
Adam and Mayhem talk about Sean Strickland’s recent press for calling Australia pathetic. The Women’s Strawweight title fight. Between Weili Zheng and Tatiana Suarez and the rest of this stellar fight card. A quick detour...
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A
It's time for Corolla and Mayhem. Game on. Yeah, Mayhem.
B
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sports show.
A
What's going on?
B
Sports time. I mean, you know, football is a big one, MMA is a big one. It's going to be a big weekend for sports.
A
Yeah, the MMA Saturday, football Sunday. So MMA's today.
B
Yeah.
A
What, what time are these fights? What's going on? Where is the fight?
B
It's going to be one of those Australia, regular old time, 7pm main card.
A
Oh really?
B
Yeah.
A
Wait, that's in Australia.
B
It is, it is. DDP versus Strickland too.
A
Well, what's, hold on a second. What's the time difference in Australia? Is it nine hours? No, it's got to be more than that.
B
Like it's tomorrow.
A
It's tomorrow, but it is tomorrow. I mean, are they supposed to be having their fight at three in the morning? And I mean, like what does that do to a fighter? You know, I just couldn't imagine fighting at some weird absurd hour. Although that's probably when most fights take place, you know, after the bar closes.
B
Right.
A
When they've run out of booze. But it is, I don't know. Byron, you tell us what is Australia from the west coast. And by the way, I don't know if this says 7:00, East coast, west coast, I don't know what that is, but let's try to figure it out anyway. Du Plessis is interesting. Strickland. That's an interesting. How did the first fight go?
B
You were telling me off the air, very like close. It was one of those hard to judge a subjective depending on you. Like grappling. If you gave some more merit to grappling or striking damage, because striking damage, a lot of people saw it at first, Strickland, because he lumped them up with jabs. He lumped them up with right hands. He like peppered him and when he walked out he looked pimple faced but he won a close decision and it was weird boos from the ground in Australia. So they're going back to the scene of the crime to revisit the exact same thing that happened before.
A
It's 19 hours ahead. So now Byron, what time is the fight? Is it seven? Is that west coast? East coast? It's kind of interesting, but that, that's an acceptable time to fight.
B
Yeah, I think that they'll, they're doing in the daytime in Australia so that we get a nighttime show.
A
Yeah, yeah, they're doing like a 3 o'clock fight or something.
B
Yeah. The run up to this Fight has been insane. I don't know. I know you got a lot on your plate, so you might not have been checking the MMA media. Sean Strickland is like on an open mic tour, like comedy of just saying crazy stuff to the point that he has gotten this cover of the, of the Daily Telegraph newspaper over there that says knock this guy out and said all things. They took all of his open mic jokes out of context, really, and said Aussies are English white trash, called our gun laws pathetic, went on a racist tirade and dared our government to ban him. That's on the COVID of the newspaper over there.
A
Oh yeah, yeah, they hate him. Although I will say so. Strickland is a hard right dude. And Strickland and Australia went super hard during COVID Like it's kind of weird how the white nations went nuts. So the United States went hard, pretty hard. Covid. Then California went real hard. Covid. Cuz we're more progressive than the rest of the United States. So we fucked ourselves up more worse because that's what we do. We like the progressive cities. We like to really fuck ourselves up. Then Canada, who's more progressive than us, went harder and Trudeau fucked his people up even more for Covid. And then weirdly, Australia and probably like New Zealand went even harder than Canada. They were like arresting people in the streets and stuff. Yeah, they went real hardcore. So Strickland is a free speech guy and he's a probably a, you know, a MAGA guy and he probably hates all this. So I. Australia is, you know, I don't know how you quantify, but Australia's probably quietly more woke than Canada and Canada is more woke than California.
B
Okay?
A
And basically Canada is about five years ahead of where California's gonna be, except for we had a huge fire. So we may have reset the clock here and might have some normal people doing some governing. And also they're throwing Trudeau out of Canada because they're tired of the woke shit.
B
Well, he got the Australians pissed. They call him a bunch of communists. And he made a point that in Australia they had one mass shooting and gave up all their guns. And he called that pathetic. So he's got, he's got him fired up down there. You know, not to say that he's not going to have a lot of fans in attendance. I think a lot of the Australia fans love him. But DDP is favorite. You know, he's not. Sean's coming in as underdog for sure and you know, with good reason. But if you look at the Last fight it was razor close, like people forget because DDP has gone on to defeat Israel Adesanya. So now he kind of has an aura of world beater in him. But I don't see it that way. I see that Sean has a damn good chance in this fight and maybe more than the odds makers are giving him.
A
Yeah. And I don't know if the odds makers have is a heavy dog or a sort, you know, pretty light.
B
But still, you know, it's like strange that they're saying that because if you watch the last fight and if Strickland has improved any whatsoever, I don't know how big a jump you can make if your drike is du plessis with your striking. Because last fight it didn't look stellar, looked clunky.
A
We have it as the prelims, Pacific Time, 5:00 and then 7:00 for the starting time of the main. So it's pretty much would be just.
B
Like a regular fight night.
A
2:00, 2:00pm flight. Sorry. Oh, no, actually that's the beginning. The main events were like 9:00 or whatever. So they're gonna have like a 5:00 fight or something or 4:00, which is fine.
B
Right, right. Yeah. It's easy for them to adjust. You know, the biggest thing when you're fighting in a different country is to get adjusted quick. Like to try to either stay awake for as long as you can and then be ready to for your body's rhythm to catch back. Because you want performance rhythm, you know, in your day to day.
A
Yeah. You don't want how long in advance should you get there.
B
And it's quick as, like as soon as possible, you know, I don't know, a couple weeks, A week you can do it. But two weeks, you're like fully on.
A
Schedule with people, you know, sort of like altitude stuff.
B
Yeah, same thing. A lot of guys go to fight at altitude and don't train altitude and have terrible performances. Yeah, I've seen it. I've seen it.
A
We haven't figured that one out yet.
B
I mean, go to Big Bear before the fight, you know, and then strain at altitude so that you're already in. In that zone.
A
Yeah, agreed. All right. What else, what else is on that card? Who else?
B
Yeah, put that, put the card up so we can go through it that way. Lee is fighting to defend her title. It Tatiana Suarez. Who is who?
A
Which one's Tatiana Suarez?
B
She's like, I don't know, the kind of beefy Mexican looking chick she's like very hard punching. She is like what Sean Strickland calls a serious autistic psychopath. So she just has one speed and just goes forward and just chucks them the whole time. And why I, you know, Way is sort of a technician, but also very strong, like a beast of a woman. I don't know what they dropped in her Chinese cornflakes, but she is a monster. Like, I don't know, she would make me put my 135 pound male fighters. Made me nervous that, hey, don't, don't cut this guy. Because she just comes with sharp elbows. Like, she just is a very vicious Bruce Lee of a woman.
A
Yeah, I don't know. Well, wait a minute. She's 25 three and oh, I'm trying to think where her three early on must have been early on before she.
B
Really knew how to grapple. I think she like didn't really get it in the, in the early days of her career. She didn't really understand. She was very clunky in the grappling, kind of like a DDP situation with the striking. She was so. She's strong, she had the ability, but just not the technical know how. I don't think China has a very great jiu jitsu scene. You'll see like the guys from Brazil, they are right there, like born with the blue belt, you know, and they, so they figure it out. It's, it's in the culture. But, you know, China is now importing all this and the same thing, they're doing knockoffs, it's like knockoff jiu jitsu. So she's tightening up now. She trained in America some and so I really think that she, she sharpened up, but that's a big challenge. Tatiana Suarez is tough. Like I said, she. Training camps are really hard and just a very beastly woman.
A
I wonder what's the next preliminary is down.
B
I should say Texiera. These are some guys that, you know, you probably don't know that. It's like some exciting fights there, but they haven't risen to the level. The reason they're doing this out in Australia. There's some guys from Australia, see the local boys round out the undercard. Kind of saves money on the card, like and gets more people into the stadium, you know.
A
Yeah, having local guys, that seems to.
B
Be the UFC's business model now, is to spread out internationally even more than they already are and collect more fans from the, you know, Australia, Saudi Arabia, they're, they're doing, you know, the Arab world. They're they're going worldwide now and there.
A
Any heavyweights on this thing? I was trying to look and see if I.
B
There's one right there. Yeah. That. This Tesiera fight with Tapa, I know Texture is undefeated. He's a beastly guy, big heavyweight, that I believe Tata is the. Yeah, this is the fighter that. He doesn't have the greatest physique.
A
Is he doing the drink out of shoe guy?
B
I think he might be one of those guys. Yeah. But he's like kind of short for a heavyweight, you know, and like kind of chunky. You've seen him fight?
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
B
So the guy is like kind of awkward and he hasn't really given. He gave us one like great knockout and then ever since then he's, you know, been struggling to really find a win or find anything of note in his career. It was a weird one.
A
He does the. He does do the shoe beer.
B
Yeah.
A
By the way.
B
Yeah, I thought so.
A
Yeah. He's six foot. The other guy's six, seven.
B
Yeah.
A
Outweighs him by six pounds.
B
Yeah.
A
Which probably shows. Yeah. Maybe not as lean and not as mean. You got to wonder about that reach advantage and 74 versus 83 and that.
B
That he fell victim that in a previous fight where somebody just went out there with nice stiff jab and kept him at the end of it and he never got in there.
A
I kind of wonder about matchmaking. Like, you know, wouldn't you put him in with a David Tua versus a Klitschko? You know what I mean? Like just in terms of. Yeah, like put a shorter, you know, put a heavyweight that's 6, 2 in with the 6 footer versus the 6, 7 heavyweight in with him. Like might that be more entertaining to watch?
B
Well, I think that they're. The main thing is getting heavyweights with a striking style to give this guy a striking chance. You know what I mean? They want to see a banger. They're usually on the card like this. Okay, it's coming up. It's before the main events, the co. Main events, they put like a big heavyweight fight like this with two striking style guys. So let's get a knockout, let's get a. Hopefully we'll get a quick knockout here so that now you go in already satiated to these high level fights where it might be more technical. Okay, you settled your bloodlust. There's a knockout for you. And now here's some technical. Because, you know, it could be a. A couple of technical battles for the main events.
A
Yeah, yeah. This Guy. The chug, the beer, and the shoe guy. Tafa, I guess. Yeah. He's seven and four, and I sort of remember two or three years ago, he was a little bit on a roll.
B
Yeah. Yeah.
A
And would have thought of him as more like a 5 and O or 5 and one guy or something. So to be 7 and 4 means he's lost a little of his mojo. Oh, he's not the shoe guy.
B
No, I'm sure the other guy's a shoe guy from Australia. Wait, you take. There's no.
A
There's more than one shoe guy, though. There's more than one shoe guy. Byron. No, tied to Ivasa, is famously the shoe guy.
B
He got his own brand of shoes.
A
That were specifically for shoes. Oh, okay. But this is.
B
We're mixing up our toughest, right?
A
Yeah, they're both a tie and a tough. Yeah, all right.
B
Yeah.
A
Yeah. Well, anyway, this will be fun to watch. I don't know where Teixeira is or Teixera.
B
Yeah, he's Brazilian. That's a Brazilian last name, this guy. Yeah. Seven and oh. So I think they might be setting this Te Sara guy up to kind of have a breakout performance or get clubbed into infinity.
A
Well, that about covers it.
B
Yep.
A
This is, like, decent card now, this pay per view, right?
B
Yes, it is. Yeah. Yep. UFC 312.
A
What are they doing? I mean, when UFC started, they were doing a card every six months, and now they're doing two a month, three a month. Like, it's picking up speed, right?
B
Dude, in my day, it was, you can't wait for the ufc. It's going to be at the end of the month, and we're all saving up our money for it, and we're all, you know, so strange now that it's just your head is spinning with UFC every day. Every day.
A
Well, it's. It's. It's. Byron can look it up. But you say this is 312, right? Yeah. So how many years did it take to get to 200? That's the point.
B
Yeah, you're right.
A
Yeah. So when was the first UFC? And then where was the 200th? What year is the 200 fight? Because I bet it took a lot longer to get to 200 than it did to get the next.
B
94. 93. 94. 93.
A
All right, 93 there.
B
93. Okay. 93. And then I fought in 52. 52. 52. And that was, like, in 2004.
A
Oh, really?
B
Yeah. So it took that long to get there.
A
Right. So 2016. So it went from 93 to 2016. So that means it took 23 years to get to 200, and we just probably covered the next 100 in, like, six years.
B
Yeah, exactly. Right.
A
So that's kind of crazy. I mean, it's going fast now is basically what we're. That's what we're saying.
B
Yeah.
A
All right.
B
In other news, Conor McGregor's going off the rails. People are calling them for someone to step in to help him. But, I mean, how do you help a drunk Irishman? How do you contain this man? Yeah, there's video. He spit on a fan who was kind of taunting them and walking him down, yelling, let's go, khabib. Let's go, khabib. And just, you know, kind of hassling them inside this. This. This Vegas casino.
A
Oh, my God.
B
Yeah. So the guy's saying he's spitting his face. Connor steams that. I did nothing of the sort.
A
But yeah, he just said he spit in his face.
B
Exactly.
A
So he's gonna get sued for that.
B
Yeah, he gets sued for that. He already been sued for $250,000 with the whole rape bag allegation. And.
A
Oh, man, is he getting back in the octagon.
B
Look, the. The rumor is that or he said that they're having that Indian fight. They're fighting over in India with Logan Ball. Yeah, but I mean, it sounds like bullpucky to me because both guys are in UFC or both guys are in their own contract. UFC and wwe. So it sounds like a big publicity stunt that they were doing.
A
Well, I mean, where there's money, there's a way, you know, so what you have to do is you have to kiss in WWE and ufc, you know, and if they can be kissed in to some part of this, then they'll let them fight.
B
But what I mean is, so far I've just seen reports of a vague Indian billionaire. You think the guy who's gonna promote this thing would get out in front of the spotlight and do like a weird song and dance about how he's the greatest promoter of all time and now he's gonna do a fight in India for millions and millions of people? It's not happening like that so far. There's no press conference about it. It's just a vague notion and a ports on the Internet.
A
Yeah, I mean, I don't know what the proper technique is for this. You have to let it steep. You have to have one guy say something, the other guy says something, then it kind of goes away a little bit. Then there's some Incident. And over the course of nine months, you build it into this thing. I mean, look, you can't announce the fight on a Monday and have the fight on Tuesday. That's not gonna work. But you can't announce the fight on Monday and have the fight five years from Monday, because that's too long. But there's some algorithm of getting America sucked in. And it's like we all got sucked in with Paul and Tyson to the point where probably a month out, not that many people cared. You can always tell when the women care.
B
That's when we're in.
A
You know what I mean? That's when America's in. Cause guys like us, we may have been in day one, but the women, at some point when they start talking about. And they start getting interested in it, and it's all part of this, like, methodical, kind of slow, you know, soft launch of a fight. And so maybe we're all just being strummed, maybe like a mandolin, and they're just playing us right now, like the little incidents here. Little talks it before the.
B
The. The. They were in the same bus. And the inauguration. Jar it up at each other. Yeah, that was our little. Yeah, that was the appetizer.
A
Yeah.
B
Give us a delicious dish.
A
Drop in little bits and pieces, of course.
B
Meal.
A
Yeah. We get a little pot sticker here and a crouton there, and it's joza. And at some point, they then announce. And that by then, our appetites. Our whistles have been wet.
B
Yeah, yeah, we're into it. Hey, who do you got, the red team or the green team?
A
You know, it's hard. Thank you. It's. You can't. It's hard to bet against dynasties when they're in the middle of their dynasty ism. But dynasties end at some point, and you don't know what game ends them.
B
All right, so let me read the headline to you. Could a Super bowl win cement Andy Reid as the greatest coach in NFL history?
A
Well, it would give him three in a row, which. Which Belichick doesn't have. And Belichick got, you know, tarnished badly when Brady left and went and won a Super bowl at Tampa. I mean, because it was always, is it Brady? Is it Belichick? I think a lot of people suggested that Belichick would do it with anybody. Brady, when you saw him during the combines and stuff, was not that impressive. He was selected late in the draft, and so everyone sort of went. It's the genius of Belichick. And also, I mean, to be fair, Brady's cast of receivers and offensive linemen. And you know, it was plug and play, unplug this guy, plug in a new guy, trade that guy, get in a new. A new guys you never heard of, you know, so Belichick got 65 to 70% of the credit for winning all those games. And then Brady goes to Tampa almost immediately, wins another super bowl without Belichick, obviously. And then Belichick starts. Then the Patriots go on a scale. So then all of a sudden everyone went, well, I guess we know who is the reason for all the winning. That was Tom Brady. So his, you know, if. If Brady had retired a Patriot never went to Tampa and won a Super bowl and Brady and Belichick just retired on the same day, then his stock would be higher than Tom's at this point and probably couldn't be eclipsed by Andy Reid. But the super bowl at Tampa, the skid that they went on, that the Patriots went on and not winning three in a row versus but definitely three plus, but not three in a row. That. That's enough for the argument.
B
The argument. Yeah. But I mean, Mahomes, like man, once in a generation talent sort of thing. Well, that's like he's reinventing like quarterback.
A
Yeah, well, that's. And that's the argument against Reed, because you got a guy back there.
B
Yeah.
A
Half those plays you didn't call.
B
Yeah, exactly.
A
He just improvised, scampered and threw way off balance.
B
His left hand looking the other way. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A
I mean, so.
B
I know, I know. So you know Belichick. So why Belichick above or below Andy Reid?
A
Listen, so far I. I think you have to take the belt from the champ. And if Belichick's the champ, if you're going to call the tie, then the champ leaves with the strap. You know, if Andy Reid ends up winning four Super Bowls in a row or wins a Super bowl where Mahomes gets hurt and slow white backup guy comes in there and controls the game and they win it that way. You know, that's something else. Right now he's got a phenom athlete playing quarterback improvising back there. And I don't know how much of.
B
That Andy gets right about red team or green team.
A
I, you know, it's. I mean, they're both real good. And this. What. You know, they're both there because they're. Cause they're good and Philly's good. Yeah, and Philly's probably hurts good. And they're probably going to have to do a lot of like going forward on 4th and 3 and on their side of the field and stuff, like they're going to. They got to keep the ball out. A lot of tush push. You know when it's. When it's third and four, third and three, do the tush push twice.
B
Yeah, I know.
A
Yeah, just go for it. If you got four yards, just do it once, get two yards, do it again, get, get two yards. Keep the ball out of Mahomes hands is basically what it's going to come down to.
B
You think that's going to be the strategy? That would be interesting. Yeah.
A
I think Casey is going to win. They don't need to win by much. They never do like win by much. I mean, we all remember what happened last year. So here's my way of saying this. I'm not going to vote against kc. I was sitting back in the shop here watching with cousin Sales, does a lot of prognosticating and I said to him the other week, I go, I like the Bills, man. I love their quarterback. They're so strong. I. I really like the Bills. And he said, all right, so you're going to vote against Casey at home on a. Almost pick them type for a point and a half, which is basically you're just saying for at a point and a half, you're just saying who's going to win this game. So you're going to vote against Casey at home. And I go, no, no, you're right. Not when you put it that way, I'm not. And the Bills look real good and everything else, but who won?
B
They show up. It's that magic you talk about like some kind of sprinkle of fairy dust that just affected Mahomes and the whole damn team.
A
All right, so let's pick a score.
B
All right.
A
I mean it's real basic. You just gotta go 27. Chiefs, you know, 24.
B
I was thinking 23.
A
All right, go 23. 23 Philly. And. And there we go.
B
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Adam Carolla Show: "Game On! UFC 312 + The Big Game!" - Episode Summary
Release Date: February 8, 2025
Welcome to a comprehensive summary of the "Adam Carolla Show" episode titled "Game On! UFC 312 + The Big Game!" Hosted by Adam Carolla and co-host Byron, this episode delves deep into the upcoming UFC 312 event and the anticipation surrounding the major NFL game, providing listeners with insightful analysis, candid opinions, and the trademark humor that fans love.
The episode kicks off with a discussion about the scheduling of UFC 312. Adam and Byron explore the complexities of hosting fights across different time zones, particularly highlighting the challenges of holding events in Australia.
Time Zone Challenges:
Adam: "Are they supposed to be having their fight at three in the morning? And I mean, like what does that do to a fighter?" (00:56)
Fighter Adjustment:
Byron: "The biggest thing when you're fighting in a different country is to get adjusted quick." (06:42)
A significant portion of the discussion centers around the rematch between Sean Strickland and Du Plessis (DDP), analyzing their previous encounter and the upcoming fight dynamics.
Previous Fight Recap:
Byron: "It was one of those hard to judge... Sean has a damn good chance in this fight and maybe more than the odds makers are giving him." (02:21)
Strickland's Controversies:
Byron: "Sean Strickland is like on an open mic tour... he called our gun laws pathetic, went on a racist tirade..." (02:44)
Performance and Potential:
Adam: "Strickland is a hard right dude... Australia's probably quietly more woke than Canada and Canada is more woke than California." (04:46)
The hosts shift focus to Tatiana Suarez, highlighting her evolution as a fighter and her upcoming title defense.
Suarez's Fighting Style:
Byron: "Tatiana Suarez is tough... she is a very vicious Bruce Lee of a woman." (07:48)
Technical Improvements:
Byron: "She trained in America some and so I really think that she, she sharpened up..." (08:41)
The conversation moves to the heavyweight division, particularly the bout between Teixeira and his opponent, focusing on their fighting styles and records.
Fight Dynamics:
Adam: "And you got to wonder about that reach advantage..." (11:22)
Matchmaking Critique:
Byron: "They want to see a banger. They're usually on the card like this." (12:22)
Adam and Byron discuss the UFC's strategic move to host more events internationally, aiming to tap into diverse markets.
The hosts address the recent controversies surrounding Conor McGregor, debating his future in the octagon amidst legal challenges and public incidents.
McGregor's Behavior:
Byron: "Connor steams that. I did nothing of the sort." (16:17)
Potential Fights and Stunts:
Adam: "So you can't announce the fight on a Monday and have the fight on Tuesday. That's not gonna work." (18:37)
Transitioning from MMA to football, Adam and Byron delve into the upcoming NFL showdown, dissecting coaching legacies, player performances, and game strategies.
A heated debate ensues over whether a Super Bowl win could solidify Andy Reid's status as the greatest NFL coach in history, especially in comparison to the esteemed Bill Belichick.
Reid's Potential Legacy:
Adam: "If you're going to call the tie, then the champ leaves with the strap... And then Belichick starts. So then all of a sudden everyone went, well, I guess we know who is the reason for all the winning. That was Tom Brady." (21:12)
Belichick vs. Reid's Strategies:
Byron: "Mahomes, like man, once in a generation talent sort of thing." (23:15)
Patrick Mahomes' exceptional talent and improvisational skills are analyzed, particularly in the context of the upcoming game.
The hosts offer their predictions for the game, discussing potential strategies that each team might employ to secure victory.
Strategic Approaches:
Adam: "They got to keep the ball out of Mahomes hands is basically what it's going to come down to." (25:07)
Final Score Prediction:
Adam: "I mean it's real basic. You just gotta go 27. Chiefs, you know, 24." (26:36)
Byron: "I was thinking 23." (26:42)
In wrapping up the episode, Adam and Byron provide their final thoughts on both UFC 312 and the NFL's big game, reinforcing their predictions and encouraging listeners to stay engaged with the sports they love.
Notable Quotes:
This episode of the Adam Carolla Show offers a vibrant mix of sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and lively banter, making it a must-listen for fans eager to stay informed and entertained about the latest happenings in UFC and the NFL.
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