MMA Junkie Radio

January 15, 2013 - Guests: Rick Hawn and Dan Henderson. Hawn discussed his upcoming title fight with lightweight champion Michael Chandler at Bellator 85 on Thursday, and Henderson discussed his UFC 157 bout next month with Lyoto Machida and whether he would fight Chael Sonnen, if he is considering a drop down to middleweight, and other future plans. We also streamed the UFC on FOX 6 media call with the six main fighters from the Jan. 26 event.

January 14, 2013 - Guests: Frank Mir, Donald Cerrone, K.J. Noons and Audie Attar. Mir spoke to the guys about his next fight, which could be against Daniel Cormier, and the two World MMA Awards he won this past weekend. Cerrone tangles with Anthony Pettis at UFC on FOX 6 next week. Noons, coming off a controversial Strikeforce loss to Ryan Couture, informed Junkie Nation that he will be heading to the UFC despite the defeat. Attar is on his way to Sao Paulo to support his client and UFC on FX 7 headliner Michael Bisping.

January 11, 2013 - Guests: Al Bernstein, Brian Rogers and Victor Cui. Bernstein talked some boxing and MMA, and gave away copies of his book, Al Bernstein: 30 Years, 30 Undeniable Truths About Boxing, Sports, and TV. Rogers and Cui are both in town as World MMA Awards nominees, with Cui as Leading Man and his promotion ONE FC as Best Promotion. Rogers is up for Knockout of the Year. All three gentlemen were in studio. We also streamed the Bellator 85 media call Michael Chandler, Rick Hawn, Pat Curran and Pitricio Freire.

January 10, 2013 - Guests: Shannon Knapp, Ryan Couture, Ivan Menjivar and Mike Guymon. Invicta FC President Knapp co-hosted in studio and even broke news regarding Invicta FC 5. Couture fights this weekend at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine in Oklahoma City. Guymon fights next week at Bellator 85 in Irvine, Calif. Menjivar has begun his camp for his fight at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Calif.

January 09, 2013 - Guests: Nate Marquardt and Andrew Craig. Both fighters have fights coming up with welterweight champion Marquardt headlining Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine on Saturday and Craig on the prelims of UFC on FX 7 next week in Sao Paulo.

January 08, 2013 - Guests: K.J. Noons, Seth Petruzelli and Hector Ramirez. Petruzelli and Ramirez fight next week at Bellator 85 in Irvine, Calif. Noons fights this weekend at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine in Oklahoma City.

January 07, 2013 - Guests: Ed Herman, Stitch Duran, Pat Healy and Brad Hunstable. Herman and Healy fight this weekend at Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine. Ustream CEO Hunstable discussed the difficulties from this past weekend related to the Invicta FC 4 stream. Duran co-hosted and shared behind-the-scenes stories from UFC 155 and Invicta FC 4.

January 04, 2013 - Guests: Junior Dos Santos, Michael Chandler, Jamie Varner and Shannon Knapp. Chandler is preparing for his title defense against Rick Hawn at Bellator 85. Knapp is the promoter for Invicta FC, an all-female MMA promotion that hosts its fourth event this weekend. Varner defeated Melvin Guillard at UFC 155 and now awaits word from the doctor regarding a possible thumb-ligament injury. Dos Santos wants his heavyweight title back from Cain Velasquez, and he discussed how he would like a shot as soon as possible since he is healthy coming out of their UFC 155 headliner.

January 03, 2013 - Guest: Bec Hyatt. Invicta FC 4 main-event fighter Bec Hyatt called in to preview her fight against Carla Esparza for the inaugural strawweight title.

January 02, 2013 - Guests Jim Miller and Carla Esparza. Miller is coming off of a big win over Joe Lauzon at UFC 155 in Las Vegas. Esparza is fighting this weekend at Invicta FC 4. She is in the main event and fights Bec Hyatt for the inaugural 115-pound title.

December 31, 2012 - Guests: Herb Dean and Conor McGregor. McGregor fights today at Cage Warriors 51 and the boys caught up with him just hours before his lightweight title fight as he goes after a second belt. Dean, who was the referee for the main event at UFC 155, visited the studio and co-hosted with the guys for the second hour. Today was show No. 1,400.

December 28, 2012 - Guests: Glover Teixeira, Mo Lawal, Ian McCall, Francisco Rivera, Alden Halpern, Renato Sobral, Reuben Duran, Eddie Yagin, Ryan Roddy, Vinny Magalhaes, Joey Varner and Sammy the Squid. MMA Elite invaded the studio with many of its fighters, including Teixeira, Lawal, McCall, Rivera, Sobral, Duran, Yagin, Magalhaes and its CEO, Halpern. We also talked to Cage Warriors 51 participant, Ryan Roddy, via phone. Trainer Joey Varner stopped by the studio to break down UFC 155 with the guys. Squid finished the show talking football with the guys.