Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Reacts to Ilia Topuria Calling Out Terence Crawford and UFC Style Promotion Coming to Boxing

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, Matt Brown and Damon Martin react to the fallout from Terence Crawford beating Canelo Alvarez in a historic showdown as well as UFC champion Ilia Topuria calling for a fight against Crawford in the ring. We’ll also discuss the proposed changes under the Muhammad Ali Revival Act that could potentially bring UFC style promotion to the sport of boxing and what that means for the athletes. Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:41.1	You're listening to the V versus the writer. I am Damon Martin.
1:42.2	He is UFC legend Matt Brown and Matt. We are living
1:44.8	in a world now where Diego Lopez is back on track, picks up a incredible knockout winner
1:49.6	with John Silva. But I think the fight that everyone was buzzing over the weekend, of course,
1:53.6	was Terrence Crawford putting on what I thought was a masterclass, just absolutely beating
1:57.5	Canello Alvarez. And the scorecards were closer, but it was in Vegas, and Canello always seems to get that. So I think the fact that all three judges scored her for Crawford actually speaks to how much but when he actually had because I was just waiting for, I was just waiting for a boxing judge to mess that up. So yeah, obviously big, big boxing event, big UFC event, and here we are in the aftermath all that
2:17.6	yeah now I don't know if you remember I think we when we first when I fight was first
2:21.5	announced we're kind of talking about it and I think both of us were kind of on the same page
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