UFC 249 instant analysis: Justin Gaethje's moment

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

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4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Brian Campbell reacts moments after an exciting UFC 249 card comes to a close as Justin Gaethje captured the interim lightweight title with a savage victory over Tony Ferguson. What are Gaethje's chances against Khabib Nurmagomedov? Where does Ferguson go from there? BC also looks at Henry Cejudo's big win and surprise retirement, along with a scary knockout from Francis Ngannou over Jair Rozenstruik. Plus, how well did the UFC do in keeping their fighters safe while presenting an entertaining product despite an empty arena? ----------------------------------- 'State of Combat' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @SugaRashadEvans, @stateofcombat For more MMA coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/mma/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ 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.
0:33.4	Five, four, three, two, one, zero, ignition.
0:43.0	Lift up.
0:48.6	Oh, yeah, get some of this.
0:51.0	It's instant analysis time on the State of Combat podcast.
0:54.0	CBS Sports, your boy, the Ryan Campbell, just moments removed from honestly a savage and spectacular UFC 249 card, Jacksonville, Florida.
1:07.8	No fans, no problem on this night as UFC came back, little less than two months removed from their last card amid this crazy and unprecedented global pandemic.
1:21.1	Yeah, a couple hiccups on the way there.
1:22.9	Unfortunately, shout out to Jaco Re Soza and his team who came down with COVID during the way in time during heading into this little snafu with the contracts, so to speak.
1:35.2	More on that to come.
1:36.6	But that doesn't matter right now.
1:38.6	What matters is the fights.
1:39.8	And this fight card was loaded on paper.
1:42.4	And boy, did it deliver with headlines one after another.
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