Coast 2 Coast Combat Hour

Ed and Matt went through a lot of MMA at the end of 2018. Matt was at UFC 232 to see some surprising fights in the last event of 2018 for the promotion, then pulled an all-nighter for RIZIN 14. Meanwhile, Ed was covering the PFL Championship in New York City on New Year's Eve. Listen to the recap of it all.

As a final thank you to those who have been listening, check out our interview with PFL President Carlos Silva before they close out the 2018 season in New York City on New Year's Eve. You guys can watch the fights and win some money too by entering the PFL Pick Em' game on Draft Kings by using this link: https://pflpickem.draftkingsmedia.com/

The MMA Community forum's resident BJJ guru, Ray Robles returns to discuss the drama that went down at the IBJJF No-Gi Worlds and the current state of the grappling circuit. He also joins Matt and Ed in previewing UFC 232 and RIZIN 14.

Matt and Ed react to the change of UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Matt is happy (sort of), Ed is shocked but there's probably more to all of it. 

Nolan King of FloCombat and Tapology returns to discuss Bellator's big weekend in Hawaii, the UFC's last FOX event in Milwaukee and what we can expect in MMA in 2019.

Matt and Ed look back at UFC 231 and the blessed express outcome as well as all the other combat sports that went down that weekend. As December brings heavy fight weekends they take a look at the upcoming Bellator double header in Hawaii and UFC Milwaukee.

Angelo Reyes returns to talk about the Wilder/Fury aftermath, give his take on what Floyd Mayweather Jr is doing against Tenshin Nasukawak on New Year's Eve and talk about a cause that is near and dear to him.

Uri returns to help Matt and Ed do the main card predictions for #UFC231. Also some quick notes about the big fight weekend last weekend with two Bellator events, two UFC events and a heavyweight boxing match.

Mat was on deck at the first Golden Boy MMA event; Liddell vs. Ortiz 3. We talk about the night, the crowd, a brief recap of UFC Beijing and a look at the upcoming weekend's fights. Amazon Store link: https://www.amazon.com/shop/carbazel

Matt and Ed recap Bellator 209, UFC Argentina and look at Liddell Ortiz 3 and try to figure out the Mayweather/Tenshin deal with RIZIN. Check out Ed's Amazon storefront for stuff from the podcast:https://www.amazon.com/shop/carbazel

Matt and Ed recap the weekend events from the UFC's 25th-anniversary card in Denver and look at the upcoming Bellator 209 card. Ed also talks to Michael Graves about his upcoming bout at Titan FC 51.

Matt and Ed catch up with A.J. Matthews who fights for Bellator MMA. He talks about how he got into fighting, his experiences fighting overseas, and where he sees himself in Bellator's welterweight division.

Check out Ed make a fool of himself while he experiments with OBS and reads off Matt's picks as well as his own for UFC 230.

Matt and Ed recap PFL 10 and all the "MAGOMED" involved as well as look ahead at the upcoming UFC cards. Ed speaks with one of the technological innovators at Quadrant Biosciences and what they're doing to help catch CTE in combat sports.

Matt rubs Fedor's victory in Ed's face while they look at what happened over back to back events. Also, Ed got coincidentally got his copy of "Before a Fall: A History of Pride Fighting Championships" just before watching the heavyweight grand prix come to an end and gives his first impressions of the book. Also, the author himself Lee Daly drops in to give his Bellator 208 impressions and how Fed...

Matt and Ed recap the madness that ended UFC 229 and talk about the back-to-back Bellator events with 207 and 208 and the heavyweight tournament.

Matt and Ed look at the UFC 229 fight card and discuss the recent news of UFC 230 finally having a main event. Also Uri of the MMA Community site drops in to talk Bellator 206. Not for the kiddies this episode.

The co-founder and co-owner of the MMA Community forum, whom user's know as "Wild", jumps on to talk about ups and downs of running an MMA forum and discuss Bellator 205, 206, UFC Sao Paolo and what's going on with UFC 230.

Boxing correspondent Daniel Zaldivar jumps on the podcast to talk about Canelo/ GGG 2 and his new podcast, "The Last Round" which he co-hosts with Michael Shepherd. They also discuss other recent rumblings from the Marquess of Queensberry rule-set in combat sports. The Last Round podcast: https://audioboom.com/posts/7002452-p... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CombatHour

Mason joins Matt and Ed to talk about his recent win over at Epic Fighting last month and his journey in MMA. Also, the three of them will remark on what happened at UFC 228 and what seems to be ahead for the remainder of the year.

Matt and Ed give thoughts and predictions for UFC 228 and speculate about UFC 230. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CombatHour The MMA Community Forum: https://themmacommunity.com/ Host site: http://www.theblogboardjungle.com/

Matt and Ed do a quick recap of the UFC Lincoln event and had an opportunity to interview MMA Pro League President Mark Taffet talking about the inaugural event September 15.

Matt and Ed speak with Lee Daly who has researched and interviewed a lot of people to produce a book about Pride Fighting Championships. If you have been following MMA as long as Matt and Ed have, this book and episode is for you. Indie go-go link for book| https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/before-a-fall-a-history-of-pride-fc#/

Matt and Ed are joined by Mike Pendleton who contributes with Ed over at MyMMANews.com as well as BJPenn.com and Combat Press. He also co-hosts his own podcast and stays up to date on all the recent MMA that has gone on outside of the UFC. We talk about the upcoming UFC Lincoln event and what MMA fighters and promotions can do to grow the sport even more.

Virgil Zwicker returns to update us on his fight schedule and Matt and Ed look at the fights that happened during a UFC free weekend. Also, Matt recaps this past weekend's RIZIN event and Ed will be busy with PFL 6 on the east coast.