 Two men walk into the octagon. Only one will walk out. Well, unless you count the referee, at the same time, less big ol' Malay happens, a lot more people be leaving the octagon. Hello, this is Octagon St. Leveau and I'm your hostess, Betty St. Leveau. On this show, we talk about MMA, UFC, statistics facts and novice fever, which is what I have, okay? So it's been almost just about a year since my adventures into mixed martial arts and the UFC, all right? And I'm thinking that I just wanna backtrack a little bit and talk about how it all began and how it happened. Not my feelings about per se, but the guys who got me started on this path of octagon fever, all right? So first off, from what I remember in the beginning is that, of course, I had this earache, I had an eye infection, I'm writing a paper about Richard Nixon, I'm trying to relax, and I decide to do a little bit of history of boxing, move wrestling, just watch with my gramps, and then boom, boom, kapow, all of a sudden, I'm hearing Chailson and Michael Rappaport go off about Rhonda Rawlsie's fight. So it basically goes like this. That was one of the first conversations I've ever heard about MMA. I also heard the Weasel's take on Rhonda Rawlsie, mixed Molly Woppery's excellent documentary on Rose Numanunus, Nuanus Junus called The Journey, mixed Molly Woppery on Rhonda Rawlsie. Our pack of the source is great episodes on Tourney Ferguson, one entitled The Hobbesian Nightmare, out the Pack of Thesaurus Trilogy on Thug Rose and Joanna Jethersiak, and Nate Diaz on the CM Punk contract, all right? And then I also got the glimpses of the legends of MMA, such as Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Fidel Fiddle, Elin Aleckel, and Stapid Nicole Kicks. I was amazed by Chelson and Tony Ferguson's view and worldview on fighting. Nate Diaz, Dominic Cruz, Brian Otega, and Mr. Goffason crept up on me, all right? They're like, I finally like, kind of noticed them after a minute. And then our pack of the source, who is, he's my sensei on all things MMA. He gave me a nice shout out the other day on YouTube. He said that I wasn't a newbie anymore because I considered Kevin Gaslam the mature Mike Perry. Thank you sensei, but I still have a long way to go. I'm always going to be a novice until I get a couple belts underneath me belt, you know what I'm talking about? All right, so our pack of the source, Cranack, Nick Smalley-Woppery, Mind Smash, Weasel, anything by Chale, Bad Guy Incorporated. And then we have the obvious champs of the art gone, Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo, and Anderson Silva, who I have much respect for. I also have some fighters who are on the yawn side, such as TJ's Dilshaw, Henry Sejudo, Demetrius Johnson, and Fabrizio Ferdum. But that's no fault of their own. These men are excellent fighters, all right? If I ever got a chance, if they ever asked me, do you want to train for admin? Of course I would, okay? But sometimes a fighter just can't translate his charisma to the screen like other fighters can. The sport is extremely subjective. It's so subjective that I feel guilty about being subjective about it. There are fighters you root for, fighters you don't. I never can pick a winner. I did actually know that Mike Perry was gonna boom, boom, boom. What's a man's name there? It'll come to me, I think I wrote it down. I knew that he was gonna boom, boom him out, all right? But that's only because, I like Mr. Mike, and he keeps saying he's 2% black. Mike Perry, he's just a charming, all around, not afraid of a fight like Chale's Sonnen. He can't help but root for the guy, and he called out Daren Till this last fight, and I think that that would be a great matchup. I love Daren Till, he's Liverpool's favorite son. Daren can do no wrong, he's 26 years old, he just got arrested for stealing a taxi and tearing up a hotel room. He's a young guy, he probably won't do it again. At any rate, it's guys like that in the UFC that make you interested in the matches. And that Demetrius Johnson, he's Mighty Mouse, yeah, right on Rock, but you know, he gets the mic, and he's just like, yeah, I hope I fight a good fight, and sometimes people want more meat on that bone, and also on top of that, when you have teams, like football teams, and you have baseball teams, okay? Those guys, they're all one big unit. You really, and there's 1,000 of them, and so you really can't see for someone like me who you like, race car drivers. One of the reasons why I love race car driving, NASCAR, is because it's individual, all right? It's individual going for the individual, and I haven't watched NASCAR in years, but I still adore it. One of the reasons why I love mixed martial arts is because it's one-on-one. Who is the best? And though it is brutal, I'm just glad these guys get paid for it. Back in Rome, the gladiades didn't get paid for anything, they got killed, all right? So I do want to say that even though it is a brutal sport, there are certain rules that one must adhere to within the octagon. There are three basic rules. There are five minute rounds. There are three judges, okay? There are three five minute rounds. There are three judges, and during the championship bouts, the rounds are five minutes, all right? The round winner is awarded 10 points, and the opponent is awarded nine points or less, all right? Striking, grappling, aggressiveness, and octagon control are key when it comes to winning in the octagon, all right? So a quick, quick review again about different weight classes. I think that this is good for all of us. They can be quite confusing. Heavy weight is at 265 pounds, 120 kilograms. Light weight's at 205 pounds, 93 kilograms. Middle weight is 185, 84 kilograms. Welter weight is 175 pounds, 77 kilograms. Light weight, 155 pounds, 70 kilograms. Bantam weight, 135 pounds, 61 kilograms. Fly weight is 125 pounds and 61 kilograms. Now we'll quickly go again over the women's weight classes. Women's feather weight, 145 pounds, 65 kilograms. Women's bantam weight, 135 pounds, 61 kilograms. Women's fly weight, 125 pounds, 56 kilograms. Women's straw weight, 150 pounds, 52 kilograms. I'm a straw weight, I'd get pummeled, all right? I'm basically a straw weight, I'm 119. So at 115 women's straw weight, I'd be a little bit on the skinny side. I'd probably be a little bit dehydrated as a fighter. I probably wouldn't do too well, but I'd be really light on my feet. And then if I was a woman's fly weight at 125, it would mean I would have to bulk up a little bit and I would be slower on my feet. That's just what I'm figuring out, studying MMA. All right, so at one point, there's this great video called Trash Talk, Different Divisions. And so you see someone like Michael Bisping giving Colvington hell via the fact that Mike's interviewing him, all right? And then you'll see Conor McGregor, who lightweight, middle lightweight, lightweight, talking about how for Reese Silver Doom at that time, he was a heavyweight champ, couldn't do the match because he had a sore toe. The game, it's on his knees, said Conor, all right? So this is a great, great, great, great video. Check it out, it only runs four or five minutes. So at one point, you have Mr. Tony Ferguson, Elkaklui, I love him, all right? I love him like I love Chelsonan. And he and Ferriso Verdun are talking the same interviewer and Ferriso's heavyweight. And at one point, Mr. Tony goes, yeah, be quiet. And they start talking in either Spanish or Portuguese. I don't know, I think it's Spanish. And they're going back and forth until finally Tony go, they both get up. And Tony is like half the height of Ferriso, right? And so I'm like, damn. And so Mr. Tony goes, yeah, yeah, whatever, whatever. He goes, big guy, big guy. And Ferriso's all mad and Tony goes, Tony said, Tony goes, be quiet, I'll ankle pick you. So I was like, what the heck does ankle pick mean? I'm like, hmm, I looked it up. Kibuse Gieshe. And it really does mean ankle pick. I think what happens is that, and I might be wrong, the opponent grabs his opponent and literally lifts him up and throws him down upside down. It's ankle pick. I thought he was being funny. You know, I didn't think it was real move, but I looked that up. Kibuse Gieshe, that's ankle pick. Okay, so I learned a couple of facts. One or two of which is that watched a great documentary about Mixed Molly Woppery. And please, please, please, please, please check him out. Okay, oh, it might have been Mind Smash, but I'm, might have been Mind Smash, but anyway, Mind Smash, pardon me. All right, so BJ Penn and Uriah Faber began a lightweight division. If not for them, featherweight would not have happened. There would have been no Aldo, no Qana, no Dominic Cruz. Uriah knew when to retire and he's respected by Dominic. So one of the reasons why I wrote that down is because I check out Uriah Faber and Mixed Molly Woppery did this great video about the Bannerman weight division and how Dominic Cruz, Kobe Graubrant, TJ Dillshaw, and Uriah were all going at it in different ways. And Uriah looked like a shorty to me. I mean, I'm short, he's short. And I was looking at him, looking at him, and then when I did this, viewed the documentary, and I'm positive it's Mind Smash now, Uriah is a small guy in a field of big guys, but through his tenacity and his smarts, he is well respected by all. He's retired now, you can catch his fights on YouTube. He's a great fighter. I think I like people a little bit more dramatic as fighting, but I've never really watched an entire fight of Uriah so I can't judge him, have to be honest with that, but I'm gonna check him out in the future, okay? So, I think that, let's see, we'll finish with, again, rankings pound for pound, different weight classes, all right? Chris Cyborg is number 15. This is as of April of this year, I hope. I'm pretty sure, okay? So at 15 we have Chris Cyborg, at 14 we have Rose Namaunus, at 13 we have Tyrone Woodley, at 12 we have Toni Ferguson, at 11 we have Robert Whitaker, at 10 we have Steppi Mikoavich, at nine we've got Conor McGregor, at eight we've got Kimusen Eustman, at seven we've got TJ Dillichon, at six, Amanda Nunes, at five, Henry Sejudo, at four, Max Hallway, at three, Khabib Namagadov, at two, John Jones, and number one is Daniel Cormier. By the time that we do another episode here, these rankings might have changed and I will revise and review it. So, basically, please, please, please, just check out Alpaca Thesaurus, check out Mr. Mix Molly Walpere, support Mr. Miss Molly Walpere over on Patreon, and Kreenak, Mind Smash, Weasel, especially Weasel, Weasel's breakdowns are to die for. I'm trying to listen to Weasel to learn about my breakdowns. I listened to Mr. Corv there on Alpaca Thesaurus to study body language and sociology and psychology. Okay, so I think that that's just about it for me today. I'm your host, is Betty St. Levo. You've been watching Octagon St. Levo here at Alka. I hope you've enjoyed the show today. There's gonna be some great fights coming up. My man, Chelson, is taking on Maschida Lioto. Oh, pardon me, Lioto Maschida, pardon. I'm gonna learn those names really well. Who's actually related to Chris Cyborg, the most stunning legends in women's MMA history. Until next time, darlings, love one another, peace out, and take care. Bye-bye.