07/23 MMA: Alvarez, Poirier trade barbs; new Bellator Grand Prix
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2018
⏱️ 141 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell and Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal host a super-sized episode featuring a detailed breakdown of Bellator's welterweight Grand Prix tournament, including interviews with CEO Scott Coker, two-time champion Douglas Lima and rising star Michael "Venom" Page. The guys also preview Saturday's loaded UFC Calgary card and chat with a trash-talking Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier about their controversial first meeting. In addition, Jeremy Stephens stops by to talk Jose Aldo and why people shouldn't laugh about his infamous interaction with Conor McGregor.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, five, four, three, two, two, one, two, ignition, lift off. |
| 0:18.4 | Oh, yeah, the time has come. |
| 0:23.2 | The time is now in this corner with Brian Campbell returns with the MMA edition |
| 0:28.0 | as we change levels and shoot for the audio takedown that is fueled by another lethal dose |
| 0:34.3 | of that performance enhancing audio, the Brian Campbell, in fact, the voice that you hear |
| 0:40.9 | and back with yet another absolutely loaded show. |
| 0:45.2 | I back. |
| 0:46.4 | Trust me. |
| 0:47.3 | I back. |
| 0:48.0 | Seriously, buckle up here, folks. |
| 0:49.5 | This one is going to be a good one as we roll out a gluttony of guests and get you all kinds of fired up |
| 0:56.2 | for this weekend's UFC on Fox Card in Calgary. |
| 0:59.1 | That is much, much anticipated to say the least. |
| 1:02.9 | Seriously, let me tell you who's going to be on this show because I swear, I swear this time, yes, you will be impressed. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm not impressed by your performance. |
| 1:11.5 | Oh, come on. get a load of this. |
| 1:12.7 | Of course, we've got my tag team partner, |
| 1:15.2 | Muhammad King Mo Llewal, the preview the action, |
| 1:18.0 | and break down the latest news in MMA, |
| 1:20.1 | including that 10-man field in a loaded Belator Welterweight Grand Prix tournament, |
| 1:25.3 | but that's not all. |
| 1:26.4 | You will also hear from a few of the participants in my interviews conducted last week with Belator's CEO, Scott Coker, |
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