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00:00And for more we bring in CBS Sports Combat analyst Brian Campbell and Brian when you watch this fight
00:06What went through your mind especially in that rasp last round where you thought maybe Leon Edwards with that nasty elbow could have pushed
00:14Him over the top, but instead it's Bilal Muhammad taking down the champ
00:19Look for a second. It looked like shades of how Leon Edwards won this title with that fifth round rally against Camaro Ousmane
00:26But that guy wasn't showing up. So what was my immediate thought when this was happening?
00:31boy, was I wrong and that seems to be a theme that a lot on social media are dealing with right now because out of any
00:40championship contender in recent years very very few gave Bilal Muhammad an
00:45Opportunity a belief that he would go out and do exactly what he just did exactly
00:50What he said he would do go in there against one of the pound-for-pound best fighters on the planet at age 36 and
00:57with a well-rounded game
00:59But not a spectacular one and just grind out and outwork the champion to get his hand raised
01:06Remember the name is an apropos nickname here because Bilal Muhammad has been looked over
01:12Throughout his entire run. Remember he brought a 10 fight unbeaten streak into this fight
01:16But repeatedly had a wait for his opportunity at the title
01:20It was almost a perfect storm of events for him to even get this chance
01:25But when given the chance, what did he do most importantly? He showed you that he has improved his game
01:32Constantly when these two fought the first time three years ago
01:35We didn't get out of the second round due to an accidental eye poke
01:38But we saw in that fight was Leon Edwards absolutely dominate
01:43Muhammad on the feet this time around Muhammad was not only the better striker in terms of punches with that consistent jab
01:49But the story of the fight was what he could do on the ground
01:54holding Leon Edwards down controlling him and
01:57Preventing that late rally, which did open up a cut in the final seconds too little too late
02:03Bilal Muhammad rightfully your new UFC champion. So with all this glory and praise on Bilal Muhammad right now Brian
02:10What is next for him?
02:14Next for him is a most likely a trip
02:17Potentially the woodshed in the idea of Shavkot Rockman off the rising contender who everybody wants to see fight for that welterweight title
02:24But notice what I did just there. It's almost as if I'm dismissing Bilal Muhammad again
02:29We certainly have to recalibrate the ceiling for this fighter
02:32He became the first fighter in UFC history the first male fighter to capture a world title at welterweight or below
02:39Above the age of 35. I mentioned he keeps getting better
02:43it's gonna be a tough out for anybody in this division because of his intangibles his stamina his wrestling ability and how
02:50Seamlessly he mixes his striking with his grappling game when I favor him against Shavkot Rockman of that might be hard to do
02:57But it's still we until we see Bilal Muhammad lose with the title wrapped around his stomach
03:02Let's show him that respect that a lot of us has failed to give him
03:05He went out there and did the job and he's gonna have that opportunity again to defend this title suddenly this welterweight division
03:12Flipped upside down on top of his head. But hey, that's the way we like it here in the fight game. Absolutely
03:18We love it
03:18We love the unexpected but not to be outdone by those two
03:21We also had another rematch in the heavyweight division with Tom Aspinall versus Curtis blades this time
03:26It's Aspinall defeating blades by way of TKO in just a single minute
03:31How shocked were you by what you saw there or maybe you weren't shocked?
03:36Well, no, I wasn't shocked because Aspinall has a 100%
03:40Finishing rate as a professional despite three losses coming in one of those losses came against blades his opponent on Saturday
03:47Just two years ago, but that fight lasted 15 seconds and Aspinall badly injured his knee
03:52What has he done since then?
03:54Returned to form three straight knockouts the second of those three got him the UFC interim heavyweight strap
04:00The third was this rematch with Curtis blades and you mentioned it 60 seconds in and out it's over
04:06Why because Tom Aspinall is the future of the heavyweight division. I call him heavyweight 2.0
04:12He's got fast hands fast feet big-time power. He can handle himself on the ground
04:18He's in his absolute prime and peak we can call him the interim champion all we want
04:24But those who know might believe what I do. He's the best heavyweight in the world
04:28I know John Jones has the full title
04:30But he'll be off for a full year by the time he finally returns in November to finally get that big fight against former champion
04:37Stipe Miochic, you know me though Miochic hasn't fought in five years
04:41Really what the UFC needs to do is put that pressure on John Jones to make that fight because he's been teasing
04:46Retirement of late and we've only seen John Jones in one heavyweight fight when he mopped up on Cyril gone in just a couple minutes
04:53But guns lack of a ground game really was exposed
04:56We don't really know who John Jones is that heavyweight we have to remind ourselves that we've seen just one little sampling what we do
05:03Know is that Tom Aspinall is?
05:06Spectacular really no holes in his game and you saw that on full display here on Saturday night
05:11So no holes in his game and you saw him call out John Jones say I got nothing against you
05:16But I just think I'm better than you
05:18So how exactly do you think a fight between them would go because I know the UFC boxing the UFC world
05:24They would love that. Oh
05:26Absolutely, they would love that. The question is does John Jones want that? I mentioned that the the tease of retirement
05:32You never know when fighters do that. Is this more of a negotiation thing?
05:35Does Jones want to put that pressure on UFC to to pay that man his money so to speak either way?
05:41I do have to say this John Jones is the greatest fighter in the history of this sport. He's a two-division champion
05:47He's now 37 though not an age. We panic at when you consider we're talking about heavyweights
05:52But if John Jones decides to walk away after never fighting Francis Ngannou and if he sidesteps Tom Aspinall here
05:59That'll certainly be some level of a stain on his record
06:02Let's give him the opportunity first to fight Stipe Miocic in November
06:07And if he wins that we'll see what he says next, but I think this was the right call-out from Tom Aspinall
06:12He was respectful, but he also challenged Jones. This is the big fight to make
06:17I know UFC doesn't necessarily love doing stadium fights
06:21But whether it's a Legion Stadium in Las Vegas or pick any soccer stadium in the UK the idea of John Jones versus Tom Aspinall
06:29Yeah, that's one of the biggest fights you can make in the history of this sport. I hope it gets done
06:34I hope you never know, right?
06:36It's always a chance that it doesn't happen
06:38But I would be glued to my TV if we actually got that match now for the lightweight division
06:42You had King green versus Patti Pimbleth and Pimbleth literally put green to sleep made him look like a peasant
06:49What was your reaction to that?
06:52Look, this is the breakthrough moment Patti Pimbleth has needed since he first arrived on the UFC shore
06:57He was talked about as the next Conor McGregor from the standpoint of that flamboyant personality from that side of the pond
07:04Since then though despite winning every fight. He hasn't really lived up to it
07:07He's looked like more hype than substance. This was the challenge
07:11He needed at the right time the right location to by the way on UK soil
07:16For Patti the baddie to come out and show us what he's capable of
07:20I think it's interesting to know that Patti had a disastrous training camp despite the great physical trait
07:26Shape he came in where he admitted afterwards that his team nearly pulled him from the fight due to depression and mental health challenges
07:33This is where you have to give Patti credit for really focusing in he got the best of King green on the feet
07:40Which nobody thought he would coming in in the first fight of Patti Pimbleth square where he closed as the betting underdog
07:47But like you mentioned he went in there
07:49It was almost no challenge put the veteran green to sleep and made a big statement
07:54He called out high not all Moicano afterwards
07:57I don't think you can find any UFC fan who wouldn't love that fight
08:00But I think more importantly this is about Patti Pimbleth taking that big step forward towards stardom toward title contention
08:07I believe he will get a ranking next to his name for the first time in his career
08:11Look, I don't know if he lives up to his potential, right?
08:14There's still holes in this game, but he needed this fight this performance and this night and he got it Ryan Campbell
08:21We always appreciate your informative and very entertaining analysis on UFC insight. Appreciate the time man
08:28And
08:29So here's the UFC 305 main card Saturday
08:34August 17th at 10 p.m. Eastern
08:39and headlining this
08:42Israel I just Anya in the middleweight title bout
08:46Then you have some other great fights and the flyweight and the lightweight bout then hooker
08:52All of it should be really
08:54Jam-packed entertainment and a lot of chaos in the cage