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Punch Sport Pagoda

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Writing & podcasting about combat sports. www.punchsportpagoda.com

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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/10/2026
If MMA will not be fun, we will make it fun ourselves with the power of our imagination. Eric and @legkicktko.bsky.social get together for a podcast special and play some Mörkal Komborg. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/special-a-...
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Special - Mörkal Komborg
Eric fulfills a promise 10 months late and is joined by ____ for some shenanigans.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/09/2026
The UFC is in France for Hooker vs Parnasse, and it's the first salvo of an MMA war in which Jake Paul is a preferable alternative, because that is what our terrible sport deserves. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 198: THE LOOMING HORIZON
Carl looks at UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs Parnasse and hopes for the future.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 28/08/2026
The UFC heads to Shanghai this weekend and Carl advises you keep a healthier sleep schedule. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 197: UNTIL IT WORKS
Carl will lead you to UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song, but he advises you strive for a healthy sleep schedule instead.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 28/08/2026
Neal is flying solo with a podcast about weight cutting in combat sports, how ingrained it is in the culture of fighting and grappling, how difficult it is to dislodge, and how frustrating all of that is when it's so damn dangerous. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/episode-9-...
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Episode 9 - The Problems With the Problems with Weight Cutting
Neal runs a 1-panelist panel discussion to explain why there's no one neat trick to solve weight cutting in MMA, BJJ, and other combat sports
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 19/06/2026
@troyponce.bsky.social joins the Pagoda to discuss the MMA story no one else is brave enough to tackle: What does Jean Baudrillard have to say about the UFC ring girl costumes at the White House? www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/why-were-t...
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Why Were The UFC’s Ring Girls Outfits At The White House So Bad?
A Thesis
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 12/06/2026
"I don’t intend to do a breakdown of how we got here (at least all too much). I am just going to rant and try to get across the point that you should just boycott the ever living shit out of the UFC." Eric ends our White House coverage with primal rage. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/lets-just-...
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Fuck UFC 250, Boycott the UFC
Just do it.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 12/06/2026
"One day, as hard as it is to presently imagine, the sport, and the world, will not be this." @punchsport.report is here for day two of the UFC at the White House, and they are searching for meaning in the worst moment of their sport. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 187: WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY
Carl doesn't look at the White House.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 11/06/2026
"They either think we’re too stupid to notice, or too complacent to care, or too weak for it to matter." @legkicktko.bsky.social starts our White House UFC coverage with a breakdown of the card and the greater existential wonder of why we are still here. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/ufc-freedo...
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UFC Freedom 250
what is any of this
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 21/05/2026
We've decided that MMA rankings are boring and too focused on things like "accuracy" and "being up to date," so @legkicktko.bsky.social and @punchsport.report have sorted out the weight classes by abandoning sense altogether in favor of joy. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/the-punchs...
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The Punchsport Pagoda Irregular Rankings Special
After a long slumber, Jess and Carl have come to rank fighters.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 16/05/2026
Netflix is finally dipping its toe into mixed martial arts, and @legkicktko.bsky.social is here to make sense of what a card programmed around Ronda Rousey, Gina Carano and Chris Avila really means a decade and a half after its heyday. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/b-league-p...
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B-League Preview: MVP MMA 1
Rousey vs Carano
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 17/03/2026
The Pagoda crew, led by @legkicktko.bsky.social, got back together to discuss Carano vs Rousey. And then @punchsport.report took two weeks to edit it so its undercard didn't exist yet. Let the dulcet tones of our voices convince you it's still February. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/on-caranor...
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On Carano/Rousey
Jessica, Nemo, Neal and Carl get together to discuss the then-newly-announced Netflix MMA debut and then Carl takes two weeks to edit it so no one has anything to say about Ngannou/Lins.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 06/03/2026
"It’s an incredible rematch. It’s incredibly important to the future of the Lightweight division. So how am I still, somehow, annoyed about it?" It's Holloway/Oliveira 2 and @punchsport.report cannot get over the fake belt the UFC invented to sell shoes. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 174: A LIST OF CONCEPTS
UFC 326 is here, and assuredly, nothing can get in the way of one of the best rematches in the history of the sport.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 21/02/2026
There's a UFC tomorrow, and @punchsport.report is here to talk about the tiredness of bigotry, the future of scarcity conflicts, and Deep Space Nine references. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 172: IN CONTENTION
Carl takes a walk through Texas for Strickland vs Hernandez and thinks about the great, gaping darkness.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 19/02/2026
"All it takes is a stinky wrestling singlet, ringworm, and some virulent, outspoken bigotry and any horrid oaf gets a shot on the Contender Series against a Brazilian guy who’s 9-3 against an assortment of scarecrows." @legkicktko.bsky.social vs Heavyweights. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/the-fungib...
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The Fungibility of Heavyweight
Or: Trashweight Ever After, a Division’s Lament
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 09/02/2026
On this, Stephan, you are wrong. Spreading alleged CSAM and other sexual material of people without their knowledge, advocating for BLM protesters to be ran over and killed by cops, and saying they're "pro-genocide" of Palestinians is not battling fascism. It's enabling it.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 09/02/2026
That name sounds familiar 🤔 www.polygon.com/news/527186/...
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Streamer Destiny sued for sharing intimate videos
Destiny addressed the lawsuit in an hourlong YouTube video
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 09/02/2026
In the wake of the allegations against Andre Galvao, and thanks to a consistent string of abusive situations in the sport, Eric goes over why "duty of care" is important to creating safe spaces, and how it is failed to be upheld by the organizing bodies. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/duty-of-ca...
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Duty of Care in Jiu Jitsu
Eric discusses why duty of care is important, how it is failed in jiu jitsu, and offers a solution that semi-exists already.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 04/02/2026
In what Carl (@punchsport.report) calls an actual good main event, the UFC has also begun its full corporate partnership with Facebook. Leaving him incapable of feeling joy, and now he wants to free Kyoji Horiguchi from the Meta Apex. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 171: LOK DOGS & POLISHMEN
In which Carl looks at UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs Oliveira and gets mad at Meta.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/02/2026
are not concrete and that any learning environment be it jiu jitsu, judo, MMA, boxercise, should always be focused around creating a safe, inclusive, and open space for everyone. There is a duty of care all instructors must follow to ensure their students are safe and protected from abuse.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/02/2026
What has been accused against one of the highest profile gym owners/athletes is quite horrifying. The power dynamics, hierarchy, and structure of the jiu jitsu gym they set up helped create such an environment where abuse was possible. We think it's important to emphasize that such systems (cont)
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/02/2026
This was a companion piece alongside one of our episodes, "Black Belts and Blind Obedience" www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/episode-6-...
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Episode 6 - Black Belts and Blind Obedience
Eric has a quick discussion on why just having a black belt doesn't automatically make you an authority, and why critically questioning what they say is good.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/02/2026
In the wake of the sexual harassment/abuse allegations recently raised against Andre Galvao, we feel it is worth sharing this piece written by one of our writers on power dynamics in BJJ and the "mythologizing" of black belts. grapplers.win/p/the-mythol...
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The Mythologizing of Black Belts
Let's talk about how people keep assuming anyone with a black belt are an authority on anything but grappling.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/02/2026
February is now here and it brings more events in the MMA landscape, explained in an excellent fashion by Carl (@punchsport.report). www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/the-punchs...
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THE PUNCHSPORT REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2026
The year has begun, the sport is awake, the B-leagues are returning, and if you're reading this, the only UFC title fight of the month is already over.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 31/01/2026
Carl (@punchsport.report) goes through UFC 325: Volkanovski vs Lopes 2 and fights a persistent feeling of deja vu. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 170: BEGIN AGAIN
Carl goes through UFC 325: Volkanovski vs Lopes 2 and fights a persistent feeling of deja vu.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 22/01/2026
A new year. A new streaming deal. A new series of ways for Carl (@punchsport.report) to be tortured at the Meta Apex. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 169: A NEW DAY IN HELL
Carl kicks off 2026 with UFC 324: Gaethje vs Pimblett, and boy, this year is off to a rough start.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 06/01/2026
With 2025 over, Eric (@grapplers.win) goes over the main takeaways for jiu jitsu were from the past twelve months and what coverage will look like in 2026. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/grappling-...
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Grappling with 2025
Eric gives his thoughts on all the aggressive hugsport stuff from the past year.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/01/2026
Also to add in to our early 2026 news, we have an announcement to make. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/punchsport...
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Punchsport Pogada
It's a new year and we have some big news.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/01/2026
It is the start of a new year, and also a new month. Carl (@punchsport.report) goes over all of January's upcoming events, as well as a breakdown of all the major news from the end of 2025. www.punchsportpagoda.com/p/the-punchs...
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THE PUNCHSPORT REPORT FOR JANUARY 2026
It's a new year, we only have one UFC this month, and Carl's already kind of exhausted.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 20/12/2025
Thank you everyone for reaching out regarding call for artists to do commissioned work. We will be reaching out to those we are interested in commissioning shorty via direct messaging on Bsky. Thanks again.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 19/12/2025
Sorry about that. We sort it out.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 18/12/2025
Specifically, we are looking for the following work to be done: - Logo (website + podcast logo) - Header/banner image - Static background image for YT videos - Writer profile picture logos (also to be doubled as PNGTubers)
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 18/12/2025
Good point, forgot to add that as a follow up so apologies. We are looking for: - Logo (website + podcast logo) - Header/banner image - Static background image for YT videos - Writer profile picture logos (also to be doubled as PNGTuber for videos)
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 17/12/2025
We are currently in need of some art work to be done for our site/podcast and are looking for artists. If you know anyone who does commissions, or are an artist yourself, please hit us up here on BlueSky so we can talk details. Thanks so much!
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 17/12/2025
Fresh from a trip abroad, Eric (@grapplers.win) shares a short guide on training jiu jitsu in South Korea while traveling. www.fightis.land/p/training-i...
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Training in South Korea: A Short Guide
Eric goes over some of the basics of training jiu jitsu in South Korea, after having spent a month doing just that.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 12/12/2025
Don't forget, the Tap Cancer Out Global Grappling Day 2025 fundraiser ends this Saturday. You can donate via our team page to help Tap Cancer Out raise funds for: American Brain Tumor Association, Jay Fund, Alex's Lemonade Stand, Little Pink House of Hope, & more. wecan.tapcancerout.org/psp
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Global Grappling Day, 2025
Today is the last day of our fundraiser!
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 10/12/2025
The end and the death (of 2025). www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 168: DESCENDING INTO THE FUTURE
We've made it to the end of the year, and Carl is taking us on one last jaunt through the Apex.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 10/12/2025
Watching fights from yesteryear is cool, and Jessica (@legkicktko.bsky.social) makes the case why you should find old retired #MMA fighters' fights and become a fan of them now. www.fightis.land/p/why-you-sh...
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Why You Should Be a Fan of Retired Fighters
Jessica goes over why you should take the time to find, and watch, retired MMA fighters' fights from yesteryear.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 04/12/2025
The final UFC PPV for 2025, and under the nominal PPV system before shifting over to 'premium live events', is upon us. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 167: THE END OF THE ROAD
We're here at the final UFC pay-per-view, and Merab is going to try to make history at the same time history comes to an end.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/12/2025
2025 is coming to an end, with a few more #MMA events to close off the year. Carl (@punchsport.report) takes us into the dark days of December in the final Punchsport Report of the year. www.fightis.land/p/the-punchs...
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THE PUNCHSPORT REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2025
Another year has come and gone, and we are going into the Winter dark in peace and quiet.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/12/2025
Yes we have an RSS, if you go to our podcast page it should be there. www.fightis.land/podcast Please refer to the image below.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 02/12/2025
The 2025 finales for BJJ Clubes is this week and Eric (@grapplers.win) goes over the whole season and what to expect. www.fightis.land/p/scrambling...
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Scrambling: BJJ Clubes 2025 Finals
Well well well, another team focused grappling event is having its finals and I missed out on everything.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 01/12/2025
We are back with another episode of Punchsport Pagoda, this time Neal, Carl, and Jessica sit down and take a walk down #MMA memory lane to talk about guys and guys we may have forgotten about. www.fightis.land/p/episode-7-...
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Episode 7 - Remembering Guys and Gals (Part 1)
Neal, Carl, and Jessica sit down to travel through MMA history and chat about figures and fighters most of us have forgotten about. Some of whom for good reason.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 21/11/2025
The UFC is in Qatar this week, there are multiple fights with top contendership considerations, and Carl (@punchsport.report) is just too happy Kyoji Horiguchi is finally here to focus on anything else. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 166: WHERE BREAD IS BUTTERED
We're in Qatar for a better weekly than we usually get, an--HOLY SHIT, KYOJI HORIGUCHI'S FINALLY BACK
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 13/11/2025
An absolute awesome card is upon us this weekend with UFC 322. But something makes Carl (@punchsport.report) question if it will live up to the hype, and what it means for the rest of MMA. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 165: MOMENTS IN TIME
Carl looks at a genuinely good pay-per-view and analyzes why it still doesn't feel as good as it should.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 06/11/2025
Having a black belt in jiu jitsu is regularly being used to help spread opinions on topics (politics etc.) far outside the scope of grappling. Which, as you may have guessed, is not a good thing. Eric (@grapplers.win) goes over this in the latest Punchsport Pagoda. www.fightis.land/p/episode-6-...
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Episode 6 - Black Belts and Blind Obedience
Eric has a quick discussion on why just having a black belt doesn't automatically make you an authority, and why critically questioning what they say is good.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 05/11/2025
Another weekend of UFC fights taking place at the APEX. Carl (@punchsport.report) breaks it all down. However, the real question on all of our minds is the over/under on thrown fights for gambling related reasons. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 164: SHORT PHRASES
We're in the Apex for one more week, Raoni Barcelos screams for justice, and tacos are debated.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 03/11/2025
The end of 2025 is close, and we have more UFC events at the APEX plus several more MMA events around the globe to get through this month. Carl (@punchsport.report) breaks it all down in this month's Punchsport Report. www.fightis.land/p/the-punchs...
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THE PUNCHSPORT REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2025
Poked eyes, title vs title fights, ONE putting in a rare effort, a whole lot of Apex, and the cold march towards the end of the year.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 30/10/2025
The Squads World Tournament finals, two women's matches serve to be the last major jiu jitsu event of the year. Eric (@grapplers.win) goes over the card. www.fightis.land/p/scrambling...
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Scrambling: Polaris 34
The Squads World Tournament Finals and two women's title matches close out the Polaris 2025 event calendar. And it looks great.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 29/10/2025
For two and a half months of being on the road, we got to see actual audiences at the fights, a decent level of production, and a higher amount of effort in matchmaking. That heavy "sigh" you hear is Carl (@punchsport.report) looking over the card. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 163: THE BIG COME DOWN
Coach, I don't think we ever made it out of the Apex.
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Punch Sport Pagoda @punchsportpagoda.com · 22/10/2025
A Heavyweight title fight takes center stage this weekend, and Carl (@punchsport.report) sorts out what it all means for everyone involved. www.fightis.land/p/carls-figh...
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CARL'S FIGHT BREAKDOWNS, EPISODE 162: STYROFOAM BELTS
The Heavyweight division is being replanted, and Carl is here to sift through the loam.
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