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John Hyon Ko caught up with Janay Harding to talk about Bellator being the best option to further her career, facing the best fighters in Australia, being eager to debut in America, hoping to stand with Amber Leibrock and more.

Philip Kim spoke with John Hyon Ko about his progression into MMA, becoming open-minded by training at a number of locations abroad, having former UFC middleweight Anthony Perosh as a mentor, pushing through the twists of getting the Eternal flyweight title fight together and more.

Daron Cruickshank joins John Hyon Ko to talk about shooting sports, being a music aficionado, the differences of fighting for Rizin compared to North American promotions, the ring being advantageous for strikers, expecting Koshi Matsumoto to go into wrestling mode and more.

Julia Avila spoke with John Hyon Ko about the great atmosphere at Oklahoma Martial Arts Academy, working with Douglas and Jinh Yu Frey at Genesis, not judging fighters on their past accomplishments or failures and more.

Suman Mokhtarian talks wanting to be on Team Miocic, the brewing Tyler Diamond rivalry, being prepared to fight everyone in the house, Dana White, and more.

Pannie Kianzad spoke with John Hyon Ko about her progression into MMA at an early age, fighters purposely padding their records, getting through major injuries, being self-critical, putting in work on the wrestling mats, wanting to strike with Bianca Daimoni and more.

In this interview, John Hyon Ko spoke with Mehmosh Raza about the raw talent in Pakistan, the reasoning behind his move to Shanghai, training with Chinese fighters, what he expects from Igor Grytskiv, and more.

Mehmosh Raza will take on Igor Grytskiv at REBEL FC 7 on April 29 in Shanghai, China.

Dan Hooker spoke with John Hyon Ko about surrounding himself with likeminded people at City Kickboxing, the reasons for opening his gym Combat Academy, his preparations for Jim Miller, the comedic aspect of promoting the sport, taking every opponent seriously, the chaos of UFC 223 and more.

Dan Hooker will face Jim Miller at UFC Atlantic City on April 2.

Anthony Leone spoke with John Hyon Ko about the creation of Bali MMA, Indonesian MMA growing exponentially, the success of Canggu Fight Night, preparing for ACB 85 alongside his brother Andrew who is headlining the night before in Manila, the challenges Magomed Ginazov poses, suffering from edema cutting weight for flyweight and more.

Anthony Leone will face Magomed Ginazov in the main event of ACB 85 in Rimini, Italy on April 21.

John Hyon Ko spoke with Emilio Urrutia leading up to his clash with Marat Gafurov about belief being the missing piece in his arsenal, taking training to another level, wanting Gafurov because he is the toughest challenge, the unpredictability of fighting in a ring rather than a cage, and more.

Emilio "The Honeybadger" Urrutia will take on former featherweight champion Marat "The Cobra" Gafurov at ONE: Heroes of Honor in Manila on April 20.