Khamzat’s Biggest Test? Strickland, JDM & UFC Fight Talk | TFATK Ep. 1186

About this episode

Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen discuss recent UFC events, fight reactions, and various cultural topics.

The Fighter and The Kid are back in the new studio, and Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen break down a wild week of UFC, combat sports, viral clips, and Gamebred Miami. Brendan talks about his trip to Miami for Gamebred Bareknuckle, including fight reactions, wild event stories, and why Brandon Girtz vs. John Teixeira stood out as one of the best fights he has seen this year. The episode also goes into Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Strickland, Strickland’s path to surviving the early storm, and why Khamzat’s wrestling creates such a tough problem for the middleweight division. Brendan and Bryan also debate Islam Makhachev’s dominance, Ian Machado Garry’s chances, Carlos Prates’ rise, JDM’s tough night, and why welterweight and middleweight are two of the UFC’s most exciting divisions right now. Plus, Bryan’s Hawaii stories, Callen’s son ditching him for a flea market date, Adrien Broner concerns, Theo Von at Stagecoach, Trump viral clips, Kentucky Derby talk, and more. Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatk Subscribe for more Brendan Schaub UFC…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen

Topics covered

• UFC
• combat sports
• fight reactions
• viral clips
• middleweight division
• welterweight division
• comedy

Keywords

• UFC
• Khamzat Chimaev
• Sean Strickland
• Islam Makhachev
• combat sports
• Gamebred Miami
• Brendan Schaub
• Bryan Callen

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gamebred Bareknuckle, DraftKing

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