My home office is NEARLY complete so I’ll hold off on doing a new episode until then, but I will 100% be ready to talk ALL about UFC 295 this coming weekend. I also want to talk about the excelle...
2023-11-08 14:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostYes, indeed it's a what the fuck moment as Francis Ngannou did the unthinkable and competed with Tyson Fury on a technical level. That's what was most impressive about this fight,...
2023-10-29 13:48:18 +0000 UTC View PostYes, really! I reacted to UFC 294 from the opening prelims to the main event. Pre-fight predictions. Yep. Post-fight reactions. You betcha. Round-by-round analysis. Sure. Live commentary. You got i...
2023-10-21 20:24:15 +0000 UTC View PostI have covid so no Guide to Pride this week as my voice is all raspy. Will hopefully bounce back in time for podcast this coming weekend. I hear there are some fights worth talking about…
2023-10-16 06:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Yo! Whilst unpacking some of my boxes from moving, I found a single A4 print-out tucked into a big art book.
It’s an article I remember paying for (can you believe that!) from The New...
2023-10-08 18:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostAnd some chatter about Fury vs. Usyk apparently being signed, sealed, but not quite delivered! Also some other big lads threw down this past weekend and Floyd Mayweather made a bit of a twat of him...
2023-10-02 18:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostSo yeah, thanks for bearing with me the last two weeks! I understand it's been barren for content whilst the word of combat sports has been anything but, so I hope this look at some of the highligh...
2023-09-24 12:59:15 +0000 UTC View PostWhat a bizarre weekend for combat sports. K-1 shit the bed again, Israel Adesanya shit the bed again (and Sean Strickland pissed all over it as well) and Fabricio Werdum nearly lost an eyelid!
2023-09-10 15:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostLengthy title...guess I should've just called it 'Lots of news and a couple of fights' but whatever.
If your preferred podcast platform doesn't like that title for whatever reason, a summary ...
2023-09-03 16:12:29 +0000 UTC View PostBefore I get to Oleksandr Usyk's 9th-round stoppage of Daniel Dubois (with special guest HaXxorIzed) I take a gander at the UF...
2023-08-27 10:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostThere were a fair amount of people picking Sean O'Malley to dethrone Aljamain Sterling, but I wasn't one of them. But how did O'Malley do it and what does his performance tell us about not just him...
2023-08-20 13:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, I dissect the three big heavyweight fights from DAZN's shambles of a boxing card, and look into what they might mean for the division going forward. Then a bit of a sad section as I talk...
2023-08-13 18:40:57 +0000 UTC View PostBad language warning for this one if you dare listen to this on the school run!
Fights covered: Anthony Joshua versus Dillia--wait, a sec', versus Robert Helenius? Okay then...
'Bud' Crawford made the strongest case yet for his sitting atop the pound-for-pound rankings but just how was he able to dismantle Errol Spence in this way?
Justin Gaethje overcome some ol' d...
2023-07-30 19:08:21 +0000 UTC View PostBoxing superstar Naoya 'Monster' Inoue has won world titles at 108, 115 and 118 pounds and is seen by many as not just the biggest puncher in the sport but its best fighter pound-for-pound. But is ...
2023-07-23 11:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostYo, hope everyone’s good? Thanks for your new & continued support, much appreciated as always.
Going to drop a preview for Inoue-Fulton tomorrow on this here Patreon feed. Then I am goi...
2023-07-22 10:07:32 +0000 UTC View Post...and another title fight too!
LOADS to talk about as UFC 290 was a bloody nice card overall, even if one of my all-time faves retired and another of my all-time faves suffered a bad loss.&n...
2023-07-09 11:19:37 +0000 UTC View PostTen years ago today! I can't believe I'm typing that, but it's true (depending on when you're reading this of course) and it's always strange when a fight you watched at the time becomes a hist...
2023-07-06 05:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJust as an update in precisely (because why not?) 12hr33min after I post this (so 06:01 U.K. time and 01:01 EST) the new episode of ‘Combat, Chronicled’ will drop!
In case you hadn't figu...
2023-07-05 16:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostHello to all of you! Just as an update there will be a BRAND NEW audio documentary coming to the Patreon later this week. Featuring contributions from Kenny Florian and Luke Thomas (who I interview...
2023-07-02 12:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostA mixed bag this one as I look at ACA, Bellator and UFC, before pivoting to a thorough look back at a lower-weight clash between two legendary boxers which turned 100 this week. It's a fight and to...
2023-06-21 17:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I decided to write many thousands of words about the 100 year anniversary of Pancho Villa versus Jimmy Wilde. One of the most significant lower-weight title fights in history featuring two bona fid...
2023-06-21 06:49:33 +0000 UTC View PostInterviewing a special guest tomorrow for an upcoming project, and then will get out a bonus episode for you all. There are five fights I want to look at (all MMA, all from the past couple of days)...
2023-06-18 16:23:04 +0000 UTC View PostCovering all of the three 'main' combat sports we tend to talk about this week, as what should've been a super-fight (but ended up a weird one) took place in the world of boxing, and two fan-favour...
2023-06-11 10:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostYo, yo, yo how's it going? Good I hope?!
To any new patrons WELCOME and thanks very much for signing up. For any existing patrons as always, much appreciated and much love to you all.
J...
2023-05-31 19:09:47 +0000 UTC View PostUFC 167 was the card, MGM Grand was the venue, and November 16th, 2013 was the date for the 170lb clash between defending champ GSP and future champ 'Bigg Rigg'.
But was the decision right? O...
2023-05-29 08:18:45 +0000 UTC View PostMore thoughts on Haney-Lomachenko (technical breakdown can be found on this week's episode of Heavy Hands) followed by my thoughts on a new Japanese prodigy emerging in Junto Nakatani and then taki...
2023-05-25 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first ‘proper’ article I ever wrote, after a couple of years writing forum posts that had featured more and more detail over time!
Now, to say I’m dismayed at the pros...
2023-05-13 12:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostThree different combat sports take the stage for this week's bonus episode, as I look at the rubber match between Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson and Adriano Moraes, before looking at a really fu...
2023-05-10 18:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post