In the Booth

This week, in preparation of her December 7th fight at Peak FC, we spoke to the multitalented pioneer Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc.We talk early days of MMA and how the landscape has changed, being a comic book character, stuntwoman and model, having a loyal fanbase and maintaining your consistency.

Coming off of winning the HEX Fight Series Flyweight Championship against Lisa Kyriacou in her first fight following a release from UFC, we caught up with Cynthia Calvillo. She shares the story of what happened at UFC, the amazing comeback journey leading to her trip to capturing a Flyweight title in Australia, the secret battles that fighters go through behind closed doors and more...

One of our favorite underdogs in the UFC Sam Hughes dropped by the podcast again after her victory against the undefeated Victoria Dudakova. She discusses life changes and wanting a step up after proving herself on multiple occasions as a tough gatekeeper for the UFC Strawweight division.

After defeating former ranked Bellator mainstay Janay Harding and PFL Tournament contender Genah Fabian up in weight, the surging Australian prospect Jamie Edenden makes her case for finally joining the world's biggest MMA promotion that has her natural weight class.

We talk about his Arab Roots, Losing both parents to Cancer, his mindset, fake fighters and much more...

Kate "The Queen of the South" Bacik is a very promising Polish talent fighting out of the United Kingdom and training at GB Top Team. She stopped by our setup while supporting her teammates at PFL Europe Championship Finals in Dublin to talk about signing a 4 fight deal with Invicta FC, finding all her fights later in the year on short notice, living with gratitude and more...

Following the announcement of the PFL takeover of Bellator, we brought on Bellator title challenger and a mainstay in the upper rankings Veta Arteaga. Veta is also very involved in the combat sports world outside of fighting herself as she is the head matchmaker at Front Street Fights in her hometown of Boise, Idaho.

Enjoy!

We detail a mental "dark place" that Denise went through after a World Title fight loss to Juliana Velasquez in a close fight which many thought she had won. Coming out of it and the changes a veteran makes. New title ambitions and more.

On the verge of competing on PFL's biggest event yet, we caught up with one of the Irish fan favorites on the PFL Europe semi-final card Frans Mlambo who has found a home in the promotion. We talk finally getting a new platform to show off his skills, facing a short notice French fighter in hostile territory, Vegetarianism, life ambitions and more...