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good to be back in your respective lives. Episode 469

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Kenny Florian. Kind of feels good to be

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back in the home studio if I'm being

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honest, right? I got my buttons here. It

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was weird being on the road in Boston.

1:29

You get sort of spoiled by this studio.

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We've talked about sort of being

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a better broadcaster, being a better whatever it is your walk

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of life is when you enjoy the space that you're in.

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I kind of miss the bells and whistles

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like home. But I think

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it's always I think the fans always appreciate

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the fact that we do a quick turnaround

1:50

after a big pay-per-view like that. And of

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course, you were open to

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doing that despite doing a cross-country flight,

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right? Going from Anaheim

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all the way to Boston. Boston doing the

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show from your hotel room, man, much appreciated.

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And it was a lot of fun. But yeah, it just

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feels good seeing you back in your home studio. Well,

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give me all that chemfo Sunday night energy. But

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yeah, we were sort of thinking Tuesday would have

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So I want

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to talk about Alex Pudet and what I

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believe is his superstar status already attained and

4:39

if you want to scale that back to

4:41

star status already attained then I'm okay with

4:44

that. But sometimes I

4:46

think I'm too insulated

4:48

to have opinions and other times I

4:50

think my insulation helps me forge opinions.

4:52

And when Alex Pudet walks out in

4:54

Toronto somewhere, the guy's a goddamn rock

4:57

star. When he was there for a

4:59

guest fighter UFC 297, I mean,

5:02

you would think the president walked in the

5:04

building, right? I mean, it heads turn and

5:06

he's only got seven fights in the UFC.

5:08

So I pushed out

5:10

a tweet and a lot

5:12

of fans are responding as to whether or not they

5:14

think he's already attained this status. Most of them sort

5:16

of are acknowledging him as such and there are a

5:19

few different reasons why Kenny, some suggesting

5:21

that maybe he's a skill specific guy

5:23

like Bo Nickel has really resonated with

5:25

the fans, you know, come from being

5:27

really elite in one sport. It heightens

5:29

intrigue. Also people talking about

5:32

just, you know, Brazilian Portuguese, right?

5:34

It endears him to people because

5:36

he doesn't speak the English language even

5:38

though it seems as though he acutely understands

5:40

it. There are a lot of different reasons

5:43

why Alex Pudet has resonated with the fan

5:45

base and I think he's really

5:47

worthy as UFC 300 headline. I

5:49

mean, I think it's because he puts people

5:51

to sleep. This guy is an absolute monster

5:54

and, you know, more than anything

5:56

else, I think that and people forget

5:58

about this and perhaps... Not

6:00

every fighter is able to be as

6:03

featured as someone like Pereira, but the

6:05

fact that you're able to

6:07

stay busy in the UFC, that is

6:09

huge. That does a lot of your

6:11

marketing for you. Now, I'm not

6:13

saying you have to be as active

6:15

as Cowboy Cerrone was back in the

6:17

day, but you think Cowboy Cerrone isn't

6:19

a star because he wasn't fighting four

6:21

times a year for many years? I

6:24

mean, that has a lot to do with it.

6:26

The more you're out there, the more the fans

6:28

get to see you fight. And if you have

6:31

that exciting style, and if you're able to put

6:33

people to sleep like a Pereira, then of course,

6:35

people are going to want to see you fight

6:37

more. And I think that's what he has going

6:40

for him. Oh, and also the fact

6:42

that he's a two division champion. So

6:45

he's a fantastic fighter. Very few people

6:48

have achieved what he's been able to

6:50

achieve in the short amount of time that

6:53

he has achieved it. It's

6:55

crazy. So yeah, he's just he is

6:57

that dude, man. He's that

6:59

badass that walks into a room. And

7:01

he looks scary. He looks the part. That's a dude you

7:03

do not want to see in a dark alley. He

7:06

looks the part. He plays the part. And

7:09

yeah, I see him holding on to that belt

7:12

for a little while, man. And

7:14

that says nothing of the way I

7:16

feel about Jamal Hill as the respected

7:18

B side in this equation, the former

7:20

champion, not quite at the star level

7:22

of Poetan for myriad reasons, but I

7:24

absolutely think he can get there and

7:26

not unlike Pada. His

7:29

fight style leads the dance, right? And he's even

7:31

talked about this. Just let me go in there

7:33

and throw hands. You know, a massive Jamal Hill

7:35

knocks out Alex Pada inside 10 minutes at UFC

7:38

300 superstar status

7:40

attained for him. But you're right. And I

7:42

think I probably buried the lead when you

7:45

put people away the way Sean O'Malley does

7:47

the way Ilya Topuria did this past weekend.

7:49

It only heightens your status. And then when

7:51

you couple in the activity, which has been

7:54

a huge cornerstone of Alex Pada's UFC career,

7:56

there's just a lot of factors that make

7:58

him the star that I've believe him to

8:00

be. Someone also pointed out

8:02

that I believe maybe his girlfriend was

8:05

actually married allegedly. So that I think

8:07

further endears him to people that supposedly

8:09

he was dating a woman who

8:11

maybe was with another man. So there are a

8:13

lot of reasons to love Poetan Alex Padeta. And

8:16

the fan base really has gravitated towards

8:18

him, even the whole Poetan thing, you

8:20

know, like my my statue t-shirts in

8:22

the mail, like the dudes just got

8:24

a lot of things going. And even

8:26

if fans want to suggest that

8:29

maybe Alex Padeta versus Jamal

8:31

Hill or Magomed Onkalayev was

8:34

earmarked as the main event for UFC 301

8:37

in Rio. Well, Padeta is talking like

8:39

a guy who's going to headline both and I wouldn't put it past.

8:42

And one of the best decisions he made was going up to 205, John,

8:44

you know, this guy was killing

8:46

himself, trying to make 185 pounds,

8:48

still won the belt and did

8:50

it against Israel out of Sonya, then moved

8:52

up to 205. And you could

8:55

see he just it seems like he has

8:57

all the energy that he needed at 185

8:59

now. It's not like he's short on strength.

9:01

He's not short on power. He's going to

9:03

sleep you with that left hook or the

9:05

right hand regardless. But now

9:07

I think he can bring all

9:09

that energy at 205. And I

9:12

think that has a lot to do with this. Well, I

9:15

will say, though, he's still willing to kill himself

9:17

to go to 185 pounds. He really

9:19

is for the out of Sonya fight to

9:22

avenge that I really think he would because

9:24

he lost his last fight to Izzy and

9:26

when he won the 205 pound championship, what

9:28

was the first name on the tip of his tongue? So you're

9:31

right, I love that 205. I love his ability to fight often

9:34

and turn around quickly. But I just

9:36

think it's interesting because, you know,

9:38

if you don't want to take it from me,

9:40

you know, take it from your fellow UFC fans

9:42

out there. And I think a lot of the

9:44

media would subscribe to this theory, like a pud

9:46

data is all the rage with almost everybody I

9:49

talked to about mixed martial arts. We'll see what

9:51

he can do with the showcase April 13 UFC

9:53

300 pud data versus Hill. Alright, always a

9:55

fun conversation for me. I wanted to ask

9:58

Ken flow this and some great responses. on

10:00

social media. I appreciate every last one of you.

10:03

Who is the best UFC fighter, can he past or

10:05

present to have never held an

10:07

undisputed UFC title? Can be past, can

10:09

be present, but it has to be

10:11

somebody who fought in the UFC. So,

10:13

Fador Milianenko not necessarily gaining consideration here.

10:15

Who is the best UFC fighter past

10:18

or present to have never held

10:20

an undisputed UFC title other than yourself? So,

10:22

for me, it's a guy that is already in the

10:24

UFC. It's still fighting to this day. It's

10:27

a guy that I can't wait with back

10:29

in the day when he was cutting down to 145 pounds. And

10:32

I'm looking at him going, man, this guy's as big as me. How is

10:34

he making 145 pounds? Well, that

10:36

guy is Dustin Poirier. And, you

10:39

know, had some hiccups early on in his

10:41

career when he was trying to figure out

10:43

his game, figure out his style, figure out

10:45

his weight class, still has an

10:47

awesome record at 29 and 8. But as I said, you

10:49

know, a lot of those losses

10:52

a little bit early on in his

10:54

career. Now, let's go through the list

10:56

of guys that he's actually beaten. Let's

10:59

take a look at somebody's name. Anthony

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Pettis, Justin Gaethje, Eddie Alvarez, Max Holloway,

11:03

Dan Hooker, Conor McGregor, twice, Mike Chandler.

11:05

These are huge names. These are very

11:08

dangerous fighters. And these are guys that

11:10

he has gone to war with and

11:12

defeated. And he's also been an interim

11:15

belt holder as well, right? So, I

11:17

mean, I think the guy's an amazing

11:19

fighter. And when we talk about guys

11:22

that haven't won the belt, we have to

11:24

talk about a lot of things, not only like, you

11:26

know, the opportunities that they've had,

11:29

but the guys that beat, but the skills

11:31

that they bring into the cage. This guy

11:34

is good everywhere. He's a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black

11:36

belt. He's become a fantastic striker. He really

11:38

has good wrestling as well. He knows how

11:40

to put it all together. He's grown

11:43

into that weight class. One of the bigger guys

11:45

in that weight class now could maybe arguably

11:47

fight at 170 pounds now. So,

11:50

yeah, he's impressive. And when you hear all

11:52

the guys that have trained with him or

11:54

all the guys, all the coaches over at

11:56

American Top Team, they speak glowingly about how

11:58

well he does. in the gym

12:01

against everybody all the way up to 170

12:03

pounds. So for me, that's

12:06

the pick, right? Just because of the

12:08

full package, his skills, who he's beaten,

12:10

the opportunities that he's had, the kind

12:12

of stardom that he has in the

12:14

UFC. So for me, it was

12:17

pretty straightforward for Dustin

12:19

Poirier. Largely for me as

12:21

to the best UFC fighter to have

12:23

never held a non disputed UFC title,

12:25

it yeah, comes down to Dustin Poirier

12:27

and another former UFC interim lightweight champion,

12:29

Justin Gaetsche. And perhaps there is some

12:31

recency bias here. Gaetsche's long term UFC

12:33

resume, obviously is not going to compare

12:36

to Dustin Poirier's, but Justin Gaetsche won

12:38

a major title outside the UFC, defended

12:40

it, I think five times. But

12:42

what Justin Gaetsche was able to accomplish

12:44

against Rafael Faziv and Dustin Poirier recently,

12:47

I do believe that at this stage

12:49

of Justin Gaetsche's career, he is the

12:51

best version and certainly

12:54

closer right now to realizing that status as

12:56

the undisputed lightweight champion. Of course, if Dustin

12:58

Poirier beats Benoît Sontanie, that's a massive win.

13:01

But head to head, he just had the

13:03

head kick knockout against him. I think Gaetsche

13:05

has a strong case. I'm

13:07

not sure the answer isn't a Rob Duolish, Willie right

13:09

now Ken Flo, and maybe some recency bias there as

13:12

well. But with 10 fight win streak in

13:14

tow at 135 pounds, he could actually very

13:18

easily be 12 and 0 in

13:20

the UFC. Hasn't fought

13:22

for the belt yet, but I'm not sure that,

13:24

you know, he isn't the best UFC fighter all

13:26

time who hasn't struck undisputed goal. Can I

13:28

throw some of these other names at you and see if you

13:30

want to wet your beak with any of them? All right, so

13:34

these are all the names submitted by our

13:36

fans as to the best UFC fighter to

13:38

have never held an undisputed UFC title. Dustin

13:41

Poirier, Justin Gaetsche, Yoel

13:43

Romero, Alexander Gustafson, Anthony

13:45

Rumble Johnson, Kenny Florian,

13:48

Gagard Mousasi, Tony Ferguson,

13:50

Dan Henderson, Gilbert Doreno

13:52

Burns, Nate Diaz, Nick

13:54

Diaz, Rory McDonald, Stephen

13:56

Wonderboy Thompson, Chelsan and

13:58

Colby Covington, Marabh Dwalash

14:01

Willy and Zabit Magomed Sharipa.

14:04

I like a lot of those names, man.

14:07

I think that a lot of those names

14:09

definitely make a very, very strong case. Yeah,

14:13

I mean, geez, those are some great names. A

14:16

few of them that I actually didn't consider. Yolomero

14:19

came very close. A lot of people

14:21

feel like Anthony Rumble Johnson versus John

14:23

Jones was the dream fight of all

14:25

dream fights that got away and perhaps

14:27

a pretty good matchup for Rumble. Zabit

14:30

Magomed Sharipa retiring in his prime. You

14:32

got to think at some point he

14:34

would have found himself in a championship

14:36

setting. Colby Covington had three chances, but

14:39

when healthy to me, he's still elite.

14:42

He really is. And so I like

14:44

his inclusion in the conversation. Stephen Wonderboy

14:46

Thompson came close against Tyron Woodley one

14:48

time. Rory McDonald, of course, deserves inclusion,

14:50

as do the Diaz brothers for me.

14:52

Dan Henderson was a popular selection, I

14:54

think, and rightfully so. And for Tony

14:56

Ferguson, I always highlight him as the first guy

14:58

at 155 pounds, hardest weight class

15:01

for me to have gotten to a double digit

15:03

winning streak. And nice to see some love out

15:05

there for Gaygard Mousasi as well. So an interesting

15:07

conversation. Feel free to chime in at Ana Clorion

15:09

Padez to who you think is the best UFC

15:11

fighter to have never held an undisputed UFC title.

15:13

All right. Well, you may have heard

15:16

this Friday in Mexico City on the eve of UFC

15:18

fight night, it is Karate Combat 44. And with us

15:20

on the guest line, the president

15:22

of Karate Combat, the CEO of Goatshed,

15:24

president and awesome himself, Austin Zady. I'm

15:26

glad in our pre meeting there, I

15:28

asked the pronunciation of your name because

15:31

I would have absolutely butchered that on

15:33

live TV today. Great to see you

15:35

awesome. How are you, brother? It's

15:37

a pleasure, man. I just woke up actually, but

15:39

I'm hyped. My wife, what

15:41

are you doing? You got John Anick right now.

15:44

And I didn't even have Kenny Cloden here too.

15:46

So I'm happy. Well,

15:48

hey, man, I am always looking for high

15:50

energy people in my life. And you certainly

15:52

qualify. I'd imagine some people butch your name.

15:54

Is that accurate or no? Oh,

15:56

yeah, definitely. Since I was

15:59

born. It was the same conversation as like,

16:01

what's your name? I'm like, awesome. They're like, awesome.

16:03

I'm like, no, awesome. I'm like, awesome. I'm like,

16:05

awesome. Like, wow, that's awesome. I'm like, okay. Exactly.

16:09

The same conversation I've always had.

16:12

Yeah. Well, and it's an appropriate name

16:14

even more than I saw prior at

16:16

president.awesome on Instagram, if you want to

16:18

follow this gentleman, but congratulations on what

16:20

has been a huge couple of years

16:22

for you individually and for your endeavors,

16:24

karate combat just has a ton of

16:26

momentum right now. When did you

16:28

first align with the organization and think that

16:30

this could be something potentially big? Oh,

16:33

so what's really cool is that I started off as

16:35

a coach, right? So I was coaching my fighter in

16:38

the organization and I was really,

16:40

so basically my wife is a manager. She

16:42

found an app from

16:44

the mountains of Pakistan. This guy had no

16:46

name behind him and we started building his

16:49

name here. We got him to America and

16:51

he bought and debuted in karate combat. So

16:53

what intrigued the founders and the owners of

16:55

karate combat was, look, nobody wants

16:57

to sign this guy because they thought he wasn't going

16:59

to be that superstar and when

17:02

they finally signed him and they saw how much

17:04

of a recognition he got so quickly, they say,

17:06

wait a minute. Okay. If awesome and his team

17:08

are able to do this to these new fighters

17:10

to build their name so quickly, if he ran

17:12

an organization, maybe he could do this for all

17:15

of our fighters. That was, that was the theory

17:17

behind it, you know? So I

17:19

started working behind the scenes, helping with

17:21

social media, helping with different things, but

17:24

slowly, actually, not slowly, three days on

17:26

the job, they offered

17:28

me the position to become president. So it

17:30

was, it was an honor. Awesome.

17:34

It seems like you got a great thing

17:36

going, man. It's kind of like a combination

17:38

of like, you know, the, the, the movie

17:40

vibe. And then you have these legit awesome

17:42

strikers from all over the place, all different

17:44

disciplines that are, that are battling and you're

17:46

kind of bringing that exciting

17:48

aspect of mixed martial arts

17:51

into just that striking. Like,

17:54

what do you think it is that, that is

17:56

bringing that appeal to your event? Well,

17:59

what's really. cool is look, they did

18:01

the hardest part, the founders of the

18:03

organizations did the hardest part. What's so cool

18:05

about MMA is that Cage is something

18:07

very new and unique to MMA. When UFC

18:10

hit the scene, the Octagon was theirs.

18:12

Nobody else had that. And now every organization

18:14

that comes after them sort of models their

18:17

Octagon, their Cage, like the

18:20

UFC, right? So what we

18:22

did was, or excuse me, the founders, they

18:24

decided to create this pit. And

18:26

it's amazing. You can immediately tell it's

18:28

us. Every single social media clip, every

18:31

video you know, it's us. So the

18:33

pit is something so unique and it's

18:35

amazing because you can get

18:37

this view, right? The cameras can see

18:39

so easily, the spectators can watch the

18:42

fights much easily. So I think

18:44

it's something that people really love and it gives that

18:46

movie vibe that you're talking about. And

18:49

you guys are really kind of signing bigger and

18:51

bigger names, it seems, all the time. Obviously, there

18:53

was the Benson Henderson Anthony Pettis that was not

18:56

too long ago. And to see them kind

18:58

of rekindle that rivalry was really cool, man.

19:00

All the fights that I've seen have been

19:02

really exciting. Any plans

19:05

for any more of those names on that

19:07

level? Oh,

19:10

definitely, you know, and we want to constantly throwing

19:12

that in. One, because those matches, those are my

19:14

like dream matches, just me as a fan. Like

19:16

I wanted to see that rematch

19:19

because when they fought the

19:21

first two times, the second time that on-bar was so

19:23

quick that it just it didn't allow

19:25

for the fans to really watch a

19:27

fight though. So I wanted that trilogy

19:32

personally also, you know, I'm

19:34

sure other fans agreed, but we're going to have

19:36

a lot of big names. This event coming up right now, we

19:38

got this guy, Rafael Alves, he was in the UFC and there

19:40

was a lot of hype around him in the UFC. But

19:43

the thing about MMA is there's so many ways

19:45

to win, there's so many ways to lose. It

19:47

gets complicated, right? The grappling is a big issue

19:50

and a lot of these athletes, maybe that's not

19:52

their thing. So a guy like Rafael Alves, who's

19:54

so athletic, you guys saw him when he fought

19:56

Drew Dorber, moving his head and all his viral

19:58

moments in the UFC. I really

20:00

feel this sport is made for guys like

20:03

that. You know, elite strikers that may not

20:05

want to grapple. All

20:07

right. So this Friday night, it starts with the

20:09

pit submission series and the regularly scheduled karate combat

20:11

and then the finale influencer fight club. So you

20:13

got a lot of different things going on Friday

20:15

night. Yeah,

20:20

Friday night is going to be a rough

20:22

night for us, you know, and then I'm

20:24

going to USC the next day. My students

20:26

fighting the peaches bout under the under

20:28

the championship fight. That's

20:30

sort of that's a big reason why I followed the UFC

20:32

to Mexico by the way. I

20:36

started off as a coach, right? I got like

20:38

34 pros and I'm very loyal to my fighters.

20:40

You know, I really sacrificed my life for them

20:42

and I didn't want to abandon them just because

20:44

now I'm president of an organization. So I know

20:47

okay guys, you're fighting in Mexico. I'll throw my

20:49

effect in Mexico the day before. It

20:52

really is amazing and I actually have a

20:54

few questions about you as a coach. But

20:57

I do think that this is a fitting role

20:59

for you. However, it came about. I mean, it's

21:01

sort of a fascinating backstory, but

21:04

goat shed man, love the name. Give us

21:06

a little history obviously a lot of traction

21:08

now in the UFC, but 30 plus

21:11

pro fighters Jillian Robertson, I believe is

21:13

training their full-time now. So tell

21:16

us a little bit about goat shed and your

21:18

alignment and how that name was created as well.

21:20

If you would. Okay,

21:25

of course. But go check actually

21:27

really intriguing part of

21:29

this whole story for a lot of

21:31

people because we're very controversial Jim on

21:33

social media. You know, we're constantly posting

21:35

viral clips and different things like that.

21:37

When I first opened up, I had

21:39

absolutely no credibility zero credibility. Why would

21:41

anyone want to train with with this

21:43

ball bearded Brown dude? Like

21:46

nobody wants to say with me because I had no name

21:48

behind me. I'll just some black belt and ship to and

21:53

basically I open up Jim and I'm like, okay,

21:55

how can I hit the scene? So it's not

21:57

thinking of different ways to disrupt the industry and

22:00

social media. It was it so yeah, I started

22:02

posting crazy controversial videos And I mean within three

22:04

months of opening Joe Rogan started following like a lot

22:07

of big names started following and I think they're all

22:09

Interested like what's going on here and our fighters now

22:11

here's the thing I tell all my fighters when they

22:13

join us you guys I'll get the name

22:15

behind you I get the viewers I'll make you guys

22:17

popular, but if you lose your fight, you're

22:19

just a famous loser But you got to win your damn

22:22

fight You know what I mean, right?

22:24

So we trained really hard while promoting well on

22:26

social media And these guys just kept winning and

22:28

winning and winning and right now we have a

22:30

team record of 108 wins 12 losses That's

22:34

a 90% win ratio in the UFC were

22:36

7 and 1 so we're very new

22:38

to the UFC, but we're doing good, you know and

22:42

When you combine the win thing with all

22:44

the madness on social media as you get

22:46

the goat shit It's

22:48

amazing. So you're and you're cornering is it

22:50

Christian Quiñones this weekend who you have this

22:53

weekend? No I

22:55

have a Francisco Prado. He's

22:57

fighting under the under Yayu

22:59

Rodriguez ready fighting a Daniel Zell

23:01

Hubert Okay, I thought you

23:03

said I knew about Francisco But I thought you said

23:06

the feature prelim cuz that's all the feature bout on

23:08

the main card is what you're talking about third from

23:10

the last Yeah, yeah. Okay. All right. Yeah,

23:12

that's a big fight. Oh, tell me a little bit about

23:14

that Ken flow is gonna have to make a fucking prediction

23:17

on that later today Yeah,

23:20

you know The

23:22

really big fight for it's a big fight for all

23:24

of us it's the biggest moment of our lives as

23:27

martial artists right now because Our

23:29

team has never made it that high up on

23:31

a UFC card We've always been prelims week then

23:34

we started doing main cards, but we've never been

23:36

the future bout on a main card So this

23:38

is a big moment for us. We decided to

23:40

come out to Mexico three weeks early So,

23:44

you know to get used to the altitude so

23:46

I brought out my there's

23:48

a I Paid

23:52

for a house a family taking care of

23:54

it now. Well, uh, you know, we have

23:56

the father's driving us around We're living with

23:58

a family. It's pretty cool. We're shouting with

24:01

buckets. It's a rough life

24:03

in the village we decided to live in, but

24:05

it's really great. So we had training camp there.

24:07

The fighters are looking phenomenal, but what I have

24:09

to say is this. Look, I

24:11

don't think anyone emphasizes this enough. Elevation is terrible.

24:13

It sucks. Yeah. These guys were gassing out in

24:16

like one minute. It was terrifying. I remember texting

24:18

my wife after the first sparring session and I'm

24:20

like, babe, we got to pull these guys out.

24:22

I don't know what we're going to do. We're

24:24

going to lose. It's going to be a first

24:27

round knockout for both of our fighters. We just

24:29

can't survive this. And turning

24:31

white in like two minutes

24:33

of sparring. But I have to

24:35

say, thank God we pushed

24:38

them so hard. We took them to the

24:41

mountains. In the mountains, it's 22,000 feet elevation.

24:43

We were running by the volcanoes. It was

24:45

really cool. And now

24:47

they're ready to go. And I hate to

24:49

make such a bold prediction because

24:51

my opponents, Francisco's

24:54

opponent is very good. We respect him. We

24:56

like him a lot. But I'll say this,

24:58

if it is a first round knockout, I

25:00

would not be surprised. I will

25:03

not be surprised. I'm so glad

25:05

you highlighted. Francisco looks so wonderful.

25:07

Our fighter looks so. Yes.

25:12

Yeah, definitely. But

25:14

the fighter looks so wonderful. He's ready. If I see

25:16

a first round knockout, I will not be surprised. So

25:19

he's 21 years old. How many of his

25:21

13 pro fights has he been with you for? He

25:23

has been with us. So when he joined the UFC,

25:26

he fought on, I think he fought

25:28

on like five days notice in Australia

25:30

against a very good athlete. I forgot

25:32

his name, but he lost a decision.

25:34

He lost a decision against that guy. After that

25:36

loss, he decided to join us. So

25:39

he fought Ottoman Azatar with us

25:42

and scored that first round knockout. Well,

25:44

we're very excited for Francisco Prado taking

25:46

on Daniel Zellhuber and Karate Combat 44.

25:48

This Friday night, you can go to

25:51

karate.com for details on how to watch

25:53

the event for free in your region.

25:55

So is Dean Thomas getting paychecks as

25:57

like a broadcaster and a promoter? What's

26:00

going on with Dino? Yeah. So look, a

26:02

lot of people don't know this at the goat

26:04

shed. Dean comes in 8am

26:06

till 11am Monday through Friday,

26:08

basically helping some of my

26:10

athletes. You know, I give him a select

26:13

few, the athletes that are actually focused and dedicated and

26:15

he helps them, you know, just from his heart. So

26:17

Dean Thomas helps me a lot behind the scenes in

26:19

goat shed. And, um, he's sort of

26:21

like a mentor of mine. Um, and I

26:23

really look up to the guy. So when I became president, I'm

26:26

only 33 years old, even though I don't

26:28

have a hair follicle left, but I'm 33

26:30

years old. So I'm a young president. I

26:32

wanted somebody to look up to and to

26:34

guide me through this process. So I asked

26:36

Dean to come on board. So Dean sort

26:38

of helping me with fighter recruitment, making sure

26:40

we signed the right athletes

26:42

and we cut the wrong athletes

26:44

as well as, um, working through

26:47

the PR and, uh, helping with

26:49

the press conferences and all that stuff. Well, that's

26:51

great. Well, that's a great hire. I'm just kidding

26:53

our buddy and former Ken flow victim Dean Thomas,

26:55

but awesome Zady. If you want to follow him

26:57

at president dot awesome, you can see karate combat

26:59

this weekend. Best of luck with the goat shed,

27:02

man. I hope to see it. One of these

27:04

future live events. Best of luck with Prado, of

27:06

course, in the feature about, and, uh, we'll see

27:08

you down the line my man. Okay.

27:10

It's a pleasure, man. Let's talk to you

27:13

guys. Thank you, brother. There he is. President

27:15

awesome himself. Awesome Zady with us here on

27:17

the Anakin for him podcasts. Pretty interesting. All

27:19

the things they got going on. And I

27:21

do believe that he's wise to sort of

27:23

point to the octagon and the cage. If

27:25

you harken back to the early days of

27:27

the UFC and this setting

27:30

in which these athletes compete, I don't know if

27:32

you've seen it with the slanted walls and everything

27:34

else. So it's pretty fascinating to watch Anthony Pettis

27:37

and Benson Henderson get in there with, uh, with

27:39

that type of, uh, playing surface, so to speak.

27:42

Oh, definitely, man. Listen, I think he's carved

27:44

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27:46

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fight down Moreno versus Roy ball to

29:02

beckon Saturday night Mexico City Mexico let's

29:04

get to the main event challenge it's

29:07

the main event challenge and

29:10

it's the main event challenge Brian

29:20

Petri with us for the main event challenge

29:24

as always on

29:26

social media at Brian Petri

29:29

MMA mommy

29:38

what's up what's up what's up boys happy how are

29:41

you doing I'm good man feeling good

29:43

feeling spry feeling good so uh can I quickly

29:45

ask you about Ilia Toporia I know we've had

29:47

a few Wi-Fi issues today so I'm wont to

29:49

do so but I need to ask your thoughts

29:51

on the new spand your champion if I could

29:54

listen I I tweeted I won the best

29:56

performances for winning a title I've probably ever

29:58

seen that's not read agency bias, what

30:01

he called his shot beforehand and

30:03

we all thought he was crazy. And

30:06

it wasn't like Volk was off his game, Volk

30:08

was on point, this kid is something

30:10

special. I love the performance,

30:12

I love his attitude, I love his confidence and

30:15

he's going to be a problem moving forward. Like he's

30:17

going to jump off the 55 and be a problem

30:19

too. He's well built, well skilled,

30:23

future's bright man, I'm excited for him. Maybe

30:26

I'm not reading it well and I like to get

30:28

your guys' opinion on this because I see the

30:32

coach for Volk and Oskie, Joe

30:34

Lopez, and he mentioned something about

30:36

the knockout, kind

30:38

of referring to it almost like being a lucky

30:40

punch, like he landed that big shot and that

30:42

was it. Do you think that's the right approach

30:45

for Volk and Oskie to hear? I

30:47

don't know, it's not

30:49

that simple and I don't know. No,

30:53

I don't think it was a lucky punch. Volk was getting

30:55

hit in that fight. His

30:58

only real true offense besides the left hand was

31:00

the kicks. And only a matter of time before

31:02

closing the distance to Portis to

31:04

close the distance and catch him. And he hit

31:06

him a few times and Volk was going back with his chin up a

31:08

little bit and there's some

31:11

things that need to be worked on from my

31:13

opinion and I hate the lucky punch narrative and

31:15

listen, the guy threw it, he put it on

31:17

your chin. Like, you know, Volk and Oskie's like,

31:19

hey, I got caught, that's what happens, right? I

31:21

don't like the coach going after lucky punch. He

31:23

had a punch of chance and he got it. I don't

31:25

like that narrative because so Porti has a hell of a

31:28

lot more than a punch of chance. Yeah,

31:30

I just don't even think though that

31:32

there's anything really to it. Like I

31:34

have to interject here because not to

31:36

just come to Joe Lopez's defense, but

31:38

you know, for a lot of people,

31:40

you say something and whatever is the

31:42

most sensational of what you say ends

31:45

up being the headline and then him

31:47

sort of saying things were going well

31:49

until they weren't. And, you know, I

31:51

don't believe he used the word lucky

31:53

whatsoever. Right. And then it sort of

31:55

becomes this story that I just think

31:57

isn't anything like these are these are

31:59

T. crossers and fucking iDaughters and,

32:01

you know, I just, maybe they didn't, maybe

32:03

they're not owning it Ken flow to the

32:05

degree to which some people would like, but

32:08

I, I really think Joe, you

32:10

know, when reflecting wouldn't, you know, lean into that

32:12

part of the statement at all. I

32:14

think that's, I think that's a more accurate take,

32:17

John. I think what's a more of a concern

32:19

are two things, right? Is the fact that he's

32:21

not acknowledging the fact that there was a technical

32:23

error on the part of Volkanovskiy there of like,

32:25

Hey, we made a mistake, we're going to fix

32:27

it. There wasn't a whole lot of that talk.

32:30

But I agree also that he's not

32:32

necessarily, not necessarily saying it was a

32:34

lucky punch, but I think the narrative for

32:37

the Volkanovskiy fans is it's

32:39

almost kind of leaning that way to like, ah,

32:41

you know, Volk was winning that

32:43

first round pretty easily. And then he landed

32:45

that one shot and that's right. No, that

32:47

vulnerability was there anyways. Well,

32:50

no, and actually I have the quote right now

32:52

and it's a little bit more, I don't know

32:55

what the adjective is. A little more concern, I

32:58

guess. Now we knew coming into this fight, he

33:00

had a puncher's chance and he got that punch.

33:02

Yeah. So I think Joe Lopez, if

33:04

he could have that one back, he would say we all knew.

33:07

Well, would they didn't maybe know just

33:09

how much of a challenge this was,

33:11

but certainly he had Alexander Volkanovskiy's attention

33:13

beyond just having a puncher's chance. You

33:15

know, I think they were worried about

33:17

the power, but they were worried about

33:19

the footwork and certainly,

33:21

you know, grappled too. Like

33:24

I mean, I certainly think their preparation would take

33:26

on a different tone for the next meeting, but

33:28

I don't know that they took him

33:30

lightly. Do you think they took him lightly, Kenny? I

33:33

don't think they took him lightly, but I think

33:36

Ilyas, one of those dudes who

33:39

I think that like you see his

33:41

whole look and what he says and you tend

33:43

to draw attention to that kind of similar to

33:45

Connor, not as much, right? Cause Connor

33:47

was like so over the top, especially at the

33:49

time when he came into the game where you're

33:51

like, this dude's legitimately crazy. Like

33:54

there's no way he's actually that good

33:56

of a fighter, right? But lo and

33:58

behold, he actually went. was. And here

34:00

he was kind of creating this facade or maybe

34:02

created this image of like, hey, I'm this crazy

34:05

guy and I talk a lot, I know how

34:07

to promote fights. And it

34:09

tends to distract from the fact that this

34:11

dude is an amazing fighter. And I think Ilya

34:13

kind of has that same thing. I know he's

34:16

done that kind of throughout his career. And yeah,

34:19

I think he's just so well prepared. It's

34:21

so well rounded up, more than well rounded,

34:24

dangerous in all areas. And I think it's

34:27

easy to kind of forget and also based on

34:29

everything bulk did in that division, you're

34:31

like, well, you know, surely he's got

34:33

to go out there and take care of business. And

34:36

it's, I think both things can be

34:38

true that you don't necessarily take them lightly, but

34:40

at the same time, you don't really

34:42

know how good that damn fighter is. And I

34:44

think Ilya is somewhere in between that. I

34:47

think Brian, that Israel out of Sonya and

34:50

I was in Volkanovski are sort of in

34:52

similar positions where it's okay if the belt

34:54

in that division is now defended against someone

34:56

that is not them. But

34:59

the possibility remains that in all likelihood, their

35:01

next fights are going to be for the

35:03

belt. I know there's some rumblings that maybe

35:05

comes out, she may have an awesome you're

35:07

going to fight in Saudi Arabia in a

35:09

non championship setting. That's news to me. But

35:11

right, don't you feel like Volkanovski, because

35:13

of his star power, how big a rematch

35:15

would be with toporia? Like I

35:17

feel like his next fight is going to

35:19

be for the title, even if Ilya defends

35:21

against Ortega or Yayi or Max or somebody

35:23

else first. Yeah, I mean,

35:26

listen, unless like, unless Max blows the

35:28

doors off Gaichi or Yayi or Ortega

35:30

have a career performance, I

35:32

see Volkanovski in the next shot. Hopefully it

35:34

is in Spain. Hopefully that's cool. That's a

35:36

new territory. That's fun. That's unique. Volkanovski wants

35:38

to go in enemy territory. And I don't

35:41

think the answer to your question is, Kenny,

35:43

I don't think Volk's team overlooked toporia or

35:45

didn't know how good toporia was. I

35:47

just think they know how good their guy

35:49

is. Right. And I think they're like, our

35:51

guy got it. He's in shape, mentally strong,

35:53

we're taking care of business. They're great coaches.

35:55

They always have great game plans. It's just

35:58

you ran into a bus all day. that

36:00

night, that is a Lero Toporia. But

36:02

I think Volk should get the next shot. I

36:04

think he's earned it. But I wouldn't be surprised

36:06

if he gets leapfrogged by, like, say, Max Holloway

36:08

becomes BMF. That's interesting to me. And

36:11

then what... Go ahead, Ken Plo. I was going to

36:13

say, I'd be curious to hear both of you guys'

36:15

thoughts, but do you think he came back too early

36:17

after the knockout? Because obviously, that was the... That

36:20

was, you know, kind of the criticism or the concern

36:22

for a lot of people was, hey, man,

36:24

is he coming back too early off this knockout from

36:26

a hot chef? Did it affect

36:28

him mentally or even physically? Right.

36:31

I'm not smart enough, right, to know the

36:33

answer. I've never been knocked out,

36:35

so I don't know. And I'm

36:37

not a fighter, obviously. So I don't know the ramifications

36:39

from that. I just hear from people. I know Chris

36:41

Curtis got knocked out his first amateur fight, and he

36:43

came back, like, two weeks later. And everyone in the

36:45

gym is like, what the fuck are you doing? You're

36:48

an amateur. What are you doing this

36:50

for? So it's kind of a different beast from

36:52

everybody. I mean, obviously, you hear people talk about

36:54

it, and you kind of see, like, once a

36:56

guy gets chin, though, it happens. And I don't

36:58

want to reference the Hall of Famer, but Frank

37:01

Yeager was always so durable. And

37:03

then he got clipped. That one time, he got put

37:06

out, and all of a sudden, it kind of was

37:08

a chain reaction. And that happened in his later 30s

37:10

as well. So it is something that we see in

37:12

the sport that is definitely... We all say it when

37:14

we cap fights and stuff, but it is holds true

37:16

sometimes. So I would say yes. I

37:18

think he came back a little too soon.

37:21

Even Aldo after the Carter McGregor knockout. Yeah,

37:23

exactly. Yeah. Yeah. And

37:25

he started to dismiss it as a narrative

37:27

now after this result. So anybody who was

37:30

leaning into that, and even Ilia Toporilla, in

37:32

my sit down with him, suggested that this

37:34

was a good time for him to be

37:36

fighting Volk because of that knockout loss. So

37:39

we'll see what happens. We'll see how

37:41

long Toporilla will be shelved for and how

37:43

quickly they can get a venue in Spain.

37:46

I think that's really the big factor. I

37:48

don't think they want to sit Ilia for

37:50

six or seven months necessarily. Volk did hint

37:52

that maybe some time off and in a

37:54

perfect world for Volk and Obsca, I think

37:56

you still fight Toporilla. You still are next,

37:59

but it's... at least six months away.

38:02

Quickly Bri, before we move on, I just wanted

38:04

to ask you about Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Lemosch,

38:06

but Dern specifically because fan-based loves

38:08

her. She makes a lot

38:10

of money as was disclosed by the California

38:13

State Athletic Commission and she probably makes more

38:15

than that. I don't believe those numbers in

38:17

totality, but she deserves to, right? Like fans

38:19

really love her. When I asked the question,

38:22

who's your favorite fighter? You know, tons of

38:24

responses on Mackenzie Dern puts on a show,

38:26

win or lose, not the perfect fighter, but

38:29

she's got a lot to like and I

38:31

do think that, you know, I

38:33

just love her stepping up here on short

38:35

notice relatively, taking on the number three fighter

38:37

in the world, rallying through adversity and having

38:40

her moments. Yeah, you said

38:42

it best. I mean, listen, Mackenzie Dern's a

38:44

fucking savage, right? She's beautiful. She

38:46

does interviews where she's lovely, she's

38:49

funny, she's cheerful, she's always smiling,

38:51

but a fucking savage and coming

38:54

back and almost winning that fight

38:56

after getting beat up the way

38:58

she did just proved the heart. We all knew

39:00

she was tough when we all talk about her.

39:02

Yeah, she's great on the ground and yeah, she's

39:04

pretty, but she's tough. She's a fighter. And

39:06

yeah, I was thoroughly impressed. I had money

39:08

on Lemos, but I, you know, and I'm

39:10

a fan of Dern and I

39:13

was kind of rooting for Dern to come back

39:15

and win that because imagine the scenes of that,

39:17

you know what I mean? But it was an

39:19

incredible performance by her. I think she deserves every

39:21

penny that she makes and hopefully,

39:24

you know, she just continues to get

39:26

better with her, you know, her takedowns

39:28

look pretty good. She landed a nice, some of my takedowns,

39:30

which is really nice to see for maybe the future. Do

39:34

you see Mackenzie's reaction? Seems

39:36

like Amanda and Mackenzie maybe have a

39:38

similar sound at the beginning there. Yeah.

39:41

And in the air. Yeah, I thought she won. She thought

39:43

she won. All right. Pronunciation of the

39:45

week for UFC Fight Night Moreno versus Roy Vol 2. So

39:48

if you get this name right, I'll grow out my hair and

39:50

people know how reluctant I am

39:53

to do that. So this is tough. Our first

39:55

pro loss. But according to some

39:57

remains, one of the top strawweight prospects in the

39:59

UFC. And she'll put that very status on the

40:01

line this Saturday night against Sam Page shoes in

40:04

Mexico City. Bri, what are you talking about, kid? So

40:07

this is in a bit. I just can't put it. I

40:09

do this on my own podcast. And when I pronounce this

40:11

woman's name last time, people thought I had a learning disability.

40:13

Okay. They were worried about my

40:15

boy. And I have not, I've taste studied her, but I

40:17

haven't like practiced or anything. So

40:20

buckle up, boys. I'm going to go

40:22

Yasmin Yarragwee. It's not

40:26

bad, kid. I mean, I'm not a girl in my head. Cody,

40:30

trigger that phone if you would. My

40:32

name is Yasmin Yarragwee. My

40:36

name is Yasmin Yarragwee. Howdy.

40:40

It's How-Riggy. So

40:42

you need to hear it again, Ken-Foe. Oh,

40:44

I thought it was How-Ree. All

40:46

right. It's three showables, Cody. Bang it again if you

40:48

would. My name

40:51

is Yasmin Yarragwee. My

40:54

name is Yasmin Yarragwee. I

40:58

hear Howdy for some reason, but maybe I'm... So,

41:01

you know, I like to belabor

41:03

it, but you know, you're just emphasizing the how.

41:06

So that's the syllable you punch, Percy.

41:08

How-Riggy. And

41:11

then we have one more file, Bri. Yeah. So

41:14

who's Brandon Moreno fighting this weekend, Bri? Brandon

41:17

Roldog Royvall. Let's

41:21

go. I don't even need the file.

41:23

I don't even need the file. I

41:25

mean, we can hear the file, but

41:27

Royvall historically has been a very difficult

41:29

name. And again, we're talking syllabic emphasis.

41:31

Brandon Royvall. We're emphasizing the Roy, not

41:33

Royvall. And the Roldog

41:35

nickname stays. Cody, let's bang the file since we

41:38

have it. That's good. Nailed

41:40

that. Brandon Roldog Royvall. Brandon

41:45

Roldog Royvall. Why

41:49

is it that with sparkling water, I'm always playing

41:51

guessing games with what flavor I'm drinking? Citrus,

41:54

is it aluminum can flavored? Mm,

41:56

not sure. Sparkling ISO?

41:58

They really mean flavor. like in your face

42:01

flavor, orange mango, black raspberry, don't even get

42:03

me started on the strawberry lemonade. Kiwi strawberries

42:05

laid right into my taste buds to the

42:07

end last night and let them know who's

42:09

boss. No subtleties there and no sugar either.

42:11

But it does have vitamins and antioxidants. Fine

42:13

sparkling ice at a major grocery store or

42:15

club retailer near you. Sparkling ice, anything but

42:17

subtle. And

42:19

the overriding point here is practice.

42:22

If you say Roy Voll 15, 20 times, you'll

42:24

commit it to memory. All right, today's main event

42:27

challenge is presented by DraftKings Stay tuned because

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42:37

right, UFC Fight number eight versus Roy Voll

42:39

two. First fight for us, the main card

42:41

opener at lightweight. Tijuana's Manuel Torres minus 162,

42:43

Chris Duncan plus 136. Torres

42:45

has won five in a row, two and all in the UFC.

42:48

Came off season five at Dana White's contender

42:50

series, taken on Scotland's Duncan. He

42:52

twice competed on the contender series, also two and

42:54

all in the UFC. So, Bryce, something's

42:57

gotta give here. Like Manuel Torres, the favorite of

42:59

Chris Duncan the dog. This has

43:01

potential to be just a bang, a

43:04

bang fest. However, Chris Duncan's last two

43:06

fights has landed seven takedowns. He's kind

43:08

of ushered away from the Scottish brawler

43:10

that we saw on the contender series.

43:12

He got knocked out, almost got knocked

43:15

out by Ray Longo's guy, Charlie Campbell,

43:17

and then came back and somehow won

43:19

that fight. But he's evolving his transition

43:21

to be a full mixed martial artist.

43:23

And good thing, because he's fighting Manuel

43:26

Torres, who can bang. This dude has

43:28

put everyone out, big, big power. I

43:30

like his technique, I like his frame,

43:32

he's athletic. The

43:35

thing is, the number doesn't scare me at

43:37

minus 185. I am picking Torres, but

43:39

the one thing that bothers me, you haven't seen enough

43:41

of him, right? Chris Duncan now is

43:43

evolving his game, landing takedowns. Is

43:46

that gonna play a factor in Torres? I wanna load

43:48

up on Torres, but it's Birmingham the past

43:50

of a guy who, his competition's

43:52

been a little thin, he's coming off three knockouts.

43:54

That's great, can he make it four? I think

43:56

he can, Chris Duncan has been knocked out before,

43:58

but it just throws him off. pause at me because

44:00

I don't know his overall game yet. Have

44:03

some good wins on his record, but I

44:05

like Torres by knockout here. Hopefully he sets

44:07

up Mexico, Mexico city crowd on fire. Manuel

44:10

Torres right now minus one 62 on

44:12

DraftKings Sportsbook to come back on Chris Duncan plus one

44:14

36 can't flow your thoughts. Yeah,

44:16

man, it's going to be hard, hard to beat

44:18

a Mexican fighter in Mexico, but you

44:21

know, Chris Duncan is evolving into more of

44:23

a wrestler and he kind of looks like

44:25

one, right? He's stocky. He's got that built

44:27

also has power as well, especially if he's

44:30

able to kind of get you up against

44:32

the fence. He feels more comfortable, comfortable there

44:34

will throw combinations from that position. So I

44:36

think Torres has to watch out as well.

44:39

However, I agree with you, Brian. I think

44:41

Torres is the more potent striker. He hit one

44:43

of the most beautiful

44:46

elbow knockouts that I've seen in

44:48

the UFC history. He just landed

44:50

all of it. So

44:52

it takes a heck of a lot of time to be

44:54

able to do that. He definitely

44:56

is a banger. Loves to go out there

44:58

and trade, wants to knock out his opponents.

45:01

Wouldn't be surprised if he was able to

45:03

do it. He's tall. Lanky for the division

45:05

has a lot of different tools, not

45:07

just his hands. He could elbow knock you out his

45:09

knees, his kicks. So I'm curious to

45:11

see how Duncan deals with that range and

45:13

all those tools. I

45:16

think it's a little bit closer than people think.

45:18

But I'm leaning the way of

45:20

Torres as well. Every time I bring

45:22

up Saturday Night Live, I date myself as someone who was

45:24

born in the 1970s. But

45:26

Kenfl, you got to remember the Mike Myers skit.

45:29

Welcome to all things Scottish. If it's not Scottish,

45:31

it's every time a Scottish

45:33

guy fights, every time a Scottish guy fights,

45:35

that's all. All right. It's Drawaway.

45:37

The aforementioned Jasmine Howriggy minus five thirty

45:39

five. Sam Hughes plus

45:41

four hundred. So the Mexican Howriggy

45:44

stopped by Denise Gomes last July

45:46

at UFC two ninety. Still just

45:48

twenty four now facing four to

45:50

seven mays. Sam Hughes. Now, she's

45:52

an interesting case because she's had a

45:54

lot of developmental time in the UFC,

45:56

three and four in the Octagon coming

45:58

off a big. went over Jackie Amarema at

46:00

UFC 287 last April. Then

46:03

she was gonna face Lupi Godinez at No

46:05

Che UFC last September. She was a big

46:07

underdog there, but was forced to withdraw. And

46:10

now another widespread here, Brian. Your thoughts on

46:12

Jasmine Haurigy, minus 535 versus

46:14

Sam Hughes, plus 400. Sam

46:17

Page, baby. Sam Page is, she's

46:20

interesting because she's burned me a lot in the

46:22

past. And I

46:24

love her at Fortis MMA. She's grown as

46:26

a fighter there. Even the losses since she's

46:29

been there, been close, competitive. She's so hard.

46:31

She's won as an underdog before. This

46:34

is a huge number, right? And

46:36

your boy likes to play big numbers. Your boy

46:38

likes to gamble. Likes to roll the dice a

46:40

little bit. However, Haurigy, I think,

46:42

I mean, coming, besides the fact that

46:45

she just got starved, sparked

46:47

out by Denise Gomes, Gomes, she

46:50

didn't land a strike in that fight,

46:52

right? But she's a legit fighter. Her

46:54

striking is good. It's fast. Jasmine

46:56

Lucinda, her debut in the UFC was one of the top

46:59

female fights I've seen in a long time. So

47:02

I'm gonna go Haurigy here. I don't love

47:04

it. It's a scary, scary number. Anytime

47:06

you get north of 400 for me,

47:08

it's scary. She will not be in

47:11

any of my place, your best. I can

47:13

assure you of that. I'm steering clear of

47:15

a parlay piece as well because Sam Page

47:17

can surprise. But give

47:19

me Haurigy. I'm not comfortable. So I'm gonna

47:21

take Haurigy. But you're very comfortable

47:24

pronouncing the name nicely done. Hey, hey. We

47:27

are Haurigy Hughes. What do you think about

47:29

this? Yeah, listen, I think

47:31

Haurigy is just way more skilled, to

47:33

be honest, than Hughes. Hughes can pose

47:35

some problems for sure. She is very

47:37

tough, very hard to put her away.

47:39

I just think that the

47:42

comfort on the feet from Haurigy, it

47:44

just seems that she's more

47:46

willing to throw combinations and put

47:48

those things together. And when you're

47:50

talking about women in this division

47:53

that tend to go to decision, volume

47:56

is definitely gonna play a factor in winning

47:58

some of those rounds. Again,

48:01

just all of the pride that she fights

48:03

with representing Mexico, all that. So I think

48:05

she's going to be at her best. I

48:07

think she's training extremely hard for this. Not

48:09

to say Hughes is not, but I just

48:11

think at the end of the day, Haudigy

48:13

is going to be the more skillful fighter

48:16

and the more active fighter when it comes to

48:19

volume on the feet. And I

48:21

think she gets it done here. But

48:23

yeah, I agree with Brian. Like

48:25

the odds are a little

48:28

scary there. All right.

48:30

Next fight for us fellas on the main

48:32

card at Bantamweight, one of the brightest prospects

48:34

in MMA, the now 19 year

48:36

old Raul Rosas Jr. Modest

48:39

265, Ricky Tercios plus 215.

48:42

Great fight here. Rosas Jr. Two

48:44

and one of the UFC after a stoppage

48:46

win of Terrence Mitchell last September. That was

48:48

Noce UFC. Tercios tough

48:50

season 29 Bantamweight winner. Kind of the

48:52

forgotten man though hasn't fought since November

48:55

of 2022. Huge opportunity,

48:57

Brian, for Tercios here as he takes on

49:00

the highly touted Rosas Jr. Who

49:02

do you have? Yes, I've never, I

49:04

haven't been big on Haudis Osso. I like

49:06

the fact that he, uh, it's incredible what

49:08

he's done. Debut 17, all that stuff.

49:10

But I just felt like he needed room to grow.

49:12

He got out, ma'am, by C-Rod for sure. But

49:15

against Tercios here, I think he just, I

49:17

think he wins this fight pretty easily. Tercios

49:19

is a, is a, is a scrambling wild

49:22

man who doesn't get tired. A

49:24

ton of strikes, has several fights over 110, 111,

49:27

112, uh, significant strikes landed. The

49:30

guy is all action, but he gets taken down quite

49:33

a bit. Six times, seven times, five times in the

49:35

UFC. And that's where Haudis Osso Jr. wants

49:37

to do. He wants to get you to the ground. He's

49:39

good in the scrambles. Um, and I think

49:41

he's going to take him down, dominate. I don't see

49:43

a finish happening, but I see this being a good,

49:45

a good performance for Haudis Jr. here. He's going to

49:47

move on. He's going to get another dub and, uh,

49:50

another call out. Hopefully get his mom another minivan. Uh,

49:52

you know, that's what he did last time when he went in Vegas when

49:54

I was there. So I like to spot

49:56

for him. This is good matchmaking for him. Tempo

49:58

Raul Rosas Jr. in your minus 265

50:01

this weekend Ricky Turcios plus 215. I

50:04

love how Brian just turned Raul Rosas

50:06

into Brazilian. Like it's a Rosas, it

50:08

doesn't matter, I don't care. You're Brazilian

50:10

now, okay? That's what I'm calling you.

50:13

No, listen, I think I

50:15

couldn't agree more with Brian here.

50:17

I think it's very observations. I

50:20

think that Turcios gives up takedowns

50:22

and gives up position way

50:24

too much. And yes, he's a

50:27

wild man, which makes him dangerous,

50:29

but I don't see him being

50:31

like a crazy potent striker. And

50:34

I think Rosas is going to find a

50:36

way to get in on those legs, out position

50:38

them, and potentially submit him. Now,

50:40

you know, everyone looks at like belt

50:42

rankings and things like that. Throw

50:45

that out the window. A lot of times

50:47

you can kind of throw it out the

50:49

window, unless they have some high level pedigree

50:51

as far as being a world champ or

50:53

ADCC champ, this and that. Like I know

50:55

Turcios is a Brazilian jutsu black belt, but

50:57

I just don't see him being at what I

50:59

consider a high level Brazilian jutsu

51:01

black belt. And Rosas might be like a

51:03

purple belt or something, but I think from

51:06

a grappling perspective, Rosas is way more dangerous.

51:08

I think this is a great fight for

51:10

him. Odds wise, I

51:12

think that's a little juicy for those guys that

51:14

are putting bets out. So I

51:16

like Rosas here as well. And don't

51:18

forget on the back end of the show, place

51:21

your bets thousand dollars apiece for Ken Flo and

51:23

BP. That brings us to a featured bout at

51:25

lightweight. Talked about this one a

51:27

little bit earlier with Austin Zady, who

51:29

will be in the corner of Francisco Prado. He's

51:31

a plus two twenty five underdog here against Daniel

51:33

Zellhuber minus two seventy eight. So

51:35

two straight wins for Zellhuber since he lost

51:37

his UFC debut to Trey Ogden. Great

51:40

performance at Noce UFC in front of

51:42

a lot of supporters. He submitted Christos

51:44

Yago's now facing the Argentine Prado. Twenty

51:47

one years old. Twelve and

51:49

one stopped. And as I tell our last July, Bri,

51:51

what a fight here potentially at lightweight. Who do you

51:53

have? Yeah, I love this fight. This is

51:55

going to be, I think, maybe one of the best fights in

51:57

the crowd. I think this card is a great card. A lot

51:59

of competition. Prado's are got,

52:01

you know, Argentinian guys, for

52:04

every San Diego Ponce Niebio, you get, you don't

52:06

get a very good guy. You get a guy

52:08

who likes to bang them out. They have that

52:10

jungle fight down there. They don't produce a ton

52:12

of talent, but I've watched film on this guy

52:14

and I like Prado a lot. I

52:17

think he has skills on the ground.

52:19

His records week before coming into UFC,

52:21

he debuted against Jamie Malachi, looked pretty

52:23

good. But yeah, but

52:26

you know, and he's, he's put it

52:28

together. He's a solid, solid prospect. Zellhuber

52:31

come out the contender series. Everyone was crowning

52:33

this guy the next year, the next, this

52:35

is the guy. And then just

52:37

a complete flat performance to get Trey Ogden.

52:40

Trey Ogden is more of a grandpa outshucks.

52:42

So he was stuck in mud. Yes, it's

52:44

rebounding. Well, I'm not going to hold that

52:46

against them. But when you're coming, you're coming

52:48

at me and I'm making picks, I can't

52:50

go LeBron James chalk the whole time.

52:52

You know what I mean? I've got to mix

52:54

in some dogs. So I'm going to go Prado Prado

52:56

here. I think this is going to be a scrap.

52:59

I really do. I think it's going to come down

53:01

to if Zellhuber is on, if he's not on, I

53:03

think the Mexico City crowd can make him on. Well,

53:05

Prado does have that dog. He's got a great chin

53:07

in them. Does have some good submissions on his record.

53:10

It can scrap himself. Doesn't have the knockout power that

53:12

I would like, but I think he can win a

53:14

decision here. All out violence in this

53:16

fight. I love it. Temple Prado,

53:18

six wins by knockout, six by submission

53:20

on the other side. Zellhuber 10 finishes

53:22

in his own right. Great feature

53:25

about here at 55 who do you have?

53:27

Yeah. Bryant's leaving me nothing, kiddies. Leaving me

53:29

nothing. He's taking all the analysis over here.

53:32

I think it's spot on dude. I think that

53:34

Zellhuber sometimes he'll look a little

53:37

flat and I think volume

53:39

can be a problem for

53:41

him. I think he needs to use that

53:43

range, that linkiness here against Prado to keep

53:45

him on the outside. He's got to be

53:48

sharp. He's got to be able to stop

53:50

those takedowns as well. I know Zellhuber is

53:52

a Brazilian jutsu black belt, but Prado is

53:54

a problem on the ground, man. He stays

53:57

extremely active. He's got excellent grounded pound. He's

53:59

very aggressive. of always trying to advance position

54:01

and hurt you, but honestly, I'm

54:03

not touching this one. I

54:05

could see both guys winning. I could

54:08

see Zell Huber by decision. I could

54:10

see Prado maybe by finish. He's

54:13

going to have to get on the inside, land one of

54:15

those big shots. I think he's capable of doing that, but

54:17

for me, I'm not touching this. You won't

54:19

see me make a prediction on this

54:22

or have it in any of my bets here. I think

54:24

it's very, very close. All right.

54:26

Let's leave with Ken Flo on the co-main event here

54:28

to make sure there's some meat on the rib bone.

54:31

He matched at featherweight, top flight contenders here.

54:33

Yayi Rodriguez, minus 166. Brian

54:36

Ortega plus 140. So Yayi

54:38

Rodriguez, one of the most electric fighters in

54:40

the game, former interim champ, but coming off

54:42

a loss to Volk in that title unification

54:44

bout. That was UFC 290 last July. Ortega

54:47

is an interesting case because largely he's

54:49

been inactive since his title shot against

54:51

Volk. That was UFC

54:53

266, September of 2021. He

54:57

has fought just four minutes and 11 seconds

54:59

in the roughly three years since that title

55:01

fight. And that was the fight against Yayi

55:03

Rodriguez on ABC, July 2022, injured his shoulder. Now

55:08

the rematch Ken Flo, once again, a title

55:10

eliminator and once again, five rounds, albeit in

55:12

a co-main event at altitude. Brian Ortega, the

55:14

underdog Yayi Rodriguez, the favorite Kenny Florian, your

55:16

mic is hot. Yeah, man, this is a

55:19

great fight. And I'm so glad that they're

55:21

putting this one together again. You

55:25

know, it is not easy coming

55:27

back after a long layoff, especially when you're

55:29

dealing with a bunch of injuries, you know,

55:31

just getting over that physical hurdle, that mental

55:34

hurdle can be a big problem for a

55:36

lot of guys. Now Ortega isn't your regular

55:38

dude. He has proven his toughness time and

55:40

time again. However, when I look

55:43

at momentum, right, if you're a fighter and

55:45

you're coming back after that long layoff, you

55:47

actually want to, you at least want to

55:49

be able to lean on something. Now

55:51

for Ortega, great dude,

55:53

but he's one in three in his last

55:56

four fights and he's going against a guy

55:58

in the Ira Rodriguez who gets off. to

56:00

a hot start. Not a

56:02

whole lot of guys start as quickly as

56:04

Rodriguez. He will throw all of

56:06

his moves at you in the first three minutes and you're

56:08

like, what the hell is this tornado of

56:12

technique here? I think it was going

56:14

that way early as well in that

56:16

first fight. Ortega tends to build and

56:18

get stronger as the fight goes on.

56:20

He finds his rhythm and then once

56:22

he's in his rhythm, he tends to

56:25

look better and better. But

56:27

Rodriguez is gaining a ton of experience

56:29

and I don't think there's

56:32

a time, maybe

56:34

the Volkanovski fight aside, where I haven't

56:37

seen him better than he was before.

56:40

Rodriguez is constantly getting better. He's constantly

56:42

adding new tools to the toolbox, whether

56:45

it's his wrestling, his jiu-jitsu, his

56:48

striking. This dude is a problem

56:50

man. He's extremely fast. He was

56:52

landing a lot early

56:54

on against Ortega and then

56:57

hit that arm lock, which ended up separating

56:59

the shoulder of Ortega there. Very

57:01

unfortunate for Brian. That

57:04

was kind of fluke-ish.

57:06

Luck does play apart sometimes in fights. I

57:08

do think while Yair was looking for that

57:10

arm lock, it was just kind of a

57:12

weird position and Ortega kind of separated his

57:14

shoulder. The fight was over. I

57:17

don't know. I think for Ortega, it all comes

57:19

down to his take-out game. If he can get

57:22

Rodriguez down to the mat, he submits Rodriguez. No

57:24

question about it. This is why this fight is

57:26

so tricky. But if it stays on the feet

57:28

and if his take-out game is able to hold

57:30

up, I see Rodriguez not

57:34

only stopping those take-outs but hurting Ortega often.

57:36

He could definitely finish this one on the

57:38

feet as well. Ortega

57:42

has a chin from hell, but

57:44

how long does that last? If

57:47

Rodriguez is able to be consistent,

57:49

land those shots, stay

57:51

disciplined, not get too crazy, I think

57:54

he can win this. But it all comes down to

57:57

the take-out game of Ortega. hasn't

58:00

been so active the last couple years

58:02

is a concern for me. So I

58:04

have to go with Rodriguez here. Brian,

58:07

he said he just won win since

58:09

he knocked out Frankie Edgar memorably back

58:11

in 2018. And that

58:13

was the decision over the Korean zombie on

58:15

Fight Island, October 2022. Big

58:18

time rematch in the featherweight division could be a title

58:20

fight at stake for the winner. Who

58:23

do you have? Yeah, you're Rodriguez, Brian Ortega. Huge

58:25

fight. This fight became even bigger after this

58:27

past weekend because one of these guys,

58:29

yeah, you're talking a little bit of shit

58:32

dysphoria Ortega, good looking kid. People, they

58:34

want to promote him one and three. He's

58:36

still getting homemade events and stuff. Ortega

58:39

is an interesting guy because he's cast a lot

58:41

as a guy who's getting the shit kicked out

58:43

of most of the fighting. He'll land something big.

58:45

You look at his stats against these guys, he's

58:48

getting out of stock, he's getting out of work,

58:50

and then you land something, right? So it's always

58:52

interesting playing him as an underdog because you have

58:54

that shot. So I recommend anybody playing Ortega,

58:56

just play him by submission. You're going to get a

58:58

better plus money. However, I'm on

59:00

Yaya Rodriguez here. I think the first

59:02

fight proved how fast he was, how slick

59:05

he was, like Kenny nailed it. He's

59:07

getting better. He's so mentally

59:09

strong with vault fight that he lost. He just regrouped

59:11

and rebuilt it and he's going to come back. It's

59:13

not like a step back for him. This

59:16

is a big fight for him now that Topuri

59:18

is the champion. He goes, shit, I'm licking my chops.

59:20

I could be next up. Let's promote

59:22

it. Spain versus Mexico. That's fun. I

59:25

think Yaya's is a better fighter. I really do. I

59:27

think, you know, his takedown offense is a little bit

59:30

questionable. I think Ortega's wrestling is a little bit questionable.

59:32

So that's going to come into play here. But I

59:34

also think just the striking and the speed of Yaya

59:36

is just going to be too much for Ortega, who

59:38

hasn't been in there. Striking is

59:40

all about timing. And I don't love where

59:43

Ortega is training at, at Southern California. Who's

59:46

he training with? Who's his coaches, right? And There's

59:48

not many people coming out of there that are

59:50

very successful right now. I Know he's a great

59:52

jujitsu coach, but who's his sparring partners? His Sparring

59:54

helps you with your timing when you've been off

59:56

for so long and you're going against a guy

59:58

like Yaya here. You're not going to... Many

1:00:00

training partners at fight like a year. However, you

1:00:02

can at least. Get. Some of the

1:00:04

speed and timing down and out of the

1:00:07

he's had that are they get used to

1:00:09

jump on him as he get your first.

1:00:11

Now the interesting because Ortega is notoriously durable

1:00:13

when a first round plus money non one

1:00:15

the dance with that but I like a

1:00:18

year big year the eat on their boss

1:00:20

on this line up on surprises not higher

1:00:22

but yeah jimmy a year. I

1:00:25

made event could determine the next flyway challenger

1:00:27

for the champion, Alessandro Pantyhose and you gotta

1:00:29

think they want Panto Said to defend his

1:00:31

title in Rio on May fourth needs a

1:00:34

dance partner to that and Brandon Morainal modest

1:00:36

to seventy. Random. Roy all plus

1:00:38

two twenty and of course he has fought

1:00:40

these guys successively pantyhose as as well so

1:00:43

who knows I mean a mere Albanese with

1:00:45

a serious neck injury point out of this

1:00:47

fight as major consequences in this division. As

1:00:49

for this five Moreno Roy ball second meeting

1:00:52

first one us to to fifty five us

1:00:54

the apex November two thousand and twenty and

1:00:56

most of you would remember Roy all sort

1:00:58

of valiantly sliding through an injury. But the

1:01:01

and came for fifty nine around one and

1:01:03

then Moraine know famously turning around fighting Davis

1:01:05

and for your attitude draw the title. Fight

1:01:07

three weeks later. Feels like some unfinished business.

1:01:10

Your Brian Petri him your thoughts on the

1:01:12

main event, your flyweight former champ Random or

1:01:14

I know, taken on Brand Roybal. I.

1:01:16

Love with us. He did com intimate

1:01:18

made of that has more. End it

1:01:20

essentially by injuries. They take nothing away

1:01:22

from the winners, but these are really

1:01:24

smart good rematches that we need. A

1:01:26

revolt Looked out just okay. Against pencils.

1:01:28

Yes! I love the chaos. He brings

1:01:31

and I saw a he does didn't bring

1:01:33

of cast guessing he's worried about as cardio

1:01:35

static and I wanted really do much of

1:01:37

his backs it a couple times we could

1:01:39

have you got a.out of their people's will

1:01:42

never fall to the me for through that

1:01:44

he showed some hard on what he needs.

1:01:46

the ramp up the chaos because I think

1:01:48

Marino was better everywhere but in those exchanges

1:01:50

in those clinches a spinning elbow, a jumping

1:01:53

nice something. out of the ordinary maybe

1:01:55

the clip marino put him down and is in

1:01:57

and take a vein as i think that would

1:01:59

move on good need here. Moreno I think is

1:02:01

underrated as a grappler, I think he's underrated as

1:02:04

a wrestler. He held Pantoja and great, that was

1:02:06

a very close fight when they fought. I would

1:02:08

love to see a rematch. I mean Pantoja is

1:02:10

like his thorn, he's beat him three times now.

1:02:12

Really going to see a fourth fight. I know

1:02:15

the one was on the ultimate fighter but are

1:02:17

we going to see a fourth fight? I think

1:02:19

if Moreno shows up, beats were evolved, finishes were

1:02:21

evolved, then yes we're going to see a fourth

1:02:23

fight. 125 with Abazi being out. You got Manel

1:02:26

Copp in the wings as well but

1:02:28

you need someone to fight Pantoja who

1:02:30

wants to stay active. They need a Rio

1:02:32

card. I like Moreno here. I like Moreno

1:02:34

to control everything and he can't get sucked

1:02:37

into the chaos. I control chaos by Rovol

1:02:39

is going to be a problem and

1:02:41

if you stay tight laying your takedowns dominated on

1:02:43

top, your boxing is better, your pressure is better

1:02:45

and I think his cardio is better and he's

1:02:48

been in more five round fights. I like Moreno

1:02:50

here and I hope he gets a finish because

1:02:52

again I just love seeing a really good crowd

1:02:55

reaction. The Mexico City crowd is passionate and

1:02:57

I want them to blow the roof off

1:02:59

this place. Nicely done with the

1:03:01

handicap but you're back to butchering Rovol. You know

1:03:04

that right? I did what? Yeah, twice. You said

1:03:06

Rovol. We're trying to emphasize that Roy. Just trying

1:03:08

to help viewership. Brandon Rovol,

1:03:10

I'm just messing with you. Kenny,

1:03:13

interesting comments from Brandon Rovol after the

1:03:15

title fight against Pantoja. Leading in he

1:03:17

was preaching patience and then sort of

1:03:20

intimated that kind of got caught

1:03:22

up in that and away from his style. I

1:03:24

feel like Brandon Rovol has to fight bad out

1:03:26

of hell as if like he's double

1:03:28

parked outside. What are your thoughts on him here at

1:03:30

a huge spot against Brandon Moreno? Yeah,

1:03:32

man. I think that's an interesting point,

1:03:35

right? Because you don't want to get

1:03:37

too far away from who you are

1:03:39

and I think that perhaps that hurt

1:03:41

him in that last fight against Pantoja

1:03:44

and the way I see it, it's

1:03:46

basically like the fundamentals, the consistency of

1:03:48

Moreno versus the chaos of Rovol. So

1:03:50

yeah, did I say that right? Rovol?

1:03:54

Yeah, man. I think that this is going to be

1:03:56

a very interesting fight. I think it's going to be

1:03:58

a very exciting fight. as well. For

1:04:02

Royvall, I think he's got to be

1:04:04

able to manage those emotions at the

1:04:06

same time, though. It being a main

1:04:08

event in Mexico, this is a big

1:04:10

deal. For Moreno, this is clearly a

1:04:12

big deal. Moreno is

1:04:15

one of those guys who definitely has

1:04:17

become this big game player. When the

1:04:19

lights are brightest, I think that's when

1:04:21

we see Moreno at his best. I'm

1:04:24

curious to see how Royvall deals with

1:04:26

this and how well he's able to

1:04:30

fight in Moreno's

1:04:32

backyard. When I'm looking

1:04:34

at a fight, it doesn't matter who

1:04:36

it is, what the name is for the

1:04:39

most part, I'm always going to lean on

1:04:41

someone who is consistent and relies

1:04:43

on those fundamentals. Royvall

1:04:46

could finish this fight, no question about it. I

1:04:48

think he's that dangerous. Moreno's going

1:04:50

to have to definitely mind his P's and Q's.

1:04:54

But yeah, I think Moreno is going to be able

1:04:56

to get it done here. Like

1:04:58

Brian said, great breakdowns

1:05:00

yet again, dude. Let me

1:05:03

bang, bro. I think that

1:05:05

it's got to be the full mixed

1:05:07

martial arts arsenal for Moreno. He can't

1:05:09

just fight him one way. He's got

1:05:11

to keep Royvall guessing, keep

1:05:14

him like, change the fight,

1:05:16

bring it into the ground, keep it on the

1:05:18

feet, mix things up. Anytime Royvall wants to do

1:05:20

something, he has to do the opposite. I think

1:05:23

Moreno has the intelligence and the MMA IQ to

1:05:25

be able to do that. I

1:05:27

like Moreno here in this spot. Tanner

1:05:29

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straight on Henry Sujuto for 250, lost straight on Volkonovski

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1:06:42

parlay weekly total minus 198.99 you are minus 609.67

1:06:45

and through five live events Petrie

1:06:50

leaves this pig by $830.97. All right Brian how are you spending your

1:06:52

1k on

1:06:57

UFC Fight Night Moreno versus Roy Vol 2? So

1:06:59

I uh you know I've been doing this long enough

1:07:02

to know if you don't love the board you

1:07:04

don't want to overload it sometimes you force

1:07:06

things. I got two bets here. I'm

1:07:09

using my thousand though. I got

1:07:11

Manuel Torres by knockout. Prop is

1:07:13

not available on DraftKings. I will get you that prop that

1:07:15

number later this week and then an 800 WAC

1:07:19

on Moreno, Yayar Rodriguez,

1:07:21

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1:07:25

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1:07:28

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1:07:32

I got from DraftKings Sportsbook was plus

1:07:34

121 Johnny. Just as of

1:07:36

today. All right well I will cross check it

1:07:39

but what I am giving you is the numbers

1:07:41

that we use on the show which would be

1:07:43

Moreno minus 270 and Yayar Rodriguez minus

1:07:45

166. So I'll throw that

1:07:47

into a parlay calculator. It'll probably be very

1:07:49

close to that. All right Kenny Florian you

1:07:53

have a thousand dollars if you so choose where

1:07:55

are you placing your bets? Yeah

1:07:57

I'm going to try to use it all man. I Need the

1:07:59

points clearly. They are under put. the

1:08:01

three hundred on Rodriguez. J.

1:08:03

I'm going to put four hundred on Ross us.

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Off and on a row. Sauce

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1:08:11

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1:08:31

I saw a three hundred or straight on Yahya

1:08:33

Rodrigues four hundred hours straight on a Rural Sauce

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junior and then parlays tied to those two guys

1:08:38

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1:08:40

how are these and where you have it. Or.

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