Combat Sports Talk

For years, comparisons between MMA and WWE have been made regarding controversy between fighters in the ring, outside the ring and on social media.  In a week where Floyd Mayweather gets into a brawl with his opponent's brother, training videos emerge from the fighter we all love and his manager we all love to hate, and a pinfall that wasn't, this is life imitating art at its finest.  We talk headlines, fight results, and make our flash fight picks for UFC 262: Oliveira vs Chandler.

Overshadowing the UFC Vegas 25 is the final chapter of Diego Sanchez's storied career.  We dive deep in the tragic story that ended the career of the UFC's very first Ultimate Warrior.  Then we discuss the action at UFC Vegas 25: Reyes vs. Prochazka, talk headlines from the week and preview Bellator 258: Archuleta vs. Pettis.

What a historic night for the UFC as it returned to live action in front of 15,000 fans to see UFC 261: Usman vs Masvidal 2.  All the fights ended in finishes, but not all finishes were what we wanted to see.  We talk through the results, discuss headlines coming out of this weekend's action, and preview UFC Vegas 25: Reyes vs Prochazka.  (Little did we know that our UFC 261 recap would be our Episode 168.  Do a search for UFC 168 and have your mind blown.)

While the weekend was filled with exciting fights, the only thing people are talking about is Jake Paul's  stunning KO of Ben Askren.  We cover all the fights from the weekend, discuss the ramifications of Jake Paul's unexpected victory, other headlines in the MMA world, and then preview THREE MORE cards planned for this weekend including the rematch between Jorge Masvidal and The Nigerian Nightmare, Kamaru Usman.

Coming off of a weekend featuring fights from 3 different promotions, we slide into the end of the zodiac reign of Aries, the god of war, with another weekend filled with fights.  First we recap the action from last Saturday Night, we look at the war of words brewing between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, discuss a few interesting headlines, and then make our flash fight picks on key fights from 3 more promotions this weekend.

The Venum era has started in the UFC as the fight kits we'll see competitors using will change from the 2014 Reebok styles.  We talk the new Venum sponsorship payments as well.  Then we discuss MMA headlines before previewing a War Weekend that begins Wednesday night with the return of Mighty Mouse, Demetrious Johnson, at One FC on TNT, Friday is Bellator 256 with a Bader vs. Machida rematch and then UFC on ESPN closes out the week with a huge Middleweight fight between Marvin Vettori and our hometown hero, Kevin Holland.

Get ready for a comprehensive Recap of UFC 260.  We talk the featured prelim fight, the main card action and the fall out after the main event that saw Francis Ngannou claim the UFC Heavyweight title in devastating fashion against Champion Stipe Miocic.  We'll cover some interesting headlines and preview Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2.

Saturday Night at UFC Vegas 22,  Kevin Holland's mouth finally wrote a check that his ass couldn't cash.  Derek Brunson stopped his ascent up the Middleweight ladder with a unanimous decision victory over "The Trailblazer."  We talk about the entire card, the official, official retirement of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tyson vs. Holyfield 3 and we preview UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2. The rematch is scheduled for this Saturday Night.

UFC 259 came and went and we never got a chance to discuss the results that laid waste to the UFC landscape.  So not only did we cover the controversy of UFC Vegas 21: Edwards vs Muhammad, but we recap UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya, we discuss breaking news about UFC 261, talk other headlines across the MMA landscape and pay our respects to the late great Marvelous Marvin Hagler.  Finally we made our fight pick for UFC Vegas 22: Brunson vs. Holland.  SPOILER: No one chose Derek Brunson.

Get a recap of UFC Vegas 20 where Ciryl Gane defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik via unanimous decision.  Khamzat Chimaev declares he's done with the UFC. Jon Jones threatens the heavyweight division and women's strawweight get two dynamic fights scheduled for 2021.  Paulo Costa declares he fought Israel Adesanya with a hangover.  We also make our flash fight picks for UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya.