The MMA world moves so fast that it can be hard to keep up, so twice a week I'll be rounding up the five biggest pieces of news from the world of MMA so you can stay on top of things and still live your busy life.
Sources 1. It's the headline for every MMA news outlet, dummy. 2. Ariel Helwani on Twitter - https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1236600948610326528 and https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1236610733057531904 3. TKZ on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fhzgulDSv/?igshid=yej5ompszmt2 and MMAJunkie - https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/03/korean-zombie-chan-sung-jung-manager-police-report-brian-ortega-slap-ufc-248 4. https://twitter.com/EdsonBarbozaJR/status/1236376208604049410?s=195. Just look at Twitter, I'm not linking all of the tweets.
1) UFC Argentina card and fights to watch 2) Return of Nick Diaz! 3) Perry's side of things on the Winklejohn drama 4) What's happening with Cage Warriors and Nathan Greyson? 5) Justin Gaethje vs Anthony Pettis lined up for early 2019
A special episode featuring Dean Wallace! 1) UFC fight night results 2) Donald Cerrone wants McGregor fight 3) Chuck just looks horrible 4) Nevada just approved new unified rules 5) Killashaw comes true
1) Fly away flyweights 2) ...But there's still a Flyweight title fight on the way! 3) UFC Fight Night 139 card 4) Kevin Belington ends Bibiano Fernandes' 5 year reign as ONE bantamweight champion 5) Maybeweather Music by Scott Holmes - www.scottholmesmusic.com
1. UFC 230 results 2. Mayweather vs Tenshin ??? 3. Ben Askren vs who? 4. Whittaker vs Gastelum set for end of year Australia card 5. DC probably retiring after Brock fight
1. UFC Moncton results (where was Dana White?) 2. DJ/Askren trade 3. Edgar replaced by Rodriguez vs Korean Zombie for Denver card 4. DC has confirmed he will return to LHW to defend belt 5. Woodley warns Rogan to "watch his mouth" over CM Punk comments
I've been away for a while, so to warm up for the podcast's return, here are my thoughts on the upcoming fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
1. Daniel Cormier fields multiple call-outs 2. UFC Boise - JDS vs Ivanov 3. Cris Cyborg vs Amanda Nunes back on? 4. Derek Brunson calls out Israel Adesanya 5. Eskimo brothers...
1. UFC 226 results. 2. Brock to return? 3. Why was Francis N'Gannou vs Derrick Lewis so bad? 4. Brian Ortega is happy with his decision to not fight a replacement. 5. Chuck Liddell was filmed hitting pads and it erm... wasn't good.
1. A spate of retirements in MMA 2. James Vick fills in for Al Iaquinta vs Justin Gaethje 3. Paul Felder pissed off he is left out in the rain twice in a row 4. Paul Daley has re-signed with Bellator 5. 50 cent claims to have sold the phrase "get the strap" to Bellator
1. Josh Barnett has left the UFC 2. Machida has left the UFC and joined Bellator 3. Bellator have announced a welterweight grand prix 4. Chris Weidman thinks he is the man to beat Whittaker 5. Daniel Cormier likens Jon Jones to Lance Armstrong
Monday 4th June's MMA High 5 is here! The five stories covered in this episode are: Story 1 - Yair Rodriguez back in the UFC and signed to fight Zabit Magometsharipov Story 2 - Andrea Lee's coach and husband was photographed with a nazi tattoo Story 3 - Bareknuckle FC went down at the weekend Story 4 - Colby Covington has something to say to Joe Rogan at UFC 225 Story 5 - The UFC apparently planned a mini lightweight tournament
Stories covered: 1. Michael Bisping retires 2. UFC Utica main card and picks 3. Nordine Taleb takes the huff 4. Joe Benavidez feels disrespected 5. Dana White tries to justify why he fired Yair Rodriguez
Episode 1 - 28 May 2018 Stories covered: 1. UFC Liverpool results 2. Early signs of Khabib vs Conor 3. The end of TUF? 4. Cris Cyborg: boxer? 5. Nick Diaz a free man... for now.