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WEIGHING IN

Future of MMA After the Paramount Deal | Rousey vs Carano at the White House? | RICH CHOU INTERVIEW

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Josh Thomson and Rich Chou discuss their long-standing friendship and Rich's extensive experience in MMA promotions, including his involvement with Elite XC, Strikeforce, and the recent CBS and Paramount deal. They reflect on the evolution of MMA's acceptance in mainstream media, the challenges of matchmaking in the welterweight division, and the potential returns of Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano. Follow Josh on X/Instagram @therealpunk Intro 00:00 Rich Chou’s Past Career in MMA 01:03 New UFC TV Rights 02:06 Strikeforce Nashville Brawl 05:41 TV Deal and How Many Fights Will Be On The Cards 19:04 Welterweight Division and Making The Best Matchups 23:08 Managing Two Fighters Who Want To Fight 47:04 Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano 55:02 Paul vs Joshua 56:39 Back to Ronda vs Gina 59:52 Wrap Up 1:05:24

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0:00.0

Well, hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Wayne Inn podcast. I'm joined today by my good

0:04.0

friend. We've been friends for, she's been 20-something years now, I believe. 23, 24 years.

0:08.6

I lost track. So, and that you did. Oh, man. It's probably been a long 23, 24 years for you,

0:17.6

buddy, being my friend. I'd like to share all the great moments, but, you know,

0:23.5

we just don't have time. No, no, that's a whole separate series, but still here, buddy, still taking

0:29.3

your calls, still hanging out. Here we are. I get a bad rap, man. I wish people could really

0:37.2

understand how great I am. Go ahead. Just gas me up just a little bit before we get started. Go ahead. I can't, bro. I'm sorry. All right. That's enough. That's enough. That's enough. You're all right. That's all I'll say. Guys, he's all right. He's all right. Don't believe everything you hear. not everything but he's all right he's all right don't don't believe everything you hear not everything but he's all right

0:55.6

yeah you know been friends for a long time so you've dealt with you've dealt with a lot of my stuff

1:01.5

but even in the fight world you know not being rich rich not many people know like you were with

1:08.0

rumble the rock with when bj was with them and jady and those guys and

1:12.8

they launched that that promotion and then elite xe i believe bought them is that correct yeah there was a

1:17.5

deal done that brought us in to help launch uh elite xe and gave them the rights to all the footage

1:25.6

and yeah there was there was a deal done so they didn't

1:28.2

outright buy it but there was a deal at that time in place to bring us into help like we were

1:33.3

the first guys in there uh to help launch that that organization and then with the lead exe like

1:41.3

yeah sorry i didn't fully introduce you, Rich Chow,

1:44.4

ladies and gentlemen, and I just said Rich. That's just our relationship has been this

1:49.7

many years. But, no, like I said, you had so much input into the sport. You've done so much

1:55.7

work in terms of, you know, matchmaking for Strike Force and Elite XC and Bellator and then also

2:00.5

two managing athletes now is what

2:02.1

you do was what you're doing along with some other things and um this this whole thing with how

2:08.3

cbs and how um paramount has now uh taken over with the uc in terms of their tv rights

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