Best mma podcast. Sorry slack.

The UFC had long since moved away from basing tjtle fight match-ups on any semblance of merit. It is all about doing the minimal in meeting that ESPN quota and in this era availability, timing, and clout are everything. Erceg isn't the most deserving contender, but I don't even think the UFC cares that much about the rankings. Erceg was available and, due to their own dumb scheduling, few others were. On top of that, Erceg gained a lityle notoriety. Lastly, they're probably paying him jack all for this fignt. He is headlining a PPV on the cheap.

...and Ryan Garcia just popped for PEDs. That fight was a total trainwreck.

Day 102 of commenting on every new episode of Heavy Hands until I'm on the show Ruebusch where should I contact you

A very Tom of Finland thumbnail…

I don't even wanna know what this thumbnail was based on

Also, I suspect that, at a minimum, the absence of USADA means Aldo can rehydrate with an IV, which by itself may have motivated the return.

You still need to interview rampage and ask him about his swimming training for MMA. I'm telling ya the world is missing out! lol

Hold on, this thumb nail is crazy!

erceg was a Australian national champ in wrestling which is atleast at impressive as a state title in the us.

MMA is a young man's sport and Aldo is super old in terms of mileage if not actual years. Still, he retired while still having elite level skills and attributes.He arguably deserved that BW title fight before losing to a lackluster clinch fest by Merab.

steve is a grappler, kinda like topuira but lower level and more bjj based look at his pre ufc fights

Aldo fought less than a year ago, just not in MMA, but he wasn't sitting on a bench.

Will young Steve become Captain Pantoja's cabin boy?

Pantoja Gang rise up

I think Aldo will get finished because mma is a cruel sport

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The picture for this got some side eye from my girlfriend lol

I genuinely don't understand this narrative that old fighters are suddenly doing super well post USADA. Are we seriously going to say that Chris Weidman looked good getting an eyepoke win against the worst fighter he's faced since 2011? Did OSP look good, or did he just barely survive against a historically inconsistent and low output LHW? Did Luque look better this year than he did last year? What about Cejudo? Did RDA look better against Gamrot than he did against Bryan Barberena? People have been saying that post USADA is going to make a difference since last year (before there was any evidence) and now everyone is just desperately trying to to cherry pick evidence that supports their assumptions while completely ignoring the numerous cases that go against it

albazzi had neck surgery so he’ll be out for a while probably

If you need something to talk about next Pod there's always Inoue and Canelo fighting next week