MMA On Point - Podcast MMA On Point

All wins are not created equal. In fact, sometimes a win can be as bad as a loss depending on how it's viewed by the public. Most of the time people will carry on like normal, but others there's a level of backlash from Dana White or the fans and yeah.... plenty of examples here.

When we say this is one of the craziest MMA tournaments in the sport's history, that is no exaggeration. This had the biggest size differences you'll ever see in MMA and it put to shame the old UFC tournaments or anyone else. Not to mention this all happened in a major mma promotion in Japan. This one is wild.

It's really hard to top what Alex Pereira did last night. Coming in on short notice and taking out someone as dangerous as Jiri, but making it look easy? Not to mention he came in with the same injury McGregor pulled out with. What a statement. He's headlined the two biggest cards of the year already. Fighter of the year is locked.

There are a lot of huge, huge names on this card. Pereira, Jiri, Garry, MVP, the list goes on. But none of them are enjoying anywhere near this level of favor from the oddsmakers. Payton Talbott is -1600 as a favorite against Yanis Ghemmouri where the nearest guy on the card is only a -440. Let's take a closer look.

Sometimes a card just completely falls apart and is in desperate need of someone to main event. In light Conor McGregor dropping out of UFC 303 and Alex Pereira stepping up last minute to fight Jiri Prochazka, we just had to talk about it in this video.

Khamzat Chimaev has gone from the fastest growing star in this sport and taking on the most fights in the shortest amount of time to now, where we are lucky if we see him fight even once a year. As a result, we haven't seen him fight for a title even once despite having opportunities in 2 divisions. What has happened to the career of Khamzat Chimaev?