Caio Machado collides with Don'Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs Perez on April 27th.

Machado appeared on episode 20 of MMA Canada Radio.

Several subjects were touched on such as: -Being a fighting father nowadays and how being a dad has changed him as a person

-The excitement for a game and experienced Don'Tale Mayes

-The lessons learned from his UFC debut fight last time out

-Gibson's MMA work and journeying outside of British Columbia to Las Vegas for heavyweight-specific work at Xtreme Couture

-Fighting someone who has clashed with former lineal and interim UFC heavyweight champions in Andrei Arlovski and Ciryl Gane

-Representing Brazil and Canada in a strong way within the octagon

Gustavo Trujillo collides with Levi Costa at BYB 25: Brawl on the Bay on April 4th.

Trujillo appeared on episode 74 of Bare Knuckle Radio and touched on: -now facing Costa here after the Ryan Barrett bout fell out

-debuting in BYB Extreme after over two years away from bare knuckle boxing

-racking up multiple gloved boxing wins as of late

-beating BKFC number one pound for pound ranked Lorenzo Hunt and if Trujillo sees himself as the best bare knuckle boxer today

-wanting to become a multi-division champion in BYB Extreme

-thoughts on Ike Villanueva winning the BYB heavyweight title

-working with WBC heavyweight title challenger Luis Ortiz

-all of his bare knuckle fights ending via first round knockout

James Clarke tests skills with Colt Kielbasa for flyweight gold at M2MMA 1 on March 31st.

'The Suplex Kid' appeared on episode 19 of MMA Canada Radio. Clarke discussed: -getting in work at Bangtao Muay Thai as of late

-this being his sixth trip to Thailand and all the information that he has gleaned from his training experiences over there

-the knowledge he has gathered from Justin Bruckmann

-working with James Gallagher and Kairat Akhmetov in Thailand

-facing someone who has a win under the ONE Championship banner and how that could serve getting Clarke to the ONE Circle

-being promised some fights in Canada including a short-notice contest versus Tony Laramie in Toronto in January

-Getting his first TKO win last time out and the dream come true of getting to win a title in Oshawa, Ontario

-getting robbed in Philly the night before a CFFC co-main he had

-getting to learn from Jon Jones during a seminar in Thailand

-foreseeing a submission finish manifesting in this contest

-Turning things around from having a 1-3 record in the TKO days

Will Santiago collides with James Dennis at BKFC 59: Dodson vs. Aguero on March 29th.

Santiago appeared on episode 73 of Bare Knuckle Radio. We discussed: -being back in New Mexico for this looming contest

-the takeaways from his last fight at BKFC 48 vs Jeremie Holloway

-getting in great work at JacksonWink over the years

-stopping smoking weed before this fight and for future fights

-John Dodson headlining this card and the close ties he has to the BKFC flyweight champion and his brother Eric Dodson

-going to a Kevin Gates concert recently and some music he's into

-a buddy of his recording a walkout song for him in this next fight

Louai Kiblawi is the owner and head coach of Team Shogun.

He will also be a coach on Valentina Shevchenko's team for a looming season of The Ultimate Fighter with reigning UFC flyweight champion Alexa Grasso as the opposing coach.

Kiblawi appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts to touch on his journey in Muay Thai, his connection with Valentina Shevchenko and the history they share, plus so much more!

Kyle Nelson tests skills with Bill Algeo at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs Fiorot on March 30th.

Nelson appeared on the 18th installment of MMA Canada Radio. We touched on: -having a child on the way during fight prep

-getting in great work at House of Champions with some of the best fighters from all across Southern Ontario and Canada by proxy

-being a gym owner in Muskoka while concurrently fighting

-really firing on all cylinders inside of the octagon and putting on his best UFC performances as of late

-being recognized by the mayor of Huntsville and getting a distinction for his global work as a hometown lad

-having a beer partnership after teaming up with a local brewery

-UFC 289 being the highlight of his career so far

-MCing an amateur Muay Thai show and his desires to do more of that kind of work in the future

Jett Grande tests skills with Caleb Ermine at Unified MMA 56 on March 22nd.

Grande appeared on episode 17 of MMA Canada Radio. We discussed: -getting in great work in Red Deer and Calgary in Alberta

-growth in his mental game as of late and how everything's clicking

-having a competitive hiatus from pec surgery and being back 100%

-learning from his first pro-MMA loss last time out vs Alex O'Neil

-the growth of Unified MMA lately and returning to the promotion

Aaron Jeffery collides with Fabian Edwards at Bellator Champions Series on March 22nd.

Jeffery appeared on episode 16 of MMA Canada Radio. We discussed: -the rampant uncertainty amid PFL buying Bellator

-being in a middleweight title eliminator here

-thoughts on the relatively recent PFL vs Bellator card

-insights on his last fight with Dalton Rosta at Bellator 298

-the machinations of competing in Ireland for the first time

-working at Kill Cliff FC with Gilbert Burns, Robbie Lawler, etc

-working at Niagara Top Team and NTT always raising their profile

-not being the young guy in the gym anymore and mentoring more

-the mustache not getting as much love as the mullet