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International Fight Week is here and on this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan preview Saturday’s UFC 226 and Jason has interviews with Zak Ottow, Rick Glenn and Cole Ferrell.

At the beginning of the show, Jason and Daniel get straight into Saturday’s UFC 226 card. They focus on the two title fights, whether a win puts Daniel Cormier in the conversation as the greatest MMA fighter of all time, and what fights on the preliminary card have them interested. After discussing other topics related to UFC 226, they preview Friday’s The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale and Thursday’s PFL 3.

After breaking down all of those fight cards, they get into the Buy/Sell segment as they debate five MMA topics which include the trilogy match between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell being booked. Following the Buy/Sell portion of the show, it’s on to the interviews as you will hear Jason’s conversations with Zak Ottow, Rick Glenn and Cole Ferrell.

Following the conclusion of the interviews, Jason and Daniel wrap up this week’s podcast by discussing the recent comments made by MMA manager Ali Abdel-Aziz about a potential matchup between current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor.

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It’s another jam packed episode of mixed martial arts discussion on this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast as MMA reporters Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan discuss multiple topics including Bellator’s deal with DAZN, Friday’s Bellator 201, and recap last weekend’s action.

Along with discussing those topics, Jason has four interviews with fighters that will have fights this week. The interviews start off with two fighters that will be on Friday’s Bellator 201 as Jason speaks with Ryan Couture and Valerie Letourneau. Couture previews his matchup against Saad Awad and Letourneau talks about her matchup against Kristina Williams.

Up next, Jason chats with Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series alum Casey Kenney about his fight on Friday’s LFA 44 against UFC veteran Roman Salazar. And in the final interview, Peter Barrett comes on the podcast to preview his main event fight on Saturday at Cage Titans 39 against Connor Barry.

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On this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss some of the latest hot topics in mixed martial arts. Plus, Jason has interviews with Alejandra Lara, Saad Awad, Tim Caron, and Jared Gooden.

At the beginning of this week’s podcast, Jason and Jason touch on three hot topics items in MMA: Dave Meltzer’s piece on UFC/ESPN deal, Craig White saying he lost 46 pounds to make weight for his short notice fight against Neil Magny last month at UFC Liverpool, and Chris Curtis announcing his retirement from mixed martial arts competition following his win on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. After discussing those three topics, they touch on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card that will take place in Singapore. They tell you which fights still out to them on the prelims and the touch on the main and co-main event fights.

Then it’s on to the interview portion as you will hear Jason’s conversations with Alejandra Lara, Saad Awad, Tim Caron, and Jared Gooden. Lara previews her fight against flyweight champion Ilima Macfarlane at next week’s Bellator 201. Up next is the conversation with Awad, who talks about his fight in the co-main event of Bellator 201 against Ryan Couture. Following the interview with Awad, Caron joins the show to preview his matchup next week on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series against Andrew Todhunter. And in the final interview, Jason chats with Jared Gooden about his fight on Friday at NFC against Ladarious Jackson.

Upon the conclusion of the conversation with Gooden, you will hear the weekly Buy/Sell segment as the guys discuss five MMA related questions and they wrap up this episode of the podcast by previewing Thursday’s PFL 2.

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On this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel recap what happened last weekend at UFC 225, discuss some of the regional MMA going on this weekend, and Jason has interviews with Ilima Macfarlane and Jeremy Davis.

In the opening round of the show, Jason and Daniel discuss what took place last Saturday night at the United Center in Chicago at UFC 225. They tell you how they scored the main event, what they thought on the post fight interview Colby Covington had on the post fight show, and the brutal TKO finish by rising heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes.

Following their recap of UFC 225, they briefly hit on last week’s Professional Fighters League (PFL) event that took place in New York City. They mention how Andre Harrison was a 45/1 betting favorite, what a potential tournament matchup in the featherweight division could be, and the lack luster television ratings the event drew on NBCSN.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast as Jason let’s you hear his conversations with Bellator women’s flyweight champion Ilima Macfarlane (50:41) and featherweight prospect Jeremy Davis. Macfarlane previews her title defense at Bellator 201 against Alejandra Lara and during her appearance, she tells Jason why her fight against Rebecca Ruth has been the toughest fight of her career. Up next is Davis (1:00:58), who will be headlining Saturday’s Battleground MMA event in Largo, Florida. He previews his matchup against Carlos Espinosa and explains to Jason what’s been going on in his preparations for this fight.

And in the final round of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel have their weekly “Buy/Sell” segment and tell you about some of the MMA taking place this weekend. During the Buy/Sell segment, the topics range from the future of Rashad Evans and if the official UFC debut of former NFL player Greg Hardy will take place in the next six months.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan get you ready for Saturday’s UFC 225 pay-per-view. Plus, Jason has interviews with two fighters that have fights on Friday as he chats with Ring of Combat featherweight champion Bill Algeo and LFA 42’s Julius Anglickas.

Before they get to the interviews and the preview of UFC 225, Jason and Daniel kick off the podcast by recapping what happened last Friday night in Utica, New York at UFC Fight Night 131. From the tremendous knockout victory by Marlon Moraes in the main event to the dominating performance by lightweight prospect Gregor Gillespie in the co-main event, Jason and Daniel offer up their take on what they saw happen in upstate New York.

Following their recap of that UFC fight card, they look ahead to this weekend’s UFC fight card. Both Jason and Daniel are looking forward to this fight card and they go down their entire lineup. They give you their picks for the five fights that will be part of the main card and tell you which fight they believe is flying under the radar.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast as you will hear conversations Jason had earlier this week with Algeo and Anglickas. Algeo previews his Ring of Combat featherweight title defense against James Gonzalez, while Anglickas talks about his fight against Erick Murray at LFA 42.

After you hear those conversations, it’s the weekly “Buy/Sell” segment as they guys hit on five MMA topics and one of the topics this week is about UFC fighter Andrea Lee. Upon the conclusion of the “Buy/Sell” segment, they preview Thursday’s PFL 1 card that will air on NBCSN and discuss an article that appeared on MMA Junkie earlier this week about the early weigh-ins in mixed martial arts.

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With UFC Liverpool and Bellator 200 in the books, Jason and Daniel take a look back at both fight cards on this episode of The MMA Report. Plus, Jason has interviews with Montel Jackson and Kyle Driscoll.

While recapping UFC Liverpool, Jason and Daniel tell you how they scored Darren Till vs. Stephen Thompson and debate about whether Till’s next fight should be at welterweight or middleweight. Along with discussing what happened in that fight, they discuss the biggest surprises of the fight card and the comeback win by Arnold Allen.

Then it’s on to the recap of Bellator 200. From Michael Page’s win against David Rickels to Gegard Mousasi claiming the middleweight title, Jason and Daniel touch on various topics from this fight card.

Up next is the interview portion of the podcast as Jason chats with Montel Jackson and Kyle Driscoll. Jackson previews his fight in two weeks against Rico DiSciullo on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, while Driscoll talks about his fight next week at HD MMA against Aaron Roberson. Following the interviews is the Buy/Sell segment as Jason and Daniel buy or sell five MMA related questions. Plus, they discuss the retirement of former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and preview Friday’s UFC Utica.

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UFC Fight Night 129 took place this past Saturday night in Santiago, Chile and this week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap both events. Along with recapping UFC Fight Night 129, Jason has conversations with Vinc Pichel, Rico DiSciullo, and Bobby Lee.

Before their recap of UFC Fight Night 129 begins, the guys start off by answering a listener submitted question about MMA media complaining about having to watch a 13 fight card and the guys discuss if this is unprofessional. After annswering that question, they get into the fights including the victory by Kamaru Usman in the main event.

Up next is the interview portion as Jason has conversations with Vinc Pichel, Rico DiSciullo, and Bobby Lee. Pichel previews his upcoming matchup at UFC Fight Night 131 against Gregor Gillespie, DiSciullo previews his fight against Montel Jackson on the June 12 episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, and Lee talks about his fight next week at LFA 41 against Killys Mota.

Following the interviews, Jason and Daniel debut a new segment on the podcast, “Buy or Sell.” They have five MMA questions and the guys let you know if they are buying or selling the questions. And finally, the guys preview this weekend’s MMA action as Bellator 200 will take place on Friday in London and UFC Fight Night 130 takes place on Sunday in Liverpool.

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UFC 224 and Bellator 199 took place this past Saturday night and this week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap both events. Along with recapping those fight cards, Jason has conversations with Angelo Reyes, Daron Cruickshank, and Blake Bilder.

In the opening round of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss what happened last Saturday in Brazil at UFC 224 including the Raquel Pennington situation. After they gave their thoughts on that topic, Jason chats with Boxing/MMA coach Angelo Reyes to get his feelings on what happened with Pennington saying “I’m done” after the fourth round.

Following the conversation with Reyes, Jason and Daniel talk about everything else that happened at UFC 224. Then they turn their attention to Bellator 199 and break down everything that happened in California. From Ryan Bader’s win in 15-second to the tremendous performance by Adam Piccolotti, Jason and Daniel recap everything that took place on the main card of Bellator 199.

Up next, Jason has conversations with Daron Cruickshank and Blake Bilder. Jason speaks with Cruickshank about his recent victory in Rizin and Bilder joins the podcast to discuss his career to this point. Following those interviews, the guys preview this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 129 and discuss a couple of MMA news items including Yair Rodriguez being released by the UFC and former UFC champion Chuck Liddell announcing he’s planning a comeback.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss the big news from Tuesday involving the UFC and Jason has interviews with Aaron Pico, Adam Piccolotti, and Pat Pytlik.

The podcast kicks off with the guys discussing the announcement made by the UFC on Tuesday that the promotion has signed a multi-year streaming agreement to have 15 live UFC events on ESPN +. Jason and Daniel discuss this announcement from various aspects, including what this could mean for the future of UFC Fight Pass.

After their discussion on that topic, they hit on a couple of topics before the interview portion of the podcast. Those topics include a tweet from FloCombat, the potential upcoming free agency for Michael Chandler, and could Golden Boy be getting into the MMA promotion business.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of this week’s podcast as Jason chats with Aaron Pico, Adam Piccolotti, and Pat Pytlik. Up first is Pico (45:31), to discuss his fight on Saturday at Bellator 199 against Lee Morrison. Following the interview with Pico, you hear Jason’s conversation with Piccolotti (54:56) about his fight against Carrington Banks at Bellator 199. And in the final interview, Pytlik (1:04:22) previews his fight on Friday at Unified MMA 33 against Derek Boyle.

And in the final portion of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel preview Saturday’s UFC 224 and Bellator 199. They tell you their top five fights of the weekend, what fights are going under the radar, and the fighters they are interested in seeing compete this weekend.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel take a look back at what happened last weekend at Bellator 198, plus Jason has interviews with Ricky Simon, Shane Campbell, and Teddy Ash.

They get the podcast kicked off by recapping last Saturday’s Bellator 198, which was headlined by Fedor Emelianenko advancing the the semifinals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament with a knockout victory against Frank Mir.

Following their recap of that fight card, Jason let’s you hear his interviews with Ricky Simon, Shane Campbell, and Teddy Ash. Simon recaps his victory last month at UFC Fight Night 128, Campbell previews his lightweight title defense at next week’s Unified 33 and Ash talks about fighting for the vacant light heavyweight title at Unified 33.

And in the final portion of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel look ahead to the month of May in mixed martial arts. They discuss some of the fights that will take place in the UFC and Bellator this month and which fights have them interested the most.

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