New Year 2017 MMA ROUND-Up SPECIAL FLASHBACK 2017: Picture this wild ride if you were not there it was one hell of a year to be an MMA journalist traveling to events like the infamous New York Brooklyn Barclay Center where I rolled up and made a studio inside of the Starbucks conducting a live podcast where tons of MMA fans and customers surrounded me to see what was going on. Yet Ariel Helwani walks in an hour later and no one even notices? But I did especially his nasty-looking shoes! This was a significant event if I remember it was UFC 209 where Khabib was supposed to fight Tony Ferguson once again but was scraped and replaced with Al Iaquinta in Tony's place! THAT WASN'T THE TAKE AWAY if you remember.... nope I was there for the DOLLY INCIDENT AND CONOR BEING ARRESTED! I even got to take a replica photo right after he was taken out of the police station in handcuffs. Me and Chris from the MMA Holes (AKA MOS AND JESSY) I'll share the photo on my Twitter for everyone in this thread for the podcast link @XEVilEddieX . Also in 2017, we saw Bisping as our Middleweight Champion in the UFC when I told everyone he would knock Rockhold out...... I was told to try a different profession but now we know how that one ended don't we? The hype for Cris Cyborg inside the UFC was very much alive and terrifying as she was heading into a fight with who was also crowned one of the most dangerous women on the planet at the time in Holly Holm for UFC 219 to close out the year! OH AND DID I FORGET TO MENTION covering the Mayweather vs McGregor Presser that was also held at the BARCLAY Center in Brooklyn New York? Yeah, the one where Conor McGregor compared himself to a black man while wearing a giant white fur coat and throwing dollar bills everywhere and telling Mayweather and his two goons who looked like the dumb monsters from TMNT, to pick it up like "dancers". That PPV passed 4.3 million buys making it the biggest PPV of all time! We also saw Max Holloway defeat Showtime Pettis at Featherweight to become the INTERIM Featherweight Champion when the UFC Stripped McGregor for not immediately signing an agreement to defend the featherweight title making Jose Aldo the Champion Once Again until Max took that fight at UFC 212 where Max finished Aldo and then even went on to do a rematch at UFC 218 and beat him once again. This was also the year that Colby Covington became the loudmouth you all know him as today. When I interviewed him he was actually very nice and there was NO gimmick like there was in 2017 to now! In fact, he became one of the most hated men in the sport and a real target in Brazil when he lit the entire country on fire with just a few words I will not repeat on this show. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THESE FLASHBACK Episodes I'm uploading 1x a week for you and really hope you all are checking out the new show Combat Deviants. I promise there are about to be 2 shows that ill be filming per week come 2023! The plans are Monday nights at 7:06 pm (6:66pm ET) I'll be going live on the Pure EVil MMA Youtube channel ( Youtube.com/PureEVilMMA) for a recap of the fights and to deliver the TOP 3 HEADLINES OF THE WEEK and any announcements like fights that have been signed or tweets of the week etc. Then on Thursdays ill be doing specials that will be fan-interactive like reaction videos/watch along with MMA-related content or older fights or even event and movies with fighters in them. Then Fridays at 9 pm ET Combat Deviants go live for BellyUpSports.Com and we always have 2 well-known guests joining us every single week from the UFC and BKFC! We are only on episode 12 as of tonight so get ready for an insane 2023 where you can become a part of the weekly Deviant Tribe by leaving comments that appear on screen for everyone to see! Happy Thanksgiving... WELL, THE DAY AFTER I SHOULD SAY! SMOKE UP AND ROLL OUT GREMLINS! White Knuckles till the end... BEHAVE YOURSELVES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices