Money Moves | August 12, 2026 | Hour 1

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
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**Stormy Buonantony** (0:08)
What's up, everybody? Dream Team back together again. Stormy Buonantony, Jonathan Von Tobel with you live in downtown Las Vegas Circus Resort and Casino. Our guide, Justin Emery at the controls per usual. How are you? How was the long California weekend?

**Jonathan Von Tobel** (0:22)
It was pretty good.
Really enjoyed my time out there. Got to ride a train for the first time. A little hot, but went down to Santa Cruz for a while, to the beach. Got a little bit darker, but got more of a sunburn than anything else. Had the guns out and whatnot. But I think that before we go on to the rundown, we should probably address the elephant in the room at this point, because it is a big deal, obviously. Look, I missed some time, but I don't want to miss out on all of the important moments, and they are important. And today is a big day.
Happy anniversary, Stormy. You and your husband are celebrating an anniversary. I have been requested by a certain somebody to say something nice to you, so I want to say congratulations. Your husband has asked me to extend those wishes to you. It is a very big day for you guys. You two, dare I say, have become friends of mine, so we're very happy to say happy anniversary.

**Stormy Buonantony** (1:11)
That's very sweet. I feel uncomfortable, though. Of course. I really thought that was going to go somewhere else. I thought that was going to go a different direction.

**Jonathan Von Tobel** (1:17)
Well, I didn't want you to feel crappy, so I just want to make sure that you have a really good day today.

**Stormy Buonantony** (1:21)
And see, there it is. There's the dig. For anybody who listened yesterday, you know exactly what that was in reference to. Also, speaking of yesterday, I did have a little bit of fun, but thank you for the kind words. That is nice. Three years, baby, like 11 in all, but three years married. But yesterday, you texted me about this, asking if I was at the Apex. I went over to the fights at the Meta Apex here in town for the Contender Series and usually they don't sell tickets and it's pretty empty when you watch those on TV. But it was packed. It was super fun. They sold tickets for it. The concessions were great. I saw and I was nervous. You know I'm not somebody that particularly loves MMA and UFC because I get uncomfortable with people fighting the way they do.
I loved it and I saw a guy almost like, not almost, he definitely broke his arm, dislocated his entire, I don't even know what it was. It was crazy and I was living for it. I actually really enjoyed it in person and being that close to the octagon was really cool. I was shocked.

**Jonathan Von Tobel** (2:14)
I've been to two MMA fights, old ones, in my lifetime. I went to John Jones, Daniel Cormier won and then I went to TJ. Dillashaw taking on Henen Berao the first time. The time when TJ. Dillashaw was on PED, so he was a lot better.
Those were awesome, awesome events. And the second one I actually always say is my favorite one because if I remember correctly, the card, but specifically Dillashaw and Berao, very big USA VS Brazil dynamic in the arena at MGM. Absolutely fantastic. I love mixed martial arts up close and they were good seats too. It's amazing to be rich and connected. Cause I know you've got some friends that worked in mixed martial arts. Was that the way you got in?

**Stormy Buonantony** (2:47)
Yeah, they were free, which is great, but the tickets were pretty cheap from what I understand anyways.

**Jonathan Von Tobel** (2:50)
Well, what I was going to say is when I went to Cormier and Jones 1, which knowing now we know, it's incredible that I was there, my buddy at the time worked for the UFC and we were out at Borne and Rays, which is a bar out here. He pulls these crumpled tickets out of his pocket. He goes, do you want to go to this weekend? He just tosses them on the table. I said, yeah, of course I want to go. So incredible, but I'm with you. MMA up close and in person, one of the better sporting events.

**Stormy Buonantony** (3:12)
I was shocked. I might have caught the bug. I might be a little bit hooked now. It was really cool. I saw two knockouts in under a minute as well. And with the Contender Series, for anybody who doesn't know, it's basically like an audition for MMA fighters to get into UFC and to get their contract. And four of the five people got the contract, which was awesome to see how much that meant to them.