MMA: UFC 235 recap; Johnson, Alvarez talk ONE Championship invasion

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA

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4.6 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Brian Campbell chats with former UFC stars Demetrious Johnson, Eddie Alvarez and Sage Northcutt (1:15:00) about why they chose to sign with ONE Championships and what they won't miss about UFC. Mixed martial arts legends Rich Franklin and Miesha Tate (1:29:00) discuss, from a business standpoint, how ONE can compete in a crowded American MMA landscape. Plus, Brandon Wise and producer Mike Mormile join for a detailed recap of UFC 235 (4:45) with debates surrounding whether Jon Jones should move to heavyweight, Kamaru Usman's next opponent, and whether this is the end for Cody Garbrandt as an elite fighter. The guys also preview UFC Wichita and a heavyweight duel between Junior dos Santos and Derrick Lewis.

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0:00.0	Oh, yeah.
0:28.0	Face the pain.
0:29.5	We're back.
0:30.0	We're ready to bang.
0:32.0	It's the state of combat on CBS Sports with Brian Campbell.
0:35.9	Mixed martial arts edition. F fired the hack up for another show that you better believe is underwritten, supported, and fueled by that one and only performance, enhancing audio.
0:50.9	Everybody's on steroids.
0:52.4	Yeah, and so are we on this show, and we're fired up, guys.
0:55.5	UFC 235 may not have delivered, let's say, up to the level of we thought on paper
1:00.9	with the names and the star power, but plenty to talk about some wild endings, lots of
1:06.5	runoff, lots of spin-off, a lot of fluids laying right. A lot to get into here on this show.
1:13.2	You better believe it.
1:14.0	We have a loaded episode, not only going to recap 235, hit you with the latest news.
1:17.7	Get you fired up for this weekend's heavyweight tilt in Kansas when UFC fight night brings us two heavies.
1:24.6	JDS, the former champ against Derek Lewis.
1:28.3	We also have a lot of sound to share with you, folks.
1:31.2	You like one championship, you like ex-UFC people that are a little bit better and
1:35.8	want to tell you about their new home?
1:37.4	Oh, you're going to get fired up for this.
1:38.8	We got Eddie Alvarez, Demetrius Johnson, sage Northca talking about the then and now, why they made the leap, why they are ready for big things on one.
1:47.9	We also have ex-UFC champions, Misha Tate, Rich Franklin, hitting you from the business side of one, their vice president.
1:56.4	It's going to tell you how this promotion can compete in the American MMA landscape with the likes of
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