Episode 35, UFC 299 O'Malley vs Vera 2, Top 5 Florida Things, UFC Vegas 87 Rozenstruik stuns Gaziev, and More!

[00:00:07] Speaker A: All right, welcome back to split decision. This week on episode 35, we're recapping UFC Vegas 87, Rosenstruck versus Ghaziev. Then we get to draft our top five. UFC is in Florida this week, so we get to go back to our roots, go with top five Florida things. From there, we're going to take a look at UFC 299. Sean O'Malley gets to defend his belt bantamweight belt against his loan loss, Cheeto Vera. And after that, we're going to go to stakes and takes our betting segment or advice segment where we give you our best thoughts on this week's games. But first, if you're feeling froggy, don't forget to go to splitdecisionpod.com. Like and subscribe, follow, do all that jazz on that website. You're going to find all of our stuff again, splitdecisionpod.com. Let's go. [00:01:15] Speaker B: UFC Vegas 87 came and went this past weekend. Let's start off with the prelims. Alex, what the prelims look like. [00:01:23] Speaker A: I think the prelims might have been a little more exciting than the main card. [00:01:27] Speaker B: That's not saying that much. [00:01:29] Speaker A: We're in the apex, obviously. UFC Vegas 87 back in the apex. [00:01:33] Speaker B: Take something away from these fights at this point. [00:01:35] Speaker A: I like that we get the amount of fights we do because of the apex. I just wish the apex had some fans or they'd stop letting people like Mark Zuckerberg rent out the whole thing just for himself. [00:01:45] Speaker B: It's ridiculous. [00:01:47] Speaker A: But anyway, first up we had Abdul Kareem Al Salwadi shout out to him. He's from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [00:01:54] Speaker B: I would never have guessed that in a million years, right? [00:01:57] Speaker A: He took on the Tajik tank. Radzebov. [00:02:00] Speaker B: I'm going to get from Tajikistan. [00:02:02] Speaker A: Right? Even with Abdul Kareem Jabbar al Sawadi, his quick movements, the Tajik's tank stood his ground, demonstrating powerful strikes. Despite Alswadi's resilience, Radzabov secured a knockout victory 40 seconds into the final round. [00:02:21] Speaker B: That's a mouthful, saying both of those names. [00:02:23] Speaker A: Yeah, it was very hard to write it, let alone say it. Next up, but still in the lightweight division, Ludovit Mr. Highlight. Klein squared off against AJ the Savage Cunningham. Mr. Highlight wasted no time testing how savage Cunningham was. The savage was tough, but couldn't absorb a heavy right hand followed by a short liver kick. Klein delivers yet another highlight reel right onto the next CLD. Christian Leroy Duncan fought Claudio Ribeiro in the middleweight division. No nicknames because these two are no joke. As the bout started, Duncan pressed forward, striking aggressively. Claudio Alfonso Ribeiro couldn't find his rhythm, unable to do his dance. Duncan changed plans in the second round, taking Roberto down and finishing the fight. From there. Aman Zahabi and Zavid, the snow leopard, basher. You okay? [00:03:26] Speaker B: You need a drink of water over there? [00:03:27] Speaker A: Yeah, let me have a high. [00:03:30] Speaker B: Leopard, huh? [00:03:31] Speaker A: Yeah. The snow leopard basherat took center stage. Next, Basharat, from the beginning, was stalking his prey, picking the time to throw his strikes. Zahabi stepped back and said, hey, man, I'm doing more this fight. And turned the tide from the second round forward. In the end, Zahabi threw more, was more productive, and generally looked better. The judges awarding him the unanimous decision victory. Next up, we had the knockout of the year contender from this fight, Venicius Lokdog Olivera. He took on Bernardo the Lion King sopage, in the bantamweight division. Sopage was winded going into the third with the fight hanging in the balance, both fighters having around. He kept checking the clock, and at that very moment, Olivera says, look, dog, and sends a flying knee right into his chin, collapsing the lying cub to the ground. [00:04:28] Speaker B: Yeah, and if you want to see that, check out our Instagram page right now. We have the knockout on there. [00:04:33] Speaker A: Yeah, it's pretty brutal. Your boy Eric Anders defeated Jamie Nightwolf Pickett by unanimous decision. The fight had your boy needing a win, with the night wolf needing victory as well. Through three tough rounds. Eric Anders Homevic was more active while at work. [00:04:51] Speaker B: This kind of seemed like a winner stays in the UFC fight. [00:04:55] Speaker A: That's really what it felt like to me. 2928-2927 times two on the judges scorecards. And that pretty much wraps up the prelims. [00:05:04] Speaker B: Yeah, so the prelims, as you said, they were actually probably a little more exciting than the main card. Not to take away from the main. [00:05:09] Speaker A: Card, but they just had more finishes. You kind of get your full fight worth on the main card, but you had explosive finishes. Obviously, the Vinicius Oliveira against sopage knockout was kind of ridiculous. Best fight of the night, easily, but, yeah, moving on, what you got first. [00:05:31] Speaker B: For the fights, let's jump to the main card, as we said, and we're going to start with the main event. [00:05:35] Speaker A: Best fight on the main card for sure. [00:05:37] Speaker B: Rosenstrike Ghaziev. It was a case of a guy that's been in the UFC a while, and Rosenstrike kind of been near the top, but not quite at the top of the division for a while taking on a guy who everybody thought in Ghaziev that was rising. He was undefeated coming in. [00:05:52] Speaker A: I don't want to take too much. [00:05:53] Speaker B: Away from Ghaziev here, but Rosenstreich just showed. He's the vet. He came out. He arguably was a close first round. He probably lost the first round, but after that, Rosenstreich just took over the fight. Ghaziev could not take him down, could not hold him down. And once that happened, it was kind of done for him. [00:06:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Once Rosenstruck diminished the takedown attempts, Ghaziev. [00:06:17] Speaker B: Started to run out of gas, too. [00:06:19] Speaker A: Yeah, that's a big dude. [00:06:20] Speaker B: He's a big dude. They're both big guys. [00:06:22] Speaker A: But he towered. For a moment there, he seemed like he was towering over Rosenstruck. He definitely had more reaches, a bigger head, bigger target as well. The start of the fifth round, he couldn't see. Yeah. [00:06:34] Speaker B: Rosenstreich ended up getting the tko by Dr. Stoppage. [00:06:37] Speaker A: Gotta love it. [00:06:38] Speaker B: In between the fourth and the fifth round. [00:06:40] Speaker A: Gotta love the ref. Who was it? [00:06:42] Speaker B: Mark Goddard, I think so. [00:06:44] Speaker A: He forced them to translate what he was saying because they were just going to say, yeah, don't worry about you not being able to see, finish the fight. [00:06:50] Speaker B: Yeah, it was a good stoppage. His eye was closed. But a good win for Rosenstreich. He stays near the top of this heavyweight division. I mean, he's not going anywhere for Gazev. You kind of got to regroup, put in some mean. That's your first loss. He can still come back, learn from, but I think it's probably a learning experience from him. But a good performance from Rosenstreich. [00:07:11] Speaker A: Yep. So Rosenstrike doesn't call anybody out. We know that he did list a few names that he hasn't fought in the UFC yet. We got Ty to Ivasa, Derek Lewis and Sergey Spivak. I would like either of those, any of those fights. [00:07:26] Speaker B: Ty fights in two weeks. [00:07:28] Speaker A: Right, which same timeline for just Jarenzo. Rosenstruck just went four rounds as a heavyweight. He's going to want some time off. [00:07:37] Speaker B: Now, him versus Derek loose. I would pay to watch that. [00:07:40] Speaker A: Right. [00:07:41] Speaker B: But, yeah, I think any of those guys pretty much in, like, the top eight of heavyweight. It seems like they've all just kind of been there for a while. Nobody's really breaking. So any of the guys you mentioned, I would like to see Rosenstrek fight. [00:07:52] Speaker A: Yeah, the next fight, main event. [00:07:55] Speaker B: It was kind of a co main event. [00:07:58] Speaker A: Co main event. Sorry about that. Yeah, it made, you know, it was a good fight. It was obviously vitor Petrino's night against Tyson Pedro, but it's one of those fights that after the fight kind of means more than the fight itself. You watch Tyson Pedro in his post fight press conference, he retired. You see the guy with eleven fights. He said his dreams changed. Life's too short. Like, you got to go home and hang out with your family. It makes you think. And then it's like, yeah, if you're. [00:08:27] Speaker B: Not winning all the time, not winning all the time. And this was what, a unanimous decision for Petrino. Solid performance from him. [00:08:38] Speaker A: It was a good fight. He adjusted his game plans as well. It took him a minute to get rhythm and power like timing down to figure out when they wanted to strike. But Tyson Pedro was utilizing the kicks, which kind of stopped a lot of the power of Petrino. But then Petrino started taking him down and that taking him down with control and work. [00:09:00] Speaker B: Yeah, Petrino, he stayed undefeated eleven and now he proved he's a well rounded fighter. He can do it on the feet. As you said, he won by doing it on the ground, though, he found, you wouldn't say the most exciting way, but he found the way to get the win. Stay undefeated moves to four and O. [00:09:16] Speaker A: In the UFC, he called out Anthony Smith. I'd like to see that fight. I didn't have much better to say about it or like other options. I just threw out maybe a Dustin Jacoby or, you know, just as other options, but I too would love to see the Anthony Smith call out. I think Anthony Smith coming off the know. I think that's a good fight for him to make. [00:09:40] Speaker B: I agree. So let's move on. Next fight, it featured another undefeated fighter and Mohamed Makayev taking on Alex Perez, Makayev ends up getting the unanimous decision. I think he won probably two out of the three rounds in this fight. [00:09:54] Speaker A: It was weird, though. [00:09:56] Speaker B: It was a weird fight. Makayev, he said he was sick, undefeated, but this isn't his first weird performance he's had. You're right, which he stayed undefeated. But as I said in the last fight, he figured out a way to get the win. Wasn't the most exciting. I don't think it's the way you shoot up the rankings and shoot up the ladder. It is a way to keep going, though. [00:10:16] Speaker A: He got a loss. This wind wasn't shooting him up the ladder anyway. He was going from eight to seven. If he won. [00:10:23] Speaker B: Yeah, but if you say if he goes out there and gets a crazy performance. Big knockout or something. [00:10:27] Speaker A: Yeah. At least he could have a call finish. [00:10:29] Speaker B: It's like, okay, yeah, this is not one that's going to get people talking about him. But hey, you stay undefeated, get the win. [00:10:35] Speaker A: Very od. I just want to go back to that. Instead of throwing strikes, when Perez would advance, he would just go to his knees and just reach for a leg, like the most. Almost lazy. I don't even want to say lazy because I don't want to say he's being lazy. [00:10:50] Speaker B: It's just an od thing to see. Od performance from Makaya. [00:10:53] Speaker A: Yeah. Even though he won and he did what it took to win, he eventually got the takedowns. I think he attempted like 17 or something like that, or 21 takedowns and got just a few. It's not what you want to see. [00:11:05] Speaker B: Not what you want to see. But hey, you stay undefeated. He moves to twelve wins, zero losses, one no contest, six and o in the UFC. Only his second decision win in the UFC, too. So, I mean, he still has a lot of potential. He still could be a future title contender. I still think he is, but just not his best performance in a win. [00:11:24] Speaker A: Right. He called out Brandon Roy Val. [00:11:27] Speaker B: I did see they're talking back and forth on Twitter. [00:11:30] Speaker A: That's probably the fight that's going to get made because his other call out was Alexandra Pantoja. And that's just. [00:11:35] Speaker B: I don't think he's ready either one of those guys. I mean, Roy Val is coming off a win against Moreno. Why would he fight makayev at this point? [00:11:44] Speaker A: I don't know. I think Moreno is the more likely option. But they're talking on know. So if you got Roy Val kind of hooked to make it happen, he's undefeated. Roy Val is kind of hot right now. [00:11:56] Speaker B: Roy Val was kind of saying what we said. What the hell was that? [00:11:59] Speaker A: Yeah, like, why would I fight you? But I also think maybe an if, you know, if you want to stack an undefeated guy, know somebody who's also pretty well rounded can do it all. Amir Albazzi in that division. I think he's coming off a loss. He's got a fight coming up. So same recovery timeline. [00:12:18] Speaker B: Yeah. So he's got some options. [00:12:20] Speaker A: Right. [00:12:20] Speaker B: So let's move on. Next fight we're going to feature another young undefeated fighter that got a win, another decision win. This is Umar Nirmaga Madoff. He moves to 17, and after he beats Bezcot Alkaman, the Kazakhstan making his UFC debut. [00:12:39] Speaker A: Good debut for him. [00:12:41] Speaker B: Good debut for him. I mean, this was the biggest ods in favor of Nirmaga Madoff minus 1200. [00:12:47] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:47] Speaker B: So I mean, by that you wouldn't think it would even be close. Namaga Madoff definitely won the fight. I think he won all three rounds, but not a horrible performance from the debutant. [00:12:57] Speaker A: No. Alma Khan definitely did what he needed to do at the beginning of the first round. He needed to throw with ferocious power and do everything he could do to end the fight as quick as humanly possible. [00:13:11] Speaker B: That was the best game plan he. [00:13:13] Speaker A: Could have gone, right and he walked in and it seemed like he rocked. Namaga men off right off the jump, forced him to take a single leg. And at that point, the conditioning took over and it was brutal. Scorecards 30 26 on two judges and 30 25 on one. Alchemon did get like Mollywap towards by the end of the fight. [00:13:40] Speaker B: By the end of it, yeah. [00:13:42] Speaker A: Second, 3rd rounds, there was near no contention. [00:13:45] Speaker B: I mean, that's about as tough of a UFC debut as you can have, though. [00:13:47] Speaker A: But that was also Nirmaga Menov being pissed off because he got rocked early and not giving the dude another point, basically. Yeah. Like taking the training seriously and saying, oh, you got me. You're not getting me again. [00:14:00] Speaker B: So Umar, as we said, 17 and he's now five and O in the. [00:14:03] Speaker A: UFC, he had interesting call outs. [00:14:06] Speaker B: He did interesting call out. I would like to see him fight Sanhagen. They were supposed to fight in August and it got canceled because of injury. I would love to see that fight. [00:14:16] Speaker A: Sanhagen, Peter yon. Those are his call outs. [00:14:19] Speaker B: I mean, Peter yon. Depending on what happens this weekend, yes. [00:14:21] Speaker A: Yeah. But I think Song Yedong would be. [00:14:25] Speaker B: A good option also, depending on what. [00:14:27] Speaker A: Happens this week, right. I think the winner. [00:14:28] Speaker B: Winner would fight the winner, Song Yedong. Peter Yeon from this. [00:14:32] Speaker A: I mean, that gives you somebody both Peter yon and song Yedong can wrestle. Their stand up's great. It gives somebody like Umar Khabib's cousin. [00:14:42] Speaker B: Said, next, step up a test. [00:14:44] Speaker A: Put that undefeated record out there, see what you can do with it. And last fight, Matt Schnell. Matt danger schnell versus Steve Astro. Boy Ursag. [00:14:58] Speaker B: And the only finish of the main card, Ursag with the second round tko of schnell. [00:15:04] Speaker A: Yeah, it was like strong left hand to the body or right hand to the body with a stand you up, left hand to the jaw. That just folded him, folded him straight back. [00:15:16] Speaker B: Urseg now three and o in the UFC. That's his first UFC finish. So I know, that has to feel good for him. [00:15:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Eleven fight win streak. [00:15:23] Speaker B: Eleven fight win streak. He's twelve and one, so that means he lost his second career fight and hasn't looked. Hasn't looked back at all. [00:15:30] Speaker A: It's kind of like we're going to put Steve Ursig to the haircut test. We need to know what he looked like in his last loss and see if he's changed his hairstyle since then. Because everybody does it their last loss and they just go on stomping. [00:15:47] Speaker B: Maybe he didn't change his hairstyle, but he definitely changed something because he's a guy to look out for in the future. [00:15:53] Speaker A: Definitely. And hearing him talk, Steve Ursig did not. I did not think of Australia. [00:15:59] Speaker B: You didn't think he was Australia, did. [00:16:00] Speaker A: Not think he was australian. Hearing him talk was just wow. But yeah, he called out Brandon Moreno. I think that's a great call out for him. [00:16:09] Speaker B: I think it's a great call out, but I just don't think he's probably a little soon. Yeah, but it doesn't hurt to shoot for the stars. [00:16:15] Speaker A: No, I think. Or France is a great. [00:16:17] Speaker B: I'd like to see that New Zealand. A Kiwi versus Aussie rivalry there or. [00:16:22] Speaker A: I'll bring it up again. Amir Albazi. [00:16:25] Speaker B: Albazi's there. [00:16:27] Speaker A: Yeah, I think those options, until Amir Albazzi gets beaten down or gets the belt, I don't think he's going away. So he's going to have to kind of face everybody. He's not new, but he's up there in the ranking, so the new guys coming in, they're all going to be vying for his spot. [00:16:45] Speaker B: Yeah, because a lot of the top guys I don't think, want to fight him because he's a big risk. So he might have to beat up. [00:16:50] Speaker A: And a lot of the top guys, to be honest, they have reasons not to fight him outside of him being a risk. Your Morenos, your Roy Vals, your pantojas, it's like, well, there's a pecking order, son, and you're not quite there yet. You're on the list, but there's a couple more work to do. Right. But overall, good card. I think it was what we expect from the apex at this point. It was an okay card. [00:17:15] Speaker B: Knowing that the fight card coming up, 299 USC 299 is probably going to end up being one of the best cards of the year. [00:17:22] Speaker A: It might be one of the best cards of the decade. Wait a minute. Scratch. [00:17:31] Speaker B: Okay. In honor of the UFC, 299 in Miami, Florida, this weekend, let's honor that Florida. Let's honor it. Top five Florida things. As usual. This can be wide ranging. Pretty much any Florida nouns, people, places, things, ideas, whatever you want to do, as long as it relates to Florida. [00:17:52] Speaker A: Somewhat. [00:17:53] Speaker B: Somewhat. I think I get the first pick in this one. [00:17:56] Speaker A: Yeah. Last week I had the first pick in it. [00:17:59] Speaker B: And I'm going to go an obvious pick right here. It's the reason why most people go to Florida. It's what Florida is most known for. All right, I'm going to go the beaches, Florida beaches, beautiful white sands. I mean, the state's a peninsula, so, like, most of the state has beaches. Atlantic ocean, Gulf of Mexico. [00:18:16] Speaker A: They even make the lakes have beaches there. [00:18:20] Speaker B: I mean, a lot of lakes have beaches, but it's not just Florida thing. But yeah, the beaches in Florida, their tourism industry is one of the biggest things they have going for them, and most of that is because of their beaches. So first pick of the draft, Florida beaches. [00:18:37] Speaker A: That's a good pick. [00:18:38] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:18:39] Speaker A: I like Florida beaches, and I like saying it like that. Thank you. [00:18:44] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:18:45] Speaker A: Beaches is a good pick. I like going to the know if I could pick a vacation to go, just chill. It's probably going to be there. Yeah. I like the beach. [00:18:56] Speaker B: So hit me with you. What you got? [00:18:58] Speaker A: First pick, man? I got to take, know the, the highly memorized Florida object. [00:19:07] Speaker B: You mean the most negative thing about the state? [00:19:10] Speaker A: Yeah, but it's funny. And everybody that doesn't live there loves it. [00:19:13] Speaker B: It is very know. [00:19:15] Speaker A: Florida man with no arms tries stabbing a, you know, Florida man feeds alligator, pet alligator gets arrested. It's like what? [00:19:28] Speaker B: It's almost a meme. You can just type in Florida man in your birthday. [00:19:32] Speaker A: Yeah. There's so many Florida people. [00:19:34] Speaker B: Well, there's so many articles and stories that just start with man. [00:19:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:39] Speaker B: A Florida man. [00:19:40] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's kind of what we're going. [00:19:42] Speaker B: Not a bad pick. Not a bad pick. [00:19:44] Speaker A: It's a great pick. And I'm going to follow it up with another Disney centric thing. Disney or not. Sorry. Damn. I've released it. Disney World. [00:19:54] Speaker B: Another Disney thing. That's your first Disney thing? [00:19:57] Speaker A: Another Florida thing. Florida centric thing. Disney World. Yeah. [00:20:02] Speaker B: I would say besides the beaches, Disney World's the other reason people go to Florida. [00:20:07] Speaker A: Yeah. It's definitely a top, the, one of the largest tourist things in North America. One of the largest in the world. But the ones we were worried about here, it's up there. It's like top three. Yeah. Disney World just went a few years ago for the first time, it was pretty sick. [00:20:24] Speaker B: It's not a bad pick. [00:20:25] Speaker A: Like it as an adult. It's pretty cool. [00:20:27] Speaker B: Yeah. Disney adults are like some of the worst. They're worse than. [00:20:31] Speaker A: No, no, not Disney adulting. I'm saying, like going. [00:20:34] Speaker B: You just said I went as an adult to Disney, so, yeah, I think that makes you into Disney. [00:20:38] Speaker A: It's fun. [00:20:38] Speaker B: Disney adult. [00:20:39] Speaker A: Oh, it had like a shirt for each thing. It was nice. Disney World. Solid pick. [00:20:45] Speaker B: Not a bad pick. Not a bad pick. [00:20:47] Speaker A: What you got for your second? [00:20:48] Speaker B: My second one, I'm going to go Cape Cod. The NASA Space Center. [00:20:54] Speaker A: Kennedy Space Center. [00:20:55] Speaker B: Kennedy Space center. The NASA Kennedy Space center. That's where pretty much every major space mission has come out of. Most of the rockets launched. [00:21:04] Speaker A: There you go. [00:21:04] Speaker B: Come launched. Whatever you want to call it. Moon landing, all the Apollo missions, allegedly. Moon landing, all the Apollo missions, allegedly. [00:21:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:15] Speaker B: The Kennedy Space center. [00:21:17] Speaker A: That is definitely allegedly where they did all the moon missions from. Allegedly. [00:21:24] Speaker B: They just landed on the moon again lately. [00:21:26] Speaker A: Sure. Yeah. You believe that? [00:21:28] Speaker B: Yeah, I do. I do, too. [00:21:30] Speaker A: All right. [00:21:31] Speaker B: You think the earth's flat, too? [00:21:32] Speaker A: Sometimes. It'd be feeling like it. [00:21:35] Speaker B: All right, so I have my third pick now. [00:21:36] Speaker A: Third pick, sir? Kennedy Space center is a good pick. It was high up on my list for sure. [00:21:41] Speaker B: My third pick is going to be an animal. And it's the alligator. [00:21:48] Speaker A: That's a Florida state animal. [00:21:51] Speaker B: A Florida state animal. It's known for it. There's alligators all over the place. Also the major college football team, the Florida Gators, named after the alligator. [00:22:02] Speaker A: Is that what they're named after? [00:22:03] Speaker B: That is what they're named after. [00:22:04] Speaker A: Wow. [00:22:05] Speaker B: And this is actually my guest pick from Clara. This was her pick. I asked her the things she knows most about Florida. She said the alligators, and I think that's a great pick. [00:22:15] Speaker A: Good for her. [00:22:15] Speaker B: And she also mentioned the Florida football team. [00:22:18] Speaker A: Nice. [00:22:19] Speaker B: So Florida Gators, not just the football team, but alligators in general, I think is one of the most Florida things you can have. And that's my third pick. [00:22:27] Speaker A: It's a good pick. [00:22:29] Speaker B: It's a very good pick. Thanks, Clara. [00:22:32] Speaker A: Thanks, Clara. I'm going to go with vacation for my third pick. [00:22:39] Speaker B: Where did they go on vacations at Florida? The beach. [00:22:43] Speaker A: Right. It's not only the beach in Florida. You have the Disney world. You have all the attractions, but it's also the areas where you have the touristy type stuff. You have those amusement parks, the littler ones. [00:22:58] Speaker B: You have the surf shops, smaller ones. [00:23:01] Speaker A: Let'S say littler but on petite, the. [00:23:06] Speaker B: Surf shops at the beach. You're talking about by the beach. [00:23:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Going on vacation. When you think of vacation, a lot of times you're thinking Florida vacation. Third pick. [00:23:16] Speaker B: Okay, not bad. Not bad. [00:23:18] Speaker A: You can try to shit on it, but you can't. [00:23:20] Speaker B: It is kind of shitty pick, but I'll let you have it. [00:23:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. The other fourth pick. This is where, for me, things just get kind of weird. [00:23:31] Speaker B: It can get real weird now. [00:23:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Because it's getting further and further away from actual Florida. I'm going to go with the golden girls. [00:23:40] Speaker B: The golden girls. I didn't even have that on my. [00:23:42] Speaker A: That wasn't even my radar set in Miami. It's a great show, Blanche. Dorothy, Miss Betty White. [00:23:52] Speaker B: What's Betty White's name in the show? [00:23:54] Speaker A: I can't remember for the life of me, and I don't want to just pull up my phone and google it and waste the time, but the golden girls. Good show. It's iconic. Everybody knows about it. Set in Miami. It's a great show. Fourth pick, the golden girls. [00:24:07] Speaker B: Golden girls, huh? [00:24:10] Speaker A: Man, you never got sick and just stayed at home? And I didn't watch golden girls, nothing on tv. So you watched the golden girls? [00:24:16] Speaker B: No. [00:24:16] Speaker A: You should try it. It's a sick show. [00:24:19] Speaker B: I mean, I've heard good things about it. Not my thing, though, but go ahead. [00:24:23] Speaker A: King Blanche is a straight up whore. [00:24:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I've heard. I've actually heard that before, man. [00:24:30] Speaker A: I think Betty white's name is actually Dorothy in the show, come to think of. [00:24:35] Speaker B: So, golden girls, huh? [00:24:37] Speaker A: Golden girls. [00:24:38] Speaker B: So my fourth is. I could go a few different ways with this one because I have two picks in a row. [00:24:45] Speaker A: You do have two picks in a row. You're right about that. [00:24:47] Speaker B: I do have two picks in a row. So my fourth pick. [00:24:51] Speaker A: Go with a pick. Something like Florida. Like a Florida thing, maybe. [00:24:55] Speaker B: Like a Florida thing. You think I should go Florida? [00:24:57] Speaker A: Maybe. [00:24:58] Speaker B: My fourth pick is going to be spring break. Spring break. Everybody knows spring break and they think Florida. They think the beaches of Florida. [00:25:11] Speaker A: Oh, so that's the same equivalent to my vacation pick. [00:25:14] Speaker B: No, it's super specific and it's a compliment to my pick. [00:25:17] Speaker A: The west coast actually is a more spring break area. [00:25:21] Speaker B: No, Florida. [00:25:21] Speaker A: Florida. [00:25:22] Speaker B: Lauderdale. [00:25:22] Speaker A: Daytona. Where did Bernie Sanders go on spring break? Did he go to Florida? [00:25:27] Speaker B: Bernie Sanders? [00:25:28] Speaker A: Yeah. When he was running for president, right? [00:25:32] Speaker B: I don't care about Bernie Sanders. [00:25:34] Speaker A: No, listen, when he was running for president, where did Bernie Sanders? [00:25:37] Speaker B: Fort Lauderdale and Daytona are the most known spring break things in the world. [00:25:42] Speaker A: Daytona 500 maybe. [00:25:45] Speaker B: No MTV. Spring break. Always in Florida. [00:25:48] Speaker A: Sometimes in Florida. [00:25:49] Speaker B: Florida spring break. [00:25:50] Speaker A: It's a good pick, but it is equivalent to the vacation pick. [00:25:54] Speaker B: Yeah, but yours is just like, oh, boring family vacation. I'm having fun. I'm at spring break. I'm with my friends. [00:26:01] Speaker A: Noted. Christian thinks having a family is boring. Thank you, Clara. [00:26:08] Speaker B: Spring break. My number four pick. And now my number five pick. This is where I'm either going to win this or lose it. On this pick right here. Do you have any idea? I'm picking a person. [00:26:22] Speaker A: All right. I don't want to say the person because I think I know the person. [00:26:28] Speaker B: I'm taking 45. Donald J. Trump. [00:26:31] Speaker A: Oh, I did not. [00:26:31] Speaker B: Florida resident Mar a Lago. Say what you want about him. He's a billionaire. He's probably going to be president again. [00:26:39] Speaker A: He's a good businessman. [00:26:40] Speaker B: Good business. [00:26:41] Speaker A: Can't argue with it. I mean, I get it. [00:26:42] Speaker B: Polarizing. As much as people hate him, people love him just as much. [00:26:47] Speaker A: Did not have him on my Trump. [00:26:50] Speaker B: I think he. I think he perfectly embodies the spirit of Florida. Fake tan, if you think about it. [00:27:00] Speaker A: He really does. [00:27:01] Speaker B: Egotistical. All about money. He'll screw people over. He'll do whatever it takes. Donald J. Trump. My number five. [00:27:07] Speaker A: It's crazy that I had orange on my list, but I didn't think of Donald Trump. [00:27:11] Speaker B: After I wrote orange, I actually thought of orange juice. And then I put Donald Trump from. That made me think of it. [00:27:17] Speaker A: Yeah, right. Donald Trump is a solid pick, especially for your fifth one, man. There's a bunch I can go with here for my fifth. I could go with a person. There's some Florida famouses and I think I will. I'm going to see your Donald Trump and go with quite literally the polar opposite, a genuinely good person. [00:27:43] Speaker B: Tim Tebow. [00:27:44] Speaker A: Tim Tebow. [00:27:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, yeah. Tim Tebow probably voted for Donald Trump. [00:27:49] Speaker A: Yeah. But he is just as a person. He is the polar opposite of what Donald Trump is. Like. He would not fuck somebody over because of that. He's not the best businessman. [00:28:02] Speaker B: I think he's only Florida because he went like, he doesn't embody Florida. [00:28:05] Speaker A: No, he does not embody Florida. But if you think of Florida Gators, you think of Aaron Hernandez. Tim Tebow. Well, who was the coach? [00:28:15] Speaker B: Urban Meyer. [00:28:15] Speaker A: Urban Meyer. [00:28:16] Speaker B: Percy Harvin. [00:28:17] Speaker A: Like, you think of those people and then Tim Tebow really just made them. I think Tim put Tebow put Florida Gators on the map. [00:28:25] Speaker B: They were already on the map, but he helped put them. [00:28:28] Speaker A: Yeah. So that's our top five. Recap it real quick. [00:28:30] Speaker B: Recap. I got number one, beaches. Number two, the Kennedy Space center. Number three, alligators. Number four, spring break. Number five, Donald J. Trump, 45. What a list. [00:28:42] Speaker A: I got Florida, man. I got Disney World. I got vacation, the Golden Girls and Tim Tebow. [00:29:01] Speaker B: Let's jump ahead. UFC 299 this Saturday. It's definitely the best card so far this year. It might end up being the best card of the year in Miami, Florida. As I just said, five fights on the main card where literally, I don't know who's going to win any of these fights. I could see any guy in any fight we're about to talk about win, and I wouldn't be even mad about it. All likable guys, all fun guys to watch, too. [00:29:30] Speaker A: I wouldn't say all likable, but definitely fun guys to watch. Think Peter Yon is the most unlikable guy on the fight card? [00:29:37] Speaker B: Yeah, but I still like him. [00:29:39] Speaker A: He's kind of cool. [00:29:40] Speaker B: So let's jump ahead to the first card of the main event. And it does feature who we just mentioned, Peter no mercy. Peter Yon taking on Song Yadong. Peter Yon once thought of as, like, unbeatable, unstoppable. He's lost four out of five and three in a row now. [00:29:57] Speaker A: Oh, how they fall oh, how they. [00:29:59] Speaker B: Fall still eight and four in the UFC, though, which is pretty impressive, right? [00:30:02] Speaker A: But think about five. Three in a row. Four out of five. He's eight and three in the UFC eight and four, eight and four in the UFC that means he was eight and one in the UFC seven and. [00:30:12] Speaker B: One in the UFC seven and O in the UFC poo. How they fall and he's taking on Song Yedong, who's ten wins, two losses, one no contest in the UFC 21. [00:30:20] Speaker A: Wins, four and one in his last five. [00:30:23] Speaker B: Four and one in his last five including two straight wins he actually fought in December against Chris Gutierrez. Had a nice unanimous decision. Win. This is a fight. Peter Yon. This is his first fight in about a year. His last fight was last march against Marab. And Marab just dominated him for five rounds. [00:30:42] Speaker A: Yep. But he did what Marab does. [00:30:44] Speaker B: Did what Marab does, where he just wore him out. Peter Jan didn't have an answer. So Jan, I like the fact that he took a year off to try to get his head clear, try to get back on track, because as we said, he is one of the. When he was at his prime, when he was seven and O in the UFC, nobody wanted to fight that dude. [00:31:00] Speaker A: Nobody thought right before he need Al Jermaine Sterling in the head. [00:31:04] Speaker B: Exactly. Because that's the first of the four out of five losses. [00:31:08] Speaker A: The disqualification fight. [00:31:09] Speaker B: He was dominating. [00:31:10] Speaker A: Yeah, he was going to be. [00:31:12] Speaker B: And then he had a controversial loss to Sean O'Malley. [00:31:15] Speaker A: Right. [00:31:16] Speaker B: Split decision, which you could, you know. [00:31:18] Speaker A: On those you can argue, shout out split decision, but those you can argue, know either ₩1. [00:31:24] Speaker B: And then his fight against Aljo, the one he lost. [00:31:28] Speaker A: Right. [00:31:29] Speaker B: That was a controversial split decision, and it probably shouldn't have been a split decision. Probably should have been an aljo all the way. [00:31:34] Speaker A: Right? [00:31:35] Speaker B: So, I mean, Peter Yon, yeah, he's lost four to five, but he's still right. Like, he could turn things around and he has a talent to do. He's still only 31. [00:31:42] Speaker A: Song Yidong, on the other hand, only 26. [00:31:45] Speaker B: That's crazy. [00:31:45] Speaker A: 26, four and one in his last five. His only loss in those five was to the one guy Peter yon beat Corey Vanhagen. So it stands to reason that both guys, especially with their records, are pretty similar fighters. Song Yedong, being so much younger, has been so much more active, as know, amateur, know, not in the UFC professional on his regional circuit. They both have strong power, good ground game. I think this is a very close matchup, but what makes me go with Song Yedong as my pick is how he handled Chris Gutierrez in the last fight. His outing against him was very strong. It featured him having to box the whole time, check kicks, do that aggravating Gutierrez type of fight. And that's why I think when you bring out Yadong's boxing this week against Yon, I think he's going to be unparalleled. [00:32:45] Speaker B: I disagree with you. I think yon gets back on track. I think there's levels to this. I know song is still young, 26, but he got beat up by Sanhagen, who, as you said, yon took care of in his fight. I think Yon shows those levels. Yon is a different level than Song Yidong at this point. And I think yon, Peter Yon gets a win back in the win column. And a win like this, he's probably just a win or two away after this of getting back in title contention, too. [00:33:17] Speaker A: Yeah. At least being able to ask for. [00:33:19] Speaker B: Got, especially if somehow Sean O'Malley still has that belt with how close their first fight was. [00:33:25] Speaker A: Yeah, no kidding. [00:33:26] Speaker B: So I got Peter yon. So we disagree on the first one. I think that's a good sign. [00:33:30] Speaker A: I think it's a good sign. But I think this is just the right kind of card where it could stand to reason that we disagree on everyone, but we could all agree, but we could also be wrong about every single fight we choose. [00:33:44] Speaker B: Agreed. [00:33:45] Speaker A: Oh, wow. [00:33:46] Speaker B: So let's move on to the next fight now. [00:33:47] Speaker A: Gilbert Burns Dorino versus JDM Jack della Matalina. [00:33:52] Speaker B: This is kind of like the last fight where we have a guy that's been. Well, I mean, Gilbert Burns has been in the UFC longer than Peter Yon, but Gilbert Burns is a vet. 22 and 622 and 615 and six in the UFC. But he's three and three in his last six. But he's taken on Jack della Matalina. 16 and two, six and O in the UFC. But his last two performances have been split decision wins, where they're wins, but they haven't been as impressive as we're used to seeing JDM win. [00:34:21] Speaker A: Right. [00:34:21] Speaker B: Yeah, one of those was a short notice, so we'll give him. But. [00:34:30] Speaker A: And look, you can't count Gilbert Burns out. [00:34:32] Speaker B: You can never count Gilbert Burns out. One of the most likable fighters in the UFC. [00:34:36] Speaker A: Very likable. But he also gave Hamzat Kamai of his split fight in the UFC, which. [00:34:43] Speaker B: Well, between him and Usman, but. [00:34:44] Speaker A: Yes, right. Well, yeah, up until the Usman fight, it was definitely the toughest. But it's tough because Gilbert Burns, he's been beaten. He's been knocked out twice. He loses to decisions sometimes. He's got four decision losses, 37, too. [00:35:00] Speaker B: So when does that play into factor while JDM is only 27 now, I. [00:35:05] Speaker A: Know one of the things I was looking at is, like, Gilbert Burns is bigger physically, a bigger guy. He's got reach advantage. Maybe that's what does JDM in. Well, then you look at Kevin Holland. JDM just got inside, did his work, and, boom, won. He does what he needs to do. I think he has that power. I do think it's a step up in competition. [00:35:25] Speaker B: A big step up, I believe. [00:35:26] Speaker A: But if JDM does what he's supposed to do in camp, he's always been the kind of guy that wants that pressure. If he stays on his game plan, I think we get a JDM win. [00:35:38] Speaker B: So Gilbert Burns, I just said he's three and three in his last six. Those three losses are to Balal, Hamzat and Usman. Those are like, three of the top guys in the division. [00:35:47] Speaker A: Yeah. And look, say what you want about Balal. I know me and you like him decent, but he wins. He wins and he fights. He's not fighting to lose, he's fighting to get points on the scorecard. If he sees a shot to knock you out or take you down, he's going to take it. He's not fighting scared, he just fights smart. [00:36:03] Speaker B: Agreed. [00:36:04] Speaker A: Shout out, Balal. [00:36:05] Speaker B: So Gilbert Burns, it's going to come down to does the age play a factor? I hate saying that. He hasn't fought since last May and it was a loss to Balal. I think JDM's, it's two careers. I don't want to say going in opposite directions, but at least JDM definitely ascending. While Gilbert Burns, I think his best fights are probably behind him. That's not saying he's declining that much, but his best fights are probably behind him. I think JDM figures out a way to get a win. So, yeah, JDM, my pick. [00:36:38] Speaker A: The ghosts agree with you there, buddy. [00:36:39] Speaker B: They do agree with me. So we both agree that was the first. [00:36:43] Speaker A: Yeah. Kevin Holland, the trailblazer, taking on that. [00:36:48] Speaker B: UFC debutante mvp, Michael Venom Page, very skilled in Bellator. [00:36:53] Speaker A: They're pretty much the same guy, though. I mean, it's. [00:36:56] Speaker B: They're both long, they're both boxers, they're both crazy kickboxers, crazy personalities. [00:37:00] Speaker A: And on top of all of that, they're both men. [00:37:05] Speaker B: Yes, they are both men. Michael Venom Page, 21 and two. So impressive record, 17 and two in Bellator. [00:37:13] Speaker A: Dude, between the two of them, Michael Venom Page has 16 finishes. Kevin Holland has 21 finishes. I mean, they're coming in here with tons of experience, but to me, guys have crazy power. To me, the big question is, Page is coming from Bellator. There's always like, the question of the rules are a little different. You can do a couple different things. Holland's been in the UFC for a while. He's used to everything he knows, kind of the run of the game. I think that gives a significant, not significant, but a unique disadvantage to Paige. [00:37:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I agree. It's just new, so you never know how you're going to respond. [00:37:59] Speaker A: And it's not like he's coming off a regional circuit. [00:38:01] Speaker B: He's coming off, know, probably the second biggest promotion. He's coming off of a win, too. He fought last May and he had a round one tkao by leg kick. So, I mean, he's a guy that finishes people, as you said, and he doesn't get finished very often. Kevin Holland's in his career, his best way to win fights is finishing people. So I don't know if he's going to be able to get a finish against MVP. How do you see the fight going. [00:38:26] Speaker A: Man, honestly, I think due to Michael Page not know coming in new, I have to switch it up. I think coming in, Michael Page coming in new, not used to the UFC not being as active. I think Kevin Holland wins. I know I said before that Michael Page was going to win, but the more I thought about it being so similar a fighter, I think that the disadvantages for page here, and I think. [00:38:57] Speaker B: Holland, funny you say that, because I'm doing the exact opposite of you. I had Holland coming in and I'm doing a last minute switch. I'm picking MVP. I think he's skilled. I think he's going to come in a lot like Michael Chandler when he first came into the UFC and just come in and have entertaining fights. It's going to be a barn burner. It may be the most fun fight of the night. End up being, I think Michael Page knocks Kevin Holland out. [00:39:22] Speaker A: Kevin Holland has lost before. JDM Steven Thompson. [00:39:25] Speaker B: I mean, he's twelve, seven and one in UFC, so he's lost a good amount. [00:39:28] Speaker A: Yeah, well, I could see either one happening. This is exactly what we're talking about with this kind of fight card, though. Everything is contentious. There's no odds that are really telling you anything. And then we go to the most emotional, most emotional main event. [00:39:41] Speaker B: It's the guy we've talked about since we started the podcast. He was one of the first fight cards we did. We were like, we really like this guy. We're jumping on his train. He's an up and coming guy. And it's Sandini. And he happens to be fighting our favorite, favorite fighter from our hometown, Dustin the Diamond Porier. Porier. Coming in, 29 wins, eight losses, one no contest. Coming in off of a loss, a knockout loss to Justin Gaiche. Head kick last July. [00:40:08] Speaker A: Yeah, lost the BMF title. Lost the BMF or didn't lose the BMF title. [00:40:12] Speaker B: Lost the fight for the BMF title. [00:40:13] Speaker A: For the BMF. [00:40:14] Speaker B: And he's taking on Sandini, who's 13 and one, five and one in the UFC with five straight wins. He's coming off of a head kick knockout in November over Frivola, where it was beautiful. Kicked him right on the chin as he was running away from him. [00:40:28] Speaker A: But that's the. As a fan of the UFC, take this all away. What Sant Denis did to Frivola in that fight was what you're begging for the fighters to do. As a fan, you almost see it. It's like, man, they're running. Just throw it out there see if it connects. [00:40:45] Speaker B: Just see if it connects. [00:40:45] Speaker A: And Frivola just slumped with the momentum on that kick. It was amazing. [00:40:51] Speaker B: Both guys very talented, not only on the feet, obviously, but on the ground. Sandini, nine submission wins. Dustin Porier, eight submission wins in his career. One thing that concerns me, Dustin, he's 35, which is usually when the lower weight classes, like the age, starts to play a factor. [00:41:08] Speaker A: Right? [00:41:08] Speaker B: And he's lost two out of three. Now, those two are to Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje, right, but losing two out of three, and look, he's concerned. [00:41:18] Speaker A: His last three losses. You just said Gaethje Olivera, and know, two rear naked chokes and a knockout. [00:41:25] Speaker B: He'S taking on a guy that finishes people. [00:41:27] Speaker A: I understand. I need to point out one thing, though. Dustin Poirier just got a haircut. [00:41:34] Speaker B: He's never lost two in a row either. [00:41:35] Speaker A: He's never lost two in a row. He's from our hometown. I love both fighters. I can't do it. I got to go with the diamond. Dustin Poirier. I think it's going to be an all out war, but I think being through the grit, fighting Conor McGregor three times, I think the experience. Even though he's 35, I think the experience is going to play a factor to his benefit. St. Denis hasn't gone through a bunch of long fights in the UFC. Porier has taken damage and gone the distance multiple times. Poirier's been hurt. Come back. I think this is Poirier's swan song. He's making one final title run, and I think it starts this Saturday. [00:42:23] Speaker B: I hate to disagree with you. [00:42:24] Speaker A: I know you do, but this is one that, once Poirier retires, I think Santani is going to be our favorite lightweight fighter, period. [00:42:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I hate to disagree with you, but I think I'm taking Santoni. I think tides are turning. It's going to be a new era, new guys coming in. Dustin's been in the UFC for a long time. [00:42:43] Speaker A: He's like the longest ranked fighter. [00:42:46] Speaker B: I think he has the most wins in 155 history or somewhere up crazy, but I think Sandini gets it done. I think it's probably by finish, which I hate to say. [00:42:55] Speaker A: I do appreciate the somber tone in your voice, because I feel that you're not very happy to say any. [00:43:01] Speaker B: I'm not happy. Only 28 years old. God of war, Sandini. [00:43:05] Speaker A: God of war, he is. [00:43:07] Speaker B: Yeah. I think he gets the dub. I think it's going to be one where it's hard to watch. Even though I really like Sandini it could be love, Dustin, but I'm taking Sandini. [00:43:18] Speaker A: I got a ride with the diamond. We disagree on a lot, but like we said, this is how the card's going to be. [00:43:23] Speaker B: So let's go to the main event, which I think we actually agree on the main event, probably so sugar. Sean O'Malley making his first title defense against his only loss, marlon Cheeto Vera. [00:43:33] Speaker A: I don't think that loss was a know, obviously with. [00:43:36] Speaker B: I mean, it was an but, right. [00:43:39] Speaker A: But that's what saying, like, sean, he didn't lose the fight as much as he had to quit. [00:43:46] Speaker B: Mean he got knocked out. Almost he did. [00:43:47] Speaker A: But I'm saying he couldn't go. Like you can't stand. Yes, he got knocked out, but that's why he says he's undefeated because in his mind, he didn't really lose. He was disabled and he couldn't go further. [00:43:59] Speaker B: 17 wins, one loss, one no contest. He'll say he's 17. And Cheeto bear. 23 wins, eight losses, one draw. Cheeto, interesting thing. Never been finished in his career. I was going to lose my decision. [00:44:13] Speaker A: Eight decision losses, which in a 31 fight career. That's not bad. You're winning most fights, but it's obvious that for a finisher like Vera, that's what you have to do. [00:44:28] Speaker B: He's 15 and seven in the UFC, so he has lost before. He does seem to turn. And later in his career, he's become more reliable. More reliable. His last fight in August, he beat Pedro Munoz. I think he was on the same card where O'Malley beat Aljo for the title. So it was both of their last fight in August. [00:44:47] Speaker A: And O'Malley has a no contest to Munoz as well. [00:44:50] Speaker B: To Munoz. He poked him in the eye. [00:44:51] Speaker A: Yeah, that's how you get him. [00:44:53] Speaker B: So I love Cheeto vera. He has crazy cardio. This dude runs like half marathons during the week. [00:44:59] Speaker A: I'm also interested. [00:45:00] Speaker B: Not going to get tired. [00:45:02] Speaker A: That adds to it. I'm also interested to see what O'Malley does in a longer fight. We've seen him go three rounds with that zombie guy. We've seen know because chances are this. [00:45:10] Speaker B: Is going to be a decision fight. I think doesn't get finished. [00:45:14] Speaker A: I think here that Sean O'Malley wins, but I think, man, it's hard for me to know what Cheeto's game plan is going to come in as, because he has the cardio. He can press you all he wants, but you have to be scared. Not scared. You have to respect O'Malley power. O'Malley's Pally O'Malley's power. He has an enormous right hand. I mean, he's fighting at 135 and he's got the power of a light heavyweight. Damn near in that right hand. It's monstrous putting people out. You don't want to get caught by it. [00:45:47] Speaker B: This is a fight where I like both guys a lot. I really like Cheeto. [00:45:50] Speaker A: Yeah, I like Cheeto, too. [00:45:51] Speaker B: But as we watch Cheeto on tv right now on the UFC countdown, I think O'Malley gets it done. I'm going to say O'Malley by decision. [00:46:00] Speaker A: I agree. I think O'Malley is going to win. And this is actually one of the bigger ods of the card -280 for O'Malley with a plus 230. I think for Vera, it's good value for Vera, very good value. [00:46:12] Speaker B: Chance he wins this fight. [00:46:13] Speaker A: Yeah. And look, that would be, what are we, three pay per views into the year? That would be the third belt change. Yeah. If Vera wins. I mean, what if 2024 is just the year of the shakeup? Everything doesn't happen the way you think. [00:46:27] Speaker B: It's very possible. Wait a minute. [00:46:35] Speaker A: All right, so now stakes and takes. We're going to go over last week and then give you the rundown for this week. After that, we're going to let you go home first. UFC, how'd you do picks last week? I hit my pen on the thing. Yeah. Picks last week. How'd you do on UFC picks last week? [00:46:56] Speaker B: I went five and one. [00:46:58] Speaker A: That's nice. Who'd you get wrong? [00:47:00] Speaker B: The main event I had Gazev. [00:47:02] Speaker A: Nice. [00:47:02] Speaker B: It was our only differing pick. [00:47:04] Speaker A: You know what that means though, right? [00:47:05] Speaker B: Six and o. Yeah, six and. [00:47:08] Speaker A: Woo. [00:47:09] Speaker B: Fuck that doctor. That stopped the fight. That's all I got to say. [00:47:12] Speaker A: Guys. You have literally said, I can't see. [00:47:15] Speaker B: That's just my excuse. I didn't understand him. [00:47:18] Speaker A: Right. [00:47:19] Speaker B: Shout out to the five and one. [00:47:22] Speaker A: That's a bang up day for both of them. [00:47:23] Speaker B: I mean, it was pretty much just. Except for the main event. Picked the favorites and they won. [00:47:28] Speaker A: But it wasn't like that. It was research. You got to give credit to yourself, sir. Good research. [00:47:33] Speaker B: Pick the favorites and they won. Except for the last one. [00:47:35] Speaker A: Yeah, I did good research. You did slightly worse research. I had NCAA basketball as my pickhams. Would you have? [00:47:44] Speaker B: I had four soccer matches. [00:47:46] Speaker A: I did two and thought so. I had, like, a little theme going on. I did four away teams that I thought were going to beat the home team. [00:47:54] Speaker B: You should do that every week. [00:47:55] Speaker A: I'm going to do a theme every week. I have a crazy one this week, but we'll go to that after. So my four. I had Florida Gators, I had Gonzaga, I had Kansas, and I had. What was the last one? [00:48:11] Speaker B: Gonzaga, Kansas. You had Tennessee. [00:48:13] Speaker A: Tennessee. That's what it was. I got two of those right. Got two of them wrong. The Gators. [00:48:18] Speaker B: Gators in Kansas. [00:48:20] Speaker A: Kansas lost. Gonzaga won. Tennessee won. So eight and two overall in the week. For me, I'll take it 80%. That's what you want out of a day. [00:48:30] Speaker B: I went three and one in soccer, so I also went eight and two overall. [00:48:33] Speaker A: A little redemption there. [00:48:35] Speaker B: Correct ones. I had Liverpool won right at the last minute. Thank God. Inter Miami, they won 50 over Orlando with a messy. [00:48:44] Speaker A: I remember you shouting out, saying, look, put a little side dollar for two goals on Messi scoring. And he put up two early on, so that was nice. [00:48:51] Speaker B: I had Arsenal, who beat Sheffield United, six nil. [00:48:55] Speaker A: Arsenal is on a scoring tear. [00:48:57] Speaker B: They are on a scoring tear. My one loss, it was a draw, actually. Two two draw. PSV and fire Nord. [00:49:05] Speaker A: It makes me feel funny that when all of your losses lately have not actually been losses, they've just been draws, but you have to take l's on them. [00:49:14] Speaker B: Yeah, it sucks, but is what it is. Eight and two overall, as you said, 80%. I'll take that every week. [00:49:20] Speaker A: All right, so, yeah, we like that. Going into stakes this week, I come in plus 3.88 units. Christian, unfortunately, is down a couple. Down minus 7.94. I went four and one in my stakes this week, which I like that you did three and two, right? [00:49:42] Speaker B: Three and two, correct. [00:49:43] Speaker A: Yeah, we both had the Anders. Eric Anders. We switched it from Raul Rosa. He was supposed to be fighting, then they canceled it. So we just switched. [00:49:50] Speaker B: Second week in a row, they canceled us. [00:49:52] Speaker A: Right. So we switched to Eric Anders. It was a -520 money line. Didn't make much off of it, but we both won it. That was good. We both also had Mokayev. [00:50:01] Speaker B: Yes, correct. [00:50:02] Speaker A: I had two units on that. You as well. So we took a little bit home there. [00:50:06] Speaker B: Correct. [00:50:07] Speaker A: We both picked the main event. Picked different fights. Obviously. I won there. You lost there. So I took a little home. You didn't. And then that's where we start differing up. I took my two basketball. I won one, I lost one. You took your two soccer, football lost one. Yeah. Except the one where you did good. You put four units on Liverpool and it paid off. That's a smart bet. Kind of gets you back in the running. Unfortunately, with the two losses for you you go down zero point 13 units this week. So essentially breaking even and I go up plus 3.42 units. Brings me to plus 7.3 units total and brings you to -8.7 units total. [00:50:49] Speaker B: Coming back. Long way to go. [00:50:51] Speaker A: Long way to go. But it's early, early in the season. Like I said, you just had to take a couple of L's off them draws. But no biggie. That moves the total standings right now. Me for the takes, 21, eight and one. Christian, you're 29 and one. And for the stakes, ten four and one and Christian, you're seven and eight. So big increase over last week that. [00:51:19] Speaker B: Owen five fucked me. [00:51:21] Speaker A: Really screws you over, but we're going to get it back up there. We got a long season right up until week one of college football. What kind of picks you got? This week I got five soccer picks. All right. [00:51:35] Speaker B: Around the world. [00:51:36] Speaker A: So that's your theme? You're going around the world? [00:51:39] Speaker B: That's my theme every week. [00:51:40] Speaker A: All right. My theme is redemption. I have five picks, all of whom lost their previous outing against the team. This time I think they're going to win. I'll break it down as we go. I have one baseball and four college basketball. How do you want to go? [00:52:01] Speaker B: I think you give all yours. I give all mine. [00:52:04] Speaker A: All right. So first up, knockout baseball. Previously in spring training, the Orioles beat the Braves three to zero. [00:52:12] Speaker B: Spring training. Baseball again? [00:52:14] Speaker A: Again. I won the first. I'm one and O in baseball so far this season, sir. [00:52:18] Speaker B: So unpredictable. [00:52:19] Speaker A: It's fine. Orioles beat the Braves first time out this spring training. I think the Braves get redemption. Braves going to beat the Orioles because the Braves are playing at home now. It's the only baseball pick I'm willing to go for. I'm not crazy. College basketball, 14. Kansas at the number one Houston. Kansas has beaten Houston this season. I don't think they're going to do it at home. At Houston's home. Houston is the redemption here. Redemption week. Kentucky at Tennessee. Tennessee's beaten Kentucky, but I think Kentucky goes on the road and takes one to the Vols at home. Kentucky is a very high point scored for the season and they're top 25 in most of the categories. I think they have what it takes to beat the volles this time around. Next, North Carolina at Duke. I think Duke is going to rebound. The first time they played North Carolina beat them. Duke's at home. Their three point percentage is better. I think if they just play smart ball game, don't turn the ball over. They're going to win. And lastly, Oklahoma State at BYU. BYU lost the last time out. They're also at home this time. I think BYU is going to get redemption. Simple as that. The Mormons going to take it to the house. [00:53:51] Speaker B: It's not bad. Not bad. [00:53:53] Speaker A: So that's the redemption week for me here. All avenging losses, if you will. [00:53:59] Speaker B: See what you're going with. Some of those are good, some of those are bad. But I won't say which is which. [00:54:04] Speaker A: I guess we'll find out. [00:54:05] Speaker B: Guess we'll find out. [00:54:06] Speaker A: They could all be bad. I guess hindsight will matter. [00:54:08] Speaker B: I guess so. All right, so I got five soccer picks. We're going to start in Spain. [00:54:13] Speaker A: I hope you don't draw. [00:54:14] Speaker B: I hope I don't either. [00:54:15] Speaker A: All of them. [00:54:16] Speaker B: Friday night in Spain. In Barcelona. I have Barcelona taking on Majorca. Barcelona. Third place in La Liga Majorca, currently 15th. They did draw when they played in September 2. [00:54:27] Speaker A: Two. [00:54:28] Speaker B: I think Barca at home is going to be able to get the win. So I have Barsa as my pick. We're now going to go to the Netherlands. [00:54:37] Speaker A: Do you see the Jackie Chan movie? And Owen Wilson around the world in 80 days? Is this kind of your thing for soccer? [00:54:44] Speaker B: Except it's all like in three days from Friday to Sunday. All right, now we're going to go to the Netherlands where one of my favorite team names I've seen. Go ahead, Eagles hosting PSV. Einhoven. Go ahead. Is 6th place right now in Erie division. PSV, first place. They are coming off of a draw, which I had them last week. They did play in September also. PSV won three nil. I think PSV gets another win here. Probably not three nil. I'm going to say, like, two, one, one nil. But PSV is the pick now. We're going to go to England. I got to pick them. Arsenal hosting Brentford. Arsenal in third place. Right in the title contention, taking on Brentford. 15th place Arsenal. They played twice this year. Arsenal's won both of them one nil. I would almost guarantee Arsenal is not going to score one goal in this game. They're going to score probably about four or five. [00:55:37] Speaker A: Why are they doing that right now? [00:55:38] Speaker B: They're just getting hot at the right time, brother. [00:55:41] Speaker A: I'll take it. [00:55:41] Speaker B: I think they continue it. I think Arsenal, in a London derby, gets the win, beats Brentford. So Arsenal is my pick now. We're going to go to Germany. We just saw this team play today in the Champions League, Bayern Munich. They play in a Bundesliga game, a german game. So second place Bayern Munich hosting 16th place mines. Byron won earlier this year, earlier this season in October, 3 to one. Mines only has two wins all year long. All season long. As I said, byron, second place got Bayern Munich winning that game. And then just as we did last week, we're going to come back to the US. We're going to visit our friend Leo Messi. We're going to go to Miami where the UFC is at. [00:56:25] Speaker A: That's why you made that pick. That's a good idea. [00:56:28] Speaker B: Stay in Miami. Enter Miami hosting Montreal. Miami is off to a hot start. Messi's off to a hot start. Luis Suarez is off to a hot start. [00:56:37] Speaker A: How many games in are they? [00:56:39] Speaker B: This will be their fourth game of the year. [00:56:40] Speaker A: And Messi has three goals now because he scored two last week. [00:56:43] Speaker B: Correct. And I think they continue. I think inter. Miami beats Montreal. Intermiami. My pick. So those are my five soccer picks. Five pick your own. [00:56:53] Speaker A: Pretty solid picks going around the world. I like them all. But I'm going to just vibe with your confidence because I know so much less about soccer. [00:57:03] Speaker B: I get it. I get it. [00:57:05] Speaker A: What do you have for stakes this week? Let's go through UFC first because I know we usually have a few UFC picks each or stakes each. So let's go through that. [00:57:14] Speaker B: Okay, I got two UFC picks. I have three soccer picks. [00:57:19] Speaker A: I have three UFC, one MLB, I guess you know what that is. And one college basketball. [00:57:25] Speaker B: Okay, my two UFC picks, I had a last minute change. So I have two units on Michael Page. Michael Venom page at plus 115. And then I have one unit, JDM Jack della Matalina over Gilbert Burns. -160 so two units MVP, one unit JDM. [00:57:46] Speaker A: So I have JDM two units as well. I also have song ya dong opening up the main card. Plus 110. Two units on that one. And I have the closer, Sean O'Malley, the finisher, the man who finishes Moneyline. -280 I got two units on that as well. I'm going to just throw out my baseball pick. It's Braves Moneyline. One unit over the Orioles and Duke. Duke Moneyline. [00:58:15] Speaker B: Duke Moneyline. [00:58:16] Speaker A: Yeah, Duke Moneyline. [00:58:17] Speaker B: Three units over North Carolina. [00:58:18] Speaker A: I'm confident they're going to avenge that loss at home. They're ranked 9th right now if they're conservative. [00:58:24] Speaker B: Number seven. [00:58:25] Speaker A: Yeah, it's close. [00:58:26] Speaker B: They're arch rivals. [00:58:28] Speaker A: It's close. I think it's going to be a. [00:58:29] Speaker B: Good rivalry in college basketball, but Duke. [00:58:31] Speaker A: At home is going to be hard to beat. Duke at home is going to be. [00:58:33] Speaker B: Anybody can do. It's North Carolina you're right. [00:58:36] Speaker A: Shut the fuck up. So what you got for soccer? [00:58:38] Speaker B: My three soccer bets. My first one, I'm going to have one unit on PSV Einhoven at. -280 I will have three units on Arsenal over Brinford at -303 units on inter Miami over Montreal. -185 nice. [00:58:58] Speaker A: We'll take it. [00:58:59] Speaker B: We will take it. So I think that wraps up our stakes and wraps up our takes, correct? [00:59:03] Speaker A: Yes. Wrapped up, shipped, ready to go. [00:59:06] Speaker B: So check us out next week for episode 36 of split decision. We're going to recap the exciting fight card, UFC 299. Go over our stakes and takes that we just made. Make some new stakes and takes. We're going to give you a fresh top five and we're going to look ahead. The UFC Vegas 88, Tai to Avasa versus Tibura. So check it out. [00:59:29] Speaker A: Scratch it. Scratch it. [00:59:37] Speaker B: It's it. [01:00:33] Speaker A: Scratch and wake up scratching with the window.