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On this episode of Good Guy / Bad Guy, did Khabib Nurmagomedov just leak the Main Event for this year’s PPV at Madison Square Garden? Khabib revealed Islam’s next fight will be at the world-famous arena, and we can only assume it’s against Jack Della Maddalena for the Welterweight Title at UFC 322 in November. What does DC know about the leaked info? Then, Max Holloway says he’s out till 2026 with a hand injury, so what does that mean for the Lightweight Division? The guys are matchmaking its top fighters and the results are absolute BANGERS! Plus, find out who DC & Chael believe will be UFC Champions in 2026. Also, we take a walk down memory lane for this week in MMA History when UFC Legends Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans faced off for the second time at UFC 133 almost 14 years ago to the day!
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2:14 Khabib says Islam at MSG
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And Daniel, I can never get my way like like nobody I can never get my way with like like a magic wand in matchmaking.
But please somebody please reserve Hooker for Max Holloway and let's go for
the title. We got to put the top up. Dude, you just actually made the next BM title fight.
What's happening guys? Welcome to another episode of Good Guy Bad Guy. I'm Chale. He's Daniel. We're happy you're
all here. Daniel, the eve, the day after of the great SummerSlam. How you feeling?
Tired, man. I got up this morning at 4:00 in the morning, me and my daughters, to come to LA. So, luckily, I
have a great partner who is always willing to adjust. There are people in television jail that would go, "No, this
does not work for me." But jail goes, "Hey, listen. I just watched my news before the show opposed to after the
show and we're good. So like that's good to me. And SummerSlam Summerslam was good. It delivered. It really did.
Especially on night two because the beast came. I couldn't believe I saw Brock back. They pop for him. Daniel, I'm glad that
they I'm really glad that that that happened actually. But they pop for him, man. And it works. Long-haired Brock.
Like whenever you bring a guy back, you got to tweak him. Even if it's only a little bit, they tweaked him a little
bit with the hair. I thought it worked. I thought it worked and I thought he looked tremendous. He looks huge going
back out there and still looks like a guy that could uh could run the WWE.
Hey, but um one guy that's running mixed martial arts or at least his division
was Islamace. Khabib will periodically do these sitdowns where people pay and
they have a conversation with Kabib. I don't know if he takes fan questions, but there's always a moderator and an
interviewer. Habib is talking to the interview the other day and he starts to talk and he's comfortable and you could
see Ali fidgeting and he goes, "Look at this guy. This guy is like panicking. No, he has deal with UFC. I don't have a
deal with the UFC. Islam's fighting in Madison Square Garden." Like how what did you make of that? And like how
exciting is it to hear that we now have a date for what could potentially be uh
a massive super fight at welterweight between Islam and JDM? Okay. Well, and
I'm so glad that you said that because my my first thought and I'm trying to process. We have so many shows and so
many dates to keep track of. I knew that JDM and Islam has been announced. In fact, it was announced almost 3 months
ago. So, I was thinking, wait a minute. Is he fighting sooner? And they're talking about he's going to return at
MSG or is this just actually the welterweight fight? So, you you have cleared that up. I think it's
appropriate. I think that they're going to be very surprised how well Jack sells. I think that Jack right now is
the most underappreciated champion in the organization. I believe they view him as a a intram champion and intram
just meaning until uh transition champion is the word I'm looking for. Until we transition into Islam, I feel
that big push has not come be behind Jack. And I think that Jack is in a wonderful opportunity to not only defend
his belt to gain esteem with the audience and the organization. I think he's in a spot, this is what nobody's
talking about, to chase down to for that number one pound-for-pound. Jack is
going to look a lot different to all of us if he beats Islam at the Garden.
Well, that's absolutely true, right? It's a massive opportunity for both. Obviously Islam has the opportunity and
ability to become a two division UFC champion, but for Jack Dela Matalena,
like you said, Cha, so many hold Islam in such high regard that when he becomes
or if he becomes champion, he goes back to number one pound for pound, which is right where he was to begin with. Jack
Dela beat below Muhammad and still hasn't gotten that rub yet. He needed to
beat a guy or fight a guy that elevates you. We talk about this constantly, how
standing in the ring with Jon Jones elevated me to the point that when I fought Stipe, it could elevate him or or
Vulcan Demir and all those other guys. I don't know if Val did that for Jack.
This will be an opportunity for Jack to elevate himself by fighting one of the
best fighters in the world and a guy that has a big name and a massive following. Here's the thing, though.
Islam tried to tell us this a long time ago. He said, "I would like to fight in
Madison Square Garden." When these long reigning champions start to
say, "Hey, I would like this. I would prefer this." They're only not telling
us directly because the UFC doesn't like you to do that. They're kind of giving you hints. He said he wanted to headline
the biggest arena in the world and now he gets that opportunity. But talk about Jack Dela, right? going from fighting
for the belt in Canada to now headlining MSG. Crazy.
I just love what you just did a moment ago where you just kind of let the audience in on a glimpse because you and I, as much as they think we're armed
with inside information that we're keeping secrets from them, we're not. We've just gotten a little better at the
detective skills. If you have two guys coming at each other in the media and everything's going well and all of a
sudden they just go away. They stop saying anything, that means the fight has been signed. Right. As soon as they
start talking, that means we have bout agreements and we're going to wait for the press conference. And I I just hear your point, Daniel. One thing, if I can
leave you with this thought on Islam. I can remember two years ago when Islam couldn't get this opportunity. Three
years ago when he couldn't get the opportunity because he wasn't famous enough. I can remember three years ago
when Kabib wanted Islam to be the Arab parent and all of the fans are saying,
"But you can't main event him. You can't headline him." That was actually very
true right up until the switch from Sukqian to money moano. And there was
something within that audience that Islam was so willing to risk it all on 24 hours notice. And I was there. I
watched that audience turn. It was a massive rocky moment where they did not care about Islam. They were on their
feet. As that night closed out before we faded to black and rolled the credits, a star was born. And if that star's reward
is to take the show and carry the company to Madison Square Garden, I can't think of a bigger compliment.
You know, I've been in that situation before where you may not be the guy that
and I don't even know why Islam gets flack anymore. Like he has not only won,
but he's finishing fights now. I think that is when the connection started. And it happened for Kabib, too. You remember
Kabib for a while was a guy that won a lot of decisions. people just weren't in on him. He had to win a lot of fights to
get a title opportunity, but then something clicked and he destroyed Michael Johnson and then he beat uh he
he just destroyed uh Drew not no Ally Quinta. It was a decision, but he won
all five rounds. He won 50 to 42, which never happens. And he beats Conor McGregor in the way that he did.
Finishes Dustin Porier, finishes Justin Gatey. when the finishes came, people gained a better appreciation for what
they are inside the octagon. And I think that's happening for Islam now because outside of Vulcanowski fighting him well
inside that uh first fight, it's been wash out after wash out for Machev and
he's really dominating these guys. But I think he has a different challenge ahead of him at 170. one that I know as a fact
that these guys are prepared for and they recognize how dangerous this is because again, Jill, when you do the
investigative when the investigative skills are are are pinging, you see coach Javier Mendes say stuff about how
tough Jack Dela is. You see Khabib say how much he's improved and you start going, these guys recognize the task.
They understand the challenge that's ahead of their champion as he goes into this opportunity to try to become a
two-way champ. But uh but but every main event needs a co-main jail. Who who should we put on under that fight?
All right. Now, are we doing the detective work? Are we doing the thing right now? Like you have a good idea. No, I don't have an idea, but like I'm
If you say something, if there's anything in the world, I'll go, okay, I
can start to decipher that. Wley and Valentina is is a lot closer to becoming
a reality than we've discussed. Yeah. And I I strongly believe if they
don't go at Madison Square Garden in November, they will close out the show in December. But I also believe that's
going to be uh Amanda's return fighting for the championship. And I'm just sharing for you, I think Way Lee and
Valentina is likely your co-main. Oh, chill. Okay. So what about end of
the year card Amanda Kayla why Valentina Josh van Pantoia in the co-main event
hey Josh Van's young Josh Van's young that's the type of guy that will turn around quick and Pantoia he really has
not been checkto has been putting it on dudes lately so I think I think Van
Pantoia because I think that we should go all female in December to end the year
I love I love where your head's at and I could see that from a marketing standpoint. Dana did put down the ultimate tease and he did it a week ago
and he said, "I got something. It's going to drive you guys crazy. You're going to run with your run around with your heads cut off. It's so big. It's
going to come together in 2025." And he left it at that. And I'm I'm only sharing with you those are the two real
big ones, right? Chicago's already taken care of. Uh one after that we got we got we gota
Yeah. I just can't imagine Dana's huge news being anything other than really huge
news. I'm a mark for it. I love how we set it up, but we could have something that we don't see. And that's where the
Josh Van. So, you make a very good point. And Van and Ptoia are supposed to fight this year. So, as we start to
limit the dates, unless they're going to have their own fight night, which I don't think we predict, you're right.
There's a lot of really good matches and one of those cards could end up with three title fights. Oh, that would be so
good to have that many title fights in the year. But Islam left 155 chill. So
now you got a champion in Ilia Tapora who deservedly is the man. I mean he's
as good as they come. But the BMF champ who says Tapora has got to do that twice
if he really wants to solidify his legacy said that he's out until 2026.
What does that mean for the lightweight division? Hey, the BMF champ said though, if Deora really wants to to
hammer home that legacy, he's got to do that twice. I am so proud of Max Holloway for doing this. I mean, I got
to tell you that the game that he is playing through the media. We would have laughed and I believe partner we
actually did when Max started to say, "Well, I'm going to come up here and I'm just going to challenge Iore. I'm going to defend that same BMF belt that I used
as a golden ticket. Go down to 145. It's the exciting exciting guy at a different weight class. And we're we we teased
him, but all of a sudden, yeah, Max versus Ilia is not that far of a
way. What an incredible claim by Max. You did it once, but you have to do it
twice. I mean, that's how things become real. I I watched Matt Hughes, not before he did the fight, after the fight
was done, hold that belt up and say, "You're not a champion until you defend it." that has gone through our industry
for 20 years. There is absolutely no truth to it whatsoever. If they give you that belt one time, you
are the champion. But I'm just saying what a what a great job by Max. Oh, really? The first one doesn't count. You
got to do it twice. Okay. All right, Max. I'm in. I'm in. But yeah, you're right.
Isn't that the craziest thing that Matt Hughes said that now all of a sudden people You know what's the most the most
insane thing is that champions will say it. It's not the guy that they're fighting. Like the guy that they're
fighting might go, "Well, you're not the champ until you defend." So if Jack De Balena goes to Bal and goes, "You ain't
the champion till you defend." Now all of a sudden he beats him. Now you telling me Bal Muhammad was never the UFC champion. Of course he was. You go
to the record books, he was the UFC champion. So yes, but smart on Max Holloway because he's planting the seed
for something else. And we all know he's a fighter. We know he's a killer. We
still know he's world class because of his last performance down in New Orleans. But in terms of what it means from the lightweight division, it just
really this to me is the most the division that's most in flux because you
have so many guys that have a claim to having a championship uh should have be
having a championship opportunity. Justin has a claim. Justin goes, "Hey, I lost to Max, but I'm three and one in my
last four fights." Max Holloway can now say, "I have a claim. I just became the
first guy to defend the BMF championship. I won a title fight." And I have history with this guy. Patty
Pimpblelet has a claim. Arman Serukian is the number one contender. He has such
a strong claim that he was on the marquee to fight the champion earlier this year. You got four dudes that have
legitimate claims to fighting for the belt, but ultimately only one can. So,
who's going to get that fight? jail. Who's going to get the Porya? And whoever gets the Porya, where does it
leave the rest? Sukian. Sukian is your answer. That Yeah, that that fight is all but done.
He also happens to be the right guy. Now, absent of an illness or injury, absent of something that's unforeseen,
that that fight will go down. And I don't believe it'll take place in this calendar year, you know? I mean, and I know that sounds like so long to say
2026. It's not. As you look at their calendar in the UFC, just what they've already released. You and I are
discussing November and December. Right now, I only I only share that is the fight. By the way, let me just give you
a little insight to Sooqian. He is the right-hand man. He is the top training
partner for Hamzach Chamay right now. I find that to be interesting. He's doing his training with Coach Cal. I spoke to
Coach Cal. I actually asked if if I could come in and we could maybe steal a little bit of footage. And uh my my
point is you you just don't train at that level of Coach Cal in your off time, right? That is not
offtime training. That's not that's not in between. And Ilia's biggest tell.
Every everybody has a recipe for building a fight. But Bill Ilia's recipe, whether he knows it or not, is
to publicly deny a fight. That's one of his steps. He comes out, "That guy is
not good enough. I'm not interested. Bring me someone else." That's the first step into Poria Promotion 101. And we we
we checked that off the list a week ago. Well, the problem with that is is like when he does that, it makes people start
to say, "You don't want it, so then they want it more." Like anything people can't have is what they pine for. I just
think that the visual, man, of Caddy being in the ring is going to be hard to erase. Like
if they if you really wanted to salvage the opportunity to make Sirukian or make
Justin Gatesy, I think they should have panned to them after Patty Pimpble inside the octagon. The last memory we
have is Joe, Patty, and Ilia inside the octagon. That is hard, man, for people
to forget. And I think that's why he might be the guy when in reality Arman
should be the guy. It should be Serukian, but I think Can I add Can I add something? Because I
love I love where your head's at. I definitely don't disagree. I just feel that footage still works. I feel if Ilia
is to win and still be champion, him and Patty works and that footage can be resurfaced. I feel if I loses, he could
still draw right into Patty and we call that, you know, Patty's final step before he he gets forb belt. I feel like
that fight works either way. I don't think that footage is is just going to go in the editing room floor. But I also
did feel that Dana kind of pulled that back. Sukian knows something. Patty has
been fairly quiet to the point that he was kind of looking for some business with Justin Gachi. I think that division
is well aware that the original plan of backup fighter Serukqian moves to next
challenger and I think that's going to be announced relatively soon. And that would be amazing. That would be an awesome fight if those guys fought
each other. I think that they are the two best lightweights in the world now that Islamachev is not in that weight
class anymore. You know, I believe that if Arman doesn't fight uh
Ilia, I think he'll fight Dan Hooker. It Dan Hooker is Dan Hooker is doing some
really good work himself going Arman, you I'm the only one that will
fight you because nobody else will because Dan will give you a compliment.
Hey, the reason they don't want to fight Arman is because he's very good at winning fights. He might not be the most
exciting. He might not knock you out. He might not be the most dangerous, but he's very good at winning fights. So,
all the best guys are refusing to fight him. He goes, "I'll fight him right now." And I believe that Dan Hooker may
get that opportunity if Arman doesn't get the title fight. And Daniel, I can
never get my way like like nobody I can never get my way with like like a magic wand in matchmaking. But please somebody
please reserve Hooker for Max Holloway and let's go for the title. We got to
put up Dude, you just actually made the next BMF title fight cuz I was going to say the next BMF
title fight is going to be Max versus Charles Olivera because those guys have been going back and forth chirping cuz
Olivivera still needs an opportunity or an opponent. So if it isn't Max Holloway, who for Olivivera?
Yeah, very very very interesting one. And it did. I do agree with you. You know, don't forget Max walks out of the ring. He walks onto the set of ESPN. He
doesn't have his shirt on yet. I mean, he walked right out of the ring. They got his gloves off, but he still got the
wraps on. He's still sweating. It was this awesome moment. And his heart in that moment where you're excited, in
that moment where you have power, in that moment where you're going to sit down and give your message to the world, his message was all vera. And but but
now right a week removed from that nine days removed from that Max has revealed to us that he has an injury and it's
going to sideline him for just a little bit. Now again a little bit is right around the corner and that doesn't necessarily delay Olivea but I think it
does open the door for something else. I think the door is wide open right now for 55 pounders to really go after this
bone and I'm not seeing him do it and I got to bring the great Patty the Batty into that as well. He is not coming out
and seizing a moment, which tells me the the the pieces are already put in place.
We, the audience, just haven't got the reveal yet. Well, the the bone that they need to go after is the BMF championship. The BMF
title seems to be the thing that puts you right in line to fight for the belt.
It seems to be something that helps to separate you. Even if it wasn't supposed to mean that, it seems to have that type
of uh cache to it to where everybody's like, "Yo, I want to watch this dude fight because I know he's fun. I know he
deserves." But then when you look at that, right? So, we say Max Holloway fights against Dust Dan. Then we say
Arman fights uh Iliot. Patty's still out there. Gachi's still out there. Who?
Especially No, no. Hey, knowing Gachi said, "I'm not fighting anyone but for
the belt." What do we do with Justin? Yeah, I I want Justin to change that stance.
Justin's position is not rude. He has been a team player from day one. That's
true. He has done a lot of things that other people aren't willing to do and he's even done it on short notice. He's taken huge risk by doing it. If he would
have gone down to Feday, I'm just saying like in in Justice World and everything that he's accomplished, that would have really damaged his brand. He stepped up
to do it anyway. I get what he's saying. He would like to be paid back a little bit. I I But Daniel, two of his last
four were title fights. They were BMF title fights, but two of the last four were title fights. And you just have a
different division, right? The the champion left. A former champion came in. We we got this big switch going.
What's going to happen to Sukian? Okay, Sukian's back. Pat the Batty. Is he is he a famous guy or is he a good fighter?
Turns out that he's both. Like the division is very different. And I I do think and I really wish that Justin
would see it that way. I wish he would see that opportunities are amassed. He is still your favorite fighter's
favorite fighter. I don't want him to to to make the threat of taking his ball go home because he's the kind of guy that
he'll do it. He'll do it just just to come out and and prove a point because he said it. It's like, "No, Justin,
please let's not forget we use that chip as a marketing tool. It's a bit of a
bluff. If your bluff gets called, move right on. play the game again another day. And I do worry that Justin Gagey
may not he may not remember that he started this just to get headlines. It
wasn't real. It wasn't necessarily as real as I'm watching it become. Well, it's becoming very real because
what did they call you on it? The the famously Henry Ceudo did that after he
defended that belt against Dominic Cruz. I'm retiring. He wanted more money. He wanted all this stuff and then eventually he came back. Here's the
thing. Justin Gatesy will not come back. He's too stubborn. If he walks away from this thing because he doesn't get what
he thinks he deserves, then he'll just be done. And MMA is worse when Justin
Gai is not involved in it. So, we need to try to find a way for uh for uh
Justin to find some sort of closure to this and move forward with someone.
Problem is, he's going to have to fight one of those younger guys. It's just the
way the game works, you know. You gota He did it with Fia and he feels like that right dropping the ladder back
behind him for Physia twice he feels like is enough. He doesn't want to necessarily do it again, but I'm not
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So, thinking of all these champions, we have some very dominant champions, some good champions.
If you had to point to three people, man or woman, who would become champion or
in the next year, who would you think would be on the short list of athletes
that you think could hold UFC gold in the next uh 16 17 months? Alex Pierra
on the list and partner, I think it's going to be at heavyweight. Now, please don't forget, and perhaps I need to
remind myself, when I first started pushing the narrative of Pier and a title and heavyweight, I was pushing
towards that intram belt. Heavyweight used to have twice the opportunity of everybody else. But I'm still going to
throw Alex's name out there because whether I get it or not, I think I'm going to get real close. I think title
opportunities are abundant for that young man. the winner. Okay, I'm gonna hedge a little bit, but the winner,
whoever comes out between Cosmot and Drizz, is likely going to be able to keep that belt uh for a little bit of
time. I think I think that they're going to be able to stay with that some. And I'm going to give one to you and you're
going to wonder where it's coming from, but I believe Shawn Ali gets his belt back. Really? I don't know how much Morab I don't know
how long Morab can stay at 135 lbs. That definitely has an expiration date just
that weight class alone. I do believe that Ali is the star of that division.
Absent absent Morab. So I'm going to go with Pierra, the winner of our middleweight championship fight. And I'm
going to go to Suga Sean. Who do you got? So the reason we're asking this because Henry Shield and Dominic Cruz both
believe that Tatsuro Tyra who had a massive victory last week and will be champ by the end of next year. But I
don't know how you pick anybody over Pantoia right now. Pantoia is just fighting so well. Um, I'll say Jeang Lee
because she's going to get an opportunity to fight Valentina and she would seem to have a good style for Valentina, especially a Valentina today
who's more cautious in terms of like wrestling. She doesn't strike as much as she used to. Uh, way can defend that.
Um, I'll say uh let's go.
I mean, obviously Islam has an opportunity with Jack Dela, right? like I'm not going to pick that. But Islam
has an opportunity cuz technically right now Islamachev is not a champion. So So
essentially he could either beat Jack or if he loses go back down and challenge in a division where he was already uh
the champion. And last one for me is going to be Pereira. I think Pereira he
has multiple opportunities. He can he can be the champ at heavyweight or he can be
the champ at 205. Anybody that has two chances, you gotta think um they're
right in the running. Especially because Ch, no matter what he does, he's always
close. Pereira is never far away from fighting for a UFC championship
regardless of the weight class that he's in. So, I'm going Pereira. I'm going Islam. And I'm going to say Jean Way.
The belt don't stray too far, Chill. That's why there haven't been many UFC champs in the history of the game. Yeah. No, I I like how you said that.
Listen, I think you took a really safe road. I think Islam's a good pick in Iliot, but now these guys, for some reason, one of them wants to race uh the
other one. Like, if you and I were back in college wrestling, we would find a way to create a conversation to find out
what weight you're going and then and then I would make my moves based on that and then we we share the rumors. We hear about Kale Sanderson and Brad Baron.
Like, that's just the way it would work. But these dudes aren't like that, man. They want it all. They want to take they
don't just want to have the belt. They want to take your dream away. Like Ilia Tapori is very misunderstood, but he is
a straightup heel. That dude's got a black heart and he doesn't care about anybody but himself. He thinks he should
have both 45 and 55 right now and the BMF. Like he wants all the hardware. And
Islam's got a little touch of that competitor in himself. He also would like to just ruin the day for Ily. So,
we'll see where that goes. I don't know that we're going to have a functional world where both of those guys are on top for long. It just seems like
eventually those boys aren't going to get it right. or they just want to like they want to win, but winning is sweeter
if they get to stop the other guy from having success. And that's uh that's amazing because when we get it, it's
going to make for one of the biggest fights in UFC history. And and it's going to it's going to be uh I can't
wait. You going to be there. I'm going to be there. It's going to be a nice week when Islam and Ilia finally do lock
horns. Chair, talking about biggest fights in UFC history. Way back in 2011
at UFC 133, uh Rashad Evans fought Tito Ortiz. Uh on this day, back in 2011, we
had Rashad Evans who had become a UFC champion and Tito Ortiz, one of the greatest champions of all time,
fighting. Rashad won by second round TKO. What do you remember about that fight? Well, it was a little more competitive
than just that result, we'll say. Now, let me remind you it was a rematch. And the reason that matters is the first
time they fought, Tito got a draw. Tito actually really knew what he was getting into. Rashad Rashad star was coming. And
at that point, you're kind of wondering how much did Tito have left, but the answer turned out to be he's got enough. I mean, he went real close with Rashad.
They did that a rematch. It was actually on short notice. That was someone else's fight. Tito stepped in. I happened to be
there in the arena. Nobody at that time could make an entrance like Tito Ortiz.
I mean, they would throw that light. He'd have that hat on, pulled down. He's got his beed little eyes. He's got the
double-sided flag. I mean, he killed it. That building showed up to see Tito. And there was even a little bit of a for
Rashad. Like, and Rashad is very well loved, but on that specific night and where Tito was at in his career, Tito
was just coming off a win over Ryan Bader. Just to remind you, he was pretty hot. what could be or what what might uh
you know uh bring itself back in terms of some life to Tito's career. It was just an exciting night and and it was
fairly competitive. I felt like Tito came out there hesitant. When you ask me what I remember, I felt like Tito, even
though we had a draw, understood how tonight's going to go and and and I want
to do this uh as realistic, as competitive, but as as safely as safely
as I can. And I do remember when he went down and the cover, which was the sign to us all, Tito's had enough for
tonight. It was a great night though. I mean, overall it was a very big deal. That arena sold out. I was live and Tito
had a lot of fans. And this was on the East Coast where he didn't know he had fans. Tito Ortiz was still a very big
deal. Yeah, he was a very big deal. And it was an opportunity for Rashad to elevate himself. We talked about this earlier.
You have to share the octagon with certain people to move yourself forward.
That result allowed for Rashad to stay in contention much longer than he might
have stayed after he had gotten beat or maybe he earned a title fight versus Jon Jones right after that. So it was a big
night for Rashad Evans to uh go out there and beat Tito Ortiz in the way that he did. But yeah, you know what's
kind of this kind of sucks too because like Tito and Damon can't get on the same page. Tito's one of the biggest
stars of all time. I would hope that at some point that settles itself to the
point that he can every now and again just come out and take his ball like Chuck does because in that day Tito was
as big as Chuck, right? Chuck ultimately surpassed him. But back in the beginning, Tito Ortiz was what we saw in
the magazines. When we thought fighting, we thought we thought Tito Ortiz and and
uh that carried all the way up to 2011. Chill, what a show. I am tired, dude. I
still got five hours of stuff to do for Monster Energy. I'm so tired. I'm gonna close my eyes for the next hour. What
are you doing the rest of the day? And those guys, tell them all I said. Uh, what's happening? Um, what am I
going to do? I'm going to go over do some YouTube bits. I'm going to relax a little bit. We've got wrestling practice tonight. Takes us about an hour and 20
minutes with traffic to get there. So, with drive time and two hours of training, it kind of takes up most of our evening. Uh, but I'll fill a day
between now and then. My dog's looking at me right now. So that means he wants to go for a walk. I'll find something to
do, partner. My man Theo's got some wrestling tonight. Let me know how my guy does. Guys, for the bad guy chill Sunday, I'm
Daniel Cormier. Until next time, peace. We're going to see you on Thursday.