Chin Check - 158 (Recap)

Friday had a couple of events MMA and boxing!

'iKon' held their first event of 2021, TJ De Santis & Pearl Gonzalez called the four fight main card, and we had good performances from Isis Verbeek, Emilee King, and Socrates Pierre. It was crowned off with Jason Knight's return to MMA and second round finish.

Then Claressa Shields and Marie-Eve Dicaire headlined the first ever all female PPV to fight to become the undisputed Light middleweight champion!

Shields looked sensational, dominated & controlled all ten rounds, and becomes the first ever boxer in the modern four belt era to be the Undisputed Champion in two weight divisions....GWOAT!!!!

THEN on Saturday was 'UFC 259' AND we opened up with five, FIVE back to back finishes, Trevin Jones, Uros Medic, Amanda Lemos, Sean Brady, and Kennedy Nzechukwu set it on FIRE!

Kai Kara-France was able to stop his skid with a BANG, Askar Askarov and Kyler Phillips had HUGE wins that will elevate them to great next fights. AND Dominick Cruz let cats know, he ain't done yet and you ain't ready for that footwork!!

PLUS, anchoring the card were the THREE title fights!!!

Aljamain Sterling challenged Petr Yan's for the Bantamweight strap first things started great for Aljo, but then Yan came back. We had a fun fight, BUT, then it went nuts, Yan threw an intentional illegal knee, he's disqualified, we got a new Champ, in a way that no one, especially Aljo saw coming or wanted!

Next up, Amanda Nunes showed why she's the GOAT, it was a flawless display against Megan Anderson...AndStill!!!

THEN, the much anticipated clash, Israel Adesanya moved up to go against Jan Błachowicz for the Light Heavyweight belt. It was back & forth, intriguing as hell, human chess. But in the end, Jan used his size and skill to get takedowns to see out the win. And how can anyone be made at that, Błachowicz is the divisions Michael Bisping!

So, let's break it all down, in today's (ep 158) @ChinCheckPod

- iKon 5: Knight vs Wright

- Claressa Shields vs Marie Eve Dicaire

- UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya

*(Music)

'Tambourine' by Eve - 2008