Tiarnan Loughran | Life In FAI, Caolan's UFC 304 Loss & LFL 13 Fight | The Energized Show

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[Music] en sh up the Irish time okay what's going on guys and welcome to a brand new episode of energize brought to you by forged Irish out and or Kings competitions Ross are you intoxicated or something introduce the guest man today we are bring bring you everyone's favorite lockran brother it's the one and only it's a stallion it's Tian lockran tan how are you doing all good Bo all good how are you yeah not bad not bad can't complain can't complain zero complaints Ross zero complaints it was Barry's birthday yesterday so uh shout out to the baso um 48 never looking better 48 looking 49 though yeah 48 absolutely damn yeah the stress of this podcast I'm looking 49 and a half these days but T this is your show welcome to the show Bud looking good yes Bud thank you cheers tan last time we uh we spoke to you since then you've gone one0 as a professional now you have your second fight lined up um you're fighting in lfl this time out what made you sign uh fight deal with lfl and how much you looking forward to um what probably I'll be honest what probably made me saying the deal with lfl was a remember in February I was supposed to fight on cage conflict I was supposed to fight an Italian and on fate we as really hard camp like a pretty hard Camp your normal fate camps and uh he pulled out like three days before it with just a real lame ex just a real [ __ ] excuse I think he said he got pulled at the airport or something just something really stupid and I said to Shand because I remember ke went through all this he went through all those stages with the regional show was just by his P ISAC I just thought I cannot be bor and then H lfl I'm not sure either lfl text me or we to them I actually can't even remember um but I lfl just came about and I just thought I thought why not I thought it was a great experience they offered us a three-fight deal um they said they were going to build me so uh yeah it just seemed perfect and I'm glad no I'm glad I don't definitely yeah for the people just tuning in now Tian it will be back in action on the 25th of August on it's on a Sunday um tan you mentioned that lfl levels Fight League or going to plan on building you like what what what sort of vision did they give you I don't know I don't know they they uh they did they did say that I'm sure it's more so between them and Shand to be honest like I don't I haven't spoke to lfl um but they have plans like they they've Ted one guy I'm not sure who it was but I'm sure they got one guy on the contender series and I think that's that's kind of their promotion like they have links to the contender series but hey I'm not sure like I'm only saying the three fights um I'll look at my options after three fights if cage Wars is the way to go I'll go cage Wars if somewhere else is the way to go I'll go that way I'll have to see what PT shandu says so I'm not going to sit here and say I want to be lfl champion because simply probably would not like I don't know I'll just have to see what happens but for now I think it's just absolutely perfect like I I cannot wait for next week like get me wrong if I was fighting on say of the Irish Regional shows that would be good luck but just the thought of flying to Amsterdam to fight a Russian fight somebody flying as well so it just it seems professional it feels like you are professional in my f and that's what I that's what I love about no well one thing for sure we're definitely looking forward to seeing you compete aren't we Ross yeah absolutely uh and look we've seen Andreas binder fight there before we've seen kin fight there before uh they do have an Irish R uh link there Andrew Cordova I think that's how you say his name uh REO gu I've met him before in person a few times and uh he he's heavily involved in promotion as well so uh it's it's a great show like they they really do pull out all the stops H they've even had you know like to Stefan STW commentating on it so uh I think you know dor MMA has needed a promotion a long time out and uh it's it's a really really good one it's really well put together like it's a really well run show and like what's most important to fans probably is it looks really good on TV as well well like even the way they they kit out the fighters and the gloves Etc so uh look I'm all here for it I think it's a great place to start your career on the European scene and I think they do good matchmaking as well so T I think it's a great place for you I actually think last time we were talking after we finish recordon when the juice when the juicy stuff comes in h he actually said I think it's gonna be lfl next um and look you know the last show sh Show us isn't it absolutely just when you say staff and stru he was there I swear to God we were sitting the last show and I forgot that staffen strew was going to be there and he uh he is the biggest man I I've ever seen in my life he was standing and he he knew k so he knew k from the scene probably obviously him and K were standing having a conversation and it was honestly the funniest looking thing I've ever seen in my life K was literally to the man's hip there's there's no chance he could have even heard him it was [ __ ] hilarious perfect for the take down though no yeah yeah oh easily easily if things who would win in the fight two lock RS or one stro is that even a question man is that even a question okay all day baby all day okay two locks he holds the two of us off as if it's two jobs just keeps poking them out we can't get past us the range Lally could keep you from the other side of the cage that fell literally keeps K he's away it's one onone that's that's that F would go unbelievable yeah turn last night last time out you had your brother Kalin in your corner and you had Paul Hughes H who's gonna be in your corner this time it's GNA be pot and Shand this time H last time was a bit of a it was just a bit awkward because Jared Burns was on the same night as me and obviously Jorge very very far in his pro career too and he got his fight before me so they had flights and all books so they were saying to me like how they were like basically sorry and all here but I I completely understood like they have to they had that booked and Jed is in a really big situation in Brave so uh a really big position in Brave so but no Pat and Shand were going to be here this time but K's also going to be there K's going to help me cut the weight and stuff and then Pat and Shand they're not going to make it to the Sunday because we have a lot of guys out in Akuma on the Saturday so uh yeah they're going to be here the Sunday the corner me yeah shout out to jar Burns he's going to be fighting on Brave FC in ten on the 19th of October I'm sure Pat and shandel will be packing the sun cream for that one as well won't they Ross yeah absolutely I think as well for that I think uh he needs to be getting a totle shot there ASAP as well I think uh I think he he's proved in his fight that he's one of the top flyweights they have there Al so be interested MV goes back to Braven that's what that's looking like so uh that'll be an interesting uh an interesting scrap uh between those two i' be here for it anyway um yeah things changed there haven't they um potenti I think he's going to have to fight one fight elsewhere I think he's I feel like that's his Penance he has to go off fight somewhere else and then he can come back yeah so I think I think he has to serve a sentence of H fighting outside the UFC and then to come back I think he said the last I saw is he said he's only willing to sign a contract with the promotion as long as they have a release cause that if the UFC wants them back he can leave straight away so that's yeah well it depends like like I suppose out of Fighters who are now free agents he's probably the biggest free agent in the world at the moment really so like um like it might not to be the sexiest name to some people but I suppose Brave or big in the Middle East and obviously M would be a big name in the Middle East so could be a could be a match made in heaven there um one thing I do have to ask you about your last time out on NFL obviously Paul H just signed for p Bellator at the time h k were you gonna say PF tour uh at at the at the time uh which was huge news at the time and Kum was um fresh off a fight as well the two boys went out for a few points now the night before now did that that have any effect the next day absolutely not H you know what it was I actually like that so the night before all my fight I'll always be in the bar I obviously won't be drinking H I wouldn't be drinking but I actually I swear to God I like I like I I would hate to be sitting in my [ __ ] hotel room I don't know I wouldn't get nervous anyway but why would you not be out and answer I said Bo [ __ ] take a paint next thing they took a paint next thing they took two paints things got a bit out of harm so then I hit the road straight to the red light they made have hey the red light might have got a touch I'm not too sure they didn't they didn't give me the full information but uh I think I think they had some nights crack now but all right hey they had some weekends PR I tell you the next day after the F [ __ ] me boys it was Unreal amam is yeah it's some crack uh who's who's better on the session Ken lran or Paul Hughes that's a good question I've only on the session once before me and ke have had some M might rips now we've had some good cracks so uh I don't know don't know don't know who to go for that one come on where's the Loyalty man where's the Loyalty man loyalty to yeah I'll give it many more to come I'll need I need to do a few more see team teammates are thicker than than bloodman yeah that's true that's true thick thicker than brother that's true yeah no no it's h unbelievable scenes but uh great to have Pat and chano there obviously you've been at at fa a little while now um how have you found it there and how is the training going there and and is a noce to be back settled at home it's unreal I'm absolutely uh I'm absolutely loving it um obviously there's days that not that you don't want to do it but there's days that you are [ __ ] and you're thinking I could probably use a rest but like just the just the I don't know the energy in F like you you enjoy going to the gym it's [ __ ] it's not that it's always like it's it's tough rounds we train so so hard but just with the energy in the gym it is a it's a good place to be it's a good environment so no boys I I couldn't be happier going in the next week I feel H I actually we spared yesterday so I had my last probably my last hard Spar yesterday we done done a lot of rounds and it was I would say it was the best of sport all year felt uh felt really good so no going into this fight I'm feeling uh I'm confident confident I'll get the this rushing out here and and who's in the who's in who's in the sping rounds at the moment which you turn who did I Spar yesterday I didn't get sparing I didn't get sparing H Paul now who was a sparing I was sporing James slavin yeah slavin's flying slavin is Flaming TR TR really hard I wouldn't say very many I'm sure Floyd's left in his career would it would you say so say he must be turned soon enough I would say not but I'm not 100% sure H it'll obviously be down to Pon shando but I have to think he's probably ready to make that move soon now he's very experienced am look he must be about nearly 15 fights or so so yeah I think he's yeah he does I he's nearly 14 15 fight a no he experience now and plus he's racking up the bels once you racking up the bels that's the that's the time to go isn't it I think yeah I think so yeah who who else have you been sparing Big James Hughes um I was sparing ow solver who's well ow is well well good technically technically brilliant and been sporing Cory mclin Scott Harvey High L rounds in fight Academy all the time like it's always you never you never get an easy round never get easy R yeah you obiously had more buddies in Fai than you did of Team c yeah I would say I would say so definitely I definitely the the Mount of bodies Nory at absolutely crazy um yeah if your pick of different styles like any style you want in the gym say you're fighting a South ball you probably with three or four fight Academy or say you're fighting I don't know a boxing style wrestler you'll be able to you'll be able to find them from somewhere me there's the the selections unbelievable yeah there's a definitely uh lots of different shapes and sizes and definitely lots of different skill sets um tell us what do you know about this guy C or CV I not sure how you say it um but what do you know about him teing coming into this fight SP spartac CV I'm gonna call spack H I know I know absolutely nothing about him do you know what it is the more we've got to the fight the closer I've got to the fight the closer I'm thinking like this guy could be really dangerous this guy could actually be really good for all I know I know watching his first I've watched the fight that he won I think he won he's W and one um I haven't made it at the end actually that much but I've watched that f a few times but hey it was two and a half it was two and a half years ago um and ever since that he's been in tager Muay training I heard um so he's going to be he's probably going to be a completely different fighter so uh no I I couldn't have possibly trained harder like I have trained you can probably see my face I'm I'm bit like not drained but I have [ __ ] I have put everything into this fight Camp I was [ __ ] I've been going for about 10 weeks now now I'm just ready to relax and perform and I I I cannot wait until it's fight week I can nearly rest and I know there's only right I just have to be my best now on Sunday night I only have to do one unbelievable performance on Sunday night and I I love the th so uh now I'm ready to go ready to ready to beat sportag right yeah just just another question here and I'm moving to Fai um like obviously team kbon has a big name and then you come over and then other Lads are going to want to test themselves against you how long do you think it took you to to really like sort of fit in and feel part of the Foo team uh I don't know I think like not to sound argant in any way but I think I got like like on my first day there I give it absolutely everything like I was like I want to go in here because I not that I like out like I I planned to move to Fed Academy but I didn't actually like tell them that I I just told him I was coming to train I didn't say I'm I'm definitely moving to Fed Academy I was like I'll come and train I'll as like I wanted to go and uh nearly prove myself so not I'll not say that I done my first first uh session not at all but I'd say after about a month or six weeks they probably knew all right he's [ __ ] he's here every day he's he's not leaving he's not leaving this this guy's not gonna leave so we might as well inv a weave the time May that's they thinking but as far as like as far as them knowing that a bit more work rate and then I'm willing to basically do what the coaches say I would say I got that pretty quickly um but I'm not sure probably have to ask P sh maybe the thought because you also come with the name whether whether that's that's a a benefit or the hindrance who knows you know I mean h because I suppose you you lock R Bros uh have opened your mouth a few times uh along the way so uh you'd have to wonder was there a precon preconception of you but I always said to anyone who goes what are those lockr Brothers I I go I'm telling now if you're face to face them and you're having the chat with them they're actually two of the noce guys you'll ever meet but you know what I mean they they're part of the fight game and they're they're good at talking up when they need to they started it whoever whoever you're talking about or what but of [ __ ] talk you're thinking of I guarantee they start it we we never start it it's always comes from there sure what's called Luke Shanks is still sling kayin I know he's [ __ ] Shanks you badly worried You' be badly worried about CHS um yeah but tan we we also have to ask you for the people tuning in like k k is after come off a loss at UFC Manchester have you been like um you've obviously talked to him since like uh how's he doing and like um what did you make of the overall fight against Jake Hadley yeah I think he's uh look it's there's nothing worse than losing in MMA it's uh I've been there I know what it's like it's [ __ ] it's hard to know what to say to someone even if you have been there there's like there's nothing you can say um I think he's struggling not not struggling but I think he's uh I think he's struggling to shake it like he's obviously upset about the loss but what do you do like he just has to get back at it he's talking about now he's uh he's going to get back to tr he he got a bit of an injury in the fight um I'll let him talk about that himself not that not that that's a reason an excuse for losing but he hasn't been backra yet because of the injury um but I I think he's just he's just going to have to suck it up and go again he he's part of the sport isn't it yeah I think I think from watching the fo itself like it's not like he was like AB out class or smashed you know I mean I felt like it was very ball and Mador and I felt like you know each round was nearly a mirror of the next if you know what I mean like kayin basically chased him around that sort of etching of the octagon and then they they traded shots back and forth you know what I mean and I think uh hadly got and I only think just slightly the better on the counter punch and so things and that was sort of how it went it was it was like I'm sure because I think a lot of people don't realize I'm like I I haven't done it myself but like I'm sure T you been there when you're in the fight you can think it's actually going differently than when someone's watching the fight like when you're throwing your shots and he's throwing his shots if you feel like his shots don't really hurt you and you feel like your shots are maybe Landing heavier that's not always what it looks like from the outside as well so it's very hard to you know in a very close fight those five margins it's very hard to be like did I get that round did he get that round and like I think one of the judges or maybe two of the judges were 3027 or another was 29 28 but like each round was like really close like it wasn't like hadly smoked them in any of the rounds they were all like it was really Tit for Tat fight no it was he uh you know was I actually think Hardley when I I watched it back a few times um Hardley performed really well I think that's the best that's the best I nearly ever seen Hardley um he fought the way he probably needed to fight if he had have engaged now if he had a stood in front of ke and he had a one for like he had a use or one for takedowns and he just moved and hardly hardly performed well I think ke would admit he probably didn't perform at his best um yeah and that's it fighting is so fighting is so down to the night like I have absolutely no doubt if you throw ke and Hardley in the gym like that that could go I could go seven times K three times hardly the results would vary but I can just on fight night it's just a different place who shows up who's feeling better on that day so it's tough run from the take now but just have to go and go and get better suppose yeah it's just all part of the journey yeah really really is all part of the journey yeah yeah and like I I don't I don't think like his his stock really took a mass I don't think people are going to be like oh he's worse or anything that I think like people could see that like it was such a a narrow defeat that like jez that those margins can be made up very very quickly if they were to fight again like it could easily the tables could reverse very quickly you know yeah so 100% definitely look uh shout out to kayin because I'm sure he'll be watching and uh we wish you the best and hopefully that injury heals up soon cuz uh there's nothing we love more than a k lock around fight week also he'll be back he'll be back also shout out to him because again like that's his second uh time out of three where he's had an opponent change on short notice which is uh not really nice for him as well because I know he's actually quite methodical in his planning that like he's getting ready for an opponent and like he's fighting certain style and then it changed on him last minute and happened to him twice now so like that's not ideal either for him not at all like like even Ramon Tavarez like Tavarez was there for the taken and then you get somebody like Hadley like I actually trained with Hadley when I was in h when I was in Renegade well wild nice guy um but like you know Hardley from the cage War know I didn't we didn't actually go like we didn't actually train like he was a bit injured or something I can't remember but he's uh had his high level like he's proven that he is like I think it was a lot tougher fight than and even K's first fight it went from your man to lais like the same thing so he just hasn't had much luck yet but hey hopefully that'll change and bit more in the next one exactly um tan sorry you're you're you're obviously back on the 25th on NFL how many more times oh before sorry before I go into that you're also making Vlog a vlog Series in the Bild up to this fight how did that come about uh I I don't I don't know uh it's always something I want to do it's always something I want to do just nearly you know it's nearly for myself to look back on like those were the [ __ ] days I guarantee when you're like I don't know but I'll look back and that's 35 or 40 and watch them Vlogs and like they were [ __ ] deadly but it was like I don't know just a way to promote myself and Buys in the more experienced boys in the gym and more experienced boys May were at me to do it a few of my sponsors H like experienced businessmen nearly rob me to do it so I was thinking why not I me as well give it a go and I think they're going all right like no they're no they are they're cool make sure people people tune in now make sure to check them out cuz uh it's always good when the the Irish Fighters are putting out these like behind the scenes stuff because uh as MMA fans you want to see the see the stuff and uh long may continue uh tan as I was going to say you're fighting on the 25th how many more times you want to get out this year uh I would say this one and one more would probably do me you know what it was like I was to fight in February and obviously the fight fell through as I was saying at the start of the show H the fight fell through so that was a training camp and then I fought in it was April wasn't it April or May I can't remember I think last F was April um so that was two fights and then this is the third so this is the third training camp in six months so like although I haven't been active fighting I've been active in the gym so I would say probably one more would do me to be honest if I got out again in November hey I would I would be three and at 23 years old I'm exactly where I want to be um could be 40 if I get out of again next febrary say I would be four and over by 23 years old so I think you're absolutely flying um keep getting experience keep winning keep getting better I'm staying en I'm staying ener that's you you you better believe it you better believe it h look T I'm not going to lie I'm really excited to see F on the show I think it's like I said before lfl they put on a great show I think it's a great platform I think it's a great platform for you as well also one thing that uh I always find interesting is you're as far as I'm aware you're gonna be the only Irish person fighting on the card is that something that also makes you more excited as well because you know nearly all of Irish M May are gonna be watching that card just for you as opposed to sometimes when you're on a card with six or seven other Irish people you know I mean like you're sharing so much the Limelight if that makes sense but you know mean you're on a weekend where I don't think any other Irish M Fighters on you're the only Pro fighter on that weekend is that something that you've even thought about uh or is that something that like while you're with lfl cuz you know you're getting that extrait of Spotlight yeah who better who better to take the weekend away than me supposed to not it but no I I I never really thought of that to be honest but i h no it'll be good it'll be good hopefully everyone Tunes in look I'm I uh at my last hard Spar as I said there at my last hard Spar on Sunday and I felt I felt really good everything just kind of came together um I I feel just just through Tren Mando training with part different coaches uh I a different people in this Camp kind of um feeling feeling high level at MMA at the minute certainly certainly too high level made for uh spart so uh I I think I'm going to take this man out next Sunday uh that's the plan andway that's the headlin uh lran spark Spar Tech [ __ ] right AR versus Russia once again let's go and Tian will be doing selfies a cage conflict 14 on November the 2 Ross yeah you better believe it that's a big cage conflict show coming up as well so shout out to the lads up there uh who knows H you might do guest commentary you never know what Pat Chan though the show selfies the show will sell out that'll be no I said you'll be doing five selfies that's pound each yeah t you gota go you better go practicing them selfies man yeah I want kid conf there went K conf there and there was the bar behind us you know and it turned out the Guinness the Guinness and the davish is actually very very good sitting front row at cage conflict I ended up [ __ ] blind I think out about we were sitting there the whole time it was dead the GU were just gone yeah but like that's what Forge I out makes your I better man telling you after 10 points you get it gets even better does it yeah yeah yeah you you we'll bring the cans this time don't worry about it ah yeah you you bring the cans B we'll set front R okay we'll bring the cans you bring the Selfies right be M yeah and then pack pack and bring the trunk full of cash and that Bentley that he DWS around yeah perfect D is there any else you want to say to the stallion fans that are going to be tuning in watching you compete on Sunday the 25th hey I [ __ ] tune in tune in next Sunday I gonna I'm coming to knock this uh I'm coming to knock this Russian out I've been sporing this style this guy's gonna come and try and take me down I I love that he's I can stand strong base and let the [ __ ] shots go I I'm a't com to take this man's head off like CU at the end of the day I know I know what he's going to come to do um and I can't wait for I'm looking forward to the scrambles let's let's see what he has like I I would love him to [ __ ] go for some deadly techniques I I would love that hopefully it's high level as [ __ ] but uh I'm to knock the man out anyway so yeah and if anyone wants a weekend in Amsterdam [ __ ] come on ahead well if levels if levels are listening they can get they can bring us over can us yeah absolutely and there's levels this game they're definely on the St level they're definitely listen the biggest the yeah right it's going to be it's going to be a fantastic show I look forward to you getting your hand raised and I like that you have three fights with promotion because uh then they can actually help help actually build you and they can H get you get you one of those lovely lfl belts those lfl belts are nice I think they look one look qu around your ways turn yeah I haven't actually seen it yet we have to see what happens uh Andre take it hey I have one more fight on my day after this so if they want to offer me the belt I'll take it yeah there we go there we go that's what we want to see okay lfl Bel in history yeah who's who's count t t right so thanks man for for your time roll on August 25th in Amsterdam going to be a mad scene over there and we'll let you get on with the rest of your day but ener sh up the Irish so Ross that was tier and lock ran yeah man the lock RS they bring it every time inside and outside the cage always love having them on H great character seems to be really um excelling in fight Academy Ireland as well so uh share out the lads up there can't wait to see him on lfl and like you said B like we said in the show he's the only Irishman fighting flying the flag there yeah but uh no I I wanted to ask you as well remember the time we did the face off between Tian lran and Max L and then they were saying the winner will get the energized glasses like in the last five to 10 years I know that's a long time like where would you rank that fo amongst Irish amateur MMA I think top three of all time easy like I think to the current generation probably the best and the biggest it was H such a high level fight uh the buildups the fight was massive and the fight itself was like you know you could easily said pound for pound one and two in the country at the amateur level yeah what a night that was as well Shadow cage conflict um Russ there is a big UFC Main Event coming down going on this weekend at UC 305 the battle for Africa the battle for Africa Israel Lisa is back and he's taking on ders dupc in the main event for the middleweight title Ross what you make of this fight and um who do you expect to win the title yeah a lot of people are saying you know Adisa doesn't deserve a shot um it should have been a stricken rematch cuz stricken last split decision and Adis is coming off a last but for me I think the fight makes money the fight makes sense uh I'm happy to watch it um I actually think D's going to win I think I actually think come fight night I'm not too sure what the odds are now but I think adisan will be the favorite come fight night but I think dri is GNA win I think he's riding a massive wave momentum uh as the saying goes you get 30% better when you come Champion I think that self belief it's an all-time high and I think drick is is a hard man to to be and he hasn't lost in a very long time I think robbert solich was the last man to beat him and I think H dras tup will leave H Australia with his hand raised how do you think he gets it done I wouldn't be surprised if he won uh by sort of a late stoppage but I also think like could be one of those 48 47 decisions I think it could be close be honest what about you Basel I think so many times I like backed against Adis to win and then he won and then the one time he picked him was against the one time I was like he's definitely winning this fight against Strickland and he then he loses although no actually I thought he was going to lose when he beat Pereira then that time as well so uh but um there just something about arisna like maybe because he he's like gone away and he Lo the most recently lost but there's just something about him when when someone comes back you remember the good times yeah and like it's very hard to recapture belt though it really is yeah very few come back and actually win a belt back I thought for some reason i' like because I never want to agree with you I'm just going to have piig israela to win I this on you but like I actually don't think he can win I don't think he'll win by knockout though and I actually don't think prision no I don't think he win Precision either and he's no it's gonna have to be DQ man I don't know how he's like I'm like he's gonna win but he's not going to do any any no proper way of doing it the king of Africa D is dupy I think I think I just talked myself into saying D is is going to win jeez that's a long way around looks like there's number one Contender fight for the flyweight Steve IG everyone's favorite Novak jackovich look alike is back against K har France uh look like I think uh Steve IG like sold me on the hype uh when he fought panta I thought he looked really good in that panta fight a lot of people thought he beat panta I I'm gonna pick him to be K car France yeah I'd agree like I don't think K car Frances is actually that great at all and jovic just won the Olympics so like that's obviously going SP Xing as well am am I wrong in saying that look like or am I right this is meant to be a serious show man oh my God I think a poll we'll do a poll do Steve look like Noak doovic has he looks like he looks more like Steve Carell no oh you know that be that could be the edroid pole who does who does he look more like uh um also madus gramr is taking on Don hooker I feel like Don hooker drew a very short straw here uh I think Cam's G to Absolute steam R him and like I really like Dan hooker he's such a lovable character but like one thing you can say about him he doesn't take the easy fights anyway oh he doesn't he doesn't want easy fights yeah but we have to think G's gonna win this one now I I'd go with gam Rod as well on this one uh then in the heavyweight division to two ofas taking on J jino Rosen strike bads definitely need a win and bads are definitely going with to bang but the thing is who will lift the shoy at the end of the fight R well I just hope Bambam wins because one want to see the shoy but like that's where my loyalty Lo what's going to be in it oh if toy2 wins are you a for chewy yeah well the for needs to be over there but yeah let's go for it uh to be honest looking at the rest of the card there's nothing actually really that stand out is uh people were recently giv out about the UFC cards not actually being that great these days uh what in your humble opinion Russ what do you actually make of the that those accusations against the UFC look like are are are the cards like some of the ones in the Apex are they absolutely star so that no they're not but like you have to sort of choose and pick whether do you want a UFC event on every weekend or do you want you know 20 on a year that are stacked like yes the 20 that are on stacked is awesome but like the same people who give out saying the cards aren't stacked are the same people saying that like why haven't se this person to UFC why haven't se that person to UFC what's called your Fighters are treated terribly like they have to get Xmen Fighters fight not all fighters are superstars they have to be given the opportunity to fight become a superstar so like the same people who sort of giving out are the same ones who are given know that the fighters aren't being treed well enough and aren't getting enough money well they need to fight to get paid so like you know there swings and roundabouts to it that's actually that was very well said um and also people were also saying like UC T 99 was a great card 3 hun was a great card tr1 was a great card um and like we have the no I think1 was the SL card wasn't it that was a Brazilian one oh sorry it was yeah take I take that back was you're made Steve Steve Carell um yeah but then like there's also fights after being announced like there's few like the Sha Mar's taking on morab UC 306 and then isn't it it's Torri against Max Holloway that's 308 308 yeah it wasn't 307 it 308 yeah but uh no there's plenty more coming up in the near future and's going to headline 307 you know is that in Abu dhab no it's in Salt Lake City Utah yeah I'd say so yeah that actually Su him with the High Altitude like he yeah but I think Leon was would have been probably slight F there because that's where he I think that's where he won the belt against camaru in the first time that is where he won the belt yeah so like it was probably it was probably slated for the Welter way title so it's probably Bal fighting there maybe against Shava who knows yeah Russ just before we wrap things up next week looking at it now obviously tan L Ran's going to be competing on the Sunday on the Saturday it's going to be Akuma FC huge night for Irish MMA and then Danny McCormack will be fighting on the Friday night for the road to the UFC and also pfl will be on James Gallagher will be competing on that as well um Ross for the people tuning in we had some technical issues so hopefully everything is okay now but um is there anything else you want to say no I think there's a high chance we might be going to auma um I think we're going to try and get one or two faceoffs in for as well baso uh looking forward to that show some great title fights on it especially Damen MC versus Keem mccarten and also uh Fufu farz is fighting on mass Oliver who tan actually spoke about on the show so uh definitely watch out for Akuma if you get a chance to go to it definitely do H Jim Baker Stadium it's gonna be a great night of fights yeah um yeah also I want to thank everyone for 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