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Joe is joined by former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway.
Joe sits down with former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway.
Joe sits down with former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway.
A day late and ten dollars short to break down UFC 245, headlined by a welterweight championship fight between the champ Kamaru Usman defending his title against interim champion, Colby Covington. We also saw two other title fights - Max Holloway putting his featherweight title on the line against number one contender Alexander Volkanovski and Amanda Nunes defending her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie. We talk about the rest of the card, preview fight night 165, headlined by Frankie Edgar and Korean Zombie. We talk about Eddie Bravo's recent Quintet tournament and much more - cheers! UFC 245: 170 lbs.: UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 145 lbs.: UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski 135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie 135 lbs.: Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes 135 lbs.: Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan 170 lbs.: Mike Perry vs. Geoff Neal 135 lbs.: Irene Aldana vs. Ketlen Vieira 185 lbs.: Omari Akhmedov vs. Ian Heinisch 170 lbs.: Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders 145 lbs.: Chase Hooper vs. Daniel Teymur 125 lbs.: Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Moreno 125 lbs.: Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo 185 lbs.: Oskar Piechota vs. Punahele Soriano
UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway joins the RJ Ringside crew and says he'd be willing to fight Conor McGregor again at any weight class. "Blessed" also discusses his fourth title defense against Alexander Volkanovski taking place at the T-Mobile Arena on Dec. 14 and what legacy he wants to leave behind with the UFC. The crew then previews the rest of the upcoming UFC 245 card.
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington is coming up this weekend, and is headlined by a rare night of three UFC Championship fights. In the first half of this week's show we preview the entire card, including UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington, UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski, and Amanda Nunes defending her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship against Germaine de Randamie. In the second half of the show we recap an eventful UFC On ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruick event including the ridiculous Struve/Rothwell situation, and discuss the week in MMA news including the UFC releases of Renan Barao, Liz Carmouche, and Gray Maynard. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter, or just email us.
We are back after a long layoff due to holidays, weddings and general drunken forgetfulness to break down UFC on ESPN 7, which was headlined by heavyweight contenders Alistair Overeem and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. We discuss the rest of the card including obscure submissions, controversial decisions, big knockouts and an outstanding UFC debut by friend of the show, Billy Quarantillo. We also take a quick peek at the upcoming UFC 245 card, which is stacked with three title fights. Cheers! UFC on ESPN 7: 265 lbs.: Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 115 lbs.: Cynthia Calvillo vs. Marina Rodriguez 265 lbs.: Ben Rothwell vs. Stefan Struve 135 lbs.: Yana Kunitskaya vs. Aspen Ladd 135 lbs.: Cody Stamann vs. Song Yadong 135 lbs.: Rob Font vs. Ricky Simon 170 lbs.: Thiago Alves vs. Tim Means 145 lbs.: Jacob Kilburn vs. Billy Quarantillo 145 lbs.: Bryce Mitchell vs. Matt Sayles 155 lbs.: Joe Solecki vs. Matt Wiman 125 lbs.: Virna Jandiroba vs. Mallory Martin 185 lbs.: Makhmud Muradov vs. Trevor Smith UFC 245: 170 lbs.: UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 145 lbs.: UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski 135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie 135 lbs.: Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes 135 lbs.: Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan 170 lbs.: Mike Perry vs. Geoff Neal 135 lbs.: Irene Aldana vs. Ketlen Vieira 185 lbs.: Omari Akhmedov vs. Ian Heinisch 170 lbs.: Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders 145 lbs.: Chase Hooper vs. Daniel Teymur 125 lbs.: Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Moreno 125 lbs.: Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo 185 lbs.: Oskar Piechota vs. Punahele Soriano
On this edition of Talkin' Shop Charles Richey host of "On Deck" on Chicagolandsports Radio.com joins me to talk about MMA news headlines including Cyborg's release and what's next for UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway in Volkanovski. We gave predictions for UFC Uruguay happening this Saturday on ESPN +, Looked at Colby Covington's victory over Robbie Lawler and his upcoming showdown w UFC Middleweight Champion Kamaru Usman and more! Listen Live to The Fightlete Report with Host Sean Lennon Every Tues @12pm only on Chicagolandsportsradio.com or watch the LiveStream on Facebook- https://m.facebook.com/FightleteReport and follow The Youtube Channel for exclusive content including all the fighter interviews now!Subscribe to The Fightlete Report now on Apple Podcasts
We cover all of UFC 240, headlined by featherweight champion Max Holloway defending his title against Frankie Edgar. It seemed that a good amount of the MMA community was disappointed with this card, so we do our best to convince you that it was worth watching. As always, we try to bring a different perspective, especially on the co-main event between Cyborg Santos and Felicia Spencer. We also preview UFC on ESPN 5 this coming weekend from Newark, New Jersey. The card is headlined by welterweights and former teammates, Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler. We explain how this fight is much more interesting and has the potential to be much more competitive than most people think. We dive into the rest of the card and we wrap up scotch month with a scotch cocktail - the Rob Roy. Cheers! UFC 240 full card breakdown includes: 145 lbs.: UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar 145 lbs.: Cris Cyborg vs. Felicia Spencer 170 lbs.: Geoff Neal vs. Niko Price 155 lbs.: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Arman Tsarukyan 185 lbs.: Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Krzysztof Jotko 125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs. Alexis Davis 145 lbs.: Hakeem Dawodu vs. Yoshinori Horie 145 lbs.: Seungwoo Choi vs. Gavin Tucker 125 lbs.: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alexandre Pantoja 125 lbs.: Sarah Frota vs. Gillian Robertson 170 lbs.: Erik Koch vs. Kyle Stewart UFC on ESPN 5 full card includes: 170 lbs.: Colby Covington vs. Robbie Lawler 205 lbs.: Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi 155 lbs.: Jim Miller vs. Clay Guida 155 lbs.: Joaquim Silva vs. Nasrat Haqparast 125 lbs.: Jordan Espinosa vs. Matt Schnell 125 lbs.: Lauren Murphy vs. Mara Romero Borella 125 lbs.: Antonina Shevchenko vs. Lucie Pudilova 185 lbs.: Trevin Giles vs. Gerald Meerschaert 205 lbs.: Darko Stosicvs. Kennedy Nzechukwu 170 lbs.: Ramazan Emeev vs. Claudio Silva 155 lbs.: Scott Holtzman vs. Dong Hyun Ma
UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier is coming up this weekend, and it's just full of UFC Interim Championship fights. In the first half of this week's episode we preview the entire card including UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier for the UFC Interim Lightweight Championship, and Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya for the UFC Interim Middleweight Championship. It's kind of a mess, but it looks like a fun mess. In the second half of the show we run down a crazy week of MMA news, including TJ Dillashaw's official USADA suspension for EPO, the troubling allegations against BJ Penn, an update on Tony Ferguson, and of course more Conor McG regor drama. Plus, Greg quickly pops in to give his UFC 236 picks before he leaves for his wedding. Hosted by Steve Jeffery, David Abraham and Greg Persson. Listen to us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter, or just email us.
On the very first Friday Bonus Episode of My Mom's Basement, Robbie sits down with UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway ahead of his UFC 236 bout with Dustin Poirier for the UFC Interim Lightweight Championship, and discusses the "Diamond" rematch, Conor McGregor/Khabib Nurmagomedov's rivalry heating up, his son, "Mini Blessed", the future of his career - and a whole lot of Drake when Young Pageviews joins the show. Outro: "Learn to Fly" - Foo Fighters
Go inside the lives and training camps of four extraordinary athletes preparing for UFC 231. UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway defends his title against rising star Brian Ortega. Also, a battle for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship between former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Valentina Shevchenko.
Ariel Helwani's MMA Show kicks off with MMA coach Mark Henry (6:15), UFC Strawweight Joanna Jedrzejczyk (29:45), Nick Newell (49:20), UFC's Darren Till sends a video message (1:07:00), UFC's Katlyn Chookagian (1:10:40), former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman (1:30:15), UFC Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi (1:49:30), reigning UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway (2:08:00), UFC Flyweight Henry Cejudo (2:37:30), UFC's Kamaru Usman (2:55:30), current UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw (3:11:30), Jared Gordon (3:29:00), New York Ric joins to talk UFC 227, questions of the day, Ric's picks (4:05:00) and much more.
So we're on our way to Brooklyn for UFC 223 Fight Week, and the highly anticipated main event between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov has just been cancelled. On April Fool's Day. Seriously. Now instead there's an insane new main event of UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov, for the UFC Lightweight Championship. This episode we're joined by Liam Dunlop to preview the entire card, which also includes a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship rematch between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Check back later in the week for bonus episodes on location from Brooklyn, including interviews with many of the fighters competing at UFC 223. Hosted by Steve Jeffery, David Abraham and Greg Persson. Listen to us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, MMASucka.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter, or just email us.