Jun 22, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min · 30 segments
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And our producer Cody Barrow knows that if even a full second were to elapse between him triggering that headlines drop, uh, And my voice, we'd have real issues.

So I don't even know where to begin, right? But I'm inclined to begin with Manel Cop, not because you put your entire $1,000 on Manel Cop, but because as Alessandre Pantoja continues on the men, you go out like Manel Cop did and produce a knockout like this.

In my mind, he waits for a title shot now if he doesn't get it relative to Pantoja's health.

Maybe it wasn't going great early for Manel Kopp, but you know this is a plus athlete.

He's got a lot of sort of weapons within his arsenal, and he found one of them against a very decorated veteran and a huge weekend for Starboy.

It's always nice when you have that shut off button in your repertoire, but certainly has that.

And I think what was most impressive was the fact that he wasn't doing great at that point in the fight.

I know a lot of people kind of were going back and forth, but it seemed like the majority were saying that Horiguchi won that round.

I don't think... a takedown with 10 seconds to go in the round without really creating any offense off of it.

It was actually Manal Kopp who was landing more offense off of his back in round one.

Anyway, Horiguchi was able to bring it back to his favor, mainly with his takedowns and control and grounded pound in rounds two and three.

So the fact that Manal Kopp was able to get it back in his favor, regroup, find that knockout shot, and then finish him on the ground, I thought was extremely impressive and shows that he is indeed capable of getting these knockouts at a very high level.

And our producer Cody Barrow knows that if even a full second were to elapse between him triggering that headlines drop, uh, And my voice, we'd have real issues.

So I don't even know where to begin, right? But I'm inclined to begin with Manel Cop, not because you put your entire $1,000 on Manel Cop, but because as Alessandre Pantoja continues on the men, you go out like Manel Cop did and produce a knockout like this.

In my mind, he waits for a title shot now if he doesn't get it relative to Pantoja's health.

Maybe it wasn't going great early for Manel Kopp, but you know this is a plus athlete.

He's got a lot of sort of weapons within his arsenal, and he found one of them against a very decorated veteran and a huge weekend for Starboy.

It's always nice when you have that shut off button in your repertoire, but certainly has that.

And I think what was most impressive was the fact that he wasn't doing great at that point in the fight.

I know a lot of people kind of were going back and forth, but it seemed like the majority were saying that Horiguchi won that round.

I don't think... a takedown with 10 seconds to go in the round without really creating any offense off of it.

It was actually Manal Kopp who was landing more offense off of his back in round one.

Anyway, Horiguchi was able to bring it back to his favor, mainly with his takedowns and control and grounded pound in rounds two and three.

So the fact that Manal Kopp was able to get it back in his favor, regroup, find that knockout shot, and then finish him on the ground, I thought was extremely impressive and shows that he is indeed capable of getting these knockouts at a very high level.
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