The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast
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.
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We hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us for missing the Proper yesterday.
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Episode 631: Champs do champ shit at UFC 311
Islam Makhachev and Merab Dvalishvili did what they had to do, in completely different ways.
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Episode 630: Islam + Umar big favorites at UFC 311
We get it, but Tsarukyan and Dvalishvili are pretty good, too.
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Episode 629: UFC 2025 predictions
What will happen in the UFC in the year of our lord. 2025?
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It's the 2024 CMEeeeees!
It's the most magical time of the year!
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We hope you like it.
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Episode 628: Did Shavkat Rakhmonov get less sca...
Maybe he was hurt. Maybe it was just our own expectations. Or maybe Ian Garry is also really good?
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Episode 627: UFC 310 is worth watching, actually
We know what you’re thinking, but it's actually a pretty deep fight card.
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Episode 626: Is it curtains for Conor McGregor?
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Episode 625: Jake Paul & Jon Jones out here com...
The story wasn't what happend during the fights. It's how many people watched and what comes next.
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Episode 624: Jones. Stipe. Tyson. Paul. One wee...
Here's two fights we've been looking foward to for a while, albeit for different reasons.
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Episode 623: UFC can’t keep sending Alex Pereir...
Hasn't Poatan done enough? Can’t we just leave this guy a lone for a few months?
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Episode 622: MMA eats our heroes
What a strange mix of emotions we felt watching UFC 308.
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Episode 621: Big Fran back! UFC 308 next!
There are a lot of lean times in MMA. This is not one of them.
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Episode 620: Can Francis Ngannou come up big fo...
Seems like a lot could go wrong for both Ngannou & the PFL at Saturday's 'Battle of the Giants.'
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Episode 619: Alex Pereira saves the day (again!)
Pereira once again proved that not only is he the besst 205-pounder on the planet, but he's also the UFC's MVP.
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Episode 618: Alex Pereira tempts the gods at UF...
Alex Pereira sure fights a lot. That's the sort of thing that we’ve seen come back to bite people in the past.
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Episode 617: We came, we Sphered, we conquered
The UFC’s long-awaited, much hyped debut at Sphere in Las Vegas was actually pretty cool.
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Episode 616: UFC 306 at Sphere!
Dana White is about to put it in the faces of all the nonexistant haters that said it couldn't be done.
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Episode 615: All hail the Fighting Nerds!
Is Caio Borralho the most interesting potential contender for DDP?
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Episode 614: Don’t doubt Dricus
How does he keep doing this, man?
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Episode 613: UFC 305 is getting the high hat
Does Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya have bigger implications than we are giving it credit for?
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Episode 612: Topuria vs. Holloway is *fire emoji*
This might be the best fight available right now and actually getting it is cause for celebration.
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Episode 611: The name, remembered
No one will forget Belal Muhammad's name now. Well, except Daniel Cormier.
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