UFC 305 Recap: DDP Submits Izzy, Kai-Kara France Dominates | Full Episode | Morning Kombat

Another amazing MK is coming your way this Monday as Luke is back from vacation and joined by the one and only, man in the hat, Chuck Mindenhall to break down everything that happened at UFC 305. First, Dricus du Plessis defeated Israel Adesanya via submission in the fourth round. What does a victory like this prove about du Plessis? What does a loss like this do to Adesanya's legacy? What should be next for du Plessis? Sean Strickland? Robert Whittaker? Khamzat Chimaev? Or Alex Pereira at 185 or 205? Kai-Kara France blew right past Steve Erceg in Saturday's co-main event. Does this make KKF the top UFC flyweight contender? Did Erceg take this fight too close to his war with Alexandre Pantoja? Dan Hooker somehow turned back the clock against the smothering Mateusz Gamrot. This likely pushes him into or close to the top 5. What fight makes the most sense next for him? Lastly, Tai Tuivasa lost his fifth straight fight in the UFC, dropping a lackluster decision to Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Is there any real fix for what ails him? Can we talk about how insane that scorecard from judge Howie Booth was?
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00:00 Start 02:29 Intro 07:40 Du Plessis vs. Adesanya 39:54 Du Plessis’ Future 52:39 Kara-France vs. Erceg 01:02:35 Hooker vs. Gamrot 01:15:41 Tuivasa vs. Rozenstruik 01:27:40 DMs From Donks 01:55:02 Outro

[@dazzrikio]

Thanks, Long Island Luke

[@kelvinsekwati4016]

Thank you.

[@AXharoth]

1:52:20 and Pereira spelled wrong , fisherman needs to stop fishing and go back to school

[@imti247]

🙏🤟

[@kjhman]

Thanks a lot bud.

[@technodromen]

Luke & Chuck are so comforting to listen to. Chuck’s ”mhm”’s and chuckles are life.

[@HS-oh8xh]

Zesty

[@dagwood5041]

​@@HS-oh8xhjust say gay if you're going to be an asshole, dont be a pussy bitch

[@rspct9654]

Loved hearing a conversation without any dick jokes or edge lord jokes that fall flat everytime

[@Crijoe]

Amazing Randy Couture interview! The man is an encyclopedia of MMA knowledge

[@evanharkness4503]

Fuck! Chuck is the man, so good to see the Ice man back in rotation in the MK universe 🙏🏻

[@hashir401]

"I want to fuck Ch- err l want to fight with Chuck"

[@ianguy420]

Yeah, he's so smooth on the mic. ☝️

[@deez8060]

Chuck is a pivotal part of the program now. NEED MORE CHUCKY MENDS ON THE SHOW

[@wifiunove1650]

200$ per appearance. Times are tough. Donate

[@waalex11]

Great Episode. Luke & Chuck together is very refreshing.

[@spacentime7]

Agreed

[@fabulous235]

Good episode. Chuck knows his stuff and avoids hyperbole which is refreshing.

[@yorkrefuge4719]

It’s so much easier to watch/listen to

[@CristianGeelen]

Always good to see Chuck join the gang!

[@cloud9claudia]

The two springbok rugby players are Eben Etzebeth and Siya Kolisi ( who is the captain) just so you know Eben isn’t even the biggest rugby player on the team. Look at the size of RG Snyman who we call “ the viking” they don’t train MMA. Dricus is a massive Rugby supporter and the springboks show support to him. It’s a friendship. He goes to their games and so they came to his fight. The springboks are the current and also 4 time World Cup champions. National hero’s!!

[@waalex11]

Prime MK hasn't revived yet, but I'll gladly vote for you guys to Win _World MMA Awards_ again. *[Voted]*

[@oteezrahl7229]

You wouldn't know prime if Logan Paul waterboarded you with it.

[@GrappleHeavy93]

What about my prime Mick?!

[@MetalFacedGamer]

What about Optimus Prime Roll out

[@davidblankinship6705]

I'm starting to wonder if prime MK is ever coming back

[@ryu-ken]

Not everyone can be max

[@paulfern78]

Charles Mildenhall the third is THE MAN.

[@infared54321]

I have never trained or watched bjj in my life and I was glued to CJI

[@FreefallSC]

It was legit super fun, I have watched the grappling matches in One and they are great. Kade and Ty Ruotolo both compete there and Kade recently had his first MMA fight and looked incredibly impressive for a BJJ guy. This is the first full on grappling event I have ever fully watched though and it was fantastic.

[@_Justin_Case]

1:01:36 Eben Etzebeth and the other guy is Siya Kolisi, the captain of the Springboks (SA National Rugby team). They're won Rugby World Cup back-to-back, 2019 & 2023.

[@ryanthompson4113]

Luke: "Strickland was crying, Izzy got.. was... emotional." it's okay Luke, you can admit Izzy cried lol. 22:10

[@al1364]

Blew my mind when he said that ahahaha

[@dustinkilburn]

Crying over childhood trauma is obviously the same as crying because you had to wake up early to clean your dad's bank while mum studies for her RN.

[@oak8891]

@@dustinkilburn YoU DoNt KnOw HiS sToRy!!!!

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Lol Luke probably cried too. I literally only watched this to hear his cope

[@Lord_of_the_Pies]

strickland cried because he was having therapy with theo von

[@bluthndrbear]

Fuck, I’m here before the time stamp guy.

[@NotUrDJ]

It just arrived hahh

[@robreid5229]

No disrespect to BC, but I adore the vibe of Chuck and Luke talking MMA. Could listen to them talk fights forever.

[@jZamora87]

It's a different show, chuck and Luke show is for more hardcore mma fans, Luke and B.C is more of an entertaining for the masses show

[@waalex11]

Luke & Chuck!

[@mr_moo_moo]

When Dricus "falls on people's legs" he is Rugby tackling

[@Adam-on5pq]

Fuckin love the man in the hat

[@luckyspurs]

50:37 Eben Etzebeth and Siya Kolisi are insanely famous in Rugby Union. Both all-time greats and 2 time reigning World Cup winners.

[@neighbourmusic]

DDP could easily win Royal Rumble this year 🎉

[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

You think he's got it in him to beat Cody Rhodes?!

[@neighbourmusic]

@@OctopusWithNoFriends yeah but hacksaw Jim Duggan could provide some resistance with his stiff 2x4

[@peybak]

He hit that diamond cutter on Izzy and turned his light out.

[@rickg.8056]

The best base for MMA is youth

[@JoeyCruz-gh9og]

Unless you're fighting an experienced vet who is actually good, and the youth just isn't good enough at the time. Wrestling is the best base until you've done it for too long without training anything else

[@jZamora87]

That's the best base for predatory male coaches and young aspiring girl athletes

[@ganfiteatro96]

Its the best base for Sports 😂

[@ganfiteatro96]

​@@jZamora87do their names rhyme with fat larry?

[@fourtime7]

DDP earned a lot of respect. Great win.

[@carlosguillermo566]

Luke: I think we should protect these pure showings of friendship after fights 😌 Chuck: War is peace. Take no prisoners. Let the hate flow through you. Let. The violence. Continue.

[@spaffron4285]

Craig Jones is a marketing genius

[@reximusprime31]

"Luke Thomas is pissed" would be a great segment. Or "Put the camera on me for a minute"

[@Byaeger41]

Absolutely love the way you guys broke down Dricus!

[@tristhekid]

It’s okay that he pulled Till on top, Till was never good enough to do anything about it.

[@scottlopez9089]

I'm here for Chuck... there I said it. Admit it. You are too.

[@cesarreyes9777]

Yup agree, Luke and the other dude are sort of a hit and miss in my opinion but chuck since the days when they were all together with Ariel and the man on the shirt has been faithful to his style and delivery

[@BrianONeill-f4i]

Chuck is the man

[@yoganke1126]

Fun fact, one of the main bookies here in Australia, Neds, pays out main card head to head bets as wins if your fighter loses by split decision. So cheers Howie, you made us all a lot of money!

[@Marius-p3h]

To Luke & Chuck: When it comes from Dricus, it always will be sincere. Dricus is simply the most honest guy you will ever meet.

[@JaredDorfman]

Dricus must be the greatest most tuned in human being on planet earth. Brilliant guy, All round unbelievable fighter & a beautiful personality. LEGEND DDP ❤💪

[@activeunsub]

Not buying that Izzy's fire was reliant on Alex or that it died with that W, when Alex wasn't even in mma for most of Izzy's run & fiery fights with Kelvin, Rob 1 & Costa. Or that his fire & motivation wasn't reignited by a guy Izzy thought was questioning & disrespecting who he is & made him cry. DDP will never be fully appreciated as long as he keeps beating main stream mma media's favorite fighters & those expected to beat him bc there's an excuse playbook reserved only for them, with "off nights, different versions, motivations, etc". Remember Rob's chin was gone & he was washed when DDP beat him, until Rob beat Costa, stopped Aliskerov & is about to fight Chimaev.

[@colsonpickett3159]

Chuck is the goat!

[@petergarcia2909]

We have to vote for this show to win now more than ever !

[@zentzisz]

CJI was the first grappling event I've ever watched from start to finish, and I've tried others. Old Craig might be on to something

[@peybak]

I laughed when Izzy point to the ground and then 2 seconds later turned his back and ran. And that was the end.

[@charlestoowin]

I think he was pointing to say that he slipped.

[@dustinkilburn]

I think he pointed to where he got subbed. He manifested it!

[@vinceventura4453]

He was saying he slipped on the logo ya dork and was pointing to say he wasn’t dropped the canvas is extremely slippery where logos get pressed on if you ever actually fought you would know somebody this obvious, instead your the guy playing pretend tough guy in a KZbin comment section .

[@alexluckham5817]

I completely agree with your sentiments about CJI!! I'm a total jiujitsu nerd and yet I've never believed it was a good spectator sport until that event. The ruleset brought the best out of the competitors. It felt like a blend of high level BJJ, college wrestling, and MMA grappling in a really good way. I was fist pumping like crazy in the Kade vs Andrew Tackett match

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

Izzy lost two fights back to back, but not just that, two fights back to back to guys he HATED. Sean and Dricus both attacked his personality and made it nasty, and he lost to them both. That's no coincidence

[@TucoRope2Tight]

Could play a role, certainly not the main factor. Izzy was clearly burned out, had climbed the mountain against Pereira, got Strickland on short notice and probably underestimated. He looked the best he has in a while against DDP but made bad decisions in the fourth after getting booped in the head. He's just getting older too. And finally faced a guy who could exploit wrestling.

[@FrancoisSteyn-q1z]

Sean Connery impression not bad 😄👍

[@jamesbradshaw5604]

Yeah that got me good - you could see how much he enjoyed giving it a go , legend 🙌🏾

[@estvii-viiimichaellobo7382]

🔥🔥🔥 once again MK Allday

[@donjohnson5172]

The man, the mith, the Mindenhall

[@aryamanmani4025]

With him beating Strickland, Izzy and Whittaker with a blitz that doesn't look 'right,' but with neither Whittaker or Izzy (Strickland can't counterpunch) being able to catch or land any counters on him you'd have to say he's really operating at an Elite level.

[@shinthetibia]

could you ask whoever does the podcast uploads to make them louder please?

[@fartinmartinx1]

Love how Chuck just let’s Luke vent lol Need more of him for sure

[@coreyjohnson419]

Can we stop getting this random foreplay, and please have Chuck become an official member of Morning Kombat?

[@artchurro1]

Lets get MK to the awards !! Lets get Luke feeling those margaritas with another MK award!!!

[@TucoRope2Tight]

1:42:52 That was foul. Chuck Mindenhall asking for top 8 Espazra moments 😂

[@liquidpza]

I was at the Hooker vs Barboza fight in Milwaukee and I thought that Hooker would retire within two fights. It was nasty.

[@BishopDeeds]

1:08:00 I think Gamrot wanted a statement performance and it ultimately cost him

[@vandamjr]

Luke love that you have the man and the hat on should be on more often . Should be on for all the MMA stuff. 😎

[@LazyBedMMA]

Be here next week for the dopest MK theme song ever.

[@estvii-viiimichaellobo7382]

Dope weekend of fight between UFC AND CJI Invitational the weekend was over loaded. All Big Up’s too all the winner this weekend Familia.

[@JoeyCruz-gh9og]

Hooker vs Oliveira makes the most sense 👊👊

[@MrBradclack]

You can't get mad at Dricus talking about Izzy's upbringing because Izzy tells different versions depending on the audience. Izzy either lies or has multiple personalities

[@didierc.7653]

Is MK finally back on YT!?! I need my MK fix

[@tomrock6431]

Chuck is the man!

[@mediocremariosiblings2722]

One thing I remember Luke saying years ago: "Strength is a skill" and I think this applies to Dricus. The guy seems ridiculously strong, but since he's not ragdolling people, you don't see it on display as much.

[@StatesideFooty27]

To me, Dan Hooker is the new Cowboy Cerrone. If you remember, Cowboy had lost 3 of 4 to high level guys, and most fans assumed Cowboy was washed. That was until Cowboy beat Hernandez and proved there was still a lot left in the tank. That's Dan Hooker to a tee. If you want to put him in vs. JG or the BMF vs. Max, I'm all for it. Especially the BMF because Dan Hooker is an action fighter. Either way, Dan Hooker is Cowboy Cerrone.

[@romerosneck]

Victory lap dricus is special

[@degenscoobydoo]

CHUCCCCCKKKK

[@spudgreg]

I would argue that dricus is on a similar trajectory to Ferguson. People can’t deal with his awkwardness and volume but when they chin goes and they lose a bit of speed as well that style won’t work anymore. The blessing he had at that point was that he never fought a power puncher who could punish that style till he met gaethje. The same will happen to dricus when he does. The way he chains different types of offence together is something though

[@jimmy_read]

Luke, respectfully I dont want you to get 1 on 1’s for this pfl fight because I want to see the Dr Mike content more xx

[@kevvymetal666]

Great show. Great chemistry. Luke just exuding the posi vibes. Maybe there's something to this..

[@saffakanera]

The problem here is you have all these social media stars and then way over there you have Dricus, an MMA Fighter. This won't end till he's at the top of the Hall of Fame. Look at his social media following, it's tiny, I haven't seen a fight where Dricus isn't boo'ed, the guy is going the distance.

[@jakethesnake4971]

Luke "The point I'm trying to make" Thomas. We need a counter

[@CALVINTRANTER]

Another great pod

[@dustinkilburn]

The fkn MITH! Dude jus drips the vibe of the coolest substitute teacher you've ever had. Hope The Ringer goes on too. He's the only reason I listen (Petsey is good I guess)

[@martintheron1386]

RG Snyman is 2.06 metres tall,also a Springbok rugby player- even taller than Ezebeth

[@erickbolden2584]

Love this show

[@Justin-ft9ng]

Love that you guys are peeling back those layers on Dricus 😂 , let us know when you figure him out...to get a South Africans mindset you just have to follow the story of the Springboks, multiple and current world champions in rugby, they have their own style, Siya ( Springbok Captain) walked Dricus out with Eben. The jacket Dricus gave Adesanya was a jacket Siya gave Dricus from the Springboks ahead of his fight, it wasn't a nothing gesture. Look into the stories of Siya's team, pure inspiration and hope for the nation

[@reemraw9956]

I’m still perplexed in how you guys thinks a “pretty looking style” equates to being affective 😂 Khabib Nurmagomedov already showed you…ugly and awkward can be affective…now DDP is showing you as well

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Right, and a different fighting style is certainly difficult to prepare for. But I wouldn't make a comparison between Khabib and Plessis. Khabib's defensive abilities may seem awkward and different, but other than this; his footwork, elusive activity, jab, timing, speed, body locks, ground control, knees and push kicks, hand fighting amongst other things are extremely polished and technical.

[@aishaigotout65]

Hooker over the weekend is what makes this sport the best in the world. Deeper on the card and just incredible fighting spirit marching down. I thought he just about lost that close fight but watching him had me feeling like he said he felt in between round 2 and 3. "I love this shit"

[@mrcte]

D.D.P. = DAYUM! Dude Petty

[@alcottdevalte7440]

It seems like after all that the real story is going to be about Peirera at the end who is most likely going to even become the fighter of 2024. Kinda funny how times goes by with Adesanya's long title reign along with Whittaker watching it closely and now only Peirera has a belt who came all of a sudden like lightning during a nice, quiet season where things were expected to be completely different but aren't anymore.

[@Rya_N33]

I think Izzy broke when he hit ddp with that spinning elbow full force and it did 0 damage to Drakus

[@jcferrari25]

You guys don't know about asakura or what?

[@TheDevilMusic69]

Gentlemen, good show!

[@jessem98711]

I just never got on the train of Dan hooker being done, everyone was so quick to dismiss Dan when he lost those fights, without taking into account the circumstances surrounding them, as in he was locked down here in NZ with out any training partners because of covid, I'm not saying now he's going to be heads and shoulders above everyone but I just didn't think the 3-1 odds were taking all of that into account

[@a.k.infinity1502]

Only fun fights for Izzy now. Him vs Holland. Lets make it happen

[@mr_moo_moo]

I think he smokes Holland but I would not miss that fight

[@joaquinalvarez7501]

Can you do the Dr.Mike one instead, I as a fan of both want that!

[@nathanharper5670]

Izzy's been working with a sports psychologist, and that's why he said what he said about his loss. Cub Swanson clearly has too, based on his interviews. Good for them!

[@dazzrikio]

@maincardminute I would like to Dead Wrong LT (since Dead Wrong is not a segment anymore) -- 1:00:25 the movie w Matt Damon was Invictus. Invincible was the Mark Wahlberg Philadelphia Eagles movie 😄

[@matthewthomas970]

The perfect MK week would be Mondays and Friday with just the boys and then every Wednesday bring in a Chuck or an Bronsteder or BCs man crush Brett. Keep the Chuck PPV previews and fighters on the casting content sprinkled in on top. Would be the perfect mixture.

[@RealMattKiefer]

DO NOT CANCEL THE MIKE ISRATAEL INTERVIEW!!!!!

[@waalex11]

Ikr. F PFL, wtf.

[@redrum3419]

Why is everybody shocked Ankalaev got skipped🤔... the dude turned down the fight twice so he got his dumbass skipped

[@steve4235]

Luke's insecurity with names is insane. The dude refuses to even try to pronounce Adesanya now. Someone is making him insecure in his personal life, this is too much

[@theREALWashcloth]

That someone is BC lmao

[@findingphunc]

The crazy thing is that all these guys are freaking out about the pronunciation when it's pretty clear from izzy that it's mostly the stress - ah deh sohnya not ahde sonya

[@joe14636]

He's a white guy married to a proud South American, the amount of heat he gets over proper pronunciation has probably given him a form of PTSD that his military service could never compare.

[@BOTTENEGAMING]

This is ridiculous from Luke, the Russian names and the Brazilian names he always messed up, and he says nothing about it. 😂

[@thomasdonnelly4770]

Luke you are the man and some of your breakdowns are great but saying that Dricus is a bad matchup for Alex at 205 is just silly. As I watched the fight I was actually thinking the exact opposite! I mean Izzy was landing clear shots on Dricus some of the body shots were just gnarly and you only have to see what his face looked after the fight to know Izzy was really finding the target. The thing is Izzy is a volume puncher doesn't necessarily have the power to put you down with one shot. Poatan on the other hand is a real problem we now he doesn't even need to land clean to get you out of there! And the way Dricus fights he is 100% going to land. I would also argue that even though Alex's ground game is underrated he does train with Glover and has being taken down before and proven to be very defensively aware. Dricus makes very good use of his physicality but then again that's not going to be a factor against Alex who is freaking huge even for a 205ver. I do agree with Dricus that maybe at 185 it would be kind of different due to the weight cut and how it might effect his chin but even there unless he gets lucky I would still favor Poatan to win that fight.

[@User87_]

I want to see Luke go in the cage, so I can see him flatlined in about a minute 👍🏼

[@casperclasen8554]

More Chuck on the show. Get Petesy too

[@lowlowseesee]

dude is so gigantic he didnt even scream in the pic lol

[@fastersky]

Izzy looked at most 5% worse than peak.fighters are just more versed and planned in his game. E.g rob vs Izzy 2 extremely close.

[@jjukjkjiok7782]

Joe Rogan would say this in old GSP fights - how passing to side control is not necessarily desirable

[@markaisenberg6641]

Izzy with only 9 leg kicks?? He had 56 against Strickland!

[@peybak]

Izzy looked soft, like he was coming off PEDs.

[@Lockdown335]

@@peybak ok FAN

[@sarcasticgenius8563]

​@peybak Coming off peds in his first fight post Usada. Interesting take

[@bobjones5825]

Loog really doesn't like Strickland. Lib moment

[@henriossian]

1:54:10 I think the guys were unnecessarily dismissive about the idea of amateur MMA being in the olympics. For example Brendan Allen, Amanda Ribas and Manon Fiorot are IMMAF world champions. Olympics would be fantastic proving ground for future stars

[@bruce838]

How stoned am I? Did they mention where BC was at?

[@JuiC30]

There is already a sport that has all these good values, and that is why us South Africans are this way - RUGBY UNION

[@tomrock6431]

cool Chuck!