Big John and Josh preview UFC 284, Makhachev vs Volkanovski, talk Fedor/Bader pay, Bellator viewership, Gamebred Boxing card announced and more.
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And Now 0:00
Bellator CBS Viewership 2:56
Fedor/Bader Pay 29:44
UFC 284 Main Event 43:03
UFC 284 Co-main 56:19
Rest of UFC 284 1:01:12
Gamebred Boxing 1:04:18
Kevin Lee/UFC 1:08:49
Taylor vs Serrano 1:10:41
50 Comments
Volk murders islams knee/leg by a leglock/heel hook
I wonder why you don’t want ppl knowing what fighters get paid lol spoken like a true promoter Josh lol
Alex is a great fighter, but a finisher; I don't know about that!!
Ye they gave 3mil to fighter from russia that fights for 300 rupels regulary sure thing john
I hope Emmet beats Yair down
josh is def inbred
I'm going with Volk on this one. #underdogs 💪🏼
What happened? What happened? What happened!
That prelim thing on cbs threw me off so badly at first…
Ehhh most streaming services have cbs also so, I don’t get their tv isn’t the same anymore argument bottom line is cbs didn’t promote it and neither did Bellator
33:00 I never thought of it that way. Always bought into and believed the other popular narrative as if it is the only truth. Big John should be called Jonathan the Wise from now on. 😉
Josh said in his live stream that Fedor makes 3 million per fight. The stream started like 5 minutes before they even knew they were on lol they were both on their phones thinking they weren't live 🤦
1:09:35 Dana is using him for his brothers fan base
Basically it comes down to either its gonna be a very competitive fight and it's gonna go back and forth or Islam's wrestling is just gonna be to much and it's gonna be one-sided
Amazing how both can shit on any one exception with regards to the UFC but yet be able to give all reasons/analytics/examples when detailing Bellator's misfortunes
Bellatore is always behind..they don't do promos..or embedded, or even a 30 min count down. Not keeping a steady platform doesn't help.
Islam's camp included Movlid, PFL featherweight champion and also Khabib's main sparring partner from the Gathje fight.
So, yeah. Movlid is 5'6 and sparred Khabib toe to toe. So yeah, he is the one sparring Islam to prepare for Volk. Islam knows Volk is not joke, and he prepared for him!
Reality is, 30 seconds after every mma round it pops up on YouTube. Is what it is. PPV is crap. Shit, wait 24 hrs and every fight is posted in full.
Yeah it said prelims when going to watch the card, unreal fumble. Would’ve brought the views down.
Why u say all the podcast Cbs cbs cbs cbs
I'm at 41 minutes into this video and you haven't talked about a single matchup
Watched every episode of this show for like 1.5 years then the other day realised i havent seen it in like 4/5 months.. that is how forgetable you guys are.
I can't wait for Volk to shock the world and prove you all wrong,
I love MMA, but I don't watch TV anymore. Too many commercials. I won't even watch the NFL, and I've watched Dallas win 3 Superbowls but I can't stand commercials. I watch every UFC event, I WOULD watch every Belatore event but I don't know about them ahead of time, unless I catch this one podcast. Belltore should be advertising on THIS podcast, because they'd reach people like me.
Print advertising and commercials are DEAD, they should pay to host segments on podcasts and YouTube channels. Their audience would grow overnight.
Ticktock is crack for social media addicts, I've never used it, never will. Not interested in random dckheads doing random short videos.
I have to disagree about the speed thing.
Volkanoski has been preparing for this fight more than 6 month before he's also the back up for the Olivera Makachev fight. Meaning he didn't really have to drain himself training to maintain pre feather weight fight.
In fact, he's bulking up.
So 2 disadvantages of bulking up is either your cardio get compromise or your speed get slower.
You can't gain muscle mass and maintain speed and agility.
IMO the cardio is not effected because of volkanoski rugby history but his speed is gonna be a bit slower. Not by much but is more manageable for Makachev.
Makachev gonna be more comfortable with the speed because he's not really the fastest guy in the division, and he already fought green, dober and Olivera which is probably the same speed as a lightweight volkanoski.
I also won't be surprised if Makachev KO volkanoski because volkanoski has 0 threat in ground game and Makachev striking is above average plus his takedown threat will stifle Volkanoski Striking.
Can’t wait for the islam fightt
Good work fellas 🙏🏾 Love the constant I me and my stuff brilliant 🙏🏾
They streamed bellator free on youtube and it only did 40k. So can't blame it all on streaming
Islam is not a better grappler than Ortega a better wrestler yeah but not a better grappler
Fighters don't want people to know how much they make.
Hey this is how much this fighter made!!
🤡🤡🤡🤡
This is the ratings problem: the ufc business model has not been to expand the mma fan base, it's been to squeeze hardcores for every penny they can.
I'm saying this now so when tomorrow's show drops I can say I told you so.
Volk wins by a split decision and becomes the next champ champ and the pound for pound great
Ortega could barely stand. He was super fatigued. He wasn't finishing volk in those situations. Volk had already won at that point. Islam won't get there fatigue wise, and volk will wiggle his way to dream land. Get your pillows ready. It's night night time 😂
Kevin Lee
Johnny Eblen vs Pereira?!? 🤣🤣🤣 Lets pump the breaks on Eblen folks lmao, yall tryin to get this man murdered. I dont give a shit what u think about his grappling, Alex destroys this guy in absolute devastating fashion. Eblen slow as molasses on the feet and low as hell IQ in grappling. Never worked to hold position in that title fight, instantly going for punches the second the guys knees hit the ground, etc. Kept throwing kicks you could take a nap during….lets get real
Alex by 1st round KO
Islam's corner is gonna be:
Javier
Mogomed (his head coach in dagestan)
Muslim (Islam's best friend)
Seif (Islam's taekwondo coach)
That was one of the greatest technical fights I have seen.
Islam said BJJ guys stay too much on laying on their back so i am confused why he did not get up on 5 round?
Umm didn't really pan out that clear cut did it…
At this point are guys solely steering betting trends ?
1. Alex won.
2. The fight ended with Volk beating The shit out of Islam on the ground.
Yall was mad wrong.
Volk = AIM 9 missle
ISLAM = 🇨🇳 weather balloon
Khabib – Virgo
Islam – Libra
Sound FAMILIAR?!
Can't wait for the post fight discussion 😁😁😁
Josh didn’t know volk it’s a animal Hahah
Stop. nobody watched Bellator Bader vs Fedor, how much powdered sugar you want to add to coat the poop it was. That poor old man Fedor should have never been fighting again just so Bader could get another victory over a legendary name. Then the nice little legend photo with Fedor. You know Fedor will fight again. These guys will fight until they cant anymore. Nobody retires. Until they realize themselves they don't have it anymore, very rare.
UFC is always going to be better than Bellator. Its the nursing home for the older fighters that cant win anymore in UFC. Its where the younger talent EX: Ryan Bader that cant win a fight in the UFC anymore OR win FANS… EX: Corey Anderson goes to get wins to feel better about their careers. Ive watched you guys a lot since you began the channel, I enjoy the fight picks, but I have to turn off when we get into the UFC vs Bellator convos start and I would say 75% of your shows have segments that include that subject. Its old. I am happy you have time stamps so I can get the picks and thats it. The explanations why Bellator didnt do well yadda yadda yadda ugh cant. People know better we watch the product.
BTW why didnt Volk get the W? Islam was dropped/rocked couple times and Islam didnt do nothing with his TD's. I give him control time but it was basically Volk deciding where the fight took place everywhere. He got up from Islams TD's. The scorecards were absolutely ridiculous.
volk vs islam prediction aged like fish
I watch alot of Mma along with a cousin of mine. At work after the weekend we talk about fights almost every week. We both almost always are saying oh shit bellator had fights on. We never see any advertisements for their fights and if we did we would absolutely watch it. Also Bellator has had alot of weird main event endings which kind seems it has turned to be par for the course at Bellator events.