The MMA Report

On the Valentine Day edition of “The MMA Report Podcast,” Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan discuss what’s going on in the mixed martial arts community and Jason has interviews with Liam McGeary, Ana Julaton, and Joby Sanchez.

At the beginning of the podcast, they take a look back at what happened this past weekend in Australia at UFC 221. From Yoel Romero’s knockout victory against Luke Rockhold to the tweet sent out by Curtis Blaydes about his decision victory over Mark Hunt, Jason and Daniel discuss multiple aspects about this UFC fight card.

Following their discussion on UFC 221, the guys look ahead to this weekend’s Bellator 194 and UFC Fight Night 126. While previewing Bellator 194, you will hear Jason’s recent conversations with Liam McGeary and Ana Julaton about their fights on Friday at Bellator 194. McGeary (47:00 previews his matchup against Vadim Nemkov and Julaton (1:00:55) talks about her fight against Heather Hardy. After discussing the Bellator event, they preview Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 126 and you will hear Jason’s interview with Joby Sanchez (1:44:49), who previews his matchup on the preliminary card against Roberto Sanchez.

Then in the final portion of this week’s podcast, they look at some of the news and notes in mixed martial arts. Some of the topics they discuss include Uriah Faber remaining in the USADA testing pool, Malki Kawa’s comments on the Luke Thomas Show about Jon Jones, and they answer a listener question about USADA.

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This week on “The MMA Report Podcast,” Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap what happened at last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 125, look ahead to this weekend’s UFC 221, and Jason has interviews with Ben Nguyen, Andre Fili, and Angelo Reyes.

Jason and Daniel kick off the podcast by taking a look back at what happened last weekend in Brazil at UFC Fight Night 125. They tell you there top four takeaways from the fight card, including what happened in the co-main event bout between Valentina Shevchenko and Priscila Cachoeira. After they gave their thoughts on what happened in that fight, you will hear Jason’s conversation with striking coach Angelo Reyes (18:54) to give a coaches perspective on that situation. Along with giving his thoughts on all aspects of that fight, Angelo previews the female flyweight bout between Ana Julaton and Heather Hardy at next week’s Bellator 194.

After hearing from Angelo, the guys recap the rest of the UFC Fight Night 125 card and tell you their thoughts on the CES MMA 48 card that took place last Friday night in Rhode Island. Then, they turn their attention to this weekend’s UFC 221 fight card that will come from Australia. Before they give their thoughts on the fight card, you will hear Jason’s conversation with flyweight Ben Nguyen (1:10:11). Jason chats with Ben about his fight on the UFC 221 card against Jussier Formiga and where a victory in this fight would put him in the UFC flyweight division rankings. Following the chat with Nguyen, the guys tell you their top three fights on the fight card and tell you if they plan to buy this pay-per-view.

Following all of the UFC 221 talk, Jason let’s you hear his recent interview with UFC featherweight Andre Fili (1:34:31). He chats with Andre about his recent win at UFC on FOX 27 against Dennis Bermudez and what’s next for him in the UFC 145 pound division. Then in the final portion of the podcast, Jason and Daniel discuss various MMA news items and answer a listeners question about recent comments made by Ben Askren on the Joe Rogan podcast.

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On this episode of the podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan of TheMMAReport.com recap what happened last weekend at UFC on FOX 27 and Bellator 193. Along with recapping those fights, Jason has interviews with three fighters that will be competing this weekend as he chats with Eryk Anders, Bobby Voelker, and Brian Marino.

Up first, they take a look back at what happened last weekend in mixed martial arts as they recap UFC on FOX 27 and Bellator 193. They discuss multiple aspects of both cards from the lack of viewership for both events, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza providing he’s still a contender in the UFC middleweight division, and Lorenz Larkin scoring his first victory in the Bellator cage.

After recapping those fights, you will hear the interview with UFC middleweight Eryk Anders (35:57). Jason chats with Eryk about his fight in the main event of UFC Fight Night 125 on Saturday night in Brazil against former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. Following the interview with Eryk, Jason and Daniel preview the entire fight card that will air on FS1 (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) and tell you their top three fights on the card.

Then they turn their attention to the regional side of mixed martial arts as Jason has interviews with Bobby Voelker (59:35) to preview his fight on Saturday at Shamrock FC 302 and Brian Marino (1:13:35), who will be fighting on Friday night at CES MMA 48. During the interview with Bobby, he reveals that he recently had an opponent change and Marino talks about returning to competition for the first time in seven years following two tours in Afghanistan.

Following those interviews and talking about both of those regional fight cards, Jason and Daniel discuss some of the UFC and Bellator news that’s going on. Some of the topics they discuss include Paul Daley looking to be released from his Bellator contract, Eddie Alvarez’s theory on the UFC lightweight title, and the PFL announcing a distribution deal with NBCSN and Facebook.

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UFC 220 and Bellator 192 took place this past weekend and this week on the podcast, Jason and Daniel to recap what happened on those fights cards and look ahead to this weekend’s Bellator 193 and UFC on FOX 27. Plus, Jason has interviews with Frank Camacho, Greg Rebello, JD Domengeaux, and John Sweeney about their upcoming fights.

The guys kickoff this week’s podcast by discussing what happened last week at UFC 220 and Bellator 192. They tell you how they took in the fight, if anything surprised them on either fight card, the television viewership for both cards, and what’s next for Stipe Miocic. Then the guys look ahead to this weekend’s MMA as they preview Bellator 193 and UFC on FOX 27. While talking about UFC on FOX 27, Jason let’s you hear his interview with Frank Camacho (45:22) as he previews his fight against Drew Dober.

Following the interview with Camacho and discussing the rest of the UFC on FOX 27 card, Jason introduces his interview with CES MMA heavyweight Greg Rebello (1:10:44). Greg will be fighting for the vacant CES MMA heavyweight title next Friday night against Travis Wiuff and along with previewing his fight, Greg talked about his relationship with multiple former CES MMA heavyweight champions.

Then in the final two interviews on this week’s podcast, Jason chats with two fighters that will be fighting on Saturday as he speaks with JD Domengeaux and John Sweeney. Domengeaux (1:29:10) previews his fight that will take place in Louisiana, while Sweeney (1:41:01) previews his fight in South Carolina.

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The first big fight weekend of 2018 is this weekend as UFC 220 and Bellator 192 will take place and get ready for the fights by listening to Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan preview the fights, plus Jason has conversations with Michael Chandler, Aaron Pico, and Casey Kenney.

The guys kick off this week’s podcast by taking a look back at what happened this past Sunday night in St. Louis at UFC Fight Night 124. From Dana White’s comments about Uriah Hall being unable to make weight to the performance of Jeremy Stephens in the main event of the fight card, Jason and Daniel break down what happened.

Following their recap of UFC Fight Night 124, they turn their attention to this week’s MMA. They start off their preview of UFC 220 and Bellator 192 by discussing a question that was sent to Jason on social media about the top five fights of the weekend. During their preview of the fight card, Jason plays interviews he did with Chandler, Pico, and Kenney. Chandler and Pico will be competing on Saturday at Bellator 192, while Kenney will be fighting on Friday night at LFA 31.

After previewing those fight cards, the guys discuss some of the latest news in MMA including the report on Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov fighting at UFC 223 for the UFC lightweight title. Jason and Daniel give their thoughts about what that fight booking could mean for Conor McGregor, plus they discuss the term “live and free” that promotes use to discuss fight cards that air on cable television.

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UFC Fight Night 124 will take place on Sunday in St. Louis and get a preview of the fight card at the beginning of this week’s The MMA Report Podcast from Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan. From the main event bout between Jeremy Stephens and Dooho Choi to the television preliminary card on FS1, the guys hit on everything related to the fight card.

After previewing UFC Fight Night 124, Jason lets you hear the conversation he recently had with Jalin Turner (1:02:31) about his fight next Saturday at Bellator 192. Turner is coming off a submission victory in September against Vytautas Sadauskas and this fight will mark his return to the Bellator cage as he won his previous fight in the promotion by knockout in 90-seconds against Gabriel Green at Bellator 170.

Then in the final portion of the podcast, Daniel rejoins Jason to talk about some of the latest news in mixed martial arts including Dustin Poirier stating he only has three fights left on his contract and Brad Tavares offering up himself as the opponent for Michael Bisping in his retirement fight in March. Plus, the guys talk about some of the regional mixed martial arts action that will take place this weekend including the LFA card on Friday night that will be broadcast on AXS TV.

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UFC 219 took place last weekend in Las Vegas and get a recap of the fight card on this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast hosted by Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan. From Cris Cyborg retaining the UFC women’s featherweight title to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s dominating victory, the guys touch on it all and answer listener questions about the fights.

Following the recap of UFC 219, Jason has four fighter interviews and up first is UFC featherweight Calvin Kattar (1:00:41) to preview his fight in two weeks at UFC 220. Then, Jason turns his attention to this weekend’s Valor Fights 47 as he chats with Jason King (1:11:53) and Shamir Peshewa (1:26:19) about their fights in Knoxville.

Then in the final interview, Jason is joined by lightweight prospect Blaze Gill (1:42:03) to preview his matchup for the King of the Cage lightweight title next week. Following that interview, Daniel rejoins Jason to start their preview of next week’s UFC Fight Night card in St. Louis and the guys will have a complete preview of the fight card on next week’s podcast.

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UFC 219 will take place this weekend in Las Vegas and get a preview of the fight card at the beginning of this week’s podcast as Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan preview the event that will come from the T-Mobile Arena.

Along with previewing UFC 219, Jason and Daniel discuss their New Year’s Resolutions for MMA in 2018. They both give multiple things they would like to see happen in MMA in 2018 and Daniel asks Jason about which current UFC champions will still be a UFC champion at the beginning of 2019.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast as Jason has conversations with Kyle Bochniak (1:06:36) and Henry Corrales (1:15:51). Bochniak previews his upcoming fight at UFC 220 and Corrales talks about his fight at Bellator 192.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan take a look back at last week’s UFC on FOX 26 and Jason has fighter interviews with Rick Glenn, Marvin Vettori, and Brandon Girtz.

At the start of the podcast, Jason and Daniel give you their thoughts on the UFC on FOX 26 card that took place in Canada from the dominating victory by Rafael dos Anjos to the issue of weight cutting.

Along with recapping those fights, the guys tell you about some of the results from last weekend on the regional scene and tell you who there regional MMA fighter of the week is. Plus, they talk about comments made by Khabib Nurmagomedov about his weight heading into UFC 219 and the UFC bio of heavyweight Tai Tuivasa.

Up next is the interview portion of the podcast as Jason let’s you hear the interviews he recently conducted with Rick Glenn, Marvin Vettori, and Brandon Girtz. Up first is Glenn (57:43) as he previews his fight next weekend at UFC 219 against Myles Jury. Then, Vettori (1:09:28) previews his UFC 219 bout against Omari Akhmedov and Girtz (1:18:51) recaps his victory over Luka Jelcic at Bellator 190 earlier this month.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd has fighter interviews with Louis Smolka, Shana Dobson, and Mike Richman.

Before those interviews, Jason and Daniel Galvan recap what happened last weekend at UFC Fight Night 123 and Bellator 190. Along with recapping those fights, they look ahead to this weekend’s Bellator 191 and UFC on FOX 26.

In addition to discussing all of those fights, they discuss some of the latest news in MMA including the UFC middleweight title picture, Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou being booked for the main event of UFC 220, and Joanna Jedrzejczyk firing Perfecting Athletes.

Then it’s on to the interview portion of the podcast and up first is UFC flyweight Louis Smolka (1:09:32) to preview his fight against Matheus Nicolau. Along with previewing his fight on December 30 in Las Vegas, Smolka talks about his dealing with USADA and his place in the UFC 125 pound division.

Up next is Ultimate Fighter 26 contestant Shana Dobson (1:25:39)  to recap her win over Ariel Beck at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale earlier this month. In addition, she talked about being ranked as the number ten title challenger in the UFC women’s flyweight division and looking to become a physical education teacher at the school she teaches at.

And in the final interview, Jason is joined by Mike Richman (1:35:55) to preview his fight on Friday in the co-main event of LFA 29 against Jeff Peterson. Richman talks about talking some additional time off following his last fight in January, why he considers himself the underdog in this fight, and planning to show off the new version of himself in this fight.

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