As Bellator vs Rizin approaches, the hosts of The Unified Rules of Podcast get you ready for it by analyzing the event and the fighters. If you are unfamiliar with these individuals, Eric Hamidi and Edmund Kwan will discuss their credentials and accolades to illustrate how skilled these fighters are. It’s five of Bellator MMA’s best vs Rizin Fighting Federation’s five best fighters. The matchups on this event are AJ McKee vs Roberto de Souza, Patricio Pitbull vs Kleber Koike Erbst, Kyoji Horiguchi vs Hiromasa Ougikubo, Juan Archuleta vs Soo Chul Kim, and Gadzhi Rabadanov vs Koji Takeda.

However, this episode goes beyond just analyzing the event itself. It is a major fight card because it is a co-promoted event between Bellator and Rizin. In this episode, there is a discussion about the history of co-promoted events or endeavors in mixed martial arts as well as how those co-promoted events are relevant to the overall team concept of MMA. What is it about teams that consumers can get behind in sports and why can it work in an individual sport like mixed martial arts?