Streamed live 15 DEC 2016:

Zane Simon and Conor Ruebusch of http://BloodyElbow.com are back to give you all the info you can handle about this weekend's UFC card. We've got breakdowns for every bout on the card from Bojan Velickovic vs. Sultan Aliev all the way up to Michelle Waterson vs. Paige VanZant. Complete with odds and picks.

The UFC is back on FOX this week with a interesting card built to showcase a variety of young, rising stars. Paige VanZant returns against former Invicta FC atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, Sage Northcutt faces off against CM Punk slayer Mickey Gall, and Mike Perry continues his improbably charge at welterweight against Alan Jouban. Throw a little Frankenstein, some Irene Aldana, and some Barberena vs. Covington on that fire and you’ve got what could be a fun night of action fights for prospects.

As always, if you enjoyed the show, give us a “Like” here on YouTube. And while you’re here, why not subscribe to MMANATIONDOTCOM. That way you get all the latest BE shows, interviews, and analysis. If you’re just looking for audio, you can find that over on SoundCloud and iTunes. Here’s the UFC on FOX 22 card as it stands right now:

FOX Main Card

Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson - 1:41:37

Sage Northcutt vs. Mickey Gall - 1:24:47

Urijah Faber vs. Brad Pickett - 1:16:13

Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry - 1:06:44

FS1 Prelims

Luis Henrique da Silva vs. Paul Craig - 58:37

Cole Miller vs. Mizuto Hirota - 48:55

Bryan Barberena vs. Colby Covington - 43:00

James Moontasri vs. Alex Morono - 39:33

Josh Emmett vs. Scott Holtzman - 31:32

Leslie Smith vs. Irene Aldana - 23:40

Fight Pass Prelims

Eddie Wineland vs. Takeya Mizugaki - 16:09

Hector Sandoval vs. Fredy Serrano - 11:22

Bojan Velickovic vs. Sultan Aliev - 4:00

Streamed live 13 DEC 2016:

Welcome to http://BloodyElbow.com's If I Did It the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at the Nevada Athletic Commission settling with Brock Lesnar, Nate Diaz and Jon Jones plus Jennifer Lawrence trashes Hawaii and Barack Obama looks back at Putin-Gate.

Alexei Auld is back with a brand new book available 7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators to grill Eugene S. Robinson (who's pushing a GoFundMe to pay for the new Oxbow album) and myself, Kid Nate, with some PR stumpers from the world of combat sports.

For the audio only version check us out right here on SoundCloud and be sure to subscribe to MMA NATION on iTunes and subscribe to MMA Nation on YouTube so you'll never miss an episode. This week's kerfuffles include:

You’re WME-IMG. Nate Diaz, Brock Lesnar, and Jon Jones have a December 15th date with destiny before the Nevada Athletic Commission for a “proposed adjudication agreement”. Does your PR prep for each fighter differ? Or do you have specific plans in place? - 1:27

You’re UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. Max Holloway’s victory last weekend at UFC 206 solidified your next match up. But he doesn’t seem keen on a February 11th date in Brooklyn at UFC 208 when telling Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour, "We will see what happens, I don’t want to give up Christmas and I don’t want to give up my son’s birthday on January 4th for February 11th and the guy don’t show up." Is that an opening for playing mind games with Max? - 10:21

You’re Jennifer Lawrence. Your disrespectful destruction of a sacred Hawaiian site described on The Graham Norton Show resulted in such a kerfuffle, you apologized to “the internet”.  And it fell flat. The reason? You came across as fake and you should’ve apologized to Hawaiians. Given your PR image as an activist champion, can you act your way into making amends? - 19:29

You’re President Barack Obama. According to the Washington Post you were informed by multiple intelligence agencies that Putin was trying to get Trump elected by leaking hacked info. When Mitch McConnell balked at making a bipartisan announcement in the fall you did nothing. Now that President-Elect Trump is your legacy is there anything you can do to make amends? - 24:20

TEACHABLE MOMENT:   You're the Endicott Fire Department. One of your firefighters blamed Black Lives Matter for burning his home. A family member told WBNG, “Across the back of house on a strip of siding read this message: ‘Lie with pigs, fry like bacon.’" After investigating, authorities claim it was the firefighter who wrote that message...before he burned his own house. Are there steps fire departments can take to prevent their fighters from fanning the flames of discord? - 31:03

KID NATE’S HEEL TURN - 36:32

REGULAR FEATURE: EUGENE'S LOST BATTALION - 41:28

Enjoy!

Streamed live 14 DEC 2016:

Sorry cry babies! Kid Nate + Eugene S. Robinson of http://BloodyElbow.com are back with the infamous & patented Care/Don't Care Preview for UFC on Fox 22 featuring Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson and Sage Northcutt vs Mickey Gall; with me, Kid Nate and co-host extraordinaire Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking is here. For the audio only version check us out on SoundCloud and be sure to subscribe to MMA NATION on iTunes and YouTube. Here’s the fight card as it stands today:

UFC FIGHT NIGHT Sacramento, CA 8PM/5PM ETPT

Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson - 32:26

Sage Northcutt vs Mickey Gall - 30:28

Urijah Faber vs Brad Pickett - 25:49

Alan Jouban vs Mike Perry - 14:21

FS1 Prelims 5PM/2PM ETPT

Henrique da Silva vs Paul Craig - 12:22

Cole Miller vs Mizuto Hirota - 10:46

Bryan Barberena vs Colvy Covington - 9:43

James Moontasri vs Alex Morono - 9:29

Josh Emmett vs Scott Holtzman - 9:12

Leslie Smith vs Irene Aldana - 8:03

UFC FIGHT PASS Early Prelims 3:30PM/12:30PM ETPT

Eddie Wineland vs Takeya Mizugaki - 5:00

Hector Sandoval vs Fredy Serrano - 4:52

Bojan Velickovic vs Sultan Aliev - 4:24

Streamed live 11 DEC 2016:

Both nights of fights are over and how do you feel? A sneaking suspicion that everything is going to be A-OK, AMERICA/REST OF THE WORLD? Well, you might be right. The good, bad, ugly, possible and highly probable of a 2017 that might be so bright you're going to need welding lenses.

Streamed live 10 DEC 2016:

Zane Simon and Eddie Mercado of http://BloodyElbow.com are here to recap all the fights for UFC 206, complete with results and analysis of every bout. We'll talk everything from Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis down to Zach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz.

Streamed live 9 DEC 2016:

Zane Simon and Eddie Mercado of http://BloodyElbow.com are here to recap all the action from the UFC"s Albany Fight Pass show. We'll cover every fight from Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov down to Juliana Lima vs. JJ Aldrich.

Streamed Live 8 DEC 2016: Zane Simon and Connor Ruebusch of http://BloodyElbow.com are back for another UFC doubleheader weekend. This time we've got a UFC Albany card featuring Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov and UFC 206 in Toronto featuring Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway. We'll be giving you picks, odds, and insights into every bout on both cards. Here are the fight cards as they stand right now:

UFC Albany:

Fight Pass Main Card

Derrick Lewis vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov - 2:51:20

Francis Ngannou vs. Anthony Hamilton - 2:46:49

Corey Anderson vs. Sean O'Connell - 2:40:30

Gian Villante vs. Saparbek Safarov - 2:35:38

Fight Pass Prelims

Justine Kish vs. Ashley Yoder - 2:28:06

Randy Brown vs. Brian Camozzi - 2:20:04

Joe Gigliotti vs. Gerald Meerschaert - 2:13:24

Andrew Sanchez vs. Trevor Smith - 2:02:44

Tiago Trator vs. Shane Burgos - 1:55:14

Frankie Perez vs. Marc Diakiese - 1:49:14

Keith Berish vs. Ryan Janes - 1:47:00

Juliana Lima vs. JJ Aldrich - 1:41:10

UFC 206:

PPV Main Card

Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis - 1:31:55

Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown - 1:25:46

Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi - 1:15:46

Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum - 1:05:00

Jordan Mein vs. Emil Weber Meek - 54:28

FS1 Prelims

Nikita Krylov vs. Misha Cirkunov - 44:59

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Drew Dober - 36:59

Valérie Létourneau vs. Viviane Pereira - 31:28

Mitch Gagnon vs. Matthew Lopez - 22:16

Fight Pass Prelims

John Makdessi vs. Lando Vannata - 14:52

Jason Saggo vs. Rustam Khabilov - 7:47

Zach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz - 2:40

Streamed Live 8 DEC 2016:

Welcome to the MMA Bunker! Kid Nate of http://BloodyElbow.com rants about the state of the MMA business following Donald Cerrone's heel turn on the MMAAA and the letter from the class-action attorneys to Bjorn Rebney.

Streamed live 7 DEC 2016:

Welcome to http://BloodyElbow.com's If I Did It the show where we solve PR kerfluffles from the world of MMA and beyond. This week we look at Jon Jones on Joe Rogan, Cris Cyborg's weight woes, the Diaz brothers smoking kush, the black Santa controversy at Mall of America, John Podesta and Pizzagate. This week's kerfuffles include:

You’re WME-IMG. The Joe Rogan Experience podcast went Oprah last week. With your suspended Light Heavyweight great Jon Jones bonesplaining his infamous hit and run, drugs, and his boney joney while promoting a non-UFC grappling match. How are you grappling with the PR ramifications? - At 1:01

You’re Nate Diaz. You received a slap on the wrist from USADA for smoking what you said was CBD oil during a UFC 202 post-fight presser. So what PR moves do you make in wake of your older brother Nick accidentally psychically Stockon Slapping your steez by telling the Jasta Show, "That wasn't CBD. He was smoking the chronic. That was some kush”? - At 6:20

You’re WME-IMG. Cris Cyborg cancelled her post fight PR after her last fight, refuses to work with your nutritionist and rejected two title shots because she needs twelve weeks notice to fight at featherweight. Departing UFC matchmaker Joe Silva allegedly told UFC President Dana White (via the UFC Unfiltered podcast) that, “If she can’t make 145 pounds in eight weeks, 145 isn’t the right weight class”. Given your financial goals, Silva’s statement, and the bad PR behind a fighter claiming to be in physical and mental recovery from a brutal weight cut, how can you make things right? - At 9:15

You’re Conor McGregor. One year after grappling with the Mountain from Game of Thrones, you’re rumored to have a cameo in the hit HBO show. Which Westerosi house words best describe your PR plan: (1) Winter is Coming (2) We Do Not Sow or (3) Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken? - At 15:17

You’re Minnesota’s Mall of America. You announced a black retired US Army veteran will be playing Santa Claus this holiday season. The news resulted in so much racist backlash, multiple mainstream media websites shut down their comments sections. What PR moves do you take to make Christmas great again? - At 20:22

You’re John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Last Sunday, a man fired a rifle inside a D.C. pizza parlor to “self-investigate” a child rape conspiracy based on your Wiki-leaked emails. Can you throw ‘Pizza Gate’ in the trash without its scraps fueling a feeding frenzy? - At 23:44

TEACHABLE MOMENT:   You've received a script for a movie with a rape scene. How do you avoid buttergate? - At 34:00

KID NATE’S HEEL TURN - At 46:18

EUGENE'S LOST BATTALION - At 50:55

Enjoy!

Streamed live 5 DEC 2016:

Sorry cry babies! Kid Nate + Eugene S. Robinson of http://BloodyElbow.com are back with another infamous and patented Care/Don't Care Preview for UFC 206: Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis and UFC Albany: Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov. Here are the fight cards as they stand today:

UFC 206. Sat, Dec 10. 10PM/7PM ETPT. Toronto, Ontario:

PPV MAIN CARD

Max Holloway vs Anthony Pettis - 43:59

Donald Cerrone vs Matt Brown - 37:55

Cub Swanson vs Dooho Choi - 35:07

Tim Kennedy vs Kelvin Gastelum - 25:53

Jordan Mein vs Emil Meek - 20:34

FS1 Prelims

Nikita Krylov vs Misha Cirkunov - 18:24

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs Drew Dober - 16:36

Valerie Letourneau vs Viviane Pereira - 16:11

Mitch Gagnon vs Matthew Lopez - 15:15

UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims

John Makdessi vs Lando Vannata - 12:15

Jason Saggo vs Rustam Khabilov - 11:48

Zach Makovsky vs Dustin Ortiz - 11:05

UFC FIGHT NIGHT. Fri, Dec 9. 9PM/6PM ETPT. Albany, New York:

UFC Fight Pass MAIN CARD

Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov - 9:30

Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Hamilton - 8:28

Corey Anderson vs Sean O’Connell - 6:21

Gian Villante vs Saparbek Safarov - 5:00

UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims

Justine Kish vs Ashley Yoder - 4:43

Randy Brown vs Brian Camozzi - 4:30

Joe Gigliotti vs Gerald Meerschaert - 4:01

Andrew Sanchez vs Trevor Smith - 3:56

Tiago Trator vs Shane Burgos - 3:45

Frankie Perez vs Marc Diakiese - 3:29

Keith Berish vs Ryan Janes - 3:25

Juliana Lima vs JJ Aldrich - 2:48