Episode 709: Salahdine Parnasse tests positive for being awesome
It feels like the sport of MMA needs a Salahdine Parnasse right now. You know, a charismatic young fighter with an exciting style and the go...
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The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast
An irreverent and unscripted look at the week's mixed martial arts news from longtime MMA journalists Ben Fowlkes and Chad Dundas. Topics include the latest happenings in the UFC, Bellator a...
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Episode 708: Is Umar the ‘Ziggy Sobotka’ of the Nurmagomedovs?
It was a weird weekend in combat sports, especially for the big betting favorites. Umar Nurmagomedov cemented his place as the Ziggy Sobotka...
Episode 707: A Robocop and a Cyborg walk into a bar …
Score a couple for the cybernetic organisms, because the biggest winners of the weekend were Gregory “Robocop” Rodrigues and Cris “Cyborg” J...
Episode 706: What’s hugs got to do with it?
Is that a Tina Turner reference in the title of this week’s episode? Shut up, don’t worry about it. Anyway, Ian Machado Garry couldn’t quite...
Episode 705: Any chance it goes bad for Makhachev at UFC 330?
Is there any chance at all that we’re all sitting here next Monday saying, “Well, yeah, it’s obvious in retrospect that Islam Makhachev migh...
Episode 704: UFC ain’t sweatin’ no MVP MMA! (Are they though?)
“We’re in a whole other fucking stratosphere now. I mean, I’m competing with all the majors. Those guys aren’t my competition. So good luck...
Episode 703: It’s the dog days of MMA summer
Just a few months ago, it seemed like we had a lot to look forward to in MMA. You had Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano set to do the damn thing...
Episode 702: Conor McGregor injury update + DDP wins!
Well, turns out Conor McGregor blew out both his ACL and meniscus when he tried to do that flying kick against Max Holloway at UFC 329. Pret...
Episode 701: Conor's cooked
Things did not go well for ya boi Conor McGregor in his big return fight against Max Holloway at UFC 329 on Saturday. “Fight,” in fact, is p...
Episode 700: Conor McGregor’s UFC 329 return raises so many questions
For being one of MMA’s all-time most talked-about fighters, it sure feels like Conor McGregor is a big, fat unknown headed into his return f...
Episode 699: It’s the UFC’s ‘Year of the Unc’
Old guys seem to be having a renaissance in the UFC right now and, as gentlemen of a certain age, we frankly couldn’t be happier. Shout out...
Episode 698: UFC’s Meta AI rankings are out!
Breaking news, Mainiacs! Right before we started recording this episode, the UFC announced that its new artificial intelligence fighter rank...
Episode 697: UFC’s White House show could’ve been worse, we guess
I guess we gotta give a small amount of credit to the UFC for showing some uncharacteristic restraint during Donald Trump’s Big Birthday Bas...
Episode 696: Trump’s Big Boy Birthday Bash
D-Tiddy’s Big Boy Birthday Bash faced an unexpected late-breaking hurdle early this week after a lawsuit was filed to try to keep the UFC’s...
Episode 695: Is this a make-or-break summer for the UFC?
The UFC is coming off a fairly anonymous Fight Night in Macau last weekend and is headed into a fairly anonymous Fight Night back at the Ape...
Episode 694: Dana White makes the (actual) media rounds
Dana White’s everywhere right now. Time Magazine. Rolling Stone. NPR. The New Yorker. Wait, what? The New Yorker? Believe it. Leading up to...
Episode 693: Really, Gina? Breaking down MVP’s first MMA event
Most Valuable Promotions put on its inaugural MMA event on Netflix last weekend. If we’re being honest, it was a lot. The mismatch-filled ma...
Episode 692: Is Sean Strickland UFC’s best worst fighter?
He did it again, brother. This crazy MFer Sean Strickland once again went out there in a championship fight he had no business winning and w...
Episode 691: Sean Strickland stays strapped at UFC 328
We’re not totally sure how, but Sean Strickland plans to bring a gun to New Jersey for UFC 328. I mean, is he driving? Does he know a guy he...
Episode 690: Can JDM recapture … whatever he had?
A little less than a year ago, Jack Della Maddalena was riding high, fresh off scoring the UFC welterweight title from Belal Muhammad at UFC...