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A single UFC card can change how you feel about an entire division, and UFC 327 does exactly that for us. We start with the stuff fans love and refs hate: bloody exchanges, surprise submissions, and the kind of early-prelim chaos that makes you glad you tuned in from the first fight. We also get into the judging and officiating moments that actually matter, including point deductions for eye pokes and how consistent enforcement could reshape fighter behavior over time.

Then the night swings hard between emotion and disappointment. We talk about Cub Swanson’s retirement win and why it feels so rare to see a veteran leave the sport with momentum and meaning. Right after that, we vent about Reyes vs Walker and the danger of two hesitant fighters turning a hyped matchup into a staring contest. And because the MMA gods love balance, we spend real time on Hokit vs Curtis Blaydes, a heavyweight fight with ridiculous strike totals and real heart that reminds everyone what “Fight of the Night” is supposed to look like.

The biggest conversation is the light heavyweight title fight: Carlos Ulberg vs Jiri Prochazka, an early leg injury, and the split-second tactical choice that changes everything. We unpack the “mercy” debate, the online meltdown, and the injury timeline questions that could force the UFC’s hand on the belt. From there we preview the upcoming UFC schedule, including Burns vs Malott, Della Maddalena vs Prates, and UFC 328’s headline drama, plus we react to the UFC signing of Gable Steveson and what Olympic wrestling could inject into the heavyweight division.

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Transcript

Welcome And Card Overview

SPEAKER_00 0:16

Welcome back, dear listeners, to Peak Points. Today is going to be primarily a UFC episode, focusing on UFC 327, which had just passed, with many excellent fights to talk about. And then we have several fights upcoming ending with UFC 328. At least the headliner looks to be a banger. We'll see about the rest of the fights. After that we have some UFC news to talk about. And with that, let's get into the octagon.

SPEAKER_02 0:51

Oh man, Harley. Uh this is a strange feeling for me with what just passed it on this fight card. 327? UFC 327. April 11th in Miami. A date that I'll never forget.

SPEAKER_00 1:10

A day of infamy, you might say.

SPEAKER_02 1:12

Uh I just said. I sincerely have a lot to talk about on this card. Uh, I really want to talk about Je and what happened. I really want to talk about that banger heavyweight fight.

SPEAKER_01 1:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:29

But I'll start off with the early prelims, because even they were exciting.

Wild Early Prelims And Bloodbath

SPEAKER_02 1:34

I watched every single fight on this card. Charles Radke versus Francis Prado, uh Francisco Prado. I'll start off with that one. Very fun fight, a lot funner than I expected. I thought it wasn't gonna be uh as exciting. Right. And Francisco Prado getting hit with a nasty elbow, like literally right in the middle of the forehead, and it just would not stop bleeding. And no matter what the cut man would do.

SPEAKER_00 2:01

Yeah, it left a nice blood spot on the mat, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_02 2:04

Yeah, yeah, you could see it throughout the rest of the fight. It was just leaking like a faucet. However, one funny part about it was the cut man doing all he can and gauzing it up and all of the all of his cutman stuff.

SPEAKER_00 2:19

All of his ticks, all of his tricks and stuff.

SPEAKER_01 2:22

And literally it just started bleeding as soon as he got up, just started leaking again, and he just threw his hands in the air.

SPEAKER_00 2:28

I've done it all. Can't fix that.

SPEAKER_02 2:31

Well then. Uh uh that was fun. Charles Radke winning by unanimous unanimous decision, and I think he earned that one. Right, yeah. Uh Hall of Fame inductee, Calvin Gastilum versus Vicente Luque getting bodied uh in round one by submission and Luke. That was a bit of a surprise. Luque looking very good though. That that was surprising too, because he looked sharp in that one, uh, including his hands.

SPEAKER_00 2:59

He was hungry for it.

SPEAKER_02 3:01

This fight afterward, very exciting, and I love the performance. And Chris Padilla versus uh Markel Madeiros. Chris Padilla took this fight on short notice, mind you, and did not make weight. However, he looked nasty sharp in this one. Uh uh incredible pace from him against Madeiros. And the fact that they got a decision majority draw, uh, I I did not like that because I really think Padilla won that one.

SPEAKER_00 3:33

Right. Especially with that point.

SPEAKER_02 3:35

I think it should have been split decision, especially with that point reduction. We'll talk about that because uh I did like that this was not the only time that they deducted a point for an eye poke.

SPEAKER_00 3:49

Right off the bat.

SPEAKER_02 3:50

And and this is maybe setting a precedence in the UFC that uh eye

Eye Pokes And A Draw Debate

SPEAKER_02 3:56

pokes will not be tolerated, especially if they warn you about putting your fingers out early in the fight. So I d I definitely appreciated that on this card. However, Chris Padilla not winning on this, I I think that's a little bit of a robbery.

Suarez And Gamrot Wrestling Clinics

SPEAKER_02 4:11

Tatiana Suarez, Lupe Gudinhas, another great fight. Tatana Suarez putting a uh wrestling clinic on Godinhas and submitting her easily.

SPEAKER_00 4:22

Yeah, uh she showcased a lot of good skill for sure.

SPEAKER_02 4:27

And another great submission on the prelims was that Mateus Gamrat versus Rebovix. Uh I really felt this was like a levels kind of fight in the sense that Mateus Gamrot showed l a way higher level than Rebovics did, and Rebovix had no answers for the takedowns or the wrestling. Right.

SPEAKER_00 4:52

Yeah, it's uh I can't say Gamrot is my favorite lightweight fighter, but I've always I can't remember recall a single fight of his that I didn't enjoy.

SPEAKER_02 5:04

Yep, that's a great point.

SPEAKER_00 5:05

He's he's a very solid and entertaining fighter to watch.

SPEAKER_02 5:09

Hasn't been in a boring fight. And speaking of boring fight, because it started off hot and then the last round was lackluster, I would

Holland Wins But Fizzles Out

SPEAKER_02 5:20

say. Kevin Holland versus Randy Brown. Uh I was assured, I was sure that this was gonna be like a lock for Fight of the Night, performance bonus. Yeah. And apparently just not fun in the last round. Kevin Holland pulling this one out by unanimous decision, but uh not a performance to write home about, I think.

SPEAKER_00 5:43

Definitely didn't get performance of the night, that's for sure.

Aaron Pico’s Breakout Performance

SPEAKER_02 5:46

No, and I think this this one should have got at least a performance bonus by Aaron Pico versus Patricio Pitbull. Oh man, dude, Aaron Pico looked extremely nice in this one. He did. Looked like the phenom that everybody was talking about prior to his arrival to the UFC, including myself. Uh but that's ne neither here nor there, right? Yeah. Um that was AI. Uh anyway, Aaron Pico putting a striking and all-around great performance against Patricio Pebble, who also did not have any answers.

SPEAKER_00 6:28

Yeah, Pico he he had a very commanding presence of man. And he didn't lose it really. He he kept he kept on the gas, he kept the pressure, he got he got hit, but he didn't let it deter he didn't let it deter him. And it was just a a great fight.

SPEAKER_02 6:50

And I'll quickly add, I did like his uh versatility in his bag and that he learned from the last fight and didn't just go forward, didn't just try to dog him. He was measured and had great combinations, like the rips to the body, like the two, three, four, and then uh back till one.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

It was Yeah, he he did an excellent job of bringing out some variety from his toolbox into this fight.

Cub Swanson’s Storybook Retirement

SPEAKER_02 7:21

And then we move on to that main card that featherweight bouts the retirement fight of Cub Swanson.

SPEAKER_00 7:29

What a great fight. Versus Nate the Train and sweet, but it was good.

SPEAKER_02 7:35

And I feel bad, quickly, I'll just say I feel bad for Nate the Train because he needed this win as well.

SPEAKER_00 7:40

Yeah, it was it was a good fight if you're a Cub fan. It was not a good fight if you were a Nate fan.

SPEAKER_02 7:44

Yeah, and I think this is just not just if you're a fan of Cub, but if you're a fan of mixed martial arts as a whole, seeing uh uh when he won this in amazing fashion and that little pack the video package that they had for him at the end. Yeah, that was a pretty emotional. It was emotional and it was deep and it was more than just a video, it was like a showing of the stamp that Cub Swanson l leaves in the UFC. Yeah, and he's on the list for uh most finishes now. You know, he's on that list now, and so uh leaving a piece of history with him, Cubswanson, but uh like not too many people get to retire in this sport like this. Yeah. On on a win like this.

SPEAKER_00 8:38

On a win without without the loss, that that's a special thing for him.

SPEAKER_02 8:44

It's special and it also just the way he won, the way he fought against Nate the Train, it looked like damn, this guy still got it at 42 years old.

SPEAKER_00 8:57

Yeah. And honestly, something that was said during the fight was uh when you begin coaching, you start to really refine a lot of your own techniques, and you could see it, in my opinion. It he was he was very crisp, very economical in his movements. Yeah. It wasn't a lot of wasted movement bouncing around and and faking jabs and stuff like that. He he was meaningful and direct with his movement, and it worked very well for him.

SPEAKER_02 9:34

Yeah, uh impressive performance, Cup Swanson, impressive retirement fight, uh, and we'll remember it as one of the few that actually goes out uh uh with a bang.

SPEAKER_03 9:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 9:47

Uh speaking of going out with a bang, one that did not go out with a bang.

Reyes Vs Walker Falls Flat

SPEAKER_02 9:54

That light heavyweight bout between Dominic Reyes versus Johnny Walker. Uh Dominic Reyes won, but I do not want to talk about this fight as it was very lame.

SPEAKER_00 10:05

I have something to call this fight. It's the fight of the hasbins.

SPEAKER_02 10:12

Damn.

SPEAKER_00 10:13

It's harsh. You're cooking. But honestly, neither one have really redeemed themselves since their quote unquote fall from grace, you know?

SPEAKER_02 10:25

Uh I've I've when we watched it together, I I talked about the fall from grace of Dominic Reyes, how highly we thought of him, uh, us and a mutual friend were speaking about it, how this guy went from I I would say beating John Jones, nearly beating John Jones. Yeah. Uh I watched that one live and I also watched it back afterward, and I did feel that Dominicus Dominic Reyes had a a good performance against John Jones. Right. AKA the greatest of all time. And I think the fall from Grace is like this guy didn't just fall from heaven, he he fell from a different universe, bro. Because right after it just was L after L after L. Yeah. Getting back up on his feet, and then finally putting some good runs together, and then getting bodied by Olberg, uh, who's featured on this fight card too. Yeah. Preview. Um But Johnny Walker, on the other hand, like they did hold him at high regard when he started coming up and stuff like that, but these guys put up a performance that was pitiful, and honestly, they both looked like they did not want to get hit. I think they saw the memes that were like all the memes were saying that they're gonna knock each other out at the same time. All the videos of like the eight created videos of them. Yo, they're gonna knock each other out. This is gonna be the goofiest knockout of of all time.

SPEAKER_00 12:01

It's it was it very much seemed like they were very focused on not being goofy, and that was the extent of it.

SPEAKER_02 12:08

Yes, I had a friend say uh either one of them did not want to become the next meme.

SPEAKER_00 12:14

Right, yeah.

Hokit Vs Blaydes Heavyweight Classic

SPEAKER_02 12:17

And we move on to that heavyweight bout that everyone is talking about.

SPEAKER_00 12:23

Josh Hokett, the meme king, if you will.

SPEAKER_02 12:26

Uh, the king of cringe, fight of the night, performance of the night, crazy. Both these guys got bonuses. Uh well deserved. A lot of people considering it one of the greatest heavyweight bouts of all time in the UFC.

SPEAKER_00 12:41

Major redemption for the heavyweights.

SPEAKER_02 12:43

And Curtis Blades did not lose stock in this one. What a dog. And uh putting up all-time numbers for himself with the striking. I mean, these these guys were were going at it, you know.

SPEAKER_00 12:56

They were wailing at each other.

SPEAKER_02 12:59

And uh Josh Hokett, you know, uh, I just want to say a lot of people were saying this is the first time we're all unanimously going for Curtis Blees to win. Um but uh him showing that it's not just all talk, and even though Dana White did not like him, he has said he walk he walked the talk, as he said. And that he grew on him, and even getting a opportunity after his win to fight in the White House, and uh from the details that I'm hearing, it was all set up that night.

SPEAKER_00 13:40

Yeah, yeah, he was on the phone right then, and or not right then there, but shortly thereafter, right next to the president.

SPEAKER_02 13:47

Called Derek Lewis.

SPEAKER_00 13:48

Calling people, and yeah, that's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 13:52

Uh Donald Trump apparently saying, Why isn't Derek Lewis on the White House card? Oh, yeah, because he he loves Lewis, and and that's his favorite fighter, and Dana White saying, like, yeah, that's a good point. Let's let's find out. Sets him up for the White House card. We don't have a fight for Derek Lewis, it's in a couple months. What do we do? And Josh Hokett comes up with this amazing performance, reportedly going to the uh both these gentlemen heading to the ambulance afterward. Oh, right. Heading in the hospital afterwards. Uh in ambulances. In the ambulance, Dana White asks, Josh Hokett, do you want to be on the White House card? And Josh Hokett saying yes. Oh god, yes. So them literally uh the announcers, Joe was it, Joe Rogan uh and and and DC DC reporting that uh I guess they made the fight. I guess they made a fight that day. Uh so this is all around not a traditional thing that I've never seen this to be on.

SPEAKER_00 14:56

To be fair, that fight is not going to be a traditional fight either.

SPEAKER_02 14:59

I I don't think so. And uh Josh Hokett, I think he needs to prepare even though it's a couple months away.

SPEAKER_00 15:06

I I hope he steps up. I think I hope he steps up his game, honestly. As amazing as that fight was, he needs more he he needs more of a gas tank, for sure.

SPEAKER_02 15:21

And it was funny that he was spamming the flip off emotes.

SPEAKER_00 15:25

That was that was amusing. I kept expecting it to uh fall flat or you know be an empty gesture, but he was he meant it. He he meant it and he was backing it up the whole way. I gotta say, it was funny. It was just it was a really, really enjoyable fight to see two big heavyweight guys straight up fighting, not just playing patty cake, not not gasping around while they're trying to take each other down or something. It was a real fight. And and what's honestly really impressive from Hoket is the fact that Blades is 30 I think it was 31, 31 pounds heavier. Heavier, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 16:19

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 16:20

Like, that is crazy. That is a huge weight discrepancy, and he was keeping up with blades, I wouldn't say easily. And stuffing the takedowns. He was stuffing the takedowns, and he was pushing blades around that ring. Which is very impressive.

SPEAKER_02 16:39

And impressive is uh a word that we could definitely use on this fight. Uh a fight that a lot of people, like I said, are calling a a generational fight. And I'm just happy to see us saying something good about the heavyweight division finally. Yes. Um, and not just the slop that we've been getting, you know.

SPEAKER_00 17:01

And uh that that win speech from Hokit though was very disjointed and didn't make a lot of sense to me. But that's his thing. Uh that's his thing. Also, to be fair, he was incredibly exhausted and on his way to the ambulance, I guess. So it makes sense.

SPEAKER_02 17:19

And even uh I think this guy's a madman. I think he's crazy. I think he's crazy, generally crazy. Uh uh genuinely crazy. And uh yeah, that's what's got giving getting him opportunities is you know his willingness to say yes and and to stand uh and like how Dana White said, uh walk the talk as he put it.

SPEAKER_00 17:40

Yeah. And I do have to just throw out there to back for those who didn't see it, the just to back up some of what we're saying, total strikes from Blades was two hundred and fourteen. And from Hokit was a hundred and eighty-one.

SPEAKER_02 17:58

Sheesh.

SPEAKER_00 17:59

Despite that rather large discrepancy, Blades looked way more banged up than Hokit did. Oh yeah. Way more banged up.

SPEAKER_02 18:07

Oh yeah. And it it like you were saying, like Hokit just had his bat he was in his bag, and I think that he was getting hit, but he was rolling with them rather well. Yeah, like and Curtis Blades would knock you out, man.

SPEAKER_00 18:21

Uh yeah, he he has the he has definitely has the power.

SPEAKER_02 18:25

These numbers alone are very shocking in the sense that they're in the heavyweight division, and this is not your typical thing. Usually it's just one hit and you're done, you know? Yeah. Uh so it was uh sincerely, I think it is definitely in to be considered to want for one of the best heavyweight fights uh because it was amazing, all around amazing fight.

SPEAKER_00 18:49

And then to back up for the against the total strikes, the significant strikes, Blades only had 174 to Hokets 177.

SPEAKER_02 19:00

Insane.

SPEAKER_00 19:01

So a lot more of Hokets were significant rather than glancing or man, whatnot.

SPEAKER_02 19:08

These are freaking video game numbers, dude. Uh insane for heavyweight. For heavyweight, these are video game numbers, dude. That's that's crazy. And uh neither guy went down no matter what, showing grit, heart, determination, and athleticism.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

They were not gonna let the heavyweights uh the heavyweights down.

SPEAKER_02 19:27

No, this was it. This was their the turning point of the heavyweight division. Uh adding to some excitement, you know, we're seeing what's what's evolving in the heavyweight division, uh, including a new signee that we'll talk about later in the episode. Right, right.

Paulo Costa Shines At Light Heavyweight

SPEAKER_02 19:44

And moving on with the fight card, we had that light heavyweight bout afterward. Uh Azumat Mirzakonov, who I had picked for the winner of this fight, um uh prior to the fight, and versus Paulo Costa making his light heavyweight debut. And uh Mirzakov came in undefeated and now has a his oh must-go, I guess you could say. Yep. And uh no longer undefeated. And I will add, great performance by Paulo Costa, redeeming performance by Paula Costa. It was, it was. And looked absolutely great at light heavyweight, and honestly looks like a natural light heavyweight.

SPEAKER_00 20:29

Yeah, he he very much looks much more in his element. He did not have like really any flab on him. He didn't look like he had to bulk up to get to this weight. Yeah, it looked like this is where he should be. And you know and the hits he was throwing out there is it shows that this is where he was supposed to be.

SPEAKER_02 20:53

Nasty kicks um and a variety of kicks, switching it up from leg kicks to body kicks to head kicks. Uh it was quite the impressive barrage of kicks that um Mirzakhanov really had no answers for. And very sad to see that an undefeated prospect like this gets bodied like that, you know, especially in the line heavyweight division right now with what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 21:21

I I felt that he just was not prepared to fight someone of the fight style of Acosta.

SPEAKER_02 21:32

I I don't really think it's that. I I've seen most of Mirzakonov's fight, I've seen h his fights in the UFC and he definitely l looked like he wanted to fight this one differently. And this is what I think. This is a personal opinion, hot take. Uh I think that Paula Costa got in his head because in the Lead up to it, he looked very upset. Like he was at like actually taking stuff personal, look like instead of what he usually looks like, which is stoic and gotcha. Like finally it it broke the stoicness of him, if that's a word. And Stoicism. Stoicism. It broke the stoicism of Mirzakonov, and also I feel like yeah, he like he wanted to. I think he even said like he wants to like break Polakasta. I think he was really It was personal. Like it was like almost felt personal. And it kind of showed because Mirzakonov in the beginning was like, like, I'm gonna stomp this guy. I'm gonna no matter what, I'm gonna go forward no matter what, and he was doing stupid things and taking nasty body shots that added up.

SPEAKER_00 22:48

Yeah, they did.

SPEAKER_02 22:49

And I really feel like yeah, Paula Costa got in his head, and I think recently an interview with Paula Costa him also saying that he felt he got in his head. And uh that kind of showed in the performance because Mirzakonoff was lackluster towards the end.

SPEAKER_00 23:05

He he definitely was quite worn down by round three.

SPEAKER_02 23:11

Getting Paulo Costa a uh TKO victory by head kick, very impressive. And speaking of impressive performance of the night headliner for the for the belt.

Prochazka Vs Ulberg One-Leg Chaos

SPEAKER_02 23:28

And this one was confirmed to be AI.

SPEAKER_00 23:36

This one was upsetting on a few different levels.

SPEAKER_02 23:38

A few different levels. Um I'll touch a little later about the social media and what I've been getting so far. Uh I'll paint the picture for you, listener. Former champion Jerry Prohaska and Carlos Olberg, a very, very exciting prospect. And uh he's making a killing in the UFC right now with knockouts and finishes. Yes. And they're both fighting for the vacant title which Poeton Alex Pereira left behind. Moving up to heavyweight. And what I saw, just them getting into the getting into the arena, was the immense booze for Olberg. Yeah. And the immense cheers for Jiri. So clearly, how many people were heartbroken in there, man? And uh that's the only problem was that they can't drink after this fight, it's already done so they could they have to go home and drink. In the walkout, all the booze for Olberg. In the walkout, all the cheers for Jiri again. And if you haven't seen this fight, I I highly recommend you guys watch this fight just to see what human the human body is capable of. I know that this is an amazing sport that we talk about all the time, and sports are often compared to other sports, right? But this was a fight that is without compare. This is a fight that tests human limits, I think, just in the sense of what happened. And I and I'll explain. And the this is a fight that you talk about that you don't get in any other sport. This is not something you get in any other sport. What happened in this fight and what was shown in this. Kinda, yeah, yeah, I would say.

SPEAKER_00 25:59

He he was not pressing the attack and and offering chances for Olberg not to have to get pushed or pulled around the ring.

SPEAKER_02 26:10

So early on to the fight, sorry, uh early on to the fight, Carlos Olberg injures his l I he said it was his knee, and they got it on camera. They show what looks like a snap behind the leg in the calf area. You could see the snap, and I think, just in my own opinion, um not to put a diagnosis on anybody's medical area injury, you know, uh look like an Achilles. And me and our mutual friend was saying, like, damn, like if it's an Achilles, there's no way this guy's even standing on it, much less fighting former champ, Jiri Prohaska on it. And at first, you know, he couldn't put any weight on it, and he was testing it and falling back every time, falling back, falling back. Seemed as though no matter what, if it gets past the first round, it's not gonna get past the rest of the fight. Like the coach's staff and him himself is gonna say, I can't you can't fight on essentially one leg.

SPEAKER_00 27:15

Right.

SPEAKER_02 27:17

And at first Jeri did not understand and was leg kicking him, boom, boom, boom, leg kicks uh on his lead leg, uh, which is the left leg and and not the right leg that he had injured, and Jeri backing him up, and then there was a moment, possibly a a show of mercy, like you were saying, where Jeri points to the ground and says, Okay, we won't walk around, we'll do it right here. And and I don't know what that was. Uh lapse in judgment clearly.

SPEAKER_00 27:48

It was not the aggressiveness that unfortunately these fights are called for. That's called for in these fights, rather.

SPEAKER_02 27:57

And pr precisely, yeah, exactly. Whether that was mercy or not, the fight continues.

SPEAKER_00 28:03

I mean, you can see there's a moment where he's pauses and he looks and he you can see he's considering something, and the tone, if you will, the movements of Jiri and the way he's fighting change. Exactly. You can you can try to say that he wa you can't say for sure that he was thinking that, but given the situation, given how deeply Jiri is into the whole samurai code and stuff, it it is and even what Jiri touched on, he didn't want to say that you know he gave up the fight or anything like that, but he did say he was trying to show mercy, and it definitely backfired on him. And especially hearing that looking back, you can definitely see it. But I even in the moment I saw it, he was like, he's he sees something's wrong and he's not trying to exploit it. So unfortunately it backfired on him.

SPEAKER_02 29:12

Precisely my point, and the fight continues with Olberg not putting not being able to put any weight on it. He's getting backed up, backed up, showing the left, showing the left, and an immense lapse in judgment from Jiri Prohaska pulling forward and eating one of the nastiest left hooks I've seen since Poeton and just starching him. Yeah. Flatlining Jiri.

SPEAKER_00 29:42

It's unfortunate that a weakness that Jiri has shown in the past was exactly what put him under again.

SPEAKER_02 29:52

Terrible lapse in judgment, and we have to see it from Jiri's perspective, obviously, with him saying himself that it was Mercy, uh, and Olberg himself winning a championship essentially on one leg. Yep, knowing that this was a Hail Mary, that this was a final chance, because at 345 in the first round, uh, we were not gonna see a second round, uh, you know, because he had no way to defend his other leg. And, you know, a lot of people are saying, like, damn, if that was me, I would have stomped that other leg. You know, but that I I don't think that's jiri. I don't think that's how he is, and like not not his style, you could say. However, Olberg winning that championship on one leg.

SPEAKER_00 30:44

Yeah, and and nothing we're saying and nothing Jiri said is meant to deride that or diminish it in any way. Yes.

SPEAKER_02 31:04

I I don't think he did try. However, I told you there was two sides to this coin, right? And on the Olberg side of the coin, he is taking it uh offensively, it seems like, even going as far as to say he does not want to give Jiri a rematch because he's saying that he's playing to the crowd and that he's being fake, saying that it was mercy, and that he watched the tape again and uh and it wasn't mercy. Whatever, whatever it is, whatever the case may be, the point stands that A, he won a championship on one leg, amazing. I did history, one of the greatest accomplishments that we've seen, not just in sports, but uh in just in human nature, I think, is just amazing. This is this go this takes me back to like gladiator kind of days, you feel me?

SPEAKER_00 32:01

It feels a little excessive, but okay.

SPEAKER_02 32:05

The point is, I'm hyped, very exciting win. However, and B he is injured, and we don't know the severity of the injury as of the time of this recording.

SPEAKER_00 32:17

Yeah, he's still slated to go get it checked out in Las Vegas.

SPEAKER_02 32:21

People are saying it's an ACL, it's an ACL. If it isn't indeed an ACL injury, then we're seeing we're not gonna be seeing Olberg for at least nine to twelve months, and that's if recovery goes well. Yeah, it has to go perfectly, and for him to come back the same, it's kinda scary prospect.

SPEAKER_00 32:44

So it's kinda it's really unfortunate.

SPEAKER_02 32:48

It's really unfortunate.

SPEAKER_00 32:49

I mean, even in the absolute best case, it really is just a relatively minor knee injury. He's not going to be able to train for months because an injury like that that incapacitates your leg like that takes months to heal at minimum. And then you have to train back and they can't they can't be um setting up a new fight until after he's healed. Exactly. And this is if his his healing goes perfectly. I don't see him fighting, even if this is not an ACL and it's it's a super minor, relatively minor injury. I still don't think he's gonna fight in the next nine months.

SPEAKER_02 33:38

I definitely don't think so, especially if it is an ACL. Uh, we're not gonna be seeing Olberg this year fighting for that belt, which raises the question. Do we give uh uh interim belt or do we make him vacate again? Almost and then we have Jiri back fighting for the belt again, again, again, again.

SPEAKER_00 34:03

Oh my god. The light heavyweight is becoming almost as cursed as heavyweight.

SPEAKER_02 34:10

Funny point. Raises the question, like, what the heck is going on, man?

SPEAKER_00 34:15

Uh yeah, I hear in about six months we'll probably be having uh Costa fighting Jiri. Jiri's gonna completely starch him, and then we're gonna be left with who the hell's gonna fight Ulberg again. And then Jiri's gonna do his what sixth or seventh title fight in a row.

SPEAKER_02 34:35

Funny statistic, sir. This is the third fight for the belt, and three times in a row he's been finished for the championship belt, only losing to three people in the uh two people in the UFC now, Alex twice, and Olberg now Olberg. Yep, all for the belt, three in a row.

SPEAKER_00 35:00

Man, that's that has got to be so frustrating for Jury.

SPEAKER_02 35:04

That's a crazy statistic, dude. Crazy stat. Yeah. Fight for the belt three times recently, and all three times a finish. Uh yeah, it's a little scary because then he goes on to beat everybody else, um, which is like you said, becoming a big issue in the UFC light heavyweight division.

SPEAKER_00 35:22

Yeah, other than Poeton and Olberg, nobody can beat Yuri.

SPEAKER_02 35:28

Now people are kind of wishing that Paulo Costa didn't win against this undefeated guy. Um, but uh I do think Costa's a nice um addition to that that division. Uh especially hit because of his performance too. But uh now I'll touch a little bit on the social media, what I've been seeing, people literally crying after this fight, after Jiri, after what happened. Oh yeah, yeah. Uh people literally yelling uh on social media everywhere, oh what an idiot, what a mistake, what an absent judgment. Crying, people literally crying. Speaks to Jiri as a fan favorite, and I do not think that after what Olberg said about that recently with that fake that he was fake and stuff, right, he did not earn any other fans on that one. Uh might maybe the ire of uh some MMA fans for sure.

SPEAKER_00 36:26

Yeah. Although, to be fair, that is a tactic that works for being quote unquote popular by being the person everybody hates. People love to hate. Which also means they show up to watch your fight.

SPEAKER_02 36:47

Amazing fight card. Uh and uh honestly, this is probably one of my favorite fight cards for sure that we've had in a good while. Uh cannot say enough about UFC 327.

SPEAKER_00 36:59

Other than the two who shall be named, it was a very great fight card.

SPEAKER_02 37:04

Uh other than the two Voldemorts. Yeah. You know, that's it. And we'll move on with the episode.

Upcoming Fight Nights Worth Watching

SPEAKER_02 37:11

We'll talk about some fight nights that are coming up. Uh, for example, Burns versus Malat on April 18th, Sterling versus Zalal on uh April 25th, um, and also that Della Madalena versus Protest.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

That one is gonna be a pretty exciting fight, I think.

SPEAKER_02 37:29

Uh gonna be extremely, extremely good. Um I'll start off with this Burns versus the whole fight card is really nice, actually. Uh even though I don't think it's completely. Yeah, most of it. Uh and I'll just touch upon some of the fights on this uh Gilbert Burns versus Mike Mullot. That's gonna be a very fun fight. I like Mike Millot. I like his fight style. Yeah. Very hard nose and a great finisher. And Gilbert Burns is uh a mainstay of the Welterweight division. He's you know, been around. Uh Kyler Phillips vs. Jordan should be fun too. Uh Nalo vs. Jai Herbert, and uh Yasmin Just Didivichus versus Karine Silva. That's gonna be fun too.

SPEAKER_00 38:11

I I know I've seen both of them fight, but I can't remember their fight styles. Are you what what are their fight styles again? Do you remember?

SPEAKER_02 38:19

Um they're both kind of uh wrestling heavy. I know that Karine Silva can definitely take her down, but Karine Silva has some pretty good striking, so it should be fun. Maybe we'll see some nice kicks.

SPEAKER_00 38:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 38:32

Uh after that, Sterling versus Zalong. A couple fights on that one as well that are very interesting, not to mention the main the main fight there. I'm going for Algernon Sterling on that one, honestly, even though I like Zalal. Uh Rafa Garcia versus Alexander Hernandez is on that card. Should be very fun. Yeah. I like Hernandez's style.

SPEAKER_00 38:54

I I think that will be that will be kind of an explosive fight, I think. I don't think we'll be disappointed by it.

SPEAKER_02 39:01

I don't think so. Grant vs. Martinetti and uh Jackson versus Rayoni Barcellos should be fun. Norma Dumont versus Jocelyn Edwards, I really like Jocelyn Edwards' style. Right. And the so far disappointment in the heavyweight division, Marcus Buchecha versus Span. I'm hoping to see some improvement from Buchecha and not just the wrestling and laying down.

SPEAKER_00 39:31

Right.

SPEAKER_02 39:32

It's it's it's not good, and I think if he does that again, the UFC's severely not gonna like that. Uh we've already seen.

SPEAKER_00 39:40

Especially after seeing how awesome heavyweight can be. Oh yeah. They have they need to start stepping up their games for sure. Yeah, I hope there's gonna be a lot of contracts that aren't re-signed.

SPEAKER_02 39:53

I hope the heavyweight division is um had their eyes on that and were like, damn, I gotta step it up.

SPEAKER_00 40:01

This could be so much better, and if that means I have to cut some dead weight, I will. Or at least I'm I'm assuming that's probably what they're gonna be doing.

SPEAKER_02 40:11

Exactly. And we move on to that May 2nd UFC fight night, Jack Della Madalena versus Carlos Prates. Oh man, strikers delight on that one.

SPEAKER_01 40:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 40:25

Uh against two of the best strikers in the Walterweight division. You know, Madalena's looking out to redeem himself after his you know performance against Islam. Yep. And Carlos Prates on that little tear, man. I think this is gonna be fireworks, and I think this is worth the price of admission alone.

SPEAKER_00 40:48

Right, right. That uh Dare Yush fight, that one's probably gonna be pretty fun too.

SPEAKER_02 40:54

Versus uh Quinn and Sal killed, uh the new minority killer. Uh um I'm just glad that um Jrew Dover's kind of getting that's kind of going away, and it's going into another mantle. A younger guy. Jrew Dover's like, I'm passing it on to you, bro. Yeah, you deal with the memes. Shamil Gazeev, uh, I I like him in the heavyweight division uh as well versus Brando. Uh McAliff versus Garimbo and uh Themba Garimbo. I'm I'm kinda surprised he's on a main card again. Um he's kind of been putting some lackluster performances up. And uh Taito Ivasa versus a sheriff, another heavyweight bout that I think uh we need to see some stepping up, man. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 41:44

I think uh I know neither one that I can recall have been very impressive.

SPEAKER_02 41:50

And I know that w Taitu Ivasa has a lot of fans. I'm not stepping on your guys' toes. Right. I'm just saying this guy needs a freaking win, dude. You can't uh we haven't seen this guy take a shoey win in how many years? I don't know. It's been forever.

SPEAKER_00 42:05

Now, admittedly, Shiroff did have a pretty decent fight. His last fight was pretty decent.

SPEAKER_02 42:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:10

Yeah, and uh so so maybe it will be better than I'm uh originally assuming, but who knows?

SPEAKER_02 42:17

Uh maybe another pleasant surprise. I don't know. I don't want to curse it. And uh Junior Topha's on that card, another guy uh who sincerely needs a win.

SPEAKER_00 42:26

Really does.

SPEAKER_02 42:27

Uh so I think that's gonna be a very exciting fight card. Just that main fight card. That main fight alone is just Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 42:35

And the one other fight I I do want to highlight on that one is uh Steve Ersig versus Tim Elliott. Oh yeah. That one is potentially gonna be really great.

SPEAKER_02 42:44

Uh I definitely think this one should be on the main card. I don't know what they're doing, but uh it hasn't been fully lined up at the time of this recording. Uh but uh that's gonna be a very high-level fight. I think that's gonna be very fun, and that's gonna be very high pace that we're we're getting accustomed to seeing.

SPEAKER_00 43:08

Now, I don't know if I've ever seen this guy fight, but there's a guy who who looks an awful lot like uh uh your average Jesus. Uh Wes Schultz. So we'll we'll have to see if any uh water walking or this guy just water turning into wine when you know when you when you handed the the water to see if it turns into wine.

SPEAKER_02 43:33

He just knocks out the dude and then the dude's like completely out like dead, and then he like revives him.

SPEAKER_01 43:39

Oh yeah, revives him that would be wild.

SPEAKER_02 43:43

Uh anyway. Yes, interesting point. This guy looked like Jesus.

UFC 328 Picks And Matchup Drama

SPEAKER_02 43:51

And uh we definitely want to touch on this one UFC 328, Saturday, May 9th.

SPEAKER_00 44:00

For sure. Good lord. I hope that goes better than I'm afraid it will.

SPEAKER_02 44:06

Strickland talked his way to a championship opportunity. Wow. Man.

SPEAKER_00 44:12

Not Strickland.

SPEAKER_02 44:15

Stepping on Nazarde and Imovab's toes, who was slated his last fight that he was the number one contender after winning that. Man, I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on. We do know that Hamza Chemayev and Strickland have a very uh interesting past, trained together, and uh there's several stories out. There's stories of Chemayev beating him in training, and there's stories of Sean Strickland beating him in training, supposedly.

SPEAKER_00 44:46

Well, I mean, when you're sparring in the gym, you're you're bound to have incidences like that, you know. So it it could be really interesting, it could be a really boring washout against. Yeah. We'll have to wait and see.

SPEAKER_02 45:02

We'll have to wait and see. I'm not gonna try to hype it up, but I did I was impressed by Sean Strickland's last fight against Fluffy Hernandez and the stuffing the takedown, which was, like I said last time, impeccable. But Fluffy Hernandez is not Hamzat Chemayev.

SPEAKER_00 45:20

His his takedowns are very different from Hamzat's.

SPEAKER_02 45:24

And maybe this is an easy payday for Hamza Chemaev. We'll see.

SPEAKER_00 45:29

And uh maybe he's just gonna tackle Strickland and just flying tackle him until it gets him on the ground and then chokes him and then I won't even choke him. He never chokes. He choking is a is the antithesis to him. You've gotta you've gotta just lay on him for the rest of the fight.

SPEAKER_02 45:49

Let's see how that one goes. Just the prospect behind it is is the exciting part, I think. Um and and the personal history.

SPEAKER_00 45:57

I'm personally leery of it myself.

SPEAKER_02 46:00

I'm leery.

SPEAKER_00 46:00

The one I'm excited for is is the co-ain.

SPEAKER_02 46:03

I'm leery AF. But what I'm not leery about is, like you said, that freaking co-mane that was recently added to this one. We were supposed to see it this past fight card. Uh, but moving it up due to supposed injury. Don't know on whose side, I will not speculate. The flyweight title on the line between Joshua Van and Tatsuro Tyra. Oh man, I think this is uh gonna be a flyweight classic, and whoever wins is gonna have to face Pantoja.

SPEAKER_00 46:39

And let's see how that goes. Do you have any news on how his injury's healing?

SPEAKER_02 46:44

From Pantoja, I mean from what I understand, he was it was an overextension of the elbow, not the shoulder, like how people were saying. The blind people, you know?

SPEAKER_00 46:55

Yeah, the people who don't know their anatomy.

SPEAKER_02 46:58

Or the ones they need to change their prescription. I understand. Yeah, you need to change your prescription every year, guys. And uh Pantoja says, recent interview with uh Ariel Hallwani uh stating that he's gonna start training soon. He's gonna start preparing soon, and he seems to be able to use his arm a lot better now.

SPEAKER_00 47:20

I saw him at a recent fight, and he seemed to be healthy, wasn't wearing any braces. No, he wasn't wearing braces like that, so it seemed hopeful.

SPEAKER_02 47:28

Uh hopeful is a very good word to put, and I hope my biggest hope is that he lets himself heal properly so that he is.

SPEAKER_00 47:37

I think he's an experienced enough fighter. He knows exactly how important it is for him to be fully healed.

SPEAKER_02 47:43

I think he knows his body. I think he just knows how he should be feeling. Yeah. And uh w we're hoping to see him back soon. Uh I like to consider the real flightweight champion of the world.

SPEAKER_00 47:57

My opinion, honestly. And I think that was a really weird fight.

SPEAKER_02 48:01

That was a weird fight. You know what happened to him all around.

SPEAKER_00 48:04

An injury happens and so it's an automatic loss. I didn't sit right.

SPEAKER_02 48:09

It does suck, huh? It does suck. It seems like, yeah, like bringing like a little ball paint hammer in your shorts. Right in the right in the knee. Oh, he's injured. Give me the belt. Right. Um people are saying that's how Joshua Vann celebrated.

SPEAKER_00 48:24

He was all hype, he was like, I beat him. Yeah, he didn't earn that in my opinion.

SPEAKER_02 48:29

Um no offense.

SPEAKER_00 48:30

I I understand fully how exciting it was.

SPEAKER_02 48:33

He's a young guy. And uh I'm also leery but excited at the same time about this heavyweight bout between Alexander Volkov and Waldo Cortez Acosta, who's on a freaking tear.

SPEAKER_00 48:47

Yeah, yeah, that one has a lot of potential.

SPEAKER_02 48:50

And I think uh this fight in general has a lot of potential because I know these guys are both trying to really set their stamp in the division and become the next contender for that heavyweight. So uh I think they're gonna go at it, man. I think uh hopefully they get some fire on their ass from this Hoket versus uh Blades fight. And they're like, we're gonna do that.

SPEAKER_00 49:14

Right. They see that volume and they're like, I need to at least be able to match that if I want to continue staying where I am in the rankings, much less go up. Because those two aren't gonna stay at the bottom forever. They're gonna keep they're gonna start working their way up, and you just need to be prepared for that sort of thing, you know?

SPEAKER_02 49:35

Yeah, precisely. And you even the fight before that, Sean Brady versus Joaquin Buckley, another very exciting fight. That was that one should be an X. This one should be epic. Uh these two guys are are are like you said, very technical and both looking for a win, both looking for redemption, and I think they're gonna be hungry, man. I think they're hungry in general. They're both like hungry guys, and I think they they definitely have a fire on their ass for this one coming up, man. King Green versus Jeremy Stevens, Battle of the Onks.

SPEAKER_00 50:12

I think um That one I'm kind of ambivalent to, I'll be honest. I think it's gonna be fun. I don't think it'll be awful by any stretch of the imagination. It just it doesn't rev my engine.

SPEAKER_02 50:24

I think it doesn't really mean anything, like as far as like rankings go. Right. I think it's just a very fun fight that they they threw in there.

SPEAKER_00 50:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 50:31

It get it gets some some showtime and both these guys are strikers and usually the neither guy is in a boring fight. They're either looking for a finish or get finished. So very fun. Or or I don't know, I'm kinda traumatized by that double Voldemorts fight we talked about earlier in the episode.

SPEAKER_00 50:57

And there's some surprising cards or surprising fights in both the prelims and the early prelims.

SPEAKER_02 51:03

Exactly. Jan Blahovitz on the prelims. Disrespect.

SPEAKER_00 51:09

He's he's number four ranked light heavyweight.

SPEAKER_02 51:11

Former champ.

SPEAKER_00 51:12

And he's in the prelims. That's that's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 51:15

Yeah, but this is a good fight though, versus Bogdan Gushkov. I psh I that looks really fun, dude. Uh Ateba Gautier versus Ozzie Diaz, another fun fight.

SPEAKER_00 51:25

Surprising to be in prelims. I mean, it I know they've been enjoying sticking Ateba in the prelims, but still it's kind of surprising that they're doing it again.

SPEAKER_02 51:37

In the early prelims, Roman Kopalov? Oh man. This guy was a boogeyman for a little bit and now he's an boogerman.

SPEAKER_00 51:50

He's been on a a bit of a slippery slope of late, but yeah.

SPEAKER_02 51:55

Uh Baisangur vs. Santos, uh Baisangor Suzakaev uh versus Santos on the early prelims. I I think that's one to look out for if you're gonna watch him early. Should be fun. Uh all around, amazing card. I I'm I'm sincerely, sincerely excited about this card. Uh, even though I I do think this might be easy money for uh Chemayev.

SPEAKER_00 52:19

I hope it's not.

SPEAKER_02 52:21

I hope it's not. I that's exactly what I was gonna say. He took the words right out of my mouth. I really hope that Sean Strickland is ready for this, you know, because um talks is way to a belt, man.

SPEAKER_00 52:37

He's really good at talking.

SPEAKER_02 52:38

He's really good at talking, dude. Really? Even though what he talks about is not good most of the time, but he's good at talking, dude. And uh like you said, let's just hope and pray that it's not another Hamza vs. DDP.

SPEAKER_00 52:55

Yeah. Uh yeah. Yeah, I really hope so.

SPEAKER_02 52:59

Uh I will say I've been shocked by Sean Strickland before. Nobody expected it. No. You know, maybe he's maybe he's like that. I don't know. Adversity or whatever.

SPEAKER_00 53:12

We'll just have to see.

SPEAKER_02 53:17

I don't know, like I kinda want to just fast forward, you know, like fast forward and then back up. Yeah. You get me? Like you remember the movie Click with Adam Saylor? He has a remote. Like fast forward and back up. Uh great movie, by the way, if you haven't seen that.

SPEAKER_00 53:32

It's okay.

SPEAKER_02 53:33

I think I think it's cute. The word I would use is cute.

SPEAKER_00 53:38

The uh the the overriding theme of it, or the thing you're supposed to get the takeaway from. That one's that was that's a good point. Yeah, live your life. Yeah. Life happens in the little moments, little moments, not just the big moments.

SPEAKER_02 53:53

Yep, and he regretted it at the end. Uh oh shpoiler, sorry guys. Uh I'll spoil a scene real quick.

SPEAKER_00 54:00

Spoiler of a nearly 20-year-old movie. I think it is 20 years old.

SPEAKER_02 54:04

But spoiler, there's a scene that I that I liked at the time was that uh when his boss is a complete a-hole, David Hasselhoff. Great performance, by the way. Uh, and Adam Sandler pauses it like after he's like done with him already, like, that's it. This guy's stuck me with the grunt work and yelled at me too many times. Pauses him, smacks him, bah, bah, bah, bah. Gets on the table, little poop in the face. Bro. And then please, and the guy's like, My coffee taste terrible. Stupid scene.

SPEAKER_00 54:41

I I I did just look it up, by the way, and it is actually exactly 20 years ago.

SPEAKER_02 54:46

Wow, fist bump.

SPEAKER_00 54:47

2006 is when it came out.

SPEAKER_02 54:49

Oh wow. Dude, I'm I don't know, man. I'm on it today. I'm in like Flynn, as the kids would say.

Gable Steveson Signs With UFC

SPEAKER_02 55:01

And I'll go ahead and end the UFC segment with one last uh amazing piece of news is it's very rare to see uh an athlete to see someone being vetted prior to joining the UFC. Someone who's so exciting uh and has a name uh because typically, you know, you you get a name once you're in the UFC. But uh the this new signee, Gable Stevenson, uh everybody's very exciting to see him join the UFC. We saw the announcement at UFC 327 in the crowd, right? Uh sitting right next to John Jones, uh his mentor, and how how often do we see that? That's very rare that we see uh uh news about a signing in the UFC.

SPEAKER_00 55:58

It has to be pretty exciting to be seeing news about it.

SPEAKER_02 56:01

And uh just shows the name, star power that this guy has. He's bringing to the UFC heavyweight division, which is another reason why people are excited. Not to mention that he won Olympic gold in wrestling at twenty-one years old, one of the youngest to do it.

SPEAKER_00 56:17

Absolutely wild to do that uh and Olympic level at 20 years.

SPEAKER_02 56:27

And very exciting prospect. Not to mention uh NCAA wrestling phenom. Uh he's tried several things and now he's trying his hand at MMA, currently undefeated in MMA, uh undefeated in combat sports right now, and being trained by why to consider the GOAT, John Jones. Uh a lot of people are putting a lot of stock on this guy, and they're hoping that he injects new life into the heavyweight division. And is he he got signed for the heavyweight? Yeah, he's a heavyweight.

SPEAKER_00 57:07

Oh shoot, I did not realize that. And so I thought he was light.

SPEAKER_02 57:10

Uh he's a heavyweight, and uh a lot of people consider him kind of a cheat code for MMA because he uh he's kinda like DC, you know, Olympic level wrestling uh elite and everything that he does, uh, and he's big and fast for being that that size, which is kind of scary, and what a lot of people are kind of, you know, hyping up. The fact that uh he he's basically a very exciting signing to the UFC. Right. And I myself am very excited to see what he brings to the heavyweight division. Obviously, we need some.

SPEAKER_00 57:53

Personally, what I hope for is I hope they throw a lot of fights at him and not just, you know, three and then he's at champion. I hope I hope we get to see him like absolutely clear the heavyweight division. Yeah, I'm not I don't want to I don't expect or even want him to fight all of them by no means whatsoever, but I I really want to see someone truly work their way up through the rankings rather than hop, skip, and a jump, and you're a champion. It's getting pretty old in my opinion. Especially for someone who just got signed.

SPEAKER_02 58:32

Exactly. Uh I know that the hype is real for this guy, I know that he's a phenom. However, at only 25 years old, I really feel the UFC should develop this. Developed him alongside John Jones, who's already developing his skill set, and but uh develop him and and like you said, give him some fights. Uh there's no such thing as easy fights in the UFC. Uh however, I know that the heavyweight division maybe he can fight some there's a few in the heavyweight division.

SPEAKER_00 59:07

Just just from that little bit of clip I saw him uh where he's introduced. Yeah. I I think he could handle more than a couple quite handily.

SPEAKER_02 59:16

Precisely.

SPEAKER_00 59:17

Even just staying out of reach for the first round, let them tire themselves out completely.

SPEAKER_02 59:23

Exactly. Regardless, uh very exciting signing to the UFC. A lot of people are excited. Social media is excited about this, John Jones clearly excited about it, he's excited about it. And uh one one thing that I'm very excited about is like I said earlier, seeing someone outside of the UFC have a name and bring bring that with them. Right. You know, it's just crazy. We don't see that often, and we haven't seen it in I don't know since when.

SPEAKER_00 59:53

So I think the most recent I can think of the two most recent was Kayasakura and Bia Mosquita. Um both of which champions in their own right, in their own um fight promotions and such. B Mosquita, I think she I don't think she actually participated in Olympics or anything, but uh then again I don't think Brazilian jujitsu is in the Olympics, is it?

SPEAKER_02 1:00:26

No, but um yeah, I definitely think it's basically the Olympics of the Brazilian Jujitsu. I definitely get your point. Yeah, it's just uh But it's not that often that we we get for sure. Uh precisely. I think this guy's hype is uh pretty high and for the heavyweight division.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:42

I did not realize it was a heavyweight, I thought it was light heavyweight. So I'm I'm super excited about that.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:48

Yep, exciting, and uh I'm very excited for the cards coming up, very excited for the news we're getting, uh, and very excited for the changes in every single division. It seems like a lot of moving parts, especially this year. It's more prominent this year, a lot of moving parts.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:05

Paramount has been excellent for the UFC so far.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:09

A breath of fresh air, I would say.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:12

Very much so. Very much so.

One Billion Dollars Or Silence

SPEAKER_00 1:01:17

And with that, I think we'll uh round out the episode with a lovely question that could be interesting. I didn't do it This is uh a from would you rather read it and uh posted by Forrest underscore tripper. Would you rather have one million right now or one billion if you don't speak a word for one year? The genie makes the offer. If you accept the one billion challenge, it starts immediately. Words uttered while you are sleeping do not count. Write slash type whatever you want, but if you say a single word out loud before the year is up, you get nothing. The genie is watching.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:15

So a billion and not speak for a year.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:18

Yep. And you're not gonna be able to fudge it, you're not because the genie's there, always present. Watching. You're not gonna be able to try and hide whisper and skip a word past him, you know. Or a million right now. Or a million right now. Life-changing money, but nowhere near on the same level as a billion.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:40

That's crazy. That's generational wealth, sir.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:43

That's generational.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:44

But a whole year without saying anything. I don't do this podcast. How am I supposed to do this podcast? I don't foresee myself either. I can't.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:58

You you just randomly say stuff, even when you're alone. You just or at least when you think you're alone. I've I've heard you on the other end of a warehouse just say random words. You like to randomly just spout out little bits of a song here and there. You I don't think you could handle it. Yeah. Also, the to make it even more difficult, since the challenge starts right away, you don't have a chance to get your life in order. So you still gotta work. You've got to explain yourself to the people you normally live around. We just went mute. You'd have to you'd have to use either ASL or write it all out. I think I could. I don't think it would be easy, but I think I could personally.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:45

I think you could too.

SPEAKER_00 1:03:47

But I think you could. God, it would be difficult. Especially the first like month. Because, you know, people who don't know you would just randomly come up to you and like to start to talk to you. Hey, what's going on? Yeah. And even that first that first word, uh, could probably technically be considered a word, that would be that would be a challenge for sure.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:15

Man, I want the billion, but I wouldn't I would lose like immediately.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:19

Like as soon as like as soon as like the genie like leaves, quote unquote leaves.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:25

Right. As long as they're as soon as they're out of your visual walking around.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:30

No mo miss the nice cat. That's exactly what you would do. No mo and then the the genie behind me. Dude, it's been like ten minutes.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:40

Shit, it wouldn't even be a full minute. I'm kidding. I think you have that much self-control for ten minutes, but yeah. There's there's a number of comments in similar veins to that, like talking about when they were a kid, like say their parent promised them ice cream or whatever at the end of a trip if you were quiet, and then they couldn't even make it out of the parking lot before saying something.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:10

I just have a lot to say.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:12

There's there's a lot of people who just talk to themselves. Like they're not trying to communicate to anyone, but they'll just mutter random words as they're walking around. Or you stub your toe and you mutter an expletive. Yeah. That I think that would be the most likely one to catch me personally.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:34

Me at any UFC fight. Oh, no way! No, no way. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:42

Yeah. Yeah. That would be a very difficult one.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:46

I'm gonna have to go with the million dollars because I know I won't be able to do the for a year. And it's like immediate. Yep. I won't be able to say Bobby Flea from that point. Nope. How's he saying?

SPEAKER_00 1:06:00

Able to set up a quick surgery to cut your vocal cords or anything like that. It would just have to happen. You just have to be quiet.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:07

How is he supposed to listen to my podcast? Exactly. How's he supposed to listen to the podcast if I can't talk for a whole year?

SPEAKER_00 1:06:14

Well you you just type it all out and use the AI or the text to speech. There's there's there's programs for that.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:22

Wow. I would use Morgan Freeman's voice.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:26

That definitely wouldn't confuse the listeners.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:28

No? Like all of a sudden Alan turned into Morgan Freeman.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:31

I think Morgan Freeman might have to sue you if you did that though.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:35

Yeah, and I can't I can't say anything about it. So I'm about to go with the million right up front, and I continue my little songs.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:45

Yeah. Oh, and the other thing I think I just thought of that would be very difficult is you can't like talk to animals. So you can't talk to your pet. You couldn't be like come here or stop or anything like that.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:01

Oh, and she loves when I talk to her. That's sad, sir.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:07

I I think I would have to uh clarify with the genie what constitutes words to. Like if if you stub your toe and you go, ah is that a word? Is he gonna try and call that a word?

SPEAKER_02 1:07:26

What if I um what if I'm doing something and I uh and I get tickled and I go hee is that a word?

SPEAKER_00 1:07:34

Right? Or like uh like a like just a simple oop boo-boo-boo-boo to like your dog. Is that gonna be considered speech? I mean you're not saying a word. Not not really any word that I'm aware of. It's not in any dictionary I'm aware of.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:51

Or a whistle? If you're trying to call someone.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:53

I would imagine whistles would be not considered speech. Or what about when you're when there's like a little cat and you're trying to ps ps Yeah, people I think people figured out the spelling for that after the fact. I don't think it constitutes a word. But yeah, there's I think there's definitely some uh Oh man. Some finer points to that ruling that I'd have to know ahead of time, but man. The amount more you would make after that year.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:26

That's crazy, yeah. That's a crazy number to think about. I just know, man. I just know I can't do it. I'm just I'd be bored.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:38

Oh man, could you imagine yourself trying to get through a round of Marvel rivals without saying a word?

SPEAKER_01 1:08:47

I'm chat banned all the time, brother.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:51

Nah, man. No, this is I don't think it's possible for me. I'm glad I have a voice.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:57

I don't think honestly, I don't think you could last a month for a billion.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:01

I don't think so. I really don't think so.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:03

You might not even be able to last a day. I don't think so. Not that you wouldn't try your heart.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:06

I would try really hard.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:07

But I I honestly it's almost more like a tick for you sometimes for you to just spout off some lyrics to a song or something.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:18

All someone has to do is pull up on me and say Bobby Flee sucks. And I'm just trying to hold it. Like in the in the movie, I don't know if you've seen it, but you probably haven't. It's called Quiet Place. Uh not yet. Yeah, it is on my what to watch list. They all gotta be quiet because the aliens hear them like, dude. Like, Bobby Flace sucks. Mother F. Genie right behind me. You're done for. Oh man. That's a good one, dude. That's a good one. Uh that's a good one for me.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:55

Yeah. Yeah. That one.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:57

That one would that's an owl one. Yep. Uh I don't know, man. But uh if anybody does come up to me and say Bobby Flay sucks, best believe I'm gonna keep my gloves up, sir.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:12

And with that might do one better and bop them a good one.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:15

Yeah, bop them a good one, sir.

Thanks And Sign Off

SPEAKER_02 1:10:17

And uh with that, uh go ahead and end the episode. Uh thank you all for listening. Thank you for liking and subscribing. Thank you for commenting. Yes, thank you, thank you. Uh, we sincerely appreciate you all, and uh have a good one.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:32

See ya next time.