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The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Episode 695: Is this a make-or-break summer for the UFC?

The Co-Main Event MMA Podcast

Chad Dundas

Leisure, Sports

4.8707 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The UFC is coming off a fairly anonymous Fight Night in Macau last weekend and is headed into a fairly anonymous Fight Night back at the Apex this weekend. And yet, we’re just two weeks away from the big White House spectacular, and the UFC also has Conor McGregor’s alleged return scheduled for later in the summer. Look, it’s no secret there has been some fairly vocal discontent among a significant portion of UFC fans lately. Does summer 2026 shape up as a make-or-break season for the UFC? And if so, will the guys who own the company even notice? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And now your host, Ben Folks and Chad Dundas.

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

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I'm Chad Dundas.

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That's Ben Fulks.

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We're both longtime MMA journalists, and for the last

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14 years, we've been meeting here every week to break down all the action in the wild, weird,

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and occasionally wonderful world of mixed martial arts, Ben, this is a historic episode of the

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