MMA On Point - Podcast

The Rock, Emily Blunt, A24 and Ben Safdie just released a new movie this weekend about the Smashing Mark Kerr.... but is it actually any good?

MMA is a sport with tons of bravado and intensity based around the act of fighting, but what unpins a lot of it is some very real emotions.... emotions that are rarely shown. These moments are powerful and make you love these fighters even more.

Weight cutting is a bit of an endemic issue that will continue to persist in the sport of mixed martial arts, but just as recent stories have shown for the likes of Bryan Battle in the UFC, bad weight misses are continually going be a problem as well.

Fighter's might be in the hurt business and one of the toughest sports mentally, but that doesn't mean you can't get under their skin with words. It's actually shocking to see guys like Chael Sonnen break character from his usually funny or angry on purpose style, but then there's of course guys like Nate Diaz that you just never wanna cross. These are the 10 times reporters thoroughly upset fighters.

It doesn't matter how big a star you are, sometimes things just can't be helped. That is the case in today's video with the 2nd biggest PPV star the UFC's ever had in Brock Lesnar. What went wrong? How in the world could someone this popular be a failure in live attendance and PPV? We'll break it all down in this video.

People lie all the time, but these lies in today's video are way over the top. From lying about records, to PED failures and court proceedings, even medical tests.... and of course the UFC and Dana White have their bizarre lies too. These are the lies that were so strange, you couldn't help but turn your head in disbelief.

When you go from a 20 million dollar, international spectacle and gigantic PPV to just a run of the mill fight night.... well yeah that's a massive downgrade when you look at UFC Noche happening this month. Well that's because the original planned event was cancelled and this was it's replacement. Turns out MMA history is full of this sort of thing over the years

The greatest dynasty in the history of MMA is without a doubt the Gracie family, but at one point, while they were at the peak of their height, one man; Kazushi Sakuraba not only challenged them, but utterly defeated them. What was his base martial art? Pro wrestling.

A simple question, who are the best and worst champions in every single UFC division? We explore that exact question today.

Almost everyone in MMA loses, pretty much everyone, but some achieve heights so great and so seemingly invincible that any loss at all is a shock. These losses however, are an order of magnitude even more shocking just because of how emphatic their losses. This vid is full of devasting finishes and thorough domination of the sports greatest talents.

Alistair Overeem spent years in Japan and outside organizations with more lax testing away from the UFC. His feats were astounding and he accomplished 3 championships across two sports in the best time of his career, but when the testers finally caught him. How did he react?

Dominant is hardly the word for what we witnessed last night. Khamzat Chimaev absolutely ripped the title away from Dricus Du Plessis and put on one of the most one-sided championship performances we've ever seen. So how did this take so long for him to get to the title?

The UFC ACTUALLY DID IT! They finally got rid of PPV. This effectively means in the US, you are no longer go to have to spend over a thousand dollars a year if you want to legit buy every PPV and get a subscription of ESPN+ in order to do so. Paramount Plus has paid a crazy amount to essentially get rid of UFC PPVs for the next 7 years and pretty much forever if this goes well.

What's the worst area of the UFC? You probably wouldn't guess it was literally right before it broke onto television and through the dark ages. Dana White and Ferttitas were totally broke them and would have meant the end of MMA as we knew and certainly for a very long time. This is the story of the UFC's last ditch effort to save itself.