UFC 301 Breakdown | Alex Volkanovski & Josh Culibao Give Their Picks on UFC Brazil This Weekend

“I'm going to have to go with uh the Brazilian on this one I think he's on a good win streak as well I think he's going to be hard to beat yeah I think so exactly I agree with you Bob submission how do you reckon uh TKO TKO yeah well submission obviously PA CRA got some good Jiu-Jitsu so we'll go I'm going to go tkl as well”

“so I'm going to go Vitor Petrino”

“I'm just going to go Aldo on this one just because I still believe in him I still think he can do it you know and and I again obviously got a lot of respect for and I've been in front of the man and he ain't an easy guy to beat yeah so look Jonathan Martinez is on a streak he's got the momentum uh Aldo's coming back you know I don't know why he's coming back is his heart in it but he has been boxing like he he hasn't just stopped fighting completely so he has been boxing so he's still sharp so and like you said before he's fast twitch and Aldo's just Aldo it's just one of those things you just say Aldo is Aldo and I'm going with Al we both got Al on that I'm going to go decision though”

“I'm always back in uh back in my ersc always back in the Aussies um and I think he can get I'm not just saying it because uh he's Aussie obviously it is a a toask this is a big fight for him um but I think when it when we talk about a technique um he's very well-rounded he knows what he's doing uh he's he knows how to capitalize on opportunities that are going to be there and we know Alexandre Pantoja is very tough very Scrappy very dangerous but there are going to be openings that Steve B can capitalize and I think he's the the right fighter I know uh uh with penta and being in the flyweight division you know being uh wild and powerful and Scrappy it can work because you know they're not the heaviest punchers in that division you could say but Steve ERS proved that he can knock you out you know so uh I think that this is the wrong man to just have that sort of style against I think Steve ersc can definitely catch him even with sort of what we've seen in his last fight a nice two down the pot big hook while uh while pentos is coming in scrapping um and I know he's scrambling ability is going to be good enough because his grappling is good we were talking about that as well people don't realize how much of a good Grappler is I think if panto comes in like he said Reckless I feel like IG is just sharp he does everything basic sharp and again like you said he touches you he can put your lights out and I feel like even if Alexandre Pantoja is careless with the grappling I feel like he could get his neck snatched up I feel like you know he could submit him like I genuinely think he could submit him if he goes to the ground um but again like you said it's a massive ask to home uh someone else's territory and fighting I I I was just talking about it like the fighting in someone uh someone else's home territory is such a big such a big thing it can be an advantage or it can be a massive disadvantage so again I think the biggest thing ersc just needs to do is believe in himself because I feel like he's got the right tool set to to to get the job done yeah man that's so yeah that's a good point depending on the fighter uh being uh so I've obviously been on enemy territory plenty of times but I've used that as fuel that's made me fight better better sometimes so I was able to if if I've got the crowd cheering for me I use that as fuel if I got them booing I use it as fuel it's just depending on the person uh that's in that situation can he capitalize it and I think he can I think he's a clever dude you're just too calm you don't let let any no exactly right so honestly like I remember what Max Hol the third one I knew I was going to get booed I'm like oh sweet I need this I'm going to use this I'm like I'm going to show him you know I'm going to win every exchange I went in there and I went out there and as one of the best performances I've done and I literally had the whole Arena Boo and everyone loves Max you know what I mean so uh by end of it they all cheering for you yeah but exactly right so was a I think Astro Boy is going to go out there and I think he can get it done again it's a tall ask but I'm back in the Aussie Steve Erceg I think he can get a finish as well so I will go finish I'm going to go mid rounds I reckon he might get a might get a Finish Well six out of his eight finishes I believe are via submission and Steve actually predicted that he would finish him in the third round do you think it would happen at that stage did I just say third round no you said mid rounds oh cuz I was thinking third round I was like there you go there third round it is I said it sorry point the wrong way third round that that's that's my my call on that one who you got oh I can't I can't not say Steve you better you better don't hurt me now no definitely we we're going uh we're definitely going to uh Steve ERS I think again he's got the right right tool set he just needs to have the confidence to believe in himself and go out there and get the job done because he's the man to do it”