In the Booth

On the verge of going pro, Destiny McCubbin tells the story that she's never told anyone before. Having gone through an adverse past, fighting found her and gave her something to live for. We also go into a spine injury that left her paralyzed and needing to re-learn how to walk post-surgery, cleanly breaking her ankle during training making her consider quitting the sport, and the fire to perform and make an absolute statement when "My Time" returns.

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One of the fresh UFC prospects coming out of Dana White's Contender Series "Ugly Man" Joseph Holmes dropped by to discuss his first UFC win which came in the form of a quick 1 minute finish of Alen Amedovski, washing away the bad taste of his short notice debut fight against Jamie Pickett. We go over his mentality, advice for young fighters and what he has got going on outside the Octagon.

Former Australian UFC fighter Nadia Kassem did what very few people who have touched the top league of their sport do, step away from the sport altogether at a very young age. The introspective Nadia joined the show to discuss:  

▪︎ Stepping away from fighting at a very young age 

▪︎ Being unexpectedly cut from UFC 

▪︎ Learning from past mistakes and people 

▪︎ Being a female fighter in an Arab household 

▪︎ Living a normal life since Covid 

▪︎ Positives and negatives of the fight game on her life 

▪︎ Dealing with online haters 

▪︎ Turning to her religion and mental health 

▪︎ What would bring her back into the cage / ring

Sam Hughes returns to the show in the leadup to her crucial matchup with Istela Nunes this Saturday April 16th. After moving her life from Washington to Texas and joining the stable of world class talent at Fortis MMA following her last loss to Luana Pinheiro, Sam is looking to make use of her first full camp, non-short notice fight in the UFC to put up what she hopes will be the best performance of her career.

Miranda Maverick drops by leading up to her upcoming short notice fight against Sabina Mazo booked for this weekend (March 12th).

We discuss her upcoming opponent, wanting to learn from the "Mental" mistakes in her last fight against Erin Blanchfield, overcoming an unjust decision loss on the scorecards against Maycee Barber, and Miranda also shares her very unique perspective on her fight career and career options outside of the Octagon.

The newly crowned BKFC Flyweight Champion Christine Ferea returns after a dominant victory over her long time foe Britain Hart at Knucklemania II and making history.

We discuss her feelings after the event, dealing with a major health issue weeks prior to the title fight but keeping it under wraps, who is next, and her plans to stay hungry and defend this title for many fights to come.

We're joined by Women's Boxing royalty! The former World Champion is booked to fight Terri Harper who only just lost her titles to Alycia Baumgardner on March 12th.

We discuss the developments of women's Boxing over the years in anticipation of its biggest year yet in 2022, fighter pay, her newfound fire and motivation leading Heather to falling back in love with Boxing after falling frustrated with the industry and losing the love to do it during the pandemic which left her unsatisfied with the mindset that she was in during her last fight against Jessica Camara.

An extended sitdown with Bare Knuckle Boxer David "El Necio"Diaz who has rapidly turned into a fan favorite and one of the most colorful personalities on the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship roster. 

On In the Booth: Fight Corner, following his 2nd pro win against Albert Inclan to keep his 100% record we talked to David about going from 15 years of dreaming of being a fighter to starting the career late with a 2-0 bang with no prior fight experience both professionally or amateur, and hustling to grow his brand name to capitalize for a future after fighting.

From hitting rock bottom and being on a downward spiral to fighting for gold. You get to see a different side of Britain "Hart" Beltran who will be challenging Christine Ferea for the inaugural 125lb BKFC title at Knucklemania II on February 19th.

Britain tells us about her very turbulent life, from getting into the system to sleeping out of her car chasing her Boxing dreams and more intense struggles that prepared her for fighting eventually finding happiness and stability with fellow fighter and UFC veteran Joey Beltran and the hunger for something tangible in a belt to make it all worth it.

We're back! Kicking off 2022 big with BKFC's Christine Ferea who will be fighting for the first ever Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 125lb title at Knucklemania II on February 19th. 

On this episode we discuss Christine's transition into Bare Knuckle Boxing where she found her zone and became unanimously known as the most feared woman in BKFC, her journey of not giving herself any backup plans diving head first into the fight game and the opportunity to earn the crown jewel of her career with gold around her waist.