Combat Sports Talk

With so much to discuss, we jump in with a spirited recap of UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez where we discuss the results for key up and coming fighters from the prelims, the implosion of Mike Perry, Valentina's dominance and Deiveson Figueiredo's sweep of Alex Perez.  We talk Tyson vs. Jones storylines, headlines and then make our picks for the fights this weekend, including UFC Vegas 15: Blaydes vs Lewis.

Put your debate hats on folks, the Combat Sports Talk team won't see eye-to-eye when it comes to the renewed beef between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones. Hear their points, and make your own decision about who is right.  Besides the debate, we recap the "Khaos" that was UFC Vegas 14, discuss headlines and make our picks for the main card of UFC 255. 

As John celebrated his 100th episode on Combat Sports Talk, he and Ryan discussed the results from UFC Vegas 13 where Glover Teixeira defeated Thiago Santos via submission to stake his claim on the light heavyweight title held by newly crowned champion Jan Blachowicz.  Paul Felder steps in with 5 days notice to fight Rafael Dos Anjos who was left without an opponent as a COVID-19 positive test threatened the main event of UFC Vegas 14.  Get headlines, and our fight picks all on this hilarious episode.

In what could have been  Anderson Silva's last fight, Uriah "Primetime" Hall played spoiler, finishing The Spider in the fourth round.  Bryce Mitchell stayed undefeated in the UFC and Greg Hardy added another victim to his list of finishes.  Dana White announced Israel Adesanya's contendership for the Light Heavyweight Title, and Gervonta Davis put the boxing world on notice with a shocking KO of Leo Santa Cruz

UFC 254 is in the books and Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Justin Gaethje in the second round to elevate to 29-0 before retiring from the UFC.  We highlight Khabib's fight, his career and engage in a lively debate about where he ranks P4P and among the greatest of all time.  We'll cover headlines, and make our fight picks for UFC Vegas 12: Silva vs. Hall.

The month of fights at Fight Island is coming to an end and this week we are celebrating UFC Fight Island 6: Ortega vs Zombie.  Brian Ortega looked like a new fighter against The Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung and Jessica Andrade  put the Women's Flyweight division on notice with her first round defeat of Katlyn Chookagian.  We discuss Conor vs. Poirier 2, what's next for Khamzat Chimaev and we preview UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje.

UFC Fight Island 5 is in the books.  In this episode, we recap Joaquin Buckley's Wakanda-style finish, Edson Barboza's domination of Amirkani and Corey Sandhagen's finish of Marlon Moraes to stake his claim for the Bantamweight Title.  We've got headlines and we make our picks for UFC Fight Island 6: Ortega vs. Chan Sung Jung.

UFC Fight Island 4 is in the books. Holly Holm dominated Irene Aldana on a fantastic yet underrated card form Abu Dhabi.  Germaine De Randemie submitted Julianna Peña and the Natural Born Killer, Carlos Condit returned in a battle with battle hardened Court McGee.  Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya escalate their beef and Leon Edwards, balks at challenges from Stephen Wonderboy Thompson and Khamzat Chimaev.  Get more headlines and our picks for UFC Fight Island 5: Moraes vs. Sandhagen.

What a wild weekend it was at Fight Island for the UFC where Israel Adesanya defeated Paulo Costa via TKO in Round 2 of their 5 round championship Fight.  The Light Heavyweight division also crowned a new champion in Jan Blachowicz who called his shot and defeated Dominick Reyes via TKO in R2.  Get a recap of the card, the latest on the beef between Dana White and Conor McGregor and more!  Finally hear our picks for UFC Fight Island 4: Holm vs. Aldana.

After years of posturing, Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley finally settled their conflict in the cage at UFC Vegas 11.  Cowboy Cerrone was back in action and some of our DFW hometown heros in Kevin Holland and Ryan Spann fought on one of the deepest fight night cards of the year.  We also talk about a referee controversy, the signing of Michael Chandler and other headlines getting attention in the MMA world.  Then we make our Flash Fight Picks for UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa.