King Nate Diaz Makes Moves & Ruiz Butterbean Apology – IF I DID IT

Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond. Join your host, the indubitable Alexei Auld, author of “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procr…

Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond.

Join your host, the indubitable Alexei Auld, author of “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators”, and his guests, the illustrious John S. Nash, Bloody Elbow Financial Analyst Columnist and the man who knows everyone and everything about the history of MMA, and of course rounding out the team we have the infamous Eugene S. Robinson, from ozy.com, the OZY CONFIDENTIAL PODCAST and author of “Fight, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You Would Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking”; Collectively, your MMA Puncholes.

This week The Puncholes feature…

  • You’re Nate Diaz. Why are you really moving from lightweight and a trilogy match with Conor McGregor, live and in public, if you will? – 0:50 video, 1:10 audio
  • You’re Stephen A. Smith. Do you owe Heavyweight Boxing Champ Andy Ruiz Jr. an apology for calling him Butterbean? – 12:06 video, 12:28 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: LEGION OF DOOM – 19:32 video, 19:52 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: LOST BATTALION – 22:20 video, 22:41 audio

*timestamps reflect times on both the VIDEO & AUDIO podcasts.

“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet, because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”


Welcome to another episode of IF THE SHOES FIT; a show where we solve salacious situations by stepping into the shoes of the shaken…the chagrined…the kerfuffed! Join along while Alexei, Eugene and John discuss PR issues in the non-MMA world…

Now let’s get to stepping!

  • Step into the shoes of Super Happy Fun America. When your plan for a Straight Pride Parade in Boston went viral, you went silent. Why has your march of pride turned into a walk of shame, live and in public, if you will? – 0:41 video, 25:52 audio
  • Step into the shoes of Hope Hicks. Why did you defy our President by agreeing to turn over documents from his presidential campaign to Congress? – 12:54 video, 38:02 audio
  • Step into the shoes of Prince Harry. Why didn’t you do more when Donald Trump dissed your wife days before storming into your palace and eating your food? – 21:51 video, 47:00 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: LEGION OF DOOM – 25:58 video, 51:09 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: MISTYAF – 26:45 video, 51:55 audio

*timestamps reflect times on both the VIDEO & AUDIO podcasts.

“Until next week, no matter how tight, loose, or uncomfortable, remember these words: on this show, the shoes always fit, so we can never acquit.”


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*intro/outro music on the SoundCloud production of If I Did It/If the Shoes Fit was provided by OxBow, starring Eugene S. Robinson.

The MMA Puncholes, Nate Wilcox, Alexei Auld, Eugene Robinson, John Nash, Stephie Haynes
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The MMA Puncholes: Nate Wilcox, Alexei Auld, Eugene Robinson, John Nash, Stephie Haynes