"You thought nothing was happening this past week? Think again... " -- Eugene S. Robinson 10.9.22 This guest audio adaptation of his live video broadcast is a compelling MMA Podcast. It's got a smattering of social commentary & ramblings, as well as some colorful anecdotes from your host's life. Subscribe to eugenesrobinson.substack.com , follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, on Insta @eugene.s.robinson. PAY here at his #Patreon IF you wish: https://www.patreon.com/thestomper OR use pin...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min
EPISODE 2 Who makes more boxers or MMA fighters? Is it true that only the top boxers make any money and MMA have better paid undercards? Why is there such a difference between their pay? To start off how do we know what they make? How do we know what UFC and MMA fighters get paid? What about boxers? How do we know what they get? How does MMA vs boxing overall pay compare between the sports? So why do boxers seem to make more at the lower levels? Why do we see more MMA fighters making middle clas...
Oct 11, 2022•53 min
EPISODE 32 - GUEST: Aaron Bronsteter Discussion for this episode: TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter joins Stephie to discuss judging, commentary, promotional marketing, downside/upside with reporting, & more... How do you see MMA journalism currently? Do you see any major hurdles keeping the space from thriving? Do you see any signs that we should be optimistic about? Worst moment being an MMA reporter/journalist Best moment being an MMA reporter/journalist If not this career path, what would’ve been t...
Oct 10, 2022•41 min
EPISODE 198 Gaethje has sage words about fighting - 2:21 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/10/5/23389949/justin-gaethje-talks-kamaru-usman-ko-loss-ufc-278-recovery-bounce-back-friends-training-mma-news https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/10/5/23385102/justin-gaethje-on-conor-mcgregor-sounds-to-me-like-hes-off-taking-steroids-right-now ONE finances leave a lot of questions - 10:56 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/10/4/23379959/finances-one-championship-reports-record-high-110-million-in-losses-2021-3...
Oct 07, 2022•37 min
The UFC is on a brief break once again, and that means the Depressed-us is back in action. And we’ve got some make up work to do from our last show, that featured an all-too-fun main event between Luke Rockhold and Paulo Costa. Fortunately we’ve solved that conundrum with another dive into one of our favorite bad MMA genres: other brothers. While we had intended to make this an all Alex Stiebling opponent theme week (he’s fought Mark Hughes, Jason Guida, Murilo Rua, and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira)...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 18 min
"Really? To our FACES? Oh....man... " -- Eugene S. Robinson 10.02.22 This guest audio adaptation of his live video broadcast is a compelling MMA video Podcast. It's got a smattering of social commentary & ramblings, as well as some colorful anecdotes from your host's life. Subscribe to eugenesrobinson.substack.com , follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, on Insta @eugene.s.robinson. PAY here at his #Patreon IF you wish: https://www.patreon.com/thestomper OR use pinko95014@yahoo.com for #...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
EPISODE 197 UFC Vegas 61 storylines: Dern/Yan, Brown/Trinaldo, Barcelos/Jones, Davis/Borschev, Latifi/Oleink, Pico’s insane toughness, Pitbull wins again - 5:02 NEWS UPDATES Antonio Inoki dies at 79 - 21:38 https://www.npr.org/2022/10/01/1126412128/pro-wrestler-politician-and-hostage-negotiator-antonio-inoki-dies-at-79 Cormier begs Rockhold to stay retired - 29:37 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/30/23380210/ufc-news-luke-rockhold-dont-come-back-daniel-cormier-begs-friend-rockhold-stay-away-fr...
Oct 04, 2022•58 min
It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 61: ‘Dern vs Yan’ fight card & current records — Overall, this now 11-bout card saw four exciting first round finishes, three thrilling KO/TKO’s - including our main event, two sweet submissions, and six hard-fought decisions. Rounding things out, our fighters who were awarded for putting forth BONUS efforts...
Oct 03, 2022•58 min
Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & his cohort, Eddie Mercado recorded for you on Saturday, October 1st, 2022, with a breakdown of the UFC Vegas 61: ‘Dern vs Yan’ 13-bout Fight Night event; which took place at The APEX Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The guys have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event. For all the results, reactions and a plethora of details about the main card, and plenty of tidbits about all the prelims, be sure to hit play on the s...
Oct 02, 2022•51 min
EPISODE 196 - Friday Edition Burgos-Moraes announced for PFL 2022 finals - 2:29 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/27/23375510/shane-burgos-vs-marlon-moraes-slated-for-2022-pfl-championships-ufc-mma-news Scott Coker unsure if Danis ever fights again, nobody cares - 9:26 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/27/23374662/bellator-mma-news-interview-media-video-scott-coker-dillon-danis-fight Eddie Hearn suing Jake Paul - 17:54 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/27/23372253/report-eddie-hearn-sues-jake...
Sep 30, 2022•53 min
Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of 7 bouts on this 13-bout UFC Vegas 61: 'Dern vs. Yan' Fight Night event. "The UFC’s is back with a super special secret event, apparently; putting Mackenzie Dern’s bid to become a strawweight title contender against Yan Xiaonan behind closed doors with no media allowed, for reasons yet to become clear. It’s not the most fascinating card ever created, but most of the bouts promise solid action, ...
Sep 29, 2022•40 min
Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 6 bouts on this 13-bout UFC Vegas 61: 'Dern vs Yan' Fight Night event. "The UFC’s is back with a super special secret event, apparently; putting Mackenzie Dern’s bid to become a strawweight title contender against Yan Xiaonan behind closed doors with no media allowed, for reasons yet to become clear. It’s not the most fascinating card ever created, but most of the bouts promise solid action,...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 24 min
"It's so SAD that he's gone! Wait...what do you mean he's not dead yet?!?!" -- Eugene S. Robinson 9.25.22 This guest audio adaptation of his live video broadcast is a compelling MMA video Podcast. It's got a smattering of social commentary & ramblings, as well as some colorful anecdotes from your host's life. Subscribe to eugenesrobinson.substack.com , follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, on Insta @eugene.s.robinson. PAY here at his #Patreon IF you wish: https://www.patreon.com/thestom...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min
EPISODE 195 Bellator storylines - 1:53 NEWS UPDATES Bobby Green had a drug test failure that led to cancellation of Miller fight - 8:53 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/24/23370022/bobby-green-reveals-drug-test-failure-fight-cancelation-ufc-276-crushed-usada-mma-news Dana White given death date - 15:05 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/23/23369028/dana-white-life-expectancy-biomarker-report-decade-life-left-ufc-mma-news Dana admits he was chauvinistic about women’s MMA - 25:57 https://www.blo...
Sep 27, 2022•52 min
It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. *** The team didn’t record an episode of C/DC this week, so this is actually a rebroadcast of only the picks portion of the show they made for this event last Sun, Sept 18th. The usual format of the C/DC Podcast will return on Mon, Oct 3rd, 2022 with a review of UFC Vegas 61: Dern vs. Yan and picks for UFC Vegas 62: Grasso vs Araujo. UFC Vega...
Sep 26, 2022•27 min
EPISODE 01 What is Diaz’s current status and what happens next? (Define “exclusive matching period”) Promotions are claiming to be speaking to Nate Diaz, specifically Scott Coker, about possibly signing him. Ariel Helwani says that is patently untrue because of the matching period. Explain why that is (or isn’t) true. Why did it take so long for Diaz to become a free agent? Wasn’t he supposed to have a sunset clause? Tell me about the 3 fights a year guarantee from the UFC *Side convo about anti...
Sep 26, 2022•38 min
EPISODE 194 - Friday Edition 17-year-old Raul Rosas becomes youngest UFC competitor - 2:31 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/21/23363942/dwcs-2022-week-9-results-17-year-old-raul-rosas-jr-wins-fight-scores-ufc-contract-mma-news UFC still hasn’t sent new offer to Ngannou - 14:49 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/20/23362513/ngannou-says-ufc-contract-situation-still-in-limbo-but-is-not-in-a-rush-to-re-sign-mma-news Sonnen thinks Chimaev will leapfrog Usman for title shot - 19:42 https://www.bloo...
Sep 23, 2022•54 min
2022 may have already provided fans with the MMA Depressed-us’ most perfect fight of all time, when Carla Esparza took the UFC strawweight title from Rose Namajunas. But it’s had some other pretty special bouts to catch our eyes. Most recently, a trio of wild contest had us thinking, “Damn, that’s quality MMA Depressed-us material.” We’re kicking things off with the ultimate in husky-boi crazy sloppy MMA with Chris Barnett’s amazing comeback win over Jake Collier at UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson, a...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 22 min
"From nothing much to EVERYTHING to talk about... " -- Eugene S. Robinson 9.18.22 This guest audio adaptation of his live video broadcast is a compelling MMA video Podcast. It's got a smattering of social commentary & ramblings, as well as some colorful anecdotes from your host's life. Subscribe to eugenesrobinson.substack.com , follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, on Insta @eugene.s.robinson. PAY here at his #Patreon IF you wish: https://www.patreon.com/thestomper OR use pinko95014@ya...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr
EPISODE 193 UFC Vegas 60 storylines: Sandhagen, Rodrigues, Fili, Lookboonme, Jackson, Pyfer, Motta, Canelo-GGG - 3:05 NEWS ROUNDUP Aspen Ladd misses weight again, fight cancelled - 33:24 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/16/23357100/ufc-vegas-60-sandhagen-vs-song-weigh-ins-aspen-ladd-misses-weight-mcmann-fight-cancelled-mma-news Moraes the latest to unretire, signs with PFL - 40:02 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/16/23356484/marlon-moraes-ends-retirement-signs-with-pfl-for-2023-season-mma-uf...
Sep 20, 2022•53 min
It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. UFC Vegas 60: Sandhagen vs Song REACTIONS — 3:22 Overall, this now 13-bout card saw three exciting first round finishes, five thrilling KO/TKO’s - including our main event, two sweet submissions, and six hard-fought decisions, two split. Rounding things out, our fighters who were awarded for putting forth BONUS efforts included — POTN: Damon ...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & his cohort, Eddie Mercado recorded for you on Saturday, September 17th, 2022, with a breakdown of the UFC Vegas 60: ‘Sandhagen vs Song’ 13-bout Fight Night event; which took place at The APEX Facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The guys have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event. For all the results, reactions and a plethora of details about the main card, and plenty of tidbits about all the prelims, be sure to hit play...
Sep 18, 2022•57 min
EPISODE 192 - Friday Edition Fighters get ZERO for pushing The Rock’s shoes - 4:25 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/14/23352464/fighters-asked-to-wear-the-rocks-shoes-but-wont-get-paid-from-new-ufc-sponsorship Whittaker accepts Chimaev’s training invite - 14:25 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/14/23352802/ufc-mma-news-interview-media-podcast-robert-whittaker-khamzat-chimaev-training-fight DeDe Pederneiras advises Jose Aldo to retire - 18:32 https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/9/14/23352764/andr...
Sep 16, 2022•54 min
Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of 8 bouts on this 14-bout UFC Vegas 60: 'Sandhagen vs Song' Fight Night event. "The UFC is bringing a pretty hot Fight Night card back to the Apex facility in Las Vegas, NV this week. In the main event we’ve got a bantamweight war between Cory Sandhagen and Yadong Song. That sits alongside a middleweight banger between Chidi Njokuani and Gregory Rodrigues, and a scrappy featherweight fight betwe...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 6 bouts on this 14-bout UFC Vegas 60: 'Sandhagen vs Song' Fight Night event. "The UFC is bringing a pretty hot Fight Night card back to the Apex facility in Las Vegas, NV this week. In the main event we’ve got a bantamweight war between Cory Sandhagen and Yadong Song. That sits alongside a middleweight banger between Chidi Njokuani and Gregory Rodrigues, and a scrappy featherweight fight bet...
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min
This guest audio adaptation of his live video broadcast is a compelling MMA video Podcast. It's got a smattering of social commentary & ramblings, as well as some colorful anecdotes from your host's life. "You believe any/everything bald guys tell you? ALRIGHT then! We're in BUSINESS!!! It all ties in together. You'll see!" -- Eugene S. Robinson 9.11.22 Subscribe to eugenesrobinson.substack.com , follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, on Insta @eugene.s.robinson. PAY here at his #Patreon...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min
*This week features guest co-host and fight analyst Schwan Humes of MMARatings.com . EPISODE 191 UFC 279 storylines: Diaz’ Cinderella win, Chimaev’s domination, Jingliang getting robbed, Aldana’s sensational liver kick (and basically finishing Macy twice), Johnny Walker’s sub, Barnett’s big win - 1:19 NEWS ROUNDUP UFC releases the “brawl” footage (LOL) - 48:50 https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2022/9/10/23346320/ufc-279-espn-releases-footage-of-backstage-brawl-involving-khamzat-chimaev-and-kevin-holla...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 18 min
It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. UFC 279: Diaz vs Ferguson, Chimaev vs Holland REACTIONS — 1:50 Here’s a look at the UFC 279: ‘Diaz vs Ferguson, Chimaev vs Holland’ Main Event PPV fight card & current records - PPV CARD | SAT. SEP 10 At 1:57 — 13. Nate Diaz (21-13) DEF. Tony Ferguson (25-8) — via submission (Guillotine choke) at 2:52 of the fourth round of five At 11:20 ...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr
Join us Sat, Sep 10th, for a LIVE ‘radio style’ play-by-play ‘watch party’ of the UFC 279 PPV MAIN CARD, with LIVE updates, commentary, results & reactions; which began at 10/7PM ETPT, around the start of the Main Card opener between LHWs, Johnny Walker vs Ion Cutelaba. The event on ESPN+ was live from the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, NV. Check out the VIDEO broadcast of this show on our Combat Culture YT Channel at: https://youtu.be/AfyZjVTTNbI Throughout the telecast, our host, Matt Ryan,...
Sep 11, 2022•3 hr 1 min
