Fighter vs. Writer: Should Colby Covington Actually Get the Next Title Shot Against Leon Edwards?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Following an eventful UFC 286 card over the weekend, The Fighter vs. The Writer with Matt Brown and Damon Martin discusses the biggest storylines coming out of the event including Leon Edwards successfully defending his title against Kamaru Usman in the main event. Edwards picked up a second win over Usman after scoring a stunning comeback knockout in their rematch but now that he’s vanquished arguably the second best welterweight in history, what should be next? Well, UFC president Dana White says Colby Covington is getting the next title shot but is that coming at the expensive of Belal Muhammad? Brown argues why Edwards should actually just take the fight with Covington while also talking about the potential matchup between Muhammad and Shavkat Rakhmonov. We’ll also discuss Justin Gaethje’s latest Fight of the Night performance over Rafael Fiziev and how the UFC should move away from the current bonus structure and start offering finish bonuses to all the fighters on every card. All this and much more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs The Writer! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:04.0	Welcome back to The Fighter vs. The Rider.
0:24.0	I'm Damon Martin.
0:25.0	He is Matt Brown and Matt.
0:27.0	We are back after another UFC paper viewing.
0:29.0	We are one week closer to the immortal making his return to the octagon of May 13th.
0:35.0	So not far away.
0:37.0	Does it feel real now?
0:40.0	Does it feel really real?
0:43.0	Yeah, exactly.
0:44.0	That's exactly how it works.
0:45.0	It doesn't really feel that even like it's, you know, when you're like 12 weeks out of so far away.
0:51.0	Yeah, I don't want to do too much.
0:53.0	You know, burn myself out of whatever you kind of just getting that base conditioning.
0:56.0	And now yeah, things are getting real.
0:58.0	Like, you know, we're doing more shark tank rounds.
1:01.0	You know, a lot of my training partners, you know, they're getting ready for their things.
1:07.0	They're getting together.
1:08.0	They're getting into shape and kicking my ass as much as they can.
1:12.0	Yeah, ramp it up.
1:15.0	Now, man, it's fun.
1:16.0	And you're in your head at this point.
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