Your hosts Shak Mahjouri & former UFC fighter, Kajan Johnson, are here each week on Saturday’s at 2pm CST as “MMA’s most colorful and entertaining personalities”. They will present you an hour of MMA content, varying from fighter interviews to discussions on current MMA Topics.
Your hosts Shak Mahjouri & former UFC fighter, Kajan Johnson are here each week on Saturday’s at 2pm CST as “MMA’s most colorful and entertaining personalities”. They will present you a half hour or so of MMA content, varying from fighter interviews to discussions on current MMA Topics.
This week on the show, Nick Newell joins the podcast. The fan-favorite fighter reflects on his loss on “Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender’s Series” and teases a big announcement coming soon. He also talks about the viral Area 51 jokes, fighting with one hand, motivational speaking and more.
Discussion Points:
- 0:51 – Storming Area 51
- 3:13 – Nick Newell’s love of memes
- 3:55 – Running a gym and making hard coaching decisions
- 8:55 – Why Nick Newell retired
- 13:30 – Fighting injured
- 17:50 – Losing on “Contender’s Series”
- 22:45 – Nick Newell’s fighting future
- 23:00 – Fighting with one hand
- 26:10 – Motivational speaking
- 28:00 – Internet meme culture
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*Intro/Outro music for the audio broadcast has been provided by OxBow, starring Eugene S. Robinson.