April 12, 2025

YFB MMA Takedown: UFC 314

YFB MMA Takedown: UFC 314

This week, YFB dives into the fights at UFC 314 in Miami!

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This week, YFB dives into the fights at UFC 314 in Miami!

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https://yourfavoriteblockhead.com/2025/04/12/yfb-mma-takedown-ufc-314/

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We go ahead and start the show? Shall we? Good

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afternoon and or good evening, Blockhead Nation and fight fans,

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it is Fight Day. We are looking at UFC three

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fourteen in Miami, which means you are tuning into a

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different style edition of your favorite block This week, we

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are doing another MMA takedown. It makes sense on pay

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per view days like this to really focus in on

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what's going on inside the octagon. So if you came

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this week looking for peanuts, stick around next week. I

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guarantee we'll discuss the comic strip. We'll talk about all

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that next week. This is a very big pay per

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view coming out of Miami, so it's time for us

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to just hold the presses a little bit and just

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get into detail of what's going to go on tonight.

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So before I even get to the main event, before

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I get even to the prelambs, I've got to talk

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about breaking news we got a twenty eight year old

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star who is making his debut, his newest signing for

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the UFC. Be excited to talk about this all week.

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Former Golden Gloves amateur boxing champion, freestyle wrestler, a thirteen

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and four pro MMA record coming off. Coming off the

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website of Bloody Elbow, you can see here that Aaron

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Pico we'll be making his debut in the UFC. He

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was given this same type of prospecting and allure when

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he first went to Bellator MMA. Says Bellator has defected

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now and they've been bought out by the PFL. That

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hasn't worked out too well for guys like Patricio pitt

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Bull hasn't worked out very well for Aaron Pico as well.

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So it looks like Pico is going to be part

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of the featherweight division after playing with the PFL. And

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he's already making bold statements. He's already said as a

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newcomer that he has better hands than Eliot Tapuria. That

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is a very bold statement for him to make, and

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that's certainly a lot for him to back up coming in.

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But it's Aaron Pico. He's coming to the UFC. Still,

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remember in twenty seventeen, seeing how much he was promoted

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and knowing that he still has so much to prove

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as a young MMA prospect at this point. So I'm

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really excited about him being on the roster at this

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point for the featherweight division. So if we switch back

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over to what's going on in Miami, UFC three fourteen,

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lots of big names in this card. We'll get to

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the people's fight in just a minute. We will have

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the main event of Lopez versus Volkanovski. But the first

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thing I gotta talk about right away out of the

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gates is our opening of the card, of the closing

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of the prelambs. You got number fifteen ranked Danny Gay

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facing up against Sean Woodson. Okay, to begin with, it

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actually bothers me that Danny Gay is not opening the

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main card. He's the closing of the prelams tonight. And

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the only reason I say that is not just because

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Danny Gay is one of my favorite fighters in the UFC.

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He's definitely in the top ten somewhere currently as we speak.

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Part of it is just the reliability of Danny Gay.

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If we go back to when Danny Gay still in

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last minute back in June of twenty twenty four when

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he did face Diego Lopez. We're not talking day's notice,

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we're talking hours notice. Brian Ortega pulls out, so Danny

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Gay comes in on an hour's notice, and we go

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to a unanimous decision for Lopez, both guys giving their

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best effort, fighting the whole way through, and one of them,

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Lopez gets a chance to fight at the sphere to

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get the fight he was supposed to have with Brian Ortega,

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which men's Danny Gay is left out of the equation

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sort of. And then Dannye gets a chance to fight

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in October against Leederon Murphy. So that means he's coming

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off of two losses, which is the only logical reason

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why he would be closing out the prelims tonight. So

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you have the number fifteen ranked Danny Gay holding on

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to his number fifteen spot, where Sean Woodson wants to

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break into the top fifteen, So the odds are stacked

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a little bit more in Woodson's favor. So I certainly

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understand that, but I would would much rather have him

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been opening the main car. But I can understand why

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the light heavyweight about between Nakita Kryloff and Dominic Reyes

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would certainly be possibly on paper, a better opener number

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eight versus number eleven light heavyweights having a chance to

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be on the main card. I can understand that. I mean,

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Reyes is a recognizable name, the guy who just couldn't

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get it done against John Jones. I can see that.

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But I don't want Dan Egay to be overlooked here,

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So be watching that one. If you were chicken in

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the fights tonight, you're still ab to see the prelimbs

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for free, so stick around for the closing fights. Stick

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around for Ega versus Woodson worth your time, or it

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should be. Now when it comes to another featherweight about

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John Silva in a dominant performance, calls out number thirteen

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Bryce Mitchell so thug nasty. To say that there has

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been misconceptions about Bryce Mitchell for a while would be

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an understatement. All I'd have to say is that podcast,

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that one, the one of mentioning of Nazis where he

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has to clear his name and say that he doesn't

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support Adolf Hitler. What he's saying is Hitler in a way.

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If you go back and look at World War One

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history was a serious foot soldier for the Germans. Just

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like Benedict Arnold. He has left to finn for himself

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and he uses that as an excuse. It's an explanation,

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but not an excuse to who Hitler became. And I

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think that a lot of what Bryce Mitchell said was

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chopped and screwed and people used against him and he

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had to clear his name. I think when he spoke

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against Rampage Jackson's where we got a lot of that

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cleared up. But just to put it all out there,

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Bryce Mitchell is a guy who loves to hold Bibles

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up in a cage and he just proclaims it's the truth.

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Doesn't exactly use the word Jesus Christ, but he does

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use that I'm saved by this. He also believes that,

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or seems to believe that the world is flat. In

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the press conference, he declares two things that mentioned a

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little bit of what you're dealing with with Bryce Mitchell.

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First of all, he mentions how I've had ct I've

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had brain damage for a while. If that's confirmed. Not

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the best idea to be fighting in the UFC with

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legitimate brain damage, unless he's just throwing the lure out there.

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To hook casual fans to just watch him fight. But

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John Silva quickly gets what he wants. He calls out

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Bryce and here we are on this main card and

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you have a very dangerous fighter and a well known

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scrapper with Bryce. But then Bryce says something else at

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the press conference that made most people's ears perk up slightly.

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He said something about when dogs come on to my property.

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I'm assuming he's talking about wild dogs or strays to

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go after his chickens or after his animals on the property.

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He said, they all have one thing in common. They

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all squeal before they die. Okay, h a bit disturbing,

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but yeah, that's again. That is the tendencies and the

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idiosyncrasies of Bryce Mitchell. This is what you can expect.

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You can't expect sporadic. You can expect erratic, maybe some

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incoherency a lot of the times with Bryce. And this

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is a guy that the best way to put it is,

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as you hear in the South, he's from the holler

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guy who lives isolated on a farm and does tend

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to these different things. I'm assuming there's some truth behind

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that statement, and it's used for hype against Jean Silva again,

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who had quite a bit of cringe if you watch

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the press conference, a guy who tried to prompt the

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crowd while you're translating into a different language. So it

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didn't really feel organic coming from John Silva. But Bryce

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Mitchell versus John Silva, it materialized. We got what Silva wanted.

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He's facing Bryce Mitchell here tonight, and I can see

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Silva being extremely dangerous on the feet. I see two

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guys with powerful hands. Strength would certainly have to go

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to Silva. But as far as just the crowd favorite,

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which could still sway the judges depending on how loud

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they get, I could see how Bryce could have the favorite,

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and he's holding the number thirteen ranking. So in a

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very short period of time, we've covered through Danny Gay

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and Sean Woodson worth watching. Crowd Off versus Reyes is

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worth watching. But you know a lot of people are

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paying attention to Bryce Mitchell and John Silva post the

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press conference. That opens me up to a whole lot

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of dialogue with the very next part. This may seem

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like it seems like it's briefing to the point block

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at Nation, but we've got another debut. We have a

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debut as far as a contract sign with Aaron Pico

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from the same former organization known as Bellator MMA. You

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have the debut of Patricio Pitbull. One thing you have

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to be to be a UFC fan has to be

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a little bit of a historian. You gotta know that

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Patricio Pitbull was once the arch nemesis to Michael Chandler,

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who is on the co main event tonight. Chandler got

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the best of Patricio Pitbull at one time. Pitbull got

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the best of Michael Channl the other way around, what

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you didn't get was a rubber match. You did not

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get the best two out of three. But they are

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in different weight classes now. So for the featherway about

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Patricia Pitbull is already as Megan Olivo talked about in

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the pre show today, talked about how you're throwing Pitbull

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right into the deep. You're throwing them against Yayer Rodriguez.

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That's exactly what I've said over here. Blockhead Nation. Have

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you seen the kicks from Yaya Rodriguez? Should you pay

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attention to who Yaya Rodriguez is? Should you see the

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unorthodox style and the way he's finished most of his

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fights in spectacular style to throw him in. This is

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very much a welcome to the UFC kid, This is

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is Bellator, kind of a flash in the pan. This

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point is the UFC trying to treat the belotoor brand

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almost like a pea on at this point. To throw

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Pitbull right in with Yayr Rodriguez maybe depends up on

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the outcome, but I certainly paying attention to that one

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block at Nation, and you should too. The debut Patricia

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Pittble against YAYR. Rodriguez is very telling of you want

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to prove yourself. Prove yourself against this guy. He's available

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to go fight him onto the people's main event. And

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I'm not the one saying this. This is Michael Chandler, Okay,

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lightweight about number seven versus number twelve, Michael Chandler, the

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former flagship of military MMA versus Patty the Batty pimphlet.

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If you can't get Ireland's Connor McGregor, then you get

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Liverpools Patty the Batty. You have two beloved fighters here

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and guess what you'll have to do at some point

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in the night, make a decision. Even at the press

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conference and the staredown the crowd is behind both guys.

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Both are beloved. Chandler has his moments in Miami. Patty

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the Batty has his gimmick and he has his jingle. Now.

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Chandler brought that up quite a few times about the jingle,

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how I don't need this, you know what who else

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needs as a jingle used car salesman. Okay, you're getting

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my attention now, Michael. But this is kind of where

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if Patty the Batty says he when he's breaking down

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tape and looking at all the former fights from Michael Chandler,

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you got some work to do. You have to go

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back and look and see how he did in Belator

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against Brent Primus, how he did against Patricio Pittbull, to

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see how he's done since he's come over to the UFC.

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scale and being ready to go, Michael Chandler has been

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raised since day one, and somehow, even in the conference,

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so much of a diversion has been Connor McGregor. He

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sends through X Space and through Twitter that he's paying

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attention to this fight. Well, Connor, that could have been you.

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I'm not saying that Patty the babtie should be seen

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as a substitute. But when we can't rely on you

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to get in the cage, we can rely on Patty

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pimblet to So when we look at this, you have

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to make a decision. Those of you that follow professional wrestling,

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can I give you an example what you got tonight

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At some point, what did that crowd have to do?

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Make a decision? One guy has to win this thing.

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So if we're going on straight power, that tends to

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favor the number seven ranked Michael Chandler. But as far

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as wild punches, as far as taking reckless risks, that

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tends to be what happens with Michael Chandler. I remember

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Chris Leban was told don't pursue Anderson Silva, circle hard

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and let him come to you. What did he do

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as soon as he stepped in the cage. I'm marching

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forward and I'm knocking this guy out. Big mistake. Anderson's

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silver plowed over Chris Leban and anybody else that stood

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in his way for about ten years. Is Michael Chandler

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being foolish charging forward towards Patty, who was a well

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known submission artist who could catch him and have a

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sub attempt is Patty The Batty's regiment of blowing up

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in between fights going to be a problem for him

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the longer that this fight goes, all questions will be

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asked with the People's fight tonight. And if I had

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to look at what everybody has said on the pre

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show build it up to this, I love what chel

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Sonon said, I love what Dustin Poorier said, But if

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I had to go behind one that I really liked,

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it was Anthony Smith. He said something along the lines

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I'm gonna paraphrase this is that I want to take

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Michael Chandler seriously at this point. I want to know

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that I can trust what he's doing. That's echoing Blockhead

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Nation what I've been saying on this show that Michael

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Chandler is an exciting fighter. He puts on a show,

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but he goes for the kill. And how has that

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worked out in the UFC in every situation? It worked

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out well against Tony Ferguson, did it work out well

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with Dustin Poier, Did it work out well with Charles OLIVERA?

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Are we gonna see this repeated trend with Michael Chandler

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if he can't compose his emotions and wanting to please

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the crowd, It's just something to consider at this point.

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But people fight tonight. There's nothing I'm more excited about

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than Patty versus Michael. I cannot wait for Chandler versus Pemblet.

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This is the people's fight onto the main event. As

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I mentioned earlier, Dan e Gego is the full way

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with Diego Lopez. Diego Lopez gets a fight at the

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Sphere against Brian Ortega and we found out there that

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not only does Diego Lopez have a gas tank, but

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the man has strong hands. He was able to drop

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Brian Ortega a couple of times. Could he do the

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same with the number one ranked featherweight in the world,

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Alexander Volkanowski, who a lot of people. If Alexander Volkanovsky

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cannot get this one done against Diego Lopez, they're gonna

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be yelling for his retirement. Casual fans and and diehard

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imen fans alike are going to turn on him so

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quickly if Volkanovsky loses tonight against Lopez. But can we

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just realize that at the top of their game there's

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one true rule in the world of the UFC, step

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up or step aside. Well, Diego Lopez is clearly stepping up.

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His biggest challenge will be tonight, no doubt, not taking

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away anything from Brian or Taga, not taking away from

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any other fight that he's had up to this point,

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but just to say that number one versus number three

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and for Diego Lopez to be facing vulk this is

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the big moment for him. Is he gonna be able

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to attain holding a title? Is Volkanovsky going to rightfully

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take back his title now that's vacated and Eliot Taporia

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will be leaving this division to go on to the lightweights.

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This seems to be made official as soon as that

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cage shuts and as soon as they call that fight

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into action. Ilo Tiporia is no longer the featherweight champion.

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We're fighting for a vacuant one tonight or at least

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a number one contendership. It's really hard to say with

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Eliot to Pory exiting. But as far as diehard MMA

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fight worth your time, Diego Lopez versus Volkanovski excellent fight.

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Main event for the people is going to be Michael

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Chanler versus pay of the Batty. All of these are

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worth throwing end too. Patricio Pitbull versus yay R Rodriguez.

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Quite a mountain to climb for Patricio Pitbull right away,

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Bryce Mitchell in all of his erratic ways against a

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very dangerous John Silva who got exactly what he wanted.

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And for Danny Gay to close out the prelimbs against

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Sean Woodson. Can he hold his number fifteen ranking or

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Shawn Woodson going to break into the top fifteen. Has

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Danny Gay proved reliability and then he might be fading.

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It's a hard pill to swallow for blockhead over here,

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block at Nation, but that's the most the summnation I

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can give you at this point. I hope that's helpful.

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I hope blocked Nation, I've talked you into the building

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in Miami tonight because I'm certainly tuning into this one.

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This is your favorite blockhead and we will catch you

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in normal format last next week. I apologize for the

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mid rolls, I apologize for all the breaks in between.

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Just want to make sure I get this out for

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you guys before I make my way over to the

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loud the p and aad mansion and we check out

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all the action tonight. We will catch you next week.

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Block add Nation, same blockhead time, same blockhead channel, cub

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boom