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Jordan Mallory Jul 10, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 21: Nailed Him in the Balls
Danielle and LB Hunktears are back to talk about carbs, Outback Steakhouse (unrelated), and as always, the world of martial arts and sports entertainment. LB brings Night 2 of AEW’s Dynamite Fyter Fest to the table with Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, while Danielle tackles the issues with weight cutting…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 3, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 20: Respect the Meat
Get ready for a wet, red experience as Danielle and LB Hunktears talk veggie burgers, cat lore, and of course, the world of martial arts entertainment. LB enters the ring with a brand-new bout from Day 7 of the New Japan Pro Wrestling 2020 Japan Cup featuring Hiromu Takahashi and…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 19, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 18: Arms Are Good
Pride month continues here at Fanfyte, as we honor LGBT athletes and performers and other fights and matches that fit a general sense of pride. This time, LB Hunktears brings along a hilarious and high-tension 2019 match between ASUKA and Akito for the DDT Extreme Title, and Danielle brings a…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 12, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 17: Two Wifed Up Queens
This week, Fanbyte Editor at Large John Warren joins LB and Danielle in the fun! Our pride-inspired month continues with a pro wrestling match and MMA fight that give us lots of powerful queer vibes, from some of our favorite powerful queer athletes. First, we watched Nyla Rose and Hikaru…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 5, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 16: Colby Covington Jaw Punch
We’re in a bizarre time, dear podcast listeners. But we are also interested in both celebrating pride month with a beautiful match between two openly queer pro wrestlers, and highlighting one of the shining moments in MMA from the last five years — that is, when big MAGA-promoter Colby Covington…
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Danielle Riendeau May 29, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 15: Hana Kimura
Content warning for discussion of self-harm, death by suicide, and related trauma. This week, we’re doing something a bit different on our pro wrestling and MMA show. Hana Kimura, a rising star in Japan’s World of Stardom promotion, died by apparent suicide last week, and we’ve chosen to honor her…
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Danielle Riendeau May 22, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 14: Jon Moxley vs Toru Yano and Cris Cyborg vs. Yana Kunitskaya
Note that this episode has a content warning for a discussion of weight and dangerous weight-cutting. Every week on Fanfyte, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, and delight in the exchange of blows and bodies across the canvas. This week, we dive into comedy wrestling, with…
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Danielle Riendeau May 15, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 13: Angela Hill vs. Hannah Cifers and Cesaro vs. Sara Del Rey
Content warning for a brief mention of domestic violence. Every week on Fanfyte, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, and glory in our shared passion for fisticuffs. This time around, Elby brought Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Sara Del Rey, an inter-gender pro wrestling scrap from the…
READ MORE >Danielle Riendeau May 8, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 12: High Flyers and Bad Mofos
On every Fanfyte episode, we watch a pro wrestling match and an MMA fight, and share the joy of our respective passions. This week was a real treat, with a high-flying, positively acrobatic lucha match between Laredo Kid and El Hijo Del Vikingo. We followed that up with one of…
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lb hunktears May 6, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte VCR 3: Step 1 Look At Vader Step 2 Feel Good
We’re back and still in Japan in the 90s! This time though Colette Arrand and LB Hunktears get into the infamous Vader vs Stan Hansen match from 1990. How on topic did we manage to be??? Not very!! But this match ruled! And LB tried to wear a child’s cowboy…
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Danielle Riendeau May 1, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 11: Tag Team Doubles
Welcome to Fanfyte, our premiere pro wrestling and MMA appreciation podcast! This week, Wrestling Editor LB Hunktears brought the show’s first tag team match, 2014’s dynamic and positively wild duel between the heels at reDRagon and the babyfaces of Time Splitters. Then, in the MMA section, we took a look…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 24, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 10: Pancrase Predator Wristlock
Today on Fanbyte’s premier MMA and pro wrestling podcast, we took a trip back to the mid-90s with the hybrid shoot-wrestling and pro wrestling promotion Pancrase. It’s a wildly entertaining combination of real MMA grappling with some flair and fixings from the pro wrestling world, and we watched two of…
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lb hunktears Apr 22, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte VCR 2: A Good Use of Cargo Pants
LB Hunktears and Colette Arrand are back with another episode to talk about the 1994 FMW No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Dynamite Pool Elimination Death Match. You know, where everyone rode a dinghy to get to the ring because it was in the middle of an enormous swimming pool. Colette…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 17, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 9: You Can’t Top That!
Once again, we didn’t do this on purpose, but both our MMA fight and pro wrestling match this week have a sort of similar energy. In both, there’s a wily veteran vs. a scrappy, younger up-and-comer, and in both, we have fun, dynamic matchups that go places. For our events…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 10, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 8: That Old Face and Heel Energy
This week on the Fanfyte podcast, LB brought Danielle a wildly fun AEW match in Orange Cassidy vs. Pac, a classic fresh-faced babyface vs. buff heel kind of situation. Then Danielle brought the explosive UFC headliner from October 2018, Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor lightweight championship. That was an intense…
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lb hunktears Apr 8, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte VCR 1: I Quit
LB Hunktears and Colette Arrand embark on a beautiful journey into watching old wrestling on the computer and pretending it’s on a tape in this new Fanfyte podcast. To get started, we watched Terry Funk and Ric Flair’s “I Quit” match from 1989. Also: how would you feel about giving…
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Danielle Riendeau Apr 3, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 7: Wrestling Rules
Last week, we did an MMA-centered episode around the rules of engagement, and this week, we’re going full steam ahead on pro wrestling rules! In order to get the best grip, we invited expert and Fanfyte contributor Colette Arrand to show us the ropes, and we watched a classic match…
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Danielle Riendeau Mar 27, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 6: MMA Rules Extravaganza
This week, we’re talking about MMA rules and Jon Jones’ wildly controversial fight with Mark Hamill: his only loss, due to a 12-6 elbow. A 12-6 elbow? What’s that, you ask? Well we have a special guest to guide us through the wild and wooly history of MMA rules: Jaime…
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Danielle Riendeau Mar 20, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanfyte 5: The Sweetest Beast
Welcome again to the Fanfyte podcast, where Fanbyte Editors Danielle Riendeau and LB Hunktears come together, share an MMA fight, a pro wrestling match, and enjoy the knowledge. This week, we have two action-packed events: WWE’s Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair, a “green mist”-spewing, sliding and high-flying match from last November.…
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Danielle Riendeau Mar 13, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 4: Taste the Blood
It is a positively blood-soaked week here on the Fanfyte podcast, where Senior Editor Danielle Riendeau and Wrestling Section Head LB Hunktears bring forth a pro wrestling event and MMA fight are share in the knowledge. That’s because both hosts chose a super sanguine event to take a look at. …
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