MMA On Point - Podcast

Welcome to the Machida... um I mean boring era, might as well have been the proclamation from many fans about the entertainment quality of the UFC champions. Didn't turn out to be quite true as perhaps the most 'boring' champ Belal Muhammad just put on an all-time classic title fight in his first defense with Jack Della Maddalena and the two managing to put a clinic on at UFC 315. Incredible fight and some very interesting matchups now with Islam Makhachev and now Ilia Topuria fight vs Charles Oliveira at 155 pounds.

What in the world has been going on with UFC main events lately? There definitely appears to be an epidemic of awful fights headlining cards when you ask most fans or people in the sport, but is this even true? What determines the quality of an event even? Tommy Toe Hold digs in on this one to find out.

If you don't know about Kid Yamamota, you are about to become a huge fan. In this video we layout exactly why he is so beloved and will continue to be long after his passing. This is the story of a true legend of Japanese MMA, but more importantly around the world.

The UFC is the top organization on the planet and generally speaking any other organizations are considered "the minor leagues". So what happens what you drop in their biggest rivals all at the same time? It turns out.... well just check it out for yourself.

When you look at some of the biggest upsets of all time.... were they really that shocking in hindsight? Like, did Ronda Rousey really ever have a chance against a world class boxer and kickboxer in Holly Holm? Of course it's not true of all upsets. Matt Serra probably would have lost 9 times out of 10 to GSP, but he did manage at least this one time. So these are the fights where it's only shocking at the time, but now is pretty obvious when you have it all framed properly.

Sometimes what you plan is the right call for all the right reason, but once that plan falls through, you realize or now have the opportunity to make it far, far better. These are the times the original UFC/MMA fight was cancelled and the replacement was leagues better.

Join our channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQ_WJsfwZvrSYHv6ywzyOA/joinDana White is not one to hide how he's feeling...especially when he's really angry. These are the fights from his own athletes that based sent him through the roof. Like, share and subscribe to our channel if you dig our content.Follow us on social media at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnPointMMATommy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TommyToeHoldMax's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Max_Randall#ufc #mma #danawhite #cmpunk #merabdvalishvili

Ticket prices in the UFC keeping jump up and up and up and up. What the hell is going on? Is the UFC in decline or is it getting more popular? Who is actually paying for this stuff?

MMA is based on the traditional martial arts and for the reason can be very respectful, but there are definitely plenty of instance to go directly against it. These are the moments that sent fans, officials, commentary and most importantly their opponent into an absolute friends. It doesn't get more disrespectful than these fight moments.

Most UFC champions are easy to name over the years. Very few of them are almost never spoken about and when they are, usually that's the case because of some sort of controversy or bad reputation surrounding their reign. In the case of Dave Menne, he was an absolute savage and incredibly exciting to watch. What in the world happened then? We explore this question and try to find out.