UFC 236 Fallout: Poirier vs Khabib or Conor? Bones vs Israel? – 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. Where yet AGAIN, this week we discuss more Conor McGregor fallout. Join your host, the indubitable Alexei Auld, author of …

Welcome to IF I DID IT where we analyze and solve PR kerfuffles from the MMA world (insert hand gesture) not beyond. Where yet AGAIN, this week we discuss more Conor McGregor fallout.

Join your host, the indubitable Alexei Auld, author of “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators”, and his guests, the great Kid Nate, Bloody Elbow General Manager and the creator of The Let it Roll Podcast, 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 Jon Jones. As the GOAT, what is the PR value in beefing with Interim Middleweight Champ Israel Adesanya, live and in public, if you will? – 0:54 video, 1:12 audio
  • You’re the OOF-SEE. Is it in your best interest to match Lightweight Champ Dustin “the Diamond” Poirier in a rematch against Conor McGregor OR Khabib, to unify the lightweight championship? – 7:25 video, 7:45 audio
  • You’re ESPN. Do you need to make amends for your UFC 236 ordering debacle? – 12:50 video, 13:10 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: HEEL TURN – 15:51 video, 16:09 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: LOST BATTALION – 17:21 video, 17:39 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! This week: French Billionaire Notre Dame Bailout and Follow the Bern? Join along while Alexei, Eugene and Nate discuss PR issues in the non-MMA world…

Now let’s get to stepping!

  • Step into the shoes of a French Billionaire. Your publicly pledging hundreds of millions of Euros to rebuild Notre Dame, live and in public, if you will, is making you appear as a gauche Gaul. Do you need to make any PR moves to prevent open hand begging from turning into….SACRE BLEU…open hand slapping? – 0:40 video, 24:40 audio
  • Step into the shoes of the DNC. Who among your crowded Democratic 2020 candidates should follow the Bern with their own Fox News Town Hall? – 7:07 video, 31:07 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: HEEL TURN – 16:24 video, 40:24 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: MISTYAF – 18:33 video, 42:34 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