With Jim Norton out for the day, the one and only Din Thomas steps on up as a guest co-host for Wednesday’s episode of UFC …
choose to have a guy like that in this division my name is every single fight I will be better tell me that’s on video I’ve never been happier for a podcast dangerous welcome to UFC unfiltered Jimmy is out spreading love in Jiu Jitsu not Jiu Jitsu I spread Jiu Jitsu he’s training Jiu Jitsu now he’s definitely spreading something you know whoever’s with him man rap that Rascal anyway you know what they say rap that Razz uh Jimmy I mean dean Jimmy is gone Dean Thomas is here I gave that so much with a surprise I’m gonna help it well you know what it is Matt is I have been looking forward to this ever since they asked me to do the show Hey Dean what what just the opening no not the just kicking it with you dummy you go on Mad Sarah BJJ and you’ll see what I was doing this morning hey dude I had 48 people on the mat at 7am and I was literally just doing handstands if you look on it I I go tie me I did over 40 seconds says I walk better on my hands than my feet listen we got Mateo uh Mateus um gamrat which is fresh off his victory uh over the weekend over um happy Alpha Eve and uh we wanna I wanna talk about him because he’s talked to him because he’s such a stud and then afterwards we got my buddy Christian halloff who uh he Christian basically he uh he has a YouTube channel and he needs a career basically talking about like the stuff that I like geek like the everything from Star Wars to the Marvel movies he’s like a movie critic and I met him because I used to watch his geek podcast and one day he mentioned my George Saint Pierre fighting off symbiotic relationship yes man that’s nice enough have you watched it in uh invincible I did watch Invincible it’s so it’s very it’s a violent cartoon oh they’re pregnant yeah bringing camera they hold this geek after we got plenty of time I tell you congratulations bro uh thank you sir thank you sir you know because I I actually I accept that ending in the fight you know you were you were ready you looked ready to go five that first five minutes between you and Raphael was like I was impressed by your you being relentless but I was also re impressed by his chat like reflexes trying to get away from you but it seems like that could only go so far so you were staying the course and you know he blew his leg out now when people say like it’s unfortunate that this happens I don’t know man a win is a win and he got that by trying to kick you and like you said you were in your you had your elbows up no do you feel like it’s a little anti-climatic the way it ended or are you just happy to get the w yeah like you said Thank you first your recommendation you know I feel I’m feeling great and I feel great right now you know I am really great tribe and this fight it will be better every single minute no because the first round I try exchange punch with with Rafa with his Striker you know because he is the most dangerous and I wanna try a little bit and the the last second uh and the last second round I don’t track I feel Drake take him down yeah and then I feel okay I I get it and that’s another ramp I started bro I know that the fight will go on like the fight of the night or I probably finish him like run three four five because my plan was make him tired make him tired and then run number three four looking for opportunity and and then put them away so think so things were going as planned yeah he didn’t surprise you with anything no he he now surprised me I was ready for everything you know but first round I wanna try exchange punch and then I go to Grappler yeah and it was a bad situation but that situation you know I’ve I’ve I am very sorry about this happen you know because those bad bad things but what I can say you know when it seem like you own are you looking for a new challenge right now you know I am fresh I am hungry I am I am ready to go you’re striking looked up very much improved from the last time we’ve seen you is there anything that you did in particular to for this fight or is that just part of your progress as a fighter I ain’t the man maybe both of them but because first thing is my last five when I take short notice my conditioning was Zero my stamina I don’t have nothing because then my striking looking gross like trouble but right now my condition is crazy I can fight five run seven run Ten rounds and then I can’t move like make put more punches you know more straight but despite I wanna try a little bit exchange punch with Rafa you know because he’s really dangerous and I see was I good I am in this this in the feet you know hey let me ask you you were wrestling since you’re like 10 years old correct yeah yeah like like now he’s part I am 20 years how popular is the the wrestling in Poland is it as could I you hear about it popular you know in Pakistan and Russia but in Poland is it is it very popular not too much not too much because he’s not prepared because nobody played this in the Internet TV never you know this is this Olympic game sport in Poland we have a very good good wrestlers but in it’s not popular not popular you know I know it’s popular in Poland Jiu Jitsu I remember in 2009 I went to Poland in 2009 I went to Poland and competed in the world in the World Grappling Championships and I was surprised I was impressed by the level of jujitsu that the Polish people had back in 2009 oh yeah of course you are right now because wrestling so so but Jujitsu the high level I think like uh like Brazilian the best in the world yeah like Russia very good USA good and Poland I think is number three or five in in the world like the Jiu Jitsu you know really high level I love I right now in my fight in in USA I don’t I don’t show my Jujitsu because I don’t have opportunities no but if I catch guys from from Jiu Jitsu who wanna roll with me in the ground this is gonna be crazy Martin held was a beast huh marching held Martin had he was a beast it’s like little guy very good guy of course of course yeah let me ask you in middle school you you moved to uh you you moved to a boarding school in middle school just to train Freestyle Wrestling is that right I started when I was school in school but in Poland we don’t have wrestling in the school like uh like the web you know we need to go to after school to do different dream and and train wrestling yeah yeah but I when I I was interested in in high school and middle school in high school and middle school all right now when did you start messing with throwing your hands when did you start with the Striking uh when I started MMA games so this was like 10 years ago eight years ago yeah and how did you take to that was it okay in the beginning were you a little gun shy and look it away when you or you were ready for it of course of course because wrestling is my DNA I love wrestler you know all the time and first moment was was hard like yourself still do that for sometimes these days I have like some things like that you know but Garden dinner they’re looking for legs yeah yeah I love fight you know this is this is my my my my in my heart you know so you’ve always been a fighter excuse me Dean I’m sorry you always been a fighter even as a kid do you are your parents your family your friends are they not surprised by your career path uh no I think so no I am all live Fighters yeah I might I have I was in great companion because I have a lot of friends who train around me and then we have like five six guys who who were going together to the gym and we’re growing every day you know like the competition was every day in the gym who is the best in the gym you know okay today me today you you know and we and we try and growing every day and this was great time for me and of course you know couple fights in the street show me that I have car I have character you know and I I can go to the the most interesting fights and and winning you know you are in a unique position right now with not a lot of guys to fight because you’re you know you called out Charles Oliveira it doesn’t make sense for you to fight a lot of other guys and you but the only other guy I have Charles Oliveira doesn’t want to fight you the only other guy maybe would be somebody like Dustin Poirier what’s your relationship like with Dustin would you fight him if that opportunity came for you I have good relationship with Dustin we train together as many times in American Top teams you know we have good relationship and but this is not not that isn’t for me you know I think that’s in looking for looking different fight uh I am I in a different position and this is not you know decision for me and we have one gym I think this is not good fighting together is great great Fighters he this guy don’t afraid anyone you know the most dangerous guy in the Jiu Jitsu the most submission yeah I looking for guys like he yeah you know what it is let me tell you uh let me tell you Dean Thomas used to work at American top team so sometimes he likes to just stir some up he likes to go there take a nice big hot dump on the mats clean this up here you go Dan I’m sorry he doesn’t want to I’m being immature he has nothing but love but America just to jump in there calm down don’t make the friends fight it’s like nothing there’s enough people to fight Dean Thomas well that’s what I’m saying there’s not enough people to fight there’s not a lot of people that make sense for him to fight maybe you’re right may I tell you maybe we have enough friends in this sport I thought this might tell us I fought this guy but I am ready I can if you if you FC neither the backup to title fight I am ready I can go to Abu Dhabi two two weeks you know hey hey Mateo’s camera I know exactly what you’re saying you’ll take the fight but we don’t want to broadcast that because the next day you see Dustin it’s gonna be like hey buddy meanwhile he knows that you’ll take the fight we’re in this to get a gold belt around our waist yeah right that’s what it was of course of course all right all right I’m getting all excited for you that’s because I watched your fight right before this talk with you because I see your emotion your emotion is 100 true you know and I like it because I’m feeling this I’m feeling this beautiful beautiful thank you sir that I used to fight in the cage too I get her so let me ask you away from fighting because our audience they like to get to know the fighters you’re in so you’re living in Poland now yeah yesterday I back to Poland yeah yesterday what do we like to do as a hobby we can’t wrestle all day and night you know uh it could be anything it could be a book a video game a series you’re watching on Netflix with your wife or girlfriend whatever what are you now of course you are you are right but I have two kids doctor and so and I have spent a lot of time in in gym because I am two times in the day you know this is like three four hours today then I took back home I need to nap you know because recovery is the most important to my life you know and so and then I have like one two hours maybe maybe three spend time with my kids and then I have to you know spend to show some things like you know I have big the good good father for my for my kids you know but I like meditation and couples maybe two three years ago I I am interesting in the physiology you know like the mentors change and I like it and the brave mental stride you know meditation and then if you’re doing everything in the day like the stretching meditation breathe spend time you don’t have time do nothing Dean Thomas that’s why you have a lot of time even though you have a job well I was just about to say he’s a good father man he spends three hours a day with his like me my kid my kid went away to college months ago and I didn’t even know that’s not I don’t I don’t agree because before before fight I I am in American top team like six eight weeks and I didn’t see my kids you know oh that’s another thing so when you do your camps you do your camps in in the U.S I mean Americans yeah in U.S in U.S yeah in my second term American top team and then my family left to Paul to Poland and I coming to to ATT how long is a camp so how long are you away from your family in defense right now before physio I was six week six weeks spotting you know strategy you know thank goodness thank goodness that it’s like Star Trek now where you can watch they could do this in Zoom at least you could see your kids imagine if we didn’t have this and you were just on the phone that would be that’d be upsetting 15 years ago later later and and two weeks waiting to to answer yeah I remember I was at American top team one day and you were sparring and I always tell the story when I talk about you you were sparring and you got a cut on your head in the middle of the round and you ran off to the side of the mat and you taped your head during around you taped your head together and then went back out it was like and finished around and finished the rest of the day out of course of course normal situation like polish mentality ah hey I listen I had a kid that was going on the old he’s a little bit of a pretty boy I’m not attacking him he’s a nice guy now he’s doing he’s doing well but he was sparring and he got punched I don’t even think he got caught head gear off looking in the mirror do I need stitches I go I go dude you know no you don’t need stitches but you need to be looking for a new profession this is not that you that’s you’re gonna get hit this is not gonna be this is not a good time uh I’m gonna tell you you listen we are so impressed with your fight I mean you haven’t been given an easy fight since you’re in there you fought murders a row you’re taking everybody down I cannot wait to see what’s next for you um you know I hope you get what you want I think you and Charles Oliveira is a very uh intriguing fight I just think that Charles Oliveira obviously he’s fighting he’s fighting isn’t he fighting next um he’s right in Islam I mean this guy doesn’t matter lose weight of I wish all the best you know I wanna fight with the best guys in the world you know but can’t be right now Charles can be some some for me I would like Guyer who higher than me in the ranking you know I I’m ego maybe like top five I can now in upcoming very interesting matchups you know like Arman versus Darius yeah Islam right now and who who more and we’ll see what What will What show the next year who is available who won who now you know I am ready I wanna fight I Wanna Be Active you know I can’t wait to next challenge and the one thing you and show us all there uh I have to say I don’t a lot of guys are afraid to go to the floor with him I don’t see you being that guy so you’re talking about your Jiu Jitsu skill that’s the fight that I believe we’ll get to see it I wanna go I wanna I wanna I wanna come to chase no problem if you faster better to me let’s go I like it hey the great Matteo gamra thank you so much for hanging out with us man and congrats Warrior congrats thank you so much we really appreciate that you invite me to your podcast great great work beautiful thank you so much I’m cheating I am fun yeah so much fun man congrats again maybe we’ll talk to you soon of course of course thank you all right take care he’s fun he’s fun to watch you know what I mean yeah a lot of fun a lot of fun and yo man he gave he was in there with um with the champ he was in there with uh how many rounds did he go five rounds or three rounds when he went with uh um my Islam matcha no he didn’t he didn’t fight Islam yet he thought I’d never fight before yes or no no you know what I’m thinking of maybe you think of saruki yes that’s what I’m thinking of no he hasn’t fought but he fought by he fought sharukian right and a lot yeah he beats a rookie and he won a unanimous decision yeah right right then after he beats his only losses to banil all right listen hey uh soon we got my buddy Christian harloff coming on and uh Dean Thomas before he comes on let’s talk about you now you better no listen I want to talk about some nerd stuff man because like I’m all into this nerd stuff are you really and I and I know and that was part of the reason why I was so excited to talk to you today because like I’ve been watching like I’m trying to get my nerd on man I want some good direction listen we’re gonna be straight up having nerdgasms in like five minutes when he’s on but right now Dana White sees it Dana White tennis series season seven Up season why am I so seven week eight uh Danny Barlow contract knockout very nice uh that was that was that was that what round was that that was round I believe one one in the first over it was a little bit over a minute that was that was really nice um Mario Paisan no it’s not Paisan he pronounce it I think so uh he got why does that say why does that say DQ he got dq’d oh is that the heavyweight fight yeah that wasn’t good that wasn’t a great fight all the other fights were great you know uh Angel paccio and Danny Silva both got contracts now I mean there was some Forest Griffin stepping Bonner stuff going on and also you don’t hear this a lot Ernesto versus Carly with the women oh my goodness both of them both of them got contracts uh and then a vinicius Oliveira got a contract so congrats to everybody there yeah they’ve just handed them things out man oh I’m reading here that Michael Bisping doesn’t get the hate behind Ferguson and pimlin well I listen you know what’s funny I don’t have to read what he thinks about that because I’ll tell you what I think about it yeah tell me what you think I agree with Michael Bisping who’s getting hate on that if you want to listen if you want to see everybody’s saying that Tony’s done let’s see he’s done I don’t know I’m not saying he’s done I want to see let’s put him versus a tough up-and-comer Patty pimplete why not why not who’s got a problem with that I don’t I think that’s one listen I look at that I say fun if I see that on a card all I’m saying is this everybody’s writing Tony Ferguson off but look what his losses have been to Justin gaichi Michael Chandler I mean Bobby green like he’s lost to only good guys I think I think we we talk about it because it’s relative to what we used we used to see because he had 12 fights where he was unbeaten and now he’s six where he’s where he hasn’t won but they’ve been to all good guys I actually I actually think Tony Ferguson can win this fight if he wins this see this is a lot listen fighting is pressure now Patty pimplete you know listen he can fight he could scrap but you know when guys have a personality on them ah it almost when people like they’re popular and they’re new in the game people are gonna say oh they’re being this they’re being protected or they gotta get that he shouldn’t have got that decision he they get some um that comes with it man and that’s a lot of pressure but that comes with the attention so he this is going to be a this is going to be a test for this is gonna be a tough fight I’m gonna say mentally for Patty where now you a guy that that is a complete belief in himself and really nothing to lose because or I mean there’s everything to lose but you know people are thinking he’s already done now you’re you you know you he’s everybody’s saying or he’s saying that he’s gonna be the future champ you got to be able to take down Tony Ferguson you have to be able to take out Cody Ferguson at this stage of this game if you’re ever going to be considered yeah no doubt who’s coming off an ankle surgery who uh Patty pimlin oh piglet yeah so this is his first fight back after the surgery but I mean he didn’t look that great against Jerry Gordon I don’t know if that was from an injury but I think this is a perfect test for both guys maybe that was from Jared Gordon maybe it was all on his ass you know what I mean in his face he was on his ass but he took the foot off the gas Dean Thomas and the third round and that might you’re like Dee Thomas listen it’s not a it’s not a racial thing it’s not a racial dang Dean but you bring that out of me yeah I’ve been inspired by you recently because I’ve been teaching Jiu Jitsu and I’ve been like and I’m just like it’s just so much fun to be around like regular people teaching Jiu-Jitsu that’s all I do I spend more time with regular people than I do with the fighters I have a few of the fighters that listen I I I love my guys and I’m with them when they need me and but as I get older I like to just Empower more regular people at my place tonight we got you know my buddy or our buddy your little brother who is it aljo oh no no uh the other one uh Marcus young Marcus young Marcus and then we got Tommy de Janeiro who’s so he’s uh he’s a wrestling kid and he’s like he’s like one of the he’s a full-time coach at my school now and he does he teaches the wrestling he’s such a he’s such a good kid and he’s we call it they call him Beethoven I call him Tommy but but the the thing with the Beethoven uh he has the shirts made up is because he’s kind of like he’s pretty he’s mostly deaf like he’s not totally deaf not totally deaf at all but but anyways the hearing aids and stuff so he leans into it he calls himself Beethoven so it’s hysterical so we’re having yeah you know I have those guys sparring tonight so me and my buddy Carol Colombo who’s the Striking coach she’s your biggest fan we got a little a little thing at my school and obviously the whole together with us and Sarah long over at law we got our thing but uh it’s all in fun it’s just yeah I don’t make it like all right it’s not like eating vegetables it’s something I want to do like this morning I did that 7 A.M I’m going on tonight I like Wednesdays because I go back if I go back a little earlier you got the the adult classes going but I usually get there like be like I don’t know between 6 30 7 and then 7 30 you know Academy’s already hopping and by 7 30 I got my master’s class that’s 40 isn’t over 40 Old 40 and over so that’s fun that’s the one I want to be in dude it’s like pitch a cocoon but everybody’s wearing Keys it’s not that it’s not Christian halloff where can you be Christian he makes a living or for talking about geeky talking about that I should be made well basically I make a living kind of like I said too a little bit I’m on here with you look at hey Christian stop could you oh I’m sorry we don’t hate to interrupt you we gotta are you are you with us now buddy I didn’t know what’s going on right now it’s bad enough that your your um what is it your studio is putting on the I know look at that whose fault is that 10 what’s up man I’m Gonna Wanna I’m a big fan oh thank you very much man I hope I hope you’re doing well let me explain to everybody now first of all the people that like me besides the fighting they know I’m into like the geeky they’re gonna know who this man is now I want to explain a Christian haul off I became friends with Christian and Christian maybe you could help me with this I if I remember correctly I watch on everybody knows I’m into the Star Wars I’m into the Marvel movies the DC movie cartoons um The Flash power uh Flashpoint Paradox cartoon way better than the movie but anyway the point is this I was watching Christians one of his shows it used to be called something different now he’s got the big thing podcast and he’s basically Dee Thomas this guy makes a living movie reviews he’s just talking about movies and geeky stuff and I’m one of the guys watching his show and then at some point my GSP got fight got brought up the first one the better one and his name he broke up my name I go oh he likes speed and I reached out to him is that how it went down or more or less yeah no more or less so as you say and now I’m able to make my living doing this I used to make my living betting on UFC and uh and one of the things that I did was I was watching The Ultimate Fighter and I watched your season and I said dude and and you had great odds that day and I said I said man I’m telling you you look at this guy I don’t think GSP is taking this guy serious I just don’t and I think Matt’s coming in there and he and you’re you’re in I mean you tell me but it seemed like you were in the best shape of your career at that point and when you came in I was like look he’s throwing this guy’s not even known for for striking and he’s throwing bombs and I was able to make a lot of money off that fight oh my God I mentioned it on that uh on that show that you’re talking about and and you’re also you know you’re you’re a New York guy like myself so I was always I had a buddy of mine who who had known I guess lived in the same area as you did and he was he was a couple years ago younger than you but he had brought up when you won the title he was talking about it and and it always kind of brought you up so when I brought you up with that thing I didn’t even know and someone’s like dude he mentioned you on on this on the show we’re on right now so he met he mentioned you on and I was like oh you got to listen to it and then we just started kind of going back and forth and we became Buddies right and I’ve been on his show a bunch yeah and really quick now we’re gonna like on his show Dean Thomas yeah because I’m a nerd too man don’t get it twisted I love it I don’t know sometimes he he tries to fit in with me and I talk to him and he’s like yeah that time like with Captain Kirk I got Star Trek it’s not even Star Wars Dean Thomas get your nerd right well I’m here I need help I’m working on it it was like that lady on the news right she’s like oh I’m a big I’m a big uh DC fan like you you remember you remember Spider-Man yeah that’s right um I was gonna ask you now listen I am enjoying the Thomas now you hold on to your your uh your pocket protector with this I have been enjoying the heck out of Ahsoka I like the joker now listen I have to thank you Christian because I don’t listen I could watch some like DC cartoon like like animated movies that are like violent and it’s more for adults a lot of the stuff like the Clone Wars cartoons the the rebels it’s a little too like cartoony I don’t know a little too Kitty but not all of those episodes I’ve uh Christian put me down a path why I saw a lot of the Clone Wars I saw a lot of the rebels where a lot of it’s very adult it’s like killing it is it’s like if the plots interesting you know I’m a simple man but it’s very it’s fun so this show is Soca to me I feel it’s basically it’s just a continuation of that cartoon um Rebels but in live action I mean would you how would you would you make that yeah 100 that was also it was what a lot of people who watched that show were excited about but it was also kind of the the fear right like you get somebody who’d never seen it before going well I I’ve never watched this show I’m gonna go in I’m not gonna know what the hell is going on I think they’ve done a pretty good job of navigating around it and saying okay even though I’ve watched a few of the episodes and I can look at it and I know storylines oh I know those two characters they’ve interacted before and I’m kind of emotionally attached to them I don’t think that it’ll lose you if you watch it go you’re going okay it’s in the same way that I always bring up is in episode four the first time you saw the first Star Wars ever in Obi-Wan’s talking to Luke about the Clone Wars and all this stuff you know know what the hell he’s talking about but it sounded cool and I think it was the same type of thing what they’re doing here because if Dave filoni who is the really the last kind of work people don’t realize that he worked hand in hand with George Lucas on the Clone Wars George Lucas was in that writer’s room every day talking he was going to work with him he wasn’t like okay yeah use my stuff he was writing and teaching he was he’s essentially he he was Yoda to to felony and felony has now taken all his philosophies and I think you can see them in the in this show well that was the thing I think that then there’s a difference between like slow and boring right like slow for me I don’t I don’t mind slow if the writing’s really good and to me when you really invest in it from the beginning of it and you look at what’s it’s not it doesn’t have that you’re like look you compare Ahsoka which is fast-moving like this and you get Ahsoka is more kind of a drawn out I should not silk excuse me Andor is more of a drawn out political thriller right that’s what Tony Gilroy does well and not everybody loves that however it is one of the most highly critic the critics love it people who to me it’s the best written Star Wars stuff since uh since Empire and I and I love Ahsoka but to me it’s just really really well written well I mean Rogue one was amazing also that movie sure but that went through 75 000 like remain uh rewrites and and like when you look I just did this video recently I put a short out about the I still as much as we’re talking about you know loving Ahsoka and Andor I think the lucasfilms and shambles right now I think it’s it’s a complete mess over there and I think that um you you look at they’ve had two directors two that they’ve hired from the start that actually have finished movies they’ve hired JJ Abrams he finished the force awakens they they hired uh uh your boy um Ryan Johnson oh dare how dare you hey how are you that boy that son of a oh my Alexa don’t look up Ryan Johnson Alexa shut up um so so those are the only two the rest there’s like 12 to 13 directors or writers that were hired and then never finished a movie it’s like it’s it’s insane how all these different things and one of those is Gareth Edwards the guy who’s coming out with the Creator that’s coming out this weekend um that movie that director started and then Tony Gilroy who did Andor was essentially brought in to replace him with all these different things so it’s it’s it’s it’s it’s crazy well and or I mean there’s some scenes in that we’re very powerful very powerful in that and that’s what sometimes I’ll like a show or even a movie for certain scenes that is so powerful yet I don’t like the overall thing but that’s not true with this I did like everything I could see where you’re saying Dean where it’s a little more talky but it but the characters were really really good and like in the very beginning when he realized he killed the one the one officer and the other office at first was like what’d you do and then all of a sudden you see him like Hey he knew what he knew it was gonna happen so that kind of moment is a reason enough to just like make me love that series but I had a Blade Runner feel to it when it started out too 100 yes Blade Runner yes that’s what it felt like felt something it felt a little darker than your normal stuff which I love but back to Ahsoka this is my one problem here here we go I love that um what’s his name uh the Lost Jedi the one who was uh they just found it oh no oh Ezra Ezra Ezra Ezra Bridges right yeah Bridger Bridger Ezra Bridger he was the star of of uh Rebels the cartoon yeah and at the end of that series he got lost in space with the bad guy uh thrawn and now they finally find him the live action I got no problem with the actor playing him he looks pretty cool yeah I just watched the last episode last night’s yes yeah you got something against holding a lightsaber Ezra dude against being a badass it drove me nuts what are you half of a hippie now hanging out with the turtle people oh you’re half of a hippie now hanging out with the turtles slingshots by sand people you should have been found with people with nuts I am he got clipped he’s nuts got Cliff listen I’m a father I’m a father of three strong daughters I understand I get it I want Ahsoka to kick ass with double uh lightsabers I want uh Sophie what’s her name Sabine Sabine I want Sabine she’s half-man orange sometimes she rocks a lightsaber too awesome the girl’s a badass throw ass girl bone throw Bridger a bone give him all right here do your thing with the song Ready they’re surrounded and one badass half a sith’s got a a lightsaber they got a bunch of guys around them so beans down so beans got her guns ready she got here do your thing with lightsaber the force is all I need you take that I gave that to you really really now it drove me crazy it was look I will say I love the episode that part I actually did put my spoiler out this morning and I essentially said exactly the same thing you did it was like he here he is with this thing and and if you watched Rebels the guy was just so excited to make his first saber it got broken he made a second one he’s very proud of it he gave it away to Sabine sure but then he goes okay let’s uh we got everyone surrounding us now and she’s like now it would have one thing if she if if she was like I don’t have a weapon and he’s like don’t worry about it I can use the force I’m cool take the weapon we’re good that’s fine but she’s like I know I got two blasters you’re all right I don’t really know how to use this thing I tried once and I got stabbed in the chest and lived but I I but I’m good use the saber because you know what Obi-Wan said the same thing it is the weapon of a Jedi Knight it’s like well then use it use it it was it drove me nuts that he didn’t use it I people were going well he doesn’t need to use it to be a Jedi sure fine but he but he’s got it he he it’s there it’s not like he doesn’t have one he’s tossing people around the force and the turtle people stop this dude like Obi-Wan when he was on Tatooine this dude found out where the local pizza shops were he knew where to go in tattooing he knew where to hang out he was living there for years he went to the beaches he knew what to he knew what to do this guy has been hanging around with Turtle people what’s he doing jerking off into socks he’s got nothing he’s got nothing got nothing and I was just not happy with that because look man I know nowadays they’re afraid of giving a guy too much power they think it’s time oh man how about this even make him a badass with good morals like myself in detox well is that why you didn’t like rings of power because you said um that the girl had so much power yeah well they made they made uh what’s her name one of the deal all right uh yeah like if you watch Lord of the Rings yeah she wasn’t nice I don’t know what she was back in the day but it actually was like a nice like like like a kind of a hippie like I got ah like very Mis like a mystical type like Lady of the Woods yeah hold on guy elves I got this she was mean she’s beating up everybody’s ass and she’s she’s surrounded by how many uh people and then she’s just beating them all up it’s just like yo he’s just like man give me the days of Sigourney Weaver from Aliens Linda Hamilton let’s go I’m not dude I’m for it I like how about this how they could have fixed this lesson so good thing give them the lightsaber and if you want if they have him kick ass but still you want Ahsoka obviously she came in to save the day do it but have them all kick and ass right why doesn’t he look he was he was going to make the guy a bumbling like whatever they make him like you’re doing Force Sports Tai Chi out of here I do think I do think that he was I just don’t think it was necessary but he was he was tossing people around and even when Shin came to swipe him in the head with the saber he duck didn’t pretty much was wasn’t intimidated by her and he was he he was he was kicking ass it was to me it was just the fact it was just not necessary it would he should just picked up the saber but either way I did overall enjoy that episode but I want to see how it’s going to end and then he got Elon thrawn over there you know calling the shots hey everyone it’s time for me to now make my decisions I like I like what he’s doing though who’s playing him who’s the actor that’s playing him is that the guy Lars Mickelson is his name he’s the his he’s the brother of Mads Mickelson who was just in Indiana Jones his brother was in Indiana Jones and and uh and tons of other things doctor strange and mad that’s not the guy from wait that man’s Nicholson yeah who’s the guy from Polar which one’s that oh you you kept telling me to watch that I never watched it how dare you how dare you I know I know I know I’m married it’s two hours of your life it’s a fun movie that’s a fun movie Polo tell me about that one yeah yeah let me see mads Mickelson no but his brother is playing is playing um thrawn but mads Mickelson guys Nicholson plays polar yeah yeah he does shame on you then you know he’s good and you know I I have good taste you do you do and and dude and speaking of which dude how bummed were you that it got pushed listen to me you know what I mean you know mood what does mood have to do with it you fight when the necessity arises no matter the mood Josh Brolin Dune the first one dad my nipples are hard right now that movie that movie Dee Thomas did you know before you answer this our friendship is at stake because I told you did you watch doing hold on wait a minute I have a I have a proposition actually no no no don’t no don’t tell me the one with stink not the one with sting did you ever see Dune the new one what would you rather what would you watch first dune or John Wick three now you’re being a wise ass are you being a wise guy no so dude before because I watched I’ll say it I walked out of the movie I walked out of the movie you know you know I did that’s right this is why I walked out of that piece of video game was it too much like a video game for you beside them having like a fist sword fight with that with one hand they have a gun so they’re fighting an awesome shooting in the middle of the fist fight weird that the fight weird some of the fight scenes okay it got weird they literally having a Kung Fu match and with a pistol and and every once in a while they’ll shoot like every five seconds they’re like they dodged the bullet all right that alone is horrendous yeah all right then but let’s talk about the last John Wick movie when is this new Hitman which is it’s cool black guy he’s got a dog on him it seems like a badass I like him he’s a little silly got some one-liners now they want to see if he’s serious right they want a CP series he meets up with the do you see the movie yeah I see him all right put your hand here I put that knife in his hand now he goes look you want this job I don’t know how the the analogy was basically you’re either you’re taking that the choice was this you either pull the knife out or you pull your hand out so in other words his hands like got the knife in there instead of pulling a knife out he pulls it this way so it cuts all the way through his hand now let me tell you so that’s what he did he won the job dude what about the rest of his life he’ll wipe his ass with his hand I don’t give it so the next scene so he rips it out he gets the contract the next team he’s going what is it would you throw some Neosporin on that thing he got it wrapped up in the next thing he’s like okay I’m following the the target really dude really what are you are you chewing on some Vicodin right now what the Universe they changed the tune of it man like even Jessica the director he was on Rogan he talked about how because Joe even asked him he said to him he goes like this it’s changed significantly from the first one to the third and the third one is almost like a superhero kind of comic book movie and he said yeah that was intentional because when you even because if you watch the first I just did a re-watch of all three movies first movie it’s like yeah there’s always crazy stuff going on but the first one’s a little bit more like he if he got hurt he needed to go into the bathroom and Stitch himself up like you know Rambo style and and by the by the third one he’s fallen off seven-story buildings landing on cars he’s like all right so I think that the entire universe at that point is like it’s it’s like a superhero kind of comic book movie at that point so if you’re if you were invested in the first one and like that tone I could see where you get thrown off but I had I had fun with the third one I actually I enjoyed it but Dean answer your question I would I would prefer my I prefer Dune over that movie Just because doing is just so it’s doing is what Star Wars was one of the things that inspired George Lucas to make Star Wars was the Dune book and you can see it you can see all the themes of people some people who don’t know that and didn’t realize it was a book we’ll see Dune and go oh man that’s just them trying to be Star Wars this came first um and so it’s it’s fantastic the David Lynch one I’m not a fan of but I’m I’m with Matt on on doing it to me is one of the best movies made in a in a long time uh and and Josh Brolin just could do no wrong he’s just so good and I love seeing him because I don’t know how this thing plays out I’m not a I wasn’t a fan of them but I never read the books uh Dean’s like you never read a book Dean stop it cut the but listen indeed that but my thing is I like to see that he survived I’m not giving out any spoilers I saw him in the trailer for the next one and I just I just I love the I love the way this director the director is the same director what’s his name uh this is uh for not I always get so it’s not in Toronto it’s um french guy I think yeah oh my God he also the Blade Runner the new Blade Runner which was another movie underrated on I mean I don’t think did people talk about that new Blade Runner enough did you like it did you I did like it yeah didn’t it didn’t even by the way um but yes he he’s he’s fantastic prisoners and other things he’s a great he’s a great director and I can’t I was bummed that they pushed Dune to uh to next year did you like the new Blade Runners I thought it was really good I thought it was emotional you know yeah but uh Hey listen what else do we got to talk about Christian we want to plug some things from you yeah okay plug some dude well tell me about the big thing is your podcast correct it is it is uh something I went on my I was working for colliders when you found me and then I and then I went on and I brought very movie trivia Showdown which is like uh it was it was like the professional movie movie trivia League that I we brought all over the country and we were selling out places and and then you know pandemic happened that was that was that but during that time I started my own channel and I was like I’m just gonna go out and do my own thing and I and I did and I started my own podcast called the big thing where we covered like one really big thing going on in pop culture or whatever it might be and we cover five days a week on Tuesdays though man we’re really going heavy into this uh UFO stuff man really yeah got into that what are you Dan Aykroyd what’s going on with that I I pay attention I ask questions Matt I ask questions that’s that’s that’s the thing so I’ve been uh I’ve been doing I’ve been doing that on Tuesdays uh what’s next what’s Wednesday ghost hunting yeah yeah we’ll get we’ll get into it Wednesday Wednesday’s the Star Wars stuff but uh Thursday Friday is the comic book movie stuff Thursday was kind of but the thing that I did want to talk to you guys about is the fact that I as I mentioned in the beginning of this thing for me it was two 93 is when I started watching UFC obviously like everyone else and then 2005 when Ultimate Fighter really hit its stride and that’s when I from like 2005 to like 2012. I was really in touch when I went to I wouldn’t I saw a machito beat Rashad for the title it was it live I saw when you fought Hughes I was there and you won that fight by the way um I love it I went to I mean I’d seen so many different fights and then I life happened and my uh just I just didn’t follow it much who should I be if I want to get back into it who who should I really be following which fighter should I really be following and watching it get me kind of back in the in the swinging things well we just had Mateos gamrod on who won over the weekend but let’s if you ask me I’m gonna name all my guys Sterling I’m naming all my Fighters I’m being a prick but listen you watch any of the fights any ones that are coming up I’m telling you right now I don’t remember a bad car dude just yeah you know I mean I’ll tell you let’s see when is the next one coming up what’s next is it next week do we have something coming up this weekend it’s not this weekend it’s the weekend after I think we have um no but we don’t all right but then we did have some fights coming up though you know I know you got to get out in a second being but we do have uh for instance Yuri prohaska is going versus Alex Pereira for the vacant um uh what is it the middleweight middle uh light heavyweight title right yeah right heavyweight that’s December 16th right that is in New York you know map of all is going to be on that card Kevin gastlyn for Sean Brady Gosling was dropping the 170. yeah you gotta tell you what there’s a lot of good fights coming up that Abu Dhabi card is gonna be sick it is and also we talked about earlier yep oh in December 16th is going to be in uh Las Vegas is Leon Edwards versus Colby Covington funny man dude yeah I’ll text you Christian with the with the wise please and also The Showdown no we’re not that one that one’s not running anymore we we that stopped that stopped last year I do have like if you want to check out all the old matches that’s up but for me if you just go to you sir you’re a Christian harloff uh Channel and I’ve got all my stuff I do like out of the theater reactions I do reviews I have like all those things I had shorts and and all that I have interviews we had Diego Luna from Andor on the show we had Katie sacko from the Mandalorian and I like the comedian who’s always on there with you what’s his name again the comedian oh Brett Sheridan and or and Roxy too oh yeah yeah they’re great they’re great shout out to Roxy too what’s your name of course Roxy was my co-host on Clark live she’s the best yeah hey Christian thanks dude I’m gonna catch up you soon and uh and when we do you’re gonna invite me on one of your Friday shows to talk geek maybe I would love that yeah of course of course and Dean it was a pleasure yeah my pleasure man I hope to talk to you soon please all right the great Christian haul off later brother thanks for coming on thank you guys take care homie uh Dean I know you got a heart out at three do you have anything to plug my friend well I just gotta I got a new show man look dude another one go what is it but this one this one is called fight Court oh that sounds great yeah that’s funny it is wait wait give us a premise what is it okay so yeah so we we just we we’re pretend like we’re in a uh in a courtroom and we we debate over issues fight issues well listen to me I want to be on because you know I am the master beta have you ever have you come on and make a special guest appearance I would love to debate anything about being silly and I want it and it’s silly it’s silly it’s not it’s not we don’t take it serious it’s very silly Jenny I mean dean silly is my middle name anything else you want to plug where can we watch that show oh it’s on YouTube so let’s just look up fight Court Dean Thomas is on YouTube we just came out two episodes out two episodes down it’s hilarious make sure y’all check that out I want to be on one soon all right thanks for jumping on thanks for jumping on me brother all right my man we’ll talk soon unfiltered Army goodbye we out