The Fight #72 LNT

UFC 324 lit up Las Vegas with a main event that felt like a car crash in slow motion. Justin Gaethje outlasted Paddy Pimblett over five brutal rounds to win the interim lightweight title by unanimous decision, handing Pimblett his first UFC loss and proving the veteran pace still breaks people late. We go round by round on the biggest momentum swings, the damage, and what this means for the real belt picture at 155

Chapters

• 0:00 Paramount Plus And Ad Frustration
• 0:22 UFC 324 Stakes And Storylines
• 0:50 Natalia Silva vs Rose: Judging And Politics
• 2:37 Derek Lewis And The Power Of The Jab
• 3:52 O’Malley Wins, Character Loses
• 4:46 Gaethje vs Pimblett: Pedigree Over Popularity
• 6:05 Risk, Heart, And The Cost Of Greatness

Transcript

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It's Lena L the fight happening. Listen, UFC 234 Paramount Plus, the first event under Paramount Plus, I paid my subscription. I did go for no ads. I sprung for it. Could not miss the ads in this UC event. It was over like corner talk. We gotta fix that. I want to hear the corner. I paid the fee. Don't put a commercial over it. Please. The UC UFC 324 T Mobile Arena Las Vegas event, Patty Pilmet versus Game Cheek. Listen, man, big time. Big things. Put it on the line. Show us what you're made of. Where are you going to go? And where are you at at your career? UFC 324 showed me that. Listen, Natalia Silva is on a heat streak beating and stopping legends, people that we rev and respect. She's the up-and-comer, young gun beats thug rose 29-28. I thought it went Rose's way, but this is the problem. You have to win the round. I'm not a judge. And if you leave any room for defeat, you lose. And you and see got politics, man. I didn't see Silver losing this fight just because of politics. If it went to the cards, I thought politics will help her get around or two. I'm sorry. And if you leave it open enough, that's what happens. If Justin Gagey left it open enough, Patty Pimblett Pimblett would have won the fight. We'll talk about that. See, when you have a rise rising prospect versus a young legend, a lot of funny shit happens with judging, with the refs, with the bell, with injuries, with breaks. Like when there's a rising champ or a billable act that's making a lot of money, like Patty makes a lot of money for the UFC. Big in the UK, whole different market to attack and be a part of, makes a lot of money for the company, right? And let's talk about company men and company events. Like it was never gonna be Rose wins by a tactical 3-0. I didn't see it. So against the W. We move on to Cortez versus Derek Lewis, round two. Listen, either Derek Lewis got it or he doesn't. And I mean it mentally, physically, and execution-wise. And sometimes if he can't get off or feel success, he becomes gun shy because he knows his opponent can hurt him as well. He's a great hammer, horrible now, and that's what Waldo did. He walked him down, he used his jab. You have to have a jab to set up your offense. I don't care. I don't care if that is MMA. You need to start setting up your offense. I look at these fights every weekend, bro. And some of these guys are throwing just twos and threes with no setup and are getting tired and wondering why. You can't do that shit. You have to set up your offense. Derek Lewis didn't have the jab to set up his offense, or Waldo was throwing too much that he couldn't handle what was coming his way. The jab was what dropped Derek Lewis in round two would let Waldo get the finish. Moving on to the Coban, we have Sean O'Malley versus Shang and Dong. Listen, man, I love Sean. I like Sean O'Malley the fighter, but he did some goofy shit. He's fighting a Chinese fighter. He comes to the face-off wearing a mask, trying to link in and talk about corona and stuff like that. That shit's disgusting to me. I can't respect it. And he's a good athlete, but I don't respect his moves out there. Like that's disgusting. And we gotta highlight that. Even though he got the UD, look good and beat Sean Yu Dunk. I still don't respect you, even if you've done a good thing in your sport. There's things you have to be outside the sport to be respected. Sharma is a great talent. I wish his character matched his talent. Congratulations on the window. Justin Gagey versus Patty Pibling. I've saw politics control fights in round two. Patty was punched on the ground until the last second with no ref stoppage at all. As much as people bitch and complain about the eye pulp, we're not talking about that. We're not talking about blatant nut shots. We're not talking about that. Anyway, Patty is not who we thought he was. Gety is. Gachy is this is a two-time interim champ in the UFC division. He's on collision course with Ilya Taporah, and that's gonna be Axe Jackson. I don't know who's gonna win twin. It's gonna go until it doesn't go. Get you showed his pedigree. Gagey showed his power, he showed his patience. He also showed that it takes a little bit more than popularity to get up there. Um, it takes a little bit more than technique to get up there. You're gonna have to have some heart, and you're gonna have to have some chin, and you're gonna have to be able to take risks to win. You know, a lot of these guys fight safe. Gainski doesn't fight safe, he risks everything to get everything. Sometimes he loses everything, gets knocked out, Matt's Holloway, last 10 seconds. Sometimes he gets everything. Two time, interim chant, child Gagey. Gonna be 38th this year. That's when Crawford got it all. Let's see if he gets it all, too. The fight. Tap in there.