Daniel Cormier is BACK to REACT to the biggest headlines in the UFC, including a Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler press conference in Dublin, Ireland. Don't miss what DC has to say about that special event and why this is set to be one of the biggest PPVs in UFC history. Plus, Cormier GOES IN ON Dustin Poirier ahead of his fight vs. Islam Makhachev at UFC 302. DC explains why DP needs to avoid "making the same mistake" that he made late in his career. And tune in to watch Cormier react to the Ian Garry vs. Michael Venom Page announcement and Mateusz Gamrot FIRING SHOTS at Charles Oliveira. #Volume #Herd
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All right, guys, another good weekend, Happy Memorial Day weekend.
I know you guys are going to have a fantastic
holiday as I am. As we are on the verge
of UFC three to zero two, such excitement as we
head into new week. You know, every time we start
to think about the schedule, matches being made, pay per views,
(02:19):
what they look like, you're always kind of keeping your
ear to the ground to see the reaction to the
new matchups. One Michael vinimpage is gonna fight Ian Garret.
We all know that Ian Gary Kobe Covington has this
long history. I don't know why these dudes are not fighting.
It makes zero sense that they're not. But MVP getting
(02:42):
that fight big deal, and I will talk about that
a little bit. Also, we'll talk about Connor McGregor and
the twenty million dollar gate that is already said to
be the largest gayantee mobile history that has been accomplished.
I will tell you some of the reasons why that is. Also,
(03:04):
is Michael Chandler right, Does Michael Chandler play a part
in the gate or is it a matter of just
Conna McGregor being Connor McGregor. We will discuss this. Also,
we will talk about my boy Luise. Guys. Luis has
a press pass now and Louise goes to every fight.
(03:24):
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that Daniel Cormier TV are on the map. Now our
boy Luise gets a media pass. So this boy right
here is already at UFC three to Zer two. He's
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(03:48):
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boy Luise now is credential official. We press up in here, baby,
the boy DC has totally made the switch, all right.
UFC three oh three does go down at the Timobile
Arena Conmor McGregor fights Michael Chandler. Obviously a lot is
going to be made about Conna McGregor. One. Let me
(04:10):
tell you one big thing and how big a Conmam
McGregor event is. And you could tell if it's big
because they have a press conference in Dublin next week.
Generally the press conference happens the week before the fight.
There's one in Dublin. Let me tell you a big
telltale sign. Is Dana White going to Dublin Because there
are times where we don't see the Boss at the
press conferences in the United States. His schedule is so packed.
(04:33):
But I bet that schedule gets cleared to go to
that press conference, or at least that would be my
best guest. Tell me the comments. If you believe that
he is going to be in Dublin for that press event,
it is going to be crazy. It is going to
be crazy to see those two guys on that panel
(04:56):
discussing the upcoming UFC three O three pay per view.
You know, not everyone gets that type of treatment. McGregor
gets that type of treatment because of who he is
and what he's been to the sport, the time that
he's been away in regardless of how much time he
is gone. Every time he comes back or he pretends
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to come back, people get interested, people get to talking.
Now he's actually coming back, or it seems that way.
And because he's coming back, the gate already says twenty million.
We are still quite a ways away from this fight,
but it says that the gate is twenty million dollars. Guys,
that's that's a massive gate. It's very hard to sell
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twenty million dollarsand tickets. But I will tell you this
right now. The cheapest ticket at Ticketmaster nine hundred and
thirty dollars. That's the cheapest ticket. Because what happens with
tickets they go on sale at a normal price, people
(05:57):
will scoop all those tickets up and they resell them.
The amount of demand will tell you if those tickets
resell at the price that you try to get. For comparison,
Luis went to UFC two ninety nine and those bleeds
(06:23):
was six point fifty to watch, Sean O'Malley. Those are
the metrics at which you gauge a guy outside of
just pay per view. We are still what five six
weeks away from this fight, and the cheapest ticket is
nine thirty. That will only go up as the fight
gets closer. Doesn't happen very often. But then it leads
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me to this question, And I mean, I think I
know what you guys will say, but let me lay
out some facts for you. First, the question, does Michael
Chandler play any part in that gate? We have seen
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Chandler say on a couple of occasions, now twenty million gate,
let's go see you at the top, right, that's his thing.
But does Michael Chandler play any part in that gate?
Or is Comor McGregor fighting anyone warrant that? Because remember
he did headline against Cowboy Saroni and it didn't make
what this one is going to make. Remember Toma McGregor
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and Michael Chandler, while it has been a while ago,
did coach the Ultimate Fighting together, so they have some history.
Remember that we have been waiting for this fight now
for a really long time, so there is that anticipation
of the fight happening. So does Michael Chandler, I ask
you again, play a part in the twenty million dollar
gate because to me, I think he does. I think
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he does because of all the reasons I gave you.
Their people have been wanting this fight. They did the
ultimate fighter, They have done everything emotionally that they can
to make for a big event. So hell yeah, Michael
Chandler plays a part in it. At least to my opinion,
I believe that he makes or plays a part in
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the amount of money that is sold at the door. Sure,
you say, condo McGregor fight anybody, but they don't all
do that. They don't all do that. And when you
go and look at things in the past, because all
we have to go on, you can look at the
numbers and see that they don't all do that. So yes,
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in my opinion, Michael Chandler plays a part in the
amount of money that is made at the gate. You
guys in the comments some if you agree. I do
believe though, that McGregor will be viewed by many and
it will be a sellout, that is no question. He
holds most of the highest grossing gates in USC history
(08:56):
at least drop that in the chat he holds stuffed
the pay per view records for the UFC. So I'm
not saying that he needs Michael Chandler to make the fight,
but I am saying that Michael Chandler plays a part
in making the fight. So I'm looking here. When Dustin
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Poyer was asked about this, because everybody has an opinion, right,
Dustin Poyer is a smart guy. Dustin Poitier has fought
both of these guys. Dustin Poitier stated, I think if
Connor comes back anywhere similar to where he was before
the injury, timing wise and movement wise, I think he's
gonna knock Michael Chandler out. He believes it's just a
(09:46):
bad matchup for Michael Chandler. Look, guys, we've been saying this, right,
We've been saying that there's a reason that this fight
stayed together. There's a reason that Connor McGregor really wants
to fight Michael Chandler, and it's because of Chandler's willingness
to stand out there and fight. That is also why
Michael Chandler's made so much money. I have seen very
recently justin Gates. She said, I could have a wrestle
(10:07):
heavy approach, but the UFC would not be paying me
what they paid me today if I wasn't out there
having fun. Same thing could be said for Michael Chandler.
Same thing because if not for the explosive knockouts and
all those other things wouldn't happen. Here we go, McGregor
has all of the top six paper McGregor has all
of the top six pay per view and eight of
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the top ten pay per view numbers in UFC history.
MacGregor will also be at the very top of the gates.
So I'm saying that Michael Chandler or Connor McGregor will
still sell. But I do believe Michael Chandler be a
part of the equation and all the history, the backstory
that goes with it now does play a part in it.
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Also on that same fight, not Ian Gary will Michael
vinam page. Now, everybody was very excited about this matchup,
and while I am too, I have to ask the
question on the other side, stylistically, what do we anticipate
(11:17):
happening in this matchup? Because so many were excited to
watch Michael Vina Page against Kevin Holland, and he frustrated
Kevin Holland so badly that Kevin almost wanted to be like, Yo,
I'm done with this shit. I don't want to do
this no more. Ian Gary will also frustrate you in
that way. So who's gonna lead in this fight? I
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think that is going to be the biggest area or
the biggest the biggest site narrative, or the biggest story
of this fight. Who's gonna lead, Who's gonna take chances?
Is Michael vinim Page gonna be desperate to make a
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bigger impact and fight number two? Or does Ian Gary
lovemore hate them guys? He's a very smart kid, very
smart fighter. Does he recognize the dangers so well against
Michael vinam Page that he's not gonna be willing to
take chances because Michael's such a great counter strike This fight,
to me could be fun or it could be a
(12:26):
complete snoozer. My thought though, is this, and this is
my expectation when you get these super high level strikers
like that, and the puzzles are so hard to decipher.
At times, guys will fight in a way that is
unfamiliar of the person we're used to seeing. I think
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that's what we're gonna get. I think Michael vinam Page,
because of all the expectation and fight one in the
anticipation and a walkout, dude got his own walkout and
the fight not really living up to it. Will feel
he has to prove a point, so he's gonna be
more active. Ian Gary, for his part, will be who
(13:12):
he is, and when bennam Page is more active, it
will give Ian more opportunities to try to capitalize. I
believe this was gonna be fun. I believe the energy
in that arena is going to elevate these guys, and
I believe that we're gonna see one of the better
fights that we've seen from these two. Now MVP has
been stopped before, he's been knocked out, he's gotta be
(13:34):
very careful. The reason he fights in that way is
because of the knockouts, because he's been put down. That's
why he has to be very careful. That's why his
defenses are so tight now that he doesn't really take
those chances anymore, like has happened to him in the
past on a couple of occasions. I believe this was
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gonna be fantastic. I think that whole fight card's gonna
be fantastic. You know, next week we go to Newark,
Dustin Pourier is speaking about this almost being his last dance.
I hate that. I honestly cannot stand that. I can't
stand hearing that it's almost over for a guy that
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we all universally love and enjoy when he's inside the octagon.
I also hate it for another reason. I hated for
the idea that it could be almost over, and he
recognizes that. I don't like when athletes because I did
it myself, so I'm almost judging myself. I don't love
when athletes put a timeline or a finishing point on
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a career that's still actively going on. That is a
hard thing to do. Because I will tell you this
right now. The life after the fight, while it may
be hard to adjust to initially, when you look at
it from the inside and you're going through those training
camps and everything's so tough and you're exhausted and you're
(15:06):
fighting one of the most dangerous people in the world,
the other side seems very nice. The other side's even
better than you could ever imagine. So when you start
looking to the other side, when you start looking to
a time where you don't have to get up every
morning and run seven miles, or you don't have to spar,
you don't have to grap you have to wrestle, you
have to do all these things, it really does open
(15:34):
up a world that the active fighters should never really
think about. And again, he may be just different than me,
but I know what it did to me at the
end of my career because I started looking to the time.
Why you gotta worry about cutting the weight and doing
all this other stuff that's miserable. Life afterwards is vacations
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and beaches and eating what you want and doing whatever
you want. I don't love that. There's so many references
to my last chance, are my last dance. I'm not
committing to retirement. It's like, if you have any desire
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to fight, you gotta be so in the fight that
there is no thought of what comes next. And I
don't love that. I just don't love that. I mean,
we walked away and nobody even knew those internal conversations
he had with himself. He did that on his own.
And the problem with bringing up the retirement is it
(16:49):
becomes the story of the fight. I'm gonna sit down
with Dustin pour You next week can check in with
him and Islama Hatchev, and I'm gonna check it with
Paula Costa, and I'm gonna check it with Sean Strickler.
But when I sit down with Dustin Pourier, I'm going
to ask him about retirement. I didn't want to have
to do that. Here's the problem. When we were in
(17:11):
Miami and we sat down together and chatted, I asked
him about a title fight. Retirement was not even a
part of the equation. I did not know though, that
a title fight would lead to retirement talks, because again,
I don't believe that if he had another fight to
win to get to a championship opportunity, it would even
(17:33):
be a question. I believe the retirement talk is coming
up right now because in the worst case scenario for Dustin,
he loses, he knows he doesn't have it in him
to build back to another championship opportunity. So while the
title fight is a blessing, it's also a curse because
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we may lose one of the most fun guys that
we have got to watch over the course of the
last hell thirteen years from the WEC to the UFC
walk away and that woulds up because Dustin Poortye is
a fighter. But I don't love that, man, I really,
(18:17):
I really don't love that last thing. Guys, before we
go with chess, Gamrock is going off on Charles Olivera
for wanting to fight. He'll be coming. Guys now know
that Charles Olivera is willing to fight the young up
and comer. I mean, he just did it with armand Serukian, right, So,
(18:41):
but tais Gamrox sitting there going hey, I'm right here too,
and I'm exactly what he was. Hell, I beat him.
I beat gam Rock. No, sorry, I beat Serukian. Give
me an opportunity. But Charles now sees that Kobe's not booked.
(19:02):
Why not fight Kobe Covington? So Garmont then says, I
asked to fight Olivera, but he called out Kobe instead,
guy who only fights once a year and it's two
and three since twenty nineteen. We thought you were better
than that, Charles. You know, I'll give you fire on
the ground, but maybe that's why you'd rather fight Kobe. Look,
(19:24):
I love that Gamrox shooting a shot, but if there's
a guy that is not avoiding a fight as Charles Olivera.
Charles Olaveria praight of anyone. Charles Olivera, I believe is
at a point in his career now where he deserves
the big fight, and I don't know that he feels
the risk equals the value in it, because even if
he beats, but there's Gamrock, he ain't getting a title
(19:45):
shot that belongs to Serroukian. Still gotta wait. There's a
couple fights for Charles oliver So I figure Charles Olivera
is probably thinking, I'll fight the big fight now and
I'll work my way back to those championship opportunities. But
one thing you to do, though, you have to ask.
You have to ask. Because when Ben was Santoni said
(20:08):
dustin Poitier's name, we laughed at him on air. I said, Ben,
WI love that you shot the shot, but there is
no way you get dustin Fourier. Then was he got
dustin four yet? Seriously? He got dustin four yet? So
you have to ask, love that Gamrotz asking. I don't
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know that it happens. Charles, for his part, though, would
rather just be the backup fighter for McGregor and Chandler
and guess what he could. He could and no one
would ever say anything about it. Now Charles is going
about it wrong. He's got demands. No, Charles can't have demands.
You gotta just say I'm willing to do it. I'll
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be there, I'll be in Vegas. I'll be at the wait.
If you need me, you got me. Can't have demands
because of the fight that you just lost against Armand
and it would honestly be the biggest fight he could
get right now. So Gamrock, keep taking your shots, all
young fighters, keep taking your shots, because right now anything
could happen. I don't anticipate that happening for him, though,
(21:12):
It'll be somebody different. All those guys will fight anyone, though, Gamrock,
here's the thought. How about calling off Justin Gaigee. Say
they'll be away for a while. But he's coming off
and loss, and Justin Gaatege will be looking to prove himself.
He fought against PHYSI, so you know he's not turning
on a fight. Maybe bark up that Justin Gaigie Tree
(21:33):
to see if that works out for you. All right, guys,
like I said, Happy Memorial Day. Memorial Day used to
be a great fight weekend for the UFC, and I'm
so sad that that's not the case anymore. Some of
the biggest fights in UFC history took place on Memorial
Day weekend in Las Vegas. Used to be cracking. I
hope that at some point the UFC can get back
(21:54):
to some of those days on the schedule, from the
end of the year fight that used to happen, or
the beginning of the year fight that used to happen
the first weekend of January to Memorial Day weekend. I
think it would be very good for not only the
new fan to relive some of the history, but also
for the hardcore old school fan to kind of be
(22:15):
able to live and relive those memories that we used
to have on those big Memorial Day weekend cards. See
you guys next week in Newark, Islama has Chev takes
on Dustin Poitier, Sean Strickland takes on Paula Costa, and
I will be chatting with all four of those gentlemen
early in the week next week. Till next time, Like subscribe,
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Speaker 2 (01:56):
All right, guys, another good weekend, Happy Memorial Day weekend.
I know you guys are going to have a fantastic
holiday as I am. As we are on the verge
of UFC three to zero two, such excitement as we
head into new week. You know, every time we start
to think about the schedule, matches being made, pay per views,
(02:19):
what they look like, you're always kind of keeping your
ear to the ground to see the reaction to the
new matchups. One Michael vinimpage is gonna fight Ian Garret.
We all know that Ian Gary Kobe Covington has this
long history. I don't know why these dudes are not fighting.
It makes zero sense that they're not. But MVP getting
(02:42):
that fight big deal, and I will talk about that
a little bit. Also, we'll talk about Connor McGregor and
the twenty million dollar gate that is already said to
be the largest gayantee mobile history that has been accomplished.
I will tell you some of the reasons why that is. Also,
(03:04):
is Michael Chandler right, Does Michael Chandler play a part
in the gate or is it a matter of just
Conna McGregor being Connor McGregor. We will discuss this. Also,
we will talk about my boy Luise. Guys. Luis has
a press pass now and Louise goes to every fight.
(03:24):
My boy's official right we at the Volume Sports and
that Daniel Cormier TV are on the map. Now our
boy Luise gets a media pass. So this boy right
here is already at UFC three to Zer two. He's
already at the Connor McGregor fight. He already at the
John Jones fight. He already at the Asthma Doll fight.
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(03:48):
events thanks to the good people at the UFCPR. My
boy Luise now is credential official. We press up in here, baby,
the boy DC has totally made the switch, all right.
UFC three oh three does go down at the Timobile
Arena Conmor McGregor fights Michael Chandler. Obviously a lot is
going to be made about Conna McGregor. One. Let me
(04:10):
tell you one big thing and how big a Conmam
McGregor event is. And you could tell if it's big
because they have a press conference in Dublin next week.
Generally the press conference happens the week before the fight.
There's one in Dublin. Let me tell you a big
telltale sign. Is Dana White going to Dublin Because there
are times where we don't see the Boss at the
press conferences in the United States. His schedule is so packed.
(04:33):
But I bet that schedule gets cleared to go to
that press conference, or at least that would be my
best guest. Tell me the comments. If you believe that
he is going to be in Dublin for that press event,
it is going to be crazy. It is going to
be crazy to see those two guys on that panel
(04:56):
discussing the upcoming UFC three O three pay per view.
You know, not everyone gets that type of treatment. McGregor
gets that type of treatment because of who he is
and what he's been to the sport, the time that
he's been away in regardless of how much time he
is gone. Every time he comes back or he pretends
(05:16):
to come back, people get interested, people get to talking.
Now he's actually coming back, or it seems that way.
And because he's coming back, the gate already says twenty million.
We are still quite a ways away from this fight,
but it says that the gate is twenty million dollars. Guys,
that's that's a massive gate. It's very hard to sell
(05:36):
twenty million dollarsand tickets. But I will tell you this
right now. The cheapest ticket at Ticketmaster nine hundred and
thirty dollars. That's the cheapest ticket. Because what happens with
tickets they go on sale at a normal price, people
(05:57):
will scoop all those tickets up and they resell them.
The amount of demand will tell you if those tickets
resell at the price that you try to get. For comparison,
Luis went to UFC two ninety nine and those bleeds
(06:23):
was six point fifty to watch, Sean O'Malley. Those are
the metrics at which you gauge a guy outside of
just pay per view. We are still what five six
weeks away from this fight, and the cheapest ticket is
nine thirty. That will only go up as the fight
gets closer. Doesn't happen very often. But then it leads
(06:45):
me to this question, And I mean, I think I
know what you guys will say, but let me lay
out some facts for you. First, the question, does Michael
Chandler play any part in that gate? We have seen
(07:08):
Chandler say on a couple of occasions, now twenty million gate,
let's go see you at the top, right, that's his thing.
But does Michael Chandler play any part in that gate?
Or is Comor McGregor fighting anyone warrant that? Because remember
he did headline against Cowboy Saroni and it didn't make
what this one is going to make. Remember Toma McGregor
(07:30):
and Michael Chandler, while it has been a while ago,
did coach the Ultimate Fighting together, so they have some history.
Remember that we have been waiting for this fight now
for a really long time, so there is that anticipation
of the fight happening. So does Michael Chandler, I ask
you again, play a part in the twenty million dollar
gate because to me, I think he does. I think
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he does because of all the reasons I gave you.
Their people have been wanting this fight. They did the
ultimate fighter, They have done everything emotionally that they can
to make for a big event. So hell yeah, Michael
Chandler plays a part in it. At least to my opinion,
I believe that he makes or plays a part in
(08:13):
the amount of money that is sold at the door. Sure,
you say, condo McGregor fight anybody, but they don't all
do that. They don't all do that. And when you
go and look at things in the past, because all
we have to go on, you can look at the
numbers and see that they don't all do that. So yes,
(08:34):
in my opinion, Michael Chandler plays a part in the
amount of money that is made at the gate. You
guys in the comments some if you agree. I do
believe though, that McGregor will be viewed by many and
it will be a sellout, that is no question. He
holds most of the highest grossing gates in USC history
(08:56):
at least drop that in the chat he holds stuffed
the pay per view records for the UFC. So I'm
not saying that he needs Michael Chandler to make the fight,
but I am saying that Michael Chandler plays a part
in making the fight. So I'm looking here. When Dustin
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Poyer was asked about this, because everybody has an opinion, right,
Dustin Poyer is a smart guy. Dustin Poitier has fought
both of these guys. Dustin Poitier stated, I think if
Connor comes back anywhere similar to where he was before
the injury, timing wise and movement wise, I think he's
gonna knock Michael Chandler out. He believes it's just a
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bad matchup for Michael Chandler. Look, guys, we've been saying this, right,
We've been saying that there's a reason that this fight
stayed together. There's a reason that Connor McGregor really wants
to fight Michael Chandler, and it's because of Chandler's willingness
to stand out there and fight. That is also why
Michael Chandler's made so much money. I have seen very
recently justin Gates. She said, I could have a wrestle
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heavy approach, but the UFC would not be paying me
what they paid me today if I wasn't out there
having fun. Same thing could be said for Michael Chandler.
Same thing because if not for the explosive knockouts and
all those other things wouldn't happen. Here we go, McGregor
has all of the top six paper McGregor has all
of the top six pay per view and eight of
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the top ten pay per view numbers in UFC history.
MacGregor will also be at the very top of the gates.
So I'm saying that Michael Chandler or Connor McGregor will
still sell. But I do believe Michael Chandler be a
part of the equation and all the history, the backstory
that goes with it now does play a part in it.
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Also on that same fight, not Ian Gary will Michael
vinam page. Now, everybody was very excited about this matchup,
and while I am too, I have to ask the
question on the other side, stylistically, what do we anticipate
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happening in this matchup? Because so many were excited to
watch Michael Vina Page against Kevin Holland, and he frustrated
Kevin Holland so badly that Kevin almost wanted to be like, Yo,
I'm done with this shit. I don't want to do
this no more. Ian Gary will also frustrate you in
that way. So who's gonna lead in this fight? I
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think that is going to be the biggest area or
the biggest the biggest site narrative, or the biggest story
of this fight. Who's gonna lead, Who's gonna take chances?
Is Michael vinim Page gonna be desperate to make a
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bigger impact and fight number two? Or does Ian Gary
lovemore hate them guys? He's a very smart kid, very
smart fighter. Does he recognize the dangers so well against
Michael vinam Page that he's not gonna be willing to
take chances because Michael's such a great counter strike This fight,
to me could be fun or it could be a
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complete snoozer. My thought though, is this, and this is
my expectation when you get these super high level strikers
like that, and the puzzles are so hard to decipher.
At times, guys will fight in a way that is
unfamiliar of the person we're used to seeing. I think
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that's what we're gonna get. I think Michael vinam Page,
because of all the expectation and fight one in the
anticipation and a walkout, dude got his own walkout and
the fight not really living up to it. Will feel
he has to prove a point, so he's gonna be
more active. Ian Gary, for his part, will be who
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he is, and when bennam Page is more active, it
will give Ian more opportunities to try to capitalize. I
believe this was gonna be fun. I believe the energy
in that arena is going to elevate these guys, and
I believe that we're gonna see one of the better
fights that we've seen from these two. Now MVP has
been stopped before, he's been knocked out, he's gotta be
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very careful. The reason he fights in that way is
because of the knockouts, because he's been put down. That's
why he has to be very careful. That's why his
defenses are so tight now that he doesn't really take
those chances anymore, like has happened to him in the
past on a couple of occasions. I believe this was
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gonna be fantastic. I think that whole fight card's gonna
be fantastic. You know, next week we go to Newark,
Dustin Pourier is speaking about this almost being his last dance.
I hate that. I honestly cannot stand that. I can't
stand hearing that it's almost over for a guy that
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we all universally love and enjoy when he's inside the octagon.
I also hate it for another reason. I hated for
the idea that it could be almost over, and he
recognizes that. I don't like when athletes because I did
it myself, so I'm almost judging myself. I don't love
when athletes put a timeline or a finishing point on
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a career that's still actively going on. That is a
hard thing to do. Because I will tell you this
right now. The life after the fight, while it may
be hard to adjust to initially, when you look at
it from the inside and you're going through those training
camps and everything's so tough and you're exhausted and you're
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fighting one of the most dangerous people in the world,
the other side seems very nice. The other side's even
better than you could ever imagine. So when you start
looking to the other side, when you start looking to
a time where you don't have to get up every
morning and run seven miles, or you don't have to spar,
you don't have to grap you have to wrestle, you
have to do all these things, it really does open
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up a world that the active fighters should never really
think about. And again, he may be just different than me,
but I know what it did to me at the
end of my career because I started looking to the time.
Why you gotta worry about cutting the weight and doing
all this other stuff that's miserable. Life afterwards is vacations
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and beaches and eating what you want and doing whatever
you want. I don't love that. There's so many references
to my last chance, are my last dance. I'm not
committing to retirement. It's like, if you have any desire
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to fight, you gotta be so in the fight that
there is no thought of what comes next. And I
don't love that. I just don't love that. I mean,
we walked away and nobody even knew those internal conversations
he had with himself. He did that on his own.
And the problem with bringing up the retirement is it
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becomes the story of the fight. I'm gonna sit down
with Dustin pour You next week can check in with
him and Islama Hatchev, and I'm gonna check it with
Paula Costa, and I'm gonna check it with Sean Strickler.
But when I sit down with Dustin Pourier, I'm going
to ask him about retirement. I didn't want to have
to do that. Here's the problem. When we were in
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Miami and we sat down together and chatted, I asked
him about a title fight. Retirement was not even a
part of the equation. I did not know though, that
a title fight would lead to retirement talks, because again,
I don't believe that if he had another fight to
win to get to a championship opportunity, it would even
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be a question. I believe the retirement talk is coming
up right now because in the worst case scenario for Dustin,
he loses, he knows he doesn't have it in him
to build back to another championship opportunity. So while the
title fight is a blessing, it's also a curse because
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we may lose one of the most fun guys that
we have got to watch over the course of the
last hell thirteen years from the WEC to the UFC
walk away and that woulds up because Dustin Poortye is
a fighter. But I don't love that, man, I really,
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I really don't love that last thing. Guys, before we
go with chess, Gamrock is going off on Charles Olivera
for wanting to fight. He'll be coming. Guys now know
that Charles Olivera is willing to fight the young up
and comer. I mean, he just did it with armand Serukian, right, So,
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but tais Gamrox sitting there going hey, I'm right here too,
and I'm exactly what he was. Hell, I beat him.
I beat gam Rock. No, sorry, I beat Serukian. Give
me an opportunity. But Charles now sees that Kobe's not booked.
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Why not fight Kobe Covington? So Garmont then says, I
asked to fight Olivera, but he called out Kobe instead,
guy who only fights once a year and it's two
and three since twenty nineteen. We thought you were better
than that, Charles. You know, I'll give you fire on
the ground, but maybe that's why you'd rather fight Kobe. Look,
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I love that Gamrox shooting a shot, but if there's
a guy that is not avoiding a fight as Charles Olivera.
Charles Olaveria praight of anyone. Charles Olivera, I believe is
at a point in his career now where he deserves
the big fight, and I don't know that he feels
the risk equals the value in it, because even if
he beats, but there's Gamrock, he ain't getting a title
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shot that belongs to Serroukian. Still gotta wait. There's a
couple fights for Charles oliver So I figure Charles Olivera
is probably thinking, I'll fight the big fight now and
I'll work my way back to those championship opportunities. But
one thing you to do, though, you have to ask.
You have to ask. Because when Ben was Santoni said
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dustin Poitier's name, we laughed at him on air. I said, Ben,
WI love that you shot the shot, but there is
no way you get dustin Fourier. Then was he got
dustin four yet? Seriously? He got dustin four yet? So
you have to ask, love that Gamrotz asking. I don't
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know that it happens. Charles, for his part, though, would
rather just be the backup fighter for McGregor and Chandler
and guess what he could. He could and no one
would ever say anything about it. Now Charles is going
about it wrong. He's got demands. No, Charles can't have demands.
You gotta just say I'm willing to do it. I'll
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be there, I'll be in Vegas. I'll be at the wait.
If you need me, you got me. Can't have demands
because of the fight that you just lost against Armand
and it would honestly be the biggest fight he could
get right now. So Gamrock, keep taking your shots, all
young fighters, keep taking your shots, because right now anything
could happen. I don't anticipate that happening for him, though,
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It'll be somebody different. All those guys will fight anyone, though, Gamrock,
here's the thought. How about calling off Justin Gaigee. Say
they'll be away for a while. But he's coming off
and loss, and Justin Gaatege will be looking to prove himself.
He fought against PHYSI, so you know he's not turning
on a fight. Maybe bark up that Justin Gaigie Tree
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to see if that works out for you. All right, guys,
like I said, Happy Memorial Day. Memorial Day used to
be a great fight weekend for the UFC, and I'm
so sad that that's not the case anymore. Some of
the biggest fights in UFC history took place on Memorial
Day weekend in Las Vegas. Used to be cracking. I
hope that at some point the UFC can get back
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to some of those days on the schedule, from the
end of the year fight that used to happen, or
the beginning of the year fight that used to happen
the first weekend of January to Memorial Day weekend. I
think it would be very good for not only the
new fan to relive some of the history, but also
for the hardcore old school fan to kind of be
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able to live and relive those memories that we used
to have on those big Memorial Day weekend cards. See
you guys next week in Newark, Islama has Chev takes
on Dustin Poitier, Sean Strickland takes on Paula Costa, and
I will be chatting with all four of those gentlemen
early in the week next week. Till next time, Like subscribe,
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