what's up everyone and welcome back to the MMA fast today let's get started with Daniel Cormier makes Bold Claim about status of potential Jon Jones versus Tom Aspen Showdown Jon Jones made his highly anticipated return to the Octagon last month as he defeated stia miotic via third round TKO at UFC 309 to defend his heavyweight title for the first time while Jones hinted at retirement leading up to the bout he expressed that he intends to continue his illustrious mixed martial arts career following UFC CEO Dana White's recent guarantee that Jones will face Tom Aspen in
2025 Daniel Cormier shared his thoughts on the potential matchup it tells me that they're getting it done it tells me that they've given Jon Jones a number big enough to get it done because I had always thought that Jones was kind of negotiating publicly I don't think for a second he's afraid of anyone I think that he was kind of going I want a number so big that I'm going to ride off into the sunset and be done but he's also kind of laying the foundation for people to recognize that it's almost over he's about
done right so start getting ready for life after J Jones because I do believe that he's laid the foundation for a massive payday but what will be his final payday I don't think he'll be a guy that if he gets beat or if the fights get more competitive we'll just stick around trying to make money Shawn Brady is willing to go to enemy territory to try and secure his first UFC title shot Brady's lone career loss came to current UFC welterweight champion Bal Muhammad at UFC 280 he is since rebounded with back-to-back wins over Kelvin
Gastelum and most recently former title Challenger Gilbert burn ears in the UFC Fight Night 242 headliner with former Champion Leon Edwards claiming that he will headline UFC Fight Night 255 on March 22 in London Brady likes the idea of that matchup I just think if you look at the rankings and you look at how everything's playing out and who's available me and Leon make the most sense yeah if you look at it for me historically I would want to go somewhere and prove myself because my first loss did come while I was traveling to fight
balal and I'm a completely different fighter now so I just want to prove it to myself that I can go somewhere go in someone's backyard and win a fight my wife's due in February so March is kind of soon but to fight Leon a number one contender in his home and like you boys were saying if I win that fight I think I am in title contention so it's worth the risk to go over there and fight Leon and beat him at home benil darish admits UFC 311 fight will decide potential retirement benil darish acknowledges
that he is nearing the end of his MMA career and a two-fight losing skid has added to the mental strain of contemplating his future once Riding High on an eight-fight winning streak darish faced a setback when he was tko'ed by Charles Olivera at UFC 289 I don't know exactly when I'm going to retire it's one of those things where I'm not going to be able to pinpoint hey I'm 36 I'm done I'm 37 I'm done it's really two things do I have the desire then the second part which is just as important do I have
the ability currently I feel like I have the desire and I still feel like I have the ability I don't feel like I'm lacking and I do believe I've gotten way better over the years it's been a really good year for improvement and growth all that's left is being able to prove it getting into that octagon and demonstrating what I've been working on if I can do that I'll continue to fight if I can't then there's obviously something missing and you only get so many chances to fix it at that point it might be time
to consider walking away from this Curtis blades can Envision Tom Aspen finishing UFC champ Jon Jones early Curtis blades sees Tom Aspen being the first to take out UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones Aspen has torn through the heavyweight ranks on route to claiming the interim title and successfully defended it when he needed just one minute to stop Blades by knockout at UFC 304 blades thinks Aspen can do the same to Jon Jones I would pick him like I would go 55% him obviously it's not going to be a landslide like we're going against Jon Jones
he's a legend I think one area where Tom can win is just a presence inside like Jon Jones gets away with being able to stand in front of his opponent and just paw and pick at him with the inside leg kicks and the Jabs I don't think Aspen is just going to allow him to hang out at that range I think he's going to be blitzing him in and out and that'll be the difference I think in one of those ins and outs he's going to be able to catch him because it only takes one
he definitely has the speed he doesn't have the range that Jon has but who does but I think he knows that I think he'll get on the inside of that range and I think he'll be able to land in overhand and it'll probably be early because he likes to Blitz he doesn't like to wait so yeah I think it'll happen early Daniel Cormier unsure about Conor McGregor boxing Logan Paul says UFC comeback is a must even though Conor McGregor tweeted it UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier isn't so sure about a boxing match with Logan
Paul McGregor raised eyebrows Tuesday with a middle of the night X poost in which he claimed to have agreed to fight Paul in an exhibition in India subsequent reports have indicated McGregor versus Paul is seriously being discussed as something that could happen but Daniel isn't completely buying in quite yet we talk about impact that right there tells you the impact of Conor McGregor Conor McGregor has told us a lot of things over the last 3 years none of them have come to fruition I'm going to have to see it to believe it I think he's
going to fight in the Octagon I think he has to though where he made his home is inside that cage and I think at some point he's going to have to get back there Dustin parier expects to make announcement of final UFC appearance soon the diamond hasn't been seen in the Octagon since his June clash with Islam makev in his third and likely final shot at Undisputed UFC lightweight gold Dustin parier gave it his all the longtime fan favorite went back and forth with the champion for four rounds before being submitted in the fifth and
final frame post fight the 35-year-old admitted that the bout could be his last however after months on the sidelines Dustin has revealed plans to compete one final time since then the former interim UFC champion has shown interest in bouts with many high-profile names as of now it's unknown who Dustin porier will face in his final UFC bout however it shouldn't take fans long to find out I do have my eyes set on the Octagon me and the UFC are close on making it happen hopefully I'll have some news for you guys soon for what it's
worth Dustin porier has revealed a short list of potential opponents for his retirement fight earlier this year the diamond showed interest in bouts with the likes of Max Holloway Justin gaii and Nate Diaz while Dustin has never faced the ladder they were expected to fight in 2019 however the bout failed to come to fruition due to an injury Islam makev responds to Arman cukan as he did with Alexander volkanovski Islam makev wants to leave no doubt who the better fighter is when he rematches Arman cukan this bout between Islam and Arman is a rematch 5
years in the making as the two fought in April 2019 the fight won the fight of the night award maybe I underestimated him because it was short notice and nobody knows him and he don't have name I never watched his fights he did well in that fight but I'd like to finish all the questions you know with volkanovski I told everyone I had to close and finish the questions and get the finish I'm going to be looking for the Finish honestly I like to fight a second time I don't like rematch but when I fight
second time I know everything that my opponent can do and is not going to be surprised for me sometimes when somebody like Dustin did defends wrestling and he like defends my submission skills it a little bit surprises me but when I know what my opponent going to do I have more options Alex Pereira offers Clarity on potential magamed uncal of matchup UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is stamping his authority on the decision for his next opponent and in the process denying number one Contender magamed anv his title shot months after maged claimed that the
UFC and Bossman Dana White have assured him of a shot at UFC gold Pereira has come out with a bold statement of his own it won't be anv anv had long been trying to fight Pereira for the title but Alex didn't seem to be too interested in fighting him in his short UFC career which has spanned over 10 fights Pereira has only ever fought Strikers also knocking out almost every opponent he has faced to date has only helped further his legacy however the UFC has been extremely careful with the booking of their newest Star and
even now as they set him up for an eventual fight against UFC heavyweight Jon Jones sometime in the near future Pereira is yet to fight someone who was half decent on the ground
