07/30 MMA: UFC 227 preview, Anderson Silva interview
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2018
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell chats with UFC legend Anderson Silva on his expected return to the Octagon at age 43 following the resolution of his USADA case. Silva talks about whether he's interested in a superfight, reacts harshly to criticism from Daniel Cormier and responds to Israel Adesanya's callout. Plus, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal helps preview Saturday's UFC 227 card and break down what's next for Dustin Poirier, Jose Aldo and Joanna Jedrzejczyk following big wins at UFC Calgary.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:27.3 | We back. |
| 0:28.2 | Trust me. |
| 0:29.4 | We back. |
| 0:30.0 | In this corner with Brian Campbell returns with the MMA edition, |
| 0:34.1 | as we never come whack on an old school track with that syringe full of performance |
| 0:40.7 | enhancing audio the brian campbell in fact the voice that you hear and if you thought i was referencing |
| 0:47.2 | the great anderson silvas kett's catchphrase to open the show you would in fact be correct i back |
| 0:52.9 | trust me i back and the legendary spider himself is not only back you would in fact be correct. I back. Trust me. |
| 0:54.5 | I back. |
| 0:55.2 | And the legendary spider himself is not only back when it comes to the resolution of his USADA case |
| 1:00.9 | and an expected return to the Octagon later this year at age 43. |
| 1:05.0 | He's back on this show for an interview to close this episode that you simply won't want to miss as Silva talks everything from a GSP super fight to his reaction to Daniel Cormier saying that Anderson can't be included in the greatest of all time debate because of his drug history. |
| 1:23.7 | In addition, your boy, my boy, the moneyweight champion of the world. |
| 1:28.1 | King Mo Mohammed the Wall will join me to recap all things UFC Calgary, including what's next for the likes of Dustin Porre, |
| 1:35.7 | Josealdo, Yawanna Young Jacek, and preview this Saturday's UFC 227 card from Los Angeles, |
| 1:44.0 | including a very mouth-watering main event. as T.J. Dillishaw and former champ Cody Garbrand take part in a Banim-weight title rematch. |
| 1:53.1 | Man, am I fired up for that. That match right there smells damn good. |
| 1:58.0 | There's a beautiful aroma that arouses now. |
| 2:00.6 | Oh, yeah. |
| 2:01.0 | We'll be talking 20 of Connor McGregor as well as we run through the latest MMA news cycle. |
| 2:06.9 | But once more, I need to remind you that this week, as you listen to this show, if you hear something today that you in fact like. |
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