Sept. 21, 2024

Peanuts For President As The Sphere Gets Performance Of The Night

Peanuts For President As The Sphere Gets Performance Of The Night

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Broadcasting Live good evening, Blockhead Nation, thank you for stopping

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by once again. You are listening to 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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I am your host. My name is Brian Little. Thank

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you once again for coming by this little podcast. Last

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week we had a phenomenal guest come by, Preston Scott Music.

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The numbers have done great for him. I'm so glad

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to know that he is on his upcoming tour. You

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can go back and could the previous episode and see

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all the links that are available for Preston on your

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favorite blockhead dot com slash blog. As long as you

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are checking out that you don't have any excuse. I've

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taken care of all of the work for you. You don't

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have to go looking for the guy. So Preston was

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awesome last week. Just a great time and just an

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interview I'm gonna remember for years and years to come.

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And really when it comes to getting back into the

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driver's seat and taking over as the host, that just

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means that the three things we always talk about this

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podcast are Back of the Helm. Number one, God is

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King Number two. Peanuts is the single most successful comic

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strip in American history, and I'm gonna show you how

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that actually expands over other territories as well. You have

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a very important event coming up at the end of

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twenty twenty four, and the Peanuts are very much at play.

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Now to get to the third part on part two

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of this podcast, I will get into my favorite sport,

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mixed martial arts. I absolutely believe that mixed martial arts

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is the greatest sport under God's hot sun. In other words,

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like I said in the introduction, this is the only

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show that combines those two worlds. This is the only

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show where two reckless worlds are gonna collide, the Peanuts

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and the UFC. Where else you gonna find that you

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won't Just like Men in Black once said, were your first,

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last and only line of defense against the worst scum

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of the universe. I'm the first, last, and only one

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to ever do this on the podcast, and therefore the

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Blockhead Nation continues to grow. And I'm so thankful that

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all of you continue to come by and check out

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this episode and check out these shows. Check out this

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little podcast. Again, couldn't have dreamed that we would go

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this far. And all the friendships I've made and so

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many of you that are part of the Blockhead Nation

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have made this dream of reality, and we're gonna continue

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down this road. So we have the most powerful office

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not just in the United States, but in the world

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that's about to be vacant, and there will be a

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new person at the helm. Now. I know you've been

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told that your only options are Joe Biden and Vice

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President Kamala Harris. However you feel about that, I'm here

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to tell you that there are others that have not

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been considered by the entire mass of the population. You

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got somebody else who has joined forces to make sure

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that you not only have registered to vote, but you

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have right ends that you can do. One of them,

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in particular, actually more than one, happened to be part

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of the Peanuts comic strip. As a matter of fact,

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you have six other candidates that you can elect into

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office this November. There are six of them that will

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stand and take your vote to be the next President

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of the United States, and they are Charlie Brown, Lucy

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Van Pelt, Linus van Pelt, Sally Brown, Franklin and none

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other than Snoopy himself. They're going blockhead. How do you

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know that is not you just being prejudice? Is that

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not you being biased towards the greatest comic strip ever written?

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It would seem that way, But if you look in

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the blog today you will see that I have proof.

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The website is called Peanuts rocksth vote dot com. They've

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joined forces. Not only do you need to vote, but

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you have a chance to choose your own candidate, and

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you can see where they stand, and you can see

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what credentials they have. Not only that, you have celebrity endorsements.

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And I'd like to start there. It blew my mind

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that Ben Folds, yes the same one Ben Folds of

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the band ben Folds five, has endorsed all six of

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these candidates. But he has a particular ride in This

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shouldn't surprise anybody. He has said that we want Schroeder

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to run for office. Now to have Schroeder as a

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rite in. That's in a way that allows a segue,

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and that's a crossways. That brings us back to the

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last episode. When I was talking with Preston Scott Music.

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We mentioned how he has so many diverse experiences and

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so much of a knack for music that he can

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not only play the guitar and sing, but he can mix,

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he can record on a piano. I'm gonna throw it

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out there, Preston Scott. Your next challenge from Blockhead, if

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you're listening to this, and I hope you are, is

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to one day get your hands onto melodica. Yes, that's right,

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a melodica. Why because ben Folds is a master on

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the melodica. In fact, can play both the piano and

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the melodica at the same time. I always thought it

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was hilarious when he would take a piece of duct

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tape and tape the microphone and the melodica strings together

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and he would blow into it and he would play

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out his music. So some of you may not know

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what a melodica is. It's a wind instrument with a

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huge keyboard. It's fascinating instrument. Ben Folds is a guy

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who could do that simultaneously while he was on stage.

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Now that's just the through thought to Preston Scott. But

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ben Folds has given his acknowledgment to all six of

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these candidates. But his right in is Schroeder. How befitting

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the piano player. He could run for president of the

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United States tomorrow and I could vote, I could write

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him in. You even had guys like Brendan Hunt, Rachel Zegler,

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Andy Cohen, and another in particular I will save towards

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the end of this segment, just because we need to

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look at the credentials. We had to look at how

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much these characters are qualified to run for president of

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the United States. You have good old Charlie Brown. As

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we know, he never stops plugging away, even when Lucy

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pulls the football away, when he gets his kite stuck

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in the kiting in tree, over and over again. He

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is a candidate. Now, I believe you are making a

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major mistake with Lucy. She may be outspoken, she always

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might be ready to dispense her advice, whether you want

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to hear it or not, or even if you asked

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for it. She not only wants to run the United States,

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she wants to run the world. She wants a queendom.

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This has made very clear she can't distinguish between a

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monarchy and a democracy. That was in the episode You're

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a Good Man Charlie Brown, when she found out that

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she is not part of the royal bloodline. She cannot

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become queen, and she thinks this kind of thing always

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has a loophole. I would advise you to be very

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careful with Lucy van Pelt. Now, those of you that

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are looking towards having the first female in the history

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of the presidency, you could do that with Sally Brown,

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the self confident candidate that we all know that she

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needs to know who she is. She doesn't worry about you,

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but she's all for the simplistic approach. You could do

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that if you wanted to go Sally Brown. Now, if

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you wanted the philosophical one, if you wanted one of

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these Enlightenment thinkers that could show us how to model

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a democratic system. Once again, you could trust the blanket

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carrying Linus van Pelt. This candidate could keep your hope alive.

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I endorse him because he's a believer in the Great Pumpkin.

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We need to bring that back and stop drinking pumpkin spice.

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That's my public service announcement. Lias is a great person

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to believe in, no matter what Lucy van Pelt might

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tell you. Now you got two more. You have a

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fair minded young guy who's very calm and very focused,

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well spoken. He would be the second African American in

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history fundamentally that would change America to its core. For

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his love of sports, his love of music, and as

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well rounded as he is as a candidate to have

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Franklin to be the next president of the United States,

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And I'm sure some of you might have actually thought, oh,

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he's finally included for once, he was always included. Don't

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maybe go down that rabbit hole again and talk to

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you about how biased and the fake news that came

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out of him being seen on the other side of

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the table. Don't even make me go down that road,

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because trust me, I'll dance circles around you on that one.

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But as far as a candidate who makes sense, Franklin

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and Schroeder are some strong candidates here. But if you

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want to know, usually when I close the curtain and

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I go back there and I vote, that's my business

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and nobody else's. This is one time I don't mind

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telling you who I'm voting for. I've already put in

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my vote for the most interchangeable candidate that there is.

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I've already voted for Snoopy, the guy who is the

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personification of Joe cool. You never know the diplomacy that

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it might require to have the first beagle in chief

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instead of a commander in chief. But also remember he

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has played the role of a World War One flying ace.

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That's another thing. He has battled one of the greatest

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enemies in the air that the world ever faced, known

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as the Red Baron. It became his true adversary in life.

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So as far as his experience goes, I give it

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to him. Now. Whether you want to go seek that out,

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you can research it, you can google, you can go

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to screen rant and see what other credentials that Snoopy has.

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I would hope that you would trust your favorite blockhead

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on this one. Snoopy has my vote as far as

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being a World War One flon ace, a veteran of

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yesterday's war, and a guy who can show us truly

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what America's great about again. And how do I know

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that one guy who truly made that clear is none

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other than in Sync's Lance Bass. I mean, you could

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go down all of the puns that come from n

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SYNC and this I promise you, hint, hint, that Snoopy

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would be the candidate that would truly bring us back

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full circle and word that I say to you is

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true on this one. So Lance Bass has given his

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endorsement to Snoopy. And if there was ever to be

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a presidential candidate who might get fired on the very

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first day or the first week, you can know, as

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in sinc once said a Blockad Nation, it's gonna be may.

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Our scripture reading for this podcast comes from the Proverbs

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chapter three, verse six, in all your ways, acknowledge Him,

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and he shall direct your path. Reflection from Bluelaray Bible

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says we must not simply believe that there is an

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all powerful God, but we must also believe that we

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have a life of confidence and hope. We must continually

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ask for His perfect guidance and immeasurable wisdom throughout our

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time here on earth. As believers, we have a distinct

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honor that if we call upon his name, he will

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make our paths straight. If we place ourselves to be

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under his wonderful direction, we will always benefit from his

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great kindness and his goodness. And what a wonderful promise

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to enjoy. Blockhead Nation. As I get into a recap

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of last week in Las Vegas, you have the debut

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of something that's been known as noce threteh six in

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a venue known as the Sphere. If I'm going to

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pick one particular event from this night that would be

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the epitome of the number one performance, I would have

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to give it to the Sphere itself. The conflict between

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the Canelo fight and Sean O'Malley versus Morob was an

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absolute reality as far as who was paying attention to

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this fight. From the second that they started the main card,

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you had this technological depiction of the Mexican warrior culture

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that can be traced back to the civilization of Tenachtekhon

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the Aztec warrior culture, and every time you would have

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a fight it was The UFC has always done a

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phenomenal job at embracing the warrior culture. If you go

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back to the early years of the UFC, you would

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always see the promos before the fighters would start speaking.

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You'd hear the introductory music. You would see the battle

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armor being put on. You would see the gladiator grabbing

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the dirt from the ground and then it's dropping it

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out of his hands, and you would see the light

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just transpiring through the entire scene as the fighters come

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up and start to do their promos to show how

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they're the number one tough guy in this business. But

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you would see the Roman clash of culture Parthenon. You

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would see that it was nice to have that nostalgic

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feel again, as far as to see all of Mexico's

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culture from the destruction of the Aztecs from the years

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that carried forward into the farming culture that cultivated and

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accumulated at the very end beautifully and conclusively with the

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age we're in with modern day technology and AI. So

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I can tell you you were given a historical timeline

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and a narrative that was so intriguing. You would have

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the display of the stars, and you would have the

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emblem that showed UFC threeh six written among the galaxies.

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So the sphere would have to have performance of the night.

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As far as the performance of the night in the

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prelims will clearly and went to Manuel Torres at Agnasio bahamone,

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you do have another performance of the night that I

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can talk about. There would be Daniel zel Hubert and

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Esteban Rebulviks. Now you had a split decision on that one,

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as these guys continued to throw hands, but every single

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bout went the entire three to five rounds, So I

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can spend the whole time talking about the striking and

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the accuracy. I could spend time looking at how many

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significant strikes and the damage from each one of these

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fires would go through. But I'm just letting you know

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when you hear that every single fight went to a decision,

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that's a long night. To pick the best fight out

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of a long night like this, and to say that

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it went to, of all people, Zell Hubert and Maribovics,

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which again not discounting anybody that is a less known

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than fighter. That's what they're there to do, is to

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go out there and have a war and have everybody

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talking about it. But as far as delivery for this night,

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Brian Ortega versus Diego Lopez, great fight, not exactly one

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that will live in the annals of history. Grosso versus

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Valentine Shipchenko once again it's back in the hands of

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the bullet, solidifying that she's the greatest flyweight of all

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time in the women's division. And boy do I have

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plenty that I can go into about Sean O'Malley and

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the new champion Marob de Wallis Veli again taking us

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backwards to where this used to be a wrestler's game.

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Now it's become more about the striker, somebody like Sugar

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Sean O'Malley. The Sugar Show is gonna be the most

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money for your production. Now it's in the hands of

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the rob Now I'm going to actually retract a little

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bit and just go to the cut. You had a

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pretty big gash right above the eye of Irene al Donna,

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and there's just this thought of Wow, could there have

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been a worst cut in the history of this business.

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I'm not gonna say that. There's many times that blood

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has stained the canvas throughout the history of the UFC.

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As far as last year, I'd have to give that

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cut of Gregory Rodriguez. You know, that towering Brazilian that's

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out there. This guy had a monstrous cut from his

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fight in two thousand and three. So Irene Aldonna definitely

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has a cut that comes close as far as grotesque

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and memorable. But you've had many of them that have

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stood out in history too. Since we're looking back at

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the warrior culture, I can't overlook the early days of

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the UFC. You know, when they would have those promos

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showing the ladiator games. This would be back in the

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days of fighters such as oh Vitre Bellefort, some of

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the fastest hands in all of the UFC. How do

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we know because he got a knockout in UFC forty

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three with as fast as hands as he was throwing

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against a guy named Marvin Eastman. Now, why is that

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one a forgettable bout? Because by the time that he's

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busted open, Marvin Eastman's already on the canvas and his

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eye is spewing blood. So can we say that Irene's

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cut is worse than Marvin's? Not? Especially can we say

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that Gregory's is worse than Irene's not? Especially? In all

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three of these cases that I've laid out, Ultimately, your

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winner is the one that's walking away without a huge

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gash across their face. Normal Dumont, Vitor Bellefort, and Gregoryriguez

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is fight either way. You really can break down which

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one's gonna be the worst and the most excruciating. Every

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one of them comes from a loss. So we did

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have that at starting with the prelimps. But something hit

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me this week trying to determine the best fight in

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a long night like you would have with the sphere

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where the Sphere's production and all of the historical context

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of fighting in Mexico's culture that was and what cultivated

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and that is ultimately what captivated all of us watching

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that night. But if I'm gonna take a look at

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the main event, we have a new champion, marobdawallash Vili

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unanimous decision after five rounds. Well, there's something that I

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wanted to bring forward. I can hash over all of

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that briefly. If there's anybody who truly had his hands

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full this night, I wouldn't say it's Sean O'Malley. I

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wouldn't say it's Mirob dawallash Vili. I know that Sean

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O'Malley is now brushing up his wrestling skills and ready

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to hit the mat again so he can face this

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guy again, or maybe the others that are coming up

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in the rankings like Umar and Namga Metov, whose definite

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strength would be in takedowns. I would like to take

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him in and not forget somebody that's been overlooked. You

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have a third man in the mix. That man is

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the referee. If anybody had their work cut out for

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them this night with some of the obscenities, and some

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of the bizarre moments that came out of this fight.

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I'm gonna have to give it to Herb Dean now

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if I can, once again, I'm gonna retract and go

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back a few years. Some of you have followed this

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show long enough to know that I have a history

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of watching professional wrestling. I am not caught up to

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date on what's going on in the world of AW

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or w W. I'm just not, and I have plenty

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of you that are friends that catch me up very

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quickly on what's going on. But if I can take

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you back, if you were to google the top three

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greatest matches in the history of the World Wrestling Federation,

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one match always comes up in the mix. Yes, you're

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gonna hear the Undertaker versus Sean Michaels at WrestleMania twenty

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five and twenty six. Both of those are instant classics,

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especially the first one. You're gonna have the Rock versus Austin,

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the accumulation of the Attitude era Wrestle Maya seventeen, and

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the Astrodome that's gonna be in there. There's so many others.

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You got Ricky Steamboat versus Machoman, Randy Savage WrestleMania three.

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So many of those are in the mix, but there's

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always one that's either the number one spot, the number

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two spot, the number three spot. That's always there, and

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it's WrestleMania thirteen, Brett Hart versus Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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There is a third man in the mix that pertains

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to what I'm talking about. Now, who am I talking about?

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I'm talking about Ken Shamrock, the guest referee. He was

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recently interviewed about how did he get involved in this?

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It seemed like the world's most dangerous man is the

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only one that makes sense to be the special guest

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referee for Brett Hart and Steve Austin, who are liar

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ready to kill each other, and somehow it's a submission

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at match it ends up looking like a street fight.

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The exact words that came out of Kim SHAMROCK's mouth

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was this felt like an MMA fight. It wasn't clean,

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it was dirty. You had bloodshed, you had guys ready

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to kill each other. And at the end, if you

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listen to what Ken Shamrock says to Stone Cold, who

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is selling the sharpshooter in the submission hold as he's

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fainting from passing out from too much blood. You hear

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ken Rock say, if you don't answer me, Steve, I'm

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gonna stop the fight. He didn't say stop the match,

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he said I'm going to stop the fight. Ken Shamrock

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made it very clear that even though he's the third

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man in the mix, that somehow me being part of

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this equation makes this an even stronger bout. It felt

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like MMA when you look at O'Malley versus Morob. If

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we can fast forward to last week, you have a

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referee who's trying to maintain order, trying to cut back

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on all of the damage control that's coming out of

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this fight, because in one moment, Marob is talking crap

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to one of the guys in the corner and you

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can hear herb Dean saying, hey, hey, that's not your business.

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Stop you're sitting going wait a minute, is this part

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of the fight. No, Morob is too caught up in

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the external stimuli outside of the cage. Then at one

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point you have guillotine attempts. A rob is holding down

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Sean O'Malley's head under his arm, and what does he do?

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He feels like that scene and remember the Titans. He

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kissed me man, It almost feels like that, doesn't it.

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He's kissing Sean O'Malley's shoulder blades over and over and

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over again, which means Herb Dean has to break up

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the action, which means now Morob's back is turned and

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Sean O'Malley is ready to come in and throw in

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a cheap shot to the back of his head, and

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he has to officiate and say we're not doing this.

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So this didn't feel like an MMA fight, and many

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times it felt like a circus show. So there's a

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huge contrast in the world of professional wrestling. Brett versus

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Stonekeld felt like an MMA fight to Ken Shamrock, who

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came from the world of MMA. For a guy like

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Herb Dean, who's been in so many bouts all through

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the history of this sport, he's having to officiate what's

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looking like Marob losing his dad gum mind. And this

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doesn't even this doesn't even come close to performance of

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the night. This comes to what kind of a shell

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show are we putting on here? Sean O'Malley doesn't even

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engage every setup. Morob is three steps ahead of him,

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and he's now the champion, so more than likely we're

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not looking at Morob who's gonna begin in a shot

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at the title. Just yet. It looks like the next

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thing's gonna happen that's been talked about in the post

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fight interviews. It sounds like Umar and AMaGA Metov, another

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wrestler versus another wrestler. The tides have turned and the

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wrestlers are now back in the limelight, which isn't always

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a good thing in the direction we're going in this sport.

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Interesting turn of events. The sphere gets my vote itself

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on being performance of the night. You do have two

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performance in the night giving out, you have a nasty cut,

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you have all the fights that go the entire time,

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and it's a long night looking for the best fight,

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and it certainly wasn't in the main event, many questionable moments.

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As much as I love to promote this sport, I

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guess we'll see what we can do with moy Kano's

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fight coming up against Benois Saint Dennis. Ultimately, that's what

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we can talk about next week. Also, we have a

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few guests that are in the helm that'll be waiting

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to come up and sit in the hot seat. Here

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on the Blockhead Hour, but until that time comes, thank

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you again for your support, Keep on downloading, rate, review,

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