The MMA Depressed-Us Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Mojave Diamonds won’t be taking the awards season by storm, but it is an unintentional comedic gem. The acting is awful, the dialogue is ridiculous, the action is brawlic and the vibe is as cringe as one would imagine when met with a cast that features Chael Sonnen, Donald Cerrone and Quinton “Rampage” Jac...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Mauricio “Shogun” Rua made his name in PRIDE and cemented it in the UFC with a style that was crowd-pleasing in both promotions. Fights with Rampage Jackson and Dan Henderson are what fans immediately call up to memory, but you could really go through his record and see a veritable cornucopia of names goin...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com With no UFC until December 2nd, the boys are back with another depressing watch of three fights. The focal point of the show is foul play (fights with lots of fouls). Pretty ingenious considering we’re about to enter the foulest holiday of them all. We’ve even got a Faux Phil since real Phil was unavailabl...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Let’s face it, friends, UFC Vegas 82 is a miserable card, as most Apex events are. Zane Simon certainly picked the right week to go on vacation, so that he could be spared of this nothingburger of a card. But never fear, fans of sanctioned violence, the boys have a brand new episode of The MMA Depressed-us...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Yep, the title says it all. We think Fury-Ngannou will not be competitive. Is there really any other sane way to look at this? The training footage Ngannou released over the last several weeks has not been encouraging, to say the least. Is Tyson Fury even training for this fight? Bloody Elbow is fighting f...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com “A young man trapped in his apartment with a swarm of creatures outside his door must find a way to survive the night and escape from apartment 213.” That’s the synopsis IMDB gave this movie starring Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Watch along with us as we try to make heads or tails of whatever this movie is try...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com The MMA Depressed-us returns for Ep. 76 Are you ready for some torturously bad fights, fellow MMA masochists? We have made some changes to the Bloody Elbow Podcast Network Production Schedule , and have decided for now, this will be our last 'non-event week' of podcast coverage. But don't panic... The MMA...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Another non-UFC week in the books means another week with the MMA Depressed-us back in action. The advent of our sudden sub-stack plans may have killed my Patreon idea (it just didn’t feel right), but we did have a few more viewer requests to work with, and one especially struck a chord, watching the UFC c...

One moment they’re here, the next they’re gone. The UFC returned from their holiday hiatus with a pair of shows to open 2023, and have promptly disappeared again—leaving us out here twisting in the breeze. As a result, we’ve had no other option than to get back on our bullshit. This time around, we’re remembering some of MMA’s most famed/notorious/one-dimensional guard grapplers. The men who loved...

The final week of the holiday UFC hiatus is upon us. Which means one more episode of the MMA Depressed-us before the world’s largest MMA promotion launches back into their breakneck schedule. This time around, we’re taking a look at some of the many high profile cases of former teammates and training partners facing off inside the Octagon. Our journey starts with one of the most legendary training...