MMA On Point - Podcast

At one point in time Canada was one of the premier countries in the world for MMA. No two better athletes could embody that Canadian superstardom than of course Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald. But Rory never became champion like GSP. What happened to his career and the story of Canadian MMA as a whole.

As amazing as things are in the cage, this sport can at times be even funny. Whether it's old man Volk walking around or Jamahal Hill just being Jamahal Hill, there's plenty to laugh at in this sport.

This is by far the longest piece we've ever written on there channel and wow, is there a lot to the story of Conor McGregor. We cover everything from the beginning to the end with experts and people who were there from the start. This is the complete timeline of Conor McGregor's Career.

What fighters do in the cage is amazing. Far be it from me to call anyone who makes a mistake dumb.... but there is definitely a tipping point. Every one of these instances in this video go way beyond that tipping point. These are by far the dumbest losses in MMA history.

A title shot, even when booked is never truly promised. Anything can happen to stop a fight from taking place and Tony Ferguson is a perfect embodiment of that. When he was supposed to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov and this is the crazy thing... it meant he never got his title shot, just like the rest of the people on this video. They never got their shot again.

Some rivalries just build up quickly, but others slowly bubble up to the surface from the most unlikely of places possible... teammates. Whether it's teams like Colby Covington vs Dustin Poirier and Tj Dillashaw vs Urijah Faber or Frank Shamrock vs his brother Ken Shamrock... these are about as bitter as it gets. But for some reason the fights never happened. Why not? We'll break that down in today's video.

Trash talk is one of the best possible ways to raise your profile in MMA, but there is a reason not everyone does it, because if you can't back it up it creates a ton of backlash. That is absolutely true of guys like Colby Covington and Sean Strickland in recent performances, but also Israel Adesanya when he was champion. These are the weakest performances on the backs of the biggest trash talk.

What is a cult hero? In pop culture it tends to be figures that have followings so die-hard, so dedicated that it is literally analogous to a cult. And that what these fighters are or were at one point in time to the MMA community. Fighters like Charles Oliveira, Nick Diaz, and Bas Rutten all have had that even through the worst times.

Up until last night Shavkat Rakhmonov pretty much looked untouchable aside from a moment here or there, but what Ian Garry did made you question everything. Can you imagine if Garry locked in that RNC? And now that question has to be pointed at Belal Muhammad. Are we feeling nearly as strongly about Shavkat's chances as a title challenger?

Who is fighting Alexandre Pantoja in the main event of UFC 310 this weekend? Kai Asakura is extremely well known to Rizin/hardcore MMA fans in the west, but the level of superstar he is in Japan is not well understood among more casual fans. This weekend everyone gets to see who is in the cage. Who wins?