Jan. 5, 2025

Linus Speaks As A Prophet As MMA Has A Two Fight Quandary

Linus Speaks As A Prophet As MMA Has A Two Fight Quandary

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Broadcasting Live good evening. Blockhead Nation. Better late than too

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Nate and too late right. It took me a minute

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to get this recorded, but I'm glad to be with

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you tonight. 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 Octagon the next. I am.

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Your host name is Brian Little. Welcome to the very

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first episode of the year twenty twenty five. I want

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to thank you just for being here Blockhead Nation. If

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you are new to the show, let me remind you

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of the three things that are always talked about. Number one,

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God is King. Number two, Peanuts is the single most

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successful comic strip in American history. And number three, mixed

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

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If you stick around for part one, you're gonna hear

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mostly Peanuts content. You stick around for part two. If

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you're an MMA fan, you might enjoy what's coming up soon.

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So I'll just let you know. There's a couple of

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things I wanted to go ahead and get out of

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the way right away. In this first segment here is

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that we honor former President Jimmy Carter and his passing

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on this show. And if anybody did it correctly, it's

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the Charles Schultz Museum. They had a post up on

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their Facebook and their Instagram and on their website talking

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about Charles Schultz and him being selected as part of

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the American Lung Association. Now, he did put out a

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couple of episodes that dealt with smog, that dealt with pollution.

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That was very much the epitome of what Jimmy Carter

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stood for, isn't it. Carter was very much what you

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would call a humanitarian, also a peanut farmer. But you know,

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many would look at his presidency and say that he

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didn't exactly have a strong presidency because what followed his

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was the infamous Reagan era. But I can tell you this,

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I think Jimmy Carter gave us one of the greatest

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speeches of all time. It gets overshadowed because of his presidency,

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but he gave something called a crisis in confidence speech.

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If you want to go back and google that Jimmy

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Carter Crisis in Confidence, you should listen to the words

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of that speech. Basically told America to stop whining and

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go back to work. You do your job and I'll

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do mine. It's something that should have changed America, but

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it didn't, not for long either way. But I can

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tell you this when it comes to how Charles Schultz

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Museum handled his pass and it was beautiful. In that

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very same year that he gave that speech of the

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crisis in confidence, Charles Schultz was selected to be part

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of the American Lung Association and the honorary chairman for

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that year, there's Christmas Steals campaign, so he gets to

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go visit the White House and shook hands with President Carter.

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The picture is up on their websites, the Facebook, Instagram.

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You can see this alongside of his wife Jean and

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the children as part of that campaign. And I love

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the words that I pulled here that was set on

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the page. It said, I have long been committed to

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doing what I can to help preserve our environment. I

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was happy to accept this appointment. That's Sparky speaking here

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on how that was instrumental in starting the TV show

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Charlie Brown clears the Air, that's the one I'm talking about,

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or really cleans the air, and it's kind of shown

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in different formats throughout YouTube and if you Google it.

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But it was a couple of aimated shorts that were

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shown mostly to students nationwide at that time. And so

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President Carter and his letter to Schultz are very much

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what he called an additional spur that led him to

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design that particular film. So Jimmy Carter was very much

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a part of Schultz's success as well, who is also

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famously a peanut farmer. I'll be fitting especially like in

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the name of Schultz's comic strip, so that's really easy

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to get behind. So want to give my respects to

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former President Carter, and just just mention that if you

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go back and look at more of the uploads that

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are up on the page you want to talk about

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handling the New Year, right, you should probably go look

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at the balloon drop that was done at the Charles

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Schultz Museum at the start of Happy New Year. It's

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still kind of a far fetched idea, but one day

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I would love to be able to go to the

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Charles Schultz Museum and actually have a root beer with

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Snoopy himself because Snoopy and Woodstock were dressed up for

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the occasion. They're there. Jeene Schultz is very much there

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as well, and Snoopy's given out hugs to some of

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those that are ringing in the new Year. So if

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you didn't go back and watch Happy New Year Charlie

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Brown that's on Apple TV, it might still be available.

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Might want to go back and check this out for yourself.

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As from the eighties, but man, you talk about a

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place to be on New Year's to ring in twenty

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twenty five Snoopy style, so really cool to see that.

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And as you heard earlier, I mentioned how this show

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does not overlook things like something that is scriptural very much.

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You have a not only a blend of spirituality, but

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very much My show nowadays has been very parable based

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because midway through the show you'll hear the mid roll

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and you will hear the scripture of the day. If

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there was any character that would seem like he was

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the spoken prophet, which that will tie into my second

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segment here on the show, that would clearly be Linus,

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and it started with in this comic strip with Linus

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and Lucid debating over who gets to watch the television show.

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Linus throws out a bold question that even bothered me

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a little bit because The truth is, I am known

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for doing this watching things on repeat most of the time.

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If you were to come to the Blockhead mansion and

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see how things are done around this house, normally there's

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TV shows on the background that we have watched numerous times.

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It drives a little red Here girl crazy because she

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just wants to say, can we watch a movie or

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something a little bit different on once in a while.

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Lucy is just as guilty because the first thing he

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asked in his comic strip is that all you ever

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do watch repeats. That means I'm not alone in this one, which,

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of course Lucy's gonna retort with buzz off, and eventually

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it becomes a struggle between the two where she finally

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says stop sign and Linus is ready with his rebuttal

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This is Beautiful, where he says there's there's nothing wrong

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with sign, it's scriptural. She pops up and says, it's

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what completely turns her head around. And what does Linus do.

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He starts to quote the Book of Romans, the eighth chapter.

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I don't mind giving you that quote a little bit

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early before we get to the scripture of the day,

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which says this from the Apostle Paul. Likewise, the spirit

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helps us in our weakness, for we do not know

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how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself

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intercedes for us with size too deep for words, and

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he does his mic drop, and he leaves this security blanket.

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And Lucy's sitting there watching the television, watching her replay

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of whatever it is. I'm just as guilty of doing this.

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Maybe you are too blocking nations, some of you that

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are tuning in. And she says, I don't know if

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I should either go and slug him or if to

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start going back to Sunday School. I would opt for

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the latter on that one, Lucy, But it's so befitting

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that that would be in one of the comic strips

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that would come up on my feeds and in the

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Charles Schultz Museum as we start a new year, just

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because that is so crucial to the land of the

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groundwork of this show. Yes, I know how to watch

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things on repeat and on replay all the time, usually

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just tended to deats, but to know that I can

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use scripture on a daily but it doesn't have to

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be just used in the middle of this show. It

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can be something that every day and every moment, every

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breath and every sigh. Just this Lions wanted to use

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to drill his point home a little bit with Lucy

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and believe her dumbfounded. But this is gonna be something

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that Key versus throughout the whole day on twenty twenty

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five is very much going to be a goal. This

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is not me saying New Year's resolutions, those don't stick.

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But to speak Bible verses more often than I have

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is very much something that I seek to do. You know,

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Linus set the example. Sparky very much did this on purpose.

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Sometimes it was very much American based, but a lot

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of times, just as Peppermint Patty said on this show,

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Patricia Patts shout out to her, Sparky would have been

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a phenomenal minister. And if using the Bible in the

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Peanuts as a tool as an instrument to strengthen us

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all spiritually, now it's been on earth, there's no going back.

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This show will be a lot more spirit based than

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it has been in the past, and I pray that

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that is going to be super beneficial to you all

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listeners of this show. May the truth be revealed to

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you this year in the pages of the Peanuts on

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this podcast and in life. Our scripture read for this

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podcast comes from Romans chapter five, verses twelve to thirteen. Therefore,

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just as sin came into the world through one man,

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and death through sin, and so death spread to all

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men because all sinned for sin indeed was in the

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world before the law was given. But sin is not

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counted where there is no law. Charles Stanley expounds on

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this a little bit when he talks about without direct

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help from God, it would be a people without hope.

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We'd find the entrance to Heaven closed, and we've faced

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everlasting separation from the Lord. But our loving Father sent

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his son as our willing substitute. Jesus took our sins

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on himself and received the punishment we deserved. Blockhead Nation,

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So what we were helpless to do, he accomplished for us.

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Through faith and the Savior. We have assurance that we

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will live in the presence of God forever, always thrilled

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to be able to share the truth with you. Blockhad

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Nation as I tried to make sense of something, since

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once again there are no fights, and I could pull

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out the stats and just spread them out and just

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go into detail of everything. That's coming up the next

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couple of weeks. But instead, I want you to know

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right away this is not Blockhead trying to sound clever

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or to say that they are are forces at hand

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that will ultimately become an issue for so many talented

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fighters in the UFC. I want you to follow my

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train of thought just for a second. It's not that

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there is a Varsity Blues effect here, meaning it's not staff.

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It's not my belief that status and wealth are gonna

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be automatically something that helps you rise to the top.

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This is something that bj Penn had to go through

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because he had the funding and he had the ability

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to be able to, you know, train full time, didn't

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have to work side jobs of any kind, unlike Alaiaquinta

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who had to be a real estate agent and then

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eventually go in and fight in the cage. So you know,

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this is this is different anomaly here. I'm not going

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to talk about John Jones and things like you know,

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his genetics that benefit and we know that's a part

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of life. But if I can for the world of

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mixed martial arts, I'm gonna expound a little bit on

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just how in two fights everything is different and what

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I can point to is sort of an unfortunate story

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that happened with a fighter a few years back. Those

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that have not been following the sport recently may not

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know who I'm talking about. If you haven't done your research,

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go back and find a guy named Stage north Cut,

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because I'm going to call this the Sage north Cut

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effect if I can walk you through it. Before Connor

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and Nate Diaz danced and UFC one ninety six a

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few pay per views before that, Sage north Cut blasts

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onto the scene. While most of us as kids were

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enjoying the latest toys and in latest gaming systems and

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playing outside, this kid was winning karate tournaments on a

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global level. And when Dana White gets a hold of

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this kid, he sees the dollar halos spinning around his

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head because he had the look, he had, the athleticism,

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he had the track record as a phenomenon in the

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world of karate coming into the UFC, and he starts

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off doing really well until he finally goes up against

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a veteran Brian Barbonaria, who exposes that he's not extremely

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well rounded in the grappling the world. This is mainly

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where I'm going with all of this. When you are

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only proficient or accomplished in one or two worlds and

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somehow either you're wrestling or your Brazilian jiu jitsu or

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you're striking even is not up to par, then this

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sport is not only unforgiving, but the sponsorships start to dissolve,

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and next thing you know, you're Yesterday's news within two fights,

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because not for long after, Sage northcutt faces this veteran

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Brian Barboneia. He's a v gonna go on the cage

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against another guy who was capitalizing on his mic skills.

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His name was Mickey Gall. For those who don't know

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who Mickey Gall is, he's the guy that beat CM Punk,

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a former WWE wrestler that basically threw the middle finger

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to WW and said, I'm gonna go fight in the

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UFC because you said I can't, and I'm gonna go

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do it just so I can say I had a fight.

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And the guy who is his opponent was Mickey Gall.

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And as soon as Mickey Gall destroys CM Punk, when

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he gets on the microphone, who does he call out?

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That's right, he calls out Sage north cut Next thing

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you know, it materializes, Mickey Gall gets exactly what he wants,

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and this is in the welterweight division of that time.

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Mind you, So soon after that, Sage north Cut, Mickey

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Goll fight and Mickey Gall defeats Sage. Next thing you know,

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Sage north Cut is yesterday's news. Now, granted, Sage has

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gone to one championship, has had a horrible encounter where

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the entire side of his face was completely crushed. I

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think his cheek bone was completely destroyed in a fight.

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He does have a contract with PFL. I just want

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you to realize something about this because of how much

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stock the UFC will put into one guy and how

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quickly those careers are cut short stays Northwids can cut

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just one example. If you look at Mickey Gall lately,

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he couldn't get out of the pre limbs to save

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his life, and now we're looking at He's probably gonna

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hang him up pretty soon or he'll go to another organization.

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Either way. Fast forward to what we can expect for

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UFC Fight Night in Saudi Arabia. I'm not talking about

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the main event, that one's already well in place, Israel

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Oltosawnia versus i'm Avov I'm not talking about that. I'm

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talking about the co main event. I'm talking about two

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guys who have a lot of stock put into him

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from both the fans and from the organization and from

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sponsorships to see how well these guys can hang. I'm

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talking about the middleweight Shara Mgamadov. This is the guy

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who has the one glass eye, who's fifteen and oh

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from Russia, who's a killer. I'm also talking about Michael

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Venom Page. I don't wish anything on these guys, but

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if I just pull a few things about them, Shara

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Manga Medoff is very much a guy who it seems

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like he could easily within a few fights, fall into

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the same category as Sage Northcut. He's an anomaly. But

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how long is he gonna last? This is not me

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being as objective as I can possibly be. With a

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few KOs, with a few unanimous decisions with TKO and

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coming out of Thailand and eventually making his way into

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the UFC starting at two ninety four. They've put a

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lot of stock into this guy. Meanwhile, the man that's

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hard to figure out coming over from Bellatore, which is

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Michael Venam Paige, who you know has a storied rival,

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guys like Douglas Lima and Logan Storyly if over from

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Bellatore comes over and is able to get two unanimous

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decisions coming into the UFC, but you know, recently lost

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to Ian Gary, so he's on one fight loss. So

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it comes down to if MVP is overshadowed by Shara

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Mahametov or Mashara Magamettov has his first loss to Michael

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venam Paige, how quickly do they experience the stage North

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cut effect. I wouldn't wish that on anybody. Now. Again,

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you can get contracts in other organizations, but UFC is

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where a lot of the weeding out happens if you're

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not above proficient and you are not world class. And

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I know I'm talking to I'm preaching to the choir

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and me who are listening this right now. But with

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these two and the Komain events, when we realize how

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much their future is already on the line before it

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even gets a chance to go to the top and

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have a championship, about the same thing can even be

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said about UFC three eleven. When you have the opening

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fight Kevin Holland versus Raner de Rider, I mean, if

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you go back off this guy, Raner de Rider from

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the Netherlands, a middleweight, held the belt in one championship.

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Now he's making his way into the UFC against Neil Magny,

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but Rener de Ritter and Kevin Holland, a guy who

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has used as Mike skills and used them well. But

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it's coming off a couple of losses, once against MVP

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not long ago, one against Jack Dellas. Again, it's just

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kind of one of those. Now that these guys are

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opening the curtain for the pay per view, you have

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to realize how quickly even you look at just their stats,

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if you spread them all out, it's almost prophetic many

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times in this sport. How often this Sage north Cut

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effect does happen with these young guys. Will they ever

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have a chance to go for the title? Are they

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able to hang out in the organization after two losses?

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It's a scary thought. Careers are short and fast, and

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even when I'm telling you could be far fetched, but

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it also could be extremely prophetic on what the future

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is for the most brutal sport that's out there. I

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keep calling it the greatest sport on God's hot sun.

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But you tell me when you look at the brutality

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and you look at the shelf life of all of

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these guys that I've mentioned, and none of them have

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had a spot in the spotlight as we were expecting to,

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except maybe Sharah so Am. I being a little bit objective, Yes,

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I'm also trying not to be prophetic with these words.

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I hope to be wrong because I wish nothing more

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than success for all of these guys who are stepping

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in the cage and doing something I never could do. Now.

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I certainly hope if Stage northcutt ever sees this podcast

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that he won't take this the wrong way. I'd love

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to talk to him in person, but it's just kind

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of one of those It gets overshadowed for fights later.

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When Nate and Connor finally stepped into the cage together,

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the rest is history. And how many we forget guys

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like Sage north Cut, like Mickey gall Will the same

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thing happen to an air Derid, to Kevin Holland, to

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shar Maga Metof, to Michael Venham Page. It's a shame

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to even think that way, that one day they're taking

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their gloves off for the last time inside of the cage,

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especially in unforgiven divisions like the middleweights and the welterweights.

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Grays sport on God's Hot Sun, but as Oliver Anthony said,

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this is a shame what this sport has come to

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for people like me and people like you to witness.

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I hope this has been fun for you. Another episode

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in the can. We'll catch you guys next week, same

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blockhead time, same blockhead cham