Ben Whittaker-A Star is Born? | Pitbull Cruz v Roach| Fulton/Foster | UFC 323 Previews & Predictions
THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas
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4.8 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
We kick things off recapping Ben Whittaker’s phenomenal performance — a statement win that showcased his talent, creativity, and star potential. But after another dominant outing, the message is clear: it’s time for Whittaker to step up the level of competition and face opponents who can truly test him.
From there, we move into a full preview of a stacked Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, featuring three championship fights. Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz defends vs Lamont Roach in a high-stakes clash of styles. At middleweight Janibek Alimkhanuly puts 2 of his belts on the line and takes on the experienced world champion Erislandy Lara in a battle of pressure vs precision. And Stephen Fulton faces O'Shaquie Foster in another title matchup at 130 pounds.
We close with a look at the UFC 323 main event, where Merab Dvalishvili and Petr Yan meet in a high-intensity showdown between elite bantamweight contenders — a fight with major implications for the title picture.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
09:10 - Whittaker vs Cameron
26:40 - Roach vs Cruz
39:30 - Alimkhanuly vs Lara
52:05 - Fulton vs Foster
01:02:40 - UFC 323 Preview
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to the fight with Teddy Atlas. I'm Teddy Atlas III and joined as always, |
| 0:08.8 | Boxing Hall of Famer, my main man, the amazing Creskin, Teddy Atlas. How you doing, bud? |
| 0:15.1 | I'm doing good. Thinking about Denzel Washington a little bit for a minute, one of his movies. |
| 0:22.3 | My man, my man, my man, my man. |
| 0:28.4 | I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving to all our audience, people out there. |
| 0:38.5 | Hope you all had a great, safe, |
| 0:42.2 | and bountiful Thanksgiving with family, friends, |
| 0:49.0 | people that care about you. |
| 0:52.1 | I had a great one. |
| 0:53.8 | I was missing my man, but my man was on the West Coast with |
| 1:00.7 | his in-laws and his son, his wife, his in-laws over there. And we, but he'll be here for Christmas, |
| 1:10.5 | right? |
| 1:11.5 | Right, my man? |
| 1:12.6 | That's right. |
| 1:14.0 | Christmas and the New Year. |
| 1:23.8 | I was down to my daughters for, with my wife, for Thanksgiving and was really special. It was with my three other grandchildren down there. |
| 1:32.2 | And we were there with Nicole's husband's brother's family, Michael and Denise. They just moved into a new house. And it was, it was, |
| 1:42.9 | it was very nice. |
| 1:46.9 | So, again, just saying, |
| 1:49.2 | I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and had a moment to think about |
| 1:52.2 | what they should be grateful for. |
| 1:56.7 | And really grateful for always, because if you're just, sometimes we think about what we don't have. |
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