The 31st episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with Cole Shelton is here ahead of UFC Vegas 21.
We’re first joined by ninth-ranked UFC featherweight, Dan Ige (2:09). Next, UFC middleweight, Eryk Anders (17:08) joins the show. UFC bantamweight, Jonathan Martinez (30:20) comes on. Closing out the program is UFC welterweight, Jason Witt (38:03).
Dan Ige opens up the show to quickly touch on his UFC Fight Island loss to Calvin Kattar. The Hawaiian then talks about the canceled Ryan Hall fight and how Ige had a feeling Hall would end up pulling out. Ige then talks about how he needed to fight on this date due to his wife having a baby soon. Dan Ige then closes it to preview and give his prediction for his fight against Gavin Tucker at UFC Vegas 21.
In sports, there are people who play games and there are people who finish games. Everybody remembers that kid on the soccer team that was a great passer or a great defender. Or, in baseball, there are always those guys that put on a tremendous outfield performance. However, at the end of the day, there is nothing better than a finisher
Finishers seal the deal in the most dominant fashion. Whether it’s the goal-scorer that never misses in the clutch or that slugger that buries one deep in the ninth, certain athletes just seal the deal.
Henry Corrales is a finisher. In over four years as a professional mixed martial artist, he has finished 10 of 12 opponents and has never lost a fight.
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A lot has changed since Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier fought in 2014 as up-and-comers in their mid-20s.
McGregor has emerged as the biggest star in mixed martial arts. Both captured UFC gold in the years since and have moved up to the lightweight division. And as it stands right now, they re two of the best 155-pound fighters on the planet.
Though McGregor knocked out Poirier in the first round at UFC 178, Saturday s UFC 257 main event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is a much different matchup than the one that took place seven years ago.