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Wants. It's

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the greatest week of the year. That

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is right. This is the of fighting

1:38

Park has network. I object issue. And

1:40

it is draft week. everybody.

1:45

Our. Favor week of the your the Nfl

1:47

draft goes down Thursday night in Detroit, Michigan.

1:49

And for the last two years. To

1:51

coincide with the Nfl draft we

1:54

have embarked. On. The Great His

1:56

Journey and Mixed Martial Arts. The Mm

1:58

a draft were five. Mm. A

2:00

Fighting Writers. Get together and we

2:03

just draft. It's we. We just draft

2:05

our favorite overlay fighters around the promotions

2:07

that exist in the world. And.

2:10

So where do it again? With the same

2:12

rules as last year, If. You haven't

2:14

checked out last year. Will put links intuit. you can

2:16

go check all that where it's going to be. a

2:18

fun ride but without further ado. The. People

2:21

joining me on this ride there's

2:23

excited as I am. Sure,

2:25

He now shoddy my. Tech Dame

2:27

and Martin and Alexander Kaylee Sell.

2:29

Us as best we get a year. The

2:33

Zola knows others have a measure of us as

2:35

a reserve. Ultra rich are just gonna for on

2:37

issued a from have been those nations an Ogre

2:39

celebrate my team. This. Weekend derivatives I'm

2:41

so I was so ussr afterwards or the Nfl

2:43

and might I feel like I know every dollars

2:45

was ever play. Goals were both as boy so

2:48

I made the switch gears and Mm a drafting.

2:50

Do. You know every enemy fighters who's ever

2:52

played in the me though, because that's gonna

2:55

be critical. For today's exercise.

2:57

We. Don't Play. I'm amazed with Fight Him

3:00

a major. We don't play anything around. Issue:

3:02

Don't play boxing. Don't Play boxing. I've ever

3:04

notice how you feel. That is this. I'm

3:06

also said I'm so excited. I'm so deeply

3:08

excited. Is my favorite down with years. Since.

3:11

I've chance just say and. To.

3:13

Timeshare young cat shot. Gotta get to

3:16

this level. Oh where do

3:18

you do. We want to get into this

3:20

right now seem because yes, at the end of this.

3:22

Exercise though be a post on the

3:24

website will throw up a polygon vote

3:26

on who you think draft is the

3:28

best team and yes to use narrow

3:30

seen or Saudi as find surrounding can

3:33

say it again. I'll

3:35

just say it is like doing the

3:37

poll is like giving draft night grades.

3:39

Sure, maybe Lions draft night you know

3:42

last year was a C plus and

3:44

then it turns out actually those do

3:46

they drafted or bowlers your team on

3:49

fight night sound a great Jon Jones

3:51

Hamza to my of Leon Edwards trolls,

3:53

Olvera, his followers. Jon. Jones

3:55

them fight over. last of

3:58

us go out. No

4:00

no no see where we are frame

4:02

and is wrong because because I'm turning

4:04

well I frame it all wrong. Seaweed

4:06

When we create this exercise week rate

4:09

parallel dimensions we great alternate universes in

4:11

which those those are now under my

4:13

control. I did not Jon Jones fight

4:15

twice in my world. So. The

4:17

lover one only time the My world and one

4:19

of whom was the greatest beverage or mouth the

4:21

one with the body. So we're Jon Jones Ruby

4:24

a necktie to her mother didn't see it. I

4:27

don't know. I. Didn't see who are you

4:29

commencing Jon Jones to by. By

4:32

anyone would stay for as sumo guy we found

4:34

on the street it was so fun you would

4:36

have loved it you would have as it were

4:38

the not only the scan on to stand aside

4:41

the fed Sumo got we know he stared It

4:43

is who he is to get hooked on screen

4:45

or leave. I would have loved. It. Also.

4:48

Fan vote? Come on which were cry

4:50

about San? Well I love the family

4:53

and my book combined fire said lot

4:55

of users. Ah Sir Paul

4:57

on I am one of the last guy photos

4:59

The biz I went from two percent to five

5:01

for seven. doesn't matter. I saw them my cellphone.

5:04

Novels: Look. An absolute

5:06

horror killer. We understand you don't like. The

5:08

fans were galore. We understand not these ones.

5:11

Might how you feel about this year's draft?

5:13

Are you ready? Could last year you you

5:15

want to tell from last year you add

5:17

the U S C and Twenty Twenty Three

5:19

and it's it. Is always the hardest promotion

5:21

to succeed with per the rules of this

5:23

exercise. Or this year switch Snub you've gone

5:26

from the worse promotion do I would say

5:28

the most fun promotion. I had bk of

5:30

see. Last you you've got than this year, Are you

5:32

feeling about this? switch? up? This

5:34

is exactly what I needed to go to

5:37

be here. see because after winning overall and

5:39

Twenty Twenty two I think most would say

5:41

once the year actually played out I got

5:43

a little too cute. And Twenty Twenty Three

5:46

I i i over thought some things I

5:48

was offered the first trade in the history

5:50

of the draft undervalued myself in a big

5:52

way. She he know shot Aegis. Just.

5:55

Crush me in multiple ways during the

5:57

draft noise stealing my lead commentator. I.

6:00

Just throwing out a trade at the at

6:02

the best time and then fleecing me with

6:05

value because I didn't know what I was

6:07

doing so she deathly one last year on

6:09

the on draft day. Is uses brilliance

6:11

throughout the entire diving. That's ridiculous. I still

6:13

think I want on draft day. I'd Conor

6:15

Mcgregor. Just the gates. You Max Holloway does

6:17

important. It's like that right there is a

6:19

hard mode it looks. Your pardon. Vitamins. Let's

6:21

not think about Connor, not fly to the

6:23

news in the news a bunch. In

6:26

the long term know I wonder drug laws are

6:28

you Look at my druthers wonder if true is

6:30

the hunter said a daughter auto saw the Obama

6:32

in Santa Noom Gaza to four hundred and six

6:34

was by far the best the of the bones

6:36

I didn't win on the i didn't win on

6:38

the vote but in terms of tell it what

6:40

ended up being for the year I definitely one

6:42

book and and look at look at me all

6:44

about up now one of the looking fall on

6:47

the mirror and auditory buena really hundred history with

6:49

protests are back on here in a lot of

6:51

people in this blog as claim victory I'm here

6:53

in a lot of who gave you belt being

6:55

drawn around thrown around. It's pretty weird. there's one

6:57

sister. Let's move on. A

7:00

weekend move has no longer. You're no

7:02

longer in charge of one championship. Last,

7:05

he had want One championships and you

7:07

ran an organization so well that it's

7:09

on the verge of bankruptcy and they

7:11

are toward us in a pile of

7:13

the end of this year. it will

7:15

no longer exist. And so they had to

7:17

pull the last. Year's true winner. Me:

7:20

Myself and I to take

7:22

over one championship and charge

7:24

Recall is like a judge.

7:26

We. Need some help when financial struggles and

7:29

wheezing? You're the guy to take us out

7:31

of this whole Shaheen put us into so

7:33

I'm going to take over one championship. As

7:36

you've already established, Mike has moved on to

7:38

be Kfc. Ha who will be

7:40

the first pick in our draft? has a

7:42

new team will talk about that moment. Damon.

7:45

Has the short straw. Damon's got us

7:47

see the sheer tough. Though.

7:49

It's tough to be the of see, I

7:51

mean you So far ahead you have nowhere

7:53

to go backward so we'll see how well

7:55

you could defend their position. Damon and seen

7:57

you've been elevated. Are you dug one?

8:00

Indian job into. You. Know

8:02

into bankruptcy and and were like hey let's get

8:04

rid of you as a promotion and now they're

8:06

going to ask you to do a Gps all

8:08

at or they've decided to This is this is

8:10

the future of it. We we saw you till

8:13

spell a torso showtime and on a before so

8:15

now they're bringing you back in turn to do

8:17

this. And. Then when okay, we'll

8:19

kick our draft off with the new

8:21

edition folks because. As. I just

8:23

mentioned. Sell. It or kind of

8:25

don't exist anymore. it's sort of around.

8:27

It's weird we have lumped in p

8:29

a felon belt or as one promotion

8:31

because that is. Functionally. What

8:33

they are, even if they're operating separate, Ak actually

8:36

kill and so for the the think of actually

8:38

killed it like. It's good. That addresses

8:40

they can. I made it better. I

8:43

made it better you you were. Returned it

8:45

to Bela Tarr from Showtime and that was

8:47

just the end of Apartheid at that moment.

8:49

and the as ever look how much money.bought

8:51

for a man or or and out and

8:54

was fired for.i or for. The

8:56

are gonna close not are up since I'm an awfully

8:59

dollars and I gotta look out for me. I

9:01

can look for in a foul say I'll

9:03

godless by I'm a government does he does

9:05

have a lie when a multibillion dollar organisers

9:07

and gets rid of you for nothing like

9:09

days are like please take those for most

9:12

please take this are mostly we don't want

9:14

it anymore in our they get let it

9:16

let others say they'll say I got Let

9:18

us to say that less your aka to

9:20

Jake Paul with his second overall pick. Up

9:24

I target. you're going to fight or vegetable to

9:26

this yourself. either way through that to be there

9:28

as he does what we have allowed to a

9:31

day we see now that's where done for them

9:33

to say and as than another new ownership babies

9:35

or this year a. This.

9:37

Yeah I doubt a case doing it because

9:39

for the third year in a row we

9:41

are now having to pick a new team

9:43

or the first year we did this eagle

9:46

as see was the says squad in the

9:48

grouping of this is a kind of fell

9:50

apart after that one year and then last

9:52

year we lost Bella Torso. we're adding in

9:54

the new and an Ak. I hope you

9:56

don't kill this one because it is the

9:58

darling child of hard core. I'm amazed. fans

10:00

the world over. Speaking of course about

10:02

KSW, you know,

10:04

the spiritual successor to pride. Sir,

10:08

that is a Konfronzatsia Stukvalki

10:10

to you, all right? Change

10:13

it as homework. Cheers to all

10:15

my Polish supporters. Thank you for

10:17

trusting me with this national institution

10:21

of yours. I assure you, I will shepherd

10:23

it into another. It's already an incredible company.

10:25

I will just shepherd it further along into

10:27

further greatness. I am so excited. How many

10:30

times did you practice that? I hope that you

10:32

go heavy Polish on your drafting. I don't think

10:34

I nailed it, Gene. I'll

10:36

be honest with you. I'm

10:38

not 100% confident that that was close to how it's actually pronounced.

10:41

Yeah, you know, A for effort because I wasn't

10:44

even going to pretend to try. I just went

10:46

for old KSW. Yeah. So the

10:48

rules are simple, you know, just to recap in case

10:50

this is your first time here, five

10:53

of us, five promotions. We're drafting seven

10:55

rounds, not snake draft, just one at

10:57

the top. Keep going. The draft order

10:59

is AK with

11:02

KSW, then BKFC with Mike,

11:04

one championship me, PFL

11:06

to Sean is number four, and Damon

11:08

gets the rear with the UFC at

11:10

five, tried to order them functionally in

11:13

the primacy

11:15

of their, you know, standing in

11:17

the global landscape just like you do in

11:19

the NFL. The worst teams get their earlier

11:21

picks. You got to build the roster the

11:23

best you can. And that's it. A

11:26

couple of small things just to note, uh,

11:29

any individuals available to draft, you could pick anyone

11:31

doesn't have to be an MMA fighter. We've done

11:33

a bunch of weird things. You do whatever you

11:35

want in that regard, drafting them per the rules

11:38

of this locks them into a five year contract

11:40

with the organization. They still

11:42

don't have to fight. If you pick John

11:44

Jones and he's like, I'm waiting to fight

11:46

steep and if steep isn't under your promotional

11:48

banner, then you can't make John fight.

11:50

There's not a thing you can do. You're going to have

11:52

to work with how you go. And

11:54

yeah, uh, That's it. We Have,

11:57

we talked a lot about allowing trades. We did

11:59

trades last year. Don't little confusing, certainly

12:01

in the written part of this thing. So

12:03

we have opted not to have to move

12:05

forward trades this year. Maybe they'll come back

12:08

in a future addition, but. Other

12:10

than that, A

12:13

K K A Study was on the clock?

12:15

Are you? Are you prepared to make the

12:17

first pic of Twenty Twenty Four? Mm

12:19

a dressed was doing I think so

12:22

said I think so it's I'm a

12:24

little narrow. diving ak. That. The

12:26

pic is in. Ah

12:30

beginning not say that. Agreed on jets

12:32

what a sunni replied ice ice on

12:34

fuel than I did not say that

12:36

I did not see the judge said

12:38

that by of her that that worked

12:40

out really well. I'm this I want

12:42

to clear. As we had already we

12:44

talked about this all fair. I am

12:46

petrified. I have a very clear draft

12:48

strategy and you and might can absolutely

12:50

bottom me out right now with your

12:52

choices as I am hopeful that the

12:54

guy I need with my first overall

12:56

pick falls to me. I am Mike.

12:58

I am your pages desperately hoping the

13:00

Drake a false the three and I

13:02

don't have Attic Jane Daniels in that

13:05

third spot. Where. You are yogic.

13:07

You could. I mean you could drink that

13:09

way or you did you know drink bay

13:11

a game is risky to buenos er auf

13:13

das don't do that And and far is

13:15

Shazia they portray may. Ah,

13:19

I. Don't think you'll be in trouble Jag the

13:21

think my pick as like it's other. you

13:23

have a somewhat not out of the box

13:25

but as specific like a specific to your

13:27

strategy. So since I have number one that

13:29

I had to go pretty broad of I

13:31

do have a plan a kiss w again

13:33

it's not your traditional dark horse though do

13:35

I am picking number one and certainly in

13:37

North America it's it. They has by the

13:39

least name recognition of all that much as

13:41

we mentioned, but it has the benefit of

13:43

already being established in Poland. I mean it's

13:45

hard to call of promotion a dark horse

13:47

when they have sold out like a sixty.

13:49

Thousand Seat venue ah on two or

13:51

three occasions now and has a very

13:53

dedicated fan base. It does get covering

13:55

the fact that it's other than the

13:58

one hundred estimates in exactly. Earlier.

14:02

I just wish the way money really like.

14:06

Has moved on to luggage and the

14:08

I am I going from from case of

14:10

user from one of them into the pit

14:13

what is that alone is projecting should

14:15

he got rewarded or us if he

14:17

had some the prepared I was into

14:19

the i was incredible those a very good

14:21

I had curious before we get a toothpick.

14:24

Do. We feel like there is a consensus number

14:26

one overall pick this year because I don't pass.

14:28

Oh, there's bound to. We're one. I

14:31

don't I don't feel like there is this year though.

14:33

I was drunk big my node and I don't know

14:35

either. I. Think there's

14:37

a very clear number one pick this. Really? Like.

14:40

I don't. I see my heard there's there's

14:42

kind of one, but not really. Depends on

14:44

how much you value this one person. But

14:46

would you guys like to tell me what

14:48

that is? Sit back Roka. I'd I was

14:50

upstairs where the shuttle are going to do

14:53

just because. ah he's he's not the guy

14:55

I'm planning around and I would like you

14:57

to take him so I only have to

14:59

save my killing my old dame bland but

15:01

also don't want to ruin the fun for

15:03

everyone else. you know. I

15:05

really hope my guess is as I said

15:08

to my guides, hell maybe just means that

15:10

you fell flat out of just deal and.

15:12

I'm not conflicted about I can't go wrong with

15:14

this pic. it's just kind of boring. It's kind

15:16

of safe but it does fit we want to

15:18

do with. I mean like again with where we

15:21

are wanting to spend outside of the postmark and

15:23

and as not hard to do there are this

15:25

is unknown from have no side is just doesn't

15:27

have that foothold in North America yet but years

15:29

that if you're cool of I'm a fan. Keep

15:31

up with kissed other. It's not hard to watch,

15:33

It's not like it's it's it's just was nuts.

15:35

Hard to watch So. We.

15:37

Have some advanced As Vs events going on for Am

15:39

we. Kiss. Of you. Were.

15:41

All about spectacle. People know this that this

15:43

is not a are. This is

15:45

Not a company that's all about like. That.

15:48

The obvious: this is either a Tfl toilets have

15:50

a season tournaments cortical meritocracy thing like now we

15:52

we want to put on a shout. We want.

15:55

Big. Names big stars to build be

15:57

cards round. It's.

16:00

a boring pick, but for the

16:02

second year in a row, I

16:05

think we have to go number one

16:07

with Mr. Conner. He

16:10

did it. That's it. That's

16:13

the one, one pick. Unlike

16:17

previous years, the benefit is we actually know

16:20

he will fight. No,

16:22

quote unquote, I put no in some quotations. But

16:25

we were talking, there's a little pre draft talk,

16:27

you know, amongst the GMs, amongst the owners, and

16:29

we're like, Connor went like third round the first

16:31

time we did this 2022. He

16:33

did go first last time. He was such a perfect fit for

16:36

for BKFC. He had to go number one. But

16:39

both those years was when he was still in limbo. He had

16:41

recently broken his 22. He was still coming

16:43

off the broken leg. 2023, we had

16:45

no idea what the hell was going on. So he didn't fight any of

16:47

those years. He was kind of a bust. At

16:49

least I know in reality, he

16:52

is scheduled for one fight. So I think KSW is

16:54

getting one fight out of him. I don't think we're

16:56

doing him Michael Chandler, but I

16:59

would love to have Connor come here for one we build

17:01

one show around him. It changes our

17:03

entire like five year arc just having one,

17:06

one massive Connor McGregor led show. So

17:08

yeah, not the most interesting thing didn't go out of the

17:11

box. You just got to go with the the mucho star

17:13

power. I think that's

17:15

the right pick, though. Okay, for everything you said,

17:17

biggest star in the sport actually is set to

17:19

fight this year. She can

17:21

feel some level of comfort. He's coming back.

17:23

And mostly, I didn't mention this. But if

17:26

I was you, I'm taking I'm running. I

17:28

am running to the podium to put this

17:30

in because you pair the eyeballs Connor can

17:32

draw with the pageant. Yes, that we bring

17:35

decay as KSW. You're going to have

17:37

a whole bunch of fans overnight. Like that's just there

17:39

is no organization more prime to

17:41

have a supernova star elevate

17:44

them than KSW. To me, this

17:46

was the queer number one. And

17:48

if you had fumbled this, I would have mocked you

17:50

winner. Let's go for your KSW. Even

17:53

though you want to expand in North America, KSW

17:55

is an established European brand. You can easily take

17:57

your first ever card to Croke Park. Finally do

17:59

with the. You know, see, well, failed to do

18:01

over and over again, take it to croak park, put

18:03

Connor in there and you got to guaranteed like, wow,

18:05

don't know how many people fit in that stadium, but

18:08

50,000, 60,000, how many people fit in there? You

18:10

go right there and you still keep your foothold in

18:12

Europe. Guys, I'm loving the support. I'm loving the

18:15

positive. Can I get more than five? Can I get five more than

18:17

5% this year? I mean, we can do it. I feel like we

18:19

can do it. Okay, okay, okay. Connor is

18:21

going to get you over 5% just

18:23

as that. No,

18:29

you could fumble every other pick, but

18:32

you dunked the dunker. Not

18:34

everybody can slam dunk it when it's right

18:36

up there. You buried the alley-oop. Well done.

18:39

Which means, Mr. Mike

18:41

Heck, you were on

18:43

the board and the

18:46

pick is in. It is. Firstly,

18:49

let me congratulate Alexander Kaylee for putting

18:51

together a roster that's going to feature

18:53

Conor McGregor and five women's bantamweights. So

18:55

very nice. Very nice. So,

18:58

we're going to be spoilers. Mike,

19:00

I was between. Sorry. Sorry.

19:03

But for my first pick, and it's nice to have BKFC

19:05

because now we get to just do a lot of fun

19:07

stuff. I noticed Jed does not

19:10

have his whiteboard behind him. Usually

19:12

has a specific word. And today we're

19:15

going to change the name of BKFC.

19:17

It's not going to be bare knuckle

19:19

fighting championship. It's going to

19:22

be knuckle fighting championship. Ladies and

19:24

gentlemen, ladies and girls. You

19:26

son of a bitch. BKFC. Alex.

19:30

Yeah. Tom. Yeah.

19:33

Which move of applause? You made the

19:35

son of a bitch, baby. Where's

19:38

the clip in? Where's the hooning horn? I'm

19:41

not here. I'm not here. You took the whiteboard down for

19:43

a reason? I'm not here. I'm trying to do. I'm

19:46

trying to do. But let me just

19:48

tell you. Alex's prayer is going

19:50

to be my pick anyways. I know.

19:53

That's why I took the part down. And

19:55

That's solidified it for me. I went from 99.9% to.

20:00

The hundred and three percent when I

20:02

saw that whiteboard take it down behind

20:04

you judge. So ah sorry not sorry

20:06

what come out for us? We're not.

20:08

We're not Khamenei A common about a

20:10

week and my mom local media anymore.

20:13

It's. Called boop It is com boom

20:15

mania soaring out rare odd hours

20:17

pereira bare knuckle I need I

20:19

need the. Listeners. At home

20:22

to realize all the whimpering you're hearing

20:24

is dead. He's absolutely melted down right

20:26

now. I don't buy would you prefer

20:28

you ending mods As bad as a

20:31

society says it plans to pereiro. I'm

20:33

so I have. Thank you so much of the will happen.

20:37

No. Also. Taken

20:39

in God and then okay, what's your.

20:46

To my view real as well

20:48

you've done since i I have

20:51

on hand. For

20:54

one it was gonna be as

20:56

a service or three flight plan

20:58

of Pereira. First is is totally

21:00

Malkin in all three way classes

21:02

for all three belts wanted to

21:04

do so. The author of dealers

21:06

gonna be perfect to be everything

21:08

we're all ever wanted and you

21:10

took it from me. And

21:12

I knew I was lucky I was. like be have

21:14

season front of me. There's not a fighter who makes

21:16

more sense. I'll just purely

21:18

sent to promotion. Prayer makes.

21:21

All. The since in the world putting

21:23

filters. I get to do the Malik

21:25

and we've got kickboxing, advertise teaching. Get

21:27

those belts to see would have been

21:29

perfect. Promotional wins in for me and

21:31

I should also sure he just said

21:33

one disclose sector. This is what I

21:36

could have made the rules. And

21:39

in if. it

21:42

was going to be perfect and now it's

21:44

perfect for us jed soil i saw the

21:46

math and are rosters thou better the only

21:48

way that will fall into would have been

21:50

a to not taking taner is obviously connor

21:52

beauty of zulu massively use and abuse users

21:54

islam star power but devices it's it's it's

21:57

a daughter says a pervert leave her mic

21:59

to take the words on. I just thought

22:01

there was a chance for Inganu to stop

22:03

it in there because he also wouldn't want

22:05

it. That name's not available. I'll

22:07

say whatever I want. I might take him now. I

22:09

don't know what the hell I'm doing. I've just got

22:11

to hurt the rest of y'all because my plans are

22:13

shot. When I'm going under, we're going to be bankrupt

22:15

in four months and I can't save us. The

22:18

star who could have brought us out of

22:20

bankruptcy is gone and the guy I had

22:22

a whole plan to build around is gone.

22:24

I have nothing. I am in

22:26

shambles right now. This could not

22:28

have started worse for me. Mike,

22:33

my best friend, I do have a question. Are

22:35

you comfortable with the in-ring fatalities

22:37

that your organization is about to be

22:39

associated with after a bare-knuckle punching

22:41

people? This

22:44

could go down a very dark path. He

22:47

just threw them in there with Lorenzo Hunt. He

22:50

won't pass away. He'll be fine. Do

22:52

you realize where the sport is in 2020? I'm

22:59

not saying this to be like, I'm being

23:01

serious. Like in 2024, where we're at, as

23:03

far as like where the sport is and

23:05

the nature of our sport, do you really

23:07

think like that would, if Alex Perre flat-lined,

23:09

like literally flat-lined somebody, you think people would

23:11

be that upset at this stage in the

23:13

game? Like where were they? I don't think

23:16

they would. I don't know if they'd really

23:18

be that like, you know, that upset. I'm

23:20

just saying. Like, I think, you know,

23:22

like you'd be sad, but I'm just saying, like, you know,

23:25

we're not in that, we're not in that world right now,

23:27

snowflakes. Come on, Mike. I have a question for you

23:29

as a promoter because I just, as a fan, I'm deeply

23:31

curious. Yes. Do you think you

23:33

can pay Mike Perry enough money to fight Alex Pereira? Okay.

23:37

That's all. I'm good. I'm

23:39

in. Easy. I'm a huge

23:42

fan of this. I'm going to get Mike Perry.

23:44

I'm going to get

23:47

Mike Perry to play around the golf on

23:49

Augusta National and that'll be enough. He'll

23:51

be good to go. I mean, if you can,

23:53

if you can set that up, I'd also like

23:55

to play around with golf at Augusta National. The

23:57

least you could do after ripping my soul out,

23:59

Mike. I do enjoy

24:01

to do now like I have a

24:03

big board I got a whole big

24:05

board of fifty do and it's is

24:07

useless now you are you are now

24:10

just those are to her and I'm

24:12

like yes. Yes,

24:14

the take his and I don't I

24:16

don't like to take something in here

24:18

boys. Ah, With.

24:20

My plans in shambles are now

24:23

source to just go Best player

24:25

available. At a strategy as can

24:27

still need. Best.

24:29

Player available and I think

24:32

sink the answer to that.

24:35

Is. Are

24:38

you. Know it

24:41

also says the heart screw. At this

24:43

point I've already. Loss is no chance

24:45

that with his Cx Demille to berea

24:47

with the number three or four ultra

24:49

big ah. Why? I don't

24:51

necessarily think this is the right call because

24:53

of their a lot of arguments against it,

24:55

but he is in my top is in

24:57

the top five of my big board. Or

25:00

certainly one of the best players available

25:02

we're talking about. Still have very young

25:04

man you know alias in his twenties.

25:06

still twenty seven in fact. Ah, just

25:08

turned twenty seven this year. So we

25:10

are five years. We got a lead

25:12

to Korea, one of the best pound

25:14

for pound fighters in the world. Locked

25:16

up under contract for five years. an

25:18

honor be as paid attention after January.

25:21

On but. A

25:23

big deal now. Iliza. Ease up that burn

25:25

a bally's. He's real Madrid saying and

25:27

I would them. This man is a global.

25:29

Superstar? You know, like

25:31

Five million Instagram followers?

25:34

Young. Good looking, speaks a whole bunch

25:36

languages. He's the guy we're

25:39

gonna have to build our franchise around at

25:41

this point. I'm which many you know what

25:43

name is good design Prayer has does not

25:45

have ice what kind of our five year

25:48

contract know. What? You need to get

25:50

five years out of rare. At this point

25:52

you knowledge is a good cup when the

25:54

great years. I'm not here to say these

25:56

will be unbelievable years route for a liberal,

25:58

these thirty six will be forty one. You

26:00

would be in that know I've got

26:02

keep to berea blossoming into one of

26:05

the biggest stars in the sport and

26:07

we're gonna find a way to leverage

26:09

that of. Whether. He's fine Christian

26:11

leader, whoever the hell it's of have to

26:14

have that advice for you that point out

26:16

later but we've got a great guy in

26:18

the room or roster is better by one

26:20

now and sauce feel okay about the selection?

26:24

I. Just wanna and bustle I just wanna I

26:26

just wanted out not listen I know it is

26:28

used to the draft is over from Missouri do

26:30

our top as of on the bar desired really

26:33

it's more is my sixth round the last year.

26:35

Whoever sits around the number one of the years

26:37

to say and the guy animal the prophetic nature

26:39

and my because you're forgiven the six around and

26:41

eyes the number one's Rapid Virginia's you. Well.

26:44

He wasn't supposed to be but somebody is

26:47

not pools and so well here we are

26:49

which brings us twins out of it is

26:51

as was a if it's any consolation you

26:53

killed you to still test w Coliseum for

26:55

because you're getting calls him three cards at

26:57

croke park because there for sprint about you

26:59

but that's other when don't I don't think

27:01

to for a I had a chance to

27:03

get out of the first round he's had

27:06

a couple of guys I think we're I

27:08

saw Prayer of Mcgregor to Perea and have

27:10

got to other people that I would have

27:12

said we're locked in. First rounders will see.

27:14

Because on the clock now it does fall

27:16

to last you share Be now in charge

27:19

of the p associate are shoddy is the

27:21

pic in. Of. The

27:23

pigs and. i

27:29

did such as if a couple things first

27:32

i just have to say is a great

27:34

joy of my day so far to watch

27:36

how quickly you worked through the five stages

27:38

of grief because that might have been record

27:40

time for to weigh in on acceptance already

27:43

you can i did it in real time

27:45

and within three minutes your and accepted adjust

27:47

except in it's it's smug acceptance of actually

27:49

actually mike screwed up and i'm the real

27:51

winners here not not accepting my feelings but

27:54

ah putting it all on mike is a

27:56

failure of of his own efforts we see

27:58

through you Let's

28:00

see through this. I am so upset. You

28:04

guys do not know how long I spent on

28:06

this draft board and this plan. And I was

28:08

like, 50-50 shot Mike just taken. What if someone

28:10

took Malekin? And I thought, I hope he

28:12

doesn't. After your whole spiel. Oh, Malekin

28:15

was coming down later. Because you guys aren't going to

28:17

take him that early. I was targeting Malekin probably for

28:19

round four, just as a safety net. OK. Because you

28:22

guys aren't going to take him in your first couple

28:24

of picks. But I was

28:26

going to retain the rights on him to make sure

28:29

that because I mean, there just would have been awesome.

28:31

It was perfect. I had a perfect plan. And now

28:33

the plans are ruined. And now Mike can even take

28:35

the plan from me and win the draft. And if

28:37

he does, I want to be really clear. If you

28:40

take Malekin and you win this draft, Mike, I will

28:42

take credit as you just Bogart in my idea. And

28:44

I'm furious about it. I'm just going to say that

28:46

the public probably does not get crazy behind Malekin. I

28:48

don't think you are the only person in the world

28:51

that loves Malekin as much. Probably

28:54

because I drafted him last year. But

28:56

you can't tell me it wouldn't be

28:58

fun to have three division champion Malekin

29:00

fight Pereira in each of the three

29:02

divisions in a series of fights. It's

29:05

really fun. Anyway, before

29:07

we make the pick, just a couple of quick announcements

29:09

as the new leader of PFL. Things

29:12

have been running fine around here. We've

29:17

had some momentum. We're making some acquisitions. We're doing some

29:19

big things. We got all this Saudi money now, which

29:22

you love that. I mean, we're really the only ones

29:24

over here with all this Saudi money. So we can

29:26

kind of play around with that a little bit. Going

29:29

to make some quick changes though. Number one, Edict

29:31

from the moment I step in, we're changing the name. It

29:34

can stay PFL like PFL is fine, but

29:36

professional fighters league is very dumb and just like

29:38

stupid and generic. And no one's going to remember

29:40

that we're going back old school,

29:43

we're going to the nostalgia era. We're, we're

29:45

making it so that your favorite

29:47

fighters, favorite fighter loves to come to

29:49

this promotion. We are now the

29:51

pride fighting league and you may call us new pride.

29:55

I see Mike's face. I got it from my,

29:57

that's not a bad idea. I'm

30:00

just letting you know ahead of time that the

30:02

UFC will be filing a lawsuit again Pride

30:11

fighting championships, they're putting in Do

30:14

you realize do you realize how

30:16

petty the UFC is though? You are going to

30:19

court and you are gonna give her did you

30:21

not hear the Saudi money part of what I

30:23

was talking about? Take us to court. I I'm

30:25

welcome Cuz he

30:27

doesn't have any Saudi Fair

30:30

the Saudi Saudi Arabia fund gave you guys a

30:32

hundred million for a chunkier company They gave us

30:34

20 million for one fight card. So I'm just

30:36

saying like who won that battle I'm not even

30:38

that good a fight card on it. There's enough

30:40

to go around baby All I'm saying is you

30:42

may now call us new pride. That's it. PFL

30:44

still stands for the record My

30:47

friends at one pride MMA in Indonesia will also

30:49

be sending a strongly worded letter So just

30:51

letting you know just give you I don't know

30:53

about those friends I'm gonna send a strongly

30:55

worded weather one one pride. What are they? One

30:59

Friday, only one one. I mean

31:02

until six months from now when there are no

31:04

war For

31:07

the old face that I got for Mike because Mike gave

31:09

me a tremendous Incredible

31:11

job incredible also quickly Bellator PFL in one organization

31:14

now I don't care of the reasons for splitting

31:16

these two I'm sure it's some sort of contractual

31:18

things with sponsors or whatever deals are locked in

31:20

broadcast wise all that can go to hell Lighting

31:22

money on all that can go to hell. We

31:24

don't care. It's all one organization out We're new

31:27

pride because of course we are also

31:29

not gonna lie. We're done with the season bullshit Maybe

31:32

we'll do some tournaments here and there But

31:35

only when necessary and when we do them They'll be

31:37

like one-night tournaments for a million dollars or something lean

31:39

into that Saudi money because the season format sucks And

31:41

I don't know that people really enjoy it until it

31:43

gets to the end of the season And

31:45

last thing and you know, this is kind

31:47

of the Shaheen standard, but we're once again doing it We're

31:50

eliminating an emander of drug testing. This is

31:52

the sport of Kings It was

31:54

the originally the sport of Kings and it shall save the

31:56

sport of Kings. You want new drugs, dude. Come over here

31:59

It's fine. It's totally fine And so in

32:01

that regard my first pick is Dan and my pick is John

32:03

Jones because he's gonna love that John Jones come on

32:05

down Wow

32:09

You notice you're not getting the clapping for

32:11

a number of reasons one getting rid of

32:13

the season as blasphemy You've

32:17

selected a known coward as you draft

32:19

pick can't can't agree with selecting a

32:21

known coward as you draft pick It's

32:23

just what are we doing here?

32:26

This is the type of and you're lighting

32:28

your contractual money on fire by by merging

32:30

the two companies This is how one got

32:32

to where I had to take over this

32:34

year You ran it into the ground and

32:36

into the verge of bankruptcy by lighting money

32:38

on fire and drafting known cow here for

32:41

a good Time not a long time, baby

32:43

two-time champ. We got a plan. We're working

32:45

on the plan. Have you said to John

32:47

Jones every year? I don't know I

32:50

got in the first year One

32:53

because he was setting up the in Ghana Jones and just

32:55

pulled it up there you go Selected

32:59

we are case. They'll be are joining

33:01

in on the the lit the litigious party because

33:03

we have been doing no drug testing For years

33:05

sir, so that's gimmick infringement. This is a great

33:07

make infringement. Don't act like this is a new

33:10

thing That never may all right. That's our deal.

33:12

Oh, no, it's the old thing. It's the we're

33:14

bringing it back to the roots, baby. I Want

33:18

to be clear John Jones wasn't even on my draft board

33:21

Wasn't even there cuz I don't want to be

33:23

associated with a man who's afraid of Tommy. The

33:25

ultimate John Jones hater We knew that already going

33:28

in I'll tell you what Alex. I

33:30

was in your draft board. He was number one though, and you didn't get

33:32

him did ya? He

33:34

was actually number two if both prayer

33:36

and Connor had fallen I would have had to

33:38

take Connor just fundamentally, you

33:40

kind of got to do it, but I

33:44

maybe I should just hoped for a K to

33:46

really go wild with this first big instead

33:50

Anyway, that brings us Damon to

33:52

you and the UFC With

33:55

the number five pick of the first round So

34:00

I was actually wondering if this guy would

34:02

fall because obviously I kind of knew Connor

34:04

was going to go early and I thought

34:06

Poetan was going to be in there for

34:08

BKFC which totally ruined Jed's day. So

34:11

I had the feeling about that. I actually was a little

34:13

surprised that Shaheen went with the Jon Jones route. As great

34:15

as Jon is, greatest of all time and number one heavyweight

34:17

in the sport, I don't care what you say. I

34:20

was a little surprised to see him pull the trigger on Jon Jones

34:22

just because where he's at right now and you know legal issues and

34:24

other things going on. But with that being said,

34:26

I'm not going to over complicate things because

34:28

our pick, is the number one pound for

34:30

pound fighter in the sport. The guy who

34:32

will actually sell out cards in Saudi Arabia

34:34

and just continue to expand our

34:36

empire in the Middle East. I'm going with

34:39

the current lightweight champion, Islam Akhachov. I

34:43

got a good run of time. Very good.

34:45

I mean it's just a great

34:47

solid, you know, it's never wrong to take the

34:49

top pound for pound fighter in the world. Not

34:52

only that but he's a potential two division champion

34:54

because I think we all imagine he could easily

34:56

go up to welterweight and wreck shop up there

34:58

as well. So Islam is just, you know, it's

35:00

not the sexiest pick in the world. It's not

35:02

the let's go for in Ghana taking heads off.

35:04

But come on now, you're talking about the number one pound for

35:06

pound guy in the world. And yeah, I

35:08

mean it's Islam. That

35:10

selection though is very interesting

35:12

because it puts Akhachov in

35:14

quite a position right now.

35:17

You guys see the face I'm making? Yeah, they are. You

35:19

guys can't see it on the show. Sorry, the podcast they

35:21

can't see but I'm making a face there. There are a

35:23

couple of great options out there and one

35:26

of them would also be

35:29

pretty clearly an exceptional option for

35:31

Mike as well. So does Akhachov

35:33

play a little offense and defense? Does

35:35

he try to take the best fit

35:37

for BKFC away from them or where

35:40

does he go? I gotta say the pick isn't

35:42

in. I can look at Akhachov's face and say...

35:44

No, it's in. No, it's in. It's

35:47

very in. The pick is in. I

35:49

can't believe the pick is in. It's so exciting. It

35:51

could not be more in. I'm

35:55

shocked that He didn't

35:58

go in the top five picks. That

36:00

An ipad? Mcgregor? And. Were them

36:02

up? pereira? To. For Urea

36:04

Jones, a marketer, I'm.

36:08

see my guy's name and their the guy who out with certain

36:10

was going ago. While

36:12

I'm going to take this tech which is

36:14

which gives me now the number one tix

36:17

in the last two just we did. I

36:20

gotta take Big Francis threats and got a I've had

36:22

This is. I. Don't know if

36:24

you guys know this about tears w in full and

36:26

and. As

36:29

years they to polish ever mention are all Ah

36:31

we love us some heavy weights. We. We

36:33

loved the big boys. I may reasons will

36:35

have throw. Some. Big.

36:38

Juicy juice boys in there and it's

36:40

haven't slept in for forty five seconds.

36:42

However long the fights gonna last and.

36:45

Francis. Is a dream. Ah,

36:48

In, it isn't the freezer fighters and we've got

36:51

a free dominance. Some would say the best heavyweight

36:53

in the world filled the freeze. And

36:55

he's kind of shoot up the competition.

36:57

He needs fresh blood so. We.

36:59

Bit rubbery and in France's religious to build up

37:01

fill an apprentice get a lucky tail. I guess

37:04

we can work with that too. But

37:06

while. Like a black guy. Friends the got him

37:08

kind of rigor this is. I. Believe

37:10

gray guys Gusto! Number one Portsmouth

37:12

for the underdog and a critical

37:14

underdogs. motion the front line under

37:16

orders and. Say

37:19

oh you know known as ensuring was

37:21

sold set before we started recording. Like

37:23

attitudes do this so hard I'm not.

37:25

Statement is and now because it to

37:27

examine. I. Look for demons for

37:29

and go districts are boring but I'd like

37:32

Also also amazing at the same time. a

37:34

couple records who upon are funny one time

37:36

and France's findings a losing and boxing another

37:38

you find arena shooters or hundred and he

37:40

will after Atlas and us here have you

37:42

seen? I will allow him to get knocked

37:44

out by hand on for data and that

37:47

after that we got we will gladly take

37:49

their money in order to negotiate something on

37:51

snow. This is to say this is a

37:53

good thing will I would suck Goodwill I

37:55

want the away fans in the world to

37:57

know Nice Alexander Kaylee. Is the reason that

37:59

we're. Every going to getting Jon Jones vs

38:01

France and gonna we had set up for that

38:03

to exist and you literally took it away from

38:06

people not already seconds later. Now you know the

38:08

reason You know that you know the reason why

38:10

and gotta Johnson said you know I gotta John's

38:12

would ever happen because Jon Jones is is scared.

38:15

Is this correct man You are correct for South

38:17

and I wish I had a buck or bug

38:19

soundbite that I can see. His

38:22

own I'm assuming you know the I'm fairly why

38:24

not? I was his outlines on fled the of

38:26

see to run from Jones of his. These guys

38:28

that he was is Dana White. As a

38:30

habit or. As to survive and

38:32

he's a nautilus do I saw This is

38:35

very confusing but the silent and I'm going

38:37

on the see three hundred his cell in

38:39

the same made media. Francisco.

38:41

The phrase francis. Riveting,

38:44

Marius puts an Ascii my god

38:46

I reigned Isis. Can I ask

38:48

what else is riveting? Hundred man

38:50

I'm gonna go. Never paid huge

38:52

party like many who that it's

38:55

clear that a slight we would

38:57

all items on I said so.

39:00

Frightened. Are so he went down. I

39:02

went overseas around. Don't.

39:04

See. Any

39:08

of the there is like the appeal different

39:10

neighborhoods inside Iran and Israel you fool is

39:12

like the anti France's Us a guy you

39:14

want to keep farthest away from for it's.

39:18

A massive deathly Five Francis. The problem is

39:20

what if they're not and same promotion? Yes

39:22

now see as you keep you on earth

39:25

you need your own. He was not a

39:27

Daves audio the number to take down because

39:29

you see you're likely to Santa Way you

39:31

keep your lightly protected has away from there

39:33

was enough the or. I. Sound

39:37

effectively as in the great thing

39:39

about we gotta keep going because

39:41

of the traitor and and villain

39:43

my cat is Informed me. That

39:46

the pic is in as I'm a hold

39:48

up my my beloved boop. So.

39:51

my so my pick was an end until

39:53

about three minutes ago i had to make a

39:55

very important phone call i had a call jha

39:58

screen and i was like gov green We

40:00

need to make this happen before I make my,

40:02

my next draft pick. And I gave him my

40:04

pitch and before I can even finish my sentence,

40:07

he said, Mr. Heck done, just tell me whatever you

40:09

need. We'll get it done. We'll waive all the

40:11

taxes. We'll make it happen.

40:13

Whatever you need. We're it's done.

40:16

So let me just announce

40:18

that BKFC is heading to Hawaii

40:21

in 2024. And

40:24

in the main event against an opponent

40:26

to be named later is

40:28

none other than the BMF

40:30

champion herself. BKFC

40:33

is not boop fighting. Knuckle

40:35

fighting championship. It will be just not

40:37

right now. Blessed knuckle fighting championship. It

40:39

shall be for the man, the myth,

40:41

the legend, the hero that we all

40:43

needed in 2024, Mr. Max

40:47

Holloway. Welcome to BKFC. My

40:49

cry. This

40:53

is real applause. This is real applause for me, by

40:55

the way. Not, I know that's just a great, if

40:57

he, if he didn't take it, he was my, my

41:01

hallway. Uh, Mike, you're just absolutely

41:04

hamstringing me everywhere. I

41:08

don't like that, but I do at least respect

41:11

this pick. I hated you too much in round

41:13

one to respect the pick. Uh,

41:15

there was no chance max is falling out of the first

41:17

two rounds, not after what we just saw. Yeah.

41:20

I almost, I almost pulled the trigger with max on

41:22

my first pick. But I was like, with Islam out

41:25

there, the number one power bound guy, I was like,

41:27

I was, I was hoping maybe he would fall, but

41:29

I had a feeling he wouldn't, but I was like,

41:31

uh, I went with Islam, but I

41:33

was teetering on the max Holloway pick for number one, to

41:35

be honest. So I like it.

41:37

I also, I thought there was another very

41:39

viable choice for you, Mike. And I was

41:41

wondering if you would go that way and

41:43

then max might fall to me and things

41:45

to break, but your, uh, steadfast commitment to

41:47

effing me over one out over what I

41:50

think is a better, a more

41:52

clear cut choice. Um, it's

41:54

just, it's just engaged you to pick if he wins

41:56

that fight. Like did he not just lose the BMF

41:58

title and his shot at the, Like like

42:00

a lightweight title. He also lost his chance to be

42:02

like A top 10

42:04

pick this year if you win all cuz

42:06

that one because that one fight. Yes one

42:08

fights matter outcomes matter I

42:12

will say that i'm at least comfortable with what's

42:14

occurred here Uh, I would have preferred

42:16

max. I think doing max the toporia makes a ton of

42:18

sense. It would have been very easy but

42:22

I think this guy had a real shot at

42:24

being a first rounder he fell and

42:27

so I'm gonna take take that

42:29

opportunity to pick the pick is

42:31

in boys because We

42:34

gotta dig ourselves out of this financial hole and

42:36

what better way to do it than Arguably

42:38

one of the very biggest stars in the

42:41

sport today and the guy who's already laying

42:43

the foundation For a

42:45

future fight with ilia toporia that is

42:47

going to spain and going to shatter

42:50

records for attendance I am talking about

42:52

ufc bantamweight champion. No more Sean

42:55

o'mally come on down to one

42:57

championship, baby Pick

43:03

good pick man

43:07

Looks just does not look like he cares

43:09

for this pick at all. I

43:12

feel this is a great great choice. Uh, I

43:16

don't know. I don't know what else to say We're

43:19

moving on to the Sugar

43:23

fans Listen

43:27

star power power matters and you selected the

43:29

third best bantamweight So, you know not not

43:31

bad. Not bad. But here's the thing the

43:33

world's not gonna know he's the third best

43:35

bantamweight Because he ain't i'm not picking any

43:38

of the other ones I'm

43:40

not shaking That's

43:43

all that's gonna have to do Not

43:46

yet, we're not we're gonna build to that we've got time over here

43:48

we're gonna let them just kill Kill

43:52

cans we're can crushing ink one

43:54

championship stands for can crushing ink

43:56

moving forward. It's gonna be great

44:00

I got a bad rap. I don't know what to do.

44:02

I'm in scramble mode since the first one But

44:04

I got one of the biggest stars of sport and that's all

44:06

we could do It's the best we

44:08

could do Mr. Co leader

44:11

who's already financially ruined because you

44:13

burned your door deals. You're on

44:15

the clock watching Mike kneecap you

44:21

Watching my knee can feel and then you

44:23

just flounder out here is hilarious. I have

44:25

I'm just really enjoying this It's so bad

44:27

like I thought there was such a clear

44:30

choice for Mike that I would I would

44:32

skate out with max Nope,

44:34

not that at all. You're bode by

44:37

the way before before she came in Damon pick I should

44:39

have asked the beginning we can't we can't pick our own

44:41

guys to protect them. I mean You

44:43

can I can protect putt

44:45

so I can protect but but you can sure

44:48

can her kid buddy You should do that next

44:50

year. I'm sure get interesting take him as a

44:52

third pick and you better Otherwise someone's gonna take

44:54

him me Yep

44:58

Okay, so what? Pflator

45:01

you're in play. So I had a game

45:03

plan here. I knew that

45:05

I knew I wasn't gonna get my perfect world

45:07

ultimately There are three heavyweights in the world that

45:09

matter I want a matchup between two of them

45:11

if I was gonna somehow get all three I

45:13

was gonna freak out and obviously win the draft

45:15

immediately because that you guys would have been idiots

45:17

if you would have let me Done that I

45:19

knew there's no way Francis was making it back

45:21

for a second round. So I'm just not letting

45:23

it happen again John Jones

45:25

can be a coward all he wants That

45:28

Saudi money talks, baby Tom

45:30

on Tom Aspinall come on down you

45:32

get your dream fight. We're getting Tom

45:34

Aspinall versus John Jones. It's happening. I Wish

45:38

I had a Here's

45:45

what I think like I think some mistakes are being

45:47

made here because your your two first two pictures basically

45:49

gonna kill one of Them when they fight each other

45:51

like I think This

45:54

is we're thinking here we're using our brains

45:57

John Jones who knows how many fights he has left, right?

46:00

I'm just giving Tom Aspinall. I'm giving Tom Aspinall the

46:02

Jones rub. He's going to come in, crush Jon Jones,

46:04

and then all of a sudden Tom Aspinall is the

46:06

biggest star in the whole damn sport. I

46:10

like Jed's methodology, at least with

46:13

Sean O'Malley. You have him in a different weight class.

46:15

You can keep building him up. That way, when you

46:17

eventually kill him off by throwing him in there with

46:19

a little tarpori, at least you've built him up as

46:21

a legit bantamweight before then. I don't know. Tom Aspinall

46:23

and Jon Jones, you're right. Dammit. Don't

46:26

rule out open weight. That's a weight class. We

46:28

can do an open weight. You're putting a

46:30

lot of eggs in the Will

46:32

Jon Jones Fight This Man basket,

46:34

which is a risky basket

46:37

to be in in my very home.

46:39

Jed, this is what you wanted. I'm making your dreams happen. This

46:42

is what your whole cast likes, Jon Jones. You made this, Jon.

46:44

I don't think it's going to happen now. Bro, I'm telling you.

46:46

I don't think it's ever going to happen. Sorry, buddy. Sorry, buddy.

46:49

I think you went to Jon

46:51

Jones tomorrow and said, you've been

46:53

traded to the PFL and so

46:55

has Tom Aspinall. Shaheen? Cool.

46:58

I didn't tell you, maybe. Jed, Shaheen is going

47:00

to show him all your tweets, all your Monday

47:03

mailbags, all your hot. He's

47:05

going to show them all that, and it's going to make it happen.

47:08

Well, he won't because he's a chicken. And

47:11

chickens can't be goats, guys. Never forget that fact.

47:13

But that does bring us back to the UFC

47:16

with the last pick of the second

47:18

round. The UFC was the tenth

47:20

overall pick, and

47:22

the pick is in. So,

47:25

I like the strategy a lot of folks are

47:27

going with here. I think Mike probably has the

47:29

best one so far, just because, you know, because

47:31

he's winning me his strategy. It's a lot of,

47:34

listen, Max Holloway would have been, you know, could

47:36

have been my first pick would have easily been

47:38

my second pick had even available. But again, Mike's

47:40

got the strategy. And so I appreciate that. And

47:43

I do not, I still don't agree with like the

47:45

matchup making, because again, you're killing off one of your

47:48

seven picks by immediately putting them in with each other.

47:50

So listen, I don't know. I'm going

47:52

to overcomplicate this just like with Islam Akhachev. We need

47:54

power. We need star power. We need

47:56

draws. We need guys who are going to get people get put

47:58

acid in seats. The Globe and right

48:00

now the guy still out there may not be

48:03

Chevy right now, but you still have my opinion

48:05

the second biggest draw Mixed martial arts I'm going

48:07

to go do are none other than the last

48:09

style that it is. Last Style Bender Israel Edison

48:12

yeah. I'm

48:17

I'm glad you did it also because.

48:19

I. Thought there was a chance. My could take

48:21

is he from for be here see in the

48:24

second round the new that is a pressing

48:26

still also easy just kind of can work and

48:28

and became see. Ah, And

48:30

then that would have let Max fall

48:32

to me. Mostly I just don't want

48:34

my to keep getting guys right in

48:36

front of world drafted them and is

48:39

He would have certainly been my next

48:41

Actually I honestly I don't want to

48:43

rather specific it's decision islam number one

48:45

have heard on Israel is arguably the

48:47

such of thrones for buying Connor. And.

48:50

There's just don't overcomplicated. Another to Damascus

48:52

origin, you're not going to snuggle overcomplicated,

48:54

frozen are the odds are that are

48:56

that are on fire But another time,

48:58

Run to. Incite. Uses you.

49:00

You can lose your dress in the first

49:02

couple rounds, can't When I'm here you can

49:04

lose. I'm here for sure. News is expertly

49:06

Dodge that David only play a deep the

49:08

rings as are. And

49:11

I don't blame him. Woozy to attack

49:13

whose mother Maria refunding reality or of

49:16

fear you are. You're all just year

49:18

olds as well. Good for me. Anyways,

49:20

onto me and taken Francis back of

49:22

an attempt. er. favorite can do Nick

49:25

and your name. Five of my fighters.

49:28

Mars Regional Hundred and. Yeah

49:31

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49:33

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49:35

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49:37

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road as a third round Rock

52:23

masses of the batting order to

52:26

the viewed Alexander Kaylee are on

52:28

the board. The figures in a

52:30

safe you you've been pleased with.

52:32

Your first couple selection. Side: How do

52:34

a lot of talent on the board out?

52:36

There is so many good options and I

52:38

really can't go wrong and I don't want

52:40

yes, You can I take a rather

52:43

so much talent get kissed of you is like as

52:45

it. Has a production values it's

52:47

just nice name value that are that a

52:49

wider audience outside of Poland recognizes. Of

52:52

our he added to shoes ones. I

52:55

think on the don't a similar direction

52:57

but a guy who isn't quite there

52:59

yet. But. I think will be

53:01

if if if. If all of

53:03

our best projections for this guy ever

53:05

come true, Feels like

53:07

he's like the next. Due to become a

53:09

household name, superstar and and frankly baby

53:11

might be the most dangerous and effort

53:14

on fight night. Ah

53:16

thank god I got Hamza I

53:18

think a more homes old oka.

53:20

ah. Is. Is is this wasn't

53:22

the home run take. it was fun time I say.

53:26

Worthy of a clap as it still is I

53:28

it's a to get into said is narrow. We're

53:30

trying to get him in there as much as

53:32

possible. We don't know the exact reasons that he

53:34

hasn't been super activity. You see he has said

53:36

that like oh he's ready to go This happened

53:38

during fights Me that's true. We know there are

53:40

some I don't have their some Long Cove Id.

53:43

Ah, Complications? I hope not. Fingers crossed for we

53:45

knew he had a pretty bad bout of it during that

53:47

during the pandemic. in my

53:49

perfect world roughing at least three five year

53:51

we get hands on american the highlight reel

53:53

and i get capitalizing on a guy who

53:56

could be who could be like not not

53:58

a mcgregor and got to level star But

54:00

just that next tier down So

54:02

this is a little bit of a futures pick.

54:05

He's definitely he's definitely big now, but I'm gambling

54:07

he can be bigger. I Mean

54:10

he's one of has one of the biggest

54:12

social media followings of any of the fighters

54:14

currently competing in the sport I

54:17

think AK cover

54:19

your ears guys. They came might be

54:21

quietly kicking our asses right now by

54:23

just taking best player available Is

54:26

gonna go over quite well with with

54:28

the readers I Just

54:31

want to say I just want a we just I Just

54:34

have to say this is what actually one of the

54:36

reasons why I love doing this every year Like it

54:38

is so instructive on sort of the highs and lows

54:40

and like the rises and falls of people because first

54:42

year we did This 2022 I'm such

54:44

a Maya was like the number three overall

54:46

pick first round pick number three Second

54:49

year last year. He's the

54:51

first pick of the second round So he's still

54:53

like a high pick and now he's dropping to

54:55

the third round Just like the way that people

54:57

stock rises and falls is so interesting because he

54:59

hasn't lost It's not like we've

55:02

seen him lose at any point during that

55:04

time But so it's such a precipitous fall

55:06

for for such a weird reason, right? He

55:11

doesn't make a break it could be make or break this year

55:13

like this could be the last time we go like okay This

55:15

is a this is a guy who has to go in the

55:17

first three rounds He's got it. He's really got a show us

55:19

it all changes Because he goes

55:21

out there and Rex Robert Whitaker and I don't know

55:23

that he's gonna do that He goes out there and

55:25

Rex him and and gets a title shot and does

55:27

the same thing to Drake is or out of Sonya

55:29

again It's just yeah It's the rising and falling we

55:32

all remember his last performance was a fight that if

55:34

he had had a fourth round with Kamar Usman We're

55:36

like, yeah, he probably doesn't win that fight on short

55:38

notice against a welterweight a middleweight So yeah, like that's

55:40

the lasting memory. Yeah, we have him right now Yeah

55:45

He's he's the first one of your picks

55:47

a K that is not like locked

55:50

in as a perfect pick But I may

55:52

major upside and just a very quality. That's

55:54

what you're looking for in a third rounder

55:56

So I think that's an excellent pick which

55:58

brings us back to my personal nemesis

56:00

the exact opposite of my best friend

56:03

BKFC and Mike Heck group fighting

56:06

championships the pick is in I'm

56:11

torn here because there's two ways I can

56:13

go and I love both equally I'm really

56:16

interested in this because I all of the people I

56:18

had at the top of my board are now gone

56:21

Hamza was the last like no doubt about it top of

56:23

the board pick so I'm interested to see where you go

56:26

because I think there's a lot of room yeah

56:30

it's I'm literally torn

56:32

between two guys right now one

56:34

is more best player available but

56:36

is an absolute lunatic and

56:39

the other is not quite best

56:41

player available but is

56:43

an absolute lunatic and

56:45

both would fit in tremendously with

56:48

the BKFC brand

56:50

and oddly enough both could headline

56:52

a BKFC pay-per-view against

56:54

my number one pick Alex Pereira one

56:59

fight we have seen already one fight

57:01

we have not seen yet so

57:04

now I'm torn do we give the people a fresh

57:06

fight or do we write chapter

57:08

two of an incredible rivalry plus we

57:10

have an absolute maniac on the roster

57:13

you know what I'm

57:17

going with the absolute maniac not really

57:19

the the best on the board but

57:22

sorry to the other guy that I could have

57:24

chosen but man you're very per has gone BKFC

57:26

just friggin rules and I am just not letting

57:28

that go because I don't feel like he's gonna

57:30

come around come on over I just

57:33

think he's

57:36

gonna be a delight I

57:38

was a gloves on I was so

57:40

ready to bring Yuri here I

57:42

waited one pic too long I and I

57:44

am now very upset myself I

57:47

think this is an exceptional pick for you

57:49

Mike partly because you're just creating the draft

57:51

board I had for me you're just doing

57:53

it before I can do it because obviously

57:55

here he was here he was my plan

57:57

third round pick when I got Alex Because

58:01

we're just, I mean, there's so much to do.

58:03

You hear Alex again, you get Malakin in there.

58:06

He's an absolute lunatic and just perfect.

58:08

Also, a martial artist and you know

58:10

we at one really prize the martial

58:12

arts. So I got no qualms with

58:14

this. A way to take my

58:17

ideas before I get to say them.

58:19

It's a terrific success story. BKFC, you're

58:21

doing great. Congratulations. Good pick.

58:24

I'm interested to see who you think the other one was

58:26

though. I'm not gonna

58:28

say it. Yeah, I obviously can't say it. You never know what

58:30

board's gonna fall at this point. But that

58:33

does bring the pick back to me and

58:35

the great one championship. And you know what boys?

58:39

The pick is in. The pick is

58:41

in because a lot of

58:43

ways you could go here. I could just go

58:45

for the star power angle. Not

58:47

gonna do that. I've got O'Malley

58:50

and I just don't want to deal with some

58:52

of the other ones. And so we're gonna take

58:55

a guy who feels like he just had his

58:57

run in the UFC. It's been a great

58:59

run. An all-timer of a run. But

59:02

he can come over. He can do multiple

59:04

different martial arts. Super popular

59:06

fighter, former champion. And AK,

59:09

I'm sorry to do it to you. But

59:11

I am going to take Charles Olivero

59:13

with the third pick for one championship.

59:15

I just think he fits our vibe and what

59:17

we're trying to make happen here over at one

59:19

championship. We can do the grappling with him. Get

59:22

him in against the... The...

59:25

The... The... I

59:27

did not think of the brother's name. Thank you. Against

59:29

the Rotolos. We'll have some fun with him all around. And just kind

59:31

of feels like a guy who might need a new

59:34

home after the stretch he's had in the UFC. So

59:36

Chuckie Alice, come on to one championship and

59:39

the billions of viewers we possess. Great

59:41

pick, Jed. Well done. Proud

59:44

of me. That was a good pick. I like it. Was

59:46

the guy that I was targeting in round four. But

59:48

well done. Oh, I've finally taken

59:51

something from Mike. Woo-hoo! Kind

59:53

of. Took three rounds to take something from

59:55

him. Which

59:57

then brings us to PFLator. on

1:00:00

the clock, I'm sorry Pride Fighting League back

1:00:02

on the clock. New Pride. Shane

1:00:05

Alshadi. New Pride. New Pride, whatever. Is the

1:00:07

organization gonna be called New Pride or is

1:00:09

that just a colloquial name? It's PFL, it's

1:00:12

still PFL but amongst the

1:00:14

people who know you just call it

1:00:16

New Pride. Yeah, amongst the people who

1:00:18

know it. Is it New Pride? But

1:00:20

is it New and you with you with the oomlato

1:00:22

for it, like New Metal? Yes. Now

1:00:25

you're cooking, AK. No, it's not. It's definitely

1:00:27

not. No, no, no. Can

1:00:30

each draft face the pain? Oh,

1:00:32

God, don't give me a idea. I mean, you can

1:00:34

do anything you want, honestly. That's not a terrible idea.

1:00:36

Sure. That could be a great 7th round choice. Oh

1:00:39

my God, give me a second. Let me write

1:00:41

down something. I'm talking

1:00:44

myself into it now. That wasn't on my

1:00:46

board. I thought that was gonna be a 7th round pick. Might

1:00:48

be moving up the board, given

1:00:50

the interest in it. If you're New Pride,

1:00:52

you need that. Oh man.

1:00:54

No, you need the Pride soundtrack. You need

1:00:56

that, yeah. Okay, whatever. You

1:00:59

need Sandstorm. It's really what you need. So

1:01:01

I don't know, guys. The board has turned

1:01:04

out how I expected, I guess. It's

1:01:06

difficult having one of the later picks, certainly.

1:01:09

I mean, the top 12 picks on

1:01:11

my board are gone. We've sort of

1:01:13

definitely reached a brand new tier of

1:01:15

fighters. I think very clearly, whatever, that

1:01:18

upper echelon and then that second echelon,

1:01:20

that's all gone. Those have been completely wiped out. I think

1:01:22

for the most part, we've all made correct picks as

1:01:25

a whole. This is the group that should have been

1:01:27

gone by now, so great job by us.

1:01:30

I think there are a couple of other people that

1:01:33

I wouldn't have been surprised if they had gone

1:01:35

before here, but I

1:01:37

don't think it's wrong to have let them

1:01:39

slip this far. You know what I'm saying?

1:01:42

So I don't know. I really don't have a

1:01:44

clear and obvious pick right here. This is kind

1:01:46

of just where the heart

1:01:48

wants, wherever the wind blows, you know?

1:01:53

Hmm. I

1:01:55

know who I'd take if I were you. I'm just going to go

1:01:57

straight for the heart. I'm going to go – I'm going to get

1:01:59

people. with the

1:02:01

again just like what do you want to see what

1:02:03

do you what do you enjoy what do you love

1:02:05

who do you love to watch and

1:02:07

in that respect I'll go

1:02:09

with the man who just keeps getting it done the man

1:02:12

who every time you doubt him he proves

1:02:14

it all wrong again he's just a great guy

1:02:16

and he's one of the most exciting fighters of

1:02:18

all time whenever we do a damn about him

1:02:20

it's gonna be seven hours long give

1:02:22

me Dustin for you I

1:02:25

hate you Shaheen with every fiber

1:02:31

that was my that was my next

1:02:34

pick and I now load you as

1:02:36

much as Jed Lowe's my cacto I

1:02:39

I think that's the correct pick I think there's

1:02:41

another guy that I you could also made an

1:02:44

argument for but it's perfect perfect choice no no

1:02:46

notes it's a different group now it's a different

1:02:48

group now it's really just what do you like

1:02:53

it is we are now into your

1:02:55

personal flavor zone of

1:02:57

stuff again a couple of people that maybe

1:02:59

would jump out more than others just for

1:03:01

the broader suspects but we'll see where Damon

1:03:03

goes here because he used to his back

1:03:05

on the board and lost a lot of

1:03:07

talent thus far Damon who are you protecting this time

1:03:09

around as the pick is in so I

1:03:14

had a strategy and I think I'm gonna slightly

1:03:16

abandon it only because the poor

1:03:19

it was gonna be to pick this again I'm going

1:03:21

I was going for popularity I would never put him

1:03:23

in there with his own makacha because I want Dustin

1:03:25

to continue winning because you know June

1:03:27

1st Dustin's gonna probably lose again to Islam and

1:03:29

then we're back to where we started so I'm

1:03:33

gonna go with the guy and I

1:03:35

almost wanted a different strategy but I'm gonna go with the

1:03:37

guy that I think we all agree within nine

1:03:40

to twelve months from now maybe twelve to fifteen

1:03:42

months because apparently they're not booking a title fight

1:03:44

anytime soon it will be the

1:03:46

future welterweight champion I'm gonna go with none

1:03:48

other than Shavkat Rekmanov who

1:03:50

we all kind of believe is going to

1:03:52

be welterweight champion eventually whether it's now later

1:03:55

six months down nine months from now he

1:03:57

will be welterweight champion gotta go with Shavkat

1:03:59

Rekmanov and so three

1:04:01

of the best fighters across three different weight class.

1:04:03

Really thought of a Muhammad pick. Great. Really thought

1:04:05

of a Muhammad pick was coming there. You

1:04:10

know, that's why that changed your previous point.

1:04:12

That's why I like this exercise because I

1:04:14

think all of us would agree that below

1:04:16

Muhammad deserves the title fight is one of

1:04:18

the best welterweights in the world, and I

1:04:20

will be absolutely shocked if he gets trusted

1:04:22

with any of the 35 picks,

1:04:24

which is instructive to a different

1:04:26

aspect of the MMA game. So,

1:04:29

uh, I think that's a good pick Damon. I

1:04:32

mean, what can you say is the best welterweight on earth

1:04:34

probably. And you have now set up

1:04:36

a world, Islam, Akhachev versus

1:04:38

Shavkat still in play in,

1:04:40

in the world in which you're operating in his

1:04:43

UFC head of state. Yeah, we got, we

1:04:45

got five years build that up. Could you

1:04:47

imagine how much Saudi Arabia will pay for

1:04:49

Islam versus Shavkat in that part of the

1:04:52

world? I mean, that is like, uh, they'll

1:04:54

pay us as much as they gave PSL

1:04:56

for a chunkier organization. So you're not wrong.

1:04:58

Also Shavkat sneaky, a bigger star than I

1:05:00

kind of thought 1.4 million

1:05:02

Instagram followers, like, you know, the, the

1:05:05

entire nation's behind him and that, that

1:05:07

can translate, you know, you're probably not,

1:05:09

you know, taking, taking a road show

1:05:11

out there anytime soon, but still, uh, man's

1:05:15

got more pull than I kind of would have

1:05:17

thought as I, cause I pulled IGs for

1:05:19

basically everyone on my board just to kind of get

1:05:22

a benchmark. And Shavkat had a lot more than I

1:05:24

would have thought, particularly given some of the numbers for

1:05:26

some of these people. But

1:05:28

that brings us to the fourth round. And

1:05:31

at the top of the pick

1:05:33

again with KSW, AKA leaders been

1:05:36

doing God's work thus far, but

1:05:38

round four, pick one, the pick is in

1:05:41

AKA you are on the car. We only have

1:05:43

four picks left each. That is correct. There's so

1:05:45

many guys and gals out there. That's the thing.

1:05:48

Doing the prep of this, like, as I was

1:05:50

doing, it was like, there's so many, and then

1:05:52

we get in here and everyone takes them and

1:05:54

I'm like, yeah, there's just not, I need eight

1:05:56

more picks to get all the people I want.

1:05:58

Yeah. I was hoping one of my like. top 12 or 13

1:06:01

would slip through but yes, as

1:06:03

Shaheen mentioned, all the names you kind of would

1:06:05

expect to be gone are gone. I was hoping

1:06:07

Yiri would slip through honestly but... I wanted Yiri

1:06:09

so bad in KSW. A lot of

1:06:11

people think he's like, he came from there because they get,

1:06:13

I don't know, anyway but you know he

1:06:15

hasn't and we would love to have him debut. A

1:06:19

lot of options here. I

1:06:22

think I'm finally done going safe. I think I've got like a

1:06:24

solid start. So it's like, you know, I'm playing with house money

1:06:26

now. Is

1:06:29

this too high? No, it's not too high. Do it. I'm

1:06:33

speaking to myself here, guys. Don't mind me. I

1:06:37

have to start taking chances because there's a lot outside the

1:06:39

box will I want. So you

1:06:43

know, Jed, you were very distressed when

1:06:46

you lost out on Pereda and

1:06:48

I'm just here to let you know you won't have

1:06:51

to worry because you wouldn't have been able to match

1:06:53

them up with Anatoly Malek in any way. You

1:06:56

cannot possibly take it. I'm

1:06:59

going to take the drag. I'm

1:07:01

going to take the drag. I'm

1:07:03

going to take Malekin. I'm going to

1:07:05

take Malekin here. Unbelievable.

1:07:09

I had him very high. Listen, this

1:07:11

guy won. What did I say before?

1:07:15

We love us in heavyweights. This might not be the last heavyweight.

1:07:18

And cruiserweights. And

1:07:21

whatever weight. Like just catch big boy weight. Zulozinho,

1:07:23

if you're out there, we got fights for you.

1:07:25

I'm just saying we got fights for you in

1:07:27

KSW. Come on down. I know his

1:07:29

last fight was in Poland. Maybe

1:07:31

he's living here now. I don't know. We'll

1:07:34

track him down. We got some big fights for Zulozinho. Malekin.

1:07:37

I think Shamaiah at some point can move up to heavyweight.

1:07:40

So I did come up with a plan, guys, of

1:07:42

drafting more heavyweights and Malekin was certainly on there. Again,

1:07:45

I know he's kind of on the smaller side. But yeah, that

1:07:47

versatility is valued here. And

1:07:49

like I said, there could be more heavyweights to come. Might

1:07:51

have gone a little too high. But I feel good

1:07:53

about it. Look,

1:07:57

there's no bigger Anatoly Malekin guy than me. You all know

1:07:59

this. I I

1:08:01

think the fit makes ton of sense like

1:08:03

this a great scheme fit right you you've

1:08:05

picked a zone run guard and And he's

1:08:07

gonna do great for you, but Mike knows

1:08:09

I mean Mike a longtime Patriots fan You

1:08:12

know who was the center you took

1:08:14

last year who would have been there in the

1:08:16

third round you took him in first Or whatever

1:08:18

coal strain or whatever that's what you've done You've

1:08:20

pulled a bill Belichick, which is you just it's

1:08:22

too early Malachin would have been there for a

1:08:24

while I wasn't gonna take him now that my

1:08:27

plans were gone I would have just had to

1:08:29

lose him and that's okay We're no longer in

1:08:31

the Anatoly Malachin business over one

1:08:33

I do think it's a good scheme fit and you're

1:08:35

not gonna be upset with them This

1:08:37

is the first pick where I think you may

1:08:39

have lost lost the fans on this one though.

1:08:42

I think when you see My

1:08:44

next few plans picks if they do fall into my lap,

1:08:47

you'll understand why this makes even more sense I'll

1:08:52

tease that I'll tease that I also like you saying you

1:08:54

had a plan to take a bunch of heavyweights because I

1:08:56

kind of Might go for that

1:08:58

after lead with Jones. Ask well, he might

1:09:00

just go heavy across the board I

1:09:06

was genuinely going to do that fashion I was genuinely

1:09:08

going to do that and then once it got to

1:09:10

be like what am I gonna just like make like

1:09:13

Curtis blades right here. Like I can't pick Curtis

1:09:15

blades But

1:09:23

we're moving on cuz the second pick Boy

1:09:26

is it's an BKFC group

1:09:28

fighting champions fourth round pick Mike. What do

1:09:31

we have? It's

1:09:33

gonna be a busy year of

1:09:35

travel for BKFC this year AK

1:09:40

You are familiar with this guy former champion

1:09:42

in your organization Damon. You're familiar with this

1:09:44

guy current champion in your organization

1:09:47

So I'm sorry. I have to take a champion from you

1:09:49

But a guy who's just gonna fit in beautifully Just

1:09:52

just gonna fit in beautifully with us a guy

1:09:54

that I was 50 50 with

1:09:56

in the last round and he still ended Up

1:09:58

getting him around later Just

1:10:00

imagine the type of mayhem that is going

1:10:03

to take place because we're going to South

1:10:05

Africa, baby Drickus

1:10:07

duplicity welcome to

1:10:10

BKFC Golf-clap golf-clap. It's

1:10:12

a I mean match great awkward fit.

1:10:14

I will say How

1:10:19

when I think Stand

1:10:21

up fighting. I don't think drink is duplicity

1:10:24

He does real hard. He and

1:10:26

he charges real hard No,

1:10:29

yeah, he just charges for it and throws it's

1:10:31

gonna be as hot as he can for 25

1:10:34

It's all definitely gonna like actually he doesn't need

1:10:36

to do that here at least three times That's

1:10:40

fine and isn't I mean just think of the

1:10:42

traffic we're gonna get from that from

1:10:44

that clip I'm here. I mean so drinking stupa.

1:10:47

See is just it's just money It's just money

1:10:49

and a BKFC fight a

1:10:51

super fight between Alex Perre and trickers to

1:10:53

pussy about a year from now It's gonna

1:10:55

be incredible. It's gonna be hilarious and fun

1:10:58

And someone's going to sleep. So yeah, let's take

1:11:00

the middleweight champ over and let's have a good

1:11:02

time here I like it. I think

1:11:04

it's a good choice Interesting

1:11:07

cuz that now puts that

1:11:09

puts me back on the clock boys one

1:11:11

championship is now back in play and This

1:11:15

is it's now gotten hard And

1:11:18

when things are hard, you just gotta you

1:11:20

gotta speak to your own hearts boys I

1:11:23

think that that's there a

1:11:25

couple of choices. All right, how many pick I got

1:11:27

four picks left Okay, I need two

1:11:29

of them for two very specific people. So that means

1:11:31

I have two picks to play with I'd

1:11:34

want one I'd want to Probably

1:11:38

need three. So this is kind of my

1:11:40

last Vibes pick and

1:11:42

I could go with other people

1:11:44

and it probably would be smarter

1:11:47

But You're

1:11:50

just never gonna convince me that it's wrong

1:11:54

To ever have Justin on your team. How

1:11:56

if you didn't I was going to never

1:11:58

going to if you didn't yeah I

1:12:00

don't necessarily think this is the correct

1:12:02

choice for like maximizing some of the

1:12:05

other parts of the business Particularly

1:12:07

because I know my next three picks. I'm very certain

1:12:09

you guys will take them from me frankly, but I

1:12:14

Think I've consistently drafted. I might have got

1:12:16

gachi in all three years. I know I

1:12:18

got him last year No,

1:12:20

he got him in 2022, but

1:12:22

it's just it's Justin gachi's coming off that big

1:12:24

knockout loss Don't know how much longer we have

1:12:27

But he's the most exciting fighter in the history

1:12:29

of the sport And if you have an opportunity to add the

1:12:31

most exciting fighter in the history of the sport to your team

1:12:34

I'm gonna take that opportunity nine times out of ten

1:12:36

We need excitement in one championship and

1:12:39

I think he would look great with that 85 pound

1:12:41

belt, you know carried over his shoulder It's gonna

1:12:43

be a perfect fit and

1:12:45

I'm pleased with the results Which

1:12:48

brings us to Shaheen al

1:12:51

shawty you are back on the board with

1:12:53

PFL a tour and The

1:12:56

pic isn't The

1:12:58

way the board is falling is so interesting because it's

1:13:01

exactly what you'd think like my whole entire third tier

1:13:03

has not been wiped Out that was the

1:13:05

last guy in my third tier. So I was just These

1:13:08

big chunks are not making it. I've got another guy

1:13:10

on my third tier But I just I

1:13:12

don't think it's a scheme fit, you know, it's just I

1:13:14

could take him I just don't

1:13:16

think it would work also notable No

1:13:18

women have gone off the board at this

1:13:21

moment in time. Okay, I thought your plan

1:13:23

to go heavy Into women's bantamweight, but maybe

1:13:25

you're just saving that for the back three

1:13:27

rounds Yeah, I got plenty

1:13:29

of pics left guys. I got plenty pics left man.

1:13:32

I Don't

1:13:34

know that I feel good about anything right now if

1:13:36

I'm being honest Jay

1:13:38

gage you would have been the last one I feel great about I I

1:13:45

think there's a choice for you that fits your

1:13:47

scheme very very well. Would you like to tell

1:13:49

me? Sure

1:13:51

don't I'm debating whether

1:13:53

I'll abandon. I'm debating whether I'll

1:13:56

abandon my my built-out plans to

1:13:58

then proceed with that Alright,

1:14:02

I'll just make a pick so

1:14:04

we can move on. I don't know that I feel

1:14:07

good about it though. But

1:14:10

I gotta do it. He's on my

1:14:12

mind. We're going

1:14:14

to be talking about him all this week. He's

1:14:17

pretty good at golf. One

1:14:19

of the biggest stars in combat sports, frankly,

1:14:21

generally. I'm

1:14:23

going Mike Perry, the platinum one. I'm

1:14:25

sorry. Everyone in the

1:14:28

world. I know we all enjoy watching

1:14:30

this guy. He's coming back. He's

1:14:33

coming back. We're going to throw

1:14:35

him in a lot of one night tournaments. We're going

1:14:38

to do some fun stuff with him. Also Dustin Poirier,

1:14:40

Mike Perry, tell me you wouldn't watch that. That's a

1:14:42

great fight right away. I mean, I

1:14:44

talked to myself. So

1:14:49

I was already planning on suing Pride

1:14:52

Fighting League for the whole Pride name stealing.

1:14:54

And then I don't know. I think Dustin

1:14:56

Poirier that angered me. And

1:14:58

then you had to take the guy who was going to try

1:15:00

to surprise you with Mike Perry. Are

1:15:03

you just trying to Mike heck me here?

1:15:05

What is going on, you mother? What is

1:15:07

going on? This is a very combative, combative

1:15:09

draft this year. Mike, how do you feel?

1:15:11

How do you feel about his greatest star being taken?

1:15:14

Everyone feels from the UFC. I was trying to finally

1:15:16

feel someone else and then Shaheen comes in and takes

1:15:18

it from me. Nice. Mike,

1:15:21

how do you feel about your greatest star being taken from you?

1:15:23

I mean, it's fine. Shaheen will book them

1:15:25

the way PFL books everybody. They're just going

1:15:28

to make him a minus 17,000 favorite against

1:15:30

a two and 11 fighter. You don't like

1:15:32

Poirier Perry? You don't like Poirier Perry? I

1:15:35

mean, you're not going to go right in

1:15:37

there. Well, under Shaheen's regime, the

1:15:40

new pride, I have

1:15:43

faith that PFL will be an enjoyable product as long

1:15:45

as the pacing is good. Well, tell your boy, right?

1:15:47

I just know it's going to be, yeah,

1:15:49

it's going to be sad to see him go. I

1:15:51

know his head will be with PFL, but his heart

1:15:53

will always be with BKFC. And for that,

1:15:56

look, Shaheen, we'll chat. Maybe

1:15:58

we'll talk about some talent. So my

1:16:00

players can fight on your show. Some of your fighters can

1:16:02

fight on my show. I love that. I

1:16:05

love that. Yeah. Great pick.

1:16:07

Great pick. Love you. Which

1:16:10

brings us to the last pick of the fourth round.

1:16:12

David Martin in the UFC, you are back on the

1:16:14

clock. So

1:16:17

with Mike Perry gone and my chance to

1:16:20

steal like, you know, kind of an underrated

1:16:22

person who wasn't already in the UFC, once

1:16:25

again, I'm not going to overcomplicate this because we

1:16:27

love stars here in the UFC. We love fighters

1:16:29

who can sell and I don't care. It

1:16:31

was just going to be a nothing but mismatches for

1:16:33

the next five years. Guess what? Ronda

1:16:35

Rousey became the second biggest star in

1:16:37

our sport with nothing but mismatches. So

1:16:39

in my fourth selection, I'm going with

1:16:41

none other than the actual best bantamweight

1:16:43

fighter on the planet. None other than

1:16:46

two time Olympic gold medalist, Kayla Harrison.

1:16:49

Good choice. Good, good, good protection. Sorry, AK.

1:16:52

I know that would have been, I don't know

1:16:54

if that would have been my next pick, but

1:16:56

obviously very high on my board. I

1:16:58

don't need her to fight anybody good. I

1:17:02

mean, look, Juliana Pena was a champion. She hasn't beat

1:17:04

anyone on the active UFC roster. So I just need

1:17:06

her to go out there and wreck shop like she

1:17:08

did against Holly Holm and she could

1:17:10

become the Ronda Rousey level star because who did

1:17:12

Ronda fight that was actually really good that she

1:17:14

beat a lot of people, but we don't need

1:17:16

to, we don't need to get to that here.

1:17:19

Damon, I think there's an argument that this is

1:17:21

the second best pick in this draft. I think

1:17:23

the best pick is Connor 1-1. Kayla

1:17:26

Williams, it's great. It's a

1:17:28

perfect pick, but you need

1:17:30

Kayla. The UFC cannot afford to lose

1:17:32

her and then have the women's band

1:17:34

and weight division continue to flounder in

1:17:36

the absence of Amanda Nunes. I

1:17:39

think this is maybe the most, the

1:17:41

best pick just from that circumstance,

1:17:43

whereas you just desperately need her

1:17:45

on the roster to be the

1:17:47

standard bear for 1-3-5. I think

1:17:50

it's a great pick. Got no issues at all with that

1:17:52

pick. This week on the pitch. Would

1:17:55

you like fries with that? People

1:17:58

are what make franchises run. The

1:18:00

person who knows the business inside and

1:18:02

out. Not someone who came off Wall

1:18:04

Street because of their check clears. Franchairs

1:18:07

is the first investment marketplace where people

1:18:09

can invest in franchises. So you said 800

1:18:11

billion is what this market is a

1:18:14

year and hundreds of businesses are actually

1:18:16

franchised. Thousands and thousands. There are more

1:18:18

brands franchised than there are stocks in

1:18:21

the NASDAQ. You're

1:18:23

raising a four million dollar price around. And

1:18:25

what are the terms on that? The 19

1:18:27

million post-money valuation. And

1:18:30

do you not think that the

1:18:33

valuation is a little frothy? This

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week, things get frothy when

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1:18:50

brings us to round five ladies and

1:18:52

gentlemen and AK. Once again, KSW

1:18:55

is back on the clock. I

1:19:00

really wanted Mike Perry. Nice. I took

1:19:02

it from two people. I want to, I'm kind of

1:19:05

glad, I'm kind of glad it was Shaheen. Mike Perry

1:19:07

wasn't on my board, so that's interesting. I

1:19:09

just want to do it to hurt Mike. Mike Perry doesn't

1:19:11

fit the one championship ethos, you know? It

1:19:14

does not fit the one championship mentality. He

1:19:16

could change it. But I'm

1:19:19

glad Shaheen did it because I didn't want to do my best friend

1:19:21

like that. But yeah, that was part of the, that was part of the

1:19:23

whole Malekith thing was I wanted, I wanted to take from everyone, guys.

1:19:25

Like there was a part of me that wants, I want to hurt all

1:19:27

of you equally. So I guess

1:19:29

I don't have to do that to Mike now. So you know what?

1:19:31

That's a good thing. But I, I

1:19:33

guess kind of sticking with this plan. And I really

1:19:35

feel like again, I'm taking guys, maybe

1:19:37

a little bit one spot round higher than they should go.

1:19:41

But I'm here for global domination. And we

1:19:44

already have, I get it, we already have

1:19:46

one French star,

1:19:48

but I think we could do

1:19:50

another. And really, he's really the

1:19:53

most talked about guy in his promotion. If we think

1:19:55

about the last like year or so, he's really the

1:19:57

most talked about fighter in his promotion. Take

1:20:00

the man I gotta take I

1:20:02

gotta take I

1:20:32

specifically did not mention him when I picked Perry because

1:20:34

I didn't want him in people's brains Putting

1:20:38

a lot of faith in the guy taken down by a splinter.

1:20:40

I'm just throwing that out there. I'm saying I don't know if

1:20:42

this guy's any good But

1:20:45

I'm pretty sure if we did a cursory glance like

1:20:47

and may fighting traffic and like which Which

1:20:49

PFL fighter drew the most traffic in the last year?

1:20:52

Thank you pretty sure was the streak, dude,

1:20:54

you got it You just from me and you

1:20:56

took the womb a come on I know you're

1:20:58

killing me. You thought you were safe. You thought

1:21:00

you thought we didn't see you PFL tour You

1:21:03

thought you thought you were you're hiding. No, you're good.

1:21:05

You're the co-leader when you're the co-leader You

1:21:07

get co-leader shots taken at you. I don't

1:21:10

know tell you I genuinely thought you guys

1:21:12

might forget about This

1:21:14

thing and I was just about to have him

1:21:16

crush cans for the next four years Crushing

1:21:20

cans he can get a kickboxing championship,

1:21:23

too. Cuz whatever Oh In

1:21:29

all reality that is a great pick please feel the love of

1:21:31

God don't put him in there with Derek I know Derek Anderson's

1:21:33

out of the fight now, but please make

1:21:35

him correctly like I'm

1:21:38

glad you took over because the match

1:21:40

breaking in the old PFL a tour

1:21:43

giving him Derek Was

1:21:48

a good idea that was a good idea Don't

1:21:51

we got we don't do do Bay Kamsa

1:21:54

but do no do Bay

1:21:56

Connor Eventually, but we got one.

1:21:58

Hey You guys are

1:22:01

sleeping on our town we've got an undefeated 28 year

1:22:04

old Adrian part to the Zinski

1:22:06

era our current champion He's

1:22:09

15 and out he I mean you might not

1:22:11

have solid in part not so long who can say

1:22:13

what's happen But they fought already they fought

1:22:15

they fought already that's what happened We did that already and then

1:22:17

he's got to bend his title again But I'm saying somewhere down

1:22:19

there on him and Sidry could be a big fight Okay,

1:22:22

still a couple of I would say big-ticket

1:22:24

items I don't like the mortal enemies being

1:22:26

created here like is jet and my thing

1:22:28

They're the thing is me and Damon things

1:22:30

a thing now a case mine like this

1:22:32

is yeah Yeah, we're

1:22:34

ruining friendships on this podcast.

1:22:37

It's terrific Mike BKFC

1:22:39

is back on the board God

1:22:45

I'm so pissy you a K Was

1:22:47

such a good figure. I think his

1:22:50

wedding right now I think his wedding

1:22:52

right the most unlike the most unlikely

1:22:54

running Can you imagine the reaction of

1:22:57

jet if I picked umbei right before

1:22:59

him? I mean I might have stopped

1:23:01

the podcast I Have

1:23:04

my I had my next three picks planned out

1:23:06

and then two other people who I kind of

1:23:08

want to take So I'm

1:23:10

not that upset with with a K doing

1:23:12

it had you done it. We could have

1:23:14

never worked together again I'm

1:23:17

Sorry to have heard that but

1:23:20

look we need we need some big boys We need

1:23:22

some big boys on the roster and while he may

1:23:24

not be the biggest name He

1:23:27

is uh, he is thunderous. He's

1:23:30

thunderous. He hits really really hard It

1:23:33

didn't go well against Tommy Aspinall, but I

1:23:35

think this guy is is just great and

1:23:37

he's gonna fit in tremendous Especially with my

1:23:39

seventh round pick that is going to come

1:23:41

because I don't think any of y'all are

1:23:43

gonna take it Sergey Pavlovich

1:23:45

welcome to BKFC. I think following

1:23:48

the line with you It's

1:23:50

just gonna be a real treat in the heavy

1:23:52

weight. It's a great scheme system. Except it's a great scheme

1:23:55

fit Yeah,

1:23:58

I mean there was a world where

1:24:00

Pavlovic was going to be a late round pick for me. I

1:24:03

just, just a perfect fit for you though. I

1:24:05

love what you're doing there. That's, I

1:24:08

got no issues with that pick. I would

1:24:10

have had issues with Dume Bay. Sergey, great

1:24:12

choice. Which then, I

1:24:14

guess brings it back to me and one

1:24:20

championship on the board, but this

1:24:22

is, this is

1:24:24

tricky. So my Dume Bay plan is out the

1:24:26

window. I

1:24:29

just don't know if I should

1:24:31

do, there's a real value pick

1:24:33

out there. It's a real value pick

1:24:35

out there. But if I

1:24:37

do that, I'm departing from my own energy

1:24:41

for a failed attempt to win. I don't think I can win.

1:24:43

I think winning is out of the question for me at this

1:24:45

point in time. I

1:24:48

just, it's too long. It's been out there too much.

1:24:50

I got to do it. I don't feel great about

1:24:52

it. One

1:24:55

of the biggest stars in the sport. One of

1:24:57

the biggest combat sports athletes in the world still

1:24:59

out here. Does it, does

1:25:01

it, is it SchemeFit? Maybe not, but Nathan

1:25:04

Diaz come on down. You're a member of

1:25:06

one championship. Oh, wow.

1:25:09

Look, I'm not

1:25:11

in love with the choice. Not here to tell you I

1:25:13

am, but he's just

1:25:15

a monster star who draws interest and

1:25:18

we need more people who can draw

1:25:20

interest at one championship.

1:25:22

There are other places to go, but

1:25:25

I don't, there aren't any SchemeFits left for one.

1:25:27

Have you seen the numbers? All the SchemeFits are

1:25:29

gone. Have you seen the numbers from these Mazzvadol

1:25:32

pressers? I don't know if it's

1:25:34

working out. I've

1:25:37

seen the numbers, 11 million Instagram followers.

1:25:40

And that's all we need. Just get them to

1:25:42

post about it once in a while and we're

1:25:44

at least doing better business. If we can put

1:25:46

Nate Diaz's face up on Amazon,

1:25:49

like Prime, see your lawyer,

1:25:51

Amazon Prime, this Friday night,

1:25:53

Nate Diaz versus random

1:25:55

person doesn't matter. Still

1:25:57

gonna catch Some people in. Again,

1:26:00

I don't know who's better choice here for

1:26:02

me. Frankly, at this point time. Because.

1:26:05

Do bay made all the since the world

1:26:07

he's off the board couple of other choices

1:26:09

that frankly they're just be too early to

1:26:12

take. Talking about free agency

1:26:14

or undrafted free agents versus fifth and

1:26:16

sixth seventh rounders. Ah, I'm

1:26:18

getting in the fifth round. One of the biggest

1:26:20

stars in the sport, and I'm I'm accepting of

1:26:23

that. Scene. Though

1:26:25

that does bring Tfl. I thought there was

1:26:27

world where you may be tried to take

1:26:29

Jackpot, Jay Paul and a D as you

1:26:31

know pair them up. The Vfl think can't

1:26:33

do that anymore but. You've. Got

1:26:35

the song choices appear so. You're.

1:26:38

On the court. There's

1:26:41

not a World without was good. Thing

1:26:44

that was gonna happen. I would fire you.

1:26:46

Don't like Bialik money you like to do.

1:26:48

You like to build giant deficits that eyes

1:26:50

and have to come in and try to

1:26:52

steward out of bankruptcy. I'm I know you're

1:26:54

hurting right now so it's okay. I'll let

1:26:56

you win. And. Here Been here floundering

1:26:59

right now. are you familiar insects and I'm

1:27:01

very upset by this whole draft. When you

1:27:03

are do your whole preamble there. I thought

1:27:05

you were going to this sir direction and

1:27:07

it was gonna have set me because is

1:27:09

a guy. I almost didn't last round. But.

1:27:12

It felt like is probably one routes you early. Stricken.

1:27:14

Of Steam. I.

1:27:17

Don't know them make their base. Was on

1:27:19

board with him last year, but he's done

1:27:21

some good stuff recently a now. People are

1:27:23

very much on board with the mid were

1:27:25

just talking pure talent. He might be the

1:27:27

most talented available on the board. He's the

1:27:29

best bantamweight in the world. Probably have taken

1:27:31

robbed to Auschwitz. Sure,

1:27:36

The Doug: Yeah, I'm not on my

1:27:39

day. I did. I'd

1:27:41

marry. I think of, I don't think that we

1:27:43

had pick. You can start building your bantamweight division.

1:27:45

Need to do that. But ah, our soldiers fancy

1:27:48

not. I'm a draft Board Draft board As forty

1:27:50

five people, Robert More of them don't want to

1:27:52

be in business with men. Just begun eight years

1:27:54

old. He's old. Mark. Yeah,

1:27:57

bribes. old. i gotta tell you

1:27:59

if the The question is who's a bigger

1:28:01

star, Marabh Fahlishvili or Nate Diaz. I

1:28:03

think I'm winning that particular battle. That

1:28:05

wasn't the question. Also,

1:28:08

Nate Diaz is 40. Nate Diaz is 40. You

1:28:11

call it 40. But that is the question for me. The question

1:28:13

for me is who's the bigger star. Who's going to

1:28:16

move the needle? Marabh ain't moving any needles for me.

1:28:18

But he's going to do great for you. The Marabh

1:28:20

trade is coming. People

1:28:22

are on board. People are on board. I

1:28:26

mean, it's a shame that I already have the best fan

1:28:28

of weight in the world in Sean O'Malley. But you can

1:28:30

have the second best fan of weight in the world. That's

1:28:33

okay. Nothing wrong with that. Even

1:28:35

you don't believe that. Which brings

1:28:37

us to the UFC for the

1:28:39

last pick of the fifth round.

1:28:41

Daniel Martin, UFC is on the

1:28:43

clock. So

1:28:48

once again, you know, somebody's just got to go best

1:28:50

player available. And much like I did with my pick

1:28:52

with Shav Kairik Monoff, he may not have the title

1:28:54

currently. But I think we all agree he will have

1:28:56

the title. And I feel like I got to go

1:28:58

that route again with my latest selection. A guy who

1:29:01

doesn't have a title right now, but feels destined to

1:29:03

become a champion. And I'm kind of surprised

1:29:05

a little bit that he didn't go earlier just because I

1:29:07

think we all rate him very highly as a future champion.

1:29:10

I got to go with another guy who's going to sell us

1:29:12

a lot of tickets over in the Middle East. And I'm going

1:29:14

to go with none other than Umar Nurbaga-Medoff.

1:29:16

Oh, wow. I thought that

1:29:18

was going. I thought that preamble was going somewhere different.

1:29:21

But so did I. I don't like it. I don't

1:29:23

hate it. I think we

1:29:26

all must have felt the exact same person. Got to

1:29:28

start building some younger talent like Shav Kairik said. Investing

1:29:33

in the future obviously is not champion yet, but

1:29:35

I feel like he's going to be a champion.

1:29:37

So, you know, right now I think he's a

1:29:39

guy to build for the future. We're

1:29:42

getting into those picks now where like I've already got a lot of

1:29:44

star power at the top. I got to start building for the future.

1:29:46

I think Umar is a pick for the future. I don't think it's

1:29:48

a bad choice. I'm not saying it. With

1:29:52

the preamble, I thought you were going a very

1:29:55

different place than you ended up going. So

1:29:58

an exciting swerve. But that does

1:30:01

bring us back to the top of

1:30:03

the batting order. KSW round six. You

1:30:05

got two picks left everyone, so make

1:30:07

them count. AK, you're

1:30:09

on the call. I

1:30:11

think I'm gonna go with the name that we

1:30:14

all thought Damon was about to pick. Because

1:30:16

I've talked about taking

1:30:18

over the world. I've

1:30:21

got looks like I got some

1:30:23

French in here. I've got some

1:30:25

like Swedish, Chechnya, Russia, Ireland

1:30:28

of course. But

1:30:31

I forgot about good old America. I

1:30:33

forgot about good old America. Nothing

1:30:36

says all America. Nothing says America.

1:30:39

Nothing says America. Like a

1:30:41

multiple time all American, three

1:30:44

time national wrestling champion. A guy

1:30:46

whose physicality would fit right in

1:30:48

with what we're trying to do

1:30:51

here in KSW. I

1:30:53

think I got to go with the blue chipper, Mr.

1:30:56

Bo Nickel. Building for the future. Again,

1:30:59

that preamble. I saw that preamble is going somewhere

1:31:01

a little different than it ended up going. Okay.

1:31:04

No, not even. I saw two different people

1:31:06

preambles for you and Damon. So

1:31:10

great pick though. Build for the future. America.

1:31:13

You know what? You know, Poland needs America.

1:31:15

That's what Poland needs. The guy, you can't

1:31:18

see him right now. The guy currently wearing

1:31:20

a Raptors t-shirt is bowing about America. Love

1:31:22

it. Not a bad pick. I

1:31:25

think in a weird way,

1:31:27

Bo Nickel has kind of become the homes out a

1:31:29

little bit this year. We're like the one fight against,

1:31:31

against the Cody Brundage. We're all kind of like cooling

1:31:33

off on him a little bit. I still think he's

1:31:36

a future champion, but that's how this sport works. Homicide

1:31:38

has one kind of like lackluster ish performance against Kamara.

1:31:40

Usman. And we all kind of like, he goes from

1:31:42

first to second to third round. Bo Nickel,

1:31:45

if he had gone out there and absolutely wrecked shop, I

1:31:47

think he probably would have been a top three round selection,

1:31:49

but because he didn't destroy Cody

1:31:51

Brundage, it kind of looked, you know,

1:31:53

not at the best in the world against Cody Brundage.

1:31:55

We're all like, yeah, you know, he kind of dipped

1:31:57

later in the round. This

1:31:59

is actually my second. near a picking bow. And I picked

1:32:01

him last, I got him last round last time. So

1:32:03

I'm, you know what, I'm going against the trend. His

1:32:05

stock went up in my eyes. There you go. How

1:32:08

about that? I mean, not only did

1:32:11

you get America, according

1:32:13

to one reporter, you may have gotten

1:32:15

the second coming of Jesus himself. Yes.

1:32:18

So that is, if that's the case,

1:32:21

you really made quite the, quite the

1:32:23

good pick. I can't believe we let

1:32:25

Jesus 2.0 fall to the sixth round,

1:32:28

but no further says AK Lee. Which

1:32:31

71% 71% Roman Catholics in Poland. I'm

1:32:34

just saying, I'm just saying. I mean, it

1:32:36

is, it is a peanut butter and jelly like

1:32:38

mashup right there. Can I, can I, can just,

1:32:41

and by the way, I want to get a

1:32:43

great caller, but can I take credit please, just

1:32:45

for our internal conversation that I did come up

1:32:47

with the nickname Jesus Christ 2.0 for Bo nickel.

1:32:50

I did come up with that in our private

1:32:52

channel. When, when, when the reporter decided to annoy

1:32:54

him, Jesus, I said, he's Jesus Christ 2.0. I

1:32:56

don't think you came up with the nickname. I

1:32:59

think that reporter asked him specifically, are

1:33:01

you just reborn? He was like,

1:33:03

no, it was terrific stuff.

1:33:07

Mike, Jesus is off the board, which is unfortunate.

1:33:09

Cause I'm pretty sure BKFC was trying to be

1:33:11

in the Jesus 2.0 game. But

1:33:15

in the absence of Jesus, BKFC

1:33:17

is on the clock. Who

1:33:20

you taking, Mike? So

1:33:25

I have like this, I have a

1:33:27

great pick for round seven, but you

1:33:29

guys are as maniacal in

1:33:31

this draft as I am. So

1:33:34

I truly think one of you guys might

1:33:36

just come out and just snipe this dude

1:33:38

and just ruin everything. And I know my

1:33:40

could, if I knew who I know my

1:33:42

ticket now, and I know

1:33:44

my other pick is

1:33:46

going to be around in round seven

1:33:48

and it's going to be a tremendous fit. So

1:33:50

I'm just going to go ahead and

1:33:53

drop the bombshell right now in round

1:33:55

six. And I don't know if anybody,

1:33:57

anybody even sees this coming or hears

1:33:59

this But I

1:34:01

mean we are oh my god, it's good. You know,

1:34:03

no now Right

1:34:07

now you have to It's

1:34:11

around six this is around six and

1:34:13

pooj has made his way into the

1:34:15

the MMA space

1:34:18

in our hearts, but Not

1:34:20

the heavy weight. I'm gonna choose right now. In

1:34:22

fact the heavy weight. I'm gonna choose You

1:34:25

know has flirted with MMA but

1:34:27

hasn't really pulled the trigger on

1:34:29

it just yet I

1:34:31

know he's having conversations with new

1:34:33

pride and PFL about maybe running

1:34:35

some huge rematch But you know

1:34:37

what? I feel like we just need

1:34:40

to bring him over now. Let's

1:34:42

keep the world travel going Let's

1:34:45

get the eyeballs upon us. Let's get the

1:34:47

pay-per-view buys a plenty and

1:34:49

we're gonna take on just a chaos

1:34:52

Merchants a guy who many

1:34:54

thought was out of the picture was

1:34:56

down and out was never gonna make his way back and

1:34:59

Now all of a sudden he's back and everyone's good graces.

1:35:02

He's taking over the heavyweight boxing world He

1:35:05

just knocked out Francis and Gano viciously. So

1:35:08

I'm gonna welcome to BKFC Anthony

1:35:11

Joshua Wow,

1:35:14

we're gonna have some fun stuff with

1:35:16

Anthony Josh that is an interesting one.

1:35:18

I got it. I got it Mike

1:35:22

your draft has been spectacular to this point,

1:35:24

but for BKFC Can I just

1:35:26

say I love Anthony Joshua, but

1:35:28

you whiffed on Deontay Wilder or bare-knuckle fight

1:35:30

like come on That's a new bill for

1:35:32

those Deontay Wilder. They're still on the board.

1:35:35

I think he's more. I think he's more

1:35:37

KSW You know what?

1:35:39

I mean? Like I don't know like Deontay

1:35:41

who knows maybe next year Deontay takes

1:35:43

Anthony Joshua spot But right now I

1:35:45

think Anthony's riding high I know it

1:35:47

says quote unquote a five-year deal, but

1:35:49

next year we'll be redrafting all these

1:35:52

people anyways So yeah, well, we'll ride

1:35:54

the on timeline though. So then

1:35:56

we'll ride the heat wave Yeah, we'll ride the heat wave

1:35:58

while we have it. So Anthony Joshua Just think of

1:36:00

the fun we can have doing a

1:36:02

card in the UK with Anthony Joshua. He's so

1:36:04

pretty though. Does he want to get all cut

1:36:06

up from the bare knuckling? I don't know. I

1:36:08

don't know about AJ. Pretty man. It's

1:36:11

a pretty man. Lots of money coming his

1:36:13

way. Get that triller money or whoever's running that company

1:36:15

now. I'm sure that's the side he's going to come

1:36:17

calling. That triller money. The side he's going to come

1:36:20

calling to. That was my one question. I want to

1:36:22

get more money to spend. That was my one question.

1:36:24

Do you have the money to pay this mix? I'm

1:36:26

pretty sure he's used to like $40 million purses. I

1:36:30

don't know that he's going to do some bare

1:36:32

knuckle combat for six figures. Mike's

1:36:34

just going to mortgage his house eight times and it

1:36:36

will be fine. I just want

1:36:38

to throw this out there because I'm

1:36:40

kind of the business guy. The BKFC

1:36:43

trailer was acquired and merged with AGBA,

1:36:45

a Hong Kong based finance company, which

1:36:47

went from the stock price on the

1:36:49

NASDAQ last week of $1 per share.

1:36:52

They're now trading at $2 per share. So you

1:36:54

really... You really bolted your big

1:36:56

business there at $2 a share. So

1:37:00

I'm just saying. And with the

1:37:02

acquisition of Anthony Joshua, we're

1:37:04

going to be up to $6 a share by EOD,

1:37:06

baby. Let's go. I

1:37:09

love that energy. I

1:37:12

can't say it's a bad pick. I didn't see

1:37:15

it coming. I'm still processing the choice. Never

1:37:19

would have thought AGAs had something. So that's at

1:37:21

least given us something to talk about. That

1:37:23

does also bring us onto

1:37:27

the board at one championship. And

1:37:29

boys, I'm in a real pickle. I'm

1:37:31

in just a... There are two fighters I

1:37:34

want for different reasons, but

1:37:36

I think there's one very... There's

1:37:39

like a... There are two other names that

1:37:42

should be drafted. One of

1:37:44

them I am honestly surprised

1:37:46

has not been drafted and could not

1:37:48

be a worse scheme fit for one

1:37:51

championship. Anthony might be the

1:37:53

worst possible scheme fit for what we do as

1:37:55

a promotion, but I feel

1:37:58

it's value to take him. But

1:38:01

I'm not. I'm going to, I'm going to speak truth

1:38:03

to power. I'm going to, I'm going to do

1:38:05

the right thing. I'm going to

1:38:07

play by the rules that are

1:38:09

just and true. And I will

1:38:11

take our second woman off the board. We

1:38:14

are the owners of combat sports

1:38:16

in Asia. That is our hallmark.

1:38:18

And how, how could we

1:38:20

promote ourselves as such if we don't take

1:38:22

the top female pound for pound fighter in

1:38:24

the world, China's number one mixed martial artists

1:38:26

of all time. I'm not,

1:38:29

not the biggest star, but not a

1:38:31

bad star by any stretch of the

1:38:33

imagination. Can, can build our

1:38:35

women's star weight division into a true force.

1:38:37

And mostly we're doing all our business in

1:38:39

Asia. Let's, let's bring this woman home. Let's

1:38:41

let her be the star. She is supposed

1:38:43

to be on this side of that hemisphere

1:38:45

of the globe. And I'm getting with my

1:38:47

six picked one of the, one of the

1:38:49

two number one pound for pound fighters in

1:38:51

the world. I'm taking Wiley Zhang and I

1:38:53

feel okay about it. Uh, that's where we're

1:38:55

going. By the way, your organization should be

1:38:57

a flyway just so you're aware. She wouldn't be a straw

1:38:59

way. Yeah. Yeah. You got to

1:39:01

work that out by the way. I want

1:39:04

to do some of the dehydration stuff.

1:39:06

I didn't mention it like Shaheen did

1:39:08

at the top. Uh, we're doing away

1:39:10

with all of the, just not, I'm

1:39:12

not doing the fake weight thing

1:39:15

anymore done with that. We're going to have normal

1:39:17

weight classes because it's 2024 and we live in

1:39:19

a society and

1:39:21

we don't need to be doing that nonsense anymore. Uh,

1:39:24

but Wiley Zhang is the pick, which then

1:39:26

brings us to the PFL and

1:39:29

Shaheen Al-Shadi, you are back on the clock

1:39:31

with your pin ultimate selection. Who

1:39:36

is it? Man, it's tough. It's so,

1:39:38

you said it earlier in this, in this draft, like

1:39:40

when you're doing the prep for this, like, Oh man,

1:39:42

there's so many names, like I'm never going to run

1:39:44

out. There's so many of ideas. And then it gets

1:39:47

deep in the strap. And it's like, there is not

1:39:49

a lot of names out there really. Is there? So

1:39:52

I think. I still have a lot

1:39:54

of names on my board. They're just not people I

1:39:56

felt I needed to be up there, you know? So

1:39:58

I'm just going to. go ahead and

1:40:01

do it because this person

1:40:03

is probably the most popular person still left

1:40:06

on the board. Probably the

1:40:08

best one of the I won't

1:40:10

say the best but one of the best talents

1:40:13

left on the board. There's not a lot of pound for

1:40:15

pound fighters still left on the board and this person is

1:40:17

still left on the board. We

1:40:19

flirt with controversy. We already have John Jones. So

1:40:21

let's get another controversial man in here. Give me the

1:40:23

former champ. Give me Sean Strickland who can go to

1:40:25

any country and get the whole crowd behind it. That

1:40:30

is the man I was considering

1:40:32

with this previous pick but I can't think

1:40:34

of a worse fit for Sean Strickland than

1:40:36

one champion champ. And

1:40:38

so I was like do I take him and

1:40:40

put him in an organization where he will fundamentally

1:40:43