Fight Disciples Podcast

What a way to respond to your critics. After being smoked in the original encounter last year, Dillian Whyte bounced back in emphatic style to KO Povetkin with 'Maximum violence'.  We discuss  a tremendous night of action from Gibraltar as well as reviewing the fights closer to home which saw Willie Hutchinson defeated in an upset. The WBC have been smashing out some mad bits this week so they fea...

We should be talking about the domination of Derek Brunson but instead we're distracted by Kevin Holland running his mouth in the most peculiar way on Saturday night. As well as the latest UFC event, we speak about the Cage Warriors trilogy of nights which became the highlight of the MMA week for us. Francis Ngannou rematches the Champ Stipe Miocic at UFC260 on Saturday, so we get stuck into a pre...

Do not underestimate what Lawrence Okolie has just achieved. In his 16th pro fight, after only 26 amateur fights, to become world champion, and to do it by taking a former world champion to school is quite remarkable. We wax lyrical about a special performance from 'The Sauce' as well as an equally brilliant showing from the new EBU champion Lee McGregor on Friday night. Vergil Ortiz showed why he...

It's the most 'Leon Edwards' ending to a fight.  Out of the octagon for 603 days only to return to a no contest due to an accidental eye poke.  We talk about what more needs to be done to prevent such things happening in the future and where Leon and Belal go from here. For the second week running and illegal strike resulted in a fight ending but what is the difference between intentional and unin...

The legend may not have had his hand raised on Saturday but Roman Gonzalez played a huge part in one of the best fights you're ever likely to see.  A sensational back and forth with Juan Estrada that had us on the edge of our seats from start to finish.  Who said that nobody is interested in the little guys? We pick the bones out of Estrada vs Chocolatito and the rest of the weekends action which...

As his opponent tired, Petr Yan was heading to a statement victory but then all of a sudden, madness.  we discuss the DQ in the bantamweight title fight as well as the whole UFC259 fight card. Also on the show, Should more be done for legends that get released? It's also a Leon Edwards fight week.  Something we haven't said for 18 months. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF...

Claressa Shields made history again at the weekend becoming the first fighter in the modern era to be classed undisputed in two weight divisions but with that comes more debate.  We need to stop patronising female athletes and demand 3 minute rounds.  As well as that we talk about Devin Haney.  Calling out Loma whilst making a fight with Linares is a weak move and we go both barrels on it. This we...

The 'Last Stylebender" aims to join the a small selection of fighters to become simultaneous weight division champions as he takes on the 'Polish Power' at Ufc 259.the whole card is a belter and we preview it from top to bottom as well as looking back at the disappointing show at the weekend. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST A...

It was a truly unremarkable weekend for boxing with poor fights, uneven matchups and a diabolical mandatory being a heavy part of the narrative but we as ever shine some positivity on the events. Canelo takes care of Yildirim and moves towards unifying the super middleweight division.  Will Billy Joe Saunders be his toughest test? We discuss at length on todays show. Also, the introduction of Tril...

The Northern Powerhouse has officially announced himself in the UFC.Tom Aspinall took the neck of former champ Andrei Arlovski at the weekend and started the conversation of how far can he go in the UFC?!We review the whole Las Vegas 19 card and look ahead to this weeks show too as well as talking about the Belal Muhammad matchup for Leon Edwards. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWI...

When the match making is done right boxing aint half bloody good! What a brilliant night of action at the SSE Arena as David Avanesyan took the plaudits in the main event beating Josh Kelly.  He wasn't the only star of the show as we discuss at great length on todays show. Performance of the weekend and maybe the whole year has to be Oscar Valdez as he becomes the WBC Super featherweight champion....

If there was any doubt before there isn't any more. The 'Nigerian Nightmare' Kamaru Usman, is the best welterweight of this generation, wiping out the whole division in 13 fights.  The only question is what does he do next?  we discuss the possibilities as well as review the highlights of UFC258.Bellator has a new UK TV deal which we discuss at length and we look ahead to Tom Aspinall in action ag...

Boxing returned to British soil at the weekend and leaves us with plenty to talk about. Positive performances from Mauricio Lara and Kiko Martinez overshadowed by terrible judging and questionable refereeing. Over in the states Richard Commey showed there's more to the lightweight division than Lopez, Haney, Garcia and Davis. We also look ahead to Avanesyan vs Kelly this weekend as well as the Mex...

There's no room in MMA for fairytales. Hollywood story lines don't always play out.  If anyone deserved one, it's Frankie Edgar, but sadly it wasn't to be. Cory Sandhagen took care of the legend in emphatic style and cements his own name as the next in line for the bantamweight title winner. It was a similar story for Alastair Overeem as 'The Demolition Man' was demolished at the hands of Alex Vol...

Boxing returns to British soil this weekend with a cracking domestic fight at Featherweight.  There's also three really interesting world title fights happening in America that deserve our full attention. We also talk about Daniel Dubois switching trainers, the death of Leon Spinks and that Panorama documentary. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT T...

The UFC returns to Las Vegas this week for some cracking fights on a card headlined by a legendary Heavyweight, who aims for one last push at the title. There's British interest too as Molly McCann looks to get back to winning ways. We preview the whole card as well as discussing the latest bits of news. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITI...

Just when you thought the WBC had taken pole position in the 'make it up as we go along' championships, the WBA come along and say 'hold my beer'.What took place last week was quite unbelievable and we go through the whole debacle as well as celebrating the possibility of some fantastic unification fights.  So, not all doom and gloom! FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE...

Avni Yildrim has not got a cat in hell's chance of beating the best boxer on the planet and it is insulting Canelo's talent that Boxing insists this fight happens. We discuss this horrific mismatch as well as the decision Josh Warrington made to bin his IBF belt. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018*Please lea...

We are no longer in 2014!Dustin Poirier came to the party in a big way an confirmed himself as the best lightweight on the planet in the absence of Khabib Nurmagomedov. Michael Chandler also announced himself in the big league with a sensational debut against Dan Hooker. We share all our stories from Fight Island 3 and debate what is next for the winners and losers on UFC 257.FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A...

What a way to start 2021 in the Octagon. Max Holloway with a statement performance against one of the best boxers in the division.  Calvin Kattar is no mug but 'Blessed' beat the brakes off him. We discuss the whole card and look ahead to two further cards this week, one of which features, Conor McGregor. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRIT...

Matchroom Boxing announced their schedule for the start of 2021 on Friday and amongst several very good fights there's and absolute shocker for the featherweight world champion Josh Warrington. We discuss the whole calendar and scatter in bits of boxing news that we've picked up on throughout the last week. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BR...

The UFC is back in business this weekend with the first of three shows on fight island to kick off the new year. The main event is an absolute belter as Max Holloway takes on Calvin Kattar and the support acts throw up some quality too. We preview the whole card and talk about a few fights in the making for later in the year. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPOR...

We are still very much on the Ryan Garcia train as the 22 year old continues to impress us, a full week after stopping Luke Campbell. Away from AJ vs Fury, is there a bigger fight than Garcia vs Tank right now? We discuss how he is taking boxing forwards and why every fan should support him on todays show. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRI...

2020 was a disastrous year for Leon Edwards and 2021 hasn't got off any better with his Fight Island show down with Khamzat Chimaev put on hold. We preview all of the upcoming fights scheduled for Fight Island and lord over the welcome addition of Hooker vs Chandler. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018*Please...

What a crazy year!2020 dished up some real challenges to the fight sports world but we continued to provide top class entertainment with some unbelievable fights. We pick our Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year and Knock Out of the Year as well as highlighting some of our favourite moments. We also make some mad predictions for 2021.FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCASTWINNERS OF THE...