MMA: UFC 247 ultimate preview; is Usman-Jorge next?

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

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4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Brian Campbell and UFC Hall of Famer Rashad Evans kick off the show by going 3 Rounds with Rashad. Round 1: Rashad breaks down the recent news that Dana White is working on booking Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal for International Fight Week (1:31). Round 2: Colby Covington breaks his silence and calls out two guys for his next fight: Kamaru Usman and ... 50 Cent? The guys will let you know which of these two crazy ideas makes more sense (4:45). Round 3: Jon Jones made some comments about moving to heavyweight this week and fighting Stipe Miocic. Is now the right time to go up to heavyweight (7:11)? On to UFC 247 Jones-Reyes.... Brian and Rashad kick off the preview by giving you their top matchup to watch on the under card (10:18). On the main card, Brian and Rashad break down each matchup individually, starting with how Ilir Latifi’s size matches up with other heavyweights like Derrick Lewis (13:09). Can Dan Ige keep the ball rolling with his fifth straight win vs Mirsad Bektic (17:10)? The guys question how Adams-Tafa landed on the main card (18:25). Can Katlyn Chookagian challenge Valentina Shevchenko (19:04)? Finally Brian and Rashad do a deep dive on the main event of UFC 247 Jon Jones vs Dominic Reyes (26:50). 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, one, two, ignition, lift off.
0:53.7	Houston, we have a fight card this Saturday, and it's headlined by a pair of title bouts
0:58.5	when UFC 247 invades the Toyota Center on pay-per-view, headline, of course, by light heavyweight
1:05.4	champion John Jones.
1:06.8	Welcome in to the State of Combat podcast on CBS Sports.
1:10.6	My name is Brian Campbell.
1:12.6	And with me to break down this card at length is my co-host.
1:17.1	You know him as a UFC Hall of Famer.
1:19.6	Always sweet, never sour, I like to say.
1:22.7	It's Sugar Rashad Evans.
1:25.5	What's going on, BC?
1:27.0	Good to be here. Good to be with you. I forgot that you didn't
1:29.7	say the hurricane survivor part. Yeah, he is an earthquake. Earthquake. Last July, former UFC
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