The MMA Insiders

Sam Caplan and Jason Floyd are back for a new edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast and begin the show by discussing the report by Combat Press that Fedor Emelianenko has signed with the UFC.

Other topics from this week’s show include Xplode Fight Series, Travis Browne’s suspension being lifted, UFC anti-trust lawsuit, Robin Black’s comments on PED’s, recent retirement of Jordan Mein.

At the end of the show, Caplan and Floyd answer select listener questions that were submitted on social media.

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Sam Caplan and Jason Floyd are back for a new edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast to discuss everything going on in MMA. They opened the show by discussing the upcoming one-night, eight-man lightweight tournament that the WSOF is planning for later this year.

Other topics from this week’s show include 2 on 2 MMA, Tyrell Fortune signing with Bellator, new weight classes, Rousey vs. Holm, and Gavin Sterritt.

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In a special edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Sam Caplan and Jason Floyd discuss today’s breaking news that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will make her next title defense against Holly Holm at UFC 195.

Rousey announced the fight booking this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America and the fight will headline the event coming from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on January 2nd. The guys discuss Miesha Tate being passed over, Holm getting the title fight over Amanda Nunes, and what this means for Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.

They finished up this breaking news edition of the podcast by talking about the situation involving UFC light heavyweight Anthony Johnson.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Sam Caplan and Jason Floyd start off the show by talking about the one year suspension of Anderson Silva for his failed drug test in January.

After discussing the Silva suspension, they got into the recent comments made by Joe Rogan about the UFC apparel deal with Reebok and gave their thoughts on Rogan speaking out about this hot topic.

Other topics from this week’s show include Bellator President Scott Coker’s recent comments on Fedor to MMA Fighting, Twitter feud between Bellator champions, Tamdan McCrory signing with the UFC, and much more.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Sam Caplan and Jason Floyd discuss the talk of the potential fight between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Invicta women’s featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.

After discussing potential fight between Rousey and Justino, the guys discussed the potential of the Ali Act coming to MMA and Rob Massey discussing this with the Association of Boxing Commissions. While talking about this, they bring up the talk of a fighters union and the UFC suing Wanderlei Silva over recent comments he made about fighters being fixed.

Other topics from this week’s show include UFC Fight Night 73, Bellator fight bookings, Thursday’s Nevada Athletic Commission meeting, and Josh Thomson signing with Bellator.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan continue to discuss the fallout of Jacob “Stitch” Duran being fired by the UFC and comments made by UFC President Dana White following UFC on FOX 16.

After discussing the Duran and White story, the guys discussed last weekend’s UFC on FOX 16 fight card that took place in Chicago. They talked about the performance of bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and Miesha Tate securing a title shot in the UFC women’s bantamweight division.

Other topics from this week’s show include UFC 190, WSOF 22, UFC Fight Pass, Japanese MMA, Brian Rogers, Nazareno Malegarie, and Andrew Todhunter.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan start off the show by discussing the breaking news that Jacob “Stitch” Duran no longer being with the UFC.

Also on this week’s show, the guys discussed the latest fight bookings in MMA including Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson at UFC 191. While discussing that fight booking, they talked about potential buy rate for that pay-per-view.

In addition, the guys discussed last weekend’s MMA, UFC on FOX 16, and latest updates on Fedor Emelianenko.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan begin the show by discussing some of the latest news in MMA including Mike Ricci being out of Titan FC 34 on Saturday.

Other topics from this week’s show include recap of last weekend’s events, preview of this weekend’s cards, Sean Wheelock no longer with Bellator, and Fedor Emelianenko coming out of retirement.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan begin the show by discussing Chase Gormely signing with Bellator and Vitaly Minakov taking a fight in Russia.

Other topics from this week’s show include a preview of this weekend’s UFC fight card, suspension of Gilbert Melendez, value of an international fighter to a United States base promotion, upcoming ban of IV’s in UFC, and the recent cuts made by the UFC.

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On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan begin the show by discussing the breaking news of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo being out of next week’s UFC 189.

After discussing the change to the UFC 189 main event, the guys talk about the UFC “Fight Kit” that was unveiled today in New York. They talk about the look of the uniform, comments from UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta, and the impact on the MMA industry.

Following the discussion on the “Fight Kit,” they got into what happened last weekend at UFC Fight Night 70 and Bellator 139. The impressive knockout victories, Yoel Romero’s performance, and where does Lyoto Machida go from here.

They wrapped up the show by discussing UFC fighters no longer being allowed to use IV’s after weigh-ins and the latest fight bookings in the UFC.

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