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2:20

today. Ken flow. It's good to see him,

2:22

man. You know, I mean this haircut is just like, I mean,

2:24

I am a heterosexual

2:26

man, but you look

2:28

fantastic. Anything's

2:31

better than the other thing I had, whatever the heck

2:33

that lack of style was, but

2:35

I'm feeling a little more aerodynamic. So that's,

2:37

that's a good thing. How many weeks

2:39

will it be until you get another haircut? Like 17. Well,

2:43

here's the thing. Once you go with a fade, it's like

2:45

you kind of have to keep it up every couple of

2:47

weeks. Hopefully this is, uh, you

2:49

know, a change that, uh, you know, will force

2:51

me to get my haircut on the break now.

2:54

All right. So the 10 least hittable fighters

2:56

in UFC history, there was some comprehensive video

2:59

that was created and you made the cut,

3:01

huh? Yeah, it was cool

3:03

to see, man. I had no idea that, that I would

3:05

be on that list. I know I was on

3:08

a list at 155 pounds at a

3:10

certain point, but you know, um, I,

3:13

I, I don't really, uh,

3:15

there's, there's nothing really for me that, that stands

3:18

out. I, I, you know,

3:20

when I look back at my career, I wish I

3:22

did a lot of things differently or whatever, but I

3:24

am proud of that because that

3:26

is definitely something I worked really hard on.

3:28

Um, especially when I was fighting at

3:30

185 pounds was trying not to get my

3:32

head knocked off my shoulders. Um,

3:35

so it was pretty cool. It's

3:37

just to be amongst all those great champions, all

3:39

those great fighters to be in the top 10

3:41

of guys that were not hit. Um,

3:44

and with kind of the math

3:46

that they put together, how they put it, put

3:48

together all the stats, uh, it was cool to

3:50

see, man. Um, uh, I could, I

3:52

guess say that I'm, I'm proud of that. So that was pretty cool. And

3:55

you can check out Ken flow's X page. If

3:57

you do want to find the link and you

3:59

can be. Sure. You can also

4:01

go to my Twitter, John underscore, Anik, because

4:03

as the president of team Florian, I have

4:05

repurposed that content as well. He

4:08

just got a late start, right? They're still talking about in

4:10

the Bible shops in Massachusetts. Ken flow just got a late

4:12

start. I mean, he fought for the title three times, right?

4:14

But he got a fucking late stat and had he started

4:17

early, and you just never know. All right. I

4:20

want to bring something your way. Brian

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area. How Juany Robert Whitaker says he would beat Drake

4:43

is two plus C nine out of 10 times Ken

4:45

flow. I'm going to bring you the direct quote. And

4:47

I just want to get your thoughts on this because

4:49

we all believe in Robert Whitaker and his future hall

4:52

of fame status and all the skills and everything else.

4:55

And here's the quote. DDP

4:57

is a hungry guy. And I think I underestimated

4:59

that hunger. I still believe that I beat him

5:01

nine out of 10 times. I still believe I'm

5:03

a better fighter than he is that I have

5:06

a better skillset than he does. But fighting a

5:08

big, strong, hungry guy, that's willing to leave it

5:10

all in there. You need to match that. I

5:12

feel like I didn't do that. Now, certainly Whitaker

5:14

is going to have to match the intensity of

5:16

Paulo Costa coming up shortly at UFC two 98.

5:19

But how do you feel about those remarks and

5:21

how competitive a 10 fight series might be between

5:24

Robert Whitaker and the new middle way champ? Yeah,

5:27

you know, that's a tough

5:29

thing because it's always, I guess,

5:31

easy to say that after you lose

5:33

to that person. However, you know,

5:35

I think there's validity to that. Now

5:38

we talked about this in that last fight

5:41

between Dupless C and Sean Strickland. I

5:43

think there's a lot of people that

5:45

have a better skillset

5:47

or that maybe have better technique

5:50

than someone like DDP. Are they the

5:52

better fighter though? And can they win

5:54

that many times? I don't know. If

5:56

there's one guy out there who's not

5:58

a champion at the. the moment who

6:00

can maybe claim that. Perhaps it's someone

6:02

on the level of a Robert Whitaker,

6:06

but I always kind

6:08

of cringe just a little bit anytime

6:10

I hear that after a loss. So

6:12

I don't

6:15

know. Maybe Robert Whitaker gets another

6:17

crack later on and to see

6:19

him win wouldn't be a huge

6:21

surprise necessarily. But

6:24

no matter who's saying it, I always cringe a

6:26

little bit anytime someone's coming off a loss. They

6:28

say, ah, well, I would beat them nine out

6:30

of 10 times. Well, it's like right now that

6:32

may be true, but right now you're owned one.

6:34

So there's a lot of winning to do before

6:36

we get there. Got to win nine in a

6:38

row. And Drake is do plus he just knows

6:41

how to win fights. However, the aesthetic is perceived

6:43

or ingested by the general

6:45

public. The guy just wins fights. And

6:47

for Robert Whitaker, what

6:49

a great test at this stage of his career

6:51

in Paulo Costa. And I say at this stage

6:53

of his career, I don't suggest Robert Whitaker at

6:55

all is in the twilight of his career, but

6:58

let us not lose sight of all the MMA

7:00

miles. Right. This is a guy who

7:02

won the ultimate fighter smashes

7:04

in 2012, went on to become the

7:06

champion of the world. All those fights

7:08

with Yoel Romero, right? If you can

7:10

get past a seemingly prime Paulo

7:13

Costa right now, you know that will keep the

7:15

championship door open. He's an amazing fighter.

7:17

No question about it. And this was kind

7:19

of a concern for me. And was, you

7:21

know, I think that if you are in

7:24

limbo mode, meaning someone who has either fought

7:26

for the belt, you're a former champion, and

7:29

maybe you've fallen short of getting

7:31

back to the top again, and

7:33

being in that top five level

7:35

without a clear possibility of fighting

7:37

for the belt again, is such

7:40

a danger to a fighter, right? Because

7:42

if you're not trying to climb upwards

7:44

for a lot of people, just

7:47

making money and going out there and

7:49

doing their job sometimes might not be

7:51

enough, because maybe that

7:53

hunger goes away. And Whitaker kind of

7:55

nailed it. He said the difference was

7:58

the hunger, you know, that. passion

8:00

and that's I think what happens if

8:02

you are not chasing something or if

8:05

you don't have that clear and direct

8:07

path towards a title or

8:09

defending that belt. And Whitaker has been

8:11

in kind of that limbo mode because

8:13

of those two losses to Adesanya. I'm

8:15

not saying it's 100% having

8:18

to do with that, but I think that's

8:20

certainly a danger when you're in that similar

8:22

spot. Yeah. Alright, going to be very

8:24

interesting UFC 298. And

8:27

a ball coming from the big A Anaheim,

8:29

California. So Kenny, we don't always

8:31

solicit fan questions and things for the purpose

8:33

of the Anakin Florian podcast. And part of

8:36

the reason we don't always do that is

8:38

because of the breakneck nature of the UFC

8:40

schedule, right? We have 41 or so UFC

8:42

live events to recap. Like we don't even

8:44

talk about Dana White's contender series on the

8:47

show. We try to talk about the PFL

8:49

as much as possible. But at Anakin Florian

8:51

pod, great question sort of came in and

8:53

I want to get to it. Prime

8:57

Connor McGregor, Connor McGregor in

8:59

his prime taking on the

9:01

present day version of Alexander

9:03

Volkonovski. And we want to know

9:06

who Kenny Florian thinks wins that fight. Now obviously

9:08

it's open to interpretation in terms of the weight

9:10

class, if this would be at feather weight or

9:12

at lightweight. I don't care

9:14

what you do with the goddamn weight class

9:16

can flow, but prime Connor McGregor versus present

9:18

day Alexander Volkonovski, who wins the fight? Gosh,

9:22

that's a great question. One that

9:24

is very intriguing. I think that

9:26

at 155 pounds, I would have to be

9:28

leaning a little bit more towards Connor

9:31

McGregor. Now, as soon as it starts

9:34

to get into those championship rounds, rounds

9:36

four and five, that's where I would

9:38

have more of a concern and probably

9:40

be leaning maybe more towards Volkonovski. But

9:43

I think people forget just how damn

9:45

good Connor McGregor is and was in

9:47

his prime. This is a striker

9:49

that a lot of people learned a lot of things

9:52

from. He was doing a lot of things that a

9:54

lot of people were not at the time. So

9:57

we've had the luxury of benefiting from

9:59

Connor McGregor. his movement, his style. So

10:01

a lot of people have integrated what Conor

10:03

McGregor has done. And a lot of people

10:05

know at this stage of the game more

10:07

or less what Conor is going to do.

10:11

So at 145 pounds,

10:13

though, both guys in their prime, for

10:15

example, that would be really tough. I

10:17

think I'd be leaning way more towards

10:19

Volkanovski just because of his ability to

10:21

take guys down, control them, and land

10:23

some brutal, crowded pound. That is a

10:25

spot where Conor McGregor has

10:28

shown some vulnerabilities. And

10:30

I'm sure he's working on it and has worked on it.

10:32

And he's no slouch there now being a

10:35

Brazilian jitsu black belt there. But Volkanovski is

10:37

not your typical guy there when he gets

10:39

on top. He is a handful because

10:41

of his shorter

10:43

stature. I think that him being as

10:46

compact as he does, there's not a

10:48

whole lot of long levers to get

10:50

a hold of. And it's hard to

10:52

keep control of him. Has tremendous calculated

10:54

grounded pound and positioning. So, man,

10:57

maybe we get to see that fight at some point.

10:59

I'm really intrigued by that. I think if we do

11:01

see it, of course, it would most likely be at

11:03

155 pounds, right? I

11:06

think McGregor would have an appetite for the Volkanovski

11:08

fight. It just comes down to the weight class.

11:10

And I'm just not sure we ever see Conor

11:12

McGregor again at 155 pounds. I hope to

11:16

be wrong on that front, but I do believe the

11:18

door closed on lightweight with that

11:20

leg break. And I think it might

11:22

just be super fights from here. Maybe

11:24

he chases a welterweight championship. But if

11:26

fans do want to express frustration with

11:28

Conor McGregor's inactivity, I would circle

11:30

back to the top of Kenny's point. And I

11:32

would suggest, I hope you at least appreciate just

11:35

how layered and strong

11:37

a striker and mixed martial arts athlete as

11:39

a whole, this man was in his prime

11:41

and could be in the future. Yeah, because

11:44

I would stop at suggesting that Conor McGregor

11:46

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11:48

martial arts, I'm not sure that, you know,

11:50

because of the way his career has gone,

11:53

that he gets all the credit he deserves for his

11:55

fighting crime. So we circle back to it a little

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15:50

that a good title for you? Ryan Petrie is with

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us. Host of the MMA takes podcast chief

15:56

handicapper resident. What do you want your

15:58

title to be? I'm not going

16:00

to be the executive producer. So we changed

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his title from producer to executive producer. Now

16:05

he's probably going to ask for directorial credit.

16:07

What should your title be? Brian? Listen, you

16:09

call me whatever you want, but man, anytime

16:11

you put chief in front of anything, I mean,

16:14

by the way, I listened

16:16

earlier this week, I'm rocking to

16:18

Ray Long, he trashed since now

16:21

a little bit. I sent that

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guy a webcam. Hopefully my pinky

16:25

Cincinnati air doesn't get to mr.

16:27

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16:30

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16:40

all your efforts on the show's behalf. But

16:44

yeah, man, I guess it's a good jumping off

16:46

point in terms of Cincinnati, Ohio versus the UFC

16:48

apex. And I don't know how much

16:50

money the UFC saves by doing a

16:52

show with the UFC apex. Certainly. If

16:54

we go back to Cincinnati, Ohio, Brian,

16:56

I would think with almost any UFC

16:58

fight night or card or main event,

17:00

we're banging the place out. But I

17:03

did find myself last weekend watching the main

17:05

event between not swordini, mob, mob and Roman delete

17:07

day. And just watching the fight card as a

17:09

whole, you know, wanting more Conno to be addressing

17:11

20,000 people on a, on a

17:14

hot microphone. I agree with you.

17:16

Listen, the apex, you know, as a guy who

17:18

would love this, watch

17:20

it live in an intimate setting because that's

17:22

like once in a lifetime, you can hear

17:25

everything very loudly. It's, it's, it's very intimate,

17:27

but there's nothing that beats a crowd. I mean,

17:29

there's truly nothing, you know, I've been to a

17:32

lot of, a lot of UFC events. And even

17:34

if you have the obnoxious idiots who yelling ridiculous

17:36

things, the energy of the crowd, like a good

17:38

walkout song that fires up a crowd and obviously

17:40

the knockouts and just anything to pop from, from

17:43

a good post-fight interview. I mean, I remember in

17:45

Columbus, Kicar France had that crowd in the palm

17:47

of his hand. You know what I mean? Like

17:50

nothing beats a crowd. I understand the apex. There's

17:52

obviously a whole business side that I don't fucking

17:54

understand, but, uh, yeah, I would like

17:56

to see more in the crowd, uh, coming back. And

17:59

they've all been. We did get

18:01

a pay-per-view. You'll see seven. We're not

18:03

gonna get a pay-per-view again But you know,

18:05

let's let's let's start fighting out here boys. Come

18:07

on. I'll show you a good time There's a great some

18:09

great food here. Are you tell me the last

18:11

time there was a fight night in Cincinnati was 2014? Yeah,

18:14

last time Matt Brown was Eric Silva Yeah,

18:18

you and I know there you we know

18:20

that one. Yeah, you guys were there. I

18:22

saw you guys there I was I spent

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18:29

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18:32

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18:37

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18:42

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18:44

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18:46

the world rich frankly coming out to

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18:55

about the ending there, but boy that that was that's

18:57

something that that's something you take with you for the rest

18:59

of your life Can flow UFC

19:01

apex. I know you have been a staunch

19:03

defender of this maybe it's the Bitcoin businessman

19:05

in you but uh What are

19:07

your thoughts on the UFC apex versus a

19:09

UFC fight night in Cincinnati or Baltimore or

19:12

Detroit or anywhere else? Yeah, listen, I

19:14

think that if the UFC put a little

19:16

effort into you know, go into some of

19:18

these cities I think they could sell out

19:20

very easily and you know Even

19:22

guys that are kind of you

19:25

know stars, but maybe not champions. There's a

19:27

lot of them now I think there's a

19:29

certainly a decent handful of them that you

19:31

could put all over the country

19:33

and create some Awesome fight nights

19:35

that will definitely sell out. So I'd

19:38

like to see more of it. I think

19:40

it was a great sign I was here at the card

19:43

in Charlotte. Thanks to John and Man

19:45

sold out and again wasn't the strongest of

19:48

cards So I think they can definitely do

19:50

that but you know from an economic standpoint

19:52

I'm sure the UFC does save a lot

19:54

of money having one having everyone in

19:56

Vegas from a logistical standpoint I think it's way

19:58

less of a headache for them to

20:01

keep everything in Vegas. So yeah,

20:03

but yeah, maybe we get some more

20:05

of those fight nights outside

20:07

of Vegas. We shall see. Dr. Justin Marchegiani And

20:10

I have no information. Promotionally, I had

20:12

imagined there are high-level executives who are

20:14

desirous of being back on the road

20:16

and continuing to make that domestic footprint

20:19

at the very least. For every Hinato

20:21

Moikano that can do a post-fight interview

20:23

and resonate with the fan base without

20:26

a crowd, we talked to Randy Rube,

20:28

boy Brown. He was fantastic earlier this week, Brian, but I

20:30

felt like when his post-fight interview really would have been nice

20:32

to have 20,000 people there supporting

20:34

his every word after watching the knockout like

20:36

that. But it is what it is. And

20:38

hey, they call my number. I show up wherever it is.

20:41

So speaking of last weekend, Brian, real quickly, if

20:43

I could, not so Dini, my Bob doesn't seem

20:46

to want to fight your guy, Chris Curtis. And

20:48

these two individuals don't like each other, though. That

20:50

is to be sure. Yeah, yeah,

20:52

I've talked to Chris a lot. He reached

20:54

out to me, told me to rewatch the

20:56

fight because Imanov

20:59

has said some things like, I blew you out of

21:01

the water. It wasn't even close. And, you know, Chris

21:03

is a sensitive guy. And then, you know, you got

21:05

some fans turn on him as well. So he's like,

21:07

can you give me fresh eyes on this? And I

21:10

watched it and it was I mean, listen, he dropped

21:12

the first round second round was very competitive. Couldn't really

21:14

score the second round because the headbutt but you also

21:16

got to imagine Strickland fought Imanov. Chris

21:18

did now delete. And then

21:20

there's been a lot of scuttle bug in

21:22

that room with Eric Nickstick that delete or

21:25

Imanov might not be the cleanest guy in

21:27

the world. You know, everyone has their different

21:29

opinions, grabbing gloves, eye posts, head butts, whatnot.

21:31

And then to see the kick, you

21:33

know, my guy's a loyal dude, he jumped

21:35

up and went, hey, Imanov went right after

21:38

him because they they chirped a little bit.

21:40

I think Imanov or Strickland might make sense.

21:42

I think, you know, maybe

21:44

not running back with Chris. I think that's that

21:46

Chris wants a five round fight. That'd be interesting. But I

21:48

don't see him getting that fight. But I just saw it

21:50

as him sticking up for his guy. You know, he's in

21:52

the corner of right. That's what I saw it as. I

21:55

know a lot of people are gonna paint in a different

21:57

picture. And maybe they thought the spotlight he was trying to

21:59

take spotlight away, I can assure you that's

22:01

not really who Chris is. He's just a proud

22:04

guy. So

22:06

heretofore, I am never gonna criticize

22:08

any other individual. I just want to

22:11

say this on the record for mispronouncing

22:13

Nassau or Dean Imaabab, right? Because I

22:15

don't think anybody can pronounce this name

22:17

correctly. I mean, you have worked so

22:19

hard, Bri, and today you're, you're going

22:21

Imaana. Listen, I, you know, I walked

22:23

the flights on Saturday. They got my

22:25

hedge. I just, I'm repeating

22:27

what they're saying. I

22:30

mean, you're emphasizing the right syllable, but now you're

22:32

changing the V to an N and we're completely

22:34

off the rails. Let us transition if we could

22:36

to this week's pronunciation of the week. Again,

22:39

our public service here on the Anakin Pforion

22:41

podcast, we present these audio files. This is

22:43

the way we do it. The UFC athletes,

22:45

whether they arrive for Dana White's contender series

22:48

or their UFC debuts, they say their name

22:50

to tape and we as announcers try to

22:52

mimic that sound in all of

22:54

these different twangs and international accents

22:56

and everything else. We don't say

22:58

Jaffa, El doish on joy, right? But

23:01

we certainly are trying to emphasize the

23:03

right syllables. So coming up this week,

23:05

Brian, modified time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion,

23:07

first name Hidalfo might look to the

23:10

American audience like Rodolfo, but it's Hidalfo.

23:12

Ultimately, we're looking for the surname here,

23:14

Bri. Who are we talking about, kid?

23:17

Yeah. So if I was, if I didn't

23:19

go through the John Inan school of pronunciation,

23:21

my Midwest ass would go Rodolfo Viera. That's

23:23

what I would say. But no, I've been

23:26

through the heart. I've been through this training.

23:28

So I'm going to go Hidalfo Vienna. And

23:31

I see, wow.

23:34

Actually, that was like beautiful

23:36

Brazilian Portuguese rare. That

23:40

was the best you have ever

23:42

done on the pronunciation of the

23:45

week. Your Brazilian Portuguese was perfect.

23:47

The rolled R was perfect. I don't even

23:50

know that we need to play Kenny, the

23:52

Hidalfo Viera file, but maybe we should. Hidalfo

23:57

Viera. Hidalfo

23:59

Viera. Yeah, you nailed

24:02

it circle. Get the fucking

24:04

square. Brian, you and myself just bringing

24:06

it, just bringing it. Nice

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we get your forecast for UFC Fight Night,

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Hermanson versus Piper and then place your bets

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on the backside. You will each have $1,000

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to spend this weekend. Brian

25:29

Petrie. Do you have any bets on Super Bowl 58 as yet?

25:33

I do not I do not I've

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tuned out once my bangles kind of dropped out

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if I'm being honest. I thought I'm watching the

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playoffs, but I'm not like invested. All

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right. Well, this is a UFC audience. So that's

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absolutely fine. Can you roll or no? What's

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that you're gonna bet on the Super Bowl can hear? No,

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I'm not gonna bet on it. I

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know nothing of the NFL really but I'll definitely

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gonna watch. All right to quote my

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boss Dana White if you give a shit. I have a

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bunch of futures on the San Francisco 49ers that I

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have hedged with Kansas City Chiefs plus two

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and I've been tying a lot of my

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straight wagers this week on the NHL and

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the NBA to Kansas City plus two just

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trying to turn some kind of profit as

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we continue to chase a $2,500 loss

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on the Philadelphia Eagles to win the NFC.

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All right UFC fight at Hermanson versus Pfeiffer we're still

26:18

waiting on a new bout order so this fight could

26:20

be the feature. Prelim could be added to the main

26:22

card but Bryant's a welterweight

26:24

affair regardless Carlos Protas minus

26:27

two eighteen. Trevyn Giles plus

26:29

180, Protas punches UFC ticket via the contender

26:31

series. A lot of experience he brings to

26:33

the UFC debut. Seven fight

26:36

winning streak as well as he takes on the veteran Trevyn

26:38

Giles, BP what do you have for us on this one?

26:40

Get man I get the googly eyes

26:42

some new guys you guys know that I get

26:44

the googly eyes and Protas is

26:46

a guy who's a surefire Southpaw.

26:49

He is what you want to be when you're

26:51

a Southpaw. He's aggressive left hand is a sniper

26:53

the back kick is beautiful he's aggressive take

26:55

down the fence is something I'm a little

26:57

worried about and when you look at a

26:59

Brazilian who's 17 and six with six losses

27:01

you're like oh because a lot of the

27:03

Brazilians that on the regional scene they fight

27:06

like janitors and they fight cab drivers so

27:08

when they have six losses early in their

27:10

career you're like what

27:12

are we doing here is this guy good or not? I

27:14

watched this fight leading up to the contender series

27:16

and again this kid's a killer he's a finisher

27:18

Trevyn Giles coming back down to one or going

27:20

to down to 170. I

27:23

like the move 185 before

27:25

all the best in the LFA and UFC

27:27

so inconsistent it's hard he wants to grapple

27:29

he wants to strike but he doesn't really

27:31

have a true identity I'm going to Protas

27:33

here as a surefire just

27:37

nasty brutal Southpaw I like him by KO don't

27:39

know if I'm gonna do the prop right now

27:41

but to the audience I like him by KO

27:43

as well but give me Protas. Alright

27:46

Protas minus 218 right now on Draftkink Sportsbook to

27:48

come back on Trevyn Giles plus Giles

27:51

has seven UFC wins to his credit Ken Flo

27:53

coming off a submission loss though to Gabrielle Bonfim

27:55

that was UFC 291 last July. What

27:59

do you think? CanFlow, Giles or Protses for you? Yeah,

28:02

this is an interesting one. I think Protses

28:04

definitely has some interesting tools, especially as a

28:06

southpaw as Brian was talking about. I

28:09

think his link,

28:12

he does have some experience that can

28:14

pose some problems for Giles. But I

28:17

think that I'm

28:19

not sleeping on Giles here. I think

28:21

that when you look at guys that

28:23

as far as their competition, who they

28:26

face, this is a good thing. Anybody

28:28

can look good against fighters that aren't

28:30

that good. Now it

28:32

could be that Protses is that good. I'm

28:35

just not sold on him quite yet. I

28:37

think that Giles' athleticism, his experience, and specifically

28:40

as Brian alluded to, his ability to take

28:42

the fight to the ground, I think that's

28:44

where he can do some damage. Giles

28:46

does a good job, I mean sorry, Protses does a good job

28:49

of getting back to his feet. He's

28:51

decent if he gets on top. He's not

28:53

so great if he's on bottom though. I

28:55

think that's where Giles can really pose some

28:57

problems. I like Giles here actually

28:59

as the underdog. Yeah, and I like your fucking

29:01

haircut. All

29:04

right, next up, middleweight, Hidalfo V8, a

29:06

minus 115, Armin Petrosian, minus 105. So

29:10

V8, as we mentioned, the five-time

29:12

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion. 4

29:14

and 2 in the UFC, not too bad out of the

29:16

shoot. He's won two of his last three, both of those

29:18

by submission. On the other side,

29:20

we have the Armenian Petrosian, fun to watch

29:23

in my humble opinion. I'm in one in

29:25

the UFC and coming off an impressive win

29:27

over Christian Leroy Duncan last year. VP,

29:30

who's your love? Tough fight,

29:32

tough fight to pick here. This

29:35

is the one that kept me, that threw Paul's skills.

29:38

Petrosian, you think this is a guy who's a

29:40

good striker, he keeps that range. His takedown offense

29:42

is only 36%. He

29:44

looked good against CLD. He stopped

29:46

CLD, he was kind of forcing

29:48

the takedowns, but against a guy like Vida, this guy

29:50

is going to come at you and he's not going

29:53

to stop. You know what I mean? John's laughing, I

29:55

mean, distracting, I can't look at him. And

29:58

this is a guy who learned a lot. He rebounded well,

30:00

gas out, got submitted, got embarrassed. His

30:03

next fight, he took it to the third round, won by

30:05

submission. Then he fought my guy, Chris Curtis, his guy, couldn't

30:07

get the fight down. And then

30:09

he won by submission again in the second round. So he's

30:11

proven cardio there. He doesn't mix

30:13

things up well yet enough yet. He's

30:16

still trying to be a striker. He's still trying

30:18

to be a grappler. He needs to be a

30:20

grappler in this spot. I think Petrosian does not

30:22

have a submission loss on his record. That's

30:25

going to change. I like being out

30:27

of here by submission. I think if he

30:29

gets him to the crowd, Johnny, you're distracting me.

30:32

I think he gets to the ground. It's

30:34

over. I'm done. Johnny's laughing. I love it. It's just

30:36

like, it's so melodic. Like

30:40

he can't say Brazilian. A

30:42

musical undertone. He gets me every time. Yeah.

30:44

He's that dude now that when he orders

30:47

something, he's like, yeah, I can have a

30:49

coffee and a croissant.

30:52

And if I could have a quesadilla, please,

30:54

and a taco, that would be great. Appreciate

30:58

it. Now he's just showing off, John.

31:00

It's unbelievable. Listen, man, this is a

31:02

difficult one for me as well. I

31:05

think you have a guy in Petrosian who is

31:07

certainly world-class on the feet. I could see him

31:10

finishing Vieira on the feet. I

31:13

could also see him getting finished

31:15

by Vieira on the ground and

31:17

getting submitted. I think both these guys are truly

31:19

world-class in what they do. But

31:23

I don't know. What worries me is that

31:25

for Vieira, there's not a whole lot of cohesion

31:28

between his striking and

31:30

his grappling. It's like he, and this is

31:32

how I felt early on when I was

31:34

kind of in my mixed martial arts career

31:36

and certainly in the early part of my

31:38

UFC career was on the feet, I was

31:40

like in striker mode. And then

31:42

it was almost like I had to stop being

31:45

a striker and then I'd kind of like crash

31:47

into people and try to take them down in

31:49

an ugly way. And he

31:51

hasn't quite figured out that way of how to put it all together.

32:00

Utilizing his striking to get

32:02

into that proper Entry

32:04

range to get in on that bodylock or

32:06

to get in on those legs. So it's

32:08

a little choppy for me. However He

32:10

is a guy that is willing to go to his

32:12

back like to half guard to try to get it

32:14

done And you

32:17

know, I think he's still good enough to be

32:19

a threat against someone like Petrosian So yeah,

32:21

this has been a tricky one for

32:23

me. I'm leaning towards Petrosian here I

32:25

think that his striking his ability to

32:27

kind of stop some of those takedowns

32:29

is gonna be critical especially later on

32:31

in that fight He's got to survive

32:33

at least those first seven minutes though

32:35

to at least tire out Vierda and

32:38

get some of that confidence away from

32:40

Vierda. So this should be interesting

32:42

one But yeah, I agree with you Brian. This is this

32:44

is a tricky one to pick man Well-matched

32:47

fight well-matched fight cat actually top to

32:49

bottom shout out to McManard and Sean

32:51

Shelby All right. Next

32:53

up guys at lightweight 28-time

32:56

UFC veteran Michael Johnson

32:58

minus 120 Darius flowers is the

33:00

even money underdog at plus 100

33:03

So Brad Johnson 13 and 15

33:05

in a UFC career that dates to the ultimate

33:07

fighter season 12 finale

33:10

back in 2010 here he's

33:12

taken on Darius flowers You may recall flowers a

33:14

short notice UFC debut came up a division at

33:16

welterweight against Jake Matthews That was UFC 291 last

33:19

July now beginning the lightweight portion of

33:21

his UFC career against the credentialed Michael

33:24

the man is Johnson BT your thoughts on this Oh

33:28

MJ MJ is like an ex-girlfriend of

33:30

me. He's broken my heart so many

33:32

times man I I'm still

33:34

such a fan But it's like man you bet

33:36

him and then the Josh Emmett right hand comes

33:38

and then Diego Fierro It's like

33:40

you want this guy to succeed and he

33:42

just comes up a little short. He's phenomenal

33:45

fighters been there with everybody His hands means

33:47

phenomenal. It's just over 15 minutes

33:49

There's always gonna be a lapse of a

33:51

focus and it just seems like people know

33:53

how to take advantage of that and Darius

33:56

flowers Again, well Jake Matthews in 17. You

33:58

just got out man outside this guy His

34:00

arms are this big, right? He's a bricked up dude

34:02

with tiny little arms, but he needs to be at

34:04

55. Very confident.

34:06

Pro boxing experience. Has

34:09

some good knockouts. He needs to close the distance. Can't

34:11

be a Ranger Johnson. Johnson's speed is going

34:13

to be a problem here, but I like

34:15

the camp. I like the people surrounding Flowers

34:17

who support him. Bully B being one of

34:19

them. I like that for him.

34:22

I think he's going to be confident. I like him at 55 here.

34:25

It's kind of a plus money. It's an

34:27

even money underdog. I'm going to take

34:30

Flowers. I'm not going to fall in my old same

34:32

old trap of that Michael Johnson. Money

34:34

will be on Flowers. My heart will

34:36

be on Johnson. That's all I got to say.

34:38

Nicely put. Yeah, I'm a big Michael Johnson fan as

34:41

well. I believe actually the night

34:43

he fought Josh Emmett, I mean, was I

34:45

in the back of an SUV in Delaware, like

34:47

smoking a blunt with Michael DeMennis Johnson or no?

34:49

I don't remember. I do remember

34:51

having a conversation with Michael Johnson after that Josh

34:53

Emmett fight and he was sort of bemoaning the

34:55

fact that he got caught late in one of

34:57

the truly viral knockouts of that calendar year. Ken

35:00

Flo essentially a pick him on DraftKings Sportsbook right

35:02

now. Michael Johnson minus 120. Darius

35:05

Flowers plus 100. Who do you like? Yeah,

35:07

man. And in that fight, it gets Emmett. He was

35:10

doing so well and then all of a sudden it

35:12

kind of did go well at the end of

35:14

that fight. But yeah, it's hard

35:16

to pick a guy like Michael Johnson because there

35:18

is so much talent there. There is so much

35:20

potential. This has been the case with them forever.

35:22

You know, you have certain performances where he goes

35:24

out and John, we called this fight. He goes

35:27

out there and has one of the best performances

35:29

of his career gets Ensign Barbosa in Brazil and

35:31

you're like, who is this guy? He

35:33

looks faster than Ensign Barbosa. What is going

35:35

on? And then

35:38

he'll go out and beat someone like Dustin

35:40

Poirier by knockout. And then

35:42

he'll lose to a Darren Elkins or lose to

35:44

a Josh Emmett when he was winning the whole

35:46

fight. So it's very difficult to

35:48

predict exactly what is going to happen with

35:50

Michael Johnson. One thing is sure,

35:52

he's fast. He has an excellent jab and

35:54

he can knock you out. But

35:57

also what is sure, he's very vulnerable on the ground

35:59

as well. can't be knocked

36:01

out. So it is tricky. He's going

36:03

to get the guy in flowers. I think

36:05

that can pose some problems. He's

36:07

a big powerful guy and this

36:10

one for me is just it's tough to

36:12

pick and from a betting standpoint I would

36:14

stay away from it completely. I guess

36:17

I'm leaning towards Johnson just because of his

36:20

experience and level of competition but I wouldn't

36:22

be surprised with it with either result of

36:25

these guys winning. So yeah tricky one. I'll

36:27

never forget that 2016

36:29

main event Michael Johnson, Dustin Poirier in

36:32

Hidalgo, Texas and I only bring it

36:34

up right because like I miss those days like send

36:36

me back to Hidalgo, Texas for a UFC

36:39

fight night. Right. Alright next up

36:41

a middleweight Gregory Rodriguez, minus 250,

36:43

Brad Tavares plus 205. This

36:45

fight was initially booked for UFC 283

36:48

in Rio de Janeiro last January. Robocop

36:50

ended up getting knocked out by replacement

36:52

opponent Bruno Fajeta that night. Since

36:55

though he has responded in kind with

36:57

a knockout of Dennis Toulou and that came last year UFC

36:59

292 in Boston and now five

37:01

and two in the UFC Tavares

37:03

has shown up back in his bracket by

37:05

the longest tenured one of the longest tenured

37:07

fighters on the roster Brad Tavares 36 now

37:09

15 and 8 in the

37:12

UFC but if you're only as good as

37:14

your last performance he was great against Chris Weidman

37:16

last August and not unlike the aforementioned

37:18

Michael Johnson Tavares made his UFC debut all the

37:20

way back in 2010.

37:22

Sneaky big fight here 185 pounds Brian Petrie who do

37:24

you like? Yeah love the matchmaking Brad Tavares

37:27

has won the true good guys I

37:29

know several people that train with him down there

37:31

in Vegas and they all just rave about

37:33

him being a teammate as a person you

37:35

want to root for people like that Brad

37:37

Tavares is never in a boring fight he's

37:39

always in a fun fight he's been in

37:41

there with the best of the best I

37:43

picked Chris Weidman I thought Chris Weidman was

37:45

going to be able to wrestle Brad Tavares

37:47

down Brad Tavares take down the fence is

37:50

very good. Gregory Rodriguez big mountain of a

37:52

man but he gets hitable and there is

37:54

a chin problem there he's been rocked before

37:56

he's been knocked out before and

37:59

he's been dropped for and come back as

38:01

his cardi is great and he look he is

38:03

a guy that in my opinion should fight on

38:05

the ground he should get the fight to the

38:07

ground with his with his frame with his skills

38:10

I don't think he's getting rad there uh I

38:12

smelt a rat last week on chuck ball flow

38:14

and Charlie Raki I'm smelling a rat

38:16

again here plus 205 of Brad Devars with

38:18

that experience with the leg kicks with the

38:21

movement he has to be on point because

38:23

Greg Rodriguez Robocop know that about it can

38:25

fucking crack as well but if you take

38:27

away the deep you take away the takedown

38:29

threat which I think Brad will do I

38:31

think Brad is the better striker I think

38:33

he's gonna find some openings I think he's

38:35

gonna knock out Robocop give me Brad Devars

38:38

nicely done Brian Petrie can flow Gregory

38:41

Rodriguez minus 250 Brad Devars plus

38:43

205 yeah I think

38:45

there's a lot of value uh here on

38:47

Tavares who as Brian talked

38:49

about has been in there with some of

38:51

the best uh in that division um I

38:54

think that while Gregory Rodriguez uh

38:56

also can uh get

38:59

caught with something with something big and get

39:01

knocked out I think you could probably say

39:03

the same maybe for Brad Tavares as well

39:05

who's been fighting a very long time um

39:07

and perhaps his chin isn't quite what it

39:10

used to be uh so Rodriguez can put

39:12

anyone out in that division uh but

39:14

Tavares can put anyone out in that division

39:17

as well and I think Tavares is very

39:19

smart about how he goes about winning rounds

39:21

as well he's good at pecking or probably

39:23

even more than pecking at your leg he

39:25

will destroy that leg if you allow him

39:28

um thick legs you know always that's

39:30

been a strength of him his kicking skill but

39:33

he can also get it done with his hands

39:35

as far as his knockout uh goes as well

39:37

and I agree with you Brian I think Rodriguez

39:39

has to do his best to

39:41

try to take this fight to the ground

39:43

but Tavares is very underrated in that aspect

39:45

especially up against the cage he's very good

39:47

at defending singles and doubles knows how to

39:50

pummel in knows how to keep this balance

39:52

there uh so because of that this is

39:54

a really tricky one now when I'm seeing odds

39:57

I mean at plus 205 I agree with Brian

40:00

There's a lot of value there. Not sure tomorrow's

40:02

to get it done by knockout. Wouldn't be

40:04

surprised if he did. Can

40:06

also see it go the other way, but I like

40:08

to borrow this here. I think when it's this close,

40:10

you got to lead towards the underdog, and that underdog

40:12

is Brad Tabar. And around plus

40:14

205, we'll see where it closes

40:17

on Saturday night, and

40:19

we'll be doing a watch party every step of the way.

40:21

That brings us to the co-main event, the featherweight division, Dan

40:24

Ige, minus 175, Andre Fieldie, plus 145. Big

40:29

fight here, Bryce. So Fieldie stepping in for the

40:31

undefeated LeRone Murphy. He'll try to keep his momentum

40:33

going. That was established with a big win over

40:35

Lucas Almeida last December at UFC 296. So

40:39

Fieldie uneven as far as the record in the

40:41

UFC, but I do think he's coming into his

40:43

zone. He's 11 and 9 with a no contest

40:45

through 21 UFC fights. Looking

40:47

to realize consistency and trying to

40:50

produce here as the road underdog

40:52

of sorts against Dan Ige. Certainly

40:54

no stranger to the UFC. Apex

40:56

Egate coming off a loss to thug nasty Bryce

40:58

Mitchell at a fight night last September. Brian Petrie,

41:00

will you have a selection for us on the

41:02

co-main event? Yeah, I mean, this is

41:04

another really tough fight. Andre Fieldie, every time he

41:07

fights, it's like he'll come off

41:09

a bad performance, and then you kind of doubt him, and

41:11

then you watch him fight. Like, oh, this guy's really fucking

41:13

good. This guy can use his length really good for being

41:15

a tall 145, and he's also

41:17

got a really good double leg. He can explode

41:19

into a double, which is rare for guys that

41:22

height to get underneath somebody's hips. And

41:24

he's been training with Team Alpha and those guys forever.

41:27

He's comfortable in the field. He's comfortable everywhere. He

41:29

likes the fight. He likes the wars. Yeah, Dan

41:31

Ige is the same exact way. I mean, I

41:33

will put money on him. Someone's going to be bleeding by

41:36

the end of this fight. These guys are going to be

41:38

allowed it. You've got a shorter stock here guy who wants

41:40

to get in. You've got a guy who wants to stay

41:42

on the outside. They both can fight everywhere. I

41:44

would lean Andre Fieldie if he wrestled a

41:47

little more, because Dan Ige, I feel like,

41:49

has been exposed with his take down offense

41:51

his last time out in a couple of

41:53

fights prior. I know

41:55

he's a black belt in Jesus too, but

41:57

he's not very good off his back. So.

42:00

If Philly comes in with his wrestling shoes on, that's

42:02

a great dog number. I just don't know if he

42:04

is. I think he's going to have fun. I think

42:06

he would have stand, stand them up, bang them up.

42:08

Um, and with that, I'm going to lean towards Danny. Yeah.

42:10

I feel like this is going to go with a decision.

42:12

I feel like it's going to be a very, very razor

42:14

thin fight. Uh, don't feel comfortable, put money on it, but

42:16

I will give you a pick of Danny. Nicely

42:19

done there. Brian Petrie. Is

42:21

there any fighter who has the nickname, the apex

42:24

predator? I mean, some

42:26

of one of these guys should just take it for one

42:28

of these fight nights at the apex and then get

42:30

back to their old nickname. I feel like Dan E. Gay

42:32

has won a lot of fights in this building. He's also

42:34

looking to make a concerted run here at featherweight Ken flow

42:37

nine and six in the UFC for E. Gay, but he

42:39

has lost four of his last six. Usually

42:41

holds serve against the guys. He is favored

42:43

to beat. He has that distinction

42:45

this weekend. Ken flow, Dan E. Gay, or Andre

42:47

feely in the comment. Yeah.

42:50

I mean, this whole card is

42:52

really just great matchmaking top to

42:54

bottom. Like every fight makes sense.

42:56

They're all evenly matched. Uh,

42:59

for Andre feely, he's got to use

43:01

his, his reach and his footwork. Uh,

43:04

he does not want to make it a

43:06

battle of just trading on the inside against

43:08

someone like Dan E. Gay, because if there's

43:10

one guy who could put you out with

43:12

one shot, it's going to be Danny gay,

43:14

right? A feely is more of a guy

43:16

who gets things done when there's an accumulation

43:18

of blows, when he's kind of a juking

43:20

and jiving and kind of picking, sticking and

43:22

moving that that's what he needs to do

43:24

here. And he can do it. Uh,

43:27

D Danny, he gets going to be a

43:29

little bit shorter here against feely. So that

43:31

could be tough, especially if he's able to

43:33

establish those long range weapons early,

43:35

he just needs to stay disciplined. Sometimes

43:37

he gets a little overconfident. He loses

43:40

focus and he lets guys back into

43:42

the game. You did not want to

43:44

do that here against someone like Dan E. Gay. He just

43:46

has too much experience and too much toughness. He's not going

43:49

to let a fight kind of slip through his fingers. He's

43:51

going to do everything he can, uh, to

43:53

win or take you out. So he's got

43:55

to be very careful. I think feely can

43:58

get it done here. Not an easy. out.

44:00

But when again, when it's this close, I'm

44:02

going to lean towards the underdog here. I

44:04

think there's value here with Feely. Both guys are

44:06

very inconsistent. So because of that, it's hard

44:08

to do it with with a lot of

44:10

confidence, but I'm

44:12

leaning towards feeling. Cody

44:15

Marrow chimes in Davey or Davi Young, the

44:17

apex predator three and four for the mixed

44:19

martial arts career out of Minnesota. He's got

44:21

a fight coming up March 23 at art

44:24

of war cage fighting

44:27

34. It looks like there's

44:29

also an Amber Stotzenberger, who

44:31

is the apex predator as well.

44:33

Six and four career at straw

44:36

weight for the apex predator, Amber

44:38

Stotzenberger. All right. Let us get to

44:40

the main event, not optional as far as predictions are concerned.

44:49

And on the other side, these gentlemen will place their

44:51

bets match up of middleweight contenders.

44:53

I do call Joe Pfeiffer a contender, despite the

44:55

fact that he is not ranked at present. Minus

44:58

225, though, he's the

45:00

favorite against Jack or Manson plus 185. And right, we

45:02

have not seen Jack or

45:04

Manson since December of 2022. When he

45:06

was stopped by Roman DeLidze. That was

45:08

his third fight of that calendar year.

45:11

Then had a fight with Derek Brunson go

45:13

away. Then he withdrew from a fight against

45:15

Brandon Allen last June due to injury and

45:19

really good on her Manson rights for putting his

45:21

number 10 ranking on the line here against an

45:23

unranked fighter, Joe Pfeiffer, all the rage three and

45:25

only UFC be Joe Pfeiffer. He submitted that for

45:27

Zach L. Hessen back on October 7th. Now the

45:30

challenges get stiffer for Joe Pfeiffer. Bri, how do

45:32

you think he handles this Jack or Manson challenge

45:34

this weekend? I love the step up on competition.

45:36

You know, there were some chatter and this guy

45:38

announced, I know a lot of people are all

45:41

over Joe Pfeiffer, but there was some chatter from

45:43

really strong minded MMA guys. Well, maybe this is

45:45

too soon. I don't think so. I think this

45:47

is the route that needs to be taken for

45:49

a guy like Joe Pfeiffer. Do my research. I was

45:51

shocked to find out Jack or Manson 35. He looks

45:53

great. There's nothing, but he's feel like

45:56

he's been around forever. 35 years old. That's he's right

45:58

there in the middle of his prime. is

46:00

getting very tempting right now. We got

46:02

two guys who look similar in the

46:04

pale redheadedness of Bo nickel, Joe Pfeiffer,

46:06

and they're both on the merge

46:08

to meet one day at the end. Uh,

46:11

be Joe Pfeiffer is just not to listen

46:13

to him on Rogan. He's a fan of

46:15

himself. He is ego is there,

46:17

which I think is good for a fighter.

46:20

Um, I know some people might disagree with that,

46:22

but as long as he's put in the hours

46:24

that he's supposed to be putting in with that

46:26

team and Philly, that grappling Jimmy comes from, uh,

46:29

he's going to be okay. He's explosive. He's huge

46:31

for one 85. He

46:34

can beat you many ways. I, when I

46:36

first saw this fight, I'm like, Oh, he better not go to the

46:38

ground with her Manson, but then I watched the delete say fight. I'm

46:40

like, well, delete, they went to the ground. I'm not

46:42

comparing Pfeiffer and delete say, but

46:44

Pfeiffer is heavy on top. And,

46:47

uh, I think he could swarm her Manson

46:49

beat him up on the ground. And

46:52

I think just being able to knock him out

46:54

on the feet as well. We saw her Manson,

46:56

the lateral movement against Chris Curtis frustrated Chris. Chris

46:58

couldn't get it going. I think her mans is

47:01

going to do that, but Joe bigger, longer cuts

47:03

the cage off a little bit better in his

47:05

explosive. I see a finish here by her Manson,

47:07

either KO or TKO on the ground. They

47:10

both pay the same. Uh, they're both

47:12

the same thing, but yeah, I, uh, I'm

47:14

surprised he's only minus 225, you know, the

47:16

hype hasn't reached Vegas yet, I guess, or

47:19

people are really, uh, accounting

47:21

for her Manson's, um, savviness

47:24

and his vetness, but

47:26

give me, give me Joe Pfeiffer. Well, the

47:28

money's coming in on Joe Pfeiffer. It was minus

47:30

one 98 when I sent you guys the odds

47:32

and then minus 225 and seemingly climbing,

47:36

we did talk to Joe Pfeiffer, by the way, here

47:38

on the Anakin foreign podcast episode four 40. If

47:41

you want to check out that conversation from last

47:43

October, uh, Ken flow, Jack Hermanson ends an extended

47:45

layoff this weekend. He's the underdog against Joe Pfeiffer.

47:47

Who do you have in the main event? That's

47:50

her man son. Yeah. Listen, man, I think,

47:53

uh, Jack, um, has always been a little

47:55

bit too stiff on the feet for me

47:57

and I'm still kind of seeing it. the

48:00

videos in preparation for this fight. I'm

48:02

still kind of seeing that stiffness. He

48:04

isn't quite so loose

48:06

and comfortable striking yet.

48:08

Not to say he's not effective. He

48:10

could still be that. But over the

48:13

course of 25 minutes, that's going to

48:15

indicate a lack of efficiency over time,

48:17

which I think even

48:19

if he's doing OK and he's hanging in there,

48:21

he's not taking big shots from Piper, I think

48:23

he'll start to slow down as this fight goes

48:25

on. I

48:28

agree with Brian here. I think the confidence

48:30

from Piper and I think the style matchup

48:32

isn't great for Hermansen. I think that Piper

48:35

is way more explosive on the feet.

48:37

I think his takedown defense should hold

48:39

up. Hermansen has that Greco-Roman

48:41

background. We've seen him hit some

48:44

nice submissions in the

48:46

past, heel-hooking Kelvin Gastelum and all

48:48

that stuff. He's dangerous.

48:50

He definitely is dangerous at times, especially

48:52

on the ground. But I think Piper

48:54

is going to be OK here as

48:57

long as he stays disciplined and stays

48:59

focused for 25 minutes. I see him

49:01

not only winning, but probably getting the

49:03

finish on the feet, TKO or knockout.

49:07

I think he'll be able to expose some

49:09

of those holes on the feet from Hermansen.

49:11

And the bettors are forced in the hand of my

49:13

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50:13

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51:49

Brian Petrie, the floor is yours. You

51:51

have $1,000 to spend UFC

51:53

fight night for Manson versus Piper.

51:56

So real quick, before I get to that, I'm not, I'm

51:58

not in the merge business. But

52:00

I think we should have place your bets if that's

52:03

gonna be the name of this segment I got it

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some t-shirts on Johnny John like that come I'll buy

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like that. I like that. All right, so my

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money's good I literally one of these times I'm

52:13

gonna go a thousand bucks nuts on the table

52:15

one guy it almost was Joe piper I

52:18

almost put 500 Joe piper money line 500 by

52:20

finish will chase that when it comes Probably low

52:22

minus money if I had a guess so I'm

52:24

not gonna do that. I'm gonna spread out a

52:26

little bit I'm gonna go Joe piper $500. So

52:28

500 bones at minus 225 or whatever the current line

52:30

is we have right now I

52:34

like that. I think Joe piper wins. That's

52:36

solid then I'm gonna go practice minus

52:39

218 at $300 Googly-eye

52:41

for the young kid. I think that

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South Pole something something to be fierce

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Dangerous and then I'm gonna go a little underdog

52:48

hunt in here a little dog hunting here Brad

52:50

Tavares $200 on Brad

52:52

Tavares again, I really like that matchup

52:54

form and I just think Robocop

52:57

can be vulnerable All

52:59

right $200 to close out your bets on Brad

53:01

Tavares plus 205

53:03

Petri trying to build on an outstanding start here

53:05

in 2024 Can

53:08

flow what are we doing with our up to

53:10

1,000 American dollars this week?

53:12

Yeah, very interesting You know

53:14

when I was putting this together trying to figure out what the heck I was gonna

53:16

do Certainly was looking

53:18

something very similar to what Brian Petri just did but

53:21

I'm gonna switch things up just a little bit You

53:24

know, I think there's value here on Petrosian.

53:26

I think that

53:28

on the feet. He's gonna be extremely

53:30

dangerous I think that He's

53:33

gonna have to stop those take-downs. No question

53:35

about it, but I do think the era

53:37

is still a little vulnerable there I hate

53:39

going against one of the legends in Brazilian

53:41

Chitsu and Vieira But I

53:44

do see some nice value there in Petrosian. So I'm gonna

53:46

throw 300 on Petrosian

53:48

there as what slight underdog there.

53:50

Yeah But and

53:53

then the rest is gonna go on piper man, I want to

53:55

put 700 on on piper I

53:58

feel pretty confident with that one And

54:00

not only do I think he can win, I think he

54:02

can get the finish. Not going to bet that, but I'm

54:04

betting Piper for the win, 700. Nice.

54:08

All right, nicely done. Gentlemen, place your bets. We'll

54:10

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