Submission Radio returns with a fresh new episode, featuring interviews with Urijah Faber, Demetrious Johnson, Stephen Thompson, as well as a roundtable discussion with MMA Fighting's David St. Martin.
As always, the video above features clickable annotations and timestamps, and below is a rundown of what to expect on the episode. We hope you enjoy the show.
Urijah Faber returns (at the 1:01:17 mark) to talk about the recent title fight with Dominick Cruz reclaiming the bantamweight championship, biased commentary, how he feels about not fighting T.J. Dillashaw any more, why he's the only logical option for the next title shot, Dillashaw and Cruz not looking the same physically, Duane Ludwig's comments on him barely beating journeymen and what he's done for TJ Dillashaw, his thoughts on Joseph Benavidez and Lance Palmer training in Colorado with TJ, Conor McGregor's chances at winning the welterweight belt, and more.
Demetrious Johnson returns (at the 3:06 mark) to talk about Dominick Cruz's win over Dillashaw and how he scored it, why he wants to move up and fight Cruz, the two-million dollar price tag that comes with the rematch, his thoughts on fighters standing up and demanding more money, Sage Northcutt being a product of UFC marketing, how Conor McGregor stacks up against Rafael dos Anjos, Henry Cejudo and his wrestling, playing video games with Rampage Jackson, UFC fighters as Dragon Ball Z characters, and more.
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson makes his first appearance on Submission Radio (at the 31:55 mark) to talk about his fight against Johny Hendricks at UFC 196, how much of a factor he expects the wrestling to be, Johny thinking that he can strike with him, his preparation with Georges St-Pierre and Chris Weidman, wanting to call out Robbie Lawler after the win, if his lack of trash talking has held his career back, how he thinks Conor McGregor would do in his weight division and how a fight against him would play out, The Fast & Furious movies, Chuck Norris jokes, and more.
MMA Fighting's David St. Martin joins the roundtable (at the 1:19:39 mark) to break down Tony Ferguson's bizarre match up against Michael Johnson, the possibility of Luke Rockhold vs Chris Weidman 2 and if there are too many rematches in the UFC, what to do with the UFC's middleweight division, how Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos handled themselves at the UFC 197 pre-fight press conference and what make of McGregor's claims of wanting to move up to welterweight and capture the belt.
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