BTL | Dricus du Plessis Dominates Kamaru Usman, Covington vs. Muhammad, UFC Abu Dhabi

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**Mike Heck** (1:29)
The iconic voice of Esther Lin welcomes you to a brand new edition of BTL. We are live a little bit later than usual, but we're here, aren't we? And that's really all that matters. Lots to discuss as always. We're coming off of pretty wild weekend in the combat sports world. We had PFL in action. We had the UFC in action at Oklahoma City. Dricus du Plessis kind of put the boots to Kamaru Usman. Now, there's a lot of questions about where both guys go. We had RAF 11 and the incredible swan song for Ben Askren. We had Colby and Belal wrestling and getting wins and then fighting each other at the press conference. We got UFC Abu Dhabi this weekend. PFL is back this weekend. There's lots of boxing this weekend. So much going on. And I know you guys have a lot of questions. And joining me this week is a man who also had a very busy weekend in the combat sports world, but he was more having a little more fun than most of us. He was at Fanatics Fest in New York City and got to see some of your favorite fighters do athletic things.
Maybe not so much Sean O'Malley kicking footballs, but it was a good time nonetheless. José Youngs joins us on this Thursday. How are you, sir?

**José Youngs** (2:39)
What's up, dog? I'm great. I saw a lot of non-MMA athletes as well, which was kind of neat.
I think the only ones you would... No, you like professional wrestling. So I saw a lot of wrestlers, saw a big poppy, saw a whole bunch of basketball players. So yeah, that was a very stressful but very fun time.

**Mike Heck** (3:02)
Yeah, that event is just wild. There's so many people there and there's so many different things and it's pretty crazy.

**José Youngs** (3:09)
This was the most chaotic I've ever, this is the most chaotic one I've ever experienced. Like they kind of flipped, if anyone's gone. Like before you'd walk into the Javits Center, all the activations would be on the left. And then like the games and stuff. And then like all the trading cards and everything and collectibles would be on the right. And they flipped it this year. So but the problem is like because the games were all on the right side, it cut the whole thing in half. And sometimes you were waiting like 30 minutes, literally just to go five feet.
So not the most ideal thing. But we got some good interviews there. So yes, watch that content.

**Mike Heck** (3:49)
Bails. Go ahead. Dog wants to go outside, ring his bell. Now he's just standing there doing nothing. So so there's a pretty common theme thus far when it comes to combat sports with with the peeps will run through all of them at once. Fury Joshua both fighting this weekend. I totally forgot until now Cosmo. Best fight this weekend is Spence versus Zoo and nobody in the North America has any idea it's happening. R is 40 I had no idea. Ankalaev fights on Saturday.
A lot of a lot of events going down. Jose, what's the one that that stands out the most to you with all the combat sports craziness going on?