EPISODE 141: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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UFC Fight Night 123 recap — In the Fresno main event last weekend, Brian Ortega picked up the biggest win of his career with a second-round submission over longtime featherweight contender Cub Swanson. Bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes destroyed Aljamain Sterling earlier on the main card with a knee.

UFC on FOX 26 preview — In the Winnipeg main event on Saturday, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos collide at 170 pounds. Also on the card, top featherweight Ricardo Lamas meets Josh Emmett, Santiago Ponzinibbio and Mike Perry fight for a top 10 spot at welterweight, and former light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira faces Misha Cirkunov.

Georges St-Pierre vacates the middleweight title — Due to his colitis diagnosis, St-Pierre vacated his second UFC title just over a month after taking it from Michael Bisping at UFC 217. Robert Whittaker is now the undisputed champ and meets Luke Rockhold in his first title defense at UFC 221 next year.

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EPISODE 140: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and guest co-host Jed Meshew, is back for your listening pleasure.

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TUF 26 Finale recap — Nicco Montano claimed the inaugural women’s flyweight title with a decision win over Roxanne Modafferi on Friday night in Las Vegas.

UFC 218 recap — Max Holloway defended the UFC featherweight title for the first time in a rematch against Jose Aldo in the Detroit main event. Francis Ngannou picked up the biggest win of his career in the co-headliner, finishing Alistair Overeem by vicious knockout.

UFC Fight Night 123 preview — In the Fresno main event this Saturday night, longtime featherweight contender Cub Swanson meets Brian Ortega. Also on the card is a bantamweight bout between Marlon Moraes and Aljamain Sterling.

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EPISODE 139: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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UFC Fight Night 122 recap — In the UFC Shanghai main event, Kelvin Gastelum stopped former middleweight champion Michael Bisping in the first round. Red-hot prospect Zabit Magomedovsharipov impressed against Sheymon Moraes on the preliminary card. Should Bisping have fought Gastelum? What’s next for the Brit?

Ben Askren’s retirement — ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren stepped away from MMA after a first-round stoppage of Shinya Aoki last week. Should we admire Askren’s accomplishments, or do we still have to sit and wonder what he would have done in the UFC? Does he come back?

UFC 218 preview — Max Holloway on Saturday night defends the featherweight title for the first time against the man he took it from this past June, 145-pound great Jose Aldo. Alistair Overeem meets Francis Ngannou in the Detroit co-main event. Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje is happening, too!

Tae Hyun Bang prison sentence — Tae Hyun Bang received 10 months of jail time last week for being involved in a fight-fixing scandal in November 2015. Does the lack of mainstream coverage of this story prove the UFC is not mainstream?

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EPISODE 138: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and guest co-host Jed Meshew, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC Fight Night 121 recap — In the Sydney main event, former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum defeated Marcin Tybura via decisive decision. Also on the card, Belal Muhammad upset Tim Means, and Frank Camacho and Damien Brown put on one of the best fights all year.

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EPISODE 137: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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UFC Fight Night 120 recap — The UFC debuted in Norfolk, Virginia last Saturday with UFC Fight Night 120. In the main event, Dustin Poirier defeated former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis via third-round TKO (injury). In the co-headliner, welterweight Matt Brown stopped Diego Sanchez with a devastating elbow in the first round.

Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo 2 — Due to a facial injury, Frankie Edgar pulled out of his UFC 218 title fight with featherweight champ Max Holloway and ex-titleholder Jose Aldo took his place.

Anderson Silva’s positive drug test; Michael Bisping vs. Kelvin Gastelum — Former longtime middleweight champ Anderson Silva was notified of a potential USADA violation and was subsequently pulled from his matchup against Kelvin Gastelum in Shanghai. Michael Bisping stepped up on short notice and will now face Gastelum three weeks after losing the title to Georges St-Pierre.

Bellator heavyweight tournament — Bellator recently announced a heavyweight grand prix tournament that will determine the division’s next champion. Participants include Fedor Emelianenko, Ryan Bader, Matt Mitrione, Quinton Jackson, Muhammed Lawal, Roy Nelson, Frank Mir, and Chael Sonnen.

Fabricio Werdum vs. Marcin Tybura preview — Werdum vs. Tybura headlines UFC Fight Night 121 in Sydney, Australia this weekend.

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EPISODE 136: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC 217 recap — In the blockbuster main event, Georges St-Pierre returned and defeated Michael Bisping via third-round submission to capture the UFC middleweight title. In the co-main event, T.J. Dillashaw knocked out bitter rival Cody Garbrandt to reclaim the bantamweight championship. Also on the card, Rose Namajunas dethroned longtime strawweight titleholder Joanna Jedrzejczyk via first-round TKO.

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EPISODE 135: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and guest co-host Jed Meshew, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC Fight Night 119 recap — In the Sao Paulo main event last Saturday, middleweight contender Derek Brunson defeated Lyoto Machida by first-round knockout and called out Luke Rockhold in his post-fight interview. In the co-main event, Colby Covington upset former welterweight title challenger Demian Maia and insulted the Brazilian crowd afterwards. We discuss where Brunson sits in the division and whether Covington’s post-fight antics were smart.

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EPISODE 134: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC Fight Night 119 recap — Darren Till’s upset first-round finish over Donald Cerrone

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EPISODE 133: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC Fight Night 118 preview

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EPISODE 132: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

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• UFC 216 recap — Tony Ferguson’s third-round submission over Kevin Lee to capture the interim lightweight title, Demetrious Johnson’s fifth-round submission over Ray Borg to defend the flyweight title

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