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FanFyte

Each week, Danielle — the MMA fan and amateur grappler — brings an MMA fight to the table to discuss, and LB —the pro wrestling expert — brings a show-stopping match. Think of it as a beautiful exchange between fans of two violent, beautiful art forms. Or the Predator handshake meme, made hilariously literal.

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56:22

Fanfyte 17: Two Wifed Up Queens

FanFyte ·

2020/06/12

This week, Fanbyte Editor at Large John Warren joins LB and Danielle in the fun! Our pride-inspired month continues with a pro wrestling match and MMA fight that give us lots of powerful queer vibes, from some of our favorite powerful queer athletes. First, we watched Nyla Rose and Hikaru Shida go toe to toe in a bombastic, casino-themed championship match from AEW’s Memorial day weekend card. Then, Danielle gushes about Amanda Nunes: who successfully defended her featherweight belt against a very

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46:28

Fanfyte 16: Colby Covington Jaw Punch

FanFyte ·

2020/06/05

We’re in a bizarre time, dear podcast listeners. But we are also interested in both celebrating pride month with a beautiful match between two openly queer pro wrestlers, and highlighting one of the shining moments in MMA from the last five years — that is, when big MAGA-promoter Colby Covington got his shit-talking jaw broken by UFC champion Kamaru Usman in their welterweight title fight last December. There are still some wonderful things in this universe, after all. Learn more about your ad

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67:39

SportsMiddle 13: Give the NFL to Colin Kaepernick

FanFyte ·

2020/06/03

(Season Finale) SportsMiddle is going on hiatus but not before we discuss returning sports and Colin Kaepernick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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48:42

Fanfyte 15: Hana Kimura

FanFyte ·

2020/05/29

Content warning for discussion of self-harm, death by suicide, and related topics. This week, we’re doing something a bit different on our pro wrestling and MMA show. Hana Kimura, a rising star in Japan’s World of Stardom promotion, died by apparent suicide last week, and we’ve chosen to honor her in this episode, with a look at her match with Kagetsu from October 2018. We chat about her career, her incredible charisma and talent, and a bit about her tragic death. Learn more about your ad choices

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78:01

SportsMiddle 12: The Last Dance

FanFyte ·

2020/05/27

Danielle, Dillon, and John explore the themes, heroes, villains, and missing moments from ESPN's Michael Jordan docuseries, The Last Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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58:07

Fanfyte 14: Jon Moxley vs. Toru Yano and Cris Cyborg...

FanFyte ·

2020/05/22

Note that this episode has a content warning for a discussion of weight and dangerous weight-cutting. Every week on Fanfyte, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, and delight in the exchange of blows and bodies across the canvas. This week, we dive into comedy wrestling, with the very slapstick New Japan Pro matchup between cheating trickster Toru Yano and a very motivated Jon Moxley. Then, we switch gears and watch Cris “Cyborg’s” 2018 featherweight title defense against Yana Kunitskaya,

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69:43

SportsMiddle 11: Crossword for Losers

FanFyte ·

2020/05/20

The crew finds Dillon in 2012, where they discuss Ronda Rousey/MieshaTate, Bountygate, and the NFL referee lockout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:29

Fanfyte 13: Angela Hill vs. Hannah Cifers and Cesaro...

FanFyte ·

2020/05/15

Content warning for a brief mention of domestic violence. Every week on Fanfyte, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, and glory in our shared passion for fisticuffs. This time around, Elby brought Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Sara Del Rey, an inter-gender pro wrestling scrap from the accessible Chikara promotion. Danielle brought the January matchup between Angela “Overkill” Hill and Hannah Cifers, one of Hill’s historic six matches inside of a year (an unheard-of feat in the

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81:51

SportsMiddle 10: Helmet Catch Time Machine

FanFyte ·

2020/05/13

Danielle, Niki, and John time travel to 2008 to watch Super Bowl 42 and to give field reports on sports from this year. Also Dillon is lost in time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:38

Fanfyte 12: High Flyers and Bad Mofos

FanFyte ·

2020/05/08

On every Fanfyte episode, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, in order to share the joy of our respective passions. This week was a real treat, with a high-flying, positively acrobatic lucha match between Laredo Kid and El Hijo Del Vikingo. We followed that up with one of the most-hyped MMA fights of last year, Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz in the UFC’s “Baddest Motherfucker” championship. That belt… that ending… that cut! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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66:12

SportsMiddle 9: We Could Take Luka Doncic 1v1, Probably

FanFyte ·

2020/05/06

This week on SportsMiddle, the crew talks about space, plans to adjust the NASCAR and NHL seasons, and more! They also find a VHS tape, which is weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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84:20

Fanfyte VCR 3: Step 1 Look at Vader Step 2 Feel Good

FanFyte ·

2020/05/06

We watched Big Van Vader wrestle Stan Hansen in New Japan in 1990, and his eyeball popped out. How on topic did we manage to be??? Not very!! But this match ruled! And LB tried to wear a child's cowboy hat the whole time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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61:14

Fanfyte 11: Tag Team Doubles

FanFyte ·

2020/05/01

Welcome to Fanfyte, our premiere pro wrestling and MMA appreciation podcast! This week, Wrestling Editor LB Hunktears brought the show’s first tag team match, 2014’s dynamic duel between the heels at reDRagon and the babyfaced Time Splitters. Then, in the MMA section, we took a look at the historic heavyweight championship match between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture from 2008. (Small content note: this episode contains a brief discussion of food!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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69:43

SportsMiddle 8: Good Baseball Punches

FanFyte ·

2020/04/29

This week, the crew brings on SB Nation's Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) to talk about MLB, NBA, and the continued dearth of sports and sports entertainment. They also remember some guys (that they went to high school with and now play professional sports). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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54:30

Fanfyte 10: Pancrase Predator Wristlock

FanFyte ·

2020/04/24

Today on Fanbyte’s premier MMA and pro wrestling podcast, we took a trip back to the mid-90s with the hybrid shoot-wrestling and pro wrestling promotion Pancrase. It’s a wildly entertaining combination of real MMA grappling with some flair and fixings from the pro wrestling world, and we watched two of the most exciting matches in the show’s history: 1995’s Ken Shamrock vs Minoru Suzuki and 1994’s Masakatsu Funaki vs Minoru Suzuki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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60:16

Fanfyte VCR 2: A Good Use of Cargo Pants

FanFyte ·

2020/04/22

Hunktears and Colette are back to talk about the 1994 FMW No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Dynamite Pool Elimination Death Match. You know, where everyone rode a dinghy to get to the ring because it was in the middle of an enormous swimming pool. Colette sings the praises of Atsushi Onita, LB makes plans to become Mr. Pogo, and then they talk about boats. Do you know anything about boats? We sure don't. Please put "boats" in the body of the five star review you leave us though. Learn more about your

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69:37

SportsMiddle 7: Sabrina Ionescu is Good at Basketball

FanFyte ·

2020/04/22

On this episode of SportsMiddle, we welcome SB Nation's Natalie Weiner to the program to chat about the WNBA Draft, ESPN's The Last Dance, and the NFL draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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53:55

Fanfyte 9: You Can’t Top That!

FanFyte ·

2020/04/17

Once again, we didn’t do this on purpose, but both our MMA fight and pro wrestling match this week have a sort of similar energy. In both, there’s a wily veteran vs. a scrappy, younger up-and-comer, and in both, we have fun, dynamic matchups that go places. This week, it’s Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura from 2015, and Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi vs. Antonina Shevchenko from last year’s UFC St. Petersburg card (the first UFC women’s bout in Russia). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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61:35

Sportsmiddle 6: A Mic Check for the Racist, Please

FanFyte ·

2020/04/15

Sports! This week, your favorite video game podcasters surround themselves with an iRacist, the ragtag group of terrible sports owners who are going to save the economy, and hot F1 racers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:00

Fanfyte 8: That Old Face and Heel Energy

FanFyte ·

2020/04/10

This week on the Fanfyte podcast, LB brought Danielle a wildly fun AEW match in Orange Cassidy vs. Pac, a classic fresh-faced babyface vs. heel kind of situation. Then Danielle brought the explosive headliner from October 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor lightweight championship. That was an intense fight that ended in a massive brawl in the stadium, so you can say there was a lot of pro wrestling energy all around this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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