JNPO: 2019 MMA year in review, pt. 2
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Our four-part journey through the 2019 MMA year continues with Paul Fontaine and I sifting through April, May, and June.
On the docket for part 2:
- On a pay-per-view headliend by two interim title fights, both delivered like “real” title fights as Israel Adesanya-Kelvin Gastelum and Max Holloway-Dustin Poirier provided a literal UFC 1-2 punch
- Rory MacDonald won a fight and then questioned if being a religious man meant he didn’t have the will to hurt people anymore…then fought less than two months later
- Henry Cejudo and Patricio Pitbull both became two-division champions in hard-hitting fashion
- The increasingly rapid decline of B.J. Penn
- A controversy over whether spiking someone’s head into the mat is legal
- Sage Northcutt got his face crushed in his ONE debut
- Big fights were made, guys got hurt, cards existed, and Dana White had his share of head-scratching decisions
If you missed episode one, here you go.
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Josh Nason
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.