Coast 2 Coast Combat Hour

Matt rubs Fedor's victory in Ed's face while they look at what happened over back to back events. Also, Ed got coincidentally got his copy of "Before a Fall: A History of Pride Fighting Championships" just before watching the heavyweight grand prix come to an end and gives his first impressions of the book. Also, the author himself Lee Daly drops in to give his Bellator 208 impressions and how Fedor fighting the same week as the book release was a happy coincidence. Link to buy book: https://amzn.to/2CltvqP --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed recap the madness that ended UFC 229 and talk about the back-to-back Bellator events with 207 and 208 and the heavyweight tournament. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed look at the UFC 229 fight card and discuss the recent news of UFC 230 finally having a main event. Also Uri of the MMA Community site drops in to talk Bellator 206. Not for the kiddies this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

The co-founder and co-owner of the MMA Community forum, whom user's know as "Wild", jumps on to talk about ups and downs of running an MMA forum and discuss Bellator 205, 206, UFC Sao Paolo and what's going on with UFC 230. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Boxing correspondent Daniel Zaldivar jumps on the podcast to talk about Canelo/ GGG 2 and his new podcast, "The Last Round" which he co-hosts with Michael Shepherd. They also discuss other recent rumblings from the Marquess of Queensberry rule-set in combat sports. The Last Round podcast: https://audioboom.com/posts/7002452-p... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CombatHour --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Mason joins Matt and Ed to talk about his recent win over at Epic Fighting last month and his journey in MMA. Also, the three of them will remark on what happened at UFC 228 and what seems to be ahead for the remainder of the year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed give thoughts and predictions for UFC 228 and speculate about UFC 230. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CombatHour The MMA Community Forum: https://themmacommunity.com/ Host site: http://www.theblogboardjungle.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed do a quick recap of the UFC Lincoln event and had an opportunity to interview MMA Pro League President Mark Taffet talking about the inaugural event September 15. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed speak with Lee Daly who has researched and interviewed a lot of people to produce a book about Pride Fighting Championships. If you have been following MMA as long as Matt and Ed have, this book and episode is for you. Indie go-go link for book| https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/before-a-fall-a-history-of-pride-fc#/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed are joined by Mike Pendleton who contributes with Ed over at MyMMANews.com as well as BJPenn.com and Combat Press. He also co-hosts his own podcast and stays up to date on all the recent MMA that has gone on outside of the UFC. We talk about the upcoming UFC Lincoln event and what MMA fighters and promotions can do to grow the sport even more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Virgil Zwicker returns to update us on his fight schedule and Matt and Ed look at the fights that happened during a UFC free weekend. Also, Matt recaps this past weekend's RIZIN event and Ed will be busy with PFL 6 on the east coast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed talk about the UFC 25th Anniversary Press Conference and UFC 227. Also, the Bellator welterweight tournament bracket was announced and there are some interesting matches coming this fall. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Some catch-up and UFC 227 predictions which Matt will be on deck for this weekend. The Coast 2 Coast guys also discuss DAZN, and some recent MMA since the last episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

After a big 4th of July weekend's worth of fights and drama, Matt and Ed speak with Dr. Jon Lucas, a martial artist, and ringside physician about weight cutting, Max Holloway, and health in combat sports. BONUS INTERVIEW at the 47 mark. Up and coming flyweight Erin Blanchfield (1-0) speaks on her upcoming Invicta FC 30 debut on 7/21. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Busy week on both coasts for Matt and Ed. Matt was at EBI Sunday in Cali, Ed was at the Bellator press conference in NYC and Matt will be at Bellator 201 this Friday. Big Bellator week and lots to talk about. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Matt and Ed are joined by author Dave Greenberg whose book "Sit Down, Shut Up, You're Going to Win This Thing" just made Amazon's best sellers list. Greenberg is also a former MMA fighter and an old training partner of Ed's. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Saad Awad faces Ryan Couture at Bellator 201 and he takes some time before the fight takes place 6/29 to talk to Matt and Ed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

He's broke a lot of news on The Contender Series line-ups and does a lot of work keeping fight fans informed of what's up next in the MMA world. Nolan King joins the guys this week on the podcast to talk Contender Series news and what he saw when he covered the UFC event in Utica New York. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Jon Jones shares his name with UFC fighter, Jon "Bones" Jones join Matt and Ed to talk about how a case of mistaken identity and trolling became one of the most positive experiences in his life. He also lets us know who Jon Jones really is while having a few laughs with the Coast 2 Coast Combat Hour guys. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support

Former pro fighter and MMA Community Member Johnny Hughes comes to talk about the early days of the fight game and give some predictions for Bellator 200. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coast-2-coast-combat-hour/support