Arturo gets his brown belt in jiu-jitsu, our picks for "best of" awards in MMA, grappling and Muay Thai, as well as the PoF "Guest of the Year." We discuss the Bellator vs Rizin cross-promotion New Year's card and what it might mean for the future and our plans for 2023.

Do you think there's any fighters that can win 2 weight classes up from their current? Can there be a 3-division champ? We'll make our best bets to do it, but there's one fighter who may only have a 2-fight track to doing so. Can you guess who it is?

We look back at Conor McGregor's comment to Khabib Nurmagomedov back in 2018 and take a look into Khabib's ties to Ziyavudin Magomedov, a Dagestani oligarch arrested for embezzling tens of millions of dollars, Chechnya's dictator, Ramzan Kadyrov (known for being a murderous tyrant, oppressing his people), and his manager Ali Abdelaziz, who may have been a double-agent spy. Conspiracies abound this week! 

Rundown and thoughts of all the main card matches at UFC 281. Does Izzy get an immediate rematch? What are Alex's chances of keeping the title? Was Poirier vs Chandler a FOTY candidate? Does Zhang vs Thug Rose for the continuous round robin? Does Poirier get a title shot? Is the old Dan Hooker back? Does Chris Gutierrez climb into rankings?

Dan Hooker vs Claudio Puelles

Frankie Edgar vs Chris Gutierrez

Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler

Carla Esparza vs Weili Zhang

Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira

All the reasons wrestling is more important than BJJ, especially as it pertains to LEO training, alluding to a video we recently posted on Instagram. Preview of UFC 281, our picks, how we see it playing out, and catching up on Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva. Is Nate next?

Good friend and MMA fan, Ande Lenning, joins us for takes on UFC 280. How did you score O'Malley vs Yan? What's next for the fighters on the card? Predictions and bets for Adesanya vs Pereira and Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva.

Overeem vs Hari, Daniel Cormier in WWE, Mark Zuckerberg renting the entire UFC Apex- is it good or bad? Would a guy like Jeffrey Dahmer be able to kill a wrestler? Holland vs Wonderboy, and will we get what's expected from UFC 280 (Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev)?

Tom Hardy wins a BJJ tournament, a 17 year old gets signed by UFC, 10th Planet schools, the next OneFC card, the state of Iran, Russia's recent mobilization, and "if you could fight anyone..."

Brendan Schaub's UFC conspiracy, Dana White's response to it, and then Brendan's tirade. Did you watch ADCC, UFC, or Canelo vs GGG? We're betting only one of these events made your schedule.

The shenanigans of UFC 279, Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva, where Nate Diaz might find himself post-UFC, and other potential matchups/predictions.