Knee On Belly MMA Podcast

Episode 181: Full UFC 301 RECAP | UFC St. Louis Picks/Predictions | Goodbye, For Now

There's something that just feels right when the UFC is in Brazil and the fights are great! We hope everyone had a great weekend, but it's time to get to it! We start the episode off with a bit of unfortunate news regarding the podcast. Due to our lives's schedules and the ever-growing number of fights, we've decided to step away from weekly podcasting. This isn't us quitting as much as it is us getting a chance to figure out what will work best for all of us to continue to talk and fight with you all. While also still enjoying our own lives as we do this for free. We go more in-depth, but long story short, we will still be making IG, TikTok, and YouTube content, just taking a hiatus from the podcast on the weekly schedule that we've upheld for the better part of 2 years. I know that's a lot, but I promise we'll move into fun fight talk after. From there, we jump into our full UFC 301 recap. Starting off, we talk about Alexandre Pantoja's decision victory over Steve Erceg. We go at length about what could be next for Pantoja and the other contenders in the division. Next, we move into the co-main, which featured the return of the King of Rio, Jose Aldo, and man did he have a return! We have to discuss the idea of him returning to the UFC, as this was the last fight on his contract. We even talk about the possible route for him to get back to a title shot. Moving on, we give a full recap of the rest of the main card and some standout performances on the prelims, as Brazil's talent had a great showing! Next, we give our picks and predictions for UFC St. Louis, headlined by Derrick Lewis vs. Rodrigo Nascimento. We also previewed the co-main event of Joaquin Buckley and Nursulton Ruziboev. Lastly, we covered the news, which was light, but we talked about Shogun entering the UFC Hall of Fame, some fight announcements, and more. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe. And again, please give us a little grace as we take this short break. With huge PPVs coming up, there's no way we can stay away for long!

Episode 180: Alex Perez Bounces Back With Win Over Nicolau | UFC 301 Picks/Predictions | UFC Manchester Will Be Massive

Back from recovering from the UFC 300 hangover, we have another great episode, so let's get into it. We start things off with a huge win for Alex Perez with his knockout of Matheus Nicolau. This was a great bounce-back win for Perez, who saw his victory for the first time since 2020. But also, this win puts him in a great spot in the division with so many contenders either injured or coming off a loss. From there, we give a quick recap of the rest of the card. Some great fights and performances from names that we will be seeing on bigger cards in the future. Next, we move into our picks and predictions for UFC 301. We were doing so much picking and predicting with UFC 300 that we decided to just preview the main and co-main events. In the main event, we have Alexandre Pantoja defending his title against the fast-rising Steve Erceg. In the co-main, we have the return from retirement fight of the King of Rio himself, Jose Aldo. He will be greeted by the always-dangerous Jonathan Martinez. Lastly, we move into the news, where we catch up on two weeks worth of fight announcements, some weird actions by the NSAC, and the announcement of UFC 304 being in Manchester, England. We even expand a little bit about how huge we think the event will be with all of the UK talent on the roster currently! Like always, please be sure to rate, like, comment, and share.

Episode 179: Full UFC 300 RECAP | Alex Pereira Flatlines Hill | Max Holloway KO's Gaethje At The Buzzer | Conor McGregor Is Back

As MMA fans that go back to its early stages, we've been witness to a lot of cool things. Everything from super fights, double champs, comeback wins, great knockouts, careers being made, and even careers being ended. But I think we can speak for the MMA fandom in saying that UFC 300 was the greatest spectacle the sport has ever seen. So let's get started, because we got a lot to cover! Since we gave you picks and predictions for the whole card—all 13 fights—it's only right that we recap all 13! Starting with Alex Pereira flatlining Jamahal Hill to retain his 205-pound title. We even talk about what could be next for Alex. Between going up to heavyweight to chase being the first fighter to even hold belts at 3 weight classes or even who would make sense for him at light heavyweight. From there, we talk about some key performances from Zhang Weili, Max Holloway knocking out Justin Gaethje to essentially give himself a plethora of options, and Arman Tsarukyan putting himself in place to challenge Islam Makhachev. We also talk about some other huge performances on the prelims as well; like I said, we recap everything! With no fights this coming weekend, we will be taking next week off but will be back the following week to get you all ready for UFC 301! Lastly, we cover a few things in the news, including the UFC getting new gloves, some huge fight announcements, including Makhachev vs. Poirier, the official return of Conor McGregor, and more! Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 178: Brendan Allen Edges Chris Curtis | UFC 300 Full Card Picks/Predictions | Jon Jones In Trouble Again?

What's going on, everyone? We have a huge episode for you, so let's get right to it! We start things off by giving our recap of UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis. This card was a little bit light on the meaningful fights, so the main event was the only fight we really spent time on. Brendan Allen ended up getting the decision win in the rematch with Chris Curtis. The fight was super close, and some people even dub it a fight of the year candidate. We spend a little bit of time talking about what could be next for Allen, who now has a crazy win streak and is searching for a title shot. From there, we move into the meat and potatoes of the episode. We give our picks and predictions for the whole UFC 300 card! That's right, not just the main card, not just the prelims, even the early prelims! We weren't even sure if we would be able to get it all done in one episode, but we powered through and locked in picks for all 13 fights! Finally, we cover a few things in the news, including Jon Jones possibly being in trouble again, some fight announcements, and more. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 177: Manon Fiorot Stamps Title Shot With Win Over Blanchfield | UFC Atlantic City RECAP | Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis Picks/Predictions | Will Tom Aspinall Fight For Undisputed Title Next?

We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Let's get into this week's episode! We start things off by talking about Manon Fiorot's huge win over Erin Blanchfield. Not only talking about how well she fought in this fight, but even what she could bring to a fight against the champion. From there, we get into Joaquin Buckley taking advantage of his opportunity to defeat Vincente Luque and what his potential is for the welterweight division. Unfortunately, as we do the rest of our Atlantic City recap, we have to spend more time than we'd like discussing the two standout takeaways: eye pokes and sketchy refereeing. After that, we jump into our picks and predictions for this coming weekend's fight night, headlined by Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis. This is another card that we are only highlighting for one fight, but trust us, next week we pick for every single fight on UFC 300! Lastly, we get into the news, and there are some cool topics we discuss. Among them were some huge fight announcements regarding Robert Whittaker, Brandon Moreno taking a hiatus, if we think Tom Aspinall's next fight will be for the undisputed title, and much more! Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 176: Rose Namajunas Scores Bounce Back Win Over Ribas | Erin Blanchfield vs Manon Fiorot Picks/Predictions | UFC Antitrust Settlement Reactions

We hope everyone is having a great week, and we hope to get it started off right with a fun episode! We start things off talking about the main event performance for Rose Namajunas as she gets back in the win column. We also discuss what this win does for Thug Rose, as she is still relatively new to the flyweight division. We also spend a little bit of time talking about the rest of the card. Although it was not star-studded, there were still some great performances. But one of the not-so-great performances even prompted our very own Nate to go on a bit of a tangent, addressing regions needing to evolve in the MMA landscape. From there, we move on to making our picks and predictions for this coming weekend's UFC Fight Night Atlantic City. We give picks for the main event, which features Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot, and the co-main, featuring Vincente Luque vs. Joaquin Buckley. We even dropped an exclusive, impromptu announcement about our plans for UFC 300! Lastly, we jump into some news. We talk about a wide range of things, including the UFC antitrust lawsuit being settled, the Conor McGregor fight timeline, and Bellator announcements. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 175: Tuivasa Suffers Fourth Straight Loss To Tybura | UFC Vegas 88 Judging Robbery | Ribas vs Namajunas Picks/Predictions | How Did Erceg Leap Mokaev?

We know that these aren't the most exciting weeks, but we cover them all! This episode starts off with us talking about Marcin Tybura getting a huge win over Tai Tuivasa via rear naked choke. This is Tai's fourth straight loss, all by finish. We also recap the rest of the main card, including the eye poke that led to a no contest, OSP getting back on track, and GM3 getting his 7th submission win in the UFC. One fight that got some individual attention was Christian Rodriguez's split decision win over Isaac Dulgarian. This fight felt like it was all Dulgarian the first 2 rounds, but he faded in the 3rd, leaving room for Rodriguez to push in the 3rd. This fight led to a lot of online chatter, causing us to start a new segment called "X Gonna Give It Ya," where we read off some responses to fights from X. From there, we give our picks and predictions for this weekend's Ribas vs. Namajunas fight night main event. Lastly, we jump into the news, which features topics such as Steve Erceg leaping Mohammad Mokaev for the next shot at Pantoja, Conor getting restless to fight, the return of Jose Aldo, and more. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 174: UFC 299 RECAP | Sean O'Malley Dominates | Is Dustin Poirier In Line For Title? | Ngannou Vs Joshua Reactions | Tuivasa vs Tybura Picks/Predictions

We previewed UFC 299 as if it was going to be one of the greatest nights of fighting we've seen, and it did not disappoint! What's up everyone? We hope you all had a good weekend. This episode is a long one, with so much to talk about with UFC 299 and more, so let's get to it. We start things off by talking about the amazing performance by Sean O'Malley in his win over Chito. We also talk about what could and should be next for him as he keeps showing improvement and building himself into a star. Next in the co-main, we talk about Dustin Poirier and his huge knockout win. Even touching on what this means for his last run for the title and where this win puts in terms of title contenders. Following that, we give a full main card recap and even touch on a few prelim results. From there, we give our picks and predictions for this coming weekend's fight night card, headlined by Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura. Lastly, we jump into the news. There we cover everything from our reactions to the Ngannou and Joshua fight, a new member in the UFC Hall of Fame, a weird happening at the PFL Europe event, and more. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 173: Muhammad Mokaev Next For Flyweight Title After Perez Win? | UFC 299 Picks/Predictions (FULL CARD) | Israel Adesanya Wanted UFC 300, Du Plessis Said No

We are less than a week away from the huge UFC 299 card, but before it all goes down, we have to talk about some things. This episode starts off with a recap of the Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev fight night card. In the main event, Biggy Boy came away with a big win, but it was a few fights before that had the most at stake. We recap most of the main card, but we do give some focus to Muhammad Mokaev's win over Alex Perez and discuss if this win earned him the next shot at Alexandre Pantoja. From there, we give our picks and predictions for the full main card of UFC 299! This card includes huge fights featuring Sean Omalley verse Chito Vera, Dustin Poirier verse Benoit Saint Denis, and many more big names. We honestly could have previewed all of the prelims as well! We actually do spend a little time talking about a few fights because some of them would be fight night main events. From there, we move into the news, which included some clarity on what's next for the featherweight title, Israel Adesanya saying he was offered the UFC 300 main event but DDP declined, and even some thoughts on Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.

Episode 172: Brandon Royval and Brian Ortega Upset In Mexico City | Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Shamil Gaziev Picks/Predictions | PFL vs Bellator Recap | Who Will Francis Ngannou Fight Next?

After Saturday night, we only have one thing to say: Viva La Mexico! We hope everyone had a great weekend, and when there's two great cards on the same night, how could it not be? We start things off with the upsets in the main and co-main events. In the main event, we saw Brandon Royval win what we are branding "The Brandon Bowl" with his split decision victory over Brandon Moreno. And not to be outdone, Brian Ortega's 3rd round submission victory over Yair Rodriguez was also impressive! We also talk about the other standout performances; needless to say, Mexico has a wealth of talent, and it was on display the whole night. From there, we move into our picks and predictions for this Saturday's UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev. There are some great fights on the card as well, so we highly suggest tuning in. Next, we move into the news, where we recap the PFL vs. Bellator Championship. This card was everything they could have hoped for, and then some. Within the results, we also discuss what could be next for Francis Ngannou, as he was slated to face the winner of the main event but also has big boxing opportunities on the horizon. We finish up with topics like Leon Edwards three opponents being revealed, UFC 306 being at the Sphere, and more. Like always, please be sure to like, comment, rate, and subscribe.