Hello to all you lovely people!
Just to update you all on what’s coming this week: unfortunately as per earlier podcast announcement, ‘30 Nights of Fights’ will not be coming this month due to my bout of covid holding me up from recording! But this week there will be a special Miguel Torres retrospective, which will utilise pri...
2022-08-30 16:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostAn awkwardly titled event brought us some lovely finishes in stand-up fights but most importantly a win for the ages as Demetrious 'Might Mouse' Johnson avenged a crushing defeat to Adriano Moraes with a crushing knockout of his own. That is the primary focus of this episode: how D.J did it and what it means for his legacy.
Also: the compl...
2022-08-29 09:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostIn what will almost certainly win knockout of the year in the second annual Combat Chronicles End-of-Year Awards Leon 'Rocky' Edwards smashed his chin into Kamaru Usman's jaw and spark him fully out and win the UFC welterweight title in very unlikely fashion! In this tell-all, I tell you all why inspite o...
2022-08-22 18:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe big rematch is nearly here as current WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk gets set to rematch former strap holder Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia.
But how will it go? What does the first fight tell us? And does Joshua just need to throw more punches to win this time round? Well, no to that one but listen to this p...
2022-08-18 13:00:50 +0000 UTC View PostArguably one of the most controversial decisions in UFC title history if you go off what MMATWITTER thinks...but are they right to think so?
I myself have previously felt that Cruz was worthy of a close one in a true toss-up. But was I wrong to think so? I'm always big enough (and ugly enough) to admit when I was previously wrong so with t...
2022-08-09 13:02:29 +0000 UTC View PostSo, here it is, the oft-mentioned 'special' episode of Closet Classics!
A somewhat experimental episode for me as I try to get to grips with audio editing befitting of an 'audio documentary'. The first half of this episode is the documentary, as I explain just why this episode of Closet Classics is ...
2022-07-18 12:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for the first fifteen minutes or so: I HAD to have a small fan running as we're all melting here in the U.K.
A little news round-up first this week, before a (shallow) dive into the fight between Rafael Fiziev and Rafael dos Anjos. Spoiler: It was pretty good.
Then the fan gets switched off as we deep dive into another epis...
2022-07-13 15:44:24 +0000 UTC View PostIf any patrons are looking for updates on the next episode of Closet Classics: it comes in two sections but will be released as a single episode. The script is currently eight pages and about 70% done. Then I need to properly record and edit it (which I have partially done, but cannot complete until I have finished the script). The interview par...
2022-06-28 16:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn this episode I have a terrible audio moment at the beginning I didn't realise was there until I uploaded this episode (I must've knocked the mic' or something, sorry) then I cover the big one from UFC 275 that I so rudely missed due to unforeseen circumstances, followed by Artur Beterbiev's shellacking of Joe Smith Jr, which is subsequently f...
2022-06-21 18:29:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello to all of you! THE MATCH ‘special‘ episode is now live on the main podcast feed. Hope you all enjoy it!
A little update on the (in my opinion at least important!) next episode of Closet Classics for you lovely patrons: somewhat rare for me but I’ve been in ill health this week. Hopefully will be better by this weekend so ...
2022-06-15 18:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a Tuesday Afternoon here in the U.K, I'm on my lunch break and Naoya 'Monster' Inoue just destroyed Nonito Donaire in the Saitama Super Arena. What did I think? Have a wee listen and find out.
2022-06-07 12:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe first two rounds are all-time classics and the third is like a fart in your face after the two best courses of your life, but who really deserved to win? Two powerhouses from Brazil coming off losses to all-time greats, former WSoF champ Marlon Moraes and former WEC and UFC champ Jose Aldo throw down (for the most part) in what was ...
2022-05-29 17:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostSo Charles Oliveira is bloody amazing, Trevor Wittman's twosome are bloody frustrating, Tony Ferguson's slide is bloody depressing and Francisco Trinaldo is a bloody ageless wonder. The MMA portion of this weeks podcast, which is presented to you, oh, faithful patron, as a thanks for your continued (or new!) support of Combat Chronicles. 2022-05-08 17:43:35 +0000 UTC View Post
What a f'n banger! We're going back to the halcyon days of 2016, where Dustin Poirier could be found on the Fight Pass prelims (I know, right?!!), Albert Tumenov was still in the UFC, and Stipe Miocic had yet to fight for the world title, let alone win one, lose it, reclaim it, and defend it four times!
Oh, and two of the greatest ac...
2022-05-04 18:53:41 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a big one this week and after I skirted around Spence vs. Ugas and proclaimed this coming weeks episode would be entirely focused on boxing (a post-mortem on Fury vs. Whyte) I thought all you lovely patrons should get to hear my thoughts on the big heavyweight title bout before it happens. Pretty straightforward to predict in my opinion, bu...
2022-04-20 18:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys I have activated the RSS Feed. You should have an email notifying you of the link. You can then paste this link into your preferred podcast platform and then be able to listen to the Patreon episodes on there instead of on this here site or on the Patreon app, which I hope will make it easier to access. Can anyone hit me up on Twitter @C...
2022-04-20 17:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostWe are back with another look at a long-controversial decision, and this time it's pretty much the ONLY controversial decision from the career of the arguable greatest mixed martial artist of all time Khabib Nurmagomedov. In this episode we look at where Khabib was at the time (despite his glittering undefeated record he was still in the nascent...
2022-04-18 17:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostSo, here it is: the third episode of 'Closet Classics'. This is an insanely violent bout, that features one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the sport.
Welcome to Hero's! Yes, it's Kazushi Sakuraba's K-1 Hero's debut against Lithuanian Judoka and RINGS and Shooto veteran Kestutis Smirnovas, one of the wildest brawls in MMA...
2022-03-22 19:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostIs this the most hotly debated and controversial title decision in the history of Mixed Martial Arts? Well, at least alongside the other fights featured in the 'Right? Or Robbery' series so far, but this one has had more staying power as a hotbed of discussion than the Johnson-Cejudo rematch and for my money stirred up more arguments in the imme...
2022-03-02 18:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn this new Patreon-exclusive series, I will look at a mixed martial arts bout considered by the cool fans of MMA (that's you, dear reader/listener) to be a bad decision and look at it through the eye of the ACTUAL scoring criteria of MMA and see whether the decision was Right..Or Robbery?
For the inaugural episode I've picked perhap...
2022-02-10 19:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostSo, it is finally here! Recorded 3 years and 11 months ago (so pretty much four years) listen to this sprawling ramblecast as Connor Ruebusch of Heavy Hands and Kyle McLachlan of, well...this (!) talk about boxing history, technique, and all kinds of random shit. Be warned: There are lots of cuss words in this episode. A further warning: It's ar...
2022-01-30 16:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
On this weeks episode of Combat Chronicles we take a look at the superb trilogy between newly-minted UFC flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo and the much-loved former champ Brandon Moreno. What changed from fight to fight? What did Figueiredo figure out between the terrible loss in fight two and the successful ...
2022-01-23 20:04:39 +0000 UTC View Post
On this weeks episode...was Royval vs. Bontorin a robbery? Spoilers: No. How f'n good is Calvin Kattar?! Spoilers: Very good.Just how good are Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane? Spoiler: Not too sure and we'll have to wait until next week to find out. And the second installment of 'Closet Classics', which this time is an awful and heinous act that ...
2022-01-23 20:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Combat Chronicles is back and without any fights to discuss Kyle instead looks at the drama coming out of Japan (FIXED FIGHTS?!) the drama coming out of the Netherlands (STRINGENT DRUG TESTING?!) and the drama coming out of the UFC (being given Volkanovski-Holloway III only to have it snatched away within three...
2022-01-23 20:02:25 +0000 UTC View PostFirst and foremost, thanks to EVERYONE for their support. It is very much appreciated!
This weekend brings FIGHTS and I will go over the Giga-Calvin fight and preview the Francis-Cyril fight on this weeks episode (episode 3)
For the first exclusive Patreon post, I'm afraid to say that research has not been completed and writing has n...
2022-01-13 16:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode one (proper) of Combat Chronicles is the 2021 End-Of-Year Awards. See which masterful showing won 'performance of the year', which insane battle won 'fight of the year' plus more! Also, despite the huge amount of effort that went into crafting this inaugural episode, the moron recordin...
2022-01-02 17:11:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello to my patrons! This is just a little introductory episode, so feel free to skip if you already know why you've subscribed to Combat Chronicles. BUT it is also an opportunity for you to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon music and Apple Podcasts (the latter should be available in a day or two)
If you are having any issues with finding the p...
2021-12-30 18:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post