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It's our post-UFC 218 episode, and in the first segment we are joined by James Lynch (Fightful, Sportsnet, FloCombat) on location in Detroit to recap the entire main card, the post-fight press conference, and talking with CM Punk backstage. In the second part of the episode we discuss the UFC 218 preliminary card including short interviews with most of the winners, including Paul Felder, David Tey...

We're still in Detroit for UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2, and this episode we are joined by MMA journalist James Lynch (Fightful, Sportsnet, Fansided) to discuss the UFC 218 Fight Week so far, immediately following the official weigh-ins. We get into the weight cut struggles of Max Holloway, Jose Aldo and Henry Cejudo, which fights are flying under the radar so far, the current fight odds, and whic...

We are currently in Detroit for this Saturday night's UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 event. Throughout the episode we have exclusive one-on-one interviews with UFC 218 main card fighters Max Holloway, Jose Aldo, Alistair Overeem, Francis Ngannou, Eddie Alvarez, Justin Gaethje, Sergio Pettis, Henry Cejudo, Tecia Torres and Michelle Waterson, as well as our thoughts on each of their fights this Saturd...

We're on our way to Detroit for UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2, and this episode we preview the entire fight card including the UFC Featherweight Championship rematch between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo, the Heavyweight co-main event between Alistair Overeem and Francis Ngannou, and the highly anticipated battle between Lightweight contenders Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gaethje. In the second half of th...

UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura wound up being overshadowed by the pre-fight build-up, when Fabricio Werdum threw a boomerang at Colby Covington. Although charges being filed, the show went on. And on. And on. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss all of the results from that event. In the second half of the show we preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum from S...

We kick off this week's episode discussing a strange week in MMA news, including Conor McGregor's disruptive appearance at last Friday night's Bellator 187 event, another failed drug test for Anderson Silva, the announcement a star-studded Bellator Heavyweight Championship Tournament, and last minute main event changes including Max Holloway vs. Jose Aldo, and Kelvin Gastelum vs. Michael Bisping....

UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre is in the books and it turned out to be one of the most eventful MMA events in recent memory, including a record breaking three UFC title changes in one night. In the first half of this longer than usual episode, we discuss brand new UFC Middleweight Champion Georges St-Pierre's win over Michael Bisping, TJ Dillashaw's reclamation of the UFC Bantamweight Championship...

Former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre returns to the UFC this Saturday night for the first time in over four years to challenge current UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. During the first half of this week's episode we preview all three of the UFC 217 title fights, which also include UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt vs. TJ Dillashaw, and UFC Women's Strawweight Champio...

This week's UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida features the return of Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida from his eighteen month suspension, to face top ten Middleweight Derek Brunson in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This episode we preview all of the fights on that card, which also includes a high level Welterweight co-main event between Demian Maia and Colby Covington. In the second half of the show we discuss t...

The upcoming UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till event features a huge step up in competition for the undefeated prospect Darren Till, as he meets Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in the main event from Gdansk, Poland. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card, which will be airing on UFC Fight Pass this upcoming Saturday. In the second half of the episode we catch up on the past we...

UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee is in the books, and really had some of everything. During this week's episode we discuss the new UFC Interim Light Heavyweight Champion Tony Ferguson, Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson's record breaking title defense, some last minute card changes, and a touching tribute to the Las Vegas shooting victims. Throughout this week's episode we discuss the results of all of th...

UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee is coming up this Saturday night, headlined by Tony Ferguson vs. Kevin Lee for the UFC Interim Light Heavyweight Championship, and a possible future title unification fight with Conor McGregor. In the first half of this week's episode we preview that fight, Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg, and the rest of the main card. In the second half of the episode we discuss the UFC...

This week we are joined by MMA Journalist Mike Russell (Real Fight Stories) to discuss the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission, and the issues surrounding the June 18th, 2017 passing of former UFC fighter Tim Hague. Feel free to support Mike Russel and his investigations at Real Fight Stories.com Hosted by Steve Jeffery, David Abraham and Greg Persson.   Listen to us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on...

In the first half of this week's episode we preview the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami event from Saitama, Japan. In the second half of the episode we have interviews with many of the winners from Oakville, Ontario's BTC 2: Valhalla event, including Scott Hudson, and Adam Assenza, as well as former The Ultimate Fighter contestant and World Series of Fighting contender Josh Hill. H...

UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko just took place in Edmonton, and unfortunately without the originally signed main event of Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs. Ray Borg. In the first half of this week's episode we discuss Ray Borg's illness and subsequent removal from the UFC Flyweight Championship fight, the controversial updated main event of UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes defeati...

The UFC heads to Edmonton, Alberta for the first time this Saturday night for UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire main card including UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson shooting for his record breaking eleventh title defense against challenger Ray Borg, as well as the long-anticipated rematch between UFC Women's Bantamweig...

This week we are joined again by boxing journalist Shawn Smith ( CanFight ), and Ontario MMA jack-of-all trades Rob Veevers to discuss the aftermath of last weekend's Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor "Money Fight". In the second half of the episode we preview this upcoming weekend's UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve event, The Ultimate Fighter Season 26 and Invicta FC 25, and then Rob fill...

The Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor "Money Fight" has been settled, and one of the wildest weeks in combat sports history is finally over. We're joined in the streets of downtown Toronto by FloCombat's James Lynch  for some quick and immediate post-fight thoughts on this surprisingly entertaining fight We'll be back for a full length episode on our regular Wednesday night timeslot.  Hosted...

We had originally planned to spend this entire episode talking about this Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match, but then UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones went and got himself provisionally suspended by USADA. Thankfully we have Adam Martin  (Draft Kings) and Timothy Bissell (Bloody Elbow) joining us to discuss the ramifications of Jones' provisional suspension....

It's the first of our two Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor preview shows, and this episode we are joined by three combat sports media members to discuss the ins and outs of "The Money Fight". First we're joined by MMA and boxing writer Shawn Smith (Vice, FloCombat, Sportsnet) to dissect the boxing side of this dream fight. Then we're joined for the first time by SevereMMA.com's Andy Cowan to di...

Now that the UFC is taking the rest of August off in order to clear the way for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, we're taking this last chance to talk some MMA before the ridiculous boxing hype really kicks into gear. This episode we discuss the official signing of Georges St. Pierre vs. Michael Bisping, The Ultimate Fighter Women's Flyweight Tournament roster, Yoshihiro Takayama, The UFC 214...

Last weekend's UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones felt like the biggest event of the year so far, and we start off this week's episode discussing all of the results and post-fight drama including Jon "Bones" Jones reclamation of the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, Tyron Woodley's polarizing UFC Welterweight Championship defense, and the inevitable crowning of Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino as UFC Women's...

UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 takes place this Saturday night, and is headlined by the ridiculously long-awaited rematch between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones. We spend the first half of this week's episode previewing all three of the UFC title fights taking place at UFC 214. In the second half of the episode we take a look at the...

In the second part of this week's episode we discuss the recent Mayweather/McGregor press conference with Liam Dunlop who was on site at the Toronto stop, the announcement of Eddie Alvarez and Justin Gatheje as The Ultimate Fighter coaches, Gegard Mousasi's signing with Bellator, and also recap the results of last weekend's UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio. Check out our feed for the first...

The UFC returns to Fox again this weekend for UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum, as former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman attempts to halt his three fight losing streak in a fight against contender Kelvin Gastelum. We begin this week's episode previewing that fight, as well as the rest of the major fights from that event. Due to circumstances beyond our control, this podcast is only the fi...