Fight Disciples Podcast

Bring the tissues on Saturday as we say farewell to a sporting icon. In front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park in Dublin, Katie Taylor signs off on a career that changed boxing forever. The greatest female boxer in history fights one final time. We preview a night that's almost guaranteed to be followed by the hangover of all hangovers! Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork...

Song Yadong landed the punch of his life then climbed atop the Octagon to wild applause in Shanghai on Saturday, but also made it to the summit of the UFC bantamweight rankings.  Umar Nurmagomedov was a heavy favourite out in China, but ducked into a lethal right hand to leave him sprawled on the canvas and the local fans in raptures. That main event upset capped another tremendous night for...

Holy s***! What a fight.  This is what contesting the heavyweight championship of the world should look like.  Incredible scenes in London as Filip Hrgovic becomes the first Croatian heavyweight world champion, coming from behind to force a ninth round stoppage of Moses Itauma. Drama, excitement, guts and glory. Brilliant. Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Claude Cowork...

The boys are back together in time to preview the start of a huge six months in the ring. Moses Itauma aims to become Britain's youngest ever world heavyweight champion at the O2 on Saturday night, but Filip Hrgovic poses by far his toughest test to date. We also look forward to the MVP card in the Midlands, featuring Chantelle Cameron's world title unification against Mikaela Mayer. Check out the...

The UFC is red hot right now. Every week it's just a catalogue of KOs intwined with the odd Fight of the Year contender. And Fight Night Sacramento was no different. 10 finishes in 13 fights, 7 in the first round. Plus the main event was a smoker. Awesome. If you've not watched it yet, what are you waiting for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teofimo Lopez outpointed Rolly Romero to become a three-weight world champion in Las Vegas just a few hours after George Liddard had cruised to European middleweight glory in London. But with the world title fight behind a PPV paywall, and DAZN generating very little in the way of media coverage, how many people actually watched either fight? Ready to have an AI that can tackle real work? Try Clau...

Fight Disciples' Nick Peet hosted a LIVE episode of Fight Club featuring four Patreon members to debate some of the biggest stories in boxing, and there was obviously only one place to start. Here is an extended clip from the show revolving around the circus that is the Tyson Fury – Anthony Joshua heavyweight matchup that's finally closing in, albeit on a November date in New York City. Check out...

Islam Makhachev became the first fighter in UFC history to record 17 consecutive victories inside the Octagon whilst making the first defence of his welterweight title at UFC 330. But is that enough to promote him to MMA's GOAT? Challenger Ian Machado Garry was sharp, accurate and showcased his defensive grappling strengths. But once more, a lack of predatory instinct cost him on mixed martial art...

UFC 330 lands in Philadelphia this weekend with a main event featuring the best fighter in mixed martial arts, Islam Makhachev, defending the welterweight title for the first time against #1 contender Ian Machado-Garry. Can the challenger live up to his own lofty ambitions and continue 2026's MMA narrative as being 'The Year of the Upset', or will the champion surpass Anderson Silva and claim his...

Zuffa Boxing lands in Dublin, Ireland this weekend as Aaron McKenna tops a card at home for the first time challenging for the world middleweight title. Ably support by brother Stephen and stablemate Callum Walsh, the 3Arena once again promises to be bouncing come Saturday night. Meanwhile, it's Groundhog Day over in Leeds, as Troy Williamson is forced to run back the standout performance of his c...

Jake Paul is in the MMA business for real following his Most Valuable Promotions organisation, bastion of women's pro boxing, merged with the Professional Fighters League. Following the success of MVP MMA's maiden show live on Netflix earlier this year, questions remained how they could ever grow to truly compete with the UFC. That major conundrum, at least, was answered yesterday with the 400-str...

Boxing heads to Dublin, Ireland for the first of three blockbuster events in the coming weeks, starting with the brilliant super-lightweight title tussle between Pierce O'Leary and Mark Chamberlain. With a suitably-stacked Irish ensemble undercard attached, the night promises to deliver plenty of fireworks, but nowhere more so than in the main event. Both have genuine world title ambitions, but on...

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua both returned to the ring over the weekend to blow off the cobwebs and hope to ignite interest from fight fans in their long overdue heavyweight match-up later in the year. Instead, Fury looked cumbersome at best on Friday night and AJ was dropped repeatedly in the opening rounds before finally cashing a lottery ticket to save his blushes in Saudi Arabia. Is their fig...

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua both return to the boxing ring this weekend, albeit on two separate continents and 24 hours apart. The two British heavyweights feature in warm-up bouts on consecutive nights before, maybe, agreeing to face one another at last later in the year. You know what they say about best laid plans? Are there any real warm-up fights in heavyweight boxing? In this case, probabl...

UFC Fight Night Oklahoma was a blast with former champions Dricus du Plessis showing Kamaru Usman how size really does matter in the main event. And the UK's own Christopher Leroy Duncan climbing into the top 10 with a career best performance over Jared Cannonier. Today's Sunday Sermon reviews the entire main card and includes a little matchmaking to boot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Nick's Picks is a regular Friday prediction show exclusive to Fight Disciples Patreon. Like what you hear, subscribe to the Patreon and never miss any of our content again: www.patreon.com/cw/FightDisciples I was keen to preview some boxing this weekend, but does anybody really care about Harlem Eubank headlining Misfits or Diego Pacheco – as good as he is – making the umpteen defence of a fringe...

Ryan Garcia will defend his world title against Conor Benn on September 12th in Las vegas at the T-Mobile Arena, but how do you really feel about the fight? Sure, you cannot deny it features two of the biggest and most polarising stars in the sport today, but what does a fight like this mean for the future of boxing? And what message does it send out to fighters and fans? Learn more about your ad...

Paddy the Baddy stole in the show at UFC 329, which despite throwing up a record 11 finishes in one night, was soiled by the disappointment of the artist formerly known as Conor McGregor in 2026. We review all the knockouts, submissions and breath taking moments from a great night in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Immediate reaction to UFC 329 from the ledge inside the T-Mobile Arena as Paddy Pimblett steals the show with his first minute submission over Benoit Saint Denis before Conor McGregor's ageing body – and perhaps a fair share of karma – catch up with The Notorious in the most dramatic fashion! We will be recording a full review of UFC 329 tomorrow after the dust has settles, but we were keen to rec...

Backstage at UFC 329, Zuffa Boxing unveiled their newest signing, multi-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson, so naturally Adam took the opportunity to put a microphone in his face for an FD exclusive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a card is as stacked as UFC 329 a single preview show just isn't enough, so we waited for the Hall of Famer Michael Bisping to roll into town before rolling the cameras once more. The Fight Week dream team is back baby and we've got plenty of big opinions on this weekend's International Fight Week card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of this weekend's UFC 329 main event, we look back over the career of Conor McGregor, picking out his 5 most iconic moments – then compare the best of Max Holloway to score the final 5 of both careers. We started recording in a lovely spot overlooking the Strip – a second attempt this week to go al fresco – but the sun literally started melting the camera so we had to run for cover. Learn mo...

UFC 329 International Fight Week is here and the boys kick the week off in style with your essential preview show, breaking down the entire main card along with the best of the rest. Hold onto your hats kids, this is a fight card worth getting excited about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back after a short break to examine all the big stories inside the ring, including; Boots Ennis' long-term pound-for-pound potential following Zayas knockout, the one and only Oleksandr Usyk has binned all his heavyweight belts – Hooray! Plus, late breaking news revealed live during the recording as Tyson Fury confirms his landmark return in Thailand! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Liam Paro is a two-weight world champion after wrestling a welterweight crown away from Lewis Crocker in Brisbane earlier today; the Northern Irishman paying the price for a slow start Down Under. We also look ahead to this weekend's sensational light-middleweight title fight between world champion 23-year-old Xander Zayas and Philly slickster Jaron 'Boots' Ennis. Not nearly enough sports fans kno...