The MMA Depressed-Us Podcast

UFC is taking another break, just a month after its last one, because of Memorial Day. Not that we’re complaining, just making note of the situation. Our analysts are without their man across the pond, though. Phil is likely battling crime or doing some other civic duty that aids and benefits the public, but Zane and Connor have d...

UFC is taking a little break after its 314th numbered event—a PPV that took place in Miami with the president and several members of his cabinet sitting cageside—so our crack team of analysts (just Zane and Connor this week) are here to provide plenty of laughs and even some thoughtful conversation as they courageously trudge throu...

After just two events this year, the UFC is taking a little break, so our creak team of analysts is driving us down a highway of despair with some last minute replacements that didn’t pass muster. These gents all valiantly stepped up to save the day, only to lose in disappointing fashion, no doubt making several parental units ques...

It’s 2025 now, officially time to leave 2024 in the rearview mirror. Or is it? Our crack team of analysts have decided to give the gift of fights, and they’re giving some of the worst fights of the year. Why? Because they know you’ve all been naughty and probably should’ve gotten coal under your Christmas tree. To remedy Santa’s cl...

For this off-week, we’re treating you with a watch-through of the future masterpiece that is The Curse of the Clown Motel. Zane, Connor and Phil are traveling to the “World-Famous Clown Motel” where Randy Couture and Tobin Bell lead the cast. “Guests check in but they don’t check out” graces the movie poster and calls to memory an...

You guys and gals are in for a real treat this episode, some of our finest work watching terrible fights so you don’t have to. It’s only Zane and Connor, as Phil was off stocking up on coal. Today’s triumvirate of terrible features some truly awful contests. Consider yourself forewarned.

UFC 307 wasn’t a terrible card for the most ...

Tony Ferguson’s career plummet has concerned fans for years, but perhaps it’s his “champ shit” mindset that confounds everyone the most. Or maybe it’s a complete misunderstanding of his place in the MMA space. Another point of consternation for most analysts is the inability to change his game.

Whatever the case may be, his downfall...

Another off-week from UFC, another great episode of our terrific trio suffering through horrendous fights so you don’t have to. They really do love us. This time around, we get a quartet of miserable contests from none other than our reigning middleweight champion. The king of looking gassed until he’s won is in four separate stink...

Since this is an off-week for the UFC, you already know what that means—another hilarious episode of The MMA Depressed-us. With the retirements of both Andrei Arlovski and Michelle Waterson-Gomez, the boys figured this would be the perfect subject matter for today’s show. There’s no better way to kick off your 4th of July festiviti...

Road House was the Little Engine that Could back in 1989, when it became a cult classic. “Pain don’t hurt” became the motto of every wannabe macho man on the planet. And then it got rebooted. They replaced the perfectly cast Patrick Swayze with a too-quick-witted Jake Gyllenhaal and gave the role of the big bad to UFC superstar Con...

Phew! We haven’t had one of these in nearly three months. The UFC’s schedule has been absolutely insane, but now that we have this small break in their dismal Apex programming, we figured we’d bring you something to make you feel right at home. THREE MORE DISMAL FIGHTS! Because that’s exactly what you needed in your life.

MMA Vivise...

We’re barely into the new year and UFC has already left us high and dry just two weeks after returning from a month-long drought. But lucky for you, our terrific trio are here to get you through this week with a re-watch of three godawful title fights. If the Apex were a thing back in the good old days, we’re certain this is where ...

2023 was a pretty wild year. The very first day saw UFC president Dana White slap his wife on camera and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the year. One thing that never changes is the sport’s ability to provide some of the greatest fights, and alternately, some of the worst. That’s why we’re here, to provide you with an un...

Mojave Diamonds won’t be taking the awards season by storm, but it is an unintentional comedic gem. The acting is awful, the dialogue is ridiculous, the action is brawlic and the vibe is as cringe as one would imagine when met with a cast that features Chael Sonnen, Donald Cerrone and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Bloody Elbow is fight...

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua made his name in PRIDE and cemented it in the UFC with a style that was crowd-pleasing in both promotions. Fights with Rampage Jackson and Dan Henderson are what fans immediately call up to memory, but you could really go through his record and see a veritable cornucopia of names going as far back as 2003 when...

With no UFC until December 2nd, the boys are back with another depressing watch of three fights. The focal point of the show is foul play (fights with lots of fouls). Pretty ingenious considering we’re about to enter the foulest holiday of them all. We’ve even got a Faux Phil since real Phil was unavailable for recording. Let’s tak...

Let’s face it, friends, UFC Vegas 82 is a miserable card, as most Apex events are. Zane Simon certainly picked the right week to go on vacation, so that he could be spared of this nothingburger of a card. But never fear, fans of sanctioned violence, the boys have a brand new episode of The MMA Depressed-us and it’s a hoot!

Bloody El...

Yep, the title says it all. We think Fury-Ngannou will not be competitive. Is there really any other sane way to look at this? The training footage Ngannou released over the last several weeks has not been encouraging, to say the least. Is Tyson Fury even training for this fight?

Bloody Elbow is fighting for the sport, the fighters...

“A young man trapped in his apartment with a swarm of creatures outside his door must find a way to survive the night and escape from apartment 213.” That’s the synopsis IMDB gave this movie starring Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Watch along with us as we try to make heads or tails of whatever this movie is trying to achieve. Spoiler al...