Nov. 17, 2024

YFB MMA Takedown: Raw And Uncut – Post Tyson vs. Paul/Pre-Jones vs. Miocic

YFB MMA Takedown: Raw And Uncut – Post Tyson vs. Paul/Pre-Jones vs. Miocic

In this episode, YFB discusses his thoughts on the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match, and concludes with his thoughts on UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden.

All links, sponsors, networks, and notes for this episode can be accessed via the blog page...

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In this episode, YFB discusses his thoughts on the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match, and concludes with his thoughts on UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden.

All links, sponsors, networks, and notes for this episode can be accessed via the blog page below:

https://yourfavoriteblockhead.com/2024/11/17/yfb-mma-takedown-raw-and-uncut-post-tyson-vs-paul-pre-jones-vs-miocic/

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Will Blockada Nation. Here we are. I will openly admit

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at the beginning of this episode that the typical format

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for this show will not be followed. Those who anticipated

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me to discuss the peanuts, which I always do in

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part one and then follow up with MMA news on

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part two. I am a going against my own not

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against my better judgment, but I'm going against my own

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rules that I've set, and I'm coming at you almost

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in an impromptu way. I'm sitting in front of this

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podcast microphone with no bullet points, no notes of any kind,

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and I'm just going to go raw and uncut. Thank you,

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and welcome to an episode of the YFB MMA Takedown

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where I only discuss what's going on in the world

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of mixed martial arts specifically, so I apologize if anybody

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came expecting me to hear both worlds, which I normally do.

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If I can begin with what prompted this, and this

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is all in a positive light. I recently had an

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interview and there will be a released episode coming up

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soon with a very dear friend of mine and friend

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in the box seen world, my buddy Ozeal from Houston,

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tremendous podcaster and has a wonderful YouTube page that follows

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the world of boxing known as jab Jab Talk, and

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at the spur of the moment, your favorite blocka gut

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chance to be a guest on not only one show,

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but on his other platform as well. All of a sudden,

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I'm on jab jab Talk and we're discussing everything that

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happened last night as far as the Jake Paul versus

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Mike Tyson. The word I used was theatrics he used

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quote unquote fight or loosely aligned with the term known

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as a show. We could say we're looking at almost

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a three ring circus in many respects. There are fighters

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that were on that card that showed us what boxing

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is all about. They get overshadowed by the spectacle that

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is Jake Paul and the disgrace that that fight became,

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and the rules that seemingly did everything to benefit the

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participants but did nothing for the consumer. So what I'll

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be doing in this episode is everything that's post Mike

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Tyson versus Jake Paul leading up to a few significant

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thoughts that I have about tonight, And if I don't

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have a lot of podcast etiquette as well, I should

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apologize for that upfront. But this is raw and uncut.

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This is not me on a quest to be clever

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in any way. This is just me putting it out there,

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seeing what sticks and seeing how this MMA takedown either

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launches and completely outdoes my expectations or it dwindles off

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and falls into outer space. So I'll begin with Tyson

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versus Jake Paul just as a recap. I was asked

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by Ozil what I thought about the fight, and I

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was one of the few that stood in the back

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while everybody is hoping for just a smidgeon of hope

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that we will see the same Iron Mike Tyson that

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we saw in the nineties, I would probably say prior

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to the second bout with Evander Holyfield, with the biting

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of the ear that took away from the competitive side,

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I'll say that's probably what so many of us were

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just hoping for. We were hoping for a fraction of

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what we had with Iron Mike from those days. And

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there's so many, including people like Oscar de la Hoya,

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that just wanted to see Jake Paul get knocked out.

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So many of my friends that I was watching on

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every Internet social media platform saying the same thing, and

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I was one of the few that didn't enjoy saying it,

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that didn't want to say this at anybody's expense who

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just understands how the business works in the world of boxing,

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and the world of boxing thrives upon the almighty dollar.

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If Mike Tyson were to win, there would be nothing

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to build on with Jake Paul winning, and in the

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desire that he did win, there's a continuation of this

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ride in the wave of publicity and marketing that Jake

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Paul is a genius at capitalizing upon. So I'm gonna

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hear me and they're gonna say this. You think that

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he's a genius, not as a person but as a businessman,

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Absolutely I do. From a branding aspect, absolutely I do.

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The man just banked forty million dollars in one night.

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At least by the analytics and the statistics that have

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been put out and the purses that have been showed

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to us fans, I'm sure if we were to dig deeper,

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we would see other forms of that. If you include merchandise,

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you include the UFC gate. Sorry not UFC, but you

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did see the gates for AT and T Stadium, and

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that's all still accruing as we speak. But ultimate I

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was one of the few that kept saying as a minority,

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not because I wanted it to that Jake Paul is

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going to win this fight because controversy sells. And it's

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almost like so many of you, even with the Netflix

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overload that happened, it's like so many of you, in

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such a gullible fashion, fell for it. And I really

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hesitated to say that, but I have to. You drank

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the kool aid, you took the bait, and if you

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are surprised by this twenty four hours later, then the

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industry has won. And that is not meant to insult

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anybody's intelligence. It's really not. It's to show that at

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the end of the day, who wins, ultimately the industry

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of boxing. This thing called Mark knowing how to get

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you to tune in on your Netflix account and for

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it to completely crash the servers worldwide. It's very telling.

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And so I just asked on the back end. Now,

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from a business standpoint, this is very good for the

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world of boxing, but what does this do for a consumer?

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What does this do for anybody? As Luke Thomas pointed

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out in his most recent YouTube interview, what does this

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do to bring us back and trust the product anymore?

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Are you hearing the frustration that I have blockhead Nation

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and I haven't even gotten into the MMA takedown yet.

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I've just gotten into post Tyson and again I'll put

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the link up of the video that I did with

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Ozial and so much of the commentary that I saw

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after the fight. It's like I'm looking through the script

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of a movie. It's almost like an anticipate what's around

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every corner. So how do you defend a sport like

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boxing when that's the case. How do you defend the

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co main event and the fights prior to from natives

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from Texas that showed us what boxing is all about.

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That showed us the competitiveness. So from a competitive nature,

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we had some good fights. For the main event, you

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had something that benefited completely the industry and the business side,

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does nothing for the consumer, which can be very detrimental

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to the sport of boxing as we speak, because if

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anybody can capitalize on that, it's the guy that's getting

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the spotlight. Tonight, following this boxing match known as Dana White,

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known as masson Square Garden known as UFC three on nine,

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known as the main event, with John Jones and Steve Amyocich.

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Now on paper, you got arguably the greatest of all time.

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There's only two that I can look at and say

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this one came back and won a title in desirable fashion.

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One of them was George Saint Pierre when he gave

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back and fought Michael Bisbain. The other one is John

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Jones when he came back and destroyed Surreal Gone in

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a very short period of time. You have the guy

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with the most heavyweight UFC Heavyweight belt winnings and defenses

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of all time, which would be Steve amy Ochich. We're

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seeing him now tonight after a four year hiatus, and

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before I even get to that I shouldn't be thrilled

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with this, maybe, but I am. It actually makes me

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feel better that Chris Weidman and Eric Anders aren't fighting

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at Madison Square Garden. According to recent reports that I

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saw that was supposed to be a preliminary card, was

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on the main card and then dropped to the prelambs

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blocking Nation. I didn't want to see Chris Whyman come

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back and fight for his sake, for the sake that

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we have had three people in this sport that have

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had atrocious leg injuries. One of them would be Anderson

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Silva who swung his leg literally and cracked it and

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opened it up over Chris Widman's knee. Chris Wyman had

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the same injury not long ago. Conor McGregor had something

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to this degree and when he fought Dustin Pourrier. So

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we look at these things that can happen in the sport,

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and it's announce that it's not Chris Wideman that pulls out,

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but it's Anders that withdraws from some kind of medical issue.

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I didn't want to see Wideman fight nothing that I don't

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expect what he did now that I don't appreciate his legacy,

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But my goodness, Chris Widman, please don't fight anymore. Please don't.

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As I work my way up through this card, you

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see guys like Jim Miller versus Damon Jackson in the prelams.

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You got Marson Taibira a heavyweight. You got Jonathan Martinez

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in the bantam ways. So a build up in the

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prelams with some exceptional fighters, I will admit, but I

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have to focus on what the top three fights are

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going to be once you've made it to pay per view,

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and I certainly pray that you don't have an Aol

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Internet dial up issue like you had last night with

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a Netflix. But if you end up having the circle

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of death on the fight card, then Dana won't be

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able to have a hill to stand on at this point.

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But I'll I'll look to these fights that we have

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here middleway bout of bo Nickel versus Paul Craig, the

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American wrestler versus the Scottish warrior, with the odds being

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ever in bo Nichol's favor. I wonder why Paul Craig

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didn't come out with his face completely painted in Scottish

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colors the way he has in the past. Maybe he

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is buying into the idea of this could be something

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detrimental to me. But I would hope that we're gonna

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see a scrap here for bow Nickel and Paul Craig.

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It's not even a diamond in the roughs. Are we

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capitalizing on the cash cow that bo Nichol is potentially

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going to become for this sport? Or is Paul Craig

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the same warrior that we're seeing a rise to the

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top and can he be the one that upsets Bo Nickel?

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According to the betting averages and the stats exciting bout

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for me to see the results of that one Co

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Maine event. You have a rematch. Whether anybody wants to

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remind him on this or not, I will. You've already

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had Michael Chandler lose to Charles Olivera this Michael Chandler

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is known for coming straight forward with his arms wide out,

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and the Brazilian jiu jitsus specialist, like Charles Olivera, is

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able to capitalize on that, but also is able to

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show what power he's got in his hands. He's still

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ranked number two in the rankings and rightfully so, so

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I'm giving Olivera the wife be Cursed tonight. I'm not

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sure what direction I'm going with Bo Nichol and Paul Craig,

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but I'm definitely giving this one to Olivera, and with

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Michael Chandler on what he was promised, what he's been

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training for was Connor's left hand. You're going back with

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a shot at redemption against a guy that's as diverse

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as Charles Olivera. I'm sensing a long night from Michael

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Chandler on this one into the main event, and there

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are some that are wondering why I'm so frustrated with

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this fight? Where do I even begin on this one?

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When it comes to John Jones, the guy, it goes

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back to the same aspect that I gave a second

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ago on John Jones as somebody that clearly Dana White

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is more than happy to promote and protect and personalize

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for anyone as the greatest of all time. He's been

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proclaimed by him, He's been proclaimed by John the average

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of every fight that he's had. If you go back

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to UFC Edneton, how ironic that there are new rules

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in place that allow for things like the twelve to

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six elbow, where if your opponent is beneath you, you

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can take your elbow and you can deliver it just

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like the hands on the clock twelve o'clock to six

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o'clock and bring it straight down and that doesn't count

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as an illegal strike anymore, which John Jones is notorious

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for and has done many times. This is allowed in

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other organizations, but this was out banned by the UFC,

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and I believe by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. But

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here in New York and even in Edmonton, looks like

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this is gonna be fair game. A grounded opponent can

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be kicked in the head or can be need in

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the head, which was the controversy we had way back

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with Pewter Yawn and al Jamine Sterling. That's fair game. Now,

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how ironic that it happens a few fights prior two

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this match where John Jones is going to return. Who

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may not need these advantages to himself anyway, with the

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longest reach of anybody I know of in the history

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of this sport. But who's to say he won't capitalize

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on it. So back to what I said about Tyson

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and Jake Paul. From a business aspect, this is a

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predictable thing that the business will benefit. What does this

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do for the consumer? Let me tell you what it

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does is Jones is supposed to come in and absolute

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steamroll step A Miocic. And at the press conference, the

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most obvious question that any fan, or any MMA analyst

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or any journalists could ask was asked, is the winner

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going to fight Tom? Tom aspinall, is the current interim

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heavyweight champion who's cleaned out everybody else the heavyweight division.

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Without a moment's hesitation, Dana says the winner should absolutely

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fight Tom. The fans are on their feet, cheering that maybe,

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just maybe Dana White will use his influence and his

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position in the UFC and say that after we have

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this fight. That doesn't even look like Stepe wants to

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be there. It looks like he wants to collect his

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paycheck and go back to Chicago and suit up and

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go fight a fire, which I have no problem with.

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I really don't have a problem with him getting one

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last good paycheck, just like I saw with Mike Tyson.

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I don't mind you getting one last good paycheck. But

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what does it do for the consumer? What could possibly

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happen for the consumer is John is expected now by Dana,

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by the UFC, and by the fans to face a

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guy who can beat him, and that's Tom aspinall the

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crowd made it clear. And as soon as that crowd

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started to rrupt, what was John Jones's response? Knock it off?

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What happens with the stair doown? With John Jones and Steepe?

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John opens his mouth and says, don't ever talk about

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my kids again. Apparently there was a comment made back

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in the day by Steep about I never want my

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kids to look at me and see an a hole

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where John completely took that as a personal attack on him.

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Who's to say there's a saying the one that speaks

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first loses. Steep A didn't open his mouth during that

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response from tom Aspinall, John Jones says, knock it off.

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Next thing, you know, you have just about fifty percent

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maybe more of that capacity crowd giving John Jones the

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middle finger because this does nothing for us, the consumer,

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the fans that give you your paid check by paying

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at the UFC gates or buying these pay per views,

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and you leave on your quote unquote cemented at legacy

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that you've defeated step Ay, but you have not stuck

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around to fight tom Aspinall. Well, I'm interested in Alex Perera.

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Who wouldn't be interested in Alex Perera. He still hasn't

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come to heavyweight. He still holds a light heavyweight championship belt.

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There's still talk about him facing Uncliav at this point.

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There's nothing cemented there, but it's clear that the demand

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is there for tom Aspinall, a man who showed up

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and weighed in as backup. That's another thing you can't

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count on, even hours into a fight, knowing that a

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fighter will be ready and ready to go. You just

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saw that with Eric Anders pulling out against Chris Widman.

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We had that in hours before Brian or Tega and

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Diego Lopez, so that dan Ega comes in and steps

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in as the hero of the day and make sure

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the fight actually gets into the cage. Tom Aspinall's wighed in.

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Tom Aspinall could step inside of that cage at the

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last second. I'm not saying it will. This is not

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me speculating. He is waiting in the wings. If he

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needs to be. He's shown up on Wait. Michael Chandler's

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done the same thing before. Will be so amazing if

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he gets to sit at the broadcast booth. This is

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the frustration I have. It's blatantly obvious that you are

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wasting our time with Steve amy Ochich and John Jones.

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It does nothing for us. It does everything for John

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and for the industry. Unless somehow a falling star that's

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really an asteroid hits the middle of New York City

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and somehow step A is able to derail John Jones.

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There's always that smidgeon of hope, just like there was

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a smidgeon of hope from Mike Tyson. I told you

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that Jake Paul was going to win. There's a smidgeon

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of hope that steep A would come in and be

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the one that could give us all that dream we've

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wanted of seeing John Jones finally hit the canvas. I'm

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telling you now, John Jones is going to win, and

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he's going to continue to duck Tom Aspinall. And we

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don't even insist that you fight him and beat him.

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We don't insist that you fight him and lose to

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him either. It's just to say you will take the fight,

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that you will face the interim champion who is holding

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a brass ring that was specifically for you, John Jones.

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Are you hearing frustration in my voice? Blockhead? You dang rights,

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you are, because you're wasting my time with Jones and Steve.

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You're wasting so many fans times whose two words are

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on their lips, and that name is Tom Aspinall. This

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is a moral loss for the UFC. It's gonna feed

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the monster that is the UFC industry, the MMA industry,

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and it is going to feed the monster that is

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John Jones's ego. And that bad boy is so fat

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that he's stuck in the dragon's layer at this point,

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stop feeding me bs UFC because I'm full. There's your wife,

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the MMA takedown, there's your raw and uncut. Now let's

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see what happens twenty four hours later. If I get

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to eat crowing like the taste of it, so be it.

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But I'm in the back telling you that for the

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sake of what is good in the world, Tom Aspinall

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deserves the chance that he's not being given. So all

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that's left now is a super fight with John Jones

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and Alex Pereira in twenty twenty five in the near future.

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That's all you got. I can get excited about that

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build up post this fight. John Jones, you make me sick.

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I have nothing more to say except if you've got

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an issue with this little content career over here that

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Harley anyone listens to, I'll say it. Come sniff my

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root beer. There's your hang up, there's your AOL dial up.

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We'll catch you next week, same blockhead time, same blockhead channel, UFC,

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MMA takedown, over and out, raw and uncut. There you

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haven't