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00:00:00wins and it looks like a true mma fighter these days i'm excited to see what it looks like tonight
00:00:04yeah i think that's what has impressed me the most about duho troy is that he came back
00:00:08you know he was always known for being a fantastic striker in particular the boxing
00:00:13the combinations that this man puts together and the power at which he lands but we've seen him
00:00:19especially in that nate lamware fight he's been able to mix in his wrestling control his opponents
00:00:23get that crucifix and just batter him away to get that tko finished and against bill algio same
00:00:29thing because we've got to defend the takedowns over and over against from algio and then get
00:00:33right back to where he shines best with the striking with the boxing he's powerful he's dangerous and he
00:00:39puts these combos together somebody just feeler punches finds his way through the guard when he's
00:00:45fighting nate lamware his hands were up the whole time he finds all of those tiny little openings
00:00:50to secure those shots dc you know when you talk about choy he's one of those very fun guys you
00:00:56see the korean zombie in his corner there look man this young man does have the ability to fight
00:01:02that dog fight but he also has the ability to be very smart and make it look real clean i
00:01:07don't
00:01:07know that he'll have a choice tonight for santos in terms of what type of fight he's going to have
00:01:12i think
00:01:13that santos is going to be intent on making this a dog fight and when you make a dog fight
00:01:19with the
00:01:20with dude joy you make a fight that obviously one of them is in the hall of faith he's willing
00:01:26he's
00:01:27able and he's just a flat out dog and i'm excited to see what this turns out to be here
00:01:33we go folks
00:01:35cold main event time here at the meta apex tonight's head of the tape is brought to you by
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00:01:48purpose hot smokers have this one favored for daniel santos there are some differences to observe korean
00:01:54superboy is four years older at 35 he's three inches taller than the brazilian as well
00:01:58choy will come to the fight with a useful three-inch reach advantage let's get this one underway we
00:02:04send it inside to bruce buppa ladies and gentlemen this is the co-main event of the evening three rounds
00:02:15in the usc featherweight division introducing first fighting out of the blue corner a big martial artist
00:02:24holding professional record 14 wins two losses he stands five feet seven inches tall weighing in at 145
00:02:33five pounds fighting out of uberlandia and now introducing his opponent fighting out of the red corner a
00:02:54striker holding a professional record 16 wins four losses one draw he stands five feet ten inches tall
00:03:02weighing in at 146 pounds weighing in at 146 pounds fighting at a dagger south korea the korean super boy
00:03:14do ho
00:03:16cho
00:03:17and when the action begins our referee in charge
00:03:23kerry hatley dc's favorite referee kerry hatley thank you very much chrissy round one ahead
00:03:32maximum three five minute rounds of action daniel santos believes this could be a fight at the night
00:03:38says if you bring a war to choy he will respond accordingly good work
00:03:46here we go round number one first action by santos
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00:04:00hey body kick from santos
00:04:04well that hurt
00:04:08spinning like a helicopter
00:04:10oh good cap kick
00:04:13oh right right right i think that hurt joy
00:04:18just whistled past choice chin santos has come to make a statement tonight
00:04:29usually you see those body kicks whenever a south walk adventure
00:04:33that's from two
00:04:38big answer from choy
00:04:41for the defenses of santos
00:04:43i was speaking with coach diego lima
00:04:48let's shoot the box
00:04:50he said that santos is a very intense individual he knows the opportunity in front of him tonight
00:04:56as he gets in on the hips
00:05:03yes
00:05:03covering his body with his hips
00:05:08yes
00:05:12oh that's not going to take his head off
00:05:25santos better be in shape that's a lot of energy he's using early in this round
00:05:29that's the danger oh that right hand landed that's the danger of trying to knock people off
00:05:34if they don't go down then what are you going to do
00:05:37the body work and head moving from santos is beautiful to watch
00:05:42yeah you see joy trying to go for that left hook over and over again
00:05:45but he's slipping right underneath of it
00:05:47troy needs to try to steal on that jab
00:05:49and that's the worst
00:05:49so
00:05:51santos is super aggressive man
00:05:53santos is super aggressive man
00:05:53that's a good guy in this weight class
00:06:01nice left hook shoot that took
00:06:03oh great shot selection
00:06:06oh man
00:06:08oh that right hand got through
00:06:10had that body shot
00:06:15oh my god
00:06:17santos has got a slow down no call
00:06:20if he doesn't get him out of there he's going to get so tired
00:06:22yeah he is throwing everything with full power spinning all over the place
00:06:27he seems flying
00:06:28and the one thing you got to remember right
00:06:32choice been in there with big crunching before
00:06:34has santos been in there with
00:06:36oh he's pulled to the game with the right hands
00:06:43made him shoot there oh he hurt him he hit him with that beautiful right hook
00:06:46yeah don't forget choice power
00:06:53choice picks up five final checks in the ufc
00:06:58he can finish a fight as he comes forward with a jab
00:07:02look at that small box
00:07:09oh right in there
00:07:17he's bleeding as well
00:07:19oh that jab is nasty
00:07:20but that jab
00:07:24oh
00:07:28capillary strikes from santos seven punch combo
00:07:32he is nasty boy
00:07:35i love the way santos mixed up those battles
00:07:37yes so important
00:07:41yeah i mean he's how many strikes is he throwing already almost
00:07:4595.
00:07:46almost 100. 95
00:07:4895 strikes landed half
00:07:50this champ these guys are sticky
00:07:57all right big shot from choy
00:07:59oh i love that dirty boxing and clothes
00:08:04santos is doing a good job with that
00:08:07oh
00:08:10deep breath from santos as he collects himself to come forward again
00:08:20good balance from the korean superboy
00:08:29nice nice trip
00:08:30good wizard
00:08:35last few seconds this has been bell to bell action through five
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00:09:24good but you kind of hold on to it
00:09:27whenever there's a clean there's no dangerous punches but you don't stand still
00:09:33okay don't be still
00:09:34you have to cut it
00:09:36you have to cut it
00:09:37and we got his pattern
00:09:39you have to cut it
00:09:39when there's a backspin don't go into it
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00:09:55then stream every episode of power mount plus and wherever you get your podcasts round number two
00:10:01more of the same please gentlemen
00:10:06electric first round here at the meta apex between these two featherweights in our whole main event
00:10:16this dude throws out of his shoes every single time he comes out of his shoes on every punch
00:10:24he loves that spinning heel kick
00:10:35he does
00:10:39choi has got to try to go first because when
00:10:41santos just starts putting combos together he's stringing four or five strikes at a time
00:11:09and then he goes right into the body
00:11:13and santos every time he tries a fit is a failed takedown exhaustion and choy does a good job of
00:11:19just covering his head notice choy's not trying to sprawl he's not trying to run away he just
00:11:24covers his head and tries to make him carry his weight to try to get him even more fatigued
00:11:28so let's go
00:11:35finally a little moment of slowing down here
00:11:47it's corner telling him to breathe take these moments santos
00:11:54the 50 50 50 position up against the fence choy looks to break off
00:12:15and he slipped and ripped that uppercut just missed
00:12:20so
00:12:27nice job good head movement as well yeah santos missed
00:12:37i love santos body work every time he gets close he just digs to the body
00:12:43he can't find his head he lets his hands go to the body
00:12:49he's like a laser beam coming back from choy
00:12:53left hook the head as well
00:13:01santos tables he feels a lot more durable and resilient since he's moved up to 145 pounds and
00:13:07he's certainly having to absorb some punishment tonight
00:13:13he knew what he signed up for when he faced the korean superboy
00:13:22big right hand well he said that choy would fight whatever fight that you give him
00:13:28and he chose to fight it in a war that's exactly what he's getting yeah chose violence that's what
00:13:34they chose both guys landed but choice don't have more success than he did in the first round
00:13:39and the jab is established because he's cleaner also right he doesn't loop as many things
00:13:47again good balance here from choy
00:13:57just climbing to get heights
00:13:59whoa nice job sitting out by santos
00:14:04oh he cracks it hard with that lead lead
00:14:08santos backs up
00:14:10choy's trying to open up
00:14:12oh my god definitely fatigue setting in here for santos you've called it earlier dc and whether he could
00:14:18continue at that pace he's slowing out these straights are not as fast as he's
00:14:33giving back some of his own medicine
00:14:35you hit him with a right to the body first then you hit him with a left hand
00:14:39oh man hey you hit that right pound then you hit him in the liver
00:14:44that was something else oh he stayed in case driving in agony oh yeah
00:14:52kind of in the liver man what a fight goodness me
00:14:57crazy
00:15:02look at the right body shot watch oh here was the jab
00:15:06yes the jabs he was landing
00:15:08i want the right to the body first
00:15:11oh he caught him with the right hand
00:15:14left hook over the top that's that right body shot
00:15:18boom look at that right uppercut
00:15:21his striking is just so clean
00:15:24and then that man right there is a korean zombie legend
00:15:29two of the biggest legends in korean mixed martial arts
00:15:32just his stun gun in there as well to make up that trio
00:15:35there'd be a happy corner that was a tense round one
00:15:40for team korean superboy
00:15:43but he did what he always does paulie hey and you know what
00:15:47unbelievable performance from joy and credit to santos because he did exactly what he said he was
00:15:53going to do he brought violence the whole time
00:15:56fantastic performance big smile on choice face as well
00:16:02time now to give his moments for that we send it inside to bruce
00:16:07ladies and gentlemen referee carrie hatley has called a stop to this contest at four minutes 29 seconds
00:16:14of round number two declaring the winner by gkl
00:16:19the korean superboy
00:16:24duho choy
00:16:35i'm here with duho choy
00:16:37what a phenomenal fight duho you were able to withstand that first round did you know that you would
00:16:44start to build as the fight went longer
00:16:47you were able to build up
00:16:54he believed in himself
00:16:56duho let's take a look at your work up here you started to land the jab at will but it
00:17:02was a right
00:17:02body shot and then a left body shot on the fence that allowed for you to get the finish could
00:17:07you feel
00:17:08you know him starting to slow down as you went for the finish
00:17:25he was very aggressive
00:17:27fighter so i didn't really feel the slow down but i just did what i usually do
00:17:31well you did a fantastic job you've now won three fights in a row you're a hall of famer you're
00:17:37always in great fights who would you like to fight next
00:17:50if i give an opportunity to play to people i'm ready for it well congratulations on another massive
00:17:55victory ladies and gentlemen give it up for duho choy
00:18:00congratulations to duho choy another long layoff he was out of
00:18:05all of 2025 straight back to action and that is a contender for bonus money tonight for sure
00:18:13congratulations tonight's social media posts are brought to you by threads for conversations
00:18:18happening inside and out of the octagon take it to threads
00:18:29looking ahead now to some excitement that will be going down on the other side of the world in
00:18:33macau china song yudong and davidson figueredo will do the dance before we chat about it here are some
00:18:40numbers we have a pair of fight finishes in our midst 30 stoppages between them which is impressive for
00:18:46the lighter weight classes song is the volume fighter whilst figgy has slightly better accuracy the
00:18:51brazilian also employs the takedown more frequently but the team alpha male fighter has studied the
00:18:58takedown defense as well dc individually both song and figueredo are really exciting on fight night put
00:19:05them together and we got a recipe for some excitement yeah that's gonna be a tremendous fight i mean you
00:19:11have two of the hardest punching guys in the light of division and honestly like we just saw right now
00:19:17with duho choy and um uh daniel santos these guys that are willing to let it all hang out the
00:19:24octagon
00:19:25is fun especially when they're smaller the smaller guys are generally known for being very technical
00:19:31these two can let it fly and when you talk about song yudong this is a guy that has great
00:19:36wrestling
00:19:37great submissions but it's the power paul that stands out when i watch him over and over and honestly
00:19:43it's the confidence and the level of success that he's finding at the very top of his division this
00:19:49gets the real deal for a long time apple male has spoke about song yudong being a guy that will
00:19:55be a
00:19:55future title challenge davidson figueredo high level experience former champ and he always likes
00:20:00fighting on the road as well paul back to china this guy just loves to bring it every single time
00:20:04there's a guy who can mix things up so well he's aggressive with the striking he's powerful himself
00:20:10but really he can wrestle he's got fantastic jujitsu unbelievable ground and pound and again
00:20:15you talked about it there john being a former champion this guy has fought the highest level
00:20:19of competition inside of that octagon you see the squeeze that he puts on people when he gets a hold
00:20:25of that neck that's a fantastic fight we have a packed schedule in macau coming your way three nights of
00:20:34fights as we've got up the new season of the road to ufc they'll take place on thursday and friday
00:20:39we're
00:20:39both starting at 6 a.m eastern 3 a.m pacific ufc fight passes where you can catch those and
00:20:45then on
00:20:45saturday paramount plus is the home for the fight night that kicks off at 7 a.m eastern time folks
00:20:53stick around we have a huge announcement coming up after the break first of all we've got to get into
00:21:01our
00:21:01final fight of the night as we check in backstage on the number seven ranks arnold allen he has been
00:21:05vocal this week about showing his philosophy of skills whilst also showing discipline to his
00:21:10strategy last time out he's going to have enjoyed his optimal time a little bit too much which he
00:21:15believes cost him he has full faith in his skills and his experience to stop costa's rise
00:21:20up the rankings but the brazilian is on a mission he feels this is his moment records that have
00:21:26previously held firm have been smashed by costa and he's not about to stop now tonight he wants
00:21:32to be the first to stop allen and elevate his standing towards title contention it is a special
00:21:38night for these two featherweights the stage is set for them to leave it all in vegas as they run
00:21:43towards featherweight bones
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00:22:57welcome back to las vegas folks i got some breaking news are you ready for this in fact i tell
00:23:04you what
00:23:04i'm gonna let this video speak for itself
00:23:09surprise surprise surprise the king is back
00:23:12yeah i'm him i'm right here let's go
00:23:25oh my goodness this wasn't on my bingo card for tonight's what does this mean boys now i know why
00:23:33max was calling earlier oh yeah yeah he probably couldn't keep the news to himself this is
00:23:40absolutely massive conor mcgregor max holloway too i cannot wait for this fight look the first time
00:23:47these two guys fought they were children yeah we get to watch two guys that have put together hall
00:23:52of fame resumes fight international fight week that is as big as a fight hey the ufc is on the
00:23:58heater
00:23:58the ufc is on an absolute heater right now and i'm happy to be a part of it it's gonna
00:24:03be good that's
00:24:03the fight that's the fight that's the fight everyone's been talking about it we've been
00:24:07talking about if conor's gonna come back that fight makes just the most sense oh yeah to happen
00:24:12you know he's excited you want to talk about selling a i mean holy international fight with
00:24:17that matchup max holloway was like i want to fight conor mcgregor if given the opportunity
00:24:23he told me this months ago i said max did you ever think that the bmf title going sideways
00:24:28would open this up for a bigger fight for you this is an amazing opportunity for holloway
00:24:34great to see mcgregor back i mean obviously the biggest star the sport has ever seen and we get
00:24:39to see him fight in vegas international fight week yeah and he's dialed in man that's all danie
00:24:44keeps talking about everybody's saying that he's in camp he seems motivated now that we have an
00:24:48announcement you know it's going down and uh yeah that that's i'm i did not expect to hear that news
00:24:53either but i'm glad that i did that's that's look at that they're just about to find out in the
00:24:57apex
00:24:58right now look at that conor max is fighting right now people fighting out like wow this is
00:25:03as big as it gets massive news how not wait for this one and there's more as well look at
00:25:10the two
00:25:11men at the top of the poster look at the cove man that's look benoit something he told me excuse
00:25:18my
00:25:18language i'm gonna use this crazy french believe to get all the way to the title he gets another
00:25:23opportunity to work his way closer with that against patty pimlin bautista sanhagen
00:25:28roi val kavanaugh get this opportunity and look at my boy gable stevenson come on making his ufc
00:25:35debut against alicia ellison dude gable stevenson on a main card for conor mcgregor versus max holloway
00:25:43dude but it's just crazy i gotta be honest with you paul it's like christmas morning for me it
00:25:49really is like for that morning mcgregor is back folks conor mcgregor is coming back for ufc
00:25:5523 29 and here are the starters and look at this light heavyweight debut for robert whitaker who takes
00:26:04on nikita krillov luke riley kai kamaka i mean cody garbrandt former champion in the prelims as well
00:26:12oh okay osborne cody dirt a lot of action i i can't believe what we're witnessing tonight folks
00:26:17conor mcgregor is back in action and he draws his old foe the legend max holloway it all goes down
00:26:25on saturday july 11th all right we've got to move forward with what we've got going on here
00:26:33now we're going to take a breath so one man said he'd do the impossible then he spent a year
00:26:37proving
00:26:38it one man walked the hard road on purpose and he's ready to take it back costa wants to finish
00:26:44nobody's ever had alan wants the statement that says i'm that guy a lifetime of shared belief 25
00:26:50minutes or less to settle it let the featherweight fury commence
00:26:55i live with a promise that i would do impossible my whole life was doing impossible
00:27:08or a suggestion that my father gave me once he said that it doesn't matter what you do in life
00:27:13but being honest do you do it for yourself better you can't accept it as normal as you
00:27:18like any other person we have to stand up we have to hug and go to the top of the
00:27:25top of the
00:27:25melchazael costa has a completely different look in his eye the win streak is put together really put
00:27:31himself on the map among the ufc featherweights atrasado i said that last year he would do four
00:27:38lutas i did four lutas he was in a lot of trouble here he got it here's the tip
00:27:44of the four lutas i finalizei a guy who had 10 years to be finalized and then they played a
00:27:51guy who
00:27:51never had been knocked out and then played a guy who never had been knocked out and then played another
00:27:56guy who
00:27:56never had been knocked out and then i ended up the fight with a shoot
00:28:03what i want to tell you is that when i say something, it's not for you to believe, it's just
00:28:08to note
00:28:09so you can see that i'm not so crazy
00:28:13i want this to be remembered as like a turning point in my career
00:28:17rights and wrongs go out there prove myself once again
00:28:21born in ipswich pound for pound one of the better fighters on the roster who has yet to realize
00:28:25a ufc title shot here is arnold allen i always knew it was going to be hard graft and a
00:28:32hard career to
00:28:32pursue you know with all the injuries and setbacks and i kind of always anticipated those things but
00:28:38i love it i love the journey i love the training love the sport i love being able to compete
00:28:4215 fighters in the illustrious history of the ufc have earned twin streaks of double digits 10 or more
00:28:49go on those guys super stomach he's done it wow arnold allen is one of them
00:28:56i had the 10 fight win street then i had a bit of hiccups injuries whatever but i want to
00:29:02go back on
00:29:03that street and get back towards that hole ornald allen still has his eyes set on the top of the
00:29:08division everyone knows i've got the skills to do it i'll show them my performances oh
00:29:13madsburn now taps wow i want to dominate my adversarial arnold allotou com os melhores da
00:29:22categoria nunca perdeu o princeton in knockout
00:29:35the result i'm working for is an impact victory
00:29:39i want to go out there try how good i am and i believe i'm levels above oh he heard
00:29:44us now
00:29:44the wind puts me out there again with the boys i've got the toolbox i've got the fire iq
00:29:49i've got all the things to do it they're gonna know i'm that guy
00:30:00i
00:30:01i
00:30:03i
00:30:03i
00:30:06i
00:30:06i
00:30:26first main event for melchisael dalmatian costa currently ranked number 12
00:30:34in the featherweight division it had him looking back on eight years ago at a social project and
00:30:40he's now collecting the fruits of his labor he's got to get used to it though paul he said he's
00:30:44heading for the championship his full guard exceptional last two opponents have never
00:30:49previously been finished and cut the chance that within a round yeah this kid is just unreal with
00:30:54his kicking ability the power that he presents there and you know the other thing you got to
00:30:58talk about he's got nine wins by ko but the submission skills that people try to take him
00:31:02down and he grabs a hold of that neck he can finish you on the ground just as easily as
00:31:07he can take
00:31:08you out on the feet he's patient with those kicks he sits back he's just he's very good at fighting
00:31:14at his distance and his range management he's also just i think one of the larger featherweights on
00:31:20the roster as well fought at 55 but 145 this guy's been on an absolute tear right now you know
00:31:27costa
00:31:27paul you spoke about a little bit his kicking ability and because of the southpaw it opens up
00:31:33those nasty body kicks and he will throw those body kicks over and over again and a beautiful kick kick
00:31:39out the middle when you take all that body damage your mind tells you to make it stop so what
00:31:45do you
00:31:45want to do take him down that's why guys dive into that guillotine choke which he's got so good at
00:31:52but it doesn't
00:31:53stop there right he's got a great rear naked choke he just has great top control and he now has
00:31:58confidence i love a guy that comes into the ufc deals with some adversity that shows this is not
00:32:05going to deter me for my ultimate goal of becoming the champion melke zion costa is that guy it didn't
00:32:12start great for him but he has been rocking and rolling right now he's won seven fights in a row
00:32:17in his eighth bike if he can get it he'll be the biggest one to date and against some high
00:32:23level
00:32:24competition to him he guys has got wins over andre pili christian rodriguez who i've trained with i
00:32:29know how good he is he was in a war with julian arosa morgan chariot that head kick and then
00:32:34ultimately his biggest test recently was dan igay and yeah look how well he did there
00:33:31and there walks the number seven featherweight
00:33:34in the world arnold almighty alan when i spoke to him this week i said what chance are you in
00:33:40your career he said i'm in my prime i have the correct balance of damage and experience he started
00:33:46his gfc career with a 10-pound win streak and it took a revitalized max holloway to slow his role
00:33:51he said the game is driving him crazy dc but he is still steadfast he wants to be a champion
00:33:57he wants
00:33:58to show the world tonight that he is still that guy well he's got all the skills to become a
00:34:03champion
00:34:03but you know what i think is most impressive about alan you spoke about that 10-pound win streak
00:34:08getting snapped but it was max holloway and when people fight max holloway if it goes sideways
00:34:17they say it's max holloway he is very aware where he goes but this is different because
00:34:22it's milk is out costing as good as he is he isn't as well known so i need to get
00:34:29through this because i
00:34:29refuse to be a gatekeeper into the upper echelon of this division and when you have the skill set
00:34:36that he has and the abilities i understand his thought process it's a tough challenge but he feels
00:34:43like he should be heavily favored to get it done because of all that experience he's got by sharing
00:34:48the octagon with so many greats yeah and he's got to take that experience in here tonight he's got to
00:34:52bring it to melkazelle costa and let him know listen i'm the guy who has fought these main events i'm
00:34:57the
00:34:57guy who's been in there and fought the top the upper echelon of this featherweight division and
00:35:03get after it and he's dealt with kickers before i mean he's got a win over giga jacate who's one
00:35:07of
00:35:07the most dangerous kickers in the featherweight division so he's got to take that experience in
00:35:11here tonight with a couple of decisions slightly different on some of these splits he believes he
00:35:17could be further up the food chain he's holding the charge of melton costa tonight let's see how
00:35:24this one plays out our main event head of the tape is brought to you by v chain rewarding fans
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00:35:29making better choices every day download me he won today and earn with purpose automakers have this
00:35:34slightly on the side of arnold allen he is the more senior fighter by three years costa is taller by
00:35:40two
00:35:40inches the brazilian will fight for the slight one inch with the main event introductions here's bruce buffa
00:35:48ladies and gentlemen this is the main event of the evening sanctioned by the nevada state athletic
00:35:58commission chairman dallas hahn executive director jeff mullen our three judges scoring this contest at
00:36:04octagon side are eric cohen salty amato and david letheby and when the action begins our referee in
00:36:11charge of the octagon chris tione and now for those in attendance and ufc fans watching around the world
00:36:23world this is the moment you've all been waiting for live from the meta apex in las vegas
00:36:49the ufc featherweight division introducing first fighting out of the blue corner a mixed martial
00:36:58artist holding professional record 26 wins seven losses he stands five feet ten inches tall
00:37:05now weighing in now weighing in at 145 pounds fighting out of brazil
00:37:20and now introducing his opponent fighting out of the red corner a mixed martial artist holding
00:37:29professional record 20 wins four losses he stands five feet eight inches tall
00:37:34weighing in at 145 and one and a half pounds fighting at a trimly saint martin
00:37:42southpock england presenting the number seven ranked ufc featherweight contender in the world
00:37:58all right all right guys you've been given the rules i expect you to obey my commands protect
00:38:10yourselves at all times best luck to both of you here we go fight fans we've got a festival of
00:38:18featherweights
00:38:20coming up through may and june as well melky costa and his first ufc main events
00:38:27he is doing what was previously impossible by stopping men that had not been stopped before
00:38:33arnold allen aware of that he wants to show his experience tonight and drag melky costa through the
00:38:39ringer they touch him up and get into it if he needed reminding costa is in the whites
00:38:44allen is in the black southpaw southpaw watch for the kicking game of costa
00:38:54oh fast hands from allen
00:38:58nice spinning back kick from costa found the mark to think that costa fought in a different
00:39:02way class he's huge man he's massive
00:39:12costa wants to be the first man to stop arnold allen and you don't have to believe him you just
00:39:19got to look at his rap sheets first to stop ego first to stop chariot they were his last two
00:39:24fights as
00:39:27well ronald allen has been in there with the very best he's had the main event experience as well
00:39:35he wants to show that he can get back on top
00:39:41he spins it around early oh what a left hand there from allen allen is super aggressive nice
00:39:49he takes this one down to the mats as we give you a look at that shot
00:40:03left overhand really costa looks pretty aware on the ground trying to set something up he's got
00:40:09that elevator oh he's got the back looking for this looking for the sweep arnold's got to be very careful
00:40:14when he starts going to his neck arnold did a good job of getting the side control
00:40:19and then getting back to a position where he's much more safe now he's got to be careful not to
00:40:24take his right leg and put it in the middle costa will roll but look at him staple it paul
00:40:28you see
00:40:29how he's stapling it there he's got the chin across yeah chin across it kills that roll
00:40:40up to knee the body that's really good for that butterfly hook
00:40:46trying to treat up him nice
00:40:51most people just think that you have to
00:40:55take somebody back on that side but you can always keep them forward
00:40:58great job by costa there made a mistake going for that guillotine costa made him pay for it
00:41:03what a lovely floaty game costa's got he finds himself in the more dominant position yeah that's
00:41:10the thing i think we get so stuck on how amazing his kicking game is how powerful he was but
00:41:15he's slick on the ground and now he's getting some damage off
00:41:23and getting time to recover and landing his own shots here
00:41:29oh he's got the back back that was a sick back take
00:41:34oh some good elbows to the side of the head of allen oh he's going to get it and he
00:41:38goes through
00:41:39both hooks actually he's looking to leave the leg maybe i think he's trying to monitor that
00:41:45left leg of arnold allen
00:41:49he gets back to his feet oh is he grabbing for a second
00:41:59good start to this round
00:42:03stuff already as alan works on the grips of costa
00:42:07don't grab the gloves
00:42:16costa's desperate to get on the back he's on it
00:42:24arnold needs to shift him off to the left a little bit just drop that left shoulder a little bit
00:42:28let
00:42:28start to fall off yeah he's got that baseball grip you see him trying to shake it's going to be
00:42:35a quick
00:42:36jerk oh like a little bit of a dip of a shoulder to try to let costa fall see how
00:42:41he's kind of tilting
00:42:42that table there
00:42:46he's gonna watch his neck too as he goes down now he's got to start bringing that left elbow back
00:42:53inside
00:42:54he's got to be careful here guillotine set up by costa yeah he's looking for that he's got the arm
00:43:00trap
00:43:02we've got 30 seconds now on and let's try not to be broken down here
00:43:10get some heights
00:43:16can't be him here no definitely can't do that he's been caught out on that before
00:43:46good round good round yeah he's coming
00:43:53nice and relaxed he has to work hard man he's going to be tired yeah
00:43:59breathe arnie breathe
00:44:00thank you
00:44:00it was nice
00:44:01yeah
00:44:02you got him go with that hand man
00:44:03yeah you got the power on him
00:44:06okay
00:44:07keep going put that pressure
00:44:09even like the pressure you got to answer back
00:44:10go at him just kind of kick you another turn
00:44:12okay return everything
00:44:13that was it
00:44:14yeah keep
00:44:15no there you go
00:44:18no it's fine it didn't get
00:44:19stay aware of that hand you know he's gonna do that
00:44:23he's gonna come and create uh watch out for the cross yeah
00:44:26you just can't be standing still in front of him
00:44:28you can't be standing still
00:44:30yeah whenever you come in
00:44:31never stay still use your elbows whenever
00:44:33use a lot of hand feints and kick that body
00:44:41we're all set for round number two arnold allen versus melchisael costa
00:44:47allen spoke to us this week about how he had a little bit too much fun
00:44:51second hand
00:44:52against silver and perhaps that cost them on the four cards back in january
00:44:57he had to be a bit more strategic
00:45:00but he's got to dictate the pace fast
00:45:07sliding in and out of range is the englishman
00:45:19and
00:45:33to the leg from costa he throws everything hard when it comes to the kicking game
00:45:38and that leg kick is going to be there a lot for costa in this fight fighting another south
00:45:43bob but same thing for all yeah costa's really trying to damage the defenses of arnold allen
00:45:51he looks the bigger man in there as well yeah he is
00:46:04doesn't mean he can't get hit by that allen left
00:46:28after tonight's main event that's a recap of all the action on the ufc fight night post show on
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00:46:43yes he can do it oh nice combination by allen
00:46:49and that left hand has been sharp
00:46:53and he's doing a good job with those cap kicks yeah that's his
00:47:21and that's not something that allen deals with often being that he is a southpaw
00:47:26seeing a guy in front of him that could just beat up his lead leg generally that's on the inside
00:47:30when
00:47:31you fight a conventional fighter yeah he confessed to me that he finds fighting southpaws
00:47:37and that's fairly awkward oh nice tag by costa
00:47:42i put this cap together he's looking good in colchester
00:47:51must have missed that head kick see what decision alan makes here does he follow him in down
00:47:59he doesn't seem too sure about it he'll try and take those legs a bit of a battering
00:48:12yeah he did catch him between the legs there he didn't notice it
00:48:41but the jab left hand from allen just missed as did that attack for costa
00:48:51costa's got to be one of the most cheeky heavy guys we have
00:48:54across all weight classes in the ufc the vast majority of his work he does with kicks and
00:49:00he's very good at it
00:49:08he is starting to let his hands go
00:49:10but you're right it's it's a kicking game it's so devastating but
00:49:16alan and turn back with some light kicks of his own
00:49:18and
00:49:18i got a feeling alan's gonna need a little ice for that
00:49:42last 10 seconds in round number two and another
00:49:45calf kick from costa
00:49:57so
00:50:04sit down sit down sit down
00:50:08you're good
00:50:17don't kick the head right now just don't
00:50:19let's take a look at some of these replays nice left hand there from arnold allen
00:50:25and another one answered back oh right hook lands there for alan too both guys going back and forth a
00:50:30lot of calf kicks as well in that round
00:50:33costa did start to open up with his boxing
00:50:39he hits you even if you hit it you don't block it doesn't matter
00:50:44it doesn't matter
00:51:02on paramount plus
00:51:05back to the fighty stuff now
00:51:08third round here we go
00:51:11third round here at the meta apex
00:51:15allen straight to work behind the jab
00:51:22the jab is a good tool for alan but he is caught with a high sparrow from shots
00:51:31just remember back to that full tee punch combination that alan did against dan hooker in london
00:51:49back here
00:51:50spites out of range
00:51:53another big kick from costa
00:51:55i think he's thrown 27 leg kicks now as the brazilian
00:52:05he's landed a lot of those but they haven't affected arnold
00:52:08jett arnold still bouncing on that lead leg
00:52:13yeah and it'll really tell if he doesn't because he's got a very mobile bouncy style right
00:52:17but that leg's getting red and beat up
00:52:23and costa was trying to say he got poked
00:52:26i like that alan didn't stop fighting he's earned back you have no you have no
00:52:32obligation to believe that someone got poked and stop because they say you got poked
00:52:43it didn't look like it really got cut the eye
00:52:48that one got arnold allen's eye with the muscles
00:52:56pulls for a moment and alan sees the opportunity said left hand again
00:53:02oh nice left hand by costa oh this is competitive fights
00:53:10hops his way into range
00:53:19costa's starting to try to dip out of the way
00:53:21that's not good alan could extend the combination with a kick
00:53:24as he dips his head head off to the side
00:53:29so much pressure from arnold allen too yes he's always in his face
00:53:33go back up to get out of the way of the returning shots from costa but then right back
00:53:40moving forward keeping on that swelling on the right cheek of arnold allen
00:53:47the side facing
00:53:51costa oh that's a nice one too
00:53:56allen's not even throwing that jab to hit him he's just kind of feinting and putting it out there
00:54:02he's throwing the left everything to set up the left
00:54:07great distance management from arnold allen
00:54:11that's a mistake by costa you don't start throwing bigger shots
00:54:15just because someone's starting to get off on you
00:54:18pulls it into
00:54:20guards here oh good shots here from top
00:54:24oh
00:54:31allen trying to move around the guards
00:54:34he's
00:54:43another elbow
00:54:47every time he grabs this watch him take that elbow
00:54:50over the top
00:55:00and arnold allen is looking good tonight
00:55:06they're starting to show his class here
00:55:09well costa's just holding that hand to stop the barrage
00:55:25rolling for a leg
00:55:30and you know arnold allen man he's a he's a student of the game
00:55:33the moment he got an opportunity he dropped the 12-6 elbow on him
00:55:36that's
00:55:39it's calling costa back to his feet
00:55:42and right back on the pressure
00:55:45he doesn't want to be on the end of one of those spinning kicks
00:55:47but i just think that that's a mistake
00:55:50you don't just get
00:55:52crashing left again
00:55:59oh he's having so much success with that left hand was fast and it's straight
00:56:06he's really looking to test the metal of costa now
00:56:09as we head into the championship rounds
00:56:12yes
00:56:19sit down
00:56:22sit sit
00:56:33your right hand is getting in your mark your left hand is getting in now we need to turn it
00:56:39up
00:56:40you cannot kick high don't kick high if you don't spin don't know high kicks you need to try to
00:56:47put
00:56:48everything close you start putting some clinches i love what coaches tell them about the clinch but
00:56:54the jab in the left hand of arnold allen has been money costa lands he has landed in spots but
00:57:02it's
00:57:02this right here that straight left hand of arnold allen that has been cashing in and look at these
00:57:08elbows from the top just flipping it right over him grabbing his wrist beautiful expect an all-out
00:57:15wall may 30th when all action finishers collide in the main event of macao chinese headhunter sungri
00:57:20dong is eager to add to his highlight reel against dangerous former champion davidson figueredo
00:57:25main event gets going on may 30th at 7 a.m eastern only on paramount plus here we go fourth
00:57:32round
00:57:33here this is a first for costa in the ufc arnold allen has been here before
00:57:48costa's corner was telling him this is part of the game sometimes you have bad rounds
00:57:53and you're the dale he's got to try to recenter himself get back fighting his fight that was nice
00:58:04but even last one for as bad as it was he landed in spots he just hasn't been able to
00:58:10do anything
00:58:10sustained yeah arnold allen really building into it looking to be that meta apex predator tonight
00:58:21imagine if arnold throws a beautiful right hook after he lands that left hand once
00:58:25oh nice man by costa
00:58:28yeah costa's starting to press forward more here
00:58:31oh you're right though if he could just line up that right hook right behind that
00:58:50just dishing out that jab he's following it up with that left
00:58:54you can see for costa the leg kicks have been a very useful weapon
00:59:02they haven't taken the bounce away from the suffolk man yet though
00:59:14costa is fighting way better this round
00:59:38more powerful work coming from arnold allen as he gets this one down to the max
00:59:47going to get right back to trying to land these elbows
00:59:50cross body control for the number seven ranked featherweights from england
00:59:58as we look at significant strikes round by round
01:00:01and i think this just speaks to the depth of this division that
01:00:04if you want to get to the top you got to beat arnold allen
01:00:07i mean he's number seven generally you don't get a guy that's that much of a beast
01:00:12great that look it's like crazy
01:00:16by the way it's insane right now
01:00:18insane weight class
01:00:20so a great victory from aljermaine sterling here a couple of weeks ago dc and i were
01:00:25octagon side for that one he looked very impressive
01:00:29bobsar ibroyev still ahead of the pack with his victory over larone murphy
01:00:35steve garcia is coming up soon as well he's looking for his chance a lot of activity at 145
01:00:41great fighters and even larone he's still as valuable as they come
01:00:46but if loyov is the guy right this guy is undefeated
01:00:50won so many fights you should get an opportunity but
01:00:53boy when you talk about a weight class that has some dudes in it
01:00:57that's 145. that's not to mention jan silva
01:01:01oh yeah you got lopez
01:01:04shot tack
01:01:08another situation where he's either got to engage but pastor takes it upon himself
01:01:12gets right back up that's the kick he caught it this time though
01:01:16costa's got to move forward he can't just be backing up the whole time
01:01:21when he moves forward he does find success
01:01:44well that's a nice look from costa flies in with the knee
01:01:50oh
01:02:06defences of costa a little bit more porous as we get deeper into this fight
01:02:20a nice kick in response by allen as we count down the final seconds of round number four
01:02:39now
01:02:40now's war
01:02:41now's war now
01:02:44it's war
01:02:46we have to finish this fight
01:02:49get some water we need to use our hands
01:02:52these two your hands are going in dammit i just want three strikes okay one two three
01:02:58it hurt a little bit in the the rib of the first round but there's nothing now
01:03:03we came here for this
01:03:04you put that pressure on him
01:03:05and when you're on the floor let's work to lose to do some damage yeah
01:03:10if you put that foot on the hip drop it yeah straight back in elbows
01:03:14if you grab the wrist
01:03:15the volume yeah yeah defensively solid
01:03:17all right let's go let's go let's go
01:03:20you're going to be desperate
01:03:24thank you
01:03:26here we go big round for costa and allen
01:03:37they know what's the state connected and in the conversation five minutes or less to prove
01:03:51good that they are the man
01:04:05he gets tagged coming in well costa's corner was saying now it's a war
01:04:11yeah
01:04:23oh he is and he is landing there he is
01:04:29but again it's because he's the one that's getting the lead right now
01:04:38he needed that so bad it's perfect for alan look like costa went for the trip
01:04:45countered by allen
01:04:51trying to get some heights here
01:04:58he's going to grab his little punches by allen to keep him occupied
01:05:16got a body lock going to try to trip that leg out
01:05:19he's having that down three times
01:05:23reaches under he's going to grab that wrist
01:05:34he's trying to get some sort of kimura grip on here for a sweep but allen's locked down that left
01:05:39leg
01:05:42you love seeing this from costa
01:05:44he is doing everything in his power to try to get back to his feet to try to find a
01:05:49way to win this fight
01:05:55i'm also enjoying seeing arnold allen mix his arts a lot of people talk about his striking but he's
01:06:00obviously up against a very tricky grapple and costa and he's shutting down a lot of
01:06:05what costa is what he's trying to do what he's doing
01:06:07what costa is trying to do but are the sweeps
01:06:11allen is one of the most complete fighters in this whole division
01:06:14and he's put that on display fully tonight yeah
01:06:16yeah i think he'd be happy to hear you talking about his wrestling dc
01:06:21hey he's done a great job especially this takedown right here yeah that's what nice he has hit that multiple
01:06:25times
01:06:27four times now maybe yep
01:06:31but credit to costa each time he's got he's trying to fight his way back up
01:06:39there's no surrender in him well costa hasn't defended one takedown yet partly because allen's doing very safe
01:06:49conservative takedowns to take this fight to the ground
01:06:58he's got the feet on the hips to try and get some distance but good pressure from arnold allen
01:07:09and on that body lock as costa tries to get some distance here
01:07:18reaching again for this kimura but
01:07:29he'll take his leg out to make sure he can secure
01:07:33that lock he won't be willing to go chase the submission at least i don't think
01:07:38to the point that he would lose control of melky costa it's going for the sink belts he understands that
01:07:45costa is so dangerous
01:07:46and he can feel that fight hasn't left costa yet
01:07:52hail mary from costa
01:07:59it looks cool right but it doesn't really benefit you
01:08:03credit for trying though credit for trying trying to make things happen
01:08:09from this position hey poorly yeah
01:08:13i think he's just content oh yeah he just wants to punch in the face right now
01:08:21oh but he doesn't have the arm across he tried to do the twister but he's got to take that
01:08:29arm across to the other side
01:08:33it's a chiropractic adjustment in the fifth round
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01:10:02we are still waiting on the judges scorecards to be collected as we see a nice embrace between the
01:10:09two featherwakes first main event for melky costa arnold allen has been here before he's seen the happier
01:10:16man at the final bell uh we see buffer is in there with the official decision so we hand it
01:10:27in signs
01:10:30ladies and gentlemen after five rounds we go to the judges score cards for a decision
01:10:35the judges score the contest 50 45 50 45 and 49 46 for the winner by unanimous decision
01:10:47arnold
01:11:01i'm here with arnold allen
01:11:04arnold how good does it feel to get this victory of a very tough melky costa yeah he gave it
01:11:09his all
01:11:10but your fight plan worked to perfection yeah well fuck these decisions man i've been
01:11:14fucked in the ass so many times this decision i'm sick of it i thought i was getting fucked again
01:11:18right there oh fuck i've got some rematches mozva win that title i want your ass back boy
01:11:25let's take a look at your work here pace pressure the jab was nice and then the straight left hand
01:11:32hurt him on many occasions did you know that by backing him up like that you would limit his ability
01:11:38to
01:11:38throw all those kicks that he's so good at yeah yeah yeah i've been having a bit of a chest
01:11:42thing so
01:11:42i was a bit worried to push the pace but i feel good i feel good power power in the
01:11:47left hand i thought
01:11:48i'd knock him out but he uh he winded me a bit with that back kick that first back kick
01:11:52that was a
01:11:52cool shit but it was good well you say you want rematches but realistically who would you like to fight
01:12:00and how quickly would you like to get back in the octagon oh shit um i'm trying to make a
01:12:05baby with
01:12:05my beautiful wife over here uh so i'll probably be pretty active because she lives a rich lifestyle
01:12:13well congratulations on a big victory good luck with that too ladies and gentlemen
01:12:17give it up for arnold allen congratulations to arnold allen sounds like he's going to have a busy time
01:12:25post fight great performance from him melky costa was on some run coming into this one but arnold
01:12:32almighty allen was simply too much tonight we are just about done from las vegas we hope you enjoy
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