You're listening to the Co-Main Event Podcast, and now your host, Ben Folks and Chad Dundas.

That's right. You're listening to another episode of the co-main event mixed martial arts podcast.

I'm your co-host formally.

From bleacher report.com, Chad Dunnest, and joining me as always.

From MMA, junkie, and USA, today it is your friend and mine, The still gainfully employed, Ben, folks.

Well, gainfully employed, as far as we know, I haven't checked my email today.

For the moment.

Yeah.

Unlike me, Ben, I got laid off today.

So what you're talking about.

Approximately three hours ago.

Here we are about a week out from Christmas.

Right before the holidays.

That's correct, sir.

And that's when Bleacher Report decided, you know what?

Time to make some staffing changes.

You know, I actually have a bad history of getting laid off right before Christmas because I also got laid off by ESPN 2012 maybe right around the exact same time, a conference call that included both myself

and the big homie Chuck Mendenhall were both sort of, I guess we weren't laid off, but

our salary was reduced to the point where we both kind of had to make some decisions at

that point.

ESPN took the bold stuff being like, we're going to allow you to continue to write but not pay you?

Pretty close.

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