The UFC travelled to Brazil for a battle of native born fighters to set the year off right. Jose Aldo, the King of Brazil was back in action against a rising star looking to make his name off the former champion, and in the main event, Marlon Moraes finally got his rematch against Raphael Assuncao…
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Episode 059 – UFC Calgary: Alvarez vs. Poirier
The UFC returned to Calgary to make up for a previous weak card that was decimated due to injury. This time, the UFC delivered MMA Royalty in the form of Strawweight Queen Joanna Jedrezejczyk and former featherweight champion Jose Aldo as well as a rematch between Dustin Poirier and Eddie Alvarez. There is no way…
Episode 058 – UFC Hamberg: Rua vs. Smith
Germany was supposed to get an epic fight with Swiss Superstar Volkan Oezdemir versus UFC veteran Shogun Rua, but scheduling changes found Oezdemir facing returning Swede contender Alex Gustafsson at UFC 227 and Anthony Smith stepped in to face Rua riding a 3 fight win streak. The card Delivered amazing action and Anthony Smith made…
Matchmaking in the UFC is Broken
Perhaps in the past, the UFC never had a legitimate ladder that governed who got a title shot, when, and based on what criteria. It just seems like recently, it’s become a problem for the world’s largest MMA promotion. In this, the first of a three part series, we’ll look at what broke the matchmaking…
Episode 034 – Bellator 189 and UFC 218
UFC 218 on Saturday night marked a rare 2 “Fight of the Night” award recipients and Francis NGannou rocked the world with his “Doomfist” uppercut that froze Allistar Overeem in his tracks. Eddie Alvarez was crowned the most violent man in the UFC and Max “Blessed” Holloway did what no man has ever done, won…
Episode 033 – UFC Shanghai: Bisping vs. Gastellum
Returning after only 3 weeks after his submission defeat to Georges St. Pierre, Michael Bisping entered the octagon in Shanghai to face the dangerous contender Kelvin Gastellum. KC and Ryan recap the entire event, discuss nationalist bias in the UFC and share the amazing history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on the latest installment of Combat Sports…
Episode 017 – UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor Wrap Up
One Hour Special! 30 minutes couldn’t contain our excitement for the weekend of fights starting Thursday with Rose Namajunas’ destruction of PVZ, Frankie’s Friday Night Lights-Out KO of Chad Mendes, and the epic battle that wasn’t, Conor McGregor’s 13 second assassination of the King, Jose Aldo at UFC 194. Our panel of experts, Red Mattos,…
Episode 016 – UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor Preview
So many fights, so little time. We cover Thursday night Namajunas vs. Paige VanZant, Friday night Edgar vs. Mendes, and the Saturday doubleheader Weidman vs. Rockhold and Aldo vs. McGregor. We take a few moments to mention Ronda Rousey, and then close by featuring two new songs on Fight Soundtrack that set the stage for…