Conor McGregor Retires? – If I Did It

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By: Alexei Auld | 5 years ago
Conor McGregor Retires? – If I Did It
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Join your host, the indubitable Alexei Auld, author of “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration: A Snappy Guide for Creative Procrastinators”, and his guests, the great Kid Nate is back, Bloody Elbow Manager and the creator of The Let it Roll Podcast, and of course rounding out the team we have the infamous Eugene S. Robinson, from ozy.com, the OZY CONFIDENTIAL PODCAST and author of “Fight, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You Would Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking”; Collectively, your MMA Puncholes.

This week The Puncholes feature…

  • You’re the OOF-SEE (UFC). What are your PR plans in the wake of Conor McGregor’s “retirement” from MMA ‘live and in public IF YOU WILL?’ – 1:24 video, 1:41 audio
  • You’re the OOF-SEE again. Explain the PR behind placing Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo in the Bantamweight Title Fight? – 13:00 video, 13:18 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: HEEL TURN – 16:33 video, 16:50 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: LOST BATTALION – 19:58 video, 20:14 audio

“We’ll be back next week with another installment of If I Did It and we don’t know what we’ll be talking about yet, because the PR mistakes have yet to be made.”

*timestamps reflect times on both the VIDEO & AUDIO podcasts.


Welcome to another episode of IF THE SHOES FIT; a show where we solve salacious situations by stepping into the shoes of the shaken…the chagrined…the kerfuffed! This week: PR for ruined reputations. Join along while Alexei, Eugene and Nate discuss PR issues in the non-MMA world!

Now let’s get to stepping!

  • Step into the shoes of Jussie Smollett. What’s your PR plan now that Chicago prosecutors dropped ALL 16 disorderly conduct charges against you for lying about a hate crime, lying ‘live and in PUBLIC IF YOU WILL’ – 0:45 video, 25:50 audio
  • Step into the shoes of Attorney Michael Avenatti. Federal prosecutors are charging you with wire and bank fraud for allegedly shaking down Nike ‘live and in public IF YOU WILL’, how do you ‘just do it’ PR-wise to preserve your rep? – 8:06 video, 33:11 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: HEEL TURN – 12:23 video, 37:28 audio
  • REGULAR FEATURE: #MISTYAF – 17:53 video, 42:59 audio

“Until next week, no matter how tight, loose, or uncomfortable, remember these words: on this show, the shoes always fit, so we can never acquit.”

*timestamps reflect times on both the VIDEO & AUDIO podcasts.


THANKS FOR JOINING US. FOLLOW US on Twitter: Eugene-@EugeneSRobinson, Alexei-@AlexeiAuld, Nate, @KidNate, and visit and “like” the MMA Puncholes Facebook page as well, for all the latest shows involving your favorite hosts, now with closed captions on our fb videos, in case you want to watch at work, but can’t really “listen”.

As always, if you enjoyed our show, give us a “REC” here on Bloody Elbow, you can watch If I Did It and If the Shoes Fit, SUBSCRIBE, GIVE US A “THUMBS UP” & leave us comments at If The Shoes Fit on YouTube. Or, give us a “like”, share & subscribe over on one of our other BE Presents Podcast Channels: SoundCloud, YouTube, iTunes & Apple TV , iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play, blubrry, TuneIn, OverCast, or Player FM – whichever one happens to be your listening platform of choice. While you’re there, don’t forget to subscribe to Bloody Elbow Presents; that way you’ll always be the first to get all of BE’s daily MMA offerings. For previous episodes of the show, check out our playlists on all of our BE Presents channels and at If the Shoes Fit on YouTube.

Visit us here on Bloody Elbow, buy “7 Secret Sources of Inspiration”, buy OXBOW’S Thin Black Duke and Bunuel’s Easy Way Out wherever fine music is sold, and listen to the Show Money Podcast and the Let It Roll Podcast, and check out our If the Shoes Fit Patreon page.

*intro/outro music on the SoundCloud production of If I Did It/If the Shoes Fit was provided by OxBow, starring Eugene S. Robinson.

The MMA Puncholes: Nate Wilcox, Alexei Auld, Eugene Robinson, John Nash, Stephie Haynes
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Alexei Auld
Alexei Auld

Nobody knows how or why Alexei Auld, a lawyer and bestselling author with zero experience in combat sports or journalism, ended up contributing to Bloody Elbow as the creator and chief kerfuffle wrangler of IF I DID IT. But he did. And somehow convinced Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson, and John Nash that it was a good idea. So much so, they joined him when he created IF THE SHOES FIT which doesn’t even handle MMA. Again, we don’t know why. But like Nate, Eugene, and John, we just can’t quit him or his shows. So here we are.

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