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The Joe Rogan experience But it looks hilarious.
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Yeah, it's pretty good.
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The premise is hilarious.
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You know, you're like an actor
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and you get these gigs like cuz people do things like
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that They'll like show up at people's houses
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and parties like someone wants to pay you a million dollars to go to Dubai and you're like, okay
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So they fly to Dubai then they have dinner with people
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and hang out with them and meet them and people just cut them a check.
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Damn.
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Yeah.
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Where can I get that?
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I know it's weird.
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Yeah.
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It's uh There's there's you know, so like Nicolas Cage like that probably would happen where the cartel guy was like
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that guy is my favorite Like remember when Sean Penn met El Chapo, right?
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He was hanging with El Chapo and did an article for Rolling Stone magazine
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and where he talked about meeting El Chapo in Mexico.
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- No shit.
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- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Just remember?
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No. Do you remember when Connor was wearing the El Chapo shirt?
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I do remember, yeah.
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And he tried to do the pictures just like El Chapo did?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Those were the pictures that he did with Sean Penn.
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No shit.
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Yes.
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That's the shirt.
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That's what Connor, what Connor's doing that.
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That's what he's doing.
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He's mocking that.
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He's trying.
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That's hilarious.
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That's hilarious.
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Speaking of Connor, how well does he do next week?
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Boy.
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We're gonna find out.
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Um.
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We're really going to find out what's going on if it gets into the second and third rounds.
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That's what we're really gonna find out.
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We'll know immediately.
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But I mean whether or not he can really fight for five rounds like I Don't know if he can man.
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With a great gas tank.
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Maxis.
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After five years of Tearing your body up
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You don't know right
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because it's all in a vacuum like there's some training footage of him beating guys up
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that you've seen But who knows what he actually has been doing?
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We know he's been partying But has he also been like really training
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because if he's been really training and it shocks everybody because he's still got his skills Yeah, I mean my god if he if he somehow or another I Sparks out Max in like the first round.
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Do you know how big he becomes?
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Oh, he's right back.
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Oh, right back.
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I mean, he's right back.
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Him and Justin Gaethje, the biggest fight in the history of the Nolan universe.
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That would be sick.
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They go for the BMF title at 1 -7.
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Connor's like, I don't want to cut any weight.
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That fight would be crazy.
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My only concern is his size.
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Max struggled with bigger dudes, like Dustin the first time, then Max came back bigger, which we know because when he went back down, he struggled.
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You know, with Erlovsky.
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You know, I mean went five rounds with Justin so Like I'm just waiting to see.
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Does is Connor able to put that fucking weight on him and have a problem is he a bigger dude though?
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They both fought at the same weight class and it did start at 45
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When max was fighting at 145 when he was a champ and he was walking around like 176.
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Yeah, he's a big he's a bigger guy good I mean, I love max
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so like I it's good for me to believe Connor's follow I follow max on YouTube He's got a great channel.
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So recording all of his training and all stuff you're doing and you know you see him.
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He looks good Dustin Poirier thinks Max might be bigger.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I mean, he's taller.
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He says he's kind of thin, but he's got a bigger frame.
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He thinks he's going to be bigger than Gunnar.
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He's tall.
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I mean, he came to my gym a couple times, and he's like my height, basically.
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I think he made a big mistake going back to 45 after he did 55.
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Yeah, I agree.
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I think it's too hard.
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I think it's just too hard on the body, and especially when he got—who's a thick 55 when he fought Justin?
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He looked good, man.
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Yeah.
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He looked solid at that weight.
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I think—
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Him fighting at
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that weight he could actually fight I think going down to
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45 I think he was fighting it looked to me like he was in like
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He was compromised like I think the weight cut was just it was too much.
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Do you think the Justin fight and Max is different?
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If he doesn't get caught with that kick early in the face one, you know I'm saying like I would like to see that fight without Justin Compromise right,
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but I mean that's what the beautiful thing about moves like that.
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It changes everything.
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Yeah, that was the intention.
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Right, could have been a K.
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Yeah, right.
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He shattered the bones of his nose.
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Yeah, so that for sure.
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I mean, but then you know you think you see the way He fought Ilya, but then you got also factor in also he's fighting Ilya
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and Ilya is
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so fucking good like you look bad Like there's a lot
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of guys who don't look he could glance combinations on people
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and a lot of guys look bad doesn't mean they're bad I'd like to see max
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and Justin again if max pulls it off, but then again like what are you gonna do for Ilya? like if Ilya wants a rematch I
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Like I don't think I don't justify that I don't believe
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so I think you give him patty
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if patty wins That's what I think that's what his next
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fight should be I think maybe I think patty wins You think patty beats ilia no, I think he beats st. Denis to get to ilia I
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think his he gets hit way too much to beat ilia Ilya's sharp.
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He's so sharp with his striking.
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I rewatched that fight again.
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Yeah, I like Paddy in this one.
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Saint Denis is not an easy.
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I don't think he's easy.
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Bro, Saint Denis is a beast.
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I just think his Paddy striking is a little better and his jiu -jitsu is better.
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I think the only place Saint Denis has the advantages into the wrestling.
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Just my opinion.
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Yeah.
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I don't know man, Saint Denis switched camps and then made that big adjustment after he lost to Moikano.
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Yeah, after Moikano fight.
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He's looked a lot better.
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If Paddy puts him on his back at all, like I don't, does Saint Denis train off his back?
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Because it didn't look like it in that Moikano match.
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Hmm.
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Paddy and Ilya would be huge.
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Hell yeah.
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Because they have history too.
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That's right.
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They got beef.
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That's the fight.
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Yeah.
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I don't know.
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Is he on the counter card too, right?
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Sanhagen?
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He was on the - oh, no. Sanhagen is.
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Yeah, Sanhagen is.
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Sanhagen is.
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Yeah, Sanhagen is.
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Yeah, Sanhagen is.
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Yeah, but he was, uh, Ethan was on the card and I think they pulled him off.
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Yeah, he was the dude.
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He's fighting was undefeated.
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What's there it is Basara.
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Yeah, fuck oh And Bacherat's good.
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That's a really good fight.
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He's tall, rangy.
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That would have been interesting.
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Can we see the rest of the card?
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He's injured.
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He'll be back.
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But I like the fact that he's not fighting injured too.
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Because it's a pretty significant injury.
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And so when these guys, they say, fuck it, I'll just do it.
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And then you have one loss, and then that loss leads you.
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You know, your career can go down a weird road.
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It's a pretty good card.
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It's a very good card.
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It is a good card.
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Benoit and Saint -Denis and Patty Pimblitt.
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Right.
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That's right.
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And then Connor Max -Aulet.
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Gabriel Steveson is on this one too, right?
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Yep.
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Yep.
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Um There was it was going around that he was gonna fight Josh Hokett.
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I was like, please don't make that be true.
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Yeah But he's a minus 2500 Robert Whittaker and Nikita Krylov is good too, man.
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Yeah, that Robert is going from 170 to 85 to now light heavyweight.
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Oh Isn't that crazy?
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And he's not that big.
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- Not that big?
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- No. - No. - Is he like 6 '1"?
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- Not even.
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- No?
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6?
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- - How tall is Robert?
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Six feet tall?
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Yeah, six so he's uh I mean he's a thick fella.
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Yeah
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Definitely got to be walking around like 230 or something like
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that But these guys are so tall and so rangy and
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that fucking Nikita Krylov guy can kick he's old shit 205 Yeah,
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he's Cody still is lighten up Uri in that fight before he got caught remember I He was lighting Yuri up, man.
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Yeah.
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Cody, I don't think it's time to.
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Cody Garbrandt?
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Adrian Yanez, man, he went through a bad streak too, but that dude's very skillful.
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Very good boxer.
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Yeah, he looked good in his last one.
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What's Cody doing too?
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What is this thing on his eye?
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Is he angry that he's good looking?
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Yanez is yeah Gotta doctor it up the kids these days.
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They like face tattoos.
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Oh He's young is 450 favorites.
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I'm saying like minus 450.
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Cody's chin, man.
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He's just been too many times Too many times.
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What's an age thing - I mean Cody's not actually that old.
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I I think he's only like 33.
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How old is Cody Garbrandt?
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33?
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No, he's got to be older than that.
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I don't think he's old.
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No, I don't think he's old.
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I think he started his career at 34.
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34?
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Oh my god.
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Yeah, see I think he started his career really young.
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35. Dude, fucking Max.
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35 now?
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Oh, July 7th?
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Oh, so next week.
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Max started, he was what, 19?
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This guy's still getting it.
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Right.
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Yeah, well, you know, when I interviewed them for the UFC at the White House, which is the most ridiculous thing in the world, I'm sitting there in this, like, beautiful, adorned room with,
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like, gold on the ceiling and shit like that like that, on a chair with a camera in front of me.
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And then there's a monitor here that's Connor, and there's a monitor there that's Max.
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And they're arguing with each other.
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"You won't lay a glove on me !" It's like...
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There you go.
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There you go.
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It was it was crazy to see the two of them going back
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and forth it's fun seeing Connor come back man I know he's not mean he is the world's greatest shit talker.
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He cracked me up man.
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He was cracking me up.
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I can't wait till fight week.
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It's gonna be amazing.
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Yeah Look, I hope he looks great.
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I hope it's a good fight But you know, it's a tall order to take on Max Holloway after he was just the BMF champion.
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He beat Dustin Poirier Yeah, he lost to Ilya, but like you look at the wins
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that that guy's had in his career and how he's looked since their Fight is a totally different human being yeah,
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this is a world champion like one of the all -time featherweight greats oh
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I think if Conor don't knock him out early, he's in for a long night.
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Yeah.
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Max can fight with no weight cut, no weight cut.
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Max might never get tired.
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People are saying like, oh yeah, but what about moving up?
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I'm like, that's great for him.
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He don't have to cut no weight.
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Great for him.
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It's great for both of them.
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Listen, this is the future.
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I would hope.
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I would hope guys would abandon weight cutting.
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I really do.
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And I think the UFC should accommodate it by letting go of these ridiculous weight limits.
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Let's just find out what guys weigh.
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Let's find out what guys weigh and have them fight.
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Like one does, right?
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Does one still do that?
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I mean that was the way to go like the way you win at the beginning of the year
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and then like this is where you're gonna fight.
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If I would run things like one because they also allow steroids allegedly.
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I might have just made that up.
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I don't want to get slandered.
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I don't want to get sued.
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I don't think they do.
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Do they have, I think they have drug tests at one.
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I think it's like a multiple choice.
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Multiple choice.
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I want guys to take testosterone.
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None of the above.
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I want them to take peptides.
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I want them to take everything they have.
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I want I'll give him a hyperbaric chamber like let's go and then just release them.
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Yeah release the hounds.
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I want the best fighting that's humanly available Fucking pride days.
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Yeah, that's exactly this.
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I want the enhanced games MMA bout.
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Yes
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With Connor and Max one guy even in his prime con has always showed signs shown signs that I
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You know his endurance was never the best.
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He's a sprinter and Max is, is, man, he's the guy in the last round, he's winning a fight, 30 seconds, he's pointing to the, yeah, he's fresh.
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His fifth round is as good as his first round.
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Max's discipline is beyond compare.
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Like, that motherfucker trains hard.
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I mean, you might train just as hard, but there ain't harder.
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There ain't harder.
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The craziest one was when he put it on Calvin Cater and he was just talking shit.
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I'm the best boxer in the UFC.
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It was so crazy.
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I was watching that cage side I see him looking away talking and hitting him was just something bro.
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How about Brian Ortega when he was fighting him showing him how to keep his
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Grabs him grabs his hand and puts it by his head.
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It's a no do like this You can block it and then pops him with a jab again, bro Max Holloway's a bad motherfucker dude 100 % you know,
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I think it's gonna be interesting to see look Connor in his prime was elite Yeah,
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that's a different different but can he regain
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that form right we don't know I mean he's a special dude and Look at this, just pop!
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Talking shit to him.
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Yo, Dana was - Dana was losing his mind over there!
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Yeah.
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There's also COVID so you could kinda hear him.
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Right?
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Yeah, 100%.
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'Cause this is not - Oh, look at that, look at that right here.
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Look at it.
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He wasn't even looking at it, it was slipping shit.
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I'm the best boxer in the UFC.
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Look at this.
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Bro, he's such a bad motherfucker.
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Man.
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And if he starts talking to Connor like that in the middle of the fight and teeing off on him, if Connor gets tired, it could get rough.
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Look at his last fight with Dustin.
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Yeah.
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The difference is Connor, I don't give a fuck if he's 39.
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I don't care how old he is.
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That dude's got the touch.
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He's got the touch of death.
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And he's very accurate.
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And he's accurate and he's fast as fuck.
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And when he's sprinting, when he's sprinting, he moves quicker than anybody.
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But if he does it
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and cracks you you're in you're on fucksville look what he did to Aldo who fucks ever done that to Aldo?
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That's the touch.
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Do you think there's any chance that Conor wrestles him?
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I think Conor might try to wrestle him a little bit.
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That's what Nate said.
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All of a sudden he wanted to turn into a wrestler.
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Maybe looking at that and then maybe seeing it.
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I don't see that.
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I think Max has got to put it on him a little bit
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and then he'll shoot because he's not in it for war.
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That's going to get him even more tired.
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He did it in his first fight.
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He wrestled.
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We say he's not in it for war, but he can surprise us, man.
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Like, you know, the humiliation of losing
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that second fight to Dustin with a broken leg and sitting there and having to go out for all the...
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Responded to that obviously he did a lot of parting.
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We don't know what kind of training and you know and
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If he really is still the Conor McGregor that had something to prove
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when he entered into the UFC and he can get himself into that mindset and get through a camp with that mindset, Who knows, man?
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I mean he definitely looked focused as fuck when I was talking to him in the interview.
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It doesn't really mean anything until you actually see him move around.
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Yeah.
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But if he really prepared himself correctly, he wants to make a stand and show that he could still do it.
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This might get wild.
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But if that's the strategy?
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Fuck, man.
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If he's worried about his endurance already, or if that's a question, if that's the strategy, it's not like he's going to take him down and just smoke him.
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Max has a ground game.
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Max's jiu -jitsu has gotten so much better.
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Look what he survived with Charles Oliveira.
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So it's not like he's going to take him down and just smoke him.
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Right.
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I would like to talk to Kavanaugh.
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and see what was the plan.
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Like, what did you guys do?
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How long was the camp?
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Like, how did it start?
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What was he doing before the camp?
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Yeah, so I had talked to Laura Sanko, who interviewed Kavanaugh.
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Oh, okay.
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And she said that he wouldn't say it, but he kind of alluded to that wrestling might be a part of the game plan.
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Well that might be a ruse.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that might be to lure because the way
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that Charles handled Max in the last fight was crazy But also that's Charles.
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That's what I'm saying.
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So I was just getting ready to say nobody else took Max down like that.
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Nobody.
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Charles is a fucking monster on the ground.
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Charles is Charles.
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He's so good on the ground, man.
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Max had to survive some shit that other people would have tapped and then a lot of people.
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Here's what's crazy.
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Islam smushed him.
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I know.
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Right?
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Right?
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There's crazy levels to this sport.
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Yeah, true.
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