2 Straws MMA Podcast w/ Angela Hill and Jessica Penne

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The gals adventured all the way up to LA for this weekend's PPV and man did they put on a show. Between the fights on the card and the fights in the stands the crowd was wild from the first to last bell. We talk the main event switchup, Merab beasting out, react to fans dragging Hill and Jess getting showered with drinks at the Intuit Dome. 

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We touch on some MMA news before diving into UFC 311's killer card which hopefully we'll be attending live! Get our thoughts on weight cutting, improvements being made in the judging category and the troubles of training bjj with your crush. Tune in and tell your friends about the best female forward MMA podcast ever!

00:05 Jess finally compliments Ange’s old lady abs!
02:00 what it’s like rolling with your crush
07:05 Female fighter’s manager speaks out about the dangers of weigh cutting.
12:33 We explain why weight cutting will never go away
19:04 BKFC holds conference for judges to help understand the art of judging their fights! Bravo! Also we deep dive on where Mario Yamasaki is today.
26:00 MMA is so normalized that we have streakers now! What’s next?? Riots when your favorite fighter loses? We’re almost there!
30:45 UFC Mexico City is booked for March, who will fall victim to the altitude?? 
35:25 UFC 311 goes down this weekend and we’re gonna be there!
44:00 We give our #UFC311 picks

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Its Ange's Big Whoppin.... 30-10th bday (almost legal!) With a few KO of the year contenders, an upset main event win and a lot of come from behind victories the presents came early for her and everyone else yesterday. We talk controversial stoppages, booty cheek slips and Khabib having trouble on his way to UFC 311. Park your cheeks and enjoy the show as we breakdown the first fight card of 2025!

00:39 it’s Ange’s birthday!
02:24 will the LA fires effect #UFC311? 
07:05 Khabib Nurgamedov kicked off a plane?!
11:43 First card of 2025 didn’t disappoint! Caesar Almeida vs Abdul Razak Alhassan
18:17 Put Almeida in the game and fix Ange's hair!
20:18 Punahele Soriano looked phenomenal vs Uros Medic
23:00 Bunes vs Johnson had a surprising armbar in round one
24:41 The new strawweight scrap Fatima Kline vs Viktoriia Dudakova and the drama that unfolded after
30:00 sadly we have to talk about the Roman Kopylov vs Chris Curtis controversy 
38:55 Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Carlston Harris stoppage was a lil bit early but we’ll let it slide for the Ponzster.
43:50 Mackenzie Dern evened the score against Amanda Ribas (dare we say pulls ahead?) after submission win.
48:50 Whats next for Dern and Ribas?
57:00 Ange has a solution for cheeky wardrobe malfunctions going forward

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First episode of 2025 is here! We previewed some of the big fights on UFC Vegas 101, talked Ireland MMA vs Dagestani MMA and why someone like Themba Gorimbo may have his own family hating on him. Ange might've called Logan Paul 'Jake' a few times as she didn't realize it was Logan fighting Conor until editing the video. All in all a successful show! Welcome to Two Straws 2025!

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00:00 happy neeewww yeeeeaaaah
02:45 Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas, hot girl fiiiight!
09:30 Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Carlston Harris
11:30 Caesar Almeida vs Abdul Razak Alhassan
17:10 Our new homie Chris Curtis vs Roman Kopylov (make sure to watch our exclusive interview with him in our previous episode!)
21:52 Fatima Kline vs Viktoriia Dudkova
27:20 Ireland MMA vs Dagestan MMA, why are people talking about this?!
36:20 Logan Paul vs Conor McGregor is apparently happening.
42:30 Themba Gorimbo getting hate from his family.
53:00 things not to say to a fighter during fight week
55:43 Thanks members for the support, someone tell Tactica_Moses to send location! Join us to be a part of next months giveaway!

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New Year and we're starting strong with an interview from top Middleweight Chris Curtis ahead of his January 11th bout vs Roman Kopylov. Unfortunately this went down before and after the Russian spy fiasco but Chris opened up about being an older fighter, anime's heavy influence on his career, what happened in those crucial last seconds of his last fight vs Brendan Allen, and how he's fluent in Hotep. Members get this interview early so make sure to join us to get our content before everyone else! (link below)

00:00 Mrs. Curtis loves Ange!
00:30 training through Christmas is pretty easy since the wifey is taking care of the holiday stuff
06:45 How is fight prep going for Roman Kopylov?
09:05 Why Curtis loves fighting in the Apex
12:40 Black don’t crack and Jess is immortal
13:30 Ange and Chris bond over anime while Jess stares blankly into the abyss
17:00 Imagine being Brock Lesnar
19:50 Why Chris prefers NOT to do interviews, he explains why. (thanks for making us feel special!!)
26:36 Fighting is the most addictive drug and it keeps him coming back.
34:50 Reflecting on his super close fight vs Brendan Allen and how that last 15 seconds played out.
39:19 Getting old sucks!
44:00 When he retires he’s doing the Ninja Turtles steroids
48:30 Ange will be waiting for her birthday shoutout
49:45 could Chris Curtis pull off a Kwanza Man gimmick?! Jess learns what a Hotep is.

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Hello to our favorite friends... and everyone else seeing this Christmas day. We love you too but not as much and the coal in your stocking this year definitely wasn't from us. To ALL our followers, thank you so much for your eyeballs and ears! If we grow even half as much in 2025 as we did this year we may be able to make this thing another career! Wishing all the best for all of you this holiday season, even the ones with androids.

00:00 Member giveaway!!!!! End Dec 31st so join to enter! (link below!)
04:10 MOAR FAN QUESTIONS. What rules UFC would we change?
09:57 Should they restart fights that the referee stops controversially?
18:03 We need review boards for judges and referees!!
25:00 How hard is it to recover? Well be careful when doing it with Vicodin, Jess explains why 💩
31:50 Recovering as a female fighter is a little different as well.
35:45 Butcher picks our final question. Whats the most stressful thing to deal with as a fighter?
41:00 See you in the new year!

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This episode we answered some questions from our many followers, talked about future the Champs of 2025, why you shouldn't hire Jess, Angela thinking Creed was cool and what an amateur BKFC fight might look like. More questions answered in our bonus, Join to listen now OR wait for Santa to drop it for everyone else Monday morning. (Link below!)

00:00 if you want a HoHoHo you better have money for her friends
02:20 Jess is adventuring to Mexico for a minor league BKFC event next week!
11:40 Jess has homes in different area codes
16:30 having a boss is tough when you’re used to that fighter lifestyle
22:30 Fan Questions!! First CD album we bought?
27:05 Signs of a bad fighting gym or coach? We have a bunch.
37:30 Who loses their belt first in 2025?! Weili..?
43:49 Jones…?
50:30 Islam..? 
52:09 Pena..?
54:04 hardest thing to learn in our careers?

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Jess had a wild night out, Ange got to commentate at another Cage Warriors, and they recapped a couple more fights on UFC Tampa before saying so long to 2024. Comment to share what you want to hear about before the new year of fights start, they just might answer your questions!

00:20 Jess had a wild and crazy night.
05:44 Brazilian one armed fighter gets crazy KO in mma
8:20 we gotta give our breakdown on the chick fights at UFC Tampa, Maverick’s wedgie was very impressive vs Horth.
13:25 Kanuuutson couldn’t quite handle Piera’s ground game.
17:42 BJJ brawl breaks out at IBJJF no gi worlds
25:55 Jess was there to watch Ange receive her brown belt last week!
28:11 Cage Warriors San Diego went down on Friday as well and Ange was commentating.
33:20 Let us know in the comments what you want us to discuss before the next UFC event in 2025!

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This card delivered like it was brought by MMA Santa himself! We talk about Joaquin Buckley getting the finish, how bad Colby Covington's cut looked, will Cub Swanson still fight after putting Billy Quarantillo's lights out, our own fight news (!!!) and how Manel Kape mad a huge case for fighting for the title after brutal KO of Bruno Silva. 

02:00 we talk about our wholes 
4:45 Buck beat the Duck! Joaquin Buckley put on the performance of his career vs Colby Covington
8:28 Buckley was squeezing Colby’s face like a bottle of ketchup. How bad was the cut?
11:56  Butcher is rudely interrupted by us filming a podcast.
16:00 Fan question! Does Colby drop the act?
21:30 Fan Question! Was Colby ever great?
26:00 Cub Swanson could pull off an eyepatch but he definitely pulled off a crazy ko in his ‘maybe retirement’ fight!
34:10 Cub needs to help us train for the Thunderdome at his gym.
35:30 Fight news for Ange!!!! Join to find out who but don’t tell nobody!
36:55 FIGHT NEWS FOR JESS!! We’ll tell ya a lil bit for free cause we love you. GFL might be a new big player in the mma scene.
43:37 Some booty appreciation for Vitor Petrino.
47:00 Manel Kape leveled up in this showing vs Bruno Silva. Is he next for Pantoja?
52:25 …..we’re done. Join us to get the bonus right away!

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Here is our super educated prediction episode looking ahead to UFC Tampa. Give it a listen and put down some skrilla at Duelbits for a lil extra spending money this Christmas!

00:30 is Keith Peterson Petering away?
03:25 Strawweight title fight!! Weili Zhang vs Tatiana Suarez
12:53 UFC TAMPA predictions starting from the bottom! We tried our best, debate us in the comments!!
22:15 Micheal Johnson vs Ottoman Azaitar
25:00 Adrian Yanez vs Daniel Marcos, banger alert. 
31:21 Buck vs Duck! Joaquin Buckley vs Colby Covington 
35:40 Let us know what you want content you want to see from us over the holidays!