Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 286 Debate Including Edwards vs. Usman 3, Plus Matt Brown Explains Why He's Picking Rafael Fiziev

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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The Fighter vs. The Writer with Matt Brown and Damon Martin returns with discussion about Merab Dvalishvili’s huge win, our UFC 286 preview and our Ask Matt Brown segment is back this week. Following a lopsided win over Petr Yan at UFC Las Vegas, Merab Dvalishvili may have just established himself as the second best bantamweight in the promotion but he’s stated emphatically that he will not face friend and teammate Aljamain Sterling. Is Dvalishvili making a huge mistake by not taking this opportunity or is staying loyal to his friend even more important? We’ll also give our thoughts on UFC 286 including the growing narrative that Kamaru Usman may still be suffering from sort of fallout from his devastating knockout loss to Leon Edwards in their previous encounter. Is Usman actually at risk just because he got knocked out or is this just a way for people to talk themselves into believing Edwards has a better chance to win? We also discuss Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev and Brown will explain why he believes Fiziev will be too much for Gaethje to handle at UFC 286. All this plus the return of our Ask Matt Brown segment on the latest edition 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 Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:20.8	Welcome back to the Fighter vs. The Rider.
0:22.8	I'm Damon Martin.
0:23.8	He is Matt Brown and after one week away Matt, it felt so wrong to miss a week of the
0:29.3	podcast, but we're back now ahead of UFC 26.
0:32.8	Tell all the people why you weren't here a week ago.
0:35.3	We couldn't do a show, Matt Brown.
0:38.6	You know how it is, man, we live in Ohio, the weather's changing, scientists flare up.
0:44.4	One thing leads to another, next thing you know, your puket and your blow and snout
0:48.3	everywhere.
0:49.3	You know, it's one of the questions I say many is I like Ohio, but that is one of the
0:59.1	cons of Ohio.
1:02.0	It is, dude.
1:03.0	I had my scientists blow up a few days ago because it was like 60 here and then the next
1:06.7	day it was like 30 and my scientists is just like, yeah, we don't, we're not going to
1:10.5	stick around with you today.
1:11.5	You're just going to blow up today and like my face was just like hurting.
1:15.2	So yeah, I trust, but I fully understand that pain.
1:17.7	Yeah, there was 70, it was about 60, it was 70, bro, it was beautiful.
1:22.4	It was probably like the most beautiful day of the year.
1:25.0	Now it's fucking snow.
1:26.1	I was going to say it's snowing out.
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