Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Says Ian Machado Garry Still Needs a ‘Signature Win,’ Argues Against Fighters Announcing Retirement Fights

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, Matt Brown and Damon Martin react to the UFC Kansas City card and Ian Machado Garry calling for the next title shot following his win over Carlos Prates. Plus we’ll discuss Anthony Smith’s retirement fight and Brown explains why he’s against fighters making those kinds of announcements before calling it a career. We also discuss the pressure on Bo Nickal, Tom Aspinall waiting for Jon Jones 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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0:00.0	The first round of the PFL World Tournament closes out Thursday, May 1st, with light heavyweights and heavyweights.
0:07.0	Former world champion Phil Davis steps into the smart cage versus 22 PFL light heavyweight world champion Rob Wilkinson.
0:15.0	Former interim world champion Valentin Maldowski takes on knockout artist Sergei Billistone. And 2021 PFL light heavyweight world champion, Valentin Maldowski takes on knockout artist Sergei Billistone.
0:22.0	And 2021 PFL light heavyweight world champion shoeface, Antonio Carlos Jr. takes on former
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1:28.1	Welcome back to the fighter versus the writer.
1:29.2	I am Damon Martin.
1:31.4	He is UFC legend Matt Brown and Matt.
1:33.8	We are back from another weekend of fights.
1:35.6	And we got another weekend of fights coming up. We got a world where Jake Paul thinks fighting Julio Cesar Chavez is the same thing as Patty Pimblit fighting Michael Chandler.
1:41.8	It's a crazy world we're living in today, bro.
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