Episode Transcript
[00:00:09] Speaker A: Welcome back to split decision. This week on episode 45, we welcome Mister Christian back.
[00:00:15] Speaker B: We're back, baby.
[00:00:16] Speaker A: He made his flight. We're proud of him.
We're gonna recap UFC St. Louis. Derek Lewis Rodriguez back. His balls were hot.
[00:00:28] Speaker B: Balls are hot all again.
[00:00:29] Speaker A: We're gonna recap that. We're gonna talk our top five bucket list items.
We're gonna talk UFC Vegas 92. That's Edson Barboso versus Lerone Murphy. Then we're gonna follow up with our journey to becoming the best gamblers in the world.
We took a week off. We're back. Stakes and takes. Let's go. Before we start off splitdecisionpod.com, you catch all of our recent episodes, all of our picks, everything upcoming. Everything that was everything that is everything that will be. Alright, let's go Lego.
[00:01:19] Speaker B: UFC St. Louis started slow, but boy, did it end fast. Ended great with Derrick Lewis with a crazy knockout in the main card. Main event.
[00:01:29] Speaker A: He showed his ass.
[00:01:30] Speaker B: Showed his ass. But before we get to that, Alex, how about we recap the prelims?
[00:01:35] Speaker A: Yeah. We started off our night with the women's flyweight division. JJ Aldrich got her two fight win streak snapped when she stepped into the cage against Veronica Hardy. She was patient. Hardy was patient. I mean, and she didn't force her hand. She secured the rounds two to one. That would be two. 9282-928-2928 on all three judges scorecards. Another flyweight was next, but that was in the men's division. Charles energy Johnson pulled off the upset decision win over Jake Hadley.
He scored a knockdown. He also stifled all eleven of Hadley's takedown attempts.
This was impressive.
[00:02:21] Speaker B: You don't get taken down.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:02:24] Speaker B: You deserve the win.
[00:02:25] Speaker A: He he got more significant strikes. It was an obvious, obvious decision for Charles. Energy moving up in weight. But sticking with decisions we had trey waters. He told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to Billy.
[00:02:39] Speaker B: Help him God.
[00:02:41] Speaker A: That truth was that Waters was the better fighter. He didn't rush and he chose effective shots through three rounds.
On God.
[00:02:51] Speaker B: On God.
[00:02:52] Speaker A: And another one, Tabitha baby shark. Richie took home the split decision victory. The only split decision on the, on the prelims over Tisha Pennington. Now while she didn't outscore on striking or really any other category, she did have more consistent control.
[00:03:10] Speaker B: She did do do do do do. Win the fight.
[00:03:12] Speaker A: There you go.
Now moving forward, Rebovitch. He wrecked terrance T Rex McKinney.
[00:03:21] Speaker B: I've never seen somebody the way he got knocked out. He was scared to be straight up with his arms, like, straight.
[00:03:28] Speaker A: I can't do the face that he did, otherwise I'd be canceled.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: He couldn't stop doing that face for, like, five minutes.
[00:03:36] Speaker A: That would be a hate crime if I did it.
[00:03:37] Speaker B: And I like Terrence McKinney, but, boy, did he get knocked out.
[00:03:40] Speaker A: If you tried to bite your ear, that would be similar to the face he made.
But, yeah, it was a shin to chin ko. 37 kids. Yeah, just as clean as it gets.
[00:03:53] Speaker B: He knew he didn't need any follow up after that.
[00:03:55] Speaker A: Now, following up that ko, Chase Hooper delivered a masterpiece. Master pool for perfect performance.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: Kind of a controversial finish, right?
[00:04:06] Speaker A: He got an early knockdown. He got the fight down early. He dominated on the ground. He did damage. He gained control time. And in the second round, about three minutes in, he got the dars choke with the one tap off the back. And as Laura Sanko says, don't touch him.
[00:04:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, you could. I could see you arguing. He didn't tap, but that dude's face.
[00:04:31] Speaker A: Was red as hell.
[00:04:32] Speaker B: Red as hell. And you make the thing that even is close to a tap in that.
[00:04:36] Speaker A: Position after being dominated for two.
[00:04:40] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. Two and a half rounds and it's always nice. There's something about Chase Hooper just looking like a twelve year old kid. It's nice to see him get wins in the UFC.
[00:04:47] Speaker A: Yeah, 24 years old. He's a gym. We love him. But, yeah. Let's move on to the main card. Let's switch it up a bit. We're going to go bottom to top. Let's just keep rolling straight on the top.
[00:04:57] Speaker B: And we got Waldo.
[00:04:58] Speaker A: Waldo Cortez Acosta taking on Robalus despain. This one was fun. I picked Robles to Spain coming in. So did our special guest Marquest on this.
[00:05:09] Speaker B: I did not pick anybody in this fight, but I'm glad a guy named Waldo got the decision win.
[00:05:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Where was he? He was on the ground with the strong ground game. He had three for four takedowns, nine minutes, 49 seconds of ground control. It was a sheer domination. He scored 30 363-027-3027 on the scorecard.
[00:05:29] Speaker B: So an overall, he dominated the fight.
[00:05:31] Speaker A: Honestly, despite. Could have won this. He made big mistakes. He didn't get off enough offense. You know, he didn't grab. He didn't get the deep underhook to try to. To try to stifle the takedown. Those are things he can fix in camp. The guy's only five and one in his career, he's like, what, four in the UFC or something like that. He's. He's young in the UFC, so I like to see Robalis for a first.
[00:05:53] Speaker B: Law, as the first loss goes. It was not a bad, exactly.
[00:05:56] Speaker A: I like it. I like it there.
[00:05:57] Speaker B: There's room for improvement.
[00:05:59] Speaker A: Now, Cortez Acosta had no call out, which I don't think. I don't think he should at this point. But in the heavyweight division, I'm going to call out some people for him. Shamil Gaziev, who's Owen one in 2024, which means he's trying to be active. He's fought recently. We saw him fight in 2023.
[00:06:18] Speaker B: I like Ghazi.
[00:06:18] Speaker A: Tied to evas is Owen four. He's been very active. He needs a rebound. He needs a fight. That's a striking battle. Somebody like Ward Waldo Cortez.
[00:06:28] Speaker B: I think if Tuivasa gets desperate, yes, that's a good fight for him.
[00:06:31] Speaker A: Or the loser of this main event, Rodrigo Nasimento, the 12th ranked fighter. It's a little bit early for a top 15, or I'm sorry, the top 15th ranked fighter in the heavyweight division is a little early for Cortez Acosta for a top 15. But if you're giving the guy a shot, being twelve and one, you could give him that. Christian, my man, I'm asking you, what do you think is the next fight for Cortez Acosta?
[00:06:57] Speaker B: Who was the first guy you mentioned?
[00:06:59] Speaker A: Shamil Gaziev.
[00:07:00] Speaker B: Give him Ghaziev. We've seen crazy things happen. I mean, we saw Steve Irc fight for the title a couple weeks ago.
[00:07:07] Speaker A: And he had a hell of a performance.
[00:07:09] Speaker B: He lost, but it was a good performance. He showed himself well.
[00:07:12] Speaker A: But I think with.
[00:07:13] Speaker B: I don't think Waldo gets the jump up.
[00:07:16] Speaker A: I digress on our sake to NASA.
[00:07:18] Speaker B: Mento or tuavasa yet.
[00:07:21] Speaker A: That's fair. Totally, totally fair. All right, Shamil Gazev. Let's book it. We'll post about it, we'll talk about it.
[00:07:28] Speaker B: Now we got Sean Woodson, Alex caceres. Caceres.
[00:07:31] Speaker A: Yeah. Casaris. He had a unanimous decision over Bruce Leroy, 30 27 and 29 28 on two of the judges scorecards. This was a very smart fight for Sean Woodson. He's a very tall fighter. He's a very long fighter. He stayed at range for as long as he could during the fight.
[00:07:49] Speaker B: He used what God gave him.
[00:07:50] Speaker A: Yeah, he. You know, he did enough, clearly enough through two rounds to where when he got tired after the, you know, the exhaust of Alex Cesaros kind of pressuring him the entire fight. He did enough to win two rounds confidently. He got to 30 27 and 29 28.
[00:08:09] Speaker B: Like I said, that length, that length came to play.
[00:08:12] Speaker A: It's very. It's very hard. He had good output and he's very tough. So he had an impressive call out, in my opinion. He caught out Bryce Mitchell. We saw him have that scary TKO knockout from Josh Emmett and then got.
[00:08:27] Speaker B: Knocked out by Taporia before that.
[00:08:29] Speaker A: Right.
If not him, I would think somebody like Danny gay, who's coming off the Andre feely Ko. Fifty k e g or Joe Anderson. Brito, if they're giving him a big test, Joe Anderson, breeder's on a five fight win streak. So again, I'll ask you, who do you think?
[00:08:48] Speaker B: I think Brito deserves the fight, but the fight I most want to see is Woodson versus Bryce Mitchell.
[00:08:53] Speaker A: You think they're going to give him his call out?
[00:08:55] Speaker B: I think he could get it. I think it's a good one is Bryce Mitchell.
[00:08:58] Speaker A: He's already been out on social media and accepted it.
[00:09:02] Speaker B: It's one Bryce Mitchell would take because it's a winnable fight. It's not a huge step up in competition for him.
[00:09:07] Speaker A: After the two tough losses, he said he needs some money, too.
[00:09:10] Speaker B: He probably does need some money. He's always an honest guy.
I think that'd be an entertaining fights. Clash of styles. Give me Sean Woodson. Bryce Mitchell.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: Sweet. I like it. Look, I would say on the next fight, Rambecki was arguably up through two rounds. He got once again, they didn't count it as a knockdown, but I would say a knockdown. In the early second round of the fight, he got the obvious first round advantage.
He stayed on the gas for too long and he burnt out. So it doesn't really matter because he got tko'd.
[00:09:43] Speaker B: I mean, this is why you gotta love MMA. This guy was winning the fight.
[00:09:46] Speaker A: It was definitely up for argument. He definitely was losing the third round.
[00:09:50] Speaker B: But he was winning the overall fight, and he got knocked out. And that's what happens in may if you.
[00:09:54] Speaker A: Yeah, you gotta have your ferrer was dropped twice.
[00:09:57] Speaker B: Everything on point for the whole fight.
[00:09:59] Speaker A: Both of them, even when Renbecki was on the ground, they both were rolling. Well, weren't. You know, weren't.
It was competitive, definitely. So it was arguable for both fights. This was a big one. Ferreira, you know, he's. He got the upset here. He stayed patient, he stayed in it. He thought that he was going to be the wiser fighter here. And truthfully, he was, you know, he didn't, he didn't gas himself out early like Renbecki did. If. If Rein Becky would have just waited like three minutes into the first round to start that onslaught, he. He could have made it. Not the last 9 seconds of the round, potentially, I agree, but he was.
[00:10:34] Speaker B: Probably banking on knocking him out.
[00:10:35] Speaker A: He was.
[00:10:36] Speaker B: So you gotta respect the game plan.
[00:10:38] Speaker A: 16 fight win streak coming into this fight.
[00:10:40] Speaker B: Respect the game plan. But if you do that, you gotta know, you gotta have the gas in the tank.
[00:10:43] Speaker A: So no call out from Diego Ferreira. He. I don't think he was prepared to win this fight coming in. I think a big thing for him was, you know, just showing that as a 39 year old, he still has what it. What it takes to be in the ring or in the cage doing what he wants to do. I picked some call outs for him. I got Bobby Green because he hasn't been knocked out since Dustin Poirier. I got partially due to that gas tank. Drew Dobre, if you want to test the power, because Drew Dobre has power. He's coming off a loss, or dracar close. They're kind of close in ranking. Jacquard close coming off a win in 2024. It's given both of them a test. Good strikers. You know, Jakart close has faded late in fights in previous. He's done better recently. Give him a test with somebody with a proven gas tank like Diego Ferreira. Which fight of those three do you think are the best options?
[00:11:38] Speaker B: I kind of like close. I think that's a good, you know, it's not a huge step up in competition, but it's the next stepping stone. I think it'd be entertaining. Fight. Give me that fight.
[00:11:48] Speaker A: Sweet. The next one.
[00:11:50] Speaker B: Most impressive knockout of the night, man.
[00:11:53] Speaker A: 12 seconds. Twelve second knockout is impressive.
[00:11:56] Speaker B: We've seen Minutefield fight a couple times, too, and Oldberg just came in and now I thought finished him quick, easy, easy work.
[00:12:04] Speaker A: On the verdict MMA app, I picked all Berg by second round tko. I feel like I thought he was going to, you know, kind of work the body a little bit, you know, soften them up because they're both big dudes and they swing strong. And it takes a while to figure out that timing. I may need a 12 seconds. I did not expect Minnifield to just rush him in the front and then all Berg to just be like, all right, unload.
[00:12:27] Speaker B: I guess Minnefield came in with the game plan that he has the range on me, and we're both strikers. So I just want to rush him real quick. Get in close. It did not work out for him, though.
[00:12:35] Speaker A: No, I mean, seven. Seven connected in 12 seconds, and then he just ate a bunch of groceries for dessert. It was. It was pretty disgusting.
[00:12:44] Speaker B: Overall, Olberg was great, but Ulberg probably had the most impressive and the best, like, career moving win of the night.
[00:12:52] Speaker A: No? Yeah, absolutely. He won. He won. Bonus on that one. It was a quick finish. It also sets him up for a quick turnaround if he wants to. I think in a performance where, oh.
[00:13:02] Speaker B: Yeah, you can fight next week if you wanted to.
[00:13:03] Speaker A: Right. You take four punches that do no damage, you're still in weight. Take a couple weeks off, make sure you don't eat crazy. If you want to get back out there, you get back out there and, you know, the next month or two for him. I have, coming off a recent win, Anthony Smith. Big test for him. That could be fun. Nikita Krylov or Alexander Rajek coming off a loss.
[00:13:29] Speaker B: This is a tough one. I like, I think all of them are step ups, form, which he deserves at this point, especially if the twelve second knockout.
[00:13:35] Speaker A: Right. I agree. At this point, eleven and one in his career. I think he deserves a test. Give me close in the ranking because a minutefield was in the rankings. They. They obviously switched places there.
[00:13:46] Speaker B: Give me Rachik. I think that would be a great, uh, Rachel coming off a loss, standing up banger battle. I would like to see Anthony Smith. Those are two. Anthony Smith's kind of all around fighter, but it would be a test of Oberg's well roundedness.
[00:14:03] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:14:04] Speaker B: So I think that would be a good one for him, too.
[00:14:06] Speaker A: I'm going to start off the next fight with just a really cool quote from Joaquin Buckley after the fight. It was a kind of weird call out, but we'll talk about that in a second. The call. The. The quote I want to say is, if you want to be the king, you want to, you got to behead the king, and I'm coming for the throne. That's just, that's a pretty cool sentence to say after you, after you beat somebody. I wish he would have beat him.
[00:14:30] Speaker B: In his hometown, but it would have.
[00:14:31] Speaker A: Been better if you, like, knocked the.
[00:14:33] Speaker B: Dude out if you had the old berg. Twelve second knockout.
[00:14:36] Speaker A: Right.
[00:14:36] Speaker B: That overall, Buckley, he's a guy. He's stacking up. Wins now.
[00:14:39] Speaker A: Yeah. He absolutely dominated Nursultan Roosebow at 30. 273-026-2927. It was, it was varied with how they were scoring it, but it was clear who the victor was new mansa. Joaquin Buckley was the obvious winner.
[00:14:56] Speaker B: New weight class has really helped is the weight class changes and look redefined his career.
[00:15:01] Speaker A: Roosevelt being able to make welterweight. That's crazy. This is six five guy making 170 and who's still strong. Like, the reason somebody like Buckley's wrestling in a fight like this is because Roosevelt has power. Like, he's not trying to stand up and just throw punches. Because if he connects with one of those, it's like, it's going to do damage. And you do three rounds of that, he might lose the fight.
[00:15:26] Speaker B: It's a bigger guy than me.
[00:15:27] Speaker A: Yeah, right? So Joaquin came in with a very good game plan.
Crazy. Call out Conor McGregor and then quickly.
[00:15:35] Speaker B: Backtrack and was like, yeah, I was a little out of line. Give me Gilbert Burns.
[00:15:39] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:15:39] Speaker B: Which Gilbert Burns today actually came out and said, yeah, I'm down.
[00:15:43] Speaker A: I think that's a great.
[00:15:45] Speaker B: I do, too. I think that would be great.
[00:15:46] Speaker A: Burns off a loss, couple losses in a row. I think.
[00:15:49] Speaker B: I think it's great for both. Burns gets you a chance to prove you're still one of the top guys. Your buckley gives you a chance to get a win on your resume and move up.
[00:15:58] Speaker A: The thing I will say about the Conor McGregor call out, though, without the, like, credence of it being serious. I do like that. I like the idea, you know, like, Conor McGregor's talking about small guys like Ryan Garcia and Sean O'Malley, but he's fighting in 170 against Mike Chandler. So it's like, yeah, if you're talking with all these 170 guys, give me a 170 guy. Talk with me. And this dude's absolutely jacked at 170.
[00:16:25] Speaker B: Yeah, he's way bigger than Conor McGregor.
[00:16:26] Speaker A: Right?
[00:16:26] Speaker B: So it's like, Conor McGregor is naturally 170.
[00:16:29] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:16:29] Speaker B: Joaquin Buckley's probably naturally 210.
[00:16:31] Speaker A: Exactly. So I like the basis of the call out saying, like, hey, you're talking to, like, these 130 pound guys, but you're a big dude to them. You're not a big dude to me. I'd smoke you, but, yeah, I agree. Gilbert Burns would be the better fight here. I think that's the best fight they could make. Like you said, he's stacking up wins, and Gilbert Burns is an absolute banger of a fight to me.
[00:16:52] Speaker B: And one thing we know about Gilbert Burns, he's down the fight. Anybody, anywhere, anytime.
[00:16:57] Speaker A: Absolutely. Now, main event.
[00:16:59] Speaker B: Main event.
[00:17:00] Speaker A: Derrick Lewis is back again.
[00:17:02] Speaker B: Again. This is a win. It's the most Derrick Lewis, one of the most Derrick Lewis wins we've ever seen. Just typical of his whole career. But yeah, I don't think it changes anything for him. I think he's still in the same position career wise where he's not a title contender anymore, but he's a guy you put as a main event in a fight night with fans and he's going to perform and he's going to put a show on.
[00:17:25] Speaker A: Absolutely. Look, he.
He did his job first and foremost. He signed his contract. You know, it was like an eight fight contract.
He came out, he put on a beautiful performance.
He didn't really listen to his coaches.
[00:17:39] Speaker B: That well, but I mean, he did the thing he always did. He got outstruck, but he was like, I know if I just land a few times, I just need to clip.
[00:17:45] Speaker A: His ass and I'm putting him down. And I wrote this down earlier.
It's a hard thing to see a grown ass, 265 pound man grabbing onto the ankle for dear life as you're just getting pummeled. As you're getting just pieced up with eleven shots to the face as the refs trying to stop the fight and he's like, help.
[00:18:07] Speaker B: It's hard to see, but I've also never experienced getting punched in the face by Derek Lewis.
[00:18:11] Speaker A: So yeah, I'd imagine it wouldn't feel good. Derek Lewis, like we said, that could be back. He says he wants to sit his ass down for a little while. He's acting like he's contemplating retirement, but we know he's not.
He's got like five, six fights left on his contract. He's only 39. He's coming back for more. There's no telling who he's gonna fight next.
[00:18:35] Speaker B: I mean, he can beat anywhere from the number three ranked guy to a non ranked guy. No, I don't.
[00:18:40] Speaker A: I don't have any. I don't have any questions for him. If there's any call out he's gonna make, I think he could get it if he wanted it just because Dana loves him. But I don't have anybody specific for this one. No, it's just Derek Lewis. His balls are hot. He does what he wants.
[00:18:55] Speaker B: Give him Cyril. Gone again. Let him get that rematch.
[00:18:57] Speaker A: Yeah, just have fun. I don't care.
[00:19:08] Speaker B: Top five this week.
[00:19:10] Speaker A: Haha.
[00:19:11] Speaker B: In honor of me going on possibly a trip of a lifetime.
[00:19:14] Speaker A: Is that what you're calling it? Oh, wait. Is that what you think this is based on?
[00:19:17] Speaker B: That's what I think it's based on.
[00:19:19] Speaker A: Oh, no. I was just thinking of things while I was driving.
[00:19:21] Speaker B: Well, it worked out trip of a lifetime, but it's also a trip I might start going on every year.
[00:19:26] Speaker A: It's like, should I drive into this ditch? No, no, no, no.
[00:19:29] Speaker B: What do I need to do before then?
[00:19:30] Speaker A: There's better things to do.
[00:19:32] Speaker B: Top five bucket list items. This is one that very.
Our answers can vary a lot.
[00:19:40] Speaker A: Yeah. There's some things that, when I was looking up that I had done, I was actually surprised.
[00:19:46] Speaker B: Cause I was like, my first thing on my list is something that you've done and accomplished already.
[00:19:51] Speaker A: Right. I believe that because the.
There's just certain things where it's like, oh, some people just could never do that or too scared or whatever. And I just kind of lacks a daisy. Didn't realize that those were big feats.
[00:20:07] Speaker B: So.
[00:20:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Let's go. Let's start at the top.
[00:20:09] Speaker B: You're my first pick.
[00:20:10] Speaker A: Your first pick, sir. Welcome back. I'll say again, thank you. Um, and just before we go through to check out all of the previous top fives, or at least the, uh, the rankings of them in the videos, go to the YouTube and the website splitdecisionpod.com. All right, what's your first pick?
[00:20:28] Speaker B: So my first pick, as I said, is something you've accomplished already.
My first pick is start a family, get married.
[00:20:36] Speaker A: Not the one I thought, but I.
[00:20:39] Speaker B: Like, deep down, lot of people say they don't want it. I think deep down, everybody longs for that.
[00:20:46] Speaker A: Yeah. In some way, shape or form, like companionship, at the very painship, however you.
[00:20:50] Speaker B: Want to say it.
Yeah. Shout out my beautiful girlfriend, Clara. This wasn't her pick, but in honor of her.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: Yeah, that's a good.
[00:20:57] Speaker B: I think I had to.
That was the first thing I thought of when I said something I want to do before I die.
[00:21:03] Speaker A: Right? Yeah, definitely. It's a.
Definitely more fulfilling than you think it would be. Like when you don't have it, it's like, God, whatever.
[00:21:10] Speaker B: And then you find somebody like, oh, huh, this.
[00:21:14] Speaker A: Huh?
[00:21:15] Speaker B: This works out, right?
[00:21:16] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:21:17] Speaker B: That's my number one pick. Hopefully something I accomplish. Yeah, I think it is something I'm gonna accomplish, probably.
[00:21:22] Speaker A: I see you doing that. Don't. I wouldn't worry too much about it anymore.
It's definitely one of my proudest accomplishments.
Definitely one of those things. Like. Like I was saying, it's like one of those things where, well, like, I did it. I don't take it for granted by any means, but it's like I. It's like, oh, shit.
[00:21:41] Speaker B: This is something people really want, that.
[00:21:43] Speaker A: Some people can't do that. And I'm just. I got the. I mean, I'm a. I'm a man who has two boys. It's kind of like the perfect. It's like the dream of every father. It's like, get the boys. Give your line more lines.
[00:21:56] Speaker B: Yeah. My number one pick. Get married, start a family. That's solid bucket list items. Alex, give me your one. Give me your two.
[00:22:03] Speaker A: So I've already done that.
So it makes my number one suck in comparison to your number one. But I really want to go to all 50 states before I croak.
[00:22:16] Speaker B: That's all 50 states.
[00:22:18] Speaker A: That's one of the ones. It's number one for me because I think it's. It's attainable. Not easily attainable, but it's definitely attainable. And what I mean by going to every 50 state, all 50 states, is, you know, you. You have a vacation there. You're not just passing through. You don't just, you know, stop off.
[00:22:35] Speaker B: For an hour vacation. And that's like 50 years, right?
[00:22:39] Speaker A: Like, it's. It's something. You take time. Like, we've done a few already, obviously, the state we live in, kind of.
[00:22:44] Speaker B: What are you gonna do for a week in Kansas, brother?
[00:22:47] Speaker A: Figure it out. There's probably some wizard of Oz. Like, there probably is themed Airbnb.
[00:22:51] Speaker B: No offense, Kansas.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: With stuff we could do. Like, wherever you go, there's something you can find. I'm not saying we have to go to every city.
[00:22:57] Speaker B: They have a big city, like.
[00:22:59] Speaker A: But every state has a big city that you could find.
[00:23:02] Speaker B: There's cool shit to do in the big city, at least.
[00:23:04] Speaker A: So make. Make a weekend a week out of every state. That's why I have this calendar behind us, is so we can scratch it off once we have it all. And it's kind of like the basis for. Is, you know, do that. So all 50 states is.
[00:23:16] Speaker B: That's a good pick.
[00:23:17] Speaker A: I like that. One of the things that, with my family, I want to do that would be really fun.
[00:23:23] Speaker B: It's a good pick.
[00:23:24] Speaker A: My second pick.
[00:23:25] Speaker B: Give me your number two, baby.
[00:23:27] Speaker A: The sweet, sweet release of death. No, I'm kidding. I would like to see the pyramids in Egypt.
[00:23:34] Speaker B: I had that on my list, the pyramids of Giza.
[00:23:36] Speaker A: I think that would be seeing it in person. You know, seeing it in pictures is.
I mean, in pictures, it's. It's mind boggling, but I think seeing it in person would almost make it feel otherworldly. Yeah, it's almost like under un. Like you just saw the Eiffel Tower and it's like, seeing it in pictures is one thing, and then seeing it in person.
[00:23:58] Speaker B: Shit.
[00:23:59] Speaker A: Oh, wow.
[00:24:00] Speaker B: Like, this is in the polling, the movie, they. He hits it with a cannon.
[00:24:04] Speaker A: Is that. Was that true?
[00:24:05] Speaker B: It's debated. It's probably not true, but.
[00:24:08] Speaker A: It's probably not true. Like, that would be in history, history books, everywhere. Rumored, but. But, yeah. The pyramids in. In Egypt. The pyramids.
[00:24:16] Speaker B: Good pick.
[00:24:16] Speaker A: The great pyramid. Pyramid of Giza.
[00:24:18] Speaker B: That the three think that's one thing. Like, no matter how big of a cynic you are, you can't shit on the pyramids.
[00:24:23] Speaker A: Yeah, they're really, really cool. Yeah.
[00:24:25] Speaker B: It's like, we still can't do that.
[00:24:26] Speaker A: The best pyramids.
[00:24:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:28] Speaker A: Like, do you have cool pyramids? No. They do.
[00:24:31] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:32] Speaker A: So, dude, what do you have?
[00:24:33] Speaker B: They're still around.
[00:24:34] Speaker A: What do you have? Nothing. Oh, yeah. So why are you mad about it?
[00:24:37] Speaker B: You have the fucking Washington Monument. Oh. You have a good.
[00:24:40] Speaker A: You have a big tower. Oh, those are everywhere. You don't have a big pyramid.
[00:24:45] Speaker B: So that's a good pick. Number.
[00:24:46] Speaker A: What's your number?
[00:24:46] Speaker B: Two.
My number two?
[00:24:50] Speaker A: I just hit you with the child. Like, beat you with childism.
[00:24:54] Speaker B: My number two. This is something I've been working on.
This is something I thought I've had done by now, but injuries have held me back. My number two is run a marathon.
[00:25:04] Speaker A: I thought you did a marathon.
[00:25:05] Speaker B: Did a few half marathons. Oh. Haven't done a full marathon. Thinking something in grass, but it's something also. Cause I don't think I'm gonna run my whole life as hard as I have been. It's something. Before.
I wouldn't feel accomplished if I didn't at least get one marathon. I don't think you can call yourself a true runner if you never did at least a marathon.
[00:25:25] Speaker A: I'll never call myself a true runner, buddy.
[00:25:28] Speaker B: I get it. I get it.
[00:25:29] Speaker A: I looked at my list. You know, I've. I've struggled with running, but I've also used running as my. That was what I was, my weight loss technique. So I. I definitely appreciate running for what it is. It's a struggle.
It's a great sport in itself. It's a mindful sport. It sucks. This sucks sometimes. Bittersweet, but it's a good. It's a good thing. I like that as a pick. Running marathon. Running a marathon, you can't be weak to do that, for sure.
[00:25:59] Speaker B: My number three, this is my guest pick. My first pick, getting married, starting family was in honor of my beautiful girlfriend.
[00:26:06] Speaker A: Clara, littered with her here.
[00:26:08] Speaker B: Now, the number three pick is her pick.
[00:26:10] Speaker A: All right. What is it?
[00:26:11] Speaker B: Number three pick is visit the seven wonders of the world. Now, typically. Seven wonders of the world.
[00:26:16] Speaker A: Damn it.
[00:26:17] Speaker B: Seven wonders of the world. Like, truest historical sense. Most of them aren't around anymore, but they do have seven modern wonders of the world.
[00:26:24] Speaker A: Yeah. I have it listed in mine. My exact thing is seven wonders of the new world.
[00:26:29] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:26:30] Speaker A: That's.
[00:26:30] Speaker B: What's a great wall.
Chichen itzu.
[00:26:34] Speaker A: Chichen itza.
[00:26:35] Speaker B: Petra.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: Petra's Petra would be amazing.
[00:26:39] Speaker B: Yes. Machu Picchu.
[00:26:40] Speaker A: Christ the Redeemer.
[00:26:41] Speaker B: Christ the Redeemer. Coliseum and Natash Mahal. Yeah, I think all those. This is a great pick by her because all those. It would take you around the world. It's all things. Much like the pyramids. You see pictures of them, but I think if you saw them in real life, you. It would be like a holy shit moment.
[00:26:56] Speaker A: Absolutely. I think it would be one of those, like, things where it's like, well, we're never gonna do something like this again. Like, as a society. Like, we're not in that place anymore.
[00:27:06] Speaker B: We.
[00:27:07] Speaker A: Yeah, we don't do that anymore.
[00:27:08] Speaker B: We don't do. For some reason, we don't do that anymore.
[00:27:11] Speaker A: Yeah, there's an odd reason we don't do that. I don't know what it is.
[00:27:15] Speaker B: Don't build beautiful things anymore.
[00:27:16] Speaker A: Yeah. Weird, but, yeah, that's. That's a great pick. I love that pick. It was definitely on my list.
[00:27:20] Speaker B: Shout out, Clara. Seven wonders of the world. What's your number? Three and four. Alex.
[00:27:24] Speaker A: My number three. Three.
I would like to go to the Olympics.
[00:27:28] Speaker B: That is a great one. I didn't have it on my list, but I don't know how I didn't have it on my list.
[00:27:34] Speaker A: It wasn't even something that you. Because they're doing the Olympics, you know, in France this year, right?
[00:27:39] Speaker B: Yes. In Paris.
[00:27:42] Speaker A: It wasn't something that you would just went to sparked me, but I just. We were talking about over the past few weeks, you know, like, Brazil coming.
[00:27:50] Speaker B: Up, summer Olympics are, like, the best. One of the best sporting events in the world.
[00:27:53] Speaker A: Oh, Brazil doing the World cup, like, once in a lifetime events is. We talked about that a few times, and that made me think when I was thinking of this. What's one of those events? You know, not like the Super bowl. Cause if you just have a couple thousand dollars, you can go to the Super bowl.
The Olympics is one of those things where it's, you know, it's special every time for its own way every four years. Yeah. Yeah. It's never gonna be the same. It's never gonna be the same place. The Olympics is my number three. I think that's a great pick for what it. You know, it's kind of once in a lifetime ability.
[00:28:28] Speaker B: That is a great pick. I like that pick a lot.
[00:28:31] Speaker A: Next, I'm going to go with climb a mountain.
And I'm not talking about, like, a big hill. I'm talking, like, a real mountain.
[00:28:40] Speaker B: That's a very. There's liberal definitions of mountains, so, like.
[00:28:45] Speaker A: One of the Rockies, you know, I'm not saying Everest, where I want to, like, clown climb kilimanjaro.
[00:28:49] Speaker B: K two.
[00:28:50] Speaker A: K two. Everest, anything like that. I'm not trying to be, like, a severe climber, but I want to do before I die, like a. It's a good pick. A big hike. Not a hike. A big, like a climb. Something that differentiates between a hike and.
[00:29:06] Speaker B: Well, I think every climb is a hike. Every hike is not a climbing.
[00:29:11] Speaker A: There you go. I want to climb a mountain before I die. Then I want. That's why I want to differentiate before a hill. If I have to pick a mountain, I will. I'll say, like, one of the, you know, Colorado mountains, you know, just where you can reasonably climb it. But it would be like it one of those adventure things where, like, you get to the top and look out and you see the world from a different perspective.
[00:29:32] Speaker B: I agree. That's a great pick. I'm didn't have it on my list, but I'm.
I would put it on my list. My honorable mention.
[00:29:39] Speaker A: Yeah, there you go. Yeah. Climb a mountain. What you got for four and five, brother?
[00:29:42] Speaker B: So my number four. This is something I'm actively trying to do.
And you know what? I'm gonna bring up my beautiful girlfriend again.
[00:29:49] Speaker A: Damn it. This is my. That was gonna be my next pick.
[00:29:52] Speaker B: Learn a new language. I think learning a new language, just in general, is something that would be beneficial. It probably help, you know, your own language better. It would help you see the world better. But also, when you're in a relationship and you plan to stay in a relationship with somebody, that their first language was a different language, it puts a different perspective on it.
[00:30:11] Speaker A: Yeah, that must be a.
Not a hard compromise, but a hard, like, journey, because, I mean, you go your whole life only knowing one thing and, like, not being hard headed, but just not having a reason to, like, focus on another language. Because I speak English. Your family speaks English. Everybody we know speaks English English. So it's. It's easy and then somebody that's really important to you just not gets thrust in there. But it's like, boop, they pop in.
[00:30:41] Speaker B: Changes perspective a little bit.
[00:30:42] Speaker A: Yeah, it's really cool. I've been envious to learn Spanish for a long time.
I've not been very good at keeping with the lessons, but I like. I like doing it when I think about it.
[00:30:54] Speaker B: Exactly. I like the idea of knowing a lot of languages, which.
[00:30:57] Speaker A: Yeah. So cool. That's the cool thing. That's why I would consider it on the bucket list, because it's like, man, I have a lot of time, hopefully a lot of time before I die.
If I can just focus on that a little bit more, I can, you know, over the next few years, you can become fluent in, you know, another language, and that'd be really cool.
[00:31:14] Speaker B: I agree. So that my number four learn a new language. My number five. All the other things I've listed, the top four, probably things I could realistically do. My number five, I'm not 100% sure I could realistically do.
[00:31:26] Speaker A: Are you just tearing my. My top five?
[00:31:28] Speaker B: My number five is go to space.
[00:31:29] Speaker A: God damn it. How did you just. That was gonna be my number five.
[00:31:33] Speaker B: Go into space. I mean, we talk about. Change your perspective on top of a mountain, going to space.
That would change how you think about everything.
[00:31:41] Speaker A: So there's this picture.
[00:31:42] Speaker B: It'd be mind blowing.
[00:31:43] Speaker A: There's this picture. It's iconic. Of Armstrong's footprint on the moon.
[00:31:50] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:31:51] Speaker A: Have you seen his spacesuit?
[00:31:54] Speaker B: I have. I don't know.
[00:31:56] Speaker A: So you know how on the picture it has treads, right?
[00:31:59] Speaker B: Mm hmm.
[00:32:00] Speaker A: His. His spacesuit boot was completely flat at the bottom.
It's in the museum.
[00:32:06] Speaker B: So you don't think no one. It's a worn.
[00:32:09] Speaker A: No, no, it's not like that at all. It's like, this is like, there's nothing on the bottom for as there shouldn't be. There's no need for traction. But just to say like that.
Just to say that. Outlet.
[00:32:23] Speaker B: Tin foil hat on.
[00:32:24] Speaker A: Yeah, put your tin foil. Yeah.
[00:32:25] Speaker B: Go to space. I think that would change everything.
[00:32:27] Speaker A: Damn. That was gonna change everything.
[00:32:28] Speaker B: It'd be the coolest thing ever. I don't know.
This is a crazy statement. If I went to space, though, I might think about killing myself. Cause I'd be like, what is the point in all this?
[00:32:38] Speaker A: I am nothing.
[00:32:39] Speaker B: Exactly. Yeah, but go to space. I think that'd be sick. Well, especially nowadays, because nobody can go to space, pretty much. So it'd be like, well, here's the thing.
[00:32:48] Speaker A: If you go to space, is it just the realization that you're nothing because you're.
I mean, you don't change just because you went there. You're.
[00:32:56] Speaker B: I think you do, though. I think it's like, what the fuck.
[00:32:58] Speaker A: Is all this, brothers? You might just. We might just be nothing anyway.
[00:33:04] Speaker B: Everything else is meaningless.
[00:33:05] Speaker A: Oh, God. Just because you went to. Just. Just cause you broke through.
[00:33:08] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, you see everything.
[00:33:11] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be scary.
[00:33:12] Speaker B: I just went to France, and I can't believe I saw the Eiffel Tower. Could you imagine if you were in space?
[00:33:16] Speaker A: I'm kind of happy that I didn't get to pick that now. Cause I'm.
[00:33:19] Speaker B: I'm having a mini panic attack.
[00:33:21] Speaker A: I'm kind of scared. Yeah, I'm good. I'm gonna pick as my last pick.
This is a weird bucket list item, but proof of aliens.
[00:33:33] Speaker B: So you want to find proof, or you just want presented to you but.
[00:33:37] Speaker A: Not presented to me, but, like, I don't want to be, like, the. The whistleblower.
[00:33:42] Speaker B: You want to get probed?
[00:33:43] Speaker A: No. Maybe. No, maybe.
[00:33:46] Speaker B: See what it looks like.
[00:33:47] Speaker A: Let me yell it. Can we talk about it?
No, presented proof would be cool, but, like, if they presented it to the masses, I just want to know before I die. Like, if we find out, like, two weeks after I die, I'd be. That'd be upsetting.
You know, like, hindsight, that would be upsetting.
[00:34:05] Speaker B: I get it.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: I know. We don't. We'll never know, but, like, just to know that would be kind of cool, definitively, because if, you know, like, one species of an alien exists, it's like, oh, cool. Well, then anything's possible. Yeah.
[00:34:17] Speaker B: Is infinite.
[00:34:18] Speaker A: Yeah. They just far away. Further than we think away. Like, you can't think about how far they are. So proof of aliens in some way.
[00:34:25] Speaker B: Shape, or form, it's not a bad piece.
[00:34:26] Speaker A: Not like the Mexico aliens.
[00:34:28] Speaker B: I mean, he might be real. You never know.
[00:34:30] Speaker A: I don't believe that was pop tart, the little uncrustable there. I don't believe that's real, but, yeah, proof of aliens is my fifth pick.
[00:34:39] Speaker B: So you want to do a couple honorable mentions?
[00:34:43] Speaker A: Yeah, let's just.
[00:34:43] Speaker B: One of my honorable mentions, a lot like your 50 states, is go to every continent.
[00:34:47] Speaker A: God damn it. Get off my list, bro.
[00:34:51] Speaker B: Go to a super bowl. Go to a World Cup, UFC title fight.
[00:34:55] Speaker A: Go on a safari.
[00:34:57] Speaker B: A safari would be.
[00:34:58] Speaker A: That'd be a fun one. Not like a hunting one. I don't want to kill, like, a lion or anything.
[00:35:01] Speaker B: Or giraffe or some drugged up line.
[00:35:04] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:04] Speaker B: Wait for you to shoot him.
[00:35:05] Speaker A: Yeah. I just want to watch them in their habitat for a little while. That'd be kind of cool.
[00:35:09] Speaker B: Northern lights.
[00:35:10] Speaker A: Yeah, that would be sweet.
If some conspiracy was, like, proven.
[00:35:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:35:18] Speaker A: Some big one. Like, some girl. Like, you know, the CIA was like.
[00:35:21] Speaker B: We did shoot JFK.
[00:35:23] Speaker A: Well, they are. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:35:24] Speaker B: They haven't said it, but, like, we know. But they were just like, we shot.
[00:35:27] Speaker A: Sorry, sorry.
[00:35:30] Speaker B: Me was like, alien shot JFK, and we helped them.
[00:35:33] Speaker A: Meeting Blake Lively.
[00:35:35] Speaker B: That's a good one.
[00:35:36] Speaker A: That's on the land.
[00:35:37] Speaker B: Ryan Reynolds.
[00:35:38] Speaker A: No, no, no.
[00:35:40] Speaker B: I'm including Ryan.
[00:35:41] Speaker A: No, just. Just Blake circling it. Just Blake lively only honor. Actually, the only honorable mention on this is just Blake Lively meeting the famous person, Blake Lively from the movie Green Lantern, not including Ryan Rooney character.
[00:36:00] Speaker B: All right, so let's recap. My number one pick. Shout out my beautiful girlfriend. Get married. Start a family. Number two.
Marathon. Run a marathon. Number three, my beautiful girlfriend's pick.
[00:36:11] Speaker A: Oh, man.
[00:36:12] Speaker B: Visit the seven wonders of the world for.
Learn a new language. French. And number five.
[00:36:19] Speaker A: Space.
[00:36:19] Speaker B: Go to space.
[00:36:20] Speaker A: Go to space.
[00:36:21] Speaker B: You gotta whisper it.
[00:36:22] Speaker A: Lost in space.
[00:36:23] Speaker B: Lost in space.
[00:36:24] Speaker A: That's a crazy show. Watch it.
I number one. I number one.
Top 550 states. That'd be a cool thing to visit all five. All 50 states.
[00:36:34] Speaker B: Go to all 50. Not top 550 states.
[00:36:37] Speaker A: Yeah. Visit all 550 states. God damn it. I did it again.
Go to the pyramids of Giza. Number two.
Go to the Olympics. Number three. Number four. I want to climb a real mountain. Like, a real mountain.
Stress through. I'll put. I'll put quotes on real or something like that. Real boy.
[00:36:57] Speaker B: I'm a real boy.
[00:36:58] Speaker A: And then five, before I die, I would like to see proof of aliens.
[00:37:03] Speaker B: All right, well, there we have it.
[00:37:05] Speaker A: Yeah. That's our top five.
[00:37:14] Speaker B: UFC Vegas 92. We return to the apex five fight main card.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: I saw somebody on Twitter said after UFC St. Louis, we returned to the poverty before UFC 302.
[00:37:29] Speaker B: Without a doubt, the last fight card before pay per view, a big pay per view, and the three fight cards after a big pay per view, all going to be at the apex. Yeah.
[00:37:40] Speaker A: And I.
[00:37:41] Speaker B: And I get it. It's a good business, but cool with it.
[00:37:45] Speaker A: I like the ability. I don't care. The. The amount of fans. I can't afford to go to all of them anyways.
[00:37:51] Speaker B: No, I like watching the fights with. Faint. With a crowd, though.
[00:37:54] Speaker A: I do, too. But I appreciate the ability to watch the amount of fights.
[00:37:58] Speaker B: Yes, I do. I wish they were able to do that. But just every week, people. Yes. Yeah, but we digress.
[00:38:04] Speaker A: We can get.
[00:38:06] Speaker B: Let's move on. Main card, five fights, as I said, luana first one, as you said, luana Panera. Panera, the Brazilian taking on the american overkill, Angela Hill, your favorite fighter.
[00:38:19] Speaker A: As much as I'm an Angela overkill hill hater, I think she's gonna win this fight.
[00:38:25] Speaker B: She's eleven and 13 in the UFC, though. 16 and 13 overall, but. Eleven and 13 in the UFC.
[00:38:31] Speaker A: She though, at one point in her career, she was like, y'all never give me a rank and give me a rank and give me a rank and give me a ranking.
Then she beat Mackenzie Dern. Now she deserves the ranking. She has it. Cool.
[00:38:46] Speaker B: Think she lost some McKenzie Dern.
[00:38:47] Speaker A: Oh, she lost to McKenzie Durn. After that. She. She won.
She beat Gomez after that.
[00:38:52] Speaker B: She's one three out of four, but still eleven and 30. How are you ranked in your eleven and 13 in the UFC?
[00:38:58] Speaker A: This is the thing.
Angela Hill doesn't get finished.
[00:39:04] Speaker B: She doesn't get finished. She doesn't finish a lot either.
[00:39:07] Speaker A: No. She wins primarily by decision and Pan.
[00:39:11] Speaker B: Harrow is coming in. She's eleven and two overall, three and one in UFC. Coming off of our first UFC loss.
[00:39:16] Speaker A: It was a cool. It was a cool ass head kick knockout from Amanda Reebok.
[00:39:20] Speaker B: From reboss. So how's she gonna react to getting knocked out? I mean, your first. Your first promotion loss, the way she lost to. Is she gonna react well, first? I'm getting finished.
[00:39:30] Speaker A: If you look at Lana Pernajo's, like, current, like, strikes per minute and all the, you know, the stats of her in the UFC, it's not that she's not striking too little or anything like that. She mixes it up well on the ground and everything, but she's not finishing people in the UFC.
And when you go to, you know, once again, just stats where she's not finishing people in the UFC, that just makes me lean towards the person who doesn't get finished in the UFC, who has a lot of experience.
[00:40:01] Speaker B: But I agree with. I agree with what you said, but Angela Hill has also lost seven times on decision. Panera's only lost one time. Angela Hill, we know what fighter she is. She's eleven and 13. I say it again, in the UFC, she's one, three out of four. But I think the eleven and 13 is more indicative of who she is than the three and four. So I think it's gonna even out. I think Benjero comes in. I think Benjero avenges her last loss, I think. That's not her.
[00:40:28] Speaker A: That's not her.
[00:40:29] Speaker B: That's not her.
[00:40:29] Speaker A: Who is she?
[00:40:30] Speaker B: She had a bad night.
[00:40:31] Speaker A: Bad night? Okay, women straw weights don't have bad nights.
[00:40:35] Speaker B: She's gonna beat Angela Hill. She's gonna move to four and one in UFC, and she's gonna be a girl that a winner. Two away after this. Angela Hill wing. Do you think so she can get a title shot?
[00:40:47] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Let's see. All right, so as an Angela Hill, I don't want to say hater. As an Angela Hill hater, I hope you're right, but I'm going to go with Angela Hill for this first fight on the main card.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: Good luck with that. Let's move to the next fight.
[00:41:02] Speaker A: Bantam weights. Adrian Yanez taking on Vinicius.
[00:41:06] Speaker B: Salvador Yanez started 50 in the UFC. He's lost two in a row, both by Ko.
I mean, he had a lot of hype. He had a, you know, a lot of fanfare after the five and O start. It looked like he was on his way to being a legit contender. Obviously, the last two fights have not gone his way. Can he bounce back? Can he, like, catch his falling career? Yeah, not that he's. This is a fight he needs to win to stay in the UFC, but from where he was when he was 16 and three, five and, oh, in the UFC, he looked like he was a winner. Two away from a top five matchup.
[00:41:39] Speaker A: No, you're absolutely right. But it's kind of the same story for Salvador.
[00:41:43] Speaker B: He's Owen to. In the UFC. Both decision losses.
[00:41:46] Speaker A: Right? He got a knockout on the contender series. What kind of art, which kind of earned him his contract, you know, into the UFC. He's got a unanimous decision loss to Altamireno and a unanimous decision loss to Vergara.
I mean.
[00:42:01] Speaker B: I mean, both guys are gonna come in and bang. 14 and six.
[00:42:04] Speaker A: You kind of have to come in.
[00:42:05] Speaker B: Salvador, plan 14 and 613 of those kos. Yanez, as I said, he has 16 career wins, ten of those kos, and.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: He'S not taking anybody down. Yanez isn't. He's not going forward. He's not trying.
[00:42:17] Speaker B: Salvador's not really doing much either. These guys are gonna come in. Salvador actually, in the pre fight press conference today, actually said, watch. I'm getting a first round knockout of Giannis, which I could see happening, but I'm picking Yanis to win the fight. I just think the UFC experience and wins is gonna be the deciding factor. I think they gave Giannis, as I said, he was a big prospect, lost two in a row. I think they're giving him one to be like, hey, this is your style kind of matchup. Y'all just gonna stand and bang, go out and get this win, get back on track.
[00:42:50] Speaker A: Yeah. And if you can't do this, then maybe you're not who we thought you were. Right, exactly. I agree with you. I think Giannis is gonna win. I think he's gonna. He's going to go out there, get the finish.
You know, I think the odds are what they are because of one guy.
[00:43:07] Speaker B: Has five years, he wins. One guy doesn't have any wins.
[00:43:10] Speaker A: Right, exactly. I think Giannis is going to do fine in this matchup. He's obviously, he's the biggest betting favorite on the night. I think this is his matchup. Let's move on to the next one. Thimber Gurimbo in the welterweight division, taking on Ramy's Brahimaj.
[00:43:26] Speaker B: Brahimash. Brahimaj. Ten and four overall, two and two in the UFC.
Both of his UFC wins and all of his career wins are by submission. That's ten submissions already in his career, and he's taken on Gorimbo. Twelve and four overall, two and one in the UFC.
Coming off of a win, though. He had a first round ko in his last fight, and it was only back in February. So he's the guy trying to ride the hot hand. Two straight wins, take your win.
[00:43:55] Speaker A: First round knockout, 32 seconds. That's. I mean, that's one of those you want to highlight because coming off the momentum of it, sure. But the short, you know, kind of. You're in the same camp mode. You never get out of it. It's one of those things that makes you kind of ride high.
[00:44:11] Speaker B: I agree. Makes you hot and Brahmage also, coming off of a finish, a rear naked choke. But that was all the way back in February of 2022, so he's had a long time between fights. Can he continue his thing? I don't think the ground game and the submission, one good thing. I don't think you lose that. I don't think you get ring rust from that. I think that's more of a striking and finding your range thing.
[00:44:37] Speaker A: I agree with you, but I think the, you know, the five inch reach advantage between Gurimba and Brahimaj, Grimbo being the advantage on that side, I think Garimbo is going to use that to secure, you know, the, I'm going to say, second round finish. You know, he's going to. Brahimaj is going to fight early. He's not. Not that he has ring rust or anything, but he's going to. He's going to work on his game plan. And I think Garimbo is going to just be able to catch him in the second.
[00:45:09] Speaker B: I think Garimbo uses his range, as you said, early on in the fight, but I think eventually Brahimaj gets ahold of him. This fight goes to the ground and Brahimaj is deadly on the ground. I think he gets the finish. I got Brahmaj by submission. I'm gonna go third round submission.
[00:45:24] Speaker A: Man, we divvying it up today. Okay, let's go.
[00:45:27] Speaker B: Ko man. Now, chaos Williams, the American, 14 and three overall, five and two in the UFC, taking on Carlton Harris.
Four and one in the UFC, 19 and five overall. Two straight wins for Harris.
Chaos Williams, he's won three out of four, four out of six. I think this is going to be a very entertaining fight.
[00:45:50] Speaker A: I think the ox fighter and Mocambeak are going to go at it here. This is going to be a good one. You got two guys, you know, Mocambeak's four and one in his last five, whereas chaos Williams is three and two.
[00:46:04] Speaker B: Seven out of his last eight. His only UFC loss was to Shovkat.
[00:46:09] Speaker A: Rachmanov, which we've already not. We've not proved anything. We've only seen that he's a certified banger, but he's a killer. He's a dude. So what do you think happens in this fight? What do you, how do you think it goes down? You got, you know, two different kinds of strikers here.
[00:46:25] Speaker B: I think both guys are strikers, but I think Harris is a little more well rounded.
[00:46:29] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:46:30] Speaker B: He's a guy that's a little better on the ground.
[00:46:32] Speaker A: I think the Williams isn't going for takedowns at all.
[00:46:35] Speaker B: Williams, not going for takedowns. But also Williams, he's very durable. He has not been finished.
[00:46:40] Speaker A: No.
[00:46:40] Speaker B: Three career losses, all by decision.
[00:46:43] Speaker A: A little height advantage or a little reach advantage.
[00:46:46] Speaker B: Little reach advantage. I'm going to go with Carlson Harris, though, I think just the way he's been in the UFC, four and one. I think he's been a little sharper. Three finishes. I think as long as he avoids the, the KO from chaos, which I think that's chaos's best chance to win the fight, is to catch him. Ko him. I got Harrison winning and I think he might get a decision. I mean, a finish. I'm thinking submission.
[00:47:11] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I could see that happening. I think Chaos Williams is going to win. He's five and two in the UFC. He's shown that he has power.
[00:47:19] Speaker B: I think three of his five wins are by knockout, too. So more on your point that he has power.
[00:47:25] Speaker A: Right. And they. Two of the three. Yeah, two of the three were in the first round. The third one was in the third round. I think when he does win, he shows through. I think since his last fight, you know, he's got a little confidence back. You know, when you lose, it's kind of. You're down in the dirt and everything like that, even if you lose the decision. But because he's never been finished, he's got a good gas tank. I think this is one of the fights where if with a good camp, he's going to excel. This is one of the ones where if he doesn't win by decision, I think he's gonna win by TKO. Finish.
[00:47:57] Speaker B: It's another one we differ on.
[00:47:59] Speaker A: Yes, sir. The usual main event.
[00:48:01] Speaker B: Main event.
[00:48:02] Speaker A: Maybe one of us is stupid. That's all we can say. One of us is dumb this week.
[00:48:06] Speaker B: Or we just split it and we're.
[00:48:08] Speaker A: The same or equally dumb.
[00:48:11] Speaker B: Main event. Edson Barbosa, the Brazilian. 24 wins, eleven losses, 18 and eleven in the UFC. He's been in UFC since 2010. And he's taken on maybe the undefeated fighter that has talked about the least. Larone Murphy. 13 wins, zero losses, one draw. He's five wins, no losses, one draw in the UFC.
I mean, he's a guy. He's undefeated. That speaks for itself. Including in the UFC, five straight wins.
Think this is gonna be a very entertaining fight. I think this is rightful, the main event because I think it's probably gonna be the. The best fight of the night.
[00:48:51] Speaker A: Yeah. The guy. I mean, the guy, he. He drew to Zubayra, to Kugov, he's gone, like, win loss, win loss since. I don't think he's a big factor in Leroy Murphy's.
[00:49:03] Speaker B: Sometimes it just happens. He had a bad night, judges, bad judges.
[00:49:08] Speaker A: Very possibly.
[00:49:08] Speaker B: Then he came in on his one. Five in a row.
[00:49:10] Speaker A: Right. I think he's shown up well. Leroy Murphy's done everything needed to stay perfect.
[00:49:19] Speaker B: But then you look at Barbossa, he's a excellent kickboxer, especially for MMA. 13 out of his 24 wins by ko, eight of those in the UFC. His last fight is coming off a decision when he's one, two in a row. So he's a guy. He's 38 years old, had the peak, right? Kind of went down. It looks like he might be coming back up again.
[00:49:38] Speaker A: Some late career run. Something like 63, 67% of younger fighters win when they're faced with a significantly older opponent.
[00:49:48] Speaker B: Like six.
That's a big deal.
[00:49:52] Speaker A: That, that's a big deal because, you know, your reaction time as you get older, it just naturally goes a little bit.
[00:49:57] Speaker B: Especially if your eyesight's not the smallest guys. I think they're fighting at 155.
[00:50:01] Speaker A: But yeah, featherweight for one year, 38.
[00:50:03] Speaker B: Years old is the heavyweight. It's different than when you're 38 years old is up a lightweight.
[00:50:08] Speaker A: Absolutely.
Obviously Barboza has a little bit height advantage, a little bit reach advantage. They're both orthodox fighters. Barbosa's, you know, not really looking to go on the ground that much.
[00:50:20] Speaker B: Neither is Murphy.
[00:50:21] Speaker A: He is right. He doesn't do it that often.
[00:50:23] Speaker B: Zero submission wins. Seven of his 13 wins are by ko.
[00:50:28] Speaker A: Most of the time when they, when they go for the takedown, at that point, it's because they got a wobble. You know, the guy just won't go to sleep. So they take him down to just beat the shit out of the fight. I think on this one I'm gonna pick Lero. Murphy winning the fight. I think this is one of the ones that gives us pretty not clear standings on where Murphy is. But it gives him, you know, another good test in the future. He's gonna have a good call out after the win here.
[00:50:54] Speaker B: I agree with you. I think Murphy comes in, gets the win. I think he stays undefeated. As you said, it's gonna be a good win if he gets the win. And it's gonna be a name you can put on the resume because Barboza is a legend in the sport.
Even though he hasn't been champ, he's been around a long time. He's put on great performances. We know how good of a striker he is. You get a win against Barboza, you're a legit fighter.
[00:51:13] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm not a legit fighter.
[00:51:17] Speaker B: Me neither. Barbosa would kick my ass.
[00:51:19] Speaker A: One shot. I'm out.
So we're gonna kick off this week on stakes and takes. We didn't have any picks last week. Christian went to France.
I see London. I see France.
[00:51:39] Speaker B: I saw Derrick Lewis's underpants.
[00:51:41] Speaker A: Hey, there you go. Thank you for that. UFC St. Louis was a killer show. That was a great card. Let's jump into this week's stakes and takes. That's gonna be our picks. And Becks bets, like I said, on our journey to be the best gamblers in the world.
[00:51:59] Speaker B: We got this.
[00:52:00] Speaker A: We're on our way. We're like 60 something percent and we're growing, getting better.
What do you have for picks you brought this week? What kind of sports you bring?
[00:52:11] Speaker B: Non UFC.
[00:52:12] Speaker A: Non UFC? What kind of sports you bring in?
[00:52:14] Speaker B: I think you could guess it at this point.
[00:52:16] Speaker A: I mean, you're wearing a soccer Jersey. It looks new.
[00:52:18] Speaker B: Five soccer picks I have.
[00:52:20] Speaker A: There you go. I'm gonna pick it. Let's go with Arsenal.
[00:52:24] Speaker B: First game. Well, it's not the first game, but Arsenal is in the picks. Let's start chronologically.
[00:52:29] Speaker A: Let's go. Let's go.
[00:52:30] Speaker B: Saturday.
[00:52:31] Speaker A: Saturday, game.
[00:52:32] Speaker B: Saturday, we have Bayern. Bayer Leverkusen already clinched the championship at the Bundesliga. That's Germany trying to go for a undefeated season, taking on Augsburg.
[00:52:44] Speaker A: Now, is that one of those things that they're going to actually be going.
[00:52:46] Speaker B: For, like, at this point, last game.
[00:52:49] Speaker A: Of the season, even though they've already clinched?
[00:52:51] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:52:52] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:52:52] Speaker B: It's, like, legendary. So you're paying a 50 game unbeaten streak in all competitions right now.
[00:52:57] Speaker A: Oh, wow. So they're not trying to draw?
[00:53:00] Speaker B: Exactly. Well, no draw counts as unbeaten. Oh, yes.
[00:53:05] Speaker A: They play you, buddy.
[00:53:07] Speaker B: They played earlier in this season. Laver, cuse and one on the road, one nil.
I think Laverick, who's an at home, puts on a show.
Multiple goals wins. Laver cusins. My pick.
[00:53:21] Speaker A: Ding dong ditch.
[00:53:22] Speaker B: Then we're gonna come to the US.
Enter Miami, the only MLS team M. Ls team M. Yeah, yeah.
[00:53:30] Speaker A: No.
[00:53:30] Speaker B: Less. Major League Soccer. Yes, MLs, the only major League soccer team I will bet on Leo Messi. First place inter Miami taking on DC United. They played earlier this season in March 3. One Miami, one on the road. Miami's at home.
As of recording, they've won five in a row. They do play tonight, but I don't think Messi's playing, so who gives a fuck? He's gonna play on Saturday, though.
[00:53:53] Speaker A: With Messi they win.
[00:53:54] Speaker B: Yes. With Messi they win. And I'm banking on that. I got into Miami beating DC United on Saturday. Let's go to Sunday.
On Sunday, the Premier League title will be decided.
Unfortunately, I'm picking Arsenal to win their match. But because I'm also picking Man City, that means Man City is going to win the league.
[00:54:16] Speaker A: Wait, over Arsenal?
[00:54:18] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:54:19] Speaker A: What about all these goals that Arsenal scored at some point this year? We've talked about that.
[00:54:24] Speaker B: They have a better goal differential, but it's not.
[00:54:28] Speaker A: They haven't lost.
[00:54:29] Speaker B: It's going to come down to, they have the same amount of wins. But.
[00:54:31] Speaker A: So we need Man City to lose.
[00:54:33] Speaker B: Yes, but I'm not picking. They're plus a thousand. They're -1000 favorites. That's my next pick. Man city beating west ham at home. Man City's -1000 I'm trying to win bets. I'm not. I'm sorry.
[00:54:43] Speaker A: I hope they lose. What is this? What are you doing here? You're rooting against your own team?
[00:54:48] Speaker B: I'm not rooting against them. I'm just picking. I'm being smart. City won 31 on the road. I think City dominates. West Ham wins the title.
[00:54:56] Speaker A: I agree with you, this logic is sound. But can you not hope for like I'm hoping?
[00:55:03] Speaker B: I hope I get this pick wrong.
[00:55:04] Speaker A: An ACL tear or something.
[00:55:06] Speaker B: Hoping I get this pick wrong. Hope I don't get this next pick wrong. That's Arsenal.
[00:55:10] Speaker A: That would be funny if you did though.
[00:55:13] Speaker B: Yeah, that would suck. Arsenal at home against Everton. They played in September. Arsenal was not their best, but they won one nil. I think Arsenal wins this match.
As I said earlier, they need City to draw or lose. To win the title and win. I don't think that happens. I think both teams win. So I got Arsenal and then my last soccer pick. We go to Turkey, Istanbul derby.
[00:55:36] Speaker A: What?
[00:55:37] Speaker B: We had Galatasarai, first place. Taking on second place. Finerbache.
[00:55:41] Speaker A: Bless you.
[00:55:42] Speaker B: They played earlier this season. Zero. Zero draw in December.
Galatasaray.
They've clenched the league already.
[00:55:51] Speaker A: So are they gonna play?
[00:55:52] Speaker B: They are. Cause this is one of their arch rivals. So I think they come in, they want to beat their rival. I think they do beat their rival. I got Galatasarai. Beating Fenerbahce is my fifth pick.
[00:56:03] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:56:04] Speaker B: Okay, Alex, give me your five picks. Son of a bitch.
[00:56:09] Speaker A: I brought a bunch of baseball cuz I'm an American.
[00:56:12] Speaker B: Cause that's been working out for you.
[00:56:14] Speaker A: I'm an American. Bastard. So I'm gonna talk about this for a second. In the one time I picked the Braves to do a sweep, they got sweat.
[00:56:24] Speaker B: But you picked them to do a sweep against like the other best team in the league.
[00:56:30] Speaker A: Shut up.
Let's move on. That's all I wanted to talk about it. I'm not taking any ridicule either. I took my losses and I'm moving on.
[00:56:42] Speaker B: I respect it.
[00:56:43] Speaker A: Now to we're gonna talk Braves again.
[00:56:47] Speaker B: They are my favorite team. They're both of our favorite. You jumped on the bandwagon.
[00:56:53] Speaker A: I did.
But I also have been following them consistently.
Padres versus Braves. They got a weekend series coming up, Friday and Saturday games. I'm picking the Braves to win both of them.
[00:57:04] Speaker B: Okay. It's a bold move after the last time.
[00:57:07] Speaker A: Shut up again. I don't want to talk about it next. I think game six, Mavericks versus thunder. Mavericks are going to win.
[00:57:15] Speaker B: Let me check to see how game five went. We'll give a live update of game five.
[00:57:19] Speaker A: Live update, game five. This is Wednesday night, probably about 1040 Central time.
[00:57:25] Speaker B: Mavericks up ten with three minutes left. So it could be the one to close up the series. I think it closed the series out.
[00:57:32] Speaker A: Before the show started. I thought, I thought that was going to be the one that the Mavericks would close the series out. That would be great. Mavericks to get over the hump, get past the spot where they normally get eliminated in the playoffs. I think this is the year they bought Luca a weapon.
[00:57:45] Speaker B: They did make the conference finals, I think, two years ago.
[00:57:48] Speaker A: Yeah, but been that far, those by himself. And they struggled the whole way. There was, it was. It was a long road.
So Mav is over thunder, game six, braves Friday and Saturday over Padres. I'm gonna go Orioles over Mariners.
[00:58:04] Speaker B: What day?
[00:58:06] Speaker A: Saturday. Saturday game Orioles over Mariners.
[00:58:10] Speaker B: Where's that?
[00:58:11] Speaker A: Anti mariners?
[00:58:12] Speaker B: So you think the Orioles go cross country and beat the Seattle Mariners?
[00:58:17] Speaker A: Beat that ass.
[00:58:18] Speaker B: Okay, okay.
[00:58:19] Speaker A: I voted. I voted on the merit on the Orioles, which, you know, both ways in.
[00:58:25] Speaker B: The last election on the Orioles. You said you voted on them.
[00:58:29] Speaker A: Yeah, voted on them. On the Orioles. The Orioles, they've always led me astray. Not this time.
[00:58:38] Speaker B: They literally won their pennant last year.
[00:58:41] Speaker A: No, no, I'm talking about when I. When I choose them to win, they fuck me over. This is not the time the Orioles are gonna win here and then last.
[00:58:50] Speaker B: This is not the time the Orioles are gonna win.
[00:58:52] Speaker A: No, no, this is not the. God damn it. This is not the time the Orioles are gonna screw me over. I'm going to win the pick.
[00:58:58] Speaker B: Okay, okay.
[00:58:59] Speaker A: The Orioles are gonna beat the Mariners on the Saturday game and going against.
[00:59:04] Speaker B: The Orioles, but you're picking them, you have a vendetta against the Orioles.
[00:59:07] Speaker A: They're gonna win. They are this time. They are going to win. Okay. They're gonna win. The Mariners are gonna lose Saturday specifically, just that game, maybe, I don't know. We'll see about the other ones. But Saturday specifically, the Orioles are gonna beat the Mariners. And then lastly and loosely, if the brewers are gonna beat the fading, hard astros at home.
[00:59:35] Speaker B: Who's at home? The Astros at home.
[00:59:36] Speaker A: Astros are at home.
[00:59:37] Speaker B: So you think the brewers come cross.
[00:59:38] Speaker A: Country you're gonna use this old shtick again?
[00:59:43] Speaker B: Yeah. You don't think the Astros are gonna turn it around eventually?
[00:59:47] Speaker A: No, I bet on them last time, and they lost.
[00:59:51] Speaker B: You bet on the braves last time, and they lost. And you picked the braves bet on the Orioles last time, and they lost new pictorials.
[00:59:56] Speaker A: So two out of three things I'm switching, but I'm keeping with our team, brother.
What's wrong?
[01:00:02] Speaker B: Okay, I'm just trying to understand your logic.
[01:00:04] Speaker A: I'm trying to find logic. Okay.
[01:00:07] Speaker B: Once I find the thing that you've said that makes the most sense.
[01:00:10] Speaker A: All right.
Follow those picks. If you trust them, I'll post the odds as soon as they come out. What do you have for UFC pics, and then we'll go to bets, and then we'll wrap this thing up for the night.
[01:00:23] Speaker B: So I'll just run through my picks real quick. Main event, I got Murphy. Murphy Co. Main. I got Harris.
[01:00:30] Speaker A: Harris.
[01:00:32] Speaker B: Next fight, I got Brahmaj.
Next fight, I got Yanez. And then the last fight, I got Pinhero.
[01:00:42] Speaker A: I got Murphy. I got Williams.
That's different from you.
I got Garimbo.
[01:00:49] Speaker B: It's different.
[01:00:51] Speaker A: I got Yanez. Samesies.
[01:00:53] Speaker B: Whoo.
[01:00:54] Speaker A: And then I got Angela over kill Hill.
[01:00:56] Speaker B: So one of us is gonna win this week, and one of us gonna lose.
[01:00:59] Speaker A: Certified hater.
[01:01:00] Speaker B: And you're picking her.
[01:01:02] Speaker A: Yep.
[01:01:03] Speaker B: Nothing you said has made sense in the past, like, ten minutes.
[01:01:07] Speaker A: We'll see how it works out. I might be keeping this trend. I might completely bail on it. We'll see if it works.
[01:01:12] Speaker B: I'll eat my words. I'll admit I was wrong, but most.
[01:01:16] Speaker A: Likely it's not gonna work. Let's go on to the bets for the night.
What do you have going on to UFC 30?
[01:01:22] Speaker B: Soccer.
[01:01:23] Speaker A: What do you think's gonna happen? You're gonna win this week?
[01:01:26] Speaker B: I hope I do. That's the plan. Every week.
[01:01:29] Speaker A: It is a plan.
[01:01:31] Speaker B: So my two UFC, I have two units on everything, by the way, so I don't have to keep saying two units. Two units. And all five bets. First one is Murphy moneyline. Lerone Murphy. -140. And my next one is Carlston Harris moneyline plus 110.
[01:01:48] Speaker A: Yep, I got the same thing. Libra Murphy. -142 units on that. Two units on everything as well, because I don't feel like. Like you said, ditto. Same of. Same as that guy.
I also have Gurimbo. Two units. -140 and I got Angela over kill Hill. -150 not bad.
[01:02:09] Speaker B: Not bad. My three soccer picks. Enter Miami moneyline. -180 buy your labor cues and moneyline -340 then I got Galatasarai moneyline plus 115.
[01:02:25] Speaker A: Wow.
I got the Braves money line on the Saturday game.
[01:02:31] Speaker B: No odds out yet.
[01:02:32] Speaker A: No. Of course it's gonna be contentious.
Then I also have the Braves money moneyline on the Friday game.
[01:02:40] Speaker B: No hots out yet.
[01:02:41] Speaker A: No hots out yet.
[01:02:43] Speaker B: All right, that wraps it up.
[01:02:45] Speaker A: I think that pretty much covers everything.
[01:02:47] Speaker B: So next week we're gonna recap UFC Vegas 92. We don't have a fight card to preview, so we're just gonna give you ten. Pick our own picks.
[01:02:56] Speaker A: Yeah.
[01:02:57] Speaker B: So we're gonna have a lot to talk about.
[01:02:58] Speaker A: There something.
[01:02:59] Speaker B: We're gonna have a new top five, another one. And I'm sure we're gonna find some other things, some bullshit about. So check us out next week. Episode 46 will be here.
[01:03:08] Speaker A: Thank you, guys. Love.
