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  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: 2015 MMA Year In Review (January-June)

    2015 was a fun and memorable year in the world of MMA which is why we need two shows to look back at everything that happened!

    In part 1 of the 2015 MMA Year in Review, Paul Fontaine of F4WOnline.com and MMADraws.com joins Josh Nason to go over the first six months of the year and the top stories from every month. Here’s just a little of what they talked about on this two-hour supershow that puts Smackdown to shame:

    – The highs of Jon Jones (downing Daniel Cormier in January) to his highs getting the worst of him with a hit and run incident that saw him be stripped of the UFC light heavyweight title

    – The shocking drug test failure by the legendary Anderson Silva

    – The pop culture rocket that was Ronda Rousey and what helped launch her into orbit

    – Brock Lesnar choosing WWE over UFC

    – Conor McGregor’s big victory in January and the July fight with Jose Aldo being postponed due to injury

    – New drug testing procedures, Kimbo vs. Ken, Reebok, and tons more. Join us for a two-hour gabfest about the first half of 2015!

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  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: Sam Caplan on MMA business in a post-Holm vs. Rousey world

    ****This is a free edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out. Please share with your MMA friends and the world in general!****

    We are living in a post-Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm world, and while the fight itself has been analyzed to death, there’s plenty to discuss with the business aspects of what happens next. That’s why Josh brought in former Bellator VP of Talent Relations and co-host of The MMA Insiders podcastSam Caplan to help talk about that and tons more! If you’re into MMA business talk, this podcast is for you!

    Here’s some other topics Josh and Sam talked about:

    – What Sam has been up to, including some other non-MMA endeavors

    – His thoughts on where we’re at with Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm several days after the fight

    – When he would make a Rousey-Holm rematch and it’s an answer you might not expect

    – What he would do with Holly Holm from a media perspective

    – The decision making that goes into making a big rematch

    – His current thoughts on the Bellator product, and what they need to do to succeed

    – His thoughts on OneFC and Ben Askren’s next move when his contract is up

    – His thoughts on the Reebok deal, Cain Velasquez signing with CAA, and tons more!

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    Show Notes:

    Here’s the Vice Motherboard story Josh was interviewed for.

    Here’s Josh’s column on the potential of the great Rousey comeback story.

  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out episode 5: MMA Junkie’s Brent Brookhouse

    The fifth episode of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out has launched just in time for another double-shot weekend of UFC & Bellator! On this hour-plus edition, MMA Junkie assistant editor and former Bloody Elbow managing editor Brent Brookhouse is Josh’s guest.

    The two talked about a wide variety of topics like:

    – Whether he thinks it’s ridiculous to think Kimbo vs. Shamrock was a worked fight.

    – The unheralded awesomeness of UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedzrejczyk and whether the UFC can make her a mainstream star

    – How he became arguably the best investigative MMA journalist in the game today

    – The decision to move to MMA Junkie from Bloody Elbow

    – The state of boxing in the mainstream

    – This Saturday’s UFC and Bellator events, including the very interesting Lyoto Machida vs. Yoel Romero tilt

    – His past in pro wrestling and a night he’ll never forget

    – Josh’s Opening Round commentary on Jedzrejczyk’s future…and tons more!

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