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GLORY CEO Marshall Zelaznik ushers new era for Kickboxing company 19.03.2025 31:29 ↓

We cover: ⚫Glory's new home on DAZN ⚫USA expansion with Miami show May 1 ⚫Combat sports content distribution landscape ⚫Memories as a top executive at UFC for over a decade and working with Dana White

Amir Albazi 31.10.2024 9:03 ↓

My interview with UFC No. 3 ranked flyweight Amir Albazi, who returns after heart and neck surgery and a 17-month layoff on Saturday to face former champion Brandon Moreno in a main event fight on ESPN. My conversation with Albazi (17-1) covered his rags to riches journey living in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's reign and then in Syria and Sweden as a refugee and a gang member robbing people, and all...

Dan Ige 22.10.2024 11:40 ↓

My interview with UFC ranked featherweight contender Dan Ige, who is fighting on the main card of UFC 308 on Saturday against undefeated upstart Lerone Murphy. Ige will be setting up the Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway and Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker fights out of the No. 3 slot of the PPV card. Ige is coming off one of the most badass moments in UFC history, taking a fight on three hours n...

Canelo Alvarez 12.09.2024 7:13 ↓

I interviewed Canelo Alvarez ahead of his fight against Edgar Berlanga on September 14. The super middleweight king covered quite a few topics, including: ⚫Fighting Conor McGregor next year, and how it would be an “easy money” knockout. ⚫Going up against Dana White and UFC 306 on the same night in Las Vegas and if he sees them as a threat. ⚫How he’d beat Terence Crawford and David Benavidez – a...

Dana White 10.09.2024 15:45 ↓

I interviewed UFC President and CEO Dana White. We covered quite a few topics, including: ⚫The $20 million production of UFC 306 and how the first-ever live sporting event at The Sphere came to be ⚫Why the UFC decided to go against Canelo Alvarez's fight vs. Edgar Berlanga in Las Vegas on the same night during Mexican Independence Day Weekend ⚫How UFC Noche is set to break the all-time UFC...