Congratulations to Longo and Serra for getting their 4th champion, Aljo for seeing his brother get the belt, and Wood and team everyone else, for getting Merab to this point. The dude has been on an insane run and has earned all of his flowers. 49-46 was the correct scorecard, thank the universe for Herb Dean for not completely botching it up.
Ufc did everything in their power(obviously including disregarding the integrity of the sport) to not have merab and belal win the belt and they both persevered and did it. Massive omalley fan, but so happy for merab and belal for sticking it to the ufc and their shenanigans. And to all the people that will say thats business....i say if the ufc wants it to be a popularity contest then just say it and get rid of the rankings. And Dana should stop saying we put the best against the best if its about business. Cant have it both ways.
Yall can never compliment someone with trying to shit on someone else. Omalley puts on a cocky character to help sell. And to think tim isnt humble is a joke. Of course they are gonna be confident snd think and say they are gonna win every fight...if they didnt, they are in the wrong sport.
@@jaseallenson316 Yeah Tim is super humble when mocking the disabled and talking shit to athletes from the side lines of Sean's life and the only reason he is within ear shot of them
Cause they are Strickland and Colby fans. Merab performance was dominant exciting and humiliating for o malley I loved it ppl can keep crying all they want but I’m glad merab won. these sheep MMA fans and o malley and his coach and team needed to be humbled.
so many strikes but did no damage with any of them, if you look at who had more damage done to them at the end of the fight it was merab. o’malley didn’t even look like he was touched.
It would be awesome to have a post-fight press-style engagement wth refs once in a while. Also, has someone seen what a UFC judge looks like? Please catch us one, we would love to see it answer some questions. Love yo work gents. Thnk u.
Was inside , Jon anik brother I was directly next to you when you guys came to open up ppv . This was greatest day ever greatest thing I ever ever seen. I picked up your last card that your read that you threw in ground . Also the yours and dc had water bottles with initials on it I grabbed those too . I met Jon jones in a casino twice somehow , met Michael chandler twice somehow . Met Johnny dang , Mexican OT , Jeff whittekk. Like I just can’t believe this. I would spend every penny twice over if I could. It was my first ufc event. I just can’t explain how happy I am wow . Thankyou guys
Congrats to Merab and team Longo. I was rooting for Suga but in the end am very happy to see Merab finally get the title. He thoroughly deserves everything good that comes his way. Him against Umar and Figgy will be great fights.
Wanted omalley for sure, but love when the ufc gets fucked and the guy they tried everything in their power to deny a title gets the job done anyways. Aljo, merab and belal come to mind recently. Ya better believe merab wont get any favors and once he loses it, he wont see another title shot or at least not one that he has a good chance to win. Maybe last minite replacement bullshit or something like that if he ever gets one. So disgusting how the integrity of the ufc has completely gone away. Colby getting a 3rd title shot was the ultimate disgrace to the sport.
Ray Longo is the best coach ever (Serra is the man and I knew from TUF 4 he was an excellent coach, but Ray will always 'have his number" here by coaching him to the championship). Ray has taken four men and made them world champions- and not from some Super Gym either. If he's not the best, he's still on Mount Rushmore.
I’ve never like herb dean as a ref. When he defended the trinaldo/herbert stoppage , I thought he’s way too hesitant to accept criticism. He’s the king of late stoppages. Thank you Kenny for saying how he’s usually not engaged so true! Plus him being overly engaged on this fight. Thank you Jon too, I really appreciate you guys speaking the truth
@@ryu-kenholy fuck are you naive. The refs and the judges are in the back pockets of the ufc and sportsbooks. It isnt a coincidence that basically every crazy decision is favorable to the ufcs best interest. And herb either knows his place or was told to give omalley any advantage he can. Saw the same shit in the yan fight when omalley was fence and glove grabbing several times. He did call the one on omalley glove hold, but the rest favored merab for sure. He didnt have money on omalley, he just knows whats in the ufcs best interest.
Anik, I gotta say that was the best performance of all time by the broadcast team. You guys were incredibly unbiased during the main event and called out herb
When it comes to Herb Dean injecting himself into the fight or not, people forget he’s not only working for the UFC. The statement “that’s the most active I’ve seen him EVER” shows that. Herb refs at ONE FC which policies are more towards pushing the fighters to be more active. You see him there much more engaging into action. The event being in the sphere might have carried him a bit away that he doesn’t want to be responsible for a boring fight. Was it too much of him asking them to fight while they were clearly doing enough? Yes probably, but he neither destroyed the experience of the fight nor did he push the fighters to do something stupid. Still goat ref imo
"How do you feel about Umar Nurmagomedov being your next opponent?" - Rogan "Dana White is a great man, he changed my life, I love this company, Im a normal guy" - Merab
It's a pretty rude thing to ask someone in the middle of realising they became a champion. DJ said it best: "if you talk to a fresh father you don't ask them what about your next child?"
Herb yelled "Stop it!" (that?) and stepped in, so Merab got off him. Herb was scolding him and O'Malley was allowed to hit him from behind. Not hating on him, but Herb had a shocker!
The absolute madness of Longo/Serra producing 4 UFC champs is something that can't be appreciated enough. The fuck are they actually doing over there!? 😂
I'm sorry but i say this as a huge Anik fan, that comment saying Belal vs Edwards was far more entertaining than Merab vs Suga is the most biased bunch of bollocks I've ever heard
BOTH THE MAIN AND CO MAIN WERE NOT BORING. If you don’t like ground game then don’t watch MMA, its that simple. Go watch boxing and matchups that are champs vs cans 😢😂
Only thing I disagree with is Belal vs Leon being more entertaining than Merab vs Sean😂. Especially when comparing the crowds uk crowd was asleep by the time round 2 started for Leon vs Belal.
I wouldn't be surprised if O'Malley comes out and says anxiety took over and Tim saying "we're almost out of this" was him talking him through it. Problem is the shit he's talked about others
Hey guys, let me preface this by saying I love the podcast and I've been listening for years But you're crazy if you believe what Merab was doing to start the fifth round can't be qualified as stalling. He wasn't circling to get angles, he was totally avoiding contact for 2 minutes I'm a fan of Merab I was screaming at my TV "Yeah !!! Keep stalling, the ref won't do shit" and as a fan of MMA, I was happily surprised Herb Dean demanded more action. He does deserve criticism for getting between O'Malley and Merab after the weird kissing incident . But he handled Merab stalling totally fine
if holding somebody down is winning a fight I am out.. Merab's nose was 5 degrees closer to being on the back of his head and O'Malley looked the same as the first round. Also... Big Norm!
Off the top I’m glad you seem to have the same consensus with the main event as me Jon. As impressive as Merab was, definitely not the most entertaining fight lol. Happy for him tho and Raymond
I love Rays loyalty and being so honest. Congrats. I posted here before the fight the Mehab would win. Not that i favored him being from Ireland. ☘️. But Mehab , what kiddy no fear attitud.. looks like a kid inside the octagon just having so much fun. Sean, was a disaster .. looking for a one shot miracle. Sean worried so much about take down instead of of doing what he is best at. Even when Sean had Mehab hurt in the 5 th .. he really didnt go for the kill.. Sean just did not let his hands go. What was stopping Sean from taking Mehab picking him up and dumping him to the ground. Sean like Leon, like Izzy, like Alex re not compete MMA Fights. Alex will lose when he comes up with a guy who has Mehab take down ability. Well done guys .. Congrats Ray, my favorite coach .
Herb been reffing for one championship they give out a yellow card, herb gave a red card and disqualified a fighter in a heavyweight championship fight
Jon I’m always on your side but to say Belal was more entertaining then merab it’s just bananas 😂😂😂 merab was more active then Belal even tho I like both performance and both did what they needed to do
Shame on you Jon, saying that the two title fights weren’t entertaining is blasphemy. Petition to do the show on Monday cus clearly Jon is still cranky 😢😢
Im your biggest fan but feel like you have been so annoyed lately on this podcast and maybe im wrong but every little thing upsets you anymore. Hope all is well with you but don’t take it out on Merab and Valentina who are TRUE CHAMPIONS AND WORKED THERE ASSES OFF TO WIN THOSE FIGHTS.
@@Murmaider512 he is friends with REMEMBER THE NAME BELAL MUHAMMAD and that has nothing to do with what I’m saying, he’s not bias. He’s the 🐐 just saying he doesn’t seem happy at all anymore.
The only way JA beats Laura Sanko in a popular vote is if he wears the exact same yoga pants. Just make sure the videographer gets the same money shot. 😂😂
The prelims looked shit on tv with loads of empty seats visible. It’s hard to see where all the millions were spent aside from the actual rental of Sphere. Almost zero crowd noise came through the telly. I don’t think Mexico deserves to be celebrated on such a big stage. When you google ‘what has Mexico ever done’ the answer that comes back is that they invented the mouse pad.
Congratulations to Longo and Serra for getting their 4th champion, Aljo for seeing his brother get the belt, and Wood and team everyone else, for getting Merab to this point. The dude has been on an insane run and has earned all of his flowers. 49-46 was the correct scorecard, thank the universe for Herb Dean for not completely botching it up.
Sterling literally wanted a rematch against Malley. Anyway, at least Merab finally got his title shot at the end
Congrats to China for conquering Hong Kong
Ufc did everything in their power(obviously including disregarding the integrity of the sport) to not have merab and belal win the belt and they both persevered and did it. Massive omalley fan, but so happy for merab and belal for sticking it to the ufc and their shenanigans. And to all the people that will say thats business....i say if the ufc wants it to be a popularity contest then just say it and get rid of the rankings. And Dana should stop saying we put the best against the best if its about business. Cant have it both ways.
Merab lay and prey, boring gsp style win, no damage no action , merab sucks still ,horrible,
@@jasonmacphail8596cry harder 😂😂😂
Merab won minimum 4 rounds of that fight. Happy for Longo and the team!
Naw he barely won 3
@@Rya_N33 you must be brain dead and blind
@@Rya_N33 your sugar is showing, 47 total strikes from O’Malley. Even O’Malley knows he’s got some work to do if he wants to be a champion again.
@@Rya_N33Your sugar is showing!! That's hilarious 😂😂
@@Rya_N33least salty suga fan
42:00 the crowd wasn’t loud because real hardcore fans couldn’t afford the tickets
Longo & Serra and their teammates and all involved we are very happy for. Great bunch of guys 👍🏼👍🏾👍🏼👍🏿 Congratulations
O'Malley and Tim getting humbled by a guy like Merab was great
Same thoughts.
I loved how he cemented it by calling him normal in the post fight
Yall can never compliment someone with trying to shit on someone else. Omalley puts on a cocky character to help sell. And to think tim isnt humble is a joke. Of course they are gonna be confident snd think and say they are gonna win every fight...if they didnt, they are in the wrong sport.
@@triggsnasty6066that didnt cement shit. No normal fighter has the success omalley has had. Dumbest shit i ever heard.
@@jaseallenson316 Yeah Tim is super humble when mocking the disabled and talking shit to athletes from the side lines of Sean's life and the only reason he is within ear shot of them
Big Norm! I loved it!
How did merab have so many strikes and everybody talking about it was boring i think some people just wanted sean to win and are salty
Cause they are Strickland and Colby fans. Merab performance was dominant exciting and humiliating for o malley I loved it ppl can keep crying all they want but I’m glad merab won. these sheep MMA fans and o malley and his coach and team needed to be humbled.
so many strikes but did no damage with any of them, if you look at who had more damage done to them at the end of the fight it was merab. o’malley didn’t even look like he was touched.
@@noahrielly3906Sean also threw nothing and did nothing.
bro was shadow boxing mid fight he wasnt even throwing at suga
@@itsssonix3797 and Sean didn’t connect with anything except the 2 kicks to the body when it was too late
Merab was in control from the first bell to the last and the few shots suga landed was very few and far between
That makes zero sense cus there is no bell to start the fight
25:08 is where Ray Longo ACTUALLY came in
It would be awesome to have a post-fight press-style engagement wth refs once in a while. Also, has someone seen what a UFC judge looks like? Please catch us one, we would love to see it answer some questions. Love yo work gents. Thnk u.
Haters will hate, but never debate
Was inside , Jon anik brother I was directly next to you when you guys came to open up ppv . This was greatest day ever greatest thing I ever ever seen. I picked up your last card that your read that you threw in ground . Also the yours and dc had water bottles with initials on it I grabbed those too . I met Jon jones in a casino twice somehow , met Michael chandler twice somehow . Met Johnny dang , Mexican OT , Jeff whittekk. Like I just can’t believe this. I would spend every penny twice over if I could. It was my first ufc event. I just can’t explain how happy I am wow . Thankyou guys
Congrats to Merab and team Longo. I was rooting for Suga but in the end am very happy to see Merab finally get the title. He thoroughly deserves everything good that comes his way. Him against Umar and Figgy will be great fights.
Wanted omalley for sure, but love when the ufc gets fucked and the guy they tried everything in their power to deny a title gets the job done anyways. Aljo, merab and belal come to mind recently. Ya better believe merab wont get any favors and once he loses it, he wont see another title shot or at least not one that he has a good chance to win. Maybe last minite replacement bullshit or something like that if he ever gets one. So disgusting how the integrity of the ufc has completely gone away. Colby getting a 3rd title shot was the ultimate disgrace to the sport.
Jon you are The Man for dropping a Big Norm on the air!
What's the reference?
@@haerverk I think it's just that Norma is a bit of a thick girl (like big boned) and Big Norm sounds funny.
Amazing show today boys well done. The Sphere was amazing on tele.
“They’re standing in front of him with their hands in their asses” is goated fr
Classic New Yorker😂
Herb dean is the same one that stood up Usman and Leon before the headshot
Thankyou herb
Great point
Longo live the king
O'Malley getting excuse after excuse as to why/how he lost, I wonder if Merab would have gotten the same treatment if it was reversed
Thank you Mr. Ray for everything you did for Merab
Watched the show at home and I loved it. My expectations were well surpassed.
Really enjoyed the fights too!
Sunday recap great idea. The greatest idea of all time.
"Me against the world" - Merab Dvalishvili ❤🇬🇪❤️🇬🇪
Congratulations to the new champion, well deserved Merab.
🍀👍🍀😊”👊nice segment, good fight breakdown 👊”
Thanks for the shoutout Ray and Congrats to you and your team!
As an owner of a Belgian malinois can confirm that’s definitely the type of energy merab has lmao
Ray Longo is the best coach ever (Serra is the man and I knew from TUF 4 he was an excellent coach, but Ray will always 'have his number" here by coaching him to the championship).
Ray has taken four men and made them world champions- and not from some Super Gym either. If he's not the best, he's still on Mount Rushmore.
1st Jason's pal, Belal M. gets to the top of the mountain, and now John's boy , Merab D. gets there as well. Life is GOOD for the Anik boys......
“Whose cell phone is beeping, c’mon guys” 🤣🤣🤣
Jon too hilarious with technical malfunctions
This show doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's fucking great and I feel like it's a team win, when Longo wins.
I’ve never like herb dean as a ref. When he defended the trinaldo/herbert stoppage , I thought he’s way too hesitant to accept criticism. He’s the king of late stoppages. Thank you Kenny for saying how he’s usually not engaged so true! Plus him being overly engaged on this fight. Thank you Jon too, I really appreciate you guys speaking the truth
Herb dean is dirty. He had money on sean for sure. He tried to make merab make a mistake so sean can capitalize
@@ryu-kenholy fuck are you naive. The refs and the judges are in the back pockets of the ufc and sportsbooks. It isnt a coincidence that basically every crazy decision is favorable to the ufcs best interest. And herb either knows his place or was told to give omalley any advantage he can. Saw the same shit in the yan fight when omalley was fence and glove grabbing several times. He did call the one on omalley glove hold, but the rest favored merab for sure. He didnt have money on omalley, he just knows whats in the ufcs best interest.
Someone once said Ray Longo looks like Mr. Krabs without his shell & I cannot unsee it 😂
Anik, I gotta say that was the best performance of all time by the broadcast team. You guys were incredibly unbiased during the main event and called out herb
Except that one moment.... 😅
@@haerverkKendrick? 😂
Not exactly sure why bu Longo seriously looks 20 years younger in this segment 😱 haircut? Fresh title win? New podcast equipment? 🤟
Yo Anik… it’s a tick! Diego always touches his throat when he’s boxing, fighting.
When it comes to Herb Dean injecting himself into the fight or not, people forget he’s not only working for the UFC. The statement “that’s the most active I’ve seen him EVER” shows that. Herb refs at ONE FC which policies are more towards pushing the fighters to be more active. You see him there much more engaging into action. The event being in the sphere might have carried him a bit away that he doesn’t want to be responsible for a boring fight. Was it too much of him asking them to fight while they were clearly doing enough? Yes probably, but he neither destroyed the experience of the fight nor did he push the fighters to do something stupid. Still goat ref imo
Longa needs his own podcast...
Ray looks so Happy ...good on Ray Longo
Longo with the new Mic 😂😂 love it guys
Longo was on location in Las Vegas using my setup at the Virgin.
"How do you feel about Umar Nurmagomedov being your next opponent?" - Rogan
"Dana White is a great man, he changed my life, I love this company, Im a normal guy" - Merab
They almost never cut the champ off but some1 gave Joe the word to shut him the fuck up lol
It's a pretty rude thing to ask someone in the middle of realising they became a champion. DJ said it best: "if you talk to a fresh father you don't ask them what about your next child?"
Crazy all longos champions where huge underdogs when winning gold
love and respect from Georgia
Jon: Ray is Umar next?
Ray: nah, I want an old striker, Figgy.
55:23 just fell down to my knees in the parking lot.....
Mike Bells scorecard was actually 49-46 in the main event and the other two judges had it 48-47.
Ray such a quality guy!! He was trying to shout out his striker in the gym nazim sadikov!!
Ray longo is my favorite coach
congrats longo🍷
great show
Happy for Merab
Belal vs Leon was the same exact fight as merab vs O’Malley…
Yep. Both challengers absolute man handled the champion making it look like a father with his son.
And Schevchenko Grasso 3 was basically the same as well
I dont like the bias Anik has with Belal. As you said it was the same exact fight.
Lol yes assure almost no ppv buys with guaranteed boring fights 😂
Belal and merab will most likely be CO headlining separately lol. Can't imagine either one main eventing any cards
UFC needs to quit f*ckin around and bring Kenny back full time.
Huge congrats to Coach Longo!!!
Herb Dean definitely had a bet on knockout for O'Malley, so happy Merab won
I can’t believe they sent Aldana out for the 3rd. The cut was clearly there going into the round from the headbutt in the 2nd
Belal and merab will most likely be CO headlining separately lol. Can't imagine either one main eventing any cards
Herb yelled "Stop it!" (that?) and stepped in, so Merab got off him. Herb was scolding him and O'Malley was allowed to hit him from behind. Not hating on him, but Herb had a shocker!
The absolute madness of Longo/Serra producing 4 UFC champs is something that can't be appreciated enough. The fuck are they actually doing over there!? 😂
Special Supplements
I fuckin love Ray Longo so much. I teared up at Merabs win. And then he goes and thanks Matt fuckin Serra first - BEST TEAM ON THE PLANET.
I can't believe no one's talking about how scared merab is of Umar so much so he is begging to fight a flyweight instead😅
Herb dean is dirty.
Congrats Longo.....go Merab 💪
Longo & Serra rep the island better than anyone else
Oh snaps
Anik is the goat on the commentary team wish there was a way to get chael on there and a way I would never have to listen to bisping on there
We need a new show… The Ultimate Ref!!!!
So happy for merab man 👌✌️
I'm sorry but i say this as a huge Anik fan, that comment saying Belal vs Edwards was far more entertaining than Merab vs Suga is the most biased bunch of bollocks I've ever heard
How did they not mention that O’malley beat Aljo when talking about who O’malley previously beat?
I think people are sleeping on figgy. He’s looking really good at 135lbs and has more top wins over umar I think he has a better case.
BOTH THE MAIN AND CO MAIN WERE NOT BORING. If you don’t like ground game then don’t watch MMA, its that simple. Go watch boxing and matchups that are champs vs cans 😢😂
watched on tv. they need to do another event at Sphere, its too fuckin sick not to. visuals were incredible
Only thing I disagree with is Belal vs Leon being more entertaining than Merab vs Sean😂. Especially when comparing the crowds uk crowd was asleep by the time round 2 started for Leon vs Belal.
I wouldn't be surprised if O'Malley comes out and says anxiety took over and Tim saying "we're almost out of this" was him talking him through it.
Problem is the shit he's talked about others
Nice show! What the heck is UFC’s “RIYADH” Season?
Some very bored very rich Muslims
I think it was just the UFC getting them to bank roll some of the show because it was much more expensive compared to normal events.
awesome stuff
Hey guys, let me preface this by saying I love the podcast and I've been listening for years
But you're crazy if you believe what Merab was doing to start the fifth round can't be qualified as stalling. He wasn't circling to get angles, he was totally avoiding contact for 2 minutes
I'm a fan of Merab I was screaming at my TV "Yeah !!! Keep stalling, the ref won't do shit" and as a fan of MMA, I was happily surprised Herb Dean demanded more action.
He does deserve criticism for getting between O'Malley and Merab after the weird kissing incident . But he handled Merab stalling totally fine
Dominick Cruz talking about entertainment value lmaoooo
He said that because merab was running in a circle away from the fight. Was pretty obvious to me.
I miss the sideways 240p android Longo days
Sean won the last round, and 3rd round I think could have gone either way, so 48-47 is not crazy, but yes Merab was dominate in the rounds he won.
if holding somebody down is winning a fight I am out.. Merab's nose was 5 degrees closer to being on the back of his head and O'Malley looked the same as the first round.
Also... Big Norm!
Off the top I’m glad you seem to have the same consensus with the main event as me Jon. As impressive as Merab was, definitely not the most entertaining fight lol. Happy for him tho and Raymond
would love to hear longo explain how merab won 3 and 5 lol
I love Rays loyalty and being so honest. Congrats. I posted here before the fight the Mehab would win. Not that i favored him being from Ireland. ☘️. But Mehab , what kiddy no fear attitud.. looks like a kid inside the octagon just having so much fun. Sean, was a disaster .. looking for a one shot miracle. Sean worried so much about take down instead of of doing what he is best at. Even when Sean had Mehab hurt in the 5 th .. he really didnt go for the kill.. Sean just did not let his hands go. What was stopping Sean from taking Mehab picking him up and dumping him to the ground. Sean like Leon, like Izzy, like Alex re not compete MMA Fights. Alex will lose when he comes up with a guy who has Mehab take down ability. Well done guys .. Congrats Ray, my favorite coach .
No one has merab wresting at 205
Herb been reffing for one championship they give out a yellow card, herb gave a red card and disqualified a fighter in a heavyweight championship fight
I always thought Merab was better than Sterling and he has shown this now.
Meraaaaaab
Jon I’m always on your side but to say Belal was more entertaining then merab it’s just bananas 😂😂😂 merab was more active then Belal even tho I like both performance and both did what they needed to do
Those beautiful baby blues, Ray.
Shame on you Jon, saying that the two title fights weren’t entertaining is blasphemy. Petition to do the show on Monday cus clearly Jon is still cranky 😢😢
Im your biggest fan but feel like you have been so annoyed lately on this podcast and maybe im wrong but every little thing upsets you anymore. Hope all is well with you but don’t take it out on Merab and Valentina who are TRUE CHAMPIONS AND WORKED THERE ASSES OFF TO WIN THOSE FIGHTS.
He is friends with forget the name..so obviously would have some bias..and will then cry when people will criticize this opinion
@@Murmaider512 he is friends with REMEMBER THE NAME BELAL MUHAMMAD and that has nothing to do with what I’m saying, he’s not bias. He’s the 🐐 just saying he doesn’t seem happy at all anymore.
Anik cringing everytime the ringtone goes off is hilarious. It’s a podcast. Chill out bro 😂
53:11 I hear you Jon, there's a lot of Alexa's angles that I'd like to get into as well brother 💁🏻♂️😜
The judges definitely favored O'Malley. Marab won 4 rounds to 1
The only way JA beats Laura Sanko in a popular vote is if he wears the exact same yoga pants. Just make sure the videographer gets the same money shot. 😂😂
Herb had money on Sean like a lot of fans
Sean’s feint game was mild at best. His footwork wasn’t the same. He was pot shotting also
Merab was running in the 5th
SPHERE TO ME WAS # 1 BULLSHIT 🤔 that’s me others may have loved it ?
I loved it for what it’s gunna do for the sport
The prelims looked shit on tv with loads of empty seats visible. It’s hard to see where all the millions were spent aside from the actual rental of Sphere. Almost zero crowd noise came through the telly. I don’t think Mexico deserves to be celebrated on such a big stage. When you google ‘what has Mexico ever done’ the answer that comes back is that they invented the mouse pad.
When you are tired you can't move your hands. This is what Merab did to Omaly and this is why this fight was not odd to me 🥴