Shadowing Practice: Matchmaking Key Fighters After UFC Baku: Fiziev vs Torres - Learn English Speaking with Video
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UFC Fight Night, Manuel Torres vs. Hafiel Fizyev just finished, and I'm going to be matchmaking each key fighter from this UFC Baku card.
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Let's start with the main event winner.
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hafiel fizyev i didn't think he was gonna get the job
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dot i thought manuel torres with his 10 -year round one
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streak was going to get a round one finish against hafiel fizyev landed two down the pipe but hafiel
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because it doesn't move his move his head really well i
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thought he would be able to get it done maybe there was 20 seconds left in
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that first round when he landed that hard stiff jab
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which really blurred the vision of hafio faisy maybe we would have a chance there
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but he did it and hafio fizzy have nice landed this nice spinning back
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uh sitting back kick for the ko victory wouldn't follow it up with some nice check hook
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and nice uh boxing at the end of it
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but i think hafio physio i believe he should be fighting
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a prospect he called for the bmf title fight he wants to fight charles olivera
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No way in hell we're doing that fight.
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It makes no sense to me.
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Hoppy off is you have you need to be fighting a young hungry guy.
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You've lost three of your last five fights, I believe.
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I think Hoppy off is you have you need to be fighting Killian South killed the top prospect out of Australia.
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if you're getting the vanilla use treatment, right, if you're getting that fight, they like you they love you
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and i think kilian southfield versus hafio physio is the fight
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to make there's definitely ways for south hill to win this fight especially
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if this fight gets to the ground hafio physio uh bjj is not the greatest and
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it's hard it's hard to get them there but if once you get them there and control them
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i think he can get the sub but this is a fight to make right here have these two
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33 -year -old Javier Fizia and young Killian Salkett fight.
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These two guys should be able to fight pretty soon, I'm guessing.
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Maybe at the end of the year, Javier Fizia didn't take that much damage.
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Maybe that eye definitely got impaired.
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But he can fix that and probably fight by the end of this year, maybe in January or February in Australia.
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I think that's when they have the UFC Australia cards in February.
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Next, Manuel Torres.
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He was on a great trajectory to be the guy.
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The UFC really wants a big cash cow in Mexico.
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A guy that's dangerous.
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A guy that's cool.
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guy that's a local and manual tours is definitely that even though he got the job even though he lost
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the fight i think he should be fighting another guy that's around one magnet
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and around one fighter
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and around one striker give him jalen turner this fight makes
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a lot of sense jalen turner should be ranked this is a respectable win
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if he beats jalen turner
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because we know how good jalen turner is even though he's
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not ranked he'd know he's definitely ranked the top 10 top
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15 guy at lightweight i think this fight makes a lot
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of sense manuel torres i also thought should be able to fight terrence mckinney
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but i'm like do you really want to find terrence mckinney you beat him
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and then what you're fighting another another prospect top 25 guy you want to be fighting the Guys in the lightweight division, Manuel Torres, he's young and he's very exciting to watch.
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Have a fight.
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Jalen Turner, that fight makes a lot of sense to me.
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Next.
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share a bullet shareable got dropped by michelle perere in the first round got controlled in the first round
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but he ends up winning the next two i think michelle
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uh not michelle perera i think share a bullet he should
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be fighting a washed old out of prime fighter from the middleweight division
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and it's the only fight that makes sense to me
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because you need to you need to give him strikers you cannot give them guys
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that can take him down because we've seen it
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if you can take him down you can control him down there
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and you know people like oh he's grappling now he's in the pro grappling circuit Bro, he's grappling Armand Saruqi, he's 155 pounds, and he's grappling Edson Barbosa,
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former 145er, now 155er again.
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I think you do share a bullet versus another striker.
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Give him a guy like Israel Adesanya.
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This fight makes perfect sense to me.
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You jump him in the rankings.
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You want to promote Shara Bullet and have him promote him over here.
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This fight makes a lot of sense to me.
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Let's do this fight.
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Let's just do it.
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Why are we waiting?
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What are we waiting for?
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We got to get the old guard out.
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I'm going to show you another fighter.
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That's old guard that needs to be out of here too.
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Next, Asu Amabaev.
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Asu Amabaev needs to be fighting somebody.
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in like the top seven or top eight or a known UFC lightweight, I mean flyweight, excuse me, Give him Brandon Moreno.
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This fight makes a lot of sense to me.
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Why would I not do Brandon Moreno versus Asu Omobaev?
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Asu Omobaev wants a title shot.
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Bro, I know you just beat Alex Perez and Charles Johnson, but you lost him in El Cop, and you were scared for your life in that fight.
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now you want to fight for the title absolutely not you're
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gonna be fighting uh on a fight night main event give him brandon moreno
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that fight makes a lot of sense to me next charles johnson
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charles johnson just can't get it right he can't get on
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a win streak anymore charles johnson i think he should be
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fighting lower in the rankings he's like ranked top 10 to 15 in either the meta rankings
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or the real real medium rankings have him fight a guy
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that also lost
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but this time he lost to kyoji horoguchi give him a
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guy like tagiru umbekov this fight makes a lot of sense let him defense, defensive wrestling, anti -gear and him are basically the same height.
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So it doesn't look like it's a really big, big, height difference, mismatch and reach and stuff like that.
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Ikram Alaskarov next.
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Who should he be fighting?
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He wants to fight a top contender.
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He said, please let me do it.
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He apologized about the Rob Whitaker loss, which was really, really bad, knowing how kind of overrated Rob Whitaker is now.
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But Ikram Alaskarov, he should be fighting Cal Barayo.
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I know people are going to say, Cal Barayo?
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This fight makes no sense.
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Cal Barayo is a young, hungry dude.
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Why would he be fighting him?
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You know why?
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You know why?
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The middleweight division is stuck.
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Sean Strickland's going to be fighting Nasirdin Umavov.
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Hawa Hamzat.
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Is that an immediate rematch?
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What about all these other fighters?
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You just beat Raider De Ritter.
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You still have a long way to go.
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Do you want to fight a guy like Jared Canyon who you already beat?
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Do you want to fight a guy?
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You need some new blood in middleweight division.
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Have him fight Kyle Barayo, Ekromel Skarov.
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This makes a lot of sense to me.
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Makes a lot of sense to me.
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Have this be like a fight night main event, maybe at the apex or at an actual place.
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Have it be there.
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It makes a lot of sense next bruna fegea lost to
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ikram alaskarov who do you want him to fight next i
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think we should give him a prospect i think we give
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him the striking phenom by singer susur kiev this fight makes
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a lot of sense to me susur kiev trains with hamzat's team
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and he needs to step up in competition i'm tired of
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watching him fight against scrubs man i don't want to watch
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a fight eric nolan i don't want to fight eric mccannico
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i want to fight good competition i haven't fight bruna fegea who's like a known top 30 middleweight in the world
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abu smaka made off who do we match up abu smaka
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made off with i think we match up abu smaka made off with a good fighter a really, really good kickboxer.
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because i want to put him in against a ranked opposition
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but i think the ufc doesn't want to have him ranked i really don't think
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so abu smanga made off he does have he does have
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the resume i mean he's been everybody the only people he's lost to is joe piper sean strickland
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and kyle bryo and now I'm not going to give him a ranked matchup.
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but I think you and Yuzri Bogari should fight.
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I think this is a great striking matchup right here.
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Yuzi Balgari is on his way up.
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He's been winning a lot of fights.
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Have him fight.
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abus maglbedov um and then the next time whoever wins this fight is ends in spectacular ko
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or whatever have them fight a ranked guy who's a model
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in the ump in the rankings uh i was magam may have had his chance for sean strickland
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and blew it but again sean trick is a world champion two -time world champion
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so that's not really that bad of a loss neither is joe peiffer
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or kyle buriah also okay how about abdul rachman yakayev got
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a finish in the first minute of the fight first minute eight seconds right Yakai have just dominated Julius Walker.
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I said that Julius Walker is scared of contact.
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Ends up being true.
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I think he should be finding someone high in the rankings in light heavyweight division.
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Not high, but someone ranked at least.
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The light heavyweight division is trash.
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I mean, we have guys like Paul Costa moving up from middleweight, who is basically a 50 -50 fighter at middleweight.
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not even a 50 50 fighter at middleweight but going up to light heavyweight and
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basically asking for a title shot after beating Azamat Merzikhanov.
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So the light heavyweight division is really, really bad right now.
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Let's have him fight Johnny Walker.
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This is a big step up.
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I reckon he'll be favored in this fight.
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And I think this is a good fight for him.
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And getting some new blood in the light heavyweight division.
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It makes a lot of sense to me.
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Next and last, Nursultan Rizaboev.
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I think he should be fighting.
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someone
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that fought on this fight card haven't fight michael olik jay
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chick this fight makes a lot of sense to me why
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would they not make this fight michael is a very exciting fighter Rizalbov is a good fighter.
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right?
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He has some good finishes around his ledger.
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He has a wrestling advantage over Mikhail Ojechik, but I also think that Mikhail Ojechik has the striking and the pressure boxing advantage over Rizboev.
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That's a very, very good fight.
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Hopefully you guys enjoyed this content.
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Like and subscribe.
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Appreciate it.
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Boom.
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice your English speaking skills by engaging with a discussion about the recent UFC Fight Night event featuring Hafiel Fiziev and Manuel Torres. This engaging transcript highlights aspects of sports commentary, including matchmaking strategies, fighter profiles, and fight predictions. By listening to the dialogue and shadowing the phrases, you will improve your pronunciation, vocabulary, and comprehension, making it an excellent opportunity for your english speaking practice. Whether you are an MMA enthusiast or just looking to enhance your language skills, this lesson will provide valuable insights.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Matchmaking: The process of pairing fighters for a bout in a sports event.
- Knockout (KO): A victory condition where a fighter incapacitates their opponent.
- Prospect: A fighter with potential to succeed, often younger and less experienced.
- Submission: A technique to force an opponent to give up by applying pressure on a joint or choke.
- Streak: A series of wins (or losses) in competitions.
- Heavyweight: A weight class in MMA, typically for larger fighters.
- Turnaround: The time it takes for a fighter to prepare for their next fight post-event.
- Exciting: Something that captures interest and enthusiasm.
Practice Tips
For effective shadowing practice, listen closely to the video at a comfortable speed. Use a shadowing app to assist you in repeating the phrases immediately after hearing them. Pay attention to the intonation and emotion in the speaker's voice, which can help convey meaning beyond the words. Since the dialogue contains some sports jargon, don’t hesitate to pause and research unfamiliar terms to enhance your understanding and pronunciation.
When shadowing, mimic not just the words but also the rhythm and flow of the conversation. This will improve your fluency and help you sound more natural when you practice speaking English in real-life situations. Integrating phrases like "learn English with YouTube" into your speech can make your practice sessions more relevant and engaging. Remember, repetition is key, so feel free to visit this segment multiple times to reinforce your shadowspeaks skills.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.