Memorial Day For Peanuts Fans With Confirmed MMA Possibilities

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Broadcasting live. Good afternoon, good
evening, coming to you on another Saturday.

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I hope you're doing well, Blockhead
Nation. You are listening to your

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favorite blockhead the only podcast in the
podcasting world. But can somehow incorporate the

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Peanuts comic strip one minute and then
be talking about MMA and Warriors inside the

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Octagon the next. I am your
host. My name is Brian Little,

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and since we are getting into the
summer months of twenty twenty four, I

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do want to spend a little time
in this episode discussing some summer topics,

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but also want to remind you of
what this three day weekend truly is all

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about. And one person who encapsulated
that very well was none other than Sparky

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Charles. Schultz always did a phenomenal
job on introducing America to what Memorial Day

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is all about through the Peanuts,
and I can show you several examples of

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that through this. If you never
turned into this podcast, first of all,

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welcome, hope you'll enjoy it.
Sit down, relax, and just

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enjoy hearing a podcaster who talks about
three things. Number one, God is

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

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history. And number three, this
is my own opinion, but I like

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to speak it into fact quite often, is that mixed martial arts is the

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greatest sport under God's hot sun.
And since we are gonna look at summertime,

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some of you that are parents know
what's happened. School's out for summer,

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which means, is there a way
to get your kid quote unquote out

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of your hair? And that can
be a bit of a daunting task over

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the last next couple of months.
And one way in particular to do that,

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which means usually you might have to
dip into your pocket, or you

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can ask your local church or a
local charity like the Boys and Girls Club,

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something along those lines to help get
your kid into a summer camp.

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Some of you have been through that
before summer's out. Summer's begun, school's

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out, everybody's happy. But then
you find out about the summer camp schedule.

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That might be true in your life, it may not be so true

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in your life. You might be
a parent going, I gotta get my

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kid out of my hair. I
gotta send them to a summer camp.

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At least I can have a week
of solitude, maybe longer. It just

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depends it's circumstantial. But that being
said, it could be band camp,

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could be football camp, could be
church camp, it could be just an

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outdoor adventure something like that. This
is the time period when summer camp is

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on the lips of many parents,
and that is absolutely true with the Peanuts

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as well. Summer camp for the
Peanuts gang was a very real concept,

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a very real ordeal for all of
them to experience. Nobody was immune from

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it. One incident in particular I
can tell you is one of the episodes

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from the sixties was called It Was
a Short Summer Charlie Brown. The kids

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rush to freedom, thinking they're going
to be at home reading comic books and

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watching TV. Nope, they've all
been signed up for summer camp. And

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if anybody's happy about that, it's
Lucy who somehow convinced the parents that this

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is the time to do it.
And as we look further into other instance

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of summer camp, one in particular
is a TV special one of my favorites

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of all time called Race for Your
Life Charlie Brown. The kids end up

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in camp and then they have this
tent competition amongst themselves. Every time that

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summer camp is mentioned, there's some
type of tent competition, and this one

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is a particular whitewater rafting river race. So summer camp is a very real

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thing throughout the comic strips if you
look for them close enough around the June

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and July eras that then would be
introduced throughout the TV show. If you

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watch the movie at the very end, guess where the little red haired girl

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is headed to? Right when Charlie
Brown works up his courage to go talk

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to her. Oh, he goes
to the front door and finds out that

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she's head for summer camp. She's
getting on the bus. He's got one

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last ditch effort in order to talk
to her. Befhere the summer begins and

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he won't see her again until next
fall. So that is a very real

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incident all the way through the Peanuts. And another thing I'd like to say

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in particular, I always try to
refer to the Charles Schultz Museum. They

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do a fantastic job of putting out
classic comic strips. What events are coming

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up, what's their schedule like for
Memorial Day? And one I liked in

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particular is they were showing the evolution
of Charlie Brown's sister Sally. Now,

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when it comes to her, she's
introduced in nineteen fifty nine, most of

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her personality evolves through the nineteen sixties, and even Sparky himself was known for

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saying that you don't always know what
direction your characters are going. You develop

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these personalities over time, especially cartoon
personalities. And what identifies the most with

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Sally most of the time was that
she was infatuated with Linus known as her

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and I quote Sweet Baboo. Okay, I'm gonna go further than that.

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Sally didn't just have a crush on
Lifeus. She had a dependency on Linus,

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and an unhealthy one in many ways. Why do I say that because

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in the episode I just mentioned Race
for Your Life Charlie Brown, there is

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a scene where the boys are around
the campfire and the girls are around the

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campfire. They're on the Raft River
Race, and Sally is terrified of all

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of the cracks and incidents and all
of the things that go bump in the

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night. Nobody is able to talk
her out of her fears, and at

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some point she yells across the camp
don't forget me Linus. If we get

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in trouble, I'm depending on you. Okay, the guys are trying to

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enjoy their evening. They're roasting their
marshmallows. The midnight bugs are eating Franklin

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alive, and you just seeus overcome
with that beat red embarrassment. Oh good

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grief. So I hope that's convinced
you a little bit that it wasn't just

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a crush. It was dependency.
She wanted to be kept. And I'm

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not trying to be disparaging on women, but there are plenty out there that

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want to not only have a provider
as their man, they want to be

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kept and Sally was the epitome of
that. That's why I say that that's

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not a jab at women. It's
really not. But if there are a

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few out there that are an embarrassment
to their own, Sally would be one

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in the real world because of her
dependency on her sweet Babbo. And that

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was her evolution all the way through
the comic strip. So a little bit

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insulting, wouldn't you say? So
when to bring all that around, I

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can also mention this every year as
a teacher by day, in a podcast

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by weekend, as I lead into
the summer vacations, I'm always giving great

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stuff by my kids. They find
out that I'm a Peanuts fan. If

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a kid makes me a handwritten note
that has a drawing of Charlie Brown or

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Snoopy on it, I try to
save those as long as I can.

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I try to salvage them. No
matter what. They know, they've got

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a true end with me if it's
something Peanuts related. Had one this year

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that got me a coffee mug,
had many of them that put them on

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my art wall. But either way, I get some awesome kids every year,

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and when they leave, I see
the Peanuts artwork that I've accrued throughout

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the year, and I have that
moment of not only in soulas, but

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I also have that moment of appreciation
for them. A smile always crosses my

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face as I start looking through this
artwork. But I always kind of ask

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the same question as they leave my
room. Even when I have that sigh

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of relief, even when I'm gonna
enjoy the summer just as much as they

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are, there's a hope that maybe
I taught them something. There's a hope

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as a US history teacher that maybe
I've instilled some kind of patriotism in these

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students and appreciating and appreciating what their
country stands for. What gratitude we owe,

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the debt that we owe that can
never be repaid to those who paid

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for our freedoms with that last full
measure of devotion, I'm tying this back

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into Memorial Day. I'm referring to
those the fallen heroes that paid a debt

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we can never pay. I'm one
of the lucky ones. I came home.

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I'm one of the blessed ones.
I came home from the military alive.

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There's man that didn't. When I
see the flag, I think about

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those flags that are draped over their
caskets, and there's so many others,

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including my own grandfather who was buried
with honor for his service in World War

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Two. All that to be brought
for by Memorial Day. There is a

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TV episode called What Have We Learned? Charlie Brown, So my hope is

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always with those students. I hope
you learned something. What have we Learned?

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Charlie Brown has this beautiful scene of
Lioness looking around and saying, I

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don't know where we are, but
there's something familiar about this place, and

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as he observes the beach, he
starts to see the remnants of war.

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He hears the planes flying over.
He hears the waves crashing as these waves

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of soldiers who had becoming ashore ready
to face hell, as the guns are

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ablaze, and he realizes we are
at Omaha Beach. This is where the

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Allied forces landed for World War II. If you want to get goosebumps,

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Blockhead Nation, watch the full episode
of What Have We Learned? Charlie Brown?

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To see all of the World War
II memorials. To hear Eisenhower's speech,

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To see the home videos of the
invasion that took place. To hear

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the poem in flanders Field by General
J. M. McGray. To understand

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what the poppies truly signify. If
you need that, you can always find

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it. What have we learned?
Charlie Brown? So I ask you,

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America, what have we learned?
Blockhead Nation? Where are we going?

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Can we keep those small remnants of
sacrifice and patriotism and hold them in respects

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where they should be and pass this
on to the next generation who desperately needs

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to understand what we learn and what
they should learn. Our scripture read for

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this podcast comes from Exodus, chapter
nineteen, verse five. Now, therefore,

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if you will obey my voice indeed
and keep my covenant, and you

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shall be a peculiar treasure unto me
above all people, for all the earth

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is mine. Reflection from Bluela,
our Bible says, once we have placed

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our faith in Christ, we are
exhorted to follow his commands and allow Him

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to rule in our lives. Now, Blocking, Nation, we are now

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considered God's possession. But as you
see from this particular scripture, you're called

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something far greater than that. You
are called his treasure. I hope you

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find tremendous hope and tremendous promise in
those words, Block and Nation. As

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I do my best to navigate through
a few things. We don't have an

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event this weekend. UFC three h
two is on the horizon. We will

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have Islam the Champion versus Dustin Pourrier
the Diamond, and really looking forward to

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that one. We're gonna have a
comin event that'll be Paula Costa versus Sean

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Strickland. So I'll get to that
a little bit next week, but I

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have to kind of begin with something
else. No sooner had I been looking

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at what's been discussed wondering where the
confirmation was that it kind of got spoken

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into an existence. Here's what I
mean by this. UFC three to three

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is already promising with Connor McGregor versus
Chandler. You got Jamal Hill in the

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Komain event, which I will talk
about in just a second. You do

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have some other really big moments throughout
this. But there was talk of one

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of the guys who has been personifying
Connor McGregor as of late, and I'm

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talking about Ian Gary, very very
promising prospect for the UFC, and the

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talk was that he and Michael venom
Page had agreed to face each other.

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That's where I was as a Friday
morning. Is okay, you guys have

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talked, you guys have agreed to
have about but I'm I'm the hang up

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was has it been offered to you? Have we signed a contract? Is

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there truly a venue here? Are
you now the co main event of three

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three or are you opening the card? Similar to how Michael Chandler and Justin

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Gatchee did a few years back at
Madison Square Garden to talk people into the

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building, we didn't have that not
long ago when Ian Gary was supposed to

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fight Vicente Luke. That was supposed
to be the opener I believe for two

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ninety six some a few fights back. But I just said it because there

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wasn't anything confirmed. No sooner had
I thought that out loud, that had

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crossed my lips. That now ESPN, MMA, Arielhwane, and UFC dot

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com have confirmed that we've got Ian
Gary versus MVP. So the discussion here

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is now this and Gary is undefeated. Will that streak continue against Michael venom

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Page who some were discussing maybe he
should face somebody like a WonderBoy, which

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would be a mirror reflection of all
the things that MVP does. Well,

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you just saw him against Kevin Holland, and Kevin Holland couldn't solve the puzzle

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that is MVP. Well, after
going back over a couple of things,

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what I can tell you about MVP
is this. You know how if you're

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gonna wash a car, you wash
it from top to bottom. Correct,

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You begin with the with the top
of the car and start with the windshield.

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Maybe you work your way towards the
mirrors, and you work your way

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toward the grill. Eventually you get
to the wheels and then you know your

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top to bottom. You get the
concept here. Quite the opposite with Michael

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venom Page and he goes after his
opponents even though his hands never even come

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close to his chin, which is
very personifying of a kickboxer. What he

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typically does is he starts from bottom
to top. If we start watching,

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is he gonna step in the cage
with Ian Gary and begin with trying to

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chop this tree down by beginning with
the leg kives and kicks and the calf

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kicks. This is the anticipation as
of right now, he'll start tearing you

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apart there. Then when you're expecting
him to throw a kick, he's gonna

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start going for your ribs. He's
already torn up your thighs. He's gonna

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cause some serious damage to the body. And once you are leaving your chin

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out there, he's gonna catch you
when you don't see it coming, when

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his hands are all the way down
and by his hips. So I'm just

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wondering if with the streak of Ian
Gary on the line with a guy that

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only one person from the UFC has
has the honor stepping in the cage with

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many in Bellatore that could never figure
out Michael Venom page. Are we gonna

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see the streak not continue with Ian
Gary? The guy who has in many

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people's eyes, become the Connor McGregor
two point zero, which means you have

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more firepower on UFC three oh three
with these two names. But do we

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count on MVP so quickly? Do
we think that this might be the dark

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horse that could be the one that
ends Ian Gary's undefeated streak the same night

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we're gonna see Connor McGregor's return.
That has to be anticipated. As we

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went on a few other things,
UFCE three oh three is just so loaded.

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Blockhead Nation three oh two is a
good main event. But I'll just

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put this way. We just had
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Jamal Hill was supposed to be on
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after, Khalil Rowntree is being suspended
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I don't want to go into details
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found something that he shouldn't have been
using. Either way, Khalil Roundtree is

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out and I was truly bothered in
many ways for Jamal Hill on this one

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after the lights out that he received
from Alex Perea. You're gonna do a

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quick couple of months turn around.
You're gonna put Jamal Hill, the former

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champion, right back in there with
somebody who is as hard hitting as Khalil

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Rountree. Well, we're gonna have
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in steps a guy to take his
place for the KO main event. In

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steps from New Zealand, Carlos Olberg. Now some of you that haven't been

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following his career might think, Okay, maybe there's not as much firepower with

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Olberg. Let me help you out. This guy is ten to one.

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He's coming off of a ten second
knockout victory over a Lonzo Minifield in Saint

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Louis. He's a city kickboxing fighter
who is making a short turnaround. So

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we're quickly putting Jamal Hill and his
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against Carlos Olberg, who could have
just as much firepower. Maybe not,

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maybe not the level of strength as
Khalil Rountree, but certainly he's not out

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of the danger zone. Against Olberg, We're gonna see truly what Jamal Hill

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has made of and if his IQ
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cage against this guy both on quick
turnarounds, and recently I saw that PFL

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has made a strange cut to their
roster and we have a new free agent

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at this point. That man's name
is Gayguard Massause. Okay, Massas had

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a fantastic career with the UFC.
I want to go out on a limit,

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say an even better career while he
spent time in Bellator. But now

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we've had the merger of PFL and
Bellator, they've decided that his contract is

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up and now he's going to be
a free agent, can go anywhere he

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wants to. If anybody could have
a resurgence of going back to the UFC

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and picking up right where he left
off, brush off his knees a little

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bit, and get right back into
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that guy would be gay Guard Massac. This is a veteran of the sport

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who very well does not have his
days numbered when it comes to being an

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MMA fighter. So I just want
to put that out there that I find

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it strange on how his contract can
be up so quickly after PFL and Bellator

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have come together, and how you
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Trust me when I say the UFC
knows exactly what do the gay guard

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Massasse is to let the guy fight, presumably he will pick up where he

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left off in the middleweight division.
We'll see how that unfolds. And one

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last thing I've got to bring up, just to kind of bring some conclusiveness

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to this episode, is when people
ask me, now, do you have

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a favorite fighter, Blockhead, Yes, I do. As of UFC three

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hundred, there is no debating whatsoever
that my favorite fighter is Max Holloway.

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Max Holloway doesn't have a whole lot
to He doesn't have to worry about his

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status, he doesn't have to really
defend his accomplishments. But what he does

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have to defend is the BMF title. And it looks like what he asked

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for might very well be what he
receives. And it seems like the criticism

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is not on his part, it's
on water Bottle Guy. And that sounds

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horrible for me to say, but
when people don't know who Eliot Taporia is,

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and they should know him for how
dangerous he is, and as he

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is a current day champion in the
same weight class that Max wants to go

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back to. He asked at UFC
three hundred for Eliot Taporia, and when

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I watched something on the screen when
they showed Elia Taporia's face, I feel

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like it captured something that social media
cannot. What tweets on Twitter or ex

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whatever you want to call cannot do. What interviews on the Aerial Hawani MMA

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Hour or on any other podcast for
that monitor cannot capture what I noticed when

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the cameras fell on Elia Taporia after
that amazing performance by Max hollow What I

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saw on Eliot Tapora's face was fear
on. Do you really want to step

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in the cage with Max Holloway At
this point, even Connor McGregor alludes to

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the fact that this guy is too
quick, He's got no holes in his

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game. If this fight does time
to come to fruition, Elia Taporia is

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in trouble. The BMF title can
be on the line, but certainly the

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featherweight championship could go back around Max
Holloway's waist. It would be amazing to

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see Max Holloway holding two titles at
one time. Because Elia Taporia isn't ready

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for the blessed Max Holloway, and
that's just me being a fan. At

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this point, it seems like that's
the talk in the MMA community. It

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seems like that's what the UFC organization
is trying to get penned to paper,

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waiting on the confirmation. It's funny
how the soonest I said something about Ian

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Gary versus MVP, it becomes a
reality. I may not always get him

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right Blockhead Nation and who's gonna win
a fight, but it tends to be

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when I start to lay out a
narrative between two fighters, I'd say about

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eight to nine times out of ten, that fight does become a reality at

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some point. So maybe you can
cash in on the confirmation down the road

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for Max Holloway versus Eliott the poria
for both titles to be on the line.

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And that makes the start of this
next year, twenty twenty four into

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August and September look really exciting,
especially for a diehard MMA fan like myself

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Blockhead Nation. But either way,
the events will unfold as they will.

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I hope you enjoy your Memorial Day
weekend. You stay safe out there,

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and we will catch you next Saturday
on this podcast. You know how this

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works, Same Blockhead time, same
Blockhead cham