The Pull No Punches Podcast Ep. 26 – When Will the Next Great Legend Emerge, UFC Sacramento Preview, UFC 239

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 interv…

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, Kajan Johnson and Shakiel Mahjouri break down the week’s MMA action. Johnson reveals what it was like preparing Ryan Hall for his fight with Darren Elkins at UFC Sacramento, and his belief that MMA will one-day again produce fighters who are levels ahead of their opponents, like Anderson Silva, Fedor Emelianenko, Jon Jones and Georges St-Pierre. The hosts also reflect on a momentous UFC 239 and look forward to UFC Sacramento.

Discussion Points:

  • 0:11 – Phil Baroni stripping stories
  • 2:05 – UFC 239 recap
  • 8:40 – Will MMA ever see dominant champions again?
  • 14:25 – Preparing Ryan Hall for Darren Elkins at UFC Sacramento
  • 18:25 – Why Shak gets mad at UFC 3
  • 22:45 – UFC Sacramento preview
  • 25:25 – Should Luke Rockhold retire?

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*Intro/Outro music for the audio broadcast has been provided by OxBow, starring Eugene S. Robinson.