Combat Sports Talk

History was made at UFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira when Glover Teixeira completed his amazing resurgence with a submission victory over Polish Powerhouse Jan Blachowicz.  Get UFC 267 results and we cover the outcome of our very own George Stallworth's fight at Oklahoma Kickboxing Championships vs Aaron Diaz.  Then we preview the long awaited rematch between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington at UFC 268 and make our main card flash fight picks.

After a controversial lead up to the main event of UFC Vegas 41, Marvin Vettori finally got his satisfaction against Paulo Costa in the octagon.  Fedor Emelianenko returned to get his 40th finish at Bellator 269, and get the latest in Conor McGregor's alleged assault of an Italian DJ and then get our flash fight picks for UFC 267: Blachowicz vs Teixeira.

We are back from a lightning storm that knocked out our broadcast last week.  Get the results from UFC Vegas 40: Ladd vs Dumont, get the latest on the domestic violence controversies plaguing UFC fighters, and hear our take on Conor McGregor's alleged assault on an Italian DJ.  Then we highlight Fury vs. Wilder 3 and share some wacky news stories before making our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 41: Costa vs. Vettori.

Get the all the results from  UFC Vegas 38 where light heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker fought to solidify their claims on a future title shot.  We talk about new details emerging from the alleged domestic assault between Jon Jones and his fiance at international fight week in Las Vegas. Then we discuss headlines in WMMA and finish up with our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 39: Dern vs. Rodriguez.

International fight week drew to a close with UFC 266 featuring  Valentina Shevchenko seeking to match Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes for the most title defenses by a female champion and Alexander Volkanovski faced the dangerous Brian Ortega for his second featherweight title defense.  Get the results from UFC 266, discussion of the new UFC Hall of Fame inductees, key headlines and get our fight picks for UFC Vegas 38: Santos vs. Walker.

This week news broke about a new fight league that's launching soon that will feature fight teams and have a payment structure similar to the NFL or the NBA and less like the UFC. Learn more about the World Fighting League and hear our take on whether or not this is going to be good for the sport of MMA. Then get the wrap of UFC Vegas 37, hear about some interesting fights that have been signed, fall out from the last Triller event, our thoughts on the latest scuffle between Conor McGregor and MGK at the VMAs, fighter retirements and then get our flash fight picks for UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega.

Saturday night, Triller Fight Club Legends II: Holyfield vs. Belfort featured bouts between combat sports greats.  Anderson Silva faced Tito Ortiz and Evander Holyfield stepped in to replace Oscar De La Hoya to face Vitor Belfort.  Neither fight lasted a round.  We recap the co-main and the main event of this boxing match, cover the breaking news about Gold Medal Freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson, and discuss topics and headlines of import to the MMA world.  Then we make our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 37: Smith vs Spann.

England was on display on Saturday night as fighters across the island nation tested their mettle against the UFC elite.  Kicked off by Liverpool sensation Paddy Pimblett, English fighters were dominant throughout the night until American underdog submitted headliner Darren Till in the third round. Before we closed the book on the wrap up of Vegas 36, we discussed whether or not the Oblique Kick should be banned after Khalil Roundtree, Jr's win where he destroyed the knee of his opponent, Modestas Bukauskas.   We also wrap up the results from Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley where "The Problem Child eked out a split decision victory against the former UFC Welterweight champion.  We also got some COVID-19 news, fighters getting cut from the UFC and other headlines that made for a fun discussion.

On Sunday Night, Jake Paul faces his most difficult opponent yet, former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, who is trying to gain redemption after a four fight losing streak saw him cut from the UFC.  We'll cover some of the headlines leading up to the match and make our picks for the card.  Then we'll transition to results for UFC Vegas 35 where two Ultimate Fighters were crowned, UFC Veterans faced up-and-comers, and Giga Chikadze finished one of the most electric strikers in the UFC, Edson Barboza.  Get headlines and a preview of UFC Vegas 36: Derek Brunson vs. Darren Till.

This week on Combat Sports Talk, we welcome back George Stallworth after a week at a coaches c clinic and we cover the UFC Vegas 34 Cannonier vs Gastelum results. We also discuss comments Daniel Cormier made about crying after losses. We react to Miesha Tate sharing how she spent her 200K purse and we preview UFC Vegas 35: Barboza vs Chikadze.