June 21, 2025

International Conflict Along With Inner UFC Controlled Chaos

International Conflict Along With Inner UFC Controlled Chaos
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Broadcasting Live good evening. Blockhead Nation, It's been a minute,

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hasn't it? Have a me aal to talk to you

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in two weeks? But guess what Blockhead is back? Yeah,

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you can drive those tears now. The prolonged weight is

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finally over. You are listening to once again, your favorite Blockhead,

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the only podcast in the podcasting world that can somehow

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incorporate the Peanuts comic strip one minute and then be

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talking about MMA and Warriors inside the Octagon the next.

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And boy do I have a lot of ground to cover.

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Within two weeks, the content has piled up. I'll say this.

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I'm back, I'm refreshed, back on the microphone. Glad to

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talk to you at first about the Peanuts because if

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you're new to this show, there are three things that

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are always going to be steadfast. Number One, God is King.

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We throw in the scripture of the day in the

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middle of the day. It's parable based, it's very much

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the truth. Second of all, Peanuts is the single most

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successful comic strip in American history, and I can prove

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that to you time and time again and have done

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it for nine plus years with this show. And Third,

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Mixed Martial Arts is the greatest sport under God's hot sun.

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I will tell you we are on a bit of

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a lull as of right now in that sport. But

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there's plenty for me to discuss on part two. So

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if you're an MMA fan, stick around for part two

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or fast forward, pause, whatever's convenient for you. If you're

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a Peanuts fan, stick around. You're in the right spot.

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And once again, if you are also new to this show,

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let me throw something else out there. Your kids they

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are safe with me. It's almost like being next door

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home improvement to the neighbor that never shows his mouth.

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You don't have to worry about if Blockhead is ever

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going to drop any four letter words. It's not gonna happen. Okay,

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Just getting that out of the way now, you can

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always count on this to be a safe show to

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bring your kids too. It might not be the most

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exciting content you'll come across. It may not even be

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your cup of tea, but at least you don't have

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to worry about that. So moving forward into where we

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are getting the Wilson syndrome out of the way, I

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have to talk about the Charles Schultz Museum because they

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always give me plenty to talk about. And there was

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a comic strip uploaded a few weeks ago. Actually it

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wasn't a few weeks ago, it was on June seventeenth

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that was talking about an episode with Rerun from nineteen

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ninety nine. Rerun would be Linus's little brother, and he

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becomes infatuated with Snoopy many times, on many occasions in

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the comic strip, and can I have a dog for Christmas?

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Charlie Brown? That's very evident, and if he can't have

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him for his own, he'd like to spend as much

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time with him as he can. So in this episode

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he goes to Charlie Brown's house and says, may I

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borrow your dog for the day. And Charlie Brown is

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a little bit dumbfounded, and he responds back and says,

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you can't do that. You can't borrow a dog. And

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he goes into detail about that you can borrow money,

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you can borrow a baseball glove you need to even

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a car you could borrow. You can't borrow a dog.

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It's cardinal rule. And so Rerun kind of thinks this

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through and looks back and says, we'll ask your dad

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if I can borrow his car which automatically took me

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to that scene in Friday nineteen ninety five where he says,

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you cannot borrow my car. Some people want to borrow

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Sugar bor ketchup, you want to borrow my car, you

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can forget about it. So the crossover between Friday of

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the movie and Charlie Brown the comic strip, you would

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have never made that connection if you had not come

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over to this little podcast, if you not come to

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this episode, you wouldn't have gotten that. So I'm letting

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you know that there are some superficial people inside of

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the comic strip. It's not just Lucy that goes out

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of her way to get what she wants. Rerun has

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tried that, But another one that's guilty of it is Snoopy.

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Now you have to go back a little bit further

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to the comic strip from nineteen fifty one where Snoopy

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is acting like he's happy to see Charlie Brown. He's dancing,

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turning somersaults, and Charlie Brown has to break the bad

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news to him and says, I didn't bring any candy today,

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and Snoopy storms off, irritated, and Charlie Brown can just

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shrug his shoulders and say, well that's the way it goes.

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So there are some superficial moments. No candy for Snoopy

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equals no affection for Charlie Brown, so wanting to borrow

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Snoopy if I can't have them for my own. There's

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a lot of get what I can in the world

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of children with no adults around, no rationale whatsoever, and

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that department. So if you go to the Charlis shultzbanus in,

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like I always tell you, you can be updated on all

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your comic strips, have refreshers when you need them to. So,

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now that I've gotten the comic strip out of the

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way while i was gone and while I've come home

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to the Blackhead Mansion, there's very much something going on

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that I have to discuss with you. Please know, as

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I'm saying this on my podcast, this is why I

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be talking real world. You're not gonna to hear any

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shaking in my voice as I share this. You're not

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going to hear anything that is not truthful. Okay. All

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across my social media feeds, I'm getting the same thing

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that a lot of you have been getting. The strikes,

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the military strikes between Iran between Israel on if the

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United States will get involved or not. Those that are

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watching the breaking news trying to follow along with President Trump.

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It's a worldwide trend as of right now, and I'm

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gonna share with you to the best of my ability

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to truths. Also, if you are new to this podcast,

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wyfe Be is also a Navy veteran. Now what I'm

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going to reveal to you is not extremely confidential any more.

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It's as of twenty ten, fifteen years later. I cannot

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imagine it being any less effective than it would have

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already been back then. So I said it because I

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was getting out in twenty ten. One of the last

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ports that I visited with my ship is a place

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you can look up. It's there, you can google it

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called if you are on the West Coast and you

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need to reload your AMMO for your ship, you need

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your munitions, you need any refills you need. I wasn't

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a Gunner's mate, I was not a Boatson's mate. But

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I can tell you when I saw in it is

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confirmation that I saw with my own eyes that America

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doesn't have to worry about protecting our borders. What is

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rightfully ours when you look at A few years later,

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after I got out of the military, I saw something else.

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In twenty twelve, a few hours away, not far off

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from Ablene, Texas as a place called If you are

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a student of a professor that wanted extra credit, you

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can go on this trip and you can go see

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actual missile silos that are no longer active, but are

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in the planes of Texas. We only saw one, and

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it was used as a counter strike. It was used

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in mostly in the space race. I have seen missile

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silos with my own eyes. Again, like I said, notything

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to be worried about. It's to confirm to you of

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what we have ready at a moment's notice. If America

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were ever to switch back to Defcon three, like we

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did in the nineteen sixties during the Cuban missile crisis,

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all we would have to do is brush the dust

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off of these different silos. So, if you are worried

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about our involvement between Israel and Iran, let me assure

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you something from a biblical standpoint, it never goes well

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when you go up against Israel. That does not mean

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I am picking a side. I'm telling you look at

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history for yourself. I'm not telling you that they are

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in the right for what they're doing. I'm not telling

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you I side with Palestine because I do not. I

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do not side with Iran. I am not thrilled with

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where this is going. But Blockhead is not losing one

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bit asleep over knowing the level of defense spending that

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has gone into our country since twenty ten, since before

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my service ever started in the United States Navy amongst

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the greatest military there ever was on the face of

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this planet. Knowing the few things that I know, knowing

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so much more that is confidential that has been built

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up over the last fifteen years, Blockhead Nation, Are you

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truly worried about what's going on over there? Is it horrible?

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Certainly does. My heart break for both sides, absolutely beyond

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a shadow of doubt. But is this a time for

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you to be fearful? Do I sound like I have

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any shaking in my voice? Do I sound like I

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have lost faith in our president or our military? Certainly

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not in the latter. So as you watch these conflicts,

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this is nothing new in the scope of history. This

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is just maybe for the first time you thinking that

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we have a president who is crazy enough in one

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hand to hold the nuclear football and in the other

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hand hover his finger over the nuclear red button. And

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so far, what is his response been, Whether you like

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the guy or not? Do we have many ready warming

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up in the bullpen if they need to be called in?

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My answer is absolutely by blockhead Nation. If you're in fear,

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I tell you to hit your knees, I tell you

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the word. I tell you to look to what has

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biblically sound to have faith in our men and women

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in the armed forces. And there's not a thing that

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I have watched that has me worried about the future

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of our nation or the future of your children. But

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my heart hurts for what The truth is that wrath

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will always fall upon many nations, and the Bible proves

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that it's not going to get any better as we

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get into the later days, as we get into closer

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to what's known as the pre tribulation. Even science will

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tell you that the second law of thermodynamics, it does

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not get any better from this point. It's going to

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get worse, which is where your faith Blockhead Nation should

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grow stronger. Trust in blockad Nation and stick around for

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part two. Our scripture in for this podcast comes from

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Psalm chapter thirty seven, Verse twenty four. Though he fall,

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he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord

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upholdeth him with his hand. Reflection from Blue Lay Bible says,

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from his undying love and grace, God sustains us in

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all things as we continue to trust in Him. We

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were firmly established in his love when he removed us

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from our iniquity and securely planted our feet on the rock.

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Even as we stumble in this life, the creator of

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the universe is there to grab hold and bring us

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to his side. May we commit our way to him,

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blockad nation, and see his unfailing greatness and his mercy

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every day. As I start part two, trying to take

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a deep breath on this, there's just so much that

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I have to go back over and cover it. Not

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that I don't think I'm already preaching to the choir,

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but since I took my two week vacation, Morob is

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still champion. Kayla Harrison is the new champion, completely outclassed.

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Julian opinion. Joe Pifer wins against Kelvin Gatstlom. Patchy Mix

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didn't exactly show up for the big fight against Mario Baptista.

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Sometimes you're the big dog and you're a small fish

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in a big pond. That just might be the case.

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Here we have Performance the Night for Kevin Holland versus

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Vincente Luke, So not a bad pay per view as

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far as that goes onto the fight night from last week,

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I have to automatically take a look. Even though there's

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not much to brag about with Usmann coming back against Buckley.

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I mean, it was a wrestling clinic for five rounds.

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It was a careful win in many ways. We got,

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you know, Rose versus Miranda Maverick. You have Rose winning

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this fight. But I have to go to the controversy

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for the light heavway about at the prelambs. So you

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have Paul Craig versus Rodolfo Belotto and into the very

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first round. I went back and watched this clip the

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whole five seconds in case there's somebody that is not

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sure how this works. Here's the rule. If you are

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a grounded opponent, you cannot receive an upkick to the

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head if you are standing on your feet looking for

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a position to go for ground and pound. If you

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have a guy that's on his back, he can throw

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an upkick. If your knees are not down. So if

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you're standing straight up the way that Rodolph of Belotto

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was hovering over Paul Craig looking for the opportunity to

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come into his guard and throw some ground and pound.

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Paul Craig was ready for it. Now. As he starts

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to switch positions and as the elevation changes, Paul Craig

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thinks that his knees are up, but they're not, so

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Paul Craig throws an upkick that the MMA community has

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looked at and said, okay, calm with an upkick, he

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can't continue. It's a no contest because of an illegal kick.

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times before. One of the most recent ones I can

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think of was Rond de Marcos who was scrambling with

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Luana pen hero To where she throws a upkick to

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her head while her knees are down, and that gets

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a disqualification and awards Lauana the victory. So this has

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happened before. But what I'm seeing from the fighter community

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is he's doing a flop around similar to what Lebron

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James does. He is milking this for all that it's worth.

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the way the fighters are talking about it. Me as

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seconds from when he dropped to his knees to where

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the upkick happened, and I'm just seeing from the angle

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from the cameras that this is just in the heat

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of the moment and where it automatically dies down. Is

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how Paul Craig responded to this, because once he got

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to the post conference, he said, hey, this was my fault.

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he was up, but he wasn't, so it was up

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to the referee to make this decision. So, if you

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put aside any recency bias, all of the stuff, we're

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hoping for Paul Craig to have a resurgence over the

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last couple of performances that he's had. You have this

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guy who the fighters are saying he flopped. He pretended

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like he wasn't hurt when he wasn't. Either way, Paul

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Craig still threw the kick from his back when he

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was not standing straight up. He was in a grounded opponent.

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It's a hard pill to swallow and it has no substance.

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okay with it and shakes hands, hugs the guy. It

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is what it is. We have to respect the referee's decision.

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So you want to talk about a lot of class

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coming out of Paul, I'll give him that. And I

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remember when this happened. I couldn't wait to listen to

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Chill Sonnon's podcast. You're welcome, just because chall is a

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guy who will put a yard spin on anything that's

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out there in the MMA community. But he could also

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sell a dying man a health club membership. The same

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guy can make you rethink anything that is so obvious.

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He can throw out something that's so absurd and you

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can go, I'm actually buying into this. I'm starting to

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believe this malarkey For a second here, I wanted to

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hear it on if it was a flop or not,

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and he was actually being objective for both sides. But

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when I looked down, I had to take a snapshot

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of this, and I'm looking right at my phone about

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when they had a poll that UFC put out about

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dream fights that you would like to see if you

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were a matchmaker. So while Chail is discussing the Paul

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Craig fiasco and taking us in every aspect where this

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has happened before, where ultimately it's still the referees' decision,

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we get to know contest. It's a shame for Paul Craig,

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but the guy's a class act for not steering into

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it like Jamal Hill certainly would have. But you know,

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completely outclassed tonight by Clil Rowntree because Khalil just looked

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fantastic at the stairdown, he looked great at the press conference,

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and he was better prepared than Jamal Hill was. But

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bringing it back to Jail, I screenshoted this and I'm

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looking right at it right now as we speak. And

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I was talking about the dream fights you would make

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as a matchmaker, and there were four of them. One

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would be Drecis Duplessis versus Yaelle Romero and the poll

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of the time only gave that about nine percent. The

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second was Alexander Volkanowski versus Connor McGregor. Okay, the hardest

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handing left hand, possibly in the history of the UFC

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versus some of the hardest left hands in the featherweight

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division and one of the greatest champions of our time,

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which is Vulk. That one got thirty two percent. Okay,

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The third one was Demetrius Johnson versus Davison Figorreto. So

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the guy who belongs on every single UFC and MMA organization,

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Mount Rushmore, Dmitrius Johnson have a shot at who was

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the best flyweight champion. Clearly has moved up and found

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his spot in the bantamweights. For him to face Davison FIGUREA,

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that'd be a dream match for somebody like me who's

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a diehard fan who loves the flyweight division. But that

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only got six percent, So always paying attention to that.

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You know why none that we're paying attention to those

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top three choices because the fourth choice, the fourth name

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on this pole was other. But when you do these

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YouTube polls, you also have a screenshot a picture of

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both of the fighters as if this were to be

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a reality. So you had a picture of DDP versus Romero,

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you had a picture of versus Connor. You had a

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picture of Demitius Johnson versus Figurato. But on other and

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I have this on my phone as proof, on that

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fourth choice, it does say Other. But the picture is

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John Jones in a staredown with Tom Aspinall. Fifty three

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percent of those who took the poll chose other, being

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prompted by the UFC because the picture is the biggest

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fight in America and in the world today for the

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UFC to make Tom versus John. And now we're getting

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breaking news that John Jones has officially retired and Tom

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Aspinall is considered the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

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Now whatever, I don't know how much we're being led on,

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but I'll stand by what I said in my other

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video that I made that talked about November and December

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not having anything booked at this point. We have nothing

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for masson Square Garden, we have nothing for T Mobile Arena,

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We don't have anything planned out for twenty twenty six.

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But that poll put up by the UFC almost instigating

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and drawing in the bait for US UFC fans. It's

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very clear that what everybody wants is what everybody doesn't

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have yet or will not get. And this shell game

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in put in by the UFC is really starting to

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get old. It feels more scripted than the WWE does,

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and it's a shame when somebody like me becomes more

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interested in what the WWE is doing or the Women's

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National Basketball Association because of the controversies with Kate and

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Clark and Sophie Cunningham that are coming to the surface

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right now. That's a shame when I am actually looking

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elsewhere from my sport, just like Dana White is with

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his meta obligations as of right now, or his power slap,

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which you take the genius's eye off the product that's

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working and the product starts to suffer. One time, Mince

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McMahon tried to start a football league. Didn't he How

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well that work out? Remember the XFL. Maybe she have

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stuck to wrestling. Now we got Dana White doing power

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slap and getting interested in doing work with Mark Zuckerberg.

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If you don't want to be part of the UFC, Dana,

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maybe you should hang it up. They should move away

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from somebody that's passionate about a gain because you used

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to be the best. But we got going on with

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Jones and aspinall. It's not only confusing at this point,

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it's downright tiring. But here we are. I hope that

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catches you up as much as possible on where I

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currently stand blockhead Nation. Come next week, if all things

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go according to plan, I will be speaking with a

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guest MMA Fighter number four. We've had smiling Sam Alby,

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We've had Joe Stevenson, We've had Jores Shorty Torres. We

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may have number four come Saturday. Just a little bit

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of extra confirmation. We're supposed to be recording this week.

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We'll see how that all pans out. Either way, we

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will catch you next Saturday. Block adad Nation, same blockhead time,

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same blockhead shaped the Way to the Game by Day