Fight Disciples Podcast

Jake Paul is in the MMA business for real following his Most Valuable Promotions organisation, bastion of women's pro boxing, merged with the Professional Fighters League.

Following the success of MVP MMA's maiden show live on Netflix earlier this year, questions remained how they could ever grow to truly compete with the UFC.

That major conundrum, at least, was answered yesterday with the 400-strong roster of PFL athletes being a critical part of the merger.

But, what does this actually mean for the fighters; you, the fans; and the sport of MMA as a whole?
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Boxing heads to Dublin, Ireland for the first of three blockbuster events in the coming weeks, starting with the brilliant super-lightweight title tussle between Pierce O'Leary and Mark Chamberlain.

With a suitably-stacked Irish ensemble undercard attached, the night promises to deliver plenty of fireworks, but nowhere more so than in the main event.

Both have genuine world title ambitions, but only one can move closer to one of the premier names in the 140lb division.

We also find a few minutes to initially lament then get excited about the weekend's offering across the Atlantic!
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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua both returned to the ring over the weekend to blow off the cobwebs and hope to ignite interest from fight fans in their long overdue heavyweight match-up later in the year.

Instead, Fury looked cumbersome at best on Friday night and AJ was dropped repeatedly in the opening rounds before finally cashing a lottery ticket to save his blushes in Saudi Arabia.

Is their fight, five years too late already, actually past its sell by date?
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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua both return to the boxing ring this weekend, albeit on two separate continents and 24 hours apart.

The two British heavyweights feature in warm-up bouts on consecutive nights before, maybe, agreeing to face one another at last later in the year.

You know what they say about best laid plans? Are there any real warm-up fights in heavyweight boxing? In this case, probably yeah!
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UFC Fight Night Oklahoma was a blast with former champions Dricus du Plessis showing Kamaru Usman how size really does matter in the main event.

And the UK's own Christopher Leroy Duncan climbing into the top 10 with a career best performance over Jared Cannonier.

Today's Sunday Sermon reviews the entire main card and includes a little matchmaking to boot.
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