MMA: How to book McGregor, Masvidal previews UFC London, Sefo talks PFL's rise
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2019
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell is joined by Jack Crosby and producer Mike Mormile to preview Saturday's UFC London card and talk with Jorge Masvidal about his welterweight headlining bout against Darren Till. The guys also recap UFC Wichita, sort out the heavyweight division after Junior dos Santos' win and try to make sense of Conor McGregor's future in 2019. Plus, president Ray Sefo of the Professional Fighters League talks new ESPN deal and what role his promotion will play in relation to UFC.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, four, three, two, two, one, two, ignition, lift off. |
| 0:14.7 | Oh, yeah, we back, Rose Keys, and we back with a bang. |
| 0:22.2 | I back. |
| 0:23.5 | Trust me. |
| 0:24.2 | I back. |
| 0:32.2 | Yes, it's the state of combat with Brian Campbell on CBS Sports, and it's back with the mixed martial arts edition. |
| 0:33.4 | You know what I'm talking about? |
| 0:39.6 | Stacked, backed, jacked, underwritten and sponsored, of course, by that one and only performance enhancing audio. |
| 0:40.9 | You won't see that, Papa, you saw a test anytime soon, but it will get you fired the heck up |
| 0:46.4 | about the world of mixed martial arts. |
| 0:49.3 | And boy, do we have another interesting show for you this week as we look back at the sights and sounds from UFC, Wichita, somewhere out there in Middle America, as we update the scene at heavyweight following Junior Dos Santos's knockout victory. |
| 1:05.5 | And we get you wild out for this UFC London card this weekend, which if we can get Ben Ascran on location, |
| 1:12.5 | this could turn into something as we pieced together the Welterweight title picture. |
| 1:17.1 | In between, we got guests of plenty for you. |
| 1:19.6 | Jorge Mosvital, the wild Welterweight, who headlines said UFC London card will drop by to, |
| 1:26.1 | I don't know, swear a few times. |
| 1:28.4 | Hit us up with his unique style of philosophy in life. |
| 1:32.8 | And we will also be chatting with PFL professional Fighters League president, Ray Seff. |
| 1:38.2 | Oh, yes, on that big ESPN deal on what could be next for that company, which is, I don't know, |
| 1:42.8 | they're putting a million dollar on the line for each of these tournaments. |
| 1:45.9 | They are moving product, making business. |
| 1:47.4 | Hey, guys, American MMA is on fire. |
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