Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Reacts to Justin Gaethje’s Win over Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor’s Call Out and What’s Next for Tony Ferguson

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Following an action packed UFC 291 card on Saturday, The Fighter vs. The Writer returns with UFC legend Matt Brown and MMA Fighting senior reporter Damon Martin discussing the fallout from fights. In the main event, Justin Gaethje pulled off a stunning head kick knockout to finish Dustin Poirier in the second round to cement himself as the No. 1 contender in the lightweight division. With that win, Gaethje now awaits the winner of Islam Makhachev and Charles Oliviera but what about Conor McGregor’s call out afterwards? We’ll also discuss what’s next for Poirier and the chances that Saturday night could potentially serve as his final appearance. Brown also offers advice to Tony Ferguson for his future after he suffered a sixth straight loss in his fight against Bobby Green. Beyond UFC 291, we’ll also discuss the upcoming boxing match between Jake Paul and Nate Diaz and who has the edge going into that 10 round fight. All this and more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the FOX Media Podcast Network.
0:21.0	Welcome back to the fighter versus the rider, I'm Damon Martin, he's Matt Brown and Matt.
0:26.6	I'm going to start off the show on a little somber note.
0:29.9	On a kind of a downtrodd note, I'm sorry to do this.
0:33.0	I've been kicking off the show the last few months, saying I'm still speaking to the icon,
0:38.5	the legend of the UFC, but Derek Lewis passed your knockout record this past weekend, man.
0:43.8	God, Derek, what are you doing, man?
0:46.1	You're taking away my intro.
0:48.1	Yeah, good for him, man.
0:50.7	You did a great job.
0:52.8	You know, but God, dammit, Derek, you have to, and it was right.
0:55.8	I don't know if you were following me on Twitter during the fights, but I tweeted,
1:00.2	like literally, as the fight was starting, I hope I didn't get a KO 30 seconds later.
1:05.1	He's got the fucking knockout flying.
1:07.8	You got to get a grand flying knee out of the gate.
1:10.1	That's something you don't see every day from a heavyweight.
1:12.7	Yeah, that's what everybody's tweeting to me.
1:14.2	They're like, dude, you got to go get the knockout record and you have to do a flying knee.
1:19.4	I got to take my underwear off to do my sports off and walk around my underwear.
1:25.5	Man, you know, good for him, man.
1:27.0	But God, yeah, I was, I was loving my time at the top.
1:32.2	And now I want to go back and make a new challenge for Derek, man.
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