Hello, and ognn awaken, Jake myself, Jake's story, Elie Bbd producing. As we talk about the wide world of sports, and we actually do get a little wide. We'll talk a little bit of the boxing in UFC because you know, I unfortunately got crazy locked into both talk some football at the end. To start it out with some ball. I want to talk about Roki Sasaki a little bit, you know, just talk to Trev a little bit about it. And now I'm I'm wondering if I'm flip flopping decisions in my head and how much power he kind of has this free agency as we enter kind of the we're in a bubble and I don't know when that bubble is gonna crack. We'll probably get a couple I would say we get one or two weird free agent signings this week, probably something unappealing, no offense to any of our friends. The first name that popped in my head, like Rowdy Tillez is a free I don't know, welcome to Cleveland. No, I don't know. Like we've Michael Waka got his contract done. We've seen the Halos get their bidding done. That Yeah, I don't know if a team wants to bring in yes Monti Grandal for next year to do some pitch framing. He'll be available, but we're really in this free agency hole. That's not gonna go probably till around Thanksgiving. Uh, we'll see. Usually the big fish control of the market. Soto is such a big fish that I don't think he controls the market well, gets tricky it for.

Hello, and ognn awaken, Jake myself, Jake's story, Elie Bbd producing. As we talk about the wide world of sports, and we actually do get a little wide. We'll talk a little bit of the boxing in UFC because you know, I unfortunately got crazy locked into both talk some football at the end. To start it out with some ball. I want to talk about Roki Sasaki a little bit, you know, just talk to Trev a little bit about it. And now I'm I'm wondering if I'm flip flopping decisions in my head and how much power he kind of has this free agency as we enter kind of the we're in a bubble and I don't know when that bubble is gonna crack. We'll probably get a couple I would say we get one or two weird free agent signings this week, probably something unappealing, no offense to any of our friends. The first name that popped in my head, like Rowdy Tillez is a free I don't know, welcome to Cleveland. No, I don't know. Like we've Michael Waka got his contract done. We've seen the Halos get their bidding done. That Yeah, I don't know if a team wants to bring in yes Monti Grandal for next year to do some pitch framing. He'll be available, but we're really in this free agency hole. That's not gonna go probably till around Thanksgiving. Uh, we'll see. Usually the big fish control of the market. Soto is such a big fish that I don't think he controls the market well, gets tricky it for.

What it's worth, like if you're if you think the market will wait for him.

What it's worth, like if you're if you think the market will wait for him.

He is.

He is.

On paper doing things pretty ahead of schedule.

On paper doing things pretty ahead of schedule.

Right, He's doing meetings. He's about it.

Right, He's doing meetings. He's about it.

Today is the Yankees meeting, which is supposed to be like the last of the first round of meetings over the weekend. I was looking at like, well, when did Garrett Cole do his meetings? I think his first one was in December and he signed at the Winter meetings, So okay, trending early. But O'tani started around this time too when he waited. Yeah, And I mean, you know, you never know.

Today is the Yankees meeting, which is supposed to be like the last of the first round of meetings over the weekend. I was looking at like, well, when did Garrett Cole do his meetings? I think his first one was in December and he signed at the Winter meetings, So okay, trending early. But O'tani started around this time too when he waited. Yeah, And I mean, you know, you never know.

Everyone's everyone has the number in their head that they think they're getting that if if they finally get to that spot, maybe it's go time. Or you don't get to that spot and maybe you got to do the dance for a while, So I don't know. I mean Sodo Sodo. I don't think that's gonna dictate too many teams. The Yankees would obviously have to audible significantly, and I guess see other teams. Maybe this is nonoxious Yankee stuff. But you know, if you're the Mets, you have to have a non Sodo plan. If you're anyone else who we think is gonna be in on this. The Red Sox supposedly tay Oscar, he'd be good there al East play left field. The Monster's pretty close. Don't hate that. If they take him from la Am, I rooting for that because then I see t ask her a lot more. Anyways, I don't know when this free agency is gonna get get really going. It's kind of ironic if I had to place a bet at the draftings sports book. Last year, I went on vacation in December and free agency really took off a couple of big trades. Jimmy is going on a big trip this year. That's also end of Thanksgiving into the first week of December.

Everyone's everyone has the number in their head that they think they're getting that if if they finally get to that spot, maybe it's go time. Or you don't get to that spot and maybe you got to do the dance for a while, So I don't know. I mean Sodo Sodo. I don't think that's gonna dictate too many teams. The Yankees would obviously have to audible significantly, and I guess see other teams. Maybe this is nonoxious Yankee stuff. But you know, if you're the Mets, you have to have a non Sodo plan. If you're anyone else who we think is gonna be in on this. The Red Sox supposedly tay Oscar, he'd be good there al East play left field. The Monster's pretty close. Don't hate that. If they take him from la Am, I rooting for that because then I see t ask her a lot more. Anyways, I don't know when this free agency is gonna get get really going. It's kind of ironic if I had to place a bet at the draftings sports book. Last year, I went on vacation in December and free agency really took off a couple of big trades. Jimmy is going on a big trip this year. That's also end of Thanksgiving into the first week of December.

So just.

So just.

Playing the jahn Boy media tea leaves, I'm gonna say right in there, we'll get that Sodo sighing. But we did some on Talking Baseball today. We did some MLB buy and sell. One of the questions that got me going was my guy, Roki Sasaki, who if you have no idea, if you don't, if you weren't in on the WBC, if you weren't in on MLB the show, or Rokie Sasaki the kids have been video gaming with for a little bit. He is the real deal. And hey, if you're like, didn't we haven't we done all this with Yama Moto? Should we just even stop like having to label Japanese players this way?

Playing the jahn Boy media tea leaves, I'm gonna say right in there, we'll get that Sodo sighing. But we did some on Talking Baseball today. We did some MLB buy and sell. One of the questions that got me going was my guy, Roki Sasaki, who if you have no idea, if you don't, if you weren't in on the WBC, if you weren't in on MLB the show, or Rokie Sasaki the kids have been video gaming with for a little bit. He is the real deal. And hey, if you're like, didn't we haven't we done all this with Yama Moto? Should we just even stop like having to label Japanese players this way?

Uh?

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He looks the part, and he is the part. Fastball sits at ninety eight. I think he's hit one oh three on the gun before. Uh he's six three, good frame to him, intense that it seems like this is the guy, Like I feel like we heard about Sasaki before Yamamoto almost and I think part of that is he just turned twenty three. Uh so he's getting posted. We've talked about him a little bit. If you don't know how the systems work, nobody truly does. But there are people he is getting posted and your team is going to be able to sign him to essentially the rookie major league contract. He will be under team control for six years. You'll have him cost controlled and very cheap, at least for the first three four years that he will be. He is one of the most coveted free agents because of that, and it's going to be interesting to see where he lands. And we started laughing on Talking Baseball today because the question was is he gonna hold up the pitcher market and we both said, no, I mean Roki Sasaki. He's going to be essentially for free if you get him good. And I guess where I landed. It was like, hey, you if he gives you that's your sixth or seventh starting pitching pitcher, maybe you trade one of those guys and you improve your team elsewhere. Maybe you don't. You sign a guy like this that gives you the flexibility to do whatever you want. It is interesting, Like I know, us as Yankee fans, we haven't even been able to daydream of it. Everyone assumes he's going to the dog in there, well not everyone. A lot of people assume he's going to the Dodgers because of their Japanese connection with Otaniymamoto. Padres are heavily rumored, and I do think it is funny if you go on the internet and there's a good article by Will Salmon not spelled like the fish double m. Will Salmon from the Athletic talking about Sasaki coming over. A couple things I need to highlight. One they interview his manager, manager Masado Yoshi, formerun MLB pitcher, I believe, and he says, to be honest, he still has a lot to learn, which, by the way, a good reminder of how awesome the Japanese culture is. Any other country comes in and says that this guy's like the next Hall of Famer, He's the next Justin Berland or whoever you want it to be. This guy's kid's a stud in Japan, and they're like, he's got a lot to learn. Nice, always be learning. The Yankees and the Mets in play, sure, Dodgers padres uh. I'm seeing the Phillies linked. They were big on Yamamoto. And then it throws out the Red Sox. I forget if I said the Cubs or not, but a lot of the big market teams and that's you know, some of the comments on this Athletic article are you know what you'd expect in a comment section. Unfortunately, Oh wow, it's the big clubs that can spend, which is ironic because they can't spend for him, but they can spend for other players. So I guess I'm walking back my thought process a little bit that he might not hold up the market just because if there's a chance you can get this guy. And I don't know. Today I was talking about the Cubs, and I've talked about it last episode. I don't know where Corbyn Burns is going. I still don't. We daydream about Cordon Burns going to the Cubs today, which I really like. It feels like the impact move the Cubs can make to be like, hey, we have a great pitching staff, we have a great pitching staff, we like our lineup. Let's do this. No rumors know anything there. I don't know if the Cubs are gonna be big spenders or not spend at all this offseason because they kind of like their squad. But for example, say if he was in on the Cubs, Okay, they don't need to spend on Cordon Burns now. They would have a pretty sick top three from what we know in Minaga steal and then adding Sasaki and then if they were willing to spend the kind of money for a big free agent, which again the Cubs have been in kind of this weird middle area. Everyone we thought they'd sign, they didn't. They did sign Dansby. That was a very real contract. That happ extension looks great, right, Yeah, come on, hap should have been a Yankee. Okay, stop with that that. I guess I have reconsidered what Sasaki's free agency could potentially do the teams that actually think they're gonna get him, because by the time he has to BBD, I need you to help me out with the posting, because he hasn't been posted yet.

He looks the part, and he is the part. Fastball sits at ninety eight. I think he's hit one oh three on the gun before. Uh he's six three, good frame to him, intense that it seems like this is the guy, Like I feel like we heard about Sasaki before Yamamoto almost and I think part of that is he just turned twenty three. Uh so he's getting posted. We've talked about him a little bit. If you don't know how the systems work, nobody truly does. But there are people he is getting posted and your team is going to be able to sign him to essentially the rookie major league contract. He will be under team control for six years. You'll have him cost controlled and very cheap, at least for the first three four years that he will be. He is one of the most coveted free agents because of that, and it's going to be interesting to see where he lands. And we started laughing on Talking Baseball today because the question was is he gonna hold up the pitcher market and we both said, no, I mean Roki Sasaki. He's going to be essentially for free if you get him good. And I guess where I landed. It was like, hey, you if he gives you that's your sixth or seventh starting pitching pitcher, maybe you trade one of those guys and you improve your team elsewhere. Maybe you don't. You sign a guy like this that gives you the flexibility to do whatever you want. It is interesting, Like I know, us as Yankee fans, we haven't even been able to daydream of it. Everyone assumes he's going to the dog in there, well not everyone. A lot of people assume he's going to the Dodgers because of their Japanese connection with Otaniymamoto. Padres are heavily rumored, and I do think it is funny if you go on the internet and there's a good article by Will Salmon not spelled like the fish double m. Will Salmon from the Athletic talking about Sasaki coming over. A couple things I need to highlight. One they interview his manager, manager Masado Yoshi, formerun MLB pitcher, I believe, and he says, to be honest, he still has a lot to learn, which, by the way, a good reminder of how awesome the Japanese culture is. Any other country comes in and says that this guy's like the next Hall of Famer, He's the next Justin Berland or whoever you want it to be. This guy's kid's a stud in Japan, and they're like, he's got a lot to learn. Nice, always be learning. The Yankees and the Mets in play, sure, Dodgers padres uh. I'm seeing the Phillies linked. They were big on Yamamoto. And then it throws out the Red Sox. I forget if I said the Cubs or not, but a lot of the big market teams and that's you know, some of the comments on this Athletic article are you know what you'd expect in a comment section. Unfortunately, Oh wow, it's the big clubs that can spend, which is ironic because they can't spend for him, but they can spend for other players. So I guess I'm walking back my thought process a little bit that he might not hold up the market just because if there's a chance you can get this guy. And I don't know. Today I was talking about the Cubs, and I've talked about it last episode. I don't know where Corbyn Burns is going. I still don't. We daydream about Cordon Burns going to the Cubs today, which I really like. It feels like the impact move the Cubs can make to be like, hey, we have a great pitching staff, we have a great pitching staff, we like our lineup. Let's do this. No rumors know anything there. I don't know if the Cubs are gonna be big spenders or not spend at all this offseason because they kind of like their squad. But for example, say if he was in on the Cubs, Okay, they don't need to spend on Cordon Burns now. They would have a pretty sick top three from what we know in Minaga steal and then adding Sasaki and then if they were willing to spend the kind of money for a big free agent, which again the Cubs have been in kind of this weird middle area. Everyone we thought they'd sign, they didn't. They did sign Dansby. That was a very real contract. That happ extension looks great, right, Yeah, come on, hap should have been a Yankee. Okay, stop with that that. I guess I have reconsidered what Sasaki's free agency could potentially do the teams that actually think they're gonna get him, because by the time he has to BBD, I need you to help me out with the posting, because he hasn't been posted yet.

No, there's fifteenth, supposedly because I think December fifteenth is the end of this year's signing period, and there's has to be like a one month layover. That part's less important. The short version is it would benefit him and his former team to just wait until next year's signing period begins, which I believe would be January fifteenth, where bonus pool's reset and guys don't have to These teams wouldn't have to back out of the deals with these other kids. And so what's that? What's the thought process?

No, there's fifteenth, supposedly because I think December fifteenth is the end of this year's signing period, and there's has to be like a one month layover. That part's less important. The short version is it would benefit him and his former team to just wait until next year's signing period begins, which I believe would be January fifteenth, where bonus pool's reset and guys don't have to These teams wouldn't have to back out of the deals with these other kids. And so what's that? What's the thought process?

Though that if they if they reset that, because they're still to talking about posting him on December fifteenth, So would they just not sign paperwork till January fifteenth? Uh, yes, it would be.

Though that if they if they reset that, because they're still to talking about posting him on December fifteenth, So would they just not sign paperwork till January fifteenth? Uh, yes, it would be.

It'd be like a because I think it's a forty five day period. So yeah, so they could wait till then.

It'd be like a because I think it's a forty five day period. So yeah, so they could wait till then.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The exact exact rules around it are fuzzy, but in general it's pretty likely he doesn't officially sign until it counts as next year, when books are clean.

The exact exact rules around it are fuzzy, but in general it's pretty likely he doesn't officially sign until it counts as next year, when books are clean.

All of that. So with that being said, we're now talking about January, which that's normally kind of the dead part of the baseball season. That's when we're really searching for topics. So teams can either be looking at it as a Roki Sasaki bonus piece, which okay, if that's the Dodgers. The embarrassment of riches there is insane. If your a team like the Padres, who he idolizes you Darvish or he did, I don't know where he's still lands. He's twenty three, So people are wondering that West Coast. We've seen that with a lot of Japanese players. I mean, it's a kind of exciting club to be a part of right that whatever the Padres are doing this offseaon, we don't know they've got you know, Peter Sidler rip that now a new part of his family is running the team. I don't know if they're going to be spending as aggressively as he was. Doesn't seem like it that that's a team that would be significantly altered if Sasaki says he's coming there. You can invest the twenty five million you were going to bring in to bring a starting pitcher now, to bring in a hitter, to bring in two hitters, to trade for some dead money from a team. You know, Peler's gonna get in the mix that I guess. The Rokie Sasaki story for me was kind of like like we we aren't in control, and we aren't. He's gonna get to pick where he goes. That's that's where I've been laughing and reading the article. I compared it to like high school recruiting, because it could just be one of anything he likes. It could be Could it be Chicago? Em Nagas's buddy heard the city's cool. He likes cold weather, no clue New York has he always dreamt of wearing pinstripes. Has he always dreamt of befriending the richest owner, Steve Cohen, or being part of the change with the Mets. They said the Mets recruiting pitch for Yamamoto was awesome. It just didn't happen. So hey, there's something there. And they have code I sang on the team. So who knows which one of these things for a twenty three year old is going to dictate how they spend their next six years. If you want rings, seems like the Dodgers. Also close to home, seems like the Dodgers, familiar teammates, seems like the Dodgers. In a lot of people's heads, it seems like the Dodgers until it's not. And if it's not, I'm excited to see where as long as not see the Red Sox listed here. No thanks, it's none of none of their business, none of my business. You know. This article is the Phillies. I don't know. I'm I'm not. I'm not gonna believe in anything. I'm not gonna believe in anything till it happens. Why, I don't know. We'll see. I'm interested to see how his free agency affects the rest of free agency. I was pretty flipping about it. Today's talking baseball, and I think there is a chance, whether it's a handshake agreement or whatever it is, it could significantly change because there's depth in the starting pitching free agents and this guy could be a potential one. There's some rumors as Vello was down, was he nursing an injury. I don't know. This guy's a guy guy. He can reshape the whole young core of a team. It's the Dodgers. Everyone watch out. And he was just more in my mind than I thought this morning. If I'm being real honest, I kind of want to talk about more sports because I got lost in this sports weekend.

All of that. So with that being said, we're now talking about January, which that's normally kind of the dead part of the baseball season. That's when we're really searching for topics. So teams can either be looking at it as a Roki Sasaki bonus piece, which okay, if that's the Dodgers. The embarrassment of riches there is insane. If your a team like the Padres, who he idolizes you Darvish or he did, I don't know where he's still lands. He's twenty three, So people are wondering that West Coast. We've seen that with a lot of Japanese players. I mean, it's a kind of exciting club to be a part of right that whatever the Padres are doing this offseaon, we don't know they've got you know, Peter Sidler rip that now a new part of his family is running the team. I don't know if they're going to be spending as aggressively as he was. Doesn't seem like it that that's a team that would be significantly altered if Sasaki says he's coming there. You can invest the twenty five million you were going to bring in to bring a starting pitcher now, to bring in a hitter, to bring in two hitters, to trade for some dead money from a team. You know, Peler's gonna get in the mix that I guess. The Rokie Sasaki story for me was kind of like like we we aren't in control, and we aren't. He's gonna get to pick where he goes. That's that's where I've been laughing and reading the article. I compared it to like high school recruiting, because it could just be one of anything he likes. It could be Could it be Chicago? Em Nagas's buddy heard the city's cool. He likes cold weather, no clue New York has he always dreamt of wearing pinstripes. Has he always dreamt of befriending the richest owner, Steve Cohen, or being part of the change with the Mets. They said the Mets recruiting pitch for Yamamoto was awesome. It just didn't happen. So hey, there's something there. And they have code I sang on the team. So who knows which one of these things for a twenty three year old is going to dictate how they spend their next six years. If you want rings, seems like the Dodgers. Also close to home, seems like the Dodgers, familiar teammates, seems like the Dodgers. In a lot of people's heads, it seems like the Dodgers until it's not. And if it's not, I'm excited to see where as long as not see the Red Sox listed here. No thanks, it's none of none of their business, none of my business. You know. This article is the Phillies. I don't know. I'm I'm not. I'm not gonna believe in anything. I'm not gonna believe in anything till it happens. Why, I don't know. We'll see. I'm interested to see how his free agency affects the rest of free agency. I was pretty flipping about it. Today's talking baseball, and I think there is a chance, whether it's a handshake agreement or whatever it is, it could significantly change because there's depth in the starting pitching free agents and this guy could be a potential one. There's some rumors as Vello was down, was he nursing an injury. I don't know. This guy's a guy guy. He can reshape the whole young core of a team. It's the Dodgers. Everyone watch out. And he was just more in my mind than I thought this morning. If I'm being real honest, I kind of want to talk about more sports because I got lost in this sports weekend.

Blitzball Battle five, a pair of winless teams going at it, trying to avoid playing in that loser's bracket, if you will. Team Baggage has never beaten del Kribe. How are they gonna get it done later today?

Blitzball Battle five, a pair of winless teams going at it, trying to avoid playing in that loser's bracket, if you will. Team Baggage has never beaten del Kribe. How are they gonna get it done later today?

Well, I think they gained a lot of confidence in that last matchup to spot the loss. One thing you can take with absolute sudiny is somebody who's leaving with a win from this one.

Well, I think they gained a lot of confidence in that last matchup to spot the loss. One thing you can take with absolute sudiny is somebody who's leaving with a win from this one.

So Baggage hit the ball exceptionally well. They came up on the short end of the stick. In their first game of the season, Del Kreibe did not get a single hit against.

So Baggage hit the ball exceptionally well. They came up on the short end of the stick. In their first game of the season, Del Kreibe did not get a single hit against.

Forgotten, a rotten different matchup here.

Forgotten, a rotten different matchup here.

Today we go back to every single tournament played in the warehouse. I think I've taken Team Baggage at every game they've played. They do not want that skunk patch.

Today we go back to every single tournament played in the warehouse. I think I've taken Team Baggage at every game they've played. They do not want that skunk patch.

I think I've got one rot so Fa. So I'm gonna go ahead and pick Del Chariba. Why not, just to help you out Kel. So that's why everybody's happy.

I think I've got one rot so Fa. So I'm gonna go ahead and pick Del Chariba. Why not, just to help you out Kel. So that's why everybody's happy.

I got Team Baggage. Stupidly, I picked them to win the entire tournament. I don't know what it is. I think I'm a moron. We will see you later. Today we continue Blitzball Battle five.

I got Team Baggage. Stupidly, I picked them to win the entire tournament. I don't know what it is. I think I'm a moron. We will see you later. Today we continue Blitzball Battle five.

I really did. We're gonna I'm I'm gonna save the NFL for now because it was a big fight weekend. Maybe Prank called Canobio. He had a big weekend, didn't he? Friday night? I want to start there with the boxing Jake Paul Mike Tyson, Netflix streaming interesting. We saw the perils of that, and I don't know if you want to find yourself saying dumb sentences, talk about it, because I was texting our our tech guy, tech Mike, who's also a big boxing fan. He was watching the match and it was funny. You know, we were talking about streaming live sports and we're like, man, this is I don't know. I don't know if this is ever gonna work. Don't I don't know a streaming service like Netflix doing live things. I just don't know. And then it's like, well, we've had that with cable forever, like that is streaming live sports. I realized there's two or three tech nerds out there that probably don't like the way I phrased that, But I don't know. Everyone that was watching did have to deal with some spinning wheel of death and you have to go out and come back in. That was kind of tough. Missed the chunk of the women's boxing match that was awesome, awesome, and that's where I want to do some good in the bad with boxing. Here it was Amanda saranovers Katie Taylor, a rematch. For those of you that aren't BBD's parts of the Internet, I believe Sidney Sweeney is playing Katie Taylor in an upcoming movie about her. I'm not sure about Serrano. These two faced out the first time. One of those match of the Year situations, they say, let's running back, and they do. These two just teed off on each other, one of those things that's kind of wild to see. You wonder if one of them is gonna give up.

I really did. We're gonna I'm I'm gonna save the NFL for now because it was a big fight weekend. Maybe Prank called Canobio. He had a big weekend, didn't he? Friday night? I want to start there with the boxing Jake Paul Mike Tyson, Netflix streaming interesting. We saw the perils of that, and I don't know if you want to find yourself saying dumb sentences, talk about it, because I was texting our our tech guy, tech Mike, who's also a big boxing fan. He was watching the match and it was funny. You know, we were talking about streaming live sports and we're like, man, this is I don't know. I don't know if this is ever gonna work. Don't I don't know a streaming service like Netflix doing live things. I just don't know. And then it's like, well, we've had that with cable forever, like that is streaming live sports. I realized there's two or three tech nerds out there that probably don't like the way I phrased that, But I don't know. Everyone that was watching did have to deal with some spinning wheel of death and you have to go out and come back in. That was kind of tough. Missed the chunk of the women's boxing match that was awesome, awesome, and that's where I want to do some good in the bad with boxing. Here it was Amanda saranovers Katie Taylor, a rematch. For those of you that aren't BBD's parts of the Internet, I believe Sidney Sweeney is playing Katie Taylor in an upcoming movie about her. I'm not sure about Serrano. These two faced out the first time. One of those match of the Year situations, they say, let's running back, and they do. These two just teed off on each other, one of those things that's kind of wild to see. You wonder if one of them is gonna give up.

Uh.

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Serrano had a big cut on her face that looked like it came from an illegal head butt from Taylor. So we got some good drama here a rematch. We always love that at the end of the match. And this is where boxing hurts me as a as a true sports fan. I think they awarded the wrong winner. Serrano seemingly won on every card. Serrano had so many more punches, so many punches landed impact punches, and they gave it to Katie Taylor. So one boxing which I've gotten into some interesting conversations, including one with Tech and Mike about like what boxing needs to do to come back, and you could say this is it. I think the number that everyone was thrown around was sixty million people tuned into this on Netflix. Hello. Who knows how they got that number, but sure happy for them. If boxing needs to get back in the fold a you need stars, which we'll get to Jake Paul and Tyson in a second. At the end of the day, sports you need the result to match what happened. If you don't have that, and that's where I'm excited to talk about UFC in a little bit as well. If you don't have that, you don't you don't have sports fans. Like sure, you have entertainment, and you know, if you get the right people lined up, people will kind of tune into anything and exhibit a fifty eight year old Mike Tyson. But that was tough because it was like, Okay, I'm going to tune into this boxing match Taylor Serrano, this is sick. And then to see the scorecard popped up it could have been labeled like a tie or I forget what they say, no contest boxing guy. It definitely wasn't a win for Taylor. So that's tough. That's tough for me a sports fan and a sports consumer to see that. And I don't know if that drama played better years ago, because the argument I got in with tech Mike was like, look how much real estate boxing has lost in the sports world. Boxing used to be the one to one. It was like boxing then baseball, and boxing's not like that. Even in like combat sports anymore. So that was something that rubbed me the wrong way. We get Paul Tyson, it's a spectacle. Mike Tyson's in the ring. He's fifty eight. A popular conversation around our office, around your office, was it rigged? Is it fixed? What do you think happened? Did Tyson just get tired? The thing is all of it's in. Jake Paul is twenty seven. He's in incredible shape. Mike Tyson's fifty eight in incredible shape. But that means two very different things. So they did the two minute rounds to be shorter, they did the heavier gloves. These were kind of things that they were trying to get in your head to make it more Tyson esque. It was cool to see him come out, kind of chills. Mike Tyson is his own sort of iconic that pre Internet bubble, when you had to be famous by being the best or crazy famous. Mike Tyson had that and he still has that. He's then a hangover, He's everywhere. He's Mike Tyson. You know a lot of people that can do a Mike Tyson impression had some surprising ones in the office. Little bro Luke busted out of Tyson the other day. Liked that Jake Paul I have a little bit of respect for He's a polarizing figure YouTuber kid TV show, kind of like the bad YouTube times when it was like anything, Oh, he has made himself into this boxer. He passes the eye test like that was one of the things we were talking about. When they're saying it was rigged this morning, Like guys in amazing shape, world class shape. He's twenty seven. It's like peak athleticism. Mike Tyson fifty eight. I want to harp on that a little more because thirty five chiming in can't imagine fifty eight and get in the boxing ring and I just don't know. I don't know the lines on rigged. I don't know the lines on handshake deals. I don't know. Hey, take a couple of big swings at me early and then if we just want to dance our way through this, I have no clue. I have no clue. It was a tough way to end the spectacle that if you're walking away from it boxing on this stage with so many people watching. Okay, I get one good boxing match and the result didn't match what I saw. And then I kind of watched an old guy fight a young guy, which again the spectacle side of boxing, which if we're gonna go and do that, I'm in. I love a spectacle. I was pretty excited to tune in. Okay, let's do more spectacles. And you might see that because there was an interview with Gronk and Shack saying they were starting an athlete fighting league, which nobody knows if that's true or not. No one knows if that was just Shaq coming up with an idea on the spot, or if this is something that you know, two of the more notable athletes that are out in the public eye. Because I'll tell you what, if you start getting guys to do that, you know, I'm trying to think, what's a good dream matchup? Who do we got? You're not getting Lebron boxing. Imagine if you did, you'd watch. Or let's get like an ironic match. Let's get like Kevin Durant versus. I don't know who's someone compact. Jerome bettis little old. It's a little as an age gap there, but you know that's the at your high school, the fight you always dreamed about the six seven basketball player who was skinny with reach against the d lineman who was five to eleven but three hundred pounds. Let's set up some spectacles.

Serrano had a big cut on her face that looked like it came from an illegal head butt from Taylor. So we got some good drama here a rematch. We always love that at the end of the match. And this is where boxing hurts me as a as a true sports fan. I think they awarded the wrong winner. Serrano seemingly won on every card. Serrano had so many more punches, so many punches landed impact punches, and they gave it to Katie Taylor. So one boxing which I've gotten into some interesting conversations, including one with Tech and Mike about like what boxing needs to do to come back, and you could say this is it. I think the number that everyone was thrown around was sixty million people tuned into this on Netflix. Hello. Who knows how they got that number, but sure happy for them. If boxing needs to get back in the fold a you need stars, which we'll get to Jake Paul and Tyson in a second. At the end of the day, sports you need the result to match what happened. If you don't have that, and that's where I'm excited to talk about UFC in a little bit as well. If you don't have that, you don't you don't have sports fans. Like sure, you have entertainment, and you know, if you get the right people lined up, people will kind of tune into anything and exhibit a fifty eight year old Mike Tyson. But that was tough because it was like, Okay, I'm going to tune into this boxing match Taylor Serrano, this is sick. And then to see the scorecard popped up it could have been labeled like a tie or I forget what they say, no contest boxing guy. It definitely wasn't a win for Taylor. So that's tough. That's tough for me a sports fan and a sports consumer to see that. And I don't know if that drama played better years ago, because the argument I got in with tech Mike was like, look how much real estate boxing has lost in the sports world. Boxing used to be the one to one. It was like boxing then baseball, and boxing's not like that. Even in like combat sports anymore. So that was something that rubbed me the wrong way. We get Paul Tyson, it's a spectacle. Mike Tyson's in the ring. He's fifty eight. A popular conversation around our office, around your office, was it rigged? Is it fixed? What do you think happened? Did Tyson just get tired? The thing is all of it's in. Jake Paul is twenty seven. He's in incredible shape. Mike Tyson's fifty eight in incredible shape. But that means two very different things. So they did the two minute rounds to be shorter, they did the heavier gloves. These were kind of things that they were trying to get in your head to make it more Tyson esque. It was cool to see him come out, kind of chills. Mike Tyson is his own sort of iconic that pre Internet bubble, when you had to be famous by being the best or crazy famous. Mike Tyson had that and he still has that. He's then a hangover, He's everywhere. He's Mike Tyson. You know a lot of people that can do a Mike Tyson impression had some surprising ones in the office. Little bro Luke busted out of Tyson the other day. Liked that Jake Paul I have a little bit of respect for He's a polarizing figure YouTuber kid TV show, kind of like the bad YouTube times when it was like anything, Oh, he has made himself into this boxer. He passes the eye test like that was one of the things we were talking about. When they're saying it was rigged this morning, Like guys in amazing shape, world class shape. He's twenty seven. It's like peak athleticism. Mike Tyson fifty eight. I want to harp on that a little more because thirty five chiming in can't imagine fifty eight and get in the boxing ring and I just don't know. I don't know the lines on rigged. I don't know the lines on handshake deals. I don't know. Hey, take a couple of big swings at me early and then if we just want to dance our way through this, I have no clue. I have no clue. It was a tough way to end the spectacle that if you're walking away from it boxing on this stage with so many people watching. Okay, I get one good boxing match and the result didn't match what I saw. And then I kind of watched an old guy fight a young guy, which again the spectacle side of boxing, which if we're gonna go and do that, I'm in. I love a spectacle. I was pretty excited to tune in. Okay, let's do more spectacles. And you might see that because there was an interview with Gronk and Shack saying they were starting an athlete fighting league, which nobody knows if that's true or not. No one knows if that was just Shaq coming up with an idea on the spot, or if this is something that you know, two of the more notable athletes that are out in the public eye. Because I'll tell you what, if you start getting guys to do that, you know, I'm trying to think, what's a good dream matchup? Who do we got? You're not getting Lebron boxing. Imagine if you did, you'd watch. Or let's get like an ironic match. Let's get like Kevin Durant versus. I don't know who's someone compact. Jerome bettis little old. It's a little as an age gap there, but you know that's the at your high school, the fight you always dreamed about the six seven basketball player who was skinny with reach against the d lineman who was five to eleven but three hundred pounds. Let's set up some spectacles.

We like it.

We like it.

Happy for boxing. I haven't really texted Dan. I'll give him a prize call. I don't know if I've ever given him a phone call. Let's see if he has anything to chime in before I pivot over to UFC and then the football. First time ever calling Dan Kenobio. Here we go. Tell me his phone numbers in the voicemail should be good. Daniel, what's up? Bro? What's up? I'm recording waking Jake right now.

Happy for boxing. I haven't really texted Dan. I'll give him a prize call. I don't know if I've ever given him a phone call. Let's see if he has anything to chime in before I pivot over to UFC and then the football. First time ever calling Dan Kenobio. Here we go. Tell me his phone numbers in the voicemail should be good. Daniel, what's up? Bro? What's up? I'm recording waking Jake right now.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Man, it's a It's a boxing world. How how is how is your week? Weekend?

Man, it's a It's a boxing world. How how is how is your week? Weekend?

Oh?

Oh?

It was pretty fucking crazy. Man.

It was pretty fucking crazy. Man.

I learned that Netflix is the scariest media company in the world.

I learned that Netflix is the scariest media company in the world.

How do you mean that? And I am recording this.

How do you mean that? And I am recording this.

They are scary in a good way because they just have so much manpower and they put so much effort and into this event. It felt like the Super Bowl more than I felt like a boxing event. This was their big foray into live sports, and I was just really impressed with how much emphasis and attention to detail that they put in, even for like my one minute hits.

They are scary in a good way because they just have so much manpower and they put so much effort and into this event. It felt like the Super Bowl more than I felt like a boxing event. This was their big foray into live sports, and I was just really impressed with how much emphasis and attention to detail that they put in, even for like my one minute hits.

They were treating me.

They were treating me.

As if I was Howard Cosels with sixty million people watching PI.

As if I was Howard Cosels with sixty million people watching PI.

Yeah, I learned that I can read. That's a good thing.

Yeah, I learned that I can read. That's a good thing.

Good step, good step can read.

Good step, good step can read.

In front of people.

In front of people.

I almost hyperventilated when they started counting you down ten nine, ye know. And I looked around and I saw seventy two thousand people at Jerry World, and I was like, oh, don't do that again. Don't look around and just focus in and uh yeah, it's freaking awesome.

I almost hyperventilated when they started counting you down ten nine, ye know. And I looked around and I saw seventy two thousand people at Jerry World, and I was like, oh, don't do that again. Don't look around and just focus in and uh yeah, it's freaking awesome.

Just picture everyone in their underwear. You didn't even have to imagine with Tyson.

Just picture everyone in their underwear. You didn't even have to imagine with Tyson.

Huh, well, yeah he saw cheeks.

Huh, well, yeah he saw cheeks.

He saw cheeks, We saw cheeks, Tyson. Hey, is it all right if I'm mad about the Serrano Taylor final decision?

He saw cheeks, We saw cheeks, Tyson. Hey, is it all right if I'm mad about the Serrano Taylor final decision?

No?

No?

I think I think you should be. You should That's what boxing is. It's controversial decisions, a very subjective sport.

I think I think you should be. You should That's what boxing is. It's controversial decisions, a very subjective sport.

But why Dan, why do I need? That was a great fight, Yeah.

But why Dan, why do I need? That was a great fight, Yeah.

But it wasn't like an egregious decision. I've seen much boxing have seen much, much worse, like pure corruption. That was a toast fight where either lady could have won. Ninety five ninety four doesn't get any closer to that.

But it wasn't like an egregious decision. I've seen much boxing have seen much, much worse, like pure corruption. That was a toast fight where either lady could have won. Ninety five ninety four doesn't get any closer to that.

On the official scorecards.

On the official scorecards.

My problem was they took a point away from Taylor for the head buddy, so ninety five. That means he could have been even wider, which doesn't make any sense to me. Sorono landon more punches, Orlando cleaner shots.

My problem was they took a point away from Taylor for the head buddy, so ninety five. That means he could have been even wider, which doesn't make any sense to me. Sorono landon more punches, Orlando cleaner shots.

It's just like part of boxing.

It's just like part of boxing.

And a lot of people watched that fight, which is great and they got to see those two ways because their two best female fighters maybe of all time. But then there's that like bad taste in some casual fans mounts with like, oh man, that wasn't who I thought one.

And a lot of people watched that fight, which is great and they got to see those two ways because their two best female fighters maybe of all time. But then there's that like bad taste in some casual fans mounts with like, oh man, that wasn't who I thought one.

Yeah, it just hurts me as like a sports guy, like I don't I don't know, Like if they called that a draw, I would have been like, you're kind of right, Like it was tight. I thought Serrano one. And when you looked at the final punching numbers, it was like geez, but yeah, I don't know that that sports wise, that doesn't sit too well with me.

Yeah, it just hurts me as like a sports guy, like I don't I don't know, Like if they called that a draw, I would have been like, you're kind of right, Like it was tight. I thought Serrano one. And when you looked at the final punching numbers, it was like geez, but yeah, I don't know that that sports wise, that doesn't sit too well with me.

Well, that's boxing to subject to sports.

Well, that's boxing to subject to sports.

It's decided by three individuals ringside and they can see three different things.

It's decided by three individuals ringside and they can see three different things.

It's the scariest thing. But the main.

It's the scariest thing. But the main.

Thing, the main takeaway is that fifty million homes watched A Man of Serano, Kay Taylor and women's boxing needed that they needed, like a shot in the arm. But a few years ago women's boxing was on top, but kind of look down a little bit.

Thing, the main takeaway is that fifty million homes watched A Man of Serano, Kay Taylor and women's boxing needed that they needed, like a shot in the arm. But a few years ago women's boxing was on top, but kind of look down a little bit.

So to number one thing I got was offering from Netflix Mike Tyson's cheeks.

So to number one thing I got was offering from Netflix Mike Tyson's cheeks.

I hate Jake Paul and A Man Torano and Kay Taylor are awesome.

I hate Jake Paul and A Man Torano and Kay Taylor are awesome.

Yeah, give me I mean, Dan, this is kind of awesome because I didn't tell you. Hey, have we ever talked on the phone before?

Yeah, give me I mean, Dan, this is kind of awesome because I didn't tell you. Hey, have we ever talked on the phone before?

No, when I thought I.

No, when I thought I.

Was getting spamed, when you call me I getting am I getting fired from a place I.

Was getting spamed, when you call me I getting am I getting fired from a place I.

Don't work at here? You can't do that. Give me, give me one minute, give me your Tyson Paul thoughts in an elevator pitch and then maybe where they can go see hear more of your thoughts.

Don't work at here? You can't do that. Give me, give me one minute, give me your Tyson Paul thoughts in an elevator pitch and then maybe where they can go see hear more of your thoughts.

So Tyson, I felt like this was a big time moment for the legacy of Mike Tyson. You may not have liked to fight, you may not have liked the promotion, you may not like Jake Paul, but I think one thing is for sure. Sixty five million homes tuned in and the world pretty much came to a standstill because of Mike Tyson, and that is an unbelievable testament to him because he's not the most This guy has done some pinous things in his life, but he's just a human being that everyone gravitates towards.

So Tyson, I felt like this was a big time moment for the legacy of Mike Tyson. You may not have liked to fight, you may not have liked the promotion, you may not like Jake Paul, but I think one thing is for sure. Sixty five million homes tuned in and the world pretty much came to a standstill because of Mike Tyson, and that is an unbelievable testament to him because he's not the most This guy has done some pinous things in his life, but he's just a human being that everyone gravitates towards.

I don't think it was bad for boxing. I think it was good for boxing.

I don't think it was bad for boxing. I think it was good for boxing.

I just think it was a night where you're gonna get two big names and they're gonna try to make money.

I just think it was a night where you're gonna get two big names and they're gonna try to make money.

And that's what kind of boxing is.

And that's what kind of boxing is.

It's the only stage where you can do that, individuals making money one and for one night.

It's the only stage where you can do that, individuals making money one and for one night.

So I think it was a big Mike Tyson moment, uh, and more than it was for Jake Paul.

So I think it was a big Mike Tyson moment, uh, and more than it was for Jake Paul.

Yeah, it was pretty nuts to see how much juice Tyson still has in our society. Just seeing him come out and hearing the crowd are up, that was that was sick something I didn't know what we'd see again.

Yeah, it was pretty nuts to see how much juice Tyson still has in our society. Just seeing him come out and hearing the crowd are up, that was that was sick something I didn't know what we'd see again.

You know what's funny.

You know what's funny.

It was like as the fight was playing out and we kind of realized, like, all right, Mike is not going to close the distance. He's not gonna take any chances. He's fifty eight, his legs are shot, his reflexes are.

It was like as the fight was playing out and we kind of realized, like, all right, Mike is not going to close the distance. He's not gonna take any chances. He's fifty eight, his legs are shot, his reflexes are.

Bad, and he's sixty eight.

Bad, and he's sixty eight.

The fans didn't know whether it a blue or not.

The fans didn't know whether it a blue or not.

And I've just a million flights where they saw they start booing immediately. The fans seventy two thousand people didn't boo right away because of the respect they have for Tyson, Like at the fight end and everyone just kind of just filed out and they're like, yeah, I kind of figured that's what it would look like, but I expect it maybe a little more out of Tyson. But you know, I was watching the fight with Andrew Ward is a former champion. He's like in his forties, and he said towards the end of his career, like, your mind sets do this.

And I've just a million flights where they saw they start booing immediately. The fans seventy two thousand people didn't boo right away because of the respect they have for Tyson, Like at the fight end and everyone just kind of just filed out and they're like, yeah, I kind of figured that's what it would look like, but I expect it maybe a little more out of Tyson. But you know, I was watching the fight with Andrew Ward is a former champion. He's like in his forties, and he said towards the end of his career, like, your mind sets do this.

And your body just can't do it. And to do that in a ring is wild enough.

And your body just can't do it. And to do that in a ring is wild enough.

Sounds the end there sounds like a blitz ball battle.

Sounds the end there sounds like a blitz ball battle.

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Hey Daniel, good to hear from you, Poppy. Where where can people find more of you? If they liked you on that Netflix hit?

Hey Daniel, good to hear from you, Poppy. Where where can people find more of you? If they liked you on that Netflix hit?

Oh yeah, go check me out.

Oh yeah, go check me out.

On Inside Boxing Live on Instagram and and and YouTube to a show twice a week with former johnbo employee and former world champion Chris al Jerry. So check me out there, and also you can find me on all your on your O your dating apps.

On Inside Boxing Live on Instagram and and and YouTube to a show twice a week with former johnbo employee and former world champion Chris al Jerry. So check me out there, and also you can find me on all your on your O your dating apps.

Do you get did you get that? Do you get that? Netflix? Ig Boost?

Do you get did you get that? Do you get that? Netflix? Ig Boost?

Oh? Yeah that and just random ass messages from people of all.

Oh? Yeah that and just random ass messages from people of all.

Walks of my life.

Walks of my life.

Pretty wild.

Pretty wild.

Man.

Man.

Hey, I know I already kind of told you about congrats and uh, next time there's a dude. I was pretty pissed when I found out UFC was at the Garden because I just straight up missed it. But that's like, that's like near the top of sports events I want to go to.

Hey, I know I already kind of told you about congrats and uh, next time there's a dude. I was pretty pissed when I found out UFC was at the Garden because I just straight up missed it. But that's like, that's like near the top of sports events I want to go to.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I was thinking about going, but I knew that I was gonna be absolutely nothing.

I was thinking about going, but I knew that I was gonna be absolutely nothing.

The next day after the event.

The next day after the event.

Yeah, but yeah, that was an.

Yeah, but yeah, that was an.

Awesome event too.

Awesome event too.

I mean every November they do initiate at the Garden, So we'll go next year.

I mean every November they do initiate at the Garden, So we'll go next year.

All right, hook it up with tickets.

All right, hook it up with tickets.

You got it?

You got it?

All right, Dan, I'll talk to you, Poppy.

All right, Dan, I'll talk to you, Poppy.

BBD, I love you, broo.

BBD, I love you, broo.

Wow my dam see it wrong number, but thank you for calling. So the boxing was good and we already segued into UFC. Man, I'm I'm so in. I started even getting like more and more emotional about it because I'll give you the honest run through, and this is like as big of a UFC I have. We have no attachment or connection to the UFC. Let me preface that by saying this Saturday night, I saw it was John Bones Jones. I don't even know. I just know John Bones Jones is a bad man. I think Chandler Jones was his brother who played in the NFL for a while and was like an all pro d ND. I just remember John Bones Jones being a stud. He was killing people. He had some went through it off the field, and then he's back and he's one of the people they debate is the goat. It was at MSG. I did a one scratch and one look at tickets just to be like should I go? And then I was like, I'm not going buy my I'm in comfy clothes. Was at six pm. It's dark out anyways. It sounds like I'm going next here with Dan and he's got tickets, so that's sweet. So I was like, but you know what, I'm I'm gonna watch I get sucked in. They start him off on ESPN and then at ten pm you have to go over to the pay per view. Tried the illegal stream for a little bit. I'll be honest, you know, eighty bucks by myself, me and the dog watching UFC. It's not my best investment. That's something they tell me an investment school. Hey, if you could save that and watch the illegal screen, good investment. Uh watch for a little bit. Gave out and I said, you know what, I'm enjoying this enough. I'm a man. I bought it, caved in, watched it. The production is so good. And if you're a John Boy media person, that's like, you know, yeah, John Boy Media, you guys know something about production, blitz ball Battle, all that stuff. I mean, I do and I don't. It's one of Jim's strengths. Obviously we've put a lot of time into it. But UFC, the amount of info they give you about the fighters is perfect. The booth is perfect. It's Rogan with intense knowledge about UFC, going back to the early days. Also with like full reign to be sense of humor and like honest, like if a boxer's in crazy good shape, we're gonna be like, look, how good is shape this dude isn't if there's a fighter in horrible shape, they'll be like, this guy's out of shape right now. He doesn't look good. He's moving bad, like it's pretty cool. You get super honest commentary, Annik great by play by play and does enough of his quirks to keep it moving in Cormier with great insights, still having fought a lot of these guys in recent years, the heavyweights, at least, it's an amazing product. Every fight you're vested in the contrast and fighting styles. This guy's gonna try to choke out this guy. This guy doesn't want to go to the ground with this guy. This guy's trying for the first round knockout. He's never been in a fight around fight before, so he's more tired than he's ever been. I love it, I love all of it. I was sending passionate message about how good it is. I mean, some of these guys are obviously sick puppies and they know that entertainment wise, even if you're going to lose the fight, you need to put an entertainment value. One guy, Chandler, American little dude. He was losing the fight. He keept getting taken to the ground by Brazilian guy Oliviera, saying that right probably not. I'm sorry to the people, to all my Portuguese listeners, but by the end he was still fighting like one of these guys Michael Chandler Olivieri. Yeah, he was going to have to knock him out to win, and he was given some big blows. He couldn't get the big one that By the end, he was kind of wrapped up again. He in a showmanship way. He stood up twice with Oliver wrapped around him and just body slammed him, knowing it wouldn't do enough damage to win him the match, but it won over the crowd. John Bones Jones the champ. He beats Mia chich guy with a lot of titles, like most decorated heavyweight. They kept saying he's older, he's forty one. He kind of came out of retirement for this. He retires right after the match. John Bones Jones was too much for him. And that was fun just watching someone considered the goat still be the goat. I think he's at age thirty seven or something like that. This is why this sport wins. So I talked about boxing and I want the right fighter. I want the right person to win all that middleweight fight. Here comes Bo Nickel, great name college wrestler. He was like he was voted the best college wrestler in twenty nineteen. So you're like, okay, that's where again. UFC is kind of cool. This guy we've been told as a world class wrestler. He's undefeated, he's seven and oh, he's got kind of this no nonsense Midwest attitude for him. I think he's actually from New Mexico or something like that. And dude, his interviews are just kind of what you want to fight her. He was like, yeah, I don't. Wrestling was over and I just want to keep fighting people. So I started doing this and you're like, okay. He said. Fighting is his favorite thing. He said, him and his buddies in middle school, they used to get yelled at so much by their parents because they just fight each other. They just hang out and fight. And now this guy's in the UFC. Anyways, he's American, playing at the garden, undefeated. The crowd's all about him. They love him. Seven and oh, this guy's the next star. He's an ex McGregor, all of it. He comes out cheers. He's fighting this Scottish guy. Paul Craig can't understand him. Handsome, but he's on his way down. Seventeen to nine and one that means this guy's lost nine fights in an octagon. That's a bad time. But he's on his way down as bon Nickel's on his way up. And that's kind of how it works. In UFC, bon Nichol was winning, but in an unimpressive fashion, like he wasn't trying to go for takedowns, he wasn't trying to do impact blows. He was just like casually winning the fight. The crowd just started booing them, instant turn, instant turn, if you're not going to entertain us and fight like hell, we don't want it, and it was crazy. They hand him his belt to go seven and oh undefeated in UFC, Madison Square Garden's booing him and he does his interview and credit to him because he that's gotta be a weird feeling. The months of preparation slash your whole life building up to this fight in him and you were the fan favorite and now you're getting booed twenty minutes later after you've won. It's a weird mix of emotions. He handled it pretty good. He was like, hey man, I've been building my way up. I only have six fights against people who are not of Paul Craig's ability like, I'm kind of sorry you didn't get the show you wanted, but I kind of just had a dominant victory over a very good fighter. I feel good, and it's like, yeah, and you should man. Good for you. But it's just emotions that other sports cannot tap into. With that instant criss cross, a potential moment where one punch or one kick dictates the fight. There was a guy fighting on one leg, like he just it basically wasn't able to stand on his back leg, so he was still hopping around and fighting, and it's like that changes things, that changes your whole dynamic. I can't believe how sucked in I get to it every time. I paid eighty dollars of my own money and I didn't regret it at all. So Dan's got me front row seats at the next one. I'm excited for it. If you're someone that's been shy to UFC, I recommend it, whether it's with a group of friends or out at a bar or something. It's just a weird. It's a weird real world that they've created, and some of the blood and stuff is tough. I'll be honest. There's a the two females were fighting a Rougio and Silva, and there's a lot of blood going on. I didn't love it for a minute. I'll be real with you, but next big UFC fight, and I think there's one. I think it was like December seventh or December tenth, I'll be watching. So if you're about it, let me know. Let's finish up with some NFL football sasake fighting in football. That's what waken Jake does a fun NFL weekend. I was able to digest a lot of it. Man, I was gonna say, let's go back to Thursday's game. I barely remember. This was the Saquon two TD game. I should have been three, but tush push at the one. They end up beating the Commanders twenty six to eighteen. Gives them a stronghold in the NFC East. The panicky two and two Eagles fire Siriani. They're now eight and two, and I think Nick Siriani has like the seventh best NFL coaching record of all time by win percentage. It's it's funny where his perception is at in and outside of Philly. They're back to kind of being the feared Eagles and when you're looking for an NFC team to come out, they've got quite the argument right now in Saquon that is playing out of his dome. I'm starting to think he was not the problem in New York, which brings us to Sunday. The Euro Games are out. People. The big game that I've been teasing for a couple weeks, Bill's Chiefs will get there. It's the four pm at one pm Bears Packers. My god again. I know I'm doing a lot of cross promo for shows that don't need cross promo, but just go listen to the tone in Big Cat's voice about at Chicago Bears because they are so broken by the Green Bay Packers. I think Matt Lafleur is eleven and zero against the Bears. I think if you go back, it's something crazy, it's like forty eight and eleven or something like how badly the Packers that seemingly always have a quarterback against the Bears that seemingly always don't, how much they have dominated this game. It ends on a block field goal where the Bears could have went for more yards and they did not, and the Packers. It's always funny when you get the story afterwards. They said the Packers special teams was saying all week how they're going to block a kick? Probably say that every week, right, I mean, i'd have to assume that's probably part of the goal. But when you do it on the game ending play, that feels good. The Packers seven and three. Speaking of NFC teams as we start to boil up for their playoffs, Christian Watson, by the way, four catches one fifty. It's about fifty yards catch analytics. Lions Jaguars, Holy smokes fifty two to six. The spread in this game was minus fourteen, and the Lions showed how dominant they are. GoF God gets four touchdowns, Montgomery runs for two, Son God catches two. The most dominant win of the year the Lions, and how good they look so far this year NFC early on the Vikes, Titans really no thank you. Although the Vikings are now eight and two, crazy, you turn your head and you're just kind of like what they had lost a lot of their momentum. People were kind of fading Donald a little bit. No more. The eight and two Vikings. Who do they have coming up? They have the Bears, Okay, Bears, Cardinals, Falcons, watch out for them, Broncos, Bears again, Seahawks, Packers, Lions. I mean these eight and two Vikes, there's no reason they shouldn't go at least five hundred the rest of the way. And you're looking at an eleven win ball club in Minnesota this year. Crazy crazy story from them, Dolphins, Raiders, No thank you. I will say this. Dolphins, They've got a little bit of the juice and they were my big bet I hit this weekend, so I was happy about that, and it didn't look like it was gonna hit. A lot of back and forth late in this game. If you know you knew Rams Patriots not really. Rams are back to five hundred, Matty Stafford four touchdowns. Hey, Patriots, I know this this year isn't gonna look so good. But Drake May looks solid. There was a couple funny texts in the group chat. One of my buddies was ribbing my New England Patriot friends about them not having Lad McConkie and how much of a movie it would be Lad McConkie, and that Patriots White Saints Brown's No Saints rolled them four and seven, two game win streak. The Taysom Hill game seven carries for one thirty eight three touchdowns. That guy man the Colts and the Jets. The Colts win twenty eight to twenty seven. The Jets dropped to three and eight. I don't know, man, I don't know. If it's franchises. I don't know if it was fireing sala, I don't it's Rogers curses. The Jets are up there. The Jets are up there. When it comes to being cursed, Anthony Richardson puts it away with a late touchdown run. Colts still alive in this thing. Ar five had like a good game. You wonder if that benching could have been good for him, either health wise or for his headspace. But they are back. And how about those Denver Broncos being back Falcons. I was trying to drink their kool aid. I think there were six and three Kirk slinging it. They're now six and five. They only score six point against that vaunted Broncos defense. Boe Nicks for passing touchdowns, I mean Williams nine carries fifty nine yards in one touchdown. The horse sees again, this was a game. I didn't I didn't come in expecting anything from them. They showed up. And now they've got Raiders, Browns, Colts. Let's go Bronco Nation. Let's ride anything else in the one into the four pm raven Stillers. The Steelers take down my Ravens. I think I'm gonna take my Super Bowl prediction hat off the Ravens, partially because they've lost a couple close games like this. The Steelers win eighteen to sixteen. No tuddies, man, this was just AFC North football, grindy, gritty, hard hitting. The Justin Field slide short at the end was kind of tough to watch, but it doesn't end up hurting them. King Henry with his first fumble on the opening drive and like five hundred something carries, he came to the bench like a guy who fumbled for the first time in five hundred something carries. Mike Tomlin, you can't say it. He has to be the leader for a Coach of the Year. At this point the game, two Steelers behind Fields and Wilson, and yeah, they were wondering, how seriously do they have to take them? Because they have that world class defense they're now eating too. I don't know, I don't have them as an actual super Bowl threat yet. But maybe that's being rude because they just beat my Ravens. Well, I'm taking out for now because there's a couple things I don't like besides the losing. I think Lamar is one in four against the Steelers against Tomlin. I might have those stats wrong. Maybe that's in Pittsburgh, but there was that. There's the Lamar you know, Lamar's playoff stuff, which I've been willing to look over because all it takes is one good one to put all that in your rear view. Man, the Justin Tucker thing is very real. That was part of their team identity, the Ravens. It kind of felt like going into half or whenever they had the ball, if they were getting near midfield, it was Justin Tucker time, and he felt automatic. He doesn't not. He is really struggling. It's not just him, but it's a big part of it where I think I'm taking my super Bowl hat off the Ravens for now. Speaking of another team people want to the forty nine Ers lose to the Seahawks and then the final seconds again Gino runs one in. I don't know. Everyone was buying up Niner stock McCaffrey's back. Here we go, No go Seahawks five and five, Niners five and five, Rams five and five. The Cardinals continue to lead that division. They were on their bye week this week seems like one of those years for the Niners. It's just off and again, I've talked about the injuries a lot. It just hasn't clicked. Hey, if the playoff lights come on and they get a good first round matchup, everyone will be back. But they've been off this year. The game of the weekend Bills Chiefs the game of the year arguably the Chiefs in their win streak, which I tried to put on your radar, the Bills looking for redemption. I tried to tee this up the best I could between this is one of Buffalo's best chances to get them, and they end up getting them thirty to twenty one. Josh Allen looks good, ends the game with incredible rushing touchdown. He's just so big and powerful. It's incredible to watch. The Chiefs. They felt they felt a step off this year, but they just kept winning and Mahomes is still there. This doesn't change much. This is you know, in Buffalo, close game, but they do end up losing it big one for the Bills. It was funny to see. I think I think Allen is four to one against Mahomes in the regular season, Mahomes three to zero in the postseason. That's how you get remembered, folks. Huge for Buffalo. Do I have them as my Super Bowl favorites right now? I don't know if I'm willing to don that. I think I'd still take the Chiefs over them, which is horribly rude. But that Mahomes guy and that Reid guy are still there, and if this game is in Kansas City, I don't think Buffalo gets it. So they are currently the nine and one Chiefs and the nine and two Bills. Let's see how the Chiefs look the rest of the way. They get a nice little medicine game after this, the Carolina Panthers and then the Raiders, so expect them to get back on the winning train and at night Chargers Bengals. And I was excited to talk about this one today because falling deeper and deeper in love with Joe Burr and he has another massive game, leads an incredible comeback. They were down was it twenty four to six? Might have even been twenty one to three at one point, whatever it was, Burrow leads them back twenty sevens on the scoreboard and they end up blowing it. Each team had a couple chances late. I think there were some like three kicks in the final two minutes. It might have even been four. McPherson remember when he was a star player for their team, Money McPherson. He missed two kicks him and Justin Tucker. Those two were viewed as like one A one B bucker in the mix couple other guys. McPherson has missed a few field goals that have changed the outlook of this Bengals season that now they're sitting at four and seven. And by the way, I'm not selling any of my Burrow ground or position. He was awesome. Some of the throws he made into some of the windows, and some of the plays he makes with his legs and in the pocket. It's kind of unmatched to me in his playing style. Herbert was solid and fine and made the made the two passes at the end that he had to make. Lad mcconkeye is good six catches one twenty three. The two big passes I mentioned were both to him and the Chargers Hardball seven and three, and yeah, interested to see how this year wraps up with the Bengals and their head coach Zach Taylor, because I don't know this, this feels off and Cincinnati as a city be careful because if this guy ever wants out of town or leaves town, be very bad for Cincinnati. Just a reminder, LSU lost again this weekend. Go look at LSU outside of Joe Burrow. It's a slightly different narrative. It's a slightly different way to view the program as a whole, since from Saban to Burrow, six thirty to thirty and Ellen, Louisiana, And hey, tonight, how about them Cowboys? We'll watch because we like sports. Cowboys Texans Houston minus seven in Jerry's world. So they cleared that place out pretty quick. How do you like that? So, hey, guys, funky episode today, a lot of physical fighting sports. Not my norm, but I enjoyed it this weekend and it was another testament to how sports can, just when you least expect it, poke their head out there and give you something. So I hope you guys enjoy it. I think might get jolly the Bear Jolly Olive for Wednesday's episode, so we'll look into that. Thank you, guys.