The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Daniel Cormier Show - DC REACTS to Petr Yan beating Merab Dvalishvili, Joshua Van TKO vs. Alexandre Pantoja

Episode Date: December 7, 2025

Petr Yan SHOCKED the UFC world with his incredible win over Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 323, Daniel Cormier IS BACK from octagon side in Las Vegas to give his INSTANT REACTION. DC breaks down what the win means for Yan, how Merab had his moments to win this fight, and why fans CANNOT be surprised that he was able to figure out Dvalishvili in this fight. Plus, Cormier reacts to Joshua Van getting a BRUTAL TKO win vs. Alexandre Pantoja to become the UFC's new flyweight champion. DC gives his take on Pantoja's nasty injury less than 30 seconds into the fight saw him lose in the co-main event at UFC 323. Plus, Cormier breaks down Tatsuro Taira's win over Brandon Moreno, Henry Cejudo losing in his retirement fight to Payton Talbott, crazy knockouts in the prelims, and so much more! #Volume All lines provided by Hard Rock BetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And if you have a gambling problem, call 1-800 gambler. All right, guys. Hey, UFC 323 just wrapped this, Jamil. This one flight not for three hours, he going to the airport. What's wrong with you? Look, I just came out and see my guy from this dude. This dude, bro, you don't even go to the airport three hours in advance. I know they're say Blackby would be late. But that's too early, man. You're tripping. I don't get your ass on there. Guys, UFC 323 just wrapped, and it was a crazy night, man. We had some phenomenal performances, but ultimately the night belonged to the great Piotrion. Tonight, Piotr Yon fought

the fight of his life, taking the championship from Marab de Walsh Willie, and on the scorecards, turned out being a wipeout. This Polify reaction video is brought to you by Total Wireless, the official wireless provider of UFC. They're in your corner with unlimited 5G data that will not slow you down. Peoria John told anyone that would listen that he was going to be better tonight. What I don't think people could have imagined was how good he was going to look. His striking looked amazing.

You know, one of the things about fight number one, that we talked about a lot in the build was that Peoria Yan defended 39 takedown. Marab just shot 49 takedowns. Tonight, Peoria defended 27 of 29 takedowns from Maraub de Wallace Willie, forcing him to stand in trade. We all know, Peoriaon is a master of sport and boxing. Peoria on is a sniper.

Peoriaon is a guy that you're not. you do not want to be forced to stand with. And then not only did he do a great job what is striking, Peota was the one that found a lot of success with his wrestling. Because I don't know that Marav de Wallis really expected him to be taking him down. But we know that Peoria has that ability. Tonight, that was on full display, and he was able to become the Bannerweight champion for a second time. His footwork, his movement, his cardio.

We were talking after the fight. His workload in camp to getting that type of shape must have been insane because it looked like he got a little tired down the stretch in like round two, round three. And then he just took off. We had this thought that to beat Marabre, you had to win rounds one, two, three.

Tonight, Piorean won round three, four, and five across the board. Even on the card that scored in 48, 47, Peter won three, three, Piotto won three four and five. It was an absolute masterpiece by Piotr Yan. Moral found some success early in the striking. And because he didn't wrestle early enough, I think it gave Piotr a confidence that the takedowns would not be coming at him at the rate that they came at him in fight number one. And they did because he was,

attacked 49 times to fight one, only 29 times in fight two. Peoria's the man. And it was very crazy in the build how people forgot what he was, how he was thought of, during his run as the UFC Bannamway champion. Many thought for a long time that he was going to be very hard to beat. But it's short memories is what people have in mixed months. martial arts and at times you have to remind them. And tonight, that's exactly what Peoria yon did.

Marab de Wallace Willie is not the UFC champion anymore. Marab had one of the most memorable reigns that we have ever seen. Marab tried to defend that belt four times. And there should be some credit given to him for even attempting to do what so many people believe is absolutely impossible. It's impossible to do it's impossible to do

do what Marab was attempting. Because if anyone was going to do it, it was going to be Marab. Because he seemed to have a great style for a division and he was in there with a guy that he had beaten before. But through Peoria's adjustments and how daunting the task was Marab got beat. But I honestly believe that his stock rose in that performance. Because even though he lost, He fought his ass off and he took more chances than we had ever seen him take. But ultimately, the night belonged to Peoria Young. In the co-main event, Alessandre Pantosia fought Joshua Van for the UFC Flyway Championship. The fight starts amazing.

They are just throwing. Pantosia throws a head kick. It lands on Van's shoulder. As Van is pressing into him, Pantosia posts dislocates his shoulder. fights over. Joshua Van could have teed off on him he didn't. He knew he was hurt. Great sportsmanship by the new champ. Pantoja immediately knew he was hurt, laid on his back, recognize he was out, Herb D. Stops the fight. Crazy situation, because that was an all-time great title reign that was ended on an action that you do just about every single day in fighting, wrestling, or any type of

combat sport. Unfortunately, it ended the reign of Pantosia. But Josh Van is now the second youngest champion in UFC history at only 24 years old. That fight started in a way that almost guaranteed that we were about to be watching an all-time classic. Those guys were going at it. It only lasts the 20 seconds. Pantosia was on the gas. Joshua Van was smiling, almost like, yo, this is what we're doing. I'm so happy. I'm in. I'm in a lot. I'm in a lot. I'm excited to see what happens next for Joshua Van because you know he'll be willing to fight very, very soon and he'll be willing to defend that championship very, very soon. You cannot feel nothing but happiness for Van because he's as sweet a kid as you will ever

meet in your entire life. He got this, he's in this job that he dreamt up for so long and now he's achieved that and he's reached the height of the sport by becoming a UFC champion. The one thing that he got that not many champions get is he knows who his next opponent will be. And that is going to be Tatsuro Tyro who beat Brandon Moreno and the third back on the top. I didn't love the stoppage there, I'm going to be completely honest. I know Moreno was in a horrible position, but I think when you have a champion like Moreno, a guy who's been around as long as he has, and the guy that is moving on the bottom,

you have to give him time to try and recover. The moment the rest of the fight, Moreno looked up and said, really? Look, man, nothing may have changed, but at least let it be definitive. So that Moreno understands and doesn't feel slighted. And it doesn't really hurt Tetsuro Tira as he's trying to earn his championship opportunity.

I am just glad that they're moving forward with Tentzorotara as the next title challenge. And I believe that him and Joshua and will be a phenomenal fight. Oh, give it, guys. Henry Sehudo and Peyton Talbot fought an absolute classic. Henry Sehudo said he wanted to go out on his shield and do it the right way as his career ended. It's exactly what he did tonight, but it was a showcase for Peyton Talbot and his skills.

That young man fought his ass off. He should be very proud. He got beat a couple of fights ago. But since he has returned now, He's won two in a row, and he's looking increasingly better. He scored two takedowns on Tahuado. There's no way Sohudo could have imagined that the kids would be taking him down. That shows you the levels that Peyton Talbot is jumping every single time he steps into the octagon.

Behovich and Guskov was a draw, which it was. Manuel Torres knocked out Grant Dawson, showing that he's one of the best fighters in the world. Chris Duncan and Terrence McKinney had a crazy fight. I didn't love that the fight wasn't stopped earlier. It looked like McKinney knew he was out. The rep just didn't stop the fight. So the moment that Duncan put on the submission he tapped, sometimes you got to read the fighter's body language

and then do what you're in there to do and that stop the fight. Macy Barber had a big win over Karini Silva. Ferris Ziam fought his ass off and beat. Nazim Sadaq. Bruno Fadea beat Marvin Vittori. Jaylon Turner had a nasty knockout over Edson Jr. Barbosa. That dude looked phenomenal.

Look phenomenal. Mansour Abdul Malik beat Antron Chocoli. Awesome. Great performance by that young man. Marlon Santos won by TKO. Bad fight, but ultimately it ended very well. But the fight for me was Iwo Baroneski. versus Ibo Aslan.

And that is going to be my total wireless performance of the night. That was the best fight I have ever seen inside the Octagon. Not for the skill. It felt like Dana-Wite contended series with two guys that were just better, so the fight lasted longer. It was awesome, guys. If you have not watched Ibo Aslan take on Iwan Baranowski,

go watch it today. It's on the early prelims, and it was crazy. You know that my total. while his performance of the night generally goes to someone higher up on the car. Tonight it goes to both of these gentlemen for what they showed us on the prelips. That's the end of the pay-per-view era and that's the end of the ESPN era. Guys, I'm taking this Mike Flagg home with me because for a kid that grew up in Louisiana, to say that I worked for ESPN is a dream come true.

We, uh, everybody at the UFC loved the time that we had at ESPN. I will always remember my time here. I will always remember DC and Elwani, DC and RC and good guy, bad guy. The fact that the worldwide leader gave me shows with three different partners means the world to me. So thank you ESPN for elevating my career, making me even bigger and better than I ever could have imagined.

And thank you guys so much for taking the chance on the UFC. Because the partnership between the UFC and ESPN has helped the UFC to grow to an even bigger place. In the end of the pay-per-view, hey, the world always changes. I always get sad with change, guys. But I figure we'll all be okay. The fights are free. So that means I'm happy for you guys. All you got to do is get a subscription, obviously, to Paramount Plus.

But no more pay-per-view. Unbelievable how much things have changed. Guys, thank you so much for this year. It has been a banner year for us at DCTV. The growth that we have had far exceeded what we did last year in every single metric. And it's all because of every single one of you. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas.

I will still be talking to you guys on the channel. But from an arena, this is it. I will see you guys in January for the next UFC number card. and the first UFC number card on Paramount Plus slash CBS. Thank you guys. I love each and everyone to you.

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Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel. help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter.

Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano. It's our favorite time of the year on our podcast point game, the playoffs. We're digging into the biggest surprises of the season, and I'm looking back on some of my greatest playoff moments. If we didn't talk ever again, I was hiring you.

You just understood. That's how personal it got. Wow. Then after that game seven, Marquis come in to him, he's like, you know, I love you, dog. You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs. This was just basketball. So listen to Point Game on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Danny Shapiro. And these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season. of Family Secrets. He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move. And he went out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off.

And that was the last time I saw him. Listen to Season 14 of Family Secrets on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every family has its secrets. But what happens when you discover that your dad has been living a double life? That is not the look of an innocent man. Is everyone lying to me about who they? are. I felt such desperation. I felt it was what I had to do. Listen to deep cover the family man on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.