00:00So, first up will be Garcia and Diego Lopez.
00:04Lopez, of course, is fighting for the championship twice and falling short,
00:08but he's an absolute killer, taking on Steve Garcia here.
00:13Garcia's plus 135, Lopez minus 155, Tom.
00:18Total, one and a half.
00:20So, oddsmakers expecting fireworks here.
00:23Over one and a half, minus 130, under one and a half, plus 110.
00:28What are your thoughts on the opening fight?
00:31Yeah, this fight, like all the rest of the fights on the card, honestly,
00:34I can make an argument for all the favorites winning on this card.
00:38It could be a chalk fest, but I can make an argument for all the underdogs, too.
00:43Steve Garcia, big-time power.
00:45He's a guy that we have seen him get clipped in the past and get wobbled,
00:49and, you know, you kind of question his chin a little bit,
00:52but he's been on a crazy run.
00:54He's got extreme power.
00:56He's probably one of the more powerful guys in the division,
00:59and, you know, Lopez coming off a couple...
01:02I mean, the first title fight was okay.
01:04The last one, it was kind of lackluster for him,
01:07so, you know, maybe there's a little bit of a letdown from those title fights.
01:11Maybe there's a bounce back here.
01:12Who knows?
01:13I think Diego should get it done,
01:16but I'm kind of tempted to throw something on the Garcia KO
01:20because Garcia's power, man,
01:22and he's been running through some really tough guys
01:24and making it look pretty easy.
01:25So, to start this card off, this is a great fight,
01:28and, yeah, I think either guy could go out in this one.
01:33You raise a great point.
01:34Just for the record, everybody, Garcia's won seven straight fights,
01:38which isn't easy to do, right, in the UFC,
01:41and he has fought in some name, top 15-type, top 10-type fighters along the way.
01:47And then you get Lopez, who, as you stated,
01:49you never really know how somebody is going to react
01:51and how they're...
01:53When they realize, you know what, I'm not going to be champion
01:56or I've fallen short a couple of times,
01:58he could think, you know what, I'll wait this out
02:01and I will be champion down the road,
02:03which wouldn't surprise me either,
02:05but this really is a sneaky, cool fight
02:08to get the fireworks going.
02:10What do you think about the one-and-a-half there, Tom?
02:13Because that is pretty light.
02:15It is. It is.
02:16And it's interesting because these guys come out
02:19and, for the most part, they're guns blazing.
02:22But, like I said, with Diego, his last fight,
02:24you know, kind of...
02:25He didn't really change his game plan.
02:27Volk just kind of did what he wanted to do
02:29and he wasn't, you know, wasn't really going forward
02:31as much as he used to.
02:33I would expect him to go forward more here.
02:35Garcia, we know.
02:36I mean, he did have a three-round fight
02:38not that long ago with Calvin Cater
02:40where he pretty much did what he wanted to do,
02:42but he did go three rounds.
02:44But for the most part, I mean,
02:45both of these guys generally get the job done early.
02:48They're two finishers and they're both explosive.
02:52So, that one-and-a-half, it's a good line.
02:55It's tough.
02:56I leaned at it probably.
02:58You know what, though?
03:00Fire and fire, though, like you said,
03:02they both know.
03:03It's one of those, it's very cliche to say,
03:04but Lopez doesn't want to get clipped early.
03:07He thinks, you know what?
03:09I can outpoint this guy.
03:10I can rack it up.
03:11You know what I mean?
03:12Let's bring...
03:13I've been in championship fights.
03:14Let's bring this guy into some deeper waters.
03:16I know it's a three-round fight,
03:17but you know what I'm saying?
03:18Let's be a little patient here.
03:20Garcia could be headhunting early,
03:22but I doubt Lopez clips him that early.
03:25Like I said, when you've got two dudes that kind of fear each other
03:29or know or respect each other,
03:31that often leads to overs, Tom.
03:33Yes, it does.
03:34And I would lean the over.
03:36I mean, the minus 130, you said,
03:38I would lean to the over.
03:40But it probably will be sweaty.
03:43I mean, if one guy, you know, lands a big shot early,
03:45it could be lights out.
03:48But they're both pretty smart.
03:50Garcia's game has evolved a lot in the last, like,
03:53three or four years since his last loss.
03:55So he's become more of a patient fighter.
03:57He picks his shots.
03:58He has good footwork.
04:00Lopez has good footwork as well.
04:02And, you know, there's a shot, you know,
04:04maybe Lopez mixes in some grappling.
04:06And if that's the case,
04:08then that probably flies over that one and a half.
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