MMA Tete-A-Tete: Old lions vs young lions, BJ Penn, Shogun Rua...Eugene and Kid Nate talk UFC on Fox 5

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I’m back with another installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse. Eugene S. Robinson author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking is my counter-part for this edition.

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Topics covered include:

The old lions (BJ Penn, Mauricio Rua) vs the young lions (Rory MacDonald, Alexander Gustafsson)
Eugene and I are both old but we split in how we see these fights. Who will win? The lions of the future or the lions of the past?
The return of Mike Swick
The undercard — which fights do we care about?
Jeremy Stephens vs. Yves Edwards/
The return of the legally challenged Stephens prompts a discussion of “MMA Goon Culture”, crime, violence and sport.

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

MMA Tete-A-Tete: Old lions vs young lions, BJ Penn, Shogun Rua…Eugene and Kid Nate talk UFC on Fox 5

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