The Hurt Business

We discuss one of the most important UFC events of the year in today's episode! Two titles are on the line this evening, and there are some great battles in between. Li Jingliang vs. Khamzat Chimaev is at the top of the list, and no matter how this fight unfolds, it'll be a showdown to remember. This card features Aleksander Volkov vs. Marcin Tybura, which we predict will be the night&ap...

We discuss the UFC's insane fight of the year candidate between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa in the first half of this podcast episode. In the second half of the episode, we discuss Shakur Stevenson's shutout victory against veteran Jameel Herring in fewer than 12 rounds to become a two-weight division champion. We also talk about what's ahead for him after this tremendous victory...

In today's episode, we discuss the contentious build-up to this unusual contest between Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori, both of whom had recently lost to champion Israel Adesanya. We dedicated the second part of the podcast to boxing sensation Shakur Stevenson and veteran in and out of the ring, Jameel Herring. We discuss two massive fights that are taking place in two different organizations...

Usually we are a combat sports podcast but today we have a different style of episode for you. In todays video, Fares is joined by Gabe to talk about one of the greatest live television shows the world has ever seen, The Sopranos. We talk about the deaths that stuck out the most, shares our thoughts on the ending, and about many of our favorite scenes. If you enjoy visual podcast: video posted on...

Today, we discuss Aspen Ladd's long-awaited comeback to the cage, as well as our thoughts and opinions on her cornerman during the fight. We also discuss Mikey Garcia vs. Sandor Martin, a former four-division world champion on DAZN. https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

Among current and former boxers, we debate our top 5 Bantamweights today. We also discuss other boxing news, such as Deontay Wilders' reaction to Tyson Fury's last fight. Top 5 Conversation begins (46:02) https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

Tyson Fury defends his championship belt against Deontay Wilder for the third and final bout, bringing the trilogy to completion. We go through our viewpoints on the entire super fight, what went well and what didn't, and where both fighters head from here. But before we get into the boxing match, we talked about some of the chaos that occurred in the UFC on the same night, such as Charles Ro...

In today's episode, the Hurt Business Boys are joined by close friend Gabriel Richi (from the Richi and Meko Connection) to share his thoughts on the Super fight between Fury and Wilder on Saturday. (0-33:16) The rest of that card is filled with some of Boxing's young and rising stars. Fares and Josh spoke about those that they most look forward to watching, guys like: Edgar Berlanga and...

We discussed some television series in the early half of today's conversation, including Squid Game, which has lately swept the world as of late. (0-14:40) The second part of the podcast is dedicated to Fight Night Johnny Walker vs. Thiago Santos, a card that literally and figuratively put some people to sleep, but we spoke about everything we enjoyed about it. https://www.instagram.com/thehb...

We had the pleasure of sitting down with the new WBC Muay Thai National Champ Philly's very own, Ahmad Ibrahim. He defines everything that a champion should represent incredible personable and humble. Ahmad was open about extensive amateur career, Pro career, Championship fight, and he addresses his stance on all the issues his home country of Palestine faces.  Ahmad's Instagram: @Ahmad_...

We're here to talk about some of the noteworthy fights on the UFC Fight Night card. We briefly discuss a variety of fights before delving further into fights like Oliveira-Price, Holland-Daukaus, and the main event Santos-Walker. We also discuss Manny Pacquiao's retirement at the top of the episode. https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

Oleksandr Usyk, the new world heavyweight champion, defeats Anthony Joshua, the previous IBF, WBO, IBA, and WBA champion, in a technical standoff, and we discuss everything that transpired. The main event of UFC 266 included Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler, the Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko vs. Lauren Murphy, and a thrilling main event with featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski vs. Br...

Anthony Joshua defends his IBF, IBO, WBO, and WBA heavyweight world championship titles against Oleksandr Usyk. Although this isn't a unification fight between two fellow Englishmen from the same yard, the difficulties Usyk will hopefully bring to the heavyweight champ will make this fight equally as exciting. In the second part of the podcast, we talk about the three major events of UFC 266:...

After all the back and forth, Anthony "Lionheart" Smith gracefully humbles Ryan Spann in a first-round submission. We break down the fight, share our thoughts, and discuss some of the other fights on the card like Ion Cutelaba-Devin Clark, and Arman Tsarukyan-Christos Giagos.  https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann share the octagon together in the UFC Apex in what seems like a pretty serious for both men. One is fighting for his life, and one is fighting for his legacy. We also discuss some of the other fights on the card such as Ion Cutelaba-Devin Clark, and the young and hungry Arman Tsukaryan-Christos Giagos.      https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

Today Fares and Josh had the pleasure of being joined by the New Lightweight Champ Joe "Skeletor" Giannetti. In this episode, we asked Joe about his preparation both mentally and physically for his big fight for the belt back in August and much more. You can find Joe on Instagram @giannettimma.  https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In today's episode, we both talk about the long and anticipated CLB album and our thoughts and opinions on the project as a whole (21:45.) In the rest of the episode, we discuss Darren Till's upsetting loss to the rising Derek Brunson as he inches away from getting that title shot once again with Israel Adesanya. We talk about other fights on the card like Tom Aspinall's devastating...

In this episode, we talk about our picks for UFC Fight Night Darren Till vs Derek Brunson. This main card is pretty stacked with some of our other favorite fights including, Paddy Pimblett-Luigi Vendramini,  Modestas Bukauskas-Khalil Rountree Jr, and Tom Aspinall-Sergey Spivak! https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In this episode, we share our concise thoughts on many of the fights that took place this weekend like Giga-Barbosa, Lee-Rodriguez, Tommy Fury and of course, the "Face Of The Fight Game" Jake Paul who beats Tyron Woodley in a pro boxing match.   https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In this episode, Fares has a conversation with a good friend Jamil about all things boxing, as well as an up-and-coming project he has releasing on August 31st called "Medecia." (0:00-25:01.) In the anchor of this episode, is FIGHT NIGHT: Edson Barbosa-Giga Chikadze, and we also share our thoughts on Kevin Lee's return and move to welterweight to fight Daniel Rodriguez.  https://www...

In this podcast episode, we discuss our post thoughts of Yordenis Ugas-Manny Pacquiao, UFC Fight Night Gastelum-Cannonier and the current state of Welterweight division and where Vergil Ortiz fits. At the end, we have a very brief discussion about the hype of online gambling as of late.  https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In today's quick episode, we sit down to talk about two fights we've both shown considerable interest in being the Manny Pacquiao-Yordenis Ugas Super Welterweight championship fight, and Kelvin Gastelum-Jared Cannonier over at UFC Fight Night all live this Saturday, August 21st! https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In today's episode, we chat about the fantastic weekend Golden Boy fighters had with some equally respectable opponents. Joshua Franco-Andrew Moloney clash for the third time in Top Rank's PPV, Vergil Ortiz-Egidijus Kavaliauskas faced off on DAZN PPV and Brandun Lee-Ezequiel Victor Fernandez on Top Rank boxing.   https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In today's episode, we discuss the trilogy fight between Joshua Franco-Maloney, Vergil Ortiz-Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and Brandun Lee. In the end, the boys share some unpopular opinions on good and bad Tex-Mex and favorite sub shops.   https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/

In today's installment, we are talking about the  UFC 265 main event, as Ciryl Gane takes out the second-ranked heavyweight Derrick Lewis for the inter championship belt. We also talk about the performances of Vincente Luque, Jose Aldo, Tecia Torres, and Song Yadong. https://www.instagram.com/thehbpod_/