Episode Transcript
[00:00:08] Speaker A: Welcome back to split decision. This week on episode 33, we're gonna recap UFC 298, Toporia's wild prediction. Then we're gonna draft our top five. And this week, with the UFC back in Mexico City, we're gonna do top five mexican peoples.
Next, we'll take a look at UFC Mexico City with Moreno versus Roy Val two. And then we're going to do stakes and takes. We're going to give you our top bets ahead of this week's games and then settle up last week. But first, like and subscribe and then head to splitdecisionpod.com, where you're going to find all of our recent episodes of split decision, all of our top fives, and all the blogs and other stuff we have. Again, that's splitdecisionpod.com. All right, let's go.
[00:00:59] Speaker B: UFC 298 exceeded the hype.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: I was going to come across this table and punch you in the neck if you said this one wasn't exciting.
[00:01:09] Speaker B: It exceeded the hype. It sets us up great for UFC 299 and UFC 300, which are just like mega cards.
[00:01:16] Speaker A: Like stepping up in tears.
[00:01:17] Speaker B: Exactly. I mean, it was a great card. Great weekend of fights. How'd the prelims go?
[00:01:23] Speaker A: Prelims were great. Andrea KGB Lee faced off against Miranda fear, Louisiana. Shout out, Louisiana. They fought in the women's flyweight division. From the start of the fight, Maverick lived up to her name, instilling fear in Lee with that strong precision and aggression. She defeated Lee's best efforts. In the end, Miranda Maverick took home.
[00:01:45] Speaker B: The unanimous decision and handed forever and keeps winning.
[00:01:49] Speaker A: Right, and she was handing Andrea keep getting beat. Her fourth consecutive loss.
[00:01:56] Speaker B: Maybe her last UFC loss.
[00:01:58] Speaker A: Yeah, that's unfortunate. Four in a row is never good unless you're Tony Ferguson.
[00:02:02] Speaker B: Shout out Louisiana.
[00:02:03] Speaker A: In Oban, the welsh gangster, Elliot's UFC debut, he lived up to his gangster reputation, stifling Val the animal woodburn's power, leaving no room for animalistic instincts to kick in.
[00:02:16] Speaker B: The last time we saw Val, he got knocked out in a minute by Bo Nickel.
[00:02:20] Speaker A: People were saying, is Bo Nickel's hype bad with. After how Woodburn's performance was, he beat him in less than a minute.
[00:02:28] Speaker B: What more do you want?
[00:02:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't know. Wrestling guy knocked him out in a minute or 30 seconds, whatever it was. Yeah. Elliot walked Woodburn down like someone stepping on his block to win by unanimous decision.
Danny, left hand to God, Barlow took on Josh, the renegade Quinlan. Next in the welterweight division, Barlow delivered divine power, raining down thunderous left hands throughout, earning him around three ko. That left the renegade needing salvation.
Next, Mingyong the tiger Zong took on Brendan the gorilla, Roberto.
[00:03:03] Speaker B: In the battle of the jungle.
[00:03:05] Speaker A: Yeah. In the light heavyweight division, Zhang prowled the octagon with tiger like precision, while Roberto swung with raw power of a gorilla, I might add. Despite that power, Zong's tiger like reflexes delivered a show stopping left hook in the first round, earning him the victory and his 7th straight ko.
[00:03:25] Speaker B: So K settled. Tiger beats gorillas.
[00:03:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I can't even argue that one anymore. Jumping into the bantamweight division, Rinya hybrid Nakamura defeated Carlos Vera by unanimous decision.
[00:03:37] Speaker B: Stays undefeated.
[00:03:39] Speaker A: Nakamura's hybrid skill set was a big determining factor here, where the two engaged in a technical battle.
[00:03:45] Speaker B: I felt bad for Nakamura because he was dominating, but the fans were just booing because he was grounding, pounding, like keeping him on the ground.
[00:03:51] Speaker A: Yeah, and Anak would say, true fight fans don't really understand joker saying that too.
[00:03:56] Speaker B: He's like, these savages in here are booing. They don't even know what they're watching.
[00:04:00] Speaker A: Well, speaking of savages, stepping on twelve minutes notice, junior, the juggernaut Tapa stepped in for his injured brother.
[00:04:08] Speaker B: It might be the last time he steps because his leg got fucked up.
[00:04:12] Speaker A: No kidding. For Marcos ruggero Pazau, do you know what pizau means? It means bigfoot.
Especially with that fight. De Lima, they fought in the heavyweight division. Pazau proved he was like Bigfoot, using kicks to damage the lead leg and create those big openings for powerful shots.
[00:04:31] Speaker B: Tore that leg up.
[00:04:32] Speaker A: De Lima dictated the fight. Like Adriana, Lima dictated the Runway. As a Victoria's Secret angel.
[00:04:38] Speaker B: Nice reach. Nice reach.
[00:04:39] Speaker A: Thank you, thank you. Headlighting the prelims, carrying and earning fight of the night. Amanda Limos and Mackenzie Derm had us all stricken for multiple reasons. Cake.
[00:04:51] Speaker B: I thought it looked like for a while derm was going to get knocked out, and then she came back and she almost won the fight.
[00:04:56] Speaker A: Yeah, it's crazy, a contested fight. Mackenzie had me saying. Dern, with her six minutes of control, which most of which was on the ground, limos won 29 28 on all the judges scorecard. It was honestly an amazing fight. Cake.
[00:05:12] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, there you go. That's the prelims. It was a great prelims, and it set up for a great main card.
The most surprising. And the thing everybody's going to remember this fight card for, though, is the main event.
And that was Elia Toporia knocking out Alexander Volkanowski, Volkanowski's first featherweight loss. Toporia looks like that dude. He lived up to all the shit he was talking, and he's the champ. I think it's a new era.
[00:05:38] Speaker A: Call him the left right slump. Now, if you're Volk, he's got two.
[00:05:43] Speaker B: Back to back losses. Knocked out, slumped to the left or to the right against Islam, then slumped to the left against.
[00:05:51] Speaker A: A two pump slump. That's tough.
[00:05:54] Speaker B: I mean, just last year, Volk was looking unbeatable. Like in June of last year, July last year, after he dominated, he.
[00:06:04] Speaker A: After he lost to Islam by decision, we thought the rematch, we're like, all.
[00:06:08] Speaker B: Right, islam by decision.
[00:06:10] Speaker A: Volk needed five rounds to figure out what's going on with this guy.
[00:06:15] Speaker B: Then it was like, oh, he's taking this. Knocked out Islam. Knocked out by Islam, man. Then got knocked out. Second round by Toporia. But toporia looks like that guy. I think he might be honestly shocked me.
[00:06:25] Speaker A: Shocked the world.
I'll say.
[00:06:27] Speaker B: I think it shocked everybody except for Ilya.
[00:06:30] Speaker A: A lot of people.
[00:06:30] Speaker B: Like, I picked Toporia, but it was still shocking to see. The only person that probably wasn't shocked was toporia.
[00:06:36] Speaker A: Yeah, he predicted it. It was a second round knockout. He claimed the Featherwhite title for himself.
Honestly, it was a beautiful way he worked the body to open up big, powerful headshots.
[00:06:49] Speaker B: Did some leg damage, take down leg damage. It was a great showing, walking Volk down.
[00:06:55] Speaker A: Yeah. And look, to Volk's credit, every time he won, he won like a champ. Every time he lost, he lost like a champ. Nothing but respect for both fighters.
Obviously, Volk wants a rematch. I think that's understandable from Volk's point of view. But for Toporia, who do you think's next?
[00:07:14] Speaker B: He has a couple of options. Volks, obviously one of them. Yair, though, the winner of Yair, Brian Ortega.
[00:07:20] Speaker A: Right.
[00:07:21] Speaker B: Will have us say Max Holloway if he goes out and beats Justin Gaethje.
[00:07:24] Speaker A: I thought about Max Holloway, but the.
[00:07:26] Speaker B: Thing is, if he beats Justin Gaethje at 155, he might get a 155 title shot.
[00:07:30] Speaker A: He could be lined up for two title shots. Yeah.
[00:07:32] Speaker B: So, I mean, there's options and then there's evolve. I think it is evolve.
[00:07:36] Speaker A: Yeah. I was going to say he's undefeated. Seven and undefeated.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: He's kind of the guy that, although they brought up his name in the press conference, and Toporia said he needs to do more to get the.
[00:07:45] Speaker A: I would argue that kind of what I was saying. Why? I thought Volk was going to win. What had tappore done?
[00:07:52] Speaker B: Yeah, but Tuporia is knocking, dudes, out and finishing fights.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true. That's true. I'll give you that.
[00:07:58] Speaker B: So he has some options.
A dark horse, especially because of how one of these fights turned out on this card, is if Sean O'Malley beats Cheeto, he's talking about he wants to move up and fight him. And I think he might do that just to not have to fight Morab and keep hold of that belt a little bit longer.
[00:08:16] Speaker A: Yeah, he could just to be aggravating.
[00:08:20] Speaker B: So I think there's some make Morab wait a little bit longer. There's some options for Ilya.
[00:08:24] Speaker A: Troll move. I mean, look, he's definitely the type to have a troll move up his belt for sure.
[00:08:29] Speaker B: Some options for Ilya, though. But I think this is a new era. I think he might be the champ for a while. It was a very impressive performance from him.
[00:08:36] Speaker A: So moving on from an exciting but short main event and new, the whole thing. A bunch of title exchanges in the past few main events. Yeah.
[00:08:47] Speaker B: They say the longest tenured champ now, I think, is Leon Edwards.
[00:08:51] Speaker A: Yeah, like two or 500 days, something like that. Crazy comain. Whitaker versus Costa.
[00:08:58] Speaker B: Another great fight.
[00:08:59] Speaker A: Proved the hype, again, proved the hype.
[00:09:01] Speaker B: And shout out, Costa, even though he lost his fight, but unanimous decision.
[00:09:04] Speaker A: It's been a while since he's capable.
[00:09:06] Speaker B: It's been a while since he's come out and showed out performance. Yeah, he showed out because even against Rockhold, it was kind of, as we said, he ran out of gas.
[00:09:16] Speaker A: Right.
[00:09:17] Speaker B: This one was a great thought. I don't know how.
[00:09:21] Speaker A: How do you live through those hits?
[00:09:23] Speaker B: I don't know how. Yeah, Whitaker lived through that head kick in the first round.
[00:09:26] Speaker A: I mean, the commentary was going crazy. They were like, how is he standing?
[00:09:29] Speaker B: And then Whitaker just came back and really just pieced him up the rest of the fight.
[00:09:33] Speaker A: Talk about what you do as a skilled you. You fight through adversity. You make adjustments when you. For your minute and you figure out how to win. The.
[00:09:45] Speaker B: That's the difference in the fight, is Whitaker was able to adjust on the fly. Costa wasn't Whitaker. I mean, this was like a microcosm of his career. He gets knocked down, and he didn't literally get knocked down, but faces adversity and he comes back stronger. That's what he did in this fight. Very impressive performance from Costa.
[00:10:01] Speaker A: Right? He won. Unanimous decision. 2928-2928 and 30 27. I got three options for fights. Izzy Strickland, duplic. I don't care which one. I don't think he's fighting like any of them.
[00:10:15] Speaker B: I don't think he's fighting Izzy again. He's already lost twice to Izzy.
[00:10:18] Speaker A: Right.
[00:10:18] Speaker B: But I think unless 2024 could be.
[00:10:20] Speaker A: Like, the redemption year for duplicate has the duplicate for Whitaker, he could fight duplexis.
[00:10:28] Speaker B: I think that would be a good fight. Strickland would be a good fight.
I think Strickland is the way to.
[00:10:33] Speaker A: Go, but with his injury, he can't fight for six months minimum. Not injury with his fight. Because of how they just medical.
[00:10:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:10:42] Speaker A: Yeah. He got suspended for six months, so he's not clear to fight until at least August.
[00:10:47] Speaker B: I would like to see him fight Strickland, and I think that would be a title eliminator. Winner gets a title shot because Strickland lost a close fight to Duplexis.
[00:10:53] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be a good one.
[00:10:55] Speaker B: I think Strickland makes the most sense for Whitaker.
[00:10:57] Speaker A: Next. All right, let's call it now. Duplicy, not duplicate. Duplicate will fight the winner of Strickland versus Whitaker for the belt.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: You might fight sooner than that, too.
[00:11:10] Speaker A: Let's do it. All right, what's the next one?
[00:11:12] Speaker B: Next one is Neil. Gary. I'm sorry? Neil versus Gary.
[00:11:16] Speaker A: Ian.
[00:11:17] Speaker B: Gary.
[00:11:18] Speaker A: Jeff. Neil.
[00:11:18] Speaker B: Neil.
[00:11:19] Speaker A: There we go.
[00:11:21] Speaker B: Ian, Gary. Split decision win. This was probably the least entertaining fight. Definitely the main card. Maybe the whole card.
Ian Gary, though, you can't really hate on him. He went out there and did what he needed to do, win the most exciting fight. Very, very technical fight.
He kind of just knew he had to avoid the knockout from Jeff Neal and just kind of piece him up and point him up, win by points. That was his game plan, and he went out and executed. So you can't really hate on him, but it just wasn't the most exciting fight.
[00:11:52] Speaker A: No, that's absolutely right. But I mean, he said kind of what it was in the post fight, if you know you're facing power, are you just going to stand in front of it and get hit? Exactly like you're going to move out of the way, make decisions, stay at range, hit when you can and get out of the way? It's not about.
I mean, it kind of is. It is sometimes about finishing your opponent, but it's also about being a smart fighter.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: He's a big enough name at this point. He's ranked in the top ten where, yeah, you're undefeated.
[00:12:25] Speaker A: You're putting your ranking on the line, you're putting all that on the line. You're not trying to go out there and just get slept in the first round.
[00:12:30] Speaker B: Just get the wins at this point because if you get enough wins, you're going to get a title shot, though. Can't really hate on him, honestly.
[00:12:35] Speaker A: No. And he fought the right fight for him.
[00:12:38] Speaker B: Smart.
[00:12:39] Speaker A: Right. He followed it up strong on this fight. He had the Colby Covington call out, which.
[00:12:45] Speaker B: I love that fight.
[00:12:46] Speaker A: Good call out for him because it's.
[00:12:48] Speaker B: Almost like he even said, for a.
[00:12:49] Speaker A: Huge amount of shit.
[00:12:50] Speaker B: He even said colby. He's like, this is the biggest money fight for Colby right now, and it's the best way for him to get back in the title contention. So if Colby doesn't take this, that's on him. Right? He just doesn't want to fight me.
[00:13:04] Speaker A: So if Colby doesn't take it, I think Kamara Usman or Balal.
[00:13:10] Speaker B: Well, Balal.
[00:13:11] Speaker A: No, he's just willing to fight at this point. Is he, though? He's got to, because they're not fighting UFC 300.
[00:13:18] Speaker B: He has to get a title shot.
[00:13:20] Speaker A: Leon. Who's Leon willing to fight? He said he agreed to four people. Yeah.
[00:13:25] Speaker B: You didn't see who it was? It was Bilal Chamayev. Somebody else, too.
[00:13:30] Speaker A: I can't remember.
[00:13:30] Speaker B: There's another giant name, right? That means the other people said no, or, like, just couldn't figure it out.
Dana gave him a shout out.
[00:13:38] Speaker A: I think Bilal would say yes. I mean, at this point, Ian Gary is going to be ranked 6th, 6th, and third or second.
[00:13:45] Speaker B: I don't think Bilal takes the fight.
[00:13:46] Speaker A: Because I think Bilal Usman would be fun, though.
[00:13:48] Speaker B: Usman would be a fun fight.
[00:13:50] Speaker A: And it's one of those, like, earning respect where Ian Gary's going down, trying to take down legends to build his own name.
[00:13:56] Speaker B: I think Covington's the right jump. I think Usman might be too much at this point. Maybe not, though, but, yeah, I think any of those names you listed, viable options. I think Ian Gary would sign on to fight any of those guys.
[00:14:08] Speaker A: Sweet. All right, next Marab Devash Ville took on Henry Cejudo. I would say retired Henry.
[00:14:15] Speaker B: Yeah, I was about to say, I think we're finally going to have a retired Henry Cejudo. Because he looked old. He looked good in the first round.
[00:14:22] Speaker A: He was pressuring hard.
[00:14:23] Speaker B: He just.
[00:14:24] Speaker A: He couldn't keep it the whole time.
[00:14:26] Speaker B: The thing they say is Morab has weaponized his cardio.
[00:14:30] Speaker A: It is crazy.
[00:14:31] Speaker B: Like, he will just will not stop. He tires everybody out. He fights.
[00:14:34] Speaker A: He did great movement, great range. He showed why he deserved his number two ranking.
[00:14:39] Speaker B: He outwrestled the Olympic gold medalist. Yeah, he literally picked him up and carried him across the cage.
[00:14:45] Speaker A: That was pretty cool. While he was.
[00:14:46] Speaker B: Go talk to Zuckerberg. Yeah, I mean, Marab, he's got to be.
I don't have any 135 on the plane. I think he beats anybody to 135 division right now.
[00:14:58] Speaker A: I don't think there's any other decision for the next fight.
[00:15:02] Speaker B: On this one, he has to have a title shot.
[00:15:03] Speaker A: Title shot for the winner of O'Malley Vera title shot. And I think he probably wins.
[00:15:09] Speaker B: I think he does what he just did.
[00:15:12] Speaker A: Unless, Sean, somebody just sleeps.
That's always a possibility.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: Cejudo got him, right.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: So, yeah.
[00:15:24] Speaker B: I feel like it's either knock him out in the first round or he's just going to rag doll you.
[00:15:27] Speaker A: But you've also seen O'Malley. You remember when he fought the zombie. O'Malley was just destroying that dude for three rounds straight. Now that dude is no longer in the UFC because he never fought well again. But for somebody to just walk through that much damage, that looks like what Morab would do in that fight.
[00:15:46] Speaker B: I agree. Morab's a beast. I think even Dana White was like, yeah, he's the fucking man after this. I mean, it was just.
[00:15:53] Speaker A: He could have been the champ if he just didn't want to beat up his buddy.
[00:15:56] Speaker B: Exactly. Which at this point, where it might work out for both of them, because Aljo is moving up to 145 in UFC 300. Yeah, that's true. And if Morab gets the belt after that, I think it worked out for both of them. Props to Morab, though, I think. No doubt, though, a title shot.
[00:16:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Let's go to the main card opener.
[00:16:14] Speaker B: Main card opener. And this fluffy put his name on the map. Fluffy Hernandez chokes out Roman Copylov.
[00:16:21] Speaker A: He reminded people why he's already in the top 15, middleweight.
[00:16:25] Speaker B: Exactly. And I think he said it after the fight. He says, put me on a fight night main event. And I think that performance he did, second round choke.
[00:16:34] Speaker A: It's a perfect example of what, kind of like a UFC vet who knows what's going on, who knows how to fight. He already said he wants to take it seriously and go on his own little title run.
[00:16:45] Speaker B: I mean, at this point.
[00:16:46] Speaker A: Yes, that's perfect.
[00:16:47] Speaker B: And this fight kind of played out like we said. It was a guy that is a very good striker versus a guy that has adequate striking. But the guy with adequate striking had crazy ground game. And the crazy ground game won.
[00:17:01] Speaker A: Right.
[00:17:02] Speaker B: Hernandez got him down, got the choke out. I mean, fluffy, this was one of the best performances, he took some shots. He proved he was tough, but he.
[00:17:09] Speaker A: Was determined to get.
[00:17:10] Speaker B: But he was determined. He got the takedown, and once he got the takedowns, he really showed where.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: Roman Koppalov's game suffered. Where, like, if it was a stand up fight, I believe Roman Koppalov would have probably either won by knockout or won by decision.
Hernandez was forcibly getting him to the ground. He was not taking no for an answer. I'm getting you to the ground, and once I get you to the ground, I'm going to expose the weakest part of your game. Who does he fight next? He didn't have a call out. I was thinking, I think he just.
[00:17:41] Speaker B: Moves up in the rankings.
[00:17:43] Speaker A: Moves up in the rankings. Maybe he fights Roman de Lidze. Chris Curtis.
[00:17:48] Speaker B: Chris Curtis, I think would be a.
[00:17:50] Speaker A: Good, you know, those are two knockout guys. Just know, force him to strike a little bit more, see what happens, but I don't know.
[00:18:05] Speaker B: With the UFC returning to Mexico City this week, our top five theme is going to be top five mexican people. If you recall, if you're a fan of the show, which I hope there's at least some of you out there, we've already done top five mexican things.
I think in September when the Mexican in the UFC.
[00:18:23] Speaker A: Noce.
[00:18:24] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:18:24] Speaker A: Alexa Grasso versus Valentina Shevchenko.
[00:18:27] Speaker B: So now we returned to Mexico. We had to scramble.
So top five mexican people. I think this is a good one because I think we looked back at our top five mexican things. We didn't pick a lot of people. I think we picked a couple.
[00:18:39] Speaker A: Yeah, a couple of people.
[00:18:40] Speaker B: But now it's strictly people to kind of open up a little bit. A little bit.
[00:18:45] Speaker A: Okay.
You went with all people?
We'll see. Okay.
[00:18:51] Speaker B: Mexican individuals. Top five mexican individuals.
[00:18:54] Speaker A: There you go. I identify as a Mexican, and I'm kidding.
[00:18:58] Speaker B: So let's kick it off. It's my first pick and I'm going to go the one one. This is, I think, a popular pick, especially if you're a combat sports fan. My one one is going to be Canelo Alvarez.
One of the biggest stars in boxing currently. Definitely the biggest mexican star. 60 wins, two losses, two draws.
He's a superstar. He sells out cowboy stadium.
Good looking dude. Sells fights. Millionaire. Beats people up. Canelo alive as one one.
[00:19:31] Speaker A: That's awesome. That's a good pick.
I'm going to see that as your one one.
And I'm going to go with my own fighter for my own first pick. I go with the UFC, his own Brandon Moreno.
[00:19:50] Speaker B: You know, I thought about that considering we're a UFC podcast.
[00:19:55] Speaker A: He's fought, he's been in the UFC, he's been kicked out of the UFC. He's fought through a lot of adversity to get back, become the champion, most.
[00:20:03] Speaker B: Of it against Davis and Figueredo fought.
[00:20:06] Speaker A: For most of his professional career against one person going into his second long standing feud, apparently with a second person.
[00:20:15] Speaker B: His third because he's fought pantoja a couple times.
[00:20:17] Speaker A: Oh, that's true. I forgot about that. So he's a man with many grudges, but a Mexico best. He's the assassin, baby. Brandon Moreno.
[00:20:25] Speaker B: It's a good pick. I just went with Canelo over him just because Canelo's.
[00:20:29] Speaker A: He holds more Mexico pride. Like Mexico as a country holds him up huge. I give you that.
[00:20:35] Speaker B: But that is a good pick. So I can't hate on the Brandon.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: Moreno now my second pick, just to take things off the list. Not just two, but one of those things that almost would take my first pick overall. I just decided to go with Moreno first.
[00:20:53] Speaker B: It's the advantage of having one, too. Your first and second, right?
[00:20:58] Speaker A: Alexa Grasso.
[00:20:59] Speaker B: Okay, so you're going double UFC.
[00:21:01] Speaker A: Double UFC. Best to knock know really the three of the greatest fighters from Mexico.
[00:21:08] Speaker B: I had her on my list.
[00:21:10] Speaker A: Alexa Grasso with her deep dark eyes. Stare down anybody. Make me shiver in my boots.
16 and three and one. She took the belt from Valentina Shevchenko. They had a draw last bout.
Great fighter.
[00:21:27] Speaker B: I love Alexa Grasso.
[00:21:28] Speaker A: Yeah. Alexa Grasso, number two.
[00:21:29] Speaker B: What you got for your third or second?
[00:21:32] Speaker A: Sorry, third.
[00:21:33] Speaker B: My second one.
I'm going to go a different route than you. I'm getting away from the athletes. Musician. One of the best guitarists of all time.
An icon in terms of like sixty s, seventy s music. I'm going Carlos Santana number two.
[00:21:50] Speaker A: As soon as you said musician, I started writing it because I could tell which one you were going to get.
[00:21:55] Speaker B: I don't know a single person that knows of Santana that doesn't like Santana. He has some banger songs, kills on the guitar. He played at Woodstock. He went from Woodstock all the way through and he was still making songs into the long career.
[00:22:10] Speaker A: That's crazy.
[00:22:11] Speaker B: It really is. Everybody loves him. Carlos Santana, my second pick.
So now I'm going my third pick.
[00:22:20] Speaker A: Yes, sir.
I like Carlos Santana as a pick.
[00:22:24] Speaker B: I do, too.
[00:22:24] Speaker A: That is a good pick. It was on my list. I'm kind of upset I didn't get him, but it's how it works.
[00:22:31] Speaker B: My third pick who? This is where it gets hard. Well, I say that every week.
[00:22:36] Speaker A: It's where the rubber meets the road.
[00:22:38] Speaker B: So what am I going to go? Am I going to go, like, well known? Is that what I'm going for?
Iconic.
[00:22:45] Speaker A: I don't know.
[00:22:45] Speaker B: Is that what we're going for? I'm going to go well known and iconic. My number three pick is going to be Dora the explorer.
Everybody knows Dora. Everybody knows the backpack song.
[00:22:56] Speaker A: Backpack back.
[00:22:57] Speaker B: A whole generation of kids has grown up with Dora. They relate to Dora. They tried to make the creepy, like, 3D Dora.
[00:23:03] Speaker A: Yeah, that's a weird. She bites. Yeah.
[00:23:06] Speaker B: Go back to the cartoon. Dora the explorer. Everybody knows her. Everybody loves her. She teaches kids Spanish. She's a good influence.
[00:23:15] Speaker A: Not on my list.
[00:23:17] Speaker B: How can you not love Dora?
[00:23:19] Speaker A: Well, many reasons.
Kind of annoying of a show, if you ask me. It's repetitive, but I'm not a four year old kid, so I get it.
[00:23:29] Speaker B: I get it.
[00:23:30] Speaker A: It wasn't made for me.
[00:23:31] Speaker B: Dora the explorer. My third pick. What's your third pick?
[00:23:34] Speaker A: That's a solid pick. That's a solid, solid pick.
I'm going to go, man.
I'm going to go with Salma Hayek for my next pick.
[00:23:43] Speaker B: Ooh. I had her on my list. That's not a bad pick.
[00:23:45] Speaker A: At know. Great actress. She's been in a bunch of movies. She's in. I don't want to say too much, just in case you don't know about the most famous mexican artist of all time.
So she starred in that movie. She was in a bunch of good movies. She's an know mexican actress.
[00:24:05] Speaker B: She's.
[00:24:06] Speaker A: She's great. Salma Hayek's the best.
[00:24:08] Speaker B: It's not a bad pick. I like Salma Hayek.
[00:24:11] Speaker A: All right. It's me again. Right?
[00:24:13] Speaker B: You again. Your fourth pick.
[00:24:15] Speaker A: Guess I should mark off Canelo Alvarez so I don't screw up.
You ever watch Breaking Bad?
[00:24:23] Speaker B: I have watched breaking bad.
[00:24:25] Speaker A: Gustavo Fring, is he mexican? He is.
[00:24:28] Speaker B: I thought he was chilean.
[00:24:29] Speaker A: I looked it up, made sure to look it up.
[00:24:32] Speaker B: Mexican? I think the real guy's chilean.
[00:24:34] Speaker A: Real guy's probably chilean. But this guy, the fake show version. Gustavo Fring.
[00:24:40] Speaker B: I'm going to do some research and come back to you next week.
[00:24:42] Speaker A: That's fine. That's fine. Call me out on it.
[00:24:44] Speaker B: That's a good pick, though, if he's mexican.
[00:24:46] Speaker A: Gustavo Fring, such a good mexican, good character. Even though he's kind of a villain.
[00:24:52] Speaker B: He'S a great villain.
[00:24:53] Speaker A: That guy plays great.
Just great performance in a show, and he was cast to be a mexican person. So there we go. At least they went to Mexico quite often. They did.
[00:25:05] Speaker B: They did. So that was your fourth pick?
[00:25:07] Speaker A: That's my fourth pick. So you got four and five.
[00:25:09] Speaker B: I got my fourth. My fourth is going to be my guest pick from a girlfriend, Clara.
[00:25:14] Speaker A: Clara.
[00:25:14] Speaker B: She's european. She's big in the soccer. So she picked maybe the most famous mexican soccer player of all time. He played at Manchester United. Chicharito. Javier Hernandez.
[00:25:25] Speaker A: Dude, I looked up all the soccer players because I was like, okay, if I recognize any name, I'll put them on the list. I didn't recognize a single name, which doesn't say much because I recognize, like six soccer players names total. Javier Hernandez.
[00:25:39] Speaker B: Chicharito. That's what he goes by. Javier Hernandez, though. But Manchester United, he played around 2010 and like 20, 13, 14, he was one of the most, probably the most famous mexican footballer.
Likable guy on a lot of ads. Nice guy. Chicharito, my number four pick.
[00:26:00] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:26:01] Speaker B: So it's my number five pick. I got my last pick.
I got a lot of directions. I could go a lot.
A lot. Do I go another fictional, do I go another real person?
[00:26:16] Speaker A: Depends, man.
[00:26:17] Speaker B: So my number five pick. I'm going to go fictional.
[00:26:21] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:26:21] Speaker B: I'm going Zorro the mask.
[00:26:24] Speaker A: Zorro's a good sword.
[00:26:27] Speaker B: He's actually indigenous Californian, which is mexican, but his character protected the indigenous people. He's a man of the people. He's like a hispanic Mexican Robin Hood.
Zoro. He's iconic. Antonio Banderas made a great movie.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: Is he mexican?
[00:26:49] Speaker B: I'm not sure.
[00:26:50] Speaker A: He's close.
[00:26:51] Speaker B: I looked up. Apparently they're coming out with a new Zoro series.
[00:26:54] Speaker A: Gotta watch that.
[00:26:55] Speaker B: I think it's gonna be cool. But Zoro is a pick. Zoro, my number five pick.
[00:27:00] Speaker A: All right, that leaves me.
[00:27:02] Speaker B: Right, that leaves you in your number five pick.
[00:27:05] Speaker A: All right.
I'm going to steal the number five pick.
Steal the draft, I should say, with the number five pick, Poncho Villa, he helped lead the mexican revolution to overthrow the dictator Poirio Diaz.
[00:27:23] Speaker B: Oh, way to read that off.
[00:27:26] Speaker A: Well, do you think I could write that down? I write so sloppy, I had to read it off my phone.
But, yeah, he helped that. So great pick.
Helped secure mexican independence. That's important. So Poncho Villa. Poncho Villa. Sorry.
[00:27:43] Speaker B: It's not bad. Did you have any good honorable mentions? I had Oscar de la Jolla. I had El Chapo on my list.
[00:27:50] Speaker A: Cain, Velasquez, Kane, Velasquez Guillermo del Toro.
[00:27:53] Speaker B: Guillermo del Toro. Bender from Futurama. He's actually mexican.
[00:27:57] Speaker A: Oh, I forgot.
[00:27:57] Speaker B: I looked it up.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: Yeah, you're right, Jlo. Yeah. Mexican american.
[00:28:05] Speaker B: Is she not puerto rican?
[00:28:07] Speaker A: I also looked it up.
[00:28:08] Speaker B: She said it.
[00:28:09] Speaker A: Said she was mexican american.
[00:28:10] Speaker B: Okay, just making sure.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: Frida Kahlo, that's the most famous mexican artist of all time, didn't make the draft, unfortunately, but Salma Hayek did.
[00:28:21] Speaker B: The canceled Speedy Gonzalez. Speedy machetta.
Machete.
[00:28:28] Speaker A: Danny Trejo.
[00:28:29] Speaker B: There you go.
[00:28:30] Speaker A: Rico Rodriguez and Roberto Clemente.
[00:28:34] Speaker B: Well, he's not mexican. Close.
You're just naming hispanic people.
[00:28:40] Speaker A: Yeah, well, it's a long list.
[00:28:43] Speaker B: All right, so let's recap our top five, then, before we get canceled. My number one was Canelo. Number two, Carlos Santana. Number three, Dora the Explorer. Four, teacher, Rito Javier Hernandez. And number five was Zoro.
[00:28:55] Speaker A: My number one was Brandon Moreno. Two, UFC great Lexagrasso. Number three, Salma Hayek. Number four, Gustavo Fring. And number five, Poncho v.
[00:29:10] Speaker B: So we finally get a UFC fight night with a crowd not in the apex, and, boy, do we get a crowd. UFC Mexico City this weekend. Anytime they go to Mexico, the crowds are crazy.
[00:29:23] Speaker A: Crazy. It's going to be packed for the prelims.
[00:29:25] Speaker B: Usually have good fights. They're loud, they're reactive. And of course, the UFC filled the fight card with mexican fighters, so they're going to be there.
Good main card. I think we have six fights on the main card. Is that correct?
[00:29:38] Speaker A: Yep. Six fights. And look, last year in Mexico, most mexican fighters won. I just want to point that out now. I think four mexican fighters on the main card won. Two lost or one lost and one wasn't. Neither one was mexican. So just let's throw that out there. They kind of want the fighters to something that win.
[00:29:58] Speaker B: Keep in the back of your head. And let's start off with the first fight of the main card. We got Manuel El loco Torres.
[00:30:05] Speaker A: That means crazy.
[00:30:06] Speaker B: The 14 and two mexican fighter taking on Chris. The problem, Duncan.
[00:30:10] Speaker A: That means he's a problem.
[00:30:12] Speaker B: The eleven and one scottish fighter.
Both guys, two and O in the UFC. The difference is Torres has finished both of his fights, both tko kos. Chris Duncan won both by decision.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Yeah, they've seen kind of a little difference in career so far. Both haven't been beaten a bunch of times, but Torres has found just a crazy amount of finishes. Seven kos, six subs, three straight first.
[00:30:40] Speaker B: Round finishes, five straight wins total for Torres.
[00:30:43] Speaker A: Now, Chris has only lost once, which is no problem at all. And he's won seven times by ko. But I'm thinking maybe Torres's ground game comes in and at least Forces Duncan to question it. Forces something to become open. Maybe a leg kick, maybe a head kick, maybe a takedown.
[00:31:02] Speaker B: One interesting things I saw was Torres. He has two losses in his career, knee bar and heel hook. So both like those lower leg ones.
I don't think Duncan's that big of a threat to do that to Torres, but maybe just something to keep in the back of your head. But I kind of agree with you. I think Torres has more to his game than Duncan. I like Chris Duncan. I think he's a good fighter. But I think Manuel Torres stays undefeated. I think he may keep up not only his win streak, but I think he finishes or keeps up his finish streak.
[00:31:32] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. I do like Duncan. He has ko power. He's silenced.
Not silenced. He has had some success on the ground. He's had some decent ground game in his career, but he strikes more often.
I think if he's poised it could work. But when facing UFC talent, he's two and o, but both by decision.
Torres has already proven to be a finisher. I think Torres wins, like you said, by finish, probably ko.
[00:32:00] Speaker B: So we both agree on that one. Now let's move to the only woman fight of the night, women's straw weight.
[00:32:05] Speaker A: Yasmin Yuregi versus Sam. Sam Page Hughes.
[00:32:09] Speaker B: She's had man Uregi is coming off of her first career loss, a 22nd ko.
[00:32:14] Speaker A: Denise. Yeah, that was a crazy fight. Just folded her. That's going with a neck tattoo. Yeah.
[00:32:20] Speaker B: And she rushed her and then called her.
[00:32:22] Speaker A: That was a 22nd ko. She's two and one in the UFC.
[00:32:25] Speaker B: Ten and one overall.
How's she going to respond to her first loss? It seems like they kind of gave her a little bit of a weird competition. Like, kind of like, here, get this win. Because Sam Hughes only 24 and she has a lot of promise, right?
[00:32:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:32:40] Speaker B: Sam Hughes get her confidence back?
[00:32:41] Speaker A: No, they do want to build her confidence, for sure because she is definitely, let me say not definitely at this point with what she's shown, she's more of a prospect than Sam Hughes. Sam Hughes is three and four in the UFC. She's faced a lot know adversity.
[00:32:57] Speaker B: She is coming off of a win, though.
[00:32:59] Speaker A: She can win.
[00:33:00] Speaker B: She is tough.
[00:33:01] Speaker A: I think she's going to have to go crazy to beat Yasmin here. Do like Denise Gomez did. Rush her, try to get the knockout quick or maybe try to sneak a takedown. Catch her back and just choke her out.
[00:33:16] Speaker B: I think Yuragi is going to be ready for it. I think she's going to respond well. I think the crowd is going to help her. Only 24 still. I think she bounces back. I think Yuregi, she might get the finish. She might finish Hughes.
[00:33:28] Speaker A: I agree. Seven kos in Uregi's career.
Sam Page. She's been knocked out, man. Let's see it.
[00:33:36] Speaker B: Has been knocked out.
[00:33:37] Speaker A: I think you're Reggie. You're right. I think you're Reggie. Gets the knockout finish. There we go.
[00:33:43] Speaker B: Two for two. That we agree on.
[00:33:46] Speaker A: Next fight. The young boy, how is he?
[00:33:49] Speaker B: This dude's still only 19 years old. Raul Rosa Jr. Look at him. The year he was nino problema.
[00:33:55] Speaker A: That means the problem child.
[00:33:59] Speaker B: The problem child taking on Ricky Turkeyos, Turquios, pretty Ricky.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: That means he's cute.
[00:34:08] Speaker B: He's 30 years old, so there's an eleven year age gap.
Raul Rosa, eight and one, two and one in the UFC. He had his first loss and he came back and got a nice first round tko. So he responded well. So that's good to see out of a young prospect.
[00:34:24] Speaker A: And he's never been finished. His loss was by decision to point out, because it's easier to come back from that than it is from a brutal, like, sleeping knockout.
[00:34:32] Speaker B: Turkyo is twelve and three, also two and one in the UFC. All his fights, whether win or loss in the UFC, have been by decision. He is coming off of a split decision win, but it was all the way back in November of 2022, so he's taken quite a long time off.
[00:34:48] Speaker A: Yeah, that's what I was going to say. He hasn't been active for a while. He's had three fights since 2021, none in 2023.
I think the problem child, El Nino Problemo, Raul Rosa, who was born in 2004.
[00:35:04] Speaker B: Yeah, it's crazy to think about.
[00:35:06] Speaker A: Is going to come out here and show him who's daddy. Think Raul Rosa is going to win?
[00:35:12] Speaker B: I agree. I think he moves to three and one in the UFC, maybe gets a finish. I think that's crazy. He's only 19, but he's, like, starting to move up. If he gets this win, moving up.
[00:35:26] Speaker A: That ladder right into better and better.
[00:35:28] Speaker B: Competition, you just never know.
[00:35:29] Speaker A: I think the big thing with Rosa is he's young, but he knows that he's talented. He knows that he's naturally gifted in the sport and he's working for it. So he has room to grow. A lot of room to grow. But he's taking advantage of that.
[00:35:46] Speaker B: Yeah. I think that loss may end up being one of the best things for him. That early loss.
[00:35:50] Speaker A: Yeah, not going like 15 and just being cocky all his life. Taking an l early, which he still went eight and seven and taking an l getting back on and just remembering what you got to do to get out there and win. That's strong for him.
[00:36:05] Speaker B: All right, so the next fight, this may be the most action packed, exciting fight of the night. We got Daniel Zuhuber, golden boy. The Mexican, only 24 years old, 14 and one, two and one in the UFC. Taking on Francisco Prado. The Argentine, only 21. He's twelve and one overall. One and one in the UFC. Coming off of a first round win for Prado, a first round knockout. Zell Huber is coming off two straight wins. Neither guy has lost a lot. Neither guy's ever been finished. Both guys are pretty well rounded. I'm excited for this fight.
[00:36:38] Speaker A: Yeah, Zell Huber, I think is going to lose here, but I do think it's going to be a very impressive fight.
[00:36:46] Speaker B: Prado, he's only been out of his 13 career fights. Only one has gone to his scorecards. And he lost his UFC debut and he lost it.
[00:36:52] Speaker A: Right.
[00:36:52] Speaker B: And he came back and got a nice win, I think here.
[00:36:56] Speaker A: He lost that fight against Jamie Malarkey. Think about that. A vet, somebody like Jamie Malarkey with that kind of power, wasn't able to put Prado down.
[00:37:04] Speaker B: Prado also has six submissions, yes, six ko, six submissions.
[00:37:08] Speaker A: So if you have a good ground game, he can battle that. I think Zell Huber here is not going to be exposed by any means. But I think they just are doubting Prado's ability. Vegas is doubting Prado's ability to come in here and finish the fight. I think that's what's going to happen.
[00:37:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I think Prado wins too. I think zell, he was going to be the only Mexican. Here's a little spoiler for ahead. The only Mexican to lose in the main card.
[00:37:38] Speaker A: Oh, really?
[00:37:38] Speaker B: So I got Prado winning the fight. I agree.
So you ready for the comain?
[00:37:44] Speaker A: Comain? Let's see it.
[00:37:46] Speaker B: So the comain is a rematch of a fight that ended a little prematurely because of injured shoulder. We got Yaya Rodriguez, the 31 year old, 19 and 410 wins, three losses, one no contest in the UFC, taking on Brian Ortega, 15 and three in one no contest. He's seven wins, three losses, one no contest. Ortega has lost two straight, lost three out of four. But as I said, one of those was against Yair, where in the first round, his shoulder popped out. Right. And it counts as a win for Yair, counts as a loss for Brian. But who knows what would happen if that didn't happen, right?
[00:38:22] Speaker A: Look, Yair lost to Volk at UFC 290 in July. That's crazy to think about, right? Yeah, just that short amount of time.
[00:38:30] Speaker B: We're on a 299.
[00:38:33] Speaker A: Both fighters lost to Volk. Ortega, he recovered. He's looking to rebound, get the rematch against Yair. I get it. He also lost to Volk, but at.
[00:38:45] Speaker B: UFC 260, you see, that's crazy.
[00:38:48] Speaker A: Just, like, wild. Everybody's there. I mean, both guys, that wasn't even long ago.
[00:38:53] Speaker B: Both guys have three losses in the UFC, and listen to them. Yair's three losses are to Volk, Max Holloway, and Frankie Edgar. When Frankie Edgar was, like, the man.
[00:39:02] Speaker A: Right.
[00:39:02] Speaker B: Ortega's three losses are to Volk, Max Holloway, and then the injured one we talked about to Yair. So both these mean they beat everybody else.
[00:39:12] Speaker A: Even though I don't look, I'm not the biggest fan of Ortega. I gave him the respect he deserves. He's a dog. He choked me the fuck out.
[00:39:19] Speaker B: One big thing is Ortega, obviously, t city triangles are his main game. Choking you out. Yair's never been submitted, and he has ground game, and he has ground game. And another interesting thing for Ortega, listen to his last three, his last four fight dates. How big of a gap he's made. Says last one was July of 2022. Right before that, September of 2021.
Before that, October of 2020, then before that, December of 2018. So he's taken, like, it's once a year, maybe?
[00:39:53] Speaker A: Yeah. Twelve to 18 months off at a time.
[00:39:56] Speaker B: So how's he going to respond since he's been doing that? I know a lot of it's been because of injuries and everything. He just hasn't been the same.
[00:40:02] Speaker A: But if you're fighting through injuries, that just means you can't recover. Like, not fighting through. But if you're getting injured and you're having trouble every time, you're a diminished fighter at that.
[00:40:14] Speaker B: Since Max Holloway beat the shit out of him in December of 2018, CTE, he hasn't been the same. And I think Yair has been the more active fighter. He's been the more successful fighter. I think Yair not avenges because he won the first one, but kind of, like, makes it right, like, no, this time, I'm really going to beat you. I think Yair goes in there. I think he might finish, might get the knockout over T City.
[00:40:38] Speaker A: I agree. I think Yair is going to win. I think Ortega is a compromised fighter at this point. I agree and I think Brian Ortega is going to be turned into CTE City.
[00:40:51] Speaker B: I see what you did there.
[00:40:53] Speaker A: Bottom so let's go to the main event.
[00:40:55] Speaker B: You got one fight left. The main event, as you said.
[00:40:58] Speaker A: Second fight on our next four year bender of fighting only the same guy. Yeah. Brandon Moreno versus Brandon Roy Val two.
This is going to be a good one.
Moreno has a knack for, at least in the UFC of really only fighting a couple of people.
Davidson figueredo four times. Pentosia three.
[00:41:21] Speaker B: They fought before in November 2020, which was a first round tko by Moreno over Roy Val.
[00:41:27] Speaker A: So I don't know why you would accept this fight again if you're Moreno, but let's go.
[00:41:32] Speaker B: One thing about Moreno, though, he can win anyway. He can submit you. As we said, he knocked Roy Vald. He can knock you out. He can beat you by scorecard. The only way you can beat him is by decision. He does not get finished. He's fought some killers in the UFC.
[00:41:49] Speaker A: Nobody can finish and he just stands up somehow. His legs just work.
I agree. He's got great ground game. He's got a few kos. He's like you said, only lost by this.
[00:42:01] Speaker B: And both guys. Last fight is a title fight. Loss to Pantosia Roy Val in December, Moreno in July.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: I got to say, moreno wins here, man.
[00:42:15] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, Roy Val has crazy cardio.
He's five and three in the UFC. Two losses to Pantoja, one to Moreno. I think he's about to move to five and four with two losses to two guys. I think Moreno. I agree.
[00:42:29] Speaker A: Isn't that crazy?
[00:42:30] Speaker B: That is crazy. I mean, this division, this 125 division.
[00:42:32] Speaker A: I guess there's just nobody.
[00:42:34] Speaker B: Six of them and they all just fight each. They're all killers, but they all just fight each other. But I agree with you. I think Moreno wins.
[00:42:39] Speaker A: Talk about weeding out the I think.
[00:42:41] Speaker B: Moreno is one of those guys. He loses and you're like, oh, his career is going to fall off and he just won't go anywhere.
[00:42:47] Speaker A: Yeah, he'll be like number seven in the division forever.
[00:42:50] Speaker B: I'm not going to be surprised if within the year Moreno fights or, or.
[00:42:56] Speaker A: Just hear me out.
Brandon Moreno versus Brandon Roy Val, three.
If Roy Val wins in like, no, no. I'm saying even if Moreno goes two and o, like in October, if Moreno wins by decision, he's going to be like, no, I have to be respectful and beat him. By submission as well.
[00:43:21] Speaker B: So one last thing before we end this preview. Is this the first time we've ever agreed on every single fight?
[00:43:28] Speaker A: It's close.
[00:43:28] Speaker B: I don't know if it's good or bad, but I guess we'll see.
[00:43:38] Speaker A: All right, welcome back to stakes and takes.
Do you want to recap so this, we're back for season two. Week one. Season two. Do you want to recap last week?
[00:43:49] Speaker B: Let's recap last.
[00:43:50] Speaker A: I guess this is week two. Season two.
[00:43:52] Speaker B: Week two. Season two.
[00:43:53] Speaker A: My bad. Yeah. Welcome back to season two. Week two. We're going to recap season one, week to one.
[00:43:59] Speaker B: No, season two. Week one.
[00:44:00] Speaker A: God damn. All right, we're in. Let's do this. I went four and one in the UFC, which is pretty solid, but that doesn't even sound cool when you hear the next thing I'm going to say.
[00:44:12] Speaker B: I went five and O and the difference was the right hand of Ilya Toporia.
[00:44:17] Speaker A: I know what I do with my right hand and it's wash it of this fight. I don't like it. I think Volks is going to get his rematch and right the wrongs and there's going to be, there's no way there's going to be a number three.
[00:44:30] Speaker B: And get starched again one day.
[00:44:32] Speaker A: Volk's going to beat him. No. I don't know. It was a good fight by Sephoria. I'm not mad to go four and one in any category, but I'm only mad that you went five and good to you.
[00:44:45] Speaker B: Understandable.
[00:44:47] Speaker A: My other picks where I did five.
[00:44:50] Speaker B: We did five non MMA picks.
[00:44:52] Speaker A: Yeah, five non MMA picks.
Five college basketball because there was no.
[00:44:57] Speaker B: NBA and we had one of the same ones and it won. Yukon Marquete, ycon beat the shit out of Marquette.
[00:45:01] Speaker A: So you went one and O in college basketball too.
[00:45:04] Speaker B: I did.
[00:45:04] Speaker A: I went three and two. So you beat me.
[00:45:06] Speaker B: I watched your Texas tech game and I was very happy. Iowa State from the beginning. They went up by ten like at the beginning and they just kind of kept it.
[00:45:14] Speaker A: That's what held it, that beginning lead, because at the end of the game they got close. If you never looked at the game and just saw the final score, you're like, oh, the underdog almost won. No, the underdog didn't almost win. It was a near blowout.
[00:45:28] Speaker B: Happy about that one?
[00:45:29] Speaker A: Yeah.
Kentucky won.
[00:45:32] Speaker B: Saw that.
[00:45:33] Speaker A: They beat Auburn at home. That's a big game for them.
[00:45:36] Speaker B: That was a big game.
[00:45:36] Speaker A: Auburn was near their little slide they had going. Kansas beat Oklahoma. That was fun.
[00:45:41] Speaker B: It's a good one for Kansas.
[00:45:42] Speaker A: And what'd you say? Marquette lost to Yukon.
[00:45:46] Speaker B: Yeah, we had Yukon beating Marquette.
[00:45:47] Speaker A: We like this.
[00:45:48] Speaker B: We like this between the two top five teams.
[00:45:51] Speaker A: And then you had soccer, right?
[00:45:52] Speaker B: I had soccer. I went two and two in soccer.
[00:45:54] Speaker A: Some lawn fairy madness, whatever you want.
[00:45:57] Speaker B: To call it, just because you're mad.
[00:45:59] Speaker A: I'm interested in soccer. I'm just mad.
[00:46:01] Speaker B: I went two and two in soccer. I had wright, I had Arsenal beating Burnley. Arsenal won five nil. I had Leo beating Lahar say that five times. Leo won three nil.
The two losses. I had Ajax beating NEC, they were winning two to one until like the 95th minute. Right at the last second, NEC scored and tied. So two two draw there. And then I had Leicester beating Middlesboro. Middlesboro two one win. So could have been better, but I'll take that with all my other picks. Got it right. I went six. No, besides soccer. So I'll take that.
[00:46:35] Speaker A: Yeah. Eight and two to cap off the first week of picks for you. Solid start.
80% right. That's very good. I'll take it every you want to keep that going if you're going to move on.
I went seven and three, which 70% is not bad. I just need to do better, Chat GPT Gigachad AI, if you will.
Six and four, not bad. I had him pick two college basketball and two soccer.
Got the Arsenal right, got the lily right. Leo, sorry, it said it right. I didn't. It's all good.
Got Texas Tech wrong, got Volk wrong.
It did some things good, it did some things bad. 60% for it, 70% for me, 80% for you. Christian leading week one in picks. All right, let's get to bets.
I went three and two. God damn it.
[00:47:38] Speaker B: Four and one in bets. I had three mma, two soccer and.
[00:47:43] Speaker A: This season to make it to where we can't tie, we're adding units.
So we got that figured out as well. I got three mma as well.
[00:47:54] Speaker B: My mma ones. I had Whitaker Moneyline minus 225. Gary Moneyline minus 235. Morab Moneyline -195 obviously they all hit nice.
[00:48:05] Speaker A: I had Ian Gary as well. I had Robin Robert Whitaker as well. I had Volk on there and I lost that whole bet.
There you go. I also had two of my college basketballs were on there. Kansas beat Oklahoma and then Texas Tech lost to Iowa State.
[00:48:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I went one in one in soccer. Arsenal Moneyline -300 with one IAX, moneyline minus 245. That was my one loss.
[00:48:36] Speaker A: Nice. So we placed ten units.
Did you get all of your ten units back at least?
[00:48:44] Speaker B: Yes, I was positive on mine.
[00:48:46] Speaker A: Nice. Where'd you go?
[00:48:49] Speaker B: I think we calculated them different. So you calculated both. So tell me what I got.
[00:48:54] Speaker A: All right, so I got you at plus 2.6 units on the week and I got plus one, nine, four for myself.
[00:49:02] Speaker B: I'll take it.
[00:49:03] Speaker A: So you beat me in literally every category this week, which is very upsetting. Well, let's wrap up week one of season two. Let's go to season two, week two and talk about the picks for pick, our own picks, the ones we're bringing to our table. We got six fights for UFC Mexico, so we're only bringing four this week. Give us ten total.
And then we got our five normal bets with our ten unit spread, however. So what you got for what types of picks you got this week?
[00:49:33] Speaker B: Well, you know how I've been rolling. I got four soccer bets. All four soccer bets, each in a different league.
[00:49:39] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah, it seems like you've kind of found your home. I don't really know what you meant by each in a different league, so I'll just let you explain that once we get to that point. I went with two basketball, I'm betting on spring training.
Spring training. Baseball, baseball, MLB second game betting on.
[00:49:57] Speaker B: Which ant's going to win a race. You just have no idea.
[00:50:00] Speaker A: Well, it's about the oDs, buddy. I'm going to put a unit or two on it. We'll see how it goes. And you're not going to be mad about the bet. It's our fan favorite. And we got the Heat beating the Pelicans for my.
I'm sorry, NBA. I didn't mean to reveal that one. Whoops.
[00:50:16] Speaker B: So let's start off with NBA. What you got there?
[00:50:18] Speaker A: I got the Heat beating the Pelicans because historically, anytime I bet on like a Pelicans or Zion thing, I know sometimes I'll get a Pelican bet, right. But anytime I bet on a player bet, I get shafted on it because I live in Louisiana. So I'm going with the Heat beating the Pelicans at home.
[00:50:38] Speaker B: Why don't you give me, since I have all four mine in soccer, you give me your four bets, we just go four.
[00:50:43] Speaker A: Perfect. All right, spring training. I got the Braves beating the Rays. I think they're going to come right out last season playing in great form, even though nobody's going to be really playing that much. I think the Braves are going to beat the Rays on Friday.
[00:50:58] Speaker B: I like it. I like it.
[00:50:59] Speaker A: Okay. And then I got two basketball for college. I'm going to go stick with the Kentucky, but I'm going to say they're going to Alabama and they're going to beat Alabama.
[00:51:12] Speaker B: That'd be a big win for them.
[00:51:13] Speaker A: And then I think Houston is going to beat Baylor. That's a ranked on ranked matchup. Actually, both of those games are ranked on ranked matchups. But I think with Houston's, like, do their top ten or top 23 point percentage, free throw percentage, points per game, assist, they're littering the top ten categories, top 20 categories on stats, I think they're going to beat Baylor.
[00:51:38] Speaker B: I like all those picks, honestly.
[00:51:40] Speaker A: All right, what you got for yours?
[00:51:41] Speaker B: So, as I said, I'm going all four soccer, all four different leagues. So let's take a trip around Europe.
[00:51:48] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:51:49] Speaker B: We're going to start in London. London, England, the Premier League. I've been doing it every week. I have Arsenal. Arsenal versus Newcastle.
Arsenal's been riding high. Newcastle did beat them in November, but I think Arsenal's turned a corner. They got the momentum. I got Arsenal winning that matchup against Newcastle.
[00:52:07] Speaker A: In the last, like, three games, Arsenal scored like 14 goals.
[00:52:11] Speaker B: Yeah, they've been on fire.
[00:52:14] Speaker A: That's a weird number to hear for a football, soccer game. It is. Is it soccer football or football soccer?
[00:52:22] Speaker B: I mean, it's football. Okay, so we go from London, we're going to go to Germany. More specifically, Munich, Byron, Munich taking on RB Leipzig.
Byron's been kind of on a slide lately.
[00:52:36] Speaker A: Excuse me.
[00:52:37] Speaker B: Second place, not what they're used to. They've won the league, like, eleven straight years.
These two teams drew in September, I think Munich, Byron, Munich. I think they stopped their slide. I think they come back with a win. So I got Byron beating Leibzig. So then we go from Munich, Germany, we go to Milan, Milan, Italy. We got AC Milan taking on Atalanta. AC Milan, third place, Atalanta, fourth place.
Atalanta's won five straight, so they've been on fire. Milan coming off of a loss one three straight before that. I think Milan's a more talented team. I think they avenged two losses from earlier this year against Atlanta. I got Milan winning that at home.
And then finally we're going to go to the city of love.
[00:53:22] Speaker A: We're going to end it in.
[00:53:23] Speaker B: We go to Paris, Patty, Paris, France. We got PSG, the first place team in France, winners of five straight, taking on Stad Renaud. I believe that's how you say it. It's probably not how you say it. 7th place in league. I respect your attempt.
PSG won in October 3 to one against when they played earlier this season. PSG has been winning. They won in the Champions League this week. I got PSG getting the win.
[00:53:51] Speaker A: I just trust it because I haven't seen a game. What's the ODS for? Any of those?
[00:53:58] Speaker B: So PSG is -200 Arsenal is -260 AC Milan plus 137.
[00:54:05] Speaker A: Oh, nice.
[00:54:06] Speaker B: And Byron is. -145 Nice.
[00:54:09] Speaker A: You got any bets this week?
[00:54:11] Speaker B: I do have bets this week. Do you have bets this week?
[00:54:13] Speaker A: I got a couple.
[00:54:14] Speaker B: Okay. Well, as I did last week, I'm spreading out my units. So each of these is going to be two units. So five bets, two units each.
[00:54:23] Speaker A: It's a very smart, conservative play.
[00:54:25] Speaker B: I got three MMA and I got two soccer. What about you?
[00:54:28] Speaker A: I got two MMA, one MLB, one basketball and one college basketball. Spreading it out, spreading it thin.
[00:54:40] Speaker B: So my MMA, my three mmas. I got Brandon Moreno, moneyline -260 as I said, two units. Yair Rodriguez, moneyline -182 units. And I got Francisco Prado plus 225, moneyline, two units.
[00:54:56] Speaker A: I have the same Rodriguez, Yair Rodriguez, but I have three units on that. I have El Nino problemo, Raul Rosa Jr. I put three units on that as well. At -270 I got the Braves money line. Odds haven't come out yet, but I figure I'd throw two units on that and I'll update the ODS on the website as soon as it pops. Got the heat money line over the Pelicans again. ODS haven't come out yet because it's a weekend game and they got to play like a Wednesday Thursday before then. And then Kentucky over Alabama money line as well. One unit on that bet, one unit on the heat, two units on the Braves. Ten units total.
Okay, I'm going five and o this week. Let's do it.
[00:55:40] Speaker B: My two other bets. There were two soccer bets. Two units each. Again, AC Milan, moneyline plus 132. And I got the psg -200 moneyline.
All right, those are my five bets. Let's see if we can have another week like we did last week.
[00:55:56] Speaker A: For you, maybe. I'm trying to have a better week. Yeah, but three and two is only 60%. So if you just run that out the whole time, you're going to end up with the exact same thing we did last season. I don't want that. I want to do better. I'm going to do more research. I'm going to be better this season.
[00:56:12] Speaker B: Well, check us out next week when we find out if we did better, we're also going to do the recap of UFC Mexico City, and we're gonna look ahead to UFC Vegas. 87, rosenstrike. Gazev. Gaze.
[00:56:25] Speaker A: Gazev. Shamil. Gaziev. That's a big heavyweight matchup. That's going to be probably a quick fight if I had to imagine so. Yeah.
[00:56:33] Speaker B: Check us out.
[00:56:39] Speaker A: Scratching whip.
