Brendan discusses the recent Dana White and Jake Paul beef and public challenges to each other and talks Francis Ngannou betting on himself and fighting out his UFC contract, why his sparring footage with Ciryl Gane isn't a sign of who's going to win, Logan Paul accusing Floyd Mayweather of not paying him for their fight, Mark Hunt ordered to pay almost $400k to the UFC, Flow Grappling 3 results, all new bout announcement rumors including Cris Cyborg vs Cat Zingano, a breakdown of UFC 270 Nganno...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Brendan talks the latest MMA current events including Kevin Lee vs Diego Sanchez for Eagle FC, Junior Dos Santos vs Kubrat Pulev for Triad Combat, Dan Hooker and Jon Jones beefing online and more. Also, Brendan discusses whats next for the show's future and we take a look back at all our favorite moments from Big Brown Breakdown, Below the Belt and Food Truck Diaries!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Brendan recaps Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley 2 and Derrick Lewis vs Chris Daukaus, gives inside details of Chael Sonnen's recent arrest and talks what's next for both Tyron Woodley and Jake Paul, Paul's recent comments on his CTE symptoms and why that's good that he's opening up about them, Kevin Lee signing with Khabib Nurmagomedov's promotion Eagle FC and details on Eagle FC's other signings/matchups and new weight classes, Justin Tafa making history as the first heavyweight fighter to miss weigh...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Brendan makes an announcement about his future with Showtime and the future of this show, recaps UFC 269 Charles Oliveira vs. Dustin Poirier 2 and talks this weekend's Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley 2, a special new guest announcement for the Calabasas Fight Companion for that fight, unfair critics of Sean O'Malley, Cody Garbrandt's tough flyweight debut loss and unclear future, the similarities between Julianna Peña and Charles Oliveira and similarities between Amanda Nunes and Dustin Poirier, Dani...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Brendan breaks down and makes picks for this weekend's UFC 269 Charles Oliveira vs Dustin Poirier fight card, recaps UFC's Jose Aldo vs Rob Font and Bellator 272's Sergio Pettis vs Kyoji Horiguchi, and talks Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley rematching because of Tommy Fury pulling out, Nate Diaz rejecting Khamzat Chimaev's call out, Kevin Lee being released from the UFC, all new bout announcements including Jan Blachowicz vs Aleksandar Rakic and Jack Hermansson vs Sean Strickland, and all new thiccc a...
Dec 08, 2021•57 min
Brendan recaps Triad Combat Kubrat Pulev vs Frank Mir and talks Teofimo Lopez's first loss to George Kambosos, Tommy Fury's dad John Fury feuding with Jake Paul, all new fight announcements including Beneil Dariush vs Islam Makhachev and Edson Barboza vs Bryce Mitchell, Kevin Holland and Dan Hooker dropping to lower weight classes, Conor McGregor's return to full time sparring, an MMA fighter who bit his roommates testicles, a 5 on 5 cage fight in Poland, this weekend's UFC Rob Font vs Jose Aldo...
Nov 30, 2021•49 min
Brendan recaps UFC's Ketlen Vieira vs Miesha Tate and Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter and talks Sean Brady's impressive performance vs Michael Chiesa and potential star power, Cody Durden's controversial comment on his Chinese opponent, Shawn Porter retiring after his loss to Crawford, Jon Jones announcing a grappling match with AEW star Jake Hager, Khamzat Chimaev vs Jack Hermansson ins a wrestling match, Al Iaquinta implying he's retiring, Colby Covington revealing Jorge Masvidal's injury, K...
Nov 23, 2021•41 min
Brendan recaps UFC Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez and talks Jorge Masvidal's injury and pulling out from his fight with Leon Edwards, multiple fighters including Khamzat Chimaev and Nick Diaz volunteering to replace Masvidal, Conor McGregor constantly on social media, Jon Jones joining a new team with Henry Cejudo and Daniel Cormier's aggressive response, Triller's Triad Combat event with Frank Mir vs Kubrat Pulev, Dana White claiming a UFC 268 prelim fighter got paid $750k, Khabib Nurmagomedov'...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Brendan recaps UFC 268 Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 and Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant and talks why Justin Gaethje vs Michael Chandler kicking off the PPV was a smart move and why Justin Gaethje is the most exciting fighter in the UFC, UFC 268 setting records in significant strikes, thoughts on which team Jon Jones should join now that he won't return to Jackson Winklejohn, Dillon Danis getting slapped by Ali Abdelaziz, this weekend's UFC Max Holloway vs Yair Rodriguez and Bellator 271's fi...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Brendan breaks down/makes picks for UFC 268 Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2, recaps Glover Teixeira vs Jan Blachowicz and talks Calabasas Fight Companion with Chris D'Elia, Glover Texeira's dominating championship win at 42 years of age, Khamzat Chimaev's savageness, losing $1k to Bryan Callen and winning $500 from Chin, update on TJ Dillashaw, referee being removed from UFC 267 for questionable officiating, Bruce Buffer missing his first numbered fight card in over 24 years due to Covid, Jake...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Brendan breaks down and makes pick for this weekend's UFC 267 Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira, recaps Marvin Vettori vs Paulo Costa and talks an all new Fight Companion guest for this weekend's UFC 267, Costa's unprofessional weight cut, Daniel Cormier's comments about Fedor Emelianenko and why Brendan thinks Fedor should retire, Khamzat Chimaev's long awaited return vs a very game Li Jingliang, Jason Herzog's eye poke point deduction controversy, Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury's fight date announcem...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Brendan comments on the Ariel Helwani situation, recaps Bellator 268 and UFC's Fight Night and talks Corey Anderson's finish of Ryan Bader, why ex-UFC fighters feel they have more to prove when joining other promotions, controversy surrounding Aspen Ladd's coach, Conor McGregor accused of attacking a popular Italian DJ in Rome, Jon Jones being asked by Mike Winklejohn to leave the gym, update on Chuck Liddell's arrest, this weekend's Paulo Costa vs Marvin Vettori and Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Jo...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Brendan recaps Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3 and discusses why Wilder's footwork was alarming, why the knockdowns of Fury in round 4 only woke him up and why he doesn't agree that this was the greatest trilogy of all time. He also talks an all new Fight Companion announcement, Chuck Liddell's recent domestic violence arrest, all new bout announcements including a rematch for Kevin Holland vs Kyle Daukaus and Calvin Kattar vs Giga Chikadze, BJ Penn running for governor of Hawaii, Paddy Pimblett ...
Oct 12, 2021•53 min
Brendan breaks down and makes picks for Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3, recaps UFC's Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker and Bellator's Michael Page vs Douglas Lima 2 fight cards and talks Miesha Tate going off on Aspen Ladd, Dan Hardy and Tyron Woodley beefing on social media, new details on Jon Jones, all new bout announcements including Dan Hooker vs Islam Makhachev and Jose Aldo vs Rob Font, a Bloody Elbow article hating on Joe Rogan, Triller troubles, Andrew Schulz's comments on Jiu Jitsu, this ...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Brendan recaps UFC 266 Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega and Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua and discusses Volkanovski's amazing ability to fight off Ortegas guillotine and triangle, Nick Diaz's performance being off, why Valentina Shevchenko should fight Amanda Nunes next, why Curtis Blaydes should stick with wrestling despite boring fights, Jon Jone's most recent arrest, Tyron Woodley finally getting the "I love Jake Paul" tattoo, Stylebender and City Kickboxing's likely move from New Zea...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Brendan breaks down/makes picks for this weekend's Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega fight card, recaps UFC Anthony Smith vs Ryan Span and talks Nick Diaz's return, Devin Clarke's gruesome teeth injury, Demetrious Johnson in a special mixed rules event for ONE Championship, Anthony Johnson's health scare, all new fight announcements including Brandon Moreno vs Deiveson Figueiredo 3, Joseph Benavidez and Carlos Condit both retiring from MMA only one day apart, this weekend's Anthony Joshua v...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Brendan recaps Vitor Belfort vs Evander Holyfield and Anderson Silva vs Tito Ortiz boxing fights and talks Conor McGregor's run in with Machine Gun Kelly at the VMA's, what's next for Anderson Silva, Donal Trump's commentating gig at Triller, Vitor Belfort's $30 million dollar winner take all challenge to Jake Paul, BKFC 21's card with all finishes, including UFC vet Houston Alexander KO'ing Wes Combs, Travis Browne on fighter pay, BJ Penn responding to Khabib Nurmagomedov, this weekend's UFC An...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr
Brendan recaps UFC Derek Brunson vs Darren Till and talks Vitor Belfort vs Evander Holyfield, Anderson Silva vs Tito Ortiz, what's next for Darren Till to get him back on track, controversial knee kicks, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz's long Twitter war, Oscar De La Hoya getting pulled from his fight with Vitor Belfort after contracting Covid, Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley's potential PPV record, all new bout announcements including Sean Brady vs Michael Chiesa and Rafael Fiziev vs Brad Riddell, an o...
Sep 08, 2021•39 min
Brendan recaps Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley and Giga Chikadze vs Kevin Lee fight cards as well as the all new Fight Companion featuring Rampage Jackson, Josh Thomson, Byran Callen and Bradley Martyn and talks Jake Paul's impressive performance over Tyron Woodley, Tommy Fury's lackluster performance, what's next for Jake, the absence of drug testing for the fight and rigging rumors, all new UFC bout announcements including Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili 2 and Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera, Vitor Belf...
Aug 31, 2021•47 min
Brendan breaks down this weekend's Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley boxing match, makes an announcement about the new Fight Companion lineup, recaps Jared Cannonier vs Kelvin Gastelum and talks what's next for Manny Pacquiao after his loss to Yordenis Ugas, leaked training/sparring footage of Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley, Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan 2 booked, Alistair Overeem vs Rico Verhoeven for the Glory heavyweight title, Canelo Alvarez announcing his bout with Caleb Plant, what's next for Kayla ...
Aug 24, 2021•39 min
Brendan talks Conor McGregor going off on Daniel Cormier, Jake Paul's commitment to equal and fair pay in combat sports, Firas Zahabi suggesting Jake Paul is on PED's, Jacare's retirement, gold medalist Gable Steveson reaching out to Dana White and Lex McMahon, Anderson Silva's son scoring an 11 second KO in his kickboxing debut, Yoel Romero booked to fight Phil Davis in his Bellator debut, UFC fighter Jordan Williams catching his car thief, a recap of PFL 7 and Bellator 264, breakdown and picks...
Aug 17, 2021•40 min
Brendan recaps UFC 265 Ciryl Gane vs Derrick Lewis and talks Fight Companion #2, Vincente Luque's incredible performance, what's next for Ciryl Gane, Jose Aldo and T.J. Dillashaw, new bout announcements including Cody Garbrandt dropping to flyweight to fight Kai Kara-France, Fedor Emelianenko fighting Tim Johnson in Moscow, Luke Rockhold vs Sean Strickland, Paulo Costa vs Marvin Vettori and more. Chad Mendes signing with BKFC, Michael Chandler refusing vaccination before his fight with Justin Ga...
Aug 10, 2021•38 min
Brendan breaks down/makes picks for UFC 265 Derrick Lewis vs Ciryl Gane, recaps Bellator 263's A.J. McKee vs Patricio Pitbull and UFC's Sean Strickland vs Uriah Hall fight cards and talks Sean Strickland's crazy quotes, all new fight announcements including Michael Chandler vs Justin Gaethje, Douglas Lima vs Michael Page 2 and Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2, Tatiana Suarez out again due to injury, Amanda Nunes out due to covid and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 03, 2021•42 min
Brendan recaps UFC T.J. Dillashaw vs Cory Sandhagen and Rachel Ostovich vs Paige VanZant, and explains why T.J. won the sport and Cory won the fight. He also covers breaking news and current events including Hector Lombard confronting Tyron Woodley over an old sidepiece, Jake Paul and Conor McGregor's teams in talks, UFC 267's free PPV show, a breakdown and picks for this weekend's UFC Uriah Hall vs Sean Strickland and Bellator 263's Pitbull Freire vs A.J. McKee and much more.See omnystudio.com/...
Jul 27, 2021•43 min
Brendan breaks down this weekend's UFC Cory Sandhagen vs T.J. Dillashaw fight card, recaps UFC Islam Makhachev vs Thiago Moises, Bellator 262 and Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castaño and talks Ariel Helwani breaking his silence on Dana White and ESPN, Logan Paul's phone call with Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov's 66 year old super fan, Joe Schillings $30k lawsuit, Michael Bisping criticizing Conor McGregor's head coach and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Pol...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Brendan recaps UFC 264 Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor 3 and talks the game passing Conor, the first ever Calabasas Fight Companion, Suga Sean O'Malley calling out Cody Garbrandt and Cody's live reaction, Herb Dean's controversial stoppage of the O'malley vs Moutinho fight, Jake Paul and Dana White's continuing online beef, Brendan and Bradley Martyn's on-air bets, Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman being better than expected on the broadcast, Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 3 postponed due to Cov...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Brendan breaks down and makes picks for this weekend's UFC 264 Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor 3 fight card and talks beef between Francis Ngannou's agent and Dana White, Derrick Lewis no longer fighting Ngannou and now fighting Cyril Gane for the interim title, Rashad Evans and Nate Marquardt coming out of retirement, Jake Paul donating to a UFC fighter's GoFundMe, the return of Tatiana Suarez and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art1...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Brendan recaps Gervonta "Tank" Davis vs Mario Barrios, UFC's Cyril Gane vs Alexander Volkov, PFL 6, Bellator 261 and BKFC 18 and more, and talks Davis vs Barrios being a fight of the year contender, Joe Schilling allegedly knocking someone out at a bar, Hector Lombard punching Lorenzo Hunt during a staredown, Fedor Emelianenko announcing his comeback, Anthony Pettis losing two in a row in the PFL, a Russian MMA Brawl that led to a cage fight and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Brendan recaps UFC's Korean Zombie vs Dan Ige, the exhibition boxing match between Anderson Silva and Julio César Chávez Jr., PFL's controversial Gleison Tibau vs Rory MacDonald bout and more, and talks Ariel Helwani's new career announcement, Max Holloway withdrawing from his fight with Yair Rodriguez, the recent arrest of Luis Pena (Violent Bob Ross), the newest episode of TUF, Vitor Belfor boxing Evander Holyfield, Jorge Masvidal's Gambred bareknuckle event debut, this weekend's UFC Fight Nig...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Brendan recaps UFC 263 Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori 2, Bellator 260 and Claressa Shields' "D+" PFL debut win, and talks Brandon Moreno's performance of a lifetime, Paul Craig blowing out Jamahal Hill's arm, Nate Diaz getting more attention than Leon Edwards and why he believes Edwards won't get a title shot next, Stylebender's easy win vs Vettori, Aaron Pico being the Lebron James of MMA, Lamar Odom's circus fight win over Aaron Carter, Alistair Overeem signing with Glory Kickboxing, the ne...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min
