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610: SHOULDERING THE BLAME

An unfortunate ending to the main event but on the whole a stellar card with plenty to talk about. Brian Ortega pops his shoulder handing victory to Yair Rodriguez whilst Shane Burgos vs Charles Jourdain gets us talking about scoring…

609: FORTUNA FAVOURS THE BRAVE

Ryan Garcia returned to the ring in sensational fashion at the weekend defeating Javier Fortuna and then rocking the microphone calling for a showdown with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.  In the UK the copper box was the destination for a few…

608: FIZZY RASCAL

The light weight division is red hot as you know with countless talented fighters making their way up the rankings. Is Rafael Fiziev the best of the new breed?   We discuss his magnificent performance against former  champion Rafael Dos…

607: DING DONG DEL

A good old fashioned Saturday night slobber knocker is what we had dished up at the O2 arena, where Derek Chisora had his hand raised in a split decision over Kubrat Pulev. We pick the bones out of a very…

606: ALEXANDER THE GREATEST

July 2022. The best fighter on the planet in any weight division is Alexander Volkanovski. The performance he gave in the third and final fight against Max Holloway confirms the fact, and now he has earned the right for a…

605: NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE

Joe Joyce’s ability to take punches clean in the face is super human.  How hard can he get it hit and keep on moving forwards has now become a theme for his fights. Can anyone hit him hard enough to…

604: RAKH ‘EM UP

Shavkat Rakhmanov is coming and every welterweight on the planet better be ready. We talk about the sensational performance at the weekend as well as debatable judging in the main event between Atman Tsarukyan and Mataeusz Gamrot. We review the…

603: BAM THE MAN

It’s going to take an extraordinary six months to dislodge Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez as the ‘Fighter of the Year’ for 2022 after yet another sensational performance at the weekend, this time against the number #1 ranked guy at super-flyweight. We…

602: AUSTIN POWERS

The fans came out in Austin Texas and they didn’t leave disappointed as the UFC delivered a record breaking night featuring 6 first round finishes! We review the whole event as well as looking ahead to the fights coming up…

601: KING ARTUR

Artur Beterbiev is a scary scary man. We review his demolition of Joe Smith Jr in order to unify the light heavyweight division and the question of where he features on your pound for pound list? Usyk vs Aj is…