Curtis Blaydes sounds off on fighter pay; UFC Vegas 3 preview (6/18)
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell welcomes UFC heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes ahead of Saturday's Fight Night main event in Las Vegas against Alexander Volkov. Blaydes calls out UFC brass over the disparity in fighter pay and explains why he believes he's closer to a heavyweight title shot and a trilogy against Francis Ngannou than most realize (13:00). Plus, Hall of Famer Rashad Evans stops by to preview the card in full, including a featherweight co-main event pairing Josh Emmett and Shane Burgos (27:00).
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| 0:00.0 | This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football. |
| 0:07.6 | What a fantastic night of football. |
| 0:10.5 | Including Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match. |
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| 0:16.6 | And 10 Premier League games. |
| 0:19.6 | This week, watch Wolves v. Man United, |
| 0:22.9 | Liverpool versus Leicester, and eight other Premier League games. |
| 0:28.0 | It's on Prime. |
| 0:30.8 | Get fired up. |
| 0:33.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:34.8 | Performance in enhancing audio. |
| 0:38.1 | This is the State of Combat podcast with Brian Campbell. |
| 0:46.7 | Oh, yeah, the best theme song in the history of podcasts. |
| 0:51.5 | It is the State of Combat Podcast with Boy, B.C. |
| 0:54.4 | Round two this week of the MMA. |
| 0:57.3 | I know what you're saying? |
| 0:58.3 | You're a box guy. |
| 0:59.3 | Where's the box? |
| 1:00.0 | Hey, why don't you give me some good box fights to talk about? |
| 1:02.9 | We'll be back next week, Rick Bartholomew, and I, |
| 1:06.3 | but I'm sitting here, okay, looking in the eyes of a hall of famer, the one and only, always sweet, never sour, an earthquake survivor, the tower of power. |
| 1:20.7 | He is. |
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