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Fighting Matters

Fighting Matters

Fighting fascism and the far-right in combat sports like MMA and BJJ.

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99 episodes

  1. 📣 The Red States Screamed for Help 55:48
  2. We're begging you, PLEASE VOTE 🇺🇸 27:55
  3. The USA is trying to own Alberta 34:50
  4. One Distraction After Another 1:00:05
  5. The Acceleration of Martial Arts Fascism 53:49
  6. Canada Fuels American Growth 59:11
  7. Tariffs and Jiu-Jitsu Economics 1:15:00
  8. We Gotta Talk About These UFC BJJ Sponsors 57:50
  9. How COVID Broke the Martial Arts Community 1:10:35
  10. Andrew Tate and the zero-consequences era 1:03:59
  11. The Graham Platner Problem 1:03:27
  12. The 250th, ADCC, and Izaak Michell 58:28
  13. The Conor McGregor comeback is gross 56:46
  14. An honest UFC Freedom 250 critique 1:07:48
  15. The UFC Freedom 250 debacle 51:47
  16. Anti-Trans Hate Is a UFC Marketing Strategy 1:00:44
  17. Why did UFC BJJ let Mikey compete with a staph infection? 1:01:27
  18. How Jiu-Jitsu Survives the AI Era 1:34:49
  19. A Man Broke Into My Apartment at 4 AM (feat. Andrea Tang) 59:35
  20. How YOU Can Clean Up Jiu-Jitsu 1:03:41
  21. Why BJJ Camps Need Less Jiu-Jitsu 1:02:41
  22. How to Identify "Active Clubs" in BJJ 1:06:03
  23. How HEMA Pushed Out White Supremacists (And What BJJ Can Learn) 1:07:27
  24. Jiu-Jitsu in the Face of War and Economic Disaster 58:23
  25. Jiu-Jitsu Isn't Therapy 1:15:48
  26. The Invisible Heart of BJJ (w/ Valerie Worthington) 1:00:32
  27. How MAGA is Using Religion to Go to War 53:59
  28. Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman) 59:18
  29. Gordon Ryan & The Epstein Fallout 1:03:18
  30. Martial Artists Should Get Political 1:04:40
  31. How the USA is Trying to Steal Canada's Oil 1:09:42
  32. How Hate Found a Home in Jiu-Jitsu & MMA 1:23:21
  33. The collapse of Atos (and what comes next) 55:11
  34. You Can’t "Keep Politics Out" Anymore 1:00:32
  35. The Minnesota Shootings and What Comes Next 1:31:45
  36. Racism Can’t Be Ignored in Jiu-Jitsu Gyms (w/ Deon Thompson & Stephen Hall) 1:13:40
  37. This moment feels like the 1930s 1:09:26
  38. We Must Never Forget January 6th. — Jeff Shaw, Fighting Matters 2:59
  39. BJJ's Best and Worst of 2025 1:00:30
  40. The relentless bullying of trans athletes 57:25
  41. The True Villain in The Boys (And It's Not Who You Think) 1:22:00
  42. Craig Jones trolled his way into the NYT 58:02
  43. How bad BJJ coaches trap you with rank 1:03:52
  44. MAGA Needs an Exit Strategy 1:08:44
  45. The UFC Betting Scandal, with Luke Thomas 33:34
  46. The SNAP & ACA Shutdown Could Choke Jiu-Jitsu Gyms 54:41
  47. Fashion, Fitness, Fighting: How Hate Groups Attract Young Men 1:13:07
  48. 2025 Feels Like a Conspiracy Theory (w/ JimmyTheGiant) 1:25:15
  49. You should attend the No Kings rally. 3:17
  50. When Jiu-Jitsu Coaches Stay Silent (w/ Sonia Sillan) 1:16:16