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UFC Fight Night 113 and Bellator 181 took place this past weekend and listen to Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap both fight cards on this episode of The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast.

The guys discuss what happened in the main event of UFC Fight Night 113 as Santiago Ponzinibbo upset Gunnar Nelson with a knockout victory, the main event war between Derek Campos and Brandon Girtz at Bellator 181, and discuss what could be next for the winners from both fight cards.

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Bellator 181 and UFC Fight Night 113 will take place this weekend and get ready for both fight cards on this episode of The MMA Report Preview Podcast with Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan.

Jason and Daniel preview both events, give you their top five fights of the weekend, the fighters they are most interested in watching this weekend, and their picks for the fights.

Plus, they recap what happened earlier this week on the inaugural episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series and preview this upcoming Tuesday’s Contender Series card that will be streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

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The inaugural episode of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series took place this week and get a recap of the fight card at the beginning of this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast with Jason Floyd.

After taking about those fights and the “SnoopCast,” Jason gets into Gegard Mousasi leaving the UFC for Bellator and what he makes of this decision by the UFC to let Mousasi leave the promotion on a five fight winning streak. Plus, Jason gives his thoughts on the UFC releasing Frank Mir from his contract and the television plans for the UFC 214 prelims.

Then on the interview portion of the podcast, Jason is joined by six fighters who will have fights over the next six days as he chats with Derek Campos (27:24), Joe Warren (38:51), Emily Ducote (51:25), Rafael Lovato Jr. (1:02:39), EJ Brooks (1:15:45), and Casey Kenney (1:32:28).

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UFC 213 and The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale took place this weekend in Las Vegas and listen to the post fight podcast as Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap both fight card on this episode of The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast.

The guys discuss Amanda Nunes pulling out of the UFC 213 main event due to illness, the amazing fight on Friday between Justin Gaethje and Michael Johnson, and could Francis Ngannou be one of the biggest winners following UFC 213 due to how Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum went down.

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It’s International Fight Week for the UFC and listen to the preview podcast as Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan preview Friday’s The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale and Saturday’s UFC 213.

Jason and Daniel will give you their top five fights for this weekend’s UFC fights, which fighters could be on the chopping block, tell you which fighters that are a greater than 2/1 underdog have the best shot to win, which fighter making their UFC debut they are most interested in seeing and how the UFC has promoted women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes leading up to UFC 213.

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The launch of the Professional Fighters League took place this past weekend in Daytona Beach, Florida and Jason Floyd gives his thoughts on the event on this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast. Along with giving his thoughts on the fight card, he plays a piece of audio from Professional Fighters League Executive Carlos Silva on how the promotion will be structured in 2018.

After hearing that comment from Silva, Jason tells you about some of the latest news in MMA including Michael Chiesa formally appealing his submission lost to Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 112 and Linton Vassell being upset that he is being passed over for a title fight in the Bellator light heavyweight division.

Up next is the latest fight bookings in the UFC and Professional Fighters League. From two new matchups added to Saturday’s UFC 213 to multiple matchups added to the UFC’s return to the Netherlands in September. Following this, Jason let’s you hear from five fighters that will have fights over the next two weeks. Up first is UFC bantamweight Albert Morales (41:19), who is stepping up on short notice to face Brett Johns at UFC Fight Night 113 next week. Then he chats with two fighters that will be facing each other this weekend at UFC 213 as he chats with Terrion Ware (54:40) and then talks with Cody Stamann (1:05:11).

Following those UFC interviews, Jason turns his attention to next week’s Bellator 181 as he is joined by Brandon Girtz (1:17:04) and Mike Rhodes (1:28:48). Girtz comes on to talk about his trilogy bout against Derek Campos in the main event of the fight card and Rhodes previews his middleweight bout against Rafael Lovato Jr.

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Did you know that Bellator 180 was broadcast on CMT this past Saturday night along with Spike? Well, Jason Floyd was not aware of this until after the fight card and he explains on this episode of The MMA Report Podcast why this was a brilliant move by Viacom.

Along with discussing that move by Viacom, Jason has five interviews on this week’s podcast as he is joined by Rob Font, Greg Rebello, Richard Odoms, Andres Quintana, and Matt Murray.

Font (40:02) comes on the podcast to preview his fight next week at UFC 213 and explains his new found love for the game of golf. Then he chats with Rebello (55:46) about his fight on July 11 on the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series and Greg tells Jason about some of the prospects that he’s currently training with.

After talking with Rebello, Jason is joined by another heavyweight as he chats with Odoms (1:09:34) about his fight on Friday at LFA 15 for the inaugural LFA heavyweight title. Also on Friday night of this week will be Combate Americas in Mexico City and Jason talks with Quintana (1:24:42) about his fight in the co-main event of the fight card. And in the final interview, Murray (1:33:35) comes on the podcast to preview his fight next week at Shamrock FC 291 in Kansas City.

Following the interview with Murray, Jason talks about the decision FOX Sports made concerning how they cover sports on their website and how anyone currently in media or wanting to get into the media business needs to monitor what FOX Sports is doing with their online content.

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Bellator NYC and UFC Fight Night 112 took place this weekend and both cards had some crazy finishes from Michael Chandler losing the Bellator lightweight title due to a lower leg injury and Kevin Lee scoring a submission victory against Michael Chiesa when no tap took place.

With both fight cards now in the books, Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan recap the fight cards on this episode of The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast. The guys break down both events and give there takes on some of the biggest topics from these fights cards.

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The biggest Bellator event ever will take place on Saturday night in New York City as Bellator NYC will come from Madison Square Garden and on Sunday, the UFC will be in Oklahoma City for UFC Fight Night 112 and get a preview for both of these fight cards on this episode of The MMA Report Preview Podcast.

Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan start off the podcast by discussing Bellator NYC and the lack of buzz for the event. Plus, they give you their top five fights on this card and break down the fights that will take place on the pay-per-view portion of the event.

Following their preview of Bellator NYC, they turn their attention to UFC Fight Night 112. Just like Bellator NYC, there does not seem to be much buzz for this fight card. They give their picks for the fights and talk about the importance of the main event fight between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee.

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The UFC announced earlier this week that they had stripped Germaine De Randamie of the women’s featherweight title and the vacant title will be on the line in the co-main event of UFC 214 on July 29 in California as Cris Cyborg will meet Megan Anderson. What did the UFC say in their statement on this decision? Find out as Jason Floyd let’s you know and he gives his take on this move by the UFC.

Also on this episode, Jason has interviews with four fighters that have upcoming fights in the UFC and Bellator. First, he chats with UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori (26:30) about his fight against Vitor Miranda on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 112. Then, he’s joined by lightweight Drakkar Klose (41:58) to preview his fight on July 7 at The Ultimate Fighter 25 against Marc Diakiese.

After hearing from Klose, Jason turns his attention to Bellator 180 and Bellator NYC. He talks with Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima (53:30) about his title defense on Saturday at Bellator NYC against Lorenz Larkin and then Jason is joined by James Gallagher (1:04:09) to preview his fight against Chinzo Machida on Saturday at Bellator 180.

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