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State of Combat with Brian Campbell

07/18 MMA: Revealing Ian McCall Interview, Mayweather-McGregor Impact

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

Society & Culture, Sports

4.6765 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

​​Brian Campbell welcomes Luke Thomas of MMAFighting.com to examine Dana White's role in Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor, what the words "Zuffa Boxing" mean and when McGregor will return to the Octagon. Plus, a revealing interview with UFC flyweight Ian McCall on brain injuries in MMA, his career at a crossroads and squashing his beef with Ronda Rousey.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, five, four, three, two, two, one, two, ignition, lift off.

0:18.7

Oh, yeah.

0:21.5

The audio invasion continues in this corner with Brian Campbell is back on the CDS, crispy and clean with the MMA edition.

0:32.0

I know what you're thinking.

0:33.3

BC.

0:34.1

It's been a long time since we jumped inside that cage on in this corner, but don't you worry

0:38.5

because we back, baby.

0:40.2

I back.

0:41.4

Trust me.

0:42.3

I back.

0:43.5

This week, we've got another big show plan for you.

0:47.9

Well, it's a big show.

0:53.3

Oh.

0:57.0

It's a big show from last week. How do you not get pumped up after hearing that?

1:00.8

We'll be reacting to the circus.

1:02.4

That was the Floyd Mayweather, Connor McGregor,

1:04.9

International Media Tour from last week.

1:07.0

But coming at it from strictly an MMA perspective

1:09.8

with top-notch journalists, an accomplished powerlifter, I might add, from strictly an MMA perspective with top-notch journalists and accomplished

1:11.8

powerlifter, I might add, Luke Thomas of MMAfighting.com, Sirius XM Radio.

1:17.7

We'll be looking at which role Dana White specifically will play in this fight when we might

1:22.2

see McGregor again in the Octagon and whether or not Maymac, as the kids like to call it,

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