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Peter Klein

Legendary UFC fighter Jose Aldo returns at UFC 307 this weekend. Peter Klein explains why he is so excited to see the legend return. Aldo is one of five fighters Peter is excited to see at UF 307 in Salt Lake City.   Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeH... Twitter: twitter.com/primetimeklein IG: instagram.com/primetimeklein Facebook: www.facebook.com/Couchpotatodiary Twitch: twitch.tv/primetimepk Email: couchpotatodiary@yahoo.com We Had No Idea: every Wednesday morning,  instagram.com/wehadnoideapodcast Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands  Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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00:00UFC 307 goes down this weekend from Salt Lake City, Utah.

00:12In the main event, it's Alex Pereira defending his light heavyweight championship against

00:17number seven contender, some crazy how, Khalil Roundtree.

00:21And while Pereira is obviously a big spotlight fighter, and then in the co-main with Raquel

00:26Paddington against Juliana Pena, a couple fighters from the Ultimate Fighter, there's

00:30a rivalry, a lot of talk, so a lot of spotlight on them.

00:33But there are some other fighters on this undercard that we should be paying attention

00:36to.

00:37So we're gonna give you one, two, three, four, five today that we should be watching

00:40for.

00:41The first one is a legend.

00:43It's José Aldo.

00:44Coming off of a win in his last fight, he is still genuinely one of the best fighters

00:49this sport has ever seen.

00:52And no, it is not the same as when he was kicking Uriah Faber's leg off in WEC on their

00:57only pay-per-view.

00:58And no, it is not the same when he was running through everyone en route to a giant clash

01:03with Conor McGregor when he probably definitely should have got a rematch against Conor McGregor

01:06after that fight, but is what it is.

01:09But it is still a legend, and it is still someone who I think has kind of matured in

01:13this fight game to understand what his strengths and weaknesses are in 2024.

01:18And so, another opportunity to see one of the all-time greats.

01:22You have to take that chance.

01:24The next fight, or this one is the full fight that I think we should really be paying attention

01:28to.

01:29It is Ketlin Vera against Kayla Harrison.

01:31I think the UFC is hoping that Harrison gets a win here, setting up a title opportunity

01:35against either Peña or Pennington, depending on how that fight goes.

01:40Harrison obviously coming with a lot of fanfare from the PFL, although not undefeated after

01:45losing her second last bout in the Professional Fight League.

01:49But she comes in, dominates Holly Holm, and they are trying to, I think, fast-track her.

01:55For Vera, she's…

01:57I think she's won two of her last three, so I don't think she gets rocketed into

02:01a title opportunity if she picks up a win, although this would be a gigantic win over

02:05Kayla Harrison.

02:06But Harrison is legitimately… she was probably the best fighter not in the Ultimate Fighting

02:11Championship until that changed, and she signed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship,

02:15and now she's one of the best fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

02:18And resume-wise, would be very deserving of a title shot coming off of this one.

02:22Joaquin Buckley is the next one.

02:24Has won four in a row.

02:25He gets an interesting test against Steven Wonderboy Thompson.

02:28This would be the biggest name that Buckley has beaten so far.

02:32He does have a couple of good fights on a four-fight winning streak here, but this would

02:36be a gigantic name for him, and put him… this isn't one where, oh, and he would rocket

02:43his way into a championship opportunity, or anything like that.

02:48But I do think that this would put him in line for a very big fight, probably to start

02:532025, and put him in a, okay, this is maybe a guy we need to watch going into next year.

03:00And the last one, Karla Esparza.

03:02Retirement fight against Tisha Pennington.

03:04These two, I don't know how their paths haven't crossed, aside from a quarterfinal

03:08fight on The Ultimate Fighter, but this is the retirement fight for Karla Esparza against

03:14Tisha Pennington, formerly Tisha Torres.

03:16This is… it's an amazing career that Karla Esparza is going to be leaving behind, and

03:22an amazing legacy that she kind of, again, leaves here in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

03:28It's great that she was able to get this spotlight with The Ultimate Fighter when that

03:33was still a thing, and then moving into the world of the UFC as a champion.

03:40And then this last little act here, where she was able to maybe get a couple beneficial

03:46matches along the way, and that helped her out.

03:49But still, put her in a position to go back and win another championship, it's really

03:53really cool to see her getting this spotlight one more time.

03:56And a fight with Tisha Pennington, a couple of…

03:59Esparza, a couple of, I don't want to say legends, but a couple of fighters who have

04:04really paved the way for this kind of next generation of fighters to come.

04:07So a very interesting fight here, to round out UFC 307.

04:11So those are some of the fighters you should be watching for, coming up here on Saturday

04:15in Salt Lake City.

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