Oct. 12, 2024

The Great Pumpkin Will Fly Soon As A Superfight Could Become A Reality

The Great Pumpkin Will Fly Soon As A Superfight Could Become A Reality

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

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I am your host. My name is Brian Little. Thank

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three things are always talked about. Number one, God is King.

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the greatest sport under God's hot sun. That's what you

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I'm glad that you're here. Let me see if I

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ask from you, blockadd Nation, but I need your help.

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am part of. I could certainly use some help from

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you blockad Nation as we move forward with that. Now,

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let me start with this. It's pretty easy in the

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month of October for me to get into content about

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the Peanuts no matter where you look, whether it's the

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TV shows, whether it's the Charles Schultz Museum online, or

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if it happens to be the movie. No matter what.

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If you're looking at the comic strips, it's all pointing

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back to one thing, The Great Pumpkin. It's easy from

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a seasonal approach for Blockhead to be able to walk

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you through anything to do with The Great Pumpkin and

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the Halloween special that came out back in the sixties.

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So really that's the focal point that I'm gonna have

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the next couple of episodes until the end of October. Yes,

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we're gonna have a trunk or treat where the little

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red haired girl will play the part of Snoopy and

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I will play the part of the numero uno Blockhead

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known as Charlie Brown. That's something I look forward to

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every year, with having our sweet friends coming by and

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getting candy out of the trunk of our vehicle. But

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that's where everywhere you look. So it's really simple for

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me to go back and just say, Okay, if you

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haven't gone back and watched it's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,

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this is the time to do it. And I truly

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believe that the Great Pumpkin at some point will emerge

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from a pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.

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There is a pumpkin farmer coming out of Oregon right

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now that looks pretty promising with the pumpkin patch that

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he's shown. He has a life sized version of Linus

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sitting there in the pumpkin patch. I mean, I gotta

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give the guy credit for that. And I'll tell you this,

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in today's modern world, with the advancement of technology, it

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really does wear me out that there is a Santa Tracker,

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but there is no Grit Pumpkin tracker that you can

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download on your iPhone or on your Android. Why can't

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If Santa is being followed via radar one time a

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year and we're still trying to identify which pumpkin patch

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that the Great Pumpkin will emerge from, it makes it

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easier if we can do the same thing with our phones.

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Him being number two, as it says in the episode,

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perhaps you try harder. Well, this is a way to

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move along with the times, isn't it? For the modern

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day Great Pumpkin In the spirit of what we're celebrating,

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that he would be an app that you can get

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and download on your phone and figure out what pumpkin

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patch he's going to emerge from because I still want

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to know, and I will be watching, and I admit

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I'm not that tech savvy Blockhead's not going to go

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out and create a great pumpkin tracker. But if anybody

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that's listened to this, that feels the urge, that feels

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the innovative side of them come out and say, you

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know what I think I might do, that we could

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certainly usually help on that one, couldn't we Those those

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who believe in the Great Pumpkin that are tired of

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the pumpkin genocide that happens every year when the leave

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colors start to change, everybody's tasting pumpkin starts to come

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out when they go and get their drinks at Starbucks,

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and that's adding to the genocide of enocent pumpkins. And

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I'm over it. And there's always those that are going

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to rub that in my face, and everybody's gonna face

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something on Judgment Day. So it sounds like you have

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chosen your battle to hold against the Almighty himself. But

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that's just when it comes to the Great Pumpkin. There's

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always so much that I can go into detail about

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that's not hard for me this time of year. So

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please go back and watch the episode It's The Great Pumpkin.

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Have some fun with that. But you wouldn't think that

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my opinion would evolve that much. You would think what

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was talked about back in the sixties that Charles Schultz

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would allude to with this episode, You wouldn't think I

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would change my opinion. They would sway back and forth.

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Not the case. There's something that I've been convinced of

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for so long that I've actually been disproven by it.

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What do I mean. There's a part in It's the

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Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown where they're getting ready to go

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trigg or treating, and Lucy gives this little spill that says,

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and I quote, a person should always choose a costume

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which is in direct contrast to their own personality. And

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what does she put on? She puts on the mask

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of a witch. And we always look at that and go,

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ha hah, you hypocrite. You're wearing something that exactly displays

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your personality. Does it If we take a minute to

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do some critical thinking here, maybe just maybe she is

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using something that is exact opposite of who she is.

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You're going, blockhead, what are you talking about? Have you

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seen the way she treats people, Yes, I have. Have

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you seen how she treats Charlie Brown pulling the football in? Yes?

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Does that meet the qualifications of being a witch? Does

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it definitively say that she gets on a broomstick and

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flies around on Halloween night? Does it show that she

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makes these putrid potions that she would use on As

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a matter of fact, Snoopy is the one who used

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a spell on her in the episode It's Magic Charlie Brown,

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where he gets irritated with her and elevates her about

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five feet into the air. Lucy does not meet the

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criteria to be called a witch. She is a queen

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in her own mind, not in her own right. She's

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always wanted to establish her queendom right there in the

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Peanuts community. But does that mean that she's a witch?

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So when she says it should be in contrast to

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her own personality? Is she crabby? Absolutely? Is she mean

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to people that don't fall in line with her way

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of thinking, including her little brother? Of course, does that

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mean she's a witch? It just means she's hard to

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get along with unless you fall into her click Violet, Patty,

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all these other girls that are part of the Klan.

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They don't qualify as witches either. Yeah, and I'm going

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by the definitive descriptive definition of what a witch is. Now,

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if you want to use urban slang, then maybe you

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could come back and you can try to contradict everything

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that I just said Blockaddnation, But a lot of you

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don't because those who listen to the podcast, you're fairly quiet.

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It's okay. You can always come in and give a comment,

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but usually I don't hear much from you. I just

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see your downloads. I just see that you are still

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often listening it because I can track it because the

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Internet gives me a direct audit on what's happening. So

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if you do want to say something that I've got

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some smart, intelligent people inside the blockad nation. I'd love

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to know who you are. Some of you have made

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it clear who you are, but it takes a while.

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There's always something about that quiet audience that listens to

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the audio that I don't hear much from. If you

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think that Lucy meets the criteria to be a witch,

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I'd love to hear it, because all these years I

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would look at that and I would be snarky and

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I would be sniding and go, eh, No, everything you

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just said is contradictory. You're wearing a costume that shows

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that you are a witch, and you're saying that's opposite

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of your personality. Block of nation it is. She wants

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to be monarchical, she wants to dictate to people. She's

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not casting spells and flying around saying I put a

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spell on you, or anything that even represents hocus pocus.

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It doesn't match. And I never would have thought that

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I would have an opposite way of thinking when it

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comes to this topic. I thought, No, that's Charles Shultz's

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poking fun at Lucy in the first place. No, I

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have to agree at this point. Then, of course, when

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you have the World War One flying ace, I have

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to meet today being the anniversary of ten twelve, the

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attack on the USS coal off the shores of Yeamen,

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that Charles Schultz, if he had been alive in October

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of two thousand, he would have given some kind of

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respect back to that event. This is where I'm getting serious.

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I'm kind of flipping the switch here. You do have

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a description of a World War One flying ace who

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will take on the Red baron. I don't know how

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he would have depicted that. You saw how he did

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it with D Day. But Charles Schultz didn't live to

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see the attack on the USS coal off the shores

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of Yeamen. He didn't live to see nine to eleven,

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to see the towers fall. But I'm sure the patriot

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that he was, he would have honored it. Anytime that

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he can bring up military history, he would use it

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in the comic strip. I promise you if he had

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been alive for the USS coal, he would have given

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due respect in his comic strips for that. So I

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wanted to end on that point as we shift into

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this ripture of the day and what's going on in

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the world of mixed martial arts. So thank you for

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listening to this episode. If you think opposite of this,

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send me a comment, reach out, we'll talk about it,

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and God bless those who are affected by this terrible

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tragedy twenty five years ago. Our scripture ran from this

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podcast comes from John chapter seven, verses thirty eight through

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thirty nine. He that believeth on me, as the scripture

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hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of

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living water. But this spake he of the spirit which

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they that believe on him should receive, or the Holy

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Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not

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yet glorified. Reflection from blue Lay Bible says God's children

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are bound to pour forth rivers of the water of life.

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In the wilderness, Moses brought forth water from a rock.

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Paul says that rock was symbolic of Christ. Just as Christ,

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the rock of our foundation, pours forth the water of life,

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so too shall we, as His bride, pour forth the

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same water. And this water is the very spirit of God,

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who moves among men as he wills to forward the

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Kingdom of Heaven. Thank you for stinking around for part

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two of this podcast, Blockade Nation. I wanted to always

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start with the truth. That's why I use parable in

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the middle. Just as our Lord and Savior, the Prince

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of Peace, would do the same thing. He would give stories,

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he would do parable, he would convict when needed to be,

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he would show love each show compassion. The greatest storyteller

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of all time is Jesus Christ. That's what always longed

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to be when it comes to being a podcaster. I

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long to be a good storyteller, and following that narrative

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has worked out really well. As I move into the

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world of mixed martial arts, We've got breaking news. We've

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got Nick Diaz making his return. Now. This has been

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kicked around a few times, it's even been postponed, and

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it looks like it's official for Las Vegas in December

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that we're gonna have Vicente Luke facing off against Nick Diaz. Okay,

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I don't want to sound like I am being snied

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with this one either, because when it comes to his brother,

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the Diaz brothers have spent a lot of time in

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the squared circle in boxing. Not too long ago, a

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few months back, we had Nate Diaz square off against

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Jake Paul and if you go back and watch it,

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I can honestly say that I'm watching Nate Diaz giving

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soft pitches to Jake Paul, not to mention a guillotine

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attempt that has no business being in a boxing ring.

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It's really hard to defend the integrity of boxing when

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this is the most coveted moment coming out of the

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boxing arena today. So we have that going on. I

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guess you can just say money talks, and Nate got

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his payday, so Nick will get his against Vicente Luke.

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And yeah, I know I rhymed with that example. I

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know that that was not my intention there, but it

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kind of portrays what direction we're headed. And I would

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like to make sure that Luke stays healthy for this one,

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because he's had health issues in the past, so I

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believe vaccine. Luke in a while a while back, was

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supposed to face Ian Gary. That didn't happen. I'll see

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how this plays out over the next couple of weeks,

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but I just have to ask the important question now.

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Coming off of UFC three oh seven, so much I

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can unpackage from that, but I've got one big thing

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on my mind is what to do with Alex Now.

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So we had our main event, Khalil Rowntree showed in

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every way that he was the epitome of a warrior.

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Anybody that was suspecting that he wouldn't give anywhere near

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the performance that other guys like Uri pral Hoska or

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Jamal Hill would have given, you got a guy who

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lasted four rounds with the very best in the business

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right now and arguably the biggest star coming out of

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our sport currently, A guy who will take a fight anytime, anywhere,

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wants to fight as soon as possible. And so when

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it comes to Alex Puerreira, it wasn't long ago that

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Joe Rogan stood in the cage and asked the crowd

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because apparently you can't get a lot out of Alex prayer.

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There's two things I can say about him. One, he

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seems to be pretty shy when it comes to being

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on the mic or when he's in interviews. He's got

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very short responses to anything they bring up to him.

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So I don't think he likes the publicity. Even Daniel

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Cormier has alluded to that he's spoken with him, it's

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hard to get a few words out of him. He

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just doesn't enjoy being in the limelight. But he wants

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to fight and he will take on any challenge head on,

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whether that challenge is fighting four times in a year

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or cutting weight all the way back down to middleweight

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just because somebody thinks he can't do it. So pitching

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all that around, you've got to look back at where

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he is as a light heavyweight champion. What do you

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do now? So Khalil Rowntree, even though that means he's

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falling in the rankings quickly from this loss, giving us

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a really good show and showing us what it means

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to have grit and determination. I give Khalil Rowntree all

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praise for that. Well done to you, sir, nothing but

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mad props and respect. But now, what do you do

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with the champion who's defeated the number one contender, Yuri

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pro Hosca. I don't want to see it. Those that

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are here that are true MMA fans, if you're casual,

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it's okay. If you're not catching on, I'll try to

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make this as easy as I can. Does anybody want

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to see Alex Pereira face mcgommet uncleliv now? Because if

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we're adhering to the integrity of the rankings, then Uncle

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Live would be next. But Uncle Liath already has a

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fight set in December, I'm sorry, in October late this

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year UFC three oh eight, he's gonna be facing Rachick.

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So Alexander Rachik, ranked number five, is going up against

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nineteen and one ranked number two. Unclith, you've already got

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a match set. Does anybody want to see Alex Pereira

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fight Jamal Hill again? Everything about Jamal Hill since he's

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been knocked out has been cringe worthy anytime he tries

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to insert his name back into the topic of fighting

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for the championship again, everybody goes, oh, give me a break.

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You seem to have not dusted off the cobwebs from

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the time that Alex Pereira knocked you out. Does anybody

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want to see these fights? Do you want to see

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Alex pere versus Uncliath? Do you want to see the

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winner of Rachek versus Unclive face Alex Pereira? Now? Does

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anybody want to see him fight Jamal Hill? If we're

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going off the rankings, that's what you have. But going

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back to Joe Rogan, he asked an important question inside

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of the cage to the crowd and said, do we

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want to see Alex Pereira move up to heavy one weight? Now?

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Does that mean Jamal Hill has no way to grasp

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the light heavyweight championship? Again, That's not what I'm saying.

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Does that mean that Rachet versus uncliav can't have a

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number one contender coming out of that fight? That's not

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what I'm saying. Do we have Alex Pereira either vacate

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the title and go up to face a heavy weight

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and you've only got one option, or if you have

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him cut weight and go back down to face the

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one guy that has the one win over him since

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he stepped into the organization. Chail Son and has talked

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about this before. It is very hard to beat somebody

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to first. Muhammad Ali was the first one to say

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I am the greatest, then he backed it up, but

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mean he's the first one to say it. Just like

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this podcast, I'm the only one that combines the peanuts

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and mixed martial arts. You won't find that anywhere else.

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Nobody can take that claim away from me. That's not bragging,

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it's personalizing. For a second, Men in Black a phrase

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that they used, we are your first, last, and only

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line of defense. You cannot beat somebody who's already gotten

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there first. If you can be the first and only,

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you become the outlier that they talk about that stands

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out among the crowd, the only one that has a

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victory over Alex Pereira at this point, who can arguably

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say that he is the biggest star coming out of

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the UFC. The only one that has a win over

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him right now is Israel Atasanya and even Iz he

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has talked about I don't have much more to do

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with that fight. Do you dust this one off, pulling

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off the shelf and just say, okay, maybe we can

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make something work here, or does that mean that Alex

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has a chance to be a double champ as light heavyweight?

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Does he go back and face Drecis Duplessis? Do we

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do that just because Alex won't back away from a

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fight if you allow him to go up and rank

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as the crowd has alluded to that they want to

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see him at heavyweight, and why would they want to

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see him at heavyweight? There's the buzz about would he

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get a chance against John Jones. We've already got a

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fight with Steve Amyochich and John Jones happening in Madison

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Square Garden, and it sounds like, according to what Jones

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is telling all of us fans, whether he's stringing us

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along or he truly wants to do it, that he

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has nothing else to prove after he beats step A

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that once he does this in Madison Square Garden, he

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can ride up into sunset and have a wonderful retirement,

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which leads one guy hanging high and dry who's cleaned

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out the rest of the division, and there's nothing else

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for him to do. We have an option now. Do

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you want to see Alex Perira fight the current into

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weight interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall. Can we go back

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through the options again. Alex goes down to middleweight, he

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faces Izzy, or he faces the current champion Drecis Duplessis.

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Maybe some spark there. Light heavyweight. Do you want to

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see him face Unclive or whoever wins with Uncle IV

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and Rachek? Do you want Jamal Hill? There's nothing exciting

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about that as of right now, only the integrity of

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the rankings. If you have him go up, as the

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crowd has responded, let him go to heavyweight. There's a

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guy who doesn't have a fight yet and his name

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is Tom Aspinall. Tom Aspinall versus Alex Pereira. You have

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the makings here of something that we have lost in

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the last few years in the UFC known as a

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super fight. You have a super fight on your hands,

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current day light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira coming out shooting

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his arrows into the air, screaming into the bed using chauma,

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and you have Tom Aspinall, the guy who we can't

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get John Jones to take the challenge, but somebody who

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wouldn't dare back down from a challenge, known as Alex Pereira.

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Alex versus Tom has the makings of a super fight

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easily for twenty twenty five. I say, pencil it in UFC.

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Pencil it in, Dana White, Sean Shelby, pencil it in.

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Give us something to look forward to, because I don't

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have a lot of stock going forward in John Jones

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at this point, So I ask, what do you do

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with him? That's Blockhead's response, Tom versus Alex, champion versus champion?

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Do we make a title for title? Does Alex vacate

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the title so he doesn't hold up the division? Just

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like George Saint Pierre wants dead? What do you do here?

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Even Mark Godders talked about in twenty years, this is

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the only guy that I can hear in feel when

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he throws punches. He's talking about when Khalil Rowntree was

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catching combinations from him. Just the sound, the feel, the

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oomph that comes out of a punch from Alex Peira.

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Could Tom be the one that could withstand this? Do

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we have a potential super fight in the makings if

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you pencil it in now. As we move forward in

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this month, we have a few Apex showdowns that are

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going on. We have Brandon roy Vall that's returning against Tierra.

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I believe you have a serious scrap going on in

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the main event tonight. It's worth watching the UFC in

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the Apex to see what happens with these two warriors.

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Blockadd Nation, which I am gonna go check out and

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I will get back to you when we come back

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next week. Again, please go back and look at your

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favorite blockhead dot com slash blog, look at the links,

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look at the KOFE competition for the month of October.

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Any help I can get would be appreciated. Blockad Nation,

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and I will catch you next week. As you chew

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on those thoughts in the MMA world, will catch you

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next week, same blockhead time, same blockhead. Cham m hmmm