Fight Club Podcast

With Brad Lewis out with injury, Queen of NZ MMA Ravinder Hunia slots in as a super-sub alongside Stephen Foote for another stacked MMA chat.

Jean Silva had his hand raised against Jose Delgado in the main event of UFC Noche in Arizona on Sunday, but was the performance enough to cement himself as a legitimate title challenger to Volk's throne?

Alexa Grasso continued her remarkable comeback at women's flyweight with a well-rounded outing against the dangerous Manon Fiorot. Is he at the front of the queue to face the winner of Natalia Silva and Wang Cong for the belt?

They also preview this weekend's UFC 331 blockbuster, where Joshua Van tried to prove his win over Alexandre Pantoja was no fluke in their rematch for the flyweight title. Back from injury, what sort of Pantoja might we see.

And will Arman Tsarukyan be undeniable as the next lightweight title challenger to Justin Gaethje with a win over Mauricio Ruffy?

All that and more on this week's episode!

Brad Lewis and Stephen Foote are back with another dose of combat action.

Leading the show this week is a look at Dan Hooker's first-round defeat to Salahdine Parnasse in Paris. Where to from here for 'The Hangman'?

The lads welcome in boxing star Jai Opetaia for a wide ranging chat with one of the P4P best on the planet ahead of his huge clash with Noel Mikaelian on the Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn this weekend.

All that, a look ahead to UFC Noche, and more on this week's episode.

Brad Lewis and Stephen Foote are back with another buffet of bloodliness!

The lads begin in China, where it was a rough night for Kiwis Lawrence Lui and Kasib Murdoch but a huge one for local Song Yadong, who sent the hometown faithful into raptures with his shock win over the heavily favoured Umar Nurmagomedov.

What does it mean for the bantamweight division? How much of a setback is this for the Dagestani?

The show rounds out with a deep dive on Kiwi Dan Hooker's main event clash with French hypetrain Salahdine Parnasse in Paris on Sunday, where he'll be contending as a sizeable underdog in front of a raucous crowd baying for the Hangman's blood.

But are the oddsmakers sleeping on the Aucklander?

Brad Lewis & Stephen Foote are back in the hot seat with a Chinese hot pot of MMA action, as the UFC takes touches down in Shanghai.

The weekend begins with the Road to UFC semi-finals, where Dunedin's Kasib Murdoch will square off with Nepal's Rabindra Dhant for a spot in the final, where a multi-fight contract awaits.

Murdoch covers a range of topics, including his background at the youth Olympics, his decision to relocate to Alexander Volkanovski's Freestyle MMA, and how he managed to incite his opponent's nation.

Meanwhile, Road to UFC winner Lawrence Lui is out to earn his first official win with the promotion as part of Saturday night's bumper card in Shanghai, discussing how he's prepared for Hector Santiago.

All of that, some UFC Sacramento, and plenty more on this week's episode.

Hosts Brad Lewis and Stephen Foote have plenty to discuss on this week's edition after an eventful day out at UFC 330.

The lads dissect all of the talking points to emerge from Islam Makhachev's win over Ian Machado Garry, a result which earned him an historic 17th consecutive win.

Having now claimed the record from the legendary Anderson Silva, where does this place the Dagestan fighter among the all-time greats.

Mackenzie Dern had her hand raised with her maiden strawweight title defence against Gillian Robertson - but just how much did the lacklustre outing impact her stocks?

The boys take a look at an exciting new slate of fight announcements, including Alexander Volkanovski's featherweight title defence against Movsar Evloev and Petr Yan's trilogy bout against Merab Dvalishvili, before touching on 'Fluffy' Hernandez's attempt to bounce back against 'Robocop' Rodrigues in Sacramento this weekend.