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 and other promotions.
Back to business, Co-Mainiacs! After the months-long fever dream that was Mayweather vs. McGregor this week finds Ben and Chad thrust back into sober (and somewhat sobering) MMA action. For Episode 271 of our beloved CME, your dudes look at some...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 270 (8/28/17)
Welp, here it is, CME Universe, the last episode of the Co-Main Event Podcast where you have to listen to Chad and Ben spend any significant time talking about Mayweather-McGregor. And really, is that so wrong? Heck, the damn fight turned out to be...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 269 (8/21/17)
Well, Co-Mainiacs, here we are. The moment is upon us. History unfolds before our very eyes. On this week’s Co-Main Event Podcast, Ben and Chad take a last, pre-fight look at the boxing match pitting Floyd Mayweather against Conor McGregor. How did...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 268 (8/14/17)
Perhaps you thought it was an ain’t shit going on kind of week, eh Universe? If that’s what you did anticipate, Ben and Chad don’t blame you. With the UFC clearing the lane for Aug. 26’s Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match the waters are...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 267 (8/8/17)
Did you enjoy UFC Fight Night 114, CME Universe? Your dudes Ben and Chad hope you did because that’s all the live MMA action inside the Octagon that you’re going to get between now and Sept. 2. Fortunately, you’ll be able to fill you empty weeks...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 266 (7/31/17)
After Saturday night’s UFC 214, the Co-Main Event Podcast is spent. Following the drama and the comedy, the triumph and the heartbreak, the entire MMA community should probably be cooling its heels somewhere on beach right now, toes in the sand,...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 265 (7/24/17)
The Co-Main Event Podcast returns this week with a gargantuan show to handle an MMA news cycle that doth overfloweth with insane action. Ben and Chad convene to discuss Chris Weidman’s potentially career-saving victory over Kelvin Gastelum at last...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 264 (7/18/17)
Can you hear us, Co-Main Event Universe? Look, we realize you may be confused since A) This episode of the CME is dropping a day later than normal and B) Your ears may still be ringing from last week’s Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor press “world...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 263 (7/11/17)
Well, Universe, Robert Whittaker and Justin Gaethje both had pretty damn good weekends, huh? Amanda Nunes? Maybe not quite so hot. On this episode of the Co-Main Event Podcast, Ben and Chad look at Whittaker’s big win over Yoel Romero at UFC 213 to...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 262 (7/3/17)
It’s International Fight Week, CME Universe, and you know what that means: The UFC will produce back-to-back events this weekend--both of them from the same building in Las Vegas, which makes you wonder about the “international” part, but...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 261 (6/26/17)
On paper, maybe it looked like kind of a ho-hum weekend in the world of mixed martial arts, but in practice--boy, howdy--it brought the weird. In other words, Bellator: NYC and UFC Fight Night 112 are both right in the Co-Main Event Podcast’s...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 260 Part 2 (6/19/17)
Whoa there, partner! This is part 2 of episode 260 of the CME. If you haven't listened to part 1 yet, you'll want to double-back and do that. If you have, proceed. If you haven't, no need to be embarrassed. It's an easy mistake to make.
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 260 Part 1 (6/19/17)
After another week where the Co-Main Event Podcast was off again, your dudes are back in full effect this week with a super-sized episode of the CME. On this show, Ben and Chad are in a mad scramble to touch on all the stuff they missed while taking a...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 259 (6/5/17)
The world has a new "undisputed" UFC featherweight champion, as Jerome Max "Blessed" Holloway rolled up to UFC 212, took the best Jose Aldo had to offer over the course of two rounds and then laid out Jose Aldo via third round TKO. In addition to...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 258 (5/29/17)
After a week off to collect themselves--and in Ben's case go on vacation with his family--the Co-Main Event Podcast is back with a vengeance. It doesn't hurt that there are oodles of high-level MMA happenings to discuss, either. That's right, we said...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 257 (5/15/17)
UFC 211 was a barnburner, Universe, and this week’s Co-Main Event Podcast has your wall-to-wall coverage. Stipe Miocic’s first-round TKO over Junior dos Santos to put a second successful defense of the heavyweight title in the bank? Check. Joanna...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 256 (5/8/17)
Not gonna lie to you, Universe, parts of this episode of the Co-Main Event Podcast don’t sound great. This week’s recording session was beset by technical difficulties, mostly with Ben’s microphone. Fact is, the ol’ Behringer C-1 may be on its...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 255 (5/1/17)
Another relatively slow week in mixed martial arts means another #aintshitgoinon episode of the Co-Main Event Podcast. This week, Ben and Chad fill an hour, 15 minutes with almost nothing but your listener mail questions. Well, your listener mail...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 254 (4/24/17)
Artem Lobov didn’t beat Cub Swanson on Saturday in the UFC Fight Night 108 main event. In fact, at no point in their five-round fight did it even look like Lobov was about to win. Still, dude did better than a lot of people--including Ben and...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 253 (4/17/17)
Just in case you needed a reminder how comparatively shitty you are at whatever it is you do for a living, Demetrious Johnson fought last weekend. Johnson, the UFC’s inimitable flyweight champion, painted what might end up being considered his...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 252 (4/10/17)
There was simply no end to the hijinks, controversy and out-and-out skullduggery surrounding Saturday night’s UFC 210. In other words, it was an event tailor made for Ben and Chad to discuss on the CME. From Daniel Cormier getting a little help from...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 251 (4/3/17)
Muhammed Lawal and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson ran it back on Saturday at Bellator 175, renewing their rivalry of 2014 by putting on a second fight that looked nearly identical to the first. Except that this time King Mo managed to get the better of...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 250 (3/27/17)
Ain’t shit goin’ on, you guys. Aside from Tonya Evinger getting that sweet, sweet revenge on Yana Kunitskaya at InvictaFC 22 over the weekend, it's been a fairly quiet couple weeks in the MMA Bubble. You know what that means. That's right, Ben and...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 249 (3/20/17)
Will UFC Fight Night 107 be remembered as the evening in London when Jimi Manuwa stomped into the collective consciousness of the light heavyweight division and announced he wasn’t there to make friends? Perhaps. Perhaps. What is an undeniable fact,...
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Co-Main Event Podcast Episode 248 (3/13/17)
At Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night 106, Vitor Belfort lost to up-and-coming middleweight Kelvin Gastelum in such lopsided fashion that even Belfort himself thinks it might be time to set an end date for his career. Maybe. Depending on how things...