MMA Nation Rewind: Jens Pulver Talks WEC Folding Into UFC, John Dodson Sizes Up Pat Runez and More

Clearly my main card predictions for UFC 102 needed work, but the show this past weekend was nevertheless entertaining. Here's the rundown:
- I open the show with discussion of M-1's Breakthrough event and Mo Lawal's hilarious post-fight interview comment.
- We take calls on M-1, Fedor and more in the second segment.
- Out of nowhere, UFC legend and WEC featherweight Jens "Lil' Evil" Pulver joins the show. He talks candidly about his time away from the cage, dealing with anxiety and depression and offers his thoughts on the WEC potentially folding into the UFC.
- In hindsight I can see the error in my judgment, but I discuss Couture vs. Nogueira and why I thought Couture was going to win.
- John "The Magician" Dodson talks about his upcoming fight with Pat Runez at UWC 7: Redemption, being discovered in Chuckee Cheese and why Keith Jardine and Rashad Evans don't like sparring with him.
- More UFC 102 breakdown here and here.
- A more detailed breakdown of Vera vs. Soszynski (the one main card prediction I got correct) with my producer Othello here. We get into a little Fedor vs. Rogers as well.
- Show wrap-up.
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I wish I could listen to this on my iPhone right now
by cagefightonacid on Aug 31, 2009 4:03 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
ha, nevermind, sorry
by cagefightonacid on Aug 31, 2009 4:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t wait to listen to the Pulver interview. Luke, you have THE best MMA radio show/podcast out there. Please resist temptation to go to a daily format…
by MMAEruption on Aug 31, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, but what’s wrong with the daily format?
by Luke Thomas on Aug 31, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wouldn’t mind a more frequent program, great radio show!
by cagefightonacid on Aug 31, 2009 6:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Some of the daily MMA shows sound just plain desperate for stuff to talk about. You start hearing about college football and all kinds of nonsense. A weekly show has to be tightly produced and to the point.
On the other hand, you have Sherdog putting out two or three hours of audio every single day – there’s just not enough stuff to talk about. It exhausts both the show host and the listener. I can listen to entire MMA Nation shows with no problem. I can’t do the same for competing podcasts – I find the interview I want and skip the rest.
by MMAEruption on Sep 1, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a good show..
I’m glad not everyone thinks Vera sucks.. hahaha.
I just think it sucks how your show is on an early sunday morning here.. I rarely wake up that early during sundays.. Earliest i think is 10am, and that’s when there’s a UFC showing.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 1, 2009 1:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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![Brandon Vera +205 talks Jon Jones -265:
"Nobody kicks as hard as I do. Nobody kicks with the malicious intent that I do and he hasn’t gone against anybody whose Thai clinch is as good as mine."
"I’m back to wanting to hurt people again. I want my opponents to know what fighting me is all about. When you get in the Octagon with me, you’re going to remember it and you aren’t going to want to do it again."
"I’m going to be ruthless and I’m not going to be overcautious any more."
"I still feel that I won that fight [vs. Randy Couture]. I just take that with me and use it everyday in training. I got to beat my legend – my hero; I don't think there's anybody else who can beat me now."
"I'm back on my jiu-jitsu game, along with my Muay Thai game, and I'm not concentrating so much on defending the takedown anymore. You just might see a submission if Jones takes me down."
... "If he [Jon Jones] believes what people are saying about him – that he’s the second coming of Jesus Christ, then he’s going to have a long way to fall back down to earth when I knock him out. We’ll see if he’s ready for ‘The Truth.’"
-- full interview at ufc.com
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