UFC 249 interviews: Dana White, Cowboy Cerrone, Stipe Miocic, Anthony Pettis (5/6)

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

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4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Brian Campbell chats with a few of the major players ahead of Saturday's UFC 249 card and catches up with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic about who he hopes will win the Francis Ngannou-Jair Rozenstruik bout (28:08). UFC president Dana White relives the struggle that went into making this card a reality and addresses his critics who say his motivation was financial. White updates the latest on Fight Island and whether it's possible we see Jorge Masvidal-Conor McGregor in 2020 (5:25). Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone shares the mental barriers that prevented him from "showing up" against McGregor and his opponent (38:56), Anthony Pettis, talks about what fans can expect when two all-action legends square off (17:40). Plus, Miocic shares tales from the frontlines of the pandemic and gives his take on whether Daniel Cormier will get the trilogy fight he's after. -------------------------- '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, two, ignition.
0:42.9	Lift up.
0:48.6	Oh, yeah, get fired up.
0:50.7	It's your boy, B.C.
0:51.8	The State of Combat podcast, CBS Sports, UFC, 249 fight week.
0:58.0	We're back, baby. We're back with a bang, as old Andy Silva would say, the first fight card of first pro sports.
1:06.6	We're going to be honest here in about two months time during this coronavirus pandemic.
1:11.4	Hope you all are doing great.
1:13.6	You know the SOC's got you covered this week.
1:15.4	UFC's going to make this comeback Saturday, 249, loaded card, Jacksonville, Vistar, Veterans Memorial Arena, empty crowd, all that.
1:24.6	You're going to catch it on pay-per-view, though.
1:26.7	And the state of combat's got your detailed preview earlier this week.
1:29.9	Sugar Rashad Evans and I, plenty of around-the-clock coverage on CBS Sports HQ with big
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