In this episode, Edrick and Joaquin sit down with Darian Weeks and talk about his fight career.

They discuss everything from how he got started to his time in the UFC and why he deserves a second chance in the spotlight. They also ask Darian who is part of his MMA Mount Rushmore and what he wants his legacy to be in the fight world.

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Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Intro to Fighting

(02:45) First Fight

(08:39) Finding Success

(09:23) IMMAF

(11:05 Pro Debut

(11:37) Glory MMA Feud

(14:40) Sportsmanship

(16:00) UFC Run/Debut

(22:15) Garry Fight

(30:10) Third UFC Fight

(33:05) Bad Judging

(35:53) Building Confidence

(37:10) UFC Exit

(40:22) Journey Back

(40:39) Choriev Fight

(45:12) MMA Mount Rushmore

(50:30) Dream Fight

(53:29) Legacy

(55:39) Bring Me Back

(57:43) Outro

In this episode, Joaquin and Edrick give us rundown of their time spent in Kansas City, Missouri in the week leading up to UFC Fight Night in KC.

Up next they discuss Joaquin's big fight announcement against Kamaru Usman in June.

They then move on to giving us a review of the final three Fight Night matchups from May 3 featuring Cory Sandhagan and Deiveson Figueiredo as the main event.

And finally, prelim and main card predictions for UFC 315 are given as well as a more in depth overview of the main card featuring title fights between Valentina Shevchenko & Manon Fiorot as well as Belal Muhammad & Jack Della Maddalena.

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Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:55) Usman Fight Announcement

(03:28) Recap of KC

(05:02) Story Time

(07:48) Sandhagen Vs. Figueiredo

(11:00) de Ridder Vs. Nickal

(16:28) Ponzinibbio Vs. Rodriguez

(19:32) UFC 315 Predictions

(19:39) Muhammad Vs. JDM

(26:08) Shevchenko Vs. Fiorot

(27:43) Aldo Vs. Zahabi

(28:55) Grasso Vs. Silva

(30:39) BSD Vs. Alvarez

(32:04) Quick Picks

(36:25) Outro

In this week's episode Edrick and Joaquin preview the UFC Kansas City card featuring Ian Garry VS Carlos Prates, which takes place on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Listen while they discuss the matchups between Giga Chikadze & David Onama, Michel Pereira & Abus Magomedov, Randy Brown & Nicholas Dalby, and Ikram Aliskerov & Andre Muniz. They also touch on a few of the other scheduled match ups as well as Anthony Smith's retirement fight.

Next they give us their thoughts on which city in Missouri gave us the best card. St. Louis or Kansas City?

Following their discussion on STL vs KC, Edrick and Joaquin tell us how they rank the Men's weight classes from best to worst and then give us their list on who think are the top crash out kings.