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Nightcap Hour 1: Carlos Ulberg STUNS Jiri Prochazka for UFC Light Heavyweight CHAMPIONSHIP + Paulo Costa BEATS Azamat Murzakanov + Josh Hokit BEST UFC HEAVYWEIGHT?! + Tyson Fury CALLS OUT Anthony Joshua

56 min
Apr 12, 20266 days ago
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Summary

Club Shay Shay's Nightcap episode covers UFC 295 fight results including Carlos Ulberg's stunning first-round knockout of Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight championship, Paulo Costa's victory over Azamat Murzakanov, Josh Hokey's exciting unanimous decision win, and Tyson Fury's comeback victory with a callout of Anthony Joshua. Hosts discuss fight strategy, fighter conditioning, and upcoming heavyweight matchups.

Insights
  • UFC's appeal lies in unpredictability and multiple combat variables (striking, wrestling, submissions) versus boxing's single dimension, creating higher knockout probability and fan engagement
  • Fighter conditioning directly impacts defensive capability and knockout vulnerability; exhausted fighters with dropped hands and loose jaws are susceptible to clean shots
  • Charisma and personality-driven marketing (Josh Hokey, Tyson Fury) can elevate fighter stock independent of technical perfection, creating villain or fan-favorite trajectories
  • Heavyweight fighters with elite footwork and movement (Tyson Fury, Usyk) at 240-270 lbs represent rare athletic specimens that defy size-based expectations
  • Fighter compensation negotiations reveal power dynamics where promoters prioritize fan demand over individual athlete leverage, even for historically dominant competitors
Trends
Rise of personality-driven fighter marketing and entertainment value as primary draw alongside technical skillIncreased emphasis on striking volume and action-packed decisions over technical, cautious bouts in fan preferencesHeavyweight division consolidation around charismatic figures (Fury, Joshua, Wilder) with significant crossover appealCombat sports conditioning and gas-tank management becoming critical differentiator in fight outcomesCelebrity and political figure attendance at major UFC events elevating mainstream cultural relevanceNegotiation standoffs between elite fighters and promoters over compensation despite historical achievementsComeback narratives and ring-rust recovery as significant storyline drivers in heavyweight boxing/MMAMulti-round striking volume records indicating fan preference for action over technical point-fighting
Companies
UFC
Primary subject of episode discussion covering multiple fight results, fighter compensation, and event production qua...
WBC
Referenced as boxing sanctioning body in context of heavyweight championship belts and fighter rankings
People
Carlos Ulberg
Defeated Jiri Prochazka by first-round knockout to win light heavyweight championship despite apparent leg injury
Jiri Prochazka
Lost light heavyweight championship to Carlos Ulberg via first-round KO after getting reckless and clipped
Paulo Costa
Defeated Azamat Murzakanov by third-round TKO with head kick, fighting as underdog and winning second straight underd...
Josh Hokey
Won unanimous decision over Curtis Blades in action-packed fight with 303 significant strikes landed, known for enter...
Curtis Blades
Lost unanimous decision to Josh Hokey despite significant striking output and early damage to opponent
Tyson Fury
Won comeback fight by unanimous decision after 16-17 months away, called out Anthony Joshua post-fight
Anthony Joshua
Responded to Tyson Fury's callout, asserted A-side status and control over fight negotiations and timing
Deontay Wilder
Discussed as potential opponent for Anthony Joshua with significant knockout power and bronze Olympic medal
Dominique Reyes
Won split decision over Johnny Walker in cautious fight; previously gave John Jones his toughest fight
Johnny Walker
Lost split decision to Dominique Reyes in defensive, low-action bout criticized by commentators
John Jones
Referenced as greatest UFC fighter; negotiations ongoing for White House card appearance at disputed compensation level
Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson
Co-host of Nightcap discussing UFC fights and fighter analysis throughout episode
Unc
Primary host of Nightcap episode providing fight commentary and analysis
Dana White
Referenced regarding fighter compensation negotiations, White House card decisions, and promotional power dynamics
Joe Rogan
Referenced as adding Josh Hokey vs Derrick Lewis fight to White House card during live commentary
Derrick Lewis
Added to White House card to fight Josh Hokey after President Trump inquiry during live event
Azamat Murzakanov
Lost to Paulo Costa by third-round TKO via head kick while fighting as favorite
Oleksandr Usyk
Referenced as elite heavyweight with exceptional footwork and movement for his size and weight class
Quotes
"It don't take much. You get clipped and hey Uberg was on with only like a duck on a June bug."
UncEarly in episode discussing Carlos Ulberg's knockout
"You got to worry about a guy fist his elbows his knees his feet you got a spinning back fist a spinning elbow... Boxing all I got to worry about is the D."
Chad Ocho Cinco JohnsonMid-episode comparing UFC to boxing complexity
"I don't show no mercy mercy they don't kill a man with a sledge hammer they don't do that in octagon you never show mercy what do you talk about it's kill or be killed period."
UncDiscussing fighter mentality and mercy in combat
"You're not going to dictate when I fight you... I'm the A side I'll let you know when I'm ready to fight."
Anthony JoshuaResponse to Tyson Fury's callout post-fight
"I beat you up when we little and I beat you up now and I've never been scared to get in the ring with anybody but I'll let you know when I'm ready."
Anthony JoshuaAsserting control over Joshua-Fury negotiations
Full Transcript
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Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. We would like to thank each and every one of you for your support and your continued support for making Nightcap what it's become because all of this is only possible because of you. So again thank you for your support and your continued support. Those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by La Portier, head over to LaPortierConyac.com if it's currently unavailable in a state or city near you. Remember it is a premium VSOP cognac. The best tasting smoothest VSOP cognac on the market but don't take my word for it. Try it and compare it against other cognacs. You may have tried or looking to try and we believe we have the best cognac on the market. Again please drink responsibly and stay safe. Oh Ocho Carlos Uberg took out Uri Projekah in the first round KO to light heavyweight championship. Uberg is a UFC champion after overcoming an apparent leg injury. I don't know if he ripped his calf or the keelies or something but it buckled and it kept buckling and I thought Uri got he got careless he got reckless. Yes he got come come stand right here in front of me stand right here in front of me and he got clipped and that's the thing that we love about UFC. It don't take much. It don't take much. You get clipped and hey Uberg was on with only like a duck on a June bug. Go ahead. Hey like a what? Duck on a June bug. Hey listen tonight I had the opportunity obviously to attend to attend most of the fights. I was there for the early fights. I was there for most of the most of the main event obviously I had to get on the road to be back here at the house to to watch the main event but it was a good fight. I'm not sure exactly what makes me so scared when it comes to UFC. I don't know how much those gloves they padded right? Yeah they're four ounce gloves. Four ounce gloves. It only takes five pounds of pressure if you get clipped you going down and everybody has a punches chance and obviously that's what happened. That was a really really good fight tonight and I mean now now he's a lightweight champion. Yeah that was a that was a bit look all I thought all the fights were really good tonight even the ones that went to decision. What was your favorite? They were jam packed. You look at the blades fight. I don't know how blades stood up with some of the shots that he was taking. Whole kit hitting with everything the kitchen sink, the refrigerator, the bathroom sink. Hey he threw everything at him and he stayed up there. He had his face looking like a sloppy joe but he stood in there. I mean so but every all the fights we're going to talk about this uh I think you saw this fight then you see uh were you there to Paula Costa? Yes yes and I as a matter of fact I was talking to Ash on the phone at the time I said man he keep getting them fainting because he was kicking them in the ribs and every time he kept doing this I said man fake like you and go up top and show them up gave him with the fake but this was a I thought I thought Portugal uh Portugal was gonna get him. I really did especially because he injured Ocho. Yeah yeah yeah. I'm like how you go how you gonna fight the one thing you look it's like on the serengeti. Injured that injured and old animals get eaten first. Every time every every single time and obviously listen you had a disadvantage if you hurt huh? Yes. Especially any any yellow extremities. Yes. You need that to be able to move be able to hit you. Generate power that's how you generate power that's how you move. Exactly exactly so I mean it's unfortunate. Hey young bull I don't know how I don't want I don't want to butcher his last name but he was hurt. He was hurt after this loss. Uber. He was hurt. Yes. Yeah he was hurt. Uh man this this is I think this is why people this is why every event you go every time the UFC put something on not not only because of the production you know what you're gonna get. Yeah they just made it very I mean look you're not gonna be fighting like all these decisions yeah that's fine and good. The objective is to win well you're gonna have to take that thing somewhere else because they don't people want action and that's what they got tonight. This was one of the better cars not all you know they have the big name you see Cubs wants to make some and he late go board oh boy. That is one way if you're gonna retire that's the way you want to go that's the way you want to go out. That's the kind of fight. No that was beautiful. Hey he jumped on him out from gate out the gate. I knew it was gonna be a long night. And that's what look and the thing is is that what makes UFC UFC because there's so many things you have to worry about. Yeah you got to worry about a guy fist his elbows his knees his feet you got a spinning back fist a spinning elbow you got to worry about a guy taking you to the mat you got to got a rear neck and choke a guillotine a triangle arm bar leg like damn bro boxing all I got to worry about is the D. You can't do nothing else but those V's man you a and they be fainted and you do this right here. Come ahead kick inside and the funny thing to me those that are very skilled obviously all the attributes that you just name most fighters have one or two things that they're really really good at. They're really really good at I don't think there are too many fighters that they have the complete package of every single attribute when it comes to being inside that octagon but man I haven't been to very many fights but tonight was very very exciting it was very exciting the energy in the casillera the casillera arena was unbelievable was buzzing it was crazy my favorite fight that got damn josh hokey I was hoping with all the trash talk all the antics all the yeah all the personality I was hoping it would show up in the in the octagon back it up and he backed up every last every last bit he kept he kept flicking dude off I thought I was like hello did I did he do that did I say well nah maybe maybe I just imagined that yeah I said oh he kept he kept doing he kept the entertainment going so he was to me if he keeps this up and keeps winning obviously some people aren't gonna like it he might you know play yourself into the villain role but he can he he can he can make his hey and make his way if he continues this and keeps on winning hey I just he keep on fighting like that uh everybody's gonna love him because people love to see people fight yeah when when they come to a us feed I mean it's for whatever UFC I think the expectation is somebody somebody touching the canvas yeah somebody's gonna win and we ain't going to you know I don't want to put it in the judges hand no because they might see it one way one judge see it another way the fans see it somewhere else I might have thought my corner might have thought I'd see uh uh had had it gang had it won but nah if I knock your ass out or I choke the hell out you I guess what I ain't gotta worry about no judges at all judges throw your cars in the trash because we don't need them but uh but this this last five I mean like I said this entire car was really really good I don't think you're gonna find anybody say ah man oh man this car was bull job you I can tell you no no no this was this was this is the type of card that you want I hope uh 250 um uh at the White House I just hope it's uh half as good as this you know that you know I think too with that White House card I think it probably hasn't been announced obviously I think I mean it's been announced the the fights have been announced I'm not sure I don't think there's a White House card without John Jones on there but some reason he ain't gonna be on there you you don't think so uncle no they already announced the car and I think I think Hokey I think Hokey and uh and Derrick Lewis Blackbeath got added to the car for real yeah I think I think because I think either Dana said uh uh uh something to the fake ass who was telling me that hey hey give me that Dana sound take a listen to this chat okay it's a Derrick the president just asked me why you're not on the card do you want to fight on the White House card and he goes of course I do little president thank you I want to do it then the Hokey card plays out the fight plays out he beats the number five rank on the world and Joe Rogan says is there still room on the White House card we'll back and talk to him Hokey versus Derrick Lewis was just added to the White House card in the last 10 minutes wow President Trump built built half of that fight Rogan built the other half both guys have accepted and agreed for the fight so we're adding one more to the White House uh Hokey versus Derrick Lewis pretty bad ass how that played out organically during the fight that's dope but you see what they just did you see how they added to the card because they have the power to do so yeah for some reason I don't know as great as the White House card is with some great fights adding John Jones to that card would do numbers they're gonna do numbers anyway I'm just saying I'm not sure what differences Dana White and John Joe need to fix but I think he needs to be on that White House card to make it complete to make to my understanding that they had a number that they were willing to go to to get John Jones on that fight yes and he wanted over that number and and you the one thing I listen I've been around Dana a lot yes I've interviewed him and been around him when he says this is the number we're going to right you ain't getting a penny more than that you're not but hey we talk about the greatest UFC fighter of all time mm-hmm the only person I mean I mean how do we not give him what he wants based on what he's done based on his resume based on the accolades they don't give anybody what they want that's the whole purpose right they bought it they bought a company they bought a company for two million and sold it for seven billion do you do that by giving somebody what they want no I give the fans what they want the fans won't action the fans won't fight yeah the one thing you're gonna get that well Dana will do this yes Dana will give you the best fights out there you ain't ducking nobody you can't you can't this notion about because guess what there's only one champion it ain't no WBC WBA I be uh I be you know I be I'll be whatever the case may be right ring magazine you got one champion mm-hmm okay you fighting ain't no well I fight the WBC I'm gonna try to unify the bill and able one bill right ain't no you will find nothing you fighting right we like that we like that I thought I thought I thought John was gonna be on a hell I thought John was gonna be on because we want some look it's celebrating America's 200 250th anniversary yes you want some America's they don't have a car to win yeah hey how they gonna look at hell it's it's it's America's celebration and they we getting our ass kicked yeah listen I know I know there was some indifference when it comes to the purse but for for some reason I just I just feel what's the date for that card matter of fact June 14th how well we we in March right now right we're in April you about you about two months away oh you think John Jones is training you think hell I don't even know who you would fight I don't know I don't know either I just don't see how you can have the best you know even I just just meet him halfway if you can't get to what he wants meet him halfway at least make it make sense for him to actually say no okay if we can't get to the number I want don't give don't don't send me a number that disrespectful based on who I am and what I've done yeah I don't know like I said I just heard that I don't know it could be somebody put out some information say we tried to make a number it was a big number as much money he's ever made yes he turned it down so I and look unless John and let's I hear John Jones said or or I didn't hear I didn't it didn't come from Dana because Dana said John Jones was never gonna be on the fight right then Ariel hollow and Addy said that yeah they had been negotiating and he and and John's and even John said well if I was gonna be on the fight why were you a grocery negotiating with my with my team so I really don't know what the number was nobody ever said a number right but look I mean they just said but I think the thing you gotta understand oh Joe adding adding adding too fired that's gonna probably make two three hundred thousand dollars versus somebody wanting twenty five thirty forty million dollars who that there you see therein lies the problem and then who you gonna fight ain't nobody gonna say well oh he making thirty million and you gonna be me two million right so now so I don't know I mean hey I'm gonna watch you the way yeah he's on the phone card I'm watching if you're not on the card I'm watching hey what we do but uh I'm excited I enjoyed it uh Kevin Holland I was able to go see Kevin Holland backstage and talk with him for a little bit I'm flying to Houston tomorrow morning and doing the the fury fights uh lower level level lower level fights down in Houston and Kevin Kevin Holland and I we streaming tomorrow on Twitch you know around three o'clock so that's gonna be interesting so I get to watch some some some of the fighting down out there some of the some of the fighters trying to get to the next level trying to make it to the UFC okay I'm a highlight I'm a highlight what they doing and in their journey and the process and what they go through mentally and physically you know as they prepare for those fights and trying to to reach the UFC that's what I call the promised land so I'm excited hey you get guess who I guess who I met tonight too huh who and and they they are they see oh so you're one hell of a player man who you met man hey Ash Ash did you hear you man man I'm at 45th man good deal I asked him for a job too I thought uh I thought President Trump was six two nah but you got it I'm six four so you know he's short man stop yeah I've met him before I've met him at a fight in uh uh at Madison Square Garden many many years ago but that was a great fight oh burgers you like to have a way to have you being Uri Arpochakov poor Chosko the first round KO I I still don't know how he did it because when they showed the replay Ocho man that's over calf man I don't know if he tore his calf it was a key leave if it was I don't know what it was but I was like well I said let me go ahead I told Ash I said let me go and start changing because this fight is gonna be long and I been damn if I didn't hang up he done clipped him and whoop that there's a that's that's all it take oh yeah you get you can't get you can't get reckless no you gotta stay on you you gotta stay on your peas and queues you got to be disciplined you got to be disciplined and man speaking of discipline the two fighters that didn't have none at all and kept I mean face wide open when Josh Hogan and I can't remember young boy's name that he was oh blades and blades I mean well where's the damn defense and you can hear a you can hear the punches you can hear yeah you can hear the punches land I mean I'm sitting close enough and you can hear the bone like the boat I'm like oh man come on man I mean at least put your hands up and block something he was blocking it with his face oh Joe you're was crying after telling Rogan that he showed Carlos mercy because he knew he had already won by injuring his leg man I don't show no mercy mercy they don't they don't kill a man with a sledge hammer they don't do that in octagon you never show mercy what do you talk about it's kill or be killed period until until the bail sounds or the referee said the fight is over there's no such thing as mercy I ain't showing nobody no mercy you look at them say what they do they hey it's kill you in the seren you in the seren get it that's where you are man that's a man you gotta have a different type of mentality it ain't no mercy that ain't my job to have mercy right right right the mercy that man upstairs he got mercy that's that's it lord have mercy what I'm about to do to him he injured to I'm feeling to show enough if him up every time and the funny thing about it the mentality to even be a fighter then the mentality you have to have to even get in the octagon is killer be killed yes so I'm not sure why he even used that even use that excuse maybe in a sense of sportsmanship okay he's hurt you know what all right I'm I'm I'm gonna tail off a little bit no I ain't telling nothing I'm gonna tail off a I ain't gonna be dead I might not be dancing over you right but I'm gonna finish your ass because you see what happened when you let me go over the voice note just running for the taxi did anyone pack hair straighteners no I didn't I've got hair straighteners everybody relax pre-departure drink anyone sure you can roam in the EU at no extra cost but what really matters is friends and family that's why we're happy to be your second most important network Tesco Mobile it pays to be connected terms apply see tescomobile.com slash home from home at Ashwood homes we've a reputation for building beautiful affordable new homes in the stunning south link into countryside with all the 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They listen they gotta keep they need to stop making Costa the underdog maybe that's the problem no but oh boy was uh he was pretty tough though Ocho yeah he was he was nice he was pretty tough but hey man them leg the hey them head kicks bro he was hey he's kicking him in the side bam damn it damn it threw in the row it looked like threw in the row I was like well damn and you see the thing is and then when you he tried you thought he's gonna kick you and you do this now you bring your head right there for that foot to go inside it what about hey would you ever would you ever get in there let's say if if your body was no I'm just saying if your body was okay no hip replacement no knees nothing wrong with you just just for the experience. No I got hit upside by head for 14 years and then another four in college and then another four in uh uh high school yeah and then another three in Pee Wee and no hell no I'm good. Hey you know what I I would I would I think I think I am I think I am I think it's gonna be fun I'm gonna make sure I'm gonna have some nightcap nightcap trunks night nightcap on my gloves but it's gonna be it's gonna be fun just to be able to say I did it. No I don't want to say I did it I didn't do it. That's what I was saying I didn't do. Hey just make sure you ring side man that's all. Man look here you ain't you I mean look at Ocho you in your 40s and you ain't did no combat training like that boxing is one thing and you see even blades and the other if blades could have blades in the clinch he don't do no kneeing he couldn't keep the guy down he took the guy down he couldn't keep get him to keep him down because he ain't got no wrestling skills all he is is a striker. Nah hell no that's too much going on bro but this was eight look and like I said the fights just got better and better because they started eight they got better and better they got better and better. Hey that's what I'm paying to see that's what I'm paying even though it's free now on on on on on plus that's what I want to see I want to see knockouts I don't want to see all that feeling out all that dancing and holding and all that stuff choking make him call make him say uncle or knock his ass smooth to help out that's what I'm here for I had no problem that's why I didn't have any problems paying for UFC fights because I'm I'm I think there's a better than 50% chance that somebody of all the people on the car don't show somebody going to sleep that night you're gonna get some action I'm gonna get some action no matter what that's all I want hey give me my you know 59 79 or whatever I was playing for back there give me my money's worth that's what I want I don't want all that stuff them they fill each other out and oh you know it's a it's a style make fight that's the sweet science I don't want nothing sweet I want it sour ain't none of that I want to say but ain't none of that an MMA boy but you better a you better a you better be able to rap but the thing is oh Joe is that when you get and a lot of this is that when you get tired yeah you can't protect yourself you can't keep your hands up your jaw drop and so now you don't got that tension now you still can get knocked out when you got that teeth in yeah you got that mouthpiece and you bite not on it but boy when that y'all get loose it's gonna be broken out your mouth yeah that's how you both fight it's hard once they not breathing out they know it's five more minutes mama then the referee asked you hey you jack rabbit with cowboy boots back to sleep you go hell nah that was a but constant did it uh 123 and round three head kick and then he jumped on him and like hey he really get a chance I mean he jumped over a little bit but oh boy side that oh you see him oh boy side that's like no this ain't for me you got you got me this ain't for me this ain't for me next time maybe next time maybe next time but this one this is right here you got this one man hey and can I tell you something a chat chat I'm sure y'all can hear me I'm sure we have a lot of UFC fans um in the chat and I don't want I don't want to say a name uncle but tonight I was told one of our favorites one of our favorites that we've all loved to see is fighting July 11th he's coming he's coming back to me I just come on now the greatest the best charisma the best marksman economy greger man oh hey come on man July July 11th okay I hope I see him fight hey I'm I will be a boy getting taken down the old show we we ate his ground game is not good he's he's a he's a pure striker a pure striker in a damn but what what they so how do I neutralize that I take your ass down you got to be able to get up old show you can't spend do you know how much energy that zaps out of you with four minutes left in the round you on your damn back and you trying to get up hey somebody get on what you are with here get off me man let me up nah no get up right get off me man hey you got to be able to get up old show you got to be able to wrestle you got to it you just got to now I'm not saying you got to be I'm not saying you got to be John Jones or Daniel Cormier or I'm not I'm not saying you got to be Khabib yeah but you got to have a you got to have at least a high school level goddamn on wrestling something maybe it maybe a college yeah maybe a d2d3 college I'm not saying you got to be a world champion or gold medalist but you got to have something old show because you got to be able to shut down it when they try to take you down and you got to be able to get up yeah sounds like a lawn mower doesn't it but it's actually the sound of someone's dream coming true right about now dreaming is great but what's better than knowing that this tiny patch of turf is yours and nobody else's when it's time to realize your dream at Lloyd's we're ready when you are Britain's number one direct lender for first-time buyers mortgages on Lloyd's bank on Lloyd's based on monthly completion values June to September 2025 to verify see Lloyd's bank.com forward slash bank on Lloyd's because all they do when they keep you down the mat they just a bit of the prompt just stealing rounds heavyweight Josh Hokey defeated Curtis Blaise by unanimous decision Hokey won the most exciting and exciting fight in the division history of the unanimous decision over Blaise the heavyweight fight was pure chaos as both fighters lugged it out for 15 violent minutes that was okay damaged Blaise faced almost immediately with a combination in the open minutes but Blaise refused to go away storming back he Hokey with heavy punches also the two heavyweights combined for 303 significant strikes landed one short of the record set by Daniel Cremier and Steve A. Miochic in the five round fight in 2019 now remember that's a five round fight this was only three rounds and they had one fewer significant strike they also broke the record for total strikes attempted 611 Eclipson the 595 attempted by Tim Silver and Andrea Orlovsky in 2006 eight and boys were there to rest the fight and they were letting it go to me that that that was the most exciting fight not very technical but that was the most exciting fight a blaze face on I mean I don't know how if you could see it from TV but I was I was sitting like come on man now you got somebody don't catch up on it and you got to go get stitched up you need to get stitched up before you even leave the arena oh man that was bad hey buddy might need to get it up to Ocho you think so he's been getting beaten he's been getting the break beat off of him ah I mean oh I mean Ocho he I mean damn near 30 seconds of the fight he damn he damn near praying he got we got buckled early he got you got buckled early I don't know I like I like Josh though I just oh yeah I like Josh as it both listen both of them were on fumes yes and they just wailing away and because you so tired Ocho I don't really got that zap that what if because if I had that zap I can get you out of here because I'm gonna clean you ain't got no defense because everybody was hitting everybody with clean shots and he's standing and they just standing right there in front of each other and like I said blaze got him in the clinch he ain't near he ain't trying he can't he don't know how to take him down that's that's energy hey boy it was one with blaze through a through a hook and he missed and that goddamn hook it went like this and looking at looking at the crowd because he missed it he telegraphed it y'all that made me bro you threw that from Jacksonville I saw that thing coming from Jacksonville boy he he's funny man he's he's entertaining he can he continued to sharpen up his tools and add a little add a little more to his toolbox because if I'm not gonna say I think I think Huik it is a raster you know he's a raster but he chose the night they chose to stand in and go toe-to-toe yeah he did uh he did but like I said I thought blades there are some times he got him on the ground and he couldn't keep him on the ground uh I mean he he really you can tell he didn't really know what to do because he got him he's he's uh uh at the back and then he goes to the side bro trip him like they do and get get in the guard and make him exert some energy to get you up off him but you don't know how to get you don't know how to take him down you definitely didn't know how to keep him down you're in the clinch you don't need him you don't do anything you just like bro you're gonna let this man come out here you're gonna let this man get out of this because you you had the advantage and gonna let him knock your ass out but he almost put him he won't put him down in that uh in that first round I mean just open him up I just seem like every time he damn hit him he's got a got a new cut I'm like what damn hey check that man glove he might got bricks in his hands because every time he hit him on chose like I'm like damn look at blade face and it just it was it was swelling and it's like he cut up his eye cut here and cut there and cut there and cut I'm like what damn I don't I don't know hey that man I didn't look like the elephant man that thing was nice I don't see how you I don't see how you can go to a fight like that the energy in the energy in the arena you know seeing the fighters go at it and how you don't want to get in that one who that's why that's why would I go see and I see how they look when they come out of there and I hear them I hear them shots I don't want nobody hitting me in my face like that right hey if they try if they swing at you uncle you gotta do a block that thing huh yeah bring it up bring it in I'm gonna have to go get the drum the drum for it hey okay oh man no man that ain't that it could be but look I mean think about it even though this fight did not end in a knockout on show yeah the strikes I mean you see you see all the the significant strikes 600 total strike man they damn they landed half of their damn significant strike that's crazy yeah you see why they face look like it look the fact that nobody went down with the clean punches that they were they were getting hit with and obviously I think because they were tired and there was there was there was no umph on any of those punches which is why nobody actually went down yeah but hey that that was exciting though it was exciting that goddamn hokey man I'm I'm I'm I'm hoping he can I don't know either he gonna be the villain or he gonna be a fan favorite it ain't gonna be nothing in between to some people he's annoying to me he's selling himself he's marketing himself and if he keep winning I'm not saying he'll he'll get to McGregor's level because that's a whole another that's a completely different level of marketing you know but he gonna be all right though he gonna be all right let's take a listen to what hokey had to say from the back of the ambulance what he's saying he was he was laughing oh he didn't say much he says y'all heard I mean he took some shots but if you go like okay you stand in there like okay these two fall oh do I got one you look all you gotta do is look at baby face you ain't got a question who won look at him you know and blaze didn't talk in each trash when he when they um good when they did the panel and I was I was kind of confused you know hokey took over he took over did all the trash talking you know the rhymes and then whatever it was he was saying and for some reason blaze seemed like he was he was annoyed with it and I would expect it for someone you know the fire back he didn't he didn't seem confident going into the fight I I don't know why well that might not be his that might not be his style no you don't want to get into at the end of the day yeah be who you are if you're not a talker don't go don't go back and forth with a guy that that's what he does he does yeah he gonna get your head and you out there trying to out talk him you need to out fight him now it would have been a situation oh Joe he wanted to fight now he can come up with some rhymes there's some riddles and have a lot to say right but you going to rhyme and riddles and now you look like you stuck your head in the behind no no no but like I said I was looking at this early I was like okay look at blaze I said okay blaze I mean you don't be old but normally you see a guy with all the muscles oh oh Joe yeah muscles require oxygen mm-hmm and when you constantly moving you gas out fast you gas out fast hey oh you see hey hey you see I called out easy out of sign here call him after what just to you know square up a little bit maybe maybe two rounds maybe three depending on depending on how you feel no no once you just go run some rock call someone old some retired dbs I didn't try to run some one on one rocks on nah cuz they they are green they're green like 65 still running like four four no then no I do I do they are green in in his prime I'm not saying that you couldn't but I'm saying stick to that you trying to go with something that you ain't never done and you want to do in your 40s I know I know that's that's okay because I didn't have opportunity to do it in my 30s and 20 because I was playing so now I have you could have you could have trained hey I just want to try just to be able to tell my kids hey baby y'all seeing daddy getting there there's a hold on hey listen now listen daddy got his ass whoop but that's not the fact I still got it now they'll see maybe one is helping you to the ambulance now you ain't gotta tell him you won't have to tell him anything even french fry I know even french fry I know so about my daddy getting tow up into a name hey first my first bike will turn and look up on me and a boy daddy getting tow up any mama yeah yeah he is baby baby it's so funny right it's so funny because obviously you know all all them all them boys know me the funny thing about it is everybody I call out is people that I know personally and Izzy and he in the comments and he used to put a cry on laughing faces I see in Kamaru Uzman I see Kamaru Uzman at the fight and I forgot how he called him out a long time ago when I was doing something with Dana and he say well since you here now I mean you you want to square right here and get it on I say no I say no man I'm just here I'm just here to watch the fights I don't want no problem I don't want no problem yeah I mean oh man hey no no hey that was funny hey what you say french fry what he was for it he was for it mama say mama daddy getting tow up at him yeah baby he sure is I don't know I don't know what position daddy to get his ass in that ring but he won't be coming back I promise you but that man but uh uh but you watching this fight early on I was like oh this ain't no way this thing going three rounds because he called him like in the first 20 seconds oh yeah and buckled him right off the rip I'm like what damn did you warm up in the back because you just came up with this thing cold because you know they still you know they still I mean you still got to get warm I understand you know because you getting there so early until you don't say you getting there so early because you don't know I mean you got a scheduled time it could get moved up it could get moved back according if the fight in earlier the fight goes the distance but you know you're in the back you getting you know you're getting loose you're getting you know going through some doing some shadow boxing probably in the pads a little bit yeah probably simulating some takedowns and stuff like that but man I'm like bro you walk right out there and just walk right into a combo but uh that was it was it was it was definitely a jam packed fight a jam action packed fight yeah with some heavy punches landed I don't know how blades did not go down I don't know how he survived three rounds with that type of punishment but hokey hokey took some punishment too now oh yeah absolutely he took some punishment too but I just don't think the punishment that that that he took from blades was not what blades took from him completely different especially with the way his face with the way his face look on oh I say boy man yeah I gotta go get the drum you know and you know you know it's funny I think about it especially if you marry do you have a girlfriend yeah and and you lose and you lose and your face looked like that I wonder how do they feel and I know they want to support you and all that you do with especially you know you know being a wife being a girlfriend yeah it's up on them I'm just saying but when you get your ass whipped like that and and your girl is there ringside to see you get your ass whipped though she's at home watching and you get whipped like that does she look at you the same well you remember uh uh uh uh Dante Wada say when he started catching L you know old lady she didn't look at him the same that that's what he said I don't know if it's true he said once he started L started piling up right you know all of a sudden so I just think it's hard it's hard to anybody that you that you that you care about anybody right friend your let's just say for the sake of our I was close friends let's just say a boxer was close I was as close to a boxer or UFC fighter as I was bucking and burns right to see them go yeah that would bother me I'll be hurt even though I understand that's a part of their job that's a part of it it still would bother me so you can imagine a spouse or a mom I mean sometimes that's why moms don't come hell your mom cringing and oh I can't watch this and you can tackle yeah imagine you getting kicked and hitting your face hmm or you get are you getting choked out you gotta tap you gotta say uncle yeah no that'd be died I don't know I take my head off to the wives and girlfriends and difficult others that go and watch their significant other because I know you know hey it's hard on you know family members when you watch a sport especially you know sports that you can get injured in I mean you can get injured in any sport but you know the likelihood of the sports like MMA and boxing and football they have a higher degree of potential injury than other sports I guess bull riding things of that nature but nah that heavyweight dominate rails defeated Johnny Walker by split decision probably the worst fighter tonight right or Reyes recorded his first win in earlier year although the results likely won't do much for his stock in the division or the UFC fan base the three-round bout was difficult to score and even more difficult to watch as both fighters played extremely safe despite urgent from their own corners and crowd Reyes out pointed Walker on the judge's scorecard 29 28 29 28 and 28 29 it was all booze on yeah that whole fight inside that arena it was all booze I'm trying to figure out what happened Dominique Reyes gave John Jones his toughest fight ever many believe Reyes beat Joe he has not shown that form since now I don't know if that was a that was the falling star oh so that was his one time that was right at the phone the song in the uh uh March madness one shining moment right maybe that was his one shining moment but the guy that I saw fought John Jones would have ran through Johnny Walker oh yeah absolutely Johnny Walker blue and Johnny Walker black I don't know what was wrong with him I'm not sure why they were both being so cautious obviously when you sign up you're signing up the fight and they did the exact opposite for three rounds they did that exact opposite nobody wanted to take a chance they damn there they damn didn't want to damn there nobody really threw any punches no not anything goddamn effective and that's the thing like I said oh Joe I watched that fight I was like damn man he just joked with giving John Jones all he can handle yeah and I haven't seen I haven't seen any fight like that since well maybe you know what maybe he looked the way he did because John Jones had an off night maybe that night that mean that that day because obviously if you're gonna give John Jones all he can handle and then you look like you look tonight something ain't right something ain't right but he hadn't looked like that since though oh even before even before this fight no he's he's I haven't seen him look that good now maybe maybe maybe his fan base or maybe but I have I don't think he's looked good he hasn't looked as good as what he looked that night he looked like one of the greatest UFC fighters in that division in the history that's how good he looked that night yeah and then I'm like damn not great he's a little older a lot older I don't I don't I don't remember this fight happened I mean maybe it was um I don't even remember this fight happened I remember watching it but I don't know exactly what year it was so he's probably he's older now right 37 38 years of age uh but man I'm like damn and like you said oh Joe that was I mean the fights were going good and then y'all come out here with this bull job straight moves the whole fight yeah y'all gotta do something hey and plus it's getting late and people like hey they're under seat they're looking for a reason to cheer they probably have you know they've got a couple of beers in them come you know a couple of cocktails in them they hey they ready they ready to erupt and then I got to I got to encourage you to I got to encourage you guys like come on let's get it on nah man I'm they they they ain't gonna be happy with that Tyson Fury wins his wins back in domination and he calls out uh to Joshua after the fight Fury took off uh shook off some ring rust on his comeback to earn a unanimous point a unanimous decision and potentially set up a long-waited clash with Anthony Joshua in the return winning ways Fury followed back-to-back point losses in world title fights to Alexander Yousik in his previous two appearances after the first win in England since the WBC title against Derek uh Teresa uh December 22nd December of 2022 Fury turned his attention to Joshua Furry is urging his compatriot to fight him next rather than WBC champion Dante Deontay Water who recently beat fellow Jersey on points what you think oh Joe do you like the way uh Fury looked tonight yeah I like the way look it took it took him a little bit to get going uh it took a little bit he didn't get going really until maybe round three or round four you could see is him get a little bit more comfortable yes uh he had he had to shake that ring rust off no matter how much you train no matter how much you do in the gym you can't get back to yourself unless you fight so yes tonight I mean he looked good um obviously calling calling Joshua out but obviously I think Joshua now at this point is the A side and Joshua said right to his face you're not going to dictate when I fight you you're not going to come in here after after taking a year and six months off with it whatever it is and say do I want to fight you we're going to do it the right way I'm the A side I'll let you know when I'm ready to fight and obviously Joshua said listen I beat you up when we little and I beat you up now and I've never been scared to get in the ring with anybody but I'll let you know when I'm ready yeah I agree I think the thing is that a Anthony Joshua said well I won you know I won 10 15 20 million dollars and I fought a guy that didn't have any business in the ring with me but I took him to school so I'm good right now yeah but me personally I'd like to see Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua both of them have dynamite now and both of them had chance a little suspect yeah wait so so would you consider well hold on now hold on but that that you know and I'm not sure would it still be a mega fight even though Deontay Wilder is still had still has losses yeah fear has losses fear ain't got no belt I don't think none of them got no belt right but it's just oh Joe you know there is just something about people with dynamite in the hand big point yeah we like to see that so you don't want you don't you know like the the uh I'm watching me fight Tyson fearing I a today I thought Tyson fury we know he got caught with some shots yeah you know he tried to throw he tried to throw the uppercut from distance and the dude catching with the overhand right quick he leaving the jam but they're too long to do catching with overhand right he getting reckless and do catching with a check hook so there there are some things uh uh uh uh that Anthony Joshua could take advantage of absolutely but like you said the guy's been away from the guy what is it 16 17 months that he hadn't fought oh Joe yeah yeah so when you like you said when you take that long off you know hey sparring is one thing you need to be in the ring against another guy and with no headgear and and to feel that rush right of 60 70 80 000 people watching you not to remember you got a couple you know 35 40 people in the ring and you sparring that's a whole different scenario right so yeah I thought he looked I thought he looked good but like you said I thought there are some times that he looked okay he looks like a guy that took time off yeah and the mistake says you know hey he's backing straight up man you know you came back straight up get that gear you got a one either left the left to the right yeah get that head off a line I think I think I think Josh I think Josh will probably want to tune up fight before he gets there with uh with fury I'm really don't consider what he did with Jake Paul as a tune up I know have someone else that you know to get in there and move around he's looking at Jay Deontay as a tune up you think so that's what he said man hey uh come on now now when we talk about that's what I find that quote hey when we talk about he said he said a warm-up he said yeah I'll use you as a warm-up fight that that's a dangerous fight huh I'm just that's a dangerous fight especially those first six rounds until Wilder gets tired he has a punches chance every time and even if you block the chance you can still get knocked out with Wilder's power but you do realize Anthony Joshua got power too yeah yeah you're right yeah man Josh you got power too and you know like I said both of those guys chin are susceptible a little suspect yeah yes yeah and you know what the better the better pure boxer in Joshua Joshua Joshua he's gonna let me go he'll go medallist yeah yeah yeah no no Deontay is I think he won the bronze medal in the okay yes but I mean the way he can sit up punches see I think the thing is for me is that Deontay Wilder's really trying to land one punch he's trying to land he's trying to land that overhand right now can it can he turn the lights out of the building yes absolutely he can he can short circuit you you start and you free uh uh Joshua responded Tyson you are a cloud chaser I've never had a problem getting in the ring with you I punched you when you were kids after watching you tonight I'll do it again I'll see you in the ring in due time you won't tell me what to do when you're ready when you're ready you tell me your conditions and I'll tell you when I'm ready I'm the landlord remember that you work for me so basically just letting them know I'm the A side you don't control nothing anymore when you had the belts you ain't got no belts you ain't got no belts you think got the belts so how you figure how you can dictate what you think I'm gonna fight on your terms not not at all and in in Turkey you gotta make it make sense to that yeah for sure Turkey gotta make make it make sense and he has he has the he has the pockets to do so yeah it won't it won't be no excuses like they said in Captain Phillips irish look at me irish you remember Captain you remember Captain Phillips I do remember Captain Phillips that was a good movie boy it was old Tom Hanks mm-hmm as a matter of fact those guys I thought they were really good I think I think they went back I think they're from Minnesota I think they're back working working regular jobs don't you think so damn I think so I don't I don't want I don't want to confuse the race or ethnicity not some are Somali okay okay oh yeah okay Somali yep but uh look like you said oh Joe I thought I thought given the time that he had been on I thought he did some good things the other guy he's conditioning and look you don't have to understand big guys heavyweights that's a that's a lot of moving for a guy 230 240 250 whatever the guy weighed and then the damn man get you some man he had on gauchos out there damn bad the baby get wet you know how heavy they are yeah but he was tired and like I said even though he was tired he caught uh uh um Tyson he caught fury with with a couple shots over hands caught him with a couple of checks you saw he had a fewer had a couple of shiners going on mm-hmm but but hey you know if you really be as big as he is he has really really good movement yeah yeah he's a good footwork to be that big I mean he look a little no disrespect he he looks a little a little sloppy excuse my excuse me yeah he just looked like a garmy bag straight down hey but his footwork man and his movement to be that big is is nice is nice now there's only one person that's a heavyweight who's moving and footwork and and and ring IQ is better than him and that's you sick yeah but you see ain't that big of a man though no I'm talking about a man that's six I talked to him for your six eight six nine like two fifty two sixty two seventy but I think the thing is if people look at it it's not a put together two sixty two seven it's all over the place but but I mean hey he flicking that jab by them but like I said he get careless sometimes he get lazy with it and he was getting caught yeah question is he flicked that jab get lazy with Joshua Joshua firing something back it could be short circuit a quick quickening the hurry so hey I'm definitely gonna watch the fight like I said um Anthony Joshua is a big super heavyweight I mean he looked apart you see hey you see him he take out he take out me wrong you like god yeah you better be able to do something build up like that abs everywhere shoulders capped off yeah he better you boy you better not be built like that and be sorry yeah it's a big boy man he is people don't realize what he's like six five six six probably about six four um but he chiseled now there's one thing you can say about if he comes to play uh he comes in shape that's why I admire guys like well you know you know this was a tough training camp no he comes he comes in shape he he come to fight now sometimes he get it you know get it handed to him but hey in the fight game that's gonna happen mm-hmm because the mother guys are really good too Joshua 36 years of age he's 66 245 god damn Billy see he miles Garrett miles Gary play football he box mm-hmm basically what miles about six five on six like six four two seventy whoo build just like and build like just like Anthony Joshua am manage and that that shouldn't be that big shouldn't be that agile shouldn't be that quick build like that can move like that yeah but he's one of the few players that looks like Tarzan and play like Tarzan there are a lot of guys that look like Tarzan and play like Jane jaybeth hey nah bro oh yeah but uh no I definitely I like that I like bro you ain't been to call no shots you ain't been to call no shots over here I'll tell you and that's that's another one that's very charismatic and has great personality and can sell a fight they got damn Tyson fury boy he know he can sell a fight mm-hmm I think I think that it's what he says the act says like you know hey I beat you I have hung over I've been drinking pints I was you know they they call it pints over that uh over there uh but no no hey he impressed me I mean what like I said when he got up when he got up off the canvas and whip wild his ass because I didn't think he would go get up with you I did I'm not sure what the ref was doing the ref started they got damn count late to be to be honest it should it should have been at 10 because he laid there for like three damn near two three seconds and the ref hadn't even started yet I'm like man what are you what are you waiting on soon as he hit the floor you point to the guy you start counting one two but he got up there and went to work so give him credit that fight is gonna happen um who is uh Usik uh fighting next does he have an opponent is he fighting any time soon I'm not sure or he know he good a Usik move in box like a a damn light heavy weight like a cruiser weight yeah light heavy moves he got real good movement man combinations punching off angles yeah nice virgin media gives you show stopping 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