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The UFC traveled to Rochester, NY for another exciting card featuring Rafael Dos Anjos and Kevin Lee as the main event.  Kevin Lee made his welterweight debut against one of the most relentless fighters in the entire division, and the fight didn't disappoint.  Ryan, KC, and John give you all the results from the event, boxing and ONE FC results, headlines and a little Russian on top.

This the finale of war weekends where Bellator and UFC went Head to Head on 3 events in three weeks.  This time we saw the next round to the Welterweight grand prix former Welterweight champion Douglas Lima face off against undefeated Michael Venom Page and Micheal Chandler put his lightweight belt the line against Patricio Pitbull, a Featherweight champion moving up for a shot at being a double champion in bellator.  The UFC went south to Brazil for a PPV featuring a Hall of Famer,  two Brazilian Legends, and one legend in the making.  BJ Penn, Jose Aldo, and Anderson Silva were all in action on a card where Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas faced the Powerful Jessica "Bate Estaca" Andrade.  Get the all the results from Ryan and KC, headlines from the sport, and a preview of UFC Rochester - Dos Anjos vs. Lee.  Listen after the Outro for a BONUS CLIP.

Bellator's head-to-head programming continued for another week with Bellator Birmingham facing off against UFC Ottawa in War Weekend Part Deux, electric boogaloo.  Brent Primus headlined the Bellator Card facing Tim Wilde in the main event and Donald Cowboy Cerrone looked to further cement his legacy as the most decorated fighter the UFC has ever known in his main event match against Ragin' Al Iaquinta.  Ryan, KC and John discuss all the results, go in-depth on Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic vs. Jon Jones, and preview Bellator 221 and UFC 237.

It was the first of two war weekends in a row where Bellator and the UFC went head to head on the same night.  On DAZN PPV Bellator held the next round of the Welterweight Grand Prix where Rory the Red King MacDonald put his title on the line against former WSOF champion Jon Fitch.  And in the UFC, Jack Hermansson took a short notice fight against one of the most dangerous fighters at middleweight, Jacare Souza, who, if he won the fight, was promised a shot at the Middleweight title.  Ryan, KC, and John review the results from all this weekend's fights, cover headlines including Brock Lesnar retirement news and preview War Weekend Part 2, Bellator Birmingham and UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cerrone.

The UFC visited St Petersburg for great MMA action.  At Combat Sports Talk, we live by rule number 1, never bet against the Russians, but UFC veteran Alistair Overeem looked to disprove the heuristic by facing MMA journeyman Aleksei Oleinik in the main event.  ISLAM Makhachev put on a show and Roxanne Modafferi challenged Antonina Shevchenko, the sister of the women's 125 lb champion, Valentina Shevchenko in a match that if she won, the Happy Warrior might take another step to a title shot.  Ryan and KC cover key headlines in the MMA world and preview Bellator 220: Macdonald vs. Fitch and UFC Sunrise: Jacare vs. Hermansson.

It's not summer, but the UFC was in Hotlanta, Georgia for some firey MMA action.  With fans groaning about Interim Titles, the UFC featured  Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastellum for the interim Middleweight belt while the champ, Robert Whitaker nurses himself back to health, and Dustin Poirier looked to stop Max Holloway from achieving double champ status by winning the interim Lightweight belt while Khabib Nurmagomedov serves his 9 months suspension for brawling after UFC 229.  We lost a previous recording with John doing his BKFC 5 heavy bag advocating for the promotion's place in combat sports, so Ryan and KC give you the results from UFC 236, headlines, and a preview of UFC St. Petersburg instead.

There weren't any major MMA events and no notable Boxing matches, so that left Bare Knuckle FC who had their 5th show featuring former UFC challengers Artem Lobov vs. Jason Knight in a main event bare knuckle fight in Biloxi Mississippi.  The sport is a brutal exhibition of some of the world's most violent brawlers, but it's growing in popularity.  Ryan and KC discuss the results from the fight and whether Bare Knuckle fighting is a sustainable career for a fighter.  They also talk about the good work Cris Cyborg is doing in South Africa and preview UFC 236: Holloway vs Poirier.

Bellator and UFC delivered solid fight cards this past weekend.  Bellator 219 visited Temecula CA where Saad Awad faced Brandon Girtz for a lightweight face-off and Justin Gaethje faced Edson Barboza in the city of Brotherly shove, Philadelphia Pennsylvania.  Get results from both fight cards, the latest on Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson's debut in One FC and other interesting headlines curated by Ryan, KC, and John.

Bellator and the UFC hosted events this past weekend.  Bellator 218 came to us from Thackerville, OK where Emmanuel Sanchez faced Georgi Karakhanyan and the UFC travelled to Nashville where Anthony "Showtime" Pettis faced Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, in his first fight at 170lbs. Ryan, KC, and John discuss the fights, headlines and topics from the MMA world, and preview the fights coming up this weekend.

The UFC rolled into London for UFC Fight Night Masvidal vs. Till, but the fans were barely breathing in the O2 Arena as they gasped at the shocking outcome of the main event.  British striking was put to the test at the event, but an American emerged as the King of the UK.  Ryan, KC, and John discuss the action inside and outside the ring, Errol Spence Jr's title defense, the latest on the Tony Ferguson restraining order, and also previews of Bellator 218 and UFC Nashville: Thompson vs. Pettis.