Jeff & The Ref

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's 31st episode! Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock go live with Thomas Webb and Nakia Brown! Nakia will face Braxton King in a Featherweight Title Bout for Gulf Coast Mixed Martial Arts, LLC 8, next Saturday, January 23rd, from Biloxi, Mississippi.  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or wherever yo...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's 30th episode! Jeffery Hoffmann hosts part 2 of the Bare Knuckle BONANZA, with interviews of 4 fighters from Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's upcoming KNUCKLEMANIA!  I talk to Greg Bono, Taylor Starling, BKFC Lightweight Champion Johnny Bedford, and Zach Zane.  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's 29th episode! Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock host part 1 of the Bare Knuckle BONANZA, with interviews from 5 fighters from Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's upcoming KNUCKLEMANIA!  We talk to Brandon Lambert, John Chalbeck, Britain Hart, Rob Morrow and Chris Leben.  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTune...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's 28th episode! Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock go LIVE with ONE FC Featherweight World Champion Thanh Le MMA, and Mid City Martial Arts and Fitness' owner and head instructor Shawn Gayton!  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Facebook, Instagra...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's 27th episode! Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock go LIVE with BJJ Black Belt, MMA referee, former Canadian Football League regional scout, and LOUISIANA's own Gabe Barahona.  Gabe talks about his journey in Brazilian jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts to becoming one of the most prominent MMA referees in the region!  Don't forget to subscribe to an...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-sixth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock are joined in studio by the Godfather of Louisiana MMA, ex-UFC Lightweight/Welterweight Rich "No Love" Clementi and his two sons.  Beginning in 1999, Rich's professional career lasted 14 years, comprising nearly 70 professional fights, with organizations such as the UFC and Bellator...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-fifth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock recap the official Police Gazette bare knuckle rankings released on Christmas Eve.  Then, we are joined by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion Joey Beltran.  Joey discusses his journey through mixed martial arts to BKFC and some potential future matchups for...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-fourth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock are joined IN STUDIO by The Hughes Brothers, Dennis & Ethan Hughes.  Dennis is a 3-2 professional MMA fighter, Ethan is a 5-0 amateur, and the brothers are both coming off of wins at Empire Fighting Championship 8.  In this episode, we discuss fighting, pop culture and "fi...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-third episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock are joined IN STUDIO by PhenomA-FIT & Jason Knight MMA's Greg "Double G" Guidry and Jamaal Jenkins.  Both Greg and Jamaal are coming off of big wins at Empire Fighting Championship 7 & 8 from this past weekend.  We discuss with Greg and Jamal their formative pasts, what...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-second episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock recap Empire Fighting Championship 7.  We are joined by BKFC 15 main event winner and Heavyweight title contender Sam "The Hillbilly Hammer" Shewmaker.  Sam talks about his rise in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and his thoughts on facing Joey Beltran for BKFC Heavyweight...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-first episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock recap Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 15.  We are joined by three of the big winners from BKFC 15, Dakota Cochrane, Quentin Henry and Josh Burns.  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts, an...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twentieth episode. Host Jeffery Hoffmann is joined in-studio by Apex Martial Arts & Fitness's Joe Treadaway, Coty "Thunder" Ziegler, and Lionel "Lion Heart" Lewis, and we recap UFC 256.  Coty and Lionel fought each other back in 2018, but now they are teammates and are fighting on the same card for Empire Fighting Championship 7, Friday, December 18th, from...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's nineteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock are joined in-studio by Courage Combatives' Angel Spitale.  Angel is an abuse survivor turned stunt performer, martial artist, and motivational guru.  She is co-owner of Courage Combatives, and she teaches boxing and self-defense classes.  Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podc...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's eighteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock are joined in-studio by Mid City MMA & Thanh Le MMA's "The Iron Lion" Jordan Juneau.  Jordan is a 3-0 amateur MMA fighter from New Orleans, LA, and he's fighting for Lightweight gold at Empire Fighting Championship 8 on Saturday, December 19th.   Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on A...

In this episode of the Fight Sport Focus Faceoff, host Jeffery Hoffmann connects with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's Sam Shewmaker. Sam will be making his 6th appearance with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship as he takes on Mark Godbeer in the main event of BKFC 15, Friday, December 11th, from Biloxi, Mississippi, and live on the BKTV App. Don't forget to subscribe to and share this po...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's seventeenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock are joined in-studio by 4-1 professional mixed martial artist Jon Eiland and Science of Jiu Jitsu's Professor Marcus Dempsey.  Jon recaps his first career professional loss - a second-round submission to ex-UFC Bantamweight Brandon "KillerB" Davis, at GCMMA7.  Professor Marcus Dempsey explai...

In this episode of the Fight Sport Focus Faceoff, host Jeffery Hoffmann connects with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's Jenny Savage. Jenny will be making her Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship debut on Friday, December 11th, as she takes on Sheena Star for BKFC 15, from Biloxi, Mississippi and live on the BKTV App. Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify,...

In this episode of the Fight Sport Focus Faceoff, host Jeffery Hoffmann connects with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's Josh Burns. Josh had an MMA career that spanned more than a decade, including a 6-fight stint with Bellator.  However, he decided to take his gloves off and fight bare-knuckle.  After a successful run fighting bare-knuckle in Europe, Josh made his way home, and on Fr...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's sixteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock recap UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark and Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.  Then we are joined by both Douglas Freeman and Ethan Hughes.  Douglass and Ethan are set to face each other for the amateur Welterweight title at Empire Fighting Championship 8 on December 19th.  Don't forget to subs...

In this episode of the Fight Sport Focus Faceoff, host Jeffery Hoffmann connects with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's Quentin "The Hero" Henry.  Quentin is a 12-6 professional mixed martial arts fighter, and he's 1-0 "Toeing the Line" with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.  Quentin faces Jason Fann at BKFC 15 on December 11th in Biloxi, Mississippi, and live on the BKTV App. Don't...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's fifteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock are joined by ONE Fighting Championship Featherweight World Champion Thanh Le and his brother, MMA fighter and entrepreneur Vinh Le.  We discuss Thanh's rise to success in ONE FC and his fight to win ONE Featherweight gold.  Also, we discuss Vinh's clothing and fightwear line, No Society. &nbs...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's fourteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock recap UFC 255 and review our picks from last week's episode.  Then, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship SUPERSTAR Uly "Monster" Diaz joins the show.  Uly recorded the fastest knockout in combat sports' history at BKFC 14 on November 13th!  Then, we are joined by ex-UFC Featherweight Brand...

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's thirteenth episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas Sherlock recap UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos and review our picks from last week's episode.  Then, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship matchmaker Nate Shook joins the show.  We recap BKFC 14 from Miami, FL, and talk about the BKFC debuts of Paige VanZant and Frank Mir.  Then, we are joined...

Episode 2 of our NEW Faceoff series!  Kasim Ruffin is a 1-0 professional MMA fighter from Norfolk, VA.  Fighting out of Team XCWT and The House of Muay Thai, Kasim is scheduled to face Deontae Venable at Ultimate Battle Grounds 5 on December 5th, in Myrtle Beach. Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts,...

The inaugural episode of our NEW Faceoff series.  As opposed to our longer format podcasts, in this series, we’re going to have short conversations with fighters, coaches, promoters, matchmakers, and anyone else involved in the fight game and the fight sport universe. I’m beyond excited to announce that our first guest is none other than Nate Shook!  Nate Shook is the matchmaker for Bare...