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UFC Fight Night 111 took place on Saturday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore and was headlined by former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm snapping a three fight losing streak with a head kick knockout victory against Bethe Correia.

Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan give their thoughts on what happened at this UFC fight card on this episode of “The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast.” Some of the topics they discuss include the moment the main event changed, how the preliminary card was better than the main card, and what’s next for some of the winners from this card.

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Bellator made headlines this week as they have hired play by play announcers Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo. Plus, the New York State Athletic Commission confirmed that out-of-competition drug testing will take place for Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva leading up to their fight next week at Bellator NYC.

So what does Jason Floyd think about both of these stories? Jason explains how Bellator made an improvement on their broadcast by adding Goldberg and Ranallo, plus gives some more details on what he has heard about the drug testing arrangements made by the New York State Athletic Commission for the out-of-competition testing for Sonnen and Silva.

Jason also gives you some of the other news and fight bookings in MMA before he is joined by Daniel Galvan (30:00) to preview Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 111. Some of the topics they discuss about this fight card include this being a showcase fight for Holly Holm and they give their top fights of the fight card. After being joined by Daniel to preview Saturday’s UFC event, Jason has fighter interviews with Ryan Couture, Brendan Kornberger, and Peter Barrett.

Up first is Ryan Couture (55:55) as he previews his fight next week at Bellator 180 against Haim Gozali. Jason talks to Ryan about looking to bounce back next week and find out about the relationship Ryan has with his father Randy Couture in and outside of MMA. Then, Unified MMA middleweight champion Brendan Kornberger (1:08:58) comes on the podcast to recap his successful title defense last week at Unified MMA 31 against Miles Anstead. And in the final interview, Peter Barrett joins the podcast to preview his fight on Saturday against Drew Morais at Cage Titans 34 and explains the business of being a regional MMA fighter.

Finally, Jason answer listener questions submitted online and announces which Bellator 180/Bellator NYC fighters will be on next week’s podcast.

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UFC Fight Night 110 took place on Sunday morning in Auckland, New Zealand (Saturday night in the United States) and was headlined by Mark Hunt scoring a 4th round TKO victory over Derrick Lewis in a heavyweight bout.

The TKO victory by Hunt was one of four TKO/KO victories on the main card on FS1 as the other TKO/KO victories came from Derek Brunson, San Hooker, and Ion Cutelaba.

What did Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan think about this event? Find out on this episode of “The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast” as they recap this UFC fight card. Find out who they named as the top star of the night and they play matchmaker with some of the fighters that competed at UFC Fight Night 110. Plus, they start there preview for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 111 and they will have a complete preview of the fight card later this week on “The MMA Report Podcast.”

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The UFC will be in Auckland, New Zealand this weekend for UFC Fight Night 110 and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Derrick Lewis looks to make his case for a title shot against current UFC champion Stipe Miocic as he will meet Mark Hunt.

Get ready for this UFC fight card by listening to Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan preview this event on The MMA Report Preview Podcast. The guys give their take on all of the fights that will take place on Sunday morning in New Zealand (Saturday night in the United States) and give their predictions on the fights.

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UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson made headlines this week and how does Jason Floyd feel about this situation? He let’s you know on this week’s episode of The MMA Report Podcast on Radio Influence.

Along with giving his feelings on that story and letting you know about some of the other hot topics in mixed martial arts, Jason has four fight interviews on this week’s podcast.

Up first, he chats with UFC lightweight Tony Martin about his fight at the end of this month against Johnny Case at UFC Fight Night 112. Why did Tony want this fight so bad and he explains how his feud with Case lead him to learn about SnapChat. Following the interview with Martin, undefeated middleweight Eryk Anders joins the podcast to preview his fight on June 23 at LFA 14 against Brendan Allen for the inaugural middleweight title. Eryk talks to Jason about his fight in two weeks and his involvement in charities in the state of Alabama.

After hearing from Eryk, Jason turns his attention over to women’s mixed martial arts as he is joined by Gabby Romero. During his conversation with Gabby, Jason talks to her about trying out for The Ultimate Fighter 26 and what could be next for her. And in the final interview, Jason chats with Nolan Norwood about his fight in the main event of V3 Fights against Jaleel Willis for the vacant V3 fights welterweight title.

Then at the very end of the podcast, Jason starts his preview of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 110 and answers a listens question about the women’s featherweight division in MMA.

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UFC 212 took place on Saturday night from the Jeunesse Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was headlined by Max Holloway becoming the unified UFC featherweight champion with a victory in the third round against Jose Aldo.

Along with Holloway becoming undisputed featherweight champion, Claudia Gadelha cemented her place as the top contender in the UFC women’s strawweight division with a submission victory over Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

With this fight card now in the books, listen to the post fight podcast as Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan give their thoughts on what happened at UFC 212 on this edition of The MMA Report Post Fight Podcast.

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UFC 212 will take place on Saturday night from the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will be headlined by a title unification bout in the featherweight division (145 pounds) as Jose Aldo will meet Max Holloway. Along with the title fight, this event will feature a key bout in the women’s strawweight division as Claudia Gadelha meets Karolina Kowalkiewicz in a battle of former UFC title challengers.

Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan breakdown this fight card on this episode of The MMA Report Preview Podcast. The guys talk about the perception of Aldo with the hardcore MMA fan in comparison to the casual sports fan, what are the top three fights of this fight card, which fights are going under the radar, and give their picks for all of the fights.

 

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Following his win over Glover Teixeira on Sunday at UFC Fight Night 109, Alexander Gustafsson says he is rooting for Daniel Cormier to retain the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 214 against Jon Jones and find out on this episode of The MMA Report Podcast why Jason Floyd is confused by Gustafsson’s thought process.

Also on this episode of the podcast, Jason will talk about some of the latest news in fight bookings in MMA including an update on how eye pokes are handled by referees and which MMA promoter is returning to the sport with Alliance MMA.

After discussing all of the news and fight bookings in MMA, Jason has six fighter interviews as he is joined by Ben Nguyen, Miles Anstead, Chris Larsen, Adam Meredith, Garrett Gross, and Scott Ettling. Nguyen (22:53) comes on the podcast to preview his fight set for next week at UFC Fight Night 110 against Tim Elliott and explains his emotions when he learned that Joseph Benavidez had to pull out of a fight against him due to an injury. After his conversation with Nguyen, Jason turns his attention to next week’s Unified MMA as he is joined by Anstead (36:40) to preview his fight against middleweight champion Brendan Kornberger in the co-main event of the fight card and Larsen (46:15) talks about looking to remain undefeated when he takes on Jared Kilkenny.

After the back to back interviews with Unified MMA 31 fighters, Jason is joined by three fighters that will be competing on Friday night in St. Louis at Shamrock FC 290. His first Shamrock FC 290 interview is with Meredith (55:30), who will be facing Chel Erwin-Davis in the main event of the fight card. Up next is Gross (1:03:09), who previews his fight against Frank Sloan and tells Jason about what has been going on during his training camp. And in the final interview, Jason talks with Ettling (1:13:15) about his bantamweight bout against Erion Zekthi.

At the end of this week’s podcast, Jason tells you what you can expect to hear on Friday’s episode of The MMA Report Preview Podcast as he will be joined by Daniel Galvan to preview Saturday’s UFC 212.

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UFC Fight Night 109 took place on Sunday at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and was headlined by Alexander Gustafsson making his claim for a title shot in the UFC light heavyweight division as he scored a dominating victory over Glover Teixeira.

Along with the tremendous victory by Gustafsson, the fight card saw Volkan Oezdemir improve to 2-0 in the UFC with a 28-second victory over Misha Cirkunov and get a full recap of the event from Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan of TheMMAReport.com.

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The UFC will be holding a fight card in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday for UFC Fight Night 109 and Jason Floyd and Daniel Galvan get you ready for this fight card on this episode of The MMA Report Preview Podcast.

UFC Fight Night 109 will be headlined by a key matchup in the light heavyweight division between former title challengers as Alexander Gustafsson will look for back to back victories for the first time since 2012 when he meets Glover Teixeira and in the co-main event, Volkan Oezdemir will meet Misha Cirkunov in another key light heavyweight bout as both guys will look to make their claim to being a top five fighter in the UFC 205 pound division.

Along with talking about the main and c0-main event of UFC Fight Night 109, Jason and Daniel give their thoughts on the rest of the fight card. They give you betting underdogs that they believe will walk away with victories on Sunday in Sweden and which fighters have them interested that will be part of the preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass and FS1.

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