Tough Talk returns with a special Saturday edition commemorating the debut of TUF 15 on FX. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp then talk about the three big heavyweight fights on Memorial Weekend, Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen finally happening again, Rampage’s situation and his issues, the Rousey-Tate fallout, WrestleMania weekend and Josh Barnett’s licensing hearing. One hour of MMA coverage.
Category: Tough Talk
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Feb 11 Tough Talk: Smoking Weed, Riling Up Brazilians, Brock Watch
Tough Talk returns with coverage of UFC 143, Nick Diaz’ suspension, Chael Sonnen’s great Brazilian adventure, Roy Nelson’s future and an update on Brock Lesnar. 73 minutes of MMA talk.
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Dec, 26 Tough Talk: Brock vs. Overeem, Twittergate, WWE Network, Predictions & 2011 Highlights
A Happy Holiday Season from us at Tough Talk! And how could you better add to the celebrations than with a new episode of Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp doing what they do best: shooting the breeze? Topics of conversation for this new episode are Twittergate, why the WWE Network is in such rough shape, how Stephanie McMahon is doing in her position, what happened with Shane, Hunter’s role, The Reem high-tailing it out of Vegas, Bill Maher, Cher and Metallica coming to Sawyer’s club, Sawyer’s memories of Toronto from another lifetime, musical guilty pleasures and a preview of UFC 141 with some potentially shocking news and predictions for 2012. 80 minutes of lunacy.
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Oct 20 Tough Talk: UFC 137, Chael, Gray, Sawyer’s New Ride
Tough Talk returns with a preview of UFC 137. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp talk about what Nick Diaz can do to beat BJ Penn, Brandon Vera’s comeback, why the Cerrone-Siver fight is anything but a gimmee, why Cro Cop may not be cut if he loses to Roy Nelson, what’s next for Gray Maynard and more. 62 minutes of MMA.
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July 31 Tough Talk: Fedor! Hendo! Rashad! Ortiz! Kenny Rogers!
Tough Talk returns with coverage of Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson and a preview of next weekend’s UFC 133. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp go into detail about the main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson, why it needs to be the end of the road for Fedor, whether the stoppage could have been considered early, what options Henderson has now and much more. They talk about Paul Daley’s newfound takedown defense, Tyron Woodley’s potential, Scott Smith being at the end of his rope, why Tate submitting Coenen was so surprising, Golden Glory’s future in Zuffaland and more. Then, they talk in detail about UFC 133’s main card, particularly the main event between Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz and why it’s a do-or-die for Evans, Rashad’s new physique and the challenges it might present, Akiyama’s back being against the wall, why Mike Pyle could be a spoiler for Rory MacDonald and much more. Finally, talk moves to what is better – a Kenny Rogers concert or the final season on Entourage. 63 minutes of MMA with a dash of crazy.
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June 12 Tough Talk: Rock’em Sock’em Robots win at UFC 131
Tough Talk returns with coverage of yesterday’s UFC 131 event. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp discuss Shane Carwin’s performance and outlook, the upcoming heavyweight title fight, Kenny Florian’s chances at 145, the Rock’em Sock’em Express, Doc Octopus, belly buttons and a whole lot more. 50 minutes of MMA… okay… who are we kidding: 50 minutes of crazy.
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Apr 24 Tough Talk: The Return of Gray Maynard~!
Tough Talk returns with a special Easter Edition starring the return of the “Easter Bully” Gray Maynard who talks about the frustrations from his fight against Frankie, the feared adrenaline dump, his photo shoot on the railroad tracks, Chael Sonnen, building up fights, keeping it real when the cameras are on, fighting team mates, German beer, taking a page out of the Rock’s book, Couture vs Machida and more. Then, Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp preview UFC 129. 66 minutes of MMA.
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FREE TODAY! Mar 28 Tough Talk with Roy “Big Country” Nelson on Mir, Stone Cold and fighting friends
Tough Talk returns with Roy “Big Country” Nelson who goes in detail on his history with Frank Mir, where the two stand technically and how their fight at UFC 130 will go. Roy talks about his fight with Junior Dos Santos, analyzes what went wrong and gives a prediction for the upcoming fight between Junior and Brock Lesnar. Other topics covered in the interview range from backstabbers in Vegas to John Lewis and Marc Laimon, the Strikeforce tournament, fighting friends, going to WWE, what he thinks of Vince’s stereotype of what a wrestler is supposed to look like and last weekend’s Dan Hardy fight in Seattle. Then, Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp talk about last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 24, Jon Jones’ win over Shogun, Cro Cop retiring, Tito Ortiz’ future and more. 54 minutes of MMA.
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Mar 13 Tough Talk: Strikeforce, Rashad/Jones, Gina, Roy-Mir, UFC 128 and more
Tough Talk returns with coverage of the Strikeforce sale to Forza, Frank Mir vs Roy Nelson talk, Gina Carano, Paul Daley talking out of his behind and an in-depth preview of UFC 128, including the big question of whether Shogun can find a way to beat Bones. 63 minutes of MMA.
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Feb 13 Tough Talk: Fedor’s loss, Johnson’s lips, Vince’s lemon
Tough Talk returns with coverage of Saturday’s Strikeforce event and a look back at UFC 126. Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp share their very different viewpoints on Fedor Emelianenko, his legacy and his future, talk about what Gina had to have been on, Gus Johnson’s lips, what was going through Brett Rogers’ mind when Josh Barnett was talking, pissing hot, the shenanigans that are likely to happen during the tournament and round off the show with thoughts about the three main events from UFC 126, what has to be going through Shogun’s mind at this point and some pro rasslin’ talk.