The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast · Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes

The UFC & combat sports enter ‘Plato’s Cave’

·1 hr 2 min·5 clips
Chad Dundas argues that the UFC's empty threats of 'federal fucking prison' for fight-fixers have created a situation where the risk might seem worth it.
MMA journalists Chad Dundas and Ben Fowlkes dissect a major UFC fight-fixing scandal involving fighter Isaac Dulgarian, analyzing suspicious betting line movements, the fighter's silence, and the promotion's perceived inaction. They also touch on other combat sports controversies involving Gervonta Davis and Andrew Tate.

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A funny, frazzled MMA conversation that turns a bad week into a sharper argument.

The episode starts in the ugly end of the MMA news cycle, where a routine Apex card gets edged out by talk of fight fixing and the bad air around it. Chad Dundas and Ben Fulks keep it moving with argument, jokes, and enough stubbornness to drag the central point into view.

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You want the sharpest argument in MMA after a rough news cycle.

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