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Hello there my name is Darren Campbell and this is a conversation from a podcast called Complete Sports Media. We hope that you enjoy it and come back regularly for great in depth discussions on a variety of sports topics. This conversation from our podcast features a great guest Jason Cameron. Jason is a former athlete and broadcast journalist alum. He brings an expertise on many sports especially combat sports and the NFL and NBA. We love his enthusiasm, humor and strong opinions on the sporting world.

Enjoy this weeks episode that comes on the heels of another UFC card and looking ahead to other sports getting back to business. We started discussing the UFC 250 card from Las Vegas that featured a main event dominated by the two weight class champion Amanda Nunes. She was defending her womens Featherweight belt against a very tough but over matched contender Canadian Felicia Spencer. Jason had great observations and impressive takes on the three mens Bantamweight fights on the card that really started clearing up the picture in the weight class. Henry Cejudo defended his belt and then surprisingly retired after his fight at UFC 249. This left the majority of the top fighters in the weight class knowing so much more was riding on these fights to show if they were contenders or pretenders. Huge knockouts by Cody Garbrandt and Sean O'Malley and a slick and swift submission by Aljimain Sterling were all discussed and admired. There was talk of the dominance of Justin Gaethje from UFC 249 and his huge win over Tony Ferguson.  We also capped off our MMA talk happily rejoicing over George St. Pierre getting nominated for the Hall of Fame during that same card. Much love and respect to a true pioneer of one of the greatest to ever grace the Octagon.

Our focus then shifted to the unfortunate murder of George Floyd and the shocking reversal of opinion from Roger Goodell the Commissioner of the NFL. Goodell had posted a message a few days before stating how the NFL had been wrong in their handling of the protests and kneeling to shed light on racism, police brutality and racial inequality in the past. He vowed they would do better and support the cause now moving forward. It was a great moment and showed that the protests had really gained traction and might have finally reached a tipping point and could invoke change. It was good to also look ahead to an interesting upcoming NFL season.

Speaking of upcoming seasons that was part of the discussion when we spoke of the NBA. There is a sense of excitement about the new parody and possibility of new teams emerging in the power struggle at the top. There was talk also of the teams in the West that will be fighting it out for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Memphis Grizzlies currently occupy the 8th and final spot with 5 teams in the hunt chasing them for the final 8 game regular season stretch drive. The super rookie point guard Ja Morant should solidify his hold on the rookie of the year trophy if his team can hold off the other teams. However one of the teams chasing the Grizzlies is the New Orleans Pelicans with their own phenomenal rookie Zion Williamson. If Zion can deliver a playoff spot for his team he might just win that trophy himself despite missing a huge chunk of games at the start of the abbreviated season. It will definitely be really fun to watch!

Finally we discussed Boxing and the first card scheduled after the pandemic. The amazingly talented Shakur Stevenson was about to take on another challenger as he works his way towards the upper echelon of the pound for pound best in the sport. It was a great discussion all around as the time flew by and we were thrilled to get back to some sense of normalcy in our lives.

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