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.
A look at the top three fights on Saturday's UFC 273 fight card.
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Episode 494: Curtis Blaydes has a lot going for...
Size, athleticism, a well-rounded skillset and relative youth all make Curtis Blaydes a perennial title contender if not a future champion.
71 min
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Episode 493: Violence abounds at UFC London
It had been a couple years since the UFC was able to make the trek across the pond and perhaps that break allowed everybody's aggression to become duly PENT.
71 min
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Episode 492: Diego overachieves, Ankalaev under...
Sometimes it's all about expectations. Diego Sanchez didn't look as bad as feared. Magomed Ankalaev didn't live up.
67 min
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Episode 491: UFC 272 wrap-up + Are Conor, Dusti...
Colby Covington beat Jorge Masvidal and then talked some shit about Dustin Poirier. What are we gonna do with all these guys?
72 min
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Episode 490: Ever feel like Jorge Masvidal & Co...
Masvidal & Covington are set to settle their longstanding personal grudge at UFC 272. The end can't come soon enough.
73 min
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Episode 489: When bad things happen to weird pe...
Is it curtains for Johnny Walker in the UFC light heavyweight division after his loss to Jamahal Hill?
69 min
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Episode 488: Israel Adesanya was just too good
Robert Whittaker made things interesting at UFC 271, but in the end it was just too much Adesanya.
75 min
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Episode 487: Can an Israel Adesanya-Bobby Knux ...
Their fight at UFC 249 didn't go great for Robert Whittaker. Can he make UFC 271 more competitive?
83 min
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Episode 486: Is Sean Strickland's psycho gimmic...
71 min
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Episode 485: Francis Ngannou wins it all
Francis Ngannou gutted-out a unanimous decision win over Ciryl Gane. The world must now come to him.
71 min
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Episode 484: Is this Francis Ngannou's last UFC...
Win or lose, the UFC is going to have to pony up a fair deal to get Big Fran to stick around. So far, the company won't budge.
79 min
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CME Power Hour: Who would want to firebomb Cono...
We'd make a list of suspects who might want to throw a Molotov cocktail at Conor McGregor's pub, but this show is only an hour long.
66 min
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Episode 483: Can Giga Chikadze steal that spot?
There's an opening in the upcoming featherweight title fight. Can Giga Chikadze nab it for himself?
75 min
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CME Power Hour: How UFC gonna raise PPV prices ...
For the third year in a row, the UFC hikes PPV prices by $5. Why they do that? Well, we know why.
58 min
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Episode 482: Dana White keeps taking these Ls f...
If Dana White had actually read "The Art of War" he might understand that it is a bad idea for him to continually engage Jake Paul on the battlefield where Paul is strongest. Unfortunately, the longtime UFC president just comes out of every skirmish...
82 min
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Doin' the Damn Thing: Year-end wrap-up of books...
Due to some family obligations, we're not going to be able to record that new episode of the Proper we promised. Instead, please accept this free episode of Doin' the Damn Thing. For the final pod of the year, your dudes talk about our favorite TV...
56 min
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Episode 481: Jake Paul, Derrick Lewis & UFC fig...
Derrick Lewis became the UFC's all-time knockouts leader with his win over Chris Daukaus on Saturday night, for whatever that's worth. On the other side of the country, Jake Paul walloped Tyron Woodley in their hastily arranged boxing rematch. We...
69 min
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Episode 480: UFC 269 was crazy! Let's discuss
CME listeners had a lot to say in the wake of UFC 269. You filled up our inbox, so we had no choice this week but to take listener mail throughout the episode, while we discuss Charles Oliveira's submission win over Dustin Poirier and Juliana Pena's...
72 min
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Episode 479: UFC 269 preview + Jose Aldo reclai...
The UFC offers up the final PPV of 2021 this Saturday, with two title fights on the main card of UFC 269. Charles Oliveira defends his lightweight title against Dustin Poirier and Amanda Nunes puts the women's bantamweight title on the line against...
76 min
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Episode 478: Can't wait for the new shapes to drop
The Trillers revolutionized modern hand-to-hand combat with the Triad or whatever over the weekend, and the results were a real mixed bag for the former UFC fighters on the card. Not to worry, however, since we all return to the world of Serious MMA...
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Death in the West: DB Cooper 50th Anniversary E...
Hey Co-Mainiacs, just a reminder that Chad's other podcast, "Death in the West," returns for a second season in January. This week, DITW dropped a special teaser episode for the upcoming season that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the legendary...
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Episode 477: Holloway-Rodriguez was art. Hang i...
Max Holloway showed out, but perhaps needed to dip deeper into the ol' bag of tricks than we anticipated to defeat Yair Rodriguez in ANOTHER FOTY candidate UFC main event. And did it surprise anyone that while all this happened, Conor McGregor was...
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Episode 476: Are there even words to describe G...
Somehow Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler exceeded even our loft expectations. That was just bananas, and now they better damn well let Gaethje fight the winner of Chucky Olives vs. Dusty P. Plus, we are sure Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili should've...
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Episode 475: All hail the great and powerful Gl...
You know what, in this sport, we'll take the feel-good stories where we can get them. Glover Teixeira winning his first UFC title at 42 while being universally liked and and unyielding positive is a feeling we want to hold onto. Perhaps the only...