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Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: 2015 MMA Year In Review (July-September)

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As we continue to slide into 2016, we’re not finishing talking about the amazing 2015 in MMA just yet. After discussing January-June, Paul Fontaine of WrestlingObserver.com and MMADraws.com is back on the 26th Josh Nason’s Punch-Out to sift through all the big news and happenings from July through September. 

Here’s just a lovin’ spoonful of what Josh and Paul discussed:

  • Conor McGregor’s ascension to the throne of (ahem, interim) UFC featherweight champion
  • Gilbert Melendez’s surprise failed drug test
  • Fedor Emelianenko coming out of retirement, but for who?
  • Ronda Rousey winning ESPYs and calling out Floyd Mayweather
  • Stitch Duran’s firing from UFC
  • Sean Wheelock getting released from Bellator/Spike TV
  • The build to UFC 190 and Rousey’s 34-second destruction of insta-rival Bethe Correia
  • Anderson Silva banned for a year and the mystery blue vial of liquid​
  • The UFC’s Go Big press conference where McGregor made three or so future fights
  • Bellator’s foray into a dual MMA/Glory kickboxing show to mixed results
  • The controversy of Vitor Belfort’s elevated TRT tests prior to UFC 152 and who know what and when
  • And tons more!

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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Q & A

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The first DragonKingKarl Show of 2016 is a question and answer show so the good DragonKingKarl can clear out some email questions to get the year started off right! 

Several of them deal with off-topic discussions from recent shows including the ever controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Not only that but there is even a touch of After Dark related subjects. Then we shift gears into pro wrestling discussion and one of the best questions we have ever debated here: who has legitimately had the most number of matches in wrestling history plus a sub-question, who has had the most in-ring time in pro wrestling history? The question is far more complicated than it sounds, and has been debated on The Board~! and elsewhere. Together, we will try to pin down the answer.

The second part of the question is also very interesting as it really is a different question. While some of the top “most matches” candidates will have near 10,000 matches, there may be wrestlers with much fewer actual matches that have much more time spent inside the ring.  We will even look back at some of the legendary longest matches featuring people like Ed “Stranger” Lewis and Joe Stecher.  But the answer to who has had the most number of matches is probably someone in the modern era.  We will look at schedule differences between the United States, Japan, and Mexico which could greatly influence the answer. (It should lead to a nice research project for someone.)

Email Karl with your thoughts, and enjoy today’s show with a variety of topics!

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Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: 2015 MMA Year In Review (January-June)

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2015 was a fun and memorable year in the world of MMA which is why we need two shows to look back at everything that happened!

In part 1 of the 2015 MMA Year in Review, Paul Fontaine of F4WOnline.com and MMADraws.com joins Josh Nason to go over the first six months of the year and the top stories from every month. Here’s just a little of what they talked about on this two-hour supershow that puts Smackdown to shame:

– The highs of Jon Jones (downing Daniel Cormier in January) to his highs getting the worst of him with a hit and run incident that saw him be stripped of the UFC light heavyweight title

– The shocking drug test failure by the legendary Anderson Silva

– The pop culture rocket that was Ronda Rousey and what helped launch her into orbit

– Brock Lesnar choosing WWE over UFC

– Conor McGregor’s big victory in January and the July fight with Jose Aldo being postponed due to injury

– New drug testing procedures, Kimbo vs. Ken, Reebok, and tons more. Join us for a two-hour gabfest about the first half of 2015!

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DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The 2015 Christmas Party Wrap-Up!

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As has now become tradition for the DKP Christmas Party, we close things out with The Treason Trio, The Third Triumvirate, The Triangle Of Terrific….. Alan, Eamo and Justin as the lads watch themselves A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!! What Christmas Movie you ask? Nightmare Before Christmas? Miracle On 34th Street? Die Hard (don’t be a smart ass) ? Nope! MICHAEL MIZANIN AND RAYA BEVIS STAR IN SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER!!! The jokes flow as you’d expect and a grand ol’ time was had. Happy Christmas DKP listeners!!! CHECK IT!!!

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DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The Joe Gagne Christmas Draft of The Nitro Years

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After the roaring success of the first annual Joe Gagne Christmas Draft where Alan, Joe and the Voices Of Wrestling lads drafted EVERY SINGLE WRESTLER IN JAPAN….. what better way to kick off the 2015 DKP Christmas Party than with the sequel! We flew in Rich and the two Joes to the Dr. Keith Christmas Mansion, we broke out the draft board and we proceeded to draft four rosters of WCW’s finest from the Nitro era. Who devised the best show? Who was the Vince Russo of Christmas drafts? You tell us!!! CHECK IT!!!

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Dragon King Karl Audio: Lizmark, Star Wars spoilers, a little rock’n’roll

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This week’s show is a change of pace to wrap up 2015 with the only wrestling talk being the death of luchadore Lizmark who was a major career rival of Karl’s mentor in pro wrestling, the late Ken Timbs. Timbs and Lizmark had a big feud in CMLL in the late 1980s over one of the major championships in Mexico.

After that, it’s all off topic:

– The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been announced for this year and Karl talks about the merits of Chicago, N.W.A., Steve Miller Band, Cheap Trick, and Deep Purple in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Being a big Chicago fan dating back to the 1970s, Karl tells you what makes them great (and what doesn’t). He also talks about why major bands with huge success and staying power have been historically overlooked by the Hall of Fame.  

– Then, the second half of the show is all Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers. In fact, there’s so many spoilers that Don Jardine would say “Whoa! That’s a lot of Spoilers!”.  Enjoy but do not listen if you don’t want to be spoiled! 

Sit back and enjoy the final DragonKingKarl Show of 2015 and may the force be with you!

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Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: Sherdog’s Jordan Breen on Conor McGregor, UFC Orlando

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We’re still reeling from all of the implications of last week’s UFC 194 and UFC Fight Night shows. To help clear the fog in the harbour like a giant lighthouse is Sherdog writer and radio host Jordan Breen, who joined Josh Nason’s Punch-Out this week for a full hour.

On this show (free for non-subscribers), Josh & Jordan discussed:

– Jordan’s 10 year anniversary of working for Sherdog that is coming up next year

– What he’d be doing if he wasn’t working in MMA

– Jordan’s pro wrestling watching habits, and how to explain wrestling to someone that has never heard of it before

– His big takeaways from UFC 194

– Whether the UFC has a Conor McGregor problem

– What the most important part of McGregor’s rise to fame truly is

– Why people are focusing on the wrong things when it comes to Luke Rockhold’s win over Chris Weidman

– A riveting game ‘Who Wore It Better?’

– A look ahead to Saturday’s UFC on Fox show in Orlando and what we’re looking forward to

– Whether 2015 is the best year ever for fans of the UFC

– And more!

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DR. KEITH PRESENTS: The Sketchiest UFC Preview Of All Time!

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It’s a huge weekend of MMA – perhaps the biggest ever – and we’d be remiss if we didn’t do a UFC preview show here on the DKP. Unfortunately this show contains very little in the way of that. It does however contain more talk about Irish weather ladies (LADIES not girls) than you could have ever asked for. Featuring Eamo, Dave Ryan and JamieOD, this was QUITE THE SHOW! CHECK IT!

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JNPO: 5 things to watch for at UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Edgar

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One UFC event is down, but two more remain starting with Friday’s UFC Fight Night/TUF 22 finale show on Fox Sports One featuring Chad Mendes vs. Frankie Edgar in a battle to be the top challenger to the winner of Saturday’s featherweight title showdown.

In this quick-hit preview, Josh Nason takes a five minute look back at Thursday night’s show and the dominance of Rose Namajunas before delving into five things to watch for in tonight’s show:

– The awesomeness of Chad Mendes vs. Frankie Edgar

– The real co-main event of Tony Ferguson vs. Edson Barboza

– The coinflip fight between veterans Joe Lauzon and Evan Dunham

– The must-win situation Gabriel Gonzaga finds himself in

– The feel-good comeback of Mike Pierce

Another UFC night is upon us, so get ready by listening to this preview show now! Subscribers can click below to stream the show or right-click to save the show to your desktop.

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Wrestling Weekly (12/11): Jim Cornette talks ‘Tuesday Night At The Gardens’

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A special show this week as Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are joined by the one and only Jim Cornette to talk about his latest book,Tuesday Night at the Gardens – Pro Wrestling in Louisville!  Of course there are a number of other subjects tackled, including a lot regarding the state of the independent scene and some of the workers who are a part of it not taking their craft as seriously as they should. 

Among the other topics discussed are:

– The state of the indy wrestling scene and those not taking the craft seriously

– The collectible and convention business today, including the one item Jim wishes he still had

– A lot on the lack of emotional investment in the product today, why that is, and is there any way to change it at all, including whether or not you inform the audience that change is coming

– How Jim came to get his hands on the material that comprise the Mid Atlantic DVD collection which is also still available at jimcornette.com

– What it was that made two different versions of the Midnight Express such great teams

– Why it was easier to become polished professional wrestlers back in the day as opposed to today

– Jim’s favorite match in the Louisville Gardens as a fan, and his most memorable moment in that venue as someone involved in pro wrestling…and more!

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JNPO: 5 things to watch for at UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Van Zant

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With three UFC events in three days, who needs sleep?

For the next three days, JNPO host Josh Nason will do 15-minute preview shows highlighting five things to look for on each show. With UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Van Zant set to go live in just a few hours, the first one has arrived.

Your five things: 

– Why the main event of Paige Van Zant vs. Rose Namajunas is so damn fun

– Why Josh is giving the edge to Michael Chiesa in his very important co-main event battle against Jim Miller

– How the reaction for Sage Northcutt’s second trip into the Octagon is going to be something to watch for

– Why the excitement level of John Howard vs. Tim Means is a coin flip

– The importance of the buried Aljamain Sterling-Johnny Eduardo prelims fight

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NXT TakeOver London 12-10 conference call: Triple H on Finn Balor, Sami Zayn

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On Thursday, WWE COO Triple H did his usual conference call before big NXT events, this time hyping up the Wednesday, December 16th WWE Network event from London, England.

Here’s some highlights and the audio itself which ran just under 40 minutes:

– He ran down the card and teased some impending announcements. 

– He was asked about pushing emotion on the NXT brand as opposed to a lack of that in promos on the major brand. He made a reference to ‘some like chocolate, some like vanilla’ as he’s done before and said when it comes to NXT, he picks the flavor.

– He was asked about three-hour shows. He said the company has to be more creative, come up with a better format, and that they hear people’s frustrations. “It’s fixing it, trying to fix it, and it is what it is. We’ll get there…trust me.”

– He was asked about Finn Balor not being called up to the main roster despite there being an injury crisis. He essentially said that while he has experience in Japan, he’s still learning some things at NXT like promos, etc. He doesn’t want to call guys up to be Band-Aids when there are injury issues. He wants people to have a long-term plan in place for when they come up.

– He was asked about relationships with groups like Evolve and the possibility of opening up relationships with emerging UK groups (ones that our Alan Boon talks about weekly!) to find new talent.

– He was asked about implementing some of the ideas that begin in NXT making their way to WWE. He said that slowly, you see some things bubbling their way up but again referenced the chocolate/vanilla comparison. As far as things he’d like to see change, he mentioned how the women are characterized, but that things take time to change.

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Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: CBS Sports’ Denny Burkholder on WWF ’85, Andre, UFC 194

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The latest JNPO has landed with special guest Denny Burkholder of CBSSports.com! Josh and Denny went for an hour discussing all kinds of interesting nuggets in the worlds of wrestling, MMA, and sports media in general.

A few highlights:

– How CBS Sports.com has covered MMA in the past, and how Denny helped in that effort in the early days

– The method of pitching stories to the site, especially with pro wrestling

– How he became a lapsed MMA/UFC fan

– Whether the buzz for Saturday’s UFC 194 has got him to click the ‘buy’ button

– The backstory of his oral history of WWF 1985, how he contacted the talent, and what he learned that he didn’t know before

– His observations on Wendi Richter and Paul Orndorff

– Why Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper weren’t part of the story

– What he didn’t want to tell Don Muraco

– The backstory of his Andre The Giant feature and making it different than other Andre stories

– The bizarre story of the whereabouts of Andre’s casket…and more!

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Dragon King Karl Classic Wrestling Audio: WWE Network’s new additions examined

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On this week’s show, the conversation is about all the new classic, old-school wrestling shows which have been added lately to the WWE Network.

Finally taking advantage of their incredible tape library, WWE has finally added a sizeable amount of classic content to the online network. Included among the newly added material is NWA World Championship Wrestling from TBS, late-era AWA, Mid-South Srestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, more World Class Championship Wrestling, Global Wrestling Federation, and even some Stampede Wrestling from Calgary…for a few days anyway.

Karl also discusses the animated David Crockett and apparently, his dog hates him.  Who knew?  Then in the second half of the show, Karl takes a few questions out of the mailbag including some follow up emails from the Monsters Of Wrestling show he did back around Halloween. We learn more about the Los Angeles Monster and hockey masked maniacs.

Please check out the Super Stern Stick Flash Drive from Karl’s website to take advantage of a holiday season special offer!

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Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: Bloody Elbow’s John Nash on UFC financials & MMA free agency

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After years of being confused for each other, Bloody Elbow investigative journalist John Nash joins BE alum Josh Nason on the 22nd episode of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out!

On the menu this week:

– The future of MMA free agent Benson Henderson

– Why MMA free agency isn’t more of a thing we can talk about

– How John got into the business

– How his three-part series on UFC financials came together (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

– What fans should take out of that series and understand about the UFC’s business practices

– Why part of the UFC business ledger he’d like to see if given the chance

– His thoughts on the groundbreaking of the new UFC facility in Las Vegas

– A look at Dana White’s interview with TSN’s Michael Landsberg and the comments he made about Jon Jones

– What he’s excited about with the upcoming UFC triple-threat of shows

– 120 good seconds on CM Punk…and more!

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