In today’s episode, Fares and Josh react to last weekend’s UFC fights from Etihad Arena. They kick things off with the main event, where Reinier de Ridder made a statement against former champ Rob Whittaker (1:53), and discuss what’s next for RDR (10:00). Petr Yan gave Marcus McGhee a brutal welcome to the division’s top tier (14:17). Fan favorite Shara Magomedov battled through adversity against Canada’s Marc-André Barriault (21:50). Josh’s moment of the night: Steven Nguyen’s record-breaking six knockdowns in a single fight (28:38). Fares’ favorite highlight: 41-year-old Muslim Salikhov’s walk-off KO against Carlos Leal (34:53

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In today’s episode, Fares returns from Mexico (0:32) as the duo reunites to break down everything that went down in the combat sports world this past weekend.

They kick things off with UFC 318, where the BMF title was on the line. Max Holloway’s dominance at lightweight continues (5:14), followed by a look back at favorite Dustin Poirier moments (18:07). Paulo Costa returned looking as dominant as ever against Roman Dolidze (23:25), while the real fight of the night was Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez (28:58). Ige vs. Pitbull failed to deliver (39:34), but Michael Johnson opened the card with a shocking performance over Daniel Zellhuber (43:03).

Then it’s over to boxing, where Oleksandr Usyk remains the king of the heavyweights (57:26).

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In today’s episode, Fares and Josh share their thoughts on the upcoming UFC Atlanta card, headlined by Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley. Does Kamaru still have enough left to handle one of the next gen’s best in Buckley? (2:04) They also dive into the return of former flyweight champ Rose Namajunas as she welcomes Miranda Maverick into the top 10 (17:13), and whether Edmen Shahbazyan can stop the momentum of a streaking Andre Petroski (25:02). Another former champ, Cody Garbrandt, is back in action against Raoni Barcelos, who’s coming off the biggest win of his career (29:25). The pair close the show by highlighting the other fights they’re most excited to watch (35:17)

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