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The Fight #53 LNT
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What a weekend: Bud Crawford strutted in championship rounds and walked out draped in five gleaming belts, Naoya Inoue put on another surgical masterclass, UFC Noche delivered a violent main-event finish and a razor-thin co-main that’ll spark scorecard debates, and on the boxing undercard Callum Walsh cruised after Mbilli–Lester Martinez ended in high-drama deadlock. Tap in—I’ll break down how each fight was won, the key momentum swings you might’ve missed, and what these results set up next.
It's really in LA the fight, episode 53. We're going to get into UFC. No change. The big boxing card, everything that happened this past weekend. Boy, what a weekend it was for combat sports. If you are a boxing fan, if you are an AA fan, you have had the best weekend of your life. You have had the best weekend of your life. Shout out to USC. Shout out to boxing. Both sports can exist. Shout out to jiu-jitsu. Shout out to wrestling. All sports can exist. Shout out to glory kickboxing. Shout out to one. All sports can exist. Everybody. Enjoy your sports. Stop being worried about it. Stop being exclusive. If you are a boxing fan, you understand what boxing is and you gravitate towards boxing. If you're an MMA fan, you do the same for your sport.
Speaker 1:A lot of people are coming from other sports and complaining about what's going down. Listen, canelo Crawford was a high-level chess match that could have been a slugfest. The only reason it wasn't is because Crawford is that good. Okay, now we're gonna get into the fight, we're gonna get into everything. But I wanted to set that up because there's a lot of stuff going on within several communities, but I feel like in a combat sports community, there's this elitism as far as like which sport you check out which sport will work in a street fight. Like the amount of street fight conversations we have in all these communities when we're just fans of these sports is weird, like, unless you're in a bad neighborhood and you're growing up dealing with that shit, which I actually did. Please stop looking for imaginary street fights. Nobody wins, nobody. The guy who wins could get a murder charge. The guy who loses could be dead. The streets is dead. You don't win out there. Be a good civilian, you know, pay your taxes and watch the fights. We're talking about some prophesized or some mythical street fight. Anyway, ufc, ufc, no, check. Listen. This was a great card, all-action card. There was some lulls in this, there was some wrestling, there was some fights. I didn't enjoy watching, but it was the perfect warm-up for the big boxing card.
Speaker 1:Now, when we get to the main card, david Martinez put belt to ass on Rob Font. Rob Font couldn't keep up with the volume of his strikes nor his techniques. He was just too active, too young. He has a chin. He was just there to show what's next in the UFC. To show what's next in the UFC. Shout out to David Martinez. His whole family fights in there. His whole family is well-established outside of fighting, so it's good to see a fighter with duality.
Speaker 1:Now going to the main event we have Diego Lopez stopping John Silva in round two towards the end. Listen, john Silva had some excellent moments but he almost died in round one because something going on Is something going on with the fighting nerds and takedown defense. They have lost three of their last four fights because their fighters couldn't keep the fight standing or they got subbed or they got hurt before. Because we're really softening them up for that second round finish round finish was all the work put in in the first round. Bro, diego Lopez was beating the fuck out of Gene Silva. I was surprised they even let it go that long. It was a really, really, really damaging round. So shout out to John Silva for having the heart. He did do some weird shit after. Then he apologized after. It was a lot of shit. He was right there with Hunter, I believe with UFC. So I'm guessing they had a behind-the-scenes conversation because he did punch Diego directly after he lost. It was crazy, and Diego also fucked up his face. So there you go.
Speaker 1:Now let's get to boxing man. The Kalem Walsh co-main event was not the star of this show. Besides, the Canelo Crawford fight Christian Imbali versus Lester Martinez was insane. Should have been a 12-win fight, should have been the co-main, and that's my biggest gripe with the boxing card that happened this weekend. We have some no-name kid who wasn't even that good showcasing the biggest boxing card event this year so far, or one of them, it doesn't matter Either. Or we got some no-name kid out there stinking it up his way to a UD. He's not that good. The guy he's fighting wasn't that good and we don't know why he's up there. I'm guessing he knows somebody that I don't know. Shout out to the kid. He is still getting into the arena. He is still risking it for the biscuit, so shout out to him, for just stepping into the ring Wasn't a bad thing.
Speaker 1:It's just that this guy is an obvious prospect and he shouldn't have this many rounds. That's it, and he shouldn't have this stage. I don't know who the fuck he is. Now Christian Mabali and Lester Martinez go to war for 10 rounds. This should have been the co-main. It was. I'm left a fan of both fighters. I literally hit the follow button on both of their Instagrams immediately after this match. I can't wait to see what they do next. I don't think those belts are going to be in Crawford's hands for a long time.
Speaker 1:Now, speaking of Crawford, let's get into the fight. He disabled Canelo Crawford. The fight he disabled Canelo Crawford. Oh man, it was crazy. Crawford literally disabled Canelo. He was the bigger man but he was getting out-countered, out-punched, out-worked in the clinch, out-muscled in the clinch. It was crazy. Out-boxed again. It was crazy. Outboxed again. It was Floyd-esque. Shout out to Crawford he's a true champion. He persevered. He's been stifled. He's been put to the side. He was on the wrong side of disagreements in the big leagues as far as contracts when he was over there with Bob Arum before he crossed the street and before he became a free agent. So it's good to see Terrence Crawford be one of the good stories in boxing.
Speaker 1:There's plenty of boxers who lose it all in between all the bullshit he's had to deal with with his rise. The Earl Spence win looks great. The Canelo win looks great. Everything that he's done so far in his career has been great and late. So hopefully this is it, you know. Hopefully he retires, hopefully Canelo retires. He looks fucking done, bro.
Speaker 1:You can't fight anybody that's mobile, anybody that can get on their bike, it's a fucking wrap. Anybody that has a jab and can move, it's a fucking wrap. Charlo, he lost that fight because he just wanted the bag. Bro, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Anyway, crawford is one of the greatest fighters, definitely the greatest fighter of his generation. I don't know, nor will I compare him to Floyd. There was some reasons why Crawford doesn't. It's reasons why Crawford doesn't have a lot of champions on his resume, and there's gripes about Floyd having so many champions on his resume. What I can say is both are great fighters for their era. Now, hopefully, crawford just retires.
Speaker 1:Man, go ahead and get that chicken man, go ahead and relax. Shout out to everybody that tapped retires man. Go ahead and get that chicken man, go ahead and relax. Shout out to everybody that tapped into this man, because you know boxing, ufc, this is a shared community of combat sports. Hopefully everybody can just enjoy what we enjoy Now. The closeout.
Speaker 1:Inouye did the impossible. He played it safe, kept himself safe, didn't risk it for the biscuit, and if you're an NOA fan, do you know exactly what I'm talking about? This guy is always trading. This guy is always getting knocked down. This guy is stressful. This time he didn't stress us out. Shout out NOA. I think they're gearing up to fight Nikita, so we'll see after his next matchup how that fight with Nikita looks. I'm really excited for boxing, ufc and combat sports in general. You know, dbx, karate, combat. There's so many leagues, cgi, there's so many things in the combat space. You know, even UFC is getting into BJJ space. So, like anywhere where we can just grow and learn and enjoy these great, great fights and great fighters, we should gravitate and support. Shout out to everybody tapping in. This is the fight, episode 53. Tap in.