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•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Aug 24, 2021•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul, breaks down/makes picks for this weekend's UFC 263 Israel Adesanya vs Marvin Vettori 2 and Bellator 260, and talks behind the scenes stories with Desus and Mero, why Logan's loss was actually a win, Logan being the calmest person he's ever witnessed before the fight, Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley being announced and why Woodley is the most dangerous fight for Jake right now, Max Holloway vs Yair Rodgriguez, Michel Pereira vs Niko Price, Paige VanZant v...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC Fight Night Rob Font vs Cody Garbrandt and Bellator 259 Cris Cyborg vs Leslie Smith and talks Garbrandt not fighting to his full potential, UFC's disservice to Edmen Shahbazyan, Diego Sanchez splitting with his coach Joshua Fabia, Paul Felder's surprise retirement announcement, George St. Pierre confirming his boxing match with Oscar De La Hoya was halted by Dana White, Jake Paul signing to Showtime boxing, all new bout announcements and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC 262 Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler and talks father time catching up with Tony Ferguson and why he should fight Nate Diaz, Joshua Fabia's explanation for hitting Diego Sanchez for 20 minutes a day, Conor McGregor taking first place in Forbes highest paid athlete list, all new UFC bout announcements, Tyson Fury confirming fight date with Anthony Joshua, Billy Joe Saunder's broken orbital rendering, Katlyn Chookagian's Twitter account filled with adult film content, Chuck ...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan breaks down/makes picks for UFC 262 Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler, recaps, Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders, Bellator 258 and UFC's Rodriguez vs Waterson cards, Diego Sanchez's disturbing training footage with his coach Joshua Fabia, Jake Paul stealing Floyd Mayweather's hat, Logan Paul's awkward press conference with Mayweather, Anthony Rumble Johnson's comeback KO, what's next for Donald Cerrone and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 11, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC Jiri Prochazka vs Dominick Reyes and Andy Ruiz Jr. vs Chris Arreola and talks why Jiri is now the most entertaining fighter over Kevin Holland and the future of the division, Diego Sanchez's release from the UFC and pleas to get rid of his coach, Yoel Romero out of fight with Anthony Rumble Johnson, Rachael Ostovich signing with BKFC, this weekend's UFC, Bellator and PFL fight cards and Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
May 04, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC 261 Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal 2 and talks Chris Weidman's gruesome leg break, why this card was so important, what's next for Uriah Hall and why he'd like to see him fight Israel Adesanya, why Kamaru Usman is the best welterweight of all time, Nick Diaz returning, Jon Jones' continued beef with Dana White, Jake Paul's heated exchange with Daniel Cormier, Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul's new date, drug dealer jailed for impersonating Conor McGregor, breakdown of this weeke...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Jake Paul vs Ben Askren on Triller and UFC's Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum, and talks people hating on Paul, the downgrade in production and commentary team from the first Triller card, Jake Paul's remarks on having early signs of CTE, music artist Diplo fighting on the June Triller card, Oscar De La Hoya seemingly under the influence while commentating, Drakkar Klose suffering a concussion and whiplash from a push by Jeremy Stephens, all new bout announcements, UFC 261 Kama...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Marvin Vettori vs Kevin Holland and talks this weekend's Jake Paul vs Ben Askren, UFC's Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum and Bellator's Vadim Nemkov vs Phil Davis. Also, Dustin Poirier calling out Conor McGregor for not fulfilling his donation promise of 500k, Dana White meeting with Floyd Mayweather and CEO of Rizin, Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders breaking pre-sale ticket records, Rose Namajunas's controversial take on Zhang Weili and China, upcoming fight announcements ...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Bellator 255 Pitbull vs Sanchez 2, breaks down UFC Vettori vs Holland and Bellator's Bader vs Machida 2 and talks Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega coaching the new season of TUF, Nate Diaz returning to face Leon Edwards, Gilbert Burns vs Stephen Thompson, Cyril Gane vs Alexander Volkov, Korean Zombie vs Dan Ige and more newly announced bouts, Brendan co-hosting Hot Boxing with Mike Tyson and Francis Ngannou, Jon Anik's custody battle commentary and much more.See omnystudio.c...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC 260 Francis Ngannou vs Stipe Miocic and talks how Jon Jones matches up with Francis Ngannou, Jones feuding with Dana White and the UFC, Sean O'Malley's phenomenal performance vs Thomas Almeida, Tyron Woodley's fading confidence, UFC 260 fight purses, Ben Askren and Jake Paul's first press conference and scuffle, Miesha Tate's return to the UFC after five years, Antonio Tarver unable to compete vs Frank Mir and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan breaks down/makes picks for UFC 260 Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou 2, recaps Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland and talks what's next for Holland, whether or not Francis Ngannou is a better fighter, Tyron Woodley having one foot out the door, Dana White finally acknowledging Khabib Nurmagomedov's retirement, Michael Chandler vs Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight belt, T.J. Dillashaw returning to fight Cory Sandhagen, Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega off due to Covid, Justin Bi...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan Schaub is back with episode 3 of WHAT'S UP as he chats with fans and answers questions, including previewing UFC 260, talking Jon Jones, fighter pay and discussing the future of Fight Companion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad and says why he believes Leon should only rematch or fight for the title next, also, a breakdown of this weekend's Derek Brunson vs Kevin Holland fight card, thoughts on Matt Serra's emotional podcast regarding Aljamain Sterling, Tony Ferguson vs Beneil Dariush, Dana White's 1 million dollar bet on Ben Askren vs Jake Paul, Brandun Lee's incredible KO and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC 259 Jan B?achowicz vs. Israel Adesanya and talks unwarranted 10-8 rounds, Petr Yan's illegal knee leading to Aljamain Sterling winning the bantamweight title, Dominick Cruz publicly blasting Hans Molenkamp of Monster Entergy, lit prelims, why Tony Ferguson should be next for Islam Makhachev, Dan Hardy being fired from UFC and BT Sport, Ben Askren vs Jake Paul PPV price point and location revealed, hero referee at One Championship and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Mar 09, 2021•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan breaks down and makes picks for this weekend's stacked UFC 259, Jan B?achowicz vs. Israel Adesanya, recaps Rozenstruik vs. Gane and talks Stylebender working to be the greatest we've ever seen, Gordon Ryan slapping Andre Galvao, Paulo Costa drinking a bottle of wine before fighting Stylebender, Frank Mir boxing Antonio Tarver on the Jake Paul vs Ben Askren Card, internet troll who Face Timed Curtis Blaydes, all new fight announcements and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps Derrick Lewis vs Curtis Blaydes and Adrien Broner's first win in four years, and talks Jorge Masvidal vs Brett Okamoto, Belal Muhammed replacing Khamzat Chimaev to fight Leon Edwards, Anthony Joshua becoming UK's first 100 million Euro boxer, UFCs multiyear partnership with TikTok, Dan Hooker finally back in New Zealand after more than 40 days, fan questions and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan recaps UFC 258 Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns and talks what's next for Kamaru Usman, the odd interaction with Miley Cyrus and UFC's Julian Marquez, Bellator's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix featuring Anthony Rumble Johnson vs Yoel Romero, Ryan Bader vs Lyoto Machida and more, Deontay Wilder's former coach Mark Breland taking jabs at Wilder and Wilder's response, this weekend's Curtis Blaydes vs Derrick Lewis and Adrien Broner vs Jovanie Santiago fight cards, fan questions and much more.See...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brendan gives his breakdown and picks for UFC 258 Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns, recaps UFC Fight Night Alexander Volkov vs Alistair Overeem and talks Paige VanZant's debut loss in BKFC, Kenny Florian's inside news of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs George St. Pierre, Sean O'Malley and Casey Kenny's controversy over Megan Anderson, Stephen A. Smith's controversial opinion on female fighters, Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield in talks for a total purse of $360 million dollars, fan questions and much more.Se...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
