UFC Fight Island instant analysis: Welcome to the Figueiredo era (7/18)

State of Combat with Brian Campbell

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4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Brian Campbell provides his instant reaction to the UFC Fight Night card from Saturday in Abu Dhabi where Devieson Figueiredo finished Joseph Benavidez in their rematch to capture the vacant flyweight title. BC looks at what's next for the division and reacps a key 125-pound bout which could produce the next title challenger as Askar Askarov held off Alexandre Pantoja. Plus, Jack Hermansson re-entered the middleweight title picture with a quick submission of Kelvin Gastelum just as the division is heating up with Robert Whittaker-Darren Till next weekend and a Israel Adesanya-Paulo Costa title bout now set for September. --------------------------- '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, and eight other Premier League games.
0:28.0	It's on Prime.
0:30.8	Get fired up.
0:33.0	Oh, yeah.
0:34.8	Performance in enhancing audio.
0:38.1	This is the State of Combat podcast with Brian Campbell.
0:43.5	Oh, yeah.
0:45.0	Instant analysis is upon you from the state of combat.
0:49.0	How about your words for you after this UFC fight night card in Abu Dhabi Fight Island?
0:54.7	Welcome to the Figueto era.
0:58.5	Yes, indeed.
1:00.5	Davison Figurado.
1:02.7	I'd only took them two dominant, one-sided finish victories over the great Joseph
1:08.6	Benavitas to become your new UFC flyweight champion.
1:14.1	Little less than a year after former champ Henry Suhudo vacated the belt, inevitably retiring.
1:21.1	The new era finally begins.
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