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 Chad Dundas, along with Ben Folks, as always.

We're both senior writers in MMA for the Athletic, and we meet here every single week

to chop up all the prominent, newsworthy, and hilarious happenings in the world of mixed martial arts.

Ben, we got a lot of ground to cover today.

And in fact, some breaking news.

I'm not breaking news, but historic happenings here on the co-main event podcast.

I know what you're talking about.

But we got to start with your face.

Because right now, you have a piece of gauze taped over the bridge of your nose with a piece of athletic tape, probably about eight inches long.

And it's really cut in a figure here you're

really uh i'm not sure what to say about it other than to ask you what on earth is going on

with your face chet as you no doubt recall I once was a great beauty.

I was a beautiful man.

As recently as last week.

And I come to you today to tell, I mean, I guess it's one of the oldest stories there is.

It's the story of Paradise Lost, really, because my beauty has been stolen from me.

Nay, Chad, it has been stolen from the world.

Now I'm a monster.

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