up to this fight, even Dan Thomas, great friends with Dana White, those comments getting reheated once again about, this guy suits the PFL perfectly. He's a great fighter and nobody cares about him. You know, that was the kind of thing that we were hearing.

You've got to say that the division just feels completely different after what we've seen tonight. Okay, so there isn't much to actually say about the fight other than we, I think, both agree that Magam and Alkalive isn't getting another crack at prayer. Would you agree with that statement? Okay. Yeah. It was nice to see, you know, members of prayer's team in back of him.

I mean, Ed Soros and George Guimaris have been around for so long. It's unbelievable. just another champion, obviously Perra, champion at 185, championed at 205, now his third title reign. I mean, again, this was the guy that Israel, Adesania once said, like, you know, the only reason why he's here is because, you know, he beat me in kickboxing. Now this is his third different title reign, which is unbelievable. And, you know, not to say anything of the actual title defenses as well. I'm going to jump around here for a second because it's all tied together. We saw Carlos Elberg looking fantastic in that kind of.

cutoff over in the, you know, in the cage side position. And we saw Yuri Pachaska show up towards the end of the, towards, actually, no, Yiri was the one wearing the cutoff, I think. He was wearing some sort of like samurai sort of outfit. I'm not really sure what it was. Of course he was. But it was a tremendous look. Anyway, the point is, Yer Pachaska won and we'll get more into his fight in a moment.

But Yeri's there. Carlos is there. They bring Yiri out for the main event. Carlos flew over from Australia to be their cage side. Now we get to the scenario that we talked about on Wednesday because I asked you guys, remember we were talking about it. It was with you and GC. I asked you guys, okay, if Pereira wins and Prochaska wins, they probably go to Ulberg because Alberg is the fresh matchup. But because the Prochaska fight was so crazy, was so dramatic, was so exhilarating, do you think there is a chance that Pereira versus Brochaska 3 is going to be next?

I would say, now tell me, am I wrong? Did the camera flash to Yeri being very emotional after Pereira won this fight, or am I losing my mind? I felt there was a cut to Yeri, and it almost seemed like he was welling up a bit as if he felt with Pereira winning the point. Maybe I've got this completely wrong. Okay, Frank you saw it too. Thank you, Frankie. So I did see the one great shot of him like over,

overlooking Magomed at the beginning there. Did you see that? Yes. Yes. No, what I'm talking after. After, it's almost like he's in reaction to what's happened. Now, we have read Yeri wrong incorrectly before. He could be purely being motivated by seeing a former rival as him,

rival of his reached a pinnacle once again. Like, this is the type of guy he is. Like, we don't really necessarily know. But I will say, and me and. GC did mention this. Ulberg, that event in Perth wasn't great. It didn't move the needle. We know that has been a thing that has been cited before when we're thinking about putting

guys in certain spots. I know it's a different era now. I like the Oldberg fight. I like the fresh rematch. But to say, like, Yuri hasn't catapulted him straight, catapulted himself straight back into that conversation with that kind of performance. I mean, he definitely did. The way it went down as well, it was the most Yuri shit of all time.

I mean, two rounds, I thought Kalil, roundtree looked absolutely tremendous. I thought he was like, wow, this is exactly how he wants this to be going. But alas, I was incorrect. It was, in fact, exactly where Yuri wanted the fight to be going. Because suddenly he just came to life in the third. And he could see immediately, as soon as he started connecting, Kalil was shocked by it. He was not ready for this guy to be coming at him with such intensity in the third round. Even though we know Yeri does this.

Just incredible because he didn't look great in those first two rounds. looked like his, remember Dean Thomas coming over the commentary and saying, look at his legs, they're not underneath him. Something is wrong with this guy. I think Rogan at one stage, as he often does, was saying, I don't think this fight is going to last too long. And here he comes, once again, this absolute berserker in the third round. I mean, where did we get this dude from?

Have we ever had a guy like this before? He just feels completely unique, a complete fan favorite. The amount of text messages I just got just saying, Yerry, yes, nobody is doing that when Oldberg wins a fight unfortunately. I think he's great, but they just aren't doing that shit. It's different gravy with Yuri. If you would have asked me before this event, all right, Alex won and Yeri won. All right, what do they do with Alex? I would have said, oh, it's got to be Elberg. I love Yerie as much as anyone, but there's no chance. I sit here today and say, I think there's a great chance because of how incredible that was. You watch those first two rounds and

you're like, man, round she just not the best kind of matchup for him. He's just a little too precise. He's a little too technical, he's a little too composed, and then that third round happens, and then he knocks him out like that, and you're like, holy shit, this guy, you know, I saw someone write, if Marab is, is undeniable, Erie is inevitable. Like, it just seems like he is always going to pull something out of the, of the fire. And, you know, he said in the post-fight interview, he said, you know, I was just, it was a little too easy in the first round for me. So, you know, I kind of, I think what he was trying to imply was like, I get up for the big fights, I get up for the big opponents, and the first round was too easy. Excuse me, I don't think anyone scored the first round for him.

I don't know what he's talking about as far as easy, but it's just amazing to hear this guy talk and the intensity in which he speaks and just his whole aura, his whole persona, his whole persona is incredible. Now there's some people, so we're not doing this the usual way, but it's because, and I want to give Marab his due, he was the co-main event, he won, and it was a tremendous performance, but because the main event and then the third to last fight are connected, plus the Elberg situation, we're kind of talking about this whole story as one big story. There are some people who are suggesting that, well, in the post-fight interview,

after the main event, Alex Pereira said he had something in mind for his post-fight interview, but because of what happened yesterday, he wanted to give a shout-out to John Jones, and he wanted everyone to have a moment of silence for John Jones's brother, Arthur Jones, former Syracuse football player, the former Baltimore Raven, the former Indianapolis Cold, who shockingly and tragically and suddenly died at the age of 39. Awful, awful story, had the opportunity to meet Arthur a few times, both went to Syracuse at around the same time, and he was a gentle giant. He was a teddy bear of a human being.

So this is an awful thing. And so some suggested that he wanted to call out John Jones, but he did not want to be disrespectful. Now I'm seeing some other things that Carlos Elberg is telling the media that he thinks Alex Prayer is moving up to heavyweight. And so maybe that's why he was thinking of John Jones, because John has shown no interest in going down to light heavyweight. So I don't really know exactly what is happening. Here's a tweet from John Jones saying, wow, Alex, you know, with the praying emoji, I don't really know exactly what's happening. But if everything stays the same, PT, I think there's a very good chance they go back to Yuri. And I never thought

in a million years that that would happen. No. And just, in theory, right, this John Jones situation, I don't think that kind of happens now either, right? Like, obviously, obviously he's the champion at 205 and stuff, but even if there was a way, I don't think the UFC would entertain that because of how it played out with Aspinall, right? Is that who you're feeling about that as well? You're just essentially, you've passed out the belt to allow this fight to happen that John wanted the whole time. He kind of wins the war of public opinion at that stage, if you get me.

Yeah. I mean, I'm really curious to see how they do matchmaking in this new Paramount era. Are they going to try to come out with like the, you know, like if Aspinall wins, do you try to do Aspinall versus Perra as a superfight of some kind at the very beginning of the paramount era? They're very against that now, though, right? They're very against that idea. I know, I know, I know, I know. I don't, I don't think they do. I don't think they do. By the way, I am watching a video here. And Yuri does look a little emotional. You're right. He does look a little. emotion. He's very intense watching. But I also mean a million things, right? Like we're so foolish to be like, this is what he's thinking, because it's impossible to know. Yeah.

I feel like, you know, you need to get the phone out there, Helwani, and have a war with this, man, maybe early next week. Alex Pereira, the first light heavy way to recapture the title since John Jones did back in 2018. He is saying Geary in this video, we're next. But also Carlos Alberg is there, kind of giving him like the old golf clap, like the I'm not too impressed. Actually, I'm looking at a tweet here.

Ulberg is the one, sorry, who said, we're next. Uri's just standing there emotionally. I'm not really quite sure. What he's thinking exactly at that moment. He's winning, this is, this is the aura battle here. Yes, yes, yes. Yeri is absolutely ruining him. I mean, who the fuck can actually step to this guy

in terms of just being compelling? There is not anyone like this to it. Like, I mean, GC, put out the video after he won. I'm just screaming in the middle of the rainforest. And you're like, yeah, fucking just do whatever you want. You know what I mean? Put him wherever he wants to be. We need more of this guy in the TV.

And look, we talked about it for years. The UFC with the shorts and the uniforms and the lack of letting people go on the limb with things. It's very rare that you get such a unique character. And this guy seems to explode through all these barriers. and still present this absolutely unique, one-of-a-kind athlete. Like, that is what Oldberg's up against her. I think Oldberg's a fantastic fighter.

He's a beautiful-looking man, fair play to him. Yeah. But Yerry, he is not. By the way, if you didn't know any better, if you didn't know their history and you just saw the clip of him crying, you would think that, like, he's his longtime best friend.

Like, the look on his face is of genuine joy. And, like, yes, yes, it's unbelievable. But I think that's what it is, Jenna. I don't, I think he is genuine. mindly um i think they are like seller like he's he's in all of what's happening here rather than oh no something's slipped by me i think he is feeling this moment let's not forget like this guy has been outside team mobile just draining the energy from the building the night before fights at some point like it's any amount of things could be happening here i just don't fully think that

we can comprehend this man's mood or thought process at any point which makes him all the more captivate let me ask you this see look at this the aura battle here look come here it's just it's tough i love you old work but you know who is eerie you know okay so i was right they were both wearing cutoffs all right different kind of cutoffs this one's a little bit more traditional if you will also it didn't have the antenna this time seemed to be okay okay let me ask you this let me ask you this who would you like to see fight alex forget about like this okay this but he did like just who would you like to see is there a way right right that we put

old work in against Alex and we look to put Yuri against someone where it will build build the the mood for it because it is two and out Alex you know we have we have to

we have to keep that in mind here and is there any way we can put Yuri in a captivating situation whereby whoever wins be it oldberg or Pereira we are like jazz to see Yuri back in there and that was one thing I was thinking

after he won today. I was like, you know what? If I'm the UFC, I'm probably putting Yuri in against Angolaeuf if he wins this main event because again, you're putting the guy with a massive name. If he managed to do something spectacular to Yeri, it puts him over

in a completely different way. And maybe that's what we should be looking at here, but... There's just not a lot of options, you know? And when he shows up like that, like with the fucking cutoff on, do you know what I mean, crying when his rival... I'd love to see him fight Jan Behovich, but Behovich is coming off by loss to color

Carlos Alberg, a couple losses in a row. But that's it. It's too much of a step back. And then if Yan beats him, it's like, well, there that goes. The only guy who's got any kind of momentum right now at Light Heavyweight is maybe Johnny Walker because of that win over Mingyang Zhang. And he is ranked 12th. You know?

It's going back there. Yeah, it's a tough one. It's a tough one. But man, what a win. What a win for a year. what a comeback, and you're right, he comes across fighting on this, they always put him in this pay-per-view slot, they always put them on a big show,

it seems. The crowd was behind him, the crowd absolutely loved them to do that on the same card, to be there sitting in the front row. There's a tough choice to be made here because honestly, I don't know if there's a wrong choice. You know what I mean? You put him on ice and let the Oldberg v. Pereira play out, and then

here he's waiting there for the new champion, or the Pereira if he wins. If you go with Alberg, it makes total sense. He's coming off a big win. He's on this winning streak. He's a fresh opponent. Makes total sense.

If you go with the hot hand, I mean, look, it sounds like they're going, by the way, it sounds like they're going in the direction of Alex Wokinovsky versus Diego Lopez. Lopez won one fight and he got right back in there. Who would have saw that coming? So this could be a very similar thing. And for Yuri, it's not just one fight, but I'm saying like, you know, just because someone recently lost to the champion sounds like they don't really care. They're just going for what they probably think is the hottest fight, right?

like the hottest hand. But then Yeri's winning that in that argument. 100%. I mean, no one was talking about that fight last week. No one was even talking about it in Perth, let alone around the rest of the world. So Alex Pereira wins. Yeri Prakaska wins.

The Yerie fight is one of the comeback performances of the year. He was legitimately down two rounds to none, and there was no sign of him coming back. I mean, they were talking about his legs. As you said, Dean Thomas was saying the fight was going to be over very soon if he didn't turn things around. Rogan's saying the same type of stuff. They said he was off.

They said he wasn't like himself. And then all of a sudden he wakes up in the third with that unbelievable knockout of a tremendous fighter. And you feel for Kalilio because he was looking so good and he was fighting a very smart fight. And you know what? I feel for John Wood as well. He had to see his guy get knocked out and then run all the way to the back to corner his guy,

Marab Duwali Shvili, but it didn't seem to matter. because Marab, as I said, seems to be undeniable at this point. He has won his 14th fight in a row. He lands 20 takedowns, which is a UFC record, over 100 takedowns in his UFC career, which is a record. He has what I believed was a 10-8 second round. He was very close to getting his first finish on the feet via strikes since his spinning back fist knockout of Raffion Stotz back in 2017. That's how long it's been for him. did have a ground and pound win in the UFC, but nothing quite like we saw in the second round here against Corey Sanehage. By the way, shout out to Corey Sanehage. In the end, he ended up making a bit of a comeback. He ended up, in most people's eyes, winning the fourth round. You can make

the case that he won the first round as well. And so a valiant effort, but the 10-8 round, obviously a tough one in the second. And Marab won that fight, fair and square. It's an unbelievable thing to watch him do his thing each and every time out because there's this, like I said at the top, I hate this thing about the goat, the goat, the goat. But as much as like my nostalgia and my heart is with Dominic Cruz, I don't really think it's a conversation anymore now, Pizzi. I really think he's the greatest bantamweight slash bantamweight champion of all time. And I don't really think that it's a debate.

Like there's a lot of times that we bring this stuff up and it's like, eh, you know, one. 14 in a row, another title defense, his third title defense of the calendar year, which has never happened before for a bantam weight and only eight times in ufc history has it happened before period he's trying to get on the december card to make it four i mean what more can you say about this guy he's unbelievable and it's just such a unique way of fight that he has you know it's um it doesn't feel it should work in this era of the ufc and for a long time i think they were putting them behind the eight ball because it's not a you know it's not a massively spectacular style but it's just so impressive. And I agree with you. I think Sandhagen did great to get back into the fight

on a number of occasions when I felt like other guys, he's just sapped their will, and it's just impossible. He gets so far ahead that it's just, it's just a gap that they can't make up. But I thought Corey had a great first round. Again, the fort, as you say, but even those rounds that he was losing, in the gaps that Marab was not suffocating his legs and completely smothering him, he was trying to unload. He was trying to make something happen. And I really respect that. But it really is like watching a wild animal with Marab. Like the way he traps his prey almost. And once he has that body lock on you, you're just there.

Like he's going to go from single leg to body lock to take down. He'll let you back up to get the body lock again. He might attack a single again. Next thing you're on the ground. You get back up and he's on the body lock again. And it's just absolutely suffocating. And the thing I always find about it and, you know, we often talk about finishes and stuff because,

that's the currency in today's UFC. I think he's just enjoying himself in there too much. Like you hear John Wood being like, please attack the neck this time. Please, you're in the position, you're on the back. The neck is there for you. Will you please attack the neck? He said this time at the end of the third and forth.

And he's just like, yeah, yeah, I will. And next thing, he's just shoving his hand, hanging up against the fence, kicking him in the legs and smiling and waving at the fans. He's just having a blast out there. You've got to love it. It really is a joy to watch him do his thing. Some more stats and some more records for Barab.

When he takedowns. Okay, so in the end, he finishes the night with 117 takedowns in his UFC career. Like I said, he was at 97. He gets 20, so he's now at 117. Also, this was his fifth time in the UFC landing 10 plus takedowns in a fight. That's a UFC record. Do you know how many takedown attempts he had in this fight? I'd say over 50.

37. He had 37 takedown attempts, which is an absurd number. He landed 20 of them, so 54%. He landed 114 of the 265 significant strikes that he threw. In total, he threw 399 strikes. He landed 243 of those. And Corey Sanhagen threw 257 was zero for zero in terms of takedowns. It was just a really impressive and dominant performance.

And I would have been blown away if he would have stopped them. And he was very close. I mean, if you go back and watch it, it looked at one moment like Corey was out and that he may have woken him up, I would have been supremely impressed. I thought Corey had a real good chance against Marab because of the flying knees and because of, you know, how long and range he is, how good he is on the ground as well. But, you know, the fourth round, he showed some life. He showed some heart. He showed some fight. But I never quite felt like he was, you know, he was threatening here, like that it wasn't

going to be Marab's fight. And now the question is, you know, he, like I said, this is a is 14th win in a row, which is the fourth longest winning streak in UFC history, by the way, Anderson Silva 16, Islamahathe, 15, Kamar Usman, 15, now Marab 14, he's inching ever so closer to that record. By the way, the 20 takedowns, according to the UFC, new five-round UFC record and the second most ever landed in any UFC fight. The question is, like, because he has beaten so many of these guys, it's going to be tough to start finding some fresh opponents. Corey Sanhagen was a fresh new face for him, but it looks like maybe Peter Yan is the guy. There aren't a lot of options.

Batista fight on October 25th against two. Yeah. Like, I mean, it's just, you know, I'm just talking about if we're going for like, you know, what is a fresh matchup? Like, if he is doing laps of the division here, we have seen situations like this before a flyweight with Pantosia. And, I do feel as though I think I can't remember who is Batista fighting on

on that he gets a win there like we're not too far away from that that's what three weeks away it's a win there like that's a huge win there's Jan

there's this fight if Batista wins there's Amin Zahby who's on a bit of a role I want Jan and fucking Sean O'Malley don't be killing me can we just do that again please

and then we can move on I feel like we might get Yan to be honest Jan Marab or Jan Yeah, no, Jan Marab. Yeah. And look, I love Jan. I think he's class.

But that first fight was a tough one, you know? Yeah, it was very, very, very one-sided. It was like a Marab masterclass. It was like the most Marab fight you'll ever watch. So it's just hard to get me up for that. Can I just say I was a little bit, I was a little bit like, not concerned. I was just wondering, Marab came out with those glasses. and he was smiling and dancing and I was like is this guy feeling himself a little bit like

is this is this what I you know I noticed you know the hair is looking all nice on fight week he's got the nice fade the very trimmed beard the clothes are getting a lot of it you know like the guy's doing well for himself and I was like oh is something happening here and then of course he goes out there you know second round almost stops Corey Sane again this is this is Pereira and Marab we're like thinking we're onto something here like yeah yeah yeah the fuck and something's gone terribly wrong and show up with two vintage performances, unbelievable. I love the fact, by the way, UFC was not on board with this guy. Like, the UFC didn't want to give him a title shot.

I think if he would have lost one of those title fights early on, they would have gotten rid of him like for, they didn't like his videos, they didn't like how crazy he was, they didn't like that he would injure himself doing all kinds of wacky things. Wouldn't fight his friend? Wouldn't fight his friend? Of course, of course. Yes, they would, I mean, and by the way, do you know that Al Jermaine's wedding is tomorrow and he's going to be in it. Of course he is. You know, I was invited. Did I tell you I was

invited? How are you going to say no to that one as well? No, no, because Al Jermaine was on the show and I gave him my usual like, oh, I didn't get the saved to date. That blew up in your face, mate. That blew up in your face. He's the first one to ever take me up on the on the guilt trip offer because he actually sent me an invitation. And I told him, I'm the best person to invite to one of these things because I'm not going to go. but I'll send you a gift. And I did send him a gift. And then he invited me to like the Friday get together.

And I'm like, you're doing all of this on the same weekend that you're cornering one of your best friends. By the way, shout out to his wife or his fiancé, soon to be his wife tomorrow. Like on the Saturday, the night before his wedding, he's at T-Mobile Arena cornering the Bantamway champion of the world. You know, usually you're having a dinner, you're doing whatever. I guess she's very understanding. You have to be.

All of these significant others for fighters, I mean, how do they do it? It's absolutely mental, but fair play. That is absolutely fantastic. And, of course, he is. And we're going to see some videos of him tomorrow, probably dancing at the wedding. Yes, yes. Probably having the time of his life. You know what I mean?

This is why we love the guy. And I cannot wait to see those videos. He's a very lovable guy. Shout out to Yusuf Salal, Pizzi. Do you know how many strikes were thrown in this fight against Josh Emmett? No, I'd say. One, total. one total he wins via arm bar at 138 no tap a verbal submission but this was incredible stuff one you look at

the stats here emit zero strikes thrown zero strikes landed obviously and uh zalel just one strike thrown and uh got the takedown and that was it actually if i'm looking at this correctly wait a second wait a second yeah just zalel zero for one as far as significant strikes one take down and then one sub attempt And that was it. What a win for his law, right? And what a story, too. Unbelievable. Like, making his way back to the UFC and just going on this absolute tear.

Did it remind you of Anthony Pettis's ironbar against Benson? Benson Henderson? Yes. Do you know, when it just walks away, it just seems real tight and you're just like, it's over. And you're like, oh, my God. And the crowd, I think, was a little bit confused, right? I think they thought, wait a second, what just happened here? Sort of like that Pettus and Benson Anderson won in Milwaukee way back in the day.

UFC 164 to be exact Look at you Look at you I thought I was hitting with something there and you're like This is bough That was a great one That was the one where Benson Henderson

showed up with the shorts With the black belt on it Which is always a death now Every time someone showed up With the black belt shorts They got submitted Apart from BJ Yeah

Yeah The pioneer of the black belt shorts Sure sure sure I mean other than is what I meant Other than Baby J but a nice story there used to Zalal the Moroccan devil a very likable character what about the day down yeah just smashed into him like he just fucking it was like a truck like look at Josh Emmett he is a tank and Zalal like looks smaller and stanched him he just

crashed into him and it was down on the ground and then immediately just kind of transitioned into that situation like he's so impressive like that that's crazy dude the Josh Emmett like it's an insane win for him and i think it's it's the kind of win he needed uh like i know he has the win over kater and that was a decision but this on the pay-per-view against emma a guy that we've seen in there with like ilya tippori went was it five rounds with josh emma and then just see him just crashed through him like that so impressed with the guy this guy usuf zalel lost to sean watson in june of 2021 that was his third loss in a row lost to sung Wu Choi and Elliott Taboria prior to that.

Then Drew, majority draw against DeMont Blackshare, leaves the UFC, wins in Sparta, Sparta 93, then wins in an organization SCL, then wins a boxing match, then wins a kickboxing match. That was all the same night, mate. Same night. Yes, same night. And then he gets back, no, then he goes to Sparta, wins, same night in MMA. Yeah, so he did MMA boxing and kickboxing.

right on the same night? That was the tournament, man. Like, imagine going from the UFC to this, like, you're fighting one night against, and you know what? He said it was like a real, like a Champions League draw that night, like who you're going to fight. He was like, so the boxing matches for us, he's like, oh, I've got, I've got better hands than everyone.

This is going to be fine. Like, you have drawn the only professional boxer that we have in this tournament in the first round of this tournament. You know, he said it was just every round was absolutely hell. So he really went back to the bottom to get back to the top, which is incredible. And since then, he returns in March of 2024. I thought he was one of the comeback fighters of the year. Subs, Billy Quarantillo, subs Jarno Arons,

subs Jack Shore, Decision Calvin Cater, and subs Josh Emmett. Four of the, no, one, two, three. Yeah, four of the five subs. Unbelievable. What a story. He was shortlisted for a comeback fighter of the year last year, I believe.

A few shouts in there from the young ground boys as well. Yeah. What a guy. What a win for him. Tremendous stuff. And then the night started with the G.C. Bowl, his most anticipated fight of the year. Joey Pife, your boy, beating Abis Magamatov.

He wasn't. He was winning a second round. He'd be Joe Pover once again. I didn't look like he was going to be Joe Pover early on, Reggie. Sorry, Harry, let me tell you. Do you call him me, Reggie? You usually talk to your dog about fights? oh yes he's usually sitting beside me on the couch you know so like listen reg so you usually just say hey reg

look at that like abyss like looked really good in the first round he had joe in some horrific situations he had some really tight submissions like it looked like it was all going wrong again and i was like oh my god this is this is rough um but then he came back in the second unbelievable really, really great for you. It's exactly what he needed, to be honest. And I think, again, in a really good spot and a pay-per-view to do something like that, it kind of refreshes everything for him.

I know he's taken some time away from social media to generate this kind of energy. And it seems like it's done the job for Mr. B. Joe Pfeiffer. I am curious about the shaved head. If you do the turkey thing, why shave the head? Well, people like the, you know, well, yeah, it's a complete shave, isn't it?

It's not even left the 5 o'clock shadow up there. Yeah, what's the point then? I mean, maybe he regrets the decision. You think so? Maybe it's not come in. Maybe it's gone wrong.

Hmm. So you think he's just trying to press the reset button? I'm not trying to, like, I don't want Joe Poyfe to go on social media tonight and be like, Joe, I'm going to take out his phone. Like, I've had a win.

And then he just turns on and it's Pizzi Carl going, what the fucking shape was it? I don't want to either. Your hair looks great, Joe. I like the choice. I just was surprised. I was surprised. Ariel has a bit of stubble there.

and he's the one asking questions. You know what I mean? It's very close. Can I just say what you've got rocking here? Very close to what Joe's in. Yeah, but I didn't go to Turkey. I didn't go. The airline's too perfect, right?

The airline is too perfect. By the way, in his defense, he said he only went with his friend. He had no intentions of going, but his friend wanted to go and he said, yeah, why not? Anyway, shout out to Joe Piper, great win for him.

What? Did you get the deal off the lads over there? Like, did he get the celebrity situation? Because he went as a plus one? you do the shame picture where you get dotted up and you're like oh my life is better now I know I look ridiculous but it's like it's your pound of flesh that you have to pay when you're getting dotted up isn't it like you just have to go look I look like a fucking idiot I'm after fucking getting dotted up here all abuse me for someone that doesn't want him to

to think you're coming after you've been going yeah keep going no no no no no don't don't know Joe I'm just talking with the industry in general you know me like it's like They all want to pound the flesh of just being like, look, see, I fucking destroy myself. But I look great. And sometimes there's the shots behind their back and there's blood coming out of their neck. They're on the flight and they're swollen foreheads. Yeah, it was worth it. It's awful.

It's awful. I'd rather just be bald. I'd rather just be bald at that point. Yeah. Just fuck it. Why do you have to put me through this shame loop? I'm just trying to correct my hair. airline. I don't need to show them what it looks like before it's grown back.

Do you know what I mean? Chupy told a great, a great night for that Turkish company, because I think Marab went there too. And his hair looks fantastic. And both lads have fucking gray hair. Like, their boat, like, wonderful. Jesus, he knows the name of the company and everything. He's cited at many times on the show. He stayed quiet for some reason because they didn't get, oh, is it? I think it's called now hair time. Shout out, no hard time. They pick you up in those cool limos with all the lights and stuff.

Put you in a sprinter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They give you a little champagne. What's your say, John? What's it called? Hair time now. Close. Hair time now.

I said, no hair time. Damn it. Damn it. Anyway, shout out to him and his cool hair. Atiba Gautier. Shout out to Atipa Gautier. I mean, what more can we say about this guy? He is.

Terrifying. What's the full of him? Like, he is. He ties Tom Aspen on Ily Tuporia for the longest active UFC knockout street with three it's like he doesn't know like it's like this is bound to like that's another what his body right here like look at this you know crazy his physique is insane his his his power i mean and it still feels like he's not quite there yeah yeah 100% like such a wild amount of work that went into that i spoke to him about it before but i was

talking to chuk who was at the event and i was sitting in the front row with his beautiful white hat on And I was saying, like, you need to talk about this guy about how he did this because it's like, uh, do you know, he was inspired though, like Manchester City and football academies? Like, that's why he started looking into, like, how can we get guys from these areas where they don't have the facilities like we have? Um, how could we get them over and see how they work out in a gym like this? And he, he went through it all. Atebo's living in his father's old house in Manchester and go and training with the legs of their own Murphy and everything. and he's just like one of the guys now. Like fits in and that gym

obviously having an outrage of success. It's a hell of a story. And another new K gym just rising up to prominence. It's amazing. Shout it to Kabi Lamb. That's the thing that Alex Perr did. I'm going all the way to the top of the show,

but I just saw it, the Kabi lamb? Yeah, he's a Kabi lame. He shows the easy ways to do things. Yeah, yeah. A Tipagotee could do that as well, by the way, because he's doing it very easy. I mean, shout to him.

By the way, shout to Luke Barnat as well. Luke Barnat has been telling me about a typical OTA for a while now. Also, Lorone Murphy, part of that Manchester top team squad. And they're doing big things. They're doing big things. They're not just saying that two seconds ago. They don't like Manchester Top Team class. And then you just went to.

No, I know, but you didn't mention Luke Barnett. You didn't mention Luke Barnett. I'm trying to tie it altogether. Small froe compared to Colorado. Oh, so you're not a fan of Big Slow. You don't think Big Slow deserves any credit. None. He even know who Luke Barnett is.

He's like best mates with... Andrew Tait. Yeah, Adjutant. Daniel Santos picked up the win over a zombie junior. Stopped him in the second round. Our boy, he's a lovely... You... You like Daniel Santos, huh?

You like that tattoo, especially. He's got that little cutie hound on his chest and he comes out and he fights like a rot boiler. It's very impressive. Like, he looks undersized and then he just hits like a fucking hammer. I mean, what's not the like about this guy? You know, and your man's giving them the claps and then he just folds them up. And you're like, listen, like, don't mess with a fucking lad who has to take his top off for a living and has a little friendly pillow on his chest.

That's the wrong guy to fuck with me. He does not give up fuck. Oh, it's trying out the course. That's kind of out the window. Yeah, no, it's all good. Listen, it's 6.41 in the morning over there. Protégé of one Yawani and Jacek, Jakub, Wicklas. Is that the headline from that?

story is that the headline I was getting I was getting to it defeat patchy mix what can we say about poor patchy mix what is going on man that is not that does not look like the same patchy mix been fraud checked can I just ask the question oh no you this is the thing you hate

the most I can't believe you of all people are bringing up the fraud check questions it just doesn't honestly now it looks nothing like the guy yeah where's the explosion gone where's the speed where's the where's the intensity like very early in this fight he's taking shots and he is having big reactions

and I'm just like, whoa, did not, like, let's remember, like, this is he's in against the kid here who's making his debut, a KSW champion. That's not like, pretend that he's some bum,

but we were thinking patchy mix was on a completely different level. We thought, and we all were guilty of this, like we all can't just hide from it. Now, we were all saying, the way he was looking at Belator, he could contend for a title

nearly immediately in the UFC. This is the time when Volcanox is the champion. He looks so far away from that now. Right now you're thinking, like, your two fights in, is it already over? Could this potentially already be over? Like, do the UFC want to see a third fight? I think they will give him a third fight, but this is, I don't recall a fighter coming over from a major organization being a champion in said organization and having this kind of start. I mean, people have started O&2.

I mean, Marab started O&2, but he wasn't, you know, a champion in another. major organization and and this drop off is just I thought maybe you know the first fight octagon jitters I thought maybe you know just was off took the fight on short notice if you recall but this is this is weird shocking it's genuinely shocking like it's and and it just doesn't look like the same guy you know and and people will say oh it's because of the competition I don't think it is it just it does not look like the same speed of athlete we saw it It does not look like the same guy that we saw taking shots. Like very quickly, he looks rattled by this situation in this fight,

which was kind of weird to see, you know? Like, it really, he was even getting, he was getting into positions where he usually has a lot of success and just not able to execute back takes, not able to execute even, even like control positions, really. Like stuff he, this guy looked like a, like a jihitsu phenom. He looked like the equivalent of, like a BJ Pen when he wrote

in the scene like that's how quickly he was going through guys to see this is honestly just so unexpected and really like I hate to say this because I really I was such a big fan of them but it's like one of the most

underwhelming UFC signings in history based on what we were expecting you know makes you wonder just how good is Juan Arceletta that is what I was wondering as I was watching the point only enough saying that to myself

Edmund Chabazzian is putting it together. This was a guy who it seemed like at one point wasn't going to live up to expectations, but that was a nice win over Andre Munez. And in picking up, said win, a first round TKO, he is now at seven finishes. And that's good for tied for second. Excuse me, yes, tied for second with Brandon Allen and Anthony Hernandez. As far as active middle weights are concerned, Gerald Mershard has 12. He's now tied for. for most UFC knockouts among active middleweights was six. So shout out to Edmund Chabazian, who is still doing it, wins with just two seconds remaining in the first round, 458, to be exact. Punisoriano picked up a unanimous decision win. Yano Santos did as well, defeating Macy Chesson, Farid Basharat, won v. unanimous decision against Chris Gutierrez. Ramiz Brahimage won via second round submission over Austin Vanderford.

Vanderford now one-in-one in his UFC career and in a fight that made Frankie very happy and a result to be specific, Veronica Hardy picking up the curtain-jurker win over Brogan Walker. Frankie, give us your assessment of Veronica on this evening. That was a terrific fight. Didn't expect any worse. Thank you, Frankie. Dan Hardy getting a bit of love on the broadcast days, you know? It was nice.

You're just shouting them out, a bit of citation, you know what I mean? DJ too, DJ too. pretty crazy what's happening it's a new leaf a new world the uh the ice is dying it all started with the uh with the logan paul impulsive interview with dana white there you go and look at that all sorted out now thank god you have no idea what i'm talking about uh no no no wow this is crazy brain is gone now at this hour any final thoughts any final by the way wasn't wasn't chuck supposed to join us via phone call you can't be bothered gallivanting up and down the strip?

Oh, is he here? Chuck? Are you there? Any final phone? Actually, he's just there. It's going to ask him. He didn't even answer. He said he couldn't find the right hat to wear for the occasion. He said he was going to call me as he left the arena. But like, when did you reheat that? Like, did you say that to him today? Did say, here, you get ready for the call? Of course not. Of course not. I mean, I thought we kind of just established it. Winner land situation for everyone probably? I think. Okay, we do have, okay, I was about to wrap this up,

but a quick, a few thoughts from the, or a few notes, I should say, from the press conference. Dana White has revealed that Alex Pereira wants to move up to heavyweight. So just forget about everything we just said. All right. That's great. So maybe that's why he...

So hang on, like he just won the belt and Dana's like, he's going to heavyweight. Well, that's what's happening now. Maybe that's why he wanted John Jones. What about Pereira versus Jones at heavyweight? winner gets Aspinall. Like, then you are literally putting the two guys together that he would most want to fight and being like, let's eliminate one of these.

When don't we put John Jones against Aspinall and then put Pereira against Aspinall? Dana White told the media this courtesy of Aaron Bronstetter. He saw Pereira at the Performance Institute today and his team told him that he wants to fight at heavyweight. He feels that there are still fights for him at light heavyweight, but talks about how much Pereira has helped the UFC when asked. White says he doesn't know what to say about whether Patchy Mix should have gone to the decision when. White says his biggest reservation about Pereira fighting at heavyweight is that he is used to fighting at middleweight and two-way classes is a big jump.

I mean, sure, but he's now a two-time light heavyweight champion. He was 235 today on the cage. Yeah. White says that he loved that Morav wants to fight all the time. He was impressed with Joe Pfeiffer. some pretty hard-hitting stuff this press conference sounds like I'm just kind of reading it

White says that he believes Alex broke or dislocated his toe or toes I did see that I'm messing with them yeah yeah he was playing around he did confirm that the winner of Armand versus Dan Hooker is the number one contender

which he rarely does that I'm just kind of reading tweets here so I'm not actually listening to what he says sometimes the the summation is a little bit different but that's pretty big November 22nd

and Qatar What else? I mean you know Whitehouse info out there or anything He was asked about Conradarger, White House

yeah yeah 700, yeah 700, anything it's going to happen see Conner is fired up

so I mean the Alex Pereira John Jones moment makes a lot more sense now because he said that he had something in mind

he didn't want to um it's not really on though is it it just it feels like this was the situation we were trying to make happen for our hospital and then they just

remove the belt from the situation and then they're like right go for it I don't think that was our issue right but it's also like suddenly John wants to fight and you're like let's do the Pereira fight when the one that we all wanted was just there and we just disregard that now

doesn't feel like Ariel no I know I get it um I just wanted to read real cause I mean there's so many tweets here. I have a list on Twitter where I put all my MMA related things

and there's just so much where is this, where is this, where is this? I wanted to just get the stats before we go. Okay, performance bonus. Alex Pereira, Yuri Prakashka, Joe Pfeiffer, Fight of the Night,

Yuri Pachaska versus Khalil Roundtree. Yeah, fair. He did say that he was going to hook up Yusuf Zalel for the submission as well. The gate 8.8 million attendance 19,081, which is a pretty damn good gait, although less than Chicago and about the same as New Orleans. Let's see, last time they went to Las Vegas for International Fight Week was an $11 million gate, so a little less than that, but a solid one for the October showing more than Newark. Anyway,

Alex Pere is your new light heavyweight champion. Perhaps not for long, by the way. Could be moving up to heavyweight and vacating that. Who to see that coming an hour ago? And Marab is still the champ. And your Bajasca might be fighting Carlos Alberg for the vacant title by the time this is all said and done. There are your results. We've done two post shows this weekend, Pizzi.

and I still maintain 50 to 45 is the worst scorecard in the history of MMA. It's tough. Yeah, I've had a lot of, I don't know if you had a lot of people reaching out to you from the scoring cards world

over the last 24 hours. Good reaching out or bad reaching out? Well, you know, trying to spit some game in my ear about it and I'm like, you're not going to fucking do this to me. Listen, I know you think you're playing Asa Jazz here, but you aren't, all right?

It's fucking mental. That's someone. Like, just because, you know just because you could theoretically say oh yeah like maybe there is a possibility that like that that that you could you could possibly you know see and you're like but what is the percentage of possibility here like that someone could see the fight that way it's just and then you you you put the referee situation you put the the transparency with the score cards two times giving you three times they had to give us the score cards before it accurately accurately

depicted what was meant to have happened. Too many red, too many flags in the play there for PFL on a night when so many people were tuning in. And a brilliant fight, been married by constant chatter about what was right, what was wrong, and blah, blah, blah. And that's, unfortunately, the bottom line. Special shout out to Platinum Mike Perry, who defeated Jeremy Stevens tonight at the Rock and Newark Prudential Center. Great fight. Freaking Jeremy Stevens showed all the heart in the world, uh, ended up getting stopped very late in the fifth and final round, Mike Perry back and, um, a familiar face or two might have been in attendance. Who?

More on that. What? In the days to come, you know yourself, PT, we're fucking back. Not only are we fucking back. We're fucking better than ever. The boys are back in town. The boys are back. enjoy your sunday pizza yeah what about that punch what about that can i just mention like the queen

of oil ands for you that punch you landed on board just the just the noise of it though like it was crazy if you haven't seen that please go and watch it fourth round shot was sick nice little tight show four hours start to finish started at six ended at 10 quick 10 fights back to back no filler um you you might ask how do i know this I'll tell you about it later I'll tell you about it later We've got to go to bed We've got a long day ahead of us

And we've talked for way too long Thank you for that Frankie It's been a great day here at Uncrowned HQ Boys held it down With the post show I noticed a lot of the Chachkes in the back Weren't there I'm not sure what's going on with that It seemed like a lot of redecorating

I'm sure everything will be exactly Where I left it on Monday Nothing to do with me. Don't do with me, mate. Bill's Pats, Sunday night. Shout out. Oh, is that it for the music? It's a quick track, Frankie?

Hey, man. I thought he was going to start dropping some bars there, to be honest. He was kind of eating up there. Anyone catch the Blue Jays game against the Yankees? Game one? Nah, we won't bring that up. We're out of time, everyone. Congratulations, Alex.

Marab, Yuri, all the big winners. Bye, Pizzi. We'll talk to you later. Peace. We're out here. Thank you.