Combat Chronicles

In this episode I speak to Houston native Treyvon Kentrell Coker, who makes his pro debut this coming week! You can see his fight on the UFC Fight Pass facebook and youtube channel at the event ''Fury Challenger Series 2'. I asked Treyvon how he first got into MMA, and how his preparation differs now he's turning pro, but didn't let him leave without asking him his thoughts on the veterans at the very top of his division in the UFC, so tune in to hear us discuss Leon Edwards, Kamaru Usman, Khamzat Chimaev and more! Trey is a longtime friend of mine, so there's plenty of guys being dudes and having a love-in as well: I hope you enjoy our conversation!

You should all tune in for Trey's fight, but you should all follow him on Twitter too right here!

Check out some of Treyvon's amateur bouts here (brutal first round kayo!) and here (beautiful performance marred by a horrific robbery, just so you can see what we discussed in the pod!)

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The podcast began with last years awards episode, and now on its first birthday I look at all the contenders for 2022's best!

You might be wondering which categories? Well, I try and pick the best Finish, Moment, Round, Performance, Fight and Fighter of the year drawing on boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing and mixed martial arts to try and find the very best!

There have been many wonderful finishes this year though and I recommend these two Twitter threads to see some great ones that I didn't manage to squeeze in. First MMA from the gawd Caposa and then boxing from the impeccable B0xingfan

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Ho ho, ho, Merry Kick-mas (and yes I'm aware I stole that title from Red Letter Media but hey, whatcha gonna' do)

As the title suggests this episode is covering Muay Thai and kickboxing only, as Daniel Rodriguez took his record to a perfect 38-0 in his second win over the legend Yodwicha on 23rd December, and Rise and Glory pitted some of their best against each others on Jesus' birthday.

As promised here are the two excellent bouts between Rodriguez and Yodwicha:

First fight

Second fight (highest recommendation from me, you should check it out!)

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First up, news on Usyk, Bud smashes Avanesyan, and Inoue breaks down Butler: three of boxing's very P4P best have been in the news this week, so I'm leading with them.

Then, Bellator held its bantamweight grand-prix semi finals this week, and the UFC failed to crown a new champ up at 205lbs. Also, Paddy Pimblett: confirmed as absolutely not very good at MMA and Ilia Topuria confirmed as very f'n good at MMA. And of course, tangents and other musings as well.

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If you've fired up this episode thinking this will be a review of the needless and dangerous third fight between Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora then I'm sorry to say but that's not happening! Instead, this episode features a career retrospective of two modern boxing greats after the third fight between the wonderful Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and legendary Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua, as I explain about what makes them both so great as individuals and how that informs their trilogy of modern classics.

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...and even a little bit of an Adesanya-Pereira prediction at the end!

So yeah, pretty stacked episode this week. Did Buakaw cross the line in his 'exhibition' with Yoshihiro Sato? Certainly appears that way. K-1 legend Takeru announced his contract is up with the titans of J-kick, but what does it really mean? Ren Hiramoto has seemingly taken strides in shoring up the holes in his MMA game, and that's a good thing (even though I previously hated the idea!). Andy Cruz has apparently managed to escape Cuba with an eye on turning pro, and I talk about why that's such an exciting prospect for boxing fans. And Dmitry Bivol put on another masterclass, but I'm not betting the mortgage on him just yet.

Speaking of not betting the mortgage, I go into why trying to predict Adesanya-Pereira is a fool's errand (but offer up a prediction anyway)

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Combat sports fans have seen plenty of great and important battles take place at the Saitama Super Arena over the years and we can now add another to the list, as a light flyweight unification years in the making finally took place! WBC champ Kenshiro faced off with domestic rival and WBA/Ring champ Hiroto Kyoguchi in a bout as eagerly anticipated among boxing hardcores as any other in recent memory!

The fight itself ended up playing out as relatively one-sided, but there were enough thrills while the action lasted to make it a worthwhile watch as well as a historically significant title unification bout. So listen to me break down just how Kenshiro made it look so easy, what it means for the division as it stands, and what it means for shaking up the historical landscape of the truly terrific 108lb weight class.

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Yes, you read it right, I used my precious time with iD Boxing's head honcho Rob Tebbutt talking about the freak show boxing match between YouTuber Jake Paul (5-0, 4 KOs) and Anderson Silva (3-1, 2 KOs, MMA legend).

But here's the thing: it's a genuinely intriguing fight! Let Rob and I tell you why!

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I said I was gonna' do something weird with this episode, so here it is! I offered my comments on the fights in real time, predicting bouts and then offering opinions on the fights after they'd played out.

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Loads to talk about on this weeks episode, starting off with boxing as Claressa Shields took on Savannah Marshall in perhaps the most intriguing women's bout ever, Devin Haney defended his titles zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sorry about that, I don't know what came over me, and Deontay Wilder poleaxed Robert Helenius. Just what is it that makes Wilder such a hard puncher, and does he have a genuine claim to be 'the hardest puncher ever'?

Then over to MMA as I discuss why I have absolutely no clue who is going to win in the main event of UFC 280, and then discuss a couple of bouts from note from this past weekends Fight Night card.

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