After taking a week off, Submission Radio returns with another fun, action-packed show, featuring interviews with Luke Rockhold, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Conor McGregor training partner Dillon Danis, and a roundtable discussion with Damon Martin 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!
– Luke Rockhold returns to the program (at the 41:22 mark) to discuss:
- His fight against Ronaldo Jacare Souza at UFC Melbourne
- The initial contract dispute
- Chael Sonnen going to Bellator and fighters having alternative options
- Who he was originally offered to fight at UFC 205
- Thoughts on fighting in Australia again
- Michael Bisping’s performance against Dan Henderson at UFC 204
- Bisping’s post-fight promo to the whole middleweight division and wanting Georges St-Pierre next
- Believing that Bisping is avoiding the elite competition at 185
- His and Jacare’s first meeting in Strikeforce and if he feels like he needs to prove anything about the fight
- His evolution as a fighter since the Strikeforce days
- Jacare calling him scared and not letting this one go to a decision
- Why he expects a title shot after this fight, and more!
– Joanna Jedrzejczyk returns (at the 3:43 mark) to discuss:
- Her upcoming fight against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor
- Her relationship with Karolina and what she saw in her eyes during their staredown
- Their amateur fight in 2012 and having the opportunity to give another undefeated fighter their first pro loss
- If anybody in the division impresses her
- Moving her training camp to American Top Team in Florida and what it’s like training with her old rival Valerie Letourneau
- Ronda Rousey facing her teammate Amanda Nunes at UFC 207
- Ronda getting an immediate title shot off a KO loss and why Joanna disagrees with Julianna Pena’s complaints
- Her sneaker collection and how many she’ll bring to New York, and lots more!
– BJJ black belt under Marcelo Garcia and training partner of Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis, makes his first appearance on Submission Radio (at the 21:30 mark) to discuss:
- The preparations for McGregor’s fight against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205
- How much McGregor’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has improved since the first Nate Diaz fight at UFC 196
- What it was like the first time he rolled with the Irishman
- Eddie Alvarez potentially using a wrestling-heavy gameplan and how McGregor will stop it
- Rumors of McGregor taking time off or even retiring after UFC 205
- His wins at the IBJJF No Gi Pan Am
- When he’ll make his MMA debut in the UFC
- Potential opponents such as Nate Diaz
- Wanting to be the next Demian Maia or Royce Gracie, and lots more!
– Damon Martin (Fox Sports) returns (at the 1:00:15 mark) to discuss some of the big stories in MMA, such as:
- Who really won in the rematch between Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson at UFC 204
- Bisping wanting GSP next and what makes sense next for the middleweight division
- Conor McGregor threatening never to fight in Nevada again after getting fined $150,000 dollars by the Nevada State Athletic Commission
- Ronda Rousey vs. Amanda Nunes officially being set for UFC 207 and if Rousey deserved the immediate title shot despite her KO loss to Holly Holm
- Julianna Pena’s frustration with the UFC and the recent trend of fighters like Luke Rockhold, Al Iaquinta and Khabib Nurmagomedov standing up to the promotion
- What TV shows Damon has recently been getting into, and more!
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