This weekend, of course, we do have UFC Mexico City going down, Jai Rodriguez, Brian Ortega, and then Brandon Moreno, once again, fighting Brandon Royval, the Battle of the Brandons. I saw a crazy start the other day. Since Ortega last fought, we've had the rise and the debut of Alex Pereira. Alex Pereira was not in the UFC last time Brian Ortega fought. Since then, Pereira has fought seven or eight times. He's beaten four champions. He's been a champion in two weight divisions since Brian Ortega last fought. That is wild. Brian Ortega is back, and he says that it is the rebirth. It's the rebirth, and he likened it to an eagle. He said, An eagle lives for 70 years, year 40, around about 40 years old. Its peak is all blunt. Its talons are blunt. Its feathers start falling out, so it flies off to some majestin little cove, sits there, rips its talons off, plucks itself, rips its peak off, waits for it all to grow back, and then it can go back into the wild. Reborn, rebirth, rebirthed, hard as fuck, sharp as a talon, and ready to rip some heads off dick to dick and nipple to nipple.

Do you know what I mean? I thought that was great, but I didn't know that eagles live for 70 years.

Yeah, I had no idea. They are truly an incredible bird. Man, what is that you're drinking?

Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. Magic Mind. Magic Mind. It's delicious, actually. It's one of those... You know everyone's talking about mushrooms and stuff these days and clarity and focus, and God knows I need a little bit of that. And it's definitely helping. I looked it up online. This has got vitamins I can see ashwagandha, cordyceps, lion's mane, all kinds of goodness, and it tastes absolutely bloody delicious. So I'm going to be locked in. My mental clarity is going to be off the chain. I'm in that interview with Anthony Hernandez, award-winning, and it's all down to my magic mind. So anyway.

They're going to have to catch you for PD as in broadcasting. You're too focused.

Yeah, exactly. Anyway, Brian Otega. Brian Otega versus Jaya Rodriguez. You When was the last time Ortega took some time off? He lost to Max Holloway and then didn't return for about two years. Came back, fought in Abu Dhabi. I forget who it was against now. Chan Seung-Jung, the Korean zombie. And he looked like a different fighter. He looked reborn. He looks like an eagle coming out of the mountains. He did. His boxing was the best it had ever been. And so we don't know what version of Brian Ortega we're going to get again, because two years away, and he's talking about this rebirth big time. Hold on. It is delicious as well. He's talking about being reborn. So what does that mean when you're going up against Jair Rodriguez? Does it mean he's going to be spinning around like some Kapa Wara master? Because Brian Ortega is known for the jiu-jitsu. Stick to what you're good at, Mr. Ortega. Don't try and go toe to toe and spin for spin with Jair Rodriguez.

Yeah. I mean, maybe that is it, right? Maybe it's like the eagle comes back and it's like, Oh, no, I'm still the badass I was when I was a 20-year-old eagle, right? I'm going to show you by using all those same moves. So it's like maybe we're back to T-City and a slick guillotine submission.

We need to think of some more eagle comparisons I got one. He's bold. There you go. He's going to share his head like a bold eagle. What eagles do we have?

Golden.

Golden? He's looking for a golden performance. That's bad. What eagles is there. I should call Rebecca, and she's the expert on birds. That's all she does in the garden this morning. I just walked out there a second ago to use the bathroom. She's sitting there staring at the birds in the cage. And in the garden, she's like Mary Poppins. She puts all the nuts out and stuff. They got ferrets, there's squirrels, there's rabbits, there's crows. We're spending a bloody fortune feeding these wild animals, and they're all getting very impatient. I swear to God, they all sit there waiting for her in the morning. All these animals, and the crows get aggressive. They're like, Oh, God. They're like, Give me my peanuts, is what they're saying in crow language. I'm like, Babe, we can't budget in, bloody this amount of peanuts. No wonder we haven't I've had Anthony Smith on lately. I've had to cut him off. I've had to cut Anthony off because of the peanuts. I can't afford him anymore. That's a joke, by the way. Anthony is back on Monday.

I love that you're Rocky and you have a real-life Adrienne who just wants to care for the birds at home.

That's all she cares about. That's all she cares about. In fact, all she's been going on about, because remember a few weeks ago, one of the birds got attacked by a Hawk outside. So now the birds have been inside the whole time, and she's worried about the She's worried about their mental health. I'm worried about my mental health because I'm going to wring these birds neck, right? I'm telling you, because all they do, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, sit the dogs on them. Yeah, that's been done before. Harry brought one in, didn't he? Headless. So she's looking for a screen and all the rest of it. We're trying to figure out a way we can put the birds outside without the Hawks attacking. If anybody knows in the comment section, the best thing to do, we bought a panel, a fake wall. Anyway, nobody came I'm here to hear that. Brian Ortega, Jair Rodriguez. My pick, my choice for that, because I'm not commentating, I can't make a pick. I'm leaning towards Brian Ortega, but I think on paper, when I assess the skills, I think Brian Ortega, but for some reason, I think with it being Mexico City and the nastiness that Jair Rodriguez has, that flips me, and I find it hard to pick against him.

Let's remember, Brian Ortega, so Jair Rodriguez in Mexico City, that man gets nasty. I walked into the octagon last time, if you recall, to interview him after he eye-poked Jeremy Stevens by accident. He almost attacked me. The crowd went crazy, flinging more Delos, Zadas, and stuff like that. Brenda Fitzgerald hit under the fence. Anyway, my picture, Yaya, what you got?

Look, I'd love to disagree with you just to make it interesting, but I think Yaya Rodriguez is setting up something special with Ilya Teporia. That's where my brain goes. He was talking about, it doesn't need to be in a cage. I just want to mess that guy up. Yeah, good job. You went and did what you said you were going to do. But this is... It's on site. I will just start fighting you if I see you in a training center. He really wants it, Ilyate Teporia. The only thing standing in front of him is Brian Ortega, and it's a guy who he's got to win over. Granted, Ortega did get hurt, but all things equal, you walked into a cage against Brian Ortega, you walked out with your hand raised. That has to give you so much confidence, especially now fighting him at altitude in your backyard.

What is the beef with Ilia Teporia? And you're right, because Jair and Ortega fought before. Yaya was declared the winner because of Ortega's shoulder injury. That's just the way it works. It's like Tom Aspenal and Curtis Blades. So realistically, it's a win, but it isn't necessarily a proper win. Main event, Moreno versus Roy Valle. This is a rematch. First fight went down. Moreno got the stoppage, if I believe, right at the end of round one, chipping away with lots of hammer fist. The ref stopped it, but Roy Valle, I think he had an injured shoulder as well. So the main and the core main, rematches with injured shoulders being the reason why the fight stopped. But I do think the hammer fist with the reason. I've got Moreno in this. I think he's improved so much since that first fight. I was watching that first fight yesterday, and he was swinging and looping his punches. He's a little reckless. Now, if you look at Moreno, the boxing is so tight. It's crisp. He's got big power. Of course, he took the back many times in that first fight. He does that fantastically. Against Pantosia, he was able to avoid submissions.

He got back to his feet. He's got great wrestling. He's better than ever. It'll be a fun fight because Roy Vald is capable of pulling off something crazy. He is very opportunistic. If Moreno makes a mistake and leaves an opportunity for Roy Vald to take a submission or even If he didn't land a big knee or something like that, he'll take it. But I think unless something like that happens, Brandon Moreno gets the victory and is one step closer to a rematch with Pantosia.

Yeah, it is tough when that first fight ended so decisively. Moreno got it done on a fight where Figareto is on that same card. Either guy is looking to win that fight to call out the champion who's fighting at the top of the card. And he got the quick turnaround a month later to go fight for a title. He took the most... He He made the most of that opportunity. Both guys were at the same point. Either one could have jumped up and become a champion. Brandon Moreno goes on that four-fight run. Essentially, I think, cements himself as a place in the UFC Hall of Fame with that series, a fight with Davis and Figareto. To me, having that as your journey versus Brandon Royval being on the losing end of that, he did get his title shot, and he came up short once again. I can't see Brandon Moreno lose into this guy.

Yeah, exactly. That's the main and core main event this weekend. I think I'm going to do a live on my YouTube channel for the main card. If you guys are around or around and want to jump on, feel free.