Can Merab defeat O'Malley again? Will Patchy Mix win over our hearts by beating up known Aldo-hugger Mario Bautista? Will Kayla Harrison make Women's Bantamweight great again? Was Women's Bantamweight ever great in the first place? All that answered and more on this episode of the TKO MMA Podcast! Looking for MMA content that's knowledgable but sti…

Today we take a look back at the first Australian to hoist UFC gold, Robert Whittaker. We talk about his TUF days, his run through the middleweight division, his title fight wars with Yoel Romero, and much more! Thanks for watching!

Back to the shady Apex basement! This week they give us a lackluster main event, but some pretty fun undercard fights! Thanks for watching Y'all!

Welcome back Y'all! Today we discuss the upcoming UFC PPV in Montreal, featuring 2 title fights and some great undercard spots! Thanks for watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! Today I catch up with my good friend, UFC Welterweight Bassil Hafez. We talk about his first KO loss, the upcoming title fight between JDM and Belal, and much more! Thanks for watching! Shout out to Matt Davies for the Pic on the cover!

Back to back cards with a crowd? Consider us blessed! Solid fight night this weekend, here's a breakdown of the full card!

Well Well Well... We'd hoped Prates would etch his name in history books, but not like this. Inspired by Prates's underwhelming fumble in the fifth round against Garry, Here are 3 example of Monumental Fumbles in UFC History. Thanks for watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! UFC is going to Kansas City! And they brought an awesome top 5 welterweight fight with them, between Ian Garry and Carlos Prates. Some great fights on here, and a few great betting opportunities. Thanks for watching!

Welcome back y'all! Today we are looking at 3 Underrated Bangers, 3 UFC fights that you probably haven't seen, or if you have that you don't remember happening! Thanks for watching!#ufc #mmapodcast #mma #mmafights #ufcfights #classicfight #underrated #forgotten #bangers #tko

Welcome Back Y'all! Today we have a very special guest, Professional Light Heavyweight MMA Fighter Gabe Rednose! Gabe is a longtime fan of the show and a great guy and fighter who represents his Native American Heritage very well. On this episode we talk about his MMA Journey, starting his professional career after a lengthy amateur record, and a f…

Finally, some good food! Welcome back y'all, and we're back in a big way. We've got a PPV in Miami, with a few spectacular matchups packed inside! Thanks for watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! We're back to the Apex Basement unfortunately, but thankfully this time it's not too bad. Featuring a fireworks featherweight main event between perennial contender Josh Emmett and a surging Lerone Murphy, as well some other fun fights! Thanks for watching!

Welcome back Y'all! We're back atchya with another predictions video, and this time in front of a real crowd again! 2 weeks in a row! Let's not get used to it. Thanks for watching!

And now for the final episode of Season 5! To wrap up this great season, we have the second installment of our conversation with Glenn Barnes, the director of Water Finance Assistance — a consulting agency that provides finance-focused training and technical assistance to water systems. This episode focuses on the role of technical assistance provi…

We're so back baby! Full Crowd, early card, 2 top five fights to top the card! Are you as pumped as I am?

Welcome Back Y'all! Today we're doing a film study on Justin Gaethje's use of Dirty Boxing at UFC 313, as well as other great examples of this "Forgotten Art" in MMA! Big shout out to Sonny Brown & Jack Slack, for the inspiration they gave me to make this video! Check out their work as well. Thanks for watching!…

For the penultimate episode of our fifth season, Glenn Barnes joins us for the first episode of a two-part series. Glenn is the director of Water Finance Assistance, a consulting agency that provides finance-focused training and technical assistance to water systems. Our discussion focused specifically on water auditing at utilities, or the process…

Well well well, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming, a dogshit APEX card featuring 2 sloppy middleweights! Enjoy?

In Tap Talk's 58th episode, Dr. Andrew Whelton of Purdue University visits to discuss plumbing and water system safety in buildings. Dr. Whelton is the lead of Purdue's Center for Plumbing Safety, and among many duties, he explores solutions at the intersection of water infrastructure and public health. Listen to learn about how plumbing affects wa…

Welcome back y'all! Today we're breaking down the upcoming PPV, UFC 313! Featuring Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev, Justin Gaethje vs Rafael Fiziev 2, and plenty of other bangers! Thanks for watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! Today we have a very special guest, Owner and head professor of Renzo Gracie Jersey City: Gabriel "Marroquinho"! The BJJ Black Belt discusses his relationship with MMA, his journey with Jiu-Jitsu & Martial Arts, and the upcoming UFC 313! Thanks for watching!

Welcome back y'all! Today we take a trip down memory lane and discuss the storied career of my favorite fighter of all time, New Jersey legend "The Answer" Frankie Edgar. Thanks so much for watching!

This week we are pleased to welcome another deeply knowledgeable guest from the state of Minnesota: Vanessa Demuth, a geologist and well inspector from Dakota County, Minnesota's Environmental Resources Department. Dakota County is one of a set of Minnesota counties that has stricter standards for well water pollutants than the state. Vanessa tells…

Back to the Apex for our weekly slop, this time with a Cody Brundage co-main event (gross), but we are saved with a decent flyweight main event!

U.S. EPA's WaterTA program is an umbrella for a range of services that directly serve the regulated community. In this episode we're chatting about how the program is reducing barriers to capacity development, including funding accessibility, by matching water system requests with local technical assistance providers. Visit drinkingwaterpodcast.org…

Welcome Back Y'all! We're so back, a 5 round bantamweight main event??? With a LIVE CROWD??? I can only hold my excitement for so long. We are treated to an awesome matchup between MMA legend Henry Cejudo and Bantamweight top 10 stalwart Song Yadong this weekend! Also, Fluffy vs Brendan Allen 2, and a few other awesome fights! Thanks for watching!…

Welcome back Y'all! Back to the basement in Vegas we go, this time with some actually decent fights! Thank you for watching! Check out the Dominick Cruz Career Retrospective on the main page!

This is an exciting week for Tap Talk: Our newest episode is our first fully dedicated to decentralized wastewater and septic systems! Steve and Jennifer welcome Dr. Sara Heger, an industry expert, researcher, and trainer from the University of Minnesota's Onsite Sewage Treatment Program. Whether you're a water professional or a homeowner with a se…

UFC and MMA Bantamweight Legend Dominick Cruz announced his retirement last week. Cruz was an enigma, with a completely unique style and resilience to bounce back from injuries and setbacks like we've never seen before or since. This is "Resilience" a Career retrospective on one of my favorite fighters of all time. I hope you enjoyed watching as mu…

We're officially halfway through Tap Talk's fifth season! This week, we welcome some guests from our state's neighbor to the West: Mindy Uhle, Bureau Chief of Environmental Health at the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and Erik Day, a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Mindy and Erik work on I…

Welcome Back Y'all! UFC goes back to Australia in this PPV, showcasing 2 awesome title fights: Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 and Zhang Weili vs Tatiana Suarez, and not much else. Thank you for watching!

In our latest episode of Tap Talk, our guest is Molly Sullivan, a Program Engineer at Community Engineering Corps (CECorps), a partnership that provides pro-bono engineering and consulting services for infrastructure projects to communities in the United States, the US Territories, and tribal lands. A significant portion of CECorps' projects center…

Welcome Back Y'all! This weekend we have an awesome fight night (THAT STARTS EARLY), featuring Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov as well as Shara Bullet vs MVP and Pavolovich vs Rozenstruik! Solid prelims as well, and some interesting betting value here! Thanks for watching!

Next up on Tap Talk, Steve and Jennifer welcome Dr. Sidney Innerebner of Colorado-based Indigo Water Group to the show. Sidney is certified as an engineer and as both a wastewater operator and industrial operator in Colorado, and has been working in various aspects of the environmental services field since 1990. At Indigo, much of her work revolves…

Well I ate a load of crow on this one. Here's how Merab beat Umar at UFC 311, and some musings on the rest of the card. Thanks for Watching!

This week on Tap Talk, Jennifer and Steve chatted with Dr. Andrea Albertin and Dr. Yilin Zhuang of the University of Florida Extension's Florida Well Owner Network (FWON). From intensified hurricanes to rising sea levels to eroding coasts, climate change has brought a number of significant environmental challenges to Florida. The state's millions o…

Welcome back Y'all! Today we break down the stacked first PPV of 2025, featuring 2 awesome title fights at Lightweight and Bantamweight where we see Islam Makhachev defend his belt against Arman Tsarukyan in a highly anticipated rematch! Co-main event features a stellar matchup between Champion Merab Dvalishvilli and Heir to the throne Umar Nurmago…

Welcome Back Y'all! Today We are talking about next weeks incredible co-main event for the bantamweight title between Champion Merab Dvalishvilli and Umar Nurmagomedov! Here's why I think we are in for a new champion!

Tap Talk hits 50 episodes! For this landmark episode, we welcome Matt Jones to the show. Matt is the manager of the Continuing Education Credit Program for the Water Environment Federation (WEF). Steve and Jennifer discuss with him the complexities of certifying and delivering continuing education credits to operators and engineers in all 50 states…

Welcome Back Y'all! First event of 2025 for the UFC is a doozy, featuring a Strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas! Some good underdog value on this card! Let's start 2025 off on the right foot.

Welcome Back Y'all! Inspired by fellow content creator and friend of the podcast, BloodSportMMA, Here is who I think will end 2025 as UFC Champion! Thanks for watching!

In the premiere episode of our fifth season, Steve and Jennifer welcome Terry Morse to Tap Talk. Terry is the CEO of the National Ground Water Association, as well as its charitable arm, The Groundwater Foundation. Last year, the foundation launched Water Well Wish, an endeavor to make sure that every American has access to clean, safe water by fun…

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy New Year! To celebrate the holidays, here is the Technical Knockout MMA Podcast 2024 End of Year Awards!!! An hour and a half of me yapping about this crazy sport we all love, with 25 award categories, 98 nominees and 1 awesome year of MMA and of this podcast! Thank you all for watching and following this year…

Welcome Back Y'all! Today I discuss the events that transpired at UFC Tampa: Covington vs Buckley, as well as recap our Betting Slips Throughout the year! We amassed a 148-97 Record over 2024, and are hoping we can do even better in 2025! Thanks for Watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! Today we recap UFC 310, as well as predict what's going to happen this weekend when Colby Covington squares off with Joaquin Buckley! Thanks for Watching!

Welcome Back Y'all! We are back to our regularly scheduled programming, but with an awesome card that promises to be a treat for hardcore fans! Featuring a flyweight title fight between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura, as well as a welterweight title eliminator between Shavkat Rakhmanov vs Ian Garry. Thanks for watching!!…

Welcome back Y'all! Today we are discussing the MMA team coming out of Brazil that is taking the UFC by storm, The Fighting Nerds! Thanks for Watching!

Welcome back Y'all! Today I discuss the happenings at UFC 309, as well as preview the exciting Bantamweight top 5 matchup headlining Saturday's fight night in China! Thanks for watching!

Whatsup TKO Nation! The topic of today's video is MMA Legend Aleksei Oleinik - who I think is the most unique fighter in UFC History! With 80 career fights and 47 submission victories, Oleinik has a very interesting and unique submission arsenal that's preceded by a wild, drunken uncle-esque striking style! Certainly a tough opponent to train for!…

The return of Jon Jones (and Stipe Miocic and Michael Chandler) is finally here! Will Jones defend his heavyweight belt successfully? Will Stipe pull off the upset? Will Tom Aspinall continue to be ducked by both? Definitely yes to the latter, but we will see about the rest! Thanks for watching!