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Ash James, the owner of Engage Industries, joins the podcast to talk about how he got started, the fight apparel game, plans for the future, how the UFC/Reebok deal affects his company, Valentina Shevchenko vs Amanda Nunes, and much more.

Suman Mokhtarian, Australian Top Team Owner and Coach, joins the podcast to discuss the Australian MMA scene (Hex Fight Series, Urban Fight Night), ACB entered the Australian market, and some of his fighters (ONE lightweight Robert Lisita, Raja Shippen, UFC strawweight Nadia Kassem, UFC flyweight Ashkan Mokhtarian). He also talks recently retiring from competition but also some fighters that could bring him out of it(BJ Penn, Kron Gracie, Mazakazu Imanari).

Alex Schild, Tiger Muay Thai flyweight prospect, joins the podcast to discuss his recent fight in China, riding the longest winning streak of his career, TUF 24 quarterfinalist Kai-Kara France, former ONE flyweight champion Kairat Akhmetov, UFC's 125-pound division, steroids in MMA and more.

Martin Nguyen, ONE Championship Featherweight Champion, joins the podcast to talk being underestimated, fighting Marat Gafurov twice, dropping down to face bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes in the future and how a matchup with Ev Ting could materialize. He also discusses who he feels is the next title-challenger and breaks some news about ONE Championship.

In this episode, we talk about George being called out by Tommy Hayden, Thai MMA, RIZIN's Bantamweight Tourney, Full Metal Dojo, ROAD FC lightweight champion A-Sol Kwon calling out Conor McGregor, Brendan Schaub vs Nate Diaz and more.

Matt “Babycat” Pellino, GWFC matchmaker and resident ONE Championship expert, joins the podcast to discuss the Mayweather versus McGregor aftermath, ONE Kuala Lumpur, ONE Shanghai this weekend and much more.

George Hickman is back from a few hectic weeks on the road cornering his fighters (Rika Ishige, Shannon Wiratchai, Emilio Urrutia, etc) at ONE Championship in Macao and Kuala Lumpur. We discuss those events but most of the banter is focused around the biggest spectacle in combat sports history Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor.

Jeremy Deschner of MMA Japan joins the podcast to talk the craziness of RIZIN World GP 2017 1st Round(Kyoji Horiguchi, Tenshin Nasukawa, Yusuke Yachi, Gabi Garcia controversy, Shinju Nozawa), Pancrase 289 coming up this Sunday (8/20) and other topics pertaining to Japanese MMA.

Matt Pellino, Warrior Academy/Golden Warriors FC Matchmaker, joins the podcast to review ONE Macao and preview ONE Kuala Lumpur. He also gives his thoughts on a few fighters in the UFC, tells funny stories from Asia and much more.

Andy Wang, UFC vet and BJJ Black Belt, joins the podcast before he fights at Rebel FC 5 in a one night welterweight tournament. He talks about MMA in China, his journey over the years in MMA & BJJ, dark days of the UFC, explains why this could be the last time fans could see him in a cage and much more.