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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC Vegas 84 just wrapped and overall, it was a pretty nice start to the new year. That said, it still had some terrible moments (looking at you Andrei Arlovski), but let’s focus on the positives before you guys start thinking we hate fights. First and foremost, we finally get to put the ridiculous, forced...

Legendary combat sports commentator, Mike Goldberg , spent nearly two decades with the UFC , starting in 1997 and making his exit in 2016. He then spent about four-years as a voice for Bellator MMA from 2017 to 2021. Now, the one they call ‘Goldie’ is commentating some bare knuckle at BYB Extreme 23 on January 18th, which is a Thursday show. Before sitting Trigon-side, Mike Goldberg caught up with...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC is back, baby! And by “back,” we mean back at the Apex. But, all is not lost, as the prelims are actually kind of good. That said, don’t let the featured prelim fool you, because that fight is very likely going to be bad. It’s a heavyweight fight, after all, and we know how those go when the top of the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com After an entire month away, the UFC is back to the old grindstone, and trust me, the Apex is the old grindstone these days. And what do we get for all these long nights we waited for your return? A rematch nobody ever asked for that a whole bunch of people seem to not care much about. Bloody Elbow is fight...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com The UFC is back after a long winter’s nap and what do they give their loyal fans? More Apex slop. One might think they’d want to kick off the new year with a firecracker of an event but instead, we get one that even if it does go off like a house afire, who’s gonna care? And more importantly, who’s gonna g...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Over the course of the last few weeks, several boxing stories have dropped. We watched Showtime air its last boxing event after nearly 38 years of broadcasting the sport. From there, PBC, who had been calling Showtime their broadcasting home, ended up signing a huge deal with Amazon, so we’ve got one major...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com 2023 was a pretty wild year. The very first day saw UFC president Dana White slap his wife on camera and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the year. One thing that never changes is the sport’s ability to provide some of the greatest fights, and alternately, some of the worst. That’s why we’re here,...

The holidays are always good for fun videos and photos, lively quips and interviews and lots of social media posts by combat sports athletes, but none have been quite as mesmerizing as the ones Conor McGregor puts out. Over the last two weeks of the holiday season, the Irish former champ-champ kept jaws wagging with some over the top antics. Bloody Elbow is fighting for the sport, the fighters and...

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 While our fearless leader battles malware demons and other wicked foes, I sneaked back into his bunker for another chat with longtime investigative journalist Zach Arnold. I don’t know where Nate hid the shotgun (even though I said it was by the door), and I’m pretty sure that the mongrel outside the gates...

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 MMA has had an incredible year news-wise, thanks mostly to three big stories. We’ve seen all sorts of drama, from the New Year all the way to now. We opened the first week of the year with Dana White assaulting his wife on video for the world to see. We’ve seen Power Slap become a real thing and it has now...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC 296 just wrapped and we’re still trying to figure out what happened to Colby Covington. The king of volume certainly had very little of it tonight. Leon Edwards basically had his way with him 26 different ways from Sunday in one of the most boring fights of the year. Perhaps now the UFC will make way f...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com This week, our tremendous trio returns with a new episode. The big topics on deck are details around PFL’s buyout of Bellator and all the latest antitrust updates. The antitrust case has been the gift that keeps on giving as that tree continually produces fruit. This time, the guys take a look at the lates...

Karate Combat has been putting on quality events for several years now and their production is top tier. Their middleweight champion, Ross ‘Turbo’ Levine is a dynamic athlete with speed and power, two vital elements in the recipe that makes a champion karateka. This weekend, he’ll face 1-0 heavyweight and former UFC staple Sam Alvey for the vacant heavyweight title. Bloody Elbow is fighting for th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC 296 is how you end a tumultuous year that has seen some of the biggest news in years. From Francis Ngannou making the biggest free agency move the sport has ever seen to the antitrust lawsuit updates, 2023 was jam-packed with headlines, and most were not encouraging. Bloody Elbow is fighting for the sp...

We’ve all been wowed by the stellar bout sheet for UFC 296. It’s kind of hard not to. Even the curtain-jerker is a killer match-up. Who wouldn’t want to watch Randy Brown put to the test by Muslim Salikhov? And as you move up from there, the great fights just keep showing up. Bloody Elbow is fighting for the sport, the fighters and the fans. If you share our mission, please consider becoming a pai...

Since leaving the UFC, Sam Alvey has scored two knockouts. Once at heavyweight for the B2 Fighting Series and once at light heavyweight in Karate Combat. After a cycle of nearly five years without a win, this rejuvenated version of Alvey is finally finding success again and we’re happy for him. Bloody Elbow is fighting for the sport, the fighters and the fans. If you share our mission, please cons...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC 296 is a card done right and proof that when the UFC wants to, they can absolutely put on great events. With the stranglehold they have over the sport, all their cards could look a lot better and they certainly need to get the majority of them out of that stinkin’ Apex facility, but I digress. We need...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com It’s been a hot minute since we’ve had a Bunker episode, so we decided to do something a little different. Nate pulled the blinds, put the shotgun by the door and the attack dog patrolled the perimeter as he welcomed me into his hallowed grounds for a bit of a role reversal. This week, I put Nate in the ho...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com UFC Vegas 83 was a great looking card on paper but unfortunately, the main event kind of stunk up the joint. With several finishes and some damned good battles, we were definitely on track to be the recipients of a warm winter’s gift. What we got was a far cry from it and what WAS that judging on the Park-...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com Rising stars sometimes get put in a padded bubble, especially if it’s one the UFC wants to focus their energy on. Tatsuro Taira seems to be just such an athlete. This match-up with Carlos Hernandez certainly feels like those kid gloves were on when Sean Shelby and/or Mick Maynard put names in the sorting h...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com The Apex card is back, here to steal Christmas joy by placing an actual decent show in the hollow, lifeless Apex center. The lack of a crowd for an event like this seems like an egregious wrong that needs to be rectified immediately. The worst holdover to come from the pandemic for the MMA community is tha...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com It’s been another busy week, especially regarding the UFC antitrust case. With the mountains of discovery now available, there’s a veritable treasure trove of documents that include contract information, text messages, e-mails…just about everything but the kitchen sink. Bloody Elbow is fighting for the spo...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themmadrawpodcast.substack.com The UFC antitrust case is the gift that keeps on giving, especially recently. You may be asking yourself “What’s happened now?” and the answer to that question would be class certification. Once the honorable Judge Boulware awarded the plaintiffs class certification, it set the wheels in motion for an aval...