There’s One Guy Who Could Beat Islam Makhachev | TFATK Ep. 1158
The Fighter & The Kid
Thiccc Boy Studios | PodcastOne
4.2 • 17.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Fighter and The Kid, the guys break down the dominance of Islam Makhachev and debate whether there’s actually a fighter who could beat him. From stylistic matchups and grappling pressure to championship experience and mental toughness, the conversation explores what it would really take to dethrone the lightweight king.
With comedian Nick Simmons in the third chair, the discussion mixes serious MMA analysis with classic TFATK banter, hypotheticals, and the kind of arguments fight fans love to have. A must-watch episode for anyone debating the future of the lightweight division. Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatk
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, we did, because we back at it again. |
| 0:02.0 | It's the fighter and the kid. |
| 0:04.0 | This is really the fighter and the kid. Come on, baby. I like chinger. Chinger, yeah. Chinger's a good name. Chinger. Chinger. Chinger. Dude, we just called chin chinger. Yeah, I mix it up. I like, chinger's a mixed up. I'll say chintster, he's kind of a hipster, chinser. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah, but chinger. |
| 0:21.0 | Chinger. |
| 0:22.0 | That's endearing. |
| 0:23.0 | Chingy chingy do we like chingy the rapper ching he's got to be careful yeah i'd be careful that one but that's also rapper yeah that's my bailout chingie's a rapper yeah ching i don't know chin like that one bobby lee called him chin chin and i thought that was super racist. I can't do that. I call him chin chin all the time. Yeah, Chin. I don't know if Chin. Bobby Lee called him Chin Chin, and I thought that was super racist. |
| 0:37.9 | I can't do that. |
| 0:39.0 | I call him Chin Chin all the time. |
| 0:40.5 | Yeah, well, you're racist. |
| 0:41.6 | That's cute. |
| 0:42.1 | Chin Chin's kind of, you're a closet racist. |
| 0:43.5 | No, no, no, Chin Chin. Switch to me has that hat on. Chin Chin, Chin. Yeah. Chin Chin. Chinji. |
| 0:49.0 | Chin, what is your real name? |
| 0:50.6 | Jin. |
| 0:51.4 | I fucked up. |
| 0:52.3 | Jin? |
| 0:52.8 | Yeah, when I became a naturalized citizen, I changed it to Chin. |
| 0:56.4 | Do you know what a gin is? |
| 0:57.8 | A gin is? A gin is a man, a supernatural man who, kind of a demon who leads wayward men astray. Yeah, it's a cool name. But everyone kept calling me, they call me chin or Jim. I'm like, no, it's, it's gin. They kept calling me chin. And eventually everyone started calling me they call me chin or jim i'm like no it's it's it's it's gin they kept |
| 1:12.6 | calling me chin and eventually everyone started calling me chin so i changed it they grew up in |
| 1:16.4 | texas they're not yeah yeah but gin is like yeah but gin's my illegal real name gin is a drink |
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