October 20, 2025 • 7 mins
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UFC Vancouver delivered a grind heavy main event as Brendan Allen broke Reinier de Ridder over four rounds until the corner waved it off before the fifth. Mike Malott outworked Kevin Holland for a clear decision, Aiemann Zahabi edged Marlon Vera in a split, Manon Fiorot blitzed Jasmine Jasudavicius for a 74 second TKO, and Charles Jourdain wrapped Davey Grant with a first round guillotine. Kyle Nelson earned a competitive decision over Matt Frevola to round out the main card.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:01):
Leighton LA, the fight episode 56.
Let's get into it.
Listen, I'm not gonna tell youguys to gamble.
I'm gonna tell you guys Igamble.
And if you want to gamble withme, hit me up.
I'll tell you what I play.
I'll tell you what I pick.
I bet high and I bet low.
I bet correctly and I bet wellthis weekend.
(00:23):
Shout out to Eagles.
Shout out to AJ Brown.
Shout out to those twotouchdowns.
I want to think gambling.
I want to think MMA.
I want to think everythingthat's about this sport because
it is action-packed.
You never know what is going tohappen.
We're going to talk about USCVancouver, Danny Garcia's
(00:43):
retirement fight, and everythingthat went down last Saturday as
far as brawling, boxing, or MMA.
Shout out to Paulymal and Alji.
He just got a W in bare knuckle.
Took a lot of damage.
That shit is not for the week.
That shit is not for theaverage.
Shout out to Paulymal andretired fighter.
(01:06):
Came out, put belt to ass andtook a lick in too.
And a lot of those shots weredirty.
Let's just talk about it.
Anyway, the fight, episode 56.
Listen.
Drew Dober, I believe I saw DrewDober rob a man today in broad
daylight, and we called it a EOCfight.
(01:29):
Listen.
After getting his second nutshotin the row and a five-minute
breather, his opponent kept thefight going.
This is why I am never mad atfighters when they take a knee,
when they leave the ring, whenthey protect themselves, when
they do what they have to do.
(01:50):
Because this guy lost his fightbecause he was trying to be a
good guy for the fans.
Arnold almost, I'm pretty surehe lost the performance bonus
because he was trying to be goodwith the fans.
The fans don't care, bro.
Kyle could have won that fight.
He was up in my scorecards.
(02:10):
Drew Derber gets the win, getsthe TKO.
He is a fighter.
It's not his problem.
He's out there to put belt to S.
Now, Charles Judane.
Okay?
Charles Dudain.
I've been watching this guy, butI'm just now paying attention.
UFC Vancouver.
(02:32):
A lot of these Canadian fighterscame to fight.
Kyle came to fight.
Charles put his man down in thefirst round after dropping him.
Then he choked him out with aguillotine.
This card was crazy.
Like the amount of finishes wegot at a high level was insane.
But like the way he needed thatman to oblivion, then took his
(02:56):
dreams away.
Like he just choked them out infront of everybody, man.
And it gets worse.
So we get Manon Faroot, who justgot washed by Way Lee in her,
you know, not heavyweight, buther championship match.
She goes, she goes out there andbeats the native Jasmine in the
first round TKO.
(03:16):
She hit her with a brutalfucking jab, rocked her shit,
and that was it.
Like after that punch, it wasover.
Being aggressive doesn't meanyou're fighting right.
Okay.
It's crazy to see how peopleforget strategy and go with
(03:37):
heart.
Keep your hands up.
Protect yourself at all times.
Shout out Manon Farut.
We have Zahabi versus Cheeto.
I thought Cheeto won.
Cheeto lost this by splitdecision.
I didn't think he was going towin in Canada anyway.
Listen, this is a pick-em fight.
It was back and forth.
(03:58):
Zahabi had him with activity.
Cheeto had him with the moredamaging shots.
It was a striking battle.
I thought damage mattered.
Volume won this one.
If you want to give it to him,he won off heart.
It still is a close enough fightthat I'm not too mad either way.
This guy's a striker.
He's in the Batamate thedivision.
(04:19):
So it's going to be sweet to seehim against title contention
fighters like SugarshanO'Malley.
That's going to be good to see.
And then we have the co-main,Mike Mollett versus Kevin
Holland.
I thought Kevin Holland waswinning this fight until he got
Need in the dick twice.
I had Matt Mollett to win, Mike.
(04:40):
I have Mike to win, and I knewhe's going to win because he's
in Canada.
A lot of Canadian bias on thesejudges' cards.
But people need to know this.
When it's a regional event, thefighters are going to get the
fucking nod, and you just got toget used to it.
And you got to bet around it.
Like if you're betting UFC andyou don't know in Brazil, if it
(05:01):
goes to a card, a Brazilian maywin, then don't bet UFC.
You got to know the beast thatyou're dealing with.
And uh, I think Mike Mollet,he's a great clean fighter, but
they should have taken somepoints for the knee shots.
They should have taken somepoints for that shit.
And it changed the fight.
It changed the fight, man.
(05:22):
We have to do something aboutthese eye pokes.
We have to do something aboutthese nut shots.
I don't care what gender it is.
Everybody's fucking doing it.
Everybody's getting away withit.
It's damn near people'sstrategy.
Jab, eye poke, jab, knee to theballs.
Like, are they drilling this?
Because I've seen it in the lastevery fucking weekend I've seen
(05:42):
it.
Every fucking weekend I've seensomebody get hit in the nuts for
no reason and it affects thefight.
Like, if it's going to affectthe fight that much, it needs to
be egregious.
One point soon as it happens.
Anyway, RDR is coming off of afour-what, four-fight win
(06:03):
streak.
Brendan Allen is coming off ofone streak himself.
Top guys in the middleweightdivision.
This was make it or break it.
And uh Brendan went out thereand broke it.
Listen, RDR is a great fighter.
Great fighter.
Great fighter.
I'm not gonna say he isn't, andI'm gonna tell you why he lost.
(06:23):
He was grappling.
Brendan was being an MMAfighter.
That means in every realm of thefight, when you're an MMA
fighter, you do damage.
There is no rest in MMA.
If you're good enough, if youropponent is high level enough,
and that was the problem forRDR.
(06:45):
A lot of the guys he fought werereally good at one thing, bad at
something else.
Really good at one thing, bad atsomething else.
Brendan Allen is his fully, youknow, a complete fighter.
This is the first completefighter he's fought with a gas
tank.
Shout out to Brendan Allen forgetting a W.
He stopped RDR by sheerexhaustion.
(07:06):
He could not get up.
Nomas.
UFC edition.
Now, RDR, this is why he lost.
This is his fifth fight in a rowin 2025.
That is five weight cuts.
That is five rounds with UFCcaliber fighters.
It doesn't mean it doesn'tmatter if you get out clean, you
(07:26):
still take damage.
All that damage adds up.
I think it happened to Izzy.
I think it happened to Volk.
These guys need to take breaks.
These guys gotta let themselvesrest up because this is a
dangerous and innovative sport.
The fight 56.
Thank you for tapping in.
And if you are gambling nextweekend, I got some advice for
(07:47):
you.
Tap in.
If you're gambling the otherweekend, I got some advice for
you.
Tap in.
Life of Times.
The fight 56.
Leighton LA, the fight episode 56.
Let's get into it.
Listen, I'm not gonna tell youguys to gamble.
I'm gonna tell you guys Igamble.
And if you want to gamble withme, hit me up.
I'll tell you what I play.
I'll tell you what I pick.
I bet high and I bet low.
I bet correctly and I bet wellthis weekend.
(00:23):
Shout out to Eagles.
Shout out to AJ Brown.
Shout out to those twotouchdowns.
I want to think gambling.
I want to think MMA.
I want to think everythingthat's about this sport because
it is action-packed.
You never know what is going tohappen.
We're going to talk about USCVancouver, Danny Garcia's
(00:43):
retirement fight, and everythingthat went down last Saturday as
far as brawling, boxing, or MMA.
Shout out to Paulymal and Alji.
He just got a W in bare knuckle.
Took a lot of damage.
That shit is not for the week.
That shit is not for theaverage.
Shout out to Paulymal andretired fighter.
(01:06):
Came out, put belt to ass andtook a lick in too.
And a lot of those shots weredirty.
Let's just talk about it.
Anyway, the fight, episode 56.
Listen.
Drew Dober, I believe I saw DrewDober rob a man today in broad
daylight, and we called it a EOCfight.
(01:29):
Listen.
After getting his second nutshotin the row and a five-minute
breather, his opponent kept thefight going.
This is why I am never mad atfighters when they take a knee,
when they leave the ring, whenthey protect themselves, when
they do what they have to do.
(01:50):
Because this guy lost his fightbecause he was trying to be a
good guy for the fans.
Arnold almost, I'm pretty surehe lost the performance bonus
because he was trying to be goodwith the fans.
The fans don't care, bro.
Kyle could have won that fight.
He was up in my scorecards.
(02:10):
Drew Derber gets the win, getsthe TKO.
He is a fighter.
It's not his problem.
He's out there to put belt to S.
Now, Charles Judane.
Okay?
Charles Dudain.
I've been watching this guy, butI'm just now paying attention.
UFC Vancouver.
(02:32):
A lot of these Canadian fighterscame to fight.
Kyle came to fight.
Charles put his man down in thefirst round after dropping him.
Then he choked him out with aguillotine.
This card was crazy.
Like the amount of finishes wegot at a high level was insane.
But like the way he needed thatman to oblivion, then took his
(02:56):
dreams away.
Like he just choked them out infront of everybody, man.
And it gets worse.
So we get Manon Faroot, who justgot washed by Way Lee in her,
you know, not heavyweight, buther championship match.
She goes, she goes out there andbeats the native Jasmine in the
first round TKO.
(03:16):
She hit her with a brutalfucking jab, rocked her shit,
and that was it.
Like after that punch, it wasover.
Being aggressive doesn't meanyou're fighting right.
Okay.
It's crazy to see how peopleforget strategy and go with
(03:37):
heart.
Keep your hands up.
Protect yourself at all times.
Shout out Manon Farut.
We have Zahabi versus Cheeto.
I thought Cheeto won.
Cheeto lost this by splitdecision.
I didn't think he was going towin in Canada anyway.
Listen, this is a pick-em fight.
It was back and forth.
(03:58):
Zahabi had him with activity.
Cheeto had him with the moredamaging shots.
It was a striking battle.
I thought damage mattered.
Volume won this one.
If you want to give it to him,he won off heart.
It still is a close enough fightthat I'm not too mad either way.
This guy's a striker.
He's in the Batamate thedivision.
(04:19):
So it's going to be sweet to seehim against title contention
fighters like SugarshanO'Malley.
That's going to be good to see.
And then we have the co-main,Mike Mollett versus Kevin
Holland.
I thought Kevin Holland waswinning this fight until he got
Need in the dick twice.
I had Matt Mollett to win, Mike.
(04:40):
I have Mike to win, and I knewhe's going to win because he's
in Canada.
A lot of Canadian bias on thesejudges' cards.
But people need to know this.
When it's a regional event, thefighters are going to get the
fucking nod, and you just got toget used to it.
And you got to bet around it.
Like if you're betting UFC andyou don't know in Brazil, if it
(05:01):
goes to a card, a Brazilian maywin, then don't bet UFC.
You got to know the beast thatyou're dealing with.
And uh, I think Mike Mollet,he's a great clean fighter, but
they should have taken somepoints for the knee shots.
They should have taken somepoints for that shit.
And it changed the fight.
It changed the fight, man.
(05:22):
We have to do something aboutthese eye pokes.
We have to do something aboutthese nut shots.
I don't care what gender it is.
Everybody's fucking doing it.
Everybody's getting away withit.
It's damn near people'sstrategy.
Jab, eye poke, jab, knee to theballs.
Like, are they drilling this?
Because I've seen it in the lastevery fucking weekend I've seen
(05:42):
it.
Every fucking weekend I've seensomebody get hit in the nuts for
no reason and it affects thefight.
Like, if it's going to affectthe fight that much, it needs to
be egregious.
One point soon as it happens.
Anyway, RDR is coming off of afour-what, four-fight win
(06:03):
streak.
Brendan Allen is coming off ofone streak himself.
Top guys in the middleweightdivision.
This was make it or break it.
And uh Brendan went out thereand broke it.
Listen, RDR is a great fighter.
Great fighter.
Great fighter.
I'm not gonna say he isn't, andI'm gonna tell you why he lost.
(06:23):
He was grappling.
Brendan was being an MMAfighter.
That means in every realm of thefight, when you're an MMA
fighter, you do damage.
There is no rest in MMA.
If you're good enough, if youropponent is high level enough,
and that was the problem forRDR.
(06:45):
A lot of the guys he fought werereally good at one thing, bad at
something else.
Really good at one thing, bad atsomething else.
Brendan Allen is his fully, youknow, a complete fighter.
This is the first completefighter he's fought with a gas
tank.
Shout out to Brendan Allen forgetting a W.
He stopped RDR by sheerexhaustion.
(07:06):
He could not get up.
Nomas.
UFC edition.
Now, RDR, this is why he lost.
This is his fifth fight in a rowin 2025.
That is five weight cuts.
That is five rounds with UFCcaliber fighters.
It doesn't mean it doesn'tmatter if you get out clean, you
(07:26):
still take damage.
All that damage adds up.
I think it happened to Izzy.
I think it happened to Volk.
These guys need to take breaks.
These guys gotta let themselvesrest up because this is a
dangerous and innovative sport.
The fight 56.
Thank you for tapping in.
And if you are gambling nextweekend, I got some advice for
(07:47):
you.
Tap in.
If you're gambling the otherweekend, I got some advice for
you.
Tap in.
Life of Times.
The fight 56.
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