00:00I want to get to the next story, which is another sport.
00:03One of my favorites. I love the UFC. I'm a big MMA fan.
00:06And this weekend, we have two championship fights.
00:10One of them is Josh Hokett, who's a very controversial fighter.
00:13He put out a rap video. He does like a whole kind of...
00:16He almost acts like a professional wrestler.
00:18But he was a great college athlete.
00:20He played college football at Fresno State and wrestled at Fresno State.
00:23And he has had a quick upshot.
00:25In one year, in the UFC, he won all his four, his UFC battles.
00:30And now he's going to fight for the heavyweight championship against Cyril Ghosn.
00:33But the thing is, he's undersized. So he doesn't cut weight.
00:36Josh Hokett is 6'1", 230.
00:38He should cut weight to get down to light heavyweight at 205.
00:41But he's like, I don't want to cut weight.
00:42He's going to be fighting a guy that's 6'4", 265 pounds.
00:46Is his wrestling skills going to be able to penetrate that long jab of the Frenchman?
00:51We'll see. What do you think?
00:53Controversial figure in the sport, to say the least.
00:56That's what I know. All I know is that he's very controversial.
00:58I don't follow a lot of fighting, but I want to get more into it.
01:01I have a couple of friends that do.
01:03As of now, I'm interested to see.
01:04I know the press conference is coming up, I believe, tomorrow.
01:07I want to see the trash talk.
01:08Oh, it's going to get crazy.
01:09I want to see what he has to say.
01:11I know it's going to get pretty out of hand.
01:13But it's part of the sport, right?
01:14I like the out-of-pocket stuff, you know, as long as we're not getting a little too much.
01:17So I'm excited.
01:19Now, like any big fight, he's, you know, getting a lot of attention from the biggest names in the sport.
01:25And, Humberto, you shared with us that Jorge Maldival, another Cubano from Miami.
01:31He grew up in Westchester.
01:32You know them all, dude.
01:34Jorge Maldival put a big bet.
01:36Talk to me about it.
01:37I'm worried about this.
01:38Yeah.
01:38Can you show the story really quick?
01:39Yes, yes, we got it there.
01:40It's on Yahoo Sports, our friends.
01:40Look at that.
01:41So, Jorge Maldival is betting $200,000 on Josh Hokett to beat Cyril Gant.
01:47I'm a little worried about that because sometimes I feel it's like bad karma to bet that much on somebody
01:52winning who's the underdog.
01:53Now, he said in his interview that he couldn't pass up the bet because Josh Hokett, on whatever platform he
01:59betted on, he didn't share which one, was a 5-1 underdog.
02:03And he felt that that was way too far.
02:05So, if he wins for $200,000, he's going to make a million dollars.
02:09Million, million, million, million.
02:10Yeah, and then he was asked during the interview, well, what happens if you lose?
02:13And then he goes, fighting out of, because he's retired.
02:15He goes, fighting out of Miami, Florida, making his comeback fight.
02:18So, he's basically saying if he loses, he's going to have to unretire.
02:22But, God, that's scary to bet you.
02:23That's a lot of money for him.
02:25Is this common for retired fighters to bet on advice?
02:28I don't know.
02:28Is it necessary?
02:30It's super necessary, my friend.
02:32That was super necessary.
02:35Now, the reality is that when these fights come, a lot of fighters are out of the loop, out of
02:40the limelight.
02:41They try to get some of that follow-up to them.
02:43They would say, like, hey, look at me.
02:45I'm still relevant.
02:46I'm still here.
02:47Let me put some money there.
02:48Let my name to be heard.
02:49Because, like you said, maybe he's paving the way there for a comeback fight.
02:53Maybe an exhibition match that, you know, brings to the world.
02:55He's creeping in.
02:55He's creeping in.
02:56Well, he, so, you know, the thing about...
02:58Or LARPing, like the young ones, say.
03:00Here's the thing about Jorge Masi, that he is a notorious gambler.
03:03And, you know, here's the thing.
03:04And we're not in the sponsored portion of the show.
03:08And I'm going to use the word, you know.
03:10No, I shouldn't use that word.
03:11Let's just say prediction markets are all the rage.
03:14So, you know, I think now it's become more acceptable, you know, to gamble.
03:20And so, he's always gambled.
03:22Now, you were asking if it was common for fighters to bet on other fighters.
03:27Now it is, you know, it's a little dicey, right?
03:30Maybe it's now more acceptable.
03:31Now, do they have, like, inside information?
03:33Yeah.
03:34Do they have people in the camp, kind of in their ear?
03:36Hey, this guy hasn't been looking good.
03:38He's a little hurt.
03:39And you know that they have the inside track.
03:41They have the inside track.
03:42All of the professional fighters, they know.
03:43They know the gym managers.
03:45They let them know, oh, someone is training here.
03:48Someone is training there.
03:49So, that's the reality of the penetration of gambling and betting houses into sports.
03:56In Brazil, in Brazil soccer right now, there's a lot of turmoil because over 80% of soccer teams are
04:02directly sponsored by a betting house.
04:04Oh.
04:04Where, immediately, you create that conflict of interest that is happening at every level of the sport.
04:10And now, growing to, you know, younger and younger age groups, even collegiate sports now, it's a problem because players
04:17go and they're like, dude, I'm getting harassed because we didn't cover the over of the bets.
04:22So, the rule is, with college athletes, I believe you're not allowed to bet on your sport.
04:27You're definitely not allowed to bet on any game that you're involved in.
04:29But you're not allowed to bet on your sport.
04:31So, he's retired.
04:32Jorge Masao is retired.
04:33So, I don't know.
04:34Not an issue with that.
04:35I don't know about fighters.
04:35I don't know about fighters.
04:36By the way, we only got a little bit of time.
04:38There's another championship fight on the women's side of the UFC.
04:41Amanda Nunez, one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, is making a comeback.
04:45The Brazilian, the former champion.
04:46And she's fighting Kayla Harrison.
04:48Kayla Harrison, I believe, won the gold medal in Olympic wrestling.
04:52So, you're going to have a jiu-jitsu master in Amanda Nunez, who's also a fantastic boxer,
04:57who knocked out Ronda Rousey and retired Ronda Rousey back in the day.
05:00You're going up against Kata Harrison, who would have liked to have gone against Ronda Rousey
05:04because both Ronda Rousey and her were Olympians.
05:06Ronda Rousey won the bronze medal in judo.
05:08Kata Harrison won in wrestling.
05:10Now, here's the thing.
05:10Kata Harrison was the favorite, but she's returning from a neck surgery.
05:13She had five herniated discs.
05:14I have two.
05:15Wow.
05:16I don't know how she's going to fight with five herniated discs, but blessings to Kayla.
