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Conor McGregor is back in the news, Michelle Waterson narrowly defeated Angela Hill at UFC Vegas 10, and Bellator fighters made headlines for the wrong reasons this weekend. Get MMA discussion, headlines, and listen as we argue our picks for UFC Vegas 11: Covington vs. Woodley.

In a throwback to Episode 3, Kelechi and Ryan were the only ones on the show covering Khabib Nurmagomedov's memorial MMA tournament in honor of his father, UFC Vegas 9 results, the return of Nick Diaz, trash talk leading into Woodley vs Covington, Paige Van Zant getting COVID, and our picks for UFC Vegas 10: Waterson vs. Hill.  

Kelechi joined Ryan in studio this episode where we discussed our thoughts on the rise of Neil Magny and Alexander Rakic.  We talked about the challenges Anthony "Lionheart" Smith faces getting back on track.  Then we examined Jon Jones' reasons for vacating his belt and the reactions from LHW contenders.  Other topics included Brock Lesnar's free agency, conspiracy theories around Daniel Cormier's retirement,  Mike Tyson's legends league proposing classic PRIDE FC matchups and Platinum Mike Perry nearly doing something funny.  We made our picks for UFC Vegas 9: Overeem vs. Sakai and we ended the show with a few words about Jacob Blake.

Ryan explains the decision not to publish episode 137 this week.

To avoid the doghouse, Ryan chose family over fights and missed UFC 252, but John, George and Kelechi had his back.  Listen to their recap of the fights from Saturday Night and get their takes on whether the eye poke that tore Cormier's cornea made the difference in the fight or not.  Hear headlines about Jon Jones moving to Heavyweight and the implications of such a move on the title picture, talk about Michael Chandler moving to the UFC and more.

Join us for an exclusive interview with Lamb Striking Academy Head Coach Durwyn Lamb.  We discuss the results from UFC Vegas 6: Lewis vs. Oleinik from Saturday Night, headlines of the week we make our picks for UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier.

We are LIVE this week with the return of the Eagle, a recap of UFC Vegas 5: Brunson vs Shahbazyan, Headlines on Conor and the value of his Proper 12 Whiskey Business, what could signal the end of the Woodley era, Jones vs DC rivalry, Mike Tyson and picks for UFC Vegas 6: Lewis vs. Oleinik.

As the very first Fight Island Series comes to a close, the question at the top of mind for everyone is, "Was it a bad stoppage?!" Before we get into that debate, we'll talk Mike Tyson's return to the squared circle, the options for Carla Esparza in the Strawweight Division and the craziness from UFC Fight Night: Whitaker vs Till.

War week continues on Fight Island with Fights on last Wednesday and Saturday.  We are going to talk about the results, some headlines, and make our picks for the final card on Fight Island, UFC on ESPN 15: Whitaker vs Till.

In an effort to get fighters from around the world back in the octagon, the UFC invested millions in an arena on Yaz Island in Abu Dhabi.  Saturday night was the debut of the fight with 3 titles on the line, Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo, Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway and Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal.  We recap the action from Saturday night and make our picks for UFC on ESPN 13.