MMA: Pettis saves career, McGregor moratorium, UFC Philadelphia preview
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2019
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
Brian Campbell is joined by Brandon Wise and producer Mike Mormile to recap Anthony Pettis' dramatic knockout win over Stephen Thompson at UFC Nashville, debate his Hall of Fame chances and ponder whether Conor McGregor's challenge makes sense. The guys also decide to book McGregor's future one final time before he eventually announces a fight amid the endless cycle of fighters calling him out. Plus, a preview of UFC Philadelphia, including a potentially violent main event between lightweights Edson Barboza and Justin Gaethje
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| 0:00.0 | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2,000, ignition, lift off. Oh, yeah. |
| 0:27.9 | You want it? |
| 0:29.1 | You got it. |
| 0:30.6 | It's the state of combat podcast on CBS Sports with your boy, Brian Campbell. |
| 0:36.1 | And come on, folks. |
| 0:36.9 | It's back with a bang. |
| 0:38.3 | This is how we do it like Mattel and 94, the Brian Campbell, without question, the voice |
| 0:44.2 | that you hear. |
| 0:45.3 | Hey, guys, back with the needle. |
| 0:46.7 | No, this is not Usada or Vata driven. |
| 0:49.9 | Back with the needle, though, and ready to insert with another lethal dose of that performance enhancing audio. |
| 0:56.8 | Fired up to talk some mixed martial arts this week, as we're kind of in a weird week in between the weeds here, |
| 1:04.4 | in between UFC fight night cards on ESPN, but you know that news cycle is always friggin' churning. |
| 1:12.1 | Lots of talk about, lots of fantasy book about Brandon Wise. |
| 1:17.0 | We'll get to that in a second. |
| 1:18.2 | It's seemingly everybody wants to bang Connor these days. |
| 1:21.5 | Break out the red panties. |
| 1:23.2 | We're rich, baby. |
| 1:23.9 | Everybody wants to get rich. |
| 1:26.0 | We are going to get into that so more, so much more. |
| 1:29.1 | Anthony Pettis says, come back, knockout of UFC Nashville. |
| 1:32.1 | A look ahead to this Saturday's UFC Philadelphia card. |
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