Lots talk about here including Matt Kona's trip to Clevleand for UFC 203, UFC Fight Night Hildago Texas, Edmond "The human waste pile" Tarverdyan, We start off with Bellator 161

202 is what's up this episode, we continue down the wormhole of UFC conspiracy, holy-shit-Rumble-Johnson, we discuss potential matches for the big event at Madison Square Garden, picks for UFC on Fox: Maia vs Condit, what's next for Woodley, what's next for Macgregor, what's next for Diaz, what's next fro Rumble...

Everything UFC 202, The Conor McGregor show forges mightily along, this episode gets max value out of the word "fuck", the Fretitta brother's well timed exit as a fighter's union begins to take shape, the silly new trend of newly crowned champions calling out less worthy/deserving opponents, MORE UFC 202, MORE McGregor, the UFC's middleweight monster's ball, the value (or lack thereof) in getting a championship strap, Rumble Johnson's new tag line: "Punch & Don't Stop Punching", and FINALLY, Nick welcomes Matt with open arms to the the dark side, to the wonderful world of UFC conspiracy theories!!!

Nick goes to Side Two Studio to visit Matt and catch up on the fallout from #UFConFox20 (now last) weekend's #UFC201 and a glance ahead to #UFCSLC and maybe even #UFC202 plus for the first time on MMAniacs Podcast Nick interviews UFC Hall of Fame inductee Pete Williams!!!

We talk post-UFC Sioux Falls, UFC 200, (mostly Michael Venom Page's knee KO) Bellator 158, EBI 7, Metamoris 7, Nick's complete lack of interest in the blurring of lines between MMA and professional wrestling and we chat with outstanding comedian Ted Pettingell!

Nick gets early word from a credible source that Anderson Silva will be replacing Jon Jones at UFC 200 and tweets his ass off about it, UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos/Alvarez, TUF 23 Season Finale, The monolithic UFC 200, The 2016 UFC Hall of Fame induction, the sale of the UFC, fighter salaries, betting on fights, picks for UFC Fight Night McDonald/Linekar and more!

This episode Nick & Matt discuss Bellator: Dynamite 2, the untimely passing of UFC alum Ryan Jimmo, the need for a nationwide/worldwide governing set of rules for MMA, the need for more competent refs & judges, a ref almost murders an MMA fighter using only his vast incompetence, CM Punk finally announces when & where his UFC debut will take place, (hint; The MMAniacs will be there), talk of Metamoris 7, more fights added to UFC 202 & 203

This episode our two hosts with the mosts both rank the July 7, 8, 9 title fights in order of their respective interest, Nick taps out to pneumonia, they discuss UFC Ottawa, EFN 50, The horror show that was Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado, the possible sale of the UFC, GSP announced he is ready to return to the UFC and may be returning to fight Bisping for the title, the boys announce they will be traveling to cover a major UFC event in a certain city until recently starved for titles, the ever-fickle state of the UFC heavyweight division, Bellator bolstering it's ranks with UFC expats. will Rory MacDonald be forever stuck at #2, donde esta Tim Kennedy?

This week Nick battles pneumonia, Matt battles the internet, Brok Lesnar & Mark Hunt will battle each other at UFC 200, UFC 199 post fight press conference, Luke Rockhold's sour grapes, UFC Ottowa including picks, there is an interview with Donny Villanueva from LCCT Shaumburg Ill a school becoming a goto gym to train functional BJJ in MMA, they currnetly train Ben Rothwell, Michael Chiesa, Juliana Pena, this episode also features interviews with long time UFC heavyweight standout Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga and the refueled, revitalized & hungry Tamdan "the Barncat" McCrory.

Immediately following UFC 199 Matt & Nick sat down to talk over the amazing card they had just witnessed, in the process discussing more UFC 200 news, namely the addition of Brock Lesnar, UFC 202 main event McGregor/Diaz 2, the potential for retirement of Dan Henderson & Uriah Faber, what's next for Jessica Andrage, THE NEW UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION Michael Bisbing, Rockhold's modeling aspirations, the induction of Don Frye into the UFC hall of fame and so much more. This one is a barn-burner. Do tune in!!!