Nov. 3, 2024

Another Halloween Gone With Another Question Of Why These Fights Matter

Another Halloween Gone With Another Question Of Why These Fights Matter

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Broadcasting live good evening Blockhead Nation, and thank you for

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stopping by. Once again. You are listening to your favorite blockhead,

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the only podcast in the podcasting world that can somehow

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incorporate the Peanuts comic strip one minute and then be

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talking about MMA and Warriors inside the Octagon the next.

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I am your host. My name is Brian Little, and

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here we are. It's a few days following Halloween. Another

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one has come and gone. And trust me, I've heard

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from so many of you. I've received so many messages

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through Facebook, through Instagram, through TikTok, and not one of

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them has been we have spotted the Great Pumpkin. So

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every year I get lured into this belief that the

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pumpkin will rise out of a pumpkin patch that he

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thinks is the most sincere and it is yet to happen.

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And I don't really think it's because your favorite blocket

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has not created an app that will track him. Just

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like there's a Santa Claus tracker app on your phone

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that utilizes radar that helps us determine what pumpkin patch

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he rows out of. There are a lot of you

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that have brought speculation to the table. There's a lot

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of you that think you know what's happened to the

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Great Pumpkin, and all of these are possibilities, and I

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promise I'll cover them in this first part of the episode.

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If you are new to this episode, let me just

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start with how it works over here on this podcast.

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Number one, God is King, Number two Peanuts is the

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single most successful comic strip in American history, and number

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three Mixed Martial Arts is the greatest sport under God's

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hot sun. So on part one of this podcast, I'll

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be going into the Peanuts, and if you are an

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MMA fan, stick around for part two. We'll talk about

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what's going on in Edmonton coming up pretty soon here.

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So I'll start with this. There was a old comic strip,

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I want to say, from the seventies that was talking

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about Lionus realizing that the Great Pumpkin is not going

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to show up. This one, in a way is kind

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of heartbreaking for me, but at the same time, it

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reveals some things too for those of you that have

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ever paid attention to Peppermint Patty, I recently spoke with

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her on one of my last episodes, me and Patricia

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Patts before we ever started recording. She made a comment

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about Charles Schultz that I want to bring to the

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forefront now, and that is I mentioned to her, if

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he had not been a successful comic strip artist, he

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might have been a really good American history teacher, because

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Charles Schultz was very good of bringing up military history,

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mentioning American heroes if you go back and look at

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them in detail. I brought that to the table. She

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brought up another one, said, you know that, or he

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would have been a really good pastor a really good minister.

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The comic strip that I'm talking about is proof of this.

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The comic strip from the nineteen seventies that I might

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have even shared on my Facebook page is literally Linus

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quoting Psalm thirteen almost word for word. Yes, I verified

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it was from nineteen seventy three. So if you look

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at it, Linus is sitting in the pumpkin patch and

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he is saying, Oh, great pumpkin, why hast thou cast

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me off? How long? Oh great pumpkin, wilt thou hide

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thyself from me? Mine? Enemies reproached me all the day.

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Bring thou me out of my distress. Now he doesn't

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go any further than that. Those have ever read Psalm

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thirteen in the Bible. He'll see how the Psalmist David

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is saying, how long must I wrestle with you? And

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every day have sorrow in my heart? He actually stops

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there and just says, rats, you know, bringing it full

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circle back to the Peanuts comic strip. But again, here

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we are, just like every year, I have no verification

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that the Great Pumpkin rose out of the great pumpkin,

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out of the pumpkin patch. And I'm still gonna wait

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every single year, and I'm gonna fall for this. But

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it's nice to know that I'm not the only one

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that gets sucked into the cult of the Great Pumpkin.

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Why do I say that, because there's a comic strip

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that came out in nineteen seventy five that Peppermint Patty

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sat there for a week waiting for the Great Pumpkin

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and she got nothing. Literally, this is from the comic strip.

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Charlie Brown is telling her at the brick laid wall,

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you know what happened to me. I went trick or

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treating last night and all I got was a bag

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full of rocks. That happens to him every year. Pemmermint

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Patty turns to him and says, I sat in a

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pumpkin patch, not for a whole evening, for a week

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and didn't get anything. What's Charlie Brown gonna say to that?

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His only words of comfort are would you like one

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of the rocks that I got from my trick? Or treating?

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What can he offer here? So, yes, here we are again.

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I've fallen into the same trap of waiting every year

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for this to happen. But I've also got some of

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you that sent me through messenger. There's a guy on

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TikTok that has this belief. If you go back to

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the very beginning of the episode of It's the Great Pumpkin,

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Charlie Brown, you watch loose he literally murder the Great Pumpkin.

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They have to remember he has a valid point here,

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because Linus is expected to finally find the pumpkin that

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meets Lucy's approval. He pulls one up and she just

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shakes her head. He brings a second one up, then

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the third one is almost so heavy where he can't

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even carry it. He can't get through the fence, so

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he has to roll it around me. I'll know what

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I'm talking about. This one met Lucy's approval, and as

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you watch, she takes the knife, the butcher knife, and

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cuts into the Great Pumpkin and starts pulling out the insides,

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and you see Lionas go, oh, you didn't tell me

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you were gonna kill it. This guy on TikTok has

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speculated that maybe the Great Pumpkin was killed off early,

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and this is in response to Linus's trauma that he

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wants to see the spirit emerge out of the same

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pumpkin patch, so it's the only one that would make

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sense it would come out of that one. But I've

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received your messages Blockhead Nation. I've gotten the one that

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has Lucy coming out of the kitchen with the freshly

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made pumpkin pie, and Charlie Brown is saying, I hate

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to tell you this, but I think I know what

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happened to your great Pumpkin. So for those of you

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who have sent that to me, it's speculative. I know

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what you're getting out. But the genocide of these innocent

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pumpkins has yet to subside. And I will tell you

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I will still stand there in left field where the

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Catcher's meant trying to tell you all that this is

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eventually going to have to stop so taking all the

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grand salt. I hope that you're still with me, those

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that are the blockad nation listening to my podcast. This

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is where we get to have a little bit of fun.

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But I will tell you I'm thankful for all of

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you that keep coming back and listening to this episode.

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I also just got off an Instagram live with a

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wonderful friend of mine. So if you haven't checked out

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another podcast, go check out the Success Palette show. The

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Success Palette Podcast. I'm gonna put a link up for

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that from Miss Soda. I just came off of her

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Instagram lab had a wonderful time chopping up with her

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and screwing it up with her. You know, you can

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say what you want, but she's also interested in how

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I take these two worlds and bringing them together. And

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it's taken a lot of trial and error over the years.

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And some of you know when I talk about the

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great Pumpkin, that's really a grain of salt. But sure

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it's innocent fun. And those that are kids that listen

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to the show, your kids are safe with me. You

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have to worry about your ears tuning in to your

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favorite blockhead that's been an ongoing thing for years. But

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if there's one more thing I can bring up when

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it comes to the Halloween episode, it's the Great Pumpkin

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Charlie Brown. It's to remind you how many layers there

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are to the World War One Flying Ace. Yes, we

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know it's Snoopy in disguise, but you gotta remember that

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Sparky was involved in World War Two. You gotta remember

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this is a kid who had a dad who was

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a barber that knew about the First World War. Gotta

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remember that if you watch the episode when he's down

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behind enemy lines, make his way across the French countryside.

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Then when he finally gets inside of the Halloween party

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going on, you hear Schroeder playing some upbeat music which

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Snoopy aka the World War One Flying As it's happy

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to dance to. But then when the music starts to

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shift into a more somber type of music, that the

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emotions start to come out of him to where he

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uncontrollably starts to break down into tears. This is something

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that happens with our veterans, especially come Veterans Day. Yes,

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it's a day of celebration, but there's also a lot

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of things that can trigger memories for us at a

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moment's notice. There's a lot of guilt we carry for

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we got to come home safe and our other fellow

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comrades did not. So even though Memorial Day is meant

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for those who are falling veterans days celebrating the lives

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that we still have, I'll tell you we have a

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lot of work to do, because every two hours we

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have a veteran that takes his own life. We've got

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to start working on showing our veterans how non expendable

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they are. Maybe all they need to do is talk,

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even if you may not truly comprehend or understand you

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taking the time to listen. I know that I've shifted

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into this blockad nation. I know that I might be

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gripping you by the heart right now. But it's a

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friendly reminder that this time of year is where it's

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starting to really become a big struggle from a mental

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standpoint and from an emotional and spiritual standpoint for our veterans.

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Continue to love on them, seek to understand, let them

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know that they're not expendable. That one more life taken

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from us too early is more too many. How be

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fitting that our scripture of this evening is coming from

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a Psalm chapter ninety one, verse four through six. We've

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already talked about one Psalm earlier in Part one. Now

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let's get into the scripture of the day. He shall

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cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt

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thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night,

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nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for

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the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction

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that wasteth at noonday. The reflection from Blue Lay to

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the Bible says, take refuge in the Lord, oh believer,

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Take courage in his mighty strength, Take comfort in his

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sure defense. Rejoice in the power of his hand to

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accomplish good for his people. He is strong and he

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is loving, So trust in him and proclaim his truth

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boldly among the nations. Now, this is where I'm going

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to attempt on part two when I talk about mixed

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martial arts in the UFC. This is where I'm an

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attempt to speak my truths blockhead nation, because remember, I'm

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just a fan with an opinion, but there is something too.

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A basic layout on who are these guys fighting? Why

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should I care? And what's it going to take to

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convince me to buy a ticket? Well, I can tell

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you this. If you have ESPN Plus, you don't have

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to worry about having a ticket. That just means that

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you have the subscription that everybody has through the Disney Bundle.

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But if you haven't tuned in tonight, we've got a

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main card coming out of Edmonton, Canada, and the main

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event is number two ranked flyweight Brandon Moreno and number

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three ranked Amir Albasi. Now, it has been an uphill

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battle in the flyweight division to get any approval from

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UFC's owner Dana White. Dana White has always been the

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one who tends to lean towards who's gonna draw him

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the most money, okay, and that typically has not been

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the smaller guys in the flyweight division. You haven't had

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a lot of superstars that have come out of here.

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You've had tremendous athletes. But why should you care about

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the main event at Edmonton? Who are these two? Why

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are they fighting? Why should you consider buying a ticket

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or at least tuning in on ESPN Plus. Well, I

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can start with this, Brandon Moreno, being ranked number two,

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is a former flyweight champion of the world and the

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first ever Mexican champion. In other words, the only one

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that was truly born in Mexico, has the true ethnicity

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of a Mexican warrior and a Mexican champion. And I'll

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tell you if you never saw his win against the

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former champions and Davison Fegareedo, you will see why it's

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so easy to love Brandon Moreno. He's known as the

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Assassin baby, that's his nickname. And this is a guy

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who when he was asked how he feels about tonight's fight,

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this is Brandon Moreno's response, I am tired of fighting

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the same guys over and over again. I'm facing number

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three from Iraq Amir Albazi. But if you start looking

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at his record the guys he's fought, He's fought Brandon

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roy Vaal twice. He's fought Davison Feggaredo four times. If

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you start looking through the all of the rankings in

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the flyways, Brandon Moreno has fought every single one of them,

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and most of them more than once. What he needs

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is a fresh coat of paint. He's fought all of

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these guys too many times, and he finally gets a

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chance against the number three ranked guy from Iraq. I'm

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Heir al Bosi. So you got number three ranked and

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number two ranked former champion of the world, and he's

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fought Alexander Pantosia, who's the current day flyweight champion twice.

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So this is just a different setting for him in

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the world of Edmonton. So why should you care? The

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biggest answer I've got for that is Brandon's response to

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that question. What I've got for you is if you

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haven't gone back and done your homework, which is always

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hard to do, if you're not a diehard MMA fan,

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if you're a casual fan, trying to get you interested

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in Brandon Moreno, I'll tell you that Mexico has given

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with their fighting culture. They have given a front row

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ticket to MMA fans. Why do I know that because

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UFC three zero six at the Sphere had the most

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buys in the history of the UFC gates. It holds

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the record now based out of Mexico City, and Brandon

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Moreno embodies that so well, the fighting spirit and the

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fighting culture of the UFC, and it's a guy that

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you want to get behind. You want to get behind

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the underdog, the one who wins the championship and is

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in tears because he's not only carrying his own weight

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on his shoulders, he's carrying the entire country of Mexico

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and their command for respect on his shoulders. And it's

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finally happened with him, and he's tired of fighting everybody else.

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It's been wax on, wax off. We need a new guy,

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and al Bosi is that guy. As far as who

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could possibly win tonight, I think it comes down to

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the standing game. It comes down to if they stand

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toe to toe, al Bozzi's got a chance. But if

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we go to the ground, we go to the wrestling,

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if we go to the takedowns and we take the

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sub attempts, I'd like to be able to say that

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Brandon Moreno has a better chance in the grappling game

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or maybe getting him on his back. So do you

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have an explosive match here with Brandon Moren Albosi? Sure

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you do. But also if you look at what's happened

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with the UFC Edmonton that's introduced a new set of rules,

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this is where I can add another layer to it.

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Why you should care we have had so many ups

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and downs with the rules inside the UFC, so many

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different athletic commissions. You got other organizations like one Championship

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that allows grounded the punts to be kneed to the

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head or kicked to the head, have allowed for what's

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called the twelve six elbow. So tonight in Edmonton in

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the main event Marino versus Elbozi, And if you've also

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got any other fight that's going on tonight, they have

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a new stipulation that's in place. Two of them. Actually,

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now you have what's called the twelve to six elbow

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that's not counted as a foul. If you don't know

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what I'm talking about, if you look at the hands

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on a clock, you have your twelve o'clock in your

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six o'clock. If a fighter holds his arm up like

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a twelve o'clock to six o'clock and brings his elbow

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down onto the head of his opponent or onto the

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spine of his opponent, this is no longer counted as

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a fowl. How convenient? Why do I say that? Because

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the man that's notorious for the twelve to six elbow,

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and for that particular fowl is John Jones. Is he

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coming back in November to fight a Masson Square Garden? Yes,

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he is. Does that mean that he will be penalized

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if he uses that twelve to six elbow against step

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A Miocic? No, how convenient that it comes back in

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Edmonton a few fires before we go to New York,

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before we go to Madison Square Garden, and so also

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the second stipulation back to UFC Edmonton. Is any part

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of the leg other than a hand is considered a

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grounded opponent. It's easier for al Bosi to come in

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and throw either a knee or a kick to Brandon Moreno,

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if one of his hands are down, it won't be

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counted against him as a grounded attack. It used to

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be if the opponent is grounded, then you can't throw

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a knee or you can't throw a kick, But that

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was allowed in other organizations. Now that won't count as

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a foul. Could that be problematic for Brandon Moreno? Could

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that be an advantage on the score cards that goes

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to Amir al Bosi. I think we're going to see

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that tonight. It may not happen in the main event,

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it might very well happen in the main event. It

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could happen in the Cole main event tonight with Aaron

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Blanchefield and with Rose. I'm just telling you that there

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is a changing of the guard, that there are new

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rules that I used to yell about that I have

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no leg to stand on. Now grounded attacks are allowed.

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The twelve to six elbow is going to allow anybody

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to use this now, starting with UFC Edmonton, which means

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that come November, John Jones cannot be counted against if

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he uses the twelve to six elbow on his opponent

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or any other opponent for that matter. Makes him want

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to bang my head against the wall, just knowing that

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I was one of the guys that wanted to enforce

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this rule, that wanted the Nevadic State Athletic Commission or

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any other commission for that matter in New York to

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enforce these kinds of rules. Can't do that anymore now

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that these two are allowed, Now that the playing field

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is less than the level, and to end every thing tonight,

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I want to mention this as much as it may

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hurt that Max Holloway, my favorite fighter, was not able

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to capitalize on the featherweight champion Elia Taporia featherweight championship

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still belongs to him. Does that mean that the BMF

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title has been relinquished currently? I don't think it does.

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I don't think that's the issue that's at hand. The

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issue at hand is even though Elia Taporia is still

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featherweight champion, and even though he is undefeated. That shows

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when somebody reads something to him that is from Twitter

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and he gets triggered and wants to get on the defensive.

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Elia Taporia is already showing people and letting people see

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him sweat. I am still convinced, from a casual fan

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perspective that nobody holds more water in this sport than

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Connor McGregor. This is something I have to accept as fact.

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It doesn't mean I have jumped on the Eliadaporia bandwagon yet.

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It doesn't mean that I think all of a sudden

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that he's the featherweight goat. I really don't you want

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proof of that. I think it was Henry Sejudo that

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came out and said something about how Elia Daporia should

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be considered the goat. Now, well, if you look at

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the just the byas the UFC gate, the top ten

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that recently came out, not one single. One of those

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was Elia Taporia. Two of them would have been Alex

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Pereira with UFC three hundred UFC three oh three. The

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sphere now holds the most UFC gates at this point

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most tickets sold to the turnstile, but not one of

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those has Eli Daporia. Guess what. Connor McGregor is number

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two and number three. Connor McGregor at two oh five

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with Eddie Alvarez holds the second spot of the most

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tickets purchase and people come into the arenas to watch

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the fight. Number three is Connor McGregor versus Kabebe Normaga

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medoff Elia Teporia. Can't stand there and say that he's

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the goat when you can not only claim that the

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most UFC gates in history go to three guys or

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really four of them. They go to Connor, go to

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John Jones, they go to Alex Pereira, and they also

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go to Sean O'Malley and Morob from UFC three oh six.

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Toporia is nowhere to be found in that mix at all.

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But also, if you can read a Twitter response from

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Connor McGregor, this is from a journalist's standpoint and trigger

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Eliot Toporia. You may be holding the featherweight championship, but

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you don't have in Caen he hold over Connor McGregor

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being a superior name, a superior marketing juggernaut that he

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still is in the MMA industry. When people look at

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the UFC, they're gonna start saying, Oh, that's the thing

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that Connor McGregor does. Oh, not that thing of Oh

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that guy Eliot Taporia, Yeah, he's really great. Perception is reality.

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Connor McGregor still has Eliot Toporia's number and they've never

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even thrown hands before. Max Holloway still is holding the

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BMF title since he had to go down to featherweight.

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Now he's going back up to his normal lightweight division.

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And this has been a curse more than it's been

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a blessing for anybody that's been on the receiving end

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of holding a BMF title. Hasn't worked out very well

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for horem Oswidal, or with Justin Gatschee, and certainly now

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not with Max Holloway. All things to chew on. If

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