Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown ‘Very Confident’ Israel Adesanya Gets His Revenge Against Alex Pereira; Carla Esparza Promises to Prove Doubters Wrong at UFC 281

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🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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It’s UFC 281 fight week on The Fighter vs. The Writer with Matt Brown back as co-host to help break down all the key storylines and matchups taking place on Saturday. Brown will give his thoughts on the main event as Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Alex Pereira after they clashed twice previously in kickboxing, Brown offers his thoughts on the matchup and why he’s “very confident” that Adesanya will get his revenge after falling to Pereira twice previously. The veteran UFC welterweight will also give his picks some of the biggest matchups on the card including Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler. The podcast also pays tribute to Frankie Edgar as he prepares to retire from competition after his fight at UFC 281. Brown will also address why so many fighters face tremendous difficulties when retiring from mixed martial arts and staying away after calling it a career. UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza also joins the show to preview her fight against Zhang Weili and how she feels as a sizeable underdog going into her first title defense since winning the belt back in May. All this and much 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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1:55.6	Welcome back to the fighter versus the rider. I'm Damon Martin. He is Matt Brown, UFC
2:08.8	welterweight and legend in his own right. Matt, what's going on?
2:14.5	Man, everything's going on. Some good fights coming up. It's a pretty decent fight
2:21.5	last weekend, actually, not a lot of famous fights, but I thought they're pretty good, man.
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2:32.6	What happened? What's going on? No, I had to thank for a second. God, what is going on, man?
2:39.3	Yeah, you're going on all the time. Your guy last weekend, your guy Neil Magnewin,
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