Nov. 30, 2024

A Peanuts Character Gets The Ax While This MMA Fighter Remains Delusional

A Peanuts Character Gets The Ax While This MMA Fighter Remains Delusional

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Broadcasting Live good afternoon, Blockhead Nation, and thank you for

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stopping by it once again. Blockhead truly hopes you had

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a wonderful Thanksgiving vacation and enjoyed your holiday. Thank you

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so much for taking the time to come and listen

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to your favorite Blockhead, the only podcast in the podcasting

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world that can somehow incorporate the Peanuts comic strip one

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minute and then be talking about MMA and Warriors inside

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the Octagon the next. I am your host, my name

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is Brian Little. If you are new to this show,

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let me remind you that three things are always talked

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about on this podcast. Number one one, God is King.

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Number two Peanuts is the single most successful comic strip

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in American history. And number three, mixed martial arts is

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the greatest sport under God's hot sun. So to begin with,

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if you tune into part one, this is where I

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focus on the Peanuts comic strip. Since we just had

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the Thanksgiving holiday, I'm sure if you watched Apple TV

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you had have had a chance to watch the Charlie

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Brown Thanksgiving episode. Maybe you have tuned into possibly the

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Mayflower Voyage. Those were available to the public. But if

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you're tuning in as an MMA fan. If you fast forward,

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I guess you can say to part two. That's where

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I'll cover things that are MMA based. But if I can,

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I'll start off with something. When it comes to the Peanuts,

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there is very much an antithesis to Charlie Brown, who

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over seventy years ago made a debut in the Peanuts

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comic strip and was quickly and literally figuratively in every

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way given the acts. Now that sounds harsh if I'm

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talking about Charles Schultz and how he would handle the

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Peanuts comics trips. No. Seventy years ago, we had somebody

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by the name of Charlotte Braun. Charlotte Brown is the

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exact opposite of Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown's a guy. This

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is a female. Charlie Brown internalizes a lot of things.

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This one is very loud and opinionated. Charlie Brown is

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a major character. This one was a minor character, intended

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to be the exact opposite to wishy, washy old Charlie Brown.

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And her time was very short lived. And I'll say

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this also, she was not well received by a lot

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of readers. In fact, one in particular, mailed a letter

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to Charles Schultz to show her and her distaste for

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Charlotte Braun. This is why you are not familiar with

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his character if you follow the comics for the Peanuts

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in any way. I'm going who the heck is Charlotte

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Broun exactly? And there's a fan by the name of

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Elizabeth Swain who specifically wrote and received a response from

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Charles Schultz that said that this character and I quote

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is literally getting the acts. Believe it or not, it's

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part of the Library of Congress archives. So his personal

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reply in nineteen fifty five to this fan can be

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found on the Charles Schultz Museum. If you go to

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Facebook or Instagram and look at their page, you will

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see that this literally has a drawing of Charlotte bron

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with an axe to her forehead, a little bit on

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the demented side, compared to what you would expect from Charles.

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But I'm letting you know that really did happen. That

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Charlotte Braun was short lived, not well accepted, and very

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much counterintuitive to who Charles Schultz and the Peanuts would represent.

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So she didn't last very long and literally was given

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the acts. So little bit extra trivia there if you

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didn't know? Not really a trivia question, but if you

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never knew who Charlotte Brown was, now you're familiar with it,

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there might be other things that you don't know about

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the comics and about the TV special. That's what I

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do as a fan. But hear me out. I'm finding

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out more and more. Just when I think I've peeled

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back all the layers of the Pea nuts, I haven't.

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There are untold stories that are being unfurled recently thanks

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to a podcast, and I'm more than happy to promote

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that show on here as Really there are only two

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to three episodes that are out currently. There's a third

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one coming soon about Franklin, but really it's only been

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two episodes that have been put out by this show

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called You Don't Know Peanuts. And when I tell you

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that you should go listen to this episode, this is

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just a free plug on If you want some truth

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about the Macy's Day Parade and the Peanuts balloons, that's

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episode one. The Charlie Brown Christmas episode is part two.

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That's a good rollover in a really good tie in

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to my show. Because now that it's getting into the December,

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it's easy for me as a Peanuts fan to discuss

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the Charlie Brown Christmas that's easy content. As of a

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few days ago when this was released, the Making of

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Charlie Brown Christmas. Now, I thought that, even though it

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might have been kind of a rough draft feel to it,

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that I've always thought for years that this special was

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well put together and systematically laid out. No, if you

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actually go and listen to this podcast episode from You

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Don't Know Peanuts, you'll find out that the Charlie Brown

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Christmas episode was very rushed. Now. I thought this mostly

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because of the parable build up, because if you listen

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to this show, you know midway through that I do

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a scripture of the day. It's very much identical with

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what Linus does in the Charlie Brown Christmas. You build

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up the characters, you develop your who, what, when, where

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and why. But when you get to what does Christmas mean?

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Midway through, you have Linus in the spotlight delivering the

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Gospel of Luke. This is something that Charles Schultz was

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well known for doing as a minister and as a

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cock strip artist. How he subtly would do that and

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throw in his beliefs in his spirituality, so that in

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the background, I thought, okay, this was well. I thought

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I'd know, very rushed, very last minute things thrown together

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on the backs of napkins on a table, scrambling to

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get this done because a documentary called A Boy Named

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Charlie Brown not been sold for over a year. So

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I don't want to give away all the details, but

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it's a free plug here that there's another Peanuts cartoon

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comic strip based podcast out there called You Don't Know Peanuts,

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The Untold Stories behind the greyst comic strip of all Time.

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They validate what I tell you week in and week out.

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Peanuts is the single most successful comic strip in American history.

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It's the greatest comic strip in the world. Now, what

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I like to end on. Now that I've talked about

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Charlotte Brown Who Got the Axe, and I've talked about

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the podcast that's come out with a few episodes, you

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can anticipate several coming down the road. There was something

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that came out on TikTok that I looked at and said, Okay,

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I'm gonna have to differ on this one. This was

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a fan saying they felt like Snoopy had been mistreated

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in the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving episode. They watched it and said, really,

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there's something we overlooked. How Snoopy was treated like an

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indentured servant of some kind, where he's expected to go

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set the table, fight a chair, make all the food,

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serve everybody and whatever. And I go, you don't understand Snoopy.

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If you think that way, you gotta realize this isn't Snoopy.

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That's just responding to his master and saying, go do this.

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It's because Charlie Brown cannot. Therefore Snoopy can. Snoopy is

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easily the most interchangeable character of all time, not just

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in the Peanuts, but I would argue in any cartoon

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of any kind in this world, Snoopy could rival them.

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And that was his that was his job, that was

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his position. He was the one who when nobody else

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could show up to save the day, he'd be the

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one to do it. And he can prove that he

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can do it. So does he use an alliance of

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his bird woodstock. Sure, And if anybody thinks that he

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was left behind and that he missed out on Grandma's Thanksgiving,

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that everybody got to enjoy. Well, if you watch through

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to the end of the episode, he's not exactly hurting.

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If he and Woodstock are sharing a turkey specifically just

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for them and then sharing a pumpkin pie and not

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having distribute out to anybody else, that doesn't seem like

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he's truly suffering. So it's Snoopy the guy you call on. Certainly,

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who do we go to? Not the Ghostbusters, but to

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the dynamic duo of Snoopy and Woodstock. That's where your

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faith and your hope lies inside of the episode. So

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anybody that's bringing that up and saying that Snoopy was mistreated,

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I'm sorry to tell you this. You don't know Snoopy

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on an in depth level. You don't realize what he

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contributes week in and week out through the comic strip,

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through the TV show, through the movie, as a part

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of the Charles Schultz Museum, as a part of the

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Macy's Day Parade, which ones were actually designed by Charles Schultz,

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and other ones that were done by the parade itself,

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that he's had a world renowned presence. That's what I

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tell you. Snoopy isn't hurting. I got the only thing

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I can say that he got cheated out of was

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the wishbone. You got woodstock eating turkey seems a little

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bit carnivore esque maybe, so maybe a little stretch there,

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But there's certainly no need to worry about are we

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going to have enough food? Because they certainly have their

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feasts set aside specifically for themselves, and I don't believe

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that they're suffering in any way. A job well done

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and a reward for themselves. Snoopy being mistreated, I think

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again on them Carscripturan for this podcast will be in

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Lamentations chapter three, verses thirty one through thirty three. If

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the Lord will not cast off forever, but thou he

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causes grief, yet will he have compassion according to the

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multitude of his mercies. For he does not afflict willingly

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nor grieve the children of men. So if you read

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the Book of Lamentations in the Bible, there's a lot

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that's really heavy hearted in that entire chapter. But if

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you read in the context of the whole Bible, as

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you see in the Reflection and Blue Letter Bible today,

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it says, great is the faithfulness of the Lord. This

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is where you take hope from some of these downtrodden chapters.

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Sometimes it seems that he is at such a great distance,

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yet he is still near. And though it may seem

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that we are alone in our trials, he is still

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near to you. His kingdom has come. Enter it by faith.

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Know that you are at his right hand, o believer,

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and know that he loves you. Basic idea there today,

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scripture of the day, always bringing you the truth in

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a parable sense. As we read this podcast and we

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go through events of going on in the world of

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mixed martial arts, so I'm shifting over to I want

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you to know that I have tried in so many

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ways to give some of these fighters that have become

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delusional post a loss. I tried to give them benefit

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of the doubt where I can. One in particular is

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Jamal Hill. Now, Jamal Hill is a guy who, post

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fighting Alex Pereira, just cannot seem to accept his loss.

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But there was one smidgeon of hope that I saw

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in his most recent tweet. Now here's where I really

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almost went looking for a reason to defend this man. Now,

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he clearly got destroyed by Alex, but so did Yuri

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prol Hosca. So the only real fight to build up

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to now, if we're going by light heavyweight, all you

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got left for Alex Preira is definitely Uncle Eive who

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is ranked number one. And now it's up to Jamal

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Hill and Uri prol Hosca, two former champions to fight

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to have the chance to say they are the number

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one contender. It's about all you got. And in Jamal

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Hill's tweet, he said something to the extent of I

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got caught, but you got dominated. Now, if I took

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just that one sentence, in that small brevity of what

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that displays, maybe just maybe Jamal would have had something

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to stand on here. Now, once I read the whole

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tweet in detail, I could tell that he's just reaching again.

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But if I was to go off of prol Hosco's

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fight with Alex Peira, if you were to go off

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of things like, I don't know, striking accuracy, maybe the

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changes in elevation, maybe the octagon control, maybe the wrestling attempts,

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you know, shots and sprawls, maybe maybe there would be

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something there that would have some validity. But when he

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kept going on and on about how I only got caught,

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and how he continued to say that your performance talk

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about year Pahsco was a dreadful performance of some sort.

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When he read the whole tweet. It's like, man, I

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can't even defend you anymore, any anybody. There's there's a

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recent YouTube video that came out that's called MMA on

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Point where they talked about these fires who just can't

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accept their loss. Right now, Jamal Hill's rank number four,

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one of the most recent ones. He's he's above Sean

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O'Malley who lost to Mirob. He's above him in the

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rankings because if you watch his content, you listen to

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his YouTube page, you try to give him any benefit

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of the doubt, and Jamal is just run out of excuses.

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to give him some benefited out there. So even though

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he has no chance of stepping back in the cage

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anytime soon against Alex Pereira, all you can do is

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build up a narrative between him and Yuri prol Hosco,

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two former champions, to fight it out for the number

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one contender spot, which both of them have ownership in

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their psyche by one known as Alex Pereira. Neither one

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of them can conquer him. But if Jamal is gonna

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get any chance for redemption, his his one chance to

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get against Euriprosco. I don't see how that's gonna pan out.

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I don't know if that's gonna be delivered in twenty

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twenty five. I don't know when we're gonna see the

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pen to paper on that one. I tried to give

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him every benefit of the doubt, detailing out something that

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would have some validity, and I just can't do it.

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But I tried blocking Nation, I really did. I tried. Now,

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there are some things that are easy to get behind.

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As far as upcoming bouts, you got UFC three ten

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coming up in December seventh. An easy one to get

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behind right away is Brian Battle versus Randy Brown. Okay,

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Brian Battle has won three straight and seven of his

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last eight appearances, and he's only had one setback with

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his coming up against Jack Della. But really against Randy

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Brown in this clash of surgeon welterweights. This is a

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good wrap up to the year. As far as who

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might be able to make an appearance in this one

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seventy class, I'm looking forward to that one, and so

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I will tell you this Brian Battle is everything that

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you know would would think would come up on the

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radar for anything that's coming up on this on this card,

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You've even got him ranked above right now the Sinte

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Lucas fight, now that Nick Dias is out of the picture.

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But I'm looking forward to Randy Brown versus Brian Battle.

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I will admit that one. I'm not exactly looking forward

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to Syria Gohn and Alexander Volkov just because once again

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both these guys have been cleaned out by Tom aspinall.

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I'm not gonna go anymore into the John Jones thing.

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I'm I'm I would assume he's building up the hype

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so that he can get a huge chunk of change

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if he eventually does fight Tom, whereas to win or lose.

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But until that time comes, what this sport is all about,

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He's gonna be the co main event Shawcott Rockmanov versus

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Ian Gary. What this sport is all about is something

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like taking these two men who have no losses, and

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one of these men's zeros is on the line. This

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is where there's a difference between boxing and MMA. Where

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your coveted rankings and your ratings and your reviews and

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where you stand in your internet presence, you don't mess

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with that in the boxing realm, it's put on the

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line in MMA. This is one of those examples where

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whoever ends up winning this fight clearly has a shot

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against Blel Muhammad for the title. At this point, I'm

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leaning towards Shafcott. I saw a few holes in Ian

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Gary's game the last time that he fought as far

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as how dominant Rotmanov is. But you know, we'll see

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how that plays out. But both of these men putting

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their zeros on the line. Somebody's walking away with a loss,

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and one clearly is getting a shot at the title.

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This is all said and done. This is what makes

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this sport so great. His fights like this another one

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that is really a diamond in the rough. But it's

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the main event. The flyweights getting their spot in the spotlight.

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Known as kai Asaruco, who was coming from Rise and

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Fighting Federation, who had a posted thirteen to three record,

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including two bantamweight title wins against some very good fighters,

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Manuel cape One, Archileta, you know people that have come

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from Bellator and other organizations. This is a guy who's

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going to prove himself against the flyweight champion, who has

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gone against see Steve Urkog and has had some masterful

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bouts with former champion Brandon Moreno, there's so much to

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unpackage on this main event. I love everything about it.

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So if there's anything to look forward to, we're starting

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to get those as MMA fans. So everything with this

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pay per view that's coming up December seventh, I'm liking it,

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liking them what I see now, I tried to foreshadow

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a few weeks ago what was gonna happen with the

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hard hitting Joaquin Buckley. I'll admit I didn't see this

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one coming. You got Joaquen Buckley, who has signed to

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fight against Colby Covington at UFC Tampa on December fourteenth.

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That one I didn't see coming, and I think you

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know if you playfully look at it. There was a

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posted video that it came up by Waquem Buckley where

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he's reacting to his opponent being switched from Ian Gary

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to now Colby Covington, and it's a video of him

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sitting out in the woods complain about how they my

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main event. There's no more Buck versus Geary, It's now

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buck versus Covington. And what Quen has not held back

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on a lot of all the money that Colby Covnton

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has wasted. He said something about if you're out there

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spending your money on females promo videos, you're hanging out

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with tik talkers, Well, eventually the money is gonna run dry.

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So financially, he's got to take this fight. So I'm

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doing more of a favor for Covington than the UFC

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is doing for me. But I can just tell you

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as far as a hard hitting slobber knocker Colby Covington

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versus Waquin Buckley at Tampa Blockhead Nation, I'm intrigued. I

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am intrigued. It's it's an easy build up of the face,

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the babyface versus the heel in so many ways. For

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those of y'all that look for that is the struggle

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between good and evil, It's so easy to dust that

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off and see Colby Covingon come back into the spotlight

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and do what he does best, rub everybody the wrong way,

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usually going too far. Building on the fact that we

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have a new president who has been on his lips

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for the last four plus years, for Joaqum Buckley to

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have the highlight reels that he's got with the overwhelming

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strength that he brings into the cage can he withstand

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Colby Covens wrestling his chain wrestling. Can he be the

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one who can have the takedown defense and accuracy that

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he needs to overcome this adversary. I'll admit I'm all

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in on that one, very interested in joaqum Buckley versus

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Colby Coventon. But I understand why they're putting more at

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stake for Ian Gary against Shatcott rockmanov something that other

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industries wouldn't dare touch. There's too much risk involved. They're

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throwing caution into the wind with Ian Gary and Rockmanoff

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going at it on December seventh, What the sports all

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about made the very best win? Joa qing Buckley may

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be doing a favor for Covenon in many ways, but

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also could this be another huge notch on his highlight

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reel that he could seriously use to show that he

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is an impenetrable force in this division. Things to consider

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things I'm watching for a Blockhead Nation. I'm glad you

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stuck with me this long, but we'll catch up on

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you next week when we get into the pay per

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view that's coming up. We'll have more to discuss next week,

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