Episode #285: Red Baron Gets A Birthday Card As One Rejects Francis Ngannou

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Broadcasting live, Good afternoon or Good
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My name is Brian Little. To
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enjoy yourself. So we thank you
for tuning in. Just to begin with,

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on this show, as I've always
said, number one, God is

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King, Number two Peanuts is the
single most successful comic strip in American history.

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And three Mixed Martial Arts is the
greyest sport under God's hot son.

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That's what you can expect when you
come to this show. To begin with,

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I have to ask a question.
Think about your worst adversary, your

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public enemy, number one, your
enemy. The Bible tells us to love

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our enemies. So I asked the
question, would you send them a happy

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birthday? This is a real question. It would you send them a birthday

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card? Or if it was a
co worker that brought to you and you

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don't care for this person, but
it is their birthday, do you swallow

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hard and do you take that pen
and just write something very brief? Do

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you sign their birthday card? Or
let's say you even have them on Facebook?

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I'm not sure would you send them
an online happy birthday wish? Here's

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why I ask that the World War
One Flying Ace did so. The Red

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Baron had a birthday in one of
the comic strips that surfaced again on the

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Charles Schultz Mu's m page and I
read this again. I've seen him before,

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but it truly took on a new
layer when I read that, not

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only is it the Red Baron's birthday, but Snoopy, also known as the

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World War One flying Ace, is
willing to go get him a birthday card.

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Not just sign one, not just
send a telegraph message or to leave

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a trail of cloud dust in the
sky and say happy birthday and curse you

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Red Baron. No, he goes
and gets him a card. Now,

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to be fair, he does something
that is a little bit of a curveball.

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He thinks to himself, I wonder
if he would like a Garfield birthday

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card? Are you hearing? I
think there's a word for this. I

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think this is Charles Schultz doing what's
called flighting. Now, if you pull

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in, whether it's in a book
or an article or a comic strip,

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if you pulled in a reference to
another artist or your competitor out there,

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and you don't do it in a
nasty way, you don't do it in

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a distasteful way, but you're showing
that that's your competitor. Peanuts and Garfield

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are definitely two of them that will
always be in the top five comic strips

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of all time. They're always there. So is this a chance for Schultz

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to take a jab at Jim Davis, aka the creator and author of Garfield

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where we get John Arbuckle and Garfield
and Odie. But he literally says in

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this comic strip, I wonder if
he'd like Garfield. I'm not going to

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give the red baron the satisfaction of
a snoopy card, but I will definitely

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give him one of my competitor.
I believe the term for that was flighting.

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If you don't know of one that's
a reference to how that works,

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I'll give an example from Seinfeld.
I believe there was a part where Seinfeld

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talked about where Elaine got a job
with the New Yorker and she had to

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come up with a comic strip that
she didn't understand why one was not funny.

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So therefore it's kind of like a
hey, you can do it better.

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Here take the job, And she
did, and she made this comic

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strip that just wasn't funny. But
then we realized that this is actually a

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rip off of a ziggy And then
we have a part in the Seinfeld episode

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where Jerry Seinfeld is reading the newest
comic strip from Ziggie and it says the

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New Yorker is stealing my ideas.
That's pretty funny in a way. That's

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kind of similar to the flighting that's
happening here. You're referencing Garfield, but

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you're not really giving them a thumbs
up. You're taking a slight stab at

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your competitor. And in many ways
this is evident in this episode of Seinfeld

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where you used my idea. You
use my same background, same backdrop,

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same concept, and you spun it
off as your own. And I don't

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appreciate that. So it takes a
full stab of the New Yorker. But

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either way, this is a Lane's
fault. Again. I just wanted to

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see if you saw that. So
Red Baron gets a birthday card, but

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it's certainly not one referencing the Peanuts. It's refersenting in a competitor in the

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comic strip world. I thought that
was really interesting just to see that at

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an older age, at a different
level, and to be able to pull

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back the onion of just a little
more and peel it back and see Schultz

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even took some shots at his competitors
with his comic strips. I thought that

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was interesting. Now to wrap up
this first part, I haven't done this

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in a while, and I'm going
to if you think come into this podcast

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that I'm not going to reference my
faith, I do it in the same

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style that Charles Schultz did. There
is a literal book by Robert Schultz called

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The Parable of Peanuts that there is
a case for, Yes, you're trying

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to identify with society and culture,
but what the carpenter from the Plains of

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Galilee did as he met people where
they were, the same thing is happening

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with this show. Linus actually was
from the New Testament. There is a

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comic strip where Violet asked if Linus
knew that his name was in the New

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Testament, and he says, certainly, I do. I was in Second

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Timothy, the fourth chapter, the
twenty first verse, these different names that

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were friends of Timothy. It's really
the apostle Paul's closing greetings to his friends

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in contact with Timothy and from the
Roman Christians. So one of the names

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that was spouted off was Puden's Lionus, Claudia and all the Brethren, which,

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of course Violet walks away just irritates
and I can't stand you. You

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drive me crazy. That's true.
But if you look at Second Timothy,

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chapter four from nineteen through twenty one, the apostle Paul has already been instructing

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Timothy as his days are numbered,
he's going to actually be beheaded in a

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d sixty four brought the same time
that probably at the same time that Peter

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is crucified upside down. But I
just wanted to kind of bring that to

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your attention that Linus does come from
the New Testament. It must have been

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some of the friends of either Paul
or Timothy's in these households that stayed in

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Corinth, and there is even one
that was the sick person, which was

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malateis so just no, I know
that seems like quite a bit, but

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I wanted to kind of help you
that it's the will of God that some

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good men should be in ill health. Good men may be laid aside when

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they seemed most needed, and as
it says in commentary, good men would

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have the words work go on whatever
comes of them. So we're not really

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sure what type of work that Linus
or Lenus, or however you want to

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pronounce it did in the second Timothy. But you know there's a time of

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Paul's imprisonment, and you know he's
gained a lot of enemies in Rome,

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so it's just he's gonna he's gonna
be martyred not long after this, probably

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by Nero, who blamed a lot
of Christians because you have the great fires

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that swept through Rome. So just
know that this is what he's doing.

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He's given his last instructions to Timothy, and this name Linus is mentioned.

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So it's a solemn charge from the
apostle Paul to Timothy. I'm giving you

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a charge here that if you listen
to this podcast, and I know that

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a lot of you are great members
of the Blockhead nation, I appreciate everything

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that you guys do. But the
fact is, because of the choosing of

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this path that I'm going, this
podcast is not going to be in the

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top ten of Apple or Spotify.
There's no way that I will ever compete

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with Joe Rogan, and I'm not
trying to be There's a reason why people

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will not stay with this podcast if
you were continuing to come back, Believe

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me when I say that I appreciate
you, but I will never apologize from

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my faith. I will never apologize
for the parable that I use in Peanuts

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to point you to the most important
lesson, that you have a Lord and

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Savior who desperately wants a relationship with
you, and you can even find that,

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as Charles Schultz even talked about,
how let the Bible speak to you.

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I'm a person that's guilty of going
to commentary quite often to try to

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make sense of the Bible, especially
when it comes to prophecy. But in

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moments like this, when I can
talk about Paul's final testimony to Timothy and

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show you that the name Linus came
from the New Testament. If you think

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back even to the Christmas episode,
there is so much reference to the Gospel,

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but it saved mid episode. That's
what happens here. Come midway.

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I've talked you into the building.
I'm sharing with you what's most important.

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Even if people turn off this podcast, if the numbers never really go anywhere,

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I will not abandon this ministry.
And if you ever want to talk

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about what matters the most about your
salvation, feel free to reach out to

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me in the comments. More than
happy to talk to you anyway that I

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can. I may not be a
shepherd, but I believe I've been called

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to evangelism and shepherd in too an
extent and be able to understand prophecy.

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I believe these are spiritual gifts that
have been given to your favorite blockhead and

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in many ways, Charles Schultz would
want me to carry on this type of

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work. The parable of peanuts is
very real. It's something that gets lost

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in the shuffle, and if I
can bring that to you through this podcast,

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that's all the reward I can ask
for. I thank you for listening,

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Thank you for sticking around. It's
about to get fast and furious as

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we turn the page. As I
think it was said here, I am

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on the road again. We're gonna
take another turn here as we get into

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the world of mixed martial arts.
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You'll find that in the blog the
notes for today's show. Let's get

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back to the episode. Our scripture
reading for this podcast comes from Jeremiah,

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chapter twenty nine, verse eleven.
This is a very familiar scripture for I

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know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord plans to prosper you

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and not to harm you, plans
to give you hope and a future.

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Now, if you have seen this
particular scripture, this particular verse often in

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your life it's used in the wrong
sense. It is used to say,

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Oh, you're gonna prosper no matter
what, I guarantee you, good things

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will happen to you. You've got
to understand this is coming straight from commentary

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from David Guzick on Blue Letterbible dot
org. I am not smarter than these

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guys that give commentary. But here's
what it says on a quote, this

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promise was made to ancient Jews under
Babylonian exile. So in other words,

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this is going to be a promise
to the letter in a letter to the

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captives from Jerusalem that are in Babylon. You've got to look at it that

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way. So they do express something, though they do express an unchanging heart

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of God towards his people. So
these were God's thoughts towards Israel under the

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Old Covenant. Now, to give
you faith and hope, it's just to

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say that He is not less favorable
to those who come to him in faith

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because we have the Messiah, we
have the coming of Jesus Christ and the

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New Covenant. So yes, maybe
a future and a hope on that.

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But please, guys, know that
these are meant to be taken in context.

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It's something that takes time as you
study the word, and the more

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that I study in mixed martial arts, the more I come to you guys

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with apologies, just because so much
happens in a short period of time.

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I meant to mention the fight between
Song and Ricky Simone. I had a

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feeling that Song would defeat him in
five rounds via unanimous decision. I especially

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thought that the more that I saw
the judging that was come out of the

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last UFC fight night. But as
you saw those that are familiar with this,

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Song is gonna win by a fifth
round, by a knockout, and

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many times Ricky Simone was saved almost
by the bell in many instances during this

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fight. So Song is just a
fantastic fighter who is trying to make his

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way up to the top ten rankings, maybe even to the five at this

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point. So he is definitely hungry
and he's coming in fast and furious.

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But as this week has gone on, so much has happened in an irritating

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sense. I can finally say we've
got an earbite, one that happened in

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Kazitstan of a different organization, not
the UFC, But we finally got a

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Mike Tyson esque biting of the ear
that happened in a rear naked choke.

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And it's an insult to injury that's
finally happened. This is what I've talked

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about when there are not that many
rules inside of the cage, but there

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are some soccer kicks are not allowed
in the UFC, but they're under Navast

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State Athletic Commission in New York State
Athletic Commission, but they're allowed in one

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championship over in Japan. When it
comes to grounded opponents that needed heads not

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allowed in the UFC under the athletic
commissions that we have here, but if

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you go to Japan, one FC
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others zations like this where now you
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enough we have cross shots, we
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they are. John Jones have always
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But now we got an earbite to
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have a UFC veteran twenty nine years
old, Felipe Colors, that is hit

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by a bus in Brazil who has
passed away. So prayers sent out to

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this tragic accident, to the family
of this fighter coming from here and one

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that has got a lot of the
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we were expecting to see thug nasty
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Now. Bryce Mitchell is an entertaining
and interesting guy. He's got that Southern

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twang. He wears camouflage fight shorts. He has run into a loss of

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eataporia and it looks like he's on
a downward spiral. He apparently is one

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of those flat earthers. So it's
interesting to follow Bryce Mitchell's career. He

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was supposed to come back and according
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injury. It's started out by undisclosed, but we have a back injury that

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does not allow him to face a
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card. I have to give credit
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on five day notice. But as
they always say, the show must go

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on right. It will always be
fight week in the UFC, so that

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continues. So that's a whole lot
coming your way. The results of Song

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versus Ricky Simone in the main event
from last week's Fight Night. We got

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an earbite in Kazustan, we've gotten
a tragic bus accident, and we got

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thug nasty Bryce Mitchell who was out
with an injury. So we have a

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five day replacement happening on the main
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Now we look to one FC.
I mentioned that dj J was going to

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be facing his greatest adversary, and
Demetrius Johnson is standing tall. He is

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still the greyst flyaway in the world. Blockhead will always be a mighty mouse

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Demetrius Johnson fan no matter what organizations
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any else for that matter. My
goodness, this is the best flyaway out

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there and he should get more recognition
than he gets. He's certainly getting on

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this show. But what's so funny
is we have a pass on Franz's Nagano.

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One Championship offered this man twenty million
dollars according to the sources I've looked

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at. Remember, I'm always good
as the information that's presented to me.

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Nagana was given the money wasn't the
problem. They had met with him and

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they liked him. There was a
chance for a relationship. But somewhere according

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to the owner of One Championship one
FC, he says that Nagonal is wanting

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to be on the board of direct
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dictate the payouts to his opponents.
This apparently is what makes them made them

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walk. So it's not the money, it's not the way, it's these

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weird demands. This pattern is not
looking good for Francis Nagano, a guy

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who is a monster in any organization
he goes to. He leaves the UFC

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not on good terms of Dana White, bellator Scott Coker has issues and said

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we're not going to go forward with
this deal Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. They

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don't go forward with him, then
you have one championship saying that that's kind

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of hard to say when you have
a board of directors. Typically when you

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have that for a company, this
is somebody who has contributed to the company,

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not somebody who can walk in and
just say how this is how things

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are going to work from now you
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Somebody is still riding Francis Nagano's check. He's looking for a positioning of power

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here and they're not giving it to
him. So that's a very strange set

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of circumstances for Nagano. But he
walks or he's denied the contract at the

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last second. I think we're gonna
walk away now apparently he's gonna go box

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on Jorge Masvidal's boxing organization. That's
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That's a lot to weave your way
through to kind of figure out the narrative

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that is Francis Nagano. Okay,
one of the biggest athletes ever in the

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history of any MMA organization, and
he's unemployed. He's a free agent still,

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but for some reason he's not being
offered a job. But we'll leave

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it there as I enjoyed getting an
update on a great fight that'll happen in

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July. Blockhead is very excited about
the breaking news that Vicente Luque we'll be

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facing Hafield dos Agnios in July.
R DA versus Luke. I'm down.

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I can't wait for that craftsmanship that'll
come out of this fight. You want

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to talk about a masterclass of two
incredible MMA fighters. I look forward to

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RDA versus Luk in July. Now
we've also got I mentioned Bare Knuckle a

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few minutes ago, we have Mike
Perry defeating Luke rock Hold. Now,

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I'm not really a fan of either
camp. I've always thought that Mike Perry

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was a guy that tried too hard
with his promos, and he certainly seems

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like he's on the decline these days. He's a bit of a nutcase to

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follow, and there are other things
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But Luke rock Hold is another guy
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and I always had a hint of
arrogance that came out of Luke rock

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Holt's camp. But if I had
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was always going to the rock Hold. That night, Mike Perry knocks a

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piece of his teeth loose, and
we have a busted lip, nothing compared

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to Robbie Lawler's lip. Will just
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fair, but he can't continue,
and Rick Perry is standing tall end comes

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to the ring wearing the b KFC
championship belt on his shoulder. The notorious

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Connor McGregor, this Dodo Bird faces
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steps in with Mike Perry. Now
that assumes that there's going to be

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a narrative down the road with bare
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or at least that's what we've been
presented. I guess I have the Thomas

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syndrome. I'll believe it when I
see it. The talk is, weren't

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you supposed to be facing Mike L. Chandler. Weren't you recently the coach

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for tough? Now all of a
sudden we have this swerve. What's to

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be believed anymore? At this point
with Connor? Where is the blurred line

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between appearance and reality. I'm looking
through some smoking mirrors right now and I

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can't decipher anything that's going on,
and I'm not impressed. I'm not impressed

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with Mike Perry versus Connor at BKFC. But either way, we'll see who

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puts pen to paper where certainly Connor
doesn't have to ever fight again if he

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doesn't want to. He's even talking
about facing Floyd Mayweather again. Those talks

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are out there. But that's where
we stand to wrap this up and bring

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some closure to this episode. Sterling
versus Henry Sahudo, now that's our main

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event tonight. You have got the
work ethic of Gilbert Burns versus Belel Muhammad,

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a guy who has been on UFC
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Two eighty seven on the main card, defeated Magni, defeated Mozwadal.

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Now he's already facing Sterling, not
facing Sterling again, but he's facing Belel

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Mohammed. This is quick turnaround,
but this is some serious work ethic for

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Gilbert Burns. Gilbert Burns should be
more of a star than he is.

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If you're gonna base stardom off of
work ethic, Gilbert Burns is your guy.

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If you bases off of Shenanigans and
spectacles, I guess you can look

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at Connor and Mike Perry in b
KFC. One's annoying, the other one

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is a trustworthy, believable warrior,
that is Gilbert Burns. But Belel Mohammed

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is gonna give him a fight of
a lifetime tonight. You want to talk

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about a serious barn burner, but
we have our main event Aljamaine Sterling,

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current day of bantamweight champion, something
that Henders Hudo never lost. Bantomweight champion,

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a guy who was an Olympic gold
medalists by he was now the time

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he was eighteen years old, Shudo
may have been on the shelf for three

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years. But for him to come
back and defeat al Jamaine Sterling, that

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is a huge night. And we
wonder it's only so much coming from me,

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how much this matters. Let me
give you somebody who does Corey Sanhagen,

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who has been in the cage with
al Jamaine Sterling, broke it down.

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Could Sterling out wrestle Henry Sahudo?
This is two different levels. We

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have a Olympic wrestler versus an MMA
wrestler with an incredible IQ that I have

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to give to Al Jamain Sterling,
but I appreciate the IQ that Corey Sanhagan

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has. When he was interviewed about
these two, he used a term over

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and over again. He used the
term nullify to describe the best weapons that

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these two are bringing to the cage. In other words, what Sterling can

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do here, Sahudo can offer set
where Judo has strong Sterling can offset this.

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He used nullify many times. We're
gonna have either a snooze fest or

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we are gonna have an interesting fight
to see who truly is the very best

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of the bantam weights for the championship
tonight. We'll see how that transpires either

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way. Thank you so much.
For tuning in to this episode of your

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favorite blockhead. If you want to
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wrap it up as I got a dog

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getting ready to rock and roll here. We'll see you guys next Saturday,

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same blockhead time, same blockhead.
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