“They’re both their own biggest fans but that membership club has taken a bit of a hit lately…” Who else can completely capture two fighters in a single sentence? That’s why this is the best breakdown show, period. “The easiest thing to do is think about throwing kicks and punches, the hardest thing to do is believe that it’s going to amount to anything”.

This is not a fight for a belt. This is a fight for a career

Good job Dan on keeping it together and not just busting out laughing, and breaking down the fight, that’s hard work 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

3:51 bruh what you smokin? It wasn’t a BAD fight for him…He was absolutely destroying vettori in the 5th round… he didn’t gas out , and almost koed vettori with a beautiful head kick in the 2nd round. Even Dana white said costa performed very well …

I remember the Costa vs Marvin fight actually being good. Costa held is own. He lost decisively but he still put on a good fight against Marvin.

Don't know how you can say Paulo was grilled by Vettori. Here are the fight stats: Marvin had 190 significant strikes to Paulo's 163 Marvin had 214 total strikes landed to Paulo's 172 Both landed a single takedown.

Dan just made me even more excited about this, the whole mind set element going into the fight is brilliant, nothing to do with skills, all about what is on their mind. I really do hope Luke gets his groove back.

One thinks he's Patrick Swayze out of Point Break. The other is Ricky Martin with muscle! Best of luck gentlemen!

What is Dan talking about? Costa fought great in his last fight. He was smashing Vettori with body kicks and he won the 5th round.

Umm Marvin definitely didn't "grill" Costa....I noticed the media has pushing that narrative here, I thought Marvin survived and basically point fought don't remember him landing anything impressive. It was a close fight.

Dana: how many times do you want to get ko'd at the end of your career? Luke: yes

I greatly respect your opinion Dan, but I think your evaluation of Costa’s performance against Vettori is off. His cardio has never looked better and any middleweight other than Vettori would have folded to those vicious body and head kicks.

The talk about Costa v Vettori has been insane, in no way did vettori batter costa

Dan wanted to laugh throughout this whole thing

The Costa vs Vettori fight was factually competitive fight that could've went either way

The battle of the glass cannons! Thats an amazing way of framing this fight 👏🏼

Met Dan in Toronto at Jones vs Machida in a restaurant at the hotel I was staying at. I waited till him and his team were done eating and got a pic and he signed my gf’s tshirt and was such a good guy about it. Took me some courage to try to bug him for a pic even after he was all done but such a nice guy. Loved the guy ever since. And a really great source for breakdowns of fights, smart IQ for the fight game. Love hearing his opinions. U da man Dan!:)

By far one of your best analysis of a fight. I fully agree with all the points for both fighters. I’m impressed you’re such a fight fan you see it all.

Great review great insight- you are my fav analyst - keep up the good work

As always - the best analysis there is! I can learn plenty from all of your episodes 👊 Thanks a lot 🙌

Rockhold is one of the most elite middleweights on the planet until he gets cracked, sad story, kinda similar to Cody Garbrandt in the BW division. Would love to see a revitalised Rockhold though!

Dan like a little kid going into this fight - well worth the Listen. Dan esp on psychological ramifications for both fighters going in at 4:40. Great Dan Hardy piece for all of Dan's fans/followers.

Costa was closer to finish Vitori than vise versa.

The outlaw with the great insight again. Awesome!

Great breakdown here ❤️ can’t wait for this fight!

Great perspective on things as always

I am so glad you said the quiet parts out loud.

This show tucks me in at night. ❤️

would be cool to see a post fight evaluation of what we expected and what was a surprise

Hardy not trying to shit on rockhold is hilarious

Dan just pumping out the quality content lately. Thank you King 👑

What an awesome intro dan . im only 5 minutes in and im twice more revved for this fight then i already have been

Thanks a lot Dan, stunning content 🤙

Jimmy crickets, Dan is a super captivating fight analyst. Bravo.

Luke and Paulo are Mirrors of each other personality wise, they both remind me of Johnny bravo

Hardy is happy he keeps giggling he must be training like a savage for a the boxing fight. I love it man !!! Love the energy

Fantastic work Dan 👌🏻

As usual a great analysis. Love the wrestlers on the TV.

good to see you dan !!!

Great analysis

Great analysis.

Full Reptile War Room Salute Dan Your the best

Dan is the patriot saint of combat sports! A true genius of the game! I’m always grateful for his insights!

I always feel like I’m taking a doctorate level class in mma when I watch one of these. Great stuff

I think he's giving Rockhold too much credit. Rockhold has a glass jaw and Costa is going headhunting. This ends up with Rockhold going to sleep in round 1 or 2.

i love dan breakdowns forlife

Wish you wouldn't have pissed off uncle Dana...simply the best commentary and breakdown guy PERIOD!

The realest mma chat. Like you’re in my brains choosing the words I can’t speak 🙃👍

Fantastic video

Dan the man great call as always !

I spat my drink out at your Vetorri impression😂😂😂😂

This fight is bonkers

11:20 "Costa full of red wine" 😅😅

Vitors "mindset": copious amounts of brazilian vitamins.

Good break down Dan 💪

gotta give this fight to Costa. Rockhold might try and get the fight to the ground but Costa has a BJJ background. As long as he is probably motivated and trains to win then Costa should be able to resist rochold on the ground and give him damage on the feet.

great analogy of a "battle between two glass cannons"

Just noticed Dan added his name to the channel title. That was a wise play.

Not sure I've ever heard Dan predict a "train wreck" LMAO. This is going to be the "Battle of the Identity Crises"

Awww yeah I was waiting for this

Best breakdown in the business! Thanks again Dan

Match-makers hit gold with this one! Hope no one pulls out! Both have become some-what unlikable characters, even though I rate them both, so this should be great fun to watch. Hope its a war and instant classic!

best breakdowns in the business, and I rooted against hardy vs conduit. but miss and love the outlaw. ufc fkd up. now no1 does better commentary or breakdowns.

thanks Dan, i hope Costa makes weight, looking forward to this one

“On tilt” is the phrase you’re looking for

Psyco-Precarious. A new diagnosis. lol. That's a great observation Doctor. Love it.

This is spot on

I feel like this will be nonstop action, but it will end very quickly! I'll be on the edge of my seat for sure!👊😦

Costa came closer to finishing Vettori than Adesanya did...

I think it'll be a great fight. I actually think they will both come in a great physical and mental shape and we'll get to see the best versions of each of them.

Im more excited for this fight over the main event!

The odds of the fight falling apart and not happening at all? Seems very high to me.

wtf is he talking about? costa looked great against vettori, literally any other fighter without vettori's chin\ iron body would have been killed by costa in that fight, the amount of punishment that vettori got in that fight was insane. This guy just hate Costa for some strange reason.

Back in the day rockhold was seriously legit ,

The fight was amazing Rockhold gave everything he had in that fight. Then at the nd when he had no energy left he managed to get on top of Costa and pour his blood all over Costa's face was crazy. Luke made me a fan of him yesterday

The laughing was cracking me up

A bit uncomfortable in their own skin is a good way to describe them lol especially Rockhold. I'm rooting for Luke in this one, guy needs a good win

You're the best, Dan. Fighter I'm most confident I would get along with in real life.

It's not just the neck size Dan, the actual skull size also plays a huge role in relation to how easily you can be KO'd. Essentially being KO'd is caused by brain trauma, your brain bashing up against your skull. People with larger heads essentially means the force will be distributed over a larger area, even on the inside in relation to their brain hitting their skull. Larger men who usually have larger heads can indeed resist being KO'd far more easily than a small man, or than a woman for example, and additionally a child can be knocked out easily, and a mere bird with it's tiny head can be knocked out with a very small force. So the size of the head does account for a lot, if you ever look at Kazuyuki Fujita, you can notice his head is giant, next to Fedor his head is like 2x wider than Fedor's, this is why this guy had an iron chin nearly his entire career, it's also why most Samoans tend to have really good chins, they have heads on them the size of a cinder block usually. People with pea heads for their weight class usually get KO'd easily, sadly Luke is one of them. Other examples are Overeem at HW, his head is rather small for a HW. Another example would be James Vick who has a small head for his size. And yet another is Johnny Walker. This is in fact the main determinant, not neck muscles, this is because you don't want to tense up when being punched in the head, it means you are trying to resist the punch, which results in taking more trauma. You want to be loose instead and attempt to allow the punch to partly punch off you, so as it doesn't transfer all of it's energy into your head, and thus you don't want to tense up your muscles to resist being KO, it will only result in you being KO'd cold. So neck muscles really can't do much for you, it's just that people with huge heads usually have pretty big necks. Rampage is another guy with a pretty big head and a super thick neck to match, he also was an iron chin guy.

All i remember from the vettori vs. Costa fight is, Costa putting vettori on his back foot and Costa kicking vettori head and neck a couple times with in the fight. Vettori getting wobbled

mma fans we are all giggling with you Dan

match makers are insanely on point lately

rockholds continual decline is justified he's been knocked out so viciously multiple times.

It's Paulo's last fight on his contract too

Thing is Rockhold has really been out of the game for years. I know Costa has had a couple of bad fights recently, however the Izzy fight really fucked his head up and it was still affecting him in the Vettori fight. He seems much better now and unless the Rockhold of 2014 shows up Costa just has to touch his chin ONCE and it's over. I really think Costa steam rolls him. I don't see this being anywhere near as close as people are making it out to be.

Adesanya vs Pereira, Please analyze the first and second fight. Future, possible fight as well.

I really miss you as Pundit. You were one of the few that didnt just state the obvious.

The uppercut Romero gave to Rockhold when he was crumpled against the fence was insane LOL

you undermined costa's performance against vettori aside from that, good breakdown mate and the way you analysed their psyches makes absolute sense, even though i typically hate that narrative crap

Dan, you politely missed Vitor's key confidence factor. The volume of needles :)

@DanHardy - first your the man, your the best at this shit.. Don’t worry offending anyone, your the best at this.

LMAO that subtle Vettori impression

You got two hammers in this fight but no nails

It has been years since Luke was at that top level. Would be great to see a career resurgence, but I don't really see it at this point. I think the big questions are around Paulo after his losses and his mindset regarding fighting out his contract.

the heck with the main event I'm ciked up for this fight

Very interesting analysis. I think most people have costa KO first round

Luke Rockhold ‘never had two losses back to back’ - except for his last two fights 😆

the hardest fight to predict

This was hands down the best retirement I have ever seen. The Terminator was like a stone but luke still competed well.

This is the main event for me!