About this episode

The episode discusses a strange weekend in combat sports, highlighting significant losses for betting favorites and notable fighters.

It was a weird weekend in combat sports, especially for the big betting favorites. Umar Nurmagomedov cemented his place as the Ziggy Sobotka of his family, getting his plug pulled by Song Ya Dong in their UFC Fight Night main event in Shanghai. The “next Mike Tyson” also lost — as Moses Itauma threatened to rename the Coleman Index after himself, getting more tired than he’d ever been in his life against Filip Hrgovic before his corner threw in the towel. And then there was poor Mike Perry, who dislocated his shoulder early in his fight against replacement opponent Brandon Jenkins (curse you Dillon Danis!) and coughed up his eighth loss in his last 12 MMA fights. Back to BKFC for Platinum Mike, it seems. Plus, earlier in the week, Bella Mir lost her Dana White Contender Series fight (where she was a -6000 favorite). So, that was bad, too. Seriously, you guys, who pissed off the MMA Gods? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Chad Dundas, Ben Fowlkes

Topics covered

• UFC Fight Night
• betting favorites
• combat sports
• MMA losses
• Dana White Contender Series

Keywords

• Umar Nurmagomedov
• Song Ya Dong
• Mike Tyson
• Moses Itauma
• Filip Hrgovic
• Mike Perry
• Dillon Danis
• Bella Mir
• Dana White Contender Series

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dana White Contender Series, BKFC

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