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Rock'em Sock'em robots here! Oh

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my goodness! I can't believe there are

1:00

a couple of absolutely self-involved bull... Here

1:02

are your hosts, John Anick and

1:05

Kenny Florian. You

1:12

know, Kenny, I get my nose

1:14

waxed on occasion. I get my

1:16

ears waxed on occasion. I've never

1:18

had my eyebrows waxed because then

1:20

they look waxed, right? With

1:23

respect to Eddie Alvarez and anybody else out there

1:25

that actually waxed. But you can

1:27

see this eyebrow, I took

1:29

a huge chunk out of my eyebrow

1:31

trying to thin them out this morning.

1:34

So I bring this

1:36

up. I didn't intend to leave the show with this,

1:39

but I've always said if I got like six or

1:41

eight weeks off, I would just completely shave them off

1:43

or wax my eyebrows off and start over because I

1:45

know you can attest to this. You're not nearly as

1:47

hairy a man as I am, but the

1:50

maintenance of hair removal, especially for me as a

1:52

guy who shaves his head all the time. Like

1:54

it's just brutal. Like I'll go to bed, I'll

1:56

wake up and I have one eyebrow instead of

1:58

two. And like

2:00

10 weeks off, I would just wax them off

2:02

completely, but people say they may never grow back.

2:04

But if you notice a chunk out of my

2:07

eyebrow, my daughter, Tatum was like, can you borrow

2:09

Nauti's eyebrow pencil and like color that in and

2:11

I'm not gonna do that. I'm not

2:13

gonna do that. A little fit, a little fit on

2:15

that side. Sometimes we overdo it, man. But it looks

2:17

like I kind of took one of the eyebrows and

2:19

put it underneath my nose. I got this kind of

2:22

crappy mustache that, you know, like the

2:24

ultimate judge is kind of my daughter.

2:27

Like I remember I showed up. I was probably

2:29

like younger than two and had a mustache on

2:31

and she started crying. She was like, no,

2:33

daddy, no, no. She just and now

2:36

she's like, it's a beautiful mustache. You

2:38

know, trutras all in on the mustache.

2:40

I probably won't have it too long.

2:43

But here we are, man, a little bit of switching of the roles, I think.

2:46

Yeah, you're you're cleaned up. Although I will

2:48

say, I mean, I don't know if you

2:50

can look to your left for a minute.

2:52

Does anybody see the locks flowing on Ken's

2:54

neck right now? You got a jig and

2:56

I fucking grown that shit out of what

2:58

I got. I got some legs down. Yeah,

3:00

I don't know. Yeah, some point. I'll let

3:02

it go. What is about the long hair?

3:04

She likes the long hair. I'm also thinking

3:06

like, I don't know how much longer I'm

3:08

going to have this hair, you know, like

3:10

blow the hair guy, you know, like that.

3:12

That might be a that might be a

3:14

distant memory. So at this point, I'm trying to let it

3:16

go as long as I can. Losing some

3:18

of the I got the five head going on. So

3:20

trying to keep it, trying to keep it going. Well,

3:23

you look pretty young. It's great to be back with you and

3:25

everybody else Monday, January 29, 2024. It

3:28

is episode 463 of the Anakin Florian

3:30

podcast. And this weekend begins a stretch

3:32

Kenny of 11 straight Saturdays

3:34

with a UFC live event. As

3:37

most of our viewership knows, since

3:39

the UFC signed a television contract

3:41

with ESPN in 2019,

3:43

there have been some dark patches in December

3:45

and January. Some of that I think has

3:47

to do with college football inventory. But you

3:50

know, we hit it hard with the pay-per-view two straight live

3:52

events to begin January. And then the bye week and fans

3:54

are like, what am I going to do with my stuff?

3:57

And now we have a stretch of 11 straight Saturdays

3:59

with a UFC live event, April 20 is

4:01

the next Saturday, the week after UFC

4:03

300. That's

4:06

the first week from here until then that there won't

4:08

be a UFC live event. So that is very exciting.

4:10

And to that end, we got Paul Felder coming up

4:12

here in about 15 minutes, but I want to get

4:15

into some of the UFC 300 stuff is I, if

4:17

I could, because it's crazy as we sit

4:19

here 10 weeks out, we

4:22

do not have a main event for UFC 300. Now

4:24

the UFC has put out some things graphically

4:26

to suggest that we are waiting on a

4:28

main event, whether it'll be for an undisputed

4:31

UFC championship or not. I don't know. But

4:33

if you go through the men's divisions and

4:36

it does tie in perhaps to Conor McGregor and

4:38

Michael Chandler, Connor pushing out a tweet saying McGregor

4:41

on 300 seals the deal.

4:43

So maybe there's a window of hope that

4:45

Connor and Chandler could headline. But

4:47

Kenny, when you go through the men's divisions,

4:49

right? Flyweight, doubtful, Alejandro

4:52

Pantoja, Bantamweight UFC 299,

4:54

featherweight UFC 298. It's

4:56

not going to be Islam Akashiv, perhaps because

4:58

of Ramadan. And we already have seen sort

5:00

of the way the lightweight division has been

5:03

laid out with Armand Sarukian and Charles Olivera,

5:05

Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway. So you

5:07

got welterweight, Leon Edwards versus

5:09

Bela Muhammad, middleweight, depending on

5:11

Drake's, Duplessi's relative health, and

5:13

then light heavyweight. And

5:15

of course, the champion is Alex Pudeta.

5:17

And there are rumblings of a UFC

5:19

pay-per-view in Rio de Janeiro

5:22

on May 4th. And perhaps Alex Pudeta

5:24

would be held for that date. So

5:26

we sit here now, Ken Flo. And it's not going to be

5:28

the heavyweight division either, by the way, because John Jones is on

5:30

the men. So we sit here now without

5:33

a main event. And I'm just not sure that

5:35

it's going to be an undisputed UFC championship. I

5:37

think it might be Conor McGregor, Michael Chandler, Conor

5:39

McGregor, Nate Diaz. I don't know. But

5:41

I think by this time next week, we'll probably have an

5:43

answer. Well, here's the thing. Conor McGregor versus anybody is going

5:45

to be the biggest fight you could put on UFC 300,

5:48

right? I assume,

5:50

you know, him and Chandler, if

5:52

there's going to be a non-title flight as a

5:54

main event, it would be that one, right? That's

5:56

probably the only choice. I think they

5:59

might be leading. towards a DDP, Adesanya

6:01

fight, I think that's probably the one

6:03

that I am most intrigued by. And

6:07

as far as title fights, I think that's probably

6:09

the biggest title fight that you can put on

6:11

at this point. Now, I definitely want to see

6:13

the Balaali on Edwards fight, but if they're trying

6:15

to blow it out, just from a marketing standpoint,

6:17

from what we've seen in the past, you

6:20

got to think that Adesanya being the big pay-per-view

6:22

star that he has been for the organization, that

6:26

that fight against DDP would be the one

6:28

to make. Now, it all depends on how

6:30

healthy both of those individuals are. That

6:33

would be my pick, but certainly, you know, if

6:35

the UFC is looking at it and Chandler and

6:37

Connor are available, then that would be the one

6:39

to do. I mean, the cards already stacked. It's

6:42

almost like, do they need a main event at

6:44

this point? I think they'd

6:46

be just fine, but I think the

6:48

UFC is looking to really stack that

6:50

with one championship fight. And yeah,

6:53

I hope it's Adesanya and DDP. That would be

6:55

fantastic. Now, you can be

6:57

sure that Dana White and Hunter

6:59

Campbell want to do right by Michael Chandler,

7:01

who has been nothing if not a

7:03

promotional soldier. But

7:06

if you could put together a fight between Conor

7:08

McGregor and Nate Diaz, the fan base would go

7:10

batshit crazy. But I do hope that they do

7:13

right by Chandler, and Michael Chandler has responded in

7:15

kind. You know, Conor McGregor has been out two

7:17

and a half years if he's healthy. Why are

7:19

we waiting until UFC 302? Not

7:23

to also talk about Drake is due Plessy in

7:25

this equation, because we had his manager, Danny Rubenstein,

7:27

on our show last week. And he sort of

7:29

suggested that while UFC 300 would be

7:31

a massive payday, a big

7:33

part of the financial gains for DDP are going

7:35

to be rooted in successfully defending the title and

7:37

making a defense or two as a champion. So

7:40

expediting his first title defense or rushing

7:43

into it on one leg potentially would

7:45

not necessarily be the

7:47

preferred option for them. I do want to read a

7:49

quote here from Kamsa Chimaia, because I do think in

7:52

some part, he factors into this equation, whether or not

7:54

people think he is worthy of a middleweight championship opportunity

7:56

or not. Here's the quote from Hamzaat, all

7:58

these guys have fought each other and only me is. undefeated on

8:00

disputed. They promised me after the Usman fight, I will fight.

8:03

I will for sure fight for the title. I won that

8:05

fight. So I don't know what's going on. I heard Dana

8:07

White say, I don't think comms out as next for the

8:09

title. That's bullshit, man. If you promise me something, you have

8:11

to answer it. In my mind, it should be me. So

8:13

we'll see what happens, right? If

8:15

I had to make a guess right now, I do think

8:18

Drake is do plus C is going to be fighting out

8:20

of the red corner and the last fighter to walk at

8:22

UFC 300. But it's really an interesting

8:24

proposition. Now, I was at my twin brother's house

8:26

today and I couldn't find the genesis of these

8:28

rumors. But he was talking about

8:30

some situation whereby Leon Edwards would remain the

8:33

welterweight champion, but the UFC would make that

8:35

the 175 pound division and

8:37

then maybe create a title at 165

8:40

pounds. And maybe you have Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler fight

8:42

for that bacon title. Now, a lot of MMA fans hear

8:44

that and they probably want to throw up in their mouth.

8:48

The UFC can really do whatever they want.

8:50

They created a BMF title and a

8:52

lot of people turn their nose up at a

8:55

championship belt or a belt for the baddest motherfucker

8:57

on the planet. But that has worked out pretty

8:59

well. I mean, we've talked

9:01

about this years ago, John. I remember me

9:04

talking about it. And again, I don't work

9:06

for the UFC anymore. I'm not trying to

9:08

push this agenda or anything like that. But

9:10

I talked about this a long time ago,

9:12

how I thought that the sport

9:15

in general should move away from this

9:17

welterweight class of 170 pounds and

9:19

that every division probably should be

9:21

separated by 10 pounds. Even have

9:23

a 195 pound

9:25

weight class, something like that. If

9:29

the UFC can support it, which I think they

9:31

can. But yeah, I think that

9:33

it probably makes more sense to go from 185,

9:35

175, 165,

9:38

155. Now, the

9:41

timing of this is interesting. I don't know

9:43

if they're going to go this route. I

9:45

think there's probably other things that they would

9:47

need to establish. Perhaps, I don't know enough

9:50

about that. But I do think logistically and

9:52

logically, it makes more sense to have these

9:54

divisions. Whether they do that or not, whether

9:56

they do that to accommodate Chandler

9:59

and Koshy. I don't, I

10:01

guess, you know, remains to be seen. So

10:03

I believe Conor McGregor's last win, correct

10:06

me if I'm wrong, was Donald cowboy

10:08

ceremony in January of 2020. Now, if

10:10

anybody can fight for a UFC title

10:12

four plus years removed from their last

10:14

mixed martial arts win, it would be

10:16

Conor McGregor. But perhaps that is

10:18

an option. I will say it seems as though

10:21

the UFC women's featherweight division is no more. If

10:23

they have come out and announced the death of

10:25

that division, I have not heard it. But you

10:28

are eliminating a women's division. So perhaps there

10:30

is a window now to

10:32

add another men's division. And I will

10:34

say big picture. One thing

10:36

Lorenzo Fertitta always wanted was to have these

10:39

championship double headers as sort of a fail

10:41

safe mechanism in case you lost a main event

10:43

or a coheadliner that you would always have a

10:46

title fight on pay-per-view. We have had a few

10:48

pay-per-views UFC 291, BMF belt, right,

10:51

but that have not been headlined by an

10:53

undisputed UFC title fight. But those instances are

10:55

few and far between. So I do think

10:57

we are coming to a point Kenny, instead

10:59

of doing 12 pay-per-views a year now doing

11:01

14, the timing might just be

11:04

right to add another men's division. Right.

11:06

Well, I also in looking at the at the

11:08

card, and I assume this is somewhat confirmed, right?

11:11

There's there's nine fights confirmed, I think as of

11:13

right now, UFC 300. So there is space, right?

11:17

There is space to maybe have, you

11:20

know, another title fight or two on

11:23

the card. So interesting. Well, one guy who

11:25

I think really would not mind

11:27

the introduction of a 165 pound division

11:30

in the UFC, one of my dear friends,

11:32

broadcast partner, former UFC lightweight contender, the iron

11:34

lung Paul Fowler. It's great to see you,

11:36

my man. What's up, fellas? What's

11:39

happening, man? We just get off the bike out of

11:41

the pool. What are we doing today? Triathlete. Today,

11:44

I actually just finished setting up one

11:46

of those fancy ice baths with the

11:48

chiller and the thing dude, I'm not

11:50

I'm not a guy. That's good with

11:53

instructions. And Christine, my wife refused to help me.

11:55

She's like, I know that you can do this.

11:57

So I need to not help

12:00

you say you actually go and do it yourself

12:02

and I did. I got the pipes all hooked

12:04

up. Oh nice. And of course I

12:06

did it all wrong the first time around. I had

12:09

to redo all the pipes and all

12:11

that but we are in business

12:13

for cold

12:15

plunge therapy at a you

12:18

know a reasonable temperature because you guys know

12:20

East Coast temperatures right now can get to

12:22

the point where I'm chopping through

12:24

ice to even get to

12:26

that. All the plumber Felder. I love it. And

12:28

then we have a bike and a run today

12:31

guys. An hour and 25 on the

12:33

bike and an hour run afterwards. So

12:36

Kenny was sort of leaning into the

12:38

Wim Hof stuff before cold plunging was

12:40

all the rage right? But there are

12:42

some of us that just don't do

12:44

well with the cold like Belat Muhammad.

12:46

He just doesn't do cold therapy.

12:49

There's much more research for hot

12:51

therapy and the health benefits of

12:53

the sauna than the cold but I think the research

12:55

is going to catch up. There's no doubt it's good

12:57

for you. But Kenny you were leaning into that stuff

13:00

before it was before it was cold. Yeah.

13:02

Well a lot of it was because I

13:04

hated it man. I hated the cold and

13:06

I needed to kind of face that demon.

13:08

So I wanted to learn some techniques

13:10

how to deal with it and face that

13:12

fear and now it feels great. I definitely

13:14

think you know as far from an inflammation

13:16

standpoint it's helpful in that. I think for

13:18

recovery it's pretty helpful in that regard. But

13:21

I also think you know mentally you know the

13:23

ability to stay calm and composure and

13:25

be comfortable with the uncomfortable. I

13:27

think that's where most of the benefits

13:30

lie. So and then of course you know there's a

13:32

lot of other benefits you

13:34

know that they're talking about medically in

13:36

regards to strengthening your immune system etcetera

13:38

etcetera. So yeah.

13:42

Yeah I think that's what it is. Yeah

13:44

it's 57 degrees in South Florida today. I

13:46

could jump in my pool and get some

13:48

sort of effect. It's probably good because they

13:50

say you know when you see a lot

13:52

of these guys Ryan Kefaro is a good

13:55

friend of mine is always posting chopping through

13:57

his chopping through his ice out in his

13:59

backyard in Jersey. But they

14:01

say below 40, there's

14:04

no more benefits to it. You know

14:06

what I mean? Right. It's cold

14:08

enough at that temperature that if it's

14:10

right around freezing, you're just

14:12

showing off. Right. Right. Well,

14:15

like the sauna is the same thing, right? 172 to 174 is sort of as hot as you need

14:17

it. Right. And

14:20

I don't know why I'm trying to pull out my

14:22

dick and set it to 180 degrees. That's good. All

14:24

right. But you

14:26

might think it's a little bit comedic. But I

14:28

thought we had officially changed your nickname from the

14:30

Irish dragon to the iron lung. So

14:33

I'm watching the feature on the broadcast

14:35

when Frankie Edgar's Hall of Fame announcement

14:37

took place and you were featured prominently

14:40

in that piece and they fonded you

14:43

as the Irish dragon. So I'm just

14:45

looking for a nickname update here before we get into the meat of the interview.

14:48

You know, the disrespect of the U of T. You

14:51

tell them that you're changing your name.

14:54

You tell them you want to fight potentially.

14:56

They don't care, John. They just don't

14:58

care. They want me at the booth

15:00

with you or Brendan doing my damn

15:02

job. Shut up Irish dragon and sit.

15:04

Sit. Sit. All

15:07

right. Well, I'm going to go back to you

15:09

as far as an issue. A few things that

15:11

we want to get to with you, but I do

15:13

want to show you the new studio. If I could,

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is where my twin brother normally sits, but he's

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not here. And then we go back to the

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Registry, Bahamas. I want

16:39

to get into at least the Strickland-Duplessis fight

16:41

and your thoughts on it. I know Kenny

16:43

has some thoughts on your personal stuff and

16:46

UFC 300 and everything else, but Sean Strickland,

16:48

Drakus-Duplessis, are you watching that sort of in

16:50

the middle of the night on the East

16:52

Coast, one eye open? And what were your

16:54

thoughts on that middleweight championship fight? You know

16:56

exactly how it is and that's exactly what

16:58

was going on. And I was entertained and

17:00

I was watching and it was back and

17:02

forth, but again, honestly, five

17:04

rounds before it, right into another five-round fight,

17:07

it was so tough to fight. But man,

17:09

listen, I think when these fights are like

17:11

that, nowadays it's so cool and

17:15

so popular for everyone to scream

17:18

robbery, to scream this. When a

17:20

fight is competitive like that and two guys go and beat the

17:22

crap out of each other for 25 minutes,

17:24

and you always talk about it, John, you can't say,

17:27

oh well, you got to beat the champ to take,

17:29

it doesn't work like that. The judges don't score fights

17:31

like that. They score them one at a time and

17:33

then whoever has the most rounds at the end of

17:35

the fight with the most points wins the

17:37

fight. So I don't think you can argue it.

17:39

And what's this, did this actually

17:41

happen where Sean, after the fight, had

17:43

said to Duplessis that he thought

17:45

he won? I saw quoted that Duplessis

17:47

had said that. Yeah, Drakis,

17:50

I guess, said that this week,

17:52

Kenny. Duplessis is... If That's the

17:54

case, then it's like, man, there's no argument.

17:56

If you, if your gut feeling after a

17:59

fight like that... You to immediately tell the

18:01

guy that you think that he won the right. Price.

18:03

Lost the fight. right? There always

18:06

malaria save with different takes like that.

18:08

Like some of the bias people are

18:10

like you could tell when would be

18:12

ricotta. Now the decision Dd P knew

18:14

that he lost the like I got.

18:17

Like. Seen it on

18:19

after the fact may be thought that.

18:22

That. Inadvertent head but cause the cost

18:24

and so maybe that was something that he

18:26

leaned in a little bit more into after

18:28

the fact that do plus he has been

18:30

the truth teller like every step of the

18:32

way and there's really no reason for him

18:34

to lie about that. I don't know why

18:37

he would do that, so are certainly an

18:39

entertaining if. A touch controversial middleweight

18:41

championship fight to begin the year, but

18:43

I. Yeah. We'll see what happens from

18:45

there, but even so, what's next for the guys

18:47

using? right? That's where we were talking

18:50

about. A little bit tricky because Drake is do

18:52

Plus he was wise to not rush into a

18:54

title fights with is your lot of Sania last

18:56

year in September on one foot. But.

18:58

Now he's he's banged up and I understand

19:00

the value of your c three hundred payday

19:02

as you do Paulie but like he's trying

19:05

to maintain status as the champion so the

19:07

I would think. Ten. Weeks from our

19:09

April thirteenth would be. Oh advice given the travel in, everything

19:11

else on on on. Yeah. I

19:13

I I agree. I think you hold on

19:15

their belt you you dear little parade and

19:17

mean people are loving him Yet a huge

19:19

a welcome back home I in. Wait,

19:22

Until the time is right because. It.

19:24

Big Amelie. It is our chance that eventually

19:26

they takes up a fight down to South

19:29

Africa and have a yes the headline and

19:31

defend their that would be either first time

19:33

in Africa to right. Yeah. There

19:35

are rumors by the way, the damn hooker turned over to you

19:37

after your main event in Auckland and said paul yeah I know

19:39

you one that. I

19:42

thought my hand when I retired in the

19:44

case so I was assured that was just

19:47

a gesture of be nice but and nosy

19:49

Cody their yes I did when sex going.

19:52

Edu cigar I won that one for. To do

19:54

that now feels like a million years ago At

19:56

this point of view that was. You know it's

19:58

one of those things. Where was just yesterday and

20:00

Kenny I'm sure you can. Attest his

20:03

rivals like you feel like you're in

20:05

there ten minutes ago. He. And next

20:07

thing you know, it's been seven. Yeah

20:10

for. Sure a great. So.

20:12

We came on the air after Jim Miller

20:14

called you out for U S C three

20:16

hundred and Kenny felt like that was the

20:18

right fight to make and I think a

20:20

lot of fans were receptive to at. The

20:23

only thing that I felt like was may be

20:25

working against you as if they thought it was

20:27

just a one off for. Yeah, right. Like if

20:29

they felt like you were going to be back

20:31

for two or three and try to regain your

20:33

status as a top a lightweight in the world.

20:35

I think that fight might have been made instead

20:37

of Bobby Green so I know it's probably a

20:39

little bit difficult for you to talk about, but

20:41

ah, what were your thoughts on on Bobby Green

20:43

getting that fight when I when you were the

20:46

first name on the tip of Jim Miller? Stop.

20:48

Well. Fortunately for me, that night,

20:50

I. Reached

20:52

out to who matters right now. Reached out

20:54

to Sean Am. We're.

20:56

Out to dinner I was like, let me at least just. See.

20:59

If it's even on the table before I

21:01

get all excited the media talk to me.

21:03

I'm like all men this might actually happened.

21:05

You start getting those butterflies that nervous feeling

21:07

like wanted to go hit pads right then

21:10

and now. Meet me in on maybe I

21:12

am. Homes do this. On,

21:14

but the only reason I was reluctant in the of

21:16

posts white thing that I did too. It's like you

21:19

don't want to go out and just make that decision

21:21

right them in their front of when that's foolish I'm

21:23

I'm an adult. I know that I should go home.

21:26

Talk. To Everyone makes everyone's on board first

21:28

before I commit you. Getting into a

21:30

training camp for the first time years. But.

21:33

Before that even got to that point, I

21:35

talked to Sean. He's like man we're looking

21:37

the give him. Something. Closer

21:39

to the top ten's what? What mean Dana think

21:41

is is right for him and I was like

21:43

okay I am united. There's.

21:46

Nothing else to be said. I can argue. I'm not

21:48

gonna. Ah, I'm. So

21:50

I never even got the ball rolling into writing

21:52

that was gonna happen by I was it really

21:54

wasn't a good all acting like an adult man.

21:57

I was your first mistake club. you're

21:59

right You're right. If

22:01

I had been brash and started sleeping in the

22:03

gym, this and that, like, I'd have probably gotten

22:06

the fight, but instead of- Take the suit off,

22:08

walk it to the office, yeah. Yeah.

22:11

I should have charged the cage. That was a

22:13

new headline for sure. Well, I

22:15

try to be as objective as possible, believe

22:17

it or not, even in terms of like,

22:19

Belau Muhammad's candidacy, right? It has nothing to

22:22

do with our friendship. It has everything to

22:24

do with him being the number one contender.

22:26

But I will say, I feel like Paul's

22:28

career is criminally underappreciated. I feel like you

22:31

are an underrated lightweight and always

22:33

were. And when I see like

22:35

Benoit Santini get the Dustin Poirier

22:37

fight, I'm happy for

22:40

BSD. I'm happy that Dustin

22:42

Poirier is accepting that fight because

22:44

he understands he's the underdog and

22:46

he wants that challenge. But it's

22:49

frustrating for me that the Poirier and

22:51

Gaethje fight, both of those fights that

22:53

in my mind you earned, you never gotten them. Benoit Santini

22:55

barely with a number next to his name is getting that

22:57

fight. Yeah. I think

22:59

that's what frustrates me looking back, right? Where

23:01

I was that guy, right? I was that blood

23:03

and guts guy. I was the one that was

23:05

really trying to- Sorry, did I

23:07

get glitchy there? Was that me? You're

23:10

good. All right. And yeah, it's like

23:12

people love him, they get behind him and then they're

23:14

supporting him getting those bigger fights. But when

23:17

I was trying to do that, you're right. It was like,

23:19

oh, it was like, I shouldn't have

23:21

even been thinking that. It was

23:23

delusional for me to think that being on

23:25

a three fight win streak should get you

23:27

somebody in the top 10 or top

23:30

15 after going for fight

23:32

of the night, all these bonuses,

23:34

all this kind of stuff. But no,

23:37

now that's okay. And Benoit's

23:39

got that. But listen, I'm one of his biggest

23:41

fans for sure. Benoit Santini. I think that guy

23:43

is an absolute

23:46

maniac. But yeah, dude, it sucks. But

23:49

what can I do? I've got the job that

23:51

I wanted. I

23:53

still be a part of the game. If I really

23:55

wanted to come back, I still could. I've been talking

23:58

to you about potential ideas. Right.

24:00

We were throwing around the Matt Brown idea and I'm

24:02

like, I don't know if that's the fight. I'm a

24:04

lot smaller now. It would definitely be smart to stay

24:06

at 155. And

24:08

Paul, you're still training. Like how many days

24:10

a week are you doing stuff these days?

24:13

Well, it's mostly triathlon stuff but I'm still

24:15

training two to three times a day, putting

24:18

in like 15 to 20 hours a

24:20

week of endurance training and I could

24:23

easily just start going right into the

24:25

gym and training again. And when I've done it, I'm

24:28

still, it's still there. I

24:30

just have to get used to getting the

24:32

bumps and the bruises and condition the body up for that

24:34

kind of thing. I would still want a good 10 to

24:37

12 weeks before a fight just to make sure

24:39

that I'm getting a few rounds of

24:41

sparring in. Is it

24:43

feeling okay? And then go from there. But I

24:45

wouldn't go crazy with the sparring either, Kenny, at

24:47

this point. Like I would do

24:50

a lot of timing stuff, I think, to make

24:52

sure that I was sharp and seeing things coming

24:54

at me. But as far as taking the hits,

24:56

I'd probably limit that to like maybe once a

24:58

week where I'm putting the bigger gloves

25:01

on and actually sparring. Yeah,

25:04

man. I think that's a smart approach at this

25:06

point. You know, you train with some killers, man.

25:08

Joe Piper, Sean Brady, are a couple names that

25:10

come to mind. I know you got some other

25:12

guys that are coming up. Out of

25:14

those guys that you're training with, how many

25:16

of those guys do you see becoming

25:19

a potential world champion in the future? I

25:21

think if Sean stays where he's at mentally, I

25:25

think that Bilal really

25:29

was what he needed, honestly. He needed to

25:31

face a guy like Bilal who's

25:34

at the tippy top, who's kind

25:37

of felt disrespected that he couldn't get what

25:39

he wanted. And he took him on

25:41

anyway. And I think a lot of people were favoring Sean

25:43

and it didn't go his way. He had to go overseas.

25:45

He had to do a lot of the things that fighting

25:47

are, it's tough. And he got through

25:49

that and then comes back and gets a huge win.

25:52

I really do think he's got potential to be fighting

25:54

for the belt someday. I think Joe

25:56

Piper, he's so young. If he just doesn't try

25:58

to rush to the top, like, we see a

26:00

lot of guys do. I think

26:03

he hits so freaking hard, man. I mean,

26:06

I know I'm a 55er and he's an

26:08

85er, but I've been hit by 85ers

26:10

many, many times and sparring. You

26:13

can just tell when someone's got the

26:15

gift, right? And he's got the gift.

26:17

There's no doubt. I mean, in that

26:19

room, Jeremiah Wells is in that room.

26:22

Andre Piotrowski comes in trains. Pat Sabatini

26:24

is in there. There's some foreign

26:26

guys that are coming through and spending time there.

26:29

And I was joking with John

26:31

Marquez, the guy that runs Marquez MMA and is most

26:33

of their head coach and their head striking coach. And

26:35

I was like, dude, when you start getting the stands

26:38

to start coming to your gym and migrating

26:40

the Kyrgyzstan, whatever,

26:42

if they're feeling

26:45

in your gym and wanting to come and train with you,

26:47

you know, something's

26:49

going right. Sean Brady certainly

26:51

looked like a future world champion his last time out. You

26:53

were listening to the Iron Lung Paul Felder with us here

26:55

on the Nx4N podcast. Are you working, by the way, this

26:57

weekend or what? No, man, I'm

27:00

not working until Mexico City. All

27:02

right, Mexico City, February 24. That's a

27:04

great show. If any broadcaster can handle

27:06

the high altitude, before I let you

27:08

go. How

27:12

high is it? Seven over seven? Yeah.

27:15

We were talking how Duke Class C trains at north of

27:18

four lives at north of 4000 feet. And

27:21

I meant to bring it up on the broadcast, right?

27:23

Probably something that should have been a That's

27:25

right at that sweet spot. If you're sleeping

27:27

above 4000 feet consistently,

27:30

anytime you go

27:32

down from that, you're going to feel like

27:35

a machine. It's very South Africa. Yeah. 3900.

27:39

Yeah. And depending on where you are,

27:41

900, sorry, 3900. Yeah.

27:44

But in Pretoria where he is, it

27:46

is like 4300. But yeah, parts of

27:49

Johannesburg are 6000

27:51

feet above sea level. But I did find

27:53

it interesting. And Paulie and I have talked so much about

27:55

triathlons that respectfully, when you did

27:57

address the media, you know where I'm going. You

28:00

addressed the media after the Jim Miller

28:02

callout. I think you were asked about

28:04

triathlons and the Diaz brothers. And I

28:07

just don't think people quite understand

28:09

just how close to being

28:12

like a tried and true professional

28:14

triathlete Paul is. I mean, the guys at

28:16

the elite level, I know you'll always be

28:18

chasing. But with the others,

28:20

like Paul Felder would probably beat

28:23

those guys by an hour, if not more.

28:26

I think an hour is probably

28:28

because I think they could probably do it.

28:32

And I don't know. I mean, I'm talking shit.

28:34

But I don't know how many 70.3s

28:37

they do in general. And

28:39

that's my main race. Let's say we even

28:41

race them in an Olympic distance. So the

28:44

only place I see them maybe beating me, I don't know what

28:46

their swim is like. Obviously swimming is

28:48

my weaker point. But John, I'm

28:50

putting the time in and the numbers are starting to

28:53

come down on my like hundred pace.

28:55

Oh yeah, dude? Would you do cannabis

28:58

for those triathlons? Huh, Paul? Huh? Let's

29:01

see, you get on their level and then let's have a race.

29:04

Yeah, I mean, if we

29:06

smoked a blunt beforehand, they probably beat me. I

29:08

just need a floaty. I'll

29:12

be good. I'm trying to be still

29:14

a ride on a bike. Where the

29:16

soda's at? That's what I'm

29:18

into. Right. But other than that, yeah,

29:20

I mean, John,

29:22

you know, I'm crazy. I mean, Christine, I

29:24

drive her nuts because I'm training for these

29:26

things as if I'm a professional. Unfortunately, there's

29:29

no money coming in. I'm not a professional.

29:31

But David Tilbury Davis, my coach, works

29:34

with a ton of really good pros.

29:37

I'm really good friends with Lionel Sanders, who's one

29:39

of the best professional men out

29:41

there. And these guys

29:44

are, I'm nowhere near those guys. But as far

29:46

as the age group guys, I'm

29:48

getting to the top. I hope to

29:50

get an age group win now

29:53

that I'm going to be 40 to 44 now. So

29:55

now, these dudes, there's still, there's less.

30:00

I'm a really, really good guys in that age group than when I

30:02

was in 30s. But some

30:04

of these 40 year olds that have like

30:07

already established their careers where former college athletes

30:09

are getting into this shit and they're so

30:11

freaking athletic. Wow. Ridiculous.

30:14

Well, I probably shouldn't beat them all up though. I can beat them all up.

30:17

I was going to say, I probably shouldn't say this

30:19

on an MMA podcast, but I am more invested, if

30:22

not, well, as invested

30:24

in your triathlon careers. I am in your

30:26

MMA career, but I do hope we see

30:28

it. I'm glad to hear that because you

30:31

are in the minority on that. I

30:33

put in my post pictures or

30:35

the little videos of me on the trainer in the

30:37

garage. To me, I'm like, man, look at the watts

30:39

that I'm putting out. It's almost sweat I got going

30:41

on. You guys realize how fast I'm going on this

30:44

fake fight that's actually taking

30:46

me nowhere except for destroying my

30:48

quads on a daily basis. Yeah.

30:51

But yeah. When I talk NFL with

30:53

my twin brother, people don't want to hear it. So

30:55

congratulations, Paul Felder on the recent induction into the CFFC

30:57

Hall of Fame. I do hope to see you at

31:00

some point in the octagon. Stay healthy, my man. And

31:02

I'll see you on this crazy UFC road show in

31:04

the not too distant future. We appreciate a few minutes,

31:06

my brother. Thank you guys. Thanks

31:08

for having me, man. It's been nice chatting. Kenny, good to see

31:10

you, dude. Good to see you, bro. There

31:13

we go, folks. The Iron Long, Paul

31:16

Felder. I will take it up with Michael

31:18

LaPlante and Zach Candido. Year two, four, no

31:20

longer to be founted as

31:22

the Irish dragon. All right. When

31:25

do I miss this guy after an emotional weekend?

31:27

Let's get to the star of the show, the

31:29

Ray Longo Minute. Now

31:31

time for the Ray Longo Minute. That's what

31:33

I want. The

31:36

Ray Longo Minute. Starring

31:38

Ray Longo. This is John Enoch

31:41

and Kenny Florian podcast.

31:44

What'd you do? Back

31:47

to the top. What's that everybody? Who's sitting on the

31:49

toilet? I love it. Really? I'm

31:52

taking a dump. I hope you guys

31:54

don't. I think after your

31:57

round first this week, taking a shit while they

31:59

do the podcast. This is the worst thing that

32:01

could happen. See what happens when

32:03

I take a break from smoking cannabis. That's what happens.

32:07

First you attack me and then you went on the rink.

32:09

What the hell was going on with you? I

32:11

feel bakers when I was talking to you.

32:14

I didn't realize the severity of

32:16

what was going on. And then guys in

32:18

the gym were walking over and it's, he's quick. He's

32:20

doing football. And what are you talking about? So,

32:24

yeah, that's the whole gym. You happy? Yeah,

32:27

I know. I don't

32:29

even really know what to say. Uh,

32:32

certainly when we got off the air

32:34

last Wednesday, I didn't even

32:36

remember necessarily that rant nor saying it, but

32:38

I understand now, I think a little bit

32:41

more acutely, the power of my

32:43

words and, uh, perhaps making

32:45

a statement and being that apologetic in tone

32:47

was not necessarily the way to go, but

32:49

I just sort of wanted to sort of,

32:51

uh, move on with my life and, uh,

32:54

I have the job that I want and

32:56

I take my relationship with the fan base

32:58

very seriously because. I feel

33:00

like I need to be that conduit as one of

33:02

the forward facing members of this company. And, uh, yeah,

33:05

my life kind of changed over the weekend, but, uh,

33:07

I assure you, I feel the love and support, not

33:10

that I was looking for that at all, but you

33:12

know, my relationship with this roster and the fighters, my

33:15

ardent supporters has never been stronger. And, uh,

33:17

I have to prioritize that overall things, but

33:19

it was, uh, wild fucking 72 hours, Ramon.

33:21

I'll tell you that. Yeah. We'll take that.

33:23

We got through the group therapy session. Let's

33:25

try to move on now. What's

33:28

behind us is not in front of us, John.

33:30

Let's just keep moving forward. Right. What

33:32

happens when you stop smoking, bro? I tell

33:34

you what, I'm actually, uh, I mean,

33:37

it is, you know, well, I,

33:39

we don't have to talk about, but I, you

33:41

know, it was crazy on a, I

33:43

miss the nature of this beast, I think. No.

33:46

Yeah. And I really don't want to dig

33:48

too deep into it, but I just had

33:50

a moment here on the podcast, it wasn't

33:52

really anything more than that. And, uh, I

33:55

Guess it was just a lot of allegations of bias

33:57

in that specific fight. that, that kind of. that me

33:59

off. a tremendous support from the U S C. had

34:02

a launch out my boss great bore sorry and I.

34:04

Were. On Anaheim as I close the same and

34:06

with array of a lot of things I'd like

34:09

to get us and it's just too much group

34:11

was out there was my stuff. What? I yeah

34:13

that's what it jumps. Back.

34:15

No doubt about as the best we

34:17

could do no matter what. So special

34:20

and. Back. To back

34:22

episodes with you in the bathroom. Is

34:24

this gonna be semantically something we're dealing

34:26

with moving forward Will now.i will get

34:28

pictures don't this week we don't at

34:30

this point. I from the store. With.

34:33

That size towards. Those.

34:35

Didn't know it. It's a

34:38

controlled. By. I

34:40

want to look at the rest of it. Be happy to

34:42

says is that. I

34:46

almost had my dog in studio today as

34:49

like a bit thinking that maybe somebody would

34:51

walk in the house and she would start

34:53

barking but I'm so sensitive to noise that

34:55

I didn't I didn't go with it. So

34:57

I want to read you a quote from

34:59

a man who I believe right now, even

35:02

if outside the U S C is at

35:04

the very least a top twenty flyweight in

35:06

the world to me to two to one

35:08

of your long time students walked into your

35:10

gym as a paying customer several years ago.

35:13

His story is tremendous, but. I

35:15

want to read you this quote from Poo Me if we could

35:17

get into him a little bit. If you don't know, go to

35:19

tap algae. Check out his bio. And this is

35:21

a quote. From. Your flyweight booming. A coup

35:23

to. I'm gonna say the same thing. Longo says,

35:25

we can run an experiment right now. Put me

35:27

in the ring with all genres Cantos as an

35:29

experiment with see walks out with the belt. I'm

35:31

telling you you could put me in there with

35:33

any those guys, especially if you give me a

35:35

camp. I'm walking out. The Tories put me in

35:37

their against all Chantry Panto. Just allow grapple him

35:39

all out. strike him, I'll get on the microphone

35:41

and then I'll talk him for the hell that.

35:43

I'll get the commentary booth and talk about how

35:45

I did all that Anyway, I just bring something

35:47

different to the table. It's a different level of

35:49

confidence. It's a different level of technique. It's a

35:51

different level. Of skill. And on top of that when

35:54

I get on the mike, especially when I get on

35:56

that camera, there's a different level of swagger, a different

35:58

level of charisma on the best man. Not top

36:00

fifteen, not top five on number one

36:02

with a bullet. Could

36:07

go posts will post a

36:09

workhorse van be really. I

36:12

would need to talk to be talked out. Don't

36:14

talk for morale. You know he. he scores with

36:16

those guys and. Ah, he gives.

36:18

Everybody says that that's what he believes.

36:20

You know what he believes and points.

36:22

I think that's what do you What

36:24

she's afraid to say. probably. Only.

36:30

Put him in the only. Sports

36:33

or Conical could walk in and win

36:35

the championship. I really believe that. Guys.

36:37

Up to you would really tell

36:39

you that would be heated. probably

36:41

walk in there win the championship

36:43

just because he so strongly in

36:46

the grappling department. And probably going

36:48

to get what he wants. but. I

36:50

don't think that's what they want. You know

36:52

they didn't like Demetrius Johnson. With

36:55

that I think the style. Of

36:57

and I just don't like it so with it's

36:59

a whole thing. I

37:01

know treated think is he can be

37:03

caused a way to beat him. Which.

37:06

I happened to personally think it's very

37:08

exciting, but. I. Love beauty and

37:10

technique in only be like who has

37:12

want to watch than the trees jobs

37:14

have violated the guys. I. Think

37:16

he's the gold for various reasons I

37:18

love and we just watch the guy

37:20

move and watch you listen to talk

37:22

is a great ambassador. Origin was a

37:24

great champion. Botanica.

37:27

You. Can you talk about

37:29

Bow Nickel just for a second in that

37:31

context? Because Nasr Dini more Bob and Roman

37:33

to lead, they are ranked eleventh and eight

37:36

respectfully in the middleweight division. Right now they're

37:38

fighting in the Us the main event this

37:40

weekend, and it stands to reason that Bone

37:42

Aca would certainly be savored over those two

37:45

gentlemen right now. And a Combat Sports said

37:47

and right. So. Do you believe

37:49

oh nickel right now? Could go in there when the

37:51

middleweight championship against Drake is Du Plessis. I

37:54

certainly think it's possible on it

37:56

or. Again, route race right. You know

37:58

what we're looking at skills. And if

38:00

we're rating skills, and we're talking about a

38:02

skill set, Bo Nickle's skill set in

38:05

that division in particular is going to be one

38:07

of the toughest to beat. The

38:10

problem is he doesn't have the kind

38:12

of experience of a DDP or Israel-Otis

38:14

sign, all that stuff, which absolutely makes

38:16

a difference, right? You know, being able

38:18

to do that stuff when it matters,

38:20

when it counts at the

38:22

highest level, when the lights are brightest, all that stuff.

38:24

Now, Bo Nickle has literally

38:27

tens of thousands of matches under his belt since

38:29

he was a kid as a wrestler. So

38:32

he's been in the spotlight. He's been the best wrestler

38:34

in the room since he was a little kid. So

38:36

he knows what pressure is like. So as far as

38:38

performing, I don't see that being a

38:40

problem. But

38:42

absolutely, I think he's one of those guys that

38:44

could do it. I don't think he should do

38:47

it at this stage of the game, get some more fights,

38:49

get some more experience, make sure that when he does get

38:51

the belt, he can keep the belt. But yeah, I do

38:53

think he's that good. I do think he's that talented. Yeah.

38:56

And then, Joe, let me say something. Chris Weidman, when he

38:58

was coming up, what are you, four or five fights? Right.

39:01

He got in the UFC. And

39:03

he didn't fight for the title. He fought the best

39:05

wrestler in the world for the title and

39:08

was pissing off people, making people

39:13

look stupid. And he beat him two times in

39:15

a row. And

39:18

Bo Nickle's, like,

39:20

again, I don't know, I'm assuming the

39:22

mentalities have to be similar since the

39:24

route they went, Bo Nickle's, Zakelud's, obviously

39:27

Trump, Wyman's, Zakelud's, but no, Wyman was

39:29

a street kid too. And I think

39:31

that played into it a

39:34

lot when we were coming up, because he didn't love to fight.

39:36

But I mean, I think he's a perfect example

39:38

of what could happen with

39:41

hardly any fights. And he

39:43

fought the greatest of all time. I think almost,

39:45

you know, he's in the category of that. And

39:48

I think a lot of people defend that. So

39:50

that's where I'm coming from with that. I think

39:52

I've seen it before. And Bo

39:54

Nickle Seems like when I listen to him speak,

39:56

he sees he has the confidence. We Know he's

39:58

got the wrestling chops. I

40:02

was long as a boxing coach. I

40:04

write Ron Perlman their. Find.

40:07

So one of my favorite people in

40:09

the U S C is are handsome

40:11

matchmaker Make Maynard and it happens to

40:13

be his birthday today. so. Happy.

40:15

Birthday, Mit right more ice. You

40:19

mentioned sort of his name in that

40:21

answer about through mean a Khuda and

40:23

it seems like maybe there is some

40:26

promotional pause to sign this flyweight right

40:28

now and. I'm. Curious as to

40:30

why? I mean, he seems to have all

40:32

the skills you mention that maybe they don't

40:34

want to expedite things, but you can certainly

40:36

do worse than brain a man and haven't.

40:38

I'm fight a guy who's top twenty five,

40:40

but I am. I don't mean to push

40:43

on the spot, but I don't quite understand

40:45

the disconnect as to why. seemingly one of

40:47

the best flyweight prospects in all of them,

40:49

A May is not have a median interest

40:51

to the combat sports leading us. Well.

40:53

That's absurd. First about it

40:55

much. Stronger

40:58

was mates. Was surprised at

41:01

a bit of has chart

41:03

shows. It's what's. Right

41:07

and bright was be what I believe I've

41:09

spoken to fill up know problem. With yellow.

41:11

Was far. Speak.

41:13

To his boys. Well, I remember

41:16

Dennis Bazooka and it's a totally different case right?

41:18

But it took him a lot of so to

41:20

break that U S C door down and I

41:22

do think eventually Boom is gonna be and it's

41:24

maybe he'll be better off for a ride as

41:26

he he was born in Nineteen Ninety Five and

41:28

ah, he just has more experience. more high level

41:30

experience than Bow Nickel even right now, despite the

41:32

fact that Nickel has been in the U S

41:34

C. Does he not right? I mean he's got

41:36

more fights. The bone echo. whom. He

41:39

does. I will fight symbolical

41:41

put shows. background speaks for

41:43

itself apart aren't we'll We'll

41:45

see. We'll see what happens

41:47

for ah we know Khuda

41:49

going forward. Ah well as

41:51

you little bit about you

41:53

fc three hundred. If he

41:56

has I do think the fan base. Is

41:58

waiting for. The big shoe

42:00

to drop and that can. He was sort of

42:02

the head of you look at us, see three

42:05

hundred on paper. It looks like the first sight

42:07

of the night to be Jessica on Draws vs.

42:09

Marina Hodge Riga as one woman who has won

42:11

a championship law for a championship in the second

42:13

division against other woman who was headlined at least

42:16

twice for the You Fc And that's the first

42:18

spite of the night so I'm sure you've seen

42:20

some of the headlines. Conor Mcgregor may be dipping

42:22

his toe in the water. What?

42:24

Do you think is going to happen at U S

42:26

C? three hundred and will you feel shortchanged if the

42:28

main of and his offer an undisputed your seats at.

42:33

From the road was honestly

42:36

I enjoy. A fight.

42:38

So I think the war the

42:40

built up. Three. On three

42:42

that of falls short of such as

42:45

of respect and mean it. It's also

42:47

because of weight. They'll

42:49

loss to be disappointed. I'm sure

42:51

what on. You. Know, I

42:53

mean algae was on the corner of

42:56

the joint. all excited about that. Looks.

42:59

Nice. I just. Got.

43:02

Off simple and I really am. I'm single.

43:04

So lively be sure. Church. Wants

43:08

The matchmaking stood. On

43:11

comes to Go on three sides on.

43:13

Out your vs council mean. Less

43:17

or don't really have to concentrate on but on

43:19

bunch of it's okay for you really are a

43:21

really nice like you weren't always that way. We

43:24

lost his podcast in April of two thousand and

43:26

fifteen were coming up on the nine year anniversary

43:28

and maybe you have been that way for a

43:30

decade. You like the as I talk a Mark

43:33

Henry he was on here. It's not like this

43:35

one I did. Your dad does all the things

43:37

and I don't watch and on a path. Where

43:41

did he go for it was different doctors.

43:43

oh no no it. Didn't. Know.

43:46

He'll. Be there! This. Summer but

43:48

know Frankie was probably bang and holler had all

43:50

day and had no idea they were out

43:52

about to send him the media row. Why?

43:56

Wasn't. I China.

44:00

Geico.with Life lock. he always said

44:02

they have to frighten, okay, have

44:05

a special relationship. And he

44:07

always told me after Frankie was

44:09

basically. So. I think

44:11

that's what made that Now you

44:13

know really should serve special. Bad.

44:18

Apple as many books on which is

44:20

why Silhouettes that in the world doesn't

44:22

revolve around and was also try for

44:24

my my boring life it does for

44:27

the of right that's people have other

44:29

things to do with our. I

44:31

knew that them You know I

44:33

really enjoy university take many despite

44:35

he got out also. Ah and

44:37

then In also makes so much

44:39

fucking money making pizza, writing and

44:41

will have and he knows in

44:43

New Jersey Woodbridge code is telling

44:45

me rice like as I, Corey

44:47

Anderson and Kenny for In will

44:49

tell you it's not important to.

44:52

Look. Rich. It's important to be rich

44:54

you know And and Mark Henry probably

44:56

rich at this. That would added done.

44:59

It's the this. By.

45:01

A group was is more important to him.

45:04

More important for Anderson's like Amazon and look

45:06

rich. I'm trying to be rich right? Like

45:08

I drive a fucking many. They are not

45:10

rich. Right next to him and I jotted

45:12

meeting and for more reasons than one. but

45:15

you know we're in the process right now.

45:17

have potentially getting my wife a car that

45:19

she's not perpetually embarrass them right? So training

45:21

in the minivan but I said to or

45:24

maybe I'll trade in the out he asks

45:26

you five which is my car that she's

45:28

really fast but other than that not particularly

45:30

functional. And. I said maybe I'll keep

45:32

the mini van. And. She's like you know

45:35

why? they're like I want to drive a mini that

45:37

like I truly she's like your be job the Yossi

45:39

to Ninety Nine in Miami don't want to take the

45:41

out. He does not mean I want my boss to

45:43

see me pull off in a Honda Odyssey. would know

45:45

rent. A

45:47

list that's a nice. That. Have sex

45:50

with old School. They were guys on copies

45:52

made. they try to bet they both. But

45:54

when they go to work. The. I

45:56

pod so that everybody thinks they're

45:58

not doing good. Right. So

46:01

let me tell you something, I pull up in

46:03

the canny, I'm getting charged more money for some

46:05

reason. No doubt. It's really where the way

46:07

you go, you know what I mean? So it

46:10

is where the way you go. Well I dressed

46:12

like a complete bomb. I mean if you see

46:14

on the wide shot right now, we can barely

46:16

see, I'm wearing like sweatshorts and a tee, like

46:18

my daughters are completely mortified as to

46:20

how I dress. So I looked apart when I get out

46:22

of a minivan that's all beat up. You

46:25

mentioned- I love it. I love it.

46:27

I was wearing yarn but I move

46:29

into the toilet bowl so I

46:31

had a kid. I'm stuck here. So

46:34

it's interesting. I lost a girlfriend, a woman

46:37

that potentially I was going to marry because

46:39

I spoiled a surprise. There were other reasons

46:41

why I lost this woman, right?

46:43

But I spoiled a surprise party but I

46:45

was coming from a good place, right? But

46:49

I ended up spoiling a surprise and she never

46:51

forgave me, right? So Frankie had a dad who

46:53

was going to be inducted into the Hall of

46:55

Fame. My

46:57

bosses would have killed me if I had spoiled the

46:59

surprise but we had Frankie on the show last week

47:01

Kenny and he sort of intimated like, yeah, next time

47:03

like tell me dude, like I'm drinking

47:06

and doing all these things. I think it would

47:08

have been nice for Frankie to have the heads

47:10

up in that particular setting but Ray, it was

47:13

not my position to spoil that surprise for Frankie.

47:15

I think he would have liked to advance notice.

47:17

Well listen, Alicia learned your lesson. You have your

47:19

quick learner. That's good. You know what's wrong with

47:21

that? Sarah, I think it's

47:23

made- I forget which birthday

47:26

it was, Kenny. Well, he had a

47:28

surprise birthday party. His wife was

47:30

throwing it and there was one of

47:32

his instructors, Kenny posted

47:34

something on Instagram that

47:36

gave it away. He never forgave the

47:38

guy. So this surprise party

47:40

thing is, I know where you're coming

47:43

from. I mean, he was really,

47:45

really pissed off because he thought it was done

47:47

on purpose. You know, I'm not mentioning no

47:49

names right now but it was done on purpose. Never

47:52

forgave the guy for that. So you

47:54

blow a surprise birthday party definitely on

47:56

the shit list. So, Kenny,

47:59

I'm like an ex- extroverted introverts

48:01

sort of an introvert in some ways living

48:03

in this extroverted world, you know, but how

48:05

would you feel if somebody threw you a

48:07

surprise party? I think the people close to

48:09

me know that I'm not looking for a

48:11

surprise party. Yeah, I'm not

48:14

a huge fan of surprise surprise

48:16

the general let alone surprise parties.

48:18

I just kind of like, yeah,

48:20

hey. Yeah, man. Yeah, interesting.

48:23

I'm with and John, I'm

48:25

with you. What are you an introverted

48:28

extrovert? I really believe that my way

48:30

through one surprise party from what I

48:32

was 40. I

48:34

was not even like celebrate

48:36

my birthday, especially at this time. I

48:39

mean, it's crazy. So you know, surprise

48:41

parties, I know, I know, know with

48:43

me, but we go out there

48:45

for my birthday. Don't you fucking

48:47

tell the places my birthday cake

48:50

and I got four fucking strong

48:52

bullies fucking wishing me happy birthday. I want

48:55

to kill myself. I died. You

48:58

gotta put your foot down sometimes. That's

49:01

grounds for divorce as far as I'm concerned.

49:03

Don't ever fucking sing to me in a

49:05

restaurant, you know, and my twin brother and

49:08

I will get it like, oh, it's a

49:10

fucking twins, you know, look at the weird

49:12

freak show. They didn't say birthday. You

49:15

got to sit there and make like you're

49:17

happy. Yeah, happy birthday. I'm not that funny.

49:19

Guys came here to eat. That's it. Well,

49:22

right. I

49:25

got one daughter who wants to wear

49:27

like a birthday pageant band around her

49:29

and have the whole restaurant things where the

49:31

others like daddy, please don't tell anybody. I'm

49:34

like, thank you. I don't want to know

49:36

it's your birthday. Hey Ray, I have one

49:38

more thing for you if I could know.

49:41

Aljamaine Sterling always had to go to great

49:44

lengths to make 135 pounds. Maybe

49:47

it was easier when he was fighting Johnny Eduardo back in

49:49

the day, but this is a man who had to go

49:51

to great lengths to make the weight. And now he's competing

49:53

at 145 pounds. Reciprocally,

49:55

we have Kayla Harrison making her

49:57

UFC debut at a hundred and.

50:00

35 pounds and Misha Tate was

50:03

quoted on Sirius XM this week

50:05

and she essentially mentioned the

50:07

time that she remembers when Kayla Harrison was imploring

50:10

the PFL to have a 155 pound division

50:13

chem flow, nevermind making 145 pounds. And

50:16

she says, I guess I'm speaking for personal experience

50:18

because when I went down to 125, although

50:21

I did instill at a pretty decent camp, I just didn't perform

50:23

at my best. And I think Kayla is just used to being

50:25

a big strong woman that she won't have that on her side.

50:27

I'm curious to see how that's going to benefit

50:29

her with someone like Holly who really does move

50:31

so well. Obviously, there's

50:33

the fight before the fight and Aljo's going

50:36

in the opposite direction, but what

50:38

are your thoughts on Kayla Harrison fighting at 135

50:40

pounds and how it potentially could

50:43

impact her performance against someone like Holly Holm?

50:46

Me personally, I think it's going to have a

50:48

big impact. I

50:50

mean, Holly Holm, even though she's getting older, I don't think it's

50:52

a joke. If you ever looked at, I mean, I had a

50:54

buddy of mine show me the line on

50:56

that fight, John. Holly Holm's

50:58

like a plus 385 and I'll take that

51:01

bet all day long, plus 385 for that.

51:04

And this is the first time she's coming down to 35

51:06

and I agree with Mission 8. She's

51:09

used to being kind of the bully in

51:11

there, but I just don't think she fought

51:13

the quality of people that even

51:16

remotely resembles a Holly Holm, even at

51:18

whatever Holly's, what is she, 40 years

51:20

old now? Yeah, over.

51:22

I mean, yeah, think about it, but I

51:24

think Holly Holm is going to pause a

51:26

fit for her at 35. 45,

51:29

I would look at it differently. I

51:32

think that extra 10 pounds like you can, and

51:34

it's always the thing, can

51:37

we go through, you know, can you do one

51:40

thing making the way, yeah, if you're fighting at

51:42

the weight and that's the problem, like, can you

51:44

fight at the weight like you were fighting two

51:46

weeks before? That's the trick to

51:48

me. The guys they tend to always got to do well,

51:50

but the guys that struggle with that, it's

51:53

tough man. Some guys, you know, I don't

51:56

know if he's making 45, I just saw. front.

52:00

No, he's you. I was sitting with

52:02

his, uh, his fiance and I was

52:04

like, his ass is coming

52:06

out of his fucking shorts. Like he's, they

52:08

got you huge. And

52:11

he talks. So he's going to get it

52:13

down. He'll, he'll make 45 easy, but, but

52:15

I'm telling you, Aljo, he might be 180

52:17

right now and he's a minute.

52:19

He's a big Ted man. Kayla

52:22

Harrison minus four 10 on draft King

52:25

Sportsbook Holly home, the plus three 20

52:27

underdog. Misha Tate has

52:29

gone ahead and predicted Holly home. She said, I think

52:31

one 35 is going to really suck the life out

52:33

of Kayla and it's not the best move. And I

52:35

will say Kenny, and you know, there's like, you're betting

52:37

the number and not the fighter, right? So I would

52:40

imagine a lot of handicappers and betters are going to

52:42

see value on Holly home, even before they see Kayla

52:44

way in. Yeah, listen, it's,

52:46

I don't think it's going to be an easy way cut,

52:49

but I would imagine, uh, you know, if

52:51

Kayla, you know, does

52:53

everything like the way she has done, you know, in

52:55

a very professional manner that she has the right people

52:57

around her that they believe that she's going to be

52:59

able to do it and do it well. And then

53:01

that's the key, man. You know, for me, I think

53:03

it all comes down to how well that way cut

53:06

goes. If the way cut goes well, uh, and

53:08

she's able to use that as a positive test

53:10

run. I think she'll be extremely successful and ultimately

53:13

be a champion in that division. Um,

53:15

but that's the big question, question mark

53:17

for me is really making the weight

53:19

Holly is never going to be an

53:21

easy fight for anybody. Um, but, uh,

53:23

you know, Kayla, when, when she

53:25

gets her hands on you, she sees a completely

53:28

different type of woman herself. You know, she is

53:30

as strong as they come and she's

53:32

just so muscular. So, you know, assuming she

53:34

does it correctly, I think she'll be fine.

53:37

Um, but, uh, Holly, Holly's going to be a

53:40

challenge, man. I think she goes out there and

53:42

gets an impressive win over someone like

53:44

Holly. I think people are going to start to

53:46

really pay attention and, and the UFC will kind

53:48

of confirm what I think is a

53:51

true star in that division and Kayla Harrison. Ray

53:54

has Algerman Sterling ever fought at 145 pounds. No,

53:57

not that I know of now. So

53:59

to, What extent are you excited to see him

54:01

compete up there? There's still going to be a

54:03

weight cut, but I'd imagine you're pretty excited. He's

54:06

a slight underdog right now against Calvin Kader coming

54:08

up at 300. Well, what are

54:10

the odds? He's minus 102

54:12

right now. Wow. Pretty close.

54:15

And even fight. Yeah, that's great. Yeah.

54:18

Very excited. Yeah. In

54:20

a couple of weeks, I start to run again every

54:22

month. So, we're going to... It

54:26

is interesting how your schedule has gone.

54:29

Sorry, Ray cut out there for a second. It's

54:32

probably a good time to just bank that interview

54:34

with Ray Longo, but it is interesting how his

54:36

schedule has gone. You

54:38

back with us? No way. You

54:41

back with us? I back with you. I'm sorry, but I

54:43

was going to say... I think people will walk through the airport. No,

54:45

right. And Ray Longo,

54:47

by the way, if you're looking for an update

54:49

on his hip replacement, he is walking pain-free, doing

54:51

everything but kicking in the gym. So, we're happy

54:53

to hear that. But it is interesting how your

54:55

schedule has gone. It seems like it ends up

54:57

being stacked together. And then there's a little bit

54:59

of a respite. But your next big date, obviously,

55:01

is May Rob Tuales, Willie Henry, Sujuto coming up

55:03

in February in the big A. Yes? Oh,

55:06

yeah. Very excited for that. And then I'll tell you

55:08

what, but a good shout out to Marabh, because I

55:10

don't speak to him, obviously. I

55:13

used to put this guy, right? If he's

55:15

writing his own material, I think they're

55:17

blowing something with this kid, so he's

55:20

good, man. Really? I mean,

55:22

I just make it because I know

55:25

him and I watch them kind of

55:27

grow up. I mean, but he is

55:29

hysterical with some of his videos now.

55:31

He's definitely unleashed at

55:33

this point. I think

55:35

he's doing a great job. Kenny,

55:39

I'm so glad Ray brought that up. I

55:41

don't know if you've seen any of what

55:43

May Rob Tuales, Willie, has done recently or

55:45

over the last year or so, but could

55:47

not agree with you more. I mean, everything

55:49

from this guy, waywardly diving into ice and

55:53

women without Joe and ally,

55:55

Quinta in those waters. I

55:57

mean, there are so many.

56:00

Michael Jackson jacket Yeah

56:30

I Thought

56:32

it was I Like you

56:34

can't change, you know, right? There's all

56:36

material man. I give them a plus or whatever's

56:38

right then They give me a plus but I

56:40

get to check out of it. Yeah,

56:42

I would check it out on Instagram a Rob dot Dwallash

56:45

Willie over 2100

56:48

comments on that video that you're referencing so he's

56:50

doing a lot of things right and certainly Resonating

56:53

with the fan base. All right, my man. You got anything else

56:55

before we let you fly? We got a main event this weekend

56:57

not so or Dini mabob Roman deletes a

57:00

You watching obviously I'm watching

57:03

okay wait, I can't wait Well,

57:06

yeah, and have a great

57:08

day and we'll talk to you next

57:10

week Sorry for the

57:13

slight interruptions every so often because I can see

57:15

your face to 20. No Good.

57:18

I'm glad to see you back in a bit. Glad

57:20

to see you back in the good spot. You know,

57:22

everybody loves you you're one of the True

57:25

professionals if not the only professional

57:28

in the business but man just

57:30

your work speaks for itself your passion speaks

57:33

for itself and You

57:35

know what happens? You always got me and Kenny

57:37

you can see shit. That's right. I

57:39

always got you back That's right.

57:41

What else does he mean? You

57:44

don't even fucking know making a comment.

57:46

Yeah I Longo

58:00

Minute every week here on the Anakin Forum

58:02

podcast. Yeah, I'm sure Ken Flo

58:04

last week is like, dude, what a soft pussy.

58:09

Time now to spin this thing forward.

58:11

It is UFC Fight Night De

58:14

Lidze versus Imabob. Let

58:17

us get to Brian Petrie and the main event

58:19

challenge. The

58:31

main event challenge. Anakin

58:34

Kenny Forum Podcast. Ryan

58:37

Morris, signing Face Star to keep you

58:39

waiting, brother. How we doing? I'm doing well.

58:41

That's how you get a Ray Longo Minute right there.

58:44

You get the Ray Longo on the toilet screaming. That's

58:46

how you get in the fucking segment right there. I

58:48

love it. Dude, how about you got

58:50

Chris Curtis putting my broadcast partner, Dominic Cruz, on

58:52

blast? I

58:55

almost, I almost texted Johnny. After

58:58

Chris fights, I always let him breathe a

59:00

little bit, right? I don't, I don't hammer

59:02

him right away. So on Monday I texted

59:04

him and he's like, bro, I've been waiting

59:06

for the text me. How about fucking Dominic

59:08

Cruz? He's going off on cruise. He's like,

59:10

usually it's DC. He's like, there's video of

59:13

me yelling at Cruz. And we

59:15

had a good, good text exchange

59:17

about old DC Dominic Cruz there. I

59:20

would have to watch it back to provide any

59:22

sort of context. I didn't mean to put you

59:24

on the spot. I think maybe, you

59:26

know, part of the issue was these fans

59:29

in that arena were largely spoiled all night.

59:31

And for whatever reason, they did not respond

59:33

favorably to that fight. And so perhaps that

59:35

became part of the narrative, but you know

59:38

me and you know how close I am

59:40

with Tom and dude, just sat in my

59:42

room watching film all weekend. Like there's certainly

59:44

no malice there. And I believe that Eric

59:46

Nick's sick and Dominic Cruz are going to

59:49

connect on that. But I guess

59:51

that's neither here nor there. How are you doing

59:53

man with this week off sort of a slow

59:55

January before we now hit it for 11 straight

59:57

weeks? I'm

1:00:00

gonna confess this I watched I was so bored on

1:00:02

Saturday. I know there's bare knuckle and others LFA I

1:00:05

watched the fucking Royal Rumble, you know, I grew up as a

1:00:07

wrestling fan as a kid I haven't watched

1:00:09

wrestling in 20 plus years I knew the Royal

1:00:11

Rumble was like a big deal and I dozed

1:00:14

off a few times and I support

1:00:16

everyone I watched it to show I know there's a

1:00:18

few followers that watch this they're wrestling. It's not for

1:00:20

me. It's not for me If

1:00:22

it's for you, that's great. It's just not for me. I power

1:00:25

through and I just yeah, it's just it's just

1:00:27

not this is how So

1:00:29

I am so fucking excited that the fights are back

1:00:31

and we have a run So I think

1:00:33

after you go see 300 I think every weekend we got a

1:00:35

we got a we got a show so I'm

1:00:37

a very happy man. All right, my brother.

1:00:40

Well, uh, we're excited to get into some

1:00:42

predictions today I'll update the standings here in

1:00:44

a moment, but we do have a pronunciation

1:00:46

of yeah One of my favorite

1:00:48

segments on the show and nothing

1:00:50

made me happier By the way, I was at

1:00:52

Publix grocery store here in South Florida and there's

1:00:55

this plantain ship company I think it's

1:00:57

called chief lays and they have the

1:00:59

phonetics written on the fucking bag can flow. You know

1:01:01

why? People are going

1:01:03

to keep buying your plantain chips. They probably

1:01:05

need to know how to pronounce The

1:01:09

brand. Oh, what's that? You know chief lady?

1:01:11

I like seeing those phonetics All right. So

1:01:13

Roman DeLede days fighting in the main event,

1:01:15

Brian I feel like this

1:01:17

name gets butchered a little bit. So who is who

1:01:20

is Roman fighting in the headliner this weekend?

1:01:22

So I've done a lot of tape studying this guy

1:01:24

not only for this but he fought Christmas last time

1:01:26

out So i'm probably still gonna get the fucking name

1:01:28

wrong. That's how my brain works Uh,

1:01:31

naser dem emavov is

1:01:33

what i'm going with. All right, Cody.

1:01:35

Let's trigger that audio, sir Nasser

1:01:38

jin just sniper emavov Okay,

1:01:44

nasser jin just sniper

1:01:46

emavov Yeah,

1:01:48

candy circle gets the square for me that's the hip would

1:01:50

be pay you uh, I'm

1:01:53

on board. Oh, yeah, Brian nailed it. Oh,

1:01:55

can he is always the last line of

1:01:57

August integration? It's

1:02:00

a in our tactics and my wife

1:02:02

that you on aug Integrated Defense Instagram

1:02:04

page again I was a have like

1:02:06

thirty videos that I didn't see before.

1:02:09

Sort of follow this company and ah

1:02:11

other day I get all these new

1:02:13

haters now I great job right? Yeah

1:02:15

I do here he will have. more

1:02:18

than Imaavav, so it's really just

1:02:20

about emphasizing that second syllable, Imaavav,

1:02:23

and not Dimaav. Alright, main

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I'm going after the standings. Not an old.

1:02:44

You guys know exactly where you stand. Obviously

1:02:46

the drum. Was. At Plus yeah,

1:02:48

you gotta check my numbers. Your broker? Yeah,

1:02:50

so do. You.

1:02:53

Were plus three hundred and seventy four and dollars

1:02:55

and seventy five cents heading into your seats. You

1:02:57

ninety seven. Minus five hundred number. At

1:02:59

its own in a fight, it could have gone

1:03:01

either way. Minus two hundred on Sean Strickland in

1:03:04

a fight. The could have gone either way. But

1:03:06

plus two hundred and seventy dollars for your one

1:03:08

hundred dollar bet on Neil Magny and then plus

1:03:10

one hundred, Eleven dollars and eleven cents on your

1:03:12

two hundred or three bet on months or a

1:03:14

a boy of so. Minus three, Eighteen eighty

1:03:17

Nine for the. Week but I still have your

1:03:19

you Today toll in the black at fifty Five

1:03:21

dollars and eighty Six cents. Where am I wrong?

1:03:24

That's it. He got have been acting like I'm in

1:03:26

nominal. I don't know. I doubt that can

1:03:28

flow did this mass? Maybe. He did

1:03:30

I get a you were at plus two

1:03:32

hundred and thirty seven dollars and eighteen cents.

1:03:35

Modest. Two hundred on brackets on and modest

1:03:37

one hundred on Arnold Allen The Losers you got

1:03:39

Started out there could have been winning tickets. Yeah,

1:03:41

modest four hundred on my youtube Y no silver

1:03:43

but you did have a big three hundred all

1:03:46

a straight on Drake as you plus the in

1:03:48

that was a plus one fourteen. So you want

1:03:50

three hundred and forty two dollars on that flight

1:03:52

weekly Total: Minus three hundred and fifty eight dollars,

1:03:54

you are down one hundred and twenty dollars and

1:03:57

eighty two cents on the year. Now.

1:03:59

We will get to the pic. for UFC Fight Night, the

1:04:01

Lidzay versus Imaba friendly reminder at the end

1:04:03

of this exercise, you guys

1:04:05

will have $1,000 to make in Beth on

1:04:07

the fight card this weekend. Kenny, any further

1:04:10

questions, your honor? I was going to ask,

1:04:12

do we have to spend all $1,000? Is

1:04:15

that the deal? You do not, right? Right.

1:04:18

Right. What's the verdict there? Yeah,

1:04:20

that's fine. I mean, listen, I'm going

1:04:22

to spend $1,000. I got it. But, you know,

1:04:25

I have no problem with withholding. Kenny's

1:04:27

point, I think what he's saying is, this is a

1:04:29

tough card. I'm not going to lie, this is a

1:04:31

tough card. So

1:04:34

I never leave money in my account, right?

1:04:36

When you have a bookie, you have like

1:04:38

a max limit and that's when it's really

1:04:40

dangerous, right? But when you're betting on an application,

1:04:42

as I am down here in South Florida, hard rock bet,

1:04:45

I make a deposit and then once I

1:04:47

place the bets, that money is gone. So

1:04:50

it works a little bit differently. My account's

1:04:52

always fucking empty. I can't wait

1:04:54

till DraftKings Sportsbook is live here in South Florida. I'm

1:04:56

going to dust. I'm going to waste so

1:04:58

much money. All right. Beatron

1:05:02

Preland at

1:05:04

Strawweight. So Molly McCann, minus two seven

1:05:06

here against Deanna Belbizza who comes back

1:05:08

plus two 20 Brian Meatball, again, dropping

1:05:10

down 10 pounds, making her

1:05:12

strawweight debut and does so as

1:05:14

a fairly big favorite here against Belbizza. Belbizza

1:05:18

reppin house to champion Stoney Creek, Ontario

1:05:20

last fight for her unanimous decision lost

1:05:22

to Carolina Kova, Kavis last October, Brian

1:05:24

Petrie, anything I have for us on

1:05:26

the featured prelims. I

1:05:29

like the weight chain for Molly. She's not, she

1:05:31

wasn't very, very big. I

1:05:33

definitely don't like the weight cuts, you know, especially when

1:05:35

you get older, but I like this move kind of

1:05:37

spice up because listen, they gave her the bus on

1:05:39

Blancefield and she got, she got mowed over. She got

1:05:41

destroyed and then they gave her kind of a layup

1:05:44

with Story Lenko who is very inconsistent

1:05:46

but has one move in the arm bar

1:05:48

and she got caught in the fucking arm

1:05:50

bar. So this is like reset mode. Yo,

1:05:52

this is a winnable fight for her against

1:05:54

Dan and Belbizza who's very, very active, throws

1:05:56

a lot of hands, starting to mix in

1:05:58

takedowns, which is Molly's. Kryptonite I'd say

1:06:00

I think Molly's working on that she comes from a

1:06:02

jujitsu gym So hopefully she can tighten some of that

1:06:05

up, but she won't stand the feet She wants to

1:06:07

land a spinning back elbow. She wants to do all

1:06:09

those things. I think the numbers wide I think you

1:06:11

know if I'm playing harder money I

1:06:13

go but Lisa here, but since

1:06:15

we're picking and I'm not gonna lay money on

1:06:17

this fight. I'm gonna go Molly McCann I love

1:06:19

a good meatball. I love my again. I think

1:06:21

she's gonna Have a harder

1:06:23

shot while my pieces gonna have the more volume

1:06:26

and we'll see how it ends up in the judges I think it's

1:06:28

going to the scorecard. So over two and a half so good play

1:06:30

as well Give me meatball. I

1:06:32

like meatball. I like that extra play

1:06:34

there on the prop Kenny was it the wedding singer

1:06:36

when the meatball gets put in Adam Sandler's hand and

1:06:39

he's like that Yeah

1:06:46

Kenny real quick. I just want to set

1:06:48

up Molly McCann Oh and two since signing

1:06:50

with barstool sports the submission lost one of

1:06:52

which was referenced against Aaron Blanchfield Also,

1:06:55

Yulia Stolio Renko and that was really

1:06:57

follow on about following for Molly What

1:07:00

was like a star turning 18

1:07:02

months in 2021 in 2022? So

1:07:05

a lot of pressure on McCann big number next

1:07:07

to her name. How do you think she fares

1:07:09

here against Bell beats? I think

1:07:12

she should be okay. Bell beta isn't a

1:07:15

Huge threat when it comes to the submission

1:07:17

game. She might be a little bit better

1:07:19

on the ground than McCann You know McCann

1:07:21

certainly is vulnerable there needs to

1:07:24

improve but you got to imagine She's

1:07:26

been working hard on it since her last

1:07:28

flight. I think her takedown defense should hold

1:07:30

up here Bell beta, you

1:07:33

know, is it so big for the

1:07:35

weight class? She doesn't have that knockout

1:07:37

power either So I

1:07:39

think McCann should be the more powerful Fighters

1:07:42

here. I think she's gonna bring a little bit

1:07:44

too much pressure The

1:07:47

bill beats is very tough, but I think this

1:07:49

is McCann's fight to lose. I like McCann here

1:07:52

Why next up at welter weight as we kick

1:07:54

off the main card Gilbert or being a modest

1:07:56

218 taking on Charles rad key plus 180 rad

1:08:00

some of you know the teammate of Belau

1:08:02

Muhammad VFS Academy under Mike Valley there in

1:08:04

Bensonville, Illinois. Belau is going to be in

1:08:06

Radky's corner this weekend. But he's

1:08:08

the underdog here, Bry against Gilbert Urbina, whom I've

1:08:11

never seen fight live, but comes

1:08:13

from a fighting family. Got his first UFC win by

1:08:15

stopping Orion Kosi due to strikes

1:08:17

at a fight night last May. BP,

1:08:20

what do you think here? Radky with

1:08:22

some plus money next to his name or what? Do

1:08:24

you guys smell it? Smell

1:08:27

a fucking rat line. What is this line?

1:08:29

What are we doing here? Chuck

1:08:31

Buffalo at plus

1:08:34

185 and we're crazy. You

1:08:36

know where Urbina comes from to fight family? Yes. His

1:08:38

winning UFC against Orion Kosi, who's only

1:08:41

winning UFC is Blood Diamond through Charles

1:08:43

Radky beat. So what is

1:08:45

the Vegas thinking here? Urbina, 6'3", tall, lanky guy,

1:08:47

but inexperienced. Doesn't like getting the mud, likes to

1:08:49

fight pretty, likes to fight long. Chuck Buffalo is

1:08:52

going to get in those trenches. He's going to

1:08:54

get in the mud. He's going

1:08:56

to take him down. He's going to let him back up.

1:08:58

He's going to beat him up. This could be a

1:09:00

close fight, I think. I think Urbina is going to

1:09:02

try to stay pretty, but I

1:09:04

think Buffalo, Chuck Buffalo is not going to

1:09:06

let him. And at plus 185, I mean,

1:09:09

come on, we're riding with Chuck Buffalo. Charles

1:09:11

Radky. I think he's training the better guys.

1:09:13

Not to mention his three losses. Austin Hubbard.

1:09:16

Tough enough. Fine. Oh, excuse me. Also,

1:09:18

fight a finalist. Chris Gonzalez, having a

1:09:20

pretty decent career over in Bellator. Justin

1:09:22

Montalvo, Ray Longo's guys, 5'2", overall. I

1:09:25

mean, the guys fought some really good people. I was one

1:09:28

against some really good people as well. I'm all over Chuck

1:09:30

Buffalo here. And Chuck Buffalo, that

1:09:32

nickname is in my notes, but I didn't want

1:09:34

to steal Petrie's thunder. I think you agree that

1:09:36

it is probably the best nickname in MMA. I

1:09:38

can't think of the better one. Ken Flo, Chuck

1:09:41

Buffalo taking on Urbina here. Who do you like?

1:09:43

Yeah, this is an interesting fight. I think

1:09:45

that there's certainly some great value on Radky here.

1:09:47

I think he's the

1:09:50

more technical fighter overall. Just

1:09:52

looks smooth, but Urbina does have a

1:09:54

way of winning and making it look

1:09:56

ugly. I think where Radky needs

1:09:58

to be. Sharpest is he

1:10:01

needs to have an answer towards that forward

1:10:03

pressure verbena. He's got to stop the takedowns.

1:10:05

He's got to be able to not

1:10:07

let them smother him, all that

1:10:09

stuff. So he's going to have to have

1:10:11

a very disciplined approach. And, you know, Brian

1:10:13

was talking about one of those losses that

1:10:16

he faced in Justin Montalvo. And that was

1:10:18

a fight where he was winning the whole

1:10:20

fight, you know, and then kind of

1:10:22

threw it away, got hurt with a body shot

1:10:24

and then just crumbled. So hopefully that's not the

1:10:26

case. You know, I'm a little bit worried for

1:10:29

Ratkey, maybe late in that fight. He's got to

1:10:31

stay disciplined, got to be in shape for this

1:10:33

one against Rabina. But I do

1:10:35

think he's probably the more skillful fighter. Doesn't necessarily

1:10:37

mean he's got to win. I'm

1:10:40

going to stay away from that one from a

1:10:42

betting standpoint. But I think there's

1:10:44

some great value on Ratkey there. How

1:10:47

about these guys doing regional film study a full

1:10:49

week out? And I will say, even though for

1:10:51

you guys, it is unfair that you have to

1:10:53

make these picks on Monday. It is of tremendous

1:10:55

value to people out there trying to get the

1:10:57

best possible number. And it may not be that

1:10:59

the best possible number exists early in the week,

1:11:01

but I think you can do worse than getting

1:11:03

picks from these guys so early in the week

1:11:06

because a lot of the handicappers don't go on

1:11:08

the record until later in the

1:11:10

week. Our big friend, Big Ron, right, waiting

1:11:12

all week to get that answer point. All

1:11:14

right. At middleweight, he's going to fucking kill

1:11:16

me for that. Ali Azkab, Izriev, the forgotten

1:11:19

man, minus 185, taking on Makmou

1:11:21

Murada, plus 154. So

1:11:23

Izriev, 14-0. American

1:11:26

top team here in South Florida also rep Eagles NMA,

1:11:28

submitted Dennis Tululan and his UFC debut that was all

1:11:30

the way back in March of 2022. Hasn't

1:11:34

fought in two years since, Bri. What do we make of Izriev

1:11:37

getting back on the horse this weekend? So

1:11:39

Izriev is a guy that's surprising me.

1:11:41

He's 5'9", a little pudgy, probably should

1:11:43

be at 170, rocks at 185, decent

1:11:45

people, doesn't matter.

1:11:49

He's got that mountain man strength, right? And Murada's the

1:11:52

guy who I was high on. You know, he was

1:11:54

the Floyd Mayweather signed guy. He had sharp hands, comes

1:11:56

in there, lays the dud, and then he became a

1:11:58

wrestler against Brian Barberina, who he... He outsized

1:12:00

tremendously. We ain't at 13 takedowns in

1:12:02

that fight. He just kind of drowned

1:12:04

it out. Barbarina. This is an interesting

1:12:07

fight here. You know, he's here with a guy

1:12:09

who I think is on their side. I don't know how much success

1:12:11

he's going to have at 85, but I

1:12:13

like him in this spot here. I think he's

1:12:15

tricky. I think there's a guy who kind of

1:12:17

sleepwalks through a fight and then the minute he

1:12:19

sees an opportunity, he jumps on. He's not jumping

1:12:21

off the map to me. He's not blowing me

1:12:23

out of the water, but he wins and he's

1:12:25

very precise. He's very technical at what he does.

1:12:27

We'll get you back. We'll take you home. That's

1:12:29

it. That's a wrap. I like his rep here.

1:12:31

And if we're playing profs, and the profs are

1:12:33

not right there, I like his rep maybe possibly

1:12:35

our submission as well. But

1:12:37

yeah, give me the Russian. Nicely

1:12:39

done, Bri. I really like this fight, Kenny.

1:12:42

Kizriev's really an intriguing guy for the UFC.

1:12:44

He was forced to withdraw from a matchup

1:12:46

with Jacob Malkun last September,

1:12:48

and then Muradov obviously with the

1:12:51

Floyd Mayweather money team, Connections, reps

1:12:53

Uzbekistan born into Jikistan. What are

1:12:56

your thoughts on this one? Not a bad price on either side,

1:12:58

if you like one side. Yeah,

1:13:00

definitely. I think his rep's the real deal. You know,

1:13:02

a lot of people have compared him to Habib, like

1:13:04

so many people who fight out of Dagestown. A lot

1:13:06

of people make that comparison. And you

1:13:08

know, I think this is a pretty fair one. I think

1:13:11

he has a similar style. I think

1:13:13

he might be even a little bit more of a

1:13:15

dangerous striker. Now, Brian nailed it with the assessment as

1:13:17

far as his weight class and what

1:13:19

weight he should be. I think he'd probably fare a little

1:13:21

bit better at 170 pounds perhaps, but still his speed, his

1:13:27

ability to take you down and control you

1:13:29

is still going to be a handful for anyone

1:13:31

at 185 pounds. I'm curious

1:13:33

to see how Muradov's wrestling holds

1:13:35

up against his rep here, but I

1:13:38

think it's going to be a little bit too

1:13:40

much for him to handle. I think just the

1:13:42

pressure, the volume, it

1:13:44

tends to build over the course of the fight. And

1:13:46

like Brian kind of alluded to, when he sees that

1:13:48

your heart are vulnerable, that's when he really pours it

1:13:50

on and tries to get you out of there. And

1:13:52

I think that will be the case here for his

1:13:54

real. All right,

1:13:56

next up, team Bo Hoches taking

1:14:01

on Serato MMA's Viviani Atauzo who is

1:14:03

plus 270. A little setup for

1:14:05

you gentlemen. Mattalia Silverbraes got a

1:14:07

lot of momentum right now. Zlaiweh, 4-0 in the

1:14:10

UFC, beat Andrea Lee, that was UFC 292 last

1:14:12

August in Boston. Lot of experience, just 27 years

1:14:14

old, 16-5 in one. But

1:14:18

how about this on Atauzo, she's 37. I

1:14:21

don't know if she's in her fighting prime

1:14:24

or not, but she's fought six former UFC

1:14:26

title challengers or champions. So advantage

1:14:28

strength of schedule to the older woman

1:14:30

here, Atauzo, she fought Alexa Grosso, Caitlin

1:14:32

Shukegian, also coming off a pretty impressive

1:14:35

win over one of those former title

1:14:37

challengers, Jennifer Maya. And that

1:14:39

was last October. She's six and four in

1:14:41

the UFC, VP. Like Silva the favorite

1:14:43

or Atauzo the underdog here? This one's

1:14:46

for the boys. I feel like I haven't delivered a good one

1:14:48

in 2024 yet, but we're

1:14:50

gonna go, this isn't my pick, but

1:14:52

Viviani Atauzo, that's my, I

1:14:55

nailed that Kenny, don't laugh. You

1:14:57

know, I fucking nailed it again. Viviani Atauzo.

1:15:00

Wait a second, wait a second. So

1:15:03

I laughed and I messed it up, so I'm

1:15:05

gonna need you to clean it. Say it again.

1:15:08

Cause guys, when I do her name on my

1:15:10

podcast, it was laughing at me, it's Viviani Atauzo.

1:15:14

That's it, Kenny, don't laugh, it's clean, that's

1:15:16

clean. No, I turned my mic

1:15:18

off so that I wouldn't say

1:15:21

your thunder. As you were, Brad. Yes, no, so she,

1:15:23

I think she was an identity crisis. She fought the

1:15:25

elite of the elite, and she came up short of

1:15:27

some of those things, and now she's starting to mix

1:15:30

in wrestling, and she was a power puncher coming when

1:15:32

she first debuted in the UFC. Now she's kind of

1:15:34

like doubting her power, and she's trying

1:15:36

to mix everything, which is good, but sometimes it

1:15:39

leads to a little bit of a lackluster fight, and she's

1:15:41

not really putting her name out there anymore. And

1:15:43

then you got Silva, who I think is an

1:15:45

absolute fucking stud. I mean, her losses all happened

1:15:47

early in her career, and she's just going out

1:15:50

there and winning and winning. The Andrew Lee fight,

1:15:52

I know Andrew Lee, she's been

1:15:54

flirting with the top for a while, but no one

1:15:56

really just shuts around. It's

1:15:58

usually a split in the city. She

1:16:00

walked through Andrew Lee and Andrew Lee's tough.

1:16:02

She mixes and takedowns well and Silva

1:16:04

shut all that down. Before

1:16:06

that she's winning by knockout. I

1:16:09

like Silva here. I'm willing to pay the price

1:16:11

as well. I minus 340 that doesn't run me

1:16:13

away. But I like Silva big shot.

1:16:15

I don't think she can get a finish because Ira Jo

1:16:17

is tough and she's been in there with everyone. But

1:16:20

I like Silva to really style on here and

1:16:22

make a stamp and go I'm here. Another

1:16:25

Brazilian top contender in this division. So yeah,

1:16:27

give me Silva for sure. Can't

1:16:29

find out Cody's bemoan in the fact that I didn't

1:16:31

do Viviani out of Ujo is our pronunciation of the

1:16:33

week and the reason being of that we have done

1:16:35

that before. But what do you have for us on

1:16:37

the ladies? Can flow. This is

1:16:39

an interesting fight. I think I

1:16:41

know Jo is very tough. I

1:16:43

but I think Silva is

1:16:46

the kind of striker that when she gets in her

1:16:48

rhythm, that momentum

1:16:50

just tends to build and she just gets better

1:16:52

and better. A lot of that has to do

1:16:54

with this. Her footwork, her rhythm. She throws some

1:16:56

of the nastiest shovel hooks out of any fighter

1:16:58

in the UFC, male or female. You

1:17:01

know, she gets into that striking lane

1:17:03

and she will destroy your face if it's

1:17:05

there. And I think

1:17:07

Ira Jo will probably take some big lumps.

1:17:10

I think, you know, her side kicks,

1:17:13

her kicks, the legs. I think those are going

1:17:15

to be a problem. Ira Jo tends to be

1:17:17

a little bit plotting with her footwork. Doesn't mean

1:17:19

she's not dangerous, but and she hits hard because

1:17:22

she is a little bit flat footed. However,

1:17:24

as far as trying to keep up with someone like

1:17:26

Silva, I don't love that for her. I

1:17:29

think Natalia Silva is a big favor probably

1:17:31

because of that reason. You

1:17:33

know, I'm not sure I'm going to touch this one,

1:17:35

but I do like Silva here. A little bit of

1:17:38

value on Ara Jo, but I think Silva's footwork, her

1:17:40

striking is going to be a little bit too much.

1:17:42

I don't think she's I don't think Ara Jo is

1:17:44

going to be that much of a threat if she

1:17:46

does take Silva down. I don't think it's enough to

1:17:48

really threaten her with submissions, maybe. But

1:17:51

I like Silva here as well. At Anaflorean

1:17:53

Pod, should Kettiflorian have to spend his

1:17:56

$1,000 every week? Yes

1:17:59

or no? Evan Longoria, please chime in

1:18:01

as well. All right, next game, catch up. In

1:18:04

the welterweight division, Rude Boy, Randy Browne, minus 238,

1:18:06

Muslim Salahkob is plus 195. Randy

1:18:10

Browne's 33 years old now, that makes me

1:18:12

feel like a fucking fossil. He's 11 and

1:18:14

five in the UFC, getting ready for Bry

1:18:16

his 17th UFC appearance.

1:18:18

Last one was a pretty good one, unanimous

1:18:20

decision that went over Wellington Terman. While ago

1:18:22

though, seven months ago in Jacksonville, and

1:18:25

then on the other side, real quick, Bry,

1:18:27

King of Kung Fu, Salahkob, also coming off,

1:18:29

no, a loss, excuse me, to Nicholas Dalby

1:18:31

last June, but strong UFC record, I should

1:18:33

say, as well at six and three. He

1:18:35

will be 40 in June. Your thoughts

1:18:37

here on Randy Browne taking

1:18:39

on Muslim Salahkob? Yeah, so I'm

1:18:42

glad they kept this fight together. This was

1:18:44

supposed to happen, Randy Browne withdrew because of

1:18:46

illness, and self-esteem, I'm glad they kept it

1:18:48

together because I'm all over Rude Boy here.

1:18:50

I think he dominates, I really, truly do.

1:18:52

Muslim Salahkob is a guy who comes out

1:18:54

aggressive. He wants to kill you. He wants

1:18:56

to take your fucking head off, and then

1:18:58

he slows down. And I think

1:19:00

Randy Browne, who hasn't chinned before, has been knocked

1:19:02

out before, needs to be careful, but I also think

1:19:04

he needs a finish here. We haven't seen a

1:19:06

finish from Randy Browne in a while, and we

1:19:08

need a finish out of Randy Browne,

1:19:10

I think, and Muslim Salahkob's a guy

1:19:12

you can finish late in the second, early in the

1:19:14

third. Randy Browne does have good cardio. I wouldn't be

1:19:16

surprised if we get a submission out of Randy Browne,

1:19:19

possibly a TKO if he just wears him down with

1:19:21

strikes. But I'm all over Rude Boy here. I'm

1:19:23

glad they ran this one back, and minus

1:19:25

245 is a gorgeous number. I thought he'd be

1:19:27

placed a little higher, but

1:19:29

I'll take it. I'll take Randy Browne. By the

1:19:32

way, I just noticed Petrie's shirt, select your fighter,

1:19:34

which can be yours at johnannik.com, and that is

1:19:36

Petrie's mug on that shirt. If you could hold

1:19:38

that up for me real high. No, I like

1:19:40

that Petrie single, Cody, all over it. Phenomenal

1:19:43

producer, director, Cody Merrow, but yeah, there's really

1:19:45

too safe on that one

1:19:47

side. Nice. Whenever I ever wear this, my

1:19:50

kids go, Daddy, Daddy! I say, yeah, that's Dad. Daddy's

1:19:52

fucking famous. Stay with it, honey.

1:19:55

Info, Randy Browne, minus 238, Muslim

1:19:57

Salah Khan, plus 195. Any thoughts for?

1:20:00

on this? Yeah, listen, I think it's

1:20:02

gonna be very difficult fight for Salikov. I

1:20:04

think that when you have a guy like

1:20:06

Randy Brown who is going to be long

1:20:09

and more athletic and knows how to utilize

1:20:11

that jab and those long range strikes, it's

1:20:14

a great way to nullify an

1:20:16

unorthodox style, a guy with a different rhythm

1:20:18

like a Salikov. So I think Randy's got

1:20:21

to get off to a good start with

1:20:23

that jab early, establish that range, and he's

1:20:25

got to be on point with his takedown

1:20:27

game. It's almost that simple. And

1:20:30

I think if he's able to do that, I think

1:20:32

he wins this fight. I think he's going to be

1:20:34

a little bit too athletic, a little bit too long

1:20:36

and lanky for Salikov. Even if Salikov

1:20:38

is able to get him to the mat, I don't see

1:20:40

Salikov as that like, you know, Shazam

1:20:42

style of submission game on the

1:20:44

ground that could pose a problem

1:20:47

for Brown. I don't think it

1:20:49

really be like that. So

1:20:51

I think Randy Brown is going to be able to

1:20:53

win this fight, look good. I

1:20:56

like him in this spot a lot. I think it's a great matchup

1:20:58

for him. Yeah. All right.

1:21:01

Co-main event in the lightweight division.

1:21:03

He is back. Money. Moikano,

1:21:06

13th ranked. Hnato Moikano. And it's amazing

1:21:08

how much more excited I think the

1:21:10

fan base is now about this guy.

1:21:12

He's minus 142. Take

1:21:15

it on. 15th ranked. Drew

1:21:17

Dobre, who is plus 120. So Moikano,

1:21:19

Bri, was all the rage after he

1:21:21

submitted Brad Riddell at UFC 281. That

1:21:24

was all the way back in November of 2022. Huge

1:21:28

fight now for Moikano in the co-main event this

1:21:30

weekend. How do you think he handles the power

1:21:32

and the striking game of Drew Dobre? I

1:21:34

hope he's getting paid, man. Moikano.

1:21:36

Listen, Ray talked about it,

1:21:39

about Marab putting out funny content, which

1:21:41

is the video Marab put out hilarious.

1:21:43

Moikano is very funny himself. You know,

1:21:45

he's got English down, but it's still

1:21:47

a little broken and it's very funny.

1:21:49

He's funny on Twitter. He calls everyone

1:21:52

out, which is hilarious. He's

1:21:54

got a big fight here, you know, because Moikano got

1:21:57

knocked out twice at 45, got put

1:21:59

out. And then debuted against Fiziev

1:22:02

got knocked out as well. Got knocked

1:22:04

around by Jaffier Losaños, you know.

1:22:07

So there's a little bit of a chin issue and

1:22:09

Drew Dobrik, all this guy does is

1:22:11

knock people out. His last seven wins are from knockout. I

1:22:13

mean, I know people are sleeping on Dobrik a little bit

1:22:15

because he's up and down a little bit. I was one,

1:22:17

a better plus money on Dobrik,

1:22:19

but Vegas is smart. Um, so

1:22:21

we're not getting that, but I'm all over Drew Dobrik here. I

1:22:23

think Drew Dobrik wins this fight. Wicano,

1:22:26

Drew Dobrik gets taken down

1:22:28

by elite people, but he plays guard

1:22:30

and then he stuffs the head and

1:22:32

cage walks. He doesn't hip out and

1:22:34

jump up, exposes his back. Might

1:22:36

do that when he's desperate. Wicano's got a great rear

1:22:38

naked choke. I don't see Drew Dobrik exposing

1:22:41

himself when he's on the ground too much. I

1:22:43

don't think Wicano's wrestling is all that

1:22:46

good. He's set up, he's wrestling very nice with

1:22:48

the striking, but Drew Dobrik with that bulldozer of

1:22:50

a head, you know, he's got a refrigerator head.

1:22:52

You can take those shots. He can give shots

1:22:54

and I like them by knockout here. I like

1:22:56

them stunning this crowd here. Um,

1:22:58

again, I wanted to juice your number on you,

1:23:01

Dobrik, but I'm going to do Dobrik plus one

1:23:03

20 is fine by me. Uh,

1:23:05

but I'm going under dog here. Kenny,

1:23:07

if a criminal had to be killed with one

1:23:09

punch, I think I probably send

1:23:11

Josh Emmett in there over Drew Dobrik, but

1:23:14

I think Dobrik has a lot of similar

1:23:16

qualities at lightweight. When you see some of

1:23:18

the consequences on the other side

1:23:20

of Emmett's power, it's like these guys are really

1:23:22

concussed and Drew Dover, I think has that

1:23:25

similar, you know, one punch, really scary threat

1:23:27

here. Uh, what are your thoughts on this?

1:23:30

Come in event as Moikano tries to, uh,

1:23:32

to make a real statement here against Drew.

1:23:37

I think you're on mute brother, but we love

1:23:39

your fucking mustache. I'm sorry. I got the, I

1:23:41

got some landscapers over here. I can't keep

1:23:43

it off for too long. So listen, I

1:23:45

think that, uh, this is an

1:23:47

interesting fight. I see a little bit differently than

1:23:50

Brian. I do know that Dover, no question about

1:23:52

it is very dangerous. You know, he has the

1:23:54

ability to put you out with one shot, especially

1:23:56

with his hands. Uh, when he gets

1:23:58

into a rhythm, he also was. very clean with his

1:24:00

Muay Thai as well when he's getting on with

1:24:03

his combinations as opposed to just looking for

1:24:06

that one big shot. What

1:24:09

worries me about Drew is sometimes he gets

1:24:11

a little bit too reckless and you can

1:24:13

get reckless with some of the other guys

1:24:15

that maybe you face in the past, let's

1:24:18

say like a Ricky Glenn, right?

1:24:21

I'm looking at his fights right

1:24:23

now, Bobby Green, Jaffaele Alves, Terrence

1:24:25

McKinney, but I don't know

1:24:27

if you can get away with that against someone

1:24:30

like Moikano who is very dangerous as well. This

1:24:32

is a guy that hits hard as well. I

1:24:34

think he's got the better submission game as well.

1:24:36

I think being the taller, longer guy can

1:24:38

pose some problems for Dover who really

1:24:41

does his best work in tight. When

1:24:44

he gets into that boxing range, when he's in

1:24:46

close, that's when he can rip the body, go

1:24:48

upstairs, land those big shots, but

1:24:50

I think that Moikano sometimes has a

1:24:52

tendency of getting reckless. So

1:24:54

this is why it's very interesting. I've seen

1:24:56

some improvements in the game of Moikano. I like

1:24:59

the fact that I think he's

1:25:01

a little bit more durable at 155 pounds than he is at

1:25:04

145 pounds. I

1:25:07

think he's had some time in between fights now and

1:25:10

I like him in this matchup. I think it's going

1:25:12

to be interesting. I think if he can keep Dover

1:25:16

on the outside, land shots and

1:25:18

be patient, be defensively sound, I

1:25:20

think he wins this one. So I like the odds

1:25:23

in his favor too. I

1:25:25

definitely see some good value

1:25:27

on Moikano. Money

1:25:30

Moikano has dealt with some injuries too. He

1:25:32

was to face Armand Sarukian April 29th of

1:25:34

2023, but he was forced to

1:25:36

withdraw. He did say on our Sodor

1:25:39

program, remember the show with Belat Mohammed and Jason

1:25:41

Anik on the Anakin Florian podcast YouTube channel that

1:25:43

he learned to swear from playing Call

1:25:45

of Duty and man, that guy knows

1:25:47

his fucking way around an F-bomb. Is

1:25:50

he not? Nice. Middleweight,

1:25:52

all clips from this program can still be accessed

1:25:54

on the old channel Anakin Florian podcast. That includes

1:25:56

our exclusive interview with the new Middleweight champion, Drake

1:25:58

Estee. do. Plus he but we would love if

1:26:01

you would join us over on the DraftKings YouTube

1:26:03

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1:26:05

over there. It would really help the program. Anyway,

1:26:07

Paul results main event matchup in middleweight

1:26:10

11th, Ragnar Sordini, my Bob minus 166.

1:26:13

Number eight Roman delirze is plus 140 and

1:26:15

62.5% of you like the underdog Roman delirze.

1:26:21

Huge year for the middleweight division, obviously to

1:26:23

begin things belt on the line earlier this

1:26:25

month. And now another headliner in this division.

1:26:27

Imabov's last win bride came all the way

1:26:30

back in 2022 against Joaquin Buckley, lost a

1:26:32

main event unanimous decision to Sean Strickland last

1:26:34

January, a night on which he was supposed

1:26:36

to face Kelvin Gasolom. Then of course, the

1:26:38

no contest against your guy, the king of

1:26:40

combat Chris Curtis, due to the accidental clash

1:26:42

of heads. That was UFC 289 last June.

1:26:45

Now he draws the hard

1:26:47

nose Georgian Roman delirze. Who

1:26:49

do you have in the main event? So I

1:26:51

love when a main event or any fight stumps

1:26:53

me, right? I'm like, what side of me this is this

1:26:55

is it. This is 50 50 in

1:26:57

my mind. I reached out to my guy Chris Curtis, who I

1:26:59

was talking to earlier this week. He

1:27:01

trained with the lead today, has trained with the lead

1:27:04

today and fought him enough. So I

1:27:06

said, who we got here? He didn't give

1:27:08

me a firm answer. He just says Imanov

1:27:10

surprise. All right, I let it go the

1:27:13

first time. Not

1:27:19

the body model of the sniper.

1:27:21

In Marvel. In Marvel. Listen, I

1:27:24

messed up the first time. If there was an

1:27:26

edit button, we could edit it out. I kept

1:27:28

going because I'm professional. Listen,

1:27:34

Nastadeen, I'm just gonna go that because he's

1:27:38

slick on the feet and his takedowns are

1:27:40

getting better. Him off his back is what

1:27:42

worrying me. The lead say he's a big

1:27:44

guy. For 185 probably should be a 205.

1:27:46

We're being honest with us. Any any hockey

1:27:48

down there. I still remember him looking in

1:27:50

his quarter men back to back fights going,

1:27:52

you may take his leg. I'm gonna take his way.

1:27:55

He falls. Her leg doesn't get it. I mean, it's

1:27:57

like you're gonna be that hockey finished this mission,

1:27:59

but He's very good when he did the

1:28:01

Jacker mance on the ground was surprising. He's slick

1:28:03

for a big guy covered in hair

1:28:05

and it just a big gorilla punches hard. The margin

1:28:08

for you fight. We all split hair. So you won

1:28:10

that fight. You really didn't win the fight. But when

1:28:12

it comes down to me is both you guys have

1:28:14

struggled with cardio. I think Nastardim

1:28:16

is cleaner. I think the lead stays more powerful,

1:28:18

has more ways to win on the ground, but

1:28:21

I don't see the lead take on five rounds. I

1:28:23

think he's going to try to get him out there

1:28:25

in two rounds. I think if he can't do that,

1:28:27

he's in a world of hurt. Uh,

1:28:30

Imanov has went five rounds before with

1:28:32

the former champion in Strickland. Slow down

1:28:34

a little bit, but got a second

1:28:36

wind. Didn't get finished, but

1:28:38

up over laying over a hundred strikes himself. I'm

1:28:41

going with Imanov and I'm not looking back.

1:28:44

All right. And Cody, please remind me the next

1:28:46

time Rafael Faziv fights, I'd like to run that

1:28:49

back on the pronunciation of the week, all these

1:28:51

fucking Fizzy have guys out there. Faziv,

1:28:55

uh, Kenny, the Georgian Roman de Lidze. I

1:28:57

like how this episode has come full circle

1:28:59

talking about Harry men. He had won four

1:29:01

straight, uh, before dropping a decision to Marvin

1:29:03

Vittoria at UFC two 86 last March was

1:29:05

going to fight Derek Brunson. Then he had

1:29:07

a fight booked against Jared Candeneer who tore

1:29:09

his MCL. I like both

1:29:12

these guys, man. I love this division right now. Uh,

1:29:14

we will need a main event prediction, Ken Flo, who

1:29:16

do you have? Yeah,

1:29:19

I think that, uh, Brian did

1:29:21

a good breakdown there. Delete say, uh, can

1:29:23

be very dangerous on the ground. There's

1:29:26

no questions about it. Um, he, he

1:29:28

does have the ability to kind of

1:29:30

submit you, um, pretty quickly. Um, when

1:29:33

he's on his game, I also think

1:29:35

he's gained a lot of confidence in

1:29:37

his striking, especially when he's moving forward,

1:29:39

he's not the kind of slick style

1:29:42

of like evade and counter, uh, similar

1:29:44

to in more of off, but he

1:29:46

is very powerful and he moves forward.

1:29:48

Well, uh, gets his head out

1:29:51

of that center line, lands some heavy shots. And

1:29:53

that's where your mobile has to be careful. Um,

1:29:55

you know, in mobile volume can be a

1:29:58

problem. Um, when he waits for the. perfect

1:30:00

counter, that can be a problem. Uh,

1:30:02

when he's getting taken down, uh, that could

1:30:04

be a problem. And when I'm looking

1:30:07

at this, I just see it being a little bit, there's

1:30:09

a little bit too many problems, the way of a mom.

1:30:11

Um, I do think it'd be an

1:30:13

advantage. Like Brian said rounds four and

1:30:16

five, that's where I'm off, uh,

1:30:18

his durability. And maybe

1:30:20

his conditioning, if he's being efficient, that's where

1:30:22

he can maybe take over in the fight.

1:30:24

Cause the lead say, isn't

1:30:27

the most efficient guy. Um, as

1:30:29

far as managing his energy over the course of

1:30:31

the fight. And of course this being a five

1:30:34

round main event in the UFC, uh,

1:30:36

that's a whole different ball of wax. So

1:30:38

curious to see how both fighters really respond

1:30:40

to that. Um, but for me,

1:30:42

I think I'm leaning towards the lead say,

1:30:44

I think if there's one guy who finishes

1:30:47

the flight, uh, within, I guess

1:30:49

maybe the first 15 minutes it's probably a delete

1:30:51

say and in my mouth can finish the fight,

1:30:53

but I wouldn't see that happening until later on,

1:30:56

uh, in the fight, like late in the fight.

1:30:58

So, um, leaning towards a

1:31:00

delete say, man, I think the threat

1:31:02

of him on the ground and him

1:31:04

being, I think the more powerful striker

1:31:06

in some ways, uh, is

1:31:08

what gives him the advantage in this fight. Nicely

1:31:11

done my man. As always, it is now

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Florian minus $120 and 82 cents. VP

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thousand bucks. Flora's yours. Yeah.

1:31:44

So I'm going to start right away with,

1:31:46

uh, with old Chuck Buffalo rack. Yeah. Plus

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I've given me, give me $200 on the

1:31:50

underdog there. I

1:31:53

think that's a good spot for me. And

1:31:55

then give me Randy red by Brown

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minus two 45 plus four, or excuse

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me. I like

1:32:01

to go for for whack there and I'm

1:32:04

gonna jump into prop pool. The prop pools

1:32:06

open from the emails. So let's go Dover

1:32:08

by KO. That's

1:32:10

gonna be probably a small plus number, but I like plus numbers.

1:32:12

That's gonna be 100 bucks. And

1:32:14

then give me Imaavav for

1:32:17

$300 and that's my thousand bucks right there.

1:32:20

Straight wager on Imaavav at minus 166. And

1:32:24

again, if you're wondering right now as we

1:32:26

tape, perhaps Dover by knockout is not available

1:32:28

on Draft King Sportsbook. But once you guys

1:32:30

find that proposition, you screen grab it, send

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it to me and Cody and we will

1:32:35

lock in that price for you on Drew

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Dover by knockout. Ken flow thousand bucks. What

1:32:39

are we doing this week? If anything, yeah,

1:32:42

you know what? I'm good. I'm gonna

1:32:44

do actually a three fight parlay here.

1:32:48

So yeah, I'm not gonna take the risk

1:32:50

of going $1,000 at this stage of the

1:32:52

game. I don't want to

1:32:54

get too far behind early in the year to Brian

1:32:57

Petrie. So let's do $500. This

1:33:00

is gonna be my parlay here.

1:33:03

Let's go with Randy Brown.

1:33:08

Let's go with Hisriev. And

1:33:12

let's go with Moikano for a

1:33:14

three fight parlay. Let's see what

1:33:16

happens for 500. I

1:33:18

love it. info.

1:33:21

Just put them on the table here on

1:33:23

a Monday morning. If you want more from

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Brian Petrie at Brian Petrie MMA outstanding work

1:33:27

as always my man. Enjoy the rest

1:33:29

of your day with your family and we will talk to you next

1:33:32

Monday. Real quick, John, you had a

1:33:34

rough week. I'm not gonna beat a dead horse here.

1:33:37

Just know fans like me who've been there

1:33:39

for 20 plus years. We love you. We

1:33:42

appreciate you. And I'm glad that you sent that

1:33:44

statement out. You know, we all we're all human

1:33:46

here. But you're the man brother. Thank

1:33:48

you, buddy. I appreciate that and all your support. Have

1:33:50

a good week. All right, brother. Thank

1:33:53

you. Thanks for watching. We'll see you

1:33:55

next week. We'll see you next week. Bye. Muhammad

1:34:00

and Jason Anick coming up live

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on Thursday on the Anakin Florian podcast

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channel. Perhaps Bilal will have a date

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Longo, Brian Petrie, and the maestro Cody Bone

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Marrow for putting it all together for Ken

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Florian and John Anick. Thank you all for

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watching, for listening. Tell your friends we appreciate

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I'd like to thank you all for the love and support.

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absolutely fucking nobody. Thank

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you all. Honestly, from the bottom

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to the love and some of the

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opposite of love. And I'm going

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