Clash Of The Titans: Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo

Titans take the stage as Fight to Win 135 makes its way to Sacramento, California, on Saturday, January 18, with a main event between No. 2-ranked +99kg grappler Nick Rodriguez (Renzo Gracie Academy) and 2019 No-Gi Absolute World Champion and No. 4-ranked +99kg grappler, Victor Hugo (Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu). 

Drew Dober stopped by the Top Turtle Podcast to discuss his upcoming fight and more. 

Finally! UFC 246 is upon us and we’ve got all of the goods for you. 

Fight to Win 134 is kicking off the year in Scottsdale, Arizona bringing two of Arizona’s grappling all-stars in for a 170-pound no-gi main event: former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson against Marcio Andre. 

We keep the UFC 246 content coming this week with even more interviews and even more outlook on the year ahead. 

Flashback two years and Brian Kelleher was a 3-1 UFC fighter with tons of steam behind him. With the exception of getting caught by a craft arm bar from Marlon Vera, Kelleher had a seemingly flawless run highlighted by a dominant win over former pound-for-pound great Renan Barao. 

Rich Franklin had one of the most famous outside the cage jobs in history. Looking every bit the part, “Ace” taught high school math in Cincinnati prior to moving to MMA full-time. Franklin went on to become UFC middleweight champion and then Vice President of ONE Championship. 

The UFC is still a couple weeks away from coming back to us, but we’ve still got the goods for listeners this week. 

Although co-host Dave is away on holiday this weekend, that doesn’t mean we couldn’t bring you plenty of good MMA content. 

As the decade comes to a close, the MMA world looks back to everything that happened in the decade.