Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Reacts to UFC 316 Fallout, Merab Dvalishvili's Win, Where Does Sean O'Malley Go From Here, Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes and More

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, Matt Brown and Damon Martin react to the fallout from UFC 316 including Merab Dvalishvili tapping out Sean O’Malley and where he stands now among the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport plus Kayla Harrison running roughshod over Julianna Pena and the chances that she does the same thing to Amanda Nunes plus Patchy Mix struggles in his octagon debut and much more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:39.5	You're listening to the V versus the writer. I am Damon Martin.
1:40.8	He is UFC legend Matt Brown.
1:42.4	And Matt, I know from time to time, we've made some, let's just say, egregious picks on this show where we get things wrong.
1:49.6	But I'm happy to say for UFC 316, we were right on the money.
1:55.5	We actually hit one right on the money, huh?
1:58.1	Right on the money.
1:58.9	Marab Defends and Kayla Harrison Smashes. We definitely got those right. Yeah, I guess they weren't the hardest
2:04.7	pick, so, right? I mean, technically no, but you gotta admit, there was a real surge
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