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Saudi Arabia’s Rise in Combat Sports | POST x Wrestlenomics

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston welcome journalist Karim Zidan back to the show to discuss Saudi Arabia’s emerging power in combat sports.

The three chat about this past weekend’s boxing fight between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou and the observations about the event, WWE’s return to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel, and the UFC striking a deal with the country for 2024.

Plus: Reaction to AEW Collision’s viewership feat. MJF vs. Kenny Omega, Halloween Havoc - Night 2 numbers, Endeavor potentially going private, Peacock’s subscribers, and Vince McMahon’s “wins” and “fails”.

Karim Zidan’s work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian & Bloody Elbow and he is the founder of Sports Politika


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome to another riveting edition of Pollock and Thurston. I am John Pollock, a join by

0:05.9

Brandon Thurston, a

0:08.0

Did you get up to anything on Halloween Brandon on Tuesday night?

0:10.9

I walked the dog and it snowed. I don't know how it was in Toronto, but here in Buffalo

0:15.3

It was big big flakes were falling from the sky on Halloween night

0:18.9

We had some warnings about snow which we thankfully avoided, but I think they're not too far away

0:23.5

It's getting pretty pretty frigid up here in Toronto. We're we're living up to Canadians and our stereotypes of

0:30.0

Winter, but yes, we have a lot to get into on this particular show

0:34.8

Something spooky Brandon. I've been listening the do have you been following not so much the world series, but the world series ratings

0:41.3

This is pretty low not good. I'm hearing the end of baseball. It's done. It's a they had a good run

0:47.5

Yeah, I think what's the commissioner's name? I think they're gonna have to reconsider their TV deals for this

0:51.8

Broadman for it is I mean this is it

0:53.8

It's gonna be more it's gonna be over down to these scary 8 million viewers per week

0:58.0

But we are gonna be getting into all of the latest news

1:01.2

But we definitely wanted to have this person back on the show one of one of my favorite guests

1:07.0

So we have had on and there's so much to discuss not just with WWE returning to Saudi Arabia this coming Saturday with Crown Jewel

1:14.2

But also coming off

1:15.9

What was all I can tell you is a spectacle from this past weekend in Saudi Arabia for the fight between

1:21.7

Tyson Fury and Francis and Ghanu

1:23.9

We're talking about the man behind sports politica. You've read his work in the New York Times the Guardian bloody elbow

1:30.4

Kareem Zadan returning to the show. Hello Kareem. Oh, it's a pleasure to be back guys. How are you?

1:36.3

We're doing we're doing pretty well

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