“The MMA Road Show” takes you behind the scenes of the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Why is it named the Road Show, you ask? John Morgan, MMAjunkie lead staff reporter, sits down weekly – on location from around the globe and various spots in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas – to discuss his travels covering the sport, giving you the behind-the-scenes stories that don’t always show up in the headlines. Producer “Cold Coffee” often sits in on the show, as Morgan also brings you interviews and access to the biggest names in MMA.
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Listeners of The MMA Road Show with John Morgan that love the show mention:John Morgan still recovering to regain the voice we have all come to know, joins Cold Coffee to talk TUF 31, UFC 286 and much more. Episode 416 is a new milestone in Road Show longevity - 8 years in a row. Do the math it all adds up, the Road Show rules!
It's the shortest episode in the nearly eight-year history of the show, and it won't take you long to figure out why. John Morgan is in San Jose to cover Bellator 292, and he's not exactly operating at 100 percent. Meanwhile, Cold Coffee was covering the longest media day in UFC history. We tried our best, I promise!
It's UFC 285 fight week, so of course the guys focus on the most important story of the week: Why is it snowing in Las Vegas?!? Well that, and an absolutely stacked main card, including the return of Jon Jones.
Like hearing from the fighters more than you like hearing from John Morgan and Cold Coffee? Well then this show is for you. Ahead of this week's big pay-per-view event, Morgan spoke with a few recent big winners, including Joe Solecki, Jordan Leavitt, Alexander Hernandez, John Dodson and Ode Osbourne. Check out the interviews, and let us know what you think!
It's an incredibly busy weekend in the world of combat sports, and there's an incredibly busy stretch of events on the horizon for John Morgan, who sits down to discuss the biggest storylines coming up.
With UFC 243 in the books for four years, John Morgan and Cold Coffee discuss the pound-for-pound rankings and take a look ahead to UFC Fight Night 219.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together in Las Vegas to help recap a busy week that was, as well as to preview a massive UFC 284 event in Australia and take a look at what the future may hold.
It's a dual-event weekend in MMA with UFC Fight Night 218 and Bellator 290. Unfortunately, Cold Coffee is out of commission in Las Vegas, but John Morgan is joined by the great Nolan King to help break down Bellator's debut on CBS, as well as take a look at the featured matchup from the UFC card.
With no UFC event to preview, Cold Coffee recounts his trip to Rio de Janeiro and discusses the storylines coming out of UFC 283, while John Morgan shares his interview with new light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill. The guys also discuss the latest headlines in the sport.
It's an intercontinental edition of the show, as John Morgan talks Francis Ngannou, Jon Jones and more from Las Vegas, while Cold Coffee is on the road with The Mac Life's Oscar Willis in Rio de Janeiro to help break down UFC 283 and the promotion's long-awaited return to Brazil.
John Morgan, Cold Coffee and The Mac Life's Oscar Willis recap a surprise media day appearance from UFC president Dana White while also looking ahead to UFC Fight Night 217 and ONE Fight Night 6.
The first episode of 2023 doesn't exactly start out in upbeat fashion, but by the end, John Morgan and Cold Coffee end up talking themselves into a better mood after a rough start to the year. Along the way, get some MMA business insight from Iridium Sports Agency's Jeremy Luchau.
The final show of 2022 sees John Morgan and Cold Coffee sit down to preview the final few events of the year, including FURY Professional Grappling 6 and Bellator MMA vs. Rizin. Along the way, hear Morgan's interview with recent Bellator signee Sara McMann.
It's a rare holiday break for the sport, but that doesn't stop John Morgan and Cold Coffee from sitting down to discuss the biggest headlines in the sport, including continued talk on judging and gambling, as well as looking ahead to FURY Professional Grappling and the Rizin-Bellator co-promoted event on New Year's Eve.
John Morgan is heading to Atlantic City for CFFC 116, but before he leaves for the airport, he sits down with Cold Coffee to preview UFC Fight Night 216, the final UFC event of 2022, and to recap a rather lively media day.
The great Nolan King is in Las Vegas for the day, and he joins John Morgan and Cold Coffee to help break down the weekend's UFC 282 and Bellator 289 events, as well as to discuss the latest in the ongoing Cain Velasquez legal case, and more.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together again in Las Vegas on the journey to the next 400, and they preview a busy weekend of action with UFC on ESPN 42, ONE on Prime Video 5 and BKFC 34, while also recapping the PFL and talking the World Cup, UFC 282 and more.
As the show hits an impressive 400 episodes, John Morgan and Cold Coffee celebrate the milestone by ... recording from different cities. Great planning, guys! Still, they discuss all the latest happenings in the sport and preview Friday's big 2022 PFL World Championship, the promotion's first pay-per-view.
John Morgan's wild schedule continues, and he takes you on a quick spin through all the latest happenings in a crazy week of MMA, all while Cold Coffee holds it down at media day at the UFC Apex. Along the way, hear from ONE's Christian Lee, BKFC's Kevin Croom and UFC headliner Derrick Lewis.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are on the road, albeit in different cities with two very different schedules. Still, they're both looking forward to being onsite for UFC 281, and they help preview the card, along with the man known as “Hot Tea,” The Mac Life's Oscar Willis.
It's a special week, as the boys welcome back “Hot Tea,” The Mac Life's Oscar Willis, who's taking a break from his fight camp to come help break down UFC Fight Night 214, discuss the continued fallout from Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva, and start to look ahead to UFC 281. Along the way, hear from an awfully fiery Mark O. Madsen.
The fallout from UFC 280 continues, and John Morgan and Cold Coffee consider it all, while also looking ahead to this weekend's UFC Fight Night 213, Bellator 287 and Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva events.
It's finally time for UFC 280, the blockbuster event that is packed with great fights, and John Morgan and Cold Coffee preview the event, while also taking a look at an intriguing ONE on Amazon Prime 3, as well as the wild new sanctioned sport brought to Las Vegas by Power Slap.
After a rare week off from the sport's biggest events, UFC Fight Night 212 is in Las Vegas, and John Morgan and Cold Coffee break down the card and a rather interesting media day, while also bringing you interviews with Brandon Royval and Nick Maximov.
In a rare week off for the UFC, John Morgan and Cold Coffee were able sit down to shoot the breeze about Vegas, U.S. fiscal policy, the current state of Netflix offerings and much more... Who am I kidding, we talked some MMA folks. What's up with Conor not testing recently with USADA, how about that lengthy 'retirement' for Kevin Holland and are you surprised Aspen Ladd landed at PFL? These topics and much more are in this episode. Tune in!
Kicked out of the UFC Apex by Mark Zuckerberg, John Morgan and Cold Coffee are forced to seek alternate plans for Saturday night rather than attending UFC Fight Night 211. Fortunately, John connected with Shaquille O'Neal to secure some alternate plans. Hear that conversation, as well as from BKFC 30 headliner and noted wild man Lorenzo Hunt.
With no UFC to cover, John Morgan and Cold Coffee discuss Jose Aldo's retirement, the UFC's addition of 17-year-old Raul Rosas Jr., preview Bellator 285 and discuss the weekend exploits of Floyd Mayweather and Cris Cyborg. Morgan also brings you an interview with Benson Henderson, as well.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee discuss the continued fallout from UFC 279, including the future for Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev, while also previewing this week's UFC Fight Night 210. Along the way, here a passionate media day interview from “Be” Joe Pyfer.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee won't be together on fight night, but they're certainly sitting down after a memorable media day in Las Vegas to discuss all the intriguing storylines around UFC 279, including Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together in Las Vegas to recap a busy weekend of action that didn't involve the sport's biggest promotion, while also looking ahead to this week's UFC action in Paris. Along the way, hear from UFC veteran and big BKFC winner John Dodson.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together in Las Vegas on a rare off week for the UFC. They discuss the continued fallout from UFC 278 while also previewing this weekend's ONE Championship, CFFC and FURY Professional Grappling event.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together in Utah for UFC 278, marking the first time on the road together since May! That dastardly Hot Tea chose a boxing class over our loyal listeners, but we still discussed the key matchups on the card and brought some intriguing audio from former UFC champ Luke Rockhold.
John Morgan at home in Las Vegas sits down to talk UFC on ESPN 41, also bringing you an interview with interim champ Brandon Moreno. Oh and was there a Kenbo Slice on the rampage in San Diego? Tune in to find out.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are reunited once more at the Casa de Cold Coffee to talk face-punching and all things UFC on ESPN 40.
John Morgan is back home in Dallas ahead of UFC 277, but that doesn't mean a week off from the show! He previews a very intriguing main card lineup and brings you media day interviews with headliners Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes, as well as an all-time entertaining session with Derrick Lewis, and an especially insightful interview with Magomed Ankalaev.
John Morgan is fresh off a plane from Los Angeles and straight to the Casa de Cold Coffee to recap ONE Championship's Amazon Prime Video press conference and preview a busy MMA weekend.
John Morgan on the road this week down in Tampa, Florida for CFFC 110 which takes place at the Hard Rock Event Center on Thursday July 14th. But that doesn't mean he isn't going to be bringing the big interviews with the headliners for UFC on ABC 3 taking place in Long Island, New York. Hear from Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez as they prepare for their Saturday night bouts.
With Cold Coffee on vacation and UFC on ESPN 39 media day pushed back, John Morgan shares some of his interviews with UFC 276 winner Jalin Turner, as well as PFL featherweights Bubba Jenkins and Chris Wade, who each compete on Aug. 20 at 2022 PFL 9.
It's International Fight Week, and old friend Simon Head has joined John Morgan and Cold Coffee to help break down an incredible UFC 276 card and all that's happening during a busy week of events. Along the way, hear one of the craziest media day sessions ever from Sean Strickland.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee preview a busy weekend of MMA, including UFC on ESPN 38, Bellator 282, 2022 PFL 5 and even BKFC 26. Along the way, hear a media day interview with UFC middleweight Chris Curtis, as well as Morgan's interview with Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi.
Ahead of his trip to Belgium, John Morgan sits down with Cold Coffee in Las Vegas to discuss the continued fallout from UFC 275, as well as look ahead to this weekend's 2022 PFL 4 and UFC on ESPN 37 events.
It's fight week in Singapore, but John Morgan and Cold Coffee are admittedly happy to be home in Las Vegas to help preview the card and discuss the latest happenings in the sport.
John Morgan withs down with Cold Coffee to recap an incredibly busy and personally memorable weekend of CFFC and All Elite Wrestling, while also looking ahead to Saturday's UFC Fight Night 207 event. Along the way, hear from Dan Ige ahead of his matchup with Movsar Evloev.
Cold Coffee takes a brief break from training camp to join John Morgan ahead of Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas to talk about the continued fallout from Ketlen Vieira vs. Holly Holm, as well as to preview CFFC 109, FURY Professional Grappling 4 ... and ‘AEW: Double or Nothing,' too?!?!
John Morgan and Cold Coffee sit down to discuss the journeys they each face as in-demand professional broadcasters, while also talking about a busy slate of MMA events on the weekend and sharing the media day interview from UFC Fight Night 206 headliner Holly Holm.
John Morgan sits down with Cold Coffee just hours before the start of training camp for his first sanctioned fight following years of success in unregulated combat. The two also discuss the continued fallout from UFC 274 and preview this weekend's busy slate of events, including UFC on ESPN 36, CFFC 108 and L
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are together in Phoenix for an absolutely stacked UFC 274 card, and they revisit an old favorite location to help preview Saturday's card at Footprint Center.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are back together in Las Vegas to talk about all the latest in MMA – which seems to include a lot of boxing, as well – and to help preview UFC on ESPN 35. Along the way, get a listen to a very interesting media day session with Andre Fili.
John Morgan and Cold Coffee are staying busy covering events across the country, with 2022 PFL 1 in Texas and UFC Fight Night 205 in Las Vegas. The guys share their experiences from fight week, while also sharing an interview with UFC Hall of Famer Clay Guida.
FFC 107. Along the way, Morgan also shares an interview with UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin.
With Cold Coffee back home in Las Vegas, John Morgan is going solo – though not through a lack of effort – to help preview this week's UFC 273 event. Along the way, hear from undefeated prospect Ian Garry.