Dustin Poirier walked out to James Brown’s “The Big Payback,” stopped Conor McGregor in the second round and then declared himself the uncrowned champion. A pretty nifty piece of business from The Diamond all the way around at UFC 257. Now, we ask what should be next for Poirier, McGregor and, oh yeah, Michael Chandler in a suddenly Khabib-free lightweight division.
P.S. Chad had a power outage mid-episode that impacted our video efforts this week, bu...
2021-01-25 21:15:40 +0000 UTC
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We talk a lot about Conor McGregor in MMA. By virtue of the unique place he's carved out for himself in the sport, you might even say he manages to "live rent-free in all our heads" (or whatever the kids used to say) while not actually coming around all that much. This weekend a UFC 257, however, MMA fans could potentially see something they haven't seen from McGregor in a long, long time: a competitive fight.
Plus, in Power Rankings, fuck you doing Ottman Azaitar?
2021-01-22 23:01:10 +0000 UTC
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Woooo! It's the annual Co-Main Event Christmas party. Pop those bottles and bring your white elephant gift and join us for this ride.
Audio-only version is right here.
2020-12-21 23:14:54 +0000 UTC
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The UFC says its release of perennial title contender/lovable weirdsmobile Yoel Romero is one of about 60 cuts it will make before the New Year to trim its “inflated” roster. Inflated, huh? That’s an interesting, hey-this-was-nobody’s-fault kind of way to say it. So, that’s a bummer. We also talk about Marvin Vettori’s recent win over Jack Hermansson and preview UFC 256–a fight card that looks fun enough to make us feel uneasy with six days st...
2020-12-07 23:15:46 +0000 UTC
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It's kind of a weird week, so we went with kind of a weird format. Also? Yeah we recorded it before the news dropped that Paul Felder would fill in against Rafael dos Anjos on Saturday. But there's always the live chat for that one...
Audio-only version is right here.
2020-11-09 23:52:12 +0000 UTC
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It's Monday, which means it's time for The Proper. Get in here for some unfettered discourse on the last dance (maybe?) for Anderson Silva, the next move for Israel Adesanya, and oh yeah there's another UFC Fight Night event this weekend...
2020-11-02 23:10:01 +0000 UTC
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If what you want out of your UFC content is a no-strings-attached experience where one semi-anonymous dude might do something unbelievably awesome (and terrible) to another semi-anonymous dude then, brother, Saturday night was your JAM. We discuss that and other stuff on this week’s CME Proper.
2020-10-13 04:33:38 +0000 UTC
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Holly “Holmes” Holm and Carlos “Conduit” Condit both went out there and reminded us who the fuck they were on Saturday. But what now for our two old pals? Plus, the Jon Jones-Israel Adesanya beef gets capital “W” Weird and–oh, look!–another fairly low profile UFC event this weekend.
2020-10-06 15:14:36 +0000 UTC
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There were a ton of fights this weekend, and the CME will forego its normal three-round format in order to talk about as many of them as possible. We discuss Michelle Waterson’s win over Angela Hill, Ed Herman’s Dundasso and those terrible low blows in Bellator, among other things.
2020-09-14 21:55:22 +0000 UTC
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It's happening again. Those ubiquitous "Brock-to-MMA???" rumors are circulating once more. Stories are being written. Premature odds are being proffered. But ... why? We can almost guarantee this shit ain't really real. Chances are the big fella is back in a WWE ring come Survivor Series. So ... how is it that a 43-year-old Brock Lesnar, more than four years removed from MMA competition, continues to hold our industry's ever-hopeful heart in his meaty fist? We discuss.
Plus, in Power Ra...
2020-09-04 18:58:50 +0000 UTC
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Okay, you wanna talk about Brock Lesnar being a "free agent" who might return to MMA? Fine. We aren't buying it for a second, but fine, we can take the bait with the best of 'em.
Oh, and by the way? We're making this week's CME live chat free to all so you non-patrons out there can see what you're missing by not joining the team here. We're just saying, you can get in on the fun for as little as one measly dollar a month. That's not even money! And what money it is will go to support th...
2020-09-02 23:23:57 +0000 UTC
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That's right, we've restored the video element of the Co-Main Event podcast. Will this be the way forward? Or will something else go wrong to ruin it all soon? Your guess is as good as ours, friend. But for now, enjoy this week's proper, where we discuss all the ins and outs of UFC 251.
2020-07-14 04:23:53 +0000 UTC
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Gilbert Burns is out and Jorge Masvidal (probably, almost certainly) in against Kamaru Usman in the UFC 251 main event. It was a circuitous route to the fight that should’ve been headlining this pay-per-view all along, but all’s well that ends well, right. RIGHT?
2020-07-06 22:09:13 +0000 UTC
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Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker went to battle on Saturday in the main event of UFC on ESPN 12. Did Hooker prove he belongs among the lightweight elite? Did Poirier revive his title aspirations? This week, it’s an All Questions Considered episode of the CME.
2020-06-30 00:54:41 +0000 UTC
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Curtis Blaydes told us exactly what he was going to do to Alexander Volkov on Saturday night and then he went out and did it. He also warned some of you more punch-and-kick-oriented types that you might not like it. One person who didn’t? Dana Frederick White Jr., though in fairness it was likely Blaydes’ comments on fighter pay that set the UFC Prez off. Plus, Emmett vs. Burgos slays and Poirier vs. Hooker is now on deck.
2020-06-23 14:06:01 +0000 UTC
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Cynthia Calvillo established herself as a women’s flyweight contender with a win over Jessica Eye on Saturday. Would we say she looked ready for Valentina Shevchenko, however? No, we would not. Next up: Curtis Blaydes fights Alexander Volkov, while Dana White says every UFC card is wonderful and if you’re a fight fan, you’ll watch...
2020-06-16 00:10:44 +0000 UTC
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Amanda Nunes, the female GOAT, continues to be leaps and bounds ahead of any competition the UFC can find for her. What are you gonna do? Meanwhile, Cody Garbs, Aljo and O’Malley make the case against Aldo. Oh, and Conor McGregor also wants more money and is retired again.
2020-06-08 21:08:14 +0000 UTC
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Layoffs hit The Athletic hard this Friday and, we're not going to lie to you, one half of the CME is now unemployed (again). We discuss this unexpected life change and put the finishing touches on this week's fighter survey. Plus, in Power Rankings, now Jorge Masvidal is mad at the UFC, too? We're starting to see a pattern develop here.
2020-06-05 22:15:05 +0000 UTC
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Apologies from some sound quality issues on this week’s show, Co-Mainiacs. Hopefully, you will solider through with us. On this episode, we discuss Conor McGregor continuing to troll the competition, whether Fight Island seems unnecessary now and the UFC scraping together main events like Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns, with Jessica Eye vs. Cynthia Calvillo headlining a couple weeks later.
2020-05-25 21:24:05 +0000 UTC
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Alistair Overeem weathered an early storm to defeat Walt Harris by virtue of his wily, veteran guile on Saturday. We discuss that, plus look back at the UFC’s weird week in Jacksonville.
2020-05-18 21:13:19 +0000 UTC
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When it finally arrived, UFC 249 weekend served-up a downright unwieldy number of storylines. From Jacare’s positive coronavirus test to “The Waiver” to Justin Gaethje’s surprise destruction of Tony Ferguson, we discourse.
2020-05-11 22:03:47 +0000 UTC
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It’s here (we think). It’s happening (maybe). It’s finally going down (in a matter of days). UFC 249 fight week is upon us leading up to Saturday’s revamped and (twice) rescheduled fight card. Are you ready? Is the world?
2020-05-04 19:45:50 +0000 UTC
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This week, as a tiebreaker for the current deadlock in CME Movie Club voting -- and, frankly, just for fun -- we take on a live watch of Alaska Fighting Championship 155. Watch along with us here: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/106473. What will happen? Which movie will reign supreme? Will Ben ever figure out what the Houston Grass Station is? Join us on this journey, won't you?
2020-05-01 20:54:39 +0000 UTC
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This week, we talk fighting, the trials of having little kids and what a bummer it would be to get quarantined in your new apartment just to discover the place is haunted. So, pretty much a normal live chat.
2020-04-29 19:35:27 +0000 UTC
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What's on your mind, Co-Mainiacs? What's that bee in your bonnet got to say today? It's cool, you can tell us. Just hit us in the comments below and then come back for the attempts at answers on Wednesday.
2020-04-28 18:29:40 +0000 UTC
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The UFC plans to do three events in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 9-16. Can that be safe? One way or another, we’re all going to find out.
2020-04-27 20:39:32 +0000 UTC
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We talk about UFC 249 heading to Jacksonville on May 9 and then we watch the most essential fights in the career of David Lee "Tank" Abbott. Should be quite the ride.
Here are the videos, if you want to watch along with us:
Tank Abbott vs. John Matua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIsFRmA4Au8
Tank Abbott vs. Paul Varleans (fight starts at 3:00): 2020-04-24 20:16:19 +0000 UTC
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It's time to pick our next film. This time, two movies from 1999 that are, like most things from that time period, maybe good and maybe not. It's been a while, and we're not entirely sure. So screw it, let's watch one and find out. We just need your help deciding which one...
2020-04-23 14:55:54 +0000 UTC
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We discuss 2014's true crime biopic "Foxcatcher," including the fine performances from Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo as well as some of the liberties the fictionalized version of the story takes with the truth. In addition, we look at Mark Schultz's one-off entrance into MMA, a fight against Gary Goodridge at UFC 9 in 1996.
2020-04-23 03:34:25 +0000 UTC
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Will UFC 249 go down in Jacksonville? Will it be on May 9, as scheduled? Is Amanda Nunes already declaring herself out a harbinger that this thing is gonna fall apart all over again? We talk about that and other stuff, as usual, on the live chat.
2020-04-22 19:15:56 +0000 UTC
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