It certainly wouldn’t hurt. — The above question popped up on Quora and since I used to do concert security and was a bouncer in my younger days, I chimed in Times have changed since I frequented places that needed bouncers or have been requested to work as one, but generally, it seems you just…

Jon Jones and Alexa Grasso make history. Jon Jones has returned to the UFC and Alexa Grasso not only shocks the world but made history in the sport while doing it. That’s the thing about combat sports. The “puncher's chance” exists in more ways than just a punch. Coincidentally, both…

Fedor Emelianenko’s retirement put a stamp on a whole generation of MMA — As we enter the second month of the new year, we go to see something in MMA that made this young sport feel old, the announcement of a match-up for two guys that need it, and an undermarketed UFC pay-per-view that should have more eyeballs on it. Those are the…

It’s been an interesting January, especially for the UFC. With news of the recent departure of Francis Ngannou from the UFC, Brandon Moreno’s title win, and Slap Leagues’ bad ratings, the hits keep on coming for the UFC (in more ways than one) but somehow they keep moving ahead. I’ve…

It’s safe to say MMA has officially crossed over in 2022 — By the time some of you read this, we’ll already be in 2023. *We’ll know who won the Bellator vs RIZIN event in Japan, you’ll start looking ahead at your 2023 schedule, (or combat sports schedule like I do), and have some personal goals in mind for what you want…

Price Hikes, Co-promotion, and Ali Act First things first. If this edition of the newsletter looks a little different to some of you, it’s because Revue is shutting down. Revue was Twitter’s newsletter writing tool that this thing started on and was easily published there and here on Medium. …

Content creator & journalism can co-exist in combat sports Paddy Pimblett said earlier this week that Ariel Helwani was “not a journalist anymore, you’re a content creator.” Which is perfectly fine for a sport that consists of half-naked human beings trying to best each other in martial arts locked in…

True champions under the radar We’re winding down to the last few events of the year. 2022 has been interesting in MMA, a lot if fighters have hung up their gloves, and many new ones made fantastic debuts. It’s crazy, but this year had me talk to many new up-and-coming…

Insert soap box here. — This is the last one on the subject I swear! This week on Coast-2-Coast Combat Hour Matt and I got to catch up on current news. We talked about Jake Paul’s win over Anderson Silva, ONE Championship coming to the U.S. …