MMA: Inside the Cage #112: "European Explosion"

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MMA INSIDE THE CAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) WELCOME TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE.
THIS WEEK WE'LL DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO SWEDEN FOR
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUPERIOR CHALLENGE 8 CARD,
AND IN THE SECOND ROUND WE'LL TALK TO UFC HEAVYWEIGHT
STIPE MIOCIC, GETTING READY FOR HIS BIG UFC ON FUEL
MAIN EVENT PLUS 12 MORE FINALIST FOR CLIP OF THE WEEK.
I'M YOUR HOST CYRUS FEES.
NEXT TO ME THE MAN THAT JUST GOT BACK FROM OUTER
SPACE, CASEY OXENDINE.
(CASEY) WELL I'VE BEEN ON A LITTLE TRIP, (CYRUS)
YEAH (CASEY) OF COURSE I HAD MY WISDOM TEETH TOOK OUT
LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, A LOT
OF MEDICATION.
BUT I BROUGHT THESE TO YOU.
(CYRUS) WHAT IS THIS?
(CASEY) WELL IT'S MY TEETH.
(CYRUS) DO WHAT?
(CASEY) I TOLD THE GUYS THEY WERE GETTING READY TO PUT
THEM IN HAZMAT AND I TOLD THEM THAT MY CO-HOST COULD USE
ALL THE WISDOM HE COULD GET.
(CYRUS) OH GOD, YEAH OF COURSE.
(CASEY) HE COULD MASTER HIS MULTIPLICATION TABLES.
(CYRUS) YEAH I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY MULTIPLICATION TABLES.
THANK YOU CASEY.
LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT WITH YOUR MMA NEWS FLURRY.
THE UFC CARDS HAVE BEEN SHUFFLED MORE THAN EVER IN
THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND UFC 153 IN BRAZIL IS
A WHOLE NEW CARD.
TWO THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PARTNER, ALDO IS
OUT DUE TO THE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.
DO YOU THINK THE UFC SHOULD PUT IN SOME RULES YOU KNOW
FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKE YOU KNOW SKY DIVING,
AND LIKE DOING STUFF LIKE MOTORCYCLE RIDING?
(CASEY) WELL THAT'S A PROBLEM ISN'T IT?
I MEAN THAT'S A HUGE LOSS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ABLE
TO REALLY PACK IT UP AND REPLACE IT.
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND SORT OF IN THE NATURE OF
THESE FIGHTERS TO DO SUCH.
YOU KNOW TO BE RECKLESS AND SO FORTH, EVEN ROLLS
GRACIE REMEMBER HE LOST HIS LIFE IN THAT HANG
GLIDING ACCIDENT.
SO IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES THESE ATHLETES GREAT BUT
IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND
IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
(CYRUS) THEY'VE DONE IT IN A LOT OF MAJOR SPORTS WHERE
THEY PUT IN THOSE RULES, YOU KNOW AS FAR AS MOTORCYCLES.
RAMPAGE JACKSON ALSO ON THE 153 CARD.
HE'S OUT AGAINST GLOVER TEIXEIRA.
DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE RAMPAGE IN THE UFC
AGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HICCUPS HERE?
YOU KNOW HE KIND OF HAS THAT ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH
DANA WHITE, DO YOU THINK WE'LL EVER SEE ONE MORE FIGHT
OUT HIM OR IS HE HEADING SOMEWHERE ELSE?
(CASEY) ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT RAMPAGE MIGHT BE FAKING?
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
(CYRUS) NO, I AM NOT NO, (CASEY) ARE YOU SAYING
HE'S UP; HE'S GOT SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE?
(CYRUS) ABSOLUTELY NOT, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
HE DID HAVE TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST TEIXEIRA THOUGH.
(CASEY) YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
I HOPE HE'S BACK.
I'D LIKE TO SEE ONE MORE SHOT AT SEEING RAMPAGE IN
THE OCTAGON BEFORE HE MOVES ON YOU KNOW SO HOPEFULLY.
(CYRUS) HE COULD GO OVER TO THE WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING.
IT COULD BE INTERESTING RIGHT?
NEXT UP A HUGE SHOW AT THE ERGO ARENA LAST WEEKEND
FOR KSW 20 YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE RESULTS RIGHT HERE,
OF COURSE FOR THE MOST PART IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO THE
TRIPLE MAIN EVENT THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE.
YOU KNOW YOU HAD JEROME LEBANNER, MARCIN ROZALSKI.
LEBANNER HAD TO PULL OUR WITH AN INJURY ONCE AGAIN.
YOU GET THE REPLACEMENT AND IT'S RODNEY GLUMDER, A VETERAN.
ROZALSKI GETS THE WIN IN THIS ONE.
JAN BLACHOWICZ DEFENDS HIS 205 TITLE IN DOMINATING
FASHION AGAINST HOUSTON ALEXANDER GETS THE DECISION WIN.
THEN IN THE MAIN EVENT, THE BIG MAN PUDZIANOWSKI
POUNDING OUT CHRISTOS PILIAFAS.
POUNDING OUT CHRISTOS PILIAFAS.
NOW A FEW QUESTIONS HERE PARTNER, PUDZIANOWSKI
REALLY KIND OF SURPRISED ME.
I THINK WE BOTH PICKED PILIAFAS TO BEAT HIM IN
THIS FIGHT.
PUDZIANOWSKI GETS THE WIN.
WHAT IS THE CEILING THERE FOR PUDZILLA?
(CASEY) PILIAFAS IS A BIG GUY, 256.5 BUT HE'S NO MATCH
FOR THE STRENGTH OF PUDZILLA.
THIS DUDE IS SO STRONG, WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN.
THE PROBLEM IN THE PAST HAS BEEN WITH IN FIGHTS WITH
LIKE JAMES THOMPSON, TIM SYLVIA, IS HAS HIS
SKILL REALLY COME UP TO MATCH WITH THE STAR POWER THAT
HE REALLY POSSESSES AND WHO KNOWS.
HE MADE A GREAT SHOWING HERE.
HE IS DOING WHAT IT TAKES.
HE'S MAKING, HE'S CROSS TRAINING, COMING TO
AMERICA DOING THE AMERICA TOP TEAM THING.
SO HOPEFULLY I SEE BIG THINGS FOR THE GUY BECAUSE HE IS
SUCH A PHYSICAL SPECIMEN.
(CYRUS) WHAT IF HE WAS TO MAKE IT INTO A
HEAVYWEIGHT ULTIMATE FIGHTER IN THERE?
KIND OF LIKE A KIMBO SLICE DID, IT'D BE PRETTY COOL.
(CASEY) IT'D BE COOL AND I'D TELL YOU WHAT ELSE IT IS
TO SEE THAT THE WINNER OF PALAO AND BOBBY LASHLEY
AND MAYBE A LITTLE SUPER FIGHT WITH THAT.
(CYRUS) THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
THEN BLACHOWICZ HE LOOKED GREAT IN THIS ONE.
WE'VE HEARD OF MY MAN KHALIDOV COMING TO THE US.
YOU KNOW IS THERE ANYTHING THAT KSW CAN DO TO HOLD ON
TO THEIR STARS AND KIND OF PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT THERE?
(CASEY) I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF A PROMOTION WANTS TO HOLD BACK FIGHTERS
IF THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BIG THINGS ABROAD.
BUT I THINK WHAT I CAN DO IS ASSIST KSW IN REALLY
REACHING THAT PINNACLE AS THE TOP EUROPEAN PROMOTION.
IF HE PRODUCES OR IF THEY PRODUCE MAMED KHALIDOV
TAKING HIM TO THE UFC AND HE PREFORMS WELL THERE THEN
IT'S ONLY GOING TO SHINE AND REFLECT POSITIVELY ON THE
KSW AS A WHOLE.
SO IT'S REALLY, YOU MAY THINK ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE USING
MAMED KHALIDOV BUT MAMED KHALIDOV IS A KSW PRODUCT
AND I THINK THAT IT WILL GO TO HELP THEM SHINE.
(CYRUS) I THINK SO TOO.
KSW DASH MMA THAT IS THE WEBSITE.
KSW 21 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR DECEMBER 1ST.
KEEP UP TO DATE ON THAT.
LAST WEEKS CLIP OF THE WEEK COMPETITION WAS VICIOUS
AS USUAL.
ALL KINDS OF VOTES CAME IN, BUT WE CAN ONLY SEND
THAT TRAINING MASK AND PRIZE PACK TO ONE PERSON AND
THAT PERSON IS, LET'S GET THE DRUMROLL...
DANE SAYERS FROM UP IN NORTH DAKOTA, IMPACT FIGHTING,
A HUGE KNOCK OUT.
THAT'S IMPACTFIGHTING DOT NET FOR MORE INFORMATION.
WELL THIS WEEK 12 MORE FINALISTS.
CASEY TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN WIN.
(CASEY) WELL THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS GOING TO TAKE
HOME THAT ELEVATION TRAINING MASK, THE SHAKER CUP WITH
PRE WORK OUT FORMULA FROM GAMMA LABS, AND APPAREL
FROM BAMF FIGHT GEAR, CRUCIFIX, AND FIGHT CHIX'S.
(CYRUS) WELL WE HAVE STIPE MIOCIC AFTER THE BREAK,
BUT HERE'S YOUR FIRST FOUR FINALISTS FOR CLIP OF THE WEEK.
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MMA INSIDE THE CAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) AND WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, OF COURSE
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUPERIOR CHALLENGE 8 COVERAGE COMING
UP IN THE THIRD ROUND.
RIGHT NOW LET'S SHIFT OUR ATTENTION TO THE GAMMA
LABS LIVE LINK.
WE HAVE STIPE MIOCIC UFC, HEAVY WEIGHT GETTING READY
TO HEADLINE UFC ON FUEL 5 FROM NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND
ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.
STIPE WELCOME TO MMA INSIDE THE CAGE, ALWAYS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU ON THE PROGRAM.
(STIPE) HEY THANKS SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HELPING ME OUT.
(CASEY) NOW STIPE STEFAN STRUVE IS 6 FOOT 11, AND HAS
A HUGE REACH ADVANTAGE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO YOU.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO NEUTRALIZE THAT?
YOU KNOW TRAVIS BROWNE AND ROY NELSON THEY WERE BOTH ABLE
TO DO IT AND IT WAS HIS KEY TO VICTORY.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU TO BECOME THAT NEW
SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM?
(STIPE) HOPEFULLY I EMPLOY MY GAME PLAN THAT I'VE
BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
(LAUGHTER) SO HOPEFULLY I YOU KNOW, THAT I GAIN THAT
REACH IS GOOD ALL AROUND.
SO YOU KNOW I GOT TO DO WHAT I DO AND YOU KNOW COME OUT
WITH THAT W.
(CASEY) NOW STRUVE IS ON A BIG THREE FIGHT WINNING
STREAK, TAKING OUT LAVAR, DAVE HERMAN, AND EVEN PAT BARRY.
HE HAS SHOWN TO HAVE LEGIT SUBMISSION SKILLS, IS
THIS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR GAME
PLAN SHOULD YOU END UP ON THE GROUND WITH THIS GUY?
(STIPE) JUST TAKING MY TIME, NOT PUTTING MYSELF IN ANY
BAD POSITIONS.
YOU KNOW BEING SMART IN WHAT I DO AND YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY
I CAN SUBMIT SOME PUNCHING TOO, THAT'D BE GREAT.
(CYRUS) NOW STIPE WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT FIGHT
BUT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION, ALISTAIR OVEREEM IS A GUY
THAT'S GETTING READY TO COME OFF SUSPENSION AND
EVERYBODY KIND OF SUSPECTS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE
RIGHT BACK IN THE TITLE HUNT, BEING THAT HE WAS
SUSPENDED FOR THE HIGH TESTOSTERONE, POSSIBLY
PED'S HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SINCE YOU'RE UP
AND COMING, UP THE LADDER AND THE GUY IS JUST GOING TO
JUMP AHEAD OF YOU AFTER HE'S BEEN SUSPECTED OF CHEATING?
(STIPE) I MEAN IT, YOU KNOW I THINK HE MADE A MISTAKE,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES.
BUT HE'S ALSO FOUGHT THE BEST, BEAT THE BEST.
I MEAN THE GUY'S BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.
YOU KNOW HE'S FOUGHT ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
I MEAN YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY MUCH I GUESS YOU KNOW AND
BEEN AROUND.
(CYRUS) NOW MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU DID COME UP
THROUGH THE NAAFS, WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT WE LOVE HERE
ON MMA INSIDE THE CAGE.
NOW THEY DO HAVE A PRO-AM GOING ON THERE AND OF
COURSE YOU'VE SEEN HOW THAT WORKS.
DO YOU THINK THAT AMATEUR MMA SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS OR DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD JUST
BE STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL?
(STIPE) I MEAN I LIKE AMATEUR MMA BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT
HELPS GUYS OUT.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO A FIGHT COLD
TURKEY YOU KNOW.
YOUR NOT PRO FIGHTING BECAUSE YOU WON A COUPLE OF
AMATEUR FIGHTS TO GET YOUR FEET YOU KNOW WET AND I
THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GUYS TO GET BETTER
AND WORK ON THEIR SKILLS AND KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT IN
THE SPORT.
(CYRUS) WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH STIPE FOR COMING UP ON
THE SHOW HERE ON THE GAMMA LABS LIVE LINK.
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN SUPERIOR CHALLENGE 8 AFTER
THE BREAK BUT HERE'S YOUR NEXT FOUR FINALIST FOR CLIP OF
THE WEEK.
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MMA INSIDE THE CAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY...
(CYRUS) WELL IT'S THIRD ROUND TIME; TIME TO IMPRESS
THE JUDGES, CYRUS FEES ALONGSIDE CASEY OXENDINE.
ONE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS WE COVERED ON
THIS SHOW WAS SUPERIOR CHALLENGE, BASED OUT OF SWEDEN.
THEY TOOK A SMALL LAYOFF, BUT NOW IT'S A MEGA EVENT
SUPERIOR CHALLENGE 8, OCTOBER 6TH, IN MALMO.
NOW THIS CARD IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF UP AND COMERS ON THIS CARD
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME GUYS THAT YOU KNOW.
I LIKE THE PATRICK VALLEE, MARTIN WOJCIK FIGHT
THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
MATTI MAKELA, JAMES MCSWEENEY, MCSWEENEY ALWAYS BRINGS A
GOOD FIGHT AND THEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CO-MAIN EVENT,
AND YOUR MAIN EVENT.
IN YOUR CO-MAIN EVENT YOU HAVE MARCUS DAVIS A GUY THAT
WE'VE SEEN IN THE UFC A BIG FAN FAVORITE, THE IRISH
HAND GRENADE IS TAKING ON DAVID BIELKHEDEN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FIGHT BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MARCUS DAVIS.
HE'S KIND OF BEEN IN AND OUT AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF
HE'S STILL GOING TO BE IN THE SPORT.
(CASEY) WELL WHAT HAPPEN WAS HE SUSTAINED A VERY,
VERY BRUTAL KNOCK OUT (CYRUS) IT WAS.
(CASEY) OVER IN EUROPE THERE IN A KICKBOXING MATCH AND
HE HAD CONTEMPLATED RETIREMENT.
THEY HAD TALKED THERE WAS POSSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE AND
HE WAS, HE WAS FEARING FOR THAT.
HE SAID HIS FAMILY COMES FIRST AND IT MAYBE TIME FOR HIM
TO HANG IT UP.
BUT HE'S BACK AND THIS TIME IT'S IN MMA.
I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER OPTION FOR HIM.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUSTAIN ALL THAT BLUNT TRAUMA CONSISTENTLY.
YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS.
YOU CAN USE THE WRESTLING TO TAKE IT TO THE MAT AND
HE'S GOOD AT THAT.
HE SHOWN HE'S VERY GOOD AND HE IS FIGHTING A VERY
SAVVY VETERAN.
BUT I THINK THAT MARCUS DAVIS HAS THE BETTER PEDIGREE
IN THIS FIGHT AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
(CYRUS) WOW, NICE CALL ON THAT ONE.
NICE PREDICTION, MAIN EVENT IS GOING TO BE ILIR LATIFI
THE SLEDGEHAMMER, THE HOMETOWN GUY TAKING ON THE
VERY TALENTED JORGE OLIVEIRA WHO IS KIND OF A LAST
MINUTE REPLACEMENT.
BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG MAIN EVENT FOR
SUPERIOR CHALLENGE, WHAT DO YOU SEE OUT OF THIS?
(CASEY) NOW OF COURSE LATIFI HAS INCREDIBLE WRESTLING.
HE'S SHOWN THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS, HE WAS THE 2004
ABU DHABI EUROPEAN QUALIFIER.
SO THE GUY KNOWS WHAT'S UP ON THE GROUND AS WELL BUT HE
IS FACING JORGE OLIVEIRA WHO HAS BEEN IN THERE WITH
SOME VERY, VERY TOUGH GUY, BJJ BLACK BELT, WHO
ACTUALLY DEFEATED MIKE VAN ARSDALE WHO IS A TOP
PIER WRESTLER IN HIS OWN RIGHT.
SO I THINK IT MATCHES UP EXTREMELY WELL AND I
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT FOR THE AGES OVER THERE.
(CYRUS) I THINK SO TOO.
WHAT AN EVENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC AND OF
COURSE WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WATCH THE
FIGHT OUTSIDE OF SWEDEN IN JUST A FEW DAYS ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS STAY TUNED TO SUPERIOR CHALLENGE DOT COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
YOUR MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK FEATURES THE ONE AND
ONLY SLEDGEHAMMER, ILIR LATIFI FROM SUPERIOR CHALLENGE
NUMBER TWO.
IT'S YOUR MMA INSIDE THE CAGE MAIN EVENT OF THE WEEK.
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(CYRUS) WOW WHAT A SHOW THIS WEEK CASEY.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD ONE.
BEFORE WE WRAP IT UP, LET'S SEE OUR FINAL FOUR
FINALISTS FOR CLIP OF THE WEEK.
(FIGHT SOUNDS & CROWD NOISE)
(CYRUS) AND THAT MAKES A DOZEN, A DIRTY DOZEN,
LET'S SEE THEM ALL ONE BY ONE.
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(CASEY) NOW HEAD TO MMAINSIDETHECAGETV DOT COM
AND GET YOUR VOTE IN.
SO WE CAN SEND OUT ANOTHER HUGE PRIZE PACKAGE AND
GET YOUR VIDEOS IN FOR NEXT WEEK.
(CYRUS) FIND US AND LIKE US ON FACEBOOK, FOLLOW US AT
MMAITC ON TWITTER, SUBSCRIBE ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL
AND YEAH GO VOTE ON CLIP OF THE WEEK.
I'M CYRUS FEES, (CASEY) I'M CASEY OXENDINE, (CYRUS)
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK (CASEY) INSIDE THE CAGE.