MMA MATH

For UFC 233*, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event and main attraction of this past month. The championship fight between Conor McGregor and Dana White will be re-visited. The stakes were high in this fight, as the soft spoken and quiet champion imposed his popularity on the UFC, retired, and signed a unique contract with the UFC. The intricacies of his retirement, the response of Luke Thomas, MMA Junkie, Dana White, Joe Rogan, Brendan Shaub, and Ariel Helwani will be discussed, as well as the historical perspective of Conor’s career.

For this episode, host Roberto Diaz goes one on one with his co-host Joe Soto. Joe shares his thoughts on when he first heard TJ Dillashaw was caught using Performance Enhancing Drugs, what it was like to fight TJ, what surprised him in the late rounds, his thoughts on rewarding PED users, what he knew of TJ Dillashaw and when he knew of his PED usage, and if TJ should be banned from the sport.

For UFC 236, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the co-main event between the number four ranked Kelvin Gastelum, and the number 5 ranked Israel Adesanya. This is a championship fight for the interim middleweight title. The stakes are high in this fight, as the winner will most likely position himself to unify the middleweight title against Robert Whittaker.

For UFC 236, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the featherweight champion Max Holloway and the number 3 ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier. This is a championship fight for the interim lightweight title, and Max will be moving up 10 pounds to try to become a double champion. The stakes are high in this fight, as the winner will most likely position himself to unify the lightweight title against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

For UFC Fight Night, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the number 6 ranked Edson Barboza, and the 7th ranked former World Series of Fight Champion, Justin Gaethje. The stakes are high in this fight, as the winner will most likely position himself within a fight for a shot at the title. This is also an even matchup, and a stylistic match where fireworks should be expected.

For UFC Fight Night, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the number four ranked former title challenger Stephen Thompson, and the 8th ranked former champion Anthony Pettis. After trying to fight at lower weight divisions and being unsuccessful, Anthony will attempt to go up this time, all the way to 170 to try to regain glory. Stephen will also be attempting to regain glory after losing his last fight to Darren Till.

For UFC Fight Night, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the number three ranked former title challenger Darren Till, and the 11th ranked veteran Jorge Masvidal. Darren will attempt to get back into the win column after being stopped by the former champion Tyron Woodley, while Jorge returns to the cage for the first time in almost a year and a half.

For UFC Fight Night, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the number 3 ranked Derrick Lewis, and the 8th ranked former champion Junior Dos Santos. Junior is trying to keep his winning fight streak alive and possibly earn another title shot, while Derrick is trying to rebound from his last loss at the hands of the reigning champion, Daniel Cormier.

For UFC 235, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the former champion Robbie Lawler and undefeated recently acquired fighter, Ben Askren.

For UFC 235, hosts Roberto Diaz and Joe Soto take a closer look at the main event between the defending champion Jon Jones and the number 2 ranked challenger, Anthony Smith.