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It was a shocker on Saturday night from Wichita, Kansas as Derrick the Black Beast Lewis sought to spoil the ascension of Junior Dos Santos to the Heavyweight top 5.  Some of our show favorites like Beneil Dariush and Nico Price were also in action and two rising welterweights Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos and Curtis Millender wanted to see who was going to get a shot at a top ten fighter.  Ryan and KC look at all the action, review the headlines, including the latest Conor McGregor news, and preview UFC on ESPN+ London: Till vs. Masvidal.

UFC 235 came to the T-mobile arena in Las Vegas, NV with two titles up for grabs.  Tyron Woodley looked to cement his legacy as the greatest welterweight of all time by facing the rising Kamaru Usman, and Jon Bones Jones faced Anthony Smith in his first defense of his Light Heavyweight title, still looking to get past the PED scandal that continues to haunt him.  Ben Askren also made his UFC Debut.  Ryan was too sick to host, so KC and John did all the work.  

Stay Tuned after the episode for post show antics.

George Stallworth joined Ryan Smith for another live reaction show. Hear our UFC 235 preflight picks and postfight reactions from our favorite bar.  

It was a War Weekend, 3 major fights in one weekend.  Friday Night featured Bellator 215: Mitrione vs Kharitonov, Saturday Night gave us the next round of the Welterweight grand prix, Bellator 216: Page vs Daley, and Sunday closed out the holiday weekend with a UFC on ESPN fight, NGannou vs. Velasquez.  Get the results from all the action, headlines and a preview of two more fights scheduled for this weekend.

The UFC travelled to Melbourne Australia for a Middleweight Showcase featuring Australian Robert Whitaker facing off against Kelvin Gastelum in a championship bout, but an emergency caused that fight to get scratched and the co-main event was promoted to the main event where the aging Anderson the Spider Silva sought to prove this isn't a young man's sport against one of the most electrifying strikers in the sport today, the Last Stylebender, Israel Adesanya. Get more from UFC 234, headlines and a preview of the return of Cain Velasquez in Phoenix.

 The UFC travelled to Brazil for a battle of native born fighters to set the year off right.  Jose Aldo, the King of Brazil was back in action against a rising star looking to make his name off the former champion, and in the main event, Marlon Moraes finally got his rematch against Raphael Assuncao who won their first fight by SD.  Get the fight results, headlines,  including a lively debate about Khabib and Conor's punishments, and a preview of UFC 234.

We'd planned a great show for you this week, but the growing pains of doing a video show bit us in the butt.  Ryan stayed on to give a quick recap of what was planned, but we'll work to get it right next week.  Thanks for your patience!

2019 ushers in a new era this weekend with the first UFC fight on ESPN.  10 years ago, you could say that the UFC and ESPN were on the outs, but now, after a huge 5-year deal, the frenemies are now besties. In this episode we look at key headlines making waves in the UFC and get a preview of the first fight on ESPN+, Cejudo vs Dillashaw.

Its our first show of 2019 and the first time we've ever done live video! Since we've been gone for the holidays we used this show to catch up on UFC 232,  Jones vs. Gustafsson.  We talk the fights, and some of the headlines making waves in the UFC.