Ringside Report Network

Ringside Report Network

Ringside Report Network established itself as The Combat Sports Authority by consistently delivering analysis that respects both the complexity of combat sports and the intelligence of our audience. We don’t manufacture drama or chase clicks—we provide the insights that help you understand what you’re watching and why it matters.

  1. Sean Strickland Banned From the White House? UFC Vegas 118 Picks & PPV Dies in Canada

    12h ago

    Sean Strickland Banned From the White House? UFC Vegas 118 Picks & PPV Dies in Canada

    The UFC middleweight champion says he's blacklisted from the biggest event in company history — and what he's doing about it has no precedent. Justin Gaethje responded, and the exchange Dave reads on air is as vicious as anything two elite fighters have ever said publicly. Plus Belal Muhammad returns this Saturday in a fight the oddsmakers literally cannot agree on, and Canadian fans finally get the pay-per-view answer they've been waiting for. Dave Simon and AJ D'Alesio get into all of it.• The Sean Strickland situation: what the champion says he's banned from, and the wild way he's responding• The Gaethje tweets — read in full, and they are far nastier than you've heard• The one thing about this controversy that has never happened in UFC history• First look at "The Claw" — the structure on the White House lawn, and Trump's surprising claim about it• Why the UFC is losing money on Freedom 250 — on purpose• Belal Muhammad vs Gabriel Bonfim: a former champion at a crossroads against a 19-1 finisher — the guys lock in their picks• Brendan Allen vs Edmen Shahbazyan, the parlay, and the Bryce Mitchell question nobody should be asking• The exact date pay-per-view dies in Canada — and the one group that should be nervous about itThis week's episode is dedicated to the memory of Ava Ciampini. To support the family, search GoFundMe for "Ciampini Family."New episodes every week on the Ringside Report Network — the Combat Sports Authority.

    41 min
  2. Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 Preview + AEW Double or Nothing Picks — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 782`

    May 23

    Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 Preview + AEW Double or Nothing Picks — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 782`

    Episode 782 of Wrestling Uncensored — Dave Simon and Johnny North on the biggest preview night in recent memory. Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 is tomorrow. AEW Double or Nothing 2026 is Sunday. Clash in Italy is next weekend. And Brock Lesnar just unretired himself without an explanation.• Brock Lesnar returned on Raw with four F5s, Paul Heyman, and a contract — a month after his retirement tears at WrestleMania• The full Saturday Night's Main Event 2026 card breakdown with individual match predictions for all five bouts• Dave and Johnny disagree on who walks out with the World Tag Team titles tomorrow night• Does Penta survive Ethan Page, or is this the night the IC title picture reshuffles?• Paige and Brie Bella's tag run — both hosts think it ends tomorrow, but for different reasons• The Clash in Italy mini-preview: both Dave and Johnny independently pick Gunther to win the WWE title• The full AEW Double or Nothing 2026 preview — Darby vs. MJF, hair vs. title, and why Dave is all-in on MJF winning• The case for MJF as the best professional wrestler working today — Dave makes it• Okada vs. Takeshita, FTR vs. Edge and Christian (I Quit, career-ending), Thekla's fatal four-way, and the Owen Hart Cup bracket read• The AEW belt rant: four men's mid-card championships, and even Dave can't name who holds them all• Willow Nightingale out with injury — TBS title vacated, women's Owen Hart bracket takes a major hit• SmackDown recap: Sami Zayn watches Gunther choke Cody Rhodes and walks away — that is a heel, WWE• Danhausen's resurrection gimmick, Royce Keys and the Judgment Day friction, Enzo and Cass reportedly coming back• No show next Friday — Dave is going to Montreal to watch Johnny North wrestle live• Yankees report: Gerrit Cole returns, offense is still completely brokenNew episodes every Friday on the Ringside Report Network. Subscribe and leave a review — it helps more than you know.

    1h 55m
  3. AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Preview, Cody-Gunther Locked for Italy — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 781

    May 16

    AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Preview, Cody-Gunther Locked for Italy — Wrestling Uncensored Ep. 781

    Episode 781 of Wrestling Uncensored — Dave Simon and Johnny North on a packed Friday night with SmackDown unfolding live and AEW Double or Nothing 2026 one week away.• A Cody Rhodes contract signing that turned into something nobody expected — and a curveball that didn't matter as much as WWE wants you to think• Gunther vs. Cody is going to Italy — but the route to get there raised real booking questions• The match of the week on Raw came from someone who's only been on the roster a few months• Bron Breakker had a competitive match — and Dave has one very specific concern about his ceiling• Asuka may have just walked away from WWE — but the way it was handled tells a different story than the one Brock got• The full Saturday Night's Main Event card is set — and one omission is louder than anything that made it• Sol Ruca's ceiling looks Bianca Belair-shaped — but the gap to IYO SKY is still very real• The Oba Femi open challenge isn't really an open challenge — and that's a problem• Cody Rhodes debuted a new catchphrase — and Johnny is not buying it over Taz• The Owen Hart Cup brackets are out — the men's side is stacked, the women's side asks questions• Darby Allin defends the AEW title on Collision tomorrow against an opponent fans have been waiting on• Mox is now mentoring Will Ospreay — Dave doesn't love what it's doing for either of them• Dark Side of the Ring is dropping a three-part TNA series in July — what Dave hopes makes the cut• Yankees talk, Habs fever, and Cam Schlittler is making a Cy Young runNew episodes every Friday on the Ringside Report Network. Subscribe and leave a review — it helps more than you know.

    1h 44m
  4. Tongan Death Grip! Jacob Fatu vs. Roman Reigns Official for Backlash — Wrestling Uncensored 780

    May 2

    Tongan Death Grip! Jacob Fatu vs. Roman Reigns Official for Backlash — Wrestling Uncensored 780

    Episode 780 of Wrestling Uncensored — Dave Simon and Johnny North on the biggest week in wrestling ahead of Backlash. • Something Jacob Fatu did on Raw has changed the entire Backlash conversation • A moment between Roman Reigns and his family that may not have been intentional — but landed anyway • AEW is reportedly coming to Montreal — but there's a very real number problem Dave can't ignore • AEW Dynamite's best match of the week came from someone nobody expected to win it • Edge and Christian's tag match was supposed to build excitement — it built something else entirely • Sami Zayn's character is cracking at the seams in a way that's actually compelling to watch • SmackDown's main event ended with one man standing and everyone else on the mat • A new feud at the top of the WWE title picture formed in a matter of seconds on SmackDown • Bron Breakker was handed a live mic against one of the best talkers in WWE — here's how he did • Joe Hendry's concert segment — Dave expected to hate it and didn't • The open challenge strategy for one of WWE's most physically gifted superstars has Dave concerned • The full Backlash card breakdown with predictions • Yankees talk, Canadiens heartbreak, and a Red Sox season that's already on life support New episodes every Friday on the Ringside Report Network. Subscribe and leave a review — it helps more than you know.

    1h 48m
  5. UFC Perth JDM vs Prates Preview: Strickland's UFC 328 Controversy and Oliveira's 8-Fight Deal

    May 1

    UFC Perth JDM vs Prates Preview: Strickland's UFC 328 Controversy and Oliveira's 8-Fight Deal

    Dave Simon and AJ D'Alesio are back with a loaded Thursday show — and they don't agree on a single main event pick. • Something Sean Strickland said at a UFC 328 media scrum has the MMA world reacting before the fight even starts — is it real outrage or manufactured drama?• The unwritten UFC rule that lets fighters say virtually anything without consequences — and what Bryce Mitchell proved• Dana White, Donald Trump, and the question of whether the UFC has become the most political sports organization in America• Armin Tsarukyan was a fighter nobody knew — then he figured out something winning alone couldn't do• Jake Paul changed everything. AJ explains why — and who's benefiting from it now • UFC Perth main event: Jack Della Maddalena vs Carlos Prates — Dave and AJ land on opposite sides of the pick• Quillan Salkeld vs Beneil Dariush: the co-main event that might tell us something about where Australian MMA is heading• Heavyweight fireworks incoming — Tuivasa and Gaziev are on the card • Dave's parlay: controlled, logical, three legs• AJ's parlay: five legs, $20 in, nearly $350 out — hear him justify every pick • Charles Oliveira signed an 8-fight deal at 36 years old — and the boys have serious questions about what that really means for his future• Yankees are rolling, Mets are spending money on the wrong things, and the Canadiens are one win away from advancing — Game 6 is tomorrow Ringside Report MMA — every Thursday. Subscribe and never miss a pick.

    1 hr

About

Ringside Report Network established itself as The Combat Sports Authority by consistently delivering analysis that respects both the complexity of combat sports and the intelligence of our audience. We don’t manufacture drama or chase clicks—we provide the insights that help you understand what you’re watching and why it matters.