Griffin vs Bonnar SAVED the UFC 🙏
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I love how Tito keeps correcting Frank on minor details
UFC 32… “33”
2 rounds…. “3 rounds”
20 million in debt… “15 million”
Royal blue…. “Navy blue”
At least his mind is still sharp.. both of them
@@jansmit327that's not a good thing, he might have constant flashbacks about wife jokes from chael
@@jansmit327tito’s mind is the furthest thing from sharp… dude can barely string together a sentence
@@alto3790 Honestly.. I really don't watch much of Tito🤷🏻♂️
Tito seems calm and composed here
Tito is the new Google fact check
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I googled to check if he saying right, turns out everything he said checks out..
Fucking gold
RIP Stephen Bonnar. He put his heart and soul into the sport.
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And got nothing in return.
@@magneticgray5.03He got fame
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@@magneticgray5.03yep
Tito comes across very knowledgeable and smart when Chael isn’t there to destroy his life lol
Man you must not have seen much of Tito
Nah he makes a fool of himself even when Chael isn’t around
@@brocksimmons345yeah he confuses himself with words. But his memory seems good
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Tito with words - Einstein
Tito with sentences - simple Jack
hahahahahahah
Never go full Tito
Damn Tito seems very sharp when he's speaking normally and not trying to talk trash, or when he's speaking in short snippets haha
And Bonnar died broke! Meanwhile Dana gives the nelk boys 50,000 dollars and tips 10,000 at Vegas and UFC sold for 4.5 billion dollars. The fighters should be taken care off.
Ya they definitely screwed Bonner I think too. They turned their backs because he had an addiction to opiates and that's frowned upon. Sad man. Forrest vs Stephan Bonner saved the UFC bro! Dana awarded both fighters a 6 figure UFC contract instead of just the winner too. It was quite epic to watch live back then. It was just sad to see what happened to Bonner
So it sounds like Bonner did get taken care of, he just didn’t take care of himself.
Bonnar didn't take care of himself...
@@manga3040Bonnar had severe injuries and pain from his mma career. Its not the same as “not taking care of yourself”..
Bonnar died broke because he chose fentanyl. As a Titan of the ufc he would have been set forever. He decided to do the things he did and there’s no excuse, every other fighter does the same and doesn’t run to fentanyl as a coping mechanism. Bonnar chose his death. It’s sad but he did it and it’s more sad for the immediate family
Greatest fight in UFC history, absolutely super performance from Forrest and Stephen, RIP Stephen Bonnar
I always loved Frank Mir's sportsmanship, and just down to Earth attitude. He's also really passionate about what he does, and how he performs. He also tells it like it is. Which is why I'm starting to really enjoy these clips. Thanks for this uploader.
Couldn't agree more!
If they ever decide to make a Gargoyles movie. These 3 would b perfect casting
Mir for Brooklyn
I know this comment is a couple months old, but since I literally just saw this clip while binging that exact show, it cracked me up. I'd definitely pay to see that. Mir could easily play Goliath, but he'd need to have more gravitas in his voice to really make it work IMO.
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Bro the 3 of them are like 3 Granite big dudes. And Mir specially has a face of a Gargoil
Stephan Bonnar died last year of a fentanyl overdose at 45. I didn't know that.
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Ah man, I took some Fent blues tonight and I’m 45 also.
@@setharnold3699 bro get help, it's not a good way to go out
Lol Tito is hilarious
Was waiting on Tito to tell a stories about Jackals and shit
I was one of those people who was watching the ultimate fighter. The end of the season was amazing, i called some friends and we all watched it, while over the phone at home.
Hell yeah.
The UFC story is beyond amazing.
This 3 guys look like good team ❤
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Maaaan I watched that fight live good memories rip Mr. Bonner
So true. I called a few friends during that fight.
That was the first fight us MMA fans who are over 30 years old remember. I’ll never forget that fight being the one that really got me into the sport. I couldn’t believe how hard those dudes were going at it. It was a spectacle like none I’ve ever seen before at the age of 14.
I love how frank remembers and tito was like I can still smell it
All my friends and I were calling each other to make sure we were all watching. Amazing heart! Giving both guys contracts was the cherry on top too
Griffin Bonner is still probably the best fight I have ever seen.
I remember my calling my brothers saying this shit was crazy. When first watching it I thought they were going to kill each other. Never seen anything like it and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Frank, we met a bunch of years ago when I was coaching in the UFC. You most likely won’t remember. You have to be one of the, if not THE, most knowledgeable MMA commentators of all time. Keep doing what you do. Thank you!
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Forrest Griffin, Stephan Bonnar fight was the best part I’ve ever seen those guys bang hard. Both of them left bloody
This is something I’m happy to be alive to witness. Watching the history of MMA from a child to an adult. Seeing the old boys is bad ass
It’s feels so cool to be one of the people that tuned into spike tv right around round 3 been a fan ever since
I watched the Griffin Bonner fight. That fight is up there with Frye Takiyama and Gaethje Chandler.
the Frye/Takiyama and Gathje/Chandler fights are up there near the Griffin/Bonner fight
fuck gaethje/chandler was INSANE.. buddy said chandlers blood was everywhere lol
rip stephen bonnar man you and forrest made history saved an entire company
Griffin and Bonnar was still to this day the best fight ever imo
The most important fight in UFC history
Hands down, its not even close. Without that fight the entire organization would have literally died. Pride would have still survived and gone on sure but North American MMA would have never been the same again
And probably one of the best. It's still the standard in my mind
I was part of the Ultimate Fighter wave. My buddy called me and said to turn it on Spike. I was aware of the UFC but didnt know they were on cable, watching that fight and how they awarded both of them hooked me. I'm a super diehard fan now.
Gotta love Tito with the fact checks. Hes actually not that dumb of a guy when hes chilled out
I was 1 of the guys on the phone calling every friend I had the phone number for saying turn on Spike TV right now for the best fight you've ever seen! It was so fn awesome back then. I watched every episode of "The Next Ultimate Fighter" if I made it home in time from work and the finale was friggin beautiful! What a success story! I remember hearing g back then within days of the event about how the switchboard were lighting up and the viewers went thru the roof! The numbers were so high that they played the whole show back to back because of it. What I mean is the regular scheduled programming for after the UFC event was canceled and right after the show they just started the whole program over again for the viewers they gained during the Bonner/Forrest fight to stay tuned in to watch the whole show. It was quite something back then when the internet wasn't as intrusive or as popular. Not that the internet wasn't big obviously, but it didn't seem like a necessity back then, not like nowadays where every1 is expected to have it and some1 might even be looked down on as poor or something if you don't have it
I'll be damned... When Tito keeps the word count down he can actually speak coherently enough to be understood.
Damn, I remember watching it live like it was yesterday!
I miss old spike tv
Forest-Bonnar fight was my favorite hand to hand battle in the history of the UFC.
The podcast we didn't realize we all need, call it The UFC Expendables
Tito did to the ufc like what stone cold did to wrestling
RIP Bonner
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What a battle they had
My dad called me during that fight and said "turn on channel 32 right now!!" I told him I was already watching and he geeked out.
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Rare Tito smart moment
This is the clearest I’ve heard Tito speak since I don’t know when, and the whole time he spent it correcting Frank🤣🤣
I found out about guys like him from UFC when I would see them in pro wrestling. As far as back as Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn. R.I.P. Stephen Bonnar.😢
bonnor v griffin did put MMA on the map
I know I did I watched Chris Leben Forrest ,Bonner , Diego the night mare Sanchez it was Legendary
Tito looks like he's in crazy pain
These guys make a lifer like my self feel like a casual😂
Griffen vs.Bonner fight
🔥Best fight I've ever
Witnessed
Now the idiot has to call another Lyft to get her right back to the gate 😄😃😃
That is 100% correct that Stephan bonnar and Forrest Griffin tore that place down that night and save the entire UFC
I didn’t realize back then ufc was struggling that hard
Griffin vs Bonnar was a fight that should've been a PPV fight.. but the fact you got three legends of the UFC together like this...Rampage, Tito, and Frank...they need to do things like this more often because you can hear the passion for the sport in Frank even though Tito has to correct him which is funny
Damn Tito sounded smart here
I became an MMA fan watching The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale in late 2005, but I had friends talking about The UFC months before I got into it and it was all because of Griffin vs. Bonnar
Got a room of badass mofos right there
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Is it me or Michael Bisping and Frank Mir look like brothers...
Tito's big ass head with the extra memory, love all these guys, true warriors!!!! 😂
I was oneof those people who got a call asking "bro are you watching this shit right now"?
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R I P BONNER
It’s two of my favorite fighters and Frito more cheese😂
I was one of those people calling my friends telling them to change the channel to Spike TV during the Bonner/Griffin fight. Was a fan of MMA before that but that fight always gets the blood pumping every time I see it lol
I loved Frank Mirs boxing type fight with Kubrat Pulev. Was comedy gold at the end. Even the ref didn't know what to do?
I love it when Tito starts counting.
Old School bad fuckers right there
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Tito is the ying to hulk hogans yang😂 its even funnier when you think the guy that got real punched and kicked in the skull has better memory recollection 😂
I was in the Marine Corps watching this on Spike. I learned about MMA when I watched UFC ultimate knock outs vol 2. in the barracks at the MWR. I started training BJJ when I got out in 2008 and have been training ever since.
That ultimate fighter fight...was what made the new ufc. I actually called people to turn it on.
Just on that flight alone, Bonner should be in the UFC HOF.
Stephan Bonner and Forrest Griffin really did save MMA as we know it in the States.
we need more of Rampage. Rogan get Rampage on!!
I can finally say i am as in good shape as these guys😂
I always thought frank was a meat head but i owe the man an apology.
He is brilliant on podcasts could listen all day.1
The ultimate fighter educated alot of new mma fans. Its good for that, and that's how it should be used
R.I.P Bonner
I remember that fight. Bonner died broke . That’s what he got for saving the company
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tony the type of guy to still compete at 60 years old
Frank is a normal ass everyman
Yes Dana paid up in full to both forest and Stephen Bonner
Frank: They were like twenty million in debt or whatnot.
Tito: It was way more, like fifteen million or more.
It actually wasn't zuffa's 1st ppv. It was there biggest hyped card tho. Tito was supposed to fight vitor, but he had to pull out.
I remember bc the TUF FINALE was going on during the Texas vs USC rose bowl I believe. Vince young vs Reggie bush n Matt L. Turned on that fight…..waited til it was over to turn on the VY scoring a TD for a win
Diego Sanchez was ready for a great fight. But Florian choked, which actually hurt Diego's star, & almost folded the UFC.
I literally remember calling three of my friends to put on that fight because I couldn't believe what was happening. And that was before I had a cell phone I was still using house phones LOL
Surprised how well Tito is composed when he responds to Mir. The last decade seemed like he couldn't say something without screwing it up. Maybe addiction to painkillers was messing his speech up.
I could have sworn I was watching UFC on television before Tito was fighting in the UFC. My mom had the pirate box and we got every channel even PPV for free, or whatever the basic cable bill was.
What podcast is this from? Id love to listen to a bunch of OGs sit around a table and talk
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Jordan Peele could do a tanned Tito.....😂
Tito neck still fooked
My friend did call me and tell me to watch the fight lol
I know me and my buddies was calling each other
I watched the ultimate fighter I had no idea it was doing bad lol.
First UFC PPV...33? Did they forget the first one and every one after that before 33? Am I having a stroke?
According to Dana it was around 40 mil but either way, Griffin vs Bonnar saved em from pulling the plug on the UFC. They should’ve looked after Bonnar better.
crazy to think stevn bonnar is no longer with us
I still feel Bonnar won that fight. R.I.P. American Psycho!
These guys acting like they have insider info on something we’ve all been hearing 15 years now
I’m one of those guys that was in HS calling his boys to turn on spike tv