MMA On Point - Podcast

How Underground MMA Built (and Broke) Itself

26 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the wild, chaotic origins of underground MMA as we explore how Iowa’s regional fight scene helped build the sport and nearly broke it in t...

15 "Competitive Fights" That Turned into Squash Matches

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It doesn't matter how good a fight looks on paper. Sometimes, you just find out as soon as the fight starts that there is just no way one corner h...

10 Times UFC Championships Were Practically Given Away

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

No matter how you look at it, at UFC 327 Jiri Prochazka had a massive advantage when Carlos Ulberg's knee suffered a tear in the light heavyweight...

Why Was This Guy Slapping MMA Fighters?

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why was Antonio Inoki slapping MMA fighters, and what was he trying to prove? This video dives into one of the strangest crossovers between pro wrestl...

There's no mercy in fighting.

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UFC 327 just had one of the wildest conclusions to a fight ever. One in which, Jiri Prochazka basically had his opponent, Carlos Ulberg, all but beate...

10 Vacant Title Fights That Immediately Downgraded the Division

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The champion of a division is often the easiest way to gauge the weight class' health. Well what happens when a respected or even hated champion l...

Why Criticisms Against The UFC Hit Different Right Now

05 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC is facing a growing amount of criticism these days, but it's not just that, they are losing big stars to rivals, meanwhile their divisions...

The Insane Loophole That Kept The UFC Jacked

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Join our channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQ_WJsfwZvrSYHv6ywzyOA/joinTom returns to break down how a wild TRT loophole...

The Complete History Of UFC Pay Disputes

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rematches are one of the best things that can happen in MMA. Usually the 2nd fight is even bigger than the first when beloved champions and former cha...

10 MMA Rematches Absolutely No One Asked For

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rematches are one of the best things that can happen in MMA. Usually the 2nd fight is even bigger than the first when beloved champions and former cha...

10 Fighters Who Actively Make It Hard To Be A Fan Of Them

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some fighters can never stay out of trouble, but these fighters... oh man, they NEVER seem to get out of their own. The problem is, you want to be the...

These MMA records are all about to FINALLY be broken.

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Records are meant to be broken, even the longest standing MMA records ever. No one is safe!

The 10 Most Dangerous Champions in MMA History

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's tough enough to get to the top of the mountain. It's even tough to get finishes on the way up, but to command the kind of fear these cham...

BMF is dead.

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The BMF title was originally an awesome idea, organically created by Nate Diaz calling out Jorge Masvidal. It was supposed to be a 1-of-1 specialty at...

10 UFC Wins That Were Perfectly Timed

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MMA isn't exactly what you would consider a very forgiving sport, but sometimes, the stars just seem to align and with only a single things not on...

When the UFC went to battle with their OWN commentators

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC has created a lot of enemies over the years, but none perhaps closer to their brand publicly than their own commentators. These are the times ...

Is it time to bring steroids back to heavyweight MMA?

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The heavyweight division in the UFC and around the world is a total disaster. The whole debacle begs the question, is it time to go back to the era be...

10 MMA/UFC Fights That Should Have Been Overturned

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Commissions in MMA/UFC are the absolute worst. Why aren't these fights overturned already? Bad ref calls, actually cheating with PEDs or flopping....

10 Most Dramatic MMA Weight Cut Fails

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Weight cutting is a forever problem it seems in MMA and while many think the solutions are simple, the truth is, it's about as hard to stop as che...

10 Big Opportunities Stupidly Fumbled by Fighters

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Big money opportunities come for few people in this industry and that's what makes it so baffling when it gets totally fumbled by those presented ...

This is why you don’t book rematches without earning it.

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UFC 325 had some really great moments and finishes throughout the card. Ruffy over Fiziev, BSD over Dan Hooker and some not so great. Chief of the wor...

The Must Watch UFC Prospects For 2026

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Who is the next big talent in the UFC? Or how about the next big star? Both of these may be answered in today's video as we jump into the most hyped p...

10 Giant Crossover Stars Who Failed in the UFC

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Giant stars from rival promotions sometimes make a big splash in the UFC, but these stars definitely struggled to that. In fact most of them didn'...

That’s what you call overdelivering.

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

UFC 324 was the first Paramount+ and the main event between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett was just good, it was a fight of the year candidate. Dan...

Dana White has stopped even trying.

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alright... the big Paramount debut is here. The only question is... where is Dana White? Has he just kinda given up? We think so. The guy has way too ...

15 Classic UFC PPVs Every New Fan Should Watch

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC's PPV has officially ended as we now enter into the Paramount Era. So the question has to be asked... was the PPV era good? How well has i...

10 Fighters the UFC Refused to Fire

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It seems some fighters, no matter how many times they lose, just seem to keep coming back and if it were up to them, they would never leave. Who could...

10 “Triumphant Returns” That Turned into Disasters

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Here comes the big return of a former UFC champion. Do they set the division on fire or do they run into a brick wall? Well in short, these guys all h...

50 Useless Facts About MMA

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There are seemingly a billion facts about MMA we could talk about on this channel that we never have or wrinkles to stories we've never covered on...

How bad is MMA right now?

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We've gone through some pretty tough times in the UFC's biggest divisions recently. So it has to be asked, are we are currently in the worst e...

MMA On Point Fan Choice Awards 2025

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A bunch of awards on the line this year. Who wins fighter of the year? Who wins KO or submission of the year? Lots of different categories and some in...

10 Fights We Need to See in 2026

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the UFC and the paramount era upon us, there is perhaps no greater opportunity than 2026 to put together some of the biggest fights with more eye...

10 More Fights That Publicly Embarrassed The UFC

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC has put on thousands of fights over the years and have no doubt have been unhappy with at least a few of those results, but when it comes to t...

This is what happened to the UFC's most hated fighter.

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So few fighters have been let go from the UFC and despite high profile wins with a fan friendly style and popularity been refused rentry into the UFC ...

10 Fighters Who Were Just One Win Away From GOAT Status

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A single win at times can be the difference between undeniable greatness and not quite. These are the MMA/UFC fighters that were so close to being con...

10 Times A Fighter Literally Lost Twice In the Same Fight

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes finishing your opponent in an MMA/UFC fight just once isn't enough. The ref is often to blame for not stopping it and making a 2nd finis...

When a champion realizes they aren't the best anymore

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Pettis in his heyday was one of the biggest new champions with some of the biggest endorsement deals we've ever seen an MMA fighter earn. ...

This is the real MMA curse

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it the moment people start mentioning fighters as "the GOAT" of their division these days.... they lose? It seems the real curse in M...

10 Fighters Who Immediately Retired After One Loss

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most fighters pick themselves after a loss and come back with a newly found vigor, but these fighters pretty much disapeared instantly. So what happen...

The 10 Most Catastrophic Title Fight Endings Ever

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's one thing when a UFC/MMA title fight sucks all the way through, but what about what appears to be a great fight that's heating up and.......

Everything is just great.

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MMA is a totally perfect sport and there is absolutely nothing wrong at the moment. Btw, don't you just love Jon Jones and Conor McGregor? How abo...

The 10 Worst Takes From MMA Commentators

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MMA commentators are well-regarded for the most part, but it doesn't mean they are immune from having bad takes. We've gone through the troubl...

Well... that was anticlimactic.

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why did the conclusion to UFC 322 and the main events between Islam Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena and Valentina Shevchenko vs Zhang Weili feel so....

10 Fight Moments That Immediately Became Memes

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MMA has a ton of memorable moments, but these were almost all remembered for a reason the person it was focused around would probably rather forget. E...

The UFC Betting Scandal Timeline Breakdown

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This betting scandal between Isaac Dulgarian, the FBI and the UFC is getting completely out of hand, but more importantly... what exactly is going on?...

The 10 Greatest MMA Trilogies Ever

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trilogies are some of the sport defining and iconic moments in the sport of MMA. What are truly the best? Note anything over 3 fights don't matter...

10 Fighters With Unstoppable Cardio

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cardio is an incredibly important skill in any athletic endeavor, but especially fighting as it gets deep into the later rounds. These fighters seem i...

What a disaster

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

That might actually be the worst outcome that could have happened at UFC 321 between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane short of someone dying. Where in the ...

Is trash talk just totally dead now?

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

f you didn't watch the UFC 321 presser today, well you are in for disapointment. It felt like Aspinall nor Gane really had anything to say at all ...

10 Massive Fights That Played Out in Entirely Unexpected Ways

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it seems so obvious how a fight is going to play out, but then it goes the literal opposite direction. In today's video we break down th...

How a Journeyman Took Himself to Superstardom in 6 Months

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chael Sonnen's career at one point was certainly known to hardcore fans, but beyond that, he had struggled to amass enough fan support and wins to rea...

10 Times Champions Immediately Won Their Belts Back

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just like Alex Pereira just beat Magomed Ankalaev immediately in there rematch, there are a few others in the sport have done the same. So this best t...

10 Biggest Gimme Fights That Totally Backfired

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gimme fights in MMA/UFC and combat sports are basically known as giving stars an opponent so easy, they it pretty much means a 99% certainty they'...

The absolutely brutal KO's of Igor Vovchanchyn

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Rock's movie about The Smashing Machine Mark Kerr, has come out recently and a huge part of that story is the legendary Igor Vovchanchyn. Desp...

The UFC's Biggest Star is Back

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Pereira just got in there and demolished Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320. He probably didn't even break a sweat. This certainly makes Dana White ...

The Smashing Machine movie has made some odd choices

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Rock, Emily Blunt, A24 and Ben Safdie just released a new movie this weekend about the Smashing Mark Kerr.... but is it actually any good?

10 MMA Losses the Community Took Pleasure In

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes, fighters do so much to enrage the MMA fan base, that frankly everyone wants to see these guys lose. These losses actually feel deserved. Wh...

The Most Emotional MMA Moments

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MMA is a sport with tons of bravado and intensity based around the act of fighting, but what unpins a lot of it is some very real emotions.... emotion...

10 UFC Fighters Immediately Cut For Missing Weight

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weight cutting is a bit of an endemic issue that will continue to persist in the sport of mixed martial arts, but just as recent stories have shown fo...

10 More Times Reporters Got Under Fighter's Skin

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fighter's might be in the hurt business and one of the toughest sports mentally, but that doesn't mean you can't get under their skin with...

When Brock Lesnar Tanked An MMA Promotion

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It doesn't matter how big a star you are, sometimes things just can't be helped. That is the case in today's video with the 2nd biggest PP...

The 10 Biggest WTF Lies in MMA

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People lie all the time, but these lies in today's video are way over the top. From lying about records, to PED failures and court proceedings, ev...

The 10 Biggest Event Downgrades & Cancellations In MMA History

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you go from a 20 million dollar, international spectacle and gigantic PPV to just a run of the mill fight night.... well yeah that's a massiv...

10 MMA Destroyers Pacified with a Single Loss

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When someone just buzzsaws through everyone in their division en route to a title, they often don't realize how vulnerable they are themselves as ...

How A War Between Pro Wrestling & MMA Created A Generational GOAT

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The greatest dynasty in the history of MMA is without a doubt the Gracie family, but at one point, while they were at the peak of their height, one ma...

The 10 Best Fighters to Never Win A UFC Championship Belt

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if you are clearly one of the best fighters on the planet, better than many champions who have won undisputed UFC titles, but never won one yours...

We Ranked the Worst & Best UFC Champions in EVERY Single Division

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A simple question, who are the best and worst champions in every single UFC division? We explore that exact question today.

10 Times Divisional GOATs Got Dominated

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Almost everyone in MMA loses, pretty much everyone, but some achieve heights so great and so seemingly invincible that any loss at all is a shock. The...

When MMA's Most Elusive Cheat Finally Got Caught

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alistair Overeem spent years in Japan and outside organizations with more lax testing away from the UFC. His feats were astounding and he accomplished...

Even MMA wrestling's biggest haters have to respect it.

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus Du Plessis' wrestling heavy main event that went down at UFC 319, there have been a lot of wild takes about wrest...

Khamzat was always inevitable.

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dominant is hardly the word for what we witnessed last night. Khamzat Chimaev absolutely ripped the title away from Dricus Du Plessis and put on one o...

UFC PPVs are dead.

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC ACTUALLY DID IT! They finally got rid of PPV. This effectively means in the US, you are no longer go to have to spend over a thousand dollars ...

10 Fighters Held Back the Longest From Getting UFC Title Shots

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all know of the fighters like Brock Lesnar or even Alex Pereira that got their UFC title shots extremely quickly thanks to the support of the UFC b...

The Year That Nearly Ended The UFC

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's the worst area of the UFC? You probably wouldn't guess it was literally right before it broke onto television and through the dark ages...

10 Losses That Were Actually Great For Fighter's Careers

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Losses in general, especially for a fighter where there is only one person to shoulder the ramifications, is well....BAD. But in some rare cases, that...

How The UFC’s Most Hated Fighter Became A Cult Hero

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At one point in time and it lasted for quite a while, Michael Bisping's was the UFC's most hated fighter. He was accused of cheating in fighte...

10 Times Hated Fighters Made You Respect Them

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The thing about MMA that makes it such a great sport isn't simply the knockouts, submissions and great fights, it that it shows a deeper layer of ...

THIS is the way a true legend retires.

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Holloway absolutely showed out last night, defended that BMF championship and deserves all the credit in the world. For Dustin Poirier, he put on ...

These are the most effective punches in MMA and it’s a game changer.

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone sport has a high level of research behind it and while MMA has certainly picked up in recent decades, it's still so far behind team progr...

Ben Askren is insanely inspiring.

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The title pretty much says it all. What's happened to him is absolutely terrible, but his ability to overcome and persevere alongside the backing ...

Conceive, Believe, Achieve - The Luke Rockhold Rollercoaster

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The man who ever from one of the most promising athletes this sport as ever seen to being viewed as one of the cockiness and most reviled characters a...

This is the scariest fighter in the UFC.

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who knocks out people the way Ilia Topuria does? That 3 fight win streak of KO'ing Volkanovski, Holloway and Oliveira will truly stand the test of...

10 Fighters That Were Stuck Being Second Best

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's crazy witnessing what looks like a generational talent, evening going as far as becoming champion in a division, but even while still in thei...

This Is The Most Disgraceful Retirement Of A UFC Champion Ever.

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Jones just retired on Saturday night in the most disapointing way any champion has ever walked away. GSP and Khabib retired in their primes, where...

10 UFC/MMA Rules That Had The Exact Opposite Effect

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some of these MMA/UFC rules are incredibly stupid, some of them are just poorly thought out despite the best of intentions. Either way literally every...

The 10 Most Pointless UFC Title Shots Ever

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC pushes fights on fans all the time and these are perfect examples of either pushing people to soon like in the case of Darren Till, too late l...

Moments That Made the UFC Look Weak

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UFC may be the big dogs in combat sports, but things don't always go their way. In fact, their own athletes in the case of Jon Jones or Conor McGr...

Is Merab Dvalishvili the 135 GOAT Now?

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Merab Dvalishvili just put on a showcase performance against Sean O'Malley and frankly made it look quite easy. The question is, with such a domin...

10 Exact Moments We All Knew Fights Were Doomed

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some bookings fall through and it catches you totally off guard. That's actually most instances, but sometimes, yeah there is an exact moment you ...

10 Crazy Things Fighters Tried To Gain An Advantage

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lucky rabbits foot, not changing certain articles of cloathing, stick to exact routines and things like this definitely exist in other sports than MMA...

Why The Rock Is Making A $40 Million Movie About Mark Kerr

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There may never be a more incredible story that was depicted in the Smashing Machine documentary. Now that the Rock is making a $40 million movie base...

10 Times Coaches & Their Fighters Bitterly Feuded

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most MMA/UFC interviews are pretty standard and don't really say much. "Just give me whoever the UFC wants next." plagues this sport. So...

How A Company Burned $150 MILLION On Team-Based MMA

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MMA is a really tough business to get into if you are wanted to compete with the UFC. At this stage, it nearly feels impossible. Back in 2006 when the...

The 10 Most Loaded Post-Fight UFC Interviews

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most MMA/UFC interviews are pretty standard and don't really say much. "Just give me whoever the UFC wants next." plagues this sport. So...

The Boring Champs Era Is Already Over (Never really existed)

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Machida... um I mean boring era, might as well have been the proclamation from many fans about the entertainment quality of the UFC cha...

Are UFC Main Events Getting Worse?

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What in the world has been going on with UFC main events lately? There definitely appears to be an epidemic of awful fights headlining cards when you ...

Kid Yamamoto: Japan's Real Life Super Hero

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't know about Kid Yamamota, you are about to become a huge fan. In this video we layout exactly why he is so beloved and will continue t...

When All The UFC Champs Got Dominated By "The Minor Leagues"

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UFC is the top organization on the planet and generally speaking any other organizations are considered "the minor leagues". So what hap...

10 Shocking Upsets That Should've Surprised No One

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you look at some of the biggest upsets of all time.... were they really that shocking in hindsight? Like, did Ronda Rousey really ever have a cha...

10 Cancelled Title Fights That Turned Out Better for Fans

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes what you plan is the right call for all the right reason, but once that plan falls through, you realize or now have the opportunity to make ...