CreatorClash 2 - Post-Fight Breakdown

Hello and welcome to Go My Favorite Sports Team, the number one podcast in our series. And we're here to give you the inside scoop. I hear it from an undisclosed source that someone that we know was only inside to get a deeper look at into all the fights and all the things that went behind the scenes at Creator Clash 2. I feel like that was you. You were the pre and post show. You don't disclose your sources. Oh, sorry. Sorry. I'm not saying it is me. Yeah. Everything that went on there. But someone we know does. Someone before someone. It's definitely someone. But before we get into that, welcome to go. My favorite sports team, the sports podcast that bridges the gap between non sports knowers like myself and sports knowers like me. Yeah. So one of us likes sports. One of us hates sports. Who's the one? Wait, one of us hates sports. One of us. We're not going to name names. Yeah. No names. No naming names. But you know who doesn't hate sports. The sports. No. Me. That's who. So I was doing the pre show and post show at Creator Clash, which is a story in and of itself. Not many people know that I came directly from filming to fly in the day of the event at a six AM flight and then leave. I had to get up at four AM, go to a six AM flight, get over there. Amy and I both did. And then we get to the like hotel and then it's an hour until we got to go to the arena for the rehearsal and then we're in there and then we got to do the pre show. And then we also had to stay the latest. So we were there earliest latest and then the next morning flight was also a six AM. Yeah. You were you were gone super early the next day. Yeah. And we had to it was still up until like one AM the night before because we just couldn't escape it. Funny thing about that after the post show, they got us down from the crowd and then they were just like, all right, be free. And we were left me and Sean were left wandering around inside the arena being like, where do we go? And everyone was already gone. Are you serious? You were just you two alone in the arena. Yeah, we were well, not alone. They were breaking everything down. So all these other workers were there who were disassembling like the stage and the brain getting all the chairs out of there and setting things up so it can be a hockey arena again. And we're just wondering around because we went to that VIP bar area in the back because that's where we were told that's where Amy and our significant others were like friends were just like, yeah, we'll meet you there and then we'll all leave together. And we got there and we go through the doors into there and there's no one there. And then the doors click and lock behind us. So we can't even go back in that way that we came in. And so we're just like, what do what do we do? And there was one dude that came around the corner. He was still cleaning up in there and we're going, Hey, these doors locked. How do we get out of here? He goes like, the stores locked. Oh, no. Well, I don't really know. I got to figure that out though, because I don't know how to get out now. Oh my God. And he was just an employee there, but we ended up going out through into the arena itself. And then we looped back around and then we got to the back entrance that way. And that's where there were still buses there. So we got on there. Oh, that's good. We're still waiting. That's still a wild adventure wandering through the arena and everything. It was a bit of a surreal thing. I mean, we've been backstage or stages, but like an arena like that is much bigger. But it's just, it's the same thing at a different scale. So easier to get lost then. But man, they were just like very much just like, because Amy said that she was trying to tell the people who worked there, like, no, we get away because like our boyfriends are up there doing the post show. We need to wait for them so they can get out of there. Okay. And they're like, okay, what are you their mothers? Like, what is, are they just children? It's like, Jesus Christ, no one at the arena had any idea how to handle like creators and even realize that we might have followings of our own and people might be a little bit rabid just as they would for any other performer at the arena. So it's not that like, I think that my fan base is dangerous or anything like that. It's not so much that, but just like that many people it can get out of hand and it can cause issues. Yeah. Yeah. The funny, the funny thing you talk about that when I got back to that VIP lounge, I had to take my meds. I was a little bit late on my meds because of that. And all the bars and everything were closed. So I'm talking to like six different people that work at the arena like, I don't know how to get water. Maybe there's a water bottle back there and I'm like, yeah, there's no drinking fountain. There's, I'm like, how do I get water? I have to take my meds. Like somebody, please help. It took probably like 15 minutes of talking to like five different people before somebody eventually was like, just wait here. And then it took them another 10 minutes before I got my cup of water. Yeah. No, it was a, it was a little bit haphazard there and things were a little chaotic because I'm, I'm assuming that it was the same thing where they operate under the assumption that the vast majority of these people can just go up into the crowd. And for sure, like many creators could like that's no problem at all, but it just becomes a hassle going back and forth. And our booth was just like one bear rope away from everyone else. So, but everything was fine. We got there fine. It was an enjoyable experience while we were there, but that travel, that travel was a doozy. Yeah. Yeah. So, I actually got the, the extra time to get there early and then leave late. So I got to go to the gala and that part, which unfortunately you missed the Getty images, walk red carpet and the karaoke and the chaos. That was the TBD, the guy who fought Chris Reagan. I forget his name off the top of my head. He, he hopped on stage and interrupted to the show of this comedian that they paid to come on for entertainment. And he was like, I only got five seconds of highlight screen time. Harley was up there for like a full minute. And I'm like, man, dude, they grabbed clips in the heat of the moment and you're complaining because you got five seconds on the little highlight last. Lasted around and a half. Yeah. Was he actually mad? Was he actually mad? It seemed like it. Oh, he didn't like it really mad, but he, I think he had a little too much to drink and he stepped up on the stage. Then the comedian was like, um, I feel like I'm an episode of Jerry Springer right now. Like he just ran with it and he brought Chris Ray gun up and they had to hold beef and he was like, he feels like he's part of the oompa loompa brigade and like made a whole bunch of jokes and he was just like intermediary and he's like, anybody else want to come up here and air their crepences. Oh man. That is, uh, it was really funny. It's like, I hope that he understands that I fought for everyone to get highlight time. They, they wanted to keep all of the previous fights from the main event super truncated. So we would be like, boop, boop, boop, boop. But I was like, no, everyone gets their due and the reason that there wasn't enough highlights is because the fight lasted around and a half. But we will get to that fight because we're going to break down all of these things. So there physically was not that much too highlight. Right. Right. Yeah. So it was really funny though, because the comedian just leaned into it and ran with it. All right. That's fair then. That's fair. All right. So, uh, let's get into this. Tyler's a little sick. Thankfully I avoided any illnesses that would. I was worried about you. Honestly, I was, trust me, I was trying to take every precaution I could. Um, and that was one of the other things where I was like, Oh man, it couldn't keep this a little more separated because it was like nothing like a thousand people breathing on you. Um, but I got out of there. I seem to be okay. I've been taking a lot of like a lot of immunity drinks and concoctions that people have been shoving in my hand on set. So I've been a okay, but we're going to get into this so that Tyler can go rest. First fight up Jack Manifold versus Dakota Olave Olave. I think it's a la. They were supposed to get me fanatics of people's names and then they didn't. So we were left to our own devices of guessing. I don't think anyone's going to be too offended about this. Well, Jack walked out to like representing his country. They were playing like the England March. I don't remember what it is. It's, it's a royalty free song, but I've heard it in all kinds of movies and they were sporting the, the British flag. And so he was like, I'm going to rep country. And then Olave came out to some music that I didn't recognize at the time. I wouldn't, I, I have no idea what their music was telling me to bring attention to that. Yeah. But when they got into the ring, the craziest part was like, Jack came out throwing and was definitely the aggressor in the fight, but he bled everywhere. That guy bleeds. Yeah. That's one thing you say about Jack Manifold. He bleeds, but also he wins because he won his fight. He was the underdog in that fight. Um, and I think a lot of people were surprised. And this is what I said in the post shows. It's like, yeah, I don't want people to forget these early fights just because they were earlier and they're far from the main event. It was like, it was just as exciting. It, it set the tone. We talked about in the pre show analysis is set the tone for the night. And it did. Yeah. And it was a lot more concentrated effort. You know, it was a lot more focus on getting the technicals right and boxing. Uh, and not just being a slug fest, not that there weren't slug fest fights, which there were, but yes, that was definitely one of them. Yeah. And that went the, went the distance and was a unanimous decision for Jack. Um, but there was blood in the arena for the rest of the night because of that. He broke his nose. Actually, after the event, I met his parents, which was really funny. Apparently he has a family member that's a boxer. So like boxing is not kind of a foreign thing to them. Mm. Well, that's good here. All right. So the next fight I believe was a J. Lorre. Yes. It was J. Lorre, um, versus Abilina Sabrina who smiling, Abilina Sabrina, who I believe never dropped. Wait, who, wait, was it? Yeah, it was Sabrina that was the smileer. It's like constantly beaming, taking a hit and just, ha ha, just like enjoying every minute of it. That was such a fascinating fight because you would see Sabrina just like, boom, boom. And then, oh yeah, I was with like bunny punches of like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Trying to get like a numerical advantage, but I don't even know if the judges would score some of those punches. Um, but it was, it was, uh, it was a fun fight. I did enjoy that one a lot because both fighters walked away, you know, all right, you know, not super injured. Um, and just like, it was a show of skill for J. Lorre to get in there and show some technical skill. And it's not like Abilina Sabrina was not boxing. Of course, she was. She was a fighter, gotten the ring just like everyone else. Yeah. Um, love the Minnie Mouse performance there. Uh, it was just like an overall fun fight. Yeah. J. Lorre definitely was the aggressor and kind of steam rolled, um, having a slight height advantage and reach advantage, but definitely came in, uh, more fine tuned in the technical aspects of boxing. Yeah, absolutely. Next fight we had the big anticipated fight that a lot of people were dying for. We had dad versus AB, AB coming into avenge Matt Watson for his first round 17 second knockout in the first round, uh, last year. And he came in and he came in strong, but also dad came in strong. We cannot forget about that. Yeah. Um, this was the first punch where you physically could hear. And it was the instant that it was probably the punch that ended up ending this fight was a body shot to the rib and you could hear the smack of that glove on AB's body. It like rang through the arena. Obviously we were close to the ring, but like you could hear that punch and it sounded vicious. Yeah. It was pretty crazy to see that. And, and I said it in the post show as well, but it's like, I knew the. So that going into that, you would train specifically, so specifically to try to counter the on rush that dad was going to unleash. Cause everyone knew he was going to come out and he was going to come out swinging, going for the rafters with his punches, all the energy, try to like get that intimidation out there first and early. And then I was so pleased to see AB just fighting back, countering and not just taking it as soon as, uh, as soon as dad got within his guard and his reach, he started just like wailing. I saw some good lefts coming in there, right to dad in it. Rock dad pretty well. He was, he was feeling that and it was like, that's what we needed to see versus the previous here is like dad to feel some punches and like get that advanced checked. Yeah. And it looked like that could have kept going, but I think once AB sat down, he really felt that, that hit to the rib. He looked really good. There were some really good counters. Dad still kind of lowered his guard as he was swinging. I was really hoping that one could have lasted, but unfortunately for safety reasons, it makes sense that they kind of stopped that fight because of that hit to the rib. Yeah. And I don't know if it was a broken rib. I don't know if there's a bruised rib. I don't know if like anything like that. But for me, and I said this a million times is just like, it's an exhibition for charity. There's no reason to get permanent damage on anything for going this fight. That fight was entertaining. It was exactly what people wanted, dad coming out fast and furious and then like, oh, but he's fighting back. And so I think it was a very entertaining match. And it was like, it was kind of the shot of adrenaline. It was so frantic and just like instantaneous that it just brought a lot more energy back into it because I'm not saying the first two fights weren't energetic or interesting, but it's like they were definitely more paced. It was a lot of blood in the first one. And there was a lot of one side and it's in the second one. This is the first one where it's like, ooh, there is a fight going on. This is a battle where they're both giving it their all and you could see it. And I thought it was really entertaining. I will say I did talk to AB after the fact. It was a really badly bruised rib. He ended up getting out and getting x-rays and everything after the event. And I saw him later that night and he was I mean, he was still nursing it because it hurt hurts, but it was badly bruised. Yeah, badly bruised. So no, no shame in any of that. It's I appreciated all of it. Next we had Chris Raygun versus William Haynes. This is William Haynes was the one I was talking about that hopped on the stage. He was TBD before this event. Oh, right. Right. That's why he said DB. I was like, is that his name? I thought I couldn't sworn that was a no. It was to be determined. I didn't know who it was. When we did the pre-show, we didn't know who was stepping in against Chris Raygun. Last minute edition, obvious height, disadvantage for Chris. Yeah. Obvious weight, disadvantage for Chris. And to Williams credit, like he dropped weight. He said he dropped like 14 pounds in three weeks. Was that it? I don't know. He said he was like dropping a pound a day. Yeah, something like that. Very close, which is quite a lot of strain to put on the body. That's not easy to do for anybody. So for his like commitment to try to come in here and make it as fair as possible. Like a huge, huge commendation for that. However, I said this in the pre-show and I'll say it again here. I think that fight was called early. Yeah. Part of that might have been because Chris Raygun punched the ref in the back of the head accidentally. That's not why it was called late. She was flying in waving it off before she got thwonged in the ear. And I think that also shows why it was called a little early because I don't think Chris usually when in a fight like that, they will call it early. If it seems like a fighter is defenseless, is unable to defend themselves and in doing so, it just risks endangering them. I don't think that's what Chris is what was in that state. He seemed to be taking a beating from Williams at that time or William at that time. But that doesn't necessarily mean that he was out of the fighter completely unable to defend himself. His arms were still up blocking himself. And then it's just because there was the high disadvantage that it might have looked like a perspective of he was just like taking a walloping. But then again, so was Sabrina. Sabrina was taking a wallop for 90% of that fight. And yet, you know, the fight continued. I don't think Chris was in any danger. He was moving very quickly. So when he was able to get within the guard, he was landing some pretty good hits to the side with that. Right. I think it was the right. He definitely had a major reach disadvantage. So a lot of his early swings were missing. But when he got in close, he was landing some pretty good solid hits. And they were not weak hits either. So who knows what could have happened? I still don't know if it would have been enough to win, especially on points. He was definitely taking a lot more hits. So if it would have gone to distance, I still think Hanes would have come out on top just based on the performance of the early rounds and going forward. But again, like I said, exhibition chair, no need to run any risks. It's all for fun. And I know these fighters going in there, it's not just for fun for some of these people, but for the crowds, fun and entertainment. And that's what makes it, although I would have liked to see a little bit more. Yeah, that was that was the first time that we saw the official get hit. And I think they got hit a couple other times throughout. But next we had the match up between Alana Pierce and Mika. Mm hmm. Yeah, it was a very fun match, almost even on all stats across the board. Weight, height, very even match up to very different styles of fighting that went the distance. It was very good to see it. And it was also just like, that was the first one that was really hard to watch because it's like two people you know. And I was like, oh, go, go, go. I don't know who to cheer for. It's just like, yeah, everyone wins, I guess. I will say Mika landed twice as many power punches as Alana. Yeah. And it was, it was the only split decision of the night. So it was a close call. I honestly think Mika was dominating early and Alana came back in the later rounds and really showcased leaning more and more punches that really evened out to make it a harder decision. Mm hmm. Yeah. I saw like Mika was adapting and trying to change up her style. Meanwhile, Alana rocks solid, just like wall of glove and is waiting for the opportunity because Mika strategy was like, come in, land a big hit. She would get that big hit in, but then she would pay for it on the retreat with a lot more quantity wise punches. And so that was like the exchange back and forth. So I could, I could see it like with a judge from a certain perspective might not see the power in the hit might have think it was off a glove more. However, I was seeing like, okay, Mika is landing some of these hits and they're definitely like being felt. And so yeah, this could have gone either way. I think the split decision is right. That was the only way it could have come down because either one of them could have come up with the winner and it would have been like, yeah, that made sense. And you would justify it one way or another. Yeah. That was the first one where I was like, of all the fights we had watched that you had no clue who was going to win. Yeah. I would say that. Like if Mika had her power punches enough that Alana went down once, like obviously that's a point and it would have skewed the entire thing differently. So like I get the like twice as many power punches. Some people, I don't know how judges score it in the absolute nitty gritty of it all. But yeah, it's it's it is very subjective of who controlled that match. I think that's how it goes. Yeah. Now I missed the majority of this next fight because I had to go get some water and use the bathroom. I came out and the one part I saw was when Hundar got knocked down by myth. That was all I saw. So yeah, this myth versus Hundar fight, it was a great fight. It really was. You had myth, fast, quick, longer reach. You had Hundar, big, tough, a wall. They're both showboating. It was a very entertaining fight in that regards. And it's another one that is like, I wish I could have seen more, but this one I totally understand. Like Hundar, let me just triple check that he has said it himself before I say anything. Oh, yeah, he posted about it. OK, he did post about it. Yeah, about his about his arm. Yeah. So yeah, he he got hurt. Unfortunately, he tore his bicep. I saw it from the ring. I saw it in after round one ended because yeah, Hundar got knocked down, but he was not out of the fight from that his head was totally fine. He was stable and he was able to keep going. But his his bicep was just all bunched up right here. And I saw that from a dish. I was like, I don't know that not good. Even before they called the fight, I was just like, Oh, fuck, that's bad. When did that happen? Was it when he went down or what did it happen before he got knocked down? It's hard to say. It seems like he it seems like it didn't even register in pain for a while. So it could have happened at any time. I imagine it happened towards the end of it. Either he took a hit directly to the bicep or he overextended or he as he was falling, like landed funny. Any number of ways it can happen is just like the 10 didn't just fails. And that just means the muscle kind of just squeezes up like it snaps like a spring. And it's not unrecoverable. I would have liked to see that fight going because it was like it was going very well. It was very entertaining fighting. I Hundar is obviously tough enough. If he can almost shrug off his bicep being torn, then yeah, but myth did perform very admirably. I think in the first round, myth definitely took that round. But you know who knows he took some hits as well. So anything could have happened, but that is what happened. This next fight, I believe I mispronounced Mauritius name in the pre show. So apologies for mispronouncing it, but it was Haley Sharp against Marisha Ray. And this fight went the distance and Haley looked sharp. Like insanely sharp, probably in my opinion, the most technical boxer that we saw throughout the night, the way her head was moving, the way she was, she was punching, the way she was moving, keeping, keeping her distance. I mean, she looked clean. Bar one, I would put her in second place of the most technical boxer of the night. Okay. All right. But I'll we'll get to that in a second. However, I will say I am so glad to see her come back this year because it was exactly what I saw last year. Everyone is so focused in the in the just a mix fight that Haley got in there last minute and was just losing. But that's not what I saw. And I said it then and I'd say it again, I said in the pre show and I say it again afterwards, is like I saw good core technicals keeping guard up, like doing keeping her head moving. Like there was some real training there. There was some real discipline there and there was some real control in the fight. And that's what's more important in a fight is just keeping in control. And then in this fight, yeah, you saw it. Marisha was definitely the crowd favorite. Yeah. Definitely 100% you could hear it in there. But Haley, like you said, was sharp and was able to keep that control and like control the fight and therefore like control the pace of the fight. Keep Marisha on her back foot. It's not like Marisha was not performing admirably. But Haley was for for those four rounds. She was the same level of performance. All throughout. The fifth rounds that her guard started to drop a little bit at that point, she had she had the match going into the fifth. It was only going to be a knockdown that was going to change the outcome of anything. Yeah. And Marisha just powered through and stuck through the entire ever round after round after round. And that was insanely admirable watching her completely stick through fight through the pain fight through the blows, continue to fight and landed some good punches late too. Mm hmm. Yeah. Definitely like Haley was taken some hits there, especially as the fight grew on and it was one of those things where like I was seeing this this attack from Haley so early and by the end of the first round, I was worried that Marisha was actually going to go down and like this fight might again end early. But no, it went the distance. So huge, huge respect to Marisha and Haley for both going the distance in that fight because it was an extremely entertaining fight. There was like there was pure boxing occurring in front of us and it was just the life of the watch. Yeah. I'll let you lead into this next one. Okay. Aaron Hanson versus Jarvis Johnson, the start of the heavyweight division and the start of some heavy hitters and some heavy hits. Yeah, they came out swinging. It was immediate. The tone shifts of these fights can go up and down. But as we accelerated towards the end, you see more intensity in the boxing and what's occurring in front of you and Jarvis Johnson, who in all the pre-show coverage and like, you know, in the promotional stuff, you know, was painted very much as a picture of like of this nice calm energy. I knew it was a front. I knew it was a front. I knew it was, I knew there was, it was all smoke and mirrors. I knew something was going to be unleashed as soon as that bell rang and it was unleashed. I mean, it was just trading blows after blow. It was one right to the next and Jarvis would counter and I mean, they were just swinging and trading punches. It was the suddenness of Jarvis's attack that really threw me off guard because Aaron crossed the ring, moving forward, showing good movement, discipline, wanted to close the gap. And then all of a sudden Jarvis was like, clearly not the same level of like technical skill, but you don't need technical skill when you can throw your 200 pound plus weight behind your fists. And Aaron was definitely feeling it. It was one of those things where it's like, I actually think that in the first round, Jarvis probably took that round, the first one, but Jarvis couldn't like his endurance was going to tap him. And I think his entire strategy was to try to overwhelm Aaron in the first round and see if he could wear him down enough. But Aaron has been training for two years in boxing. He took hits from Harley. He took hits from Jarvis and he ate him up and he stayed on his feet, stayed stable and kept taking him and kept going. So I was like, if he can get through this first round without falling down, he's got this and second round came around and it was that he turned the tables over there on Jarvis. The article that I found said basically technique be damned. They're just throwing bombs. Technique be damned. They're just throwing them and they were. So that's totally like what it can come down to, especially like if you get in there and if your opponent is just throwing a flurry of blows, you can't even get in close. Sometimes you just got to wail him back. And I think that that damage in the first round, the slug fest of the first round eroded away to Aaron being able to show technical discipline in the second round, keeping it together, keeping the guard up, keeping the movement, sticking to combos, moving around the punches, starting to dodge and really getting in the flow of the fight. And once that started happening, Aaron started to commandeer the fight. I think it was called in the second end of the second round towards the end of the second round or was it a third round fight? Second round towards the end of the second round, Aaron landed a pretty hard right hand on Jarvis and Jarvis got a little bit wobbled and the referee eventually came in after a slurry of blows to actually call the fight and stop it. Yeah. So it was just one of those things where very, very cool to see and I'm super proud of Aaron and Jarvis for getting in there. Like I know how hard Aaron has been working and training and he's he got a fair match up this time instead of being matched up against Harley. And I know we were razzing about like last year, last year, they kept talking last year and then I pull up last year's stuff. We showed clips from last year, but now he performed very, very well. I'm super, super excited about this. But the next fight I actually need you to take entirely because I missed all of it. Really? I didn't see you. I didn't see a bit of it. All right. And aside from having my favorites of people that I enjoyed watching, if I take away all bias, this was hands down my favorite fight just on an outside perspective, getting rid of personal bias. This fight went the distance and both kept pace all five rounds trading blows, trading technical counters and everything. And this was Michelle versus Andrea Botaz, Michelle Carr, I think. Yeah. And it was just quick. The pace maintained. They were just absolute going at it. Full fledge. They looked the most conditioned. They looked the most like understanding of each other's advantages and opponents because Michelle was undersized. She had to get in close and went for a lot of body shots after leaning in close. There were tie ups. They'd break apart. They'd counter after the tie ups. It was the closest thing that I have seen in creator boxing to a professional style match without it being overly technical, but the pace maintained the conditioning was there. And it was just an absolute slug fest with counters and they had strategy. It was that's my favorite part of boxing is the chess match that happens when you go to the corner and your coach talks to you and tells you what they're doing and how to counter that. And that's what I saw in this match through all five rounds. And that's what I loved about it. And then the reason I needed a recap of that is because I had to go behind the stage to walk out with Ethan and it was a much longer wait than I thought because that fight lasted the entire time and it went to distance. And I was like, Oh, Dan, they didn't even have like a TV out there that I could watch that fight. And I was like, Oh, man. Yeah, Michelle ended up winning despite being the undersized opponent. But I mean, it was it was an impressive decision. It ended up being unanimous. It was just the fact that Michelle was landing punches and making Andrea miss a ton. Yeah, I think the percentage of punches landed was like 50 just shy of 50% for Michelle. And it was like 17% total from Andrea. It was crazy. That is kind of crazy. All right, but the next matchup, our boy, Ethan versus Lee and Hart. Now Lee and Hart, I just want to say this, the walkout song for Lee and Hart doing the Pokemon theme song with the actual singer of the theme song had everyone in the audience singing along, which was really, really cool. But then Ethan came out, of course. Yes. And I'm so glad that you say that because behind stage, incredibly annoying. Like just when you because I get it and you're a singer and you're doing your thing, he was live streaming the entire time he was behind the stage, just walking back and forth up and down the hall. And I was just like, wow, okay. All right, that's weird. So he's live streaming and he's singing out loud and middle the hallway as both fighters are in the room just trying to get in the zone. And he's just like on the live stream, just chatting up and just like, man, it's like, all right, I guess we're not going to focus now. I guess this is not what we're doing. And I'm not even fighting. I'm just like, for both of them, for both of them, like Ethan and Leonardo, I'm like, uh, shouldn't we be kind of quiet and let them get in their head space that they need to be for the fight? Nope. On last year, man. It was like, all right. Okay. Yeah. So I'm sure the performance is great. I didn't see it because I was blind, say, but backstage, very annoying, incredibly annoying. Anyway. Uh, but then the fight. Yes. The fight. And I said this a million times and I hope Lee and Hart doesn't like think that we think negatively of his ability to box. He came out as a favorite and he was favored for a reason because he said he's practically good, but also like he had a kid and whatnot. So there was some question about that, but he was still like he was like more muscular. Uh, he was slightly taller and like had some prior experience, which does hold weight. And yet that guy in the first round hit air. He hit air. Air Ethan was dodging and that was beautiful to see because you and I both know how hard Ethan trained, he trained incredibly hard and he wanted it so badly. He wanted it badly. And it's like, I know it's a charity exhibition, but he wanted it. What was he? I was going to say he looked really good. His technique was a bit peculiar. He had a lot of weight on his front foot, but it had to do with his strategy because he needed to get in close and he did something that boxers often need to do. And this is was the greatest thing about his technique is the greatest advantage you have to make somebody unbalanced and unstable and basically questioning their own technique and strategy is if you work the body and go to the head and work the body and go to the head and keep switching between the two and that's what Ethan did. Mm hmm. Yeah. So it's like that's definitely a solid strategy to come through, but it cannot be overstated. Just like this is why I said that he in the terms of technical fighting, I think that Ethan showed the best is because he controlled the fight from a defensive position. Mm hmm. And that is one of those things that is just extraordinarily cool to see in this level of boxing is just like you are waiting for your opportunity to strike. And when you're talking like the chess match of boxing and that first round of just like getting into it and of course like he took some hits, I'm not saying he didn't, but when you looked at like the hit percentage of the fight, he made Lee and Hart expend so much more energy in the first round. And that kept it in his favor because like Ethan's conditioning was definitely there. So was Lee and Hart's it's not like the conditioning thing, but it left Lee and Hart open because he was overreaching trying to make these hits and then by the second round when he's trying harder to get these hits to land, he is getting frustrated, getting frustrated, getting sloppy, leaving openings. And that's I think what Ethan took advantage of when he was able to start unleashing those combos and getting those headshots. Now to be fair, Ethan hit Leonardo in the back of a head. Yeah. It cannot be hidden. I didn't see it from my hit. I saw the replays and then I went like, but it happened. Once, maybe twice and hitting in the back of that is a very dangerous thing to do. It can lead to so much more damage and it's a heat of the moment thing. Like he was aiming obviously for the side. Leonart was rolling away and it's it was an incidental thing. It's not like reaching around and trying to like, I'm going to hit you in the back. Yeah. It's like exposed back head. You were supposed to avoid that as hard as you can. And it was when Lee and Hart was on balance. So he turned his head and faced away from the opponent that, you know, there's a lot of different factors that happen within a fight. And I know for a fact that it was accidental, but I remember Lee and Hart talking to me about it after the fight even. And he was like, yeah, that made me a little bit dizzy. And then he started hearing the crowd. Yeah. And that that really was it's a psychological thing. The crowd definitely was on Ethan's side. I definitely was on Ethan's side. And I tried to be impartial in the pre show, but when I was down there in the crowd, like I didn't realize how insane I was until people posted those videos of me. And I was just like, I thought everyone around me was the same level of energy. And they were definitely happy. I looked like a mad man. I looked like I was losing my mind. And I was just like, I didn't realize it was that. In all fairness, I was really excited, but I was so afraid to hit people because I felt so tight in the spot that I was. I was not afraid of you. I was throwing my fists everywhere. I don't remember any of that. Well, that's also the funniest part is in all of those posts and videos, it's like, I'm perfectly just off the side where it gets cut off because I could see Catherine and then I'm like off the picture of the video. And so it was cracking me up every time I saw one there and then the hugs at the end when everybody's like, wait, is that Tyler? Yeah. Yeah. It was really funny. Still, it was a really like for me anyway, and I'm super biased, but the energy in that fight was fantastic. It was one of my favorite fights of the night, not just because he was there because Lee and Hart was performing. He was performing. It was just like the strategy just lined up perfectly for Ethan to create like the opportunity for him to really take it. It wasn't like a first round finish. It was third round, I believe. Yeah. It went to the third round. Yeah. And yes, there were some hits at the back that you don't like to see that, but it came because there was a hit to the face first. Yeah. Yeah. It was usually during Lee and Hart's already stumbling. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, but at the same time, Pradi, Ethan, you did well, Pradi, Lee and Hart, like did well. It can be so disheartening. I can only, I've never been in that situation. If everyone, if you're down on the ground and everyone is chanting the other person's name, that's got to feel bad. Yeah. I don't like hearing about that. And I apologize for being heavily in Ethan's corner. I know he's a good guy, or I think he is. I've never had a chance to really talk with him, but I met him in the hotel lobby beforehand, and it's just, you know, it's one of those things where, you know, I still think Ethan would have won, I'd fight if it won this. Yeah. Absolutely. There was no question about this. It's like, it is the thing. But it's like, he never won a shit on anybody for putting in the effort, especially when he did. So it was... And they definitely put in, like, Lee and Hart put in the work. Again, both Lee and Hart and Ethan are friends, like, a lot of respect for both them, French and the Ring, but seeing Ethan step in there being the massive underdog, apparently there was one, like, gambling site that had stuff, and he was listed as a massive underdog. Oh, yeah. I think it was. It was so good to see him showcase his ability. You could see the focus in him coming from his upbringing with gymnastics and all the stuff that he's been put through. Definitely hats off to Ethan for his performance. And he really hyped the crowd afterwards, and it was so good to see him victorious. It gave the crowd what they wanted, which is excitement. And I think that fight, both of them can walk away very, very proud because they made it one of the most exciting fights of the night. But there wasn't the only one. We have two more. Speaking of exciting fight of the night. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Harley versus John Randall Hennigan. I just. All right. So John, John did your normal entrance. He walked down the tunnel, right? But Harley. Oh, oh, oh, that entrance. Oh, best entrance of the night bar one thousand percent. My favorite moment of the night is not Ethan winning. Yeah. I have to say, I have to say it's not because I could replay this moment. You say it's so. I gotta go look up a clip of it. It's so good. Will, if you can find it, please show video of Harley falling out of the ring. Also show his entrance because his entrance was super cool. Well, I was looking to the the interdrampt, gentlemen, but I don't I don't see Harley up there. Wait. Oh, it might have run away scared. Hold on. Oh, is that Harley's in the crowd. Oh, my goodness. Oh, Harley is in the crowd looking like a shield member or solid snake. I don't know. Charlie, what is going on here? I'm not quite sure. This is just a psychopath out there. The men of the people making his way in the sauce boss is heading to the ring. Here is the raid replay. And again, you see that right hand? He falls into us here at the commentary today. Thank God that Harley's okay though. That could have really been bad, but yeah, then he's not. That's not a small fall at all. That's not at all. That's a big man. But actually, again, if they were trying to help him out, Charlie and David, anybody, I don't want to hear. Oh, my God, his entrance. What an entrance. It was really funny because two of the cloak staff were there that I know because of doing modeling for cloak and they both messaged me at the same time. I didn't know you were fighting because I Harley has the long kind of curly hair and they were like trying to say I looked like Harley and I'm like, the man's a giant. Mm hmm. That man is giant, but it did him no good that night because he was trounced. He was trounced upon it. He was punched out of the ring, punched out of the ring, punched out of his soul. Yeah, John Randall Anakin was coming in strong and he is obviously a very strong guy. Big dude. Harley is not a weak dude either. No, but and I would not say that John had like the best technical ability. Well, like I said, I've said multiple times. You don't need the perfect technical ability when you can throw haymakers that are going to knock a 240 pound man out of the ring. Yeah. Or he fought a 220 maybe. I forget what. Something like that. But he was, he was, John was throwing massive, massive body shots and was working his way in close because that was the one advantage Harley had was if he could keep his distance with this jab and move around the ring and Harley was just like, Harley just got burrushed by John. And pretty much what happened, the majority of that fight is John just came in and just started hammering at him walking through the blows that Harley was throwing. Yeah. So that fight ended, I believe third round. Yeah, third round KO, the fight was stopped in the third round. It's just one of those things where a very entertaining. I was worried about it before, but it ended well. It started well. It was well and it ended well. And it's got like one of my favorite clips of all time. Yeah. Harley landing on, I don't remember who it was landing on their lap. It was just like it was the three ringside announcers who are clearly inferior to the pre and post show team pre and post show team on that one that would have caught would have caught him lifted him thrown him back in the ring. That's, that's what the pre and post show team. Harley even said afterwards, because I talked to him on Galenite and he was afraid that he would land on moist critical and squish him like a buck. He just was like, he was so confused where he was. And he was like, ah, is everyone else okay? Nah, Charlie would have thrown a bag. He bench press too Harley is he's no problem. No problem. All right. Then the main event, but before the main event, we had the national anthem. We did have the national anthem, which was, I have an insights group. I just told the guys about this, but I'll tell you about this as well. I was down in the little cafeteria area where there was food and the security guards were giving their security briefing and kind of run a show going over everything. And they, when they got to that part of it, they were very funny across the board, just like talking about creators and like, I don't get it. Why are they here? But when they got to that point and they were like, this guy was like, I know some of you have served. And I hate to say this because it happened last year is going to happen again this year. I don't know. I don't get it that they're paying for the event. If you, they're going to sing the national anthem now and they're going to do a bad and if you want to walk out at that point, I tip my hat to you. It's totally like he was preparing them for like the disrespect. Yeah. But I'm like, they did a great job. That was, that was an incredible rendition. I, I loved every part of it. Yeah. And there was a, there was a judge, one of the, the referees that was staying behind them and you could just see him getting more and more angry watching it happen. And Matt told me after the event that the guy had walked up to him and was like, to hell was that you just felt so like personally attacked by what they did. And I was like, they, I mean, the audience sang the whole song. Like it wasn't, yeah, I know, right. It wasn't, it wasn't that bad. No, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't like the other night though, where, or the other one in the previous fight where you have them stop and start over and stop and start over and stop and start over and it'd be just truly terrible the entire way through, which is just an interesting rendition of it. But at the same time, like when, when Matt ripped his chest open to show he bled red white, I respected every part of that. Especially the kiss, you know, the kiss really sold it to, you know, he'd showed that love for America. Yeah. Oh, nothing but love in our America. In our America. Yeah. Yeah. All right. The main event, a wonderful fight with a, it wasn't even part of the fight that makes me. Anyway, you started. Um, I mean, you know, they, they came out throwing blows. There was a lot of jabs, a lot of good hits to the face. Alex definitely showed a lot of, uh, quickness being able to avoid idubs hits, good movement throughout the ring. They lasted all five rounds and, uh, you know, Ian was pretty bloodied. Alex, really after the fight didn't look licked that much, but I mean, it, it was still a difficult decision. Both were leaning blows to the body, both were leaning blows to the face and it ended up being a major decision with one judge scoring at 38, 38 and the other two scur, scoring at 39, 37 in favor of Alex Wasabi. Yeah. I, I like the fight. Don't give a ride. Like the fight itself is nice and I have personal opinions because this is something that I would never do. It was the putting Ian on the spot about doing another fight afterwards. And it's like, this is the kind of thing. It's like a proposal. You don't go into those in front of hundreds thousand people and put them on the spot to fight again. And I, I even said this in the post show because like this irked me because I get it, the hype and you're like, no, come on. One more fight. And it's like, I know the toll that putting these shows on has put on Ian and Anisa and all of their close friends without even the fighting aspect that just the making the event. They, when they went in the first one, I know that they were like, when we get this done and then never again, like it's going to be one of done. And then they did another and it's like, it's incredible. And I get the hype. You want to do more like, especially like Alex was just like, yeah, more. It puts someone on the spot and when in a way where they were probably just about to announce their retirement. Does that, who does that? Where you hear a rumor about that and you're like, Oh, I know better than them. Look at all this fun we're having. Why getting the ring and get your, your brains knocked out one more time. Go up against the toughest opponent again. Ian train again for another whole year. What's another year? One more fight. And I get a lot of people were very emotional about and they got into it, but it's like, man, fucking let people control their own fate. Yeah. And don't put them on the spot to where if they say what they want to do, that's not in favor of what you're hyping everybody up for that they're going to look bad. Yeah. I got irked by that because I even said something when we were in the seats because you were, you were gone. And I was like, that's not the way to do that. That's undue pressure. Maybe, maybe he, they wanted to do it, but give them the chance to make that decision. Don't apply an arena full of people pressuring them to say yes. Yeah, exactly. However, I also don't know Ian's true feelings and I don't know what he wants to do. And it's up to him and not me or anyone else to do that. If he wants to retire, that's all more power to him. If he wants to do it again, more power to him. Yeah. I hope I can be there again doing the pre-show right ring side. We'll be on the opposite side of the ring. We'll kick the judge out and we'll just do the pre and post show right by the ring. We'll have two commentary tracks you can pick your favorite. Maybe, maybe we just get a catwalk and you guys are just above the ring, you know? Yeah, if we could be floating like on suspended wires the whole time, dancing in and out, people can donate money to lower us so that we'll be in the way of the punches and we'll just wait. Oh, no. Speaking of which, Harley did get hit in the back of the head from a camera. Oh, yeah. During their fight, I forgot about that. No, that's not how to say it. A camera got hit by Harley. Yeah, that's true. I'd worry about the camera as opposed to like Harley, but no, yeah, no, that couldn't have felt good for Harley there. No, because that he, I think he mentioned that on Twitter like a couple days after the fact. But at the same time, we didn't even talk about the fight itself. No. Like with Alex and Ian, the fight was great. Like it was a tough fight. I talked about in the post show. And again, I'm not a boxer, so I can't speak to anything. I think that in the third round, it was clearly showing that Alex was starting to feel it and getting tired. And Ian took that round. Ian took that round clearly. And Alex's only strategy was try to tie Ian up every single second that he could just tie him up, tie him up, tie him up. And that's, yeah, that was the late rounds. Yeah. It's not fun to watch. It's not fun to see. It's a strategy of desperation, but it paid off. Like it paid off and Alex was able to come back and win the next round and then therefore change it from what would have been a draw into a win. And that is how that goes. But that's just, I'm not a boxer. So what do I know? Like, I'm not getting in that ring. So take my opinion for what it is. Worthless. All in all, the event was incredible. Yes. Exactly. I had so much fun being able to go. Huge shout out to Real Good Touring for putting on the event. Emily Arena staff for what they did for it. Obviously, Ian and Anissa absolutely making this into an amazing event, even building off of last year. I mean, it was truly incredible. It was an immense amount of fun through and through for all the invitees. And from what I heard from everybody who paid for a ticket, it was just a fun, fun time. It was a very fun event. I'm glad I went. I'm not terribly happy for the travel of going there. Yeah. But I am glad I went. I was glad I could be there. Who knows if there's going to be another one? Nobody knows, but the people in charge just as it should be. So stay tuned whenever they decide to announce or not announce. I might want to pay attention. My favorite part was definitely after Ethan won being able to celebrate and he went down and hugged everyone. And that was really cool. That was really cool. But Harley been around other ranks. It was a pretty cool moment. That was also really cool. And his entrance being solid snake coming from the crowd. Yes, that was also very good. Very good stuff. All right. Well, I think that'll do it for this episode. Tyler, you can go rest up, take it easy, get some health. Yes. I have been working on that with my tea and my on my second box of tissues and tested negative for COVID, but it feels like COVID. So well, at least there's that. So hope you get better and thank you everybody for watching, listening. No, I will not be boxing. Don't ask. I don't want to. I just am an observer. I want to, but I can't. I don't and I won't. 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