MMA: Jones-Gustafsson II headlines UFC 232, Mendes talks comeback
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 131 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell and Brandon Wise set the stage for Saturday's final pay-per-view of 2018 when Jon Jones makes his return at UFC 232 for a light heavyweight title rematch against Alexander Gustafsson. The guys also preview the co-main event between Cris "Cyborg" Justino and Amanda Nunes, including how their legacies might change with a win. Former featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes stops by to talk Saturday's return, his hopes of facing Max Holloway and how a diet of wild game has changed his preparation. Episode taped before the UFC 232 card was moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:26.8 | Get fired up. |
| 0:29.3 | The state of combat with Brian Campbell makes its debut. |
| 0:33.1 | Yes. |
| 0:34.1 | New name, same performance, enhancing audio. Coming back at at you fired up and ready for the |
| 0:41.8 | m m a edition and boy is this a big week folks not just holiday week merry christmas happy |
| 0:48.9 | quanza happy new year to everyone out there it's u UFC 232 week, the return of John Jones. |
| 0:57.0 | Wow, Gusterson rematch all kinds of fired up. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you so much for joining us, the Brian Campbell. |
| 1:03.5 | Yes, the voice that you hear the shows undergone some changes. |
| 1:07.3 | All three of our shows have in the past week. |
| 1:09.7 | I am sure you'd noticed but hey sometimes you got |
| 1:12.9 | a rebrand sometimes you got to change the culture it's up to us as a people to start making some |
| 1:18.1 | changes and we did that the state of combat is in the i tc is out but it's still your boy bc all kinds of revved up fired up ready for this let's do it let's make a |
| 1:32.8 | splash it's a new era in m m mhm a not not that era even though good good boy leota machita did |
| 1:42.6 | return a nice little bellator comeback in Hawaii. |
| 1:45.7 | We'll talk about that shortly. |
| 1:47.5 | Hey, same reminder as always, though. |
| 1:49.1 | You like what you hear on this program. |
| 1:51.1 | Please head on over at Apple Podcasts or wherever you consume, consume, |
| 1:55.3 | consume, fine audio. |
| 1:57.6 | Hey, drop us five stars, right? |
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