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UFC Freedom 250 Preview & Predictions ft. UFC Alum Johnny Munoz & Attitude MMA Champ Adarius Walls
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UFC Freedom 250 Preview & Predictions - Fights:
Main Event: Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje &
Co-Main Event: Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane
Featuring UFC Alum Johnny Munoz on IG @kidkvenbo &
Attitude MMA Champ Adarius Walls on IG @1slim_reaper5
#usa #ufc #mma #combatsports #sports #ufcfreedom250
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Transcript
Introduction and Special Episode Announcement
00:00:00
Speaker
You can't pretend, now get ready for the show.
00:00:16
Speaker
Yo, yo, yo, what up, friends? Yes, indeed. Welcome back to Ball and Buds.
Guest Introduction: Johnny Munoz
00:00:22
Speaker
We are here with a special episode for UFC Freedom 250 tomorrow night at the White House lawn. And I have an extremely special guest here with us today at Ball and Buds, u f former UFC fighter. Hopefully we'll see him there again soon. ah Johnny Munoz. How you doing, brother?
00:00:46
Speaker
What's up, bro? Thanks for having me. I'm doing great. ah It's going to be a good card. Excited for this card. um Yeah, I mean, everything around it seems very interesting. ah America's 250th birthday. I'm very pro-American, so it's pretty cool. um Yeah, it should be a good card.
00:01:06
Speaker
Hey, no, no
Event Promotion and Streaming Details
00:01:07
Speaker
doubt about that. You and I both, I was in the military and the Air Force, so I am very pro-America as well. Salute to all my military and veteran brethren out there. And as well as you're watching on millions.co, which we are also streaming live on millions. If you are a fighter or athlete or a content creator and want to do interviews like this with Johnny and other people, you want to get on millions.co as well. Make sure you subscribe at Ball and Buds on YouTube. And Johnny, you are at Kid K Ven Bo on IG. It's up there at the top for everybody that needs y'all tap in and make sure you follow Johnny on his quest to greatness. All right, brother.
Historic Event and Fighter Selection
00:01:47
Speaker
Well, like you said, it's going to be a very, very interesting card historic on the White House lawn, something we've never seen before. Um, Probably, and i'd I'd like to get your you know opinion in on this, but this is probably the most impressive collection of fights since UFC 300, if I had to guess, with the fights that they put together.
00:02:09
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, ah it's a pretty, I guess, historical card. Some great fights on the card. But honestly, i don't know, maybe it's me being a little... I kind of was expecting... I think they should have put more Americans on the card, though. But okay yeah there's so some still some good fights on the card.
00:02:26
Speaker
ah i'm it's It's still a good card, but I feel... Maybe that's just me. Maybe you can never make people happy. Maybe I'm being a whiny, I don't know, Karen or something. You know what i mean? But ah yeah, I just would have liked to have seen more Americans on the card. I mean, there's a White House card. um Like I said, I'm very pro-American and I feel like I've always called for this, like in the past, like we're like UFC, they would do like, ah I know they just started doing no check a few years now, but they've always somewhat had no chain before, but without the title, like with like those me special Mexican event cars and they have all the Mexicans on there, all that kind of stuff. But I've always felt like, man, like I know UFC, it's an American business, even though it's international, but they should have always done like that, that American event, like,
00:03:15
Speaker
There needs to be a pro-American month. None of this like ah Pride Month stuff, all this weird stuff. So I always felt, you know, Patriot month is like June, July, right? Because 4th July or independence. right Yeah. America's independence, like Patriot months should be June and July. Like to give us two months, you know what i mean? But so, I mean, this is step up. I just felt there should been more Americans on the card. Uh, but also American fighters been, uh, been fucking up, man. I mean, they're not, uh, they're not, we don't see American champions. We got Sean Strickland, a former teammate of mine, ah
00:03:52
Speaker
And so I know him very well, but i thought ah like, I mean maybe they should have put him on the card, but I know he said some wild
Controversy: Sean Strickland
00:03:58
Speaker
shit. um But ah yeah, I don't know. And he tends to do sometimes. Yeah. um I mean, they got O'Malley on the card.
00:04:08
Speaker
They got a couple guys. They got like Steve Garcia, but I mean Steve Garcia, I mean he's just, I mean he's really there for Diego Lopez. That's just the facts. But yeah, I mean it's still a
Fight Predictions and Analysis
00:04:19
Speaker
great card. I just would have liked to see more American names on the card. Maybe like, ah I mean Bryce Mitchell would have been good. Colby Covington would have been great even though he retired. um I mean, who else am I missing?
00:04:33
Speaker
Even Al Jermaine Sterling. i mean, he's an American. He would have been good to have on the card. Trying to think who else. i mean I mean, those are like some of the guys with Eric Strickland. I mean, I know he just fought, but ah I know they planned. They don't want him on the card. He says, wow, shit. But, I mean, it's always thing they should have more like ah Americans. That's just my take, but still a good card.
00:04:56
Speaker
No, I completely agree with you Honestly, if you're going to make it a UFC 254 America's birthday, all the fighters should be American. That doesn't make sense to me that you would have any other fighters. But as you mentioned, you only have a select few to choose from that are even, you know, big enough names at this point.
00:05:14
Speaker
and You know, John Bones, he wasn't. i mean they weren't Yeah, him too. I forgot about him. Max Holloway, too. Yep, yep. So, I mean, they could have really done it, but Dana would have to put his pride aside.
00:05:25
Speaker
And we know that Dana doesn't like to put his pride aside a lot of times for some of these fighters. And so he's going to make the decisions he makes. And that's okay. We've still got a good card, like you said. So let's bounce through it and talk some about some of these undercard matchups before we get to the co-ed main event.
00:05:40
Speaker
Now, you talked about this fight specifically, Diego Lopez versus Steve Garcia. How do you feel about this fight who do you have with him? Yeah, I think that's a good fight too. Steve Garcia, I mean, I think he's under the radar a little bit. He's been winning. He's been doing good. I remember him like when he debuted, although this guy's tough. um So I think this is a great opportunity for him to really showcase where he belongs in the division. And I mean, he's got a tough task in front of him with Diego Lopez. But I think it's going to be a good fight. In my opinion, I think Steve's going to bring it. I think i think he has the potential to be a competitive fight.
00:06:15
Speaker
ah It could possibly steal the show. I know a lot of people might not be... They're more focused on some of the bigger fights, but I think that fight could be a fight of the night potential fight right there. think that's a good fight right there. Yeah, I mean, it's a good fight. I'm excited for that fight right there. I think that's a good fight right there. did you give us your winner?
00:06:39
Speaker
i didn't hear. Yeah, I mean... I'm probably... I mean... um I'm probably going to go with Diego Lopez on the fight. I think I'd give the edge to him, but I'm not counting Steve out. I could see Diego Lopez winning by a unanimous decision. That's my prediction.
00:06:57
Speaker
There you go. Yeah, I'm with you. I think god Diego should win that fight as well. All right, moving on. Bo Nickel, he was a highly rated prospect, um you know, a few years ago. You know, he's had his ups and downs, but he's going against Kyle. I hope I don't say pronounce this incorrectly, but i think it's Dalkus.
00:07:15
Speaker
Dalkus, yeah, something like that. Okay, so who you got in this fight? Yeah, that's another like, ah I mean, I know it's not like a big like star stud fight. I mean, Bo Nickel, we know who he is. Kyle Dacus, he's been in the UFC before. He came back and he's been on a resurgence. Like he's doing like, seems great on his comeback. So that to me, that's a dangerous ah opponent in front of Bo Nickel. um I think it's going to be another good fight, but see Bo Nickel. um I think he edges it out.
00:07:45
Speaker
But ah it would be cool to see Kyle pull it off just because I think he's the underdog and all the adversity he's cut gone through in his career got cut from the UFC. Now he's coming back. I mean, i'm i mean that's inspiration to me. that's I'm on that road right now. I'm hoping one or two more fights, I'm back in there. And, yeah, I think... ah Sometimes the guy, when he's, you know, he's been kicked around and he's a dangerous person coming back, his mindset's different. So I think you're going to see a dangerous Kyle Dacus. I'm giving the slight to Bo, but I'm not counting Dacus out.
00:08:19
Speaker
Man, I love that. Yeah, no, i we we are two for two here. I'm go and pick Bo in this one as well. But as you said, it should be a ah a slobber knocker, as as Jim Ross would say. All right, moving on to the next one. We got Mauricio Ruffey versus Michael Chandler. Who you got, brother?
00:08:35
Speaker
Man, bro, you know, Chandler is an exciting guy. Both guys are exciting to watch, actually. This fight ain't going a distance. You know, the Patriots side of me wants Chandler to win and do it for America, get get an American win on the White House. But think Rufy puts Chandler out within two rounds.
00:08:55
Speaker
Wow. All right. Cool. um Yeah, I mean, i think I think you're right. think he does take the fight. I'll give it a little more to Chandler, I think. But, you know, at this point, yeah, you're right. If they're just going be throwing blows, someone's going to get KO'd. So, yeah. But, I mean, let me say this. If Chandler chooses to wrestle, which he doesn't really wrestle much, I believe he has a...
00:09:16
Speaker
High chance, great chance of winning if he chooses to wrestle. I mean, we've seen Rufy on the ground before. It didn't look too good. This is MMA. I would like to see. I know Chandler likes to be a performer, but at the end of the day, this this is competition. This is m MMA.
00:09:32
Speaker
What's m MMA? Mixed martial arts. We're not just striking, throwing slobber knockers like you mentioned. This is everything. Throw it all in. So I would like to see Chandler do that. If he does that, I believe he does take the victory.
00:09:44
Speaker
Okay, so you got Chandler on the victory here. All right. um Yeah, I'm a little back and forth, but you said that's if he wrestles, which we don't see very much of. So that's your ah that's your caveat there. You got Ruffy knocking him out in the KO before too, but if not, let's see if Chandler wrestles. I'm with you. I don't think we're going to see very much of, if any, a lot of wrestling on this card completely because this card is full of just dudes that want to throw hands. Yeah, for sure.
00:10:12
Speaker
Until you get to the main event, at least. All right, cool. Let's keep it moving. Derek Lewis, he is pro-American versus Josh Hockett. Who you got in this one? Oh, man, you Derek Lewis, you know, I fought on a card with him. Cool, funny dude. Like we exchanged jokes back and forth. Funny dude. um But I got to go Hockett on this one, man. i Oh, Hockett's grown on me.
00:10:36
Speaker
I didn't really like his whole little thing. i was like, who's this weird dude? Like when I first started seeing the videos, was like, he looks like Darth Maul up there. And he had his coach translating for him some weird stuff.
00:10:48
Speaker
But when I seen him fight Curtis Blades, I was like, this guy could back it up. This guy brings it. um He was coming forward. He is a smaller heavyweight, though. Derek Lewis is a big heavyweight, hits hard.
00:11:00
Speaker
But ah Derek is known to gas out and doesn't do good when the pressure is put on him. You know what I mean? Every time the pressure is put on Derek, he kind of seems to fold a little bit. and I say it respectfully because I like Derek. um So i I think I'm goingnna go with Hockett on this one. I think Hockett's going to put the pressure on him. Might take a few shots. I think he's going to be able to handle it. I believe he's going to wrestle him.
00:11:25
Speaker
and It's going to be a dirty fight, but think Hockett takes it. Okay, no, I respect that. um I mean, just because I love Derek Lewis. Like you said, he's just a jokester. He's a funny dude, personality all the way. And you know what? He'll he'll throw hands. He'll throw hands and he will knock out or be, not you know what i'm saying? Or gas out, as you said.
00:11:46
Speaker
I'm going to go with Derek just because he's a fan favorite of mine. I'm going to go with Derek Lewis on victory here. All right, cool. Let's move on to the last last of the undercards here. You got Sean O'Malley.
00:11:57
Speaker
Sugar Sean versus Ayman Zahabi. Who you got in this fight? I think O'Malley gets it done. Ayman got a tough chin. He's been hit.
00:12:08
Speaker
I mean, i could see O'Malley... don' winning by decision. No, I don't even know if I want to say that because every time Ayman goes to decision, somehow this motherfucker wins fights when it goes to the decision, bro. and this is This is no disrespect to him. I think he's a tough fighter, but this is a guy that was never supposed to be in the position he was at. More props to him. ah But...
00:12:32
Speaker
He's had very controversial the decision wins over Aldo, over Chito Vera. There's another guy, too, I believe. ah It's not coming out, but I'm like, man, how does this guy keep winning these close decisions like this? ah I even think when he fought a Javid, Bacherot, that was kind of controversial, too.
00:12:52
Speaker
um But I think O'Malley gets it done. I can see O'Malley... winning by a KO. O'Malley does good when but when the stakes are high, when it's a big show and this is it doesn't get bigger than the White House.
00:13:04
Speaker
That's exactly what I was going to say. he he puts He puts on performances when the lights are the brightest and there's no there's no brighter show with lights than is going to be this one right here. I think he's going to be amped, jacked up to get a victory and I'm with you. I think he pulls out a KO here as well.
Alex Pereira's Pursuit of History
00:13:24
Speaker
All right, cool. Let's move it on to the co and main events of the evening in the co main event. We have the interim heavyweight championship. Alex Pereira. He's another favorite of mine versus Cheryl gone former two division champion, may I say, Alex Herrera, Pereira will be looking to make history by winning the interim heavyweight title and becoming the first person to win UFC gold in three weight classes, but he will need to get through, you know, former interim champ himself, Cyril Ghosn.
00:13:59
Speaker
So ah he's been 10 and two Pereira has ah since 2018. yeah in the four years since he made his debut with three title-winning efforts. What say you on this fight?
00:14:12
Speaker
Yeah, man, think this going pretty good fight on the feet, striking. um Perra is going up in heavyweight. Now, this is something lot of people don't talk about. A lot of guys don't do good.
00:14:25
Speaker
He's been doing – I mean, he did 185, 205, but now it's a third-weight class. Now, if you look at just – fighting most guys can't carry that same power in their hands moving up in weight class you're hitting a bigger man not to say he's gonna hit weak you know what i mean but he's fighting a bigger man in serial gun who's fought all the heavyweights derrick lewis tied to a boss has been hit by big guys so this is nothing new for him you know what i mean uh to be hit by uh he's fought bigger guys that hit harder just as harder
00:14:56
Speaker
And Cyril Ghosn also, he's a, he's a, to me, very underrated. His striking to me is great, moves good for a heavyweight, moves very quick, has footworks moving around. And if we look at Piera, yeah i mean, when he's fought, I mean, if you look at the fights he lost with Israel, I think with Adesanya, he might've just got caught.
00:15:17
Speaker
um Right. We look at the fight with Ankaliev, okay, he wasn't there, injury, whatever. So, I mean, I want to see Pierre win this fight. I think Pierre is an honorary American to me. You can always Brazilian, but he's an honorary American the way he carries himself. And I say this too, because like coming up through Jiu-Jitsu, I've known a lot of Brazilians. Brazilians are a different breed of people, but there's a... There's a thing in Brazil, like Brazilians always say like, oh, I'm not Brazilian, even though they are Brazilian, but they're getting out of that Brazilian mindset where they're more like, don't want maybe Americanized their way of thinking because they always say American thinking is more independent, critical. They're trying to get somewhere Brazilian thinking holds them back. This is like Brazilians saying this I've met throughout the year. Wow, interesting. Okay.
00:16:07
Speaker
That's why I say Pierre is an honorary American. he he' He's different than other Brazilians. So I would like to see him win. But ah I don't know. Something's telling me Cyril Ghosn might pull this off. oh oh He's an underrated striker. I know it's like...
00:16:23
Speaker
ah Like I said, Pierre is going up in heavyweight. That's go true, yes. He's fighting a bigger man than normal. and ah And looking at the weigh-ins too, it doesn't mean everything. Cyril Ghosn looks in phenomenal shape.
00:16:38
Speaker
oh like This guy, like... I mean I think he's going to move around. I'm curious how Pierre is going to respond to that kind of fighting style. Somebody that moves around a little bit. i mean, with Israel, Adesanya was doing that on him. Israel iss a smaller man, though. You know what mean? Cyril Ghosn moves around a lot.
00:16:56
Speaker
um you know he He could take a shot. We've seen him with Taito Avasa, certain guys. It's going to be interesting, but I want to see Para pull this off. I would like to see him win the third title, but ah something tells me this fight is going to be an upset.
00:17:11
Speaker
Wow. Well, if you, hey, I'm going to keep that and I'm holding that. so when if that comes true, I'm going to be like, Johnny, call this. it um Yeah, man. Look, I'm with you. I want to see Pereira win too. I'm a fan favorite of his. I didn't know that Brazilians thought that way about Western thinking. So I guess they want to be more Westernized a little bit is what you're saying there. Yeah, I mean, I, I, yeah, the Western thinking, I think it's, ah I'm not saying it's great, but the Western thinking, I think they look at it more like it's opportunity to grow, become successful. And I know this too, like, I'm a dual citizen of Mexico.
00:17:45
Speaker
so I'm Mexican too. So I can relate to a little bit, like the Mexican way of thinking, it's a little, it's different. um But I think when you kind of get American influence a little bit,
00:17:58
Speaker
thinking changes a little bit. i'm not saying America is perfect. like I don't agree with politics a bunch of bullshit here. But ah I do think the way of thinking here is like either sink or swim.
00:18:09
Speaker
So you better start swimming if you want to make it. like In other countries, there's kind of a middle barrier. You could sink, you could swim, or you could stay up float. To me in America, that's a good faith Yeah, staying afloat don't exist in America. Either you you make it or you fail. In other countries, like ah like especially like a like Mexico, I've like first-hand experience there, there is like that middle where you can float and just kind of get by. America is too fucking hard to get by here, bro. like Everything's expensive, either swim or sink.
00:18:41
Speaker
Yeah, no doubt about that. I'm with you. I actually was reading an article the other day on um you know life in other countries and like Europe and stuff like that. And you're right. A lot of those countries, they just take it easy and they don't care if they you know necessarily make it or do anything with their lives. They're just content just to kind of float along, like you said, which yeah to me, to me like to us doesn't make sense, right? i'm I grind every day trying to you know build this channel. You know what I'm saying? So it's like,
00:19:09
Speaker
i yeah but But that's why Pierre is an honorary American. i hope he gets it done. But like I said, i think I see an upset coming and maybe afterwards you guys could all get like troll me all you fucking idiot, whatever. I'm ready for it all. So whatever. No, I mean, hey, I could see it because as you've mentioned, um He is going up to heavyweight and that is something that's not really being discussed. And yes, it is because Pereira has done so well at these other stops along the way. He's pretty much, you know, dominated except for a couple of hiccups. But again, as you mentioned, Ghan is a a bigger dude. So he's going to, um you know, be able to eat those punches a little easier.
00:19:48
Speaker
than a 185 and he's fought francis and ganu he's fought john jones he's fought tom espinoso he's fought these heavy hitters gone has and as you mentioned he is able to switch it up and mix the strikes as well so even though perera is a good kickboxer it we're not going to say that gone is outclassed in the striking department um that being said i'm with you i really want to see here uh perreira become the first three time ever uh champion that would be amazing and to do it here at this card uh would just be something tremendous to see so i'm hoping for that but i i mean again can see you being right and i'm gonna i'm gonna promote it on socials and be like yo johnny was going to call this i can see it i can definitely see cyril gone he is no pump let's say that
00:20:35
Speaker
All right. Main event time. Let's get to it. We're talking about Justin Gaethje and Ilya Teporia for the lightweight championship fight
Main Event Focus: Gaethje vs Taporia
00:20:48
Speaker
here. So, um look, Justin Gaethje is just a, he goes out and throws dick beaters. He ain't messing around. He's just going to, you know what I mean? I ah joti i like Justin Gaethje as a fighter. He's going to leave it all out on the mat.
00:21:03
Speaker
but Man, Tuporia, bro. Tuporia is just another beast, man. He's a different kind of animal.
00:21:15
Speaker
And he became the 10th fighter to hold UFC gold in two weight classes. We just talked about Pereira. You know, Ilya Tuporia is on his second now. And he stopped, ah you know, Volkanovsky, Holloway.
00:21:28
Speaker
um So he, I mean, i yeah, I don't know. There's nothing more I can say about Tuporia. He's just really, really good and again the highlight justin gaethje he's gonna go out he's gonna throw them dick beaters he's the he he's fought for the bmf title he's gonna leave it all out there and he's gonna get the win or he gonna he gonna get beat up and either way he's gonna get give all his heart has to give who you got yeah yeah so i mean this is ah like this is an american versus a spaniard practically um i mean
00:22:00
Speaker
I want to see the American win, but ah I know Gaethje and Strickland got into it on Twitter ah over the, like, the Goyim pro-Israel stuff.
00:22:11
Speaker
Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. So I know a lot people giving Gaethje heat over all that. And it might have been taking over context. Like said, I'm always America first, no matter what. So I put us first.
00:22:26
Speaker
But I think Taporia pulls us off, man. um I like Taporia. I'm a guy that didn't like him in the beginning. Something about his, like, European personality. But he grew on me. And I think he grew on me. His mindset.
00:22:39
Speaker
uh he works the basics the way he trains like the the guy got to broken down the way he trains uh and it almost reminds me of a of a conor mcgregor coming up if you ever watched like i was a big conor guy oh okay yeah i watched him coming up Before he won the title, his first fights in the UFC, like the mindset, the way he was talking, the way he was training, all those documentaries you see, it reminds me very similar when I'm seeing Taporia. Very, very similar. those Those early stages right there. ah And Taporia is like, his like striking is like clean, basic, but...
00:23:16
Speaker
his setups the way he's moving the head and everything and where i see gaichi he know he's coming in he's looking a crash you know i mean uh that's how i could best describe great gaichi he's gonna crash know you got a nice car he's looking to ruin that car crash like there's no like there's no everything it's gonna be a crash you gotta be ready for that crash that's great um um But I think Tepore gets it done.
00:23:40
Speaker
I mean, the guy's been on a phenomenal run. I mean, like you said, he knocked out Volk Konoski. I thought Volk was going to win that fight. knock I did too. Yeah, was with you. And then after that, he fought ah Max Holloway. And I was like, my i think Max is going to pull this off.
00:23:56
Speaker
Fucking slept Holloway. No one's ever slept Holloway. Then he fought Charles Oliveira. And I was like, Charles is bigger man. I looked at the way. was like... I thought Charles fucking slept him too, bro. yeah This guy's knocked out three back-to-back legends in the UFC.
00:24:14
Speaker
I've never seen, I don't think there's been a ah a more dominant sequence of opponents that somebody's finished that I can recall. I mean, that's Volkanovski, arguably be the GOAT of 145. Max Holloway, you could all...
00:24:26
Speaker
max hollowivey you could ah he could also be another GOAT of 145 or just a GOAT personality in MMA. I mean, he put out gay shit. That was fucking a GOAT moment. Oh, that was great. You know what mean?
00:24:40
Speaker
But Taporia slept him, and then you got Charles Oliveira, another guy who's like, potentially like a lightweight goat too. Like these are just all three legends. Literally slept all three of them. Didn't go to distance of none of them. Slept all three. And if he puts Gaethje on the list, like man, like that's the that's a crazy lineup right there. But ah I think I got Tapori. I think he gets it done by knockout.
00:25:05
Speaker
ah Yeah, yeah. No, man, I don't even need to repeat everything you just said. That is exactly how I feel. Teporia is just, I mean, as much as I love Gaethje, as much as I want to see him win every time he goes out, I just cannot see it.
00:25:17
Speaker
Teporia is on a, de disease ah he's a different animal right now. Like you said, the run that's that he's up been on and the domination that he has played put forth in in the in the octagon over the past few years has been, like you said, second to none.
00:25:33
Speaker
So I'm going with Taporia as well to pull out the victory here. Although, you know, sentimental favorite, we would love to see Gaethje win. But yeah, Taporia is probably the better fighter at this stage of the two's careers.
00:25:45
Speaker
For sure. Definitely. It's going to a great fight though. Yes, it will. Shout out to terry everybody tuning in. We appreciate a Shout out Hot Rod. Y'all check out the Bottom Line Sports, Him Canteen and Flow.
00:25:57
Speaker
Shout out Bo, IW2NF. We appreciate everybody tuning in. Thank you, Johnny. We really appreciate it brother. I know you got your road trip to continue. So enjoy. Be safe out there. Let the people know where they can find you.
00:26:12
Speaker
Yeah, I appreciate you, bro, for having me on the thing. And, yeah, I'll be back home later today. i'll be ah I'll be home on time for those fights tomorrow. You guarantee I won't miss those fights.
Closing Thoughts and Future Hopes
00:26:21
Speaker
But like I said, you guys can follow me on Instagram. I'm more active on Instagram and X. Same handle, at KidKavimbo. You can check me out there. um Stay tuned on my next fights. And I'm trying to get back in the UFC. So that's the plan. Hopefully that will be soon. And, yeah, always remember... um America first, baby. This is the best country in the world. And I'm excited for this car tomorrow, even though there's going to be a lot of lame politicians there. But, hey, fighting is in in our human DNA. We've been fighting since day one, since man was put here.
00:26:56
Speaker
Fighting always it's in every one of you. So just always remember, if you're listening to this, Fighting is in you. Anytime you're in doubt, you're you're just not feeling it. Like you feel like life it ain't there for you. You always have that fight in you because God's put that in you since day one. Mankind's been fighting since day one. We're going to keep fighting till the end of time. That's just how it is. So each your one eat you one of us alive on this world, we're all fighters. And tomorrow is going to be a treat for all the fighters, every human being worldwide, but especially for all the great ah Americans in this country.
00:27:31
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Yeah, I mean, ah that's tremendous advice um coming from Johnny Munoz, one of the best fighters in the world. He tells you to keep fighting, keep your head up, and keep moving. And, yeah, it is going to be great. I do wish, like you said, we had a lot more of a little more of the everyman, a little more of the UFC supporters and the fans instead of all the rich people and politicians that get to watch it. But whatever. It is what it is. Nothing we can do. We keep it moving. Thank you, Johnny. Really appreciate you, brother.
00:27:58
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Appreciate you, bro. Appreciate your service, too. Let's go. Hey, let's do it. I'll see you soon. We'll talk again. Yes, sir. Peace. All right. How was that? Yeah. You see, I bring the stars on Ball & Buzz. You already know we bring the stars. Johnny Munoz, how did you like that? and we got another star, a rising star in m MMA coming on in just a couple minutes.
00:28:21
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He goes by the name of Adarius Walls. He is the Attitude MMA champion. That's out of Memphis, Tennessee, Tennessee, just a little bit down the road from Nashville, where I'm at. So he'll be joining us in just a couple minutes to go over the whole card again and give his picks.
00:28:41
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But wow, how awesome was that? Having Johnny Munoz on again. Y'all make sure you follow him on IG at Kid K Venbo. It's right up there at the top. he had a he had only a few minutes because he's on a road trip in Cali.
00:28:54
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So we wanted to only keep him for about 15 minutes, but we were great to have him. And he came with the excellent Excellent analysis. And hey, we agreed on every fight except um except the ah the... Which one was it? The Derrick Lewis. I picked Derrick Lewis. He did not. But every other fight...
00:29:12
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We agreed on. We both picked Pereira and Teporia, although, as you noted, he said Cyril Gaunt could get the upset. And wow, how crazy would that be? So yeah, um again, tomorrow night, it's going to be crazy. It's on the White House lawn. Yeah, it does suck, right? Unfortunately,
00:29:33
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We don't get to, you know, the everyman doesn't just to go get to go sit there on the White House lawn and actually watch the fights. A lot of people who are actually part of the UFC family. um I mean, I've been covering UFC for a long time now, and I even covered them when they come to Nashville.
00:29:50
Speaker
But, you know, I was not approved when I applied to be able to go. So, you know, they're really strict on who they're allowing there. They're only allowing their media people. And Donald Trump, the president has handed out His, you know, seats to the people he wants, I believe ah how it went was Donald Trump had, you know, 5,000 seats. Dana White had 5,000. And I believe one of the owners of TKO, I don't think it was Nick Khan, but one of the other guys from TKO, I believe he got like 2,000 seats.
00:30:24
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So that right there is 12,000 seats out of, you know, however many they're going have there. I can't imagine it would be more than, you know, 10,000 people. I can't imagine.
00:30:35
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I mean, well, I just said 12, so that's not possible. I can't imagine it would be. That's funny. I can't imagine it'd be more than 15,000 people. You can't. I mean, how many people can they sit there? I don't know. That's a good question. i need to look that up.
00:30:45
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But anyways, it's going to be awesome tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to really want Alex Perry to get that third gold. And again, just think Tuporia is just too hard to beat. So let me see. I'm going to look that up real quick and see.
00:30:58
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ah How much seating on White House UFC lawn?
00:31:09
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How much? Oh, I lied. I lied to every single one of you, and I apologize for lying. I was completely off. The UFC White House lawn will hawk host approximately 5,000. So I apologize. I thought it could only be a little bit.
00:31:25
Speaker
So what it must have been, was because it says a thousand seats are reserved for the military i like that i do like that uh but that means that donald trump dana white and the other guy each got what like i mean you had to give donald trump and dana white a thousand each right so that's three thousand i guess the other guy could only get 500 maybe so what do you got maybe 500 1 000 1500 at the most um for other people that are not military or you know politicians or you know Dana White's friends. um
00:32:00
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or TKO affiliates. I'm sure even, you know, I'm i'm pretty sure, you know, ah what's his name? Oh, shoot. Why am I blanking right now? Turkey. I'm sure Turkey Alashik will be there. I'm sure Nick Khan will be there. I would not be surprised to see Triple H, ah Paul Levesque, who runs WWE. I would not be surprised to see him there.
00:32:22
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I would not be surprised to see the whole McMahon family there. Even...
00:32:29
Speaker
Could I be saying what I think I'm going to say right now? Let's not act like it couldn't happen. Linda McMahon is the education secretary. Not that we have an education department anymore anyways, but she is the education secretary. And I can damn well bet Triple H and Stephanie will be there. Probably Shane as well.
00:32:49
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ah Could we see Vince McMahon? Could we see, ah you know, I'm going with a hot take. I am going to say we are going to get a Vince McMahon appearance tomorrow night on the White House lawn. I'm calling it now a Vince sch McMahon appearance. He will show up because there's no way that the WWE w family is not going to be involved.
00:33:12
Speaker
There's no way that Triple isn't going to be there. um So then you got to assume that, you Yeah, you got to assume that that he's going to be there. So i am I'm very excited to see if that comes true and if Donald Trump shows up. So we'll see if that actually happens. Shout out to my brother, Clayton q performing at Ascend Amphitheater right now. If you love country music and you are in Nashville, head over to Ascend Amphitheater. They're having a free community day. Music is free. ah Games for the kids, food, all that good stuff. My brother Clayton Q is performing with a live band. It is going to be tremendous. Unfortunately, Clayton, I apologize. I cannot be there. I might try to come ah over after.
00:33:58
Speaker
I get done with this and see if you're still performing. But either way, Ascend Amphitheater. Shout out to you. That's awesome, brother. That's great. All right. Let's see what we got here. Let's see where a Darius is. Let me hit him up on Insta.
00:34:14
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uh all right cool i hit him up so yeah and the funny part about the lawn is it's called the claw that's what they call the octagon the claw how crazy is that oh by the way though if you do want to watch as a spectator they are giving free tickets out 85 000 spectators will be able to watch on the ellipse which i'm from dc so i should really know this i believe the ellipse is where the reflecting pool is right by ah between the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, I believe, where they hold like the White House inaugurations and stuff. I believe that's the ellipse.
00:34:52
Speaker
Don't quote me on that. Although I should really know that because I'm from DC, but I think that's where it is, which it would probably be pretty crazy, bro. 85,000 people on the Ellipse watching it and they're going to have a huge LED screen. I can't imagine how big that would need to be for 85,000 people to be able to see.
00:35:12
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I mean, clearly. Damn, what is that? A 300-foot screen? Not that they actually make that, but well i get how big are the screens in the... How big are screens and in stadiums?
00:35:24
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Are those like 200 foot screens? I think they're like, not 200 foot, 200 inch screens. Well, it had to be way more than 200 inch. Yeah, maybe it is 200. No, it can't be 200 feet.
00:35:36
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100 yards in a football field and a football field is 300 feet. And I'm thinking about Dallas Stadium because I've been there a couple times to Jerry's World.
00:35:47
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And I'm thinking of how big that stupid LED screen is. It's fucking huge. And actually, yeah, it takes up at least half the field. So, yeah, you've got to say that that screen in AT&T is at least 150, 250. I mean, 150, 200. Let me see. How is the LED? Oh, How big is the Jumbotron?
00:36:04
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oh big is the ah l e d oh no how big is the jumbo tron ah at... Yes, Dallas Cowboys. Somebody else has searched this.
00:36:18
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How big is the Dallas Cowboys... got
00:36:21
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160 feet wide. I was right. I said 150. 160 feet wide. So, yeah, just a little bit more than half of the field because the football field is 300 feet. So 160 just a little bit more than half of the field. So you would have to imagine this would this LED screen would have to be at least that big, if not bigger, for 85,000 people to see clearly. So that's going to be crazy. We'll actually see how that happens.
00:36:45
Speaker
And let's see what's going on. I don't know. Hopefully he'll be joining in just a second. But anyways, let's keep it moving. We got some other news to talk about. um They got bare-knuckle fighting coming next week to Nashville. They had Team in Combat League last night, or Team Boxing League, as it's called now, here in Nashville. I'm actually going to think I'm going to start covering that. I haven't yet, because they don't really have that great of fighters that I care about.
00:37:15
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But they do have one, but he wasn't fighting last night. Shout out my boy. The kid, William Langston, ah he usually fights for them. But, um yeah, next week, bare-knuckle fighting coming into town. Friday night, I'll be covering that.
00:37:30
Speaker
So make sure you follow on Instagram at Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S. I'm going doing pictures and hopefully get some fighter interviews. BKFC is being very strict this time around. Last time I covered them, it was we were able to get fighter interviews and All that take video and stuff. This time they are restricting any video. They want their own video people. No one else, which makes no sense if you really want to get bigger.
00:37:58
Speaker
I mean, you might as well let content creators promote your stuff. So that just really doesn't make any sense to me. But they're restricting videos. They're restricting backstage access. I don't think they're going even let us do fighter interviews.
00:38:10
Speaker
So just follow on Instagram. So that way, when I put on pictures and stuff, you'll be able to at least see that because I don't believe that I'm going to have any video for YouTube on that one. So make sure you follow at Ball and Buds on Instagram, at Ball and Buds on YouTube. Make sure you subscribe. Hit that link tree up at the top, that QR code. it'll ah If you scan that, it'll take you to our link tree. You can find the YouTube and follow on Instagram as well um and all that other good stuff all right let's update on some sports other sports news until adarius joins us uh he said he needed a couple minutes to finish he just got off work so i'm happy he was able to join us anyways uh men's world college world series is going on right now oklahoma shooters uh shout out my boy from jay from unfair sports he's a oklahoma fan uh they're up to nothing over alabama very sad
00:39:07
Speaker
that my UCLA Bruins, who were the number one ranked team, lost to St. Mary's. What a great series it was, but I can't believe we lost. That was the first series we lost all year long.
00:39:21
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um So that sucked. But ah anyways, NBA Finals tonight. Woo! What a series we have been having, y'all. The Knicks and the Spurs.
00:39:33
Speaker
The Spurs did the regimen. They choked, choked, completely choked the game away.
00:39:44
Speaker
How horrible. You pissed me off, Spurs. You pissed me off. You know that I can't have the Knicks win. I hate the Knicks. I hate Knicks fans.
00:39:54
Speaker
All y'all Knicks fans should be locked up for all the stuff you're doing out there. All the destruction, fighting people. Beating Spurs fans up for no reason other than wearing a jersey. That is malicious and diabolical work, which should not be done. And, I mean, hey.
00:40:16
Speaker
Y'all keep messing around. Eventually, then them popo gonna come down on your ass. 5-0 ain't gonna let y'all keep riding out in them streets like that. ah Breaking up. a Man, man y um y'all are tripping.
00:40:30
Speaker
Y'all tripping hard in New York. Look, I understand winning, but it's like New York and Philly, man. At least, I don't know, man. I'm from the East Coast. We don't do that in D.C.
00:40:41
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I don't know. We don't do that in D.C. We really don't. Oh, look who we got.
New Guest: Adarius Walls
00:40:45
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Coming to the stage, known as the humble assassin The attitude MMA champ out of Memphis, Tennessee.
00:40:57
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a Darius Walls. What's good, brother? My God, what's going on? Long time no see. Hey, Salute fam. Yes, sir. I've been well, man. I see you ah rising through the ranks. and m MMA attitude, m MMA fighter of the month for May. Let's go. Talk to the people, man. Tell them what's been going on the past you know six months.
00:41:19
Speaker
i think the first time i talked to you i ain't had no belts and then i won one bill and then now here it is in march i got two bills let's go i don't i done got a lot of gold since i talked to you now you hear me everything i said ah did it yes you did i did it You spoke it into existence. And my brother, you are blessed dripping with gold. Just beautiful. Like Ric Flair, baby.
00:41:52
Speaker
Look at that. Man. who I'm so happy for you, but bro. i'm so happy for you, man. That's awesome. I'm always following you you know you you. know, we support you here at Ball and Buds. So, yeah. Let the people know where they can find you.
00:42:04
Speaker
man Y'all can follow me on Instagram. You type in humble assassin. My username is one S L I M slim underscore Reaper five.
00:42:14
Speaker
You can follow me on Facebook, 80 space visuals, humble assassin. You can follow me on millions.co. a There is the humble assassin walls, baby.
00:42:27
Speaker
We in the building, Memphis, Tennessee. You can also catch me at law school, MMA, pencil working and grinding. Yeah, shout out to the law school MMA fam out there in Memphis, just a little bit down the road from Nashville here. But yeah, no. ah That is the and's definitely tremendous what you've had going on. I want everybody to go out and follow him again. His IG is up there at the top, at 1SlimReaper. So go and hit him up, tap in, and follow his journey to the top. He is a very fast rising star in the MMA world. All right, brother.
00:43:00
Speaker
Well, let's get into this card. How do you feel about this UFC card tomorrow? oh i feel I feel great. I love the matchups. ah I feel like the most excited fight is for me is Illyta Porter fight because, man, I must admit, he's become one of my favorite fighters to watch.
00:43:22
Speaker
he He's so electrifying. Every time you watch him, you know it finishes right around the corner. um He started off you know with a lot of submission wins, and then now he's showing the world that he got them dynamites in his hands.
00:43:36
Speaker
oh But he also going against, man, Justin Gaethje. That's another guy that's, man, tough. He a vet. He also got that pop in his hands, too. And he come to fight. He come to brawl.
00:43:49
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Don't give us your winner yet. Don't give it to us yet. okay we We don't work it up. We got work it up. Shout out to, uh, shout out to SKNY 70 says Ilya wins. Hey, we'll get there in just a second and you'll get a Darius's, uh, pick there. But yes, shout out to everybody tuning in on YouTube at ball and butts and millions.co. We are live on millions as well. Shout to millions. If you are a content creator or athlete and want to do interviews like this, go ahead and sign up for millions. It is free. and you get to make great connections like the Darius. This is where we met on millions. So shout out to millions.co. All right, let's go through the ah card then here on the White House launch tomorrow. We'll go ahead and go through the undercards real quick and just get your ah your picks and then we'll get into the code in the main event and go through that in detail. So let's do let's start off with some of these undercard fights. First off, we've got ah
00:44:40
Speaker
Hold on, where's my list at? There it is. Diego Lopez versus Steve Garcia. What do you think about this fight and who do you guys are your winner? um I got robbed my dog, Lopez.
00:44:54
Speaker
You know, I just feel like it's mandatory. I met him in October last year when went to USC Vancouver. And, ah I mean, I'm a 125er, so a lot of people big. But Diego Lopez, he was big, strong.
00:45:09
Speaker
He got that mullet going. So I feel like anybody with a mullet, you know what saying, they so they can swag out a mullet. I'm rooting for him. I got Lopez by submission. That's my guy.
00:45:22
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Yeah. I mean, look. I got Lopez as well. He is a beast of a fighter. Now, as um Johnny Munoz was on before you, he he's he knows Steve Garcia.
00:45:34
Speaker
And he says Steve Garcia is no punk. He's going to put up a fight. But we both picked Lopez as well. Okay. All right. Cool. Moving it on. Bo Nickel versus Kyle Dacus.
00:45:45
Speaker
Who you got? Man, of course, I feel like you got to ride with the young rising star, Bo Nickel. You know, ah he's so electrifying as well. You know, he got a great fan base. A lot of people ride for him. um One thing I can say is I'm loving the way he's transitioning from going in you know,
00:46:07
Speaker
wrestling and you know most wrestlers he added that overhand you know because easy to kind of transition and chain your wrestling together off overhand uh but i'm loving the way his stand-up is evolving so i would love to see him come in there show the world that he's continuously evolving as a striker and he's not just a one-dimensional fighter a wrestler which you know he can always go to wrestling anytime he wants to but you know show the world that you're getting better so Bo Nickel. oh let's Let's go Bo Nickel for a knockout. let's see Let's see what he can do.
00:46:42
Speaker
Yeah. And I mean, as you mentioned though, right? um A three-time national champion wrestler and a four-time All-American at Penn State.
00:46:52
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ah he's five and He went 5-1 in his first three years. A much heralded prospect is Bo Nickel, as you mentioned. um you know Dana White, he you know he handpicks his people sometimes, and that was one of the people that he was really pushing.
00:47:07
Speaker
So you're right. He can go to the wrestling at any point in time. but Any point. He can also strike. So yeah, I'm with you. I as well am going Bo Nickel here. So that's three for three. Munoz as well went with Bo Nickel. So let's move it on to the next one.
00:47:22
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Mauricio Ruffey versus Michael Chandler. Oh man, we talked about this one and we, this is going to be a heavy hitting fight. Who you got in this one? Man, I got Ruffy. I got my dog, Ruffy. That's my dog, you know. ah Man, I model ah model parts of my game after him, you know, little pieces. And he's somebody that i watch. I feel like he a rising star as well. It's certain people that, like, I can gravitate towards. and
00:47:53
Speaker
And so when I watch him, it's like I got a root for him because, I mean, I must admit, I'm stealing their moves. Yeah. You know what I mean? And so Ruffin, he one the guys that I can't admit I steal some moves from. I love his game and I love the way he went out and knocked out. I can't remember his last fight, but it was against a guess a ah bigger guy that was kind of more like Michael Chandler as well.
00:48:17
Speaker
And so he showed the power to put them away. And Michael Chandler, he got that dog. He a brawler as well. I know he gonna bring the fight, but I just believe Ruffy got a little more finesse and he a little more polished and he can hit him with some more cleaner shots. I got Ruffy for the knockout.
00:48:34
Speaker
I got Ruffy for the win, for the win. For the win, okay. For the win. Yeah, Ruffy, he beat Rafael Faizov was who you were thinking about. Right, right. yeah yeah he yeah He got some mean combos.
00:48:46
Speaker
Yeah, and i mean, look, as a fighter, if you're not taking the best moves from better fighters or not better fighters, but, you know, yeah ah as good fighters, fighters, you know, top fighters, um you're not trying hard enough.
00:49:01
Speaker
If you're a boxer and you're not taking moves from Terrence Crawford or Canelo, or if you're a fighter, you're not looking at John Jones or whatever, then you're not trying. If you're not trying to you know get the best move. Now, granted, everybody has their own style of how they fight, um but you know you you should be looking at other people and trying to steal their best moves, so to say. so Shout out to Ruffy.
00:49:24
Speaker
Then put my own little twist to it. Like you said, you go nobody is me. you know so That's right. Yep, that's right. I got Ruffy. Michael Chandler, ain ain't he ain't no joke, though. And he ain't going to out like no punk.
00:49:37
Speaker
But yeah, I'm with you. That's three for three. We all had Ruffy. All right, let's move it on. Josh Hockett versus the fan favorite, Derek Lewis. Who you got in this one? ah You know, I got to go against a fan favorite.
00:49:50
Speaker
You know, got to go. got to go with Josh. Okay. I got to ride him. Man, I know everybody watched his fight with Curtis Blades. That was, he shows the real heart against a bigger guy.
00:50:03
Speaker
We know Derek Lewis. He's ah like, what, number one in UFC knockouts of all time. He got the most knockouts. All-time knockout leader. Yep.
00:50:15
Speaker
I just think i think Josh got a little more finesse. I think he can make a miss, but I didn't like the way he stood and took those shots. So I got Josh, but Derrick Lewis, is he is the man. i got Josh. I got Josh. I got Josh. Okay. No, and that's – you and Munoz both picked Josh. So now I'm thinking about changing my pick because I picked Derrick Lewis. He's a fan favorite. I love Derrick.
00:50:41
Speaker
And you never know. Like you said, he can knock out. So if he gets one hit on you, he could knock you out. if you know, all it takes is one punch. so Yeah. But – but Now I've been educated by two MMA fighters who have both went with Hawkins, so now I think I need to change in my pick. But you're right, Hawkins came in.
00:50:57
Speaker
I mean, he just, you know, less than 10 months after earning his contract, he went out and beat Curtis Blades, who's a top five fighter. Now, again, Lewis is the all-time knockout leader, but, ah you know, Hawkins is looking to ah get his fourth consecutive UFC victory and go to 10-0 overall, so he is still undefeated. Yeah.
00:51:19
Speaker
I'm still gonna stick with my pick and shake the Black Beast gets a knockout. He gets him with that one punch. See, he a one punch knockout, but his last, I think it was his last fight, he just had a hard time setting a knockout up. He was going for the big swings and big swings, and the guy was able to see it and miss, and he didn't really set the big swings up.
00:51:43
Speaker
And so, um I kind of feel like, you know, with all this pressure, you know, um Trump, he specifically requested Derrick Lewis to be on the card.
00:51:54
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So it is a lot of pressure on Derrick Lewis. So I don't think he going to handle this pressure well, as well as Josh will, as far as the finesse and and moving and, you know, taking his time. Because I love the way Josh, I'm going tell you, that last fight with Curtis Blades, I'm taking it.
00:52:14
Speaker
i'm taking so I'm taking it. I'm taking There's some great things he did that last fight that I must admit I stole some. 100%. There you go. Hey, yeah like we as we talked about it. right, cool. There you go. So how about this? ah Oh, shout out to Rock Chalk and everybody tuning in.
00:52:31
Speaker
Salute, Rock Chalk. If y'all like true crime, best true crime podcast on YouTube. Salute. Thank you for tuning in. Make sure you subscribe. All right, let's move it on. shaw Sugar Sean O'Malley. ah versus Iman Zahabi.
00:52:45
Speaker
Who you got in this fight? Oh, man, I got Zahabi. I got Zahabi. You know, I think a lot of people going in, think Sean O'Malley going in. I must admit, I do think Sean O'Malley is the better fighter, you know?
00:53:01
Speaker
And the best thing going for him is the range control. But as as we can see, I feel like he's kind of I'm not gonna say in the decline because he's so great, but I feel like he's kind of staying stagnant to the point where fighters can kind of study him a little bit more. Okay. You know, and so the things that he's been working on is I feel like he's mastered it, but he still hasn't proven that he can consecutively knock people out. And, you know, he set people up and he hit them and he beat them down, but he's not knocking nobody out.
00:53:34
Speaker
um I think Zahabi can, he can weather the storm. I think he can get O'Malley in some bad positions and take advantage of it. And I feel like he can at least come out with a unanimous decision.
00:53:47
Speaker
Yeah, and that's the thing is that he's a he's a Brazilian black belt in jujitsu and has good wrestling. So he hasn't used it a lot recently, but sugar that's where sugar same sugar um sugar sha that's where he struggles a lot is in that department. So we could see Zahabi bring that out in this matchup with O'Malley.
00:54:10
Speaker
um I'm still going to stick with O'Malley. I think he's just going to be so hyped up for the card and being in America and at the White House. I just think he's going to um i just think he's gonna pull it out. I think he will. Says Sean so i said he was lacking.
00:54:26
Speaker
Okay, so Sean said he was lacking focus. He's focused again now. Oh, slacking. Okay. he's focused now well look he was and he did he had a little bit of a stumble there right he was also like bo nickel very high prospect coming in uh one of dana's hand-picked fighters um and he stumbled a little bit there so he needs to his he's turned back more into a a sniper and a low strike output fighter at this point of his career but as long as he makes sure that those strikes are on point that's all he needs So yeah i think I think he's definitely going to, oh, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, hey, once you start puffing, you got to, you know, you start fighting wrong, girl. Come on, man. You know that. He said you to put and matt I think he made a couple of videos. He was training and smoking, and it ain't working, buddy.
00:55:13
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Hey, yeah, if you're a fighter and, you know, look, um I completely support anyone. You want smoke, you do your thing. Enjoy. But as a fighter, I don't know how well that would actually work in terms of training. I don't I don't work out that hard. I go to the gym, but I'm a fighter trainer, so I don't know. i feel like with with some with a lot of the good fighters that smoke, they can get they get away with it.
00:55:39
Speaker
The great fighters. I don't see great fighters doing those things. Well, there you go. I mean, that's probably, that might be something that like separates the good from the great. And if you can't have maybe that discipline to put it down, then maybe you don't have the discipline to be one of the best fighters in the world. So yeah, maybe you're right. All right, let's move it on.
00:56:00
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Our show. Co-main event. Oh my goodness. I am so excited for this fight. The interim heavyweight championship versus Alex Pereira versus Cheryl.
00:56:14
Speaker
Gone. Who you got, brother? Man, I got to go with my boy, Ferreira, man. I got to. I feel like it's no way around it. You can't go around him.
00:56:25
Speaker
Your damn show can't go through him. Alex Ferreira, let's bring it home. You know, I think i just think Cyril Ghosn, he's a striker. First and all the other parts of his game is just he's not a better striker than Alex Ferreira.
00:56:42
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All the other parts of his game is not well-rounded enough to take advantage of Alex. It's not happening. i don't see it. Sir Gunn, he wasn't able to beat Ngannou.
00:56:53
Speaker
I feel like he's gonna fall short again. He's just, feel like he's just gonna be the guy that's just, he's just always been number two behind John Jones, behind Alex Pereira, behind Ngannou.
00:57:05
Speaker
Whoever he fights, he's just gonna be number two. He's just gonna be that guy. He was really good, but you're number two. Alex Pereira for the knockout. Let's go. Yeah, I completely agree with you. I mean, I feel bad saying it, but Ghan is kind of like that. He's like the stepladder.
00:57:21
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He's like what people will use as a, you know, a kind of a gauge where you're at in the heavyweight division. But he's never going to be a champion for a long time because there's always, you know, so better fighters that are in the division at the same time that he is.
00:57:34
Speaker
unfortunately. um and Bring your camera down a little bit. We're missing. There you go. get you Just to bring your face into the picture. um Yeah. So I agree with you there. And he's going for three goals in three different weight classes. First fighter ever.
00:57:49
Speaker
If he does that. History will be made. History will be made. Yeah. Munoz was saying that he could see a gone upset possibly um if he catches them, but that he thinks Pereira is going win too. So, but if that gone upset happens, that would be pretty crazy.
00:58:04
Speaker
Man, I feel like if... What's the other guy, Pereira, just fought? Oh, ah ah shoot. um Oh, now I'm blanking.
00:58:15
Speaker
I just said it earlier. God bless. Hold on. I feel like if that if if that if that guy can't beat him, I don't feel like Sirigan... I just said his name earlier.
00:58:27
Speaker
i feel like Sirigan got more tools to beat him, but I don't think he got more heart than... um day I can't think of his name. Let me see.
00:58:38
Speaker
I'm looking up at his shirt dog right now. Hold on. Who did he fight last? Oh, Uncle Lev. Yes, Uncle Lev. That's right. Not him. Or Uncle Lev. Not him, not him, not him, not him.
00:58:50
Speaker
Who are thinking about? The light-skinned dude.
00:58:55
Speaker
Light-skinned dude. ball I think he had the bald head. I don't know, bro. I'm... um The fight, everything was like two fights ago. So he fought Akulayev, he fought Roundtree.
00:59:08
Speaker
Roundtree, Roundtree. Roundtree, okay. Roundtree. I do not feel, I feel like Sirigan do not got more heart than Roundtree. Okay, got it. He might got better tools, but he don't got more heart than Roundtree. Roundtree gave everything he had. He dedicated everything to it.
00:59:25
Speaker
Sirigan, I heard some stuff about him. I don't think he got more heart. Okay, wow, there you go. Hey, insider information, let's go. yeah All right, let's move it on to the final match of the evening, the main event, the lightweight championship unification bout between Ilya Teporia and Justin Gaethje. You was said earlier, this is your fight of the night. You are so excited to see it. Give it to us. What do you got on this one?
00:59:57
Speaker
We got a banger from the left. We got a banger from the right. yeah And when these guys meet in the middle, it's going to be a boom.
01:00:11
Speaker
Hey, I got Ilya Taporia, baby. I got Ilya Taporia. You know, he got some, he got, i feel like he got more finesse. The way he put his combos together is way more strategic.
01:00:27
Speaker
oh Justin Gaethje, like I said, man, he's a great fighter, but at times he can become a brawler and somebody that just swings for the fences. And Ilya Taporia, the type of person, he capitalizes off your mistakes. If you make a mistake, you gonna pay.
01:00:45
Speaker
And so Justin Gaethje, he has to be perfect tonight. And I just don't see a perfect Justin Gaethje front Ilya Taporia. Let's go. I mean, yeah, that's facts. That's both what ah Johnny and I both said as well. Look, Gaethje, he's a fan favorite for a reason because he goes out there and he's going to give all all he has. He's going give his whole heart out there. He's going leave it on them in the octagon. He's going to throw all the punches. He's not going to leave anything out there, right? He's going to gas everything that he has.
01:01:16
Speaker
But Chaporia... is just a different animal, yo. He's a beast right now. We were talking about the run that he's been on, and we say that we were saying that it might be one of the best runs, if not the best of all time. He beat Volkanovski, who is the GOAT, you know, at 145. He beat Holloway. Knocked him out.
01:01:37
Speaker
And then he went and beat, um what's his name? Damn, now I'm blanking again. Help me out here. I'm blanking. Ah! Hold on. Now I gotta look it up again. I'm blanking. I just said it earlier. I'm so mad.
01:01:48
Speaker
Hold on. Let me look up Teporia's last fight. I should know this off the top of my head. oh Let's see. There he is.
01:02:00
Speaker
Oh, Olivera, thank you. Damn, Olivera. Mokunowski, Holloway, Olivera. Three you know legends in this game. And he just just dominated all three of them.
01:02:14
Speaker
The gap. It's just the gap between himself and everybody else. like He's a total package. you know he He got heart. Like I said, he came in getting submissions.
01:02:27
Speaker
And now he knocking people silly. He knocking people that knock people out. He did not now, you know, he, yeah he knock he's bullying the bully. That's exactly right. You know, and it's just great to see like, he just, I don't see any father that can put him in a bad spot. Really? You know what i mean?
01:02:48
Speaker
Man, it's crazy. He, his timing, his patience, his power, the The way he put his combos together, they so strategic. He's not just out there throwing combos.
01:03:01
Speaker
No. But when he do, You might go to sleep. You might go to sleep. That's scary. That's scary. You know, oh like I said, Justin Gaethje, this is the perfect fight. This is the perfect fight for him to show people like, isn't if you down it out, you never down it out. Because Justin Gaethje better believe he got the power to knock somebody out.
01:03:26
Speaker
Oh, yeah. You know? Oh, yeah. And I was watching Elizabeth Poirier, and it was a the fight that he almost lost. Not too many people kids can last the way he got. think it was a head kick.
01:03:41
Speaker
I think it was head kick or a knee. And it's like he was out, but he he's he found it in his self-defense. Come back. you know A lot of people just don't got that it.
01:03:53
Speaker
You know, that it. And Ilya Zipura got that it all across the board. i got him still undefeated. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm with you. a Different kind of animal on a different kind of run right now. And but he's dominating, like you like we strike like you know like you said, legends and goats and people that knock out other people. He's putting them down.
01:04:15
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01:05:13
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01:05:26
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01:06:47
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