Movsar Evloev

Diego to Diego, nine months.

Diego to Movsar, nine months.

So the way we get there is like from Holloway 2 to Ortega, he took 14 months off.

And from Toporia to Diego, he took 14 months off, rightfully so at that point.

And then because he made moves.

looks so good at weigh-ins.

He's so strong and big.

Plenty of avid sports fans don't even know who he is.

Had he lost to Mozart, it wouldn't have even made the news.

When Australia loses at cricket, it's everywhere.

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He's in nine title defenses.

So a lot was expected already.

When you hear that he was sick, that he had a chest infection, that he was battling the flu, what do you make of that? Does that surprise you, that he was able to look that good in the aftermath when you find out about this against someone like Mozart while battling those illnesses?

When you heard that he was sick, that he was ill, that he had flu symptoms, that he was feeling a viral infection,

Were you – because, again, we're not fighters, right? But to me, I was watching – I was on Magnetic Island in Queensland screaming at the tally.

But when he finished Mozart, like, there was eight seconds or nine seconds to go, and he practically – I don't know if you'd call – the word quit's not fair because you're in the – you're fighting for your lives.

But he didn't move or even, like, motion.

So do we – Did that shock you that a guy that's 20-0, that's been screaming for a title fight, to like the fans, you look at that and go, all you had to do was just motion to get up on your hands and knees or just move your head a little bit.

I'm like, you got to be on, like, you can beat him, but like, take it serious, stay focused and all this stuff.

Whereas Volk's like, Volk was like, opening the bathroom door and like doing a fart and then like waving it then laughing like coming back hitting pads like two minutes before he walks out and like there's a poor Russian translator in there he vultures fucking fumigated laughing And he's just laughing about it.

And I'm like, bro, you're fighting Mozart.

And I'm like, I was like super quiet, warm up, like no music, like real different to what I'm used to.

What he just did against Movsar, again, unreal, 20-0, 10 wins in the UFC.

Who did he just beat before that, too? Who did he just beat before Mozart? Diego Lopez twice in a row.

Twice in a row.

Twice in a row.

I'll use, yeah.

So, so...

So he's Evloev, he's Evloev, I'm Volkanovskiy.

When he'd throw a jab, he'd move out of the way, but like, just go again.

I mean, I was so impressed.

I picked Mozart to win.

I thought it was gonna be like a five round fight.

That was kind of a 48, 47 type of deal, but you just- The

People forget, dude, when I got into the sport and you were not long thereafter...

the high water mark was like elvis sinisek and and anthony parash you know soul playly so oh my god i forgot about solo palele so you know what i mean like the the the the there's just simply no question he's the best one to ever do it like by a million miles best one so far i think to best fighter to never get a title in the second weight class i think is also he's got that on lock But the reason I bring this up is because I really do believe, my personal feeling, Mike, is that I believe he is intensely focused on his legacy.

In fact, I think part of the reason why he was so eager for the Mozart fight is not just that he had heard the chirping from the fan base being like, hey, why are we getting a second Lopez fight? What's really going on here? Let's rally for Movzar.

I think part of it, he understood that there was a fan demand.

Or maybe it was the enormity of the moment.

You know what I mean? It's like Mozart, this unattainable goal for so long.

Like, you know, they're never giving you a title shot.

You know, they're never giving you a title shot, you know, and then you finally get there and maybe just the whole moment got to him.

And it is unbelievable what he did.

So, you know, long story short, yeah, I believe there might be something to that.

Only Mozart himself knows what the hell went wrong.

But that was not the guy I expected to see on fight night.