We sit down with Alex Fernandez to discuss Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier, Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya, and Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Eryk Anders. But we ended up talking about such a variety of topics, we decided to split the episode up into two parts. This is the A-side.


The B-side will be available only on Patreon, where we discuss the economics and limitations of streaming services for sports, the WWE business model, the MMA business model, Wrestlemania, the rise of Becky Lynch, Bret Hart attack and Travis Browne, whether there can be too much violence in combat sports, bare knuckle boxing, Vasiliy Lomachenko, legends of MMA who may not actually be legends, the benefits of unions, Diaz brothers CBD, and Lakers basketball.


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We also sat down recently with David Christian from The Modern Martial Artist and did a UFC 236: Fight Companion that you can find here: https://youtu.be/Rn_7nVwzhHM


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