It was the first of two war weekends in a row where Bellator and the UFC went head to head on the same night. On DAZN PPV Bellator held the next round of the Welterweight Grand Prix where Rory the Red King MacDonald put his title on the line against former WSOF champion Jon Fitch….
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Episode 091 – UFC St. Petersburg: Overeem vs. Oleinik
The UFC visited St Petersburg for great MMA action. At Combat Sports Talk, we live by rule number 1, never bet against the Russians, but UFC veteran Alistair Overeem looked to disprove the heuristic by facing MMA journeyman Aleksei Oleinik in the main event. ISLAM Makhachev put on a show and Roxanne Modafferi challenged Antonina…
Episode 090 – UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier
It’s not summer, but the UFC was in Hotlanta, Georgia for some firey MMA action. With fans groaning about Interim Titles, the UFC featured Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastellum for the interim Middleweight belt while the champ, Robert Whitaker nurses himself back to health, and Dustin Poirier looked to stop Max Holloway from achieving double…
Episode 089 – BKFC 5: Lobov vs. Knight
There weren’t any major MMA events and no notable Boxing matches, so that left Bare Knuckle FC who had their 5th show featuring former UFC challengers Artem Lobov vs. Jason Knight in a main event bare knuckle fight in Biloxi Mississippi. The sport is a brutal exhibition of some of the world’s most violent brawlers,…
Episode 088 – Bellator 219 and UFC Philadelphia: Gaethje vs. Barboza
Bellator and UFC delivered solid fight cards this past weekend. Bellator 219 visited Temecula CA where Saad Awad faced Brandon Girtz for a lightweight face-off and Justin Gaethje faced Edson Barboza in the city of Brotherly shove, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Get results from both fight cards, the latest on Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson’s debut in…
Episode 087 – UFC Nashville: Thompson vs. Pettis
Bellator and the UFC hosted events this past weekend. Bellator 218 came to us from Thackerville, OK where Emmanuel Sanchez faced Georgi Karakhanyan and the UFC travelled to Nashville where Anthony “Showtime” Pettis faced Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, in his first fight at 170lbs. Ryan, KC, and John discuss the fights, headlines and topics from the…
Episode 086 – UFC London: Till vs. Masvidal
The UFC rolled into London for UFC Fight Night Masvidal vs. Till, but the fans were barely breathing in the O2 Arena as they gasped at the shocking outcome of the main event. British striking was put to the test at the event, but an American emerged as the King of the UK. Ryan, KC,…
Episode 085 – UFC on ESPN+ Wichita: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
It was a shocker on Saturday night from Wichita, Kansas as Derrick the Black Beast Lewis sought to spoil the ascension of Junior Dos Santos to the Heavyweight top 5. Some of our show favorites like Beneil Dariush and Nico Price were also in action and two rising welterweights Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos and Curtis…
Episode 84 – UFC 235: Jones vs Smith
UFC 235 came to the T-mobile arena in Las Vegas, NV with two titles up for grabs. Tyron Woodley looked to cement his legacy as the greatest welterweight of all time by facing the rising Kamaru Usman, and Jon Bones Jones faced Anthony Smith in his first defense of his Light Heavyweight title, still looking…
UFC 235 Live Event Episode
George Stallworth joined Ryan Smith for another live reaction show. Hear our UFC 235 preflight picks and postfight reactions from our favorite bar.