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Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Reacts to Raoni Barcelos’ Medical Emergency and the Reality of the Dangers in MMA

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Show Notes

On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, UFC legend Matt Brown and Damon Martin discuss the fallout from Raoni Barcelos’ terrifying knockout from this past weekend and Brown predicts that it’s far from the last time something like this could happen. We’ll also look at the heavyweight title picture and Josh Hokit getting a shot over fighters like Alexander Volkov and Alex Pereira. All this and much more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer!

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