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On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos reviews UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, and previews UFC 237 and Bellator 221. Robert also gives his thoughts on Brock Lesnar’s retirement from MMA. The show closes with a reset of a conversation with Lee Daly, author of Before a Fall: A History of Pride Fighting Championships.
On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos reviews UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, and previews UFC 237, and Bellator 221. Robert gives his thoughts on Brock Lesnar’s retirement from MMA. The show closes with a reset of a conversation with Lee Daly, author of Before a Fall: A History of Pride Fighting Championships.
Matt rubs Fedor's victory in Ed's face while they look at what happened over back to back events. Also, Ed got coincidentally got his copy of "Before a Fall: A History of Pride Fighting Championships" just before watching the heavyweight grand prix come to an end and gives his first impressions of the book. Also, the author himself Lee Daly drops in to give his Bellator 208 impressions and how Fedor fighting the same week as the book release was a happy coincidence. Link to buy book: https://amzn.to/2CltvqP --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support
On this week’s edition of MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans, MMATorch.com’s Robert Vallejos and Rick Monsey take stock of the fallout of UFC 229 after a week of analysis. They examine the comparisons that the event has drawn to WWE, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s ultimatum to the UFC, and Ronda Rousey’s thoughts on the situation. The guys give their take on the announced UFC 230 main event Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis, the cancelation of Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier, and the renewal of Valentina Schevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk. They react to the announcement of Jon Jones vs. Gustafsson. Robert speaks to author Lee Daly, who wrote “Before a Fall: A History of PRIDE Fighting Championships.” Robert and Rick also review Bellator 207 & 208.
Matt and Ed speak with Lee Daly who has researched and interviewed a lot of people to produce a book about Pride Fighting Championships. If you have been following MMA as long as Matt and Ed have, this book and episode is for you. Indie go-go link for book| https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/before-a-fall-a-history-of-pride-fc#/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support