UFC WHITE HOUSE CARD! Malki Kawa on Ilia Topuria's Deal, UFC 326 Recap with Din Thomas & Ray Longo
The Anik & Florian Podcast
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4.6 • 919 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 98 minutes
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WHAT IS UP, fight fans?! Welcome back to another LIVE edition of The Anik & Florian Podcast, the only place you get unfiltered access to the voice and insight of the UFC straight from the source. We are rolling just 48 hours removed from one of the most chaotic and controversial weekends in recent memory. UFC 326 is in the books, and we have a NEW BMF champion, but the fallout? WILD. Conor McGregor took to social media to absolutely BLAST Charles Oliveira’s performance and took some serious shots at the commentary booth—specifically calling out DC. Jon Anik was live at the desk when it happened, and he’s here to set the record straight on what went down. It’s the inside baseball you can’t get anywhere else, powered by our partners at @allthesmoke and @atsfight.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The UFC dropped the STACKED "Freedom 250" White House card announcement, and we’ve got First Round Management CEO Malki Kawa (@malkikawa) joining us LIVE to reveal the INSANE story behind the overnight negotiations that saved the main event. We’re talking Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje, how it all came together at 3 AM, and his unfiltered take on the state of the UFC in 2026. Then, legendary coach Ray Longo (@raylongomma) is here for the Ray Longo Minute to break down the technical genius—or lack thereof—from UFC 326. Plus, UFC veteran and sharp mind Din Thomas (@dinthomas) stops by to talk Amanda Nunes’ return and what the BMF title really means. We’re also looking ahead with our UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos Picks & Preview, featuring a deep dive on the massive featherweight tilt between Josh Emmett and the surging Kevin Vallejos.
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| 0:00.0 | The John Anick and Kenny Florian podcast. John Anick and Kenny Florian. I fucking love him. I can't get enough of him. Let's hear that boss tonight. Big job there for Duffy and Frank Mears hunt now. Don't go to Duffy. I'll call. Freemir does it again. Rock them, sock of robots here. Oh my goodness. I can't believe. |
| 0:21.6 | There are a couple of absolutely self-involved bullshit artists. |
| 0:24.6 | Here are your hosts, John Anick and Kenny Florian. |
| 0:29.4 | Hick shot nine. |
| 0:35.3 | Oh, do we have a big one today? |
| 0:40.6 | I'm taking my voice down an octave because maybe sometimes people have it turned up in the car. |
| 0:48.7 | Maybe I'll turn myself down for a second so I can scream. |
| 0:51.7 | I'm just going to turn myself down a second. |
| 0:53.8 | Oh, do we have a big one today? |
| 0:56.6 | I mean, these paperview recaps are always massive. But as I turn my gain back up a little bit, |
| 1:03.2 | we have the White House card, UFC Freedom 250 to dissect as well. Ray Longo coming up, |
| 1:09.4 | bottom of the screws. Also scheduled to talk to the founder |
| 1:13.1 | and CEO of first round management, Malki Kawa, in a quarter of an hour. But given everything |
| 1:18.2 | that has transpired, I wouldn't be surprised if he blows us off today. And a lot of fun things |
| 1:25.0 | planned over the course of the next 90 minutes or so. Thank you all for being here. It is Monday, March 9th, 2026, episode 586 or so of the Antiquin Florian podcast, powered by all the smoke fight. We appreciate all of your comments. You can subscribe to the Antiquin Florian podcast YouTube channel. Again, that is a worthwhile initiative. Last four years, we have not not been on that channel we are on that channel again in 2026 and beyond you can also find |
| 1:48.3 | the show on the all the smoke fight YouTube channel can flow how's the weekend any tactical shooting |
| 1:53.4 | any parenting what what are the weekend hold for you all of the above my friend a lot of shooting |
| 1:59.3 | a lot of stuff going on in the Florian household. A lot of |
| 2:03.1 | us were sick. I'm kind of losing my voice a little bit. Yeah. competed on Saturday. It didn't feel |
| 2:08.8 | great. But it was fun, man. Great weather over here in the Carolinas and got to see some great |
| 2:14.8 | fights as well. All right. So we're going to get into all of this business. It's good to be home. I've been gone for 28 of the last 46 nights. I did have to go to Vegas early. So I'm excited to be back in Connecticut right here on the border of New York here in Byram. And the sun is shining. It's in the 60s. Most of the snow has melted. |
| 2:35.0 | We're very excited about all of that. |
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