KOTO MMA (Knights of the Octagon)

Cool Hand Luke Sanders is this week's guests fresh off his performance of the night in Boston for UFC Fight Night 81. What a UFC debut for Luke, going up a weight class and disposing of the top 15 featherweight Maximo Blanco via RNC at 3:38 of the first round. Chuck, Yak and Luke recap the experience and what is on the horizon for Cool Hand. Always a good time shooting the breeze with this rising star in the Bantamweight (and sometimes Featherweight) division.

Luke's UFC Debut was POTN!

This week was a great show. First we talked to Justin Flores and discuss life as Judo stud, Being Ronda's Judo coach, JFlo Productions, life on different coasts and a ton of other stuff. Chuck was smitten by another SoCal guy where Kayak shook his head at another guy that doesn't cover his feet.

After we let Justin go we call the creator of the UFC, Art Davie. What an amazing time shooting the breeze with Art and hearing all the fascinating stories from the UFC early days. In addition to all the story telling we hear about his book, Is This Legal?: The Inside Story of The First UFC from the Man Who Created It and some of the background in getting the book done. It was a great time talking to both guests this week and we hope to hook up with Art the next time we are in Vegas!

We end the show with a tribute to our friend and KOTO Family member Jared Platt who lost his battle with cancer only a few days after talking to us on air last Monday night. Our hearts and thoughts go out to Jared's family, he will be sorely missed.

Justin Flores

Art Davie

RIP Jared Platt

We will be back next Monday night with our pal and now UFC beast Luke "Cool Hand" Sanders

This week we had the pleasure of reuniting with our old pal Jared Platt. Jared, who has battled his entire life with type 1 diabetes was diagnosed with stage 4 Ewing's Sarcoma ( a rare form of cancer) in September. The disease showed itself in the form of a malignant tumor on his sacrum and after aggressive treatment at Sloan Kettering's Cancer Treatment center in NYC, Jared continues to fight his battle at home. It was so awesome to joke around with him like we have in the past, name drop and tell stories on some of the superstars Jared is close to and trained with in the past and talk about the battle he is fighting. Jared did discuss the amazing support and donations to the GoFundMe campaign started to pay his medical bills. The campaign is ongoing and any donations are appreciated. We are rooting for Jared everyday and encourage our KOTO family to join us in helping out this great guy win his fight.

We also talk to another pal, UFC Welterweight George "The Silencer" Sullivan. George is fighting January 30th at the prudential center against Alexander Yakovlev. During our talk with George we discuss his opponents rap videos, how he is preparing differently without the use of IVs, steroid issues among fighters, home ownership and his future plans. As part of the KOTO family, we love have George on and when he fights it is a KOTO holiday. we can't wait to root him on January 30th!

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January 30th, The Silencer is back in the Octagon!

We will be back Monday night with Justin Flores and Art Davie!

This week we talk with WSOF's Zach "Thunderwood" Underwood. Zach will be fighting Jason Williams on January 23rd at the FedEx Forum in Memphis Tennessee for WSOF 27: Future Champs. That stacked card can be seen on NBC Sports Network and should not be missed! During our talk with Zach, we discuss everything from his nickname, fight career, future and being a room mate to our pal Teddy Holder (Also on WSOF 27 card in the main event). Great time talking to Zach and we look forward to rooting him on and having him on again real soon. Next week we talk to two of our pals: Jared Platt and UFC Welterweight George "The Silencer" Sullivan.

Thunderwood

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Happy New Year! Sir Kayak and Sir Chucky Cheats kick off 2016 by welcoming back the world's greatest cut man, Jacob "Stitch" Duran. Stitch talks about his time in Japan for the Rizin fights, stories from the set of the blockbuster film Creed and a ton of other "barbershop" talk. One of our favorite guests and always a good time chatting with him. This week we also talk to one of our pal, musician and front man from one of our favorite bands The No. 13s, Larry Poccia. In addition to sampling some music from the No. 13s, we talk about the band, the landscape of music, share stories on how Chuck and Yak jumped on the 13s bandwagon and a ton of other rock n roll stories. Larry is a great guy and the 13s rock - stop what you are doing and go check them out. You can thank us later. To wrap up, Kayak reviews the Charlie Brenneman Autobiography, Driven. Listen to a non spoilers review on the life of the Spaniard and either way, go buy it on Amazon... if you listen to us and are a fan of MMA (or just a fan of good people) you will love the book.

Jacob "Stitch" Duran

See Stitch in the movie Creed!

Larry Poccia and Sir Kayak

The No. 13s (click the pic and check them out!)

We will be back next Monday night at 9pm est... see you all then!

We return after a one week hiatus to bring you the last KOTO of 2015. Joining us is our pal Teddy "The Hitman" Holder who is in the middle of his training camp, prepping for WSOF 27. Chucky, Kayak, Sir SoCo and The Hitman talk about the holidays, Tennessee, reflect on the past and look forward to 2016. Make sure you tune in to NBC Sports at 10 pm est on January 23rd to see Teddy do his thing. To all of you that have supported us and spread the gospel of KOTO, we can't thank you enough. We will be back on Monday night with Jacob "Stitch" Duran as we talk Creed, Rizin, WSOF and everything to look forward to in the new year. To all of you from all of us, have a safe and happy New Year!

 

Teddy "The Hitman" Holder

This week Chuck and Kayak recap the past weekend in NYC as well as the three amazing back to back to back UFC cards. Sean "Shorty Rock" Santella was out there for all the action and he tells us about his trip, we talk future fights, take questions from live listeners and ponder when we will all shoulder dip together with some SoCo. In the words of one caller, "how does Scott Jorgensen still have a spot in the UFC and Shorty Rock doesn't?" -- That's a great question, maybe UFC will see the light and put Sean on the January 30th card in NJ. Shorty Rock at The Rock? Let's go!

Sean "Shorty Rock" Santella

We Talk Shoulder Dipping

We will back next week with your favorite cut man, Stitch Duran!

This week we welcome back Andy "Stunner" Uhrich. Andy and the KOTO trio catch up on what he has been up to since we last had him on, touch a little on gun control and talk about the opportunity in front of him by taking on Paul Daley January 29th at Bellator 148. We can't wait for that co-main to go down on Spike TV and root on the Stunner! We also discuss the three nights of UFC fights this week starting on Thursday and KOTO family member Aljamain Sterling. Chuck is flying in to NYC to attend Kayak's KISSmas party Saturday night. They might need to get the results of UFC 194 after the fact, that is if they aren't incarcerated or deceased.

Andy "Stunner" Uhrich

Jan 29th on Spike it all goes down!

If Chuck and Yak survive we will be back Monday night with Sean $horty Rock Santella.

This week we welcome back Sir Wings and Plantains - Manny Walo. We catch up on what's been happening since we last talked, think about changing his KOTO name to Sir African Eeyore, discuss a little Jersey City, set up some party time with the KOTO crew and give him a taste of our newest parody we are working on. Manny is fighting on Jan. 9th in Atlantic City, NJ for CFFC although he is still waiting for an opponent to sign...we will keep you posted.

Always a good time talking to Manny

We kid because we care :-)

We will be back with an all new KOTO on Monday night... 9pm est bitches.

This week we welcome back Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman. Charlie has been busy outside the cage with speaking engagements, writing his brand new autobiography and being a family man. One of our favorite all-time guests, we had a blast catching up and having a few laughs with the Spaniard. Kayak is going to read the book (and so should you!) and give his review on an upcoming episode. Go pick up a copy today, makes a great holiday gift! Hopefully Charlie will be back in the future and we can shoot the breeze on one of our round table discussions. Enjoy the show and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from all of us at KOTO.

Go pick up Charlie's book today!.

We like the short hair... no, seriously, we do.

We will be back live Monday night with our old pal Manny Walo aka Sir Wings and Plantains!