Episode 18: Top MMA Walkouts and Combat Sports Culture


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Sep 24 2023 103 mins  
DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK! 🎙️

Top 5 MMA Walkout Songs?
What fight would you show someone to make them a fan of MMA?

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the subject and Tunisha is joined by friends of the show, Kyle Green (Host of "Give Theory a Chance" podcast and Associate Professor of Sociology) and Abigail Smithson (Artist, scholar, and host of the "Dear Adam Silver" podcast). In this episode Kyle and Tunisha pitch their answers to the above questions to Abby (the non-MMA follower) and in doing so, start to reveal and unpack larger questions about the global complex space that is MMA. Other questions/topics include:
  • frustrations in mainstream MMA media
  • the Jake and Logan Paul influence on combat sports
  • power of sports media and the lack thereof in MMA
  • who’s more problematic - Sean O'Malley or Colby Covington
  • Is "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung the Chris Webber of MMA? 🧐
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Host Notes:
Website: tunishasingleton.com
X/Twitter: @tsingletonsays @ihqpod
IG: @ihq.podcast

Guest Notes:
Give Theory a Chance podcast hosted by Kyle Green
Dear Adam Silver hosted by Abigail Smithson