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UFC 319 🥋 Dricus du Plessis v Khamzat Chimaev + Boxing 🥊 Fights & News
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UFC 319 🥋 Dricus du Plessis (c) v Khamzat Chimaev + Boxing 🥊 Fights & News
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Introduction and Episode Setup
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He's with the Millions!
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Stacking value, packing venues, winning overtime, ain't no fine timeline. Open your eyes, you're looking for the best and this is what you find, game is only for the bold. You can't prepare, now get ready for the
Guest Introduction: Clever D
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show. Introducing, from parts unknown, your UFC and combat sports insider, Clever D, the combat GM, the sports professor.
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Yo, yo, yo, what up, friends? Ball and Bud's back in the building. And what are we here for? Another player hater of the year. i didn't he damn right I didn't even see the shirt in the green room.
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We are here for another episode of your favorite combat sports coverage. Clumber D, the Combat G's Combat Sports Special, UFC 3, and boxing tonight.
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And as always... my partner in crime, my right-hand man, our UFC boxing and combat sports insider, Club A.D., the Combat G.
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That's right. The number one player hater. All you guys are jealous. You're mad. You're angry out there because your wife, your mom is buying me distilled water by the gallon and is sitting by your bedside and you can't touch it because for my travel CPAP machine, when I come over, okay, when I come over, you on a couch.
00:02:20
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When we back up in this house. ah You on the couch and your mama got the CPAP water already and distilled for Clubber D, the combat. That being said, how are you? How have you been doing? How is everything doing? Well, i'm about to kick my dog out this room, but that's another story. We're going to we're going some fun today with some UFC, a little bit of boxing, little bit of all that good stuff wrapped in one like a little bow because you haven't seen us in a while.
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That is good. so that You know what else you can still log into is MySpace. I tried, but there's no pictures up there anymore. I can't. the like All the pictures are like gone. So I think Tom and and then infiltrated my my stuff.
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Tom, come on, Tom. You got to leave man's stuff on there. my pages all My page still had all the music and everything. i was saying Really? Time warp. Yes, SpongeBob with a backwards clothes on. no No, no, no. I didn't have the i didnt have that the top 24 and the blinged out background. background now Yeah, you go to someone's page and break break your computer like, bloop, David Blame like my computer.
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That is tremendous. Shout out. Yes, we are. We were already on a little CP time, but we came on at 703 and that's where we're from. The area codes. There we go. Come on. ah Papa Rue.
00:04:37
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Thanks. Headed to. Oh, te that's right. It's Thursday. You're taking the kids to sparring. Well, good luck to them, my friend. All right. Well, hey, thank you for tuning in. Again, make sure you're subscribed to Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. There's a handy QR code right up there at the top.
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00:05:10
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Thank you very much. And now let's get into it We're going to do some boxing and UFC today.
Media Rights and UFC's Future
00:05:15
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But first, we have to start off with the biggest news of the week.
00:05:21
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Holy cannolis. We got some news in first, as we know, and we're going to get into this Later, there's actually a mailbag question on Turkey and his influence into this whole process. But last week, we found out that ESPN was going to be buying multiple media properties online.
00:05:46
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to include not only but the nfl wwe as well and then right after that we heard another media deal paramount plus buying ufc for 7.7 billion you dollars and they are going to show live network TV UFC cards. And the most important thing, which I know you're going to cover right now, sir, no more pay-per-view.
00:06:20
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I'm telling you, man, it's like it's like we flip-flopped. You go from all the WWE fans were super-sized for like the last six or seven years because you could watch everything on Peacock for free. you know ah What you call it, going on premium live events? and then now Premium live events, yes, it's correct. We're flip-flopping instead of me paying $74 to watch a non-title fight pay-per-view for UFC for a not-so-strong card, I'm going to get it for free.
00:06:49
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it's it's If you're an MMA fan, you're doing backflips. If you're an MMA and boxing fan, fan you're doing backflips. What's going on right now? um I would say it makes you feel like a sucker for buying an event this Saturday and whatever's leading up till the actual ah the merger.
00:07:05
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I'm not sure when is that. Is that next year? or Is that coming ah pretty soon? ah You know what? Let me check the date on that while you keep going. Everybody knows that the UFC is at its highest as high right now. you know They're making probably the most money they've ever made.
00:07:19
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ah Being with ah with ESPN, there you're you're you're you're on a lot different... 2026, it's going to start. It's going to start at the beginning of next year. That's perfect. We've got to round out this year. We've got about three or four more months of ah you know couple of pay-per-views. got to suck it up, buy it, or borrow it for like some people do. and ah you know It is what it is. But then next year, bam!
00:07:39
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for free. There's no excuse. You got you gotta to watch it. You can tell you tell Margaret you're not going out that night. You're not going to the bar. A lot of fellas tell their significant others, look, look look Samantha, I'm going to go out. I'm going go with the friends watch UFC. Now, she'll make you watch at home. so It is what it is.
00:07:55
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But anyways, but anyways I'm all for it, though. I'm all for it. And like I said earlier, ESPN is the highest of the high comes to sports. You know, their range is millions on millions on millions.
00:08:07
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um Now going to Paramount, CBS, that's going to be the test where will the UFC still have their steam? Are they still going to have the same ah influx of ah ratings and whatnot? That's what I'm kind of eager to see.
00:08:21
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Yeah. Shout out Ruben. He has a comment here. Ruben says means nothing to ESPN's future. They expanded too much and now trying to survive. I, I, I'm in the middle of both you and club or D so I agree with a little both. And I think they don't need to be mutually exclusive yeah ESPN.
00:08:39
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It doesn't necessarily mean anything that they got WWE. wwe No, not really. But, If there are even a segment, which there are, of WWE w fans that don't watch ESPN, this at least now brings them into the universe, which is the same thing Paramount is trying to do with UFC. And it's the same thing Dana White and UFC are trying to do with allowing no money on pay-per-views is just to get as many eyes as possible. Because like Clever D said, if it's free, you have no excuse not to watch.
00:09:11
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So how do you feel about these media companies? More important is like the bigger picture. These media companies, ESPN, Paramount, buying up all these sporting entities. And I talked with this ah with Mar on his on the show last night um that it seems like obviously live sporting is where everyone wants to be right now. How are you feeling about going forward?
00:09:33
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as far as like them just buying up everything and turning in monopolizing it. Well, you look at you'll see they're kind of going back home because, you know, they were on spike, you know, when they started and that's, that's a ball by Paramount. So, um, it could be them, you know, doing them a solid or like you said, ah help building them up, you know, to where they can be a rival to, uh,
00:09:53
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to ESPN. But I mean, that's to that's, that's, that's a big uphill climb right there. Cause ESPN is buying just about everything. I mean, uh, uh, CBS and and pair my miles will buy the, buy a ah pillow fighting championship or something like that, because they're gonna to do something to get more people to get more of a range. And, and now you're right only blowback blowback. I see kind of with, with UFC getting bought by them.
00:10:14
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Um, where are the big stars that are that will take the company to the next level? We don't have the Rampeach. We don't have the Chuck Liddell. don't have the Tito's, you know, John Jones. We don't know what he's going to, if he's going to fight, um you know, Habib, you don't have these super mega stars. Connor, he's worried about bare knuckling and fighting and in a and the, in the, in the lawn. Maybe they're, they're, the white house show is going their big show to kind of say, Hey, we have Paramount. We're here. You know what i'm saying? Like, but where are they going to showcase their stars or just showcase,
00:10:44
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older stars when comes to that that White House show. because That will be ah it will be a spectacle. you know but i yeah no i mean Now that you said that, um how do you feel about that White House show that was announced?
00:10:54
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That's cool. I mean, bother me i mean i i like my go up like yeah I might go to it. Shoot, it ain't too far. um ah I might s slide up in there. Hey, some cover deep ball and buzz coverage up in there. how's out National Guard might still be up there. I might have get some fatigue from somebody and look like GI bro.
00:11:14
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GGI bro. yeah out How deep, crazy. So UFC rights fees exploded by a thousand percent or they are to explode by a thousand percent in the next 14 years after this $7.7 billion deal. So it's just these things, as I said, are just just going through the roof.
00:11:36
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Live sports is where you want to be as a company. And that includes yeah ESPN. And that's why they got WWE. w That's why they got NFL, because they know that it's going to add to their portfolio. And as they look to release their direct to consumer app coming out in a couple months here or next month, um they're looking to have all those properties that people, because ESPN plus is great. Don't get me wrong. I'm an ESPN plus subscriber.
00:11:59
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You can see a bunch of college sports that you would never see anywhere else, things like that. But, It doesn't have everything, and it could be a
Impact of Media Acquisitions on Sports
00:12:06
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whole lot more. And that's what ESPN is going for with that new app that they have coming out. So that's what we're looking at kind of when we see these media companies buying it up. But I'm not i'm with you.
00:12:17
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Free pay-per-views, you can't beat that. And then, again, and let's actually, let me just bring this up now since we're talking about it. We have a mailbag question that I was going say for the end.
00:12:29
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Let's bring But let's go ahead and get into the mailbag right now. ah First one from Braun Breaker's dog out of Michigan. a Shout out out of Detroit, Michigan. Braun Breaker's a beast, son.
00:12:41
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ah The question says, um what does this mean for boxing, combat sports, and yeah but he goes into WWE, MMA, so on so forth.
00:12:57
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when they can team up like Turkey a la chic and ESPN to have these things where they don't have any pay-per-view costs. You can look at the zone being similar with no pay-per-views and things like that. how How great has the impact been from these influences of these, you know, Turkey a la chic, Dana White, TKO, all of these mergers, all of these things.
00:13:24
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Well, it's really going to depend on the payout and how they're paying these fighters. I know, um, Turkey has a bag, so he could pay anything for any, any fight, but you know, when it starts after the initial wave, when it starts to regular pay-per-view, uh, fighters usually get points off the pay-per-view buys.
00:13:40
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Um, However, it's more so what is the payout going to be for if they're not counting pay-per-view points? And with the UFC, you don't get to individually ah be sponsored by ah certain companies. You have already sponsors. They have a tier for yeah like their their apparel.
00:13:58
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I think they're Venom now. So the top tier gets maybe 15 or 20, 20,000 to fight, middle tier 10, then five and three, so on. So it depends on sponsorship money. That's going to be the the main kicker on on how much sponsorship money they're going get.
00:14:11
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And that can tell, you know, increase the fighters' wallets. But it to me, it's kind of a way to control the fighters when they're bargaining stuff. you know If I'm a fighter and I'm a champion, I bring nothing to the table. No one really watches me fight and I'm saying, nah, want ah I'll sign for 10 mil, but they're like, nah, nah, bro.
00:14:29
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but You only do $3 million fights. where's my Where can I argue that? you know i'm saying and If I do argue that and lose, where am going to go? You know, you have to go overseas to one or ah fight ah John Johnson over there in Manassas, ah Virginia at Cagezilla. Shout out to them. That's good fights out there, but you're you're fighting at a, you know, ah lower tier. So it is what it is.
00:14:49
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okay cool. And another mailbag question on a similar subject. um This comes from Hammerfist out of San Diego. Shout out Hammerfist. Thank you for tuning in. Hammerfist.
00:15:01
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I don't know. It's a weird, weird screen names they got out there. What is going to be the impact on UFC for leaving ESPN? Are they going to be either negatively or positively impacted by this move to Paramount?
00:15:16
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You know, i knew a chick named Hammerfist. She left scratches on me one time. Anyways, what do you say again? What is the... the
00:15:23
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yeah What is the impact that will happen because UFC is leaving ESPN for Paramount? Will it be positive or negative in the long So I initially thought since WWE is going to be going over there, um they were going to justify that $30 by having UFC there as well. Me too. That's what I thought too, yes. I wouldn't mind paying $30 month if I'm getting pay-per-views for UFC. And if I want to watch WrestleMania, you know, i'm I'm a casual. I really don't watch wrestling that much anymore, if any. But if I want dabble in it, it was free on Peacock. So...
00:16:00
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oh With my internet provider, i was I get Peacock for free. So mean will I spend $30 for ESPN just for that? No. But if UFC was on there, hell yeah.
00:16:13
Speaker
So um it's happening. was thinking the same thing. When they had this, i was like, okay, awesome. Now they're going to have UFC and WWE. ww This is even better.
00:16:24
Speaker
But now that you mentioned that, earlier I said that they could have an influx of those WWE fans that aren't ESPN fans, but they're also, on the other hand, going to lose the UFC fans that were never ESPN fans before.
00:16:38
Speaker
You know what? ah i just I just thought about something. Divide and conquer. So TKO, UFC, w WWE, they're all you know under the same umbrella. we were having – Stephanie Valcour, Rey Mysterio, all these others at these UFC events.
00:16:55
Speaker
okay UFC was obviously under under ESPN. Now it's going to Paramount. You're having those wrestlers in the front row under the Paramount umbrella telling them to tune into WWE on ESPN. Bam! I just thought about that. Look at You know, they'll be stealing their viewership because you're keeping it in-house.
00:17:14
Speaker
You know, you're keeping it in-house if you have any same artists that are or wrestlers or whatever. You might see them Netflix. You know, you'll see Fight on Netflix. Okay, you're getting that crowd. But they're, you know, just spreading out their, you know, their seeds, if that makes sense.
00:17:29
Speaker
The seed spreader's back again. Let's get yeah She's back again. Oh, it attacks again, as always. um ah But you're completely right. And I know you so you don't watch very much wrestling, and I don't really watch too much of the other than the pay-per-views, really. But sometimes I catch Raw or SmackDown, and you're completely right. You'll see UFC fighters on there. You'll see boxers.
00:17:53
Speaker
I mean, even even they even reach out to basketball. They had Tyrese Halliburton. I had to pay-per-view this past weekend at SummerSlam. So it's like, you know, chies things like that will happen. So he was holding the belt and everything was cool.
00:18:05
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But um anyways, okay, cool. So awesome. Those are a couple of mailbag questions for now, just because they fit there. We'll have more mailbag questions later at the end of the episode. But for now, actually, before i go into UFC, do you have any other stuff on boxing non-mailbag related?
00:18:20
Speaker
oh One of the biggest things I know they announced – Potential fight between a Boots Ennis and Virgil Ortiz. Both of them have tune-up fights in between before that fight happens. So hopefully that fight will happen in January.
00:18:36
Speaker
um Sebastian Vondora and Keith Thurman. I don't know if that's official, but it looks like that's in line unless Keith Thurman says no. That'd be cool. Is there a reason he would say no?
00:18:49
Speaker
I mean, you duck and a fade because, I mean, Vondora would knock the hairline further back. ah You also got a ah the second racist cheater. na Not cheater, but the second racist, Tiafema Lopez and Shakur Stevenson with a potential fight in January. Not sure if that's going happen. And off the dome piece, ah Tank's baby mama dropped the charges.
00:19:13
Speaker
So hopefully he's dumped the legal stuff. And that fight with Shakur or possibly DMV's own Lamont Roach
Boxing Matches and Predictions
00:19:20
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Jr. might happen to rematch. So, you know, i dont that fight was supposed to happen this Saturday.
00:19:26
Speaker
But, you know, Tank got the legal issues at PBC didn't really... you know sign that fight so hopefully you know fingers crossed uh no lead no more legal issues with tank and he can fight either lamont roach i would love to see him fight shakur severson or ah you know one of the other champions at 135. that's all i got right now No, that's great. And that eliminate. It's good that we don't have to go over that in the mailbag. But yes, shout out to everybody there ah that, ah you know, we're going to see what happens in the in these fights. I'm very excited to see a couple of those fights you mentioned. So hopefully they do occur. But obviously things on the outside, as we've seen with.
00:20:05
Speaker
All fighters, all you know all kinds of, I shouldn't say all, not every fighter, but lots of fighters get themselves into things outside of the ring that preclude them from having these bigger fights from time to time. But eventually, hopefully, we usually do see them down the line.
00:20:20
Speaker
All right, cool. It's life. So that being said, let's go ahead and move it on to what you came for. UFC 319. three nineteen Yes, the main event will be Drikas Duplessis versus Hamzat Chemaev. And yes, you're going stick around for Clubber D's prediction of that one at the end of it because we're going to cover the rest of the card first. Wait.
00:20:47
Speaker
So let's talk about first, my brother, some of these prelim fights. I know you wanted to give a shout out to some of these fighters and talk about some of these fighters. well first of all, in the pre prelims, know you wanted to give a shout out to Barboza.
00:21:04
Speaker
I was fighting closet. So what more can you say about that? Well, uh, Edson Barbosa, he's one those guys. He's had the highlight reel knockouts with, I think he's passed away, rest in peace, Terry Edom.
00:21:17
Speaker
um That spinning heel kick knocked him straight out. And then you know he's the one who did the same kick and got ah Kevin Lee on chicken legs. Edson Barbosa, he is a a great striker. I had no idea he was still fighting, to be honest with He hasn't fought in a year. he He's 38, 39 years old. But I saw his name on the pre-prelimb.
00:21:34
Speaker
I was like, man, OG is still fighting. So shout out to Edson Barbosa. That's a guy. He's fighting, what was it, Drake? Druk is close. Druk are close. Yeah, it's close. It's a brother for a lot. Yeah, it sure is.
00:21:47
Speaker
He's from the United States. Yeah, he's like from the United States. He's United States. He's from Michigan somewhere. I thought he was German at first. Nah, nah. His pops is somewhere. He might be German down a line. He's like, it could be a little mixed. You never know. But ah he yeah he fights. His last time saw him fight,
00:22:01
Speaker
um I forgot. Jeremy Stevens pushed him and stopped the fight because it hurt him in the neck or something like that. That was couple years ago. And I haven't seen him since then. um But ah yeah he's durable fighter. It should be interesting.
00:22:12
Speaker
But having him made on ah but on a pre-prelims, come on, guys. that That's rough, man. Get him on a pre-prelims, man. He's OG. I have a question for you, though. Is his sister Dion Barbosa?
00:22:25
Speaker
Is that the... Oh, they're nope they're spelled differently. Never mind. I don't know. I think that might be a common name in Brazil. ah beonce with I don't know. have no idea. right. Well, who do you? I mean, do you think the old man is going to win this one? He's 24-12. He's going up against fifteen and three Oh, yeah. I got got Barbosa. You know, you're going to get him out of there. ah Second round knockout.
00:22:46
Speaker
All right. There you go. Second book check it around knockout for Barbosa. Perfect. Well, let's keep moving it on into the other free limbs. into the other prelims a guy you wanted to talk about young fighter on the rise only 25 years old chase hooper will be in a lightweight bout against alexander hernandez chase hooper 16 and 3 hernandez 16 and 8 what you got on this man, my man, Chase Hooper, he grinds it out. He's from, uh, that Pacific Northwest, uh, tall linky for his, for his, uh, weight class.
00:23:21
Speaker
He's on a six fight winning streak. He looks like Michael Sarah from, uh, from, uh, you know, Michael, he looked just like him. He looked bigger from super bad. Yeah. does He looked like, you know, so yeah, Michael Sarah, I mean, Michael Sarah, Chase Hooper, he, he, uh, he took out two legends in, uh, in Jim Miller and, ah Clay gu Guida, his last two fights, but he's on a six fight winning streak.
00:23:41
Speaker
I like the way his, his progression is going. Um, I'm 100% going with him by decision. was going to wait for a club bank, but I was already in mood. That's my first fluff on that one.
00:23:55
Speaker
But yeah, I'm with Chase Hooper by decision on that one. Y'all just look out for Chase Hooper. Yeah, yeah. And usually, if you don't know, we have the funny sound, the club bangers. We're not going have it this time because, unfortunately, since I moved, I can't find my hard drive that has the sound. And I switched back. to Oh, you you realized, cupberie i know you just yeah i know you realized this earlier. I switched back to StreamYard.
00:24:15
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So yeah we're not on Restream. Yeah, we're on Restream anymore. So I got to get that sound re-uploaded. But anyways, do you have a ah do you have a a way that Chase Hooper is going win this? fight Oh, just a decision. He's going by decision. He can grind it out.
00:24:28
Speaker
you know i was i was thinking ah ah submission maybe in the third round, but I'm just going decision. All Shout out our brother. Oh, there he is. Give him the intro, Cubber D. Give it to him Heavy on the poppy, light on the yayo. None other than poppy tune yayo.
00:24:49
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Let's go. Shout out our brother. lo Hey, y'all make sure you tap on tap on in with him on Instagram at Papi Chun. Yayo Chun is with a double O there. And if you don't know how to spell Yayo, you probably don't know what it means in Spanish, and I'm not going to encourage you to look it up.
00:25:04
Speaker
All right. Let's keep it moving. the ah The main prelim is going to be our girl, Jessica Andrade. She's not the main.
00:25:18
Speaker
No, i'm talking about she's not. She's in you're right li she not the main. no you're right yeah you're right yeah you right Not in the main, but still somebody you want to talk about. and It looks like it's Eric.
00:25:31
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. His last name stuff. Yeah, they got a couple of them. They got two more in the prelims. They have Baizengor Susk Rakev versus Eric Nolan.
00:25:42
Speaker
And they have Gerald Mercerit versus Mikhail Olkezukielik, some Polish. We'll just say Mikhail. yeah and Thank you.
00:25:52
Speaker
Anyways, back to Jessica. versus 13-5. Lupe is her name, which is a tremendous name. Lupe Godinez.
00:26:05
Speaker
Godinez is coming off a win. Andrade off a loss. ah Now, Andrade is 10 pounds heavier with a one-inch reach advantage. What is your thoughts on this fight?
00:26:16
Speaker
Well, think it's her second fight. I'm not sure weight class. and alex I know she she dropped down in weight a couple fights ago, Jessica Andrade. um This is a straw weight. Straw weight. Okay. So what's crazy about her, one, she says she just fought in May, which is just wild, and she's fighting again already. And I know she was going through a divorce not too long ago. i don't know if the wifey's taking a lot of money from her. Who knows? But she's fighting a lot. Maybe it's the money thing. but hey But hey, she puts on a show. I'm big fan of hers because...
00:26:42
Speaker
You look at her, you know, her arms, she she looks she's jacked. she She's well put together, a young lady out of Brazil. And she has 40 freaking fights under her belt. And she's only 33 years old. I swear, I feel like she's been in it in a UFC since I was still...
00:26:59
Speaker
forever Yeah, I think I had a du-rag still. I was still, you know, holding on to what little I had. And she was still in the UFC doing her thing. And she' she's only 33. Like, that that's just a testament though of longevity. and And she got in perfect right when the women's MMA was just getting off. And they signed a lot of young ladies at ah early in their career.
00:27:19
Speaker
Similar to Chase Hooper, what they're doing with the Contender Series. You know, making sure, you know, these regional markets don't gobble these guys up. And it's kind of similar thing. Oh, sweet. Wow what markets gobbling them what oh guys oh yeah guys vote yeah yeah that was that was bad that was that yeah that was yeah that's a that's a rough one right there that my that that is shows golin yeah it's on yao level yeah know that was that was level right there
00:27:50
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i You know, we love you you. You didn't say that to that. I know. I know. All right. Continue on anyway. So you got in this fight. and dry I'm going my girl, Jessica Andrade. That's her. If you look at her fight, she'll go on a two fight winning streak, lose one, go on a three fight winning streak, lose two.
00:28:09
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Then win one. Then lose one. You know, I'm going with Jessica, okay? And it's going to first round TKO. She's going to get all that frustration off this on Loopy and have Loopy looking Loopy. That's why going Jessica Andrade. First time. First round TKO.
00:28:22
Speaker
Minibar. She's like, leave me alone. Hit one more time. Wow. You don't think she's going to make it past the first round? Damn. No, I don't. I'm probably completely wrong, but that's okay. I'm going with Jessica Andrade. Well, like you said, Andrade is an experienced fighter who has been in the UFC what seems like forever, has been in tons of fights. There's no reason that she should necessarily um lose this fight per se. Now, I mean...
00:28:45
Speaker
obviously you'd have to dig in deeper as to how these people win. So i'm going to give everybody a couple here, professor stats. First of all, for Andrade, if she wins, it's across the board, pretty much 30, 33% of the time, it's going to be KO sub or decision.
00:29:02
Speaker
Whereas loopy, she's getting a decision three fourths of the time, 77% of the time. um And so that lends credence to what you said, right? That if,
00:29:13
Speaker
she's if Andrade's going to get her out of there it's going to probably be by TKO because Lupe's trying to go the distance whereas Andrade isn't trying to go the distance one one she's one of the few one the few that ah you know ladies that will knock the race off your face you know what I'm saying have you looking one way and then coming out the other at the end of the fight so she she's one of that can tax a punch There you go.
00:29:39
Speaker
Well, let's move it into the main card. We really appreciate y'all tuning in. Papi says, be careful now. My roast look good. and for You ain't squeaky clean.
00:29:49
Speaker
ah You ain't squeaky clean. ah Slow down there, fella. Had a whole five minutes of him. Put on a platter last time. you he had it but he had a whole B-roll footage.
00:30:07
Speaker
um You know, it's so funny. I love it. All right, cool. Let's move it into the main card. You had this as a pick them, but we're going to make you pick because that's what you do on this show. It's good. The combat sports special.
00:30:20
Speaker
Tim Elliott, number 11 flyweight versus Kai Asakura, a number 15 flyweight. Tim Elliott is 21 and 13, while Kai Asakura is 21 and 5.
00:30:32
Speaker
Elliott is coming off of a win, while Asakura is coming off of a loss. Elliott is 11 and a half pounds more in weight, but Asakura has a three-inch reach advantage. Where are you reading this weight thing That must be like... That must be asking off.
00:30:52
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Yeah, they're at the same weight class. yeah I'm reading it on the UFC site. It says 124.50 for...
00:31:00
Speaker
Either one's moving up or one's moving down. It's one of those deals. They ain't having that 10 pounds. That's what I said. They ain't having that. Kai Ascora, he was so he was he's fighting Rising. um He was the one that I thought he was going beat Pantoja when they brought him over. Pantoja is just... I wish Pantoja was around the same time ah Mighty Mouse because that would have been a great fight.
00:31:24
Speaker
but that's that's That's fancy booking right there. but um This is... i don if it's I think it's the second fight the UFC after losing them ah to... um I told you for Ascora.
00:31:35
Speaker
Oh, yeah, that's right. He was doing the one that debuted and had the championship fight. Yeah, he was he immediately came in straight, got the the title shot. um You know, that doesn't happen. That doesn't... You know, since they brought over, like, Dan Henderson and Rampage from Pride when that merged and everything, a lot of those guys from World Series of Fighting, like Justin Gagey, you know, to think some others, like... like ah Eddie Alvarez, Michael Chandler, those guys were champions when they were Bellator. A lot of stuff doesn't really really pan off. Like, you know, when he traded Mighty Mouse for Ben Askren, you know, and it's just, oh yeah it just doesn't, you know, so but it's UFC jitters, you know I'm saying? UFC jitters at times. They get you. I mean, look at Patchy Mix.
00:32:18
Speaker
I thought he was going to run through a Homeboy, to other the other pay-per-view, and he looked embarrassing, like he's never fought before in his life. But, yeah, Kai, I think I got, for this one, it gonna be this might be fight the night. This one or the next fight is potentially to be fight of i see this go yeah I see this one going ah three rounds of nonstop action.
00:32:40
Speaker
I got Kai with a spectacular knockout in the third round. Spectacular. Get back to his his his is his ways that he was doing over in Japan. cause I trained him for like three days one time when I when i came over there. but ah i I sprayed my ah my elbow.
00:32:55
Speaker
I didn't put no cocoa butter on them when we were doing our drills and I had messed myself up. So what were you, what were you doing over there? Were you there for, for, is was were you, were fighting fighters? We were, we were filming Karate Kid part six of the urban edition.
00:33:08
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And I was over.
00:33:12
Speaker
yes I fucking give up. he was like good It's a rush hour of the Karate Kid. Yeah. We're just the urban edition. Just this is different scene. You don't say a different person. That's great. All right. Cool.
00:33:27
Speaker
I know. Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:31
Speaker
Hey, son, whenever you want to come on, we can have an all-another roast session. Trust me This is this is was years of Jonah. This is is what we do. It's board and bred for this. That's funny. All right, let's move it into the next fight. It's the killer gorilla, right? Isn't that his nickname?
00:33:49
Speaker
Oh, Jared Cantoneer? Yeah. Yeah. He used to fight heavyweight. used to be big boy. used to fight heavyweight. Versus Michael Page. Yeah, so this is a middleweight fight. Now, again, on UFC's site, i'm looking directly at their site.
UFC Stats and Fighter Analysis
00:34:00
Speaker
It has, and you must be right, because you said he would fought heavyweight, right? It has Cantoneer at 185.5, and it has Michael Page at 170, and this is on the official UFC. Michael Page, he so he's a 170-er.
00:34:14
Speaker
He fought sharer shel Sherwolf, the one-eyed guy. oneey guy Messed his name up from ah over there in Abu Dhabi. He fought him last, and he was moving up for that fight to 185. You'll see. You are a multi-million dollar company.
00:34:29
Speaker
Update your shit. but right Why am I reading incorrect shit? like It should be updated every damn minute. What are we doing? he fought like A year ago, update your shit. ah yeah you need me You need me to come train your social media staff? real Please, Louise.
00:34:45
Speaker
Anyways, Candoneer 18-8. Michael Page is 23-3. Both coming off wins. Michael Page is four inches taller. Yeah, he's tall skinny. And yeah does have a one and a half inch reach advantage. So what are your thoughts on this?
00:34:59
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It's going to be a tremendous fight. This is going to be, now, like I said, the last fight, this fight also can be up there for Friday night. Because you've got Candoneer. He froze against when he fought Izzy.
00:35:11
Speaker
When he fought Izzy Alessandra, he kind of froze in that fight. I wasn't a fan way he fought, but he's usually, he's coming straight for you. He's throwing him. He's coming straight for you?
00:35:22
Speaker
yeah that He is coming straight. Yeah. yeah and yeah great um He's approaching his opponent with ah ah ruthless aggression. how about that? There you go. I like that. Yeah. yes yeah So he's doing that and ah venom page he's a karate fighter he's at side stands hop in and out you know he likes to uh show a boat and and do all that stuff for the crowd he does have a a known terrible knockout uh i think it was diego lima when he was bending down he gave him me an uppercut he went to sleep but you know he's he's good good good fighter out of the uk um this is a pickups fight to be honest with you i think this is a pickups fight and um
00:36:04
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I think Venom Page is going to set a trap for Cantoneer to fall into, and and he might be going to sleep. um I was going to say he's just going pick him apart, but you know I think he's okay at that weight class. Cantoneer didn't look so great against Izzy, and and Michael Venom Page has a similar style, not the same style, but a similar side karate style as Alessanya, and it was given a Cantoneer fits. So I'm going with Michael Venom page, and um I think we'll go to distance.
00:36:36
Speaker
I think we'll just outpoint them each round. so So majority decision? Yeah, or unanimous. Whatever's clever. All right. Cool. Sounds good. Thank you for that.
00:36:47
Speaker
And next up is the number 11 welterweight Jeff Neal versus number 12 welterweight Carlos Prates. Maybe I'm not sure.
00:36:59
Speaker
Oh, Paredes. Okay, thank you. 21-7 is Paredes. sixteen and six is Jeff Neal. Jeff Neal is coming off a win. Paredes is coming off a loss. Paredes is two inches taller and has a three-inch reach advantage and a two-and-a-half-inch leg reach advantage. So just taller and lengthier all around.
00:37:20
Speaker
Pause. So how do you feel about this fight? Whoa. That was not bad. ah ah Another one. This is why this car is actually worth the money. um This is another one where it's a toss him, 50-50 fight. Both fighters, they're going to bring it.
00:37:34
Speaker
um I want to lean towards Jeff Neal with a G. That's the way spells Jeff. so it's like It is. yeah like it' like the the giraffe from Toys R Us.
00:37:49
Speaker
It was Jeffrey. Jeffrey. Yeah, it did it is.
00:37:54
Speaker
Oh, Merton Hanks. what a But yeah, this one's at a 50-50. So you're going to get a club's ah coin toss, okay? I'm going to flick my imaginary coin in the air, okay? And it's just landing on Tails, and Tails is going to be Jeff Neal.
00:38:10
Speaker
Even though I didn't say whose heads who were Tails. I was going say, you didn't even tell what you had. We're not going to do that around here. We don't do that around these parts. We make it up as we go, all right?
00:38:23
Speaker
I was thinking in my head, I was like, wait, we don't even know who Dale's was.
00:38:28
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What's Neil winning by? Neil's going to win by knockout, we'll say third round. i don't think it's going all the way. Three, two, three. All right. It's you again. ah calm calm call Oh, don't knock the table over. All right. Moving to our co-main event of the evening, number six-ranked featherweight Lerone Murphy out of England versus United States' own Aaron Pico.
00:38:55
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Murphy is 16-0 undefeated, but he does have a draw on his record coming off a win. And Pico is 13-4. Lerone does have an inch height advantage.
00:39:08
Speaker
a half inch, or sorry, um i apologize, inch height advantage, and this is what it says on UFC, a three and a half inch reach advantage.
00:39:20
Speaker
So what are your thoughts on this fight? Jeez, this is another this could be another banger. like This whole, from top to bottom, as far as the main card, each one of these fights can be performance. Someone might get performance of the night and fire the night in the same fight.
00:39:38
Speaker
ah fight um This one's going banger too. Aaron Pico, highly touted. um He was supposed to be the face of Bellator when he first came in game. he His first match, you know he was a Golden Glove boxer, All-State or All-whatever wrestler coming into MMA at an early age. I think was maybe 20 19 when he made his ah pro debut for Bellator, and he lost.
00:40:05
Speaker
It was like, hype this guy up to be the next God's gift to m MMA, and he lost. Came back and has given us some great, amazing knockouts. hes's you know He lost again a couple other times, but he is a high-level fighter. I think he's finally put it all together. He was training with Aaron McKee Jr. and Aaron McKee Sr., his father, um with them. i don't know if he's still with them or if he moved to... ah I don't if he's in Albuquerque or I know he switched training camps, but Aaron Pico, he's a great fighter. He's very good.
00:40:34
Speaker
um This is a fight that I'm um eager to see because as much as I want to say Aaron Pico is going to steamroll him, um ah ah Lerone is no joke. you know he's he's he's He's really good. He's very good at stand-up.
00:40:50
Speaker
um And also, you've got people who... oh That's good pull too, Ernest. ah we got You also got the whole UFC jitters. you know The UFC jitters are real.
00:41:04
Speaker
And will Aaron Pico get over that? you know He couldn't get over that with Bellator and got caught. Now he's going to UFC, another big organization. Will the same thing happen? Will he fight a safe fight or will he go in with reckless abandonment? You know what It's one of those things. And just to caveat on what Ernest just said, Sage Northcutt, he was another one. He was one of the coaches called him Super Sage.
00:41:24
Speaker
He was supposed to be the God's gift to so everything with fighting. You know, young guy ah had the, he looked like Ken, looked like a Ken doll, looked like Zack Morris, looked just like Zack Morris. Look him up. oh Then last, well, in the UFC, and then went to with the one fighting, Cosmo, I forgot the brother's last name, but his first name was Cosmo.
00:41:41
Speaker
bust his face, cracked his orbital. um I he's fought maybe twice. He took like three-year break after that that ah that that that ah knockout. So, you know, he's ah that's another guy who, um you know, they hyped up super ah through the roof. And Aaron Pico, you know, um big I do like him. He did he did bounce back, but um is one this one is another flipping the coin. I'm going to say A for for for Aaron.
00:42:10
Speaker
Or A. Heads for Aaron. Tails for Murphy. Okay? We don't want to talk about A. You know what? Boop! It just went up in the air. Adam caught it like that.
00:42:21
Speaker
Adam put it down. We're going on Pico. By decision. Pico by decision.
00:42:32
Speaker
Wait. You didn't actually have a coin? I said about him. Boop. ah hey this is like job This is like Drop Dead Fred. My coin is like Drop Dead Fred. You can't see it, but he's there.
00:42:44
Speaker
It's there. It's an object, okay? look good Again, and caught it. Tasteful thickness. Is this the Kareem Silva feet stream? Pause.
00:42:55
Speaker
Does she have an OnlyFans? Maybe. hate feet, I don't, you know. only fans that you see way maybe i hate feet so i don't you know vdp by undercork undercooked pork sandwich oh man that might be a muslim day because i get get that hey i don't either let's see ah i'll flip mine for yours next time now you i don't know what that means that sounded you know what we're just gonna keep it moving all right let's move it into the main event of the evening
00:43:28
Speaker
Drikas Duplessis in a middleweight championship bout versus Hamzat Chemaev. The favorite here is Chemaev is the 180 favorite.
00:43:42
Speaker
Duplessis is a 150 underdog. ah Chemaev, as we know, undefeated 14-0. um Duplessis 23-2, both coming off of wins.
00:43:55
Speaker
ah Chemaev does have an inch height advantage, one-pound weight advantage. But in terms of reach, Duplessis has a one-inch reach advantage and a three-inch leg reach advantage.
00:44:10
Speaker
Cover D, what are your thoughts on this huge, huge main event? this one's ah This one's a weird fight because... ah everyone's hyped up hands out for so long you know when he first fought um he fought like three times in like four months at two different weight classes and he was a man then he caught covid and was contemplating uh retiring you know spitting up blood all types of stuff um you know He's come back.
00:44:36
Speaker
ah first time This is his first time fighting in America and probably, what, three years? Three, four years? Something like that. He hasn't fought in America in quite some time. I think that Kevin Holland fight was the last time he fought in America because he was hanging out with that the the Chesney and ah president who's on that list that you know America don't like. So...
00:44:53
Speaker
um And he thanked President Trump for him actually being able to fight in America. So go figure. So you got that. Hamza hasn't fought since he whooped why Robert Whitaker in like two seconds and literally broke his his mouth. His teeth was just battered. You know what saying? he had to get corrective ah dental surgery on that on that choke he put on him.
00:45:15
Speaker
um I think that was in Abu Dhabi or Saudi Arabia 1-2 last year. He's only fought twice in last... two years um not to his own not to his fault but uh hamsa you know he wants to do he wants to just wrestle you and take you down ground a pound yeah that's so that's what he wants to do yeah you know that's that's his that's the name of his game um Drake is duplicy. I mean, this guy's the most awkward, weird fighter, but he wins and he's heavy in both hands.
00:45:41
Speaker
don't know if that's Paul's or not, but ah ah he's on 11 fight win streak. He hasn't, he's, he's not in on the UFC. He hasn't lost since I think 2018, you know, this guy, he knows how to win.
00:45:52
Speaker
His wrestling is not high level. His striking is not high level. um But he finds a way to win. okay It's unorthodox. I'll just say that. And he's actually a big dude for that weight class. He's a big dude for 185. I did see them kind kind of ah give each other a high five and like like a bro hug type thing.
00:46:11
Speaker
And I was trying to see the size difference. they're They're kind of close right now. when ah This is of those fights where kind of want to see how they look when they hit the scale in the day after or later on that day for the weigh-in because Duplicy could pack on ah the weight back on. You know what saying? He might be 200 pounds or more ah the day of the fight.
00:46:28
Speaker
um Hamzat's issue has always been gas tank. When he fought... um
00:46:37
Speaker
Usman, when he fought Usman, and Usman took that fight on two weeks' notice, you know he was gassed at that in in in that fight towards the end. you know when he fought Gilbert Burns when when he was in America, he was gassed towards end that fight.
00:46:49
Speaker
And I think of that if that was a five-round fight, he probably have lost. So I'm 100% going to do a Club Redi caveat on this. If it ends in the first two rounds, it's going to be Hamzat. We're going have a new champion.
00:47:05
Speaker
If it goes past three rounds, regardless of the outcome, Duplassie is going to ah yeah that's that's That's how I see it. i Boom! and like Hamzat. I'm a big fan. But it's just ah the the lack of fighting and um you know ah his gas tank. Every time he's been tested in three rounds, he's barely held up.
00:47:30
Speaker
So if it goes past three, it might be a problem for them and he doesn't have home field advantage. He's coming across the pond i and other stuff to come fight, so.
00:47:42
Speaker
ye Yeah, no, no. I mean, hey, I agree with you. So first or second round, Shemaev, what would that be? Would that be a s sub? Would that be a TKO? Oh, that'd be submission. He'd choke him out.
00:47:52
Speaker
It'd be a, yeah, he'd choke. Yeah. And then Duplessis, are we talking, what are we talking there? It could be anything. It could be it could be a a submission. It could be ground a pound. It could be, ah or if can go the distance, I'd say a decision.
00:48:06
Speaker
You know, knowing me, I'm saying it right now, it'd be a split decision win by Duplessis. But... No, I just need something for my pick for the picks on Instagram and for you YouTube. um All right, word. There you go. So huge main event, Shemaya versus Duplessis.
00:48:22
Speaker
Make sure you hit your DraftKings to put in all these picks from CoverD. Don't worry if you don't remember. I'm going to go in on the live stream, and I will put all these picks. there. And as well, I'll be releasing a re-edited version tomorrow that will just have the UFC portion. If you're looking forward to that, they will have all the picks so that you can put it in your betting app.
00:48:41
Speaker
Chumayev 1-2 sub or Duplessis 3+, but most likely a split decision. Awesome. Awesome. Well, thank you. Y'all make sure again. that you are subscribed to Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S on YouTube. There's a handy QR code right up there at top. It'll take you to all of our social media, including Clubber D's YouTube and Clubber D's TikTok.
00:49:04
Speaker
Subscribe to those. Hit that like button, whether watching now or on the replay, and let's move you into a quick mailbag for the last few minutes of this episode ah so we can get Clubber D's thoughts on some other things here.
00:49:16
Speaker
First of all, And we talked about this a little earlier about the White House card because I asked you your initial thoughts. We have a We have a mailbag question here from ah real American.
00:49:29
Speaker
Rest in peace to, I guess you're going off a Hulk Hogan there. A real American out of, ah out of oh yeah, you were. Okay, never mind. Out of Kissimmee, Florida. So there you go. yeah John Jones was announced his retirement.
00:49:43
Speaker
And then a month later, when the White House card was announced, John Jones threw his name back in the hat. but Aspinall came out and said he wants no parts of this. Do you think John Jones should be allowed to fight at the White House card next year?
00:50:02
Speaker
i mean, the way
00:50:07
Speaker
The way the fighters, Sammy Davis, whenever they see ah ah President Trump front row. So i'm I'm sure, you know, it' be cool to fight there. He wants to, he's a name.
00:50:19
Speaker
I can't see them holding him out of it, but if he does fight, it's gotta be somebody worth watching. Somebody who's going want to actually fight. Somebody that hasn't fought in four or five years, you know, if that's going to happen, ah you know,
00:50:34
Speaker
John Jones has a little bit of karma was going on with him because he's the same age of when he fought DC saying you're just a 37 year old, buh blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't want to, you know, so now he's at that age and he's not really wanting to fight, but you know, I'm sure they would have him on there. Uh,
00:50:52
Speaker
Conor McGregor, that's another one who kind of threw his name in a hat that wants to fight there. Of course, Michael Chandler. They're going to, if they do that White House show, that's a real thing that's going to happen. they They're going to have every single star they can get that has a little bit of oomph in their fight. They got to have it.
00:51:10
Speaker
They're going to have Jones, McGregor. They're going to have more. Everybody. Chuck Liddell might come out retirement and say, hey, I'm here. You know what I'm saying? They might get Tito. he's He's super on that side. They might get Tito. They might get somebody. But they're going to get air everybody that somebody is going to fight. and You know what? My surprise person that would fight on the uc ah card in the White House, out of retirement, no one's talking about her, Ronda Rousey.
00:51:38
Speaker
Ooh, like it. Wow. I can see that. There we go. I can that. I mean, pretty sure it's not going to but as a as no check No Take Jake will say, you heard it here first.
00:51:55
Speaker
Not No Take. but let I think Jake's catching strays on a show he probably is watching. wait a minute. Speaking of strays, I tuned in for a hot second last night. This goes to you.
00:52:07
Speaker
To me, what did I do? I didn't do anything. Canteen. Mar. When you mention my White Sox, you say it with respect.
00:52:18
Speaker
what a so I was laying down when i was listening to that crap. That blasphemy. When you mention the White Sox, you say them with respect. All right? We ain't the Rockies.
00:52:30
Speaker
Okay? It's over with. There's a new punching bag. No. That's horrible, dude. You leave us alone. That's bad, yo. You leave us alone. You go to them when talk about trash, booty juice, where the hell y'all stuff y'all say?
00:52:42
Speaker
Pasuda. Okay? Y'all leave that to them. All right? We just suck. We stink. We're garbage. That's crazy. When it comes to the next level below that's them.
00:52:53
Speaker
That's crazy that the year after y'all set that record, they went ahead and broke that shit by a mile. Records are made to be broken. right They're made to be broken. Not by that much. You're right, though. yeah they They do get all the disrespect now. yeah We're off the hook. usually We are off the hook.
00:53:07
Speaker
No one talks about the Lions going winless. No one talks about them. No one talks about them being the Ravens. The Ravens were the first team they beat, I believe. Was it the Ravens? I think so. I'm going to lie and say it was for right now.
00:53:18
Speaker
But anyways, no one talks about that no more. That's in the past. Okay, that's past tense, all right? We're in the present. I think was a Ravens. I don't remember. All right. Next mailbag question.
00:53:33
Speaker
This comes from Magic City Cheeks. Yes, sir. Out of ATL. Thank you for tuning in. We appreciate it. I have been there. It was an amazing time. Wings and Cheeks.
00:53:43
Speaker
They were calling me Orange Peppa O when I walked out that bitch. Orange Peppa O. Yeah, I did have the world famous lemon pepper wings, too, and they were delicious. I had them at barbecue.
00:53:54
Speaker
ah Christoph Porzingis. I heard you ate one off the floor in a men's bathroom. Woo. Wowzers. Jeez Louise. That place was pretty, ah it wasn't the cleanest place. Why is this wing so sticky now?
00:54:11
Speaker
New Atlanta Hawks center Christoph Persingas said after he retires from basketball, he wants to get into m MMA, claiming it was his first love as a kid before basketball.
Crossover Talk: NBA to MMA
00:54:25
Speaker
Apparently used to train MMA.
00:54:27
Speaker
How do you feel about this seven-foot unicorn trying to get into MMA? Darko Milicic? Yeah, Milicic. He did kickboxing when he retired from the and NBA.
00:54:39
Speaker
and got his leg broken. Got his leg broken. um There's already a video of Kristoff with a bloody nose ah when he got when he first got drafted. Somebody busted his snot box.
00:54:51
Speaker
Where's he from? He's from Serbia? Latvia. Latvia? Okay. So there's already a video of that, of him like that. um You look at the history of fighters that that height. ah ah Sammy Schmidt, sorry. He's from east Sweden. he's ah He's in Pride, but he's mostly a kickboxer.
00:55:09
Speaker
um Also, you got... ah Stefan Struve. ah He's from Sweden, one of the countries over there. But, um you know, when you're tall and linky like that, take you down.
00:55:22
Speaker
I'm just going to wrestle you You're going to get slammed, okay? um Yeah. yeah i wouldn't I wouldn't suggest, you know... ah And like you said, the kickboxing, I have to ask the kickbox. didn't know this.
00:55:36
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When he broke his leg, was it from someone actually just like chopping his leg down and it got broke? Or was it from, you remember? Was it like him moving around? Because at that at that height, I would think that if you just make the wrong movement, you could snap a leg.
00:55:49
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i mean, it wasn't, I could be wrong. i think was him kicking or no, no. I think think he took a kick. the took kicking a thigh I I just remember him breaking his leg.
00:56:01
Speaker
It wasn't like a nasty break, but it was just like a ah ah ah kind of, you know, just a kick to the thigh. He's like, okay, yeah, something's wrong here. Right. Good deal. um But, you know, usually guys, when you're tall and link you like that, kickboxing, like, you know, fighting the, fight Glory or K1. That's all you. you know i'm say They had ah ah that seven-foot Chinese fighter, ah Hung Min Choi. He was the one Brock Lesnar was supposed to fight, but he didn't ah when Brock Lesnar made his MMA debut. but there's there's There's been seven-footers. There's been tall ones before. MMA is not the sport for you're tall like that because anyone who's not a wrestler will become a wrestler and take your ass down. you know Ray Mercer fought Tim Sylvia, who's six-foot-seven.
00:56:44
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And Ray Mercer, the the boxer, hold back yeah knocked him out and they took him down. You know what I'm saying? it's just, you know, if you're that tall, MMA is not for you because they're just going take you down. You know, it is what it is.
00:56:56
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I would say box or just do kickboxing. Stay your feet. Yeah. And okay, cool. and And that's a perfect segue into, I know I can easily, when I read it, that I'll cut that out.
00:57:08
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um We have another mailbag question here about boxing in a clip shared by boxing kingdom, Andre Ward. Oh, Revealed general, just came out. this is This just came out today. Interest in facing heavyweight Anthony Joshua.
00:57:26
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When asked if he missed boxing, Ward admitted he's happy where he's at as the announcer, but if there was one name that he would want to come back to fight, it would be Anthony Joshua. How do you feel about that?
00:57:40
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Andre Ward one of my favorite fighters of all time. It just shoulder injury, you know, took him out early. ah You know, when he won the super, super six, ah you know, he was undisputed the best, you know, right on the floor. You know, people had him up there. ah actually had him over for at that time, but um you know,
00:58:04
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my issue with this i at first it was the canelo possibility but that went away um
00:58:13
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what is he 40 years old that's not bad for heavyweight i would i would watch 100 i think joshua responded back with a with a contract or something you know saying let's do it type deal i would love to see him love to see him fight uh
00:58:32
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I'd rather than fight Ward than Jake Paul. But if they were to fight, i can't go against Andre Ward. i would He's way skilled. He's like light years ahead of Joshua.
00:58:45
Speaker
My fear is if Joshua actually catches him. You know what I'm going to say, yeah. I mean, do you you think he can he can outbox him enough and stay away? He'll have to. He'll have to. He'll have to. Because I remember, I think Ward was...
00:58:59
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one was 161 68 and 175. yep yeah it felt like heavyweight very bad chad dawson whooped his ass um you know and he fought kovalev and twice and you know ward was kovalev was everyone scared to fight kobe that's when he fought and beat him uh so i was at the home of drew's house for that one but uh yeah i i would i would definitely like to see Ward's speed as a heavyweight, you know what i'm saying? And how, how he looks training kind like how Bud is. i would like to see that, but I can't go against Ward. I would definitely hundred percent go with Ward over Joshua.
00:59:32
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Wow. Okay. Yeah. I would have to go. It was just 41, not fighting for eight years. You would still go with, with Ward. Okay. freedom Yeah, still do it.
00:59:42
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it' i it's like It's like when Prince comes on, I have to play the song in my car. I can't skip it. I can't skip it. Wu-Tang comes on, I got to keep it going. I can't skip. you know So it's like Ward, I got to stay with Ward. You know what i'm saying i got to stay with him.
00:59:59
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Okay. I am reading an article ah saying ah that Anthony Joshua actually said that he would be willing to take this fight, but that the money would have to obviously be you know high enough for him to to take the fight. he won he said He just basically said, I would, but the money needs to be right, basically.
01:00:20
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He's at the stage in his career where it's only like marquee fights are good for Anthony Joshua, you know. We know the heart isn't there for it to be a world champion. and Maybe it could be I could be wrong, but...
01:00:32
Speaker
if you're not going fight ward fight uh fight fury do the fight they always want to see or wild or something like that um i mean i don't know any light work you got to see how he takes a punch he took a punch from from somebody and and joshua even though he's big clunky and robotic he still has power you know and what if wolfie turns into a klisco type deal and tries to punch hold punch hold can ward hold him off for that long you know he's war's gonna to have them track shoes on Get in the pocket, do what got to do, get out. get in the pocket, do what got do, get out. you know Can he do that at 41?
01:01:03
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you know I think he can, but there's still the possibility of him getting caught. so ah say I'd watch. 100% watch. hundred percent watch I'd love to see that.
01:01:14
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Oh, yeah, I'm definitely tuning in. It's definitely going to be, ah you know, would definitely be a good fight to to watch. um He's been shot. He's been sheenie. Sheenie. Yeah, sheenie.
01:01:24
Speaker
i Since he beat Klitschko. It's true. But don't know Ward got that. that chinny power to to to stop him, you know? No, that's the thing. You know, I don't, I don't know how i tra that power of not fighting for eight years and then moving up to heavyweight.
01:01:41
Speaker
ah How's that going translate? You know, right he didn't, Usyk didn't knock him out. Usyk had him rocked couple times, he didn't knock him out. That's a really good point. So, you know, I'm not putting nothing against the wall. That's a very good point. No, that's a very good point though. If Usyk didn't knock him out, why necessarily would Ward, who fought in his a smaller weight, too. he he would ah I think war would just outpoint him.
01:02:02
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He would just basically dance around him. Stick a move, stick a move, stick a move. Okay. Okay. All right. Cool. Hey, there you go. One last final mailbag question.
01:02:16
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And this pertains to wrestling. um This comes from fist of fury out of Prague, Czech Republic. Okay. okay Look at that. We got the people in the Czech Republic checking us out.
01:02:28
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um He says, John Cena went on a heel run in his last year of wrestling before retirement and now at SummerSlam switched back to ah baby face.
Wrestling and WWE's Financial Success
01:02:42
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How do you all feel about John Cena's short heel run? I'll start this off real quick ah because I have some very thoughtful opinions on this and I want to hear. would have been a great live too when he came out, when Brock That would have been a fun live for the pop.
01:02:59
Speaker
Oh my God. Yeah. I popped immediately. I hit up Marr. Both nights. Pause on that. Both nights i messaged Marr and I was like, hey, like the Seth Rollins thing. I was like, holy cow. Anyways, so Brock Lesnar came out.
01:03:15
Speaker
Yeah, it was great. um But John Cena. John Cena came out. Supposed to be his last year, right? He comes out as a baby face. Last year, we're going to see him, blase blah, blah, blah. Then all of a sudden, they turn him into a heel. They want to try this heel run with him.
01:03:31
Speaker
The heel run, as was expected, was not going to last all year because it couldn't. You're not going to let John Cena go out of heel. He has to be a baby face. Unless you're letting him walk with the title forever, then that would be a heel move that I would have...
01:03:42
Speaker
except either way, in my opinion, I think this was a complete waste of time. I don't think anybody actually believed that he was ever a heel. I don't think anybody believed when he was cursing at the crowd and making the kid cry in the Czech Republic, with which is where this message come from, or Poland or wherever it was. that Salty over there. Salty.
01:04:02
Speaker
So, Cleberty, what are your thoughts on this? I think that it was a complete waste of time. It should have never been done. Just roll him as a baby face. Keep making that money for the whole year. What do you think of ah this is I think this was ah um Booking Gone Bad.
01:04:18
Speaker
The rock angle made no sense. the Right. Thank you. The Travis Scott angle made no sense. And mind you, I don't keep up with this. It's just more of tune in. Hey, guys, check this out. It was Peacock. I'm watch it.
01:04:30
Speaker
I think homie Peach hit me up. Hey, you watch it. I'll check it out. See what happens. Skip through it. Skip through. Skip through. Saw Travis Scott. Then John Cena turns into a bad guy. like, okay, that's it.
01:04:41
Speaker
Interesting. All right. But there's no, you tune into WrestleMania, you know, and I'm on my Jim Cornette type stuff. So I'm fast forwarding the joint, trying to make sure, you know, try to get to where i need to get to.
01:04:54
Speaker
And ah there's no real, the the rock didn't come out. There's no, what was the point? worst What was the whole point it? Like, it's just, it sounds like, w WWE listened to somebody coming in to boost up the WrestleMania, boost up the ratings, that being The Rock.
01:05:12
Speaker
And he basically did what he did to ah Warner Brothers with the DC movies with Black Adam and and ruined everything. He wanted to make it more centered around him. And it just made no sense.
01:05:23
Speaker
So John Cena switching, this was the best way to have him switch because if you have Brock Lesnar come out of nowhere, who people think that are, you know,
01:05:34
Speaker
Brock Lesnar was never going come back because at the arena with Janelle Grant, at the arena report with Vince McMahon and everything, and what Brock Lesnar had her do, like... That's crazy, yeah. I don't even know if this is allegedly, if you read the report, you know, alleged figures are coming up, but they flew him in town to have sex with this young lady, allegedly, but he was too drunk to do it, and he was allegedly requesting video of...
01:06:04
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her doing number one and stuff like that. Jim Cornette, I listened his podcast talking about it. He's like, it was probably Brock being drunk, messing around with Vince McMahon.
01:06:15
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But, you know, all this stuff is all public knowledge. You can go reach yourself. not going to get too into it. don't want to get canceled. But, ah you know, but he got cleared. Apparently he got cleared of that stuff couple months ago. had no idea.
01:06:28
Speaker
What did you say? He did? said, yeah, somehow he got cleared. But yeah i don't I don't even – I mean, all we all we know that they've actually come out and said is that Triple H said John Cena wanted him to be one of his last opponents, and that's why they did.
01:06:39
Speaker
So – Okay. So I put it like that. He's he's back. People are mad. People are happy. But the WWE is basically saying, we don't care. We don't care. We're making the most money we've ever made.
01:06:53
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So – My homie, ah but the homie TJ, I know, went up to SummerSlam up in, ah yeah, 100% he was there. Yes. But homie went up to SummerSlam.
01:07:06
Speaker
And he he said that he went, I think, for the Seth Rollins. day That was day one. um He was there up there for that. He said tickets, you know, they were crazy, but he got a deal. He was pretty close for about $300 or $400.
01:07:18
Speaker
But, ah you know, they're making hand over fist or turning things into two nights. What, Royal Rumble two nights? WrestleMania, SummerSlam? Yeah, so they're they're making money.
01:07:29
Speaker
Hand over fist. And he said he went to the shop, one of those shops to to to buy some of the merchandise, and they were just wrapped around, you know, hours before it opened. So, you know, they're milking it right now. They're on the top right now.
01:07:41
Speaker
They don't care what people think. They're making money. They want to do. As Bobby said, it's still real to me. It's still real to me. Ha, ha, ha. There are some people out there. You are completely right.
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01:07:53
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Hey, Corita Lee. What up, Corita?
01:07:56
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but up karta That is the number one fitness chick I know online, okay? My homegirl, Courtney, is following the same suit. You guys, yeah you need to post more videos, Karina. You need a YouTube page.
01:08:09
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You need to show everybody your story. Track the amazing progress that you've done. You've done nothing but great things. You need to motivate others that were in your shoes so they can get to where you are now. Promo of the night.
01:08:20
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Bam! Promo. Shout out to Karina. I've known her since elementary. this guess as as did Hopefully I'll see her. ah We got our reunion on the 17th of October. Oh, really? 25 years, huh? 25 years. I didn't go to the 10th year. I didn't go to i didn't go none of the other ones because of whatever. COVID, I think. But that's three days before my ah shoulder surgery. So I'll definitely be there for it.
01:08:44
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And then I go under the knife and y'all won't see me until. Nah. I be i probably might shave my beard before I get it to surgery because I'll be out of commission for a little while. We'll see what happens. But yeah, shout out to Carino. You will see him definitely before that.
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That's right. where that comes to Shout out to Delmont Roadrunners. There you go. And also, shout out on Instagram for everybody tuned A day in the life. Shout out um my brother, Mack Watson. Shout out. Congrats on the baby boy. And y'all, if you need any insurance here in Tennessee, Insure TN. Mack Watson is your man.
01:09:16
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Hit him up. he can get you the best rates in the state. I heard that shout out last night. yeah shout Shout out to Mack. Congrats, man. Congrats. Yeah, just had the baby boy this past weekend. So, happy. What's up, man?
01:09:28
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All right, cool. Well, thank you, everybody, for tuning in As always, we will be back again soon, probably next time for boxing, but as always for UFC. ah But, you know, we like to get our boxing champs picks group every once in a while. You'll also see Clubber D with me coming soon. We're going to do an NFL show before the start of the year. Hopefully we'll get you another OG banter brawls in Bravado if we can get Bajo and Weeby on.
01:09:52
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And some other of our friends, we will be doing it all day long. You know goes so at Ball & Buzz. My friend, help us sign off. Well, you know, before my allergies ah go all the way through the roof because it's Zertite D time, um you guys will hear us again next week.
01:10:08
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We will be at our draft, the only fantasy football draft that matters, the Homies League. We've been doing for 20 years. Before it was popular, before it was cool, before it was trendy, we've been doing this fantasy football league.
01:10:21
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We'll be out in Vegas for the folks that are going. Vegas! For the folks that aren't going. cool, but the folks that are going better, ah we might go live there. We probably won't, but we might go live. You never know. We'll be in Vegas next week. All right.
01:10:36
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so i I told Brandon we should try to do a little roundtable while we're there. A little quick hour roundtable. I'm not bringing this. um no I'll bring my laptop, but I ain't bring my mic. I ain't having it.
01:10:49
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I got a wireless mic i can I can maybe plug in here with two different... which we Because ah Lamar said the same thing. He said, we should do live. I said, well, bring your shit, motherfucker. Like, what? I'm not going to bring my mic. I'm just going use the laptop mic. I'll bring my laptop for sure. I doubt we'll go live, but we might go live. But there will be some stuff we're going to put together for our league. It's the homies league. We've been doing for a while. It's going great to see everybody.
01:11:15
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um If you're going to be in Vegas, even though you're not going to be, look us up. But if you are in Vegas, look us up. If you're not gonna be in Vegas, look us up. Just look at us. Yeah, no, I mean, hey, we know some people in Vegas. Yeah, I cousins out there. I'm going to see my cousins and stuff.
01:11:31
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Yeah, and I know some military. My veterans are out there living out there in Vegas, having a good time. Y'all, catch up with the 703 boys. Like Clever D. said, we've had this league going for over 20 years. We go somewhere new every year.
01:11:42
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It's something different that other leagues don't do, but we're also really good friends that have been friends for 30, 35 years in some of our cases. So it's going to be an amazing time in Vegas next week.
01:11:52
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I am so looking forward to the time we're going to have with all of our friends and drafting fantasy football and getting to see people we haven't seen ah maybe since last year with all the family and everything going on.
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01:12:39
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From Vegas. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, hey, you know, we're going to be out there. I got a survival league. I'm going put it out pretty soon. i used to do it about a week before the actual start of the season, but I do do a survival league.
01:12:53
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I'll let you know about it. um If you want to end cool, I'll give guys a whatever info. Just hit me up. You can't hit me up, hit Omar up and we'll figure it out. But just have your money ready because I don't play that pay later shit.
01:13:05
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yeah I don't play that. We don't i'll play that. you don't have but Never again. Never again will that happen with any of us. I let i don't operate like that. Some people do.
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Yeah. And that note. Low budget leagues do. We don't operate like that. At all. 703 boys keep that shit real. $5,000. He's with the millions. five thousand
01:13:55
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01:14:27
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You can't prepare, now get ready for the show. Introducing, from parts unknown, your UFC and combat sports insider, Clever D, the combat GM, the sports professor.
01:14:41
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