The MMA Report

This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel recap take a look back at last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 128 and get you ready for Saturday’s Bellator 198. Plus, Jason has interviews with Emmanuel Sanchez, Sam Sicilia, and Ricco Rodriguez.

In the opening round of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel recap what happened last Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 128. From Kevin Lee’s great performance in the main event to the controversial ending in the Ricky Simon vs. Merab Dvalishvili fight, they give their opinions on everything that took place at the Boardwalk Hall.

Up next, they answer a listener submitted question about whether or not Nick Newell will be signed by the UFC and then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast. Up first is Bellator featherweight Emmanuel Sanchez, who will be in the co-main event of Saturday’s Bellator 198. He talks about inspirational quotes and his matchup against Sam Sicilia. Following the conversation with Sanchez, you will hear Jason’s conversation with Sicilia, who spoke about making his Bellator debut last year and his upcoming matchup against Sanchez. Then in the final interview on this week’s podcast, Jason chats with Ricco Rodriguez about his fight on Thursday against Alex Nicholson in the main event of the CamSoda Legends event in South Florida.

After the conversation with Rodriguez, Jason and Daniel discuss the CamSoda Legends event and then they preview Saturday’s Bellator 198. From the main event bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Frank Mir to the MMA debut of Dillon Danis, they touch on all of the fights that will be part of the main card broadcast on the Paramount Network. Following the discussion on Bellator 198, they wrap up the podcast by discussing the upcoming free agency of former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler and the current season of The Ultimate Fighter.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel recap last weekend’s mixed martial arts action and Jason has conversations with Alex Nicholson, Angelo Reyes, and Dakota Bush.

In the opening round of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel take a look back at last weekend’s UFC on FOX 29 and Bellator 197. From the great fight between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje to the lack of viewership for the Bellator event, the guys hit on multiple topics from both fight cards and they answer a listener question on what’s next for the eight fighters that competed last week.

Up next is the interview portion of this week’s podcast as Jason chats with Alex Nicholson, Angelo Reyes, and Dakota Bush. The first interview is with Nicholson (39:33), who will be in the main event of the CamSoda Legends event next week when he takes on Ricco Rodriguez. Following the conversation with Nicholson, Jason is joined by Reyes (53:30), who is the striking coach of Frank Mir. And in the final interview, Bush (1:17:22) comes on the podcast to preview his fight on Friday’s LFA card.

Then in the final round of this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 128 and the announcement made by the Professional Fighters League earlier this week. They tell you which fights interest them on Saturday’s UFC fight card and they give their thoughts on the roster the Professional Fighters League has put together.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel take a look back at UFC 223 and Jason has interviews with Bellator 197’s Brandon Girtz, AJ McKee, and Justin Lawrence.

The guys get the show by discussing Conor McGregor’s actions last weekend in Brookyln and the explain how the situation could have gone worse than what it did. After talking about McGregor’s current situation, they look back at the fights that took place at UFC 223 including the dominating performance by Khabib Nurmagomedov to claim the UFC lightweight championship.

They continue the UFC talk going by looking ahead to this weekend’s UFC on FOX 29 and discuss some of the fights they are looking forward to watching. Then they turn their attention to Bellator as the promotion was in Budapest for Bellator 196 and the event was headlined by Benson Henderson defeating Roger Huerta by submission. They talk about Benson’s great performance, the television ratings being under 500k, and the overall lack of interest in the event.

Then it’s on to this Friday’s Bellator 197 and Jason let’s you hear his interviews with Brandon Girtz, AJ McKee, and Justin Lawrence. Girtz will be in the main event as he will take on Michael Chandler in a key lightweight matchup and McKee will face Lawrence in the co-main event of the fight card. Following the interviews, Jason and Daniel speak about several fights on the Bellator 197 fight card and they end this week’s podcast by discussing various mixed martial arts news stories.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel preview Saturday’s UFC 223: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway and Jason has interviews with Julien Leblanc, Peter Barrett, and Danny Ramirez.

Now it was just a couple of days ago that UFC President Dana White announced that Tony Ferguson was out of Saturday’s UFC 223 main event and that featherweight champion was stepping up on six days notice to face Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight title. Jason and Daniel discuss the change in the main event, can Holloway make history, and preview the other four fights that will be on Saturday’s pay-per-view fight card.

After previewing UFC 223 and telling you their picks for the card, Jason let’s you hear his conversation with undefeated Canadian middleweight prospect Julien LeBlanc (45:48), who will be fighting for the Elite 1 MMA 185 pound title on Saturday night when he takes on fellow undefeated prospect Christien Savoie. Following the conversation with LeBlanc, the guys preview Friday’s Bellator 196 and discuss some MMA news.

Then you will hear from two fighters that will be fighting next weekend at two different fight cards as you will first hear from Peter Barrett (1:08:44), who will be fighting Jay Ellis at Cage Titans 38 on Saturday, April 14. After the interview with Barrett, you will hear from Danny Ramirez (1:22:06), who will be fighting on Friday, April 13 at Combate Estrellas 1 against Erick Gonzalez. And in the final portion of the podcast, the guys discuss what happened last weekend in MMA and they discuss what MMA documentaries they would like to see in the future.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss their top four performances from last week’s mixed martial arts action and Jason has fighter interviews with Ed Ruth, Josh Sampo, and John Castaneda.

The start they podcast by discussing their top performances from last weekend in mixed martial arts and the guys eight different fighters that had great performances at various mixed martial arts promotions around the world.

After discussing their top performances from last week, Jason and Daniel discuss the incident with Drew Chatman at LFA 36. They discuss what type of additional suspension Chatman could receive from the California State Athletic Commission and how this will effect him going forward in his professional mixed martial arts career.

Following that topic, Jason let’s you hear his conversation with Ed Ruth (21:28), who will be fighting next Friday at Bellator 196. During his conversation with the Bellator fighter, Jason finds out why Ruth decided to drop down to the welterweight division and dealing with a late opponent change due to his original opponent pulling out of the event due to injury. Then after the interview with Ruth, you will hear comments Scott Coker made on Monday on “The MMA Hour” hosted by Ariel Helwani about tape delayed Bellator shows and how he’s working on resolving the issue.

Up next is Jason’s interview with Josh Sampo (49:01), who will be fighting Dominic Mazzotta at Bellator 197 on Friday, April 13. Jason talks with Josh about this being his first fight since 2015 and the matchup against Mazzotta in St. Charles, Missouri. Following the conclusion of that conversation, Jason and Daniel discuss several MMA topics including the UFC 223 prelims and Ronda Rousey appearance on ESPN on Tuesday.

Then in the final interview on this week’s podcast, Jason chats with John Castaneda about his upcoming rematch at the Combate Americas show on Friday, April 13. Along with previewing his upcoming fight, Castaneda talks about the one-night tournament he took part in last year and what the future holds for him. And in the final portion of the podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss the CamSoda Legends event that will take place next month in Ft. Lauderdale.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason and Daniel look back at what happened last weekend in London at UFC Fight Night 127 and Jason has fighter interviews with Tyson Nam, Kali Robbins, and Caleb Williams.

At the beginning of this week’s podcast, Jason talks about being in South Florida last weekend for Shogun Fights. He tells you about the dominating performance by Sean Brady in the main event of the fight card and some of his takeaways from the fight card put on by Alliance MMA. Then, the guys get into what happened last Saturday in London, England at UFC Fight Night 127. From the upset in the main event by Alexander Volkov to the comments made by Kajan Johnson following the event, Jason and Daniel touch on multiple topics related to the fight card.

After discussing UFC Fight Night 127, Jason let’s you hear his interview with American Top Team lightweight Caleb Williams (50:47), who score a viral video knockout in the co-main event of Shogun Fights. Caleb talks about the victory, what’s next for him, and one of his favorite restaurants in South Florida. Up next is Jason’s interview with Invicta FC strawweight Kali Robbins (1:03:27), who will be fighting on Saturday’s Invicta FC 28 event in Utah against Pearl Gonzalez. Kali talks about what’s been going on since her last fight and the matchup against Gonzalez.

Following the interview with Robbins, Jason and Daniel get into Frankie Edgar being booked to compete next month at the UFC Fight card in Atlantic City. Then it’s on to the final interview on this week’s podcast as Jason chats with Tyson Nam (1:34:46) about his fight next week at Fight Nights Global 86 against Zhalgas Zhumagulov. Along with discussing his upcoming fight, Tyson talks about training with LFA bantamweight champion Ricky Simon and how he feels different physically since moving back to Hawaii.

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What should MMA fans make of Mirko Cro Cop being booked for a rematch against Roy Nelson at Bellator 200? Jason Floyd wrote a piece about it last week and on this week’s podcast, Jason and Daniel Galvan discuss the whole situation that is brewing between Cro Cop, USADA, Bellator, and the Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulations.

Along with discussing various aspects of that story, the guys also discuss the potential of Nick Newell signing with the UFC in the future, the comments Frank Mir made on his podcast about the reported visa issues facing Megan Anderson, which fighters that competed last weekend made an impression on Jason and Daniel, and they preview this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 127.

Plus, Jason has two interviews on this week’s podcast as he chats with LFA bantamweight champion Ricky Simon (58:10) and CES MMA welterweight champion Chris Curtis (1:05:25). Ricky previews his fight next week at LFA 36 against Vinicius Zani and Chris talks about his title defense on April 6 against Jason Norwood at CES MMA 49.

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Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan are back with a new episode of the podcast as they recap what happened last weekend in MMA at UFC 222 and Bellator 195, plus Jason has fighter interviews with Cody Stamann and Lindsey Jones.

Up first, the guys take a look back at what happened this past Saturday night at UFC 222. From Cris “Cyborg” Justino retaining the women’s featherweight title, Brian Ortega becoming the first fighter to stop Frankie Edgar, and how the Sean O’Malley vs. Andre Soukhamthath played out.

While recapping what took place at UFC 222, Jason lets you hear his interview with Cody Stamann (33:13), who scored a split decision victory against Bryan Caraway. Stamann talks about the victory, when he’s looking to fight next, and tells Jason which fighter on the UFC roster he would like to face next.

Following the interview with Stamann and discussing other topics related to UFC 222, the guys move their attention to what happened this past Friday night at Bellator 195 in Oklahoma. They discuss the impressive win by Darrion Caldwell and the television ratings for the fight card, which was under 500,000 viewers. Jason and Daniel discuss on what Bellator can do to improve the television ratings and answer a listener question about the Bellator television viewership.

Then after talking about Bellator and other MMA action that took place last weekend, Jason let’s you hear his conversation with undefeated welterweight Lindsey Jones (1:21:34), who will be in the main event of Valor Fights 48 on March 31. Jones talks about his title eliminator bout against Robert Hale and the guys wrap up this week’s podcast by talking about some of the MMA that will happen this weekend.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan discuss all things MMA and Jason has interviews with Adam Milstead, Darrion Caldwell, Bobby Lee, and Giovanni Lemm.

The guys kick off this week’s podcast by recapping what happened last weekend at UFC on FOX 28 in Orlando. Since Jason was in attendance at the event, he tells you his two biggest takeaways from the event and the guys offer up their take on the controversy sequence in the main event bout between Jeremy Stephens and Josh Emmett.

Then you will hear the three fighter interviews that are on this week’s podcast and all of the fighters will be competing this weekend. Up first, you will hear from Adam Milstead (39:55) preview his matchup on Saturday at UFC 222 against Jordan Johnson. Milstead talks about returning to the octagon for the first time in thirteen months and the decision to drop down to the light heavyweight division.

Up next, Jason is joined by Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (51:36) to preview his title defense against Leandro Higo in the main event of Friday’s Bellator 195. Caldwell speaks about the matchup against Higo, his opponent working with Henry Cejudo, and why he feels he’s the best bantamweight in the world.

And in the final fighter interview on this week’s podcast, Jason brings in Bobby Lee (58:49) to preview his matchup on Friday’s LFA 34 against Nick Ammerman. Lee will tell you why he likes this matchup, training alongside Brock Larson, and looking ahead at a potential title fight in the LFA lightweight division.

Following those interviews, Jason and Daniel preview this weekend’s UFC 222 and Bellator 195. Find out what the guys think about the fights that are taking place this weekend and Jason tells you why UFC 222 would be a card he would be stoked to see if the fight card was on FOX as opposed to pay-per-view.

After previewing the cards, Jason brings in Giovanni Lemm (1:27:36) to preview his event on Saturday, Guts N Glory MMA. Lemm talks about this all-amateur fight card that will take place on an Air Force base and the future plans for the promotion.

And in the final portion of the podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss the hearing Jon Jones had with the California State Athletic Commission on Tuesday. Find out what the guys thought of the hearing and Jason has a question: Did the commission want to embarrass Jones by the questions they asked him?

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This week on “The MMA Report Podcast,” Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan take a look back at what happened last week at Bellator 194 and UFC Fight Night 126. Plus, they preview Saturday’s UFC on FOX 28 and Jason has interviews with Russell Doane, Andre Soukhamthath, and Cody Stamann.

They get the podcast kicked off my taking a look at what happened last week in Connecticut at Bellator 194 and in Texas at UFC Fight Night 126. The guys recap all of the fights, answer listener questions about what happened on these two fight cards, and discuss the viewership for the Bellator fight card being under 500k viewers.

Up next, Jason and Daniel get you ready for Saturday’s UFC on FOX 28 card in Orlando. Before they give their thoughts on the fights, you will hear Jason’s conversation with Russell Doane (1:04:28), who will be on the preliminary card. Following the interview, Jason and Daniel discuss what they are looking forward to on this fight card and Jason will be in Orlando to take the fights in. Hear what Jason’s plans are for the fights and what interest him about this fight card,

After discussing UFC on FOX 28, they talk about some of the latest news in MMA including the recent changes to the Bellator roster. They tell you if any of the cuts were surprising and have a lengthy discussion on the MMA career of former NFL defensive lineman Greg Hardy. Then they turn their attention to next week’s UFC 222 as you will hear Jason’s interviews with Andre Soukhamthath (1:38:50) and Cody Stamann (1:49:32).

Then in the final portion of the podcast, Jason and Daniel offer up their thoughts on a couple of fight bookings announced this week and tell you what to expect on next week’s podcast.

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