MMA: Blachowicz shouldn't jump Reyes, Adesanya's mind games PLUS full weekend preview

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

Society & Culture, Sports News, News, Sports

4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Brian Campbell and UFC Hall of Famer Rashad Evans break down the latest news in MMA by going 5 Rounds with Rashad. Round 1: Jan Blachowicz defeats Corey Anderson via first-round knockout. Is that enough for him to pass Dominick Reyes for the next light heavyweight title shot (3:36)? The guys discuss what Jon Jones' next move should be (6:15). Round 2: Deigo Sanchez decides to take DQ win over Michel Pereira ... Can the UFC learn from this (12:15)? Round 3: One Championship will hold their "King of the Jungle" card in an empty arena in Singapore due to the coronavirus (24:59). Round 4: Israel Adesanya's coach says they are looking past Jon Jones and would want to fight Stipe Miocic. Is there any chance this happens or is this just mind games (28:20)? Round 5: Henry Cejudo announced that he wants to challenge Alexander Volkanovski after Jose Aldo. Can Cejudo really challenge him at featherweight (31:15)? The guys switch gears and play a little fill in the blank (34:26). BONUS: we got some storytime with Rashad discussing which decision win he was most surprised to get, plus Rashad discusses how he thought his matchup with Chuck Liddell would go (45:55). BC and Rashad close out the show with a preview of Bellator 239 & 240 (52:59) and a preview of UFC Fight Night Felder-Hooker (56:55). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 'State of Combat' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @SugaRashadEvans, @stateofcombat For more MMA coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/mma/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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.
0:14.5	It doesn't get much better than that.
0:16.6	And 10 Premier League games.
0:19.6	This week, watch Wolves v. Man United,
0:22.9	Liverpool versus Leicester,
0:24.4	and eight other Premier League games.
0:28.0	It's on Prime.
0:33.6	Five, four, three, two, one, two, ignition, lift off.
0:43.7	Oh, yeah.
0:56.8	We back.
0:57.4	We back with a bang, folks.
0:59.3	It's a CBS Sports State of Combat podcast with your boy,
1:02.7	the Brian Campbell mixed martial arts edition,
1:07.8	ready to get you fired the heck up.
1:14.7	I back. Trust me. I back. Thank you, Andy.
1:20.4	All right, it's your boy, B.C. It is, of course, Wilder Fury 2 Fight Week, but that's in the box game. Reminder, of course, though, as you know, that's the state of combat, has you covered.
1:25.0	Preview, instant analysis, interview edition from Media Day
1:28.8	this week. Interviews with Wilder and Fury, you don't want to miss that. This is the MMA show.
1:34.8	We got a lot to recap, a wild weekend coming off of UFC Rio Rancho. Does John Jones have a new
1:41.4	leading man for his next title defense.
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