April 19, 2025

Waiting For Both The Easter Beagle And The Fighting Nerds

Waiting For Both The Easter Beagle And The Fighting Nerds

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Hello, Blockhead Nation. This is Brian, the host of your

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girl's giving me the go ahead, So what do you say?

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We go ahead and start the show?

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Shall we broadcasting? Live?

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Good afternoon, Blockhead Nation. Thank you for stopping by. Once again,

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we are anticipating the return of our Lord and Savior,

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and we are also anticipating the Easter Beagle while we

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wait here. I am once again, Every Saturday, you are

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listening to your favorite Blockhead, the only podcast in the

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podcast in the world that can somehow incorporate the Peanuts

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comic strip one minute and then be talking about MMA

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and Warriors inside the Octagon the next. I'm your host.

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My name is Brian Little. I am a teacher by

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day and a podcaster by weekend. And this is a

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special weekend. We've had Good Friday. It's a time of

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mourning for those that are believers for the last two

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thousand plus years. And if you think about where the

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disciples are, they're probably fishing or they're waiting, and so

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they go and do what they do best, They go

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out fishing. Well, that's what Blockhead's doing during this anticipatory

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time period is I'm on the microphone, and for those

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of you that have been tuning in, I really appreciate

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all the love I've been getting back. I'm realizing that

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I can't exclude video content. I'm realizing that for being

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a podcaster as long as I have for the last

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nine years, I've seen the evolving of how people say

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they watch podcasts now instead of they listen to them.

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But you never overlook your listenership. Okay, I've always said

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that the audio podcast is like your jab. It's basic.

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You need it.

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It's the most important punch for a boxer. But when

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it comes to your right cross, your power move, then

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that would be your video content because there's a lot

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more participation right away. The audio listeners tipping typically are

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the quiet ones. And that's not disrespectful to my listeners

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who keep coming back. You're my tribe, Blockhead Nation. You

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are loyal and faithful, and you keep coming back. But

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there's rarely a lot of engagement on this side. On

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the video content. There's that's white a bit going on

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right now as the numbers are surgery, So I really

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do appreciate that, I really do, but please know that

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it's not to give any glory back to myself. Most

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important thing to know on this podcast is God is King.

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All glory back to him and all the prophecies of

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old are going to be fulfilled by Sunday morning, So

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God is King. Number two Peanuts is the single most

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successful comic strip in American history, and anybody wants to debate that,

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I can probably dance circles around you on how that's true.

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And number three, mixed Martial Arts is the greatest sport

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under God's hot sun. So if you stick around for

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MMA talk, you'll see that on part two of this show.

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you get a T shirt for nine dollars as opposed

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to fifteen dollars. There's a process in place here to

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in this for the sake of, you know, making money

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and business and monetization. That's not really why I do it.

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I love the branding part. I love the cultivating of

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an audience, that's true. But I love to talk about

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the peanuts. I love to talk about Mma. I want

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to show with you the truth in scripture, and that's

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what I have. Here is a way I've trailblazed my

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own way. And as far as what's going on with

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the world of Peanuts, we got to start with the

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Charles Schultz Museum. Spring is upon us. It's also spring

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at the Charles Schultz Museum. I've seen all the pictures

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taken on Facebook and on other social media, and they're gorgeous.

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The cherry blossoms are in full bloom on the courtyard,

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blooming scenery all through the outdoor areas when you go visit,

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So anybody that's listening that happens to be in the

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Santa Rosa area. You should go check it out. It's

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worth your time. Now this is where I speak openly

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and candidly about one of my favorite TV episodes of

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all time for the Peanuts. I mean, what better time.

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It's The Easter Beagle came out in nineteen seventy four.

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It's given an eighty percent ranking by Rotten Tomatoes, which

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means most people who watch this they may find places

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where there's not quality or quantity, but it's wholehearted, enjoyable TV.

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And just like Blockhead is certain that the Easter Beagle

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will bring eggs to everyone this year, so is Linus.

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And guess what the Easter Beagle comes through for Linus.

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If you're like me waiting in the Pumpkin Patchever, you're

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waiting for the Great Pumpkin. We're still waiting. We need

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to have an app that tracks where the Great Pumpkin

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is because he's number two to Santa Claus. But when

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we go back to the Easter Beagle, he comes through

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for the Peanuts Gang. The only one that doesn't get

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an Easter egg, unfortunately, is poor old Charlie Brown. Nothing

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surprising there, but what's great about Snoopy and what's great

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about the Easter Beagle is that there's poetic justice in

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that episode. Why because Lucy, falling back into her old ways,

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who is so selfish, has manufactured a way to where

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this Easter egg hunt is going to benefit her and

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nobody else. She paints them, she hides them, and she

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documents exactly where she puts them. So that means if

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we were getting to the conclusion of the Easter egg hunt,

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then she would be the one standing tall with the

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full basket of where everybody else is scraping for whatever

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they can find. That's not gonna happen with the Easter Beagle.

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He's gonna retrieve the eggs and give them out to

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everybody accordingly until he runs out and gets to poor

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little Charlie Brown, but he gives out her eggs. That's

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poetic justice. Marcie does not know how to make Easter eggs.

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We saw that clearly when she tries to fry them.

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She tries to waffle them, which is still beyond me,

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and she tries to make egg drop soup. She doesn't

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understand that you boil the eggs either way. They run

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out of money So the Easter beer comes in and

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saves the day for Peppermint Patty, and Marcy makes a

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believer out of Sally, and Linus doesn't let him down

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when he's the one the whole time who's been anticipating,

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like poor little Jeremiah in the Old Testament, saying that

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the Babylonians are coming. This time, the Easter Beagle's coming

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to bring joy, and he does accordingly. Now, now Lucy's

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gonna steal over that, and it's gonna confront him at

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the end, but she still walks away with stars in

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her eyes.

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Uh.

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The Easter Beagle, you can't help but love him because

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he follows through Easter Bunny doesn't always do that. It's

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first come, first, serve to each their own Winter take all.

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There's semi quality, and there's some leveling the playing field

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with the Easter Beagle. Wouldn't you say which one's more reliable?

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You tell me, put your faith in the Easter Beagle.

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More importantly, always put your faith in the Prince of Peace,

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who will rise on the third day. So I get

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to talk openly and candidly about what I wish to

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on this episode. I'm anticipating Sunday morning. I appreciate all

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the feedback for those who've been watching my channel, but

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all of it is to glorify and identify the one

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who truly deserves our praise and the gifts that we have.

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There's a parable about that, the parable of the talents

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the apostle. Paul talks about that if you have gifts,

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use them to glorified your Lord and Savior. Blockhead only

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wishes to be a jewel in the crown of our

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Lord and Savior. And the more time I spend in

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the Word, the more that's true. So if you want

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to stick around, you have the Scripture of the day

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coming up, you have the truth, you have the parable.

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We also have some things going on in the world

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or the Mma that are starting to heat up. So

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if you want to stick around block at Nation, we'll

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catch you on the other side. Mar scripturine for this

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podcast comes from Polypians Chapter one, Marse twenty nine for

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unto en it is given in the behalf of Christ,

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not only to believe on him, but also to suffer

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for his sake. Reflection from Blue laur Bible says, as Christians,

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we have been given various things. Paul tells the Philippians

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about two of them. First, he tells them that it

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has been granted to them to believe in Christ, and

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second he says that it is to be granted to

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them to suffer for Him. Suffering does not always seem appetizing,

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blockad nation, but there is so much to be gained

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by it. Remember in the midst of your troubles that

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Christ was troubled as well, So too will his people

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have troubles, We'll have sufferings. We are to be counted

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joyful for we serve and demonstrate our unity with our bridegroom.

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Always want to make sure I share the truth on

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this one, as I love talking about the Easter Beagle.

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I love this time of year in the anticipation of

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our Savior to return. But if I can start off

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this second segment right away with the results that happened

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in Miami last week with UFC three fourteen, and I

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gotta start with one statement right away, Those fighting nerds

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seem like they're going to be a problem as far

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as marketing goes. Putting the fighting Nerds glasses on Joe

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Rogan after Jean Silva mercilessly submitted Bryce Mitchell Okay, we

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can get into that more so in the future. But

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these guys are called Fighting Nerds. They're considered to have

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this high intelligence in this high in a IQ coming

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out of Brazil. And there's four of them that I

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know of. There's Mauritio Huffey, There's Jean Silva who just

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came off a huge win. But the one I'm paying

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the most attention to, the one who I think has

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the most personality and fighting style that prioritizes what these

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guys stand for, is the guy who will be in

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the main event next week. It's Carlos Prates. Okay, so

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if we go off, that's gonna be the main event

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on August I'm sorry, not August, but April twenty sixth.

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That's gonna be taking place with UFC Fight Night when

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he fights I Gary in Kansas City. So forgive my

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slipping of the tongue there. But again, these Fighting Nerds

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as a faction look like they will be problematic for

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Enbay goes against them. It has a very similar feel

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to the Shamrocks and the Lions Den. If you are

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a diehard MMA fan from back in the day, you

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know the rivalry with Tito Ortez and Ken Shamrock. All

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of it can be rooted in how he treated members

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of the lions Den. So I guess you can say

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in twenty twenty five, the closest thing we have to

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the lions Den would be the Fighting Nerds was John

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Silva and his unorthodox way of doing things. Feels like

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he has an automatic shot against the current day champion.

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They gotta remember. I don't want to jump around too

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much here because I don't want to confuse everybody that's listening.

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But our main event was Alexander Volkanovsky versus Diego Lopez.

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It went the whole way to determine who is the

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new featherweight champion. As Elia Daporia has been either vacated, stripped,

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whatever the case is. That's still materializing. But we have

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a new featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanowski, and I guess in

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John Silva's mind that he jumps to the run of

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the line and that Lion's Den slash Fighting Nerds mentality,

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I should get a shot at the belt. Okay, hold

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on him in Blockhead is still a guy who pays

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attention to the current day rankings. Okay, I'm not saying

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They're completely relevant in every way. I know sometimes you

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have to speak your mind for what you want. But

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if you have the mma IQ that you say you do,

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if you understand this sport, Jean Silva the way you

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have portrayed that you do, we need to look at

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a few things here. UFC Fight Night, Ian Gary versus

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Carlos protest who is on your team? Who gets the

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main event and is gonna be the one I'm paying

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the most attention to. He's still a veteran of this sport,

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but it seems like he has the most potential and

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he's got a fairly long career at this point. But

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if we just go down the card for a second,

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you have a guy who's number twelve, a Georgian by

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the name of Giga Chagatzi. If you look currently where

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Jean Silva is on the rankings, they've moved him to

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number eleven and Giga Chagatzi at number twelve. This is

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very much a hypothetical, but what if what if Giga

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Chagatzi puts on Performance of the Night and says, I'm

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gonna introduce this guy to me before he breaks into

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the top ten. It would be on Giga Chagatzi to

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do that. But this is just me thinking the narrative through.

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At this point, Jean Silva would be plowing through josh

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emmett Al Jermain Sterling. And here's a bigger problem. You're

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gonna automatically say that you were going to surpass a

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guy who's coming off of a win in his last

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fight against Giga Chagatzi. You're saying that you should get

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a title shot before Arnold Allen. It's a title shot.

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You have to explain that one to me. If Arnold

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Allen's coming off of a win off Chagatzi, and Chagatzi

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is knocking at your door when it comes to the rankings,

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please tell me how you can surpass him. Please tell

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me how you can surpass Yayr Rodriguez, who introduced Patricio

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Pittbull to the UFC on the same night after you

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had your fight. So we had some great things that

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came out of this main event. Dan Egay closing out

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the prelimbs against Sean Woodson, great fight. Dominic Reyes is

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back with his amazing KO in the first round, getting

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another shot at the light heavyweight run here He's not done.

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So we have Jean Silva, who is somehow because of

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this faction, this fighting nerds mentality, that he's surpassing all

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these guys I just named off. You're gonna have to

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explain that one to me. Maybe not Performance of the

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Night when it comes to Yyra Rodriguez, but I'm pretty

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sure you might want to be careful crossing him too.

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So all things to consider. Now if we get to

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the co main event Performance of the Night for Patty

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Pimblet against Michael Chandler, I tip my hat to Patty.

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Anybody who's ever doubted this man, even at times when

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I have, then we a lot of us owe Patty

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Pimblet an apology. Okay, So as far as Chandler versus Pimblet,

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the talk has already become. Now is Patty the Batty

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the most closest thing we have in the whole UFC

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to Connor McGregor. And if you were to list out

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the similarities and the differences, you're gonna find many of

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them that show that Patty is nothing like Connor. Now,

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if we go back to their origins, sure, Connor McGregor

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started at Cage Warriors and brought Ireland with him to

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the UFC and his debut. Patty the Batty started his

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career in Liverpool fighting in Cage Warriors and gets his

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debut in the UFC. Very similar. But if you look

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at Connor McGregor, who is an instigator. Anytime that Patty

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the Batty has a dust up with someone, it's usually

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because he's the reactor. We saw that with Kobe Covington,

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who ran his mouth about you fight guys that are

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two and six. They almost had a dust up there

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in the hallway and Patty says, coming from a guy

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who's coming off a two lost streak, I mean, that's

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the part about it. He says, I'm gonna come and

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slap you again. Connor was an instigator. If you watch

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everyone of the events that he's been part of and

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the people he's got under their skin. He starts the

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argument first. Patty will react to you if you go

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back to the dust of him and Elio at to Poria.

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Eli Taporia is the one that came towards him. He

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doesn't want to break his hand, so he throws a

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bottle of hand sanitizer and he becomes hand satizer boy.

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Who's the one walking towards Patty. It's eli at Theaporia

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where Patty says, I'm not going to back down from you.

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Do it.

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Let's see what happens. So there's some big differences when

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it comes to Connor. He sets up traps just like

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Patty the Batty sets up traps. If you charge in

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too quickly, then Connor catches you with that left hand.

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If you try to go wild, just like Chandler did

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a few times with Patty, then he catches you and

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gets you to the ground in a submission attempt. So

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grappling is where Patty the Batty shines, where striking is

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where Connor shines. Not to say that Patty Pemblet can't

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knock you out, it just means that's where he's had

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the most success since he's been in the UFC, all

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things considered, but there's an allure about Patty that's very similar.

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While we're looking for superstars in this sport, that's very true.

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Now looking at Michael Chandler, we missed an opportunity with

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Michael Chandler big time. I am hearing that Michael Chandler

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has been told to go and sit home. I'm hearing

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that he's been removed from the UFC. I don't want

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to go off of that as shaky information like that.

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It seems a bit rocky at this point. We don't

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want to see Michael get hurt anymore because he's so reckless.

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But you missed an opportunity, UFC. If you told Michael

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to go away, if you sent Michael Chandler out of

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the sport before you settle the score, you made a

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major mistake. What am I talking about? If you look

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at the fight that happened prior to Michael Chandler and

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Patty the Batty, you had yyr Rodriguez and the debut

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of Patricio Pitbull. This is why if you are following

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the UFC, you need to be somewhat of a historian.

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There has been a storied rivalry between Michael Chandler and

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Patricio Pitbull. Both of them have one one fight against

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each other. They are one for one. Michael Chandler won

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one fight, Patricia Pitbull won the other one. Guess what

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you didn't get in Bellatore before it closed its doors.

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Guess what you didn't book. You didn't get that third fight,

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you didn't get the rubber match, you didn't get the

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best two out of three, and because Michael got peppered

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up by Patty the Batty, the talk is we don't

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want to see you hurt anymore, UFC. I'm trying very

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hard to maintain my composure because I'm talking to a

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microphone and to any listeners who would tune in. This

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is for the Blockhead Nation, and I hope that we

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can one day shout this from the rooftops.

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UFC.

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You missed an incredible opportunity to have the third fight

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in the UFC between Michael Chandler and Patricio Pitbull, and

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you should be ashamed of yourselves. Michael will take a

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fight with anyone anywhere, anytime. He may be on a

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losing streak, but you have two ls that can get

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you a main event on any card throughout this point

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in twenty twenty five until December and even into twenty

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twenty six. This doesn't have a shelf life. You could

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have settled the score and did you will you well,

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this little podcast ro over here, maybe strike a match

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that lights the flame that we could have round three

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with Michael Chandler versus Patricio Pitbull some where, somehow, some

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way down the line. But UFC you missed that opportunity

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and why I'll wait for a great answer if I

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can get one. Congratulations to Alexander the Great Volkanovski. Alex

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the Great is back and we'll see what the UFC

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does with him this point, we got a main event

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coming up pretty soon for Ian Gary. Will be the

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hardest night out for Carlos protests assured period exclamation point.

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But the Fighting Nerds in his corner, this faction could

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be a major issue moving forward in this sport. Pay

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attention to what the Fighting Nerds do and say. Some

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of it is a little erratic, some of it is

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a little bit far fetched, but a lot of their

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MMM math, a love of their MMA IQ is going

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to shine through if protes is able to surpass Ian Gary.

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Big exclamation point. A lot of anticipation coming forward to

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this point for what's going on next week. On that note,

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thank you so much blockhead Nation for all the support.

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