Episode 22, UFC 295 Recap Prochazka v Pereira, UFC Vegas 82 Preview, Top 5 Birthday Things, and More!

[00:00:08] Speaker A: Welcome back to Split Decision. This week on Episode 22, we're going to recap UFC 295, Prohaska versus Pereira from this past weekend. Then we're going to preview UFC Vegas 82, Brennan Allen versus Paul Craig. From there, we'll draft our top five birthday things for a shout out to our boy Christian for his birthday. And we'll cover our favorite football games across college and the NFL. And finally, we'll jump back into takes and takes, our betting segment where we give you our best advice for this week's games. But first, don't forget to like and subscribe. And then head to splitdecisionpod.com, where you'll find all our recent podcasts, videos, top fives and more. Again, that's splitdecisionpod.com. All right, let's go. [00:01:01] Speaker B: All right, so UFC 295 and Madison Square Garden lived up to the hype. Every fight, I think every fight in the main card at least ended with a finish. Early finishes, too, it seemed like. I think there was only one round to judge one or two rounds on the whole main card. Yeah, verdict. [00:01:20] Speaker A: That verdict app made me really sleepy this week, just not being able to click anything. [00:01:26] Speaker B: Yeah, there was only a couple, maybe three at the most, like, rounds in the whole main card to judge. There were so many finishes. It was exciting. A lot of highlights. [00:01:36] Speaker A: Two title fights. [00:01:37] Speaker B: Two title fights. And the main event, Yuri Prohotchka, Alexander Pereva. For the 205 belt, it lived up to the hype. Pereiro becomes the two time. You say double champ, two weight champ, because he's not. I think double champ is like, you have both belts at the same time, but he's won that 185. Now, the 205 belt in the UFC, only the 9th guy ever to do that. So it's an impressive feat. [00:02:02] Speaker A: Like a two time, two division champ. [00:02:04] Speaker B: Yeah. And he came out, this was a fight. It seemed like a pretty evenly matched fight on paper, and it played out first round at least like that. It could have gone either way. I think most of the judges, all the judges gave it to Pereira first round. But I think you could have easily made the argument. Yuri, they traded shots, Yuri took him down, able to get up. [00:02:23] Speaker A: But I think Pereira just had a little bit more damage, a little bit more obvious leg damage in that round. [00:02:28] Speaker B: Because they made a good point. Pereira, when he gets on the ground, all he does is kind of play it safe. But because he did that, Yuri wasn't able to get anything off on the ground. [00:02:36] Speaker A: Right. [00:02:36] Speaker B: He was able to get hard, even though it was for a while. He was able to get up and then they're striking on the feet. I think they both hit each other, but I think Pereira was a little more sharper. And it played out in the second round when Pereira caught Yuri kind of rushing in two hooks. Really? [00:02:54] Speaker A: Yeah. Right hand to start it off. And then an overhand left. [00:02:57] Speaker B: His crazy left hand man dropped him to his of. He got dropped to his knees and he was kind of trying to go for the takedown as he was getting dropped, Yuri, right. Pereira kind of caught him. He was up against the fence and then started unleashing some shot, some deep fists and elbows to the side of the head. It looked like an early stoppage, but going back and watching it, those shots, the side of the head, Yuri went limp. [00:03:22] Speaker A: Coming from somebody who picked Prohaska to win the fight, I don't think it was an early stoppage. I think those elbows and the dude going limp and falling to his back. [00:03:33] Speaker B: Yeah, after the fight and said, yeah, it was the right call. [00:03:37] Speaker A: I think that's enough for the ref to stop the fight. I think it was Mark Goddard stopped the fight and, like, there's no recovering from that. You were taking shots to the done. [00:03:50] Speaker B: And Sterling tried to come out and say, mark Goddard again with early stoppage. [00:03:54] Speaker A: I'm sick of them people. Me too. [00:03:56] Speaker B: I'm so sick of them. [00:03:57] Speaker A: Those guys. [00:03:58] Speaker B: Those guys. But Pereira, I mean, what more can you say? The dude has fought like, six or seven times in the UFC, and he already has two belts. [00:04:07] Speaker A: How many UFC champions has he? [00:04:10] Speaker B: I don't know the exact number, but the stat I saw was he's fought more UFC champions than he has unranked guys in the UFC. [00:04:18] Speaker A: That's absolutely brutal. [00:04:19] Speaker B: It's insane. The dude's a killer. [00:04:22] Speaker A: Okay, so whaT's next for Alex Pereira? He called out his son. He wants to fight his son. [00:04:28] Speaker B: He wants to fight Adesanya. Get the MMA trilogy. The fifth fight overall, if you count their kickboxing, which he's won three of them, one in MMA. I mean, we've seen Adesanya at 205. He didn't look that impressive. It was a few years ago. [00:04:41] Speaker A: Yeah, it was against Yon, right? [00:04:42] Speaker B: Was against Yon. I would love to see that fight. I just don't think Adesanya, as mentioned, he's going to take a while off, right? [00:04:50] Speaker A: He said he was going to come back in, like, 2026, which I don't know. [00:04:54] Speaker B: I don't believe that long, but I think hiatus is due for him for sure. He seems like a guy when he says something he usually, like, he's thought about it and he knew there was a real possibility Pereira was going to come in, win this belt and call him out right away. [00:05:08] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:09] Speaker B: So I don't think that's going to be the fight, although I'd love to see it. I mean, Pereira could kind of fight anybody. He could maybe Anthony Smith. Anthony Smith's been talking a bunch of shit for some reason. Alex Pereira, even though Anthony Smith hasn't done anything. Yeah, but deserving of a title shot. [00:05:27] Speaker A: But I would like to see last. Anthony Smith did win his last fight out. I remember because I thought he was going to lose. So he won his last fight out. He is ranked in the top 15. He could go and do, you know, could go for a title shot. [00:05:45] Speaker B: That would be like, you want to see a dead body? I think that's what he would do. [00:05:49] Speaker A: What is this like, what's that movie? Stand by me? You want to see a dead body? [00:05:54] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. [00:05:55] Speaker A: That's brutal. [00:05:57] Speaker B: Impressive, Yuri. I'm not sure where he goes from here. He took a year off. This was a tough loss. [00:06:02] Speaker A: Honestly, I think he's going to just be right back into it. [00:06:05] Speaker B: I think he's still easily a top contender in this division. I would like to see know Jamal Hill. Whenever he comes back, he's either going to fight Pereira for the belt or Yuri. I would like to see him fight. [00:06:18] Speaker A: I would. I would be down for any of those fights. I want to see Yuri fight. I want to see Alex fight. Especially now that we see that Alex can fight across divisions pretty easily. [00:06:27] Speaker B: He knocked the dude out in 205, so now it's like, okay, he's got power across, whatever. Yeah, he's still got power, which is a scary thing for the rest of the division. [00:06:35] Speaker A: Absolutely. Look, moving on to the comain event, we had Tom Aspinal, also a title fight, fighting Sergey Pavlovich for the interim heavyweight title. [00:06:50] Speaker B: Two killers, two guys you do not want to get into a ring with. [00:06:54] Speaker A: And there's one thing I know I'll never be able to do at any weight class, is outrun Tom Aspinall. He is so fast. [00:07:03] Speaker B: He's so quick with it. [00:07:05] Speaker A: I didn't expect him to take a shot like that. He took a kind of reset and. [00:07:11] Speaker B: Just handled from Pavlovich, which if you watch his fights, Pavlovich is not a guy. You can just eat his shots. He has crazy power. He just knocks guys unconscious and dead. [00:07:24] Speaker A: Right. [00:07:24] Speaker B: Aspinal took the shot, was all right, recovered and then showed his speed. He was way faster, way quicker. [00:07:30] Speaker A: He hit him hard with an overhand. [00:07:33] Speaker B: He looks like a heavyweight because he's a giant ass dude, but he's lean. He doesn't move like a heavyweight, and he's not lean. [00:07:41] Speaker A: He does have some girth on him. He's still like 250, but he's not like Derek Lewis coming out at the beginning of his career. Heavy. He's an in shape heavyweight guy. [00:07:55] Speaker B: He's a guy that takes it very serious, too. Yeah, he started out with Jiu jitsu, so he has a ground game. He chokes a lot of these big dudes out, but he proved he has it every kind of way. He can choke you out. He has the crazy power. He knocked out kind of the boogeyman in the heavyweight division. The guy everybody was afraid to fight because he has that crazy power. Such an impressive performance. Finally he gets the interim belt, so he gets a belt. Aspinal is one of those dudes. You watched him probably like two or three fights ago, and you're like, that. [00:08:25] Speaker A: Guy'S like, god damn, that's crazy. [00:08:27] Speaker B: He's a championship level, so now he's officially a championship level with that belt. I would like to see. They're talking about Jones not being ready till, like the summertime. I want to see Aspinal fight before then. Yeah. Can you defend the interim belt? [00:08:43] Speaker A: I think if they defend the interim belt, that'll just be some Tom foolery. John Jones needs to vacate the belt. [00:08:50] Speaker B: And just come back and just look, if you're guaranteed you're that good, you're. [00:08:54] Speaker A: Not going to have a problem winning it back. But everybody else has to vacate when they're injured. [00:09:00] Speaker B: Well, not everybody does. [00:09:02] Speaker A: A lot of people, if they can't fight for a year, plus will vacate the belt. [00:09:06] Speaker B: A lot of times the UFC takes it. They're just not do that to John Jones because that's their golden boy. [00:09:11] Speaker A: They should from cocaine Wayne. [00:09:13] Speaker B: They should. But shout out, Jon Jones, I love you. [00:09:16] Speaker A: Yeah, I do. Honestly, like, he won't vacate, but I want to see Aspinall fight again before John Jones. [00:09:24] Speaker B: I would like to see him fight gone or Almida Johnson. [00:09:30] Speaker A: Almida would be a crazy fight. But then Cyril gone and Almida are already beefing on Twitter talking about Gon. [00:09:38] Speaker B: Doesn'T want to fight Almeida, which is obvious because Almidy would take him down. And I don't think Gon could deal with his ground game, even though know. [00:09:46] Speaker A: Has a little bit on his like. [00:09:48] Speaker B: Is a little bit, but that's obviously his big weakness at the Elite, so. [00:09:53] Speaker A: But now that fight's being called out, it's just going to be a. [00:09:56] Speaker B: Well, the funny thing is, shelf, when Aspinal won his last fight, he called out gone and gone, said, nah, you don't have a belt, I'm not fighting you. And then as soon as he starts calling him out and it's like, you've. [00:10:10] Speaker A: Got the belt now. I am the Hunter. I am coming. [00:10:13] Speaker B: It's like, well, now you just cure pussy before. Yeah, it's come across pretty lame, Cyril, right? [00:10:18] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah, I agree. I want to see Aspinall fight before Jon Jones. I'm open to the opponent. I just want it to happen before the summer. [00:10:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I agree. The next fight we're going to take. [00:10:29] Speaker A: A look at, this was an outrageous fight. [00:10:32] Speaker B: Maybe not in a good way either. [00:10:33] Speaker A: No, not in a good way. [00:10:34] Speaker B: Jessica Andrade just kind of beat the shit out of Mackenzie Dern. This was the worst I've ever seen Mackenzie Dern. [00:10:41] Speaker A: Look, Mackenzie Dern kept her head held high all in the wrong ways. This fight, props to her. [00:10:48] Speaker B: She kept coming like she was getting the shit beat out of Mollywopped, if you will. She didn't back down, she didn't cower. But, man, Jessica Andrade, she needed that two on a three fight losing streak coming in and she was just piecing her up on the. [00:11:01] Speaker A: If this wasn't a college football game, Andrade would have been ejected for targeting. [00:11:06] Speaker B: If this was absolutely football game, she would have sat herself in the third quarter like it was that big. [00:11:11] Speaker A: Yeah, it was crazy. Andrade absolutely pieced MacKenzie Dern up. She held her chin as a moving target. Sometimes not moving target for Andrade to hit. I'm surprised. [00:11:23] Speaker B: I mean, the commentators were talking about it. [00:11:26] Speaker A: It looked like me fighting Jessica Andrade out. [00:11:29] Speaker B: You know, we've seen MacKenzie Dern fight before and she has not looked like that. I don't know what happened. [00:11:34] Speaker A: I think it proves that she needs to at least act like she has the Brazilian accent in order to be a good fighter, because when she's speaking with her American accent, it just doesn't work that well. [00:11:44] Speaker B: I mean, she's got to switch something up. Don't want to get into personal life. But I think it's funny. Jessica Andrade was going through a divorce, too, because they talked about it. [00:11:54] Speaker A: Yeah, they said both fighters going through a divorce pre fight and the winnings would go to, like, child support. [00:12:00] Speaker B: You didn't see in the post fight with Joe Rogan. [00:12:07] Speaker A: Yeah, that's what it was. He was like, that should help you with your divorce. [00:12:09] Speaker B: She brought it up, but it was in Portuguese, so we didn't hear it. But he ended it with, I hope these winnings help pay for your divorce. It's kind of a weird thing to. [00:12:18] Speaker A: Say, Joe, but Jessica Andrade called out Angela Hill. I would like that, but I don't really like, though. I just. I'm not a fan. I don't think she's a great fighter, contrary to what she says. [00:12:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I would be careful looking up Google and Jessica Andraj, too. [00:12:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:36] Speaker B: Just a heads up to everybody. [00:12:38] Speaker A: Don't just leave the NSFW filter on. [00:12:41] Speaker B: For her, but impressive win for her. I mean, she just looked a lot better than Mackenzie Dern. I'm really sure where Mackenzie Dern goes from here, it really would. She's got to kind of regroup. Totally. [00:12:51] Speaker A: Absolutely. For Andrade, though, it bookended her 2023. This is her fifth fight. [00:12:56] Speaker B: Two and three. She won the first one, lost three. [00:12:59] Speaker A: In a row and sandwiched it with another. Winning. [00:13:01] Speaker B: Got a win. [00:13:02] Speaker A: So it's like, go into 2020. Here's a watch. Go into 2024 with the high Queen slate and then move forward from there. I think it's a positive thing. If she doesn't fight Angela Hill, I think she could fight either a Tabitha Ritchie or Carolina Kowalkowitz. Those are the only two other options I could really think of that are on the same timeline of being able to fight again. [00:13:25] Speaker B: All right, the next fight we're looking at, this is maybe our favorite up and coming lightweight. I'm not even going to say maybe he is our favorite up and coming lightweight. It's the literal French Navy SEAL. Benoit Saint Denis with the head kick. Knockout of Matt Steamroller for Vola. [00:13:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I wrote on the top line of my notes here is probably our new favorite lightweight, the god of Wars, Benoit Saint Denis. [00:13:49] Speaker B: I mean, he looks so good in this fight. He did get slammed once. [00:13:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:54] Speaker B: But he was able to get up. [00:13:55] Speaker A: It was a good contention for Matt, for was. It was one of those fights where it was respect on both sides. [00:14:01] Speaker B: It was because they were both veterans. I didn't realize the US, Britain, and France, I guess all the Allied powers from World War II have the same Veterans day. [00:14:12] Speaker A: That's pretty sick. [00:14:13] Speaker B: Yeah. So it is kind of sick. So it was his Veterans day, too, on Saturday. [00:14:17] Speaker A: Yeah. They had a pretty good exchange in the clinch after the slam down, if you'll call it that. And then as they were releasing from the clinch for Vola, kind of like. [00:14:30] Speaker B: He said on Twitter today, he thought he was like, yeah, I made a mistake. I thought I was out of range. [00:14:34] Speaker A: Well, there you go. He thought he was out of range. [00:14:36] Speaker B: And he kind of hit. [00:14:37] Speaker A: And Benoit Saint Denis unleashed a head kick. [00:14:41] Speaker B: It was like he kicked him in the eye pretty much directly. [00:14:44] Speaker A: Big toe to the temple type of head cut his eye. [00:14:47] Speaker B: It was such a big toe. Like, his nail cut his eye, definitely right. [00:14:50] Speaker A: And Ferrola dropped on the spot. [00:14:53] Speaker B: I mean, it was a beautiful head kick. [00:14:56] Speaker A: 90 seconds into the fight in a. [00:14:57] Speaker B: Card that had crazy finishes. That was probably knockout of the night. The best knockout of the night. [00:15:02] Speaker A: Yeah, it was a very good knockout. [00:15:04] Speaker B: Because it's clean, too. He dropped him right. [00:15:07] Speaker A: He landed a few left hands on the ground after, which was just added damage in the fight. Like I said, stopped just 90 seconds in, he called out. He said he's going to come back to Madison Square Garden, and he will defend either the BMF or the lightweight belt in Madison Square Garden, is what Benoit St. [00:15:26] Speaker B: He said BMF. He said Justin Gaethje, Dustin Porier. And then he even said, like, islam can't go five rounds of me. [00:15:34] Speaker A: He also called out Matus Gamrot. So I think, honestly, with him versus. [00:15:40] Speaker B: Gamrot, that's a good fight. [00:15:41] Speaker A: That's probably the next one to make. In all reality, him being he's 11th ranked, I think, at this point. I think he gets that. If Dan Hooker wins, I think he gets Dan Hooker maybe next because they would also be on the same timeline to fight because Dan Hooker's fight in the next couple weeks. [00:16:01] Speaker B: Yeah, true. Did you see his post fight speech where he's like, y'all can boo me if you want, but I want to thank America for World War II. [00:16:12] Speaker A: He's like, god damn amazing. Okay. I love it. Appreciate it. [00:16:16] Speaker B: That's awesome. [00:16:17] Speaker A: Got to thank you. Thank you. [00:16:18] Speaker B: Benoit can't boo me now. [00:16:20] Speaker A: You're the God of war. Appreciate it. [00:16:21] Speaker B: God of war. He lived up to it. [00:16:23] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. And then, really, to wrap up UFC 295, the opening fight for the main card was another impressive knockout for Diego Lopez. He fought Pat Sabatini. It's a featherweight performance. There were two grapplers coming into the fight. [00:16:38] Speaker B: I think we talked about it last week, didn't we? [00:16:39] Speaker A: We did. We said pre fight that the difference here between the two grapplers was that Diego Lopez's striking was going to be the difference. And honesTly, that played 100%. It was a kind of contentious start to the fight. The versatility was really the key. And Diego Lopez's hand shone through. He caught Pat Sabatini, hurt him. [00:17:04] Speaker B: Yeah, Pat Sabatini fell to the ground, and it was one of those ones. [00:17:07] Speaker A: Where he had his arm trapped under his own body. [00:17:10] Speaker B: Under his own body and like, he couldn't defend himself. And just some clean, just clean ground. [00:17:15] Speaker A: And pound to the face. [00:17:16] Speaker B: Yeah, bouncing your head. [00:17:19] Speaker A: Fight stoppage. Another fight that was just inside of 90 seconds, I think. [00:17:22] Speaker B: I mean, it was crazy how quick these fights were. [00:17:25] Speaker A: Finishing three fights on the main card, like, within the first half of the first round, it was. [00:17:31] Speaker B: And I love to see it. Yeah, that's what everybody wants. [00:17:33] Speaker A: I'll pay $90 for six minutes of fighting. [00:17:37] Speaker B: And Diego Lopez, maybe the best hair in the UFC, but also maybe the worst tattoo. [00:17:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I didn't like him when I first saw him. [00:17:45] Speaker B: He's a killer, though. He's a very entertaining guy to watch. [00:17:47] Speaker A: But now, based on threats, I have to like him because I'm scared of him. [00:17:51] Speaker B: He's the man. [00:17:52] Speaker A: He's pretty cool. Diego Lopez, I think he's got a good future in the featherweight division. [00:17:58] Speaker B: He has a pretty big, like, if you are big on MMA, social media, Twitter, or Instagram, he has a lot of fans on there. So he's a guy that if he continues to win, he's going to have a lot of people talking about. [00:18:12] Speaker A: Absolutely. I agree. [00:18:19] Speaker B: All right, so let's move on to this week's top five, another Vegas Apex card. So we're left to our own imagination, trying to come up with a topic for the top five. And I think this was your suggestion. Since it's my birthday this week, we're going to do the top five things. Birthday related things, things about your birthday. Anything birthday. [00:18:40] Speaker A: Yeah, anything birthday. [00:18:42] Speaker B: And despite it being my birthday and this being all about me, you get to go first for the first pick. [00:18:48] Speaker A: Yeah, you're damn right. I like this because birthdays are significant, because it's a special holiday. It's being thankful for yourself. It's all about you. Now, my one one is going to be gifts. [00:19:09] Speaker B: Yeah. I meAn, that's the obvious one one, I think, right. [00:19:12] Speaker A: You can't go wrong with the birthday present. Even if, like, going to birthday parties as a kid when you didn't know what to give them, would you give them money? [00:19:21] Speaker B: It's one of the few things about a birthday that's good from your first birthday all the way to your last birthday. [00:19:26] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I still like if I know it's my grandparents, my. [00:19:30] Speaker B: Birthday is this week. I'm excited. I'm going to get some shit, right? [00:19:34] Speaker A: Yeah. Some years it's like less than others, but it's always. [00:19:37] Speaker B: I'm excited if it's always on to wearing socks. [00:19:40] Speaker A: Exactly. I love all birthday presents. Don't care who they're from. And I believe everybody, no matter what age, does like the presents. Like, I still get my grandma a birthday present and she at least acts like she enjoys it. So what's your number one? [00:19:59] Speaker B: So my number one, I don't know how we're going to put this on the graphic, but my number one is it means you access a new part of life, which in terms of when you turn 16, you get to drive. When you turn 21, you get to drink. [00:20:13] Speaker A: Birthday milestones. [00:20:14] Speaker B: Birthday milestones. When you turn 18, you get to vote, buy cigarettes. Your birthday milestone. So it means it's your birthday, you move up in age and that means it's almost like it unlocks a new achievement unlocked. Achievement unlocked. [00:20:27] Speaker A: You can get hammered now. [00:20:28] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Legally, I mean, it's just the. [00:20:32] Speaker A: Isn't it crazy how you have but the only 21 to buy cigarettes now? [00:20:35] Speaker B: Oh, man. You saw in England, anyone born after 2009 just like, can never, ever buy cigarettes. [00:20:41] Speaker A: That's very good. [00:20:43] Speaker B: Yeah, but I mean, vapes aren't any better. [00:20:45] Speaker A: No, vapes are also. [00:20:46] Speaker B: They're going to turn out to be worse. I'm pretty sure they are worse. [00:20:49] Speaker A: I'm pretty sure. [00:20:51] Speaker B: Cigarette cigarettes. [00:20:52] Speaker A: A plant. [00:20:52] Speaker B: You're smoking. [00:20:53] Speaker A: Yeah, it's just smoke dope or something. Like normal. Like normal people, I guess. I don't know. Yeah. [00:20:58] Speaker B: So that's my one birthday milestones is a good thing. [00:21:03] Speaker A: Like you were saying sweet 16 when we were 18. You could go out, you could go into the bars. I don't know if they still do that, but we were getting drunk at 18 because they just didn't care. And then at 21 it was just like, oh, I guess I can buy it without and I'll show you my ID now. So, yeah, I like the milestones. What's your number two? [00:21:24] Speaker B: My number two is birthday cake. I mean, cake is also, it goes a hand in hand with gifts. You always have a cake for your birthday. It's such a popular thing. Birthday cake is literally now a flavor ice cream flavor. It's like a distinct flavor. [00:21:39] Speaker A: Sex on the beach is also a flavor. [00:21:42] Speaker B: I mean, are you arguing that's not a great thing? [00:21:45] Speaker A: I don't want to taste it. [00:21:47] Speaker B: I want to taste birthday cake, though. [00:21:49] Speaker A: Fair enough. [00:21:50] Speaker B: Birthday cake. My number two. I mean, it's just synonymous with your birthday. Like, it's your birthday, you're getting presents, you're having fucking cake. [00:21:57] Speaker A: No, I like that. I like cake. What's your favorite cake? [00:22:03] Speaker B: Some kind of chocolate cake, like a lava cake or. Lava cake or what? The tuxedo cake. [00:22:07] Speaker A: Tuxedo cake is up there. [00:22:09] Speaker B: I mean, that thing is. [00:22:10] Speaker A: I think I'm going to go to the store tomorrow and get me a little tuxedo. [00:22:13] Speaker B: You know what I got from? I got a chocolate. It wasn't a cake. It was a pie. It was a chocolate pie. [00:22:18] Speaker A: But it was like a Hershey's pie. [00:22:19] Speaker B: No, but it was like the same filling. That was the soft pudding taste. [00:22:25] Speaker A: Mousse. [00:22:26] Speaker B: The mousse of a tuxedo cake. [00:22:28] Speaker A: Man. That's high quality. [00:22:30] Speaker B: So birthday cake. My number two. So those are my first two picks. What's your number two? [00:22:34] Speaker A: Man, my number two has got to be a birthday party. [00:22:37] Speaker B: That's a good one. I had that on my list. [00:22:39] Speaker A: A birthday party is very up there. You can get friends together. It can be a surprise. [00:22:45] Speaker B: It evolves as you get older, too. It's themed and then it's not themed. [00:22:49] Speaker A: And then it's themed again. You're right. It's a big extravaganza. And it comes and goes. Kind of like Halloween. When you're a kid. It's a big deal. When you're a teenager, young adult, it's not as much of a big deal for certain people. And then as you get older, your thirty s, forty s, it's just as big of a deal. And it might even be even more of a big deal because you're trying to, I don't know, celebrate being older. I like it. But birthday parties for me are another probably my second favorite thing about a birthday. Boom. [00:23:27] Speaker B: What's your number? Three. [00:23:28] Speaker A: I forgot I had the snake, so you have to give me a second. [00:23:33] Speaker B: I felt the pause. I felt the pause. [00:23:35] Speaker A: I'm going to have to say birthday dinner. [00:23:37] Speaker B: Oh, that was my next pick. [00:23:38] Speaker A: Birthday dinner is. [00:23:40] Speaker B: You don't think it's too similar to a birthday party? [00:23:42] Speaker A: No. Because growing up we did birthday dinners and birthday parties. Birthday parties were for friends. I kind of did what I wanted to do, not did what I wanted to do. I invited who I wanted to invite. Friends. It wasn't really aunts and uncles. The birthday dinner was when it was all family and that's when you got most of the money out of the know. Your friends knew what you wanted. Your friends knew what you liked. Your family knew that you just wanted some cash. So spending money for the Chuck E. Cheese or the Toys R Us of your time. I think birthday party, birthday dinner. Sorry. Is just the synonymous getting the family together, having that good meal and it really just being all about you. [00:24:30] Speaker B: Solid pick. [00:24:31] Speaker A: What's your number? Three. [00:24:32] Speaker B: So my number three. You said it at the end. My number three is it's all about you. The whole day is about you. That is the best thing about your birthday. Whether you're young or old. It's the one day we're like. It's about you. [00:24:46] Speaker A: No, I like that you get to celebrate yourself. [00:24:49] Speaker B: Do things you like. Yeah, all about you. My third pick. [00:24:55] Speaker A: Shouldn't it really be about your mom though? Because you didn't do anything. [00:24:59] Speaker B: I mean perfect world. But this ain't a perfect world, Alex. [00:25:03] Speaker A: Fair enough. [00:25:03] Speaker B: It's about me. [00:25:05] Speaker A: Yeah, I get it. It's your number three. It's about you. Got it? Got it. What's your number? Four. [00:25:12] Speaker B: My number four, this is where it starts getting. We're making, we're doing reaching. So my number four. [00:25:18] Speaker A: It only took six things to cover the top birthday things ever. Yeah, pretty much. [00:25:23] Speaker B: My number four is your birthday is an excuse not to listen, do something. If anybody asks you to do something or you're supposed to do something, it's my birthday. It's my birthday. That's my excuse. I'm not doing it. You don't have to do anything you don't like. It kind of plays into it's all about you. But a birthday excuse, birthday excuse, you. [00:25:44] Speaker A: Can use that kind of like birthday hooky. [00:25:46] Speaker B: And now getting out of work, the person asking you to do something, they're the asshole. You uno reversed it on them. [00:25:52] Speaker A: I like that. No, I actually do like that pick. That's similar to it's all about me but it plays a different level where it makes them feel guilty about asking you to do anything. Like to move. [00:26:07] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:26:08] Speaker A: My favorite thing to do on my birthday, which this is a personal one for me but I'll put it as my number five. So I'll do my number four first. My number four birthday is going to be surprises. [00:26:24] Speaker B: Birthday surprise, birthday surprise. How did I not think of that one? [00:26:28] Speaker A: Because it's often associated with the party but in this one it's more like you didn't expect anything and then you got that gift or you got that party. It's just the general birthday surprise. It's kind of a catch all for the surprise where you didn't think people were thinking. But they really were. So the birthday surprise. [00:26:51] Speaker B: No, I'd like that pick a lot. I think it's a really good pick. [00:26:54] Speaker A: And then my fifth pick, kind of the end all, be all. My favorite thing to do on my birthday, and you can ask anyone in my family, is radio silence. My favorite thing to do is to not respond. Maybe the next day, hit everybody with a thanks for the birthday wishes on the social medias and all that. But just doing what I want to do, being by myself, hanging out with who I want to, planning that ahead of time, and everybody else gets ghosted. It's my birthday. It's kind of like my version of it's all about me. [00:27:29] Speaker B: Yeah, they all kind of play in together of why it's great. But, yeah, I do like that pick. [00:27:33] Speaker A: Like going radio silent. [00:27:36] Speaker B: Because my number five kind of plays into yours, and which plays into mine is no guilt. Yeah, you don't have any guilt on your birthday, whether it's plans you want to do. [00:27:47] Speaker A: And if you have anybody, they're the. [00:27:49] Speaker B: Asshole not talking to anybody. You can eat what you want to. It's the one day like, oh, I don't care if I eat unhealthy. I don't care if I don't do anything, if I'm lazy. [00:27:57] Speaker A: Today you get two cheat meals or two cheat days, whatever. [00:28:01] Speaker B: You don't have guilt about anything. [00:28:03] Speaker A: Right. Murder don't care. [00:28:06] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:28:07] Speaker A: Fair. I like that. [00:28:08] Speaker B: It's the one day, it's like the purge one day. They can't even arrest you. [00:28:11] Speaker A: Well, they could. [00:28:12] Speaker B: They could, but then they're the asshole. [00:28:14] Speaker A: Let's try this on Thursday. [00:28:17] Speaker B: You try it and see how it goes. [00:28:19] Speaker A: I need to borrow your driver's license so I have proof of identification. [00:28:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I think that kind of wraps up the birthday top five. I mean, this was an interesting one. [00:28:28] Speaker A: It was fun. [00:28:28] Speaker B: It was one we both really had. Because there's, like, five concrete things, and then you kind of have to start reaching a little bit. [00:28:34] Speaker A: I think anybody's top five would consist something of, like, a birthday party, birthday presents, birthday cake, birthday milestones, like you said. [00:28:44] Speaker B: So let's recap. My number one was birthday milestones, like drinking, driving. Not in that order. [00:28:50] Speaker A: Voting, maybe in that order. Renting a car, but not together. [00:28:55] Speaker B: My number two was birthday cake. My number three is it's a day all about you. My number four, it gives you an excuse not to listen, do something. And my number five was, you have no guilt on your birthday. [00:29:09] Speaker A: It's a really solid top five. And my top five were birthday gifts, birthday party, and number three, birthday dinners with your family. Four would be surprises and five would be being radio silent. All right, so kicking off UFC Vegas 82 in the welterweight division, we have. [00:29:35] Speaker B: Matebeck Orovai taking on a late replacement. Coming today, November 14. [00:29:42] Speaker A: I just had to learn how to say his name. Motebek Oribai. [00:29:46] Speaker B: He was originally Johnny Parsons, supposed to. [00:29:48] Speaker A: Fight the slugger knot. Slugger Knot had a whole thing written on him, too. He drops out, taken on Uris, the doctor. Medic. [00:29:57] Speaker B: Medic. This is the second time we've actually covered him on the poDcast. He fought in July. We saw him win. [00:30:02] Speaker A: He's got heavy favorite ODS against Johnny Parsons. I'm going to assume even heavier favorite ODS against Oral. [00:30:09] Speaker B: By oral by. I mean, people are saying he's a killer, but this is his UFC debut on short notice. [00:30:15] Speaker A: Don't even know how old this guy is. [00:30:17] Speaker B: Yeah, sheer Dog had an NA as his age, which is concerning. He's eleven one and one fighting on a Kurzika stand. He seems like a KO guy. Honestly, I don't know too much about him. Out of his nine wins. I'm sorry, eleven wins, six KOS. He does have four subs. I was looking at Johnny Parson stats. That's my fault. [00:30:36] Speaker A: One decision victory as well. [00:30:37] Speaker B: One decision victory. His last fight was October 27, and he also fought in August of this year. So he's fought twice recently. So I mean, he seems like a. [00:30:45] Speaker A: Guy kind of has camp behind him. [00:30:47] Speaker B: At the kind of has camp behind him. So it's not crazy concerning that he's taking this on such short notice. Six straight wins, but he's taking on medic. She's the guy. We know a lot more about. Three and one in the UFC with two straight wins. [00:30:59] Speaker A: Right? [00:30:59] Speaker B: So he's trying to go for his third win. [00:31:01] Speaker A: His only career loss has been in the UFC. He's a southpaw fighter who can wrestle. Hasn't submitted anyone since 2018. [00:31:09] Speaker B: One thing that concerns me though, Medic, his only loss is by submission. And it seems like Robi can submit people. He has four submissions in his career out of his eleven wins. [00:31:20] Speaker A: Is that going to translate to UFC level? [00:31:22] Speaker B: That is true, but could that be a weakness if you're him? That's probably your game plan coming in. [00:31:27] Speaker A: Probably coming in. But I think the very short notice, like four or five day short notice, bout time mixed with know comfortability in the UFC. [00:31:39] Speaker B: And it's your UFC debut on four days notice. [00:31:42] Speaker A: I think Medic's going to win. [00:31:44] Speaker B: I have medic, too. I'm pretty confident that he's going to win. [00:31:48] Speaker A: I originally had this as an opposite, but same kind of like the Lopez Sabatini fight from last week where you had two striking guys with possibilities of ground game, but whoever had the better ground game was going to win. I think that's not going to even play a factor anymore. I think medic is going to knock him out. [00:32:09] Speaker B: I think the experience is just. He's been in the UFC. I agree with you. I think medic gets the win and the next fight we're moving on to is Luana Pinhiro. Is that how you say her? Pinero Pinhero taking on Amanda Reboss. Two Brazilian fighters. Pineharo comes in eleven and one, never been finished. Her only loss is by decision. She's three and O in the UFC. We last saw her fight against Michelle Watterson in April, I believe, of this year. [00:32:34] Speaker A: Yeah. And she really put a beaten on her to win by decision. [00:32:37] Speaker B: One thing that is concerning, she's only had one fight since 2021, which was the one in April, and no UFC finishes, although she does have nine straight wins. She's taken on Amanda Reebos, who is a girl that's pretty active, right? [00:32:53] Speaker A: Yeah. And to say that Panero's only career loss was in 2017. So she's gone like six, almost seven years without a loss. But like you're saying, she's not very active. [00:33:04] Speaker B: And Amanda Reebos, eleven and four, six and three in the UFC. But her last six fights, she's alternated wins, losses. So win loss, win loss. Her last fight was a loss. So that would suggest she's due for a win, at least for you. That's what it's suggesting to me. I have Amanda Reebos winning this fight. I just think the activity is going to play a factor in this. She's way more active than Benjero. Yeah, I got Amanda Reebos winning the fight. [00:33:34] Speaker A: So my kind of lean on factor here is that while they do spout similar styles and similar records, both fighters have two KO victories. [00:33:42] Speaker B: They're also the same age, the same height, and from the same country. [00:33:46] Speaker A: I know both Brazilian, both like five four. They both want. Both have eleven wins, one has one loss, one have four losses, both have two KO victories. Right. One has five submission victories and one has four and numerous decision victories from each. I think the big difference here is that Luana Panero is not as reserved as Amano Rebus. I think Amano Rebus is just going to be hesitant a little bit. And I think that's what is going to be the key to victory for Luana Panero. [00:34:18] Speaker B: Like that we're having some. We're disagreeing on. [00:34:21] Speaker A: I mean, it's only going to work if I win. [00:34:24] Speaker B: It's good for me because like last week. [00:34:27] Speaker A: Yeah, I know. So the next fight we have to talk about is going to be Peyton Talbot in the bantamweight division. [00:34:33] Speaker B: Fighting Nick Slick Aguire or Aguir undefeated Peyton Talbot. [00:34:38] Speaker A: This is the heaviest ODS on the. [00:34:40] Speaker B: Whole card and it's surprising because the guy with the biggest favorite, it's his UFC debut and he's only six and. [00:34:47] Speaker A: O. I think that leans into how much he strikes. The UFC likes him. He strikes a lot. I was looking at his stats. He strikes almost ten strikes per minute. [00:34:55] Speaker B: One thing that's concerning, though, he's six to no, as we said. [00:34:58] Speaker A: Right. [00:35:00] Speaker B: His only fight in anything, the closest thing to the UFC, the Contender series, is his only decision. So he moved up in competition and he wasn't able to keep his signature finish. His signature finish. That is one thing that's concerning. And he's taken on a guy who's never been finished. [00:35:18] Speaker A: Right. Nick Argetta lost to or Nick. Not Argetta. Nick Agueri lost to Dan Argetta in his USA debut. That was his first loss in his career. Yes. Seven and one, three KO victories, four submission victories. So he's kind of proved that he can get it done however he needs to. But when it goes to the cards, he didn't have what it took against Dan Argetta. I'm not sure how Peyton Talbot wins this fight, but I believe since I don't know much about either fighter in this one, that I'm going to just side with Vegas. [00:35:48] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm surprised the ODS are this in favor of Talbot. [00:35:51] Speaker A: -900 for a money line is pretty. [00:35:53] Speaker B: Heavy, but I got Talbot winning. I think he's going to come in. I think his last fight, the decision wasn't the norm. I think this guy has power. I think he gets a knockout and the next fight we move on to is going to be chase the Dream Hooper, the 24 year old taking on Jordan Monkey King Levitt. The 28 year old Hooper comes in twelve and three and one. So twelve wins, three losses, one draw. Dude. [00:36:23] Speaker A: Chase Hooper's whole career in the UFC has been win loss, win loss. [00:36:27] Speaker B: Four and three in the UFC and. [00:36:28] Speaker A: He'S due for a loss. [00:36:29] Speaker B: Yeah, so he won his first, lost his second, and as you said, alternated. I think this is the time he ends that alternating streak. Jordan Levitt comes in eleven and two. He's four and two in the UFC. He is coming off of a nice win. I think Chase Hooper, though, his ground game is killer. And I think the ground game is going to be where he beats Levitt. Levitt does only have one sub loss, but it was to Patty Pemblit and I think Hooper kind of has a comparable ground game to Patty. [00:37:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I think this one is a similar take know we have similar styles, that the more adept in that style is going to be the victor here. While I disagree that Jordan Levitt is going to lose, I actually think he's going to win. I think he's better on the ground than Chase Hooper and I think he's going to show that here. I think that's actually going to be the key to his victory, is being stronger on the ground than Chase Hooper. I picked Jordan Levitt to win the fight. [00:37:32] Speaker B: So we have another one we disagree on, right. [00:37:35] Speaker A: I hope we agree on this next one. It's Michael Morales in the welterweight division. 15 and perfect in his career. Eleven Kosc, one submission victory with two. [00:37:46] Speaker B: UFC TKOs too, right? Already he's finishing people. [00:37:51] Speaker A: He stepped it up with the step up in competition and three decision victories in his career, taking on Jake the Celtic Kid Matthews, 19 and six. Five KO victories, eight submission victories and six decision victories. [00:38:04] Speaker B: He's only 29 years old, but he's been in the UFC since 2014 and this will be his 19th UFC fight. [00:38:11] Speaker A: So that proves crazy. Several things that proves that he can get it done multiple ways. He can knock you out, he can sub you, he can win on the cards, but he's versatile and he's durable. He's been in the UFC for 19. This will be his 19th fight. It shows that no matter what's thrown at him, he may not win every time, but he at least can last through it. [00:38:35] Speaker B: He's another fighter coming in, though, that's on an alternating win streak, win loss streak. So his last four fights have been win loss, win loss. His last fight being a win. So he's due for the loss and he's coming against an undefeated 15. And Michael Morales, guy who's only 23 years old, but looks like a guy that in a couple of years he could be towards the top of this division. [00:38:56] Speaker A: I think Michael Morales has more experience than he shows at 23 years old. [00:39:02] Speaker B: Or at least he experience 15 fights overall is a lot for a 23 year old. Three UFC fights isn't. Not a lot either. For a 23 year old. [00:39:12] Speaker A: Right. [00:39:12] Speaker B: Most guys aren't even close to the UFC at that age. I think Michael Morales keeps his undefeated streak, his undefeated record. I think he moves to four and O in the UFC, and I think he does it with a finish, a KO finish. [00:39:23] Speaker A: I don't know about the KO finish, but I agree. I think Michael Morales moves to 16 and four and the UFC and continues that unbeaten streak. [00:39:32] Speaker B: All right, so this main event I'm actually very excited about. It's two fighters I like a lot. [00:39:37] Speaker A: I'm so torn on this one. [00:39:38] Speaker B: It is a torn because it's two guys. As I said, I like a lot. Brendan Allen, all in. Allen, the 27 year old 22 and five overall, coming in on a five fight win streak. So he's really filling himself. He's taking on Paul Bear Juice Craig, the Scottish soldier. I would almost say he's a likable guy. [00:40:00] Speaker A: Braveheart himself. [00:40:01] Speaker B: He has a Braveheart, kind of styona style. Cool looking dude. He's a good looking dude. His second fight at 185. His last fight was a win. His first fight at 185, and he looked damn impressive. He looked like a new fighter. A guy that could move up and contend because we know he's beaten Jamal. [00:40:22] Speaker A: Hill, right, knocking the shit out of. [00:40:25] Speaker B: Him not that long ago. So he's a guy that can compete with anybody. He's nine, six to one in the UFC, so he's had some losses, but I think this move down is going to be very good for him. He has a killer, killer ground game with 13 subs, but he's taken on Brendan Allen, who also has 13 subs, also has a killer ground game. I meAn, this fight, I don't know how it's going to go. It's hard for me to pick. It's two guys that are pretty comparable. [00:40:51] Speaker A: Yeah, very comparable. They both have strong striking, both have lethal ground games. I think one of the differences here is that Brennan Allen has a strong, striking game, but his ground game is even better. Whereas Paul Craig is kind of flipped a little bit. While he hasn't knocked as many people out as he has submitted people, I think he wants to be more of a striker as of late. [00:41:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't know, man. I think he's done that because guys know not to fuck with him on the ground. [00:41:24] Speaker A: Well, I think when contested on the ground, he's going to lose. I pick Brendan Allen if Vegas sides with it as a minus four and 150 heavy money line for Brendan Allen. I'm not going against the Louisiana guy here. [00:41:36] Speaker B: There's another one we disagree on is. [00:41:38] Speaker A: That three of the six fights this call, three. [00:41:40] Speaker B: I like it. I got Paul Baer, Ju Craig. I can't pick against him. I like him too much. I think he's going to step up in performance. I'm thinking it's not going to be a sub, but it's going to be a ground TKO from Bearjuice. [00:41:56] Speaker A: Seeing another ground TKO would be brutal. [00:42:04] Speaker B: Ready said hut. All right, huddle up. It's football time. Back to our weekly NCAA and NFL coverage where we cover the biggest games of the week. Five each league. And the first game we're going to cover is going to be an NCAA game. And it's going to be the number 16 Utah Utes taking on the number 19 Arizona Wildcats in a PAC twelve matchup that has huge Pac Twelve title game implications. [00:42:33] Speaker A: Who was your persona this week? [00:42:36] Speaker B: I kind of used a little Cam Newton cadence. [00:42:40] Speaker A: I didn't know if it was that. [00:42:41] Speaker B: He goes, ready? Go. [00:42:42] Speaker A: I didn't know if it was that or if it was a generic football guy. [00:42:47] Speaker B: It was kind of generic. It was like a little mix between. [00:42:50] Speaker A: I like it. Okay, so we got the Utah Utes taking on the Arizona Wildcats, both seven and three. Utah is 16, ranked. Arizona is 19. How do you see this one going? [00:43:02] Speaker B: Arizona is one of the surprise teams of the year. This is a team nobody really thought was going to be one of the better teams in the PAC twelve. They've had some good wins. They're competing with everybody. I think they come in six and three. Seven and three. [00:43:13] Speaker A: Seven and three. Yeah. They beat Colorado last week. [00:43:15] Speaker B: Excuse me. They barely beat Colorado. [00:43:16] Speaker A: Honestly. [00:43:17] Speaker B: It was one of Colorado. Colorado's better performances recently. I think it's a good game. I think because it's in Tucson. I think it's a very close game because it's at Arizona. I give them the slight edge. I think Arizona was minus one favorites. [00:43:32] Speaker A: Minus 110. Yeah, it's kind of a toss up between. [00:43:35] Speaker B: Well, no, they were minus one, like point spread when I favorited. [00:43:39] Speaker A: That is also true. Minus one is a point spread. [00:43:41] Speaker B: And I think Arizona gets it done at home. I think it's just their year. I think Utah, while they're still a good team, they've never gotten over the fact that they don't have cam rising. Well, speaking of facts, good defense, not the best offense. I got the Arizona Wildcats winning. [00:43:58] Speaker A: Speaking of facts, Utah has won six straight against Arizona. So that's one. But Arizona has the home advantage. So with them playing efficiently, I think the Arizona Wildcats are going to win as well. So we side together for that one, sir. [00:44:18] Speaker B: Yes. The next one we're going to look at is a big SEC matchup. Two rivals, the number one, two time defending champs, Georgia Bulldogs taking on the number 21 Tennessee Volunteers. Tennessee coming off of embarrassing loss at Missouri last weekend. [00:44:33] Speaker A: Is it as big of a big of a matchup if you know who's going to win, though? [00:44:38] Speaker B: It's a big matchup in the fact that traditionally it's a big matchup, but yeah, this is going to be, I think Georgia is going to, no pun intended, dog walk the Tennessee Volunteers. [00:44:47] Speaker A: They're going to get Molly whopped. [00:44:49] Speaker B: Well, they're the Bulldogs. I was saying dog walk. [00:44:51] Speaker A: Yeah, the volunteers are going to. No, they can't walk the dog. Georgia won, right? [00:44:59] Speaker B: Yeah. Georgia's coming off probably their most impressive performance of the year. They blew the brakes off of Ole Miss. [00:45:06] Speaker A: Yeah. Carson Beck had a great game against Ole Miss. So did Kendall, Milton and Daijah and Edwards. [00:45:12] Speaker B: It just seems like this Georgia team is touchdowns, but they started slow, but they were winning games. They're getting better. They're kind of getting into gear. They know their time to shine is late in the season, heading towards the playoffs in the SEC championship game. [00:45:26] Speaker A: And I picked Tennessee last week and they got absolutely blown out by Missouri. [00:45:31] Speaker B: I'm aware, 36 to seven. [00:45:34] Speaker A: I think Georgia is going to win. They'll probably cover, I think they're favored like ten and a half points right now. [00:45:40] Speaker B: I think Georgia is going to win by like 21. Yeah, three or four. Touchdown. [00:45:44] Speaker A: It's crazy how bad Tennessee decided to show up these past couple of weeks. It opened at minus eight and a five, eight and a half. [00:45:53] Speaker B: I think I saw ten and a half. [00:45:54] Speaker A: It's opened at minus eight and a half. It's already at minus ten and a half. So it's a growing line. I think Georgia wins. You think Georgia wins? [00:46:02] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:46:02] Speaker A: I think everybody think Georgia wins. [00:46:05] Speaker B: Georgia Bulldogs. [00:46:06] Speaker A: Georgia wins. [00:46:07] Speaker B: All right, next game we're covering is one of the playoff contenders in the number five Washington Huskies taking on number ten Oregon State Beavers. Another game that's huge in PAC twelve title game implications. Michael Pinix Jr. Michael Pinix Jr. Washington, they haven't been playing the best as of late, but they're winning games. They're taking on an Oregon State team who nobody's talking about. Very sneaky, very good team. [00:46:33] Speaker A: The Beavers have beaten teams that nobody thought they were going to beat. [00:46:36] Speaker B: And the game is in Corvallis, Oregon. This is a home game for Oregon State. This is going to be a very tough game for the Washington Huskies. Maybe their toughest of the regular season. And that's including their win at home against number six Oregon Ducks. [00:46:48] Speaker A: And Oregon's are not Oregon State. I'm sorry. Oregon State's favorite it at home. So that puts the number five ranked Washington Huskies as the underdogs. [00:46:57] Speaker B: Yes. Slight, slight underdogs. I mean, this is a game. This is a huge game. If they win this game, Oregon State, they might jump Florida State for the number four ranking, saying they both win. I just believe in this Washington team. I think Pinnax, as we talked about. [00:47:14] Speaker A: Got that big Pinnocks energy. [00:47:16] Speaker B: I think he steps up as he has this whole year. [00:47:19] Speaker A: They have the best offense in college football right now. [00:47:23] Speaker B: LSU has the two best receivers. If you're talking about duos, if you're talking about trios, the Washington Huskies have the three best group of receivers. [00:47:31] Speaker A: Right. [00:47:32] Speaker B: I think their offense is going to be a little too much for Oregon State. I think it's a very close game. But I got the Huskies in a close, close game over the Beavers. I agree. [00:47:39] Speaker A: I think the Washington Huskies are going to win. I don't think it's actually going to be as close. I think the plus two and a half line, I think it's going to be at least a seven point victory. [00:47:51] Speaker B: It's not a bad pick. [00:47:53] Speaker A: Next thing on, we've got Kansas versus Kansas. That'll be Kansas State Wildcat versus the Kansas Jayhawks. [00:48:00] Speaker B: Kansas Jayhawks. This is one of the few times, even though Kansas lost, they got upset last week against Texas Tech. It's one of the few times these two teams meet and they're both actually good. [00:48:10] Speaker A: Right. You have the Kansas State, they're ranked 23rd. Kansas isn't ranked, but you have Kansas State favorite to win with the money line of -300 Kansas. [00:48:20] Speaker B: The game is in Lawrence, Kansas, too, at Kansas J. Hall. [00:48:23] Speaker A: So it's an away game for the Wildcats. For the Wildcats, they're still favorite to win by eight and a half is the current line. [00:48:30] Speaker B: Yeah, I think Kansas, they were already down to their backup quarterback. I think Bean is his last name and he got hurt last week. [00:48:38] Speaker A: Right. [00:48:40] Speaker B: I think that's going to be the huge factor in this game. Kansas State is a team ascending. They're playing well. Right. [00:48:45] Speaker A: And Kansas State blew out Baylor last week. Will Howard, Avery Johnson. I think they put up four total scores last week against Baylor. Like through the air only. [00:48:55] Speaker B: Yeah, it was a solid performance and they're taking on a team that is kind of, you don't want to say on a downward trajectory, but injuries have really hurt them. Even though it's a rivalry game, I think Kansas State, the favorite, is going to go in to Kansas and grab the victory. [00:49:10] Speaker A: Yeah. I think Kansas is allowing too many points, like you said, with the injuries, them losing by that field goal with not much time left last week. That coupled with the injuries and their defense allowing too many points, they're just going to be too vulnerable for Kansas State. I believe Kansas State is going to win as well. [00:49:29] Speaker B: All right. The next game we're covering is another rivalry game. And the state, well, it's not the same state in the Carolinas. [00:49:38] Speaker A: It's in the Carolina. [00:49:39] Speaker B: Clemson representing South Carolina, taking on the University of North Carolina. The Tar Hills. The Tar Hills come in number 22. They're taking on Clemson, who, although they're non ranked, they seem to finally be playing well. They beat the shit out of her name two weeks ago. They had a nice win over Georgia Tech last week. North Carolina, they seem to be all over the place. They were looking good. They have one of the best quarterbacks in the nation and then they go and lose to two of the worst teams in the conference. Got dominated by Georgia Tech. They lost to Virginia. So this is a team that's just all over the place. I think experience plays a factor in this game. And although North Carolina might have individually, some of their guys have more experience. I think Clemson as a program is just better than North Carolina's. I think Clemson at home beats the ranked Tar Heels. [00:50:26] Speaker A: Listen, Clemson beat Georgia Tech by 21. North Carolina lost to Georgia Tech. Do you need me to say more? I'm kidding. That's a shitty representation of anything. If I were to just leave it at that. That did happen this season, but I think going against the know, they did win over Duke and Clemson lost to Duke early in the know just contradicted a. It's a. It's a toss up. I think Drake may needs another big game to keep the Tigers off his back, but I don't think he gets it. I think Clemson wins. [00:51:05] Speaker B: So we agree on that one. Do we agree on all. [00:51:08] Speaker A: I think we agree on all the college picks, but most of the UFC picks we differ on this week. [00:51:14] Speaker B: So let's move on to NFL then. The first game on, a rarity for us. We're covering the Thursday night game just because it's such a big game and it's one of our favorite teams. Cincinnati Bengals travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens. Bengals coming off of a tough loss to the Texans. Ravens coming off of an even tougher loss to the Cleveland Browns. [00:51:31] Speaker A: I think we should expect T Higgins and Odell Beckham Jr. To both be out this week, coming off know playing on Sunday, having a short week, not being able to play on Thursday. I think T Higgins. Higgins has already been ruled out, but we'll see. Bingles come into this game five and four after getting beat by a field goal with time expiring to the Texans and the Ravens getting beat by the Browns last week by a field goal. [00:52:00] Speaker B: After having time expiring. [00:52:02] Speaker A: But they have like a three two to three touchdown lead. They blew that game. Honestly, I'm picking the Bingles here even though they're plus win 55 money line underdogs and they have plus three and a half point dogs on the line as well. I think the Bingles are going to win here. Joe Burrow is 100% healthy. He's going to have a little bit of rhythm having two games with T Higgins not in there, having to rely on the tight ends. Jamar Chase and Tyler Boyd mix in a couple good rushes from Joe Mixon, maybe some good ground game and we'll have a solid game from the Bengals. The Ravens haven't had to do much to win games recently. We haven't had a crazy big performance out of Lamar Jackson, not a bunch of passing yards. He's just been very know that's there's what, seven and three. So that plays very well for them to start the season. What do you think? [00:53:03] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's going to be a close game. I think the Bengals have their backs against the wall. I think Joe Burrow steps up. I got the Bengals winning. [00:53:11] Speaker A: Cool. [00:53:11] Speaker B: Next game we're going to cover is another game in the division, the Steelers taking on the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland. I mean, the Steelers are sneaky. Six and three. [00:53:21] Speaker A: Dude, I hate that they're six and are, they are not a good football team this year. [00:53:25] Speaker B: I mean, the NFL is all about winning games. They're taking on the Browns. Who's coming off probably the biggest win in the Sean Watson Cleveland Browns history, like since he's been on the team. [00:53:36] Speaker A: Did you say massage, Watson? [00:53:37] Speaker B: I did say massage, Watson. Okay, good. I think he steps up again. He had a horrible start, dude. [00:53:44] Speaker A: He threw a pick six to start the game. [00:53:46] Speaker B: He started like six for 21st half and then went 14 for 14 in the second half and just came back, came back to Ravens and won. Huge deficit one. I think he continues that and I think it plays into the fact that the Steelers six and three. I don't want to say they're frauds, but they're not a six and three team. I think the Browns get it done. [00:54:04] Speaker A: I think especially at home, the Browns are going to have what it takes to do it here. I don't think either one of these teams are good despite their records. They're both six and three, but neither one honestly deserves that kind of record. Other than the second half of the game that we were just talking about. Deshaun did not play well and Najee Harris has really been the life of the Packers. I believe the Browns are going to win as well. [00:54:32] Speaker B: So we agree on the first two NFL games. The next one, I think we'd agree on this one, too. [00:54:36] Speaker A: Yeah, a big you don't see NFL. [00:54:40] Speaker B: Lines like this a lot. It's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traveling to. [00:54:43] Speaker A: San Francisco -600 for the money line. Favorite for San Francisco. [00:54:48] Speaker B: Take on the Niners. The Niners last week, they look like they corrected all the mistakes they made. They went to Jacksonville after three straight losses in a bye week and they just beat the shit out of the Jacksonville Jaguars. [00:54:59] Speaker A: Right. But the Bucks did come and they were on a four loss losing streak. It's a big hurdle to have to overcome. Weird thing. The 49 ers have to do the exact same thing both teams coming into this game and the 49 ers are. [00:55:17] Speaker B: Actually a good team and the Bucks aren't. [00:55:19] Speaker A: Right. So you never would have expected both teams to have to come into those ODs or that level of adversary. CMC ended his touchdown streak, so I guess we can hope to restart that now. Yeah. [00:55:35] Speaker B: It's the best way to end a touchdown streak when your team blows out. [00:55:38] Speaker A: Right. [00:55:39] Speaker B: Goes across country and blows out. But in the end of the game. [00:55:42] Speaker A: They did give him just three drives, just trying to give him options to get the touchdown. I appreciate the Jaguars not just giving it to him. [00:55:50] Speaker B: Yeah, the Jaguars, it's the NFL. You don't just give touchdowns out. [00:55:53] Speaker A: I appreciate it. I think the 49 ERs are going to win, but the question is by how much? [00:55:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I think the Niners win. I think it's the NFL. So it's probably going to be closer than you think. But I'm going to say Niners by like seven. The next game we're covering is an AFC east matchup. The maybe one of the worst offense performances I've ever seen last week in the New York jets taking on another team that didn't look great on offense either, who's really struggling so much they fire their offensive coordinator today in the Buffalo Bills. I mean, the Bills, this kind of goes back to the Bengals point. Their backs are against the wall. They have to start winning some games. I think they're five and five, five and four right now. [00:56:36] Speaker A: Jets are four and five. The Bills are five and five. [00:56:38] Speaker B: I mean, the Bills, I don't know what's going on with Josh Allen. He is turning the ball over like crazy. [00:56:43] Speaker A: He's got eleven interceptions. [00:56:45] Speaker B: And this jets team, nobody's talking shit about their defense. They have a great defense and they could force a lot of turnovers. I just think it's going to come down to who can score you more points. I think Josh Allen scores more points than Zach Wilson. I got the Bills, but I think it's going to be like a super tight, super low scoring game. [00:57:04] Speaker A: I think the Bills have been playing and the jets, honestly, they had the opportunity after Aaron Rogers. They came back very strong at the very beginning and they have just not played up to par. It should not be Aaron Rogers to hold the entire thing together like that. But to the same point, Josh Allen has thrown eleven interceptions so far this year. He has not been playing well. They've dropped games to the Broncos and the Patriots, which I think is unacceptable for them. I think the Bills are going to come back and win this year. Not this year, this game. But I agree with you. I think the jets are probably going to cover the seven point spread. It'd be a close scoring game, low scoring game, Bills win. And then finally, is it finally? Yeah, finally we have a Super bowl rematch. Eagles versus Chiefs. [00:58:02] Speaker B: Probably the Monday Night Football, probably the. [00:58:04] Speaker A: Best Monday Night Football game of the. [00:58:05] Speaker B: Season and probably the two. You said Super bowl rematch. Probably the two best teams in the NFL right now. [00:58:11] Speaker A: Just if you say, just like if you had the main as day, if. [00:58:17] Speaker B: You had the bet who's going to be in the Super bowl, you would say it's going to be these two teams. [00:58:20] Speaker A: Yeah. One of the two. Not playing like a fan favorite reach or anything. I'd say it's going to be the. [00:58:24] Speaker B: Chiefs or it's Kelsey Bowl 2.0. [00:58:29] Speaker A: Yeah. You got Brotherly love with a good brotherly shove this week. That's a good one. [00:58:35] Speaker B: Is it a good one? [00:58:36] Speaker A: It might be. [00:58:37] Speaker B: How many times you think they're going to mention Taylor Swift on a ESPN Monday Night Football game? This is the first time that she's Monday Night Football. [00:58:46] Speaker A: You want to know how much they're going to mention Taylor Swift this week? I'm going to read you exactly what I wrote for this game. Brotherly love with a brotherly shove. The Celsius. Come together in a Super bowl rematch where Taylor Swift should do the halftime show. That's all I wrote. [00:59:02] Speaker B: Oh, that's a lot about Taylor Swift. [00:59:04] Speaker A: Well, that's more about Taylor Swift than it is about football. [00:59:08] Speaker B: I mean, I think these are both teams that they keep winning games and they have two of the best records in the NFL, but they haven't looked like they're playing their best yet, which I think is scary for the rest of the NFL, though, right? [00:59:20] Speaker A: They're eight and one for the Eagles, seven and two for the chiefs. [00:59:23] Speaker B: I think both teams are going to ball out in this game. I think it'll be a very entertaining game. [00:59:26] Speaker A: I think there's going to be plenty of offense. I think it's going to be a very great game. But I think the Chiefs are going to win. [00:59:32] Speaker B: You know, I had the Chiefs. I'm going to make a last minute switch. [00:59:37] Speaker A: The Eagles. [00:59:39] Speaker B: I think the Eagles get the Dub. I think AJ Brown goes off in this game. I think the Eagles go in the Arrowhead, get the win. [00:59:46] Speaker A: Honestly, if the Eagles win, I could stand to hear a good Roan Eagles chant. You know what I'm talking about? [00:59:53] Speaker B: I do know what you're talking about. [01:00:01] Speaker A: All right, so let's kick off these takes and takes from last week. I did pretty good. I went ten and five for all my takes. I got five wrong. I went four and one in college. Three and two in the UFC and three and two in the NFL. How'd you do, Christian? [01:00:19] Speaker B: I did one better than you. I went eleven and four. [01:00:23] Speaker A: Cool. [01:00:23] Speaker B: Five and one college. That was the difference. Two and three in the UFC. I'm sorry, two and three in the NFL. Four and one in the UFC. [01:00:31] Speaker A: Yeah, I got the Bengals wrong. They got upset by the Texans with a field goal. [01:00:34] Speaker B: I had that one as well. I had the Ravens, which fucked me. [01:00:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I had the Ravens as well. [01:00:39] Speaker B: And I also had, between maybe the worst football game I've ever seen in my life. I picked the team that actually lost between the jets and the Raiders. [01:00:48] Speaker A: Yeah, I lucked out on that one. I got the dub there, so I think that's actually the only category I beat you in this week. The other two, UFC, we both got darn wrong. But I picked Prohaska, you picked Pereira. So obviously you got the belt and the win there. And for the college, I picked the volunteers. [01:01:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Missouri beat that ass. [01:01:07] Speaker A: And they volunteered to lose to the Tigers. It was crazy. [01:01:10] Speaker B: Yeah, I went five and we had all the other same picks, so pretty good. Solid week. I think we'll both take eleven and four and ten and five every week. [01:01:17] Speaker A: Yeah, it definitely increases. It's a two to one for me on the ten and five, so I'll take that for sure with the stakes. For Me, I went three and two. Once again, it's positive. It's nothing to write home about, but I got the BSD money line. That's going to be Menwis St. Denis money line, got the Seahawks money line and the 49 ers money line. I lost on a Jessica Andrade versus Mackenzie Dern over on the rounds. Andrade just smashed her early. [01:01:45] Speaker B: She ruined that for you. [01:01:46] Speaker A: Yeah. And Tennessee volunteers. [01:01:50] Speaker B: He has a tough one to bet on. [01:01:52] Speaker A: Yeah. God damn. Just shit on me completely. How'd you do in bets? [01:01:56] Speaker B: I did pretty damn well. I went five and all five of my bets hit. [01:02:00] Speaker A: Damn. [01:02:01] Speaker B: I had the same Benoit St. Denis Moneyline. So that one obviously hit nice. I had Tom Aspen on money line. That was the one I was worried about because that was like, either guy could punch each other and knock, right. [01:02:12] Speaker A: I didn't pick that as a bet because going in, it's like, well, I don't know what's going to. Even though I think tomorrow Aspinal is going to win, I don't know what's going to happen. So I didn't feel confident playing. [01:02:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I was nervous about that one. My college football bet was the Michigan Wolverines. They beat Penn State. Their Moneyline then NFL. I had the 49 ERs, who I think I bet Moneyline almost every week. [01:02:32] Speaker A: They play pretty much. I mean, it's worth it. [01:02:35] Speaker B: So they finally ended their losing streaks. That was one. And then I had the Seahawks Moneyline over the Commanders. I just thought they were the better team and it was a close game and they eked it out, but they got it. [01:02:45] Speaker A: That's all that matters. Five and five and nice. So changing things up a little bit this week, instead of just kind of rattling off the standings every week, I want to do things a little bit different. I want to try to pick an upset of the week. I want to each give a different one that kind of, we think is going to win the upset on the cards. Give people a little betting advantage, if we will. [01:03:12] Speaker B: So is this UFC? Is it football? Is it any sport? [01:03:16] Speaker A: I think it's going to be any sport that has a plus money. Nothing. Nothing that's saying like, oh, I'm just going to pick this one because it's not going to win, but let's pick one that we think is going to be. [01:03:30] Speaker B: I got an easy one for this week. [01:03:31] Speaker A: All right, what you got? [01:03:33] Speaker B: I got the Washington Huskies plus 114, number five team in the nation. [01:03:37] Speaker A: Oh. Against Oregon State. [01:03:38] Speaker B: Against Oregon State. I'm surprised they're underdogs. I thought it would be a close game, but I'm surprised they're underdogs. [01:03:42] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't understand the line on that, but I actually agree with you. I think the Washington Huskies are going to win. It's a plus 114 line at the moment. [01:03:51] Speaker B: Obviously by game time, I think it's very strong. By game time, it probably will be even our Washington favorite. [01:03:58] Speaker A: But still, my upset of the week, I think I'm going to go with the Alopecia King himself. Josh Dobbs, Minnesota Vikings Moneyline plus 110 over the Broncos. I think with how bad the Broncos have been this year, I think the only reason they're getting the Moneyline favorite is because they've had a couple of weird wins over the Chiefs, 49 Ers. A couple of weird teams like that. [01:04:23] Speaker B: Those are good wins. [01:04:24] Speaker A: Good wins for them, but they're not a good team. And we probably have Justin Jefferson back. [01:04:29] Speaker B: I don't know, man. I think the Broncos are finding themselves. And I think Josh Dobbs, he's not going to play like this forever, but. [01:04:35] Speaker A: He can play like this this year, can he not? [01:04:38] Speaker B: Year? [01:04:38] Speaker A: He might. So I pick Minnesota Vikings Moneyline. Plus 110. You got the Washington Huskies plus 114. Kind of bets you got this week. What kind of stakes you're going to make this week? [01:04:50] Speaker B: I actually have Washington Huskies Moneyline as one of my bets. [01:04:53] Speaker A: Okay. So you put your money where your mouth is. I like that. [01:04:56] Speaker B: Plus 114. And my other college bet, kind of a big favorite, is the Georgia Bulldogs. I got them at minus one, I'm sorry. -440 Georgia Bulldogs over the Tennessee Volunteers. [01:05:08] Speaker A: Okay. So for college, I actually also have the Washington Moneyline and Kansas State Moneyline. I think the Wildcats are going to beat the Jayhawks this week. [01:05:18] Speaker B: It's a good pick. It's a good pick. Do you have any UFC? I got two. [01:05:22] Speaker A: I have one UFC fight. [01:05:23] Speaker B: I got two. I got Medic, actually. Medic. Moneyline at -240 that's actually when he was supposed to fight Johnny Parsons. The new Moneyline has not come out. [01:05:32] Speaker A: I assume it'll be even heavier. [01:05:34] Speaker B: I assume so, too. And I'm sticking with medic. Getting a dub. And then my other bet is going to be Paul Craig Moneyline plus 275. I think he gets the win and I think that's a good line to earn a little money. [01:05:48] Speaker A: Yeah, I think with both of those. Not both of those. All four of those. It's a good solid like kind of plus minus differential there. My one UFC bet this week is Michael Morales Moneyline. I think he's going to win. I've kind of faltered in UFC the past couple of weeks, picking some bag fights. So I'm just trying to get back to baseline. [01:06:10] Speaker B: I feel you, brother. [01:06:11] Speaker A: Catch a couple wins. But for NFL, I got two bets. [01:06:15] Speaker B: I got one NFL bet. [01:06:16] Speaker A: I got the Bengals money line. I'm going to ride that lightning. [01:06:19] Speaker B: I like it. I like it. [01:06:20] Speaker A: And then I got the Kansas City Chiefs money line. [01:06:22] Speaker B: I like both of those. Well, I think the Eagles are going to win, but it's not a bad bet. I have the Cleveland Browns money line as my only NFL bet -192 Brownies for a Brownie. [01:06:32] Speaker A: God. [01:06:32] Speaker B: I think at home against the Steelers, I think they get it done. [01:06:37] Speaker A: Nice. Yes. [01:06:38] Speaker B: I think that wraps up our bets, our stakes and takes for the week. Check us out next week when we review UFC Vegas 82. Take a look at the big football games of the week, both NCAA and NFL, and go over our stakes and takes from this week and give you our stakes and takes for next week. [01:07:04] Speaker A: You um, scratching like the whip with the winter. [01:07:14] Speaker B: Scratching, scratching close. [01:08:19] Speaker A: It's Grant.