Submission Radio is back with another action-packed show, featuring interviews with Chael Sonnen, Gunnar Nelson, coach Mike Winkeljohn, and a roundtable discussion with Elias Cepeda of Fox Sports.
As always, the video above features clickable annotations and timestamps, and below is a rundown of what to expect on the episode. We hope you enjoy the show!
Chael Sonnen returns to the program (at the 53:13 mark) to discuss Justin Gaethje’s dominant performance at WSOF 29, how Gaethje would do in the UFC against top 10 lightweights, if his exciting style could potentially shorten his career, Conor McGregor losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 and what it does for his career, Miesha Tate choking out Holly Holm and why Holly shouldn’t have taken the fight in the first place, Anderson Silva’s recent loss and place in the middleweight division, his grappling match against Bisping at UR Fight, if he’s coming out of retirement and more.
Gunnar Nelson returns (at the 30:07 mark) to discuss his fight against Albert Tumenov at UFC Rotterdam, what advantages he has over the Russian and if he believes he can outstrike him, how the loss to Demian Maia affected him and what he learned, who should get the next title shot at welterweight, what went wrong for Conor McGregor against Nate Diaz, the extreme weight cuts Conor will have to endure to stay at featherweight, MMA’s obsession with weight cutting and being bigger in the cage, Deadpool the movie, and more.
Coach Mike Winkeljohn returns (at the 2:59 mark) to discuss Holly Holm’s loss to Miesha Tate, Dana White’s comments on Holly mistakenly not waiting for the Ronda Rousey rematch, if Carlos Condit is and closer to returning and who he’d like to face, Jon Jones’ preparation for the Daniel Cormier rematch at UFC 197, Jones getting in Cormier’s head again, Alistair Overeem fighting Andrei Arlovski and how training will be split up, how hard it will be to watch both fighters take each other out, and lots more.
Elias Cepeda of Fox Sports discusses some hot topics in MMA (at the 1:15:55 mark), including Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice allegedly failing their Bellator 149 drug tests, the UFC’s Unstoppable press conference and which fights are most intriguing, if the UFC needs to create new stars, who Nick Diaz should face upon his return, if UFC 200 is too early for Conor McGregor to return and what other fights make sense for the card.
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