Forrest Sowa

Why is Fedor Emelianenko, one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, considered to be such a legend? Is it his undefeated streak, or is it more? Song used: Take Care – Drake ft Rihanna https://www.mediafire.com/file/4rjonpk8as36tld/Fedor+Emelianenko+Mount+Olympus.mp3

Admiring the greatest ever is easy; knowing who has impacted the sport away from the spotlight? That’s hard. 0:00 Intro 0:58 Bibiano Fernandes 3:34 Kazuo Misaki 7:40 Guy Mezger 13:23 Igor Vovchanchyn 17:28 Hideo Tokoro https://www.mediafire.com/file/0cys2lu70hzsqrk/5+unsung+legends.mp3

The End Of The Beginning, The Beginning Of The End. https://www.mediafire.com/file/86iy0fkn5rftdfq/2009+Audio.mp3

Forrest Sowa MMA Podcast episode from February 9th 2022. 0:47 UFC 271, Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 30:42 Eagle FC 57:22 Ryan Bader vs Valentin Moldavsky https://www.mediafire.com/file/pd9krfs7hmrvw0i/02092022+MMA+Podcast.mp3

Forrest Sowa MMA Podcast episode from January 26th 2022. https://www.mediafire.com/file/tlgxlcgon2dsh9y/01262022+MMA+Podcast.mp3

The lights shine bright for some, but for others, their lights are made in the trenches. Eddie Alvarez is one of MMA’s great grinders, and in this piece we break his legacy down to the foundation. 0:00 Intro 1:14 Contextualizing Lightweight History 3:41 Enter Eddie Alvarez 4:38 DREAM 6:20 Eddie Alvarez meets DREAM 11:32 The … Continue reading Eddie Alvarez: The Underground King

Forrest Sowa MMA Podcast episode from January 21st 2022. https://www.mediafire.com/file/r7zse6e926el1om/01212022+MMA+Podcast.mp3

The Zuffa Myth sits at the core of MMA’s cultural identity, and it’s something that needs to stop. In this piece, I hope to get to the bottom of it. 0:00 What Is The Zuffa Myth? 3:20 The Progression of UFC History 9:49 The Results Of The Zuffa Myth https://www.mediafire.com/file/ap33pq24a1p06rs/Zuffa+Myth.mp3

Jose Aldo is the best fighter to have ever fought in MMA History, and in the first step to define the gods of the sport on MMA’s Mount Olympus, we recap his career from the WEC to modern day as he extends his incredible legacy. 0:00 Intro 2:38 Jose Aldo’s Legacy 11:18 Part I: Rise… … Continue reading Eternal: The Jose Aldo Story

Every year, there has to be a Fighter Of The Year in MMA, and in the first step in a continued project to document MMA History, we travel down nearly 30 years of Memory Lane to discover who the Fighter Of The Year is from 1993 to 2021. https://www.mediafire.com/file/traddt7e4s2c6wa/FOTYDecades.mp3