Episode #295: Peanuts Analysis on TikTok, Plus the Gaethje, the Conor, and the Ugly

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Broadcasting live good evening, Blockhead Nation, thank you for stopping by once again.

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You are listening to your favorite blockhead
the only podcast in the podcasting world

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that can somehow incorporate the Peanuts comic
strip one minute and then be talking about

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MMA and Warriors inside the Octagon the
next. I am your host. My

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name is Brian Little, and from
the bottom of my heart, I really

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appreciate all the love that the Blockhead
Nations show to JK from Against the Fence

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MMA channel. Those guys are doing
phenomenal work in the world of mixed martial

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arts, for fans, for the
fighters. I just really appreciate not only

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that the downloads and listens did pretty
well, but y'all showed a lot of

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love to JK. And in the
future we'll try to get Sigh and ash

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on. But until that time comes, I appreciate the love and support that

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you gave to those guys and to
this show. I also just remember,

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when it comes to this podcast,
three things are always talked about. Number

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One, God is King. Number
two Peanuts is the single most successful comic

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strip in American history. That's why
I talk about on part one and then

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for part two, those that are
MMA fans that have drifted this way.

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Number three, Mixed Martial arts is
the greyest sport under God's hot son.

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So on part two, I will
be covering what's going on in the world

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of MMA. We've also got a
huge boxing match in my backyard aka the

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Dallas Fort Worth area. We'll get
into Paul versus Diaz and minute, but

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I will start with this that summer
is rapidly coming to an end. You

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know very well that I'm a teacher
by day and a podcaster by weekend.

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I'm getting some things ready. But
also those of you that are parents,

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you know the time's coming short,
that the kids are not wanting to go

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back. But if we take a
look just at the Peanuts comics section,

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even though most of the time,
if you read through the Peanuts, or

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if you watch the TV shows,
or if you watch the movie, there

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is one particular character that doesn't always
have the best of luck when it comes

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to summer. You would think he
would, but he doesn't always have the

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best success stories. And that would
be none other than Snoopy one. Because

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if he goes to the beach most
of the time, there's a sign that

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says dogs are not allowed on the
beach won't, won't, won't, And

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a lot of times he'll do it
at a defiance. He'll find a beach

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where there isn't a sign, and
he will show his skills as a surfer.

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One particular comic, I'm gonna go
back through this one's very comic strip

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heavy on this part of the episode, is that Snoopy actually invented a sport,

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a water sport. He invented something
I guess you can call water skateboarding,

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because if you look at the comic
strip, it looks like he's about

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to dive over the pool in his
skateboard, but he doesn't make it.

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He misjudges the distance and he's gonna
fall skateboard first into the water. So

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if you've ever heard of water skiing
but not water skating, the closest thing

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we've got to water skateboarding would be
from Snoopy himself, by his own pitfalls

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and by his own mishaps. But
that was one of the comics that came

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up through the Charles Schultz Museum.
Just know, as the host when I

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bring things to you for the Peanuts, I'm either going from the comic strip,

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I'm going from the TV shows,
the movie or the Charles Schultz Museum

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that does a very good job of
recirculating comic strips. That's gonna be relevant

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to this part of the episode because
I know a lot of you are drifting

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towards TikTok. I get it.
YFB doesn't do a whole lot of work

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on TikTok, but that's very mainstream
now and it's really drifted that way.

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There is a gentleman who did a
very good Peanuts analysis on TikTok, and

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I'm going to give him some love
on this show. But one more thing

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I'll mention, if your kids are
having those anxiety attacks of not wanting to

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go back to school, if ever
there was a Peanuts character that did not

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want to go back to school and
made that very clear, that shouted it

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from the rooftops and even talked to
the bricks of a school itself, that

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was Sally. Sally Brown was not
the most scholastic you would think in many

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ways. As Charlie Brown appreciated school
and Linus very much excelled in school,

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Sally was not a fan of anything
that was of the educational scene, even

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if it was going to the library. She didn't want to go, and

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even if it was just going back
to school, the excuse is, why

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do I have to go? I
went yesterday. Other characters have actually used

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that same argument, and usually what
could win them over was, well,

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Mom already made a lunch for you, okay. Even though we don't see

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the adults in the comic strip,
we realize that, oh, if Mom

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went to all that trouble to make
me a lunch, well, I guess

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I'd better go to school. That's
usually the hook that gets her out of

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the house and gets her on her
way. But she doesn't handle school very

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well. Whether it's a locker she
can't open, kids on the playground,

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just the upper level of maths she
has to deal with every year that she

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goes through the school system. Sally, returning to school is never a good

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thing. So your kids are in
good company with the grayest comic strip of

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all time, which is The Peanuts, because Sally was not this scholastic one

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either, and made that abundantly clear. So I want to make sure I

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went through comic strips that have resurfaced. The one about snoopy water skateboarding very

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much resurfaced on the Charles Schultz Museum
through Facebook Instagram. He had to deal

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with no dogs allowed on the beach. That made a miserable summer for him.

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Many times. That was just the
truth of it, Sally. Returning

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to school is never a good thing. That's always been problematic. But since

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we're getting into the world of TikTok, I have to tell you there is

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a gentleman that gave a very good
analysis of Peanuts on TikTok and his name

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is James Ward. Giving him a
shout out to this one. And what

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he talked about was the Peanuts being
small children, but ironically they are written

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for an adult audience because it will
cover if you look deeply at the Peanuts

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comic strip instead of on the surface, from the fifties on into the nineties,

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it really covered everything philosophical, psychological, even sociological that had an effect

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on American society and really beyond.
He did a very good job of interpreting

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that and analyzing that for the viewer. And he was said somewhere in there

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that it was a secure world in
the newspaper, because what you can expect

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from the Peanuts is it didn't change. Charlie Brown would miss the football or

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the kids would laugh at him because
Charles Schultz would literally make Charlie Brown.

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The dump on Snoopy is interchangeable.
It can do anything. Linus had his

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security blanket. You could count on
these things in a scary world that is

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the Sunday newspaper, especially during the
Cold War. So in many ways,

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the Peanuts became an anchor for readers
more than you may have realized. And

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really there isn't Since he was from
speaking from a British perspective, he said,

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there really wasn't a real British equivalence
to the Peanuts. There were a

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few out there that had long runs
in the world of comic strips, but

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the Peanuts defined an era that ended, ironically with two things happening simultaneously.

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Charlie Schultz dies in February of two
thousand, just as only four hour news

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channels are very rapidly being replaced by
something called the Internet. Now, are

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we still watching twenty four hour news
channels? Yes, it's still out there.

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We still have our mainstream, we
still have the Prime Times, but

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that's just a mere coincidence of the
time. But it's more convenient to go

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to the Internet, which took away
from the Sunday comic strip and an alarm

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became relevant. So newspapers have continually
been on a decline ever since. And

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you wonder why podcasts like myself are
trying to make sure that the memory of

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the Peanuts never dies. It's easy
to know Snoopy out there in society and

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culture, but not to forget the
effect of Peanuts on what America wanted to

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be, on what it should be, or how it saw itself. And

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this gentleman goes through all of that
in just the three minute snap. And

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really this was another one I really
appreciated. James Ward talked about how you

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can't compare things like the Simpsons,
like Family Guy, or even Bob's Burgers

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and say, oh, that's the
equivalent of the comic strips. No,

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the reason why that's a mistake is
because it's solely television based. It doesn't

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have that Sunday comic appeal. Whether
it's online or a paper that's tangible in

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your hands, you don't have that. So I want to make sure that

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he gets his due diligence on here. I was really impressed with this TikTok,

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and really he asked an important question
I'll ask at the end of part

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one of this podcast is what have
we lost with the demise of the Peanuts

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and the comic strip? So Blockhead
Nation, I ask you that I want

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you to contemplate it. It's one
of those open ended questions, what have

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we truly lost with the demise of
the Peanuts comic strip? But just as

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importantly, I ask you, even
though we have lost the Peanuts comic strip

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as a Sunday a ritual, what
have we gained in replacement of that?

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continue picking up where we were in
Miss Martial Arts Now. Last week we

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went in depth with JK and again
I appreciate all the love you guys gave

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him. But sometimes I need to
clarify if I seem a little bit on

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edge, or if I seem like
I am frustrate with something in the world

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a mixed martial arts. Just like
any other fan, I don't always get

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my way. There are going to
be things that I'm gonna have to just

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be along for the ride with.
And one of them starts with the main

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event last week, and let me
tell you, oh my goodness, UFC

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two ninety one absolutely delivered an awesome
pay per view main card. Kevin Holland

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gets a win against Michael Kiessa,
Bobby Green is able to defeat Ferguson in

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the last six seconds where he passes
out. And then we have Derek Lewis

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returning a fan favorite, very quickly
doing a Masvidal knee which from noways saw

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it coming. But we got that
post interview that everybody longs for, Alex

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Podrea showing that he is going to
leave a huge footprint on the light heavyweight

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division. And then we have the
BMF title Dustin Pourier versus Justin Gaiche.

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What an awesome fight. We have
really Poorier, really pouring it on in

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the first round. It looked like
it was more ten nine Pourier. Somehow

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Justin is patient. He sets up
that kick perfectly, just as Leon Edwards

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did with Camardo Uzman and in the
same location in Salt Lake City, and

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we have an awesome win for the
new BMF holder. And now this is

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where it starts to get annoying.
Okay, I'm watching this at loud in

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to p and A AND's mansion,
and the tweet pops up that says,

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Justin, I will slap you around. Who's it from? None other than

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Connor McGregor. If you want to
know who annoys me the most in the

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world of mixed martial arts, it
is Connor McGregor. And I can tell

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you one of the reasons why.
Again, I don't want to rabbit trail

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too much. I want to bring
this back to Justin Gaiche. But if

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I can begin with not too long
ago. If you are not familiar with

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The Rock and his infatuation with mixed
martial arts, there is a current day

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fighter that The Rock found out about
his financial condition. He came. He

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had just enough money to get on
an airplane to come to the gym,

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and he lived in this gym for
two weeks. But we found out he

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was a fan of The Rock.
Apparently, The Rock shows up and not

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only has an Instagram pick with him, but also hands him keys to a

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house that he can go to so
he doesn't have to live with the gym

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anymore. You want to talk about
a guy who is paying it forward,

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Say what you want about the Rock
If this story is factual. What a

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man for the world of MMA.
What a guy who has set the precedent

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for paying it forward when you do
well in something, finding ways to give

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back. It's clever, it's creative, and it's appreciative. I'm going to

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ask you what type of community services
Connor McGregor, Dunne. I'm waiting.

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Maybe you can send me a comment
Blockhead Nation. I'd like to know.

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So we have this BMF title,
Justin gaiche is now holding. We now

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have a lineage. Masvidal has passed
it off to the winner, number two

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ranked Justin Gaichee, which really opens
the door for a number one ranked contendership.

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But guess who has to throw his
name in the pot. A guy

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who's continuing to sweat in the world
of the Ultimate Fighter, who has one

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of the most dismal records as a
coach, which is Connor McGregor. All

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of a sudden, Michael chan is
brushed off his shoulders and now we focus

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on Justin Gaichi. We get to
the post conference, and what does Gaichi

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say. I'm trying to loosely timeline
this for you, Gaichi says, and

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I quote, I will not fight
a guy who's on steroids. I will

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not fight a guy who cheats.
Are you hearing me? We've got conrac

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Gregor, formerly a wounded animal,
in the Dustin Poirier fight for the second

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time. It's best two out of
three. There's nothing more to rekindle in

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that match. But now he has
to insert himself in the Gaiche discussion,

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in the BMF discussion. But why
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in the USADA pool. It means
that for six months we don't know what

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he's been popped on. We as
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of his testing, whether it's for
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We can certainly sit back and speculate, can't we. This is a guy

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who's continued to show me that you
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to do what was expected of you
in the first place, which was to

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fight Michael Chandler to have the flagship
of Billets to our versus the flagship of

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the UFC and finally settle this discussion
once and for all. But oh no,

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we have to shift gears and we
got to go aga after Justin Gaichee,

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who has bigger fish to fry,
known as either Charles Olivera or Islam

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Makachev, and he's not giving him
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we continue with the timeline in the
world of Twitter, you have Gaichee saying,

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go ahead and sign the contract if
you want it, and then Connor

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McGregor says signed. What proof do
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do we have that there is a
venue, that there is some type of

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a fight that's been offered to Connor
McGregor. Do we have one? This

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is a sticky situation that should have
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But Connor McGregor has to throw his
pitiful woe is me self into this discussion

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and we have to have him back
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He's showing us what happens when people
see you sweat. He is pouting

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in the corner, want in his
pacifier, But we're giving him the time

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of day. When poor Abill go
back and continue to work for the good

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fight foundation. What is Connor McGregor
doing, I'm all I'm asking. That's

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why I get so frustrated with this. It's become like the Gaichi, the

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Connor and the ugly, you know, the good, the bad, and

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the ugly. It's playing out like
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tailspin and wasting the line of the
fans time when we shouldn't even be given

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any attention to Connor whatsoever. So
I'm not gonna give him anymore. I'm

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gonna shift over here to the number
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light heavyweight division, which is Alex
Berea. Now, could that fight have

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gone either way? Clearly? I
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mostly by wrestling, mostly by keeping
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scorecards, I'd say Alex definitely got
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that third It was razor close.
Could have gone either way. It's very

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possible if you listen to the crowd
that they favored Alex Perea, which is

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going to sway the judges. Has
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Alex Perea, who is a fresh
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This is an interesting discussion now because
are you going to have Alex Perea

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being thrown right into the deep end
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if these two fight, whoever wins
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from an injury and you have the
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to talk about. I will tell
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Tony Ferguson and Bobby Green fight.
Tony Ferguson is a guy that we don't

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want to disres spec. There's no
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get any negative vibes coming from me. What I appreciate is we did have

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an eyepoke. Whether intentional or not. Ferguson definitely is on the vibes of

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this was intentional, but things happen
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did not end the fight for Ferguson, but definitely impaired his ability to keep

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his range and to put pressure.
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You got Bobby Green who has Ferguson
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ends up happening. He won't submit. He passes out. It's very much

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in Chris Lieban style. You're not
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have to give respect to Tony Ferguson. I have to say, if he

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keeps fighting guys like Bobby Green,
he's not going to be able to get

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his number one contendership or certainly not
even to Fight Night. We're going to

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be a little more careful who we
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But just to wrap up on this
back end, we got an awe some

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fight tonight main event. Rob Font
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Now let me see if I can
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be, and this is where I
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Bantam Weight division very dangerous. It's
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lightweights or the bantam weights. Really
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But let me give you the heart
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supposed to fight Sanga Dong on two
ninety one. He was on that main

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card. Umar Namaga metof is supposed
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Both Umar and Song are out with
an injury. Rob gets the call,

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Hey man, I hate to take
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but we need somebody to face Corey
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put me in coach, I'd love
to fight him. Now. Does that

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guarantee that Rob font is going to
be able to dethrone the very dangerous Cory

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an Hagen guys? Rob Vaughn is
an easy story to get behind. A

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guy who started delivering pizzas in Brazil, delivered to a Brazilian jiu jitsu jim.

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Next thing you know, he's training. Next thing you know, he's

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ranked number on the number ten bantam
weights in the UFC. It's an easy

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story to get behind. And the
fact that he hasn't fought nothing but killers,

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coming off an amazing knockout of Adrian
Jannez and being able to defeat guys

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like Cody Garbrandt. This is an
easy guy to get behind. But Corey

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Sanhagen being able to de throne Cheeto
Vera Cheetavera cannot figure out the chess puzzle

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that is Corey Sanhagen Cheetovera was able
to defeat Rob Vaughn, which is meant

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he took time off from that to
get ready for Adrian Jannz. This is

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just easy to get behind. This
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So Rob f versus Corey Sandhagan awesome
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Now, if I can end on
this thought in my own backyard,

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you got a guy that is my
kryptonite. I've admitted it before. When

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Nate Diaz speaks, my world stops. I've gotta know what he has to

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say. And I'm watching the press
conference with Jake Paul. Jake Paul continuing

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to shout over the crowd because the
crowd is very partisan Texas crowd for Nate

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Diaz. He's continuing. It's one
of those if you're not getting through to

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someone, eventually you're going to raise
your volume. But it's showing that Jake

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Paul is letting people see him sweat. Nate Diaz says very parely any words

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in this entire thing. He even
questions that he's the bully. He just

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says, like one word bully,
he just puts the mic back down.

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It's almost like watching Nate dis simultaneously
is one of my favorite things to view

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in the world of MMA. But
it's also like watching a wreck on the

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highway. I should be ashamed of
myself for wanting to look at the damage

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being done, but I've got to
look. I have to watch what's going

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on with Nate Diaz, and of
course I want him to win. Then

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we speculate if Jake Paul defeats Nate
Diaz and the one guy who has the

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straight don't give an f kind of
attitude and the persona that you're not going

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to pay me enough to lie down
for you and make you look good.

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If Nate Diaz is defeated tonight,
it makes you question the world of boxing.

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It makes you question was this a
setup? Was this staged. That's

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a hard thing for anyone to stomach, especially somebody who's a fan of Nate

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Diaz. But you got a banger
of a boxing match going on simultaneously with

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the world that's going on in Tennessee. That is San Hagan versus fun.

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If you're an MMA fan, we
are frothing at the mouth right now for

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what's going on this weekend. We
will get some updates. We'll get back

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next week. We'll probably do a
quick recap and see what's going on moving

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forward in the meantime, thank you
again for listening to this podcast. Asked

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