We Got Next | Brianna Van Buren, Chris Curtis & Kenny Cross

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Where has Brianna Van Buren been over the last year-plus? She's been getting married and becoming a mother. Van Buren, now known as Brianna Fortino, discusses (3:45) what she learned from her most recent loss to Tecia Torres, how life has changed as a wife and mother, planning to return in the first half of 2022, her reaction to moving up the rankings despite being out of action, and what matchups stick out for her return to the octagon. Kenny Cross (27:22) previews his main event bout against Jose Martinez in the main event of XFC YoungGuns 4 on Dec. 10, why he's been out for so long since his win in November 2020, what the long layoff has taught him, changing gyms to work with the likes of Joaquin Buckley and Khaos Williams, what 2022 looks like for him, and being an official free agent after this upcoming bout. Finally, Chris Curtis (48:43) talks his short notice sophomore UFC fight against Brendan Allen at UFC Vegas 44 this Saturday, when he found out about the fight, how he feels this is a tougher matchup on paper than the Phil Hawes fight, Sean Strickland's reaction to the booking, when — or if — he'll return to welterweight after this fight, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:20.0	Well hello there everybody, welcome to a brand new edition of We Got Next Here on the
0:24.7	M.A. Fighting Podcast Network. I am Mike Hack, thank you for having us on. As you can hear,
0:30.0	the audio, not tremendous, my voice, not tremendous, and the reason for that is, I am just sick of the
0:36.8	dog. I have no idea where it came from. One of the last couple days, it has just been nasty,
0:43.1	and I woke up on Wednesday morning and just was done. Absolutely done. No voice, couldn't move.
0:52.1	I don't know what it is, but I got some nasty cold. That's for sure, and it put me on my
0:58.8	tookus, so no formal, all-out intro, or even an outro this week. I'm just going to run down the line
1:06.8	up, let the fighters do all the talking. Luckily, I spoke to these fighters ahead of time, so my voice
1:14.0	was okay. I will be just resting, still working, and hopefully I'll be ready to go for the first
1:21.5	semi-final match-up of the BTL Championship tournaments, which will air on Thursday, 3 p.m. Eastern
1:28.1	live on the M.A. Fighting YouTube channel, so I'm going to rest up and make sure my voice is ready
1:34.0	for that. But let's go ahead, run down the line up, let you know what is going on on the program
1:38.4	this week. We're going to wrap things up with Chris Curtis, who's got a big fight coming up this
1:43.2	Saturday. He's back, took him such a long time to get to the UFC, got a big win over Phil
1:49.4	Haas at UFC 268, and he's right back in it, right back in the 185-pound division this Saturday,
1:55.7	taking on Brendan Allen at UFC Vegas 44, so we'll talk to the actionman, Chris Curtis, about
2:03.6	everything that has happened over the last few months, and why he likes this match-up
2:10.4	better in some ways, but feels it's a tougher match-up in other ways than the Phil Haas match-up.
2:15.4	He'll explain that. It seems kind of confusing coming out of my mouth, but he explains it very well.
2:19.9	Before that, we'll talk to Kenny Cross. You might remember him from competing on Dana White's
2:24.1	contender series. He was a guy that a lot of people were very excited about when he was put on the line-up.
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