The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast
An irreverent and unscripted look at the week's mixed martial arts news from longtime MMA journalists Ben Fowlkes and Chad Dundas. Topics include the latest happenings in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.
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- Chad Dundas30 eps
- Ben Fowlkes30 eps
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- 🇰🇷South Korea · Sports#1838.6K to 105K
- 🇲🇾MY · Sports#1107.4K to 91K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
16K to 196K🎙 ~2x weekly·742 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
32K to 392K🇺🇸71%🇰🇷15%🇲🇾13% - Active Followers
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18K to 216K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/12/26 |  Episode 714: Sean Strickland is on strike | It’s amazing how often this happens: A UFC fighter who was once just happy to be there gets some age and experience under their belt, gains a little notoriety, maybe wins a championship and then suddenly realizes, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m getting screwed here.” Middleweight champion Sean Strickland reached this part of the UFC lifecycle last week, when he started comparing his own paychecks to the big money deals given to dudes like Conor McGregor and Conor Benn. Now Strickland — always one of the UFC’s strangest and most frustrating minds — wants out of his contract, figuring maybe he can go make some of that Jake Paul money in boxing. Problem is, your boy Sean just signed a new six-fight deal prior to defeating Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328 to become a two-time, two-time champ. So now Strickland is saying he’s not fighting at all until he either gets more money from the UFC or they let him out of his contract. Yeah, we’ve seen this movie before, and we know how it usually ends, but … maybe it’s worth keeping an eye on, just in case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 37s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  Episode 713: How many KOs does it take to make a bad card good? | Bunch of people got separated from consciousness on Saturday at UFC 332 — just as the good Lord intended. Eleven T/KO finishes in 13 fights. Nine first round stoppages. Not too shabby, if you’re into brain trauma (and if you’re reading this right now, you know who you are). Immediately afterward, the UFC broadcast team, and some of their sycophants online, went pretty hard trying to convince us that this rash of knockouts alone made UFC 332 one of the greatest shows of all time. Could that be true, though, considering how much flak the UFC (rightfully) took for this event looking like one of the weaker PLE events in recent memory? How many KOs does it take to make a bad card good? Plus, we discuss the super smart sharks in “Deep Blue See,” the origin of Mr. Orange in “Reservoir Dogs” ... and what the hell is a deuteragonist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 07m 31s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 |  Episode 712: Did Dana White get ‘royally mugged off?’ | As many of you know, the big boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is finally official, with the two set to meet on Dec. 11 at Principality Stadium (granddaddy of them all) in Cardiff, Wales. The card will air live on Netflix. Somehow, this news only intensified the war of words between Eddie Hearn and Dana White, with the British boxing promoter quipping that White got “royally mugged off, pants down, bent over, butt cheeks spanked.” GASP! So, this week, we must ask: Is Dana White really getting royally mugged off in his desperate effort to insert himself into this fight? And is it at least partially his own fault? Plus, some scary shit happened to Raoni Barcelos at last weekend’s UFC Fight Night. And there are still plenty of good seats available for this weekend’s UFC 332 event down there in Salt Lake City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 31s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  Episode 711: Vibe shift! Gable Steveson is bad actually | Things … did not … go … great … for ya boi Gable Dan Steveson at UFC 331. You could feel the vibes start to shift early in the week, when Sean Sharaf called him a rapist to his face and Steveson’s only response was to smile awkwardly as if to say, “Yeah, I (allegedly) did that shit.” Then, during the actual fight, Steveson caught a hot left hook right on the off switch from Sharaf and got knocked the FUCK out in 12 seconds flat. THEN, as if this wasn’t bad enough, he left the cage before Sharaf even got his hand raised. So, suddenly, MMA en masse seems to have decided Gable Steveson is a bad guy, actually. Plus, Josh Van beat the man and, therefore, according to the laws of combat sports, is now the man. And … can it finally be you, Troll Boy? Can it finally be you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 05s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Episode 710: The Tom Aspinall Era is over … at least for now | The heavyweight title reign of Big Tommy Gas Hands Aspinall came to an end this week, with Aspinall vacating the title because he still can’t get a doctor to sign off on him participating in a cage fight. So, that sucks pretty bad. The most ironic part of it is that Aspinall giving up the belt makes Ciryl Gane the new “undisputed” UFC heavyweight champion — and you’ll recall, Ciryl Gane and his damn pokey fingers are the reason Aspinall can’t fight to begin with! There’s just no justice in MMA, we tell ya. Anyway, what is the UFC to do now that it has an “undisputed” champion who’s only champ because he damn near gouged the last champ’s eyes out and is carrying around a pair of baaad losses to the two previous champs (Ngannou, Jones)? That is the question. Plus, Scott Coker called a meeting to announce the details of his new MMA promotion and, man, it was the most Scott Coker stuff of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 03m 44s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | MMAUFC+4 | — | KSWUFC | — | Salahdine ParnasseDan Hooker+3 | — | 1h 02m 27s | ||
| 8/31/26 | UFC Fight Nightbetting favorites+3 | — | Dana White Contender SeriesBKFC | — | Umar NurmagomedovSong Ya Dong+7 | — | 1h 08m 59s | ||
| 8/24/26 | MMAUFC+4 | — | UFCPFL+1 | — | RobocopCyborg+4 | — | 59m 23s | ||
| 8/18/26 | UFC 330fight analysis+5 | — | Tina Turner | — | UFCMMA+6 | — | 57m 06s | ||
| 8/10/26 | UFC 330Islam Makhachev+4 | — | The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast | — | MakhachevGarry+5 | — | 1h 01m 23s | ||
| 8/3/26 | MMA promotionUFC+5 | — | Most Valuable PromotionsPFL | — | UFCMMA+8 | — | 56m 28s | ||
| 7/27/26 | MMAfight schedule+4 | — | UFCMVP+1 | — | MMAUFC+5 | — | 58m 48s | ||
| 7/20/26 | MMAinjury update+5 | — | — | Oklahoma City | Conor McGregorACL injury+5 | — | 1h 01m 05s | ||
| 7/13/26 | UFCConor McGregor+4 | — | — | — | Conor McGregorMax Holloway+4 | — | 1h 05m 42s | ||
| 7/7/26 | UFC 329Conor McGregor+4 | — | — | — | Conor McGregorUFC 329+5 | — | 59m 43s | ||
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| 6/22/26 | UFC rankingsartificial intelligence+3 | — | UFCMeta | — | UFCMeta+5 | — | 1h 05m 19s | ||
| 6/15/26 | UFCDonald Trump+3 | — | UFCMarine Corps | — | UFCDonald Trump+5 | — | 1h 03m 34s | ||
| 6/9/26 | UFClawsuit+3 | — | UFC | — | Trumpbirthday bash+5 | — | 1h 04m 31s | ||
| 6/1/26 | UFCFight Night+4 | — | UFC | MacauApex | UFCConor McGregor+4 | — | 1h 03m 15s | ||
| 5/26/26 | Dana Whitemedia tour+4 | — | Time MagazineRolling Stone+2 | — | Dana WhiteUFC+5 | — | 1h 02m 10s | ||
| 5/19/26 | MMA eventfight analysis+5 | — | Most Valuable PromotionsNetflix | — | MMAMost Valuable Promotions+5 | — | 1h 05m 38s | ||
| 5/12/26 | UFCchampionship fights+5 | — | MVPNetflix | — | UFCSean Strickland+5 | — | 1h 07m 52s | ||
| 5/5/26 | UFCSean Strickland+3 | — | UFCTaxi Driver | New JerseyNewark | Sean StricklandKhamzat Chimaev+3 | — | 1h 05m 58s | ||
| 4/28/26 | UFCwelterweight title+3 | — | UFC | Land of Oz | Jack Della MaddalenaUFC+3 | — | 1h 05m 57s | ||
| 4/21/26 | WrestleMania 42TKO+5 | — | TKOWWE+1 | Las Vegas | TKOWrestleMania 42+5 | — | 1h 08m 26s | ||
| 4/15/26 | UFC 327light heavyweight title+5 | — | — | — | UFCCarlos Ulberg+6 | — | 1h 04m 51s | ||
| 4/7/26 | UFClight heavyweight division+4 | — | — | ABQ | UFClight heavyweight+5 | — | 1h 01m 18s | ||
| 3/31/26 | UFCfight analysis+3 | — | — | Seattle | UFCJoe Oliver Pyfer+5 | — | 1h 02m 56s | ||
| 3/24/26 | MMAUFC+4 | — | UFCMost Valuable Promotions | SeattleClimate Pledge Arena | MMAUFC+6 | — | 1h 03m 35s | ||
| 3/17/26 | MMAfight promotion+3 | — | Most Valuable PromotionsUFC | Intuit DomeLos Angeles | MMANetflix+3 | — | 1h 03m 42s | ||
| 3/10/26 | UFC event analysisfight card expectations+4 | — | UFCNetflix | — | UFCWhite House card+6 | — | 1h 04m 17s | ||
| 3/3/26 | UFClight heavyweight title+5 | — | UFC | — | Alex PereiraUFC+6 | — | 1h 05m 26s | ||
| 2/25/26 | superfightMMA+5 | — | Most Valuable PromotionsUFC+1 | Intuit DomeInglewood, Calif. | Ronda RouseyGina Carano+5 | — | 1h 06m 46s | ||
| 2/10/26 | heavyweight divisionUFC+4 | — | — | — | heavyweightUFC 325+5 | — | 1h 00m 16s | ||
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Chart history for The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast
Peaked at #110 in MY, currently #110 in MY.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY | — | #110 | #110 | — |
| South Korea | — | #183 | #183 | — |
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.