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WEIGHING IN

UFC IZZY VS PYFER REACTION

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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UFC FIGHT NIGHT INSTANT REACTION PFL EBLEN VS BATTLE REACTION

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0:00.0

Let's go live. Let's go live. What? I think we just had the best UFC fight this year. I think it's pretty easy to say. It was a great card. Great night of fights. The fighters delivered tonight. I think after all this talk and nonsense over the last couple weeks, I know we're like, hey, there's no stars or this. Look, you don't need to have stars. It would obviously it helps when you're selling pay-per-views obviously health you're looking for numbers especially on a new

0:23.2

platform but man the know this. Look, you don't need to have stars. It would obviously it helps when you're selling pay-per-views. Obviously, helps when you're looking for numbers, especially on a new platform. But man, the fighters delivered tonight. You've got to give them nothing but respect. These are the moments that the, that, um, stars are made out of. Okay, like tonight, Alexa Grossel, she was already a star, especially out of Mexico and having a big following.

0:39.1

Bottom line is, what a great performance

0:40.9

by Alexa, man.

0:42.8

Congratulations on an amazing career.

0:45.4

I want to say nothing but love for you, man.

0:47.3

You're from that Northwest area where I came up from.

0:50.3

And I'm from California, born and raised in California,

0:53.9

moved away for high school, did a couple years of, of Jucco wrestling in, uh, in North Idaho College up there. So that's right out of where Michael Kies is at. I was in that Dennis Holman era, Benjee Raddick, Misha Tate, they all came up around that same time. Misha was a little bit actually behind us because she's younger. but uh but dennis holman benjuratic and uh some other fighters that were out of that area obviously the ranaigna and uh dan henderson in the in the organ area there with matt linlin and those guys so chale son of does not forget about chel sundunnen uh bangor card look i'm gonna give it, I'm going to honestly give it a 10. I'm going to give it a 10. I've there, I will, I've never

1:30.3

given a 10 i'm gonna give it a 10 i've there i

1:29.6

will i've never given a 10 before ever i thought it was a 10 card you know um but and the other

1:35.0

thing i want to brag about a little bit i want to brag a little bit and i know you guys

1:37.7

probably get on me a little bit and i'll okay with that bellator fighters went three and oh

1:41.5

tonight just won't let that be said. Just let that be said.

1:44.7

Three and O.

1:45.6

Three and O. So good on them. Great job. I was a little concerned because I thought Tyrol Fortune won. And then I saw the announcement. I saw, I was like, man, that's bullshit. I was like, man, he won that fight. But yeah, Seattle delivers. That's the other. Someone here, Andrew Nance, 95, 85.

2:01.9

He's 100% right, man.

2:03.5

Seattle delivers. That's the other. Someone here. Andrew Nance, 95, 85. He's 100% right, man. Seattle delivers. When Bellator went there, like a year, I think before they folded and wrapped up. We went there. We did a small casino, which is about 2,000-seat arena, 2,500-seat arena, something like like that. But man, the fans delivered.

2:17.7

I got to be honest.

2:18.4

I did a lot of my early fighting career in small, small shows in Oregon, Seattle, up in

2:23.3

British Columbia, and Montana, Wyoming, and obviously a lot down in Boise area and a lot

2:29.7

in Portland, Oregon.

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