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What's up, guys.
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It's Wednesday, October eighth, and welcome to a brand new
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So last weekend, I'm in Vegas for UFC two three twenty.
You have C three twenty, which is crazy that there
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three twenty. I tried to say two thirty, which tells
you how backed up I am. I think I might
have fought at UFC two thirty. Alex Perr becomes the.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
World champion again. That's interesting because he lost to the
guy that he fought.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Magna Monn Calive in the match in the first encounter
and he just dominated him. In the way that he
did in the second encounter. But that's not what I
want to talk to you about today. I want to
talk to you about Alex and his intentions and how
he showed them uh.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Very quickly after the fight.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I also want to touch on briefly Macamnunclive's injury and
how that may have affected the fight, but also how
the messaging and going into that fight was different right
the people that want him to fight, a post of
people who didn't want him to fight, and ultimately what
made him to fight make the decision to fight. First off,
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about the injury right away, Maga mont ANKLAIAV did have
a rib injury.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
This is not a lie, This is not an excuse.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I know this because prior to the fight, I saw
video of him getting injections into his rib to try
to help him, try to help him get to the fight.
He was able to hit pads and do cardio essentially
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for a month and a half before the fight. With
that being said, I don't know if the result changes
if he was healthy because of the way.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Pereerra fought him.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I know some people that are very close to magamonac
Lave that said for him not to fight.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
He wanted to fight.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
He wanted to go out there and beat Pereira again
because he understood how important it was to have a
victory over Alex, and two over him would have been
even a stronger statement as to why he is we
his But he was not at one hundred percent. But
I don't know if he was at one hundred and
twenty percent if he would have beaten Pereira on that night.
The way Perra attacked him just really was in a
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fashion that said that he was pissed off and he
wanted to fight to be completely different than it was
the first time, and he absolutely did that. He knocks
him out quickly, becomes the world champion, immediately gets to
the press conference and turns his attention to something so different,
which brings me to this. For so long people spoke
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about Tom Aspinall and how John Jones was avoiding him
and how John Jones didn't want to fight him, And
when you look at the matchup, that is possible because
why Tom Aspinall is a very difficult matchup for anyone.
He also does not have the start ability of a
John Jones. So instead of Alex Pereira going to the
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press conference and saying sure I want Urie, Sure I
want Carlos Alberg. Hell, maybe i'll I want the winner
of Aspinall versus Cyril Gun. He said, no, I want
to fight John Jones. I want the biggest fight. Hell,
the John Jones fight for Pereira, of all of the
other four is the most difficult fight for Pereira. So
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it speaks to the type of man that Alex is.
Alex called out the hardest fight possible, and I think
it also shows where we are in today's world of
mixed martial arts, where like with Connor McGregor, people are
almost valuing the fight over the belt. Because right now
would be very easy for Alex to go, I want
to fight Tom Aspinall in the UFC would have to
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listen because he's that big of a star. Dana said,
there are still fights from that two o five. When
Alex looks at Yuri, who's the guy he's beaten two times,
probably goes, that'll be a.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Little difficult for me to get up. Four.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
When he looks at Carlos Olberg, he looks at a
guy that's predominantly a striker and probably goes, that'll be
a little difficult for me to get up four, but
I can get up for John Jones at heavyweight.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
The big fight matters to these dudes.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Alex is thirty eight years old and probably thinking at
this point, how do I go and make another statement
that I am the guy?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Hell if he went to beat John Jones at heavyweight.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Alex Ferreira, who's already considered one of the greatest fighters
of all time, Innimo's expedited timeline I have ever seen,
would literally cement himself to almost stand above everyone because
he would have beaten a former UFC Light heavyweight champion
and heavyweight champion and the guy many considers the greatest
fighter of all time.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But there are fights. At two oh five. There is
Carlos Olberg who has earned his opportunity.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I misspoke last week talking to Chris Widman about he
needs a world champion. He beat Yanbohovich, He just beat
He had beat Yanbohovich and then dominated Dominic Reyes. He
has earned his opportunity, and as much as you might
not want to admit it because of the way the
first two fights happened, URI's earned an opportunity.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
To fight for the belt again. So there are fights
and Dana White said as much.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Dana said, he still has fights, so I don't know
if I want to uh have him move up just yet.
But if he does move up, why isn't he chasing
the heavyweight champion? And that's what that's the biggest problem
with Tom yet, because for as dominant as he has been,
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he hasn't necessarily hit that point where people go, I
got to fight this dude, because I know that the
value in a victory is so great that I'm willing.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
To take the chance.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Because if I put Alex Pereira against John Jones, Perera's
the underdog against Tom Aspinall, Pereyra's the underdog. Cyril gon Praah,
Maybe underdog, but does it bring the same type of
recognition or the same.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Type of value to a victory as fighting John Jones.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Prera matches up much better also against Tom Aspinall and
against Cyril Gond and all these other guys than he
does John Jones. Tom also hasn't fought since July twenty
four when he fought Curtis Blades, and that's no fault
of his. If it was up to Tom Aspenall, he
would have fought multiple times by this point, but I
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think he was waiting for the Jones fight, which is
exactly why Alex is calling for the Jones fight. I
love that Perera is willing to go to heavyweight. He's
big enough if the damn sure can hit hard enough.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
But I think he's.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Showing his hand a little bit and saying I want Jones.
When Jones barely came out of retirement. No matter how
long the retirement lasted, I think that's gonna force the
organization to go. You still got dudes to challenge you
at two or five, and he may end up fighting there.
But I love I love seeing him in that willingness
to try to climb Mount Everest, because all we have
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seen this dude do in such a short period of time.
Alex Ferero seriously has twelve UFC fights now, nine of
them have been for UFC championships. Nine title fights are
ready for Alex Pereira. Crazy number. That's a crazy number.
He still hasn't even been on the roster for four years.
I don't think Brell he started fighting here. He's one
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of the greatest fighters of all time, and he's one
of the bravest fighters of all time because to now
say I was a one eighty five pounder, I'm the
two of five champion.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Now I want to fight heavyweight. Just crazy because guests.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Who could not make one eighty five ever, John Jones,
Tom Aspinall, Cyril Goan, none of these guys could ever
ever make one eighty five ever. They can't make one
eighty five. Alex did as recently as a couple of
years ago. He was talking about doing it again. That's
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brave because could you imagine right now ham'sa fighting at heavyweight, No,
he would look tiny. Could you imagine the former champions Drenkers,
for as big as he's at middleweight fighting at.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Heavyweight, he would look tiny.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Perera has now built himself into a real two oh
five pounder that could potentially challenge the heavyweight greats. And
I love that he's calling the hardest fight. I love
that he's picking the most intense, worst matchup for himself
because it just speaks to the man that Alex is.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
He's a gamer, and he showed that time and time again.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
But I also believe that it shows that Tom Aspinall,
if he is to beat Cyril Gan in Abu Dhabi,
he's got to do it.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Impressively because he's still.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Missing that cliche, that cash Shay, that cashe that makes
people go, I want to fight him, regardless of what
the bad of the conditions are, because he's that big
a star. Connor McGregor did it, Connor McGregor broke through
the glass ceiling. It seems like John Jones and his
legacy makes these guys want to chase him in the
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same way, in the same way, even if he is
not the champion. Alex Is proven that it's a big
victory over championship by calling out John Jones and I'm
here for it, man. So yeah, Unclelive's hurt, guys, But
Unclelive will be the first person.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
To tell you it was no excuse. He chose to fight.
He wanted to fight.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
There were a lot of people that care greatly about
him that tried to talk him out of it, but
he's a champion and he.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Got beat for it. Now.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I don't know what his roll back to the title
looks like, but he went out there. But like I
said at the top of the video, I don't know
what he could have done to change that result. It
just seemed like Perera was on a mission in the
way that he approached that fight, so I don't know,
let's get some of these fights happening. Who do I
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want Alex to fight. I think it has to.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Be all Burg first.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
We can't run it back with Urye just yet. It
was two fights, two stoppages. The second one was worse
than the first one. Urine needs to fight one more time,
and John wants to fight at the White House. Jones
versus Perreira at the White House would absolutely be a blockbuster,
but I think in the time being, Alex will want
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to fight before. I don't think we'll see Jones still
the White House, but I think we'll see Pereira before.
If he defends that UFC Light Hayweight Championship again, then
I believe he can call a shot for what happens
in June. Hey, congratsate Emminol Rodriguez last night getting his
contract on the Contendent series. Hey, my Academy Fight Club
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went three and Ozero this year on Contenders and we've
got like five guys in the UFC now, so it's
all working.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Until next time. Guys like subscribe, tell you friends.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
DC's got a YouTube channel and in the comments, tell
me what do you guys think should be next for
Alex Pereira. I think the world is his oyster, as
it has been since the very beginning of his career
here in the UFC.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
All right, guys, peace,