Get ready for another exciting Fighting Friday with Peter Klein! In this episode, Peter breaks down all the big fights in combat sports. He previews the AEW WrestleDream card featuring top matches like Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley for the World Title and Mark Brisco vs. Chris Jericho for the ROH Title. Peter also dives into the highly anticipated Dmitri Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev fight for the Undisputed Light Heavyweight Championship and gives his prediction on who will come out on top. Finally, he looks at the matchups we should see after UFC 307, with potential future clashes like Alex Pereira vs. Tom Aspinall and Juliana Peña vs. Kayla Harrison. Don't miss this deep dive into pro wrestling, boxing, and UFC!
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00:00Welcome, everyone, to Couch Potato Diary Part 2, a Fightin' Friday.
00:09My name is Peter Klein.
00:10Thank you very much for tuning in today.
00:12Yeah, the live stream broken up for Fights in Football Friday, now that I'm going to
00:16be on Sportsnet 960, The Fan, every Friday.
00:18So the fight portion comes out a little bit later on in the day, so that is what we are
00:23doing here.
00:24Doesn't mean it's going to be any less busy.
00:25We've got AEW Wrestle Dream to preview, which is entirely too long.
00:30We also have the big fight.
00:31It is B-Fall, it is Better Be-Ev, it is going to be amazing.
00:35We're going to be previewing that.
00:36And we've got fights to make coming out of UFC 307, and a couple picks for UFC Fight
00:41Night going down this weekend.
00:42So a lot to get into.
00:44Let's start with the pro wrestling stuff.
00:46Let's get into AEW Wrestle Dream predictions.
00:52Yes, Wrestle Dream going down this weekend from Tacoma, Washington, in the main event,
00:59it is Bryan Danielson putting his title and career on the line against Jon Moxley.
01:04But a lot to get to before we get to that.
01:08We will discuss this as it goes along, and it's something we have talked about a lot
01:11with AEW pay-per-views.
01:1211 matches on the main card is too much, and I don't know if someone at Wikipedia is just
01:18shitting with us with this thing, but holy fuck, man.
01:22This is, it's a lot, and it's one of those where, like, obvious, and look, like, a lot
01:27of times I would say, well, you could stack up some Dynamites and really make, like, must-see
01:30TV all the way through.
01:33It's not like Dynamites haven't been stacked lately, right?
01:36So there's just, there is a lot.
01:38It's probably too much, but we are probably going to come out of this card and be talking
01:43about AEW as the biggest wrestling show of, or one of the great wrestling shows of the
01:49year.
01:50So that's probably what's going to happen here.
01:51So let's get into it.
01:53We will start with the Ring of Honor television, or not television championship, just the Ring
01:56of Honor title on the line as Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho.
02:01I joined a lot of people in saying that the Chris Jericho line about Jay Briscoe was too
02:09far, and it is something that you would hope that Chris Jericho was good enough that he
02:14wouldn't need to do in order to get any kind of heat or anything like that, but the Jericho
02:19Vortex hasn't really been going all that great for people, so I think that it just, it kind
02:24of wreaked desperation, and I didn't, I didn't think it was necessary.
02:28I didn't like it, and so it just, it was just a bit of like a, ugh, really?
02:34Really?
02:35This match is going to be interesting.
02:37It's not a match that I think a lot of people thought of in terms of, oh, well, who is Chris
02:42Jericho going to wrestle at some point in his career?
02:44Well, obviously Mark Briscoe, but I think this will be an interesting match.
02:47I think it'll be a whole lot of fun.
02:49It's good to get Mark Briscoe on a pay-per-view.
02:51I am interested that there has been, I feel like, maybe, and this is just anecdotally,
02:56it feels like there has been a little bit more Ring of Honor engagement in some stuff
03:00lately, and so I do wonder if that ends up being part of the new TV deals and all of
03:04those sorts of things, but I, I think Briscoe gets the win here.
03:09That's kind of where I think this ends up going.
03:11I think this is going to be a fun match, for sure.
03:13Darby Allin taking on Brody King.
03:15Just a singles match.
03:16Darby Allin venting his frustration about losing a championship opportunity, and now
03:20he faces Brody King.
03:22I think the way they got there was pretty good, where these guys kind of discussed like,
03:25yeah, I, we have a past, we know each other, and Brody King kind of being jealous of what
03:32Darby Allin has.
03:34I think that there's, I think they did a pretty good job of getting that one going
03:37pretty quick.
03:38I think this match is going to be incredibly physical, and it is going to be a match that
03:43I think really does get a lot of people's attention, and hopefully starts to elevate
03:48Brody King a little bit, because that is a project that I think AEW should maybe put
03:52a little bit more into.
03:54So I, honestly I don't know where they go with this one, because Darby feels like he
03:58should be above Brody right now, and like, you just, you see Darby, and he is just so
04:04unique from anything else that is in wrestling, and the entrance is amazing, and the crowd
04:09is behind him.
04:10I feel like there should be something with him, and if the main event goes kind of the
04:15way I think it's going to go, then I think Darby Allin should have a bit more momentum
04:19here.
04:20So I would have Darby pick up the win in this particular bout.
04:22Jack Perry against Katsuyori Shibata for the TNT Championship.
04:26This will be another one that is a good match, but I think this is another one that is just
04:29continuing to build up Jack Perry, and continues to make him feel like a big deal, and add
04:36another big name to his resume.
04:38So I think that's probably going to be the gist of it.
04:41And this is another thing, and this isn't a unique one so I'm not going to go too far
04:44into it, but too many titles in AEW, and I almost kind of hope that the way they combined
04:52three championships last year with, what was it, the Strong, the Ring of Honor, and
04:57the Continental Championship, I hope they do that again, but with the International,
05:01the TNT, and the Continental, and just combine it into one championship belt for AEW.
05:09Just one secondary championship for this company right now.
05:14But until then, we have an international title, and this is going to be ... I don't think
05:19you could have a more hyped match than Will Ospreay Ricochet and Konosuke Takeshita.
05:24This is a bout that I think a lot of people are really excited for.
05:29And Ospreay Ricochet, they get the screwy finish, and so it's a little disappointing
05:34because so many people have such a great memory of that bout from eight or nine years ago.
05:39The sport certainly has evolved since then, with a lot of guys doing a lot of things from
05:44that match, and so these guys need to find another level.
05:47And they didn't quite do that on Dynamite.
05:49Still an excellent match, but it was not the caliber that I think you thought these guys
05:53were going to get to.
05:54Adding a Takeshita in this, I think, is very intriguing, because he is a different style,
05:59but he is also a fantastic performer.
06:02And I think this is going to be such an incredible bout.
06:05I do think that Ospreay comes away from this one with a victory, but I can see this being
06:11one of the Match of the Year candidates.
06:13No questions asked.
06:14Tag team titles on the line.
06:15Young Bucks against Private Party.
06:17There's part of me that thinks they could do kind of a similar thing that they did with
06:21the Gun Club, where a team isn't over yet, but we're going to give them the titles and
06:24hope that that helps them get over.
06:26I hope that is not the case here.
06:27I hope that this is the first step for Private Party towards eventually a championship opportunity
06:34than just a, here, take the titles and go.
06:36Because that's not going to help them, I don't think, at all.
06:39They aren't ready to be champions yet, but I think that this will be a good spotlight
06:44moment for them and a good opportunity for them to show what they can do.
06:48But I don't think that this is a show that, right now, I don't think this is a situation
06:54where they need to be the tag team champions.
06:56So I would keep it on the Young Bucks.
06:58Mariah May against Willow.
06:59It gets set up with a fatal four-way win for Willow on Dynamite.
07:03This will be a good match, but I'm not really buying that Mariah May is going to lose right
07:08now.
07:09I think there is still a lot of story that is left with that one.
07:11But Willow, it's good to see her kind of staying in the championship picture or getting
07:15into the main championship picture right now.
07:18Hangman Adam Page.
07:19It is noteworthy, though, just to say.
07:2111 matches on this card and one of them is a women's match.
07:25Just putting that out there.
07:27Hangman Adam Page against Jay White.
07:30The Jay White return and response was actually a little surprising.
07:35It's not a character that I have felt like has clicked in AEW so far.
07:38But he leaves, he comes back, and all of a sudden he feels like kind of a big deal.
07:43I don't think he gets a win here against Hangman Page.
07:46I think the Hangman trajectory continues and I don't think you have him win a blood feud
07:52one week so that he can put over Jay White on pay-per-view at the next show.
07:57So I think Hangman gets a victory here and hopefully starts to progress his way up the
08:02card a little bit more.
08:04MXM Collection against The Acclaimed.
08:07I don't think this is a match that should be on pay-per-view.
08:09Again, this show, already 11 matches long.
08:13And so this popped up on the Wikipedia page.
08:15So if someone on Wikipedia is fucking with me on this, then you got me.
08:20Cool.
08:21Okay.
08:22But this is not a show that needs this match.
08:26This is not a match that needs to be on this show.
08:28Put it as a blood feud on Collision and call it a day.
08:30I will say The Acclaimed wins because everyone loves The Acclaimed.
08:34Two out of three falls for Hologram against Beastmortos.
08:39This match will be bananas, but again, this is not a show that needed two out of three
08:44falls for Hologram and Beastmortos.
08:47When you look at the talent and the matches that are going to be on here, I have no doubt
08:52that these two are going to put on an unbelievable show.
08:55But I worry that it could get lost in some of the other amazing things that are happening.
09:00I do understand, like at some point you do have to start elevating these guys and giving
09:04Brody Kings and Darby Allins and all of them a chance, but you should be able to elevate
09:08those guys and give them chances on an eight match pay-per-view card.
09:12You shouldn't need 11 matches to be able to elevate your talent.
09:15But I think that we probably get a Beastmortos win in this one.
09:21I know Hologram is a pet project for this company right now, but I would say with Mortos
09:26joining whatever the Jake Roberts N'Gobernables faction is going to be, I think that that
09:36is kind of the main thing for this right now, and so I think they end up getting the win.
09:41And then the main event.
09:42Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Heavyweight Championship.
09:46This match is just going to be unbelievable.
09:48I am so looking forward to it.
09:51Jon Moxley, his promos, I think he's probably the best promo in wrestling right now.
09:56I think it is just, it is so different, it is so unique, it is perfect for the character
10:01while still being real, while still, like, it's all, he just does it in a way that is
10:07perfect for every aspect that you would want from a pro wrestling promo.
10:12And as I've said before, that there is, I think, reasonable doubt that this is the final
10:19match of the full-time wrestler for Bryan Danielson.
10:23I think we do get Danielson coming back for spot things here and there, but I do think
10:27that there is going to be a title change here, and thus the end of the full-time wrestler
10:34Bryan Danielson.
10:35I think story-wise, it makes a ton of sense with Jon Moxley getting it to tie up their
10:39whole little loose end from a couple of years ago, and the start of the BCC, and building
10:45it up that way.
10:46And I think it being in Tacoma is good.
10:48I think that they kind of speed-ran a couple of these matches to get Okada and Danielson,
10:55and Danielson and Nigel McGuinness, and so I think it makes a whole lot of sense for
11:00this to be the end of the full-time run here for Danielson, and then have him come back
11:04in spot whatevers.
11:06And I do think that this is probably the unveiling of whatever it is Moxley is talking about.
11:11I know a lot of people are thinking that it would be Shane McMahon, or something along
11:15those lines, and this kind of NWO type of a thing.
11:21I think that that would be it, and so that's why I think early in the night it makes sense
11:25for Darby Allin to get his win, and now you have Jon Moxley, who is trying to take AEW
11:30back from whoever, and you have Darby Allin, who is talking about how important this place
11:37has been to him, and that feud kind of elevates us through the rest of the year, full year,
11:43and all of those sorts of things.
11:45So that's kind of how I view this whole thing playing out.
11:49But I do think it'll be interesting to see this show.
11:52Again, I worry it's too long, but I think that this has been a, overall, a pretty well-built
11:57show, and there's obviously a focus on getting a few more people over.
12:03It's just a matter of can they now.
12:05So it'll be interesting to see, but I'm looking forward to WrestleDream coming up
12:08this weekend.
12:09There is another big boxing fight happening out in Saudi Arabia.
12:13It is for, I said before, it could be the start of something very fun, and very beautiful,
12:20in the most violent of ways.
12:23It is B-Fall.
12:24It is Beterbiev.
12:27And it is this weekend.
12:29Let's break it down.
12:44One of the big fights of the year happens this weekend in Saudi Arabia, as Artur Beterbiev,
12:51he of the WBC, IBF, and WBO Light Heavyweight Championships, taking on WBA Light Heavyweight
12:58Champion Dmitry Bivol in a long-awaited fight to unify and make the Light Heavyweight Champion
13:07undisputed.
13:09So let's break it down.
13:12This is going to be an excellent fight.
13:13Neither fighter has lost in their career.
13:17There is very little separating them.
13:19And I think when you see the mauling power style that is Beterbiev, and the technical
13:27prowess of Bivol, it is very tempting to just say, oh, this is just puncher versus fighter,
13:33puncher versus boxer, let's see how this kind of plays out.
13:36And on the surface, it kind of is that.
13:39But I do think that Bivol has maybe a little bit more power than he gets credit for.
13:43And I do think that Beterbiev has significantly more technique than he gets credit for.
13:48And that's where this fight gets very interesting to me, is that, like, on the one hand, you
13:53have Beterbiev, who is just this guy with dynamite in his hands, and this unbelievable
14:01knockout artist.
14:03And on the other hand, you have the technical proficiency of Bivol, who was able to outpoint
14:08Canelo Alvarez en route to the biggest fight and win of his career.
14:15But at the same time, you have Bivol, who, like I said, has, like, he doesn't have a
14:19string of knockouts, he only has a few, but he does have power in his hands that just
14:23comes from being that size.
14:26And on the other hand, you have Beterbiev, who is a little bit more technical than people
14:31give him credit for, and can kind of fight that style as well.
14:34And I think it is going to be, the thing that I think plays out in this fight is who
14:40ends up having their plan B be the best one.
14:44And so that is why I keep going back and forth on this one.
14:46Because I think the plan B for Beterbiev is a little bit better than the plan B for Bivol.
14:52I do think that, if it just comes down to their, like, plan A's, I guess, I do think
14:56that Bivol can outclass, outclass sounds so dismissive.
15:03But can just be a step ahead, technically, of Beterbiev, and avoid all of those things.
15:08At the same time, I do think that, if it does turn into a technical fight, that Beterbiev
15:13can actually kind of hold his own a little bit.
15:16But then if we get into the knockout brawling stage of this, Beterbiev can handle that aspect
15:20of it a whole lot better than Bivol can, obviously.
15:24That gets into the strength.
15:25And so, I think if it gets more technical, Beterbiev has a better handle on that than
15:30if it turns into a brawl for Bivol.
15:31If that makes sense.
15:32I don't know if I explained that very well, but that's kind of where a lot of my thought
15:35process has been this week.
15:37And the other thing that has always concerned me about fights like this is, yes, Bivol is
15:41technically superior, I think.
15:44The issue, A, that doesn't just cancel out all the technique that Beterbiev has, but
15:48also, if you are going to fight that way, you have to be perfect for 12 rounds.
15:53And that is so hard to do when you have the pressure and the power of Beterbiev coming
15:58at you.
15:59It is a so, so much intriguing fight.
16:04At the end of the day, I have come down on the side of technique.
16:07I just think that Bivol is just that step ahead more when it comes to the technical
16:14acumen of the sport, and I think that is going to win out.
16:17This is not going to—I think, like, minus 140 is the number for Beterbiev—er, for
16:23Bivol, sorry.
16:24I think this is that close of a fight.
16:25I think that this is going to be right down to the wire, but I think when it comes down
16:30to being able to win rounds and doing those sorts of things, I think Bivol is going to
16:34be the one to get this done.
16:36So, I think Bivol gets the win, and I do think he wins by decision.
16:40Uh, yeah, uh, Deeds, the winner faces Beterbiev.
16:43Yeah, that's the way—Deeds in the chat, for those who are watching or listening, watching
16:49later or listening.
16:50Um, yeah, Beterbiev, uh, might be—might need a couple more fights to get into contention
16:56for these guys, but, um, he's had quite the run.
16:59Like, not—obviously not fighting recently, but just, like, the turnaround with his health
17:04and all that stuff, a DDP yoga, um, kind of, uh, inspirational story and whatnot.
17:10But, uh, yeah, no, I think this fight coming up this weekend is going to be just so incredibly
17:16fun, and I, like, I am hammering it down.
17:20I have to—I'm making the pick now, I'm making it official, I refuse to let myself waffle
17:24back and forth at any other point, um, but this is going to be a very intriguing bout
17:29coming up this weekend.
17:30We had a few good ones in the Ultimate Fighting Championship last weekend, um, we had UFC
17:36307 go down, new champion, one champion retains, so what's next for all the key fighters involved
17:43of UFC 307?
17:44Well, let's talk about it.
17:58UFC 307 is now behind us, so what's ahead of us?
18:02Well, let's look at the fights to make for the fighters coming off of UFC 307.
18:08In the main event, it was Alex Pereira with a fourth round victory over Khalil Rountree.
18:12What is the fight to make for Alex Pereira?
18:15It's not at 205, there is not a fight—and I get, like, um, at UFC 308, um, Rakic is
18:21fighting again, and the winner of that bout could have a claim to be the number one contender
18:26at 205 pounds.
18:27Don't care.
18:28Pereira wants to be great.
18:30Let him be great.
18:31Let him go for something in a third-weight class, unprecedented in the Ultimate Fighting
18:36Championship.
18:37Let him be that guy, and run out, and try to go from middleweight champion to light
18:43heavyweight champion to heavyweight champion, at least on an interim basis, for the first
18:49time in the sport's history, in such a short run.
18:54There isn't one fighter at 205 pounds who, I think right now, gives this guy any sort
19:01of a problem.
19:02It is just not where this division is at right now.
19:04He is so technically superior to everybody who he has fought, and if Israel Adesanya
19:10were to move up to 205, I think that the size difference there would just be too much for
19:14Izzy to overcome, and Pereira would go out and get that victory as well.
19:18So I just don't think that it is in the cards for, um, for anyone to come up here.
19:25So, let a new challenger arise, at 205 pounds, and maybe even give him a championship, and
19:31let Pereira go up and see if he can do it at the heavyweight division.
19:36In terms of the man he beat, Khalil Roundtree, while he did have a fight against Jamal Hill,
19:39it fell out because he tested positive for something, he being Roundtree.
19:44Let's do it.
19:45Let's run it back.
19:46We didn't see it before, so let's see it now.
19:47Roundtree against Jamal Hill, I think is just the easiest decision to make.
19:52I don't think you get a new number one contender out of it, given everything I just said about
19:56Pereira, but I do think that you get an interesting opportunity, and a big win for someone coming
20:02out of that fight.
20:04Moving on to the women's bantamweight division, a new champion crowned, Juliana Peña.
20:08Earlier in the night, it was Kayla Harrison picking up a win.
20:11Peña saying, ah, I didn't get to see her fight, but my team told me it was boring.
20:14So, the trash talk has already started.
20:16The only fight to make is a Kayla Harrison fight.
20:19They brought her in from the PFL, they have danced around with it, getting her a couple
20:23of wins, but it is now time to allow Kayla Harrison to fight for a UFC championship.
20:31I think she would be successful in that venture, but I think this is the only big fight you
20:35can make in this division right now.
20:38For Raquel Pennington, coming off of a championship loss, I have her against Macy Shayson.
20:42Shayson is coming off of a win at UFC 303, and is a top five fighter.
20:48So, I think that you can get another contender coming out of this fight, with Pennington
20:53having just lost the belt, or Shayson coming off of a big win over Bueno Silva.
20:59Allow her to build up more of that momentum, and move into the title picture.
21:03And then Katelyn Vieira, who lost to Kayla Harrison, I have her going up against Mayra
21:08Bueno Silva.
21:10Both have stumbled as of late, and lost in some pretty big moments, but I do think that
21:15now this would be a good win to get one of them back on track, and a, whew, the pressure
21:20is on for the loser of that fight.
21:22So those are the fights I would make, coming out of UFC 307.
21:25That's going to do it for the show, thank you all so much for tuning in.
21:28I do think that the fights and football thing, we're going to have to tweak it a little bit,
21:32and see, but it's a learning process, with everything going on with me over at 960.
21:36So, Deeds, thanks for hanging out in the chat, thank you so much, and thanks to everyone
21:41who tuned in here this week, I would like to get some live reaction stuff coming out
21:47for things, but also, I forgot the, sorry, I forgot my predictions for the UFC Fight
21:53Night card, coming up this weekend.
21:56Just quickly, just a couple ones, I think, ah, thank you, Deeds, I appreciate that.
22:00I have Roy Voll to win, he is an underdog, but I just, I think he's being under-looked
22:07a little bit, and I think, I scrub his name, Tero, I believe, or Tara, this is a real
22:17substantial step up in competition, and so I think that Roy Voll is a live dog, and I
22:21think Park beats Brad Tavares, I just, it's tough to, I think it's a finish, because Tavares
22:28has been finished so much lately, but he hasn't been submitted, and Park's strength is submission,
22:35and Tavares has been knocked out a lot, and Park isn't necessarily a knockout guy, so
22:38it's tough to think of how that would go, but I will take Park to win before the judges
22:43are needed, those would be my picks.
22:45But yes, Deeds, thank you so much for the congratulations on the Friday gig, and I do
22:49think it is going to expand a little bit more, not a ton, but a little bit more, so more
22:53adjustments will be made, for sure, but that's going to do it, there won't be any live reaction
22:58stuff this weekend, it's Thanksgiving, spending it with the family, and all of those sorts
23:02of things, so we'll be back next week, figuring out how all these puzzle pieces go together
23:06here on Couch Potato Diary.
23:08Have a great, great weekend, and a great Thanksgiving for all of us here in Canada.