100 episodes

A show hosted by Verbal Tap's Raf Esparza, featuring a mix of athlete interviews, on-site coverage, and commentary.

Grappling Hour Raf Esparza

    • Sports
    • 4.9 • 12 Ratings

A show hosted by Verbal Tap's Raf Esparza, featuring a mix of athlete interviews, on-site coverage, and commentary.

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Christian Dighero

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Christian Dighero

    Christian Dighero dropped by MAMMA Academy to talk all about his impressive championship win at Sparstar MMA 59.

    • 1 hr 7 min
    GRAPPLING HOUR with Sean Yadimarco

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Sean Yadimarco

    Sean Yadimarco has been a busy kid, already getting a number of accomplishments in the IBJJF, at Finishers, and had some impressive ADCC trials performances. Today we get to know him better

    • 59 min
    GRAPPLING HOUR with Mike John

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Mike John

    It was pretty cool to see our pal MIKE JOHN win at the PGF qualifier earlier this month. Naturally, we had to reach out so we could ask him all about it.

    • 1 hr 14 min
    GRAPPLING HOUR with Jake Babian

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Jake Babian

    Jake Babian, a local SoCal MMA fighter, looks to make a BIG impact at the upcoming Subversiv 10 show.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    RUNNING THE GAUNTLET with Elijah Dorsey (4/2/24)

    RUNNING THE GAUNTLET with Elijah Dorsey (4/2/24)

    Our pal ELIJAH DORSEY returns to the show to take on the RTG board. We catch up on some things that happened at ADCC Trials and then get straight to work. Tune in!

    • 1 hr 1 min
    GRAPPLING HOUR with Eddie Bernal

    GRAPPLING HOUR with Eddie Bernal

    It was a pleasure to host our pal EDDIE BERNAL at the gym after an excellent return to form at Lights Out Xtreme Fighting. He's already got another fight set for May, but get to hear all about his awesome comeback on this episode.

    • 1 hr 11 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

DunniMc ,

Long time listener

I’ve been following Raf since 2017, and love his work. He has interviewed the best in the fight game and never does a boring interview. If you are a fan of good journalism and good people, you will be hard pressed to find someone better.

LongtimeFan47 ,

A MUST LISTEN

A show that goes out of its way to interview the next big stars in grappling. Can’t recommend enough!

mmatuizek ,

⚡️

Great time, every time! Raf makes us listeners feel like we’re friends

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