Combat Chronicles

Coming in June!

Well, needless to say but this coming weekend everyone subscribed to this here feed will get an EXCLUSIVE UFC 302 episode not available anywhere else!

As for the rest of the month? Wel...

Usyk is UNDISPUTED

'Nuff said. Except it's not, because as reward for your kind patronage of this podcast you get to hear my thoughts on not just the fight itself but the legacies of both Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fur...

Fury vs. Usyk: The Big Preview

How could I not devote a huge chunk of my waking hours this week to producing a near three-hour podcast all about one fight?!  How could I not enlist some heavy hitters ...

Inoue executes Nery / UFC 301

Plenty of boxing matches and MMA bouts to talk about this week, including (but not limited to!) Naoya Inoue's shellacking of Luis Nery; Canelo's win over Munguia; Alexandre Pantoja's razor-thin win...

May is looking STACKED

So many great fights to talk about, starting this coming weekend with UFC 301 and the Cinco de Mayo clash between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Jaime Munguia.

Two weeks later we’ve got wha...

Ryan Garcia batters Devin Haney

And oh, how glorious it was! Depending on your thoughts on Ryan Garcia of course (I'm no big fan) but surely we are all happy to see a fight that looked a poor one on paper turn out to be one of th...

UFC 300

EVERY. SINGLE. FIGHT. COVERED. Including my LIVE reaction to THAT. FUCKIN'. KNOCKOUT. UFC 300 delivered in every way, we saw slobberknockers, meaningful fights between quality contenders, and one o...

Closet Classics #6

A mini-audio documentary about a classic fight you might not have heard about before!

A little bit of a natter about the new 'super prospect' Curmel Moton and his recent bout, given that it t...

UFC 299

This past weekend's pay-per-view looked great fun and paper and absolutely delivered from top-to-bottom, providing a load of compelling match-ups that told us lots about the competitors. And the gr...

AJ destroys Ngannou in two rounds

Francis Ngannou dared to dream and Anthony Joshua was more than happy to send him to the land of nod so he could continue doing so! The breakdown of the fight (and the main players from the underca...

Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou: Preview and Prediction

We're nearly here for the big one between these two big f'n lads! Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou surprised the majority of combat sports fans with a nuanced, smart performance in a...

The Current State of the UFC Flyweight Division

The UFC flyweight division is so interesting right now, but there's a problem: there's no intermediate difficulty level, and the top and bottom of the division is suffering because of it. I take a ...

March update!

Been under the weather this week (hence no new episode) but I’ll cover Moreno-Royval II this weekend as part of a greater look at ‘The State of 125’ after Mokaev-Perez. As for PFL Vs. Bellato...

UFC 298: A Star Is Born

Ilia Topuria showed the hype is for real as he bludgeoned the legendary Alexander Volkanovski inside of two rounds. But what does that mean for the division going forward? Will 'The Matador' be a f...

End of an Era: Why Kenshiro vs. Canizales meant so much

...not just to me personally, but to the light-flyweight divsion. Kenshiro and Carlos Canizales put on one of the best fights of the year (and don't be a smart Alec: this WILL be up there ...

Superlek vs. Takeru and a ONE Championship shit show

The original plan for this episode was to do Superlek versus Takeru and also the light-flyweight boxing match between Kenshiro and Carlos Canizales in a bumper 'Japanese combat sports' edition. But...

UFC 297

And more! But this episode runs the gamut of mixed martial arts from janky 185ers to prodigious 125ers! Hope you enjoy this one. Coming soon the Patreon: boxing and kickboxing featuring kawaii Japa...

Beterbiev batters Smith (but will he batter Bivol?)

Artur Beterbiev remains three-belt champ at 175lbs after a scary beat-down of former 168lb titlist Callum Smith. Despite the one-sided nature of the fight, Smith did enough work of note to give us ...

2023 End-of-Year Awards

Warning: There is explicit language in this one! So if kids are in earshot, please make them put in earplugs before listening!

The Combat Chronicles podcast has now been going for over TWO YE...

Update on the awards pod

So the end-of-year awards pod isn’t out yet. Should be out in the next couple of days. But this announcement is that there will be two versions of the episode. So as you’re a patron I recommend...

Deontay Wilder has his Day of Reckoning and Naoya Inoue proves his brilliance again

A rundown of the entire 'Day of Reckoning' card kicks off the episode, including of course the massive stinker of a performance that Deontay Wilder dropped (as well as Joseph Parker's smart perform...

UFC 296...and Beyond!

The main card of this past weekend's UFC pay-per-view gets a thorough look-over, before I look to what MMA's premier product might bring us in 2024, in particular with how their Q1 slate points to ...

Bam shows Sunny his level and boxing gives us another FOTY contender

Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards gave us a really sweet flyweight title unification bout, but it was the undefeated 23-year old Texan that pulled away and showed off his pound-for-pound cred...

Why couldn't GSP finish Dan Hardy?

An MMA technique and history episode this time round, as I'm joined by the brilliant William from Open Note Grappling (who you can and should follow on Twitter right 2023-12-10 17:27:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Is Subriel Matias the scariest fella in boxing?

As the title suggests, this episode will be a deep-dive into the recent clash between 140lb knockout artists Subriel Matias (the IBF light-welterweight champ, now 20-1, 20KOs) and heavy-handed Uzbe...

Bye Bye Benny

Arman Tsarukyan really lived up to the promise and athletic ability he's flashed over the last couple of years with a stunning and brutual kayo of Beneil Dariush early on in the fight, in just abou...

Was this the fight of the year?

O'Shaquie Foster (20-2, 12 KOs going into this one) put on a masterful performance against a top quality and game challenger in Eduardo 'Rocky' Hernandez (an intimidating 34-1, 31 KOs prior to this...

Buakaw vs. Saenchai was a really weird fight

All my thoughts on the bizarre bareknuckle Muay Thai bout between two combat sports legends: Buakaw Banchamek and Saenchai Sor Kingstar/P.K Saenchai Muaythaigym etc. 

What will the future hold for ONE Championship? And goodbye Bellator

Lots to talk about this week. One of ONE Championship's brightest stars, Jonathan Haggerty first, and his recent fight with kickboxing-mixed martial artist Fabricio Andrade. Then, the bombshell sto...

Bonus Episode: UFC 295

A bonus episode here as I look at all the fights that tickled my fancy from UFC 295 including a sleeper that might just be my favourite of the year so far! So whether it's Alex Pereira's legacy and...