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Joel Pearl (@JoelPearl) & Cresta Starr (@CrestaTheeStarr) review TNA iMPACT! for July 3, 2025:

- KO TITLE CHAIN MATCH: Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly

- Trey Miguel vs. Nic Nemeth

- The IInspiration vs. Victoria Crawford & Tessa Blanchard

- Jake Something vs. Mance Warner

- Matt Cardona vs. Eddie Edwards

- Tasha Steelz speaks to Mustafa Ali & Cedric Alexander

- The King's Speech w/ Frankie Kazarian

In honor of America's birthday, I'm dropping tomorrow's episode early! In this episode, I tell you why it's wrong to say that Ilia Topuria is a double champ. After that, everyone is comparing Topuria to Conor McGregor, but I've got an entirely new spin to put on it. And Matt Brown claims that Ilia Topuria would become an all-time great with a win over Arman Tsarukyan ... is he right? Then, I take you inside the inner workings of the lightweight title picture, and whether Justin Gaethje, Paddy Pimblett, or Islam Makhachev will get the next crack at the new lightweight champ. Plus, why it's about time y'all give Jake Paul the respect he deserves.

CHAPTERS:

• Ilia Topuria is NOT a double champ (00:00)
• Topuria and McGregor comparisons (10:38)
• Topuria's already legendary career (20:54)
• Why Paddy and Gaethje aren't fighting each other (29:46)
• Paddy is JACKED (41:15)
• Joe Rogan's hot take on Islam Makhachev (52:22)
• It's time to respect Jake Paul (01:02:17)

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In a special Thursday edition of MK, the fellas have a loaded show.

Who is next for Ilia Topuria sweepstakes? Ilia Topuria moved to the top spot in the UFC P4P rankings, But if Islam Makhachev defeats Jack Della Maddalena, doesn't he move back into that spot?

Switching into boxing, after his victory over Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr., Jake Paul has been ranked no. 14 in the cruiserweight division by the World Boxing Association (WBA). Asked simply, should Paul have been ranked by WBA?

Finally, there's been an update in the appeals portion of the Conor McGregor civil trial. The guys react to the latest bit of news.

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On Episode 3,580, the guys had two interviews, Joe Pyfer and Dan Hooker. They hit all the news as well.

UFC is taking another break, this time for Independence Day. Our analysts are all together again, though, and that is what counts. Phil being out for the last two of these left Zane and Connor to their own devices and they got up to all sorts of mischief without our staunch Brit to keep them in line—and by keep them in line, I mean join in the hijinx.

We…

Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen talk the final verdict on the Diddy trial, the father that jumped into the ocean to save his daughter after she fell off a Disney cruise ship, Andrew Schultz casted in the new Street Fighter film, Ilia Topuria's new HBO Max series, Jake Paul being officially ranked in the WBA as #14 in boxing, Paddy Pimblett predicting Ilia Topuria's callout of him and much more!

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