But that’s not all! MVP MMA is on Netflix with Rousey vs Carano, Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry, and Francis Ngannou vs Philippe Lins. Salahdine Parnasse will also be shining on this card as the MVP MMA maiden voyage takes off from Inglewood, CA.

UFC Vegas 117 Main Card

• Arnold Allen vs. Melquizael Costa 145 lbs

• Doo Ho Choi vs. Daniel Santos 145 lbs

• Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Juan Díaz 135 lbs

• Modestas Bukauskas vs. Christian Edwards 215 lbs

• Timmy Cuamba vs. Benardo Sopaj 135 lbs

• Nikolay Veretennikov vs. Khaos Williams 170 lbs

• Tuco Tokkos vs. Ivan Erslan 205 lbs

• Tommy Gantt vs. Artur Minev 155 lbs

• Ketlen Vieira vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti 135 lbs

• Andre Petroski vs. Cody Brundage 185 lbs

• Alice Ardelean vs. Polyana Viana 115 lbs

• Daniel Barez vs. Luis Gurule 125 lbs

• Shauna Bannon vs. Nicolle Caliari 115 lbs

UFC Vegas Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 2

• Ranked Fighters: 4

• Fighters coming off losses: 13

• Contender Series Alumni: 7

• TUF Alumni: 1

• Road to UFC Alumni: 1

• Debut: 4

Victor & I didn’t record today, but we did make our picks for UFC 328, which you can see below. If you, for some insane reason, use our picks to guide you, we haven’t let you down. Make sure to tune in next week, as Tim will be back to give us a mid-basho update. We hope you enjoy the show!

UFC Perth Main Card

• Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland 185 lbs
  Stephie: Chimaev Victor: Chimaev

• Joshua Van vs. Tatsuro Taira 125 lbs
  Stephie: Taira Victor: Van

• Alexander Volkov vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta 265 lbs
  Stephie: Cortes-Acosta Victor: Volkov

• Sean Brady vs. Joaquin Buckley 170 lbs
  Stephie: Brady Victor: Brady

• King Green vs. Jeremy Stephens 155 lbs
  Stephie: Green Victor: Green

• Ateba Gautier vs. Ozzy Diaz 185 lbs
  Stephie: Gautier Victor: Diaz

• Joel Alvarez vs. Yaroslav Amosov 170 lbs
  Stephie: Alvarez Victor: Alvarez

• Grant Dawson vs. Mateusz Rębecki 155 lbs
  Stephie: Dawson Victor: Rebecki

• Jim Miller vs. Jared Gordon 155 lbs
  Stephie: Gordon Victor: Gordon

• Roman Kopylov vs. Marco Tulio 185 lbs
  Stephie: Tulio Victor: Kopylov

• Pat Sabatini vs. William Gomis 145 lbs
  Stephie: Sabatini Victor: Sabatini

• Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Djorden Santos 185 lbs
  Stephie: Susurkaev Victor: Susurkaev

• Clayton Carpenter vs. Jose Ochoa 125 lbs
  Stephie: Ochoa Victor: Ochoa

UFC Perth Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 4

• Ranked Fighters: 9

• Fighters coming off losses: 11

• Contender Series Alumni: 9

• TUF Alumni: 0

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 0

We’ve also got some entertainment talk, along with Stephie’s frustration with Charlize Theron’s Netflix mess of a movie. That fiasco is Apex, and it sounds awful despite the talent involved.

UFC Perth Main Card

• Jack Della Maddalena vs. Carlos Prates 170 lbs

• Beneil Dariush vs. Quillan Salkilld 155 lbs

• Tim Elliott vs. Steve Erceg 125 lbs

• Marwan Rahiki vs. Ollie Schmid 145 lbs

• Shamil Gaziev vs. Brando Peričić 265 lbs

• Tai Tuivasa vs. Louie Sutherland 265 lbs

• Cam Rowston vs. Robert Bryczek 185 lbs

• Junior Tafa vs. Kevin Christian 205 lbs

• Jacob Malkoun vs. Gerald Meerschaert 185 lbs

• Colby Thicknesse vs. Vince Morales 135 lbs

• Wes Schultz vs. Ben Johnston 185 lbs

• Jonathan Micallef vs. Themba Gorimbo 170 lbs

• Kody Steele vs. Dom Mar Fan 155 lbs

UFC Perth Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 2

• Ranked Fighters: 6

• Fighters coming off losses: 12

• Contender Series Alumni: 9

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 1

• Debut: 2

After that, we experience a bit of a dropoff, but again, this isn’t as bad as we’ve seen in the past. The card is very top heavy with the majority of the good contests on the main card. However, there are a couple fights that caught our eye, namely Jafel Filho vs. Cody Durden and Francis Marshall vs. Lucas Brennan.

*Note: Victor somehow missed the last four fights. I’ll update his picks if he gets them in to me on time.

**Note #2: Victor got his picks in! (Time: 12:35pm CST)

We sincerely apologize for having to beg off this week’s episode, but we’ve made our picks for those who keep up. We’ll be back to normal next week. Hope you all have a great weekend!

UFC Vegas 116 Bouts

• Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal 145 lbs
  Stephie: Zalal Victor: Sterling

• Norma Dumont vs. Joselyne Edwards 135 lbs
  Stephie: Dumont Victor: Dumont

• Rafa García vs. Alexander Hernandez 155 lbs
  Stephie: Hernandez Victor: Hernandez

• Davey Grant vs. Adrian Luna Martinetti 135 lbs
  Stephie: Grant Victor: Grant

• Montel Jackson vs. Raoni Barcelos 135 lbs
  Stephie: Barcelos Victor: Jackson

• Marcus Buchecha vs. Ryan Spann 265 lbs
  Stephie: Buchecha Victor: Buchecha

• Rodolfo Vieira vs. Eric McConico 185 lbs
  Stephie: Vieira Victor: Vieira

• Sedriques Dumas vs. Jackson McVey 185 lbs
  Stephie: McVey Victor: McVey

• Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Michelle Montague 135 lbs
  Stephie: Montague Victor: Montague

• Jafel Filho vs. Cody Durden 135 lbs
  Stephie: Filho Victor: Filho

• Francis Marshall vs. Lucas Brennan 155 lbs
  Stephie: Marshall Victor: Marshall

• Max Griffin vs. Victor Valenzuela 170 lbs
  Stephie: Valenzuela Victor: Griffin

• Talita Alencar vs. Julia Polastri 115 lbs
  Stephie: Polastri Victor: Alencar

UFC Vegas 116 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 2

• Ranked Fighters: 6

• Fighters coming off losses: 9 (+ 1 draw)

• Contender Series Alumni: 10

• TUF Alumni: 1

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 3

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Somehow we get an uneven ranking main event and only one actual ranked fight. The action potential is kind of there, but it’s otherwise slim pickings. Still some nice fighters to watch on this, even if it’s the least consequential card in a while.

And yes, The Miniature Wife still sounds like a 30 Rock sketch to me.

UFC Winnipeg Full Card

• Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott 170 lbs

• Kyler Phillips vs. Charles Jourdain 135 lbs

• Mandel Nallo vs. Jai Herbert 155 lbs

• Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Karine Silva 125 lbs

• Thiago Moisés vs. Gauge Young 155 lbs

• Dennis Buzukja vs. Márcio Barbosa 145 lbs

• Robert Valentin vs. Julien Leblanc 185 lbs

• Tanner Boser vs. Gokhan Saricam 265 lbs

• Melissa Croden vs. Darya Zheleznyakova 135 lbs

• JJ Aldrich vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth 125 lbs

• Mitch Raposo vs. Allan Nascimento 125 lbs

• John Castañeda vs. Mark Vologdin 135 lbs

• Jamie Siraj vs. John Yannis 135 lbs

UFC Winnipeg Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 1

• Ranked Fighters: 4

• Fighters coming off losses: 12

• Contender Series Alumni: 10

• TUF Alumni: 3

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 7

Not us, though! We continue to celebrate the Artemis mission and heap praise upon a marvelous event (on paper) that should totally deliver in practice. Also, Stephie really enjoyed Paradise, which I really need to watch.

UFC 327 Main Card

• Jiří Procházka vs. Carlos Ulberg 205 lbs

• Azamat Murzakanov vs. Paulo Costa 205 lbs

• Curtis Blaydes vs. Josh Hokit 265 lbs

• Dominick Reyes vs. Johnny Walker 205 lbs

• Cub Swanson vs. Nate Landwehr 145 lbs

• Patricio Pitbull vs. Aaron Pico 145 lbs

• Kevin Holland vs. Randy Brown 170 lbs

• Mateusz Gamrot vs. Esteban Ribovics 155 lbs

• Tatiana Suarez vs. Lupita Godinez 115 lbs

• MarQuel Mederos vs. Chris Padilla 155 lbs

• Kelvin Gastelum vs. Vicente Luque 185 lbs

• Charles Radtke vs. Francisco Prado 170 lbs

UFC 327 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 4

• Ranked Fighters: 11

• Fighters coming off losses: 8

• Contender Series Alumni: 7

• TUF Alumni: 3

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 0

Plus, what the hell happened in that unhinged Deontay Wilder interview with Piers Morgan? Should you care about this weekend’s card? Sorta, in bits and places.

Also, go see the Mario Galaxy Movie. It was stupid fun all around.

UFC Vegas 115 Main Card

• Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan 155 lbs

• Virna Jandiroba vs. Tabatha Ricci 115 lbs

• Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Brendson Ribeiro 205 lbs

• Rafael Estevam vs. Ethyn Ewing 135 lbs

• Tommy McMillen vs. Manolo Zecchini 145 lbs

• Robert Ruchała vs. José Delano 145 lbs

• Thomas Petersen vs. Guilherme Pat 265 lbs

• Alessandro Costa vs. Stewart Nicoll 125 lbs

• Lando Vannata vs. Darius Flowers 155 lbs

• Hailey Cowan vs. Alice Pereira 135 lbs

• Azamat Bekoev vs. Tresean Gore 185 lbs

• Dione Barbosa vs. Melissa Gatto 125 lbs

• Dakota Hope vs. Kai Kamaka III 145 lbs

UFC Vegas 115 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 1

• Ranked Fighters: 3

• Fighters coming off losses: 15

• Contender Series Alumni: 11

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 3

Also, Stephie remains bullish on Project: Hail Mary to the point where I’m sold and want to see it myself. Also, go check out Sisu: Road to Revenge on Netflix. It’s a sensational followup to the original.

UFC Seattle Main Card

• Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer 185 lbs

• Alexa Grasso vs. Maycee Barber 125 lbs

• Michael Chiesa vs. Niko Price 170 lbs

• Julian Erosa vs. Lerryan Douglas 145 lbs

• Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Yousri Belgaroui 185 lbs

• Terrence McKinney vs. Kyle Nelson 155 lbs

• Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Tofiq Musayev 155 lbs

• Chase Hooper vs. Lance Gibson Jr. 155 lbs

• Marcin Tybura vs. Tyrell Fortune 265 lbs

• Casey O’Neill vs. Gabriella Fernandes 125 lbs

• Navajo Stirling vs. Bruno Lopes 205 lbs

• Ricky Simón vs. Adrian Yanez 135 lbs

• Alexia Thainara vs. Bruna Brasil 115 lbs

UFC Seattle Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 3

• Ranked Fighters: 8

• Fighters coming off losses: 15

• Contender Series Alumni: 12

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 2

I mean, really. The UFC really used to bring the heat to the rabid London crowds. Now we get a few bangers and a fair amount of chaff. But that’s OK, we get to discuss the fights that are actually great and trust us, you want to see those bouts.

ALSO! Charles Star joins us to give us an in-depth preview of this weekend’s NCAA men’s wrestling tournament. We discuss how he got into wrestling, the politics of it, the way the ecosystem plays into MMA and much more. It’s packed to the gills this week for your enjoyment.

UFC London Full Card

• Movsar Evloev vs. Lerone Murphy 145 lbs

• Luke Riley vs. Michael Aswell Jr. 145 lbs

• Michael Page vs. Sam Patterson 170 lbs

• Iwo Baraniewski vs. Austen Lane 205 lbs

• Roman Dolidze vs. Christian Leroy Duncan 185 lbs

• Kurtis Campbell vs. Danny Silva 145 lbs

• Mason Jones vs. Axel Sola 155 lbs

• Nathaniel Wood vs. Losene Keita 145 lbs

• Mario Pinto vs. Felipe Franco 265 lbs

• Antonio Trócoli vs. Mantas Kondratavičius 185 lbs

• Louie Sutherland vs. Brando Peričić 265 lbs

• Shem Rock vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady 155 lbs

• Shanelle Dyer vs. Ravena Oliveira 115 lbs

• Melissa Mullins vs. Luana Carolina 135 lbs (cancelled bout)

UFC London Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 1

• Ranked Fighters: 5

• Fighters coming off losses: 11

• Contender Series Alumni: 12

• TUF Alumni: 0

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 5

But not all of this is fascism watch. We cover some upcoming and underwhelming announcements and break down this weekend’s event and what we can expect from it. Have fun!

UFC Vegas 114 Full Card

• Josh Emmett vs. Kevin Vallejos 145 lbs

• Amanda Lemos vs. Gillian Robertson 115 lbs

• Oumar Sy vs. Ion Cutelaba 205 lbs

• Andre Fili vs. Jose Delgado 145 lbs

• Marwan Rahiki vs. Harry Hardwick 145 lbs

• Vitor Petrino vs. Steven Asplund 265 lbs

• Bruno Silva vs. Charles Johnson 125 lbs

• Brad Tavares vs. Eryk Anders 185 lbs

• Chris Curtis vs. Myktybek Orolbai 170 lbs

• Bolaji Oki vs. Manoel Sousa 155 lbs

• Luan Lacerda vs. Hecher Sosa 135 lbs

• Bia Mesquita vs. Montse Rendon 135 lbs

• Elijah Smith vs. Su Young You 135 lbs

• Piera Rodriguez vs. Sam Hughes 115 lbs

UFC Vegas 114 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 3

• Ranked Fighters: 7

• Fighters coming off losses: 9

• Contender Series Alumni: 10

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 1

• Debut: 3 (all 3 are straight from the Contender Series)

While we focus primarily on combat sports and martial arts of the non-MMA variety, we’re gonna start the ride today with a look at some of the earliest examples of what would later become what we now recognize as MMA.

Our guy Jerry over at Fight Commentary Breakdowns goes all the way back to 1990 for this one, a Shooto event that puts some modern MMA to shame. A lot of the action is contested on the ground, but the versatility and athleticism here is very impressive.

And not to get too negative here, but this one kind of upset me in a way. Yes, MMA has evolved in various ways to make the fighter of today more well-rounded in some ways. But these guys looked so great, well-trained and well-adjusted that it saddened me to think of today’s atmosphere. There’s still great MMA today, and it’s comforting to see guys that could easily hang with a lot of modern era fighters.

Iranian Grappling

Here’s something I wanted to delve into about two years ago and never got a chance to. YouTuber Chadi managed to put together a video detailing traditional grappling from Iran as well as comparisons to Japanese Judo.

Look, I don’t have to tell you that things are tough. Given the current conflict in Iran and the surrounding region, I’m glad this came out now to give us a glimpse of the elements of culture. They’re people, just like us. It’s good to see some of what makes up the tapestry of human life in one way or another, especially in times like these.

Pushing Hands

This isn’t my usual cup of tea, but it’s got my curiousity for a few reasons. The Shoreline Tai Chi YouTube channel shared this event in which the competitors were doing “pushing hands”. It’s… something. Can’t quite put my finger on why I found this so compelling, but I figured I’d share.

Ippon!

Once again, Judo Highlights brings the goods with highlights from the Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan. Lots of great action and some surprising twists in this one.

Bear Killer

“Bear Killer” Willie Williams was a Kyokushin Karate innovator and one of the toughest martial artists to walk this earth. The man trained under Mas Oyama himself, dedicated himself to rigorous training and had a reputation for absolutely crushing his opponents.

He’s even canonically referenced in the Tekken franchise as the childhood idol of series favorite Paul Phoenix. And Sports ForEver on YouTube has a lovely little tribute to the man and really puts his saga into perspective. An American in Japan training to the absolute limit in a time where there was little fame or glory to be gained managed to overcome and become a legend.

A legit tough guy in an era with a lot of point fighters, Williams went hard in the paint to earn the kind of legacy that can’t be replicated.

Invincible, indeed

We’ll end the week with a look at the Kung Fu classic The Invicible Eight. I confess I never finished watching the whole thing, but this trailer is full of whimsy and the kind of charm and flavor that only 70s Kung-Fu set in imperial eras can carry.

That’s it for this week, kids. Be good, be kind.

Also, what’s going on with Francis Ngannou leaving PFL? What’s happening with Floyd Mayweather and this absurd schedule? Finally, Luke Thomas nailed Mike Coppinger with a shovel and then buried him with it. Closed casket.

Also be sure to check out Carl’s Fight Breakdowns over at PunchSport Report, as well as the man himself over at BlueSky.

Here’s the card:

UFC 326 Full Card

• Max Holloway vs. Charles Oliveira 155 lbs

• Caio Borralho vs. Reinier de Ridder 185 lbs

• Rob Font vs. Raul Rosas Jr. 135 lbs

• Drew Dober vs. Michael Johnson 155 lbs

• Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brunno Ferreira 185 lbs

• Cody Garbrandt vs. Long Xiao 135 lbs

• Donte Johnson vs. Cody Brundage 185 lbs

• Alberto Montes vs. Ricky Turcios 145 lbs

• Cody Durden vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 125 lbs

• Sumudaerji vs. Jesus Aguilar 125 lbs

• Rafael Tobias vs. Diyar Nurgozhay 205 lbs

• Gaston Bolaños vs. Jeong Yeong Lee 145 lbs

• Luke Fernandez vs. Rodolfo Bellato 205 lbs

UFC 326 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 3

• Ranked Fighters: 7

• Fighters coming off losses: 12

• Contender Series Alumni: 12

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 3

• Debut: 2

However, we talk a bit about the Warner acquisition and some other goofy shit happening in the world to help balance the scales of such a disappointing event with even more dismal news of the world. Can’t wait to see Barron Trump replace the doctor from The Pitt. Good times under fascism, baby.

Here’s the card:

UFC Mexico Main Card

• Brandon Moreno vs. Lone’er Kavanagh 125 lbs

• Marlon Vera vs. David Martinez 135 lbs

• Daniel Zellhuber vs. King Green 155 lbs

• Edgar Cháirez vs. Felipe Bunes 125 lbs

• Imanol Rodriguez vs. Kevin Borjas 125 lbs

• Santiago Luna vs. Angel Pacheco 135 lbs

• José Medina vs. Ryan Gandra 185 lbs

• Macy Chiasson vs. Ailín Pérez 135 lbs

• Cristian Quiñonez vs. Kris Moutinho 135 lbs

• Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Javier Reyes 145 lbs

• Ernesta Kareckaite vs. Regina Tarin 130 lbs

• Erik Silva vs. Francis Marshall 145 lbs

• Wes Schultz vs. Damian Pinas 185 lbs

UFC Mexico Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 2

• Ranked Fighters: 5

• Fighters coming off losses: 14

• Contender Series Alumni: 16

• TUF Alumni: 3

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 6

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It’s my favorite kind of card: divisional relevance, action-focused matchmaking, and most of this just makes perfect sense. Hope you enjoy our little banter here, and we thank you for your continued support.

Here’s the card:

UFC Houston Main Card

• Sean Strickland vs. Anthony Hernandez 185 lbs

• Geoff Neal vs. Uros Medic 170 lbs

• Dan Ige vs. M. Costa 145 lbs

• Serghei Spivac vs. Ante Delija 265 lbs

• Jacobe Smith vs. Josiah Harrell 170 lbs

• Zach Reese vs. Michel Pereira 185 lbs

• Chidi Njokuani vs. Carlos Leal 170 lbs

• Ode Osbourne vs. Alibi Idiris 125 lbs

• Alden Coria vs. Luis Gurule 125 lbs

• Nora Cornolle vs. Joseleyne Edwards 135 lbs

• Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Punahele Soriano 170 lbs

• Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani vs. Phil Rowe 170 lbs

• Yadier del Valle vs. Jordan Leavitt 145 lbs

• Carli Judice vs. Juliana Miller 125 lbs

UFC Houston Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 3

• Ranked Fighters: 8

• Fighters coming off losses: 14

• Contender Series Alumni: 14

• TUF Alumni: 2

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 2

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It’s my favorite kind of card: divisional relevance, action-focused matchmaking, and most of this just makes perfect sense. Hope you enjoy our little banter here, and we thank you for your continued support.

Here’s the card:

UFC Vegas 113 Full Card

• Mario Bautista vs. Vinicius Oliveira 135 lbs

• Amir Albazi vs. Kyoji Horiguchi 125 lbs

• Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev 265 lbs

• Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Marc-André Barriault 185 lbs

• Jean Matsumoto vs. Farid Basharat 135 lbs

• Dustin Jacoby vs. Julius Walker 205 lbs

• Alex Morono vs. Danil Donchenko 170 lbs

• Nikolay Veretennikov vs. Niko Price 170 lbs

• Bruna Brasil vs. Ketlen Souza 115 lbs

• Said Nurmagomedov vs. Javid Basharat 135 lbs

• Cong Wang vs. Eduarda Moura 125 lbs

• Muin Gafurov vs. Jakub Wikłacz 135 lbs

• Priscila Cachoeira vs. Klaudia Syguła 135 lbs

UFC Vegas 113 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 3

• Ranked Fighters: 7

• Fighters coming off losses: 11

• Contender Series Alumni: 10

• TUF Alumni: 1

• Road to UFC Alumni: 1

• Debut: 0

Then it’s time for the second numbered UFC event in as many weeks, as they return to Australia for a card that’s actually pretty good but has some pretty yucky parts. Some of these bouts would be gross even as a non-PPV event.

All in all, there’s a lot to like. We don’t get into the Road to UFC fights, but the quality level there is usually fun. Keeping our fingers crossed that they’ll be fun.

Here’s the card:

UFC 325 Full Card

• Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes 145 lbs

• Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint-Denis 155 lbs

• Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy 155 lbs

• Tai Tuivasa vs. Tallison Teixeira 265 lbs

• Quillan Salkilld vs. Jamie Mullarkey 155 lbs

• Junior Tafa vs. Billy Elekana 205 lbs

• Cam Rowston vs. Cody Brundage 185 lbs

• Jacob Malkoun vs. Torrez Finney 185 lbs

• Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott 170 lbs

• Kaan Ofli vs. Yizha 145 lbs

• Dom Mar Fan vs. Sang Uk Kim 155 lbs

• Sebastian Szalay vs. Kelichiro Nakamura 145 lbs

• Sulangrangbo vs. Lawrence Lui 135 lbs

• Namsrai Batbayar vs. Aaron Tau 125 lbs

UFC 325 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 4

• Ranked Fighters: 8

• Fighters coming off losses: 7

• Contender Series Alumni: 10

• TUF Alumni: 1

• Road to UFC Alumni: 9

• Debut: 8

Tim has his awesome storefront up and running where paid subscribers get a discount, but it’s only for non-U.S. customers currently. He’ll get us an update if/when that changes. He also has a Youtube channel, so do check him out there, as well:

Sumo Stomp on Youtube

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It’s a card we’d actually pay full price for. Good thing we don’t have to.

Also, Justin talked pretty defiantly about fighter pay. Did he keep that energy? No, he did not. We cover that as well.

Here’s the card:

UFC 324 Full Card

• Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett 155 lbs

• Sean O’Malley vs. Song Yadong 135 lbs

• Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis 265 lbs

• Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas 125 lbs

• Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva 145 lbs

• Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Deiveson Figueiredo 135 lbs

• Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev 185 lbs

• Nikita Krylov vs. Modestas Bukauskas 205 lbs

• Alex Perez vs. Charles Johnson 125 lbs

• Michael Johnson vs. Alexander Hernandez 155 lbs

• Josh Hokit vs. Denzel Freeman 265 lbs

• Ricky Turcios vs. Cameron Smotherman 135 lbs

• Ty Miller vs. Adam Fugitt 170 lbs

UFC 324 Fun Factoids

• Ranked Fights: 7

• Ranked Fighters: 15

• Fighters coming off losses: 7

• Contender Series Alumni: 8

• TUF Alumni: 3

• Road to UFC Alumni: 0

• Debut: 1

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This is a solo ep this week, kids. Stephie’s unavailable but we’ll be trudging through the forest with a machete to try to make some sense of this mess. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll have a little more hope in your hearts with this weird-ass sport.