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00:00We have this huge heart coming up next week over in Saudi Arabia. Ian we
00:06appreciate your time as the holidays come up and this card is you know
00:09creeping up on us as well. This is gonna be huge six title fights million bucks
00:13on the line for every one of these as well as a belt. Why don't we you know
00:16break it down one by one with you see what you think as we start to look
00:19obviously not all the lines are out we're still waiting on some of the
00:21action but when we see some of these odds break out what are we thinking
00:24when we see let's start with the light heavyweight title obviously you got
00:28the slight favorite in this one the defending champion for the PFL light
00:32heavyweight going against go less on yaksha Muradov both these guys are tough
00:36it seems like maybe impose a little bit more aggressive with getting finishes in
00:41the tournament leading up to this and of course we've seen plenty of knockouts in
00:44his career for the for PFL tell us how you break this one down and where you
00:50see the opportunities for people to get involved you know this this one's a
00:54pretty tough one for those that don't know of Dublin yaksha Muradov he is a
00:58very underrated fighter very well-rounded he's a big strong guy he's
01:03very good everywhere he's hard to take down he's got good striking you know
01:06against Wilkinson you would think in a kickboxing fight Wilkinson would win
01:09yaksha Muradov won by a dominant unanimous decision and for someone in
01:14Impa you know you talk about how you got aggressive with knockouts that's because
01:17he was almost getting finished himself against Jacob Nadeau right he got
01:20dropped you had to come from behind in order to win that fight this one's tough
01:24for me I think this might go to yaksha Muradov here I like him at plus money
01:29you can go a couple of ways right I like my plus money if you are gonna take
01:33Impa I would say Impa by decision this is gonna be who is able to push a pace
01:38and who's able to land a higher volume striking here it was got good cardio but
01:43sometimes he slows down in between more of a defensive thing yaksha Muradov good
01:48cardio as well very strong with his kicks this one I think Impa might have
01:53met his match here stylistically Impa is on the smaller side of 205 as well
01:57really a true true middleweight this one's tough man I would probably lean
02:03yaksha Muradov or if you want to play it safe and not take a side go that this
02:06fight's gonna go the distance yeah of course Impa had that fight where he
02:11dropped down and fought Johnny Eblen didn't go his way split decision loss
02:14there you said you think that he's a little bit small for this division do
02:17you think maybe that's where his future lies if he doesn't retain this title it
02:23depends on Impa if he decides that he even if he wins he may not want to keep
02:28jumping into the format some of these guys have been around the format for a
02:32long time I think if Impa wins maybe he wants to fight Eblen anyway and you kind
02:37of get that win back who knows but you know Impa fought in the UFC for a long
02:41time always at middleweight PFL currently doesn't have a middleweight
02:44division so he was able to jump up he feels comfortable but if you look at him
02:47side-by-side with all these guys he's always at a size disadvantage granted he
02:52may have the reach here and there but the physicality at some point for
02:56someone like him who likes to utilize that ground game once in a while it's
02:59gonna be tough against Yaksha Muradov and I think that's gonna play a factor
03:02here if he doesn't win I still think the ball's in Impa's court there's plenty of
03:07fights for him in the PFL from a showcase standpoint on a pay-per-view
03:10he could jump over to Bellator or he may want that he may be hungry you may want
03:14to go back into the season format and try to reclaim the crown if he doesn't
03:18get that back-to-back.
03:21Well we'll see how that one breaks down I'm excited for that one
03:23should be a lot of action of course we'll see if Impa can use that reach to
03:26keep his opponent at bay at those times like you said when he slows down but
03:29speaking of someone who uses those fists you know as good as anybody can or as
03:33anybody could expect it earlier in her career right now Dakota DeCeva we
03:36talked to her a couple weeks ago and about this fight against Santos how it's
03:40a different challenge for her than she's ever faced before in the PFL most of her
03:43experience in the PFL she's had a lot of fights there 8-0 in the PFL of her 13-0
03:48record just running through ladies so far just dropping them you're not
03:52something you usually expect from a lot of women's fights you know they'll
03:55usually go a while before you even get the knockout if you get that in certain
03:58cases but I mean a lot of finishes for her she goes for the kill right
04:03away now going against the vet and Santos who's fought in the UFC even
04:06vote vote for the title against Shevchenko where she lost a split
04:09decision so she's been to the top of the top does she get the title here or does
04:13the young DeCeva continue her run through the PFL from a betting
04:19perspective I like Tyler Santos here plus 200 and change you know for me
04:23she's got more ways to win for Dakota DeCeva she has everything you could ask
04:27for in a star right she's got the look she's got the style like you said it's
04:31not you don't always see someone who is just a constant finisher she reminds me
04:35of a young you wanna jinjay check right but we just saw her fight Jenna Bishop
04:40where she was taken down and relatively easily now she got back up after a
04:44little bit but Tyler Santos is a much better grappler than Jenna Bishop
04:49physically stronger been around she arguably beat Valentina Shevchenko and
04:53it really wasn't that long ago so for me here I'm a little surprised the odds are
04:59where they are granted Dakota's had quite a run with the PFL so for me if
05:03Dakota doesn't get this done early I think Tyler Santos can win this using
05:08her grappling we also haven't seen Dakota go five rounds we've seen Tyler
05:12Santos go the distance multiple times at plus 200 and change it's hard to not
05:17take Tyler Santos is also a very good striker very strong I think she knows
05:22what to do here she doesn't have an ego clinch take the fight to the ground use
05:25your grappling don't let Dakota up and for me though those odds kind of scream
05:31underdog right there