Rewatching 5 Controversial Fights

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Gustafsson, Alexander Volkanovski, Demetrious Johnson, Dominick Reyes, Framework, Henry Cejudo, Israel Adesanya, Jon Jones, Max Holloway, Methodology, Yoel Romero

In my effort to develop a functioning framework for fans, and perhaps judges, to more accurately and consistently score fights,

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Episode 076 – UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega

December 12, 2018December 11, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Al Iaquinta, Alex Oliveira, Brian Ortega, CHARLES OLIVEIRA, Dan Hooker, Edson Barboza, Gunnar Nelson, Hakeem Dawodu, Jim Miller, Jimi Manuwa, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Kevin Lee, Kyle Bochniak, Max Holloway, Rob Font, Sergio Pettis, Thiago Santos, Valentina Shevchenko

It was a cold night in Toronto, Canada, but the action was on fire inside Scotiabank Arena where Max Holloway

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Live Events Podcasts

UFC 231 Live Event Episode

December 12, 2018December 11, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Oliveira, Brian Ortega, George Stallworth, Gunnar Nelson, Hakeem Dawodu, Jimi Manuwa, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Kyle Bochniak, Max Holloway, Thiago Santos, Valentina Shevchenko

George Stallworth joined Ryan Smith for a live UFC 231 live reaction show. Hear the preflight picks, postfight reactions and

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Episode 075 – War Weekend: Usman, Dos Santos, and Wilder

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Oliveira, Brian Ortega, Conor McGregor, Darrion Caldwell, Dustin Poirier, Gunnar Nelson, Hakeem Dawodu, Jimi Manuwa, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Juan Espino Dieppa, Junior Dos Santos, Justin Willis, Kyle Bochniak, Kyoji Horiguchi, Macy Chiasson, Mark Hunt, Max Holloway, Shogun Rua, Tai Tuivasa, Thiago Santos, Tyson Pedro, Valentina Shevchenko

It was a war weekend with 3 events for fight fan enjoyment. The Ultimate fighter heavy hitters completed their finale

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Episode 069 – Bellator 207 and 208

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Gustafsson, Alexander Shlemenko, Amanda Nunes, Anatoly Tokov, Andy Main, Benson Henderson, Brian Ortega, Carlos Condit, Carrington Banks, Chael Sonnen, Cheick Kongo, Chris Weidman, Claudia Gadelha, Conor McGregor, Corey Anderson, Corey Browning, Cris Cyborg, Daniel Cormier, David Branch, Derek Brunson, Derrick Lewis, Fedor Emelianenko, Henry Corrales, Ion Pascu, Israel Adesanya, Jacare Souza, Jimi Manuwa, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Jon Jones, Kevin Ferguson Jr, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Lorenz Larkin, Luke Rockhold, Mandel Nallo, Matt Mitrione, Max Holloway, Michael Cheisa, Michael Johnson, Roy Nelson, Ryan Bader, Saad Awad, Sergei Kharitonov, Thiago Santos, Timothy Johnson, Valentina Shevchenko, Zubaira Tukhugov

Still reeling from fallout of UFC 229, Bellator put on back-to-back shows featuring the semifinalists in the Heavyweight grand prix

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Episode 057 – UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier Wrap Up

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alen Amedovski, Alessio Sakara, Andrey Koreshkov, Anthony Pettis, Blagoy Ivanov, Brian Ortega, Brock Lesnar, Chad Mendes, Chris Honeycutt, Daniel Cormier, Daniel Weichel, Dennis Bermudez, Derrick Lewis, Eduardo Danatas, Ernest James, Francis Ngannou, Gokhan Saki, Jamie Sloane, Julia Budd, Junior Dos Santos, Kat Zingano, Khalil Rountree, Leo Leite, Marion Reneau, Max Holloway, Maxim Radu, Michael Chiesa, Michael McDonald, Michele Martignoni, Miles Jury, Niko Price, Patricio Freire, Randy Brown, Rick Glenn, Sage Northcutt, Simon D'anna, Simon La Preziosa, Stipe Miocic, Talita Nogueira, Valentin Moldavsky, Vaso Bakocevic, Will Fleury, Zak Ottow

It was international fight week, literally Christmas in the MMA world, and UFC 226 delivered with an amazing card that

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Episode 056 – UFC 226: Miocic vs Cormier

July 3, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alejandra Lara, Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Pettis, Brian Ortega, Chuck Liddell, Daniel Cormier, Derrick Lewis, Francis Ngannou, Gokhan Saki, Ilima Macfarlane, Jonathan Ivey, Juan Archuleta, Khalil Rountree, Kristina Williams, Max Holloway, Michael Chiesa, Robbie Peralta, Ryan Couture, Saad Awad, Stipe Miocic, Tito Ortiz, Travis Fulton, Valerie LeTourneau, Volkan Oezdemir

It’s international fight week and that means that the UFC is taking over Las Vegas with all types of conventions

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Episode 045 – Boxing and UFC 223 Preview

April 3, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Al Iaquinta, Alex Caceres, Anthony Joshua, Anthony Pettis, Artem Lobov, Ashlee Evans-Smith, Bec Rawlings, Brandon Moreno, Calvin Kattar, Deontay Wilder, Felice Herrig, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Max Holloway, Michael Chiesa, Paul Felder, Ray Borg, Renato Moicano, Rose Namajunas

The only thing we’ve waited for longer than a Conor McGregor title defense is a fight between El Cucuy, Tony

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Matchmaking in the UFC is Broken

March 25, 2018March 28, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Georges St Pierre, Jose Aldo, Max Holloway, Robert Whitaker

Perhaps in the past, the UFC never had a legitimate ladder that governed who got a title shot, when, and

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Episode 035 – The New Year Episode

January 9, 2018January 10, 2018 cstRyan 0 Comments Alex Oliveira, Alistair Overeem, Bellator;Eddie Alvarez, Carla Esparza, Carlos Condit, Conor McGregor, Cynthia Calvillo, Dan Hooker, Dana White, Daniel Cormier, Demetrious Johnson, Dooho Choi, Edson Barboza, Emil Meek, Francis Ngannou, Jeremy Stephens, Jessica-Rose Clark, Justin Gaethje, Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Marc Diakiese, Max Holloway, Michael Johnson, Neil Magny, Paige VanZant, Ray Borg, Robert Whitaker, Rose Namajunas, Uriah Hall, Vitor Belfort, Yancy Medeiros

After three weeks of holiday break, Ryan and KC had to shake off a bit of ring rust for their

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Episode 034 – Bellator 189 and UFC 218

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 cstRyan 0 Comments Adam Piccolotti, Albert Morales, Alex Oliveira, Alistair Overeem, Arlene Blencowe, Bellator, Benito Lopez, Brian Ortega, Chidi Njokuani, Chris Honeycutt, Cub Swanson, Dana White, Daniel Cormier, Darrell Horcher, David Rickels, Diego Sanchez, Eddie Alvarez, Eryk Anders, Francis Ngannou, Gabriel Benitez, Georges St Pierre, Henry Cejudo, Hisaki Kato, Jason Knight, Jose Aldo, Julia Budd, Justin Gaethje, Markus Perez, Max Holloway, Michelle Waterson, Rafael Lovato Jr., Scott Holtzman, Sergio Pettis, Tecia Torres, Volkan Oezdemir, Yancy Medeiros

UFC 218 on Saturday night marked a rare 2 “Fight of the Night” award recipients and Francis NGannou rocked the

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