• The Worst of 2024: Pennington vs. Pena
    Dec 19 2024
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    You guys and gals are in for a real treat this episode, some of our finest work watching terrible fights so you don’t have to. It’s only Zane and Connor, as Phil was off stocking up on coal. Today’s triumvirate of terrible features some truly awful contests. Consider yourself forewarned.

    UFC 307 wasn’t a terrible card for the most part. Yes, we loved Pe…

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Champ Shit Only: The fall of Tony Ferguson
    Nov 28 2024
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    Tony Ferguson’s career plummet has concerned fans for years, but perhaps it’s his “champ shit” mindset that confounds everyone the most. Or maybe it’s a complete misunderstanding of his place in the MMA space. Another point of consternation for most analysts is the inability to change his game.

    Whatever the case may be, his downfall is illustrated in the…

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    40 mins
  • Bad Fight God: Dricus Du Plessis
    Aug 29 2024
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    Another off-week from UFC, another great episode of our terrific trio suffering through horrendous fights so you don’t have to. They really do love us. This time around, we get a quartet of miserable contests from none other than our reigning middleweight champion. The king of looking gassed until he’s won is in four separate stinkers, and we’re here to…

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    23 mins
  • Jackson-Wink Double Feature
    Jul 4 2024
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    Since this is an off-week for the UFC, you already know what that means—another hilarious episode of The MMA Depressed-us. With the retirements of both Andrei Arlovski and Michelle Waterson-Gomez, the boys figured this would be the perfect subject matter for today’s show. There’s no better way to kick off your 4th of July festivities than with a triple …

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    26 mins
  • The MMA Depressed-Us: Road House
    May 23 2024
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    Road House was the Little Engine that Could back in 1989, when it became a cult classic. “Pain don’t hurt” became the motto of every wannabe macho man on the planet. And then it got rebooted. They replaced the perfectly cast Patrick Swayze with a too-quick-witted Jake Gyllenhaal and gave the role of the big bad to UFC superstar Conor McGregor and made a…

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    36 mins
  • The MMA Depressed-Us: Imanari's decision losses
    Apr 18 2024
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    Phew! We haven’t had one of these in nearly three months. The UFC’s schedule has been absolutely insane, but now that we have this small break in their dismal Apex programming, we figured we’d bring you something to make you feel right at home. THREE MORE DISMAL FIGHTS! Because that’s exactly what you needed in your life.

    MMA Vivisection & 6th Round is a…

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    30 mins
  • Terrible title fights: Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia
    Jan 25 2024
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    We’re barely into the new year and UFC has already left us high and dry just two weeks after returning from a month-long drought. But lucky for you, our terrific trio are here to get you through this week with a re-watch of three godawful title fights. If the Apex were a thing back in the good old days, we’re certain this is where these three fights wou…

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    59 mins
  • The most depressing fights of 2023
    Jan 4 2024
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    2023 was a pretty wild year. The very first day saw UFC president Dana White slap his wife on camera and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the year. One thing that never changes is the sport’s ability to provide some of the greatest fights, and alternately, some of the worst. That’s why we’re here, to provide you with an unbiased (or maybe compl…

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    41 mins