Conor McGregor is back with another legendary rant, and Daniel Cormier and Ben Askren ARE BACK with another new episode of Funky and the Champ. DC and Askren react to McGregor's viral video calling out a handful of fighters ahead of his UFC 303 fight vs. Michael Chandler. Cormier gives his take on the Khabib Nurmagemdov callout, and Ben calls Conor "jealous" of Khabib. Plus, don't miss Askren and Cormier debate the heavyweight division and whether Jon Jones should fight Tom Aspinall or Stipe Miocic. And don't miss the guys give their take on Chael Sonnen scheduling boxing fights with both Anderson Silva and Jorge Masvidal this year! And DC and Ben look back at when when Conor McGregor called Cormier a "ghetto hillbilly."
8:00 - Conor McGregor viral video
12:00 - McGregor’s Khabib fallout
17:00 - DC’s text from Michael Chandler
24:00 - UFC 304, Aspinall vs. Blaydes
27:00 - Jon Jones vs. Aspinall
33:00 - Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva + Jorge Masvidal
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Speaker 2 (01:56):
Us up, guys, we're back. It's thee. It's Funky Ben
asking wellome to the new episode of Funky and the Champ.
Oh Ben, Oh, you're in front of that bookcase.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
I know my bookcase, so I put it back here.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
I love that. I actually love when you sit there,
for I don't, okay, So all right, let me just
make sure I tell the truth. All right, So your
wrestling videos, right, I don't necessarily appreciate him as much
because I while I value your wrestling. I'm a little
(02:33):
bit jealous of the success you have, so I tune
out to it. And so I tune out to the success.
That's all. I bit jealous. But when I see that bookshelf,
I cannot ignore it. So I watch every wrestling video
because I'm like, oh, he's in front of that bookshelf.
And I want to feel smart. So I feel like
through through, like through hosposis, I'm smarter because I know
(02:55):
you and you sit there. It's it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, you just get read all these books. I love it.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
You read all those books. Man, Yeah, every one of
those books. You've read it more than that because the
ones I didn't like I got rid of somehow. Yeah
damn dude, Yeah, but I didn't. I didn't put my wife.
My wife had a bunch of like garbage books in
but you know, like you know, girls read like novels
and stuff and something.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Those are not shit on her constantly. I don't understand.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Why she is what a tremendous wife she is, right,
she takes your ship, Like, were you like this in college?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
You must have been like this in college, Like at
least I know what I'm getting.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Well, I didn't know her in college. I didn't know
her in college. Really, I was right out of call.
I was a year out of college.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, wow, that's amazing. I figured the only way you
got a girlfriend that ultimately became your wife was your
success on the wrestling metro.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
That only works at Oakahoma Popular. Oh, that only works
at Oklahoma State. No one else cares about wrestling as
much Oako and State. God h, I don't want Tonalance.
I'm Maybee mad. They got those map maids right or
whatever they call them down there. That's weird. It's like
no one else does this only.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Show with mat maids bro like they anywhere else. He
foundation of the program Mad Maids and the foundation of
the program. It's a very proud tradition at Oklahoma State.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And it only exists Okahma State. But then Daniel have
the problem is half of them married wrestlers by the
time they're twenty, so stupid they are bro the whole
team when I was in college, Okahoma says the entire
team was married before they were oun of college.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
You are just so disrespectful, saying you're so disrespectful. But
here's the thing, now, why is this when someone when
someone does this like bite their finger, they know that
they're going on the path that they shouldn't be. That's
exactly what you're doing right now.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Probably you know nice uh you know conservative religious people,
so that you know they they have to wait. They
get married at like twenty.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Well, all the mat maids are very like, you know,
nice young women that you know. Help dude, you know
what my my mat made did for me fourteen hold on,
hold on days before the n C Double A Tournament.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Every day she gave me a gift every day of Daniel,
I'm so confused, you said my mat maid.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yes, so everybody like you have your own mat made,
like there's a person. Yeah, like I didn't know that. Yeah, yeah,
I got a gift every day. Every day fourteen days
of the n Double A Tournament, I got like maybe
I got like a bag of chipsar Maybe not.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Gift because you're cutting massive, but it.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Was like small things, like every day I got something
small building up to the NC Double A tournament because
sometimes you need confidence. But you but you're a dis
let me. But you're disrespectful. Leads me into this another
disrespectful guy.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I got one more before we like what if like
Johnny Thompson stole your mat, made like she was more
than Johnny Thompson because he got more pins, and he's like, no,
that's my man, dude.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
There's someone that there's someone there's like a leader, like
there's a lady that runs the organization, and then they
kind of get you know, you get almost like a
signed to a person, which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Man.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I think it's a great tradition. I think you're you're
putting an ugly spin on it, and it's really insulting
what you're doing. It's really insulting.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Who else is good at insulting people?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Conor McGregor, bro, Yes, yes, you see that's called the segue.
Been that right? There is called segueing in to the
next topic, Chow, Bucky ben Bro. Did you see Condor
McGregor yesterday. He's on that couch with who I would
assume are friends, and he's going off. I mean, he's
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going off on a beam, which is a bit odd
to me, which I when I'll get into that. He's
going off on on on Iliot Toporia, he's going off
on Alexander Volkanowski, and then he's going off on a
few people that I have no idea who they are.
He doesn't know who they are. But like, what did
you make of that? If you did, did you see it?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Well, I've watched it because you guys said he has
said it to me. But what is new? This is literally, okay,
literally every single UFC this is what Connor does. He
literally gets on Twitter. He just craps on everybody. But
it's like, but you don't even fight anymore. I mean,
now I'm even forgetting one last. No, he's gonna fight.
It's only about the way allegedly, but he hasn't fought.
(07:28):
I don't know three years or something. But every Saturday
night he gets on Twitter and he and he craps
on people. So not surprising at all to me. Uh,
he definitely was under the influence of something. Uh, you know,
it's kind of funny. He's kind of a funny guy.
That's why he you know, uh, he caught on so
well because he's hilarious. You know, I don't know what,
(07:50):
kick his head, clean up his shoulders. Oh, he said
he was gonna kick Bolko his head, clean off his shoulders.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Bro. He said he would have they fought, he would
have kicked head off his shoulders be in short, But
like bro, I mean, everybody's catching straights. Everybody's catching straights.
So let's break it down.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
One, he attacks to be begin ye right, that's ever,
that's forever.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
He'll never he'll never not do that. Ever, he's gonna
be eighty years old attacking Kabeb.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
Why because he got beat by jealous? Of course you
think he's jealous. It could be absolutely no doubt in
my mind at all.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Come on, Ben, how could he be jealous?
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Ever? Okay, he's all the money in the world, deep down,
deep down in his heart, what he wanted to be
was the most respected fighting champion on planet Earth. No money,
no money can make up for that. That's what Kabib is.
Kabib is a fighting champion that everyone has a deep
amount of respect for because the way he lived his
life and Connor Connor wished he had that much respect
(08:53):
for himself. But he's too busy with and coin that
he just can't get to himself. So of course he's how.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Do you know, oh he does all that stuff. He
can't be saying stuff like that publicly, Ben, Ben, you
cannot say stuff like that publicly without facts.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Well, I'm pretty sure he's put it on Twitter. Did
he put it on Twitter? I'm pretty sure he put
it on Twitter. I saw it on it like he
was on a yacht and there was all the things
I'm talking about, right or.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
No, don't no, I see him on yachts constantly. I
didn't see.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
But I'm gonna say, gun to your head? Am I
corrector a my falls gunn to your head? Right now?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
You're putting a gun to my head?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yes, in the extreme let.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Me say this, in an extreme party situation, there's a
lot of times where there are drugs and women of
questionable character, that's what I call them. I don't call
them women of questionable character and drugs are present at
a lot of extreme parties. That's all I'm going to say. Now,
when I get the Kabete. You know what's about the
(10:00):
Connor and Kabeen thing. It's like yet two days ago
or like kabe team are people associated with him said
something about Connor McGregor while we crap on him. He
was the one that started a lot of this double
champ and all this other stuff. So for the first
time Kabeb's team said something positive about Connor McGregor. I
(10:20):
believe or I think or I would hope. That's with
the idea that down the line you can get that
fight for Islam Mahachev because you know what it did
for Kabe in terms of the star quality. Look what
it did for Dustin Poitier, who Islam is fighting. So
if you can manage to get Connor versus Islam down
(10:41):
the line, that's the fight you want. Even Islam said
it himself. We're talking to Kamara Huswan and Henry Sahudo.
He said, you'd be an idiot not to fight Connor McGregor,
knowing what it means to you financially.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Hey, aren't we all jealous? It could be a little
bit though, didn't we all want to retire undefeated?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Undefeated? He was undefeated, He made a boatload of money,
He got to retire on top. He retired on his
own terms. Not many get to do and quit in
the way that he'll being quit. So, yes, we're all
a tad jealous. You know what, I'm also jealous of
kuld Bee because the other day, during the UH do
you wait for Champions League, Kabib's in Munich watching Bayern
(11:24):
Munich and Real Madrid. Just randomly he goes and then
he jumps in the car and drives down the Dortmund
and watches Borussia Dortmund play against PSG. It's like, that's
the stuff that I'm jealous of. That he lives in Europe.
He gets to travel to the football games and he
gets to watch high level football and stuff like that.
But he's also got a boatload of money. He was undefeated,
so there are a lot of reasons to be jealous
of Kubbe. I would never have said that's the first
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word that comes to mind when Connor McGregor speaks about hobby.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
He can't let it go just because always comes up
out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Hey Ben, is it more concerning though that we are
six weeks away from this fighting. It seems as though
McGregor is sitting on the couch drinking and he's about
to fight Michael Chandler.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I mean, if you said, Ben, would you expect anything differently?
I would say no. But if you're if you are
Connor McGregor fan, you're concerned about his performance in the octagon,
I think that, yes, that that's absolutely concerning. But you
know he made that and so you know why I
say Connor wanted to be a great champion, which you know,
some would argue he was. He was definitely on that
(12:29):
path and he became a champion, but then he was
never able to maintain that right because the levels of
fame and money that came along with it. But if
you remember, you know what that and I'm gonna go
way back here. Would he won the belt against Aldo,
he almost like started crying, you know, like and that
(12:49):
that I'm not even saying that as a negative thing.
I'm saying that.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
It was Mendez when he won the interim title. Okay,
that's like he was overwhelmed with the emotions.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Because you had I'm sure you have won one or
many of those moments in your life. And actually I
was just telling Amy, like how how lucky I felt
to like coach athletes who get to have that moment
and I get to have that moment with them. But
that moment in your life when you knew I worked
many years and it all led up to this, and
I did this, and.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I didn't I just know that it would happen.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
It was no guarantee. There was no guarantee.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
You saw it in the fight, Yeah, yeah, absolutely, he
looked like he was overwhelmed and yes, I think at
some point he kind of lost that like that. At
some point he lost that like that. I think he's
still a fighter, make no mistake about it. I think
he's still a fighter. I think he's a high level fighter.
But I think at some point he he kind of
lost that love for everything that comes with that game.
(13:45):
I believe that he still loves to fight. I believe
that he's still going to be a really good fighter.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
But it's loving to train and loving to like be
in the grind. And so if you so, let me
go back.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
To you just made those moments. I don't know like
some guys. Look, some guys have so many of those
moments they almost become callous to it. It's the guy
that can appreciate every one of those moments as if
they're brand new, that stay special. And I think that's
very rare. I think it's very very rare that a
(14:14):
guy can do that early in his career.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
He thought Connor fought alive was five and five and eleven,
three and twelve, three and thirteen, two and fourteen, three
and fifteen, three and sixteen, like he was super active,
you know, and you could tell he's really important. But
then since then, it's like, you know, one in twenty eighteen, one,
in twenty twenty one, in two thousand and two, in
twenty twenty one, he actually fought twice that year, you know,
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but he hasn't fought since July of twenty one, So we're.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Going he broke his leg, right, he broke his legs. Yeah,
that takes time, but.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
That's I mean once that four fights, one, two, three,
four fights in the last really seven and a half years,
Like that's just not very active. So he's not the
same guy he was. I think even with kind of
the distractions, he's still a threat and he's still probably
fighter and he can, you know, definitely beat Michael Chandler.
And Michael Chandler also beat him one hundred percent. And
(15:07):
this is definitely not the last drunkend Connor Burger rant.
We're gonna see. It's it's gonna be a regular thing
for probably the next.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Twenty years, you know, chill Son said yesterday, chill Son
and said, yesterday, how in the world do we come
to the conclusion that the most disciplined guy and Michael
Chandler is going to lose to the most undisciplined guy
in Connor McGregor. I don't. I don't know if that's simple.
I don't know if it's that simple. Hey, did you
(15:36):
get that text from Michael Chandler yesterday? No?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
What he said?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
No, you got it, You absolutely got it.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
I didn't get chext tex.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
He has are best friend.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Uh, I mean we're friends. I don't know. Best is
maybe a little extreme. But I didn't get a text,
So apparently I'm not as good friends with him as
you are.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
So you know what I got for Michael Chandler?
Speaker 1 (15:53):
What so?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Michael Chandler, Dude, I told you this dude is confident.
I got a message. It's the video of Mike and
I'm pretty sure it went I to a lot of people,
and it said, what's up, guys, see you at the
top on June twenty. Whatever it is, I want you
to have a drink with me. It's to beat McGregor,
whatever it is. And he said, put your address in
(16:18):
this number, and I'm sending you out a mixture of
drinks to make for when I knock out Connor. Oh,
that's what this. He knows you don't drink, and it's
a list of ingredients that he's sending to your house
to make sure that when he knocks out Connor, he
wants Instagram videos of people drinking this drink back.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
It's a very creative thingative.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
And it's from his assistance number. This is my he
goes dude, he goes through it. You're getting this mess
from a number you don't recognize because it's my assistant.
She is going to be sending out all these things
and allowed for you to have a drink with me
after I beat Connor McGregor. See you at the top, baby.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
That's kind funny you like that.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Would you ever done something like that? You're not that well?
Speaker 1 (17:06):
You know what I did? You know I did do
something like that. Maybe maybe he learned from me. You
know what I did in two thousand and eight, Danielle,
when you and I made the Limit te together. I
made the Chin in China's shirts and I distributed them
at the barlock before I beat your buddy Tyron Lewis.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
You did.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Karl Lewis is a nice guy. You shouldn't be catching
a train in this video.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
You always give.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I mean, I was.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Lewis is a really nice guy. He he's got a
new job at Baker University out in Kansas, so good.
But the Cherble point there before we moved to the
next thing, is the Chavl point there that Michael Chandler's
discipline is going to be why he wins his fight,
because I'd imagine, hey, let me say this, I mean,
Don Jones beat a lot of us, and we were
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pretty fucking disciplined. He was of us, and we're pretty
damn discipline.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Ben that discipline is not the only characteristic, although it
is hard to argue that being more just willing to
make you less successful. But yes, in fact, it is unfortunate.
We know a lot of people who are not that
disciplined who had tremendous amounts of success. So yeah, they're correlated,
but they're not exactly the same. Unfortunately.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I don't know if it's that simple. It hasn't been
a great fight, though, and I love that we're starting
to build. My biggest concern though, outside of all the
videos and the insults to people, because like you said,
that's just connor.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Have you ever cond of straight you had to have
I'm sure because he insults everyone called me.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You remember when I was on Fox and they said
Dustin's a hill billy, and uh oh, yeah, you are
kind of a hillbilly, kettle hill billy. I was like, what,
of course I'm going to Connor McGregor's trade. Everybody's going to, Yes,
of course, gettle hill billy.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Ghetto hillbilly. That's great.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
We're sitting at a press for La Me and Dustin
pour You are one side him and Jones are on
the other side, and he's just talking about Dustin's old
town and shitting on the town and I'm like, yo,
I'm from here too, bro, Like you're you're respecting me
infected Dustin. It was. It's the craziest thing. He doesn't
(19:12):
care though he really doesn't care. Ben. Last week we
finally started to get fights from UFC three h four
I believe three yes, Curtis Blaze is fighting Tom aspinall.
(19:32):
Leon Edwards is fighting against Malal Muhammad. In that video,
Connor did talk about them too, how Leon Edwards has
too many decisions snore fest. Leon Edwards, on the other hand,
is saying he wants to Conda McGregor fight his no
maka Jeff wants to Condo McGregor fight. Everybody wants to
Conda McGregor fight. But when you look at the fight card,
and you see that tom Asmaton Curtis Blades are fighting
(19:56):
for the heavyweight championship or the interim title? Is that?
Is that the real world championship or is the real
world championship going to be fought for by John Jones
and Steve A. Milchi in November.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
I mean, you know, I I We've talked about this before.
I love I wanted Tom Aspinall to stay active. I
wanted him to continue to fight, which so he's fighting,
which is great. Yeah, I suppose that's probably the right opponent.
You know, Curtis is number four, He's had a bunch
of wins.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Is there anyone else? Uh?
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Not really? You know Cyril God has you know.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Cyril Ghan got offered a fight but he turned it out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
He's yeah, yeah, oh okay, yes, I mean that's that's
probably the one. So yeah, I think Blade.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Is the right one. Then.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I mean, I wish it would just be Jones and Aspinall.
I think that's the fight to make. It is crazy
to me that, you know, John Jones is so stuck
on steep A and I and Steve.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Did you see him? Did you see him arguing with
that fan?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
He's arguing about it, but it's almost like he's defending
the position. And then in the position, it's like, John,
why are you defending your choice of opponent? That makes
you look like you need to defend your choice of
opponent when you shouldn't have to defend your choice of opponent.
Like but and then Steepe, it's so weird because it's like,
I like Stepe, but he literally hasn't fought and like
(21:15):
I remember it was it three three and a half years,
it's it's something like twenty one. It's something that's so
long ago.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Two whenever they walked into the octagon.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Yeah, at that point, it's like, well, are you even
an active fighter, because you know, Matt has anyone ever
else ever got a title shot off three years of inactivity?
I mean, I guess the answer is yes, but it's
probably a few and far between.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Hey, can I tell you something. Yeah, the last time
Steve a Michi's one was against me in twenty twenty. Yeah,
Alex Perreira Drake is DUPLESSI had not even debuted in
the UFS.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Oh my god, that's so crazy, I think, isn't that crazy?
That's so crazy?
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I mean, that's a long time. Bro, that's a long
time to not have won a fight. But also he
only fought Francis after that and then lost fought again.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
It's been a long time, but yeah, it's all It's okay.
I bet no one's ever done this. I bet no
one's ever done this. Danielle title shot after three plus
years of inactivity and coming off a loss, that's surely
that's never happened, right, not.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
But but I think that's I think that is uh.
I think that is partly due to the fact that
he is considered the greatest, having way to Walter Right
and John saying I want.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Three years and off a loss like that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
And you know he said when he lost to Francis
he should have got an immediate rematch, and he's.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Still I wouldn't have hated that. Actually, I actually wouldn't
have hated that.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
You lot of those kids say that stand on business.
Have you heard that stand on?
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Yeah? I don't exactly understand what it means, but I
see the kids they like type in the phone or something.
I don't. Can you explain to me what it means
because don't really understand it.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
A football player DK Metcalf did some shit with his
hand right, and he's like, called, stand on business, bro.
One of my kids is wrestling in the tournament. He
gets beat in the front side by a kid. Then
he beats him in the third place match and he
does this thing with his hand, and I was like,
oh my god, he just did the coolest shit I've
ever seen in my life. I've never he's like eleven,
He's like making fucking gestures. I was like, what does
(23:19):
this mean? So I didn't know what happened on the
football game. So I go to my group mess and
I go, I send my high school team. I go, oh,
my god, Junior just did some of the coolest stuff
I've ever seen on the wrestling matt His celebration was awesome,
and I sent him a video off it because his
parents had it. They go, oh, he just did what
DK Metcalf did. But I guess it means. Guess it
(23:40):
means whatever you say you're going to do, you're willing
to stand and do it regardless. That seems like it's
bigger an obstacle that you can't possibly accomplish. You stand
on business. That's my interpretation of it. Okay, I saw
back to my point, God dang Man steep a stand
(24:01):
all business. He said, I'm getting a rematch. I am
going to will this rematch into existence. Didn't happen, but
now he's fighting for the heavyweight championship in the world.
But again that's the problem. This right here, Ben is
the problem. This right here. Our intention was to talk
about Tom Aspinall versus Curtis Blatz and what did the
(24:22):
conversation turn to.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Seriously, Yes, because everyone wants to see because here's what
we want to know, don't We don't get, for instance,
guy who fighting anymore because he's not even fighting special arts.
We want who the best heavyweight in the world is,
because that's what everyone wants to know. And in order
to do that, we need to fight Tom Aspnault versus
John Jones. Because Steve Ay has not fought in three
and a half years. His last fight's a loss, and
(24:44):
that sucks. But all of our times past passes us.
Steve Ba's forty two and he should have been more active.
Isn't fought in forever. Let's go Tom Asmall versus John Jones.
That's what I'm in for. I know John is not
Stevee is not, so I know that the other fight
will probably happen, but it is really unfortunate.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
It's unfortunate, But dude, it sucks though, because these guys
do understand are we understand that these two are as
good as they come in regards to heavyweights. But the
moment you start talking about dude, the conversation shifts to
Jones versus Steepe. And I think Jones even alluded to that.
(25:22):
He goes bro he said, guys, they're fighting in the
co main event. I just don't know that Tom Aspinaul
is his public His public standing is big enough right
now for John Jones, and Jones is making that known.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Broun.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
He's kind of just ignoring him and him being the
co main event. I get it. In the interim title fight,
I don't think that helps either, Yeah, don't.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
That's I yeah, I mean, I don't know. I think
everyone still wants that. Like they polled the fighting public,
you know, public fighting fans. We would all say, asking
with Jones of the fight we want. I don't care
that it's a comin event. And also, you know, I
mean I love the build up and whatnot, but I
also love the sporting aspect of the sport, not just
the showtime entertainment aspect, and that's the fight to make.
(26:14):
So I know we didn't mean to talk about this.
I said we beat this dead horse, So I think.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
No, but that's what I'm saying. That's why, That's why
I wanted to talk about Tom Aspinall, and I want
to talk about Curtis Blades because does Curtis Blade present
a stylistic matchup problem for Aspital or have we seen
enough of Tom Aspinall wrestling and defending takedowns to believe
that he can defend them from a guy at Curtis Blades.
And how does Curtis Bladze handle if he can't take
(26:40):
him down, because we have not seen him do very
well when he's in that type of situation very often.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Yeah, yeah, I think maybe this fight makes Tom Aspinall
a bigger star, which then propels him to His last
performance was great. His last performance was really awesome, So
maybe this one kind of spring towards him again to
the I think that.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
His last fight was very indicative of what could happen
if you can't get takedowns, Because you remember Gilestone, maybe
it just diving for takedowns. He just exhausted himself because
he was so afraid to stand with Curtis blades. Curtis
can't do the same thing. Does Blow Mohammed have a chance? Doesn't?
Of course? Of course you think so.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
I trained with a lot back in the day, uh.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Wrestling good enough to handle Leon when couldn't.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Really know his his I mean, Bill all had much
better defensive wrestling than offensive wrestling. But that you know,
that was a long time ago. And you know, I
think he probably knows. Keith his fight is getting takedowns.
He he he was always very strong, defensively striking like
kind of hard to hit and tricky and kept he
kept distancing really well. Obviously Leon does the same thing.
(27:50):
So unfortunately, I think they're given that notion. There's a
chance this is a really boring fight, right that they're very.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Cannot afford another boring fight. We cannot afford another born
and fight after the Kobe government fight.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
There's there's a very good chance, I think of the happening.
I think, you know, both are being very strategic and
very tactical, and for both of them, you know, and
maybe it's what everyone wants to hear, but they are
in for the sporting aspect of it. They really both
want to be the best in the world, and you know,
Leon is already there, Blall wants to be there, and
they're probably more concerned about trying to be the best
in the world than they are to try to entertain
the fans, which you know, for me that that is
(28:23):
more important. And I know some people don't agree with me,
but sports greater entertainment, but sports greater and entertainment, and
I you.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Know, I actually I actually agree with you. I don't.
I think there's a kid right now named Terence McKinney,
and you probably won't know what I've heard. I've heard
about he got knocked out last week and say Louis again,
and this dude gets all this love for like, he
gets all this love for like being so reckless and
fun and his fight's last a minute, but he's sometimes
(28:53):
getting knocked out. I'm like, yo, he has so much potential,
but because he wants to fight in that fashion, he loses.
I'm I'm like, dude, you could literally tighten things up
and have the success that's gonna be long standing. And
also you kind of save your brain because getting knocked
out time and time again is not good. So but
(29:14):
it's like you got to gauge how much you want
to veer into that exciting fighter.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
But we've had a lot of people do that that thing, right,
it's led them to really like that.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
That's the problem, is like that gae.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Chee Donald CERRONI Like, we've had kind of a lot
of people take that route, and it is it's kind
of a fun, exciting route to take a lot of money,
to make a lot of money, But maybe it's not
the most direct route to the title. Bunch of If
you're not really interested in, you know, trying to be
the best in the world, then maybe that's the path
for you because it probably is a path of more
money and better opportunities.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
That's a lost thought on you and idle boy all
we've ever known, how whole life is be the best in.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
The world life, that's what I want to try.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
What would we learn to wrestle at a high level?
Everyone's like, you go be the best in the world
if you want to prove that you belong all right
before I let you go. Chill's son in is fighting
Anderson Silva.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
What you making that brou.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
A boxing fight?
Speaker 4 (30:09):
No?
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I love Chill, I love you. I don't know why
your boxing. At least when I took my boxing fight,
I thought this dude sucked, like I thought he was
really bad. Unfortunately for me, he's not all that bad,
and he's kind of continued to be by be a
boxer and win boxing matches. I really don't know why
Chills doing it. You know, Anderson is a very good striker.
He's actually had multiple boxing matches. He didn't lose to
(30:33):
Jaul who doesn't Uh, Darren, Chill's fighting him, yeah, coming up.
So I don't know why. Chill maybe hopefully was honest
and told you why he's doing it. I don't know
why he's doing it.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
He's fighting, he wants to fight. And guess what he's
fighting George mos Madal in this ball he's fighting this
Wait why and he's fighting George mos Vidal later in
the year.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Is that announced or used to like making up rumors? Bro,
He wouldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
He told me yesterday on our show. He said that
he he's fighting George Mazvedal. He said, he said, one
of the reasons he's fighting George is because when we
went to Miami, Bro, it was the craziest thing. Chill
and I So that's when Nate Diez was bullying me,
right and George Mazvedal was bullying Chaill. So we were
(31:27):
literally like sequestered. We had security following us to make.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Sure why want to fight you or what?
Speaker 2 (31:37):
They wanted to beat us all because we were making
them That's what I'm saying. It was the most insult dude,
you can insult someone by trying to protect them. You're
so you're telling me now I've made it to a
point in my life where you have to protect me
from Nate Diz? Is that crazy?
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I think you'd want to fight against Nadez. There's no
way to be sure. There's no way to be sure.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
I guess I as they're worried about the entourages and stuff.
Chill said it bothered him so much that he realized
he had to fight George mansved So now Chills fighting
in now and he's fighting George Monswdal later in the year.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
But he should, you know, I mean, listen, in a
fight in a mixed Mars arts fight, I don't know.
I mean Chill obviously Arison, but I definitely make him
a favorite against George one hundred percent for sure. But
in a boxing match.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Too big. He's just too big in a boxing fight.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
I don't know if he's the favorite in either one
of the fights. That's not really specialty.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
He can't box that good. I don't remember him ever.
You know him and I box one time at huh,
just working out, just working out. We're boxing and stuff, right,
and he never was the most fluid boxer. All of
his stuff was intention was to get the fight to
the ground. Yeah, get close, get close, get the fight
(32:53):
to the ground. But he's fighting these guys now in
these fights. Night don't quite understand. But the one thing
about the Anderson fight, right, and it makes sense. Their
fight is going into the Hall of Fame. Their boxing
match is two weeks before the Hall of Fame. So
you get a chance to get this great visual, right, Like,
you get a chance to get this great visual, Like
you watch Jalen Anderson fight in Brazil.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
And then you, uh, those guys, but now they're once
they're both forty they gotta be late forty is and
they're boxing.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
I just Anderson's forty nine, Chales forty seven. Okay, dude,
do whatever I mean.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
Listen, I am off, I am team. Choose your own life,
do what you want. I'm not gonna tell people what
to do. But yeah, I don't know. I guess, you know,
I guess we all have that competitive instinct in us
and some of them, you know, we always want to
kind of live that out. But uh, I don't know
if boxing is the best way for Chill to do it.
I hope he does great.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Did you see did you see did you see this
Joe Rogan clip on what dude did Joe Rogan explaining
all versus Uh Tyson. So Joe Rogan explains, and dude, look,
we all take what Joe says as we all take
(34:06):
what Joe says as us. Okay, So he was talking
about the Paul Tyson fight and he said, and I
want to know what you think it is. I'm pretty
sure you guys didn't have anything in this. But Joe
said that Mike Tyson has a pause in his contract
(34:28):
with Jake Paul that if he knocks him out in
on one he gets no money, but he only gets
money as the fight goes longer, as the fight goes longer.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I don't believe it. Why would I Tyson sign a
contract that said that, bro, I don't believe I think
that's how.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
You just think that Joe's line.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
I will tell I told her listen, I've been public.
I listen, I got one minute left. I'm gonna tell
you this and then I gotta go. Danielle. The one
thing that they tried to call me and they said, hey,
how about Jake's concerned. You're gonna do mixed martial arts moves,
So how about we put in your contract you lose
one hundred thousand dollars if if every time you do one.
(35:08):
I said, well, that's that's dumb. Why would I do that? Like,
how about you give me money if I don't do them?
And they're like no, I'm like, well then no, yes, yeah,
get lost. So you know, like they attempted one time,
but even I was smart to say, hey, dummies, no way.
You know, like this is preposterous. And they tried to
all you in the state as let the Commission wants,
and I said, no, they don't. This is you guys,
get fucking lost, you know. So there's no way a
(35:29):
guy like Mike Tyson is gonna fall for some bullshit
like that.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Okay, all right, well I'll sing you guys, Gim's got
a rock so we gotta go until next time. Guys
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Speaker 2 (01:56):
Us up, guys, we're back. It's thee. It's Funky Ben
asking wellome to the new episode of Funky and the Champ.
Oh Ben, Oh, you're in front of that bookcase.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
I know my bookcase, so I put it back here.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
I love that. I actually love when you sit there,
for I don't, okay, So all right, let me just
make sure I tell the truth. All right, So your
wrestling videos, right, I don't necessarily appreciate him as much
because I while I value your wrestling. I'm a little
(02:33):
bit jealous of the success you have, so I tune
out to it. And so I tune out to the success.
That's all. I bit jealous. But when I see that bookshelf,
I cannot ignore it. So I watch every wrestling video
because I'm like, oh, he's in front of that bookshelf.
And I want to feel smart. So I feel like
through through, like through hosposis, I'm smarter because I know
(02:55):
you and you sit there. It's it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, you just get read all these books. I love it.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
You read all those books. Man, Yeah, every one of
those books. You've read it more than that because the
ones I didn't like I got rid of somehow. Yeah
damn dude, Yeah, but I didn't. I didn't put my wife.
My wife had a bunch of like garbage books in
but you know, like you know, girls read like novels
and stuff and something.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Those are not shit on her constantly. I don't understand.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Why she is what a tremendous wife she is, right,
she takes your ship, Like, were you like this in college?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
You must have been like this in college, Like at
least I know what I'm getting.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Well, I didn't know her in college. I didn't know
her in college. Really, I was right out of call.
I was a year out of college.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, wow, that's amazing. I figured the only way you
got a girlfriend that ultimately became your wife was your
success on the wrestling metro.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
That only works at Oakahoma Popular. Oh, that only works
at Oklahoma State. No one else cares about wrestling as
much Oako and State. God h, I don't want Tonalance.
I'm Maybee mad. They got those map maids right or
whatever they call them down there. That's weird. It's like
no one else does this only.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Show with mat maids bro like they anywhere else. He
foundation of the program Mad Maids and the foundation of
the program. It's a very proud tradition at Oklahoma State.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And it only exists Okahma State. But then Daniel have
the problem is half of them married wrestlers by the
time they're twenty, so stupid they are bro the whole
team when I was in college, Okahoma says the entire
team was married before they were oun of college.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
You are just so disrespectful, saying you're so disrespectful. But
here's the thing, now, why is this when someone when
someone does this like bite their finger, they know that
they're going on the path that they shouldn't be. That's
exactly what you're doing right now.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Probably you know nice uh you know conservative religious people,
so that you know they they have to wait. They
get married at like twenty.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Well, all the mat maids are very like, you know,
nice young women that you know. Help dude, you know
what my my mat made did for me fourteen hold on,
hold on days before the n C Double A Tournament.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Every day she gave me a gift every day of Daniel,
I'm so confused, you said my mat maid.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yes, so everybody like you have your own mat made,
like there's a person. Yeah, like I didn't know that. Yeah, yeah,
I got a gift every day. Every day fourteen days
of the n Double A Tournament, I got like maybe
I got like a bag of chipsar Maybe not.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Gift because you're cutting massive, but it.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Was like small things, like every day I got something
small building up to the NC Double A tournament because
sometimes you need confidence. But you but you're a dis
let me. But you're disrespectful. Leads me into this another
disrespectful guy.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I got one more before we like what if like
Johnny Thompson stole your mat, made like she was more
than Johnny Thompson because he got more pins, and he's like, no,
that's my man, dude.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
There's someone that there's someone there's like a leader, like
there's a lady that runs the organization, and then they
kind of get you know, you get almost like a
signed to a person, which is really cool.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Man.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I think it's a great tradition. I think you're you're
putting an ugly spin on it, and it's really insulting
what you're doing. It's really insulting.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Who else is good at insulting people?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Conor McGregor, bro, Yes, yes, you see that's called the segue.
Been that right? There is called segueing in to the
next topic, Chow, Bucky ben Bro. Did you see Condor
McGregor yesterday. He's on that couch with who I would
assume are friends, and he's going off. I mean, he's
(06:46):
going off on a beam, which is a bit odd
to me, which I when I'll get into that. He's
going off on on on Iliot Toporia, he's going off
on Alexander Volkanowski, and then he's going off on a
few people that I have no idea who they are.
He doesn't know who they are. But like, what did
you make of that? If you did, did you see it?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Well, I've watched it because you guys said he has
said it to me. But what is new? This is literally, okay,
literally every single UFC this is what Connor does. He
literally gets on Twitter. He just craps on everybody. But
it's like, but you don't even fight anymore. I mean,
now I'm even forgetting one last. No, he's gonna fight.
It's only about the way allegedly, but he hasn't fought.
(07:28):
I don't know three years or something. But every Saturday
night he gets on Twitter and he and he craps
on people. So not surprising at all to me. Uh,
he definitely was under the influence of something. Uh, you know,
it's kind of funny. He's kind of a funny guy.
That's why he you know, uh, he caught on so
well because he's hilarious. You know, I don't know what,
(07:50):
kick his head, clean up his shoulders. Oh, he said
he was gonna kick Bolko his head, clean off his shoulders.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Bro. He said he would have they fought, he would
have kicked head off his shoulders be in short, But
like bro, I mean, everybody's catching straights. Everybody's catching straights.
So let's break it down.
Speaker 5 (08:13):
One, he attacks to be begin ye right, that's ever,
that's forever.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
He'll never he'll never not do that. Ever, he's gonna
be eighty years old attacking Kabeb.
Speaker 5 (08:23):
Why because he got beat by jealous? Of course you
think he's jealous. It could be absolutely no doubt in
my mind at all.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Come on, Ben, how could he be jealous?
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Ever? Okay, he's all the money in the world, deep down,
deep down in his heart, what he wanted to be
was the most respected fighting champion on planet Earth. No money,
no money can make up for that. That's what Kabib is.
Kabib is a fighting champion that everyone has a deep
amount of respect for because the way he lived his
life and Connor Connor wished he had that much respect
(08:53):
for himself. But he's too busy with and coin that
he just can't get to himself. So of course he's how.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Do you know, oh he does all that stuff. He
can't be saying stuff like that publicly, Ben, Ben, you
cannot say stuff like that publicly without facts.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Well, I'm pretty sure he's put it on Twitter. Did
he put it on Twitter? I'm pretty sure he put
it on Twitter. I saw it on it like he
was on a yacht and there was all the things
I'm talking about, right or.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
No, don't no, I see him on yachts constantly. I
didn't see.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
But I'm gonna say, gun to your head? Am I
corrector a my falls gunn to your head? Right now?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
You're putting a gun to my head?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yes, in the extreme let.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Me say this, in an extreme party situation, there's a
lot of times where there are drugs and women of
questionable character, that's what I call them. I don't call
them women of questionable character and drugs are present at
a lot of extreme parties. That's all I'm going to say. Now,
when I get the Kabete. You know what's about the
(10:00):
Connor and Kabeen thing. It's like yet two days ago
or like kabe team are people associated with him said
something about Connor McGregor while we crap on him. He
was the one that started a lot of this double
champ and all this other stuff. So for the first
time Kabeb's team said something positive about Connor McGregor. I
(10:20):
believe or I think or I would hope. That's with
the idea that down the line you can get that
fight for Islam Mahachev because you know what it did
for Kabe in terms of the star quality. Look what
it did for Dustin Poitier, who Islam is fighting. So
if you can manage to get Connor versus Islam down
(10:41):
the line, that's the fight you want. Even Islam said
it himself. We're talking to Kamara Huswan and Henry Sahudo.
He said, you'd be an idiot not to fight Connor McGregor,
knowing what it means to you financially.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Hey, aren't we all jealous? It could be a little
bit though, didn't we all want to retire undefeated?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Undefeated? He was undefeated, He made a boatload of money,
He got to retire on top. He retired on his
own terms. Not many get to do and quit in
the way that he'll being quit. So, yes, we're all
a tad jealous. You know what, I'm also jealous of
kuld Bee because the other day, during the UH do
you wait for Champions League, Kabib's in Munich watching Bayern
(11:24):
Munich and Real Madrid. Just randomly he goes and then
he jumps in the car and drives down the Dortmund
and watches Borussia Dortmund play against PSG. It's like, that's
the stuff that I'm jealous of. That he lives in Europe.
He gets to travel to the football games and he
gets to watch high level football and stuff like that.
But he's also got a boatload of money. He was undefeated,
so there are a lot of reasons to be jealous
of Kubbe. I would never have said that's the first
(11:46):
word that comes to mind when Connor McGregor speaks about hobby.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
He can't let it go just because always comes up
out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Hey Ben, is it more concerning though that we are
six weeks away from this fighting. It seems as though
McGregor is sitting on the couch drinking and he's about
to fight Michael Chandler.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I mean, if you said, Ben, would you expect anything differently?
I would say no. But if you're if you are
Connor McGregor fan, you're concerned about his performance in the octagon,
I think that, yes, that that's absolutely concerning. But you
know he made that and so you know why I
say Connor wanted to be a great champion, which you know,
some would argue he was. He was definitely on that
(12:29):
path and he became a champion, but then he was
never able to maintain that right because the levels of
fame and money that came along with it. But if
you remember, you know what that and I'm gonna go
way back here. Would he won the belt against Aldo,
he almost like started crying, you know, like and that
(12:49):
that I'm not even saying that as a negative thing.
I'm saying that.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
It was Mendez when he won the interim title. Okay,
that's like he was overwhelmed with the emotions.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Because you had I'm sure you have won one or
many of those moments in your life. And actually I
was just telling Amy, like how how lucky I felt
to like coach athletes who get to have that moment
and I get to have that moment with them. But
that moment in your life when you knew I worked
many years and it all led up to this, and
I did this, and.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
I didn't I just know that it would happen.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
It was no guarantee. There was no guarantee.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
You saw it in the fight, Yeah, yeah, absolutely, he
looked like he was overwhelmed and yes, I think at
some point he kind of lost that like that. At
some point he lost that like that. I think he's
still a fighter, make no mistake about it. I think
he's still a fighter. I think he's a high level fighter.
But I think at some point he he kind of
lost that love for everything that comes with that game.
(13:45):
I believe that he still loves to fight. I believe
that he's still going to be a really good fighter.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
But it's loving to train and loving to like be
in the grind. And so if you so, let me
go back.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
To you just made those moments. I don't know like
some guys. Look, some guys have so many of those
moments they almost become callous to it. It's the guy
that can appreciate every one of those moments as if
they're brand new, that stay special. And I think that's
very rare. I think it's very very rare that a
(14:14):
guy can do that early in his career.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
He thought Connor fought alive was five and five and eleven,
three and twelve, three and thirteen, two and fourteen, three
and fifteen, three and sixteen, like he was super active,
you know, and you could tell he's really important. But
then since then, it's like, you know, one in twenty eighteen, one,
in twenty twenty one, in two thousand and two, in
twenty twenty one, he actually fought twice that year, you know,
(14:39):
but he hasn't fought since July of twenty one, So we're.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Going he broke his leg, right, he broke his legs. Yeah,
that takes time, but.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
That's I mean once that four fights, one, two, three,
four fights in the last really seven and a half years,
Like that's just not very active. So he's not the
same guy he was. I think even with kind of
the distractions, he's still a threat and he's still probably
fighter and he can, you know, definitely beat Michael Chandler.
And Michael Chandler also beat him one hundred percent. And
(15:07):
this is definitely not the last drunkend Connor Burger rant.
We're gonna see. It's it's gonna be a regular thing
for probably the next.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Twenty years, you know, chill Son said yesterday, chill Son
and said, yesterday, how in the world do we come
to the conclusion that the most disciplined guy and Michael
Chandler is going to lose to the most undisciplined guy
in Connor McGregor. I don't. I don't know if that's simple.
I don't know if it's that simple. Hey, did you
(15:36):
get that text from Michael Chandler yesterday? No?
Speaker 1 (15:38):
What he said?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
No, you got it, You absolutely got it.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
I didn't get chext tex.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
He has are best friend.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Uh, I mean we're friends. I don't know. Best is
maybe a little extreme. But I didn't get a text,
So apparently I'm not as good friends with him as
you are.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
So you know what I got for Michael Chandler?
Speaker 1 (15:53):
What so?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Michael Chandler, Dude, I told you this dude is confident.
I got a message. It's the video of Mike and
I'm pretty sure it went I to a lot of people,
and it said, what's up, guys, see you at the
top on June twenty. Whatever it is, I want you
to have a drink with me. It's to beat McGregor,
whatever it is. And he said, put your address in
(16:18):
this number, and I'm sending you out a mixture of
drinks to make for when I knock out Connor. Oh,
that's what this. He knows you don't drink, and it's
a list of ingredients that he's sending to your house
to make sure that when he knocks out Connor, he
wants Instagram videos of people drinking this drink back.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
It's a very creative thingative.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
And it's from his assistance number. This is my he
goes dude, he goes through it. You're getting this mess
from a number you don't recognize because it's my assistant.
She is going to be sending out all these things
and allowed for you to have a drink with me
after I beat Connor McGregor. See you at the top, baby.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
That's kind funny you like that.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Would you ever done something like that? You're not that well?
Speaker 1 (17:06):
You know what I did? You know I did do
something like that. Maybe maybe he learned from me. You
know what I did in two thousand and eight, Danielle,
when you and I made the Limit te together. I
made the Chin in China's shirts and I distributed them
at the barlock before I beat your buddy Tyron Lewis.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
You did.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Karl Lewis is a nice guy. You shouldn't be catching
a train in this video.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
You always give.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I mean, I was.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Lewis is a really nice guy. He he's got a
new job at Baker University out in Kansas, so good.
But the Cherble point there before we moved to the
next thing, is the Chavl point there that Michael Chandler's
discipline is going to be why he wins his fight,
because I'd imagine, hey, let me say this, I mean,
Don Jones beat a lot of us, and we were
(17:49):
pretty fucking disciplined. He was of us, and we're pretty
damn discipline.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Ben that discipline is not the only characteristic, although it
is hard to argue that being more just willing to
make you less successful. But yes, in fact, it is unfortunate.
We know a lot of people who are not that
disciplined who had tremendous amounts of success. So yeah, they're correlated,
but they're not exactly the same. Unfortunately.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I don't know if it's that simple. It hasn't been
a great fight, though, and I love that we're starting
to build. My biggest concern though, outside of all the
videos and the insults to people, because like you said,
that's just connor.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Have you ever cond of straight you had to have
I'm sure because he insults everyone called me.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You remember when I was on Fox and they said
Dustin's a hill billy, and uh oh, yeah, you are
kind of a hillbilly, kettle hill billy. I was like, what,
of course I'm going to Connor McGregor's trade. Everybody's going to, Yes,
of course, gettle hill billy.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Ghetto hillbilly. That's great.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
We're sitting at a press for La Me and Dustin
pour You are one side him and Jones are on
the other side, and he's just talking about Dustin's old
town and shitting on the town and I'm like, yo,
I'm from here too, bro, Like you're you're respecting me
infected Dustin. It was. It's the craziest thing. He doesn't
(19:12):
care though he really doesn't care. Ben. Last week we
finally started to get fights from UFC three h four
I believe three yes, Curtis Blaze is fighting Tom aspinall.
(19:32):
Leon Edwards is fighting against Malal Muhammad. In that video,
Connor did talk about them too, how Leon Edwards has
too many decisions snore fest. Leon Edwards, on the other hand,
is saying he wants to Conda McGregor fight his no
maka Jeff wants to Condo McGregor fight. Everybody wants to
Conda McGregor fight. But when you look at the fight card,
and you see that tom Asmaton Curtis Blades are fighting
(19:56):
for the heavyweight championship or the interim title? Is that?
Is that the real world championship or is the real
world championship going to be fought for by John Jones
and Steve A. Milchi in November.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
I mean, you know, I I We've talked about this before.
I love I wanted Tom Aspinall to stay active. I
wanted him to continue to fight, which so he's fighting,
which is great. Yeah, I suppose that's probably the right opponent.
You know, Curtis is number four, He's had a bunch
of wins.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Is there anyone else? Uh?
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Not really? You know Cyril God has you know.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
Cyril Ghan got offered a fight but he turned it out.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
He's yeah, yeah, oh okay, yes, I mean that's that's
probably the one. So yeah, I think Blade.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Is the right one. Then.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
I mean, I wish it would just be Jones and Aspinall.
I think that's the fight to make. It is crazy
to me that, you know, John Jones is so stuck
on steep A and I and Steve.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
Did you see him? Did you see him arguing with
that fan?
Speaker 1 (20:55):
He's arguing about it, but it's almost like he's defending
the position. And then in the position, it's like, John,
why are you defending your choice of opponent? That makes
you look like you need to defend your choice of
opponent when you shouldn't have to defend your choice of opponent.
Like but and then Steepe, it's so weird because it's like,
I like Stepe, but he literally hasn't fought and like
(21:15):
I remember it was it three three and a half years,
it's it's something like twenty one. It's something that's so
long ago.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Two whenever they walked into the octagon.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Yeah, at that point, it's like, well, are you even
an active fighter, because you know, Matt has anyone ever
else ever got a title shot off three years of inactivity?
I mean, I guess the answer is yes, but it's
probably a few and far between.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Hey, can I tell you something. Yeah, the last time
Steve a Michi's one was against me in twenty twenty. Yeah,
Alex Perreira Drake is DUPLESSI had not even debuted in
the UFS.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Oh my god, that's so crazy, I think, isn't that crazy?
That's so crazy?
Speaker 2 (21:54):
I mean, that's a long time. Bro, that's a long
time to not have won a fight. But also he
only fought Francis after that and then lost fought again.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
It's been a long time, but yeah, it's all It's okay.
I bet no one's ever done this. I bet no
one's ever done this. Danielle title shot after three plus
years of inactivity and coming off a loss, that's surely
that's never happened, right, not.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
But but I think that's I think that is uh.
I think that is partly due to the fact that
he is considered the greatest, having way to Walter Right
and John saying I want.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Three years and off a loss like that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
And you know he said when he lost to Francis
he should have got an immediate rematch, and he's.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Still I wouldn't have hated that. Actually, I actually wouldn't
have hated that.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
You lot of those kids say that stand on business.
Have you heard that stand on?
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Yeah? I don't exactly understand what it means, but I
see the kids they like type in the phone or something.
I don't. Can you explain to me what it means
because don't really understand it.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
A football player DK Metcalf did some shit with his
hand right, and he's like, called, stand on business, bro.
One of my kids is wrestling in the tournament. He
gets beat in the front side by a kid. Then
he beats him in the third place match and he
does this thing with his hand, and I was like,
oh my god, he just did the coolest shit I've
ever seen in my life. I've never he's like eleven,
He's like making fucking gestures. I was like, what does
(23:19):
this mean? So I didn't know what happened on the
football game. So I go to my group mess and
I go, I send my high school team. I go, oh,
my god, Junior just did some of the coolest stuff
I've ever seen on the wrestling matt His celebration was awesome,
and I sent him a video off it because his
parents had it. They go, oh, he just did what
DK Metcalf did. But I guess it means. Guess it
(23:40):
means whatever you say you're going to do, you're willing
to stand and do it regardless. That seems like it's
bigger an obstacle that you can't possibly accomplish. You stand
on business. That's my interpretation of it. Okay, I saw
back to my point, God dang Man steep a stand
(24:01):
all business. He said, I'm getting a rematch. I am
going to will this rematch into existence. Didn't happen, but
now he's fighting for the heavyweight championship in the world.
But again that's the problem. This right here, Ben is
the problem. This right here. Our intention was to talk
about Tom Aspinall versus Curtis Blatz and what did the
(24:22):
conversation turn to.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Seriously, Yes, because everyone wants to see because here's what
we want to know, don't We don't get, for instance,
guy who fighting anymore because he's not even fighting special arts.
We want who the best heavyweight in the world is,
because that's what everyone wants to know. And in order
to do that, we need to fight Tom Aspnault versus
John Jones. Because Steve Ay has not fought in three
and a half years. His last fight's a loss, and
(24:44):
that sucks. But all of our times past passes us.
Steve Ba's forty two and he should have been more active.
Isn't fought in forever. Let's go Tom Asmall versus John Jones.
That's what I'm in for. I know John is not
Stevee is not, so I know that the other fight
will probably happen, but it is really unfortunate.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
It's unfortunate, But dude, it sucks though, because these guys
do understand are we understand that these two are as
good as they come in regards to heavyweights. But the
moment you start talking about dude, the conversation shifts to
Jones versus Steepe. And I think Jones even alluded to that.
(25:22):
He goes bro he said, guys, they're fighting in the
co main event. I just don't know that Tom Aspinaul
is his public His public standing is big enough right
now for John Jones, and Jones is making that known.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Broun.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
He's kind of just ignoring him and him being the
co main event. I get it. In the interim title fight,
I don't think that helps either, Yeah, don't.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
That's I yeah, I mean, I don't know. I think
everyone still wants that. Like they polled the fighting public,
you know, public fighting fans. We would all say, asking
with Jones of the fight we want. I don't care
that it's a comin event. And also, you know, I
mean I love the build up and whatnot, but I
also love the sporting aspect of the sport, not just
the showtime entertainment aspect, and that's the fight to make.
(26:14):
So I know we didn't mean to talk about this.
I said we beat this dead horse, So I think.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
No, but that's what I'm saying. That's why, That's why
I wanted to talk about Tom Aspinall, and I want
to talk about Curtis Blades because does Curtis Blade present
a stylistic matchup problem for Aspital or have we seen
enough of Tom Aspinall wrestling and defending takedowns to believe
that he can defend them from a guy at Curtis Blades.
And how does Curtis Bladze handle if he can't take
(26:40):
him down, because we have not seen him do very
well when he's in that type of situation very often.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Yeah, yeah, I think maybe this fight makes Tom Aspinall
a bigger star, which then propels him to His last
performance was great. His last performance was really awesome, So
maybe this one kind of spring towards him again to
the I think that.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
His last fight was very indicative of what could happen
if you can't get takedowns, Because you remember Gilestone, maybe
it just diving for takedowns. He just exhausted himself because
he was so afraid to stand with Curtis blades. Curtis
can't do the same thing. Does Blow Mohammed have a chance? Doesn't?
Of course? Of course you think so.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
I trained with a lot back in the day, uh.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
Wrestling good enough to handle Leon when couldn't.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Really know his his I mean, Bill all had much
better defensive wrestling than offensive wrestling. But that you know,
that was a long time ago. And you know, I
think he probably knows. Keith his fight is getting takedowns.
He he he was always very strong, defensively striking like
kind of hard to hit and tricky and kept he
kept distancing really well. Obviously Leon does the same thing.
(27:50):
So unfortunately, I think they're given that notion. There's a
chance this is a really boring fight, right that they're very.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Cannot afford another boring fight. We cannot afford another born
and fight after the Kobe government fight.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
There's there's a very good chance, I think of the happening.
I think, you know, both are being very strategic and
very tactical, and for both of them, you know, and
maybe it's what everyone wants to hear, but they are
in for the sporting aspect of it. They really both
want to be the best in the world, and you know,
Leon is already there, Blall wants to be there, and
they're probably more concerned about trying to be the best
in the world than they are to try to entertain
the fans, which you know, for me that that is
(28:23):
more important. And I know some people don't agree with me,
but sports greater entertainment, but sports greater and entertainment, and
I you.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Know, I actually I actually agree with you. I don't.
I think there's a kid right now named Terence McKinney,
and you probably won't know what I've heard. I've heard
about he got knocked out last week and say Louis again,
and this dude gets all this love for like, he
gets all this love for like being so reckless and
fun and his fight's last a minute, but he's sometimes
(28:53):
getting knocked out. I'm like, yo, he has so much potential,
but because he wants to fight in that fashion, he loses.
I'm I'm like, dude, you could literally tighten things up
and have the success that's gonna be long standing. And
also you kind of save your brain because getting knocked
out time and time again is not good. So but
(29:14):
it's like you got to gauge how much you want
to veer into that exciting fighter.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
But we've had a lot of people do that that thing, right,
it's led them to really like that.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
That's the problem, is like that gae.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
Chee Donald CERRONI Like, we've had kind of a lot
of people take that route, and it is it's kind
of a fun, exciting route to take a lot of money,
to make a lot of money, But maybe it's not
the most direct route to the title. Bunch of If
you're not really interested in, you know, trying to be
the best in the world, then maybe that's the path
for you because it probably is a path of more
money and better opportunities.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
That's a lost thought on you and idle boy all
we've ever known, how whole life is be the best in.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
The world life, that's what I want to try.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
What would we learn to wrestle at a high level?
Everyone's like, you go be the best in the world
if you want to prove that you belong all right
before I let you go. Chill's son in is fighting
Anderson Silva.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
What you making that brou.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
A boxing fight?
Speaker 4 (30:09):
No?
Speaker 1 (30:09):
I love Chill, I love you. I don't know why
your boxing. At least when I took my boxing fight,
I thought this dude sucked, like I thought he was
really bad. Unfortunately for me, he's not all that bad,
and he's kind of continued to be by be a
boxer and win boxing matches. I really don't know why
Chills doing it. You know, Anderson is a very good striker.
He's actually had multiple boxing matches. He didn't lose to
(30:33):
Jaul who doesn't Uh, Darren, Chill's fighting him, yeah, coming up.
So I don't know why. Chill maybe hopefully was honest
and told you why he's doing it. I don't know
why he's doing it.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
He's fighting, he wants to fight. And guess what he's
fighting George mos Madal in this ball he's fighting this
Wait why and he's fighting George mos Vidal later in
the year.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Is that announced or used to like making up rumors? Bro,
He wouldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
He told me yesterday on our show. He said that
he he's fighting George Mazvedal. He said, he said, one
of the reasons he's fighting George is because when we
went to Miami, Bro, it was the craziest thing. Chill
and I So that's when Nate Diez was bullying me,
right and George Mazvedal was bullying Chaill. So we were
(31:27):
literally like sequestered. We had security following us to make.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Sure why want to fight you or what?
Speaker 2 (31:37):
They wanted to beat us all because we were making
them That's what I'm saying. It was the most insult dude,
you can insult someone by trying to protect them. You're
so you're telling me now I've made it to a
point in my life where you have to protect me
from Nate Diz? Is that crazy?
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I think you'd want to fight against Nadez. There's no
way to be sure. There's no way to be sure.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
I guess I as they're worried about the entourages and stuff.
Chill said it bothered him so much that he realized
he had to fight George mansved So now Chills fighting
in now and he's fighting George Monswdal later in the year.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
But he should, you know, I mean, listen, in a
fight in a mixed Mars arts fight, I don't know.
I mean Chill obviously Arison, but I definitely make him
a favorite against George one hundred percent for sure. But
in a boxing match.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Too big. He's just too big in a boxing fight.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
I don't know if he's the favorite in either one
of the fights. That's not really specialty.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
He can't box that good. I don't remember him ever.
You know him and I box one time at huh,
just working out, just working out. We're boxing and stuff, right,
and he never was the most fluid boxer. All of
his stuff was intention was to get the fight to
the ground. Yeah, get close, get close, get the fight
(32:53):
to the ground. But he's fighting these guys now in
these fights. Night don't quite understand. But the one thing
about the Anderson fight, right, and it makes sense. Their
fight is going into the Hall of Fame. Their boxing
match is two weeks before the Hall of Fame. So
you get a chance to get this great visual, right, Like,
you get a chance to get this great visual, Like
you watch Jalen Anderson fight in Brazil.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
And then you, uh, those guys, but now they're once
they're both forty they gotta be late forty is and
they're boxing.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
I just Anderson's forty nine, Chales forty seven. Okay, dude,
do whatever I mean.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
Listen, I am off, I am team. Choose your own life,
do what you want. I'm not gonna tell people what
to do. But yeah, I don't know. I guess, you know,
I guess we all have that competitive instinct in us
and some of them, you know, we always want to
kind of live that out. But uh, I don't know
if boxing is the best way for Chill to do it.
I hope he does great.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Did you see did you see did you see this
Joe Rogan clip on what dude did Joe Rogan explaining
all versus Uh Tyson. So Joe Rogan explains, and dude, look,
we all take what Joe says as we all take
(34:06):
what Joe says as us. Okay, So he was talking
about the Paul Tyson fight and he said, and I
want to know what you think it is. I'm pretty
sure you guys didn't have anything in this. But Joe
said that Mike Tyson has a pause in his contract
(34:28):
with Jake Paul that if he knocks him out in
on one he gets no money, but he only gets
money as the fight goes longer, as the fight goes longer.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I don't believe it. Why would I Tyson sign a
contract that said that, bro, I don't believe I think
that's how.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
You just think that Joe's line.
Speaker 1 (34:47):
I will tell I told her listen, I've been public.
I listen, I got one minute left. I'm gonna tell
you this and then I gotta go. Danielle. The one
thing that they tried to call me and they said, hey,
how about Jake's concerned. You're gonna do mixed martial arts moves,
So how about we put in your contract you lose
one hundred thousand dollars if if every time you do one.
(35:08):
I said, well, that's that's dumb. Why would I do that? Like,
how about you give me money if I don't do them?
And they're like no, I'm like, well then no, yes, yeah,
get lost. So you know, like they attempted one time,
but even I was smart to say, hey, dummies, no way.
You know, like this is preposterous. And they tried to
all you in the state as let the Commission wants,
and I said, no, they don't. This is you guys,
get fucking lost, you know. So there's no way a
(35:29):
guy like Mike Tyson is gonna fall for some bullshit
like that.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Okay, all right, well I'll sing you guys, Gim's got
a rock so we gotta go until next time. Guys
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