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On this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd starts off the podcast by being joined by Daniel Galvan to recap last weekend’s Bellator 185 and UFC Fight Night 119.

Following the recap of those fight cards, Jason is then joined by fighter/trainer Greg Rebello to preview Friday’s CES MMA 46 on AXS TV. Then it’s on to the latest UFC news including what fight booking surprised Jason and Lyman Good filing a lawsuit against nutrition companies after he tested positive for a banned substance due to a tainted supplement.

After talking about the latest UFC news, Jason turns his attention to Bellator as he chats with Bellator 186 fighters Saad Awad and Logan Storley. Awad talks about his matchup against Zach Freeman and Storley previews his fight against Matt Secor. Following the interviews, Jason talks about the latest Bellator news including Goiti Yamauchi signing a new contract with the promotion.

Then in the final interview of this week’s podcast, Mark Tullius comes on the show to discuss his book, “Unlocking The Cage.” Jason finds out what drew Tullius to write this book, what he learned about MMA fighters while researching this book, and how this journey completely changed the way he viewed himself, fighters, and the sport himself.

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Bellator 185 and UFC Fight Night 118 will take place this weekend and get ready for both fight cards by listening to The MMA Report Preview Podcast with Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan.

The guys give their insight into both of these fights cards, that seem to lack enthusiasm and they debate on whose to blame for the lack of enthusiasm. Plus, they tell you which fights they are most interested in watching in both of these fight cards and what preliminary fights are bouts to keep your eye on.

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On this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd kicks off the podcast by answering listener questions submitted to Jason’s Twitter account and one of the question involves current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor.

After answering the listener questions, Jason turns his attention to the UFC as he’s joined by Jared Gordon (17:08) to preview his matchup next week at UFC Fight Night 119 against Hacran Dias. Following his conversation with Gordon, Jason talks about some of the latest news in the UFC including two matchups added to a stacked UFC 218 in December.

Then it’s on to Bellator as Jason chats with Neiman Gracie (40:02) about his fight on Friday night at Bellator 185. It should be noted that when Jason talked to Gracie, he was scheduled to fight Javier Torres. However Torres pulled out of the fight and Gracie will now be facing Zak Bucia. Also in this segment of the podcast, Jason tells you about some Bellator news including the injury that caused former Bellator light heavyweight champion Liam McGeary to pull out of Bellator 185.

Following the Bellator portion of the podcast, Jason turns to CES MMA as he’s joined by three fighters that will be on next week’s CES MMA 46 fight card. First, he chat’s with Rico DiSciullo (50:52) about his matchup against Justin King and his love for the game of golf. The second CES MMA interview is with Justin Sumter (1:03:45) to discuss his matchup against Shedrick Goodrige and in the final interview, Marquis Brewster (1:15:58) comes on to preview his fight against Raymond Yanez.

After those interviews, Jason wraps up the podcast by talking about some non-UFC/Bellator news including Ian McCall being announced as a participant in December’s Rizin FF bantamweight tournament. Plus, he let’s you know about the MMA that is taking place this weekend and tells you when to expect the preview podcast to be available this week.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd starts off the podcast by recapping what happened last weekend at Bellator 184 and UFC 216 as he’s joined by Daniel Galvan to recap what took place in Oklahoma and Las Vegas.

Following the conversation with Daniel, Jason continues the UFC 216 discussion going as he’s joined by Aaron Bronsteter (37:50) of TSN to discuss being in Las Vegas last week to cover the fight card following the tragic mass shooting. Plus, Jason talks to Aaron about the return of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Speaking of UFC 216, one of the storylines surrounding the event was the weigh-ins involving Kevin Lee. Weight cutting is one of the major topics in the sport and Jason let’s you hear what referee Marc Goddard had to say about the culture of weight cutting and MMA and also talks about the hearing Kurt Holobaugh had with the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday.

Then, UFC light heavyweight Devin Clark (1:11:11) comes on the podcast to preview his matchup against Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night 118. Clark talks about his preparations for the fights and explains the biggest takeaways he has taken from training with former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Following the interview with Clark, Jason talks about some of the latest news in MMA including the UFC deal with Modelo.

Up next is undefeated middleweight prospect Jordan Young (1:32:11), who will be looking to remain undefeated next week at Bellator 185 as he will take on Alec Hooben in a catchweight bout of 195 pounds. Jordan talks about getting ready for this matchup and how Hurricane Irma effected his preparation for this fight. Then after the interview, Jason touches on some of the latest Bellator news including matchups announced for Bellator 189 in December.

And in the final interview of the podcast this week, Jason is joined by David Robins (1:48:13) to preview his matchup next weekend at Valor Fights 45 against Josh Hill. During their conversation, David reveals that he actually had a recent sparring session with his opponent and talk about the potential of this being his last amateur fight.

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The UFC and Bellator will hold fight cards this weekend and get ready for both events by listening to the The MMA Report Preview Podcast with Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan as they preview UFC 216 and Bellator 184.

During their preview of the fight cards, they talk about the structure of the UFC 216 fight card, which betting underdog has the best chance at winning this weekend, and explain why you should watch Friday’s Bellator 184 card.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd kicks off the show by discussing some of the latest news in MMA including Max Holloway defending the UFC featherweight title in December and Liam McGeary receiving a new opponent for Bellator 185 after Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal pulled out of the event due to an undisclosed injury.

After discussing some of the latest news in MMA, Jason has five fighter interviews as he’s joined by Darrion Caldwell (19:40), Daniel Straus (29:16), Pat Curran (41:58), Steve Kozola (53:35), and Te Edwards (1:03:48).

Following all of those interviews, Jason wraps up the podcast by starting his preview of this weekend’s Bellator 184 and UFC 216. He gives you a brief preview of both fight cards and Jason will have a complete preview of both events on Friday as he will be joined by Daniel Galvan on The MMA Report Preview Podcast.

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Jason Floyd starts off this week’s The MMA Report Podcast by discussing the television ratings for UFC Fight Night 117 and Bellator 183. He tells you why the preliminary viewership numbers for the MMA fight cards surprised him and he also gets into other MMA news items including a comment made by Bellator President Scott Coker on the future of the heavyweight title in Bellator.

Then in the interview portion of this week’s podcast, Jason chats with Christos Giagos (28:15) and Westin Wilson (44:22). Giagos will be fighting Shamil Nikaev on Saturday in Russia at ACB 70 and Wilson will be making his Bellator debut next week in Oklahoma as he will be on the preliminary card against Gaston Reyno.

Finally, Jason wraps up the podcast by discussing some of the combat sports action that is taking place on Friday and Saturday.

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UFC Fight Night 117 and Bellator 183 took place this past weekend and take a listen to the post fight podcast as Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan give their thoughts on both fight cards. They give out their 3 Stars, the most surprising moments from the fight cards, the fighters stocks that went up in defeat, and they play matchmaker.

Along with talking about the fights from this past weekend, the guys start their preview of next week’s UFC 216 and Jason talks about spending the weekend in Minneapolis.

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The UFC and Bellator will hold fight cards this weekend and get ready for both events by listening to the The MMA Report Preview Podcast with Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan as they preview UFC Fight Night 117 and Bellator 183.

During their preview of the fight cards, they guys tell you which main card they like better, give their picks, debate why is Aaron Pico a 7 to 1 favorite, and which fight on both fight cards are “must-watch” fights.

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This week on The MMA Report Podcast, Jason Floyd talks about the latest going on in the sports of MMA from Smealinho Rama’s comments about the inaugural PFL event to some of the latest fight bookings in MMA.

Also on this week’s podcast, Jason has interviews with Patricky Pitbull (26:29), Lorenz Larkin (40:01), Justin Linn (54:15), Cody Stamann (1:06:24), Caleb Williams (1:19:17), and Ana Julaton (1:33:17).

Plus, Jason answers listener questions submitted on social media and talks about a tweet that recently sent out by UFC fighter Sean Strickland on a question he received from USADA about the whereabout policy.

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