MMA On Point - Podcast

Sometimes a fighter appears to be unbeatable one moment and the next well, it's as if they've fallen off a cliff. There is no great example of this than when fighters have completely gassed out and have essentially become totally useless in the cage.

In most cases, the champion for any given division in the UFC or otherwise is certainly the best, but does that mean they are the scariest? Not necessarily. Sometimes there are contenders so utterly terrifying, their fellow contenders would literally rather fight and lose to the champ than have to face the consequences of going up against these terrors.

PPV's and Numbered UFC events these days are pretty much guaranteed to be headlined by UFC champions these days, but this isn't always the case. And it's been everything from big stars to people that make you scratch your head over the years and wonder how they could possibly be the headliner.

MMA has some absolutely insane moments, but for some reason it feels like returns tend to encapsulate that craziness more so than any other topic about the sport. McGregor's return happened this year, Ronda Rousey - who guessed both would happen within months of each other let alone at all? These are the most memorable MMA/UFC returns ever.

If this sport is producing CTE and fighters lives are legitimately being ruined like in the case of Anthony Smith, what is the point of watching? And it's not even about the fighter. The people around him, his family are the ones suffering the cost.