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Episode 548: Sergei Pavlovich punches his ticket (and Curtis Blaydes)

Episode 548: Sergei Pavlovich punches his ticket (and Curtis Blaydes)

Pavlovich starched Blaydes on Saturday to become the consensus No. 1 contender.

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast · Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes

April 24, 20231h 16mExplicit

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Show Notes

Welcome to the heavyweight elite, Sergei Pavlovich. Ya boy went out there and starched Curtis Blaydes in just over three minutes on Saturday at a UFC Fight Night event to become the consensus No. 1 contender in the heavyweight division. Could a lot go wrong between now and when Pavlovich might conceivably fight the winner of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic? Sure. Did Blaydes engage in kind of a bizarre strategy in this fight? Yes, he did. But is Pavlovich now arguably the most interesting figure in the 265-pound division outside of JBJ and Stipe? Undoubtedly.

Plus, Bellator had a pretty good two-night stop in Hawaii, Nate Diaz fought some jabronis on the streets of New Orleans and Bobby Green had a pretty bad Saturday night.

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