Episode 37 UFC Vegas 89 Ribas vs Namajunas, Top 5 Ice Cream, March Madness, and More!

[00:00:07] Speaker A: Welcome back to split decision. This week on episode 37, we are recapping UFC Vegas 88. That's the fight night where Marcien Tibura choked Tui tied to Ivasa unconscious, giving him his fourth consecutive loss. It and with everything salty, I think you need something sweet. So this week we're going to do our top five draft. It's going to be an ICE cream draft. [00:00:34] Speaker B: What about salty ICE cream? [00:00:36] Speaker A: I don't really like salty ICE cream. That's why I had the sweet analogy from there. We're going to jump into our next fight night. Another apex fight night. UFC Vegas 89. Reboss versus Nava yunus. And then we're going to wrap things up how we always do with our stakes and takes, but we're going to add in some March madness, so it's going to be fun. Don't forget, like always to like and subscribe to. Stay up to date with all of our episodes. And check out our website, splitdecisionpod.com, where you're going to find all of our picks, top fives and all of our recent episodes. All right, let's go. [00:01:22] Speaker B: UFC Vegas 88 main card had three first round subs, two split decisions. Wasn't no contest. Before we get into all those details, Alex, why don't you let us know how the prelims went? [00:01:36] Speaker A: It was great. Chad the monster and Helleger tormented care Lampis Gregorio, delivering monstrous strikes, stalking his prey and pacing the fight, earning himself the clear unanimous decision victory to start off UFC Vegas 88 diago Moises felt disrespected being on a prelim, so he took it out on the legs of the fight stalker, Mitch Ramirez, who won't be stalking anyone on that leg anytime soon. And then for another quick finish, Jacqueline Amarim submitted Corey Poppins. McKenna nearly poppins that arm with a vicious armbar. Mary Poppins Danny Puma Silva took on Josh Cuyakulibao in a highly contested fight that went to the judges scorecards. After much deliberation and a split decision, the Puma has attacked with enough damage and takedowns to earn the win. He tracked Cooley ball and stayed on his prey through the fight. The pastor Jaffel Filho, came to spread his word against the jamaican sensation Ode Osborne. Filho used the power of prayer to take the fight to the ground early, keeping it there, locking in the rear naked choke to earn himself a quick finish. Victory. Former runner Chelsea Chandler rebounded well from her last outing, landing damaging shots and securing takedowns against brazilian Josanna Nunez, controlling the fight from the ground. Chandler was able to stifle Nunez's power. And then to finish our prelims, we've got a finish. Natan levy versus Mike Beast Boy Davis from the jump. Beast Boy transformed into a striking powerhouse, forcing Levy to want to take this one to the ground, although he couldn't. Davis locked in the arm triangle to move this to his second UFC fight and his win streak to four. [00:03:27] Speaker B: Davis might be Palestine's favorite fighter at this point. [00:03:30] Speaker A: I think you're right. [00:03:32] Speaker B: So that was the prelims. Let's jump to the main card and the main event. And it was a interesting fight. It was a exciting finish. Marcine Tibera with the first round sub over Ty Tuavasa. As you said earlier in the intro, Tuavasa's fourth straight loss, unfortunately, he's a fan favorite, so I don't think he's in danger getting cut by the UFC or anything right now. [00:03:56] Speaker A: No, it's just unfortunate. [00:03:58] Speaker B: Four straight losses, that's hard for anybody to overcome. Tiberia, though. This was kind of a fight where neither one of these guys, I would say Tiber is not in the title picture yet, but it's one that like, yeah, he's still hovering around the top of the division. The loser, this coming in, they were not going to. No, their time in the top, like five, six guys in the heavyweight or even having a chance at that is over. [00:04:22] Speaker A: It's very, very contentious. [00:04:23] Speaker B: I think it's over for Ty two Avasa in terms of that. He still has exciting fights left. [00:04:28] Speaker A: He could fight, but, yeah, I mean, if he went on a crazy win streak, he could get something good. Either one of them could get something like crazy going. I think you're right. I don't see it really happening. Tibura didn't have a call out as usual. He's now top ten. It's a hard fight to decide for who he's going to fight next in the heavyweight because the title shots kind of locked up the interim title shots like it's looming. But everybody's kind of waiting on Jones at this point because they want the belt, they want the real belt, and there's a bunch of people who have stakes for it. [00:05:02] Speaker B: Did you see Aspinal pull up on John Jones? [00:05:06] Speaker A: Yeah, it was a little awkward. John didn't want to do the quick face off, but Aspinal respected it. I like that. [00:05:14] Speaker B: I like Aspinal. [00:05:15] Speaker A: I do, too. I think it was a great showing by Tabira, number one, to be just kind of pummeled by aspinal your last time out. It's easier to take that seeing who aspinal really? That's nice. [00:05:29] Speaker B: But it's nice by Tabira. He rebounded, had a strong start, he came out firing. Yeah, I mean, that's kind of the game plan against Ty is like get through the first onslaught, he got through that, he was able to get him to the ground. That's obviously Ty's weakness. [00:05:45] Speaker A: 11Th, 1st round finish. [00:05:47] Speaker B: It's pretty impressive. [00:05:48] Speaker A: It is. So I wasn't able to get a bunch of names in the heavyweight division, but I got a couple that I think, well, there's two they just fought. Gileton Almeida, Curtis Blades. I think Jolton Almeida is probably more in line. [00:06:02] Speaker B: I think that's more in line. Curtis Blades, he's looking for either title shot or like fight away from a title shot. [00:06:08] Speaker A: Right. And what we just said, I just don't think he's ready for a title shot because there's a big pecking order in front of him that they all deserve it at this point with their wins and stuff. It's just there's only one title, right? [00:06:20] Speaker B: Two actually, right now. [00:06:21] Speaker A: Yeah, the guy got injured and then now there's just a waiting list. But I think Gilton Almeida is probably the best choice because it gives somebody in the heavyweight division that can wrestle with Tibura. It'll force Gilton Almeida to strike. [00:06:35] Speaker B: I don't know. He fought a wrestler last time and kept doing it. [00:06:38] Speaker A: Yeah, you're right. [00:06:39] Speaker B: Knocked out. So we'll see. That would be a good matchup. [00:06:41] Speaker A: I think that's the best fight to go with. [00:06:43] Speaker B: So let's go to the co main event now, which it's rare that a co main event that ends in a no contest might ended up being the most entertaining part of the night. [00:06:51] Speaker A: I was going to say, the only reason we're talking about the no contest is because as soon as the fight. [00:06:56] Speaker B: Was over, they tried to really fight. [00:06:58] Speaker A: They actually tried to fight. Brian Battle had some choice words we're not going to repeat because I don't want to have to get blurred or anything. [00:07:03] Speaker B: He pretty much said Luza was taken it. He could have fought more and he took the easy way. [00:07:08] Speaker A: Lucid, kind of proved that, seeing as soon as he was called out for being cheat or lying about the eye poke or lying about the severity of the eye poke, he started acting like, I'm going to kill you right now. It's like, oh, well, why couldn't you have done that like 20 seconds prior? [00:07:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it's unfortunate the fight ends like that, but very entertaining. Like you said, the end of it after the fight. I think the only thing that makes sense is get these two guys back in the cage again, right? [00:07:38] Speaker A: I didn't put anything else other than run it back. [00:07:40] Speaker B: I think the quote from Luza after the fight was, I'll fucking kill you. [00:07:44] Speaker A: The Brian battle, that's the one allotted. PG 13, F bomb. And there it is. It's gone. But, yeah, moving on to the next one. You're right. That is exactly what he said. Ovin St. Peru. OSP versus Kennedy. Czech. [00:08:00] Speaker B: Wukwu and Kennedy, probably. [00:08:02] Speaker A: I'm sorry again. I try my best on that one every single time. [00:08:04] Speaker B: Kennedy probably had the most disappointing performance of the main card. [00:08:08] Speaker A: Plus 600 ods to OSP at closing. Huge upset, split decision, win. [00:08:12] Speaker B: You're fighting a 40 year old dude and he couldn't get it done. [00:08:15] Speaker A: But listen, OSP has the most UFC fights at light heavyweight 25. [00:08:20] Speaker B: He's a vet. [00:08:20] Speaker A: That's crazy. And he forced Chakubu to think. The round one, obviously, I think, went to, you know, that the dropping with the uppercut, I think is what gave him the one judge on the scorecard. And, like, the limited crowd hype. You get the judges that you can kind of hear. [00:08:37] Speaker B: They all had different scores for each round they did, which was crazy. [00:08:41] Speaker A: Yeah, that's what makes me think that the judges are kind of being affected by the commentators in a way. Like the one shot in the second round. Not one shot, but the great shot in the second round from OSP that dropped Kennedy. You got a big reaction from the commentators from Bisping and Reyes, but, I. [00:09:01] Speaker B: Mean, that's like saying that the crowd could do the same thing to. [00:09:04] Speaker A: I think. I think that does play a factor. But in this case, one judge kind of played more of a factor than the other. And it kind of showed on all the scorecards. They were crazy all over the place. I think it was a poorer showing than expected from Ceku because we were expecting a big finish. He was like minus 1200 odds. It was nuts. [00:09:25] Speaker B: But regardless, OSP, an impressive win. I mean, it was kind of like. [00:09:29] Speaker A: Nobody said it still. [00:09:30] Speaker B: But everybody said if he lost this fight, especially, like, a lot of people thought in check, Wu was going to come and knock him out. Maybe that's you call it quits. You're 40 years old. But no, he proved he still has it. He proved he could still be competitive. Maybe not at the top of the division, but definitely, like, he can handle himself with a lot of the younger guys. [00:09:48] Speaker A: You're right. So I got three options. Dustin Jacoby. That's just one. It's right there. Kind of in the rankings. In right in his realm. Azamat, Merza, Komonov. I'm saying that one poorly as well, but I'm trying. That would give him a good test with the wrestling and everything. Or Eon Kuzalaba, the Hulk. He lost to Felipe Linz. OSP beat Felipe Linz last time out. So I think this could be a good rebound fight for Kujalaba to show that. Is he there for light heavyweight or what's going on? Is it he on his way out? Because Kudalaba has also faced some weird adversity. Hadn't been that great in the division as well. [00:10:36] Speaker B: I like all those fights for him. Again, I don't think he's going to move his way up the ladder at 40 years old and get it ranked title shot. [00:10:43] Speaker A: But, I mean, we got Glover. We got Glover, man. Come on. [00:10:46] Speaker B: But Glover was always in the top. [00:10:48] Speaker A: Believe. [00:10:49] Speaker B: But OSP, I mean, those are good options. I'm excited to see him fight again. He kind of proved he still has it. [00:10:55] Speaker A: I agree. All right, next up, another split decision, right? That was the Isaac the Midwest Choppa versus Christian C Rod Rodriguez. [00:11:06] Speaker B: A rare each fighter scored a ten eight round. [00:11:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Isaac Delgarian was very strong in the first. It wasn't even Rodriguez's fault, necessarily that he got a ten eight. It was the fact that he was just that dominant. He was just rolling all over him. Every time Christian would move, he was just swooping into another position. [00:11:25] Speaker B: I think Christian Rodriguez, he's not near at the point to get a five round fight, but he's like a perfect five round fighter. Yeah, he starts very slow, and then he just gets better and better as the fight. [00:11:34] Speaker A: He stays super calm through everything. He ended up getting, and I think partial this is Delgarian's fault on this, know, being that gas, not being able to walk, laying on the. I'm surprised they didn't stop it in the third round with how many strikes at one point. He was taking to the just limp bodied. [00:11:55] Speaker B: It could have easily been stopped. [00:11:56] Speaker A: It was good. But that's what me and you said about Christian Rodriguez. He doesn't stop working. I think he needs to change his nickname. That is the third person he took their undefeated record from. He took Cameron Simons, he took Raul Rosas, and he took Isaac Dolgari. [00:12:14] Speaker B: Rose. [00:12:14] Speaker A: Gotta go a. That's a good one. [00:12:17] Speaker B: Street killer. [00:12:18] Speaker A: The street killer. Something. I like it I think that's probably what he needs to do. Keep going for that. Focus on the younger guys right now because I think you're right. He's not quite ready for a five round, but he's here to stay in the UFC. [00:12:31] Speaker B: I love watching him fight. He's never gives up. [00:12:34] Speaker A: He called out. Nathaniel Wood. Not really a call out. He mentioned him in the post fight interview. He said he thinks it would be interesting because their styles are similar. I agree. At this point, I trust his callouts because I think he's going to force an interesting fight no matter what he does. He's been the underdog and he's proven that he can do it time and time again. At this point in the UFC, I think that maybe Andre, touchy feely, a little touchy feely. Pat Sabatini, you know, one of those three guys all similar with what he can do. I think it all gives him decent options moving forward on fighters that he could contend with. [00:13:15] Speaker B: But yeah, c Rod just keeps moving up in competition, keeps getting these close wins. Good for him. Let's move on. The only women's fight we covered, Macy Chasson with the first round submission of Kyanzed. [00:13:32] Speaker A: Keonzed. [00:13:33] Speaker B: Keonzed. [00:13:34] Speaker A: There you go. [00:13:34] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:13:35] Speaker A: Anytime. [00:13:36] Speaker B: Chasson, Louisiana native. Impressive win for her. I think we kind of called it coming into this that she had the superior ground game in this. [00:13:45] Speaker A: Yeah. This was the rematch from 2018 in the ultimate Fighter. Macy Chassal went on to win season 28 of the one that nobody watched. Right. Unfortunate for her, but she won the females division for it. It was a great showing from her. It was really a repeat of the same fight. [00:14:04] Speaker B: Yeah, same thing happened. Same rear naked choke, same women, same result. [00:14:08] Speaker A: I think it's a showing that either Chasson got better and proved that she's real on the ground and she actually kind of got it. Or it proved that Keanz hasn't improved at all on the ground and didn't realize that this is the same girl she fought five years ago. [00:14:27] Speaker B: I think it's probably easier said than done. Keon's had probably improved, but Chassal was better before and she kept improving as well. So just overall, an impressive performance from Chasson, though. [00:14:39] Speaker A: Yeah, it was quick. Chassal's taking some l's in the UFC. She hasn't had a perfect outing. If you're not going to be perfect, you want finishes like this, get a quick finish, at least fight again soon. [00:14:55] Speaker B: Keep stacking some dubs up right, get. [00:14:57] Speaker A: Some money behind you and maybe put a streak together that puts you in top ten fights, top five fights, maybe eventually a title shot, if you can get some confidence and momentum behind you. [00:15:08] Speaker B: I agree. Let's move on to the last fight we're going to cover. It was the first fight of the main card. Gerald Mirror shot another first round sub, the third one of the main card. [00:15:18] Speaker A: And another one we called. [00:15:19] Speaker B: Another one we called. I mean, this fight honestly played out exactly how you thought it would on paper. [00:15:25] Speaker A: Yeah. The guy with 27 submission victories got. [00:15:28] Speaker B: Submission victory, got a quick sub. [00:15:30] Speaker A: And I say quick because he did work, but he did efficient work. It was an early second round submission. It landed him his 20 eigth submission victory. Professional. [00:15:40] Speaker B: Three out of four losses for Bamarina by sub. [00:15:44] Speaker A: So I think at this point, the. [00:15:45] Speaker B: Guy who's weaknesses that versus the guy who's literally one of the best ever in the UFC at submitting people, I. [00:15:52] Speaker A: Think at this point, the Bam bam nickname is kind of cursed. Seven losses. [00:15:56] Speaker B: Yeah, both bam bams. Owen. Two on the card. That's tough. [00:15:59] Speaker A: Yikes. [00:15:59] Speaker B: One to open, one to close the main card. [00:16:01] Speaker A: Yeah, like you said, this was difference of styles, grapple versus striker. [00:16:07] Speaker B: And it played out exactly how. [00:16:09] Speaker A: Man, you could have. Exactly. [00:16:11] Speaker B: But how it was on paper, it played out like that. [00:16:13] Speaker A: True G style from Bam bam barbarina. He refused to tap. He decided to go unconscious instead. So props to him. I would never do that. As soon as you get under my chin, I'd panic and just like, flail tap. So shout out to him going out. But also, big shout out to GM three, Gerald Murshart. [00:16:34] Speaker B: Keep going at it. [00:16:35] Speaker A: 28 sub victories. [00:16:47] Speaker B: All right, last week, Alex, you kind of made a joke as we were finishing the top five that we would do. Top five ICE cream. [00:16:53] Speaker A: I think I kind of begged almost. [00:16:55] Speaker B: Well, I took you serious. And this week, another apex card. Another one. We had to search for a top five. We're doing top five ICE cream. [00:17:03] Speaker A: We should call these apex top fives from now on. Make them sound like crazy apex predators. Yeah. Coming soon. [00:17:13] Speaker B: I don't hate it. I don't hate it. So I believe I have the first pick this week. [00:17:18] Speaker A: No, actually, I do. I lied to you this whole time. [00:17:21] Speaker B: No, you don't. [00:17:22] Speaker A: Dang. Okay, you're right. Yeah, I tried to lie to you just now. It didn't work. [00:17:26] Speaker B: So I have the first pick. I'm going to kick it off. My first pick is actually going to be my guest pick as well. [00:17:34] Speaker A: This is a Clara one. [00:17:35] Speaker B: This is a Clara pick. My beautiful girlfriend, Clara. [00:17:38] Speaker A: This is respect. [00:17:40] Speaker B: I asked her, her top five, her pick this week to give me a pick. She gave me a pick so good you had to go with it. I had to go with it. Number one. Well, I go with it every week. [00:17:50] Speaker A: Number one. You're going to go with her pick. Number one every. [00:17:53] Speaker B: No, no, I had to go with her pick. I go with her pick every week. This one I had to go with the number one because it was such a good pick from her. My number one ICE cream is going to be cookies and cream. I think it is the ultimate ICE cream flavor. Has vanilla, has chocolate, tastes like cookie, has cookie chunks in it. I mean, they have so many. Every major ICE cream that is a good brand, every major ICE cream store has their version of cookies and cream. [00:18:25] Speaker A: You're right. I like that pick. It's a very good pick. Cookies and cream, I'll admit, is one of my favorite ICE creams. Kind of mad you have it, but. [00:18:34] Speaker B: I don't think there's anybody. It might not be people's favorite, everybody's favorite, but it would be hard to find somebody that didn't like cookies and cream. [00:18:41] Speaker A: Yeah. Like genuinely didn't like it. I think you'd be hard pressed to find somebody who wouldn't just eat it if it was there. Yeah, right. I agree. I think that's good. [00:18:51] Speaker B: So cookies and cream, my number one. Alex, what you going with? [00:18:55] Speaker A: So you took a very elite pick at that point. I have to go with my other personal favorite. I'm going to go with Rocky Road. [00:19:05] Speaker B: I had that on my list. That's a good pick. [00:19:07] Speaker A: Rocky road for me is good because pretty much every brand has it. But there's a couple brands that are very elite at it. I prefer, like blue bells, rocky road. [00:19:21] Speaker B: My favorite part is the marshmallows, man. [00:19:23] Speaker A: The marshmallows. I think it's almonds. [00:19:25] Speaker B: Almonds. [00:19:26] Speaker A: Almonds. Marshmallows mixed with the chocolate ICE cream. [00:19:28] Speaker B: It's a good pick. [00:19:29] Speaker A: It's sweet, crunchy. It gives you same thing that cookies and cream does, except it's kind of like broken apart because cookies and cream has the crunchy, but it's also the marshmallow cream as well with the vanilla ICE cream. I think it's good. Rocky road is my number one. [00:19:44] Speaker B: I like that pick. I have nothing bad to say about Rocky road. [00:19:47] Speaker A: Not yet, right? Nothing bad to say yet. You know, it's coming, man. For my second pick, I got to go with a classic, a hearty, a good vanilla. [00:20:01] Speaker B: I mean, that's literally like the analogy for being boring. [00:20:05] Speaker A: It is, but it's a tried and true. It's a classic. It takes vanilla to make most, not most, but a lot of the flavors of ICE cream. They use vanilla ICE cream as a base and then add in flavoring or cookies or stuff to make the ICE cream better. I think vanilla as a standalone is solid, but it's also a base that creates it becoming more flavors. That makes it elite. [00:20:35] Speaker B: Well, I'm going to see your vanilla and raise you a chocolate for my second pick. It's the other base. I think it's a superior base. It's better on its own. Chocolate ICE cream is just good. [00:20:46] Speaker A: I agree. Chocolate ICE cream is good. I just think there are chocolate ICE creams that people don't like. [00:20:51] Speaker B: The ones that the same can be said about vanilla. [00:20:54] Speaker A: See, I've never found one that I don't like. [00:20:57] Speaker B: I've never found a chocolate. [00:20:59] Speaker A: There's been some chocolates I've found that were like, I guess they would say too rich or too sweet. [00:21:03] Speaker B: And I was like, those aren't just plain chocolate. [00:21:05] Speaker A: Let me just go with a vanilla. Yeah. [00:21:07] Speaker B: And then you're like, right. I'm the most boring person in the world. So my number two pick, chocolate. [00:21:13] Speaker A: Thanks for hurting my feelings. [00:21:15] Speaker B: I told you. You knew I was going to get mad or not mad. [00:21:18] Speaker A: Damn. [00:21:18] Speaker B: You're mad. [00:21:20] Speaker A: You're mad because of a vanilla. [00:21:21] Speaker B: I'm angry. My number three pick. This is where I'm going to kind of go off the rails a little bit. [00:21:27] Speaker A: All right, let's see. [00:21:30] Speaker B: It's not a flavor. [00:21:32] Speaker A: Okay. [00:21:33] Speaker B: My number three pick is going to be the McFlurry. [00:21:36] Speaker A: Oh, that's actually on my list. [00:21:39] Speaker B: When you can get it. I say that because everybody knows the ICE cream machine joke about McDonald's. [00:21:45] Speaker A: Yeah. It's never working in time. There's ever been most of them working on the planet. [00:21:53] Speaker B: McFlurries are elite. [00:21:55] Speaker A: They are. [00:21:55] Speaker B: They're a good ICE cream snack. They come with that cool spoon that everybody thinks is a straw. [00:21:59] Speaker A: It's like the hollow spoon, but it's not really hollow. You have to use that as the stir on the blender. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. [00:22:08] Speaker B: McFlurry, they're so good. You can get. I mean, obviously the cookies and cream flavor is the best one. [00:22:12] Speaker A: No, that's a solid pick. [00:22:13] Speaker B: They have a lot of good flavors. McFlurry, though, I think it's an elite ICE cream. [00:22:17] Speaker A: It is a good ICE cream. Is that the category? You thought that. I hadn't thought about that. You think I thought of not have thought about. [00:22:25] Speaker B: I was kind of thinking. [00:22:26] Speaker A: I was kind of thinking, okay, that's not it. But it was on the list. I appreciate that. [00:22:31] Speaker B: So that's my third pick. McFlurry, what's your third pick? [00:22:34] Speaker A: I'm going to see your third pick and raise you a better version of your third pick. The Dairy Queen Blizzard. [00:22:41] Speaker B: I don't think it is. I think that's severely overrated. [00:22:45] Speaker A: It's not because they're the original. They've been doing it better for a long time. The Dairy Queen blizzard. They have all the licensing just like know so they can get the premium topping add ins, which is fair. So it's not better, but they have better ICE cream. [00:23:00] Speaker B: I don't think they. [00:23:01] Speaker A: It's actually ICE cream number one, McDonald's. You don't know that is kind of like a frozen milk product of some. [00:23:10] Speaker B: Sort, which you're describing ICE cream. [00:23:12] Speaker A: I'm describing something similar to ICE cream. But anywho, I'll digress. The better thing is the Dairy Queen blizzard. So I'm going to go with that. And then for my fourth pick I'm going to go with the ICE cream cone. [00:23:30] Speaker B: I thought that was going to blow my mind. [00:23:32] Speaker A: No, it's just like, it's kind of like the treat with the ICE cream. You eat it, you get the cone, the crunchy. So you get any kind of ICE cream, but you get the benefit of having. I'd admit they're good, but the cone, I think it's worth a fourth pick. [00:23:45] Speaker B: Highly. I do not like the highly impractical, like look at this ICE cream right here. That thing's dripping all over your hand. [00:23:53] Speaker A: I think this is a better tasting cone than the 20 cent hollow. You know what I'm talking about? The ones that are made out of plastic. This is a better tasting cone at least, and I'm willing to do this. [00:24:05] Speaker B: Then your hands get all sticky. You can't eat it fast enough. [00:24:08] Speaker A: Grow up and wash your hands, you heathen. [00:24:10] Speaker B: Grow up and don't eat with your hands. Fair adults eat ICE cream out of the carton. The whole thing? [00:24:18] Speaker A: Yeah. What do you do you eat hot dogs from the side too? [00:24:22] Speaker B: What? Sometimes. [00:24:24] Speaker A: Yeah. I thought so. [00:24:26] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:26] Speaker A: That's my fourth pick, the ICE cream cone. And I think it's a great pick. [00:24:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I think it's kind of a lame pick, but. [00:24:32] Speaker A: Oh well, it is what it is. [00:24:33] Speaker B: My fourth pick. I'm going to go with an elite ICE cream brand. [00:24:36] Speaker A: An elite ICE cream brand. Ben and Jerry's hearing you say that. So just Ben and Jerry's. It is a good ICE cream. [00:24:44] Speaker B: I think it's the best ICE cream you can buy at the store. They have great flavors. You talk about licensing. They get crazy license. [00:24:51] Speaker A: Yeah, they get. They get a bunch of different products lined up and they get some crazy flavor combinations, too. Like Swedish? Not Swedish. Fish, the fish food. That's one they have. That's a good one. [00:25:04] Speaker B: They have a lot of good flavors. Cool packages. Ben and Jerry's. Great ICE creams. That's my fourth pick. [00:25:10] Speaker A: That's a good one. [00:25:11] Speaker B: And then my fifth pick. I could go a lot of different ways with this one. [00:25:15] Speaker A: You've kind of, kind of spread it out. You've forced me to spread it out as well. [00:25:19] Speaker B: I'm going to go with a classic. This is probably one of my personal favorites. [00:25:23] Speaker A: Okay. [00:25:24] Speaker B: It's going to be a peanut butter chocolate ICE cream. Kind of like a Reese's. I love peanut butter. I love chocolate. The combo is amazing. It's a good ICE cream. I mean, what more can you say? Especially when they have little Reese's cups in them. [00:25:40] Speaker A: Peanut butter ICE cream. Peanut butter chocolate ICE cream is good. That's a solid ICE cream pick. I think it deserves the number five slot because while it's good, it's hard to find. [00:25:53] Speaker B: They have Reese's ICE cream a lot. [00:25:57] Speaker A: You almost have to go to one of those places and get it mixed in and stuff like that to get it. But yeah, it is a good pick. It's a good flavor, for sure. My fifth pick, man, I'm torn. I don't know if I want to finish it up with a brand or finish it up with the tried and true, not winner, but just a tried and true classic. I think because I don't have a brand, I'm going to go with a brand. Baskin Robbins. [00:26:29] Speaker B: It's a good. [00:26:30] Speaker A: They got the 31 flavors. They got more than 31 flavors now, but they have, like, the 31 signature flavors. [00:26:36] Speaker B: They actually don't. If you go to the store, they switch them out or they only have. [00:26:41] Speaker A: 31 running at a time or something like that. Yeah, but they've made more than 31. And they do a good job with a good amount. [00:26:47] Speaker B: They have a great cookies and cream ICE. [00:26:49] Speaker A: They do have a great cookies and cream. So I think Baskin Robin is good. They're one of the few brands that I think have kind of outlasted the ICE cream store. Right. They still have ICE cream storefronts where, like, the blue bells don't anymore. We still have abordance around here, but that's super rare. Yeah. No. Other places like the marble slabs where they're not like big brands. This is one that still has those storefronts, and they're kind of associated with both. [00:27:17] Speaker B: I love the upside down cone clowns. [00:27:21] Speaker A: They have. [00:27:22] Speaker B: Have you ever seen those? [00:27:23] Speaker A: Yes. [00:27:24] Speaker B: Those are cool. I like those. [00:27:25] Speaker A: I've never seen them go to any basketball. [00:27:28] Speaker B: They always have them in the freezer. [00:27:31] Speaker A: Actually, no. [00:27:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I do know their cones upside down look like clowns. [00:27:34] Speaker A: So what do you have on your honorable mentions? Just give me, like, four honorable mentions that you have. [00:27:40] Speaker B: Snickers ICE cream. [00:27:42] Speaker A: Okay. I thought of putting branded ICE cream, but I didn't want to just suffocate it with branded birthday cake ICE cream. Yeah, like, good one. [00:27:50] Speaker B: Like the cupcake or whatever it's called. [00:27:52] Speaker A: They all have. Okay. Yeah. Like the sprinkles and all that stuff. Okay. [00:27:56] Speaker B: Moose tracks. I didn't know what it was, but it sounded good. [00:28:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:02] Speaker B: Peanut butter fudge swirled in vanilla. Yeah, it's very good brownie. And also the frosty, the Wendy's frosty. Nice. [00:28:13] Speaker A: I was teetering on the edge for my fifth pick of going with the great divide as my fifth because I could kind of get chocolate and vanilla. Other one was a sonic blast. Yeah, but that was, like, the cheapest. [00:28:27] Speaker B: The worst versions of McFlurry's and blizzards. [00:28:29] Speaker A: Right. And I expected that. I also had the ICE cream sandwich and the ICE cream cake. [00:28:35] Speaker B: The ICE cream sandwich is elite. [00:28:37] Speaker A: It is good. [00:28:38] Speaker B: Upset. I didn't think about that one, and. [00:28:39] Speaker A: I thought that would be one that wasn't thought about. But there's so many options on the board when it comes to, like, ICE cream. There's so many good things there, but, yeah, that pretty much wraps up top five. What are your top five? [00:28:50] Speaker B: Recap real quick. [00:28:51] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll go through mine. [00:28:52] Speaker B: My number one was cookies and cream. Number two, chocolate. Number three, the mcFlurry. Four, Ben and Jerry's. Five, peanut butter chocolate ICE cream. [00:29:00] Speaker A: And my number one is rocky road. My number two is vanilla. Three is the dairy Queen blizzard. Four is the ICE cream cone. And five is Baskin Robin. [00:29:17] Speaker B: Another week, another Vegas apex card. UFC Vegas 89. Six fight, main card. Alex. [00:29:26] Speaker A: I'm in my groove, and I'm not ready for a day off. I'm liking the apex more and more. I know people don't like it. I'm in. [00:29:34] Speaker B: I mean, as we say every week. I like the fact that we have cards every week, but, man, we need. [00:29:40] Speaker A: Some crowds I agree, but unfortunately, it's not like I would be going to the UFC fight anyway right now. [00:29:48] Speaker B: But the crowd gives you something even through the does. [00:29:51] Speaker A: It does. [00:29:52] Speaker B: But let's start off with the main card opener, Fernando Padilla, the Mexican taking on another Mexican, Louis Pahalo. Pahedo. Pahedo. Pahedo making his UFC debut. He's eight and one fighter, seven knockouts, seven out of his eight wins, taking on Padilla, who's one in one in the UFC, 15 and five overall. Padilla coming off of a decision loss in his last fight in September as well. [00:30:19] Speaker A: Yes, Padilla is one in one in the UFC. He's got a one KO win, one decision loss. Like you said, his last fight was against Kyle Nelson, which was that decision loss. [00:30:34] Speaker B: So Padilla, as we said, pajedo, seven out of his eight wins are KOs. Padilla never been finished. So it's going to be interesting to see how that lines up because as we know, when you make the jump to the UFC, the finishes, especially knockouts, don't always translate. [00:30:50] Speaker A: They don't. So those seven know he could be just that guy. Know, his 9th fight, he shows up in the UFC and he's just doing what he did. [00:31:01] Speaker B: Or he could be like most of the other guys where it's going to take a little bit of an adjustment, right? And we're going to see if that power can translate. [00:31:09] Speaker A: Padilla, on the other hand, he has a pretty decent reach advantage, but he's just one of those guys with those long, not in the UFC. He does have the KO win and the decision loss, but we don't have a big sample size to see if that reach is translating. I think Lewis Paheo is actually going to have what it takes to get the upset here. I think he is the real deal and while I don't think he's going to translate immediately into knockouts and immediate finish victories, I think he's going to be busy enough to at least win the fight on the scorecards. [00:31:50] Speaker B: I actually agree with you. I think he comes in, makes his UFC debut with a nice win. I think he might be able to finish Padilla for the first time, too. [00:31:59] Speaker A: And I mean, I would like to see a finish 100%. I just think with that reach advantage, Padilla is going to be able to keep him at range and it's going to be more Padilla being on the defensive for most of the fight with Paheo moving forward, trying to get in the guard of Padilla's long reach. But anyway, I digress. Let's move on to the next fight. Billy Q. Billy Quarantino taking on the moroccan devil, Yusuf Zalal. [00:32:32] Speaker B: Making his way back to the UFC after seven. [00:32:34] Speaker A: Second debut. [00:32:35] Speaker B: Second debut. He had seven fights, went three wins, three losses and no contest. [00:32:39] Speaker A: Yeah, like, I normally look at the whole thing and this one, I almost just looked at the top. Two fights or three fights? [00:32:46] Speaker B: He lost his last three. [00:32:47] Speaker A: I don't look like a dumb ass. [00:32:50] Speaker B: He lost his last three UFC fights or. Yeah, he lost three out of his last four. The other one being the no contest, got cut, went three and o after that came, and now he's back in the UFC. So we'll see if he learned anything, if he got better, if he's the same fighter and he's taking on a guy in Billy Q. Who's been in the UFC for a while. This will be his 10th UFC fight. [00:33:10] Speaker A: To his credit, though, Zalal, when he was in the UFC for the first time, he went three, three and one. One of them was no contest, like you said right at the end. But his first loss in the UFC was Ilya Toporia. [00:33:23] Speaker B: What about the other two after that? [00:33:25] Speaker A: Give the guy a little bit of credit. Like, they cut him. [00:33:28] Speaker B: He's never been finished. [00:33:29] Speaker A: Yeah, they cut him on decision losses. I mean, I get. They want. [00:33:33] Speaker B: You're not exciting and you're not winning fights. [00:33:35] Speaker A: But he's back, so obviously he's doing something right. So I actually think Youssef's going to put on a decent performance. I think Billy Q is going to win. He drew to also, he came into the UFC as this big knockout power, and he's done a couple knockouts, done some. He's just like most people who come into the UFC. Right? Exactly. The huge highlight stuff stays, but it's not every single fight because there's levels. It's different. I think he's going to put on a good performance, but I think Billy Q has what it takes to ultimately get the win. [00:34:12] Speaker B: Yeah, I think Billy Q, both guys pretty well rounded. I think Billy Q, he's been in the UFC longer. He knows how to stay in there. I think he gets the win. Youssef, tough way to start. This will be five UFC. If he loses this, it'll be five straight UFC fights without him. [00:34:28] Speaker A: Yeah, that's hard. [00:34:30] Speaker B: But like you said, I think he comes in, I think he shows improved. But I think the experience of Billy Q is going to be the factor and the determining factor in this one. [00:34:37] Speaker A: My other little tidbit is Billy Q wins 71% of the time when he's the favorite. He's one of the guys that's been in the UFC for a little while. [00:34:47] Speaker B: I mean, six and three, right? It's not far off. [00:34:51] Speaker A: It gives me the edge to think that he's going to be able to find a way to pull this one off, at least on the judges scorecards, if not being able to pull off a finish somewhere earlier. [00:34:59] Speaker B: All right, let's move on to the next fight. It's an undefeated Peyton Talbot, one and O in the UFC, taking on a guy who just lost his first fight of his career. And Cameron Simon, who's nine and one, three and one in the UFC. Simon, an exciting guy. He gets finishes. He doesn't look like it because he looks like a little skinny dweeb, grony dweeb guy, but he knocks people out and he is very tough. [00:35:22] Speaker A: I would never call that guy a dweeb to his face. [00:35:24] Speaker B: He's very fun to watch. Fight. [00:35:25] Speaker A: Kill me, Talbot. [00:35:27] Speaker B: But as we said, he has the power, too. [00:35:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:35:30] Speaker B: Five out of his seven wins are knockouts. [00:35:32] Speaker A: He got his first sub, his last fight out against. [00:35:34] Speaker B: Picture this gets the UFC with no submission victories. His first UFC fight, known as a ko guy. First UFC fight gets a rear naked choke victory. [00:35:43] Speaker A: But you remember how he had to do it. It's because they would not stop the fight. He was just teeing off on Nick Aguirre and he wouldn't go out. So he was like, all right, I got to take his back and choke him out. Now, that's a fight. That was a very good fight to rewatch, but it also shows, like, Peyton Talbot has know he's got gas in the tank, he's got crazy power. They realistically should have stopped that fight just from, like, damage. [00:36:13] Speaker B: One thing that's crazy about this, both guys, Talbot, only 25, Simon, only 23. I honestly think the talent both of these guys have, regardless of what happens in this fight, they are both, like, future legitimate ten guys in the division. [00:36:28] Speaker A: Absolutely. They're both going to be around for a while. And the good thing is they're both tall guys with long reach. So once they're done in this division, once they're done at bantamweight, they can. [00:36:39] Speaker B: Move up to featherweight, they can move. [00:36:40] Speaker A: Up, they can move up to lightweight guys. They'll compete at a bigger weight class and translate that power over if they decide. If not, they can just continue to cut weight and be these tall, big guys that are hard to beat in the bantamweight division. [00:36:53] Speaker B: So we're talking great about both these guys. What do you think happens in the fight? [00:36:58] Speaker A: Honestly, I think Peyton Talbot's power is going to continue to translate. He's shown that his power is translating in the UFC. He also showed that he knows a couple submissions when he has to, even though that's never what he's been going for. I think Cameron Simon, even though he's coming off a loss to Christian Rodriguez or his first loss, I should say, man, it's tough. I think Peyton Talbot has what it takes. I think Peyton Talbot is going to win. I think this is going to be the toughest fight of his career, for sure, because I agree Cameron Simon is definitely going to be a top ten. I just think Peyton Talbot probably has the current edge in his career with at least his momentum trajectory. I think he's kind of in a better place. [00:37:44] Speaker B: I think this is probably going to end up being the most entertaining fight of this main card. [00:37:49] Speaker A: It very well could be. [00:37:50] Speaker B: I think Simon's going to bounce back from his first career loss. He's a guy, he trains in the same camp and with duplexis in South Africa. [00:37:59] Speaker A: I'm saying, yeah, like, I know the guy personally. No, I know exactly who you're talking about. I just never met him, unfortunately. [00:38:05] Speaker B: I think that would have came up before. [00:38:06] Speaker A: Maybe, maybe. [00:38:07] Speaker B: But I think Simon bounces back. I think Simon gets the win. I think he got his first career loss. I think he does Talbot the favor of giving him his first career loss this time out. Okay, we'll see. [00:38:18] Speaker A: I think Peyton Talbot wins, so we disagree there, but let's not dwell on it anymore. Let's go to Edmund the golden boy, shabazian. I don't know how. [00:38:28] Speaker B: Shabazian is only 26 years old. He's been in the UFC for a while. [00:38:31] Speaker A: Yeah, it seems like he's been in the UFC for as long as I've been alive. [00:38:33] Speaker B: His 10th UFC fight already in five. [00:38:36] Speaker A: And four right now taking on AJ Dobson, seven and two. Shabazzian, he likes to go into wars. The problem is he doesn't always come out on top. He gets caught a couple of times. [00:38:48] Speaker B: Well, he was a guy. He relied, like all in his talent coming up, and he kind of made a name for himself. A lot of people were talking, and then you start getting to the top part of the. [00:38:58] Speaker A: Once you rise the ranks pretty quick. [00:39:00] Speaker B: You face all knocked out. [00:39:02] Speaker A: Right? You face all these guys that know what's going on and all of a sudden. [00:39:05] Speaker B: Derek Brunson. [00:39:07] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:39:07] Speaker B: That's why he's lost four of his last five, including his last fight last May. The fluffy Hernandez, who we just saw a few weeks ago, put on a stellar performance and a win. [00:39:19] Speaker A: Go ahead. [00:39:19] Speaker B: AJ Dobson, one and two in the UFC, all of his fights have been decision. He's never been finished either. [00:39:25] Speaker A: I think that's know that stands to testament his chin, but it also stands to testament that he hasn't fought a whole bunch. I mean, he's got nine career fights, ten career fights. [00:39:36] Speaker B: He has seven wins, two losses. [00:39:38] Speaker A: Oh, and the no contest. Yeah, I have it written down. I just didn't put it in the record like an idiot. But, yeah, I get that. That's impressive. But he hasn't fought the guys that Shabazzian has fought. [00:39:51] Speaker B: He hasn't top. Can he get his confidence back? [00:39:54] Speaker A: I think he does rise to his talent, but I think the reason he does is because he's better at facing orthodox fighters than he is southpaw fighters. He's five and three against orthodox fighters. I think he has the advantage here because he's got a little bit more UFC experience. He's been in it twice. He's coming back into the UFC off of a not losing streak. I think that's going to help him get him a little momentum, get him a little hype, make him feel good about himself. I think that's one of the things that's going to push him forward. [00:40:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I actually agree with you. I think shabazzian wins this fight. I think he stops the slide and I think it just comes down to he's more talented than AJ Dobson. I think the talent ends up winning in this fight. I got Shabazian with the win talent. [00:40:42] Speaker A: Over camp every time. [00:40:46] Speaker B: So let's move on. Co main event, this one. I said the Simon Talbot fight was the most exciting. I may be corrected already. [00:40:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I forgot about that fight when you were talking. I would have immediately said something. [00:40:58] Speaker B: Justin the bad man, Tafa. Seven and three. One no contest. [00:41:02] Speaker A: Four. [00:41:02] Speaker B: Three and one in the UFC. But three was it. Three out of his last four fights have been wins, all KOs, and he's taken on Carl Williams. Nine and one in the UFC. I mean, nine and one overall. Two and O in the UFC. Very rare that he's a big fighter, a heavyweight, that most of his fights go to decisions. [00:41:21] Speaker A: Yeah, it's weird. Most of these guys, they're like headhunters. That's pretty much it. [00:41:29] Speaker B: You're looking at the heavyweight. [00:41:30] Speaker A: Yeah, you're looking at the top ten. Most of these guys have, like one to three subs. Maybe a lot of them have none. You look at steepe. [00:41:40] Speaker B: I mean, both of these guys have none. [00:41:42] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. You got headhunters in the heavyweight division. The decision aspect is weird. That makes me feel kind of a Tafa angle. [00:41:52] Speaker B: Carl won six in a row, though. [00:41:54] Speaker A: Tafa started off in the UFC kind of poor. He was one in four. He's rebounded well. He's 301 since he gets. [00:42:03] Speaker B: Okay. [00:42:04] Speaker A: I poked to Austin Lane and then went and knocked him the fuck out right after, which was great. When he got hurt a few weeks back, he offered up his brother for tribute that didn't pay out well. [00:42:16] Speaker B: Sacrificed. [00:42:17] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. I think Tafa strikes more, and he's a southpaw, which has been Carl Williams's least advantageous fighting style to face. [00:42:27] Speaker B: One thing I wrote about Tafa, just put it in all caps. [00:42:29] Speaker A: Bold. I like that. When you think like that, it's like, I got to remember this one. [00:42:33] Speaker B: Heavy hands. He's a guy. If he touches you, it might be night night. [00:42:37] Speaker A: And it's crazy because, truthfully, power doesn't translate on a mean. We see the guys get knocked out, but you can't see exactly how hard that hit. Yeah, like, there's nothing that can show you. Unless he's, like, bleeding or, like, he's. [00:42:51] Speaker B: Like, on the ground screaming, Anthony Joshua against Francis Nganu. Then you could see how hard that hit was. [00:42:56] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be about it, but, yeah, I think Justin Tava is going to win the heavy hands. That's a big thing. But also how well he's rebounded his first four fights to the last four fights. First five to the last four, one and four to three. And, you know, he's kind of where he needs to be in the UFC. And I think he's comfortable. I think he's on his rise. [00:43:20] Speaker B: I think the bad man has found his groove. And I agree with you. I think he knocks Carl Williams out first round. [00:43:25] Speaker A: And to correct you again, this girl right here, Amanda Reebos, and this girl right here, thug Rose, could very well be a more interesting fight than Peyton Talbot, Cameron Simon. [00:43:38] Speaker B: I beg to differ. [00:43:39] Speaker A: They could be. I'm just saying, she gets into wars. She's been in wars. [00:43:43] Speaker B: She's also been. Have you watched Rose's last two fights? [00:43:46] Speaker A: Yes. They were damn near atrocities. [00:43:49] Speaker B: I mean, it just depends what Rose shows up today. This is the main event. [00:43:51] Speaker A: By the way, if true thug Rose shows up, this could be a better one of the. This is why the main event, it's. [00:43:57] Speaker B: All about her headspace. Thug rose, surprisingly. Eleven and six in the UFC. Eleven and six overall. Nine and five in the UFC, and two time champ. [00:44:06] Speaker A: Two times eleven and six in your two time UFC champ. That's crazy. [00:44:10] Speaker B: Very crazy. Very strange. Last two fights with two losses, one that Carla Esparza, which was maybe the most boring title fight of all time. [00:44:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I think through, like, 70 strikes. [00:44:19] Speaker B: Except for Adesanya versus yo Romero. [00:44:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I forgot about that fight. [00:44:25] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:25] Speaker A: Because I wanted to block it out of my memory. [00:44:27] Speaker B: And then last time out, lost to men all. Foirau. [00:44:32] Speaker A: Foirau. Say it right. I'm not helping you. I'm not helping you. Say it again. [00:44:37] Speaker B: Who's in the main event next week? [00:44:39] Speaker A: I know exactly who to tag in this one. [00:44:40] Speaker B: Who's in the main event next week? How's Rose going to rebound after two straight fights? How's her headspace right now? She's already a person that. She's in her head a lot. I think she would even say that. [00:44:57] Speaker A: Yeah, she would definitely say that. [00:44:59] Speaker B: How's she going to respond? And she's taking on Amanda Reebos, who, as you said, she gets in wars. She's a girl that does not quit. She's seven and three in the UFC, twelve and four overall. [00:45:08] Speaker A: And she's so happy. [00:45:10] Speaker B: So happy. She's a very likable girl. Her last fight was also a loss. She's coming in on off of. I'm sorry. Her last fight was a win? [00:45:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:17] Speaker B: Third round TKO. One interesting thing, Amanda reboss, her last seven fights, alternating win loss, which means. [00:45:26] Speaker A: She'S kind of due. [00:45:27] Speaker B: She might be due for a loss. [00:45:29] Speaker A: I can see that. [00:45:30] Speaker B: Is she going to have three losses in a row? I can't see that. I don't know. This is a fight. I'm leaning thug, Rose. But honestly, if this turned out to be the most exciting fight or the most boring fight, I'm not going to be surprised. [00:45:43] Speaker A: I agree. I think, like you said, rose's last two fights she's lost. The first one that she lost was the belt to Carla Esperaza. That was an abysmal performance by her, but headspace is a big thing. She clearly wasn't ready to defend the title mentally. And then the very next fight she fought after a break was in the flyweight division. That was stepping up from straw weight to flyweight. Foirau fighting Foirro. She's currently the number three. I think at that point, she was, like, the number two. [00:46:17] Speaker B: I mean, if Fouarau wins next week, she's going to right in line to fight Alexa Grasso. [00:46:22] Speaker A: It's right there. I think being in the new division for Rose is going to help her a lot. Where Reebos has been here for a while. She's kind of comfortable with her power. She's comfortable with the weight. I think Rose's first fight in the division against Huaro, I think it showed that she kind of needs to work at it in this division definitely. But I think she can get there and I think this is a fight where she shows the distance between the two that she's been working this entire time. I think Rose gets the win. I think Vegas knows because the ODs are -220 and I'm not trying to count against Vegas this time. This is going to be a good fight and I think when somebody comes to fight like Reeboss, I think Rose is going to thug. Rose is going to wake up and we're going to see the champ that we've been begging to see. [00:47:10] Speaker B: I hope you're right. [00:47:19] Speaker A: All right, so stakes and takes. We're going to settle up. Last week, that one looks good for both of us, which was good for both of us in this result. But picks for me were pretty shitty. Four, five and one overall. I did three, two and one in the UFC. Brian battle was a no contest. I thought Ty to Ivasa was going to win. He didn't. [00:47:45] Speaker B: You were wrong. [00:47:46] Speaker A: Damn. I thought Kennedy check Ukwu was going to win. [00:47:51] Speaker B: We were wrong. [00:47:52] Speaker A: There you go. That's all the UFC losses. But then I also got Christian Rodriguez. Right. That was an underdog victory, which we're proud of. Macy, Shao sauce. Shout out Louisiana, Shreveport. And what was the other one? Oh, Gerald Mearshat. Mearshat opened the card, opening the car with his 20 eigth submission victory. Pretty fire. I'll take those. You only got one wrong. That was Kennedy. [00:48:15] Speaker B: That was Kennedy. And I had the no contest with battle in Lucia. [00:48:19] Speaker A: Nice. [00:48:19] Speaker B: So four, one and one for me in the UFC. [00:48:22] Speaker A: When I brought my own picks, I had my whole bird theme. The Pelicans, the Tottenham Hotspur. Got off to a rough start, man. One in three for all my picks. What do you mean got off to a rough start? I stayed on a rough start. [00:48:35] Speaker B: The first one I saw was Tottenham down three nil to Fulham and I was like, oh, it can be rough for him. [00:48:40] Speaker A: Yeah, it wasn't a fun day, but I finished it up four, five and one. How did you do on your picks? [00:48:47] Speaker B: I went three in one of my picks, finished up seven wins two losses, one no contest. Contest. Whatever you want to call it. [00:48:55] Speaker A: A little thing we're not going to count later on. [00:48:56] Speaker B: I got PSV Einhoven over 20. Right. I got labor Cusen over Friedberg. Right. [00:49:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:03] Speaker B: I got PSG over Montpelier. Right. And then I got lost. Where? Inter Milan. Drew Napoli. [00:49:12] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, that happens. That's soccer for you or the football for you? Football. So that moves me to 30, 117 and two on picks. And you 30, 513 and two. We're right there. You got me by a few picks right now, but it's going to be a long season. When did we say we're finishing this one up? Right before football, I think the college football week. Zero or whatever it is. [00:49:34] Speaker B: Yes. [00:49:35] Speaker A: So right around August. Somewhere around there. So we got a while left overall on stakes. How'd you do? Well, I guess this is how we did. [00:49:45] Speaker B: So my record is pretty good. Four and one. Unfortunately, the thing I put the most units on four units was inter Milan and they drew. [00:49:53] Speaker A: Right. Dude, that kind of sucks. Like you did. Plus and then four units, which kind of like. Well, almost. [00:50:00] Speaker B: Plus. Minus. Minus. [00:50:02] Speaker A: No, I'm saying. Yeah, plus units. Plus. And then on the last one there, you just kind of, like, gave it all back, essentially. Yeah. [00:50:09] Speaker B: But you could also look at it as I lost my big bet. But your other good bets were enough where I still came out positive on the day. [00:50:17] Speaker A: Yeah. So before coming into this week, you're minus 1.37 units down. Because of your advances, this week you're only down 0.8 units overall. You moved from eleven and nine to 15 and ten. [00:50:31] Speaker B: I'll take it. [00:50:32] Speaker A: Which, I mean, we're all solid there. I did okay. The battle thing helped me. Although I think the battle was going to end up being a win for us anyway. [00:50:39] Speaker B: Yeah, I think so. [00:50:40] Speaker A: He was really up, Lucia. In the first round. [00:50:43] Speaker B: He was on his way. [00:50:44] Speaker A: But either way, I'll take the three, one and one because the win percentage goes up. I was at plus two units before I increased another plus 2.78 total. Now 15. Eight and two is the total record. So, I mean, we'll take it moving forward. I like it. Yeah. This is. Now, let's talk about this weekend of March 22, an exciting week, 19th to 23rd, I think is what the pick range. [00:51:14] Speaker B: We're available for March Madness starting this weekend. The tournament. Everybody loves tournament. Even if you like college basketball, filling out the bracket is one of the most exhilarating things you can do. [00:51:24] Speaker A: I agree. [00:51:25] Speaker B: So in honor of that, we actually started a March Madness group on the ESPN app. By the time this comes out it's probably be closed. But we have a few people in there. [00:51:34] Speaker A: Yeah, we got a few. [00:51:35] Speaker B: Got a few people in. So we're going to see who has the best bracket. [00:51:40] Speaker A: Very simple. [00:51:41] Speaker B: So not only are we doing that in the ESPN tournament, challenge me and you are going to go head to head each week. [00:51:45] Speaker A: Yeah. Because we got to keep it interesting. [00:51:47] Speaker B: So our picks separate from our stakes and takes this week the picks that we made on our brackets, which we could probably post later on. [00:51:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll get them all put. [00:51:58] Speaker B: We'll see who does better this weekend. So the first two rounds and then whoever has a better record in these first two rounds, we'll count that as 1.1 victory. That will go towards the picks. [00:52:10] Speaker A: Yeah. There you go. [00:52:10] Speaker B: So say I get 15 right, you get 16 right. You win, you get the one and. [00:52:16] Speaker A: I get the loss and you're giving me 50%. Appreciate it. [00:52:21] Speaker B: So we'll see how that goes. [00:52:22] Speaker A: That actually be pretty bad if we got 50% because our bracket would essentially be ruined. [00:52:28] Speaker B: Could be. We'll see how that goes. We're also going to give you our big upsets that we think are going to happen this weekend, specifically first round, and we're going to classify upset as any double digit seed. So ten and below ten to 16. [00:52:41] Speaker A: Right. [00:52:41] Speaker B: And we're going to give you our final four predictions and our national champion prediction. [00:52:46] Speaker A: There you go. [00:52:47] Speaker B: So alex, you want to start off with the double digit seeds you think are going to get wins Thursday and Friday. [00:52:53] Speaker A: So I think the fairest way to do this is if we pick the same thing. It kind of know because it just doesn't benefit either one of three. I only have three upsets I got and I'm saying that because I don't think that rule is going to benefit me, but I don't think it helps me either. I think Charleston might beat Alabama. I think Nevada is going to win. [00:53:20] Speaker B: I have Nevada over Dayton and then. [00:53:22] Speaker A: I think the Ducks are going to upset. Who are they playing again? [00:53:25] Speaker B: South Carolina. I also have Oregon over South Carolina. [00:53:27] Speaker A: So I think those are my picked. I've been watching college basketball a little, know more this season than any other with all the picks we've done so far. I've been trying to pick college basketball as much as possible to kind of stay up to date as I can with it. [00:53:44] Speaker B: So that means you're not going to get anything right the more you're into it. As I said, I agree with you Nevada over Dayton, Oregon over South Carolina. I also have New Mexico over Clemson. I have Colorado state over Texas. My big upset, McNeese over Gonzaga. [00:54:00] Speaker A: Oof. [00:54:01] Speaker B: And then I have jMU, James Madison over Wisconsin. [00:54:04] Speaker A: Now all these, these are the ones you put on your. [00:54:07] Speaker B: They're on my bracket? [00:54:08] Speaker A: Yes. Okay. I wanted to make sure because if Gonzaga beats have, I have it the other way, obviously. So if any of these things, those are going to help me a lot. For the points before we move forward, what does the ESPN bracket say? You're going to get right on the first week of 32 games. [00:54:28] Speaker B: Thing is like 22 or 23 wins. [00:54:30] Speaker A: Okay. It said about the same for me. It said 23.5. So I just wanted to see. [00:54:36] Speaker B: That means nothing to me. [00:54:38] Speaker A: I just want to see how accurate it is. It's very rare that I actually look at it and write down the stats about what some predictions say. So I wanted to just look at it. [00:54:48] Speaker B: So let's give final four and national champion predictions. Once you give me your four final four teams, I'll give you my four and then we'll each say our national champion. [00:54:57] Speaker A: All right. I got Auburn versus North Carolina and Houston versus Gonzaga. [00:55:02] Speaker B: I got yukon taking on Arizona and then I have Purdue taking on Kentucky. [00:55:08] Speaker A: Who do you have winning? [00:55:09] Speaker B: I got Purdue, the Boilermakers getting over the hump. So coming champs, obviously Purdue would beat. [00:55:15] Speaker A: Kentucky, Yukon would beat Arizona or Arizona beat who would be in the final two? [00:55:20] Speaker B: I have Purdue over Yukon in the final. [00:55:22] Speaker A: Okay, so I have North Carolina over Houston in the. [00:55:30] Speaker B: Bad. [00:55:31] Speaker A: That's my take on March madness. [00:55:33] Speaker B: So let's see how that goes. Let's move on to our normal. [00:55:36] Speaker A: And of course I'm going to have everything like graphics posted on splitdecisionpod.com. So we'll be keeping track of it and we're also going to be accountable for it. [00:55:45] Speaker B: Let's get back to our p ops now. Piop, pick your own picks. [00:55:50] Speaker A: I got picks to pick, bro. [00:55:52] Speaker B: I think we went a little different on this. You went stuck with the NCAA tournament. I went everything but the NCAA tournament. [00:56:00] Speaker A: Yeah, man, I see you're wearing like a soccer jersey today, so I'm assuming you're just going to keep riding the soccer light. [00:56:07] Speaker B: I found my groove. It's been working for me. [00:56:09] Speaker A: Hey, man, if you're making it off of it, more power to you. So I'm trying to figure out my groove. [00:56:15] Speaker B: I got three soccer picks, which is the international break this weekend. That's all the international teams are playing. So none of the european clubs are playing. [00:56:25] Speaker A: Okay, they take a couple of weeks off. [00:56:28] Speaker B: So I got three soccer and then one MBA. [00:56:31] Speaker A: All right, I have four college basketball. In honor of March Madness. [00:56:37] Speaker B: I'll give you my NBA. You give me your college of basketball then I'll finish up with the soccer. [00:56:41] Speaker A: Sounds good. [00:56:42] Speaker B: My NBA pick is the battle for New York. I got the New York Knicks taking on the New Jersey. I'm sorry, the Brooklyn Nets. Old New Jersey. Nets. Old Knicks currently fourth in the Eastern Conference. Nets 11th in the Eastern Conference. I think the Knicks are just the better team. They've won both matchups this season. They're at home. I think they're going to blow the Nets away. [00:57:02] Speaker A: Wow. [00:57:03] Speaker B: I got Knicks over Nets. [00:57:04] Speaker A: That sounds prepared. ODs on that out yet? [00:57:07] Speaker B: Ods are not out on that yet. [00:57:09] Speaker A: Cool. [00:57:09] Speaker B: But I imagine Knicks are going to be pretty good. Favorites -300 something like that. [00:57:15] Speaker A: Okay, nice. I like that. I like the Knicks. Good team. College basketball. I'm going with Yukon over Stetson. [00:57:27] Speaker B: It's a pretty safe pick. [00:57:28] Speaker A: I need a win, man. Last week I went one and three in the ones I brought to the table. [00:57:34] Speaker B: What is that like -1600 it's going. [00:57:37] Speaker A: To be up there. But it's just a pick. I'm trying to get my foot back in the door. Not mad at you. I'm 31 and 17 right now. I got some ground to make 16. [00:57:47] Speaker B: Seeds have only won twice ever. One of them was last year though. One of them was both been in the past couple of years. [00:57:53] Speaker A: They were, they were all in recent times. So this could be Yukon's year to get cut early. You never know. But I'm going to go. [00:57:58] Speaker B: Yukon stats defending champs too. [00:58:00] Speaker A: Obviously they're one of the better teams in the nation. They're the defending champs. They should for all intents and purposes win. Which is why I'm choosing them as my first pick. My theme for this week, I decided to pick heavy favorites all -1000 or better. No one from each kind of division or area region. East, southwest and midwest because they refuse to say north. Don't know why regions. So anyway, south. I got Texas a M over Nebraska. [00:58:38] Speaker B: Okay. [00:58:39] Speaker A: Texas a M is four and one of the last five. And those last five, four of them have been high scoring games well above their average points. I think they kind of been seeing that the tournament's coming up as all of them have. I think they're gearing up to play the best ball they've been playing. I think they're going to upset. Well, I can't say upset because it's the eight and nine thing. But I think it's going to be a good game where Texas A. M. Is going to win, going to the west. This is one of my upsets. Nevada over Dayton. Nevada is also four and one in their last five. They're leading, at least compared to Dayton. They're leading in points per game, scoring, like total points scored and rebounds. I think with them being four and one in the last five, they're playing ball well. They're playing ball safe. They're not turning it over consistently. They're going to win. I think they're going to have what it takes to upset Dayton here. Moving over to the Midwest, I'm going with my safest. Second safest because obviously Yukon. [00:59:40] Speaker B: Safer than Yukon or Stetson. [00:59:42] Speaker A: -10,000 no. Gonzaga over McNeese is my pick. I think Gonzaga, I got McNeese being a bigger, better basketball program historically. I think they're turning it on for March Madness, where it matters most. Also four and one of the last five. They lead off of a loss. They lead McNeese in most categories, which they should, except for wins. Yeah, there you go. Gonzaga is who I think is going to win. [01:00:15] Speaker B: So let's see. I'm going to start off MLS. Got one MLS game. [01:00:21] Speaker A: What does MLS stand for? [01:00:22] Speaker B: Major League Soccer. It's America. [01:00:25] Speaker A: I was going to be condescending, but never mind. [01:00:29] Speaker B: And it's going to be the Portland Timbers hosting Philadelphia Union. Timbers at home. As I said, they're two wins, one draw, one loss in the season. The union, zero wins, three draws, zero losses. [01:00:43] Speaker A: You're talking to me about safe picks? [01:00:47] Speaker B: They're only plus 120. I'm taking the Portland Timbers at home. The last time these two teams played was in 2022. So it's been a while. Philly actually won two nil. But I think the Timbers at home. They're tough at home. Then I'm going to go international soccer. [01:01:02] Speaker A: That's fun. [01:01:03] Speaker B: Not international as in overseas, necessarily. International as in countries playing each other. [01:01:07] Speaker A: So wait, they're not playing overseas? [01:01:09] Speaker B: They are playing overseas, but I digress. [01:01:12] Speaker A: Okay, fair. Fair. [01:01:14] Speaker B: First game is in Wembley Stadium in London, England. It's the english national team. The three lines taken on the Brazil national team. England comes in. They've won four. [01:01:25] Speaker A: You just called them the three lines lion. Oh, I was going to say three lines of what? [01:01:30] Speaker B: England's won four to their last five. Brazil, surprisingly only has one win in their last 50. In their last four. [01:01:39] Speaker A: Damn. If you were to ask me anything about Brazil that I knew I would be able to tell you that they're good at MMA and soccer. [01:01:47] Speaker B: I mean, they are. They're just struggling right now. [01:01:49] Speaker A: And I think it's a national team, though, right? [01:01:51] Speaker B: National team. I think they continue to struggle. I think England in London gets the win. So I got England over Brazil, and then my last pick is going to be reminiscent of World War II, except this time France wins. I got France hosting Germany. France. They've won three out of the last five. Germany hasn't had a win in the last three. Germany has won the last matchup against France in September of this year or last year. 23. [01:02:20] Speaker A: Yes. [01:02:21] Speaker B: It was two. One Germany, but this one's in France. I think France is a stronger team. They're gearing up for the Euros coming up. Germany is very good, too, but I think France holds their own. I got France over Germany with my pick. [01:02:35] Speaker A: France over Germany. [01:02:36] Speaker B: France over Germany for local world war. [01:02:39] Speaker A: Local soccer. War three. [01:02:42] Speaker B: Correct. [01:02:44] Speaker A: That's good. Well, that wraps up the takes. [01:02:47] Speaker B: The takes. [01:02:48] Speaker A: Let's move on to some media. [01:02:50] Speaker B: I don't know if you're hungry, but I'm hungry, so let's have some. [01:02:53] Speaker A: I could eat. I think that was the one I've always wanted to do. I could eat. All right. I can't wait for football, so you got to do your football cadences on camera. [01:03:03] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I'll get down. You get under center, and you get a center, and I'll get under you. [01:03:07] Speaker A: We're going to have one filmed every week. There you go. All right. Steaks. [01:03:10] Speaker B: I got two MMA and three. Soccer. [01:03:13] Speaker A: I have three MMA, two basketball. [01:03:18] Speaker B: Okay. [01:03:18] Speaker A: College basketball first. [01:03:20] Speaker B: I'll do Machu first. And you do you two. [01:03:22] Speaker A: Okay, you two. That's a cool band. [01:03:24] Speaker B: It's an Ra band. [01:03:26] Speaker A: I got pahalo moneyline, two units. Plus 140. I got Billy Q. Moneyline. -140 and I got Doug Rose, Nama Eunice, moneyline -220 and I just checked the -220. Is current. I don't know. [01:03:42] Speaker B: You got two units on all those? [01:03:44] Speaker A: I'm doing two units per this week because that messed me up, or it could have messed you up worse. I kind of got nervous this week, so I'm going to take a step back. [01:03:54] Speaker B: I'm not doing two units. Everything. I got one unit. Justin Taffle. Moneyline, plus 155. [01:03:59] Speaker A: Nice. [01:04:00] Speaker B: And I got one unit, thug Rose. Moneyline, minus 265. [01:04:03] Speaker A: Nice. [01:04:04] Speaker B: And then I got my three. Soccer. I got another one unit, Portland timbers, plus 120. And then I'm going big and head do eight units. I'm going to do four units on England Moneyline -130 and then three units on France. -125 I'm banking on England and France this week. [01:04:23] Speaker A: You're banking on the countries? [01:04:25] Speaker B: The countries. [01:04:26] Speaker A: All right. I like it. Okay, well, that's cool. That's going to give us week six of these stakes and take season two. That'll pretty much wrap up all your other picks. All of your picks is what I was saying. [01:04:41] Speaker B: Okay, sorry. You were trying to close us out. No, giving us some picks. [01:04:44] Speaker A: I was going to wrap it up with just mine so you could finish up the whole episode. [01:04:48] Speaker B: If that's what you want to do, just keep going. [01:04:52] Speaker A: All right. But yeah, that's all of Christian's picks for week six, season two of stakes and takes. My last two picks, I got Nevada Moneyline -120 and Gonzaga money line -260 that's the good thing about college basketball right now is the odds are out for the games for the first weekend. [01:05:11] Speaker B: Well, for the first round of the first weekend. [01:05:13] Speaker A: Right. First round of the first weekend, which is pretty exciting because you actually kind of get a little glimpse of what you could put out there. But yeah, that's going to wrap up all of these stakes and takes for this week. [01:05:25] Speaker B: And I think that about wraps up episode 37. Alex. [01:05:28] Speaker A: Heck yeah, brother. [01:05:29] Speaker B: Check us out next week, episode 38. [01:05:31] Speaker A: What are we going to be looking. [01:05:32] Speaker B: At recapping UFC Vegas 89 surprise draft. [01:05:36] Speaker A: Because no more hints. What surprise top five draft. [01:05:40] Speaker B: Surprise top five. [01:05:42] Speaker A: No, not top five surprises. It's going to be a surprise top five. [01:05:46] Speaker B: Surprise top five. Maybe a surprise in the top five. [01:05:49] Speaker A: There you go. [01:05:50] Speaker B: Then we're going to take a look ahead to you. Finally. Not apex card. UFC Atlantic City. Fouarau. Blanchfield. [01:05:58] Speaker A: Blanchfield. Aaron Blanchfield. Blanchfield. Mannal Fouaro. [01:06:02] Speaker B: We're going to recap march Madness from this weekend. Take a look ahead at Sweet 16 elite eight. Hopefully we both have our final four teams and national champions still in the race. But next time we talk, or at least one of them, you never know. And yeah, I think that about wraps it up. [01:06:18] Speaker A: All right, guys, bye. Scratching, scratching, scratching it. [01:07:30] Speaker B: Wait a minute.