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On To The Next One | Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 98

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Brandon Royval just won an incredible five-round fight against Tatsuro Taira, handing the Japanese blue-chipper his first loss. Is that enough to vault him to another title fight and possibly a third matchup with Alexandre Pantoja, who defends his title at UFC 310 in December? Or does "Raw Dawg" need to prove his No. 1 contender credentials one more time? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what's next for Royval after coming out on top of one of the best fights of 2024. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for cult hero "The Iron Turtle" Jun Yong Park, welterweight winners Chidi Njokuani and Daniel Rodriguez, and intriguing lightweight contender and wife appreciator Grant Dawson. We also try to figure out what lies ahead for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's favorite fighter Themba Gorimbo after he recorded his fourth consecutive victory. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee  Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's diggin and then there's super digging. There's food's Super Foods made with selected natural ingredients and tasty chicken.

0:15.8

The food and then there's Baker Super Foods.

0:19.8

You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network. Well, hello, hello there everybody and welcome to a brand new edition of On to the

0:48.5

next one, yes, the Matchmaking Crowns return following the UFC's return to the world's most famous

0:56.3

Apex for UFC Vegas 98 the countdown to UFC Vegas 100 is on it is vast approaching we are less than a month

1:06.8

away from that historic event but before you can get to 100 you got to get through

1:10.9

98 and that's what we did and it was very enjoyable especially in the main event

1:16.2

Thanks to Brandon Royval and tatsuro Tyra who put on just a classic for 25 minutes.

1:23.8

In the end, Brenn Royval gets a split decision win.

1:26.4

Don't know how we got there,

1:28.0

because I just don't see a world

1:30.1

where you can give Tetsu retire three rounds,

1:32.4

but that's neither here nor there.

1:33.7

But I am Mike Heck and joining me as always the co-host, the co-matchmaker, the prince of positivity,

1:39.2

and most importantly my best friend, the great Alexander Cayley a k welcome back sir where was

1:46.4

where did I go we were gone for a week we were gone for a week we were gone for a

1:51.0

week it's that's too long that's long. I wish we could match make every day

1:55.3

That's what I would be fun wouldn't it all day. I dream about matchmaking that is my motto aditum

2:01.2

Oh, aditum. I say itum, I say. It was a good show. It was a pretty good show. We had some like, we had some odd

2:07.2

splities, I will say. I want to, I'm pretty confident three of those like shouldn't have been that hard to

2:16.6

score but okay you know we got great fights out of it no I don't think we got a

2:21.8

robbery I'm trying to look at the scores again no I think everyone I don't think we got a robbery.

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