The Co-main Event Podcast

Episode 300! Ben and Chad marvel, near-dumbfounded at Tony Ferguson’s late withdrawal from UFC 223 and his pending lightweight title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the major MMA organizations largely taking the weekend off, the Co-Main Event Podcast is back with an All Questions Considered episode. This week, Ben and Chad let the brave and generous sponsors of their Patreon page have first dibs at submitting questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Fabricio Werdum merely get caught slipping on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 127? Or does the 40-year-old former UFC champ’s knockout loss to Alexander Volkov forecast the end of Werdum’s time among the heavyweight elite? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Co-Main Event still has plenty of work to do, what with this week’s UFC Fight Night 127 coming up from London. In addition to that, there is Mirko CroCop’s surprising journey to Bellator MMA, which raises questions about whether Scott Coker and his merry band of misfit toys need to quickly decide which kind of MMA promotion they want to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Chad take on the Cris “Cyborg” Justino Show and whether it’s starting to get boring watching her starch some nobody every time out. In addition, they hold a requiem for The Old Man, after Frankie Edgar’s knockout loss to Brian Ortega over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Stephens scored a potentially big win over Josh Emmett on Saturday at UFC on Fox 28. How he got there is where things get interesting. Ben and Chad struggle over what to make of Stephens’ win, then spend a round trying to figure out if Conor McGregor is completely done fighting of it he’ll fight as many as two times in the UFC before 2018 is up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ALL QUESTIONS CONSIDERED ALERT! An entire show of answering your questions on every topic including Heather Hardy, Matt Mitrione, Derrick Lewis, Cowboy Cerrone and whether or not the UFC is an outdated fad that is about to dry up and blow away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UFC 221 featured uncomfortable close talking, pantomimed public urination, an egregious eye poke & a dude chugging beer out of a shoe. In other words, we finally reached perfection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s just say UFC Fight Night 125 did not go off with flying colors Saturday from Belem, Brazil. From the mild controversy of Lyoto Machida’s split decision win over “Ya Boi” Eryk Anders to the slightly more egregious display of Valentina Shevchenko beating up Priscila Cachoeira, this event was one likely best forgotten. You know, just not until you listen to this episode of the CME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest MMA news of the week arguably happened Sunday night, at the conclusion of WWE’s annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view. We all suspected Ronda Rousey might wash-up on WWE’s shores sooner or later but, boy, we didn’t expect the handshakes to be so awkward. Of course, Ben and Chad have to talk about Rousey’s conversion into a “full-time” WWE superstar as well as what all this might mean for any potential UFC return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stipe Miocic tossed a bundle of dynamite on the tracks in front of the Francis Ngannou hype-train. Daniel Cormier did Daniel Cormier things to Volkan Oezdemir. Rory MacDonald won the Bellator welterweight title from Douglas Lima. Chael Sonnen advanced to round two of the heavyweight grand prix with a win over Rampage Jackson. Nuff said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Chad do a little mop-up on UFC Fight Night 124 then look ahead to Rory MacDonald vs. Douglas Lima for the Bellator welterweight title before turning their attention to UFC 220's Daniel Cormier vs. Volkan Oezdemir for the light heavyweight title and the heavyweight title scrap pitting Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Chael Sonnen and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson scheduled to kick of the Tournament of Absolute Victory on January 20, the CME begins considering the implications immediately. In addition to Chael vs. Ramage, Ben and Chad also talk about whether or not it’s starting to seem like Conor McGregor needs to shit or get off the pot and also whether UFC executive Jeff Novitsky really ought to be going on various internet radio shows saying he believes Jones did not consciously mean to cheat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this show, your dudes talk about Cris “Cyborg” Justino’s first successful defense of her women’s featherweight crown, against Holly Holm, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s beatdown of Edson Barboza and look ahead to 2018 and what might happen in the UFC and Bellator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Follow one sport's most powerful man as he explores his own past, present and future, hoping to discover the true reason for the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rafael dos Anjos’ dominant win over Robbie Lawler at UFC on Fox 26 was yet another reminder to the Co-Main Event Podcast (or, at least, one half of it) to stop sleeping on dos Anjos. That actually tees Ben and Chad up nicely for this week’s show, wherein they discuss both dos Anjos’ win as well as the current awesome status of the welterweight “wilderness” (Ben’s word) and ask whether 170 pounds is the best thing MMA has going right now--even if Woodley doesn’t seem to notice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Ortega snatched Cub Swanson’s neck (twice) on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 123, perhaps along with it snatching future No. 1 contender status in the men’s featherweight division. This week, Ben and Chad search every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in T-City to break down how it happened. Oh, and did you hear Georges St-Pierre won’t defend the middleweight title after all? Sad but true. Don’t worry though, because Dana White is totally NOT MAD about it. Also, UFC on FOX 26 is this weekend, featuring Robbie Lawler vs. Rafael dos Anjos. So suffice to say there is a lot to talk about. All that, plus AYFKM and Just Sayin’ Stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Co-Main Event Podcast talks Max Holloway’s impressive third-round stoppage over Jose Aldo in the main event of UFC 218, Francis Ngannou’s knockout of Alistair Overeem and Conor McGregor's continued troubles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As feared, things turned even sadder this week for Michael Bisping. This week, your dudes talk about Bisping’s demise and then look ahead to such endeavors as Alvarez vs. Gaethje, Ngannou vs. Overeem and Holloway vs. Aldo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show of hands if a couple weeks ago you predicted that a boomerang toss would take up a good portion of Co-Main Event Podcast episode 282? Yeah, Ben and Chad did not see that coming either. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices