The MMA Vivisection & 6th Round Podcasts

UFC 331 was kind of mid card on paper but in practice, it was pure greatness, mainly thanks to Sean Sharaf. Aside from that amazing ending, we had several really good finishes that added to the action in Los Angeles. It was certainly a night for the old guard, and that is fine by me.

The prelims opened up with Joanderson Brito stopping Giga Chikadze by brutal KO in the first round with hammerfists. You have to wonder what they&rsquo...

UFC 331 is minimum effort card slapped together by the matchmakers. It does have three ranked fights but all ranked fights are not created equal. Joshua Van vs. Alexandre Pantoja sits atop the main card, our lone title bout. It should be a good, action-packed fight that will determine if Van has what it takes to hang on to his belt n...

The UFC is in Glendale, Arizona this weekend with a pretty decent Fight Night event. “Fight Night”, you ask? Well, if a Noche event is not in Mexico, is it really a Noche event? I’ll leave you to ponder that one. The bouts, at least on the main card, are pretty dang good. Fiorot vs. Grasso and McMillen vs. Rahiki ar...

The UFC is in Paris this weekend with a card that has no ranked fights and just three ranked fighters. Considering the card is in the City of Light and the local government likely paid a small fortune in site fees, this is kind of nasty work by the promotion. I do like the debut of Parnasse being the main event, and there are some fu...

The UFC is in China this weekend with a card that actually looks pretty good. There’s interesting matchmaking, fairly good stats, and some lightweight name power. Fans in China should thoroughly enjoy what the promotion is bringing to them on Saturday. Aorqileng vs. Kai Asakura is low key fire, in my humble opinion. Now, let&rs...

The UFC is in Sacramento this weekend with a card that’s light on ranked fights and fighters, but heavy on Contender Series alumni. The solo ranked contest is an interesting one, featuring Gregory Rodrigues taking on Anthony Hernandez, fresh off his loss to Sean Strickland. Hernandez ended up going out to Las Vegas to train wit...

UFC Vegas 120 was not a good card on paper, but in practice, we got treated to a decent card with quite a few finishes. That’s how these shows tend to go, though. You book a bunch of lower tier fighters and older guys/gals and you end up with some highlight reel moments. It’s not that we don’t appreciate them for what they are, it’s that we’re supposed to get higher quality matchups then the ones we no...

The UFC is back on their home turf at the Meta Apex, so you know what that means—a whole lotta meaningless and/or bad match-ups. The main event is somewhat intriguing but nothing to write home about, and the co-main is a sad state of affairs. Aside from the main event, we have but one other ranked fight, a decent women’s ...

The UFC is once again surprising us with their location. This week, they’re in Belgrade, Serbia. And once again, we ponder why it wasn’t set for another location. But according to reports, a site fee was involved, so there you go. The card is a whole lotta WTF and very little substance, but as we’ve often seen with ...

The UFC is surprisingly in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Given the situation in that region of the world, one would think that locale would be postponed, but not for this promotion. No siree, Bob! The event is chock full of fresh faces, as well as some old-timers, and of course, we get the prerequisite duo of heavyweight bouts for the love...

The UFC is in Oklahoma City this weekend, and the official hashtag for the event was #UFCOCK, initially. It took the social media crew at the premier MMA organization a couple hours to get their hilarious blunder managed, but they got the job done. It isn’t the best looking card, especially for an on-the-road event. That said, ...

The UFC is on home turf in Las Vegas this weekend for their 329th numbered event. The T-Mobile Arena is host to the Conor McGregor-Max Holloway main event and the very good card that supports it. The matchmakers definitely put some effort into the main card, for sure. The co-main event is such a banger—all of them are, really&m...

We are here this week to celebrate the worst picks from UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev, UFC 303, and UFC 306. There’s a lot to unpack with these dismal offerings, and our trio of doom didn’t let us down with their razor-sharp wit and scathing commentary. Let’s take a look at the fights they chose to lambas...

The UFC is in Baku, Azerbaijan this week and they’ve put together a solid card. There’s plenty of great matchmaking, as well as some showcasing of new talent. The main event is a great one, as are most of the featured attractions. Absolutely love the Charles Johnson-Asu Almabaev fight, too. Also, you’re welcome for ...

The UFC is back in Las Vegas this weekend, and again this month we are treated to a semi-solid card. Is it gonna set the world on fire? Probably not, but it’s well-matched and features some good up-and-coming talent. The headliner looks like an absolute banger, and makes the event worth watching. Now, let’s take a look at...

The UFC is headed to the White House. I never, in a million years, would’ve seen myself typing that sentence, but here we are. The card is a weird one with a title on the line taking the main event spot. The co-main will see who shakes out as the new interim heavyweight champ, and a fight between Mauricio Ruffy and Michael Chan...

The UFC is back in Las Vegas this weekend, and it is a surprisingly decent card. I wouldn’t go so far to call it great, but it’s got the bones of what an Apex card should have—solid veteran action with a dash of good matchmaking and a pinch of possible upward mobility. The stats are okay if you can get past a 12-bou...

The UFC is in Macau (or is it Macao?) this weekend, and it is a borderline terrible card. Not only do the on-paper stats look a mess, the matchups, themselves, also look quite weak. Plenty of squash matches pepper the event throughout, but it’s in heavy abundance on the main card. Macau deserves better. Now, let’s take a ...

We are here this week to celebrate the worst picks from UFC 219, the TUF 22 finale, and UFC 171. That’s quite a spread to choose from, but our team didn’t let us down, plumbing the deep, dark depths of the boredom pool to come up with three contests that are sure to put anyone who dares to watch them without our companion...