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475: 3 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER

Claressa Shields made history again at the weekend becoming the first fighter in the modern era to be classed undisputed in two weight divisions but with that comes more debate.  We need to stop patronising female athletes and demand 3…

474: DOING IT WITH STYLE

The ‘Last Stylebender” aims to join the a small selection of fighters to become simultaneous weight division champions as he takes on the ‘Polish Power’ at Ufc 259. the whole card is a belter and we preview it from top…

473: MIAMI VICE

It was a truly unremarkable weekend for boxing with poor fights, uneven matchups and a diabolical mandatory being a heavy part of the narrative but we as ever shine some positivity on the events. Canelo takes care of Yildirim and…

472: NORTHERN POWERHOUSE

The Northern Powerhouse has officially announced himself in the UFC. Tom Aspinall took the neck of former champ Andrei Arlovski at the weekend and started the conversation of how far can he go in the UFC?! We review the whole…

471: AVA LOAD OF THAT!

When the match making is done right boxing aint half bloody good! What a brilliant night of action at the SSE Arena as David Avanesyan took the plaudits in the main event beating Josh Kelly.  He wasn’t the only star…

470: Turning Dreams into Nightmares

If there was any doubt before there isn’t any more. The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ Kamaru Usman, is the best welterweight of this generation, wiping out the whole division in 13 fights.  The only question is what does he do next?  we…

469: Bish Bash Josh

Boxing returned to British soil at the weekend and leaves us with plenty to talk about. Positive performances from Mauricio Lara and Kiko Martinez overshadowed by terrible judging and questionable refereeing. Over in the states Richard Commey showed there’s more…

468: FRANKIE DOESN’T GO TO HOLLYWOOD

There’s no room in MMA for fairytales. Hollywood story lines don’t always play out.  If anyone deserved one, it’s Frankie Edgar, but sadly it wasn’t to be. Cory Sandhagen took care of the legend in emphatic style and cements his…

467: BACK IN BUSINESS

Boxing returns to British soil this weekend with a cracking domestic fight at Featherweight.  There’s also three really interesting world title fights happening in America that deserve our full attention. We also talk about Daniel Dubois switching trainers, the death…

466: NOW OR NEVER

The UFC returns to Las Vegas this week for some cracking fights on a card headlined by a legendary Heavyweight, who aims for one last push at the title. There’s British interest too as Molly McCann looks to get back…