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The Fight Report with Hanson Crafton: Weekend Preview (July 25, 2025; Podcast No. 336.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: What you are listening to now is the fight report with Hanson Crafton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hanson looks forward to a couple are really good boxing matches this weekend and a solid UFC card.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A full day of combat sports on Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we'll talk about all of it when Hanson recaps it all on the fight report on Monday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Midgales.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome fight fans to the central Indiana Sports Report and the fight report with Hanson Crafton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hanson this week isn't nearly as glitzy and glamorous as last weekend's fight slate.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you like great fighters and you like great characters, there are a couple on the slate this weekend.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you got some two really good boxing guys, younger guys, and then you got a decent UFC card in the middle of the day.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Now I'm paper but you too, so everybody will watch that one for free.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, hands and let's start with the Madison Square Garden card.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course, probably the most famous fight venue in American history.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: where we have a great young Puerto Rican in Zayas against a veteran, a very dangerous veteran in Garcia, a Mexican fighter in what should be a great main event.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The card starts at six o'clock, the main event starts at nine with the Zayas at Garcia fight expected to start eleven on ESPN and ESPN+.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's a decent card, you know, two really good fighters on there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And the co-man you're going to give Bruce Shushu Carrington.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's a very good fighter himself.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's actually, it's for an interim title, too.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he's going to get a shot at the WBC World Featherweight Interim title.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's going to be fighting
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Another dangerous guy, Mattie is Haitia.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's fourteen and no.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Shushu is fifteen and no.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Shushu's got nine knockouts.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's coming off of knockouts last performance.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He was actually on the other card of the Jake Paul Mike Tyson fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he looked very good against the Rikai Viva and stopped him in the third round of their fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Not really young guy, young to the sport.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's twenty eight, but he's just getting started.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's very good though, very sharp.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: A good co-man event.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's also going to be the last card.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Top rank is going to have on the ESPN.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So they're kind of going out with some of their dyes.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're trying to showcase here.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It didn't, of course, the main one.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We got Zanders.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I asked, uh, twenty two euro, one of the top prospects in boxing right now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's going to fight for the vacant WBO Super Welter Wave title.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And like you said, he's fighting a game opponent or a Garcia Perez is dangerous for anybody.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Those Mexican fighters, you know, they're built different.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They've got a certain style.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They come forward.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're there for the whole fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're tough to take out of there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But Ziya's is a really good fighter, super slick, super exciting.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's dangerous in his own right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He stopped his last opponent who was undefeated, a slowest bomber.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He was Tony and no coming into fight, which was also a mess.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's where I garden earlier this year and Ziya took him out in nine rounds.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I expect Ziya to do the same Saturday night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Like I said, he's a
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's probably one of the top prospects in boxing.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's staying rolling through.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's headed to the top.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: This is going to be his first world title.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think he'll be the first of several world titles he'll win.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it's a very exciting fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm looking forward to watching him fight as as shoot you.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm a big shoot shoot fan.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I enjoy watching him fight as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So, you know, not the biggest names in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But these are two guys that are up in coming and they're two very good fighters.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's somebody definitely want to keep your eye on.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That again, Zion's just twenty two years old twenty one and a thirteen knockouts Garcia has thirty three wins twenty six by knockout, but this one could definitely go the distance right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I mean, it could be like I said, you know, Garcia's tough.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, he's he's a Mason style fighter.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Those are guys that are very tough.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, they're they notoriously tough.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, this would go the distance as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But I expect I think
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, like I said, it's the last time top rank's going to have a card.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's in mess and square guard now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think Xan is going to try to put on a show.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he has definitely gave a bull that if you haven't seen him, everybody, this is your chance because he is not just a great boxer, but a character as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk a little bit more about the Carrington hate a fight again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both guys unbeaten.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Both guys like to knock out their opponents as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, this is a, this is a very good co-main event.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Like I said, I'm a big fan of Bruce Shushu character.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's coming off of a knockout win his last fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then the highest is he's no easy opponent.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, he's porting and old with not knockouts himself.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's coming in off of him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He now he has had some decisions.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: His last two fights have been decisions.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But before that, he had four straight knockouts.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he's a very dangerous guy in his own right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They're both fighting for world titles.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So they're both going to come in top shape, ready to go.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And like I said, you know, a lot of highs are going to be on this card for Zander Ziya.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it's an opportunity for both of them to get some new fans.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I expect a really good fight out of these two.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: other fights on that card as well polanco unbeaten Santana unbeaten going against a very good almeda either one of those catch your fancy yeah i do a polanco is he's ranked number six right now so he's a guy to keep your eye on and then of Santana is also fourteen and oh he's ranked twenty six he's still working his way up but he's also got
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So like I said, this is an opportunity for some of these guys, not the biggest names in the world on here, but the card you can watch on the ESPN Plus, it's a Madison Square Garden, got two exciting guys headlining.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it's an opportunity for a lot of these guys to come in and make some new fans.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It would be an upset though of hate a one this, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even though he's unbeaten and a very dangerous fighter, same with Garcia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: as good as he is tough as he is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's hard to imagine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not a UFC main event this weekend, but it is a really good fight night card.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tell us about what you're most looking forward to with that card, Hanson.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm most looking forward to the main event.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Now this is one of cards.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's in Abu Dhabi.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So the start time is going to be, I think, noon.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: A main card is going to start around two, three of
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But the domain events, very intriguing.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You got Robert Whitaker, former champion.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's fought for the belt a couple of times.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, he.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: At the twilighters career, is he going to be start being kind of a gatekeeper for the division or single make another run for the title.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's fighting a guy, a winner, day reader who came from another organization.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Cannot, you know, didn't really come with the reputation that he was going to be a player in the middleweight division.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But he said to really good performances, two stoppages in the UFC.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He just took out bone nickel, who everybody was super high on.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he's actually surprised a lot of people.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's looked really good and speaking of opportunities for these guys.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: This is a huge opportunity for him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If they rhetoric and get a win over Robert Whitaker,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Or if he can stop Robert Whitaker, he's definitely going to begin a title shot soon.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He throws his name in that hat with about two other guys who deserve it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So this is a huge fight for him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Very interesting fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: A fight that's got both these guys got a lot on the line going in this fight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it's a very good main event.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Definitely for a free card in the middle of your Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Speaking of which, hands in it starts at noon on ESPN with
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  [SPEAKER_00]: seven different fights, six men's and one women's, all kinds of different divisions including a heavy weight fight between Martin Bude and Marcus Buchetche, who have only three losses between them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then you get to the main card where there are five really good fights, five different divisions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, no championship fights.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's not a USC main event, but it is on ABC in the middle of the afternoon at three, which is
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  [SPEAKER_00]: a very good opportunity for UFC to reach a crowd, maybe it doesn't often.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And like I said, there's some very good fights on here.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The co-main events and other one of those good fights.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Peter Yon, he's a former champion for the band and weight division.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's a guy that's been in the top five, you know, ranked top five in the division for years.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And he's probably Marcus McGee, who's been on a tear.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And he's got an opportunity to get his name in the top five.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So this is a very interesting code main event.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: To go with the main event, those two fights are really exciting for free car.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Peter Jones, a fan favorite.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And like I said, McGay's been on a Terry lately.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So this is an opportunity for him to go in, take out a former champion.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: and put his name in the hat that'd be moving up the ranks of the band and weight division.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then you also got Sheriff Bullard on there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's an exciting fighter from Russia.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's the guy with one eye.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He usually can only get cleared to fight in Abu Dhabi.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So he's always on those Abu Dhabi cards, but he's an exciting striker.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Fans love him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's on the card as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a very good fight fan friendly card.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Kind of like how last week was you take out the main event, but you had a lot of good fighters on the card.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: This is kind of the same way.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No even in the prelimbs.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You may have been Bryce Mitchell and said number gate off.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's a good fight as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then you got David Grant on there who's a fan favorite from England.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Very good card, you know, not the huge names on there, but fight fans.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They know who these guys are.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: These are going to be some exciting fights.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So it's a very good card for your afternoon on the Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It just occurred to me, Hanson, that on Saturday, you can wake up, have a breakfast, get your morning exercise in and then watch fighting all day.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, Hanson, it's a little while before we start getting into the really big fights.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, middle-sept timber.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: We got Canelo.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I got in a way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We've got Benavita's got a lot of good stuff coming up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some pretty good fights between now and then what are you looking most forward to in boxing and in the USC?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm set out on the inner way fight and also the Crawford Camelos.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's two of my favorite fighters.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think they're two of everybody's favorite fighters.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But I'm really looking forward to those two.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The UFC actually announced some cards coming up as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They have a bunch of fun fights coming.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They got a heavyweight title fight so it's going to be coming up with a Tom Aspenol against Cyril Gond.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: uh, there's a card coming up in a couple weeks with Chamyf Basin, Drakeus for the middleweight title.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Then you've got this long moving up from one fifty-five.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He was the one fifty-five champ.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: He's going up the one seventy-five Jack Melodon at the one seventy champ.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: So we got a lot of phone cards coming up for the UFC as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The next few months between UFC and boxing are going to be some really good action that they've got lined up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm looking forward to kind of all of it, honestly.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of the reasons I wanted to do the central Indiana Sports Report was just to find and excuse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The talk sports was some of my favorite people and that is definitely Hanson.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I like forward to doing this fight report now twice a week every week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well almost every week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Every week there's a serious fight at all.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hanson and I will be talking about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much again to Hanson for joining me.
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