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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya speaks to Submission Radio about Dana White confirming Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya for the UFC light heavyweight championship as Israel Adesanya's next fight, why the move up and how it will affect his middleweight reign, Jan Blachowicz as an opponent, how this moves him closer to Jon Jones, their ongoing feud and all the memes about him, why it wil...

City Kickboxing's Carlos Ulberg speaks to Submission Radio ahead of his UFC debut on Dana White's Contender Series against Bruno Oliveira about his journey from kickboxing and King of the Ring to MMA, fighting in the UFC's light heavyweight division, Israel Adesanya moving to 205 against Jan Blachowicz, his crazy quarantine life, having Brad Riddell and Israel in his corner, being a part of so man...

In the aftermath of UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, former UFC middleweight champion, Chris Weidman speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement, why the Khamzat Chimaev fight didn't come together and if he's still interested after Chimaev fights Leon Edwards, Israel Adesanya potentially taking time off and returning to light heavyweight against Jan Blachowicz, Adesanya filming h...

In the aftermath of UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje and Khabib's retirement from MMA, the possibility of Khabib returning and having Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson, the vacant UFC lightweight belt, Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor and who could be next for his return fight, doing The Ultimate...

Post-Fight after UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov's coach Javier Mendez speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje and Khabib's domination of "The Highlight" to defend his undisputed UFC lightweight title and subsequent retirement. Mendez discusses the fight itself, Khabib retiring afterwards and when he found out about it, some of the reasons behind th...

Ahead of UFC 254: Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov's coach, Javier Mendez speaks to Submission Radio about Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje, Gaethje's dangerous leg kicks, how effective Gaethje's wrestling can be against Khabib and how effective Khabib can be on the feet if Gaethje stuffs the takedown, "The Eagle" and his mindset after losing his father ahead of this fight and t...

Ahead of Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe, Bellator featherweight Arlene Blencowe speaks to Submission Radio about her upcoming fight against Cris Cyborg, training at JacksonWink's with Mike Winkeljohn and Holly Holm, the biggest mistakes Cyborg's past opponents have made, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the aftermath of UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, Israel Adesanya, City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman speaks to Submission Radio about Israel's masterclass win over Paulo Costa, what's next for Israel and if he could realistically fight again in 2020, if the Jan Blachowicz fight could be a possibility, Israel's pec controversy, the recent Twitter exchange between Jon Jones and Israel Adesany...

In the post-fight aftermath of UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, UFC middleweight contender, Jack Hermansson, joins Submission Radio to discuss Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa, Adesanya's KO win over Costa and Borrachinha's surprising gameplan and approach to the fight, what he learned about Adesanya and why he still considers Robert Whittaker a tougher test, Stylebender saying he wants to test himself...

Ahead of UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, Luke Thomas returns to Submission Radio to preview Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa for the UFC middleweight title, as well as factors such as Israel's reach and feints, Costa's body shots and ability to absorbe damage, Israel's lateral movement and Costa doing his best work against the cage, the holes in Adesanya's game that he fixed from the Kelvin Gastelum f...

Ahead of UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley, ESPN and Sirius XM analyst, Jimmy Smith, returns to Submission Radio to preview Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley and Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gerald Meerschart, as well as a quick prediction for Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of his UFC light heavyweight title fight at UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, Dominick Reyes speaks to Submission Radio about Jan Blachowicz, moving on from Jon Jones and the former light heavyweight GOAT moving up to heavyweight, his recent series of tweets burying the hatchet with Jones, what makes Jan so dangerous, the things he learned from fighting Jones for the belt, what kind of legacy he...

MMA Junkie's John Morgan returns to Submission Radio to discuss Brock Lesnar as a free agent after his WWE contract expired and how likely it is that he'd come over to the UFC or any other MMA promotion, the Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz rematch being targeted and if it would be for the BMF belt again, Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns being targeted for UFC 256 and what on earth to do with Leon Edwar...

UFC legend, Vitor Belfort speaks to Submission Radio about Wanderlei Silva putting up a fake poster of them fighting at Mike Tyson's ranch, being a part of ONE Championshiop, Brock Lesnar becoming a free agent after his WWE contract expired, wanting to fight Brock, his thoughts on Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa at UFC 253 and the comparisons between that fight and him vs. Anderson Silva, Israel a...

UFC middleweight Paulo Costa speaks to Submission Radio ahead of his fight against Israel Adesanya at UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa about his recent heated interaction with Adesanya on ESPN Sportscenter, believing that he's in Israel's mind, why his counter fighting style doesn't faze him, where their beef originated from, why he thinks Israel is susceptible to being knocked out, his social media ga...

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya speaks to Submission Radio ahead of his fight against Paulo Costa at UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, their recent heated argument on ESPN Sportscenter, where the rivalry and beef all started, Borrachinha and his style of fighting, what impresses him about Costa, his theory about Paulo Costa and how he passes USADA tests, the narrative of this fight, the size...

Luke Thomas returns to Submission Radio to preview Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 3 and Sean O'Malley vs. Marlon "Chito" Vera at UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UFC featherweight champion, Alex Volkanovski speaks to Submission Radio about Dana White eyeing a Max Holloway trilogy fight, if it makes sense and if Alex would be interested, how he looks back on his win over Max Holloway at UFC 251, his Fight Island experience, The Korean Zombie's comments about him and the Brian Ortega fight, Henry Cejudo constantly calling him out, and more! See omnystudio.co...

Jim Edwards of Fighters Only joins Submission Radio to discuss the results of Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till at UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Darren Till AKA UFC Fight Island 3. Jim discusses the fight result, the decision, what we learned about Robert Whittaker in terms of an Israel Adesanya rematch, if Till's stock went up despite the loss, what's next for both guys, and more! See omnystudio.c...

UFC commentator and former UFC title challenger, Dan Hardy, returns to Submission Radio to preview Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till at UFC Fight Island 4 AKA UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till. Hardy discusses each of the fighters' striking styles, their strengths and weaknesses, Till's size and strength at middleweight, "The Reaper's" mentality after the Israel Adesanya loss, as well as Paulo Cos...

UFC welterweight Colby Covington returns to Submission Radio to discuss UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal and the UFC welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal. "Chaos" discusses how it played out compared to his expectations, how Masvidal dealt with Usman's wrestling, what Colby learned and how he would it apply it to an Usman rematch, why he doesn't buy the short-notice narrativ...

Jimmy Smith joins Submission Radio for a UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal preview to break down all the big fights, including Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal for the UFC welterweight title, Alex Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 2 for the UFC featherweight belt and Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo for the UFC bantamweight belt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UFC welterweight Colby Covington speaks to Submission Radio about Gilbert Burns being forced off UFC 251 and Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns being cancelled, and explains why he's stepping up to face Usman on short notice instead of Jorge Masvidal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UFC lightweight Dan Hooker returns to Submission Radio and reflects on his exciting fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker, the damage he took and why he had so much fun, what Dustin told him later at the hospital post-fight, how he's feeling, and what's next! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UFC middleweight Robert Whittaker returns to Submission Radio to discuss his upcoming fight against Darren Till on Fight Island, Till's hilarious social media game and face-swap photoshops, their relationship and how it's changed closer to the fight, Till's fights against Gastelum and Woodley and how they match up, Rob's absence and break from fighting, how he dealt with things mentally, Mike Perr...