Stephen A. asks for Islam Makhachev’s weakness & Conor McGregor’s return 👀 | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim are joined by Daniel Cormier to talk ahead of UFC 302 between Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier. Plus, DC previews Conor McGregor’s return on June 29th, where he will face Michael Chandler.
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[@jzadomaaa-xn8hz]

"Thank you Dustin for the charity and being a good father" - Islam by submission

[@Lockinhardboy]

"Dustin will win with a guillotine" "But not against me" Islam😂

[@briananderson9650]

A man with children supposed to be a good father and good man in general.. people think that needs a pat on the back. It’s called doing your job.😮

[@couragethecowardlydog7333]

Incase anyone had doubts on Islam, Schaub picked Dp to win

[@seanskywalka5172]

Looool

[@ItsReplayBro]

He also called the after match of 229 and Leon to beat usman by KO. Whats all the hate for ?

[@couragethecowardlydog7333]

@@ItsReplayBro no hate man, Schaub is great at predictions, take his advice, bet the house on Dp

[@Daddy-do8bn]

He has never picked a Dagestani 😂

[@rollin60z]

Ofc u listen to schaub

[@moonvenerable7897]

7:30 always ask about Conor i remember Khabib put him in place "right now i dont want to talk about thees sheet"😂

[@alfiashaikh9228]

Yess😂

[@anasshahid224]

😅

[@nikygarbage7056]

Hahah now khabib is broke owing the government money, he has been humbled

[@almoeraz9335]

You wish, go sleep😂​@@nikygarbage7056

[@attentionseekers3291]

​@@nikygarbage7056broke? Lol😂

[@cherdoa]

Islam by "don't call me modafokah"

[@n1troz_]

Canelo vibes

[@tedbundy8747]

Porier by islam insecure..

[@عثمان-و9س]

Degenerate cultural habits should not be forced on others

[@TBE99]

@@n1troz_Canelo Alvaroids 💊💉

[@n1troz_]

@@TBE99 lowkey both

[@JanHayastanMusic]

What i love about DC is that even tho he hates Jone’s guts as a person, he always gives respect for his game. Professional at its best

[@briananderson9650]

Where is Jon involved in this topic😮

[@briananderson9650]

He has to . Jon owns him and litteraly make him cry😢 in ring😂

[@JanHayastanMusic]

@@briananderson9650 if you watch it from start to end you’ll find it.

[@JanHayastanMusic]

@@briananderson9650 no he doesn’t own him. Jon wasn’t the cleanest fighter, so i would not say that brother.

[@Masterofnon3]

Yes, John popped for PEDs before one of their fights caused a reschedule, but DC said he would fight him dirty or not

[@johnwayne4829]

Stephen A looks like a priest or a pope

[@Imalwaysthevictim]

😂😂

[@alepho4089]

Stephen has that "P Diddy, R Kelly" priestess swag.😂

[@furioM8]

lol right, tf was he thinking

[@GoBlueO23]

She called islam GSP 💀

[@XZagatoX]

Conor McGregor was paid in full for plumbing back in the day. He became notorious for his vast experience with taps

[@beaualoevv]

pov you’re an inceI & family embarrassment. and even burger king doesn’t employ nobodies like you

[@alfiashaikh9228]

This is the funniest comment about connor till date on utube😂

[@xomisfit1861]

@@alfiashaikh9228how ? Shii cringe

[@erickfernandez8236]

And what have you accomplished?

[@muslehfaiz9608]

LOL, looks like you got the horde of high-pitched Conor fangirls riled up

[@AxmedBahjad]

The lady can't pronunciate Makhachev. Steve asked Daniel to avoid embarrassment.

[@Xivinux]

She said it good enough to be fair

[@notktm]

@@Xivinuxi didn’t know you dictated that but ok

[@ernestolaclau1861]

she pronounced good lil bro

[@notktm]

@@ernestolaclau1861 thanks ernestro la cloud

[@ImranKhan-gs2hy]

Honestly Islam's idea for a team Conor vs team Khabib/Islam TUF is very exciting.

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

No conor a horrible coach and he did so bad

[@FGame2star]

you know in Russia they have 5 on 5 MMA fights right? that would be awesome, but Artem and Conor hate each other now, and Dillon went into hiding after he got beat up by Logan.

[@ItsReplayBro]

Let’s be honest. That would be the biggest TUF ever made. I’d love that too.

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

TUF is dead tbh, I have no interest in that show anymore, I think a lot of people feel the same way according to the viewership of the show over the years.

[@rollin60z]

I thought he said street fight not TUF.. thats what the quote i saw said

[@anthonyscalese5455]

Steven A has no business talking UFC .. terrible

[@Ab-.-]

Your an idiot

[@cnna12392]

You can always count on Stephen A. Casual Smith to bring up Conor McGregor at any given moment.

[@what9331]

Dude is the biggest exclamation point running around in real life. He just doesn't make any sense

[@moonvenerable7897]

Why exclude the champ Makhachev in First Take?

[@ethernetify]

He’s not a stat

[@iiRolltide]

Mainly, even though we understand him, I don’t think nationally his English would hold up on something quick fire like first take.

[@rollin60z]

He doesnt bring in views, first take doesnt have a big russian audience 😂

[@wavecontroller5647]

@@rollin60zhe does bring in views, its just first take is reasonably quick and makachev’s english isn’t fast paced enough to keep up

[@mehriban.osmanova.2005]

@@wavecontroller5647 Islam Маkhachev defeated Аlexander Volkanovski 2 times. why didn't he become UFС featherweight chamрion? But Islam wants to fight with Leon Еdwards for bесоme UFС welterweight champion🤔

[@Izzy-zh8ck]

I hope all those people who are saying dustin will ko islam keep the same energy after the fight. And vice versa.

[@HoldMyBong]

Its not that deep goofy

[@Ziggyvu]

You know they gonna stay quiet behind their keyboards 😂😂

[@ivarboneless-kd3ml]

No one actually thinks that dustin is going to win We want him to win but we all know islam is the better fighter

[@Heavensblade100]

I mean, you kind of can't do that. If I say Dustin's knocking out Islam and he doesn't, I'm not gonna come after the fight and say he did.

[@ramensantos4663]

Bro can't enjoy a scrap

[@Gordomaniaa]

Please get Stephen A off of MMA commentary.

[@zarifinator1327]

On the bright side, yk a fight is big when Stephen a Smith talks about it

[@Izzy-zh8ck]

The same people who call Islam boring when he kos and subs people are perfect okay with colby covington and bryce mitchel laying and praying for decisions. Makes sense right? lol

[@n1troz_]

Who said Islam is boring?

[@alfiashaikh9228]

It's called jealous and hatred

[@erickfernandez8236]

well those 2 fighters suck ass so i dont know what u talking about, a fighter is boring like Islam without having to compare him to other fighters, people like to see action not a man trying to hug it out to a decision

[@iiRolltide]

@@n1troz_I don’t think I’ve seen people call Islam boring

[@n1troz_]

@@iiRolltide that’s what I’m saying 😂

[@Tannytkn]

I speak on behalf of nearly every UFC and MMA fan when I say we do not care what Stephen A Smith has to say

[@TBE99]

Speak for yourself 🤡

[@jajaunevans9894]

Fr All I hear is why SAS & Molly Talking MMA ..It's they're Job duh ..Because it's A Sport show and it's on ESPN and they're promoting the fight. Y'all MMA fans kill me sometimes. Like they can't learn about this Sport like you did when you became A Fan of MMA‼️💯

[@JanikAshe]

Espn riding on mcgregor stick at this point.

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

did they lie?

[@lospolloshermanos69]

This was painful to watch. Stephen A and this chick have no idea what they're talking about regarding ufc lmao

[@awesome1ru]

SAS ufc takes are something else 😂

[@joeyvanvliet3530]

Can we appreciate how good DC is in selling it for the ufc? He is a very good frontman for the comp

[@1984clonesquid]

Tell Stephen A that Dustin and Conor already had a trilogy

[@mrblue5601]

Very generous that ESPN gave Lisa Ann a second chance 😂

[@jrod908]

Why DC look like a kid at an ice cream truck when it started lol

[@patricknez7258]

DC makes strong points about if Islam wins, fighting Conor next. But I feel like Islam is more aligned w Stephen A's side, I am unsure if Islam will call out Conor if he wins. I could be wrong, but I kinda expect Islam to say whoever UFC wants him to fight next, or if* Leon wins, I think Islam will say he wants double champ status. I do think he'd be fine w Arman or Conor or whoever too.

[@PMOThemadcracker]

DONT BE SILLY JUMP THE GILLY

[@eddiehauser6661]

DC is really coming into his own in this new role. Couldn't pick a better ambassador for the sport. Except Chael, but that goes without being said

[@MuhammadAli71835]

Islam will win

[@addictedtosuccess156]

Kinda lean towards the champion? He's a -600 favorite

[@CoolAdam247]

I strongly recommend that all the Islam haters bet the house on Dustin ! 💰 If you don't own a house, which you probably don't, I suggest you take out a bank loan and go all in and live the life of your dreams ! 😎👍💰

[@seanskywalka5172]

Lol

[@77MK-]

How dumb ? YES!!!!

[@Daddy-do8bn]

If their credit score is too low to get a bank loan (most likely) find your nearest Albanian loan shark. He'll want your wife as security but thats ok. Dustin got your back.

[@aliholic9102]

Islam🔥, Free Palestine🇵🇸

[@Ricss96ix]

Which part?

[@אליה-ז8י]

Islamic bots palestune is only created in ur delusonal minds

[@Yungdabmann]

Shut up we’re here for the sport

[@noelbgood8845]

Free israel

[@Levepalestine11]

Free Palestine 🍉🍉🇵🇸🍉🍉🇵🇸🍉

[@Shanks-u5w]

You can see Stephen A. doesn’t have any idea in MMA sports..

[@poogi612]

DC is so good in what he does

[@thraxpac1233]

These two know nothing absolutely nothing about mma 😂especially ufc roster and lore

[@HarrisRiaz1]

I don't want to see Poirier vs Conor again. We seen them fight three times. I don't mind seeing Conor vs Islam. I rather have the rematch between Max and Dustin. They fought back in 2019 and this time the fight will be better and bigger.

[@menacemichael]

Oh but he was hating on Buckleys callout tho

[@bubbabuttz1629]

DC saying they should go for the golden goose Conor Mcgregor But last week bashed Buckleys moment and now all these casuals talking crazy to Buckley. Shame on DC

[@jaywalker6464]

We need Max vs Conor 2.

[@stephenmarkelov1829]

Molly lookin old

[@Fitkid7672]

Grandma Molly?😊

[@Make_Me_A_Sandwhich]

Everyone hits the wall and starts aging

[@bitcoingang9743]

dc is good at journalism

[@PMOThemadcracker]

Dustin by jumped GILLY 3 seconds of the very first round AND NEW

[@davidt0983]

Stephen A...pure fan 😂

[@zachroderick7377]

Everyone likes to watch Conor fight. Everyone keeps up with him on social but there’s no point in talking about him in regard to the current state of fighting. All anyone can say is “he’s a star” and “it’s gonna be a big fight” but there’s nothing else to talk about.

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

he'll get a title shot if he wins.

[@zachroderick7377]

@@Fightconnoisseur96 oh yeah 100% against Islam or Leon but every ESPN interview they have to bring Conor up but there’s literally nothing to talk about and everyone just says “it’s gonna be interesting” and “everyone is going to be tuning in”

[@Razear]

"How does a guy that has no fights get a chance to fight Floyd Mayweather?" I mean, Logan Paul was 0-1 and got the chance. Clout pays.

[@SPRVLN27]

If there are three people I never want to hear speaking about MMA, it's DC, SAS, and Molly.

[@Fitkid7672]

DC is knowledgeable on it though

[@SPRVLN27]

@@Fitkid7672 but he's a company shill that commentates like a drunk bro at a bar.

[@LIIIIIFE]

ITS PITCH BLACK. ALL YOU CAN SEE IS CELLPHONE LIGHTS. WILLIE SPENCES VOICE COMES ON BLARING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS ACAPELLA. JAMES BROWN KICKS IN. DUSTIN WALKS OUT. CAMERA SHIFTS TO JOLIE AND HIS DAUGHTER CRYING. CAMERA SHIFTS BACK TO DUSTIN SMILING. DUSTIN MAKES THE WALK TO HIS 3RD TITLE FIGHT TO BE COME UNDISPUTED LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD BY DEFEATING ISLAM WITH A LEFT HOOK COUNTERING A BODY KICK. THIS MANS VOICE COMES BACK ON ACAPELLA. ENTIRE ARENA STARTS CRYING. CUT, SCENE.

[@lj7050]

It’s like they are already trying to plant the seed that it will be a mcgregor vs Islam fight in the near future

[@michaelbays4419]

I hope Dustin wins but I think he's going to go asleep unfortunately in the first or second round

[@Salzburg49ers4life]

Let's go Islam, Long Live Palestine and Palestinians

[@TBE99]

No thanks. Support Islam but not Hamas 🚮

[@snowyrichmond5445]

Why is Stephen still talking about MMA? i thought his initial foray was so poor id hoped hed never comment on the sport again

[@treydaypnw]

Poirier doesn't stand a chance against Makhachev.

[@Aaadil8]

Khabib 2.0 submits Dustin and the cute Dady goes home with brave daughter for good! 🤣

[@RahulSingh-so3cx]

CONOR MADE KHABIB FAMOUS EVEN DC AGREED

[@Daddy-do8bn]

Why caps lock? Too much cow urine?

[@TBE99]

Floyd made Conor famous. Before that nobody know mc Conor

[@ssj4goku18825theepic]

@@TBE99everyone knew Conor before the Floyd fight but after that particular fight it elevated and amplified his entire fame to new heights

[@GhoodVibez]

There is no H sound in his name. I think he addressed this a while ago.

[@patrickpitamber]

If Dustin's win it's a rematch might go to trilogy but if Islam wins he's going after the bmf title

[@urimtefiki226]

Poirier has the advantage in boxing, that is true.

[@mikecarter5627]

Why does Stephen A Smith have a black face?!? 😂 😂 😂

[@RichardCameron-t3b]

Dustin jumps to a submission only win he’s losing and has no hope

[@choc0077]

Comparing Jones and Connor is like comparing Mayweather and Garica 😂 stupidy.

[@TruongLeDream]

Dam this squidward is annoying

[@ajaxsid9034]

Dc trying to act black woth Stephen A even when he's black

[@seanskywalka5172]

Wierd P@Ĵ ēęț take

[@ItsReplayBro]

Dc has class unlike the “black” people you’re talking about. He’s just trying to relate to make the conversation flow better. You want dc to talk like an idiot with no education so he can fit this mold of “black”.

[@Fitkid7672]

@@ItsReplayBroyeah dc is a stand up dude

[@TBE99]

@@ItsReplayBroDc is soft asf like “white” folks and does all the cringy “white” people stuff like the weigh in talk shows 🤮 . Real black people are killas 😈

[@BurnNotice2023]

I think the only people that care about Conor at this point, is the media. Dude has 1 win in 7.5 years and that was over 37 year old Cerrone.

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

his fight with Chandler sold like a $20 million months ago, this comment is so out of touch with the MMA world.

[@Fightconnoisseur96]

you think the media pushed that fight above a $20mil gate?

[@jimmygiordani5093]

Why does Steven look different

[@itz_rahand]

Islam's weakness is that he exposes his head when he throws the left hook, if dustin leans backward and counter it with his right check hook he'll KO islam💎

[@sullykhan7237]

Good point

[@Husnieolic]

Woke up because of a bad dream. Dreamt DP won by KO and I was like this is impossible it has to be and dream, and sure enough I woke and it was a dream... 😂

[@raresmarcu9453]

Let’s goooooo!!!🔥🔥🔥💪🏻🏆

[@briananderson9650]

I hope he not on his back the whole fight😂.

[@CombatSportsRed]

Audio is off sync

[@CombatSportsRed]

Could be wrong I’m using a Bluetooth speaker

[@Too80sForThis]

Stephen A trying to fit in with the big guys " big time"

[@cjgooding4512]

What weight class do these people think Conor McGregor is in now? I don't think he will be making 155lbs nor will he want too. If Islam fights at 170 it'll be for the welterweight title so he can fulfill the 2 belts dream.

[@Totalsports118]

Let's go 🔥💪🏻

[@DimsHanf]

"mahachev" .. okay close enough 😂

[@ThatScythe]

@7:00 .........I like DC, (and please DC if you somehow see this, no disrespect/hate), and I know Buckley now has been wilding out, with aforementioned fighter calling out Conor as well....and arguably with a good cause of wanting to be set for taking care of his grandmother, this is hypocritical because everyone has been calling out Conor now since his comeback is 100% confirmed now. We could literally watch Grant Dawson, Randy Brown, even Paulo for memes call out Conor tomorrow (I will say as the grain of salt that what the heat really started was I don't think DC needed (or editor/producer, whoever) needed to headline their episode after St Louis "stupidest call out ever" and rant on about it, I think "fairly" Buckley could react it to it (publicly (rant) or one and done), I didn't watch the actual episode myself (podcast are time consuming back to back lol) but depending on DC's tone at first, it could've been said jokingly but 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@feevagonzalez3394]

The student of 29&0🙌🦾

[@kingdavid9583]

Dustin will Ko Islam mark my words !

[@RedouanAbrddane-hr7uv]

Islam wil knock the dust out of dustin .

[@misteryoww5026]

Nobody is relying on Connor but dana white an some clowns on tv, McGregor is not a big star anymore

[@NoLuvvv-pd7sp]

Dustin won no belts with his great boxing 😂😂😂😂😂👊🏻

[@NoLuvvv-pd7sp]

Easy win 4 the champ islam. Dustin is gonna Tapp like mcchicken 👊🏻

[@FarhanKhan-rr7ux]

Palestine🇵🇸 islam ☪️️

[@All_Knowing_]

F Palestine

[@HasinShahadArRafi]

stephen a came to this interview without knowing how to pronounce names, how stupid and unprofessional

[@mohammedshuhel5192]

Forget connor, big bones coming, @jones

[@Southcentrall]

Stephen A barley knows basketball he shouldn’t have a job

[@leom6343]

Why bringing in Conor? He fights a 39 years old middle class guy with more losses than wins (2-3) and he himself only has a 1-3 lw record. And the most funny thing is, they fight at ww. The fight is mma wise useless and the winner can maybe fight Tony F. Arman fights the winner of dustin vs Islam.

[@n1troz_]

What did you just say?? English please

[@merlish2041]

I mean neither Conor or Chandler will fight Tony 😅 tho I agree Arman could take the winner of Dustin and Islam

[@leom6343]

@@merlish2041 that's the Level of competition they are right now

[@n1troz_]

@@leom6343 I think in general lightweight is overrated.. it’s Islam and arman vs everyone

[@bilalsezginer8364]

​@@merlish2041 does it hurt u body ? 😂

[@inderjeetsingh6136]

hay DC your boy not winning this one

[@Daddy-do8bn]

Singha ding dong

[@asimally9468]

GO ISLAM ...

[@treydaypnw]

Molly is so Fake and annoying.

[@PL-tm1tq]

SAS is vacant. Stick with the irrelevant and devoid wokies of NBA.

[@stephengreater1689]

Hope Connor doesn't turn into fat Elvis. Need to know when to quit.

[@BotvsBots]

MMA army my parents said if I hit 15k they’d buy me a professional camera begging you guys please💪🏻

[@ORAX9-Q7s]

Lol

[@slimfit8346]

Stephen A looks like a zombie lol

[@jat8051]

Why are allowing Stephen think he has any knowledge of MMA?! We already have one clown in DC. A respected ex champ clown 😂

[@Таваккал-я2п]

islam🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲

[@alexcueto]

Islam literally kills mcgregor in a fight

[@ssheikh3598]

Given his past opponents, Makachev would Conor 😂😂😂

[@WORKOUTSOLUTIONS]

❤✝ CHRIST IS RISEN ✝❤ ❤🇷🇺🥊🙏✝ BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS ☪️🙏🕊🇷🇺🥷🦾

[@totoy0395]

How can DC say Islam is dominating the division when Dustin is the first lightweight he’s about to face?

[@farazahmad1546]

Is Charles a lightweight?

[@Eddie0102]

He dominated the guy who finished the entire division. The rest of the top 5 avoided him while he was coming up.

[@thehumbleservant21]

What?

[@alimirza6379]

He literally smoked Charles and beat Arman the top 2 lightweights in th world

[@zarifinator1327]

After this fight If he wins he's pretty much beaten 3 out of the top 5. After the Arman rematch there's pretty much no one for him to fight, except for gamrot maybe but he should probably fight gaethje first

[@Ah-Sol]

Long live Israel 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@ssheikh3598]

I love Beef (Cow-Meat)

[@TheOctagonFights]

I just posted the trailer for this fight hope u guys check it out! 💎 💎

[@GuillermoOcharan]

Diamond destiny

[@kitz8261]

after wat khabib did to connor, his nothing now ahahaha

[@user-qy5je7fr2c]

Steven A. looks different.