JNPO: MMA year in review – Q2 2021
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The annual Josh Nason’s Punch-Out four-part series looking back at the year in MMA continues on with part two covering April through June 2021.
In this second installment, Wrestling Observer/Fight Game Media podcaster and writer Paul Fontaine returns for an hour to cover the following and much more:
- The UFC returned to packed arenas for the first time since early-2020 with UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida, amidst much discussion from what Dana White coined “a COVID crazy” media
- A new UFC lightweight champion was crowned despite White still not letting go of the old champion
- Tito Ortiz’s tenure with the Huntington Beach City Council finally came to a fiery, burning end
- Rose Namajunas and Brandon Moreno had some of the feeliest feel-good moments of the year
- Ben Askren got KTFO’d by YouTube star Jake Paul, opening up a new avenue of combat sports business
- Diego Sanchez had a whole lotta drama with coach/mentor Joshua Fabia that took the MMA world by storm
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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.