🥊Ryan GARCIA v Conor BENN: Dana Wins!! Plus, Rolly Romero, Adrien Broner

Dana White officially announced the Ryan Garcia v Conor Benn fight set for12 Sep '26 in Las Vegas. This is a major coup for Zuffa Boxing, well  played, mate!♟️💰 PLUS: Rolly is NOT a Judoka, Dont feel sorry for AB, and Why is Judo Trending with the pencil necks?

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Just because Rolly Romero threw a guy in his boxing sparring session does not make him a judoka. Find it really odd that number one, first of all, for some reason people are decided they're gonna label it a judo throw. Because in the past, everybody would have called it a hip toss or just a takedown. But now that for whatever reason judo is trending, the move that Rolly Romero did is most definitely gonna be a judo throw. So here's the thing. First off, just because you can execute a judo move does not make you a judoka, one who practices judo. Which is the translation, okay? But the real definition of a judoka, we take that much more seriously. That means you've devoted yourself to the study of judo. It doesn't just mean you practice it or you can execute it. That's a rough English translation for the term, but anyone who actually has ever practiced judo or has attained the rank of at least a blue belt or brown belt. Now, in judo, blue belt is not the second belt you get. It's more advanced. So it goes white, orange, sorry, white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, black. And then there are 10 degrees of black belt, 10 dons, but nobody's ever gonna get the tenth. It you'd be incredible if you got to the ninth degree. But all of that aside, I find it ridiculous that social media has decided to call Rolly the Romero a judoka because he threw somebody in boxing practice. Think about this for a little bit. The throwing part is absolutely illegal in boxing. In the context of what Rolly was doing, boxing sparring, that throw is illegal. So, by your logic, those of you who call him a judoka because he did that, does that mean if I go to a wrestling practice and then head kick somebody in the head, does that make me Ryan Garcia versus Connor Ben on September 12th in Las Vegas? It's now officially official. Dana White finally made the official announcement of that fight. Prior to that, he just told reporters at the UFC press conference post fight, UFC 329. He just said, Hey, you saw Connor and Ryan both on stage at the weigh-in, read between the lines. I guess there are a few more details in their contracts, or maybe the contracts with the streaming services that needed to be ironed out before Dana felt he could make the official announcement for that fight. And I have to say, what a brilliant chess move on Dana's part. I think this was the plan all along when Dana signed Connor Ben. I'm sure some folks said, why in the heck would Dana White want Connor Ben? He's not that great. He does have name recognition, however, sp especially in the UK. And he was coming off a good win versus Chris Yu Bank Jr. in their rematch. Other folks thought it was just ridiculous if it's true that Dana paid Connor Ben 15 million for his fight with Zufa boxing. But think about this now, Dana was clear clearly playing the long game. He wanted Connor Ben, not necessarily for Connor Ben's value in and of himself. He wanted Connor Ben to entice Ryan Garcia to come over and fight Connor Ben on one of his cards. That's a great move because it's easier for Dana to acquire a say C B level fighter in terms of business, not skill. I mean, in terms of business, Connor Ben, you'd have to put him at least a B, maybe a B plus almost an A, in terms of how much money and eyeballs he can bring in. But for Dana to try to acquire Ryan Garcia outright would be pretty much impossible because he'd have to go to battle with Golden Boy to acquire Ryan. And that's probably just it's gonna take too long, it's gonna take a lot of funds, tons of attorney's fees, just not worth it. But by signing Connor Ben, who is a fighter that Ryan might want to go after, right? Now Dana has a piece of bait to pull Ryan in, but he has zero obligation to Ryan. Oscar de La Jolla is obligated to Ryan because he's Ryan's official promoter. But I gotta give credit to Dana because he figured out how to get this deal done in spite of any personal misgivings between himself and Oscar de La Hoya. Obviously, the bottom line is much bigger than any of their personal beefs with each other. And it seems that Oscar has more beef with Dana than Dana has with Oscar. Dana just puts down Oscar as, you know, this weird cokehead who wanders around in fishnet stockings, which is true. I mean, it got put out there. So Oscar, you gotta face the music. Now, all that personal back and forth between Dana and Oscar aside, I can see how this business deal was uh negotiated here, because it's going to be streamed on Paramount Plus in the US, which is Zofa Boxing's streaming service. So there's Dana's piece of the action there. Uh and he said, hey, well, the zone can broadcast the fight in the UK and Europe, which makes tons of sense because uh Connor Ben probably has a larger following in the UK and in Europe than he does in the US. Now, props to Connor Ben because you can tell from his social media and his uh publicity, you know, is he's just putting his face out there. He is doing his best to uh promote himself over here in the US. You know, he shows up at the big fights in the US. He's gone to the trouble of bleaching his hair blonde, so he stands out in the crowd. So Connor Ben is making the effort. You know, he's not just sitting back on his father's or his last name and uh the name recognition because of Nigel Ben. So here was another piece of the uh negotiations uh for Garcia camp. They asked for uh Ryan's younger brother, Sean Garcia, to be put on the undercard. And here's the thing: so Sean has not looked very good in his last couple of performances in the ring. So it is a bit of an ask for, you know, hey, you know, for Sean to get put on any card, he might have trouble. But because, you know, Ryan is the main event for this card, that's a really easy concession for Zufa boxing to make because they have a ton of sort of slightly above entry level. I mean, fighters, you know, fighters that you and I we don't know their names because they're not, they're definitely not household names yet. But that's the vast majority of the fighters that Dana has signed. It's just like the same theory as he did with so the you know, the ultimate fighter or Dana White's contender series. He's not trying to sign big names right out the gate, he's really hunting for at that more entry level, just above entry level of fighter. So, my point being, Dana already has a whole slew of fighters who are exactly at Sean Garcia's level. And, you know, if they're insisting on giving Sean an easy fight, there might be somebody, there might be a good dance partner who's already part of Dana White's Zoofah boxing stable that they can easily match with Sean Garcia. So does that mean that Sean Garcia bought a win? Don't think so, because uh Sean is still gonna have to get in there and throw leather. The thing with those Zufa boxing fights is that even though you don't know either of the fighters, both men are coming to fight. And yes, it's all men at this point. They're coming to fight because they know this is their maybe their only opportunity or the biggest opportunity they get in their pro boxing career. So they know they need to make the most of it. So no way is anybody on Dana's roster gonna lay down for Sean Garcia. So Sean better train his rear end off between now and September and uh get ready to get in there and throw down. That's one thing I have to say about Dana White's zoo for boxing. He did he is following the model that he uses with the UFC, which is the opposite of the boxing model. Dana doesn't have his A-side fighter and then send his matchmaker out there to find a cab driver or, you know, somebody to lie down for his A-side fighter just to build his record. He's throwing his both of his fighters in the ring, and it's like, hey, you know, may the best man win. That person who shows medal would be probably moved along and given additional opportunities. But the point is that Dana realized that by having his ace having only an A-side fighter that's signed to him matched up with someone that's an easy win, that's really not a fight. It's not entertaining for us, the viewing audience. And in the long run, it doesn't really help the fighter learn his craft. So I think this is a brilliant business move on Dana White's part. You know, I think a lot of us were wondering back when he signed Connor Ben, like, why are you signing Connor Ben? Why are you gonna pay him $15 million if that's truly the amount he got paid for his first fight with Zufa? Well, that 15 if it was a $15 million first for Connor, I mean, that is an investment, right? Because by securing Connor Ben, Dana White was now able to make a fight with, well, one of the I won't say one of the biggest stars, but maybe one of the biggest name recognition, face recognition in the sport of boxing at the moment, which is Ryan Garcia. Now, notice I haven't even mentioned anything about Connor Ben or Ryan Garcia technically, because this matchup is not about that. It's purely a business move. And again, I really have to say that was a brilliant move on Dana's part. He secured the chess piece that he knew his opponent would want to go after or could be enticed into going after. So he didn't have to take he doesn't have to acquire that other chess piece. He just has to acquire, or he just has to move his piece into a position that he's willing to sacrifice, right? He's willing to sacrifice that piece in order to lure in the big fish, which is Ryan Garcia. That way he gets a piece of the Ryan Garcia money train without having any extensive obligation to Ryan. Does that make sense? Oscar de La Hoya is the one that has the long-term obligations to Ryan. He has to keep getting him fights, certain number of fights every year, a certain minimum purse, and whatever else the Ryan Garcia camp has negotiated into his contract with De La Hoya. So I think in the end, this is yeah, I think Dana White is definitely winning with by make being able to make this fight. Ryan Garcia versus Connor Ben, September 12th, Mexican Independence Day. Well, but tell me what you guys think of the fight itself. I look forward to reading your comments and your fan mail about Ryan Garcia versus Connor Ben. Thanks for listening. Do you guys feel sorry for Adrian Bronner? Because I sure don't. I mean, I am glad for him that he's been able to get some publicity lately and get his name out there and hopefully some assistance. Thanks to uh streamer Dean the Great putting him out there. Now, morals of the live streaming world aside, I really feel that Dean the Great is using Adrian Bronner as an object of pity to get more views. It's understandable, you know, you can take one look at Adrian Bronner's physique and know that he he's out of shape. And then A B has been willing to talk about his own struggles about, you know, drinking and running out of money. But that's exactly why I don't feel sorry for him. Because do some of you guys remember a years ago when A B decided he would post, I think it was on Twitter, video of him flushing, was it $15,000 in cash down the toilet? So it's like, why you know, it's really hard. Like you were showing off at that time. I got so much money, I can flush it down the toilet. Well, I guess that came back to bite you in the rear end, didn't it? I mean, I don't want to say it's at the very least foolish to literally burn or flush down flush money down the toilet or burn it just to show off. That's just such a an asinine concept. But, you know, you paid the price and now you gotta pay the piper, which is one of life's lessons. So I'm gonna guess that all the Gen Zers or Gen Alphas who didn't weren't around or didn't follow Adrian Bronner's actual boxing career and all of his other uh antics outside the ring, they probably do feel sorry for him. Like look at this poor guy, he used to be a boxing champ, and now he's look at him, he's was drinking too much because he was depressed, and I should feel sorry for him. Okay, well, you know, yeah, if you want to feel sorry for him, that's fine, but it's just very difficult for me to find any empathy for somebody who at one point wanted to show off by flushing money literally down the toilet. He also showed off by doing other things that I'm not gonna mention and posting it. But um, yeah, you can you can look that up, or some of you guys who are have been around like myself and follow boxing, you already know what I'm talking about. Alright, well, if you'd like to let me know what your thoughts are on Adrian Bronner and his current situation, you're welcome to leave your thoughts in the comments and in the fan mail. Thank you. I guess judo must be a trending topic because everybody has labeled that uh viral meme of Rolly in the ring, throwing somebody. Everyone's calling it a judo throw. But I find that super ironic because in the past, almost everybody, especially people coming from a wrestling background, would have called it a hip toss, which is like it that just gets under the skin of anybody who's ever done judo. It's like, don't call it a hip toss. It's oh goshi. You know, there's it's a judo throw. We don't toss anybody. You guys toss your dirty laundry into the laundry hamper. We spend hours and months and years of our life perfecting how to throw someone. So don't you dare call it a toss. Like it's an off-handed, unconscious action that requires zero practice and zero effort, and zero struggle and zero sacrifice, zero tears, zero sweat. I've also noticed that there's a lot of memes on social media where there's like a linguine neck dude's head in the corner, and he's giving commentary on his interpretation of what he's seeing from a bunch of clips of spectacular judo throws from uh international level competitions. There was one guy who was particularly offensive because he just kept cursing, and it was just completely unnecessary. It added nothing to the actual content of this clip of judo throws. Now, there's a few pencil neck linguini linguini arms who figure I I'm guessing they probably to try to find something relevant to say about the specific judo throw or just the judo throws in general. But um if any of you guys have any insight into why judo throws are trending on social media, please let me know. I mean, I've devoted every cell in my body for for a long period of time to uh studying judo, and so it's not something that I see as a social media trend. So I find it very hard to relate to. But yeah, I would love to hear from you guys why in the heck are these non athletic, know nothing dudes trying to jump on this judo social media bandwagon? Please let me know in the comments and in the fan mail. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.