Jan. 26, 2025

Wildfire Updates And New MMA Promotions

Wildfire Updates And New MMA Promotions

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start the show, shall we broadcasting the Live Good Evening

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

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are listening to your favorite blockhead the only podcast in

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the podcasting world that can somehow incorporate the Peanuts comic

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strip one minute and then be talking about MMA and

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Warriors inside the Octagon the next. I am your host.

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My name is Brian Little. In case you're new to

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this show, I thank you so much for coming by

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for a few minutes, but I want to inform you

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on how it works over here. Number one, God is King.

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Number two, Peanuts is the single most successful comic strip

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in American history, and number three, mixed Martial Arts is

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the greatest sport under God's hot sun. So if you

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listen to part one, you're gonna hear a lot more

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about the Peanuts comic strip. You're gonna hear about the

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TV specials, the movie, the Charles Schultz Museum. If you

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stick around for part two you can hear my take

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what's going on in the wacky world of Mixed Martial Arts,

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the UFC and other organizations. So if you're new to

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how it works over here. Second of all, this is

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a listener supported podcast from listeners just like you. If

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the description those three little buttons there at the far

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right corner that will bring up the blog. You will

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see the links for kofee, pages for merchandise and everything

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in between, and networks that I'm part of. So I've

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been podcasting for over eight years and I absolutely love it.

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But I'll tell you this, while I have the convenience

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to come to you every Saturday, others are not as fortunate.

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This is a Texas podcaster, and I'm referring to our

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neighbors to the west. Our prayers continue to go out

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to everybody that has been affected by the Los Angeles fires.

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Our new president put it this way. He said the

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Golden Age can't start without the Golden State. And I

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have to tell you, if you put politics aside and

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social reasons aside, he is not lying about that. When

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it comes to our neighbors over there in Los Angeles,

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our prayers, our condolences still go out to you. According

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to an update I got from the Los Angeles Times,

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it looks like they've got it about eighty seven percent

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contained at this point. But here's where it gets tricky,

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where you might be facing the quote worst case scenario.

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As the rains are starting to come, you run the

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risk of floods of landslides that could still affect the state.

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So as we continue to monitor that as far as

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the containment and the evacuation of Los Angeles County and

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meanmore in between. Just know the Blockad Nation still sends

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their support and their condolences. We support you in every way,

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those who have been affected by the wildfires. And this

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is not something that is anger to Charles Schultz. If

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you know the Santa Rosa is where the Charles Schultz

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Museum is located. If you didn't know, there was a

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time when Charles Schultz was very much affected by the

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wildfires out there. There was a time period in twenty

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seventeen when not only Snoopy lost his home, but many

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out there in Santa Rosa had to face wildfire after wildfire.

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And that is just overwhelming for those firefighters who are

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so selfless to go out there and face that enemy

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day in and day out. And there have been many

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times where the history of Peanuts was almost lost forever.

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What do I mean by that, I mean in the

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nineteen sixties, I want to say the years around nineteen

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sixty six that if we go back to the comic

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strip where we see the doghouse of Snoopy being demolished

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by flames. This came out on September nineteenth, nineteen sixty six.

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Charlie Brown is awoken to the smell of smoke and

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he rushes out to see what's going on, and you

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see Snoopy traumatized, his books, his records, his pool table,

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his van go collection, and all he can sit and

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do is watch in horror with tears streaming down his

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face as Charlie Brown helplessly watches with him. And this

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was even prior to that, when Charles Schultz was with

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his original first wife, Joyce, and after eight years of

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putting in a bunch of work into their studio, the

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studio was destroyed in a wildfire in nineteen sixty six.

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So what eventually did Charles Schultz do? He shared his

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trauma through the comic strip. Now, does that mean it

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stops there? Not necessarily, That was the original comic strip.

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Fast forward a couple of weeks and you see the

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remains where Linus and Loose He would walk by what

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was left of Snoopy's doghouse, completely demolished, just the framework

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that's left, and you have that moment where you hang

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your head with Linus where he says, they say he

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lost everything. But imagine that the psychiatrist, that she is,

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the antagonist, that Lucy is, what does she say? She

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takes one look and goes, eh, he must have been

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smoking in bed. That would be a response from the

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fuss budget and the crabby Lucy that you would get.

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I mean, that's pretty typical. But this is nothing new

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for Charles Schultz. This is nothing new to Santa Rosa,

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and this is certainly devastating to be watching from afar

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as Los Angeles tries to get back to somewhat of normalcy.

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So we send our love continuously out there to anybody

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who's been affected by it by the thousands of one

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thousands of acres that have been destroyed. So on that note,

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as I shift back into the TV show, when I

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say selfless, there's nothing more selfless than somebody who wouldn't

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strap up, suit up and go straight into a fire

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to protect those that are around. And I give all

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respect back to our firefights. Blockhead himself has actually been

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in the trenches when it comes to firefighting. That would

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be my days in the Navy, because all sailors know

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you can't call the fire department. You are the fire

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department when you're out to sea. So I understand a

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lot of the struggles that they face, and I understand

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a lot of the challenges that they face in that

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it's a very very selfless job. And there are characters

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in the Peanuts that are selfless as well, now not

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in the same context, not as putting their life on

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the line, but we do have some that are very selfless.

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Lucy's certainly wouldn't be one of them. I mean, you

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could think Linus if you want to for a second.

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But if I can to put a spotlight on her

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that hardly ever gets, she ever gets the attention she deserves,

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and I'll see who it is. It's Marcy from an

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academic standpoint, the cute one with the glasses, the one

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who is just as infatuated with Charlie Brown as Peppermint

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Patty is. You want proof of that one, you can

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go watch the TV episode called There's No Time for

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Love Charlie Brown. You can go watch that episode and

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you can see where if I can give you a

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quick synopsis of it, Peppermint Patty Marcy and Charlie Brown

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end up taking a shortcut that leads them to the

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wrong place. The kids are on a field trip going

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to the art museum. They go the wrong direction and

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end up in the middle of a supermarket and somehow

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don't realize that the whole way through the episode, which

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is still absurd. It's like the Clampers, those that would

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be associated with the gold Rush, I believe because it's

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absurd to explain on that. But as the episode goes on,

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the discussion is Peppermint Patty is in love with Charlie Brown,

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but then she denies it ultimately hurts his feelings and

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she wants to make it up to him by they

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come and they go meet at Peppermint Patty's house, all

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three of them, Marsy, Peppermint Patty, and Charlie Brown, and

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they work on their reports together. What happens. Being the

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gentleman that Charlie Brown is, he walks Marcy home and

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Marcy is that voice of reason for this whole episode.

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But when they get to her house, Marcy throws everybody

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a curveball. She turns around and says, well thanks for

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walking me home, Chuck, good night, and she plants a

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soft little kiss on his cheek. What's the response if

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you don't want that to be from me, think of

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it as a good night kiss from Peppermint Patty because

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I think she likes you. Kind of a bold move

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to do that. But as this unfolds, Charlie Brown goes

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home red as a beat, completely blushing. Then he gets

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on the phone, and what does he do while he's

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still infatuated in the moment, and he still got stars

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in the eyes. He calls Peppermint Patty and he thanks

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her for the good night kiss. What a cliffhanger and

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what a confusing situation to leave them in. Peppermint Patty

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blows her stack and says, what good night kiss and

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slams the phone down on the receiver. That chuck. He's

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finally flipped. So, in a way, Marci is very selfless

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in the entire episode of There's No Time for Love

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Charlie Brown, But unintentionally, you can kind of say that

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she causes some friction if the information gets leaked and

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makes its way back to Peppermint Patty. Wouldn't you say

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so again? Selfless? Wise? There are some portrayals of that

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in the Peanuts and I'm sure if you think of

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other examples, and you're more than welcome to reach out

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to me here. You can comment on Facebook, on Instagram,

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you can comment on x any way you want to

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reach out to your favorite blockad. We can discuss further

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examples of this as we transition into the scripture of

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the day and the wacky world that is mixed martial arts.

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Our scripturey in for this podcast comes from Luke chapter ten,

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verse nineteen. Behold, I give unto you power to tread

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on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of

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the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

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Reflection from Blue Lair Bible says the compelling blood of

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Christ offers great power to Christians as they fight this

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spiritual battle against evil. I'll go even more and say

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that it covers a multitude of sins. By the magnificent

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name of Christ, we can conquer all things, and nothing

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shall destroy us. Even expounded upon in Romans chapter eight,

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verse thirty one, we are victorious because Christ is with us.

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Therefore no one could possibly be against us. Blockhead Nation, Now,

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to begin with, the streak is over? What streak am

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I talking about? I'm talking about the Russian and Dagistani

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dominance that has been the Normalga medoffs could be Normanga

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Metov undefeated, Uzman Normaga mav undefeated. Up to last week,

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Umar was undefeated until he faced the champion. So fast forward.

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Now you had a five round fight judges score from

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Arob So the streak is ended. Now I'm not gonna

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get deep in the details of how I felt the

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judge should have gone. You have to realize also that

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Umar disclosed when it was over that he had a

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broken hand. So does that mean he's going to engage

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as much in the striking No, of course not. Will

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his wrestling be on par or even his takedown of

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course not. All these things come in question for Umar now,

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but they will not turn down to fight. One thing

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you don't do in the fight camp is ever say no.

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So the streak may not be there anymore starting with Umar.

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It just means that Mirob de Waisvili will continue to

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be a dominant champion at least I don't want to

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say through the entire year because the turnover is pretty

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heavy in that division. But still streak is ended, and

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you can question the judging to an extent, but I

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will say that that's not really one for today. I

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will tell you that that is a problem that we

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will face in twenty twenty five, and I'll show you

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why in just a minute. But I will say this

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now that we've gotten past marob ending the streak Umar's

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broken hand, I don't know if that's enough to justify

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a chance for both of them to have a rematch

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and Stip back in the cage. But you have a

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day before this fight happens. May events in jeopardy. You

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have armand Serukion with a back injury, which means they

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call on Renato Muaikano to go straight from the number

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ten ranking straight into the main event. But now do

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Ruche is giving his paycheck and told he can go home.

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Your services are not needed and UZM sorry not Uzman,

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but Islam completely dominates Renatomaikano in less than a minute.

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So Islam still belongs in the number one pound for

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pound ranking. Now, I'm sure there will be some casual

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fans or some MMA fans that have followed this for

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a while and go blockhead he would put Islam above

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John Jones right now. My answer is absolutely, because you

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tell me who's more active on the roster Islam, Makachev

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or John Jones, And John Jones holds out for Stepe

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who's been on the shelf three years, selflessly fighting Chicago fires.

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You have Nigana, who threw off the entire heavyweight division.

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So Tom Aspinall, who's done his job. There's nobody else

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for him to face, but now they won't put him in.

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As far as not disclosed or confirmed, there's not anything

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that's built up right now for Ospinall versus Jones. But

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Islam continues to dominate. So you tell me who belongs

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in the pound for pound ranking number one spot right now,

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I stand by it's Islam, whether you like to admit

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that or not. If you are a person who is

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wanting to waive your national flag and wanting to say

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I want an American in that position, that this is

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a global sport, what do you want me to tell you?

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Islam's the best pound for pound in the most arguably

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the most dangerous division of all of them, the lightweight

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division one five, and the turnover for that championship has

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been extremely high compared to the heavyweights over the last

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three to five years. So I'm giving you as much

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as I can on a small breakdown on just a

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quick analysis from Blockhead. Take that for what it's worth. Now,

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why did I say judging will be a problem. There

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has already been one going on in boxing and it's

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carried over into the world of mma. And she does

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have a name. Her name is Adelaie Bird. If I

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can give you a quick small history lesson, let's go

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back to the boxing match of Triple gn Canelo one.

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You have the officiating that comes down to a one

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eighteen one ten for Adelai Bird and everybody on that panel,

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Steven Smith, Teddy Atlas have all said this woman had

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no business judging that fight. But in a prophetic way,

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Teddy Atlas said, she will be working again. I make

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you a bet. I love you, I will make you

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a bet. Now does that mean that's confined to just boxing. No,

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he means in some combat sport she will be one

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of the judges again. And she was. What am I

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talking about? I'm talking about another heavyweight about Surreal Gone

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versus Alexander Volkov. We know that that was a robbery

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of Volkov that night of a judge that knew nothing

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of what she was doing. Who was the judge, you

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guessed it Adelai Bird. Am I predicting an ongoing trend

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of judges who don't know what they're doing in twenty

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twenty five? Absolutely? Is that confined to just Adelai Bird. No?

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Is it confined to just MMA. I think it's going

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to be across every single sport for twenty twenty five.

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This is such a pestimistic approach to this, But I'm

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telling you now, even though I've covered Marobin in the

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street and Umar having a broken hand, We're not to

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lose into Islam and really not a whole lot of

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build up as of right now for twenty twenty five.

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That's super exciting. I do see controversy on the horizon,

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not just Adelai Bird, but even in refing. I see

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so many cracks in the armor of MMA, whether it's UFC,

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PFL and even other new MMA promotions. Why do I

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say that there has been leaked information and I don't

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know how credible all of this is blockad Nation, but

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there has been. If you look at all the names

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in UFC that have been removed as of lately, you've

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had a lot of removed fighters from the roster, and

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all of a sudden this lone investor has shown up

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on the grid and we have something that is called

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the GFL not PFL Global Fight League. You got one

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guy throwing his name in the hat and willing to

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go to competition with all the other MMA organizations that

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are already there. And what are some names that I

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looked at as I looked at this list that's been

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quote unquote leaked to the MMA community in the underground,

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what am I seeing? Here's a couple of names you

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might recognize. Listen to these names. Luke Rockolt, Benson Henderson,

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Sage north Cut, Aspen Ladd, Tony Ferguson, you're Riyah Faber,

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you' Riyah Hall, Chad Mendez, Andre Arlovsky. Now let me

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stop on him for a second. If this is just

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over contractual disagreements, and maybe this is an offer that's

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been thrown out, I'm not sure. But if it comes

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to Andrea Rolofsky, you've done your time in the UFC.

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I hope you get one last hurraw to be able

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to have your chance to rite up in the sunset.

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Andrea Arolovsky doesn't need to be on the roster anymore

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at this point for the UFC. Let's keep going, Frank

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mir Gey, Guard Mussasse, Alexander Gustafson, Junior Dosainos, Anthony Pettis,

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Joel Romero, Tiago Santos, Douglas Lima of Bellator, Fabricio Verdome,

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Mauritio Showgun Hua, Patricio Pitbull of Pellator MMA. And then

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there was even a New York sector that came out.

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Three names that really stood out really quickly, Kevin Lee,

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Holly Holme, who has been taken off the UFC roster.

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Holly Holme is in this mix, and somebody else. This

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one is almost like the mother hen coming out and

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I really don't want to see this happen, but maybe

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it's a chance for one last hurro Chris Widman. Now,

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I don't know how valid right now, this is blockhead Nation.

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A few names have been thrown out saying that this

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is the current investor for this fight league that's being

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put out, who wants to go into competition with everybody else,

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including the mothership that is the UFC. I'm not sure

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if this is totally credible, and I don't know this

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will be a one off. And as they say nowadays

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in twenty twenty five, that they're cooked after one showing,

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or if it really is somebody who wants to be

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a player in the world of MMA, for somebody who

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can offer a contract and say, come fight for me,

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Come have your chance in the spotlight with this organization

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instead of possibly with Eagle FC for KABEEB or maybe

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one championship or PFL. At this point, at least we

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have a new kid on the block that we're watching.

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This is either going to be a flare up or

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this could be a legit competitor in the world of MMA.

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Do we or do we not? It's not that I

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want to leave you on a cliffhanger. It's that we

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need to see a little bit more of spreadsheet, a

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little more of two to three years of them being

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active and what other fighters will say their experiences are like.

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So it's a little early to predict all that we

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will see if GFL is really, as I say, worth

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their salt, or if they fizzle off like many other

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organizations have. Either way, that's the update I have for

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you for the world of MMA. Thank you for sticking

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with me as long as you have. If you have

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