KOTO MMA (Knights of the Octagon)

This week we talk to Lightweight Leon "Dynamite" Davis who will be taking on Andres Jeudi this Friday night at CES MMA XXX in Rhode Island. Make sure you tune in at 10pm est on AXS TV to see Leon go to work. Great time talking to him about comics, cos-play, the 5th alarm, music and so much more. Leon was a hell of a sport and all of us at KOTO are looking forward to watching him do his thing Friday night.

We will be back next Monday night with the #6 ranked Bantamweight in the world UFC's Funkmaster, Aljamain Sterling.

This week we have on our long time pal Mikey Rukus. Mikey has been working with Federico Augusto Ágreda Álvarez aka Zardonic on the new WSOF theme song "Bring It On" as well as a bunch of different ventures. Mike talks about finally starting to get rewarded for his work, projects he is working on, getting pulled into an impromptu meeting with Aerosmith while in Las Vegas and a bunch of other great stories as he catches up with the KOTO crew.

This week's show is not your normal KOTO show as The Knights of the Clown Table has taken over the airwaves and turns the cage inside out. We welcome the hosts of The Smackcast Podcast to the show (Matt White and Chris Whitt) to go up against Sir Kayak's Rock n Roll Brothers from The KISS Kruises [Eric P. (Sir Blowjob, Sir Lobo, Sir Popo, Sir Ponch, Sir TWP or Teeny Weenie Passini - eventually we will give him a Sir name LOL) and John Beckett (Sir Neet)] in WWE Trivia. Some of the questions were softballs but some were ridiculously hard and in the end one team barely got the 3 count. After trivia the guys are joined by Sir Teabaggins and they discuss WWE, tales of KISS Kruises past, great hotel rooms in Miami and a bunch of other not safe for work topics. Thanks to all of our guests for joining us and we look forward to doing another crossover show again soon!

If you like WWE you MUST listen to these guys!

Less than 3 months until we set sail for more debauchery

Sir Neet and Sir Kayak Hammered in Epcot

Our room in WDW last year... what will it be like this year??

This week on KOTOMMA.com radio we spoke to Jeromy Pruitt, one of the stars from the History Channel's TV show Swamp People. Jeromy had some great stories and drew a ton of attention form our rabid MMA listeners. We also talked to M-1 Welterweight Beast Luigi "The Italian Tank" Fioravanti about his recent fight of the night honors, Missouri, his UFC past and what is on the horizon. We end the show with the new Invicta FC Bantamweight Champ Tonya "Triple Threat" Evinger. The KOTO crew navigated a brutal connection to discuss her new belt, future and share a few laughs before we started a Go Fund Me account to get Tonya a new phone. Next week we will be back on THURSDAY, July 30th for a special Knights of the Clown Table edition of KOTO when Kayak's KISS Kruise Rock and Roll brothers look to take out the members of The Smackcast podcast at Professional Wrestling Trivia. That show will be a raunchy ruckus not to be misses. Monday August 3rd we will be back at our normal day with WSOF Prez Ray Sefo as well as the men behind the new WSOF music Mikey Rukus and Zardonic.

From History Channel's Swamp People - Jeromy Pruitt

Luigi "The Italian Tank" Fioravanti

Invicta FC Bantamweight Champ - Tonya "Triple Threat" Evinger

This week we recap the AMAZING UFC 189 card and the TUF finale that took place this past weekend in Las Vegas. 189 is what a PPV should be! We tried to call Tonya Evinger but it turned out her plane was delayed and she will join us next week so we call and have a blast with undefeated WSOF lightweight champ, Justin Gaethje. The highlight talks about his steel head, unlimited opportunities, fighting Polomino as well as a ton of stuff outside the cage. Justin was a great sport and answered questions from the live listeners as well. We also talk to our pal Lee "The America Bulldog" Morrison who went over to Russia, fought at M-1 and raised that hand! Lee is about to welcome his first child, Maximus in to the world and hopefully he will fight again in October. Lee has become KOTO family and we hope that he keeps raising his hand overseas and comes stateside soon so we can all go and support him!

Justin Gaethje

Lee Morrison

See you back here next Monday at 9pm est when we talk to one of History Channel's Swamp People, Invicta Bantamweight Champ Tonya Evinger and M-1 Welterweight beast Luigi Fioravanti.

In this week's podcast version of Knights of the Octagon Radio we talk to Middleweight Evan "The Titan" Thompson, his brother and UFC Welterweight Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson and their dad, Ray "Master of Disaster" Thompson. We battled through bottles of SoCo to discuss Ray's Upstate Karate in South Carolina, Evan's upcoming fight August 22nd in Oklahoma as well as October 2nd for Legacy and Wonderboy headlining this weekend's UFC TUF Finale Sunday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Sir Southern Comfort was in all of his glory talking to his hometown heroes as the topics spanned a gambit of topics both inside and outside the cage. An amazing show and an honor to have all three on at the same time. Sir Chucky Cheats and Sir Kayak were along for the ride this week as the boys also previewed this upcoming weekend of UFC fights. Thank you to the live listeners, fans, sponsors and everyone in the KOTO Family. Next Monday night Invicta bad ass Tonya Evinger returns to the show (buckle up, you don't know where she will take the convo), WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje makes his KOTO debut and our American Bulldog Brother Lee Morrison joins us as well. 9pm est!

The Titan has fights lines up and the KOTO crew is pumped!

Wonderboy headlines this Sunday night's UFC TUF Finale Card

Master of Disater - Ray Thompson

If you're in SC, go check out Upstate Karate!

This week we welcome yet another new member into the KOTO family, Heather Martin. Heather is the first female from the KOTOMMA Southern chapter and she fits right in with our crew. All of talked about fighting, grooming, tic tacs, the local scene in Tennessee and how she is going to handle a girl(?) 50lbs. heavier than her on July 11th in San Diego. It was a great time talking to Heather and we can't wait to cheer her on and have her back soon.

After Heather we talk to our pal and resident Silencer, George Sullivan. George talked about the IV ban for fighters, Reebok, Sponsors, his cat, lust for pizza and what we can expect on July 12th when he fights at the MGM Grand in Vegas on the TUF 21 finale. In 10 days we will be rooting for our KOTO family member as he goes against a tough Marcio Alexandre Jr. and we can not wait.

Next Monday night we will have a 'Merica special with the Thompson family. Wonderboy Stephen Thompson, his brother Evan "The Titan" Thompson and his pops Ray Thompson. This will be an amazing KOTO - 9pm est on July 6th - be sure to tune in!!

 

Don't miss Heather go to war July 11

The Silencer returns July 12th!

 

Thanks as always for tuning in to another episode of Knights of the Octagon. This is the podcast replay of the live KOTOMMA.com broadcast on Monday, June 22, 2015. This week we talk to UFC Strawweight Jessica Aguilar and GPG Middleweight Kris "The Badger" Gratalo. After recapping the Bellator Slice/Shamrock fight for the (old) ages and the UFC card where JJ showed she is a true force to be reckoned with we talk to Jessica Aguilar. Jessica talked about her upcoming bout at UFC 190, fighting in all the major promotions and took some great questions from the live listening audience. Jessica was a great sport and we look forward to rooting her on in her quest for the UFC Strawweight title. Next up we chat with Kris Gratalo and try to persuade him to put his friends on hold and cue up a little Dead Milkmen when he enters the cage July 25th. Another fighter on the upcoming, stacked GPG 21 card and a newbie to our show we get to learn about what makes Kris tick, his love of the sport and some things inside and outside the cage. Hopefully we will continue to have him back as he climbs the ranks in the MMA world...

Jessica Aguilar

Kris "The Badger" Gratalo

We will be back next week with our boy, George "The Silencer" Sullivan

For the folks that didn't tune into KOTOMMA.com radio live on Monday night and find yourselves sitting here right now listening to the podcast version, we salute you (and encourage you to listen live on Monday nights!). This week we talk to Joe Stripling who is another recent guest that will be on the GPG 21 card in Pennsauken, NJ July 25th. Joe talks about training, teaching, his zombie pals and a bunch of other stuff including his upcoming fight versus the 400 lb. Shelton Graves. Joe is a funny and we look forward to rooting for him July 25th.

We also talk to Andy "Stunner" Uhrich. Andy trains our pal Teddy Holder down in Tennessee and has been seen all over the MMA world from the local scene in the south to Titan FC to Bellator and even the Fight Master Bellator reality show. All of us at KOTO are glad to have another pal from the state of Tennessee. Andy talk about balancing fighting, family and work while maintaining his sanity. It was also another treat hearing his naked pal hitting a hooka sitting in a truck while we chatted with him... looks like a good time is always brewing down in the south. Andy will be fighting July 3rd in Kingsport, Tennessee in the United States Freedom Fighters Championships at a 195lb. catch weight against Dustin Long. Should be a good fight - Go get him Stunner!

Bazooka Joe Stripling is ready to drop bombs

Andy "Stunner" Uhrich

Uh.... what?

See you back on KOTOMMA.com live, Monday night with our guest Jessica Aguilar.

This week we recap UFC Fight Night from NOLA. Free, full of finishes and faptastic pretty much sums it up. Poirier looked amazing, Bruce Leroy is still sleeping, Ortega dropped elbows like a boss, Ben Rothwell was the love child of Sloth and Bane... man we could go on and on. I hope UFC 188 is just as good this weekend!

Feaathherweight Brylan VanArtsdalen shot the breeze with us for the first time and it was a blast. The KOTO crew shot the breeze about Bellator, fighting every other day and so much stuff in and out of the cage you'll just have to hear for yourself. Thank you to the all the folks listening live for the questions as well, we always appreciate it! Catch Brylan fight against Matt DiMarcantonio on July 25th at GPG in Pensauken, NJ. This card is fighting for Autism awareness, a cause close to Sir Kayak's heart... go show your support!

We will be back on Monday at 9pm est. If you like the show please check out our FaceBook page at Facebook.com/knightsoftheoctagon, @KOTOMMA on twitter and subscribe on MixLr, Stitcher Radio and iTunes.

Great Card and a Great Cause