MMA On Point - Podcast

This sport is filled with some absolute jokesters. You wouldn’t think it. And maybe it’s a way to deal with the extreme toll this sport takes on them, but there are so many fighters who are legitimately funny, it seems to go so far beyond other sports too. Maybe that’s because there’s more promotional work that needs done in MMA, it’s hard to pin down why we have so many comics in mixed martial ar...

As legendary race car driver Ricky Bobby famously said “If you’re not first then you’re last.”  Or as the common phrase goes “always the bridesmaid, never the bride.” Or maybe you prefer the saying “to the victor go the spoils.” You get the idea. In mixed martial arts, being second place really sucks. You get a broken jaw and half of your paycheck while your opponent gets that shiny belt around th...

In sports - hell, in life - it is winners who get all the recognition.  And, rightfully so: they earned it.  But if you're in the market for a good story, you should never overlook those less fortunate. Especially when it's the UFC's formative years in question. Sure, the Gracies, Shamrocks, and Severns of the world have stories that are worth telling.  But they have already been to...

Try this: go and watch The Joe Rogan Experience Episode #1.  It opens with ten minutes of Rogan and Brian Redban struggling like two dads trying to use a computer for the first time. And all the while, animated low-res noise obscures your view of that  crisp 240p video feed.  Now, remember you are watching the beginnings of the same show that sold to Spotify for a reported 100 million dollars.  Th...

It has to take a lot of courage to enter a sanctioned fight. Stripping to your underwear to throw hands with someone else with the intent to destroy one another surrounded by a massive crowd certainly isn’t for the faint of heart. Well, the massive crowd isn’t exactly an option at the moment but that’s only part of it with everyone watching at home. In short, fighting is not for the faint of heart...

Mixed martial arts is wholly unique in that someone can loss and yet somehow truly  gain in the eyes of the fans. In other sports, losers are not celebrated. The Buffalo  Bills went to 4 straight Super Bowls in the 90s, something that should be considered one of the greatest achievements in football history, but not, they lost all four,  they’re losers. The Buffalo Bills are a bunch of failures. D...

#9 UFC flyweight, Dustin Ortiz joins us for this weeks episode of the MMA On Point podcast. We touch on everything from his first fight to his next, Demtrious Johnson vs TJ Dillashaw and much more.

Play-by-play commentator for the UFC, John Gooden joins us on this week's show. Incredibly grateful to have had him on. Look forward to more of these live chats at mmaonpoint.com and youtube.com/mmaonpoint.