UFC 291: Poirier And Gaethje Fight For Fake UFC Title
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00:03 - Let's talk about the fights.
00:04 I gotta tell you, when I looked at it,
00:07 besides, you know, the diamond against Gatchee is sick.
00:12 Blachowicz and Pereira, Thompson and another Pereira,
00:17 Ferguson and Green, Chiesa and Holland.
00:22 I mean, that's just to name a few.
00:24 This is a sick fight card.
00:26 - Yeah, Scott, it is.
00:28 And you know, I will be having a drink in your honors,
00:30 but it is also Mamaciano's birthday tomorrow.
00:33 So that's why I took off,
00:34 gonna get the whole family together
00:35 up at the sister's house.
00:37 The whole family's gonna be hanging out
00:38 for Mamac's birthday.
00:39 So that's why I will not be here,
00:40 but I'll be watching Saturday night.
00:42 This is a stacked card.
00:43 I mean, the card's so stacked that the Black Beast,
00:45 Derrick Lewis is on the undercard
00:47 and not even the main prelim.
00:48 He's like the second to last prelim.
00:50 That's how big this fight card is.
00:52 And it's in Salt Lake City.
00:53 You know, this isn't in Vegas.
00:54 This isn't in New York.
00:55 This is one of those cards that you think is one of the,
00:57 you know, the ones they put together
00:58 for these mega cities that they love.
00:59 Boston, it's in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend.
01:02 But you know, good for them.
01:04 They get a great card.
01:04 It is stacked.
01:05 You have the title fight at the top.
01:07 This fake title that we have, the BMF title.
01:09 But you know, either way, title or not,
01:10 this is an awesome fight between these two lightweights,
01:12 two of the top guys in that division,
01:14 in Poirier and Gachi.
01:16 Gachi's learned to fight a lot smarter now
01:18 as he's gotten older.
01:19 He's not just going and standing in the middle
01:21 of the octagon just swinging
01:22 and trying to take your head off or his.
01:23 So, you know, he's been a much better fighter.
01:25 And if it was just about anybody else in the division,
01:27 I might roll with him.
01:28 But it's against Diamond, Dustin Poirier.
01:30 Not picking him there.
01:31 The Diamond just, he's more well-rounded.
01:33 He has that ground game.
01:35 He just knows how to pick guys apart.
01:36 He can beat you so many different ways.
01:38 I'm taking Poirier to win it minus 150.
01:40 You want a better way to win it?
01:41 Want better odds?
01:42 Well, I'm gonna say it does not go all the way.
01:44 Five rounds between these two,
01:45 I cannot see getting to the final bell.
01:48 I'm taking Poirier by KO, TKO,
01:49 or submission, the double play, at plus 125.
01:53 And then, you know, they say he's not going
01:55 the distance of the book, minus 250.
01:57 But they do think it gets over the two and a half
01:59 at minus 135.
02:00 So, that's how they're shading it.
02:01 So, I'm taking Poirier to finish it one way or another.
02:04 Then, light heavyweight.
02:05 This one, Jan Blahovic welcoming Alex Pereira,
02:08 the former champion, moving up now to 205
02:10 after he lost that bout to Adesanya.
02:12 He moves up in weight class.
02:14 People talking about, oh, look how much weight
02:15 he put on in between weighing in and fighting.
02:17 He'll be great in this division.
02:19 Everybody puts on weight.
02:20 Everybody puts on 20, 30 pounds.
02:21 You don't think Jan Blahovic weighing in at 205
02:24 is gonna weigh 230 fight night?
02:26 So, I mean, this is a fight, you know,
02:28 the fight is close in the odds.
02:29 Minus 110 each way on BetMGM.
02:32 I just don't see how it goes any different
02:34 than when we saw Adesanya come up and fight Blahovic.
02:36 I think Blahovic, even though he's talking about
02:38 using his kickboxing against this guy,
02:39 is too smart to stand there and try to trade
02:41 with a guy who can knock you out.
02:43 I think he's gonna take him down, smother him,
02:44 and just ride it out for three rounds,
02:46 and get the victory that way.
02:48 You know, you can get him minus 110,
02:50 so you don't even have to really get better odds
02:51 in the way.
02:52 If you do want it a better way,
02:53 I think it goes the distance, plus 200.
02:55 Blahovic does have some great submissions,
02:56 we've seen that before,
02:58 but I think he plays it safe in his older age here,
02:59 doesn't let this guy get back up,
03:01 and just goes for the distance.
03:03 You can get him at plus 350 by decision if you want.
03:05 Steven Thompson, Wonderboy against Michel Pereira
03:09 coming in here in this fight.
03:11 Pereira's got a nice five fight win streak,
03:13 but he's going against Wonderboy Thompson,
03:15 who even though he's almost 40 years old,
03:17 we're still calling him Wonderboy,
03:18 and has, you know, had a career resurgence
03:21 over the last couple years.
03:22 He lost a couple fights to guys like Chamiya
03:23 and to Gilbert Burns and some of these other
03:25 upper echelon guys in that division.
03:27 Pereira, the guys that he's beaten
03:28 are not in that upper echelon.
03:30 You know, one of the biggest names he beat is Nico Price,
03:32 who just lost to Ruthless Robbie Lawler
03:34 on his way out the door.
03:35 So I'm taking Steven Wonderboy Thompson minus 150,
03:38 and I like him by decision,
03:39 'cause both these guys go to deep decisions.
03:42 So plus 125, I'm taking him to win that way.
03:44 The book thinks it's going that way too,
03:45 minus 175 for it to go to decision.
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