Feb. 22, 2025

This Is The Smithsonian, Blockhead! Plus, An Explosion Of UFC Excitement

This Is The Smithsonian, Blockhead! Plus, An Explosion Of UFC Excitement

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I want to apologize ahead of time, just in case

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there are a lot of pauses there's not the greatest

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promise it's temporary. All that being said, you are listening

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the Octagon the next. I am your host. My name

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So giving a shout out to everybody across the Seven Continents.

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For those of you that are listening from Finland, those

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of you listening from Germany, some of you, they have

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turned in from Argentina, Blockheads seese you.

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How do I know?

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Because the Internet gives me a direct audit. I can

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go and look at my analytics. I can see who's

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turning in. Most of you are American males thirty five

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to forty five years old, and that's just the basics.

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But I'm making sure that nobody falls through the cracks here.

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You know, it's like Green Day won't send a song.

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I want to be the minority. I don't need your authority,

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but either way, if I have not acknowledged you, then

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I want to make sure you feel acknowledged you or

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welcome here. Blockhand Nation, come one and all, and believe

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it or not. I almost came into this one completely

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cold turkey, but not because I'm not starting off with

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a Charlie Brown comic strip. I'm starting with a TV series.

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One of my favorites growing up was the This Is

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America Charlie Brown series. Now there were if I remember,

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there were eight of them, but if I can focus

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in on one in particular today, the big focal point

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will be the seventh episode, which was called The Smithsonian

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and the Presidency, So as always, written by Lee Mandelssohn

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and directed by Bill Melndez, released in April of eight,

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nineteen eighty nine. So I'm about five years old when

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this series comes out, and it's got the Peanuts game,

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going through the Smithsonian Institute, seeing Abraham Lincoln's statue, seeing

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the portraits of George Washington, seeing the microphone that FDR

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spoke through in the midst of the Great Depression, you know,

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all of these things. It's a really uplifting episode, and

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so everybody kind of has their moments. There's a moment

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where Snoopy's upset seeing the red baron. There's a point

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where you see the spirit of Saint Louis. You can

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see the NASA Space station, you can see Apollo tens

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Lunar module, which, yes, one part of that shuttle was

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called Snoopy and the other was called Charlie Brown. I'm

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not throw on the astronautic aspects of it all, so

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I'll tell you that my lingo there in my vernacular

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won't match up exactly what that. But these are all

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talked about in that episode. So if you've never seen it,

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you should check it out. This is America Charlie Brown

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the Smithsonian. Now, if I can, there are some misconceptions

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of that time and misunderstandings that might have worked itself out,

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worked out all the kinks. But if it hasn't, there

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is a part where Linus will acknowledge where Lincoln wrote

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the Emancipation Proclamation and also gave the Gaysburg Address when

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he talks about and that's the thing about me also

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blocking Nation. I'm a teacher by day and a podcaster

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by weekend. Most of the time, if it's not comic stripulated,

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I don't try to bring in a whole lot of

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American history unless it's a specific special topic. Well, this

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one calls for that. A lot of misunderstandings about the

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Emancipation Proclamation because Linus even tells all of the gang

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that this is where Lincoln has proclaimed that all states

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are free. That's not true. What's left out of this?

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And again that's kind of because on the elementary level

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that kids can understand the basic and to the point.

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But those that are listening in if you've never been

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told how Lincoln is not the one who freed the slaves. Okay,

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it's more complex than people think. Now, does he become

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the great emancipator? Yes, but please hear me out on

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how this actually plays out. This is history less than

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one on one from block it. Take it for what

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it's worth, and I've got a lot of facts to.

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Back this up. Okay, if I can just give you.

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A little bit of symbolism and a little bit of

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what this really meant. The Emancipation Proclamation was passed in

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January eighteen sixty three after a decisive Northern victory. They

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do talk about the Battle of Gaysburg in this episode,

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but they don't talk about the single bloodiest day. They

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don't talk about the Battle of Antietam. That's where the

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North gains ground. And after that happens, Lincoln sends out

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the Emancipation Proclamation that says, and I quote, all slaves

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in the rebelling States are declared free. So, in other words,

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if your states seceded from the Union, then he is

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proclaiming that those slaves should be free. That even doesn't

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make its way across the South the way he wanted to,

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because even Frederick Douglas would meet with him several times

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for counsel in the White House and say, they don't

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know what you mean. They don't know that they can

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actually go and join the Union. So that's really more

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what happens is even though they're declared free, that doesn't

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include the border states. That does not include Kentucky, Delaware,

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West Virginia, Maryland, the four border states that did not

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make a decision that were crucial to the war. They

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are left out of this, So it doesn't apply to everybody.

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It's literally a political move. It is kicked the South

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while they're down, and it's a smart political move. There's

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nobody that's better at playing politics than Abraham Lincoln. You

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could read his book, Team of Rivals, his Cabinet and

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find that out very quickly. Okay, so Lincoln is portrayed

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in this episode where he's on his way to give

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his Gaysburg Address, the Greatest speech. No debate on this end.

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If you think you have a debate with blockhead about

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a speech greater in American history than the Gaysburg Address.

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You don't have an argument with me, and I'm sure

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you'll go well. But Martin Luther King's I have a

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dream speech. Yeah, if you look at the beginning of

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that speech, he borrowed from the Gaysburg Address. One hundred

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years before this, a man wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and

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gave this speech. So in the episode, he's on his

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way to give the Gaysburg address and Linus and Charlie

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Brown are selling papers. Lias, I believe, was selling the

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Washington Paper and Charlie Brown was selling the Baltimore Paper.

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So Lincoln, in his presidential Railroad box car, calls for

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the two boys and says, I want to buy one

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from both of you. That's basically how it goes down.

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And they start asking him questions about what it's like

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to be the president of the United States, and he's

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eye his way to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. So am I saying

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that the episode is wrong, No, I believe it's just

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leaving out so many details that.

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Some of the kids should know.

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So if you watch it, it's insightful, but not insightful enough.

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So it's just a small little criticism that Blockhead gives.

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And if I can give you some more food for thought,

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a lot of people have believed that the first attack

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in the Civil War had no casualties. Believe it or not,

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that's not true. Now where am I basing all this

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off of. If you are a parent listening to this

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and your kids ever need to do research on the

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Civil War, I'm going to give you two of them

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that they should go refer to. Number one is James

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McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom. That is the single greatest

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volume of the Civil War that you will ever find, Okay,

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And second of all, anything by James McPherson. He's the

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best in the business when it comes to the Civil War.

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If you read his book Tried by War, it's worth it.

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Anything that's written by James mc pherson. There is another

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graphic novel that is very helpful called Battle Lines, which

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a lot of their research comes from James McPherson's work.

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But in this book, it's clarifying what actually happened at

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Fort Sumter. Now it's thirty four hours of bombardment back

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and forth. Finally the rebels will overtake this fort outside Charleston,

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South Carolina. But what they don't tell you is when

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the flag is being lowered, they ask, out of respect

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if they can salute it as it's coming down. While

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that is happening, a cannon misfires, blows shrapnel across several

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of the Union soldiers, kills one man on impact. There's

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also a Union soldier that has a piece of shrapnel

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wood that has been impaled through his back to the

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top of his chest. Now there's a lot of symbolism

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in that. Here's why. If you just pull that piece

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of wood out, then he's going to die. If you

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leave that impaled wood in his body too long, he

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is still going to die. The closest medical attention would

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be if you get him in a boat and bring

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him to shore. As I understand, the soldier died by

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the time they got him ashore before he could see

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medical attention. So the first casualty of the Civil War

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was self inflicted a misfired cannon, friendly fire. And this

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shrapnel piece of wood in this Union soldier's body. Isn't

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that a little bit symbolic blockhead nation? Isn't that showing how.

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If you.

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Were to completely eradicate the institution of slavery. Wouldn't you

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kill the South politically, economically, maybe even socially if you

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allow that to stay in that Union soldier's body too long,

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in other words, for the fire to spread, for slave

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states to expand into the west. In other words, if

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you want a fire to be put out, first you

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have to contain it, and then second you have to

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get rid of it. Do you see how in many ways,

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Blockad Nation, that this Union soldier with the piece of

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shrapnel wood through his body, And how ironically the first

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shots of the Civil War can be traced back to

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Fort Sumter, can be back to Lincoln provoking it. But

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how symbolic the self inflicted wounds have been carried over

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ever since the beginning of our country. Maybe a little

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bit of in depth thinking here for you, but it's

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something to consider. So this is what you get when

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Blockhead puts his teaching cap on and he comes to you,

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Blockhead Nation, and shares.

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His insight about what caused the war between the states

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to be inevitable.

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Now, if you could stick around, I know some of

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you that listen are not MMA fans, because usually I've

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got something that's kind of minuscule. I've got a lot

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that I'd like to bring up if you just stick

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around with me that I've got your attention. Now that

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the sales pitch has been thrown, can we stick around

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for scripture of the day, and can I walk you

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through what Dana White just hit the world of the

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UFC with. We're talking about a serious grenade that got

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thrown in the middle of us MMA fans, and I'm

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loving the shrapnel that it's producing. Our scripture in for

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this podcast comes from Psalm Fi seven, verse three. He

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shall send from heaven and save me from the reproach

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of him that would swallow me up. God shall send

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forth his mercy and his trust. Reflection from Blue our

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Bible says the believer has three persistent enemies in this world.

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One is the devil himself. Then there's the wicked and

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what we can't overlook as our own wicked nature. But

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guess what blockad nation. God has promised to deliver his

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people to trample the enemies. Not in your time, in

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his The Devil's day is dawn, and his time has

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soon come. The wicked shall be brought low. If you

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don't bend anea then he will beingde in and they

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will be judged righteously for their lives of iniquity. So

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blockhead Nation as you hear this, maybe praise God for

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his forbearance for the ultimate victory that he delivers. Then

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when one day the Principeice will come back and he

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will establish his millennial kingdom. Now, if you stuck with me,

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and I hope you did, for part two of this,

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it's fight day. It's usually fight day on a Saturday,

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and you got Henry Shudo, a former two title holder,

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against China's own song Ya Doong. It's gonna be a

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banger of a fight. But even while I've said all this,

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Dana has continued to bombard the MMA community with fight

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after fight after fight that just have my nerves and

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my goosebumps at full capacity. Here on the back of

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my neck has stood up. Since I've heard all this,

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and before I even get to I can't believe that

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I'm even surpassing Alex Perera's fight with Uncliath that's already

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been established. We're looking down the road to three thirteen.

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But even after that, you gotta fight, and I that

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I am super excited about. In London, at the O

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two Arena in the UK, where Leon Edwards will muster

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up his hometown boys and we'll be taking on easily

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one of the best submission artists in the game. So

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welter weight about between number one ranked Leon Edwards and

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number five ranked Sean Brady blockhead Nation. I will be

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tuned into that fight. Even on this same card, you

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got Yon Blahovitch coming back against Carlos Olbert, you got

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Kevin Allen stepping back into the cage. You got Malin

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McCann get trying to get back into the driver seat again,

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trying to get back on the horse and show what

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she's got. But I have to pass all of that

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just because there have been so many groundbreaking announcements. Breaking

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news right away. Patricio Pitbull has signed with the UFC.

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Now there has been talk of a confirmed bout for

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him when he comes back, but I'm not seeing it

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currently on the UFC dot com website. But if I'm

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hearing this right, it's Patricio Pitbull being thrown straight into

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the deep end of the ocean against Yayer Rodriguez Blockhead Nation.

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I can't put this any other way.

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That fight needs to happen but if I can visualize

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something for a second, if it's not gonna be on

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the explosive UFC three fourteen pay per view, that's gonna

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happen in Miami at the Kesiah Center. You've got automatically,

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dan Egay is going to be returning fighting Sean Woodson.

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Anytime fifty K dan Egay steps in the cage, you've

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got my attention. You do have the veteran Jeff Neil

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and Carlis protest that are going to be having a

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walter weight bout as well.

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But just going to the coming event.

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Most of the talk has been centered around this one

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confirmed lightweight bout number seven ranked the former flagship of

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Bellator MMn. Now that's relevant who. For the longest time,

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it was supposed to be that Connor McGregor would come

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back and face Michael Chandler Iron Michael, the coach that

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was opposite of him in The Ultimate Fighter. That's normally

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how this works. The Ultimate Fighter coaches will eventually have

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their guys fight on the card.

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And they are the main event.

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Typically from a traditional standpoint, and the traditional going back

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is far as my goodness two thousand and five, two

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thousand and six, you know the ancient times, I say

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all the sarcasm in the world, but that's how it

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was supposed to happen. This never materialized, So the UFC

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machine is not going to wait around any longer for Connor.

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So who do we go to?

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The other prospect who had a similar approach to the UFC,

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A man who has said himself that I make better

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content than most of you. Just because you can't sell

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a Bible to an Orthodox Christian does not mean I'm

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getting pushed more. Say what you want about that one,

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But there's always been looking for another golden goose. Ireland

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rode on the back of Connor McGregor. Liverpool, England has

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been riding on the back of one Patty the Batty

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Pimblet Michael Chandler and Patty the Batty in a co

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main event at UFC three fourteen on pay per view

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in Miami, co main event. They're the ones pulling the

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curtain for the featherweight about which does need to happen?

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The unstoppable force to only one, which would be Eliot

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Tapuria Alexander Volkanovsky. I mean not to only one, but

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really as a most recent see block it even has

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some recency bias, but Volkanovski versus the number three hope

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for Brazil who put on an amazing performance at UFC

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three hundred and three oh six at the Sphere Number three,

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Diego Lopez. If you want quality as far as an

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MMA bout, you have quality with Vulcan versus Lopez. If

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you want to see sparks flying, you have the banger

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of a co main event of Patty the Batty Pimblet

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versus Iron Michael Chandler. Now here's where I throw in

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a little bit of narrative, just if I can seizon

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it up just a little bit more before I.

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In Nation, Patricio Pitbull was supposed to have this confirmed

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fight with Yaya Rodriguez. All eyes should be on that

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fight too, but I'm not seeing it currently confirmed on

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that pay per view. Whether they fight on this card

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or after or before, I don't care. Fight needs to happen.

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There's really a no wigger room on this one. When

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you throw the lure out like that to a diehard

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MMA fan like me and tell me y Rodriguez and

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Patricio Pitbull make it happen. Do not put a carrot

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in front of my face and think that I'm gonna

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be stupid and forget about this down the road. I

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know what promises have been made to me, at least

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at this point, but if it's not going to be

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on this particular card, Patricio Pitbull became the Achilles' heel

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to Michael Chandler when he was back in Belatory Mma.

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So now that Patricio Pitbull has invaded the UFC, nothing

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has been solved.

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They were one for one. If I'm not mistaken, or

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if it was the best two out of three, you

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still could easily run this back in this organization. Imagine,

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just for a second, Michael Chandler comes through through the

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crowd wearing his American flag and he has to walk

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past Patricio Pitbull in the audience in Miami. At that

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pageview cage is shut. He's facing Patty the Batty. Meanwhile,

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one of his greatest nemesis in the former company that

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he supported with his blood, sweat and tears, is watching

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and probably laughing along with every motion that will happen

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inside the octagon. Do I have your attention now, blockad Nation.

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It has been a while since we have had a

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stare down between the fence. You've had many fires going

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up against the fence and how well are they going

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to put their defenses up? But you haven't seen that lately.

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was pull the way back to Darren Till and Mike Berry.

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Never transpired, but they certainly went at it between the fence.

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Would you imagine reliving some old memories in the mothership

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of Mma known as the UFC, where Michael, whether he

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wins or loses, has to face his nemesis sitting cage side.

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Who if another fight needs to happen the war I

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don't even want to call that a warm up fight

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because Yira Rodriguez is not a warm up fight for anybody.

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It's a welcome to the UFC package. But can you

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imagine continuing this on Michael Chandler sits cage side for

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the fight between Yor Rodriguez and Patricio Pitbull, only saying

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that because I don't see the confirmation on the website.

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I've seen that it's been confirmed this fight is supposed

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to happen through many other social media networks, but just

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not on the website itself. What's been announced by Daniel White. Sure,

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but that's what I'm weighing on. If somehow Patricio Pitbull

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fights prior to Michael Chandler, I can imagine how Patricio

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pit Bull is not going to stomach that well if

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he's fighting on a different venue. But usually people sitting

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in cage side for Michael Chandler while he's got a

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major challenge in front of him known as pay the

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batty Pimphlet, who is on a major tear right now

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in the UFC, who is possibly the next Carnibergregor two

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point oh if he keeps going this direction, at least

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from what he's done on an international level, blockhead nation,

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Do I have your attention now? You just took the

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degrees up at least from celsius to fahrenheit. You took

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it to a substantial level. Just looking at this card,

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lots on the horizon to get excited about. Lots of

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speculation on my end, everything that an MMA fan will

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be frothing at the mouth for is happening as we speak.

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As usually, I come in with a lot of criticisms

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of my sport, not right now, not particularly at this moment.

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So going back to we do have to get to

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Henry Sahudo and you don't song you dong first, so

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we're gonna check this out. I will catch back up

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with you next Saturday. Blockhead Nation, same blockhead time, same

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