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The MMA Insiders Podcast Episode 35

The MMA Report Staff

On this week’s edition of The MMA Insiders Podcast, Jason Floyd and Sam Caplan start of the show by discussing the latest fight bookings in UFC and Bellator.The MMA Insiders Podcast

Following the quick news portion of the show, the guys discuss the accusations made by Kendall Grove on Bellator middleweight champion Brandon Halsey and Caplan explains how Bellator should handle this situation.

In addition to talking about the Grove comments, they discussed UFC Fight Night 65, Melvin Guillard, big money fights in MMA, rumors of UFC being on the market, Jon Jones, injuries, and Reign Training Center closing their doors.

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  1. What about WSOF and Titan, etc having former UFC/ Bellator fighters? UFC has way more ex Bellator fighters fighting for them than former UFC fighters in Bellator. They’re tons of former UFC/ Bellator fighters fighting in every MMA promotion.

  2. WWE also has rehab center for their athletes. They even let other wrestlers from other promotions for example TNA wrestlers to their rehab.

    1. Kurt Angle entered WWE rehab last yr and he praises TNA for it, not the WWE. I hate when WWE pays for other promotions wrestlers. Also WWE has the most popular/ viewed youtube channel. That’s crazy.

      1. Btw I do not watch the WWE. I used to, but when it became PG I stopped watching. I just know this bc I saw it online.

  3. Btw Jason UFC did 55,724k at UFC 129 with a 12 million dollar gate. That was the most they’ve ever done. 2nd was Fox 14 30k attendance. But still you can’t compare that to boxing/ WWE.

  4. Btw what happened to Mike Easton? I’m surprised Titan/ Bellator or WSOF hasn’t signed him. Is he asking too much?

  5. I saw on your twitter the ratings for weidman vs Machida flashback. The Alvarez special that counter programmed 178 did about 500k viewers and Bellator’s PPV replay 890k. UFC showed 165 2 weeks after it happened on FS1 and it did 449k. That’s sad for the UFC. I know FS1 isn’t as established as Spike, but it’s the UFC they should be killing Bellator in the ratings. Bellator’s specials do more than UFC’s and their live events are similar ratings except for a few.

    1. And plus UFC goes on the easiest night for TV competition. Bellator goes on the toughest night.

      1. Here is the thing on ratings, while most people look at the overall number, the most important numbers is demographics. Also, what is the value of the ad rate card? Only people that know that number is networks and advertisers. That is not a number they are going to give out.

        1. I’m going on based on what I’m seeing/ hearing. As is most ppl. I hear some ppl saying there really isn’t a clear cut number 2 MMA promotion. When Strikeforce was around it was clearly number 2. With Bellator it’s not as popular and everybody wants it to fail.

  6. Do you see Viacom potentially buying the UFC if it were for sale? Maybe if it’s at the right price I think they would.

        1. I have heard the asking price. Viacom not going to put that much of an investment into MMA. You can own a NFL team for the price the UFC would sell for.

        2. Dana once said that the UFC is worth 3 billion. Lol, the Cowboys aren’t even worth that much. I’m guessing investers won’t even pay half that.

  7. Do you think Justin Gaethje could beat these three guys: Melendez/ Brooks/ Chandler? I think he’d lose to all three.

    1. Depends on how those three guys fought him. With what I have seen by those fighters recently, I think Gaethje has a better shot at beating Chandler and Melendez than Brooks.

      1. What about Gaethje vs Alvarez who do you think would win? Gaethje could barley beat Palomino he wouldn’t last against all 4 I mentioned IMO.

        1. Also Chandler/ Brooks/ Alvarez/ Melendez have fought way better competition.

    1. Have you read this article and what do you think of Lorenzo trying to convince ppl that it’s a great deal for fighters? I think it’s not working bc I def ain’t buying any of it.

  9. Are you gonna watch RFA vs Legacy 1 2moro night? I’m gonna record it and I never record any of the AXS TV fights. I just wish there were more promotions on AXS so they could do more of these cross promotions. Lot of promotion either left or went outta business. Maybe they could do Legacy vs CES or RFA vs CES in the future. One hw fight that I was looking forward got canceled for 2moro’s card.

    2. I will not be watching the RFA/Legacy card live. Will be recording it. Daniel Galvan will be covering the card for the site.

      I read the article that you posted earlier and I will give my comments on my show tomorrow. The guest on the show tomorrow are Brandon Halsey, Kendall Grove, and JD Domengeaux. I may have one other guest and Aronson will not be on the show this week. He will be on the show soon to discuss everything Titan FC.

      1. Can you interview Halsey and Grove at the same time? That would be awesome. Or is it recorded interviews?

  10. Who do you have scheduled for 2moro Jason? If you’re talking to Jeff Aronson don’t forget to ask him my 3 ?’s

  11. Do you think that Winston and Mariota can be franchise QB’s and at the highest level in the NFL?

    1. For me, I prefer a pro-style QB like Winston. A lot of factors in the success of a QB

      1. For me it would be hard to pick between the two if I were a team with the 1st pick. I haven’t seen any highlights of them or seen them play so can’t say how good they are yet.

        1. Have you got to know Winston personally? I ask bc you travel with the Bucs and do radio broadcast. Do you also travel with them in training camp/ rookie mini camp?

        2. I have not met Winston personally at this time, but have followed his career since I am a FSU fan. I know people that have been around him.

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