10/09 MMA: Chael Sonnen, Ryan Bader, Matt Mitrione talk Grand Prix
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell welcomes three of the four heavyweights who will square off in this weekend's semifinal round of the Bellator World Grand Prix on the road to crowning a new heavyweight champion. Ryan Bader and Matt Mitrione trade jabs and strategies ahead of their fight on Friday, while Chael Sonnen prepares to face the legend Fedor Emelianenko on Saturday. All three react to the fallout of the Khabib Nurmagomedov-Conor McGregor brawl and what affect it has on the sport of mixed martial arts moving ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | 5.4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,000, ignition, it's bonus time on the ITC. |
| 0:29.9 | In this corner with Brian Campbell returns with a special interview MMA edition just days ahead of back-to-back Bellator heavyweight World Grand Prix |
| 0:40.8 | semi-final matchups as Matt Mitreone faces Ryan Bader and Chale Sunnin squares off with the legend |
| 0:49.7 | Fadour Emilianenko. |
| 0:52.1 | Your boy, B.C., yes, definitely the voice that you hear. |
| 0:55.8 | Headed on down to NYC this week to get some one-on-one in-persons with Mitreone, Bader, Chale. |
| 1:05.7 | Unfortunately, we were unable to secure Fadour at the last minute. |
| 1:10.1 | But plenty of good chats to listen to it ahead of what should be a wild and fun Bellator weekend. |
| 1:17.1 | And don't forget, if you like what you hear on the ITC at all times, we want you to head on over to Apple Podcasts and give us that five-star review and be sure to check out this week's regular MMA edition on Monday as BC and King Mo |
| 1:31.9 | Muhammad the Wall jumped in doven to all things UFC 229. |
| 1:36.9 | Connor Habib, all the craziness, controversy. |
| 1:40.0 | Who's at fault? |
| 1:40.9 | What should happen next is Habib the pound for pound king? |
| 1:45.4 | And we also went deep on the preview ahead of Bellator's 206 and 207 to get you ready |
| 1:51.7 | as this world heavyweight Grand Prix rolls on. |
| 1:54.9 | It's been exciting the whole way. |
| 1:56.9 | You boys, BC and King Mo have been a long for the ride, if you will. |
| 2:02.4 | But now check out some fine audio. |
| 2:04.0 | We got Darth Bader. |
| 2:05.0 | We got Meathead Mitrione. |
| 2:07.2 | We got the, what do you want to call him? |
| 2:10.7 | The American badass, the West Lynn Gangster, Chale piece, whatever you want to call the guy. |
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