MMA On Point - Podcast

The Rock's movie about The Smashing Machine Mark Kerr, has come out recently and a huge part of that story is the legendary Igor Vovchanchyn. Despite this, not many know his own story and that is perhaps in large part due to how much of it took place in eastern Europe and outside of PRIDE and the UFC. The story of his career and fight style is absolutely brutal. Well worth your time.

Alex Pereira just got in there and demolished Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320. He probably didn't even break a sweat. This certainly makes Dana White and the brass very happy, because now some big fights are on the table with their top star back on top.

The Rock, Emily Blunt, A24 and Ben Safdie just released a new movie this weekend about the Smashing Mark Kerr.... but is it actually any good?

Sometimes, fighters do so much to enrage the MMA fan base, that frankly everyone wants to see these guys lose. These losses actually feel deserved. Whether it was Michael Bisping endless trash talking Dan Henderson on the Ultiimate Fighter, James Gallagher endlessly taunting Ricky Bandejas in Bellator or Tony Kelley setting his sights on the entire country of Brazil and getting shut down by Adrian...

MMA is a sport with tons of bravado and intensity based around the act of fighting, but what unpins a lot of it is some very real emotions.... emotions that are rarely shown. These moments are powerful and make you love these fighters even more.

Weight cutting is a bit of an endemic issue that will continue to persist in the sport of mixed martial arts, but just as recent stories have shown for the likes of Bryan Battle in the UFC, bad weight misses are continually going be a problem as well.

Fighter's might be in the hurt business and one of the toughest sports mentally, but that doesn't mean you can't get under their skin with words. It's actually shocking to see guys like Chael Sonnen break character from his usually funny or angry on purpose style, but then there's of course guys like Nate Diaz that you just never wanna cross. These are the 10 times reporters th...

It doesn't matter how big a star you are, sometimes things just can't be helped. That is the case in today's video with the 2nd biggest PPV star the UFC's ever had in Brock Lesnar. What went wrong? How in the world could someone this popular be a failure in live attendance and PPV? We'll break it all down in this video.

People lie all the time, but these lies in today's video are way over the top. From lying about records, to PED failures and court proceedings, even medical tests.... and of course the UFC and Dana White have their bizarre lies too. These are the lies that were so strange, you couldn't help but turn your head in disbelief.

When you go from a 20 million dollar, international spectacle and gigantic PPV to just a run of the mill fight night.... well yeah that's a massive downgrade when you look at UFC Noche happening this month. Well that's because the original planned event was cancelled and this was it's replacement. Turns out MMA history is full of this sort of thing over the years

When someone just buzzsaws through everyone in their division en route to a title, they often don't realize how vulnerable they are themselves as well. In these cases, UFC and world class level talent are faced with a devastating loss for the first time and simply aren't the same anymore after. Guys like Darren Till may be doing well in other combat sports after many years, but his career...

The greatest dynasty in the history of MMA is without a doubt the Gracie family, but at one point, while they were at the peak of their height, one man; Kazushi Sakuraba not only challenged them, but utterly defeated them. What was his base martial art? Pro wrestling.

What if you are clearly one of the best fighters on the planet, better than many champions who have won undisputed UFC titles, but never won one yourself? Well that question is essentially what this list is exactly about. Absolutely phenomenal fighters who fell just shy of their own undisputed gold. It goes without saying, this list does not count interim as it's an honor underneath the top fi...

A simple question, who are the best and worst champions in every single UFC division? We explore that exact question today.

Almost everyone in MMA loses, pretty much everyone, but some achieve heights so great and so seemingly invincible that any loss at all is a shock. These losses however, are an order of magnitude even more shocking just because of how emphatic their losses. This vid is full of devasting finishes and thorough domination of the sports greatest talents.

Alistair Overeem spent years in Japan and outside organizations with more lax testing away from the UFC. His feats were astounding and he accomplished 3 championships across two sports in the best time of his career, but when the testers finally caught him. How did he react?

After Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus Du Plessis' wrestling heavy main event that went down at UFC 319, there have been a lot of wild takes about wrestling in the sport and how it needs to go away. Without wrestling there simply is no MMA and it's literally what the sport was founded on. You can watch other martial arts like kickboxing that basically have everything you want, but it's obvio...

Dominant is hardly the word for what we witnessed last night. Khamzat Chimaev absolutely ripped the title away from Dricus Du Plessis and put on one of the most one-sided championship performances we've ever seen. So how did this take so long for him to get to the title?

The UFC ACTUALLY DID IT! They finally got rid of PPV. This effectively means in the US, you are no longer go to have to spend over a thousand dollars a year if you want to legit buy every PPV and get a subscription of ESPN+ in order to do so. Paramount Plus has paid a crazy amount to essentially get rid of UFC PPVs for the next 7 years and pretty much forever if this goes well.

We all know of the fighters like Brock Lesnar or even Alex Pereira that got their UFC title shots extremely quickly thanks to the support of the UFC brass. In this video, we talk about the ones that for one reason or another were actually held back from their opportunity, in some cases by the UFC for people like Tom Aspinall or with Khamzat Chimaev against Dricus Du Plessis, well it was just a lot...

What's the worst area of the UFC? You probably wouldn't guess it was literally right before it broke onto television and through the dark ages. Dana White and Ferttitas were totally broke them and would have meant the end of MMA as we knew and certainly for a very long time. This is the story of the UFC's last ditch effort to save itself.

Losses in general, especially for a fighter where there is only one person to shoulder the ramifications, is well....BAD. But in some rare cases, that's actually NOT true. These losses were for many of these fighters actually one of the better things that ever happened to them. And not in the way that motivates them to become better in the future, the effect is immediate from either fans, oppo...

At one point in time and it lasted for quite a while, Michael Bisping's was the UFC's most hated fighter. He was accused of cheating in fighters, being a jerk to the UFC's most beloved fighters and winning fights many didn't think he deserved. So how did he turn all this around? This is the story of Bisping's career from villain to fan favorite.

The thing about MMA that makes it such a great sport isn't simply the knockouts, submissions and great fights, it that it shows a deeper layer of humanity. Who is really still there when things get tough in a fight? Who is able to put on big time perfomances against starts and hype names? That's what this video is about. Those fights that showed these people are more than their personas.

Max Holloway absolutely showed out last night, defended that BMF championship and deserves all the credit in the world. For Dustin Poirier, he put on a vintage performance win or lose and retiring in a way that few still do, while fighting the best at the top of the division. Credit to the UFC for handling this one well, but of course it couldn't be done without the incredible career of Dustin...