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The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

by Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes
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  • Can Volkanovski remain ageless at UFC 333?

    October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Alexander Volkanovski turned 38 last month. That’s like 150 in men’s featherweight years. This weekend, he’s gonna go out there and defend his 145-pound title against Movsar Evloev, who is undefeated, 32 and has one of those beards that…

  • Sean Strickland is on strike

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    It’s amazing how often this happens: A UFC fighter who was once just happy to be there gets some age and experience under their belt, gains a little notoriety, maybe wins a championship and then suddenly realizes, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m…

  • How many KOs does it take to make a bad card good?

    October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    Bunch of people got separated from consciousness on Saturday at UFC 332 — just as the good Lord intended. Eleven T/KO finishes in 13 fights. Nine first round stoppages. Not too shabby, if you’re into brain trauma (and if you’re reading…

  • Did Dana White get ‘royally mugged off?’

    September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    As many of you know, the big boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is finally official, with the two set to meet on Dec. 11 at Principality Stadium (granddaddy of them all) in Cardiff, Wales. The card will air live on Netflix…

  • Vibe shift! Gable Steveson is bad actually

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Things … did not … go … great … for ya boi Gable Dan Steveson at UFC 331. You could feel the vibes start to shift early in the week, when Sean Sharaf called him a rapist to his face and Steveson’s only response was to smile awkwardly as if…

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  • The Tom Aspinall Era is over … at least for now

    September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    The heavyweight title reign of Big Tommy Gas Hands Aspinall came to an end this week, with Aspinall vacating the title because he still can’t get a doctor to sign off on him participating in a cage fight. So, that sucks pretty bad. The…

  • Salahdine Parnasse tests positive for being awesome

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    It feels like the sport of MMA needs a Salahdine Parnasse right now. You know, a charismatic young fighter with an exciting style and the goods to back it up? In these current days of the UFC just rolling out a factory assembly line of…

  • Is Umar the ‘Ziggy Sobotka’ of the Nurmagomedovs?

    August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    It was a weird weekend in combat sports, especially for the big betting favorites. Umar Nurmagomedov cemented his place as the Ziggy Sobotka of his family, getting his plug pulled by Song Ya Dong in their UFC Fight Night main event in…

  • A Robocop and a Cyborg walk into a bar …

    August 24, 2026 · 59 min

    Score a couple for the cybernetic organisms, because the biggest winners of the weekend were Gregory “Robocop” Rodrigues and Cris “Cyborg” Justino. Rodrigues went out there in a UFC Fight Night main event and beat up Anthony “Fluffy”…

  • Episode 706: What’s hugs got to do with it?

    August 18, 2026 · 57 min

    Is that a Tina Turner reference in the title of this week’s episode? Shut up, don’t worry about it. Anyway, Ian Machado Garry couldn’t quite get it done against Islam Makhachev over the weekend at UFC 330. Garry did a decent job getting up…

  • Any chance it goes bad for Makhachev at UFC 330?

    August 10, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Is there any chance at all that we’re all sitting here next Monday saying, “Well, yeah, it’s obvious in retrospect that Islam Makhachev might struggle with Ian Garry. This was only Makhachev’s second fight at welterweight, after all. Garry…

  • UFC ain’t sweatin’ no MVP MMA! (Are they though?)

    August 3, 2026 · 56 min

    “We’re in a whole other f*****g stratosphere now. I mean, I’m competing with all the majors. Those guys aren’t my competition. So good luck to them all. I wish them all the best.” That’s ya boi Dana White talking to the media about last…

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About the show

An irreverent and unscripted look at the week's mixed martial arts news from longtime MMA journalists Ben Fowlkes and Chad Dundas. Topics include the latest happenings in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.