Aug. 11, 2024

Happy Birthday To Snoopy As We Welcome A New Bantamweight Era

Happy Birthday To Snoopy As We Welcome A New Bantamweight Era

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Broadcasting Live good evening, blockad Nation, Thank you for stopping by.

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Once again, you are listening to your favorite blockhead, the

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only podcast in the podcasting world that can somehow incorporate

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the Peanuts comic strip one minute and then be talking

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about MMA and Warriors inside the OCTAGONA next, I am

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your host. My name is Brian Little. If you happen

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to be new to this podcast, thank you for stopping by.

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Come on in, sit down, and have a seat with us.

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Because here in the blockadd Nation, you can guarantee three

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things are gonna be talked about in every single episode.

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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 three,

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mixed martial Arts is the greatest sport under God's hot sun.

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So what we do over here is part one is

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when I go into the Peanuts. If I'm flying solo,

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I will spend a lot of time talking about Charlie

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brown Snoopy and the Gang. And I'm gonna be very

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heavy on this end with some help from the Charles

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Schultz Museum. I want y'all to know, if you happen

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to be new listeners or if you've been around for

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a while. If you want something that's reliable, the Charles

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Schultz Museum is very, very dependable with putting out great

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comic strips from the past, a lot of references to

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what's going on with current exhibitions. If you were to

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go to Santa Rosa and check out the museum updates

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from Jene Schultz, the spouse of Charles Schultz known as Sparky,

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it's all there, so it's really easy to follow. But

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that's the big one that I've been using. So I'm

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very very Charles Schultz Museum social media heavy on this end. Today,

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we got to begin with something that I cannot overlook.

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We have a very special and much deserved happy birthday

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to the most interchangeable and arguably the most important character

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in the history of the Peanuts. Happy birthday to the

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one and only the Beagle Snoopy. A very happy birthday

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to you. Now, if you were to look in the

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comic strips, it's still a little bit of a mystery

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onto what his actual birthday date is. But we do

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know according to this that fifty six years ago on

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August tenth, you had a birthday celebration. What you really

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had a few comics leading up to this, you had

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Linus leading Snoopy on a secret mission. That is absolutely true.

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So if you were to go to look at the

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museum page Charles Shelt's Museum on Facebook, you would see

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the exact date. It's not exactly determined, but we just

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have clues of all these strips that finally came together

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that culminated with the lights being turned on, and it's

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a surprise birthday party for Snoopy and you can tell

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that he's overwhelmed. So that's where the storyline really ends,

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with a surprise birth which is a really good, feel

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good moment from nineteen sixty eight. Now it doesn't just

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stop there, because throughout the week you also have other

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comics that will surface where Snoopy is at the front

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of the spotlight. But if you watch this last one,

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it would came out in July of nineteen eighty seven.

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If you were to go and scroll down and take

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a look at this particular comic strip, it's Charlie Brown

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telling Snoopy that this isn't particularly you. What's he talking about.

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He's talking about Snoopy's shoes. He says that he looks

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ridiculous wearing Mickey Mouse shoes. Now, hold on a minute,

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you mean crossovers from Disney were allowed in the comic strips. Absolutely,

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it wasn't just this one. I can promise you there

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was a Garfield comic strip back in the day. See

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you think that all I pay attention to were the Peanuts,

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That's just not the case. There was one where Garfield

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asked Odie if he could do any particular impressions, and

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Odie blows into his thumb. Next thing you know, he's

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sporting the Mickey Mouse ears. But of course, for some

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reason Garfield can't figure it out. He asked if he's

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John Wayne, he's a Sportsenegger. It's pretty funny, But either way,

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that's another episode. That's another particular comic strip that focuses

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and specializes on Snoopy. And I keep telling everybody that

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tunes in that even though the neuro Uno blockhead would

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be Charles Schultz himself, Snoopy has been world renowned as

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the comic character that can do and be anybody, can

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do anything, be anybody. One minute, he can be the

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mass Marvel, next minute, he can be Joe Cool. Next

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thing you know, it's Snoopy himself. So it could be

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the World War One flying ace and he gets a

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bright spotlight just zeroed in on him through most of

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these comic strips. Now. He was also a big part

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of the success in the TV show Race for Your

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Life Charlie Brown. When you had a rock slide where

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the channel gets blocked. Guess who's driving the earth mover? Yeah,

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it's Snoopy. So why do I bring up that particular episode, Well,

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just because summer's really coming to an end, and one

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of my absolute favorite TV shows to watch during the

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summer was Race for Your Life Charlie Brown, all about

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the adventures that the Peance gang goes on those forty

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seven years ago in nineteen seventy seven. But really, it's

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not just the summer camp. It's not just the adventures.

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It's not just the navigating the rapids. It's more than that.

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Is if you go back to the Charles Schultz Museum page.

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This is kind of something we know intuitively, but it

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does bring up in depth that way. Before Charles Schultz

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ever made this particular TV special that he went on

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his own whitewater rapids trip. He took a three day

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rafting trip through the Rogue River in Oregon and he

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started conducting research way before he ever made this particular

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TV special. This one's very near and dear to my heart.

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If you want to go to the Peanuts classics, yes,

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Race for Your Life from nineteen seventy seven is an

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awesome one. But the cool part of that is it

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even shows you pictures of Sparky himself, but it also

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gives you a couple of the drawings and the quick

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sketchings that he did along the path to really set

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up what he was going to put together for that

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particular TV series. Again, I love that. So if you

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are listening to me and you're going, okay, you know

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your stuff, but if you want to get a little

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more detail and you're expected to have for research base

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to back it up, well, Charles Shows Museum has done

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a great job of that ever since two thousand and two.

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They even have the research center there that preserves and

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displays and interprets all of the art that Charles Schultz

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ever did in a beloved and a beautiful way. And

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just know that's still one of our goals, the Little

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Red Hair Girl meaning my wife Heather and I two

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years from now, that is the goal we want to

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go experience it ourselves. So if I don't say it,

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it doesn't really materialize, does it. So two years from

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now that is our big goal. If you ever want

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to help us on that particular chapter, I'll go ahead

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and put it out now. The best way to help

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us if it is to go to the block your

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favorite blockhead dot com slash block. If you go through

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to have a root beer with an actual Snoopy in place. Yes,

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I've given up soda, but trust me, I will be

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having a legitimate root beer with Snoopy or with anybody

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that is of the staff of the Charles Schultz Museum

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when we go that day. So it's a goal. It

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is a anniversary trip. It is very much our second

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honeymoon and it will be a very special day when

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that finally happens. So if you're interested in showing more.

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Christmas will be here. There will be a particular Christmas

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special episode in December. Already got some things in the

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works coming on for that really excited and we will

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catch you on part two of this particular podcast where

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we get into the crazy world of mixed martial arts.

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Our scripturey in for this podcast comes from Hebrews Chapter six,

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verses four through six. For it is impossible in the

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case of those who have once been enlightened, who have

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tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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and have tasted the goodness of the Word of God

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and the powers of the age to come and then

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have fallen away to restore them again to repentance, since

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they are crucifying once again the Son of God to

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their own harm and holding him up to contempt. Now,

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I chose a fairly controversial scripture of their blockhead nation

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just because Hebrews Chapter six is easily one of the

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most difficult passages to interpret God Questions. Dot Org goes

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into all this about this doesn't teach about losing your salvation.

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Just want you to realize that when it comes to

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the Book of Hebrew Truths, it addresses three groups believers

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in Christ, unbelievers, and those who actually reject him. Ultimately,

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there's also the unbelievers who are starting to become attracted

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to what Christ has taught, what is known as the Way. Now,

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that's one big thing I want he wrotes. But there's

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something key to take away from this. When we're gonna

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go off false doctrine, it's absolutely necessary to know there's

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a distinction between falling and falling away. David Guzick's commentary

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talks about this about falling away is more than falling

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into a sin. That's not it. It's actually deliberately departing from

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Jesus himself. So going back to those who were Jewish

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or the Pharisees who would go back to the original

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way of the law and they would not accept Jesus

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as the way of salvation. They're going back to their

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burnt offerings. They're going back to their blood offerings, when

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the true sec official lamb is Christ, Jesus himself. So

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please know that that is a tough one to interpret

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and depict. But I'm not shying away from the truth.

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Blockhead Nation. I told you number one, God is King,

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and I will talk about these things on this podcast.

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If that's my one way to speak the truth to you,

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then that's what I'm going to do. Jesus spoke in parable,

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so Blockhead will speak in parable as well. So if

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you want more information, I want to discuss Hebrews chapter

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six even more. You can always reach out to me.

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You have me through social media. I respond a lot

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on Facebook, Instagram, I'll respond to you on TikTok, I'll

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respond to you on x. If you need to leave

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me a comment in the blog, then I do follow those.

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So if you want to go into more detail, you're

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welcome to do that. But as far as the World

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of Mixed Martial Arts. We've been given as of last

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weekend a fresh coat of paint UFC Fight Night, and

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Abu Dhabi, you got two guys in the bantamweight divisions

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that are standing head and shoulders above the rest right now.

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Those two men are Umar and a maga Metov, who

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is able to withstand five rounds with Cory Sandhagen to

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take the number two ranking away from him. But you've

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also got a guy that was a distinguished flyweight champion

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who has come in and taken the bantamweights by storm.

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I simply said since he's been there that he looked

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extremely comfortable since December of twenty twenty three, since you

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had an unmans decision over Rob Font For who am

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I talking about? Davison Figuredo, former flyweight champion, had an

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epic bout back and forth with Brandon Moreno. Now here

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he is. He's defeated Rob Font, he submitted Cody Garbrandt,

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and now he gets a unanimous decision against Cheato Vera.

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So I just lay this out for you that in

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a very short period of time, both got as of

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Abu Dhabi have called for the belt and the entire

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bantamweight division needs to realize that both of these guys

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are forces to be reckoned with. But when we look

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at this fresh cone of paint, is gonna depend on

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who is still holding the title, because when we get

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to the sphere at UFC three oh six, you're gonna

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have the current champion, Sean O'Malley versus who I will

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say is a more well rounded fighter and Marob the wadisvili. Okay,

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this goes back to simply that lighthearted incident where al

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Jamaine Sterling and Sean O'Malley are staring each other down

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in the cage. Sean takes off his jacket. Somehow Marob

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gets a hold of it. Who is the number one

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contender outside of these two, and he puts on the

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red jacket. He sports it better than Michael Jackson himself.

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He goes and he sits on the cage and raises

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his hands up. Then of course you have Sean Rohner

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going give me back my jacket. It was absolutely hilarious

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to watch that. But now we have this fight that's

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solidified because Sterling and Marob were teammates and wouldn't face

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each other. Well, O'Malley's the champion and definitely has. If

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I was to say who had the stronger hands, I

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would give it to O'Malley. Okay, this is not a

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guy to overlook all the way from Dania Wise Contender series.

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But what has given him the major uprise his striking,

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his knockout power. What's kept him in this position his

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knockout power. So if we're gonna go off of just

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straight up standing and striking, Morob could be defeated, but

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as far as well rounded on the ground, in submission attempts,

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in BJJ, as far as octagon control, I'm gonna give

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it to Morob, maybe out of speed and accuracy. I

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might even give it to Rob two. But when you

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least expect it, you never see it coming, and O'Malley

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lays you out. So I know that Marob has gone

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back and watched that tape and that filming over and

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over again of his teammate al Jamain Sterling falling to O'Malley, who,

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even from his own lips, has said that this is

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the champion, this is the guy that deserves This is

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no fluke. So we have this fresh coat of paints.

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So once we have this finished, whether O'Malley is still

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holding the title or morob is holding the title. What

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needs to happen. I'm not saying this is just wy

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fb's war robe. That doesn't even the UFC war room

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will play out this way. Umar has broken right into

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the number two ranking, but again, all these other guys

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who've been cleaned out by both him and by Davison Figuredo,

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who is the new guy in town. There needs to

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be a showdown at sundown outside of the saloon between

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these two. Don't you think fresh coat of paint is

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Figuredo versus Umar? Nomaga metoff and who's standing told after that?

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Do we still have an undefeated record in Umar, with

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Kobeeb in his corner, in Islam in his corner with

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Russia in the overtake that they continue to have, or

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do you have this guy from Brazil who is perfectly

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at home in the bantam weights and nobody's standing his

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way for a shot at the title. Both have thrown

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their name in the hat. We want a shot at

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the title. So ultimately what we should have is Figuredo

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versus Umar for a number one contendership, and we're gonna

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have three oh six at the sphere. Morab either falls

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to O'Malley or Morob is holding the title and faces

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one of these two where he doesn't have to do anything,

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doesn't to call anybody, he doesn't have to punch down.

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But that's a whole new changeover. That's a complete one

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point eighty from where the bountiin weights were as of

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last year. Here's where we currently stand. The new kids

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on the block have made a statement. I throw that

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out there just because we've got new faces. And why

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am I bringing up O'Malley guests who happened to got

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the sp award this year for Fighter of the Year.

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And let me tell you, blockhead Nation when it comes

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to Fighter of the Year going to Sean O'Malley, you

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kicked over a major hornets nest by doing that. The

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MMA community simply came out on social media and said, Nope,

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his name is Alex Porera. That should be your Fighter

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of the Year. Or what in the world happened to

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that amazing bout between Max Holloway and Justin Gatchee with

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the last second knockout for Max? How come he's not

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even in this suggestion for Fighter of the Year. You

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give it right away to a champion holder who has

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an incredible marketing strategy that's done very well for him.

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So I'm not downgrading Sean O'Malley, but how do you

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give him Fighter of the Year. It was a bloodbath

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on social media over this one. So we'll see if

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he can maintain being that Fighter of the Year once

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he faces Morob or if he ends up ultimately facing

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Umar or facing Figurato. This chapter is gonna get interesting,

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fast and furious for the bantamweights. Blockad Nation. Now moving

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forward to the next pay per view we got. We

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got UFC three h five in Australia. Why do I

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think this is gonna be an important chapter for the middleweights? Well,

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simply because you finally have the showdown between DDP Drecus

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Duplessis versus Israel Adisanya. You have his return, he wants

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his redemption. But this is Australia. You know who's sitting

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cage side, a guy who showed that he's back and

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raay to go to war. You know that Bobby Knuckles,

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the Reaper, Robert Whittaker will be sitting at cage side

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watching this. It's an exciting thing to think about. As

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far as tonight in the Apex, we got spivawc versus Tiberia.

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I just kind of want to be very clear on

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this one. Both guys have a strong hit list, but

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this is where the heavyweights don't have a whole lot

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striking while the iron's hot, not with Tom aspinall dominating

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the way that he does. But if we're gonna go

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off of these two inside the Apex, Spivak did get

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the jump on Derrek Lewis a while back. He did

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get a jump. The one I enjoyed the most was

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him defeating Greg Hardy. But you've also got Tiberira who

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dropped ty twey Vosa. So you've got some heavy hitters

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going up and swinging for the fences in the main

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event tonight at the Apex. Might not be something to

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overlook just because it doesn't have a lot of sizzle

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to it. There's a lot of steak here inside of

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the Apex with these guys. So just a few things

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to cheer on Blockhead Nation something to consider as always,

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Thank you for coming by for this podcast. I love

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talking about the three things that matter the most of

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my life. Number one, God is King. Number two Peanuts

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is the single most successful comic strip in American history.

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You heard that on Part one, and we just did

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a very brief synopsis and just a few categories on

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why mixed martial arts is the greatest sport under God's

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hot sun, and we'll keep you informed until next week.

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We will tune in next week, as you know, same

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blockhead time, same blockhead channel,