We sit down with Alex Fernandez to discuss Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier, Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya, and Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Eryk Anders. But we ended up talking about such a variety of topics, we decided to split the episode up into two parts. This is the A-side.

The B-side will be available only on Patreon, where we discuss the economics and limitations of streaming services for sports, the WWE business model, the MMA business model, Wrestlemania, the rise of Becky Lynch, Bret Hart attack and Travis Browne, whether there can be too much violence in combat sports, bare knuckle boxing, Vasiliy Lomachenko, legends of MMA who may not actually be legends, the benefits of unions, Diaz brothers CBD, and Lakers basketball.

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We also sat down recently with David Christian from The Modern Martial Artist and did a UFC 236: Fight Companion that you can find here: https://youtu.be/Rn_7nVwzhHM

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Tom Callos has been involved with the old guard of martial arts, the new vanguard of modern martial arts—and what he's learned through his 50-year journey is: it's not about styles or even about fighting; it's about what kind of human being you want to be. And that's a goal that can unite us all.

To find more about Tom, go to: https://tomcallos.com

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How we got to now, in under two hours, with writer, activist, and martial artist David Hollingsworth.

You can find David on Facebook @david.aka.karma

You can find his blog at: https://insertdavepunhere.blogspot.com

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We study the chaos that was Edson Barboza vs. Justin Gaethje (a style matchup that mostly benefited Justin Gaethje), plus some observations about the One debuts of Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez. This is MMA analysis for nerds.

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On this episode, we talk to MMA fighter and organizer Leslie Smith to discuss a topic near and dear to us—the rights of fighters. And what you will find is, discussing the rights of MMA fighters is really discussing the rights of workers in general.

You can find Leslie Smith on Twitter: @LeslieSmith_GF and on Instagram: @lesliesmithmma

You can find Project Spearhead at: http://www.projectspearhead.com

Also on Twitter: @ProjSpearhead

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For this fight study, we're focusing all of our MMA brainpower onto one fight: Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson vs. Anthony "Showtime" Pettis.

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How would history read if it wasn't from the grand narrative of those in power, but just as it happened? Including all the warts. And since there are so many books that highlight the grand narrative, then we don't need a repeat of what we already know. What we might then need to balance out all that we think we already know is a book that highlights all the warts.

And that's exactly what "A People's History of the United States" (https://amzn.to/2RcWRiQ) by Howard Zinn sets out to do.

This is why any list of books to cover for the Big Ideas series would have to include this book. It's that important. There are people who have read this book and those who have not, and based on that difference, you have a different world-view. And that's the point of big ideas. There's you before these ideas and there's you after.

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Sam and Paul dive deep into the deep dank web with humorist, satirist, comedian, and shitposter Kim Betrand to look at the crap underneath the crap of Internet culture and politics.

You can find Kim at: https://www.facebook.com/RealKimBertrand/ and on Twitter and Instagram: @BertrandMedia

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You can find the "Kim Bertrand Podcast" wherever you listen to podcasts.

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We brought back MMA coach Justen Hamilton to dissect Darren Till vs. Jorge Masvidal, Leon Edwards vs. Gunnar Nelson, and Volkan Oezdemir vs. Dominick Reyes. We also discuss the state of grappling in MMA, UFC commentating, and how amateur fights might be beneficial for a successful pro MMA career.

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You can find Justen on Facebook and Instagram @justenhamilton

And on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/JustenHamilton

How would history read if it wasn't from the grand narrative of those in power, but just as it happened? Including all the warts. And since there are so many books that highlight the grand narrative, then we don't need a repeat of what we already know. What we might then need to balance out all that we think we already know is a book that highlights all the warts.

And that's exactly what "A People's History of the United States" (https://amzn.to/2RcWRiQ) by Howard Zinn sets out to do.

This is why any list of books to cover for the Big Ideas series would have to include this book. It's that important. There are people who have read this book and those who have not, and based on that difference, you have a different world-view. And that's the point of big ideas. There's you before these ideas and there's you after.

If you want to hear the full episode, support Southpaw on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/southpawpod

You can find Southpaw on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southpawpod and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Southpawpod

You can also find Sam at: https://twitter.com/StuffFromSam