MMA On Point - Podcast

Why is Belal Muhammad just now getting his title shot against Leon Edwards at UFC 304? Well it probably has something to do with the silly excuses the UFC made to put Colby Covington in there against Edwards first. Turns out there are a ton other fights just like this.

As Paddy Pimblett enters into UFC 304 fight week, he's doing so with perhaps the most pressure he's ever felt in his career and the most disdain from the fanbase as well. But this is not the worst moment of his career, that's already happened.

There comes a point in every fighter's career where it's clear they just don't have it anymore. In these cases, all of the fighters chose to push through and continue their careers. From are perspective, these are the exact moments they should have called it quits.

What we told you the first martial art to start MMA is being erased? It's not jiu jitsu, it's not amateur wrestling, sambo and it's not any of the striking arts you know. It's something that goes beyond it all and in fact, created many of those combat disciplines. It even leads directly to some the UFC's champions like Tom Aspinall.

You would think as a fighter that the craziest scenario you'll face the day of your fight will involve your opponent. In all these cases something else at the event totally changed that around. If you don't know what I mean, check out the video. A perfect example was Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland in the crowd of course.

MMA was pretty much founded on the premise that the best techniques for real life situations prevail. In the cases though, you got people like Valentina Shevchenko telling people not to drink water. What even is this sport?

Some fighters get pegged as "over-the-hill" or too far past their prime to get past the next big thing and for good reason. Our favorite fighters lose all the time at similar stages in their careers, but just like what happened with Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov, you never can count out the best. Ya'll musta forgot.

What you'll find in today's video is that the convoluted interim title situation between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall is both nothing new, but also not the way it used to be. The fact is, over time interim titles in the UFC have continually gotten worse, especially since the UFC sold in 2016.

All wins are not created equal. In fact, sometimes a win can be as bad as a loss depending on how it's viewed by the public. Most of the time people will carry on like normal, but others there's a level of backlash from Dana White or the fans and yeah.... plenty of examples here.

When we say this is one of the craziest MMA tournaments in the sport's history, that is no exaggeration. This had the biggest size differences you'll ever see in MMA and it put to shame the old UFC tournaments or anyone else. Not to mention this all happened in a major mma promotion in Japan. This one is wild.