Get the all the results from  UFC Vegas 38 where light heavyweight contenders Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker fought to solidify their claims on a future title shot.  We talk about new details emerging from the alleged domestic assault between Jon Jones and his fiance at international fight week in Las Vegas. Then we discuss headlines in WMMA and finish up with our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 39: Dern vs. Rodriguez. 

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Episode 186 - UFC Vegas 38 Recap and Jon Jones Trouble

International fight week drew to a close with UFC 266 featuring  Valentina Shevchenko seeking to match Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes for the most title defenses by a female champion and Alexander Volkanovski faced the dangerous Brian Ortega for his second featherweight title defense.  Get the results from UFC 266, discussion of the new UFC Hall of Fame inductees, key headlines and get our fight picks for UFC Vegas 38: Santos vs. Walker. 

Episode 185 - AND STILL: UFC 266 RECAP

This week news broke about a new fight league that's launching soon that will feature fight teams and have a payment structure similar to the NFL or the NBA and less like the UFC. Learn more about the World Fighting League and hear our take on whether or not this is going to be good for the sport of MMA. Then get the wrap of UFC Vegas 37, hear about some interesting fights that have been signed, fall out from the last Triller event, our thoughts on the latest scuffle between Conor McGregor and MGK at the VMAs, fighter retirements and then get our flash fight picks for UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega. 

Episode 184 - World Fighting League, UFC Vegas 37 Results and UFC 266 Preview

Saturday night, Triller Fight Club Legends II: Holyfield vs. Belfort featured bouts between combat sports greats.  Anderson Silva faced Tito Ortiz and Evander Holyfield stepped in to replace Oscar De La Hoya to face Vitor Belfort.  Neither fight lasted a round.  We recap the co-main and the main event of this boxing match, cover the breaking news about Gold Medal Freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson, and discuss topics and headlines of import to the MMA world.  Then we make our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 37: Smith vs Spann. 

Episode 183 - The Spider, The Phenom, and Sports Entertainment

England was on display on Saturday night as fighters across the island nation tested their mettle against the UFC elite.  Kicked off by Liverpool sensation Paddy Pimblett, English fighters were dominant throughout the night until American underdog submitted headliner Darren Till in the third round. Before we closed the book on the wrap up of Vegas 36, we discussed whether or not the Oblique Kick should be banned after Khalil Roundtree, Jr's win where he destroyed the knee of his opponent, Modestas Bukauskas.   We also wrap up the results from Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley where "The Problem Child eked out a split decision victory against the former UFC Welterweight champion.  We also got some COVID-19 news, fighters getting cut from the UFC and other headlines that made for a fun discussion. 

Episode 182 - Vegas 36 Results, Woodley Loses, COVID, and The 60

On Sunday Night, Jake Paul faces his most difficult opponent yet, former UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley, who is trying to gain redemption after a four fight losing streak saw him cut from the UFC.  We'll cover some of the headlines leading up to the match and make our picks for the card.  Then we'll transition to results for UFC Vegas 35 where two Ultimate Fighters were crowned, UFC Veterans faced up-and-comers, and Giga Chikadze finished one of the most electric strikers in the UFC, Edson Barboza.  Get headlines and a preview of UFC Vegas 36: Derek Brunson vs. Darren Till. 

Episode 181 - Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley PREVIEW and UFC Vegas 35 RESULTS

This week on Combat Sports Talk, we welcome back George Stallworth after a week at a coaches c clinic and we cover the UFC Vegas 34 Cannonier vs Gastelum results. We also discuss comments Daniel Cormier made about crying after losses. We react to Miesha Tate sharing how she spent her 200K purse and we preview UFC Vegas 35: Barboza vs Chikadze. 

Episode 180 - UFC Vegas 34 RESULTS and These Tears are Earned

After a 2-week layoff we're back with updates from the MMA world. We recap UFC 265 and talk about the Ciryl Gane's victory over Derrick Lewis, what's going on in BKFC starting with the fallout of Paige VanZant's loss to Rachel Ostovich.  We also discuss other headlines in the MMA world and make flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 34: Cannonier vs. Gastelum 

Episode 179 - WHAT DID I MISS? UFC 265, BKFC, and More

With Ryan out of town, there will be no show this week. Join us next week for another episode of Combat Sports Talk. 

No show this week - August 1

TJ Dillashaw returned to the octagon in a 5 round war war against Corey Sandhagen and walked away with the victory...even though many believed Sandhagen had won.  We'll cover the judge-plagued results of UFC Vegas 32, BKFC results, disappointing news about our very own George Stallworth, MMA headlines and make our Flash Fight picks for UFC Vegas 33: Hall vs Strickland. 

Episode 178 - UFC Vegas 32 Results and Bad Judging

UFC Vegas 31: Makhachev vs. Moises is in the books and the Khabib Nurmagomedov protege' continues his ascent up the rankings with a mauling of Thiago Moises.  We cover the main event and the return of Miesha Tate in her co-main event of Marion Reneau.  Then we continue the analysis in the fallout of UFC 264 to discuss Conor McGregor's claims that he was previously injured coming into the fight against Dustin Poirier.  Lastly, we cover headlines and fight cards featuring the BKFC 19 card headlined by Paige Van Zant and Rachel Ostovich, UFC Vegas 30: Sanhagen vs Dillashaw and Cannafist 1 coming live on Fite.TV featuring our very own George Stallworth. 

Episode 177 - UFC Vegas 31 Results, McGregor Pre-Fight Injury?

We recap the action from UFC 264 as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor sought to prove once and for all who the better fighter is.  Unfortunately, Conor broke his leg at the end of the first round, so Poirier was awarded the victory.  Get our takes on the trilogy match, the rest of the card, and what we see in the future for both of these elite Lightweights.  We discuss our very own George "G-Money" Stallworth's fight coming up in Oklahoma City, OK on July 24, and then we make our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 31:  Makhachev vs Moises. 

Episode 176 - UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3 [RECAP]

It's Father's day but we're still here talking about the latest action in the world of combat sports.  We'll cover the results from UFC Vegas 29, Anderson Silva scoring a win for MMA in the squared Circle, Key headlines from the world of combat sports and we'll make our fight picks for UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs Volkov. 

Episode 175 - Father's Day Fight Talk

It was a historic night Saturday night and UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 is in the books.  We cover all the main card action, give our takes on the results and talk storylines coming out of the PPV event.  We also look at the results from Clarissa Shields' debut and we close off on Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul.  Then we'll make our flash fight picks for UFC Vegas 29: Korean Zombie vs. Ige 

Episode 174 - UFC 263 Results: Adesanya, Moreno, Edwards (and Shields)

Sunday night, Floyd Mayweather entered the ring in an exhibition match against YouTuber-turned-boxer Logan Paul.  Hear our commentary and preview before the fight happened and see if our main event picks were accurate.  We also review Saturday Night's UFC card, UFC Vegas 28: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai, we discuss MMA headlines and then make our Flash Fight Picks for UFC 263: “Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” to close out the show. 

Episode 173 - Mayweather vs Paul; Adesanya vs Vettori PREVIEW

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