Fight Disciples Podcast

What an incredible fight night the UFC dished up on Saturday. There where finishes galore, an incredible fight of the night and a reminder that the winner of the main event is a superstar. We review the Zombie as well as look ahead to this weeks set of fights.(And YES, Anderson Silva gets some love!)FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PO...

Boxing needs to celebrate the smaller guys more. Inoue and Donaire are showing the way for the rest of boxing to follow and hopefully those bigger weight categories amend their attitudes accordingly. We review the weekends boxing and look ahead to the return of Lomachenko this Saturday along with a step up in weight for the Tank. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST...

For 24 minutes we got a punch perfect performance from Leon Edwards but one thing is for sure in MMA, never rule out Nate Diaz. All that hard work was undone by 60 seconds of Nate Diaz being Nate Diaz and nearly pulling off the comeback of the year. Brandon Moreno became the first UFC champion from Mexico and Izzy got back to winning ways back down at Middleweight. UFC 263 was incredible and we re...

Congratulations to Jeremias Ponce who put in a sensational performance in Newcastle to beat home town favourite Lewis Ritson in good style. Referee Steve Gray though, is the man we are all talking about on todays show. This weeks see's Jermall Charlo, Nayoa Inoue and Teofimo Lopez return to the ring of which we preview. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODC...

UFC 263 is well and truly upon us and could deliver the best card of the year. We have two world title fights and a five round none title fight featuring one of the biggest stars in the sport against one of our own British stars. Leon Edwards has had turbulent 15 or so months in the UFC but it could all become worthwhile if his star is launched on Saturday against Nate Diaz. There's also PFL and B...

We have absolutely no problem what so ever with the greatest boxer of his generation taking part in what he classes as a legalised bank robbery. How that 'bank robbery' is sold to the fans is where our concern begins. Mayweather vs Paul takes up some conversation on todays show as does the return to winning ways of Daniel Dubois.  Nathan Heaney stole the show this weekend though as we can't get th...

Quiet week this week with there being no fights to review but there is a new season of TUF getting under way. Volkanovski vs Ortega is a tremendous fight but will the build up make compelling TV viewing? We also preview this weekends fight card in the UFC.FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018*Please leave a rev...

Age is nothing but a number! The 'Filipino Flash' Nonito Donaire, at 38 years of age, rolled back the years to put serious manners on Nordine Oubaali and become the WBC Bantamweight world champion.  A truly tremendous performance from him and an equally elite level showing from the referee Jack Reiss. Devin 'The Dream' Haney came through a rough last few rounds against Jorge Linares to retain his...

What performances from Rob Font and Carla Esparza at the weekend. Font put on a clinic against former world champion Cody Garbrandt whilst Carla Esparza went full savage in her big to regain UFC gold which is surely the opportunity that awaits her next. We review the weekends main talking points in the UFCFIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRIT...

This is what boxing is supposed to look like! When the best fight the best, beautiful brutality occurs and Taylor vs Ramirez lived up to and then exceeded all our expectations. We talk through the whole week as Josh Taylor becomes Great Britains first ever undisputed world champion in the four belt era. We also preview the weeks upcoming fights involving Devin Haney and Nonito Donaire. FIGHT DISCI...

Charles Oliveira is the new lightweight world champion.28 fights into his UFC career, the Brazilian got the job done, but had to show a huge set of spuds to survive an onslaught in the first round against Michael Chandler. We review the whole of UFC262 and look ahead to this weeks cracker involving Cody Garbrandt and Rob Font. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPO...

This week we have a right treat on our hands in Josh Taylor vs Jose Ramirez. The best against the best, champion vs champion, for everything in the super lightweight division.  We give you an extended preview to the fight as well as looking back at the weekends action involving Joshua Buatsi. Following on from last weeks podcast featuring a debate on how to score a fight, we delve deeper into the...

Houston, Texas, is the destination for UFC 262 and one man has the opportunity to etch his name in history if he becomes the new lightweight world champion. In only his second UFC fight Michael Chandler has hit the franchise like a rocket and a win over Charles Oliveira would send his star power into orbit on Saturday night. It's a. stacked card to preview. We also look back at Bellator from the w...

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez reminded the world there are levels to the game. From the way he conducted himself with the media to the brutal face smashing finish, he is without doubt the very best in the world. The discussion points today are as follows. Did Billy Joe Saunders quit? Was Billy Joe Saunders ahead at the time of the stoppage? We also discuss the farce of Floyd Mayweather chasing a 24 year o...

If Jiri Prochazka is not your new favourite UFC fighter then what the hell are you doing here?!The man from the Czech Republic put on a sensational performance against former title challenger Dominick Reyes to announce himself as the next inline for gold at Light Heavyweight. We talk about the weird ending to Diego Sanchez's relationship with the UFC and look ahead to a fight night this weekend th...

As the manner in which to win a world title go, Sunny Edwards putting on a masterclass against Moruti Mthalane is a fine example.  From start to finish the young Brit put on a masterclass and introduced himself to the elite level of world boxing. We also talk about Katie Taylor vs Natasha Jonas and what a fight like that does for women's boxing and where do we go with Parker/Chisora. After all tha...

The greatest card of all time? Recency bias? Whatever. UFC261 lived up to and then exceeded all our expectations at the weekend delivering stellar moment after stellar moment. Is Kamaru Usman the P4P number 1?  Is Can anybody beat Valentina at 125?  Is that the most horrific injury you've ever seen? And that's just the UFC!  Brendan Loughnane did the business in the PFL too!!All this and more on t...

There's plenty of fantastic things to talk about from the weekends boxing and we most certainly do but for us enough is enough when it comes to shocking score cards from British judges. Once again at the weekend we saw an absolute howler and it needs addressing because nobody comes out of this looking good. Following on from this discussion we talk about a great performance from Felix Cash, it bei...

The fans are back this weekend in Florida for UFC 261 and there's three world title fights to preview. Ahead of all that though we have to wax lyrical about Robert Whittaker's flawless performance against Kelvin Gastelum and how a second fight with Israel Adesanya may be very different to the first. Lets go...FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE...

What a mad weekend for boxing. Jake Paul made more money fighting Ben Askren than an actual world champion defending his belt on Saturday night??!!With robots on ring walks and intoxicated legends stealing the headlines it may have passed the casual eyes attention that a real world title fight took place in the middleweight division. Demetrius Andrade look the best he's ever looked, for all of six...

It was supposed to be the moment that the middleweight division got themselves a new contender for Israel Adesanya but Marvin Vettori didn't read the script. Yes, he won.  Is anybody high on the fact he should be next for a title shot?  Instead all eyes turn to this weekends showcase between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum. We review the whole weeks MMA.FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNIN...

There is not a fighter in world boxing developing at such a rapid rate as Conor Benn. We discuss what might be next for Britains next PPV star.  Also on the show, Savannah Marshall vs Claressa Shields is the fight to make, Courtenay vs Bridges gave us a smile for all the right reasons, Joe Smith completes the dream and Jaron Ennis is a real problem for the big boys at 147.We also have a little pre...

The date is set for the trilogy as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor meet again in July. We discuss the choice of money over gold and the ramifications for the lightweight division. Also up for discussion...1. Paddy Pimblett signs for the UFC2. Darren Till breaks his collar bone3. Leon Edwards vs Nate Diaz4. How much would you pay Jon Jones to face Francis Ngannou5. TUF6. BellatorWe also look ahea...

The fairytale wasn't to be but what a career Carl Frampton has had. We talk extensively about the career of Carl Frampton in the aftermath of him announcing his retirement from boxing on Saturday night and we pay tribute tot he coming out party of Jamel Herring.  What a magnificent performance from the ex-marine. We look ahead to a fabulous set of fights this week including Conor Benn vs Sam Varga...

We have a new Heavyweight champion ladies and gentlemen and his name is Francis Ngannou. The greatest success story in the whole of sport. We discuss his incredible rise from homelessness to Heavyweight champion as well as how this changes the way the sport will be viewed in the mainstream. We review the entire UFC260 card, drop some hot news about upcoming fights and look head to Bellator this we...