UFC
Danielle Riendeau Jun 12, 2021. 1 minute read
Best Camp of My Life Episode 7: Aaron Bronsteter
On episode seven of Best Camp, Fernanda is joined by Aaron Bronsteter, MMA Reporter and Content Editor for The Sports Network. (If you know anything about Fernanda’s potentially royal heritage, please have Kat Dennings contact us as soon as possible.) You can listen to the show here or check out…
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SPORTS
Danielle Riendeau Jun 1, 2021. 1 minute read
Best Camp of My Life with Fernanda Prates: Making of With Megan Olivi
In the sixth episode of Best Camp of My Life, Fernanda is joined by world-famous sports broadcaster Megan Olivi to talk about Megan’s career trajectory, the unique challenges of live television, the unyielding eye of public focus, and much more. You can listen to it here, or check out the…
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SPORTS
Fernanda Prates Jan 14, 2021. 2 minute read
MMA Fighters as RuPaul’s Drag Race Contestants: A Very Serious Study
RuPaul’s Drag Race is back and the UFC is about to be back and I think you all know what that means. Actually, you probably don’t, because in a normal situation this wouldn’t mean anything. Then again, as you may have noticed, nothing about the world at large or more…
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SPORTS
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Fernanda Prates Dec 11, 2020. 4 minute read
Facts On UFC 256 Fighters So You Can Sound Smart Without Really Trying
Being a legitimately smart person with actual knowledge and useful information on a thing is cool, but you know what’s even cooler? Kind of knowing some random stuff about a thing and sounding smart anyway. That’s right. At a time when reality is subjective and there isn’t a basic scientific…
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SPORTS
Fernanda Prates Oct 29, 2020. 6 minute read
In MMA, It’s so Hard to Say Goodbye
This past Saturday, after beating Justin Gaethje to add a 29th win to his perfect professional record, UFC lightweight champion and crusher of wills Khabib Nurmagomedov announced he was retiring from MMA. The news followed an atypically emotional post-fight reaction from Nurmagomedov, who had lost his father and trainer, Abdulmanap…
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SPORTS
Fernanda Prates Oct 29, 2020. Less than a minute
UFC Featherweight Champion Alex Volkanovski’s mustache, a review
Alexander Volkanovski, our current featherweight UFC champion (and former small-but-utterly-jacked Rugby star) is considering repeating this look from the past for Movember this year. Maybe this review is the encouragement he needs?
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MICROREVIEWS
Fernanda Prates Oct 9, 2020. 11 minute read
Totally Normal, Not Weird At All UFC Guide: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
Have you ever finished reading a thoughtful, well-researched fight breakdown and thought “Damn, this is just too thorough and informative. I learned too much. This may even help me place bets and reap real-life benefits! I wish I had something that wasn’t like that at all to prepare me for…
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SPORTS
Danielle Riendeau Mar 25, 2020. Less than a minute
SportsMiddle 3: Owning the Post-Game
On the third episode of the new sports podcast that we started just as sports… ended, we have a number of incredible revelations, including young Niki’s thoughts on dog health and some surprising assertions about esports. Then we go into some of our all-time favorite post-game interviews, from across the…
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PODCASTS
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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PODCASTS
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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PODCASTS
Danielle Riendeau Mar 6, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 3: Chaotic Good Babyface
Welcome again to the Fanfyte podcast, where MMA fan (and Fanbyte Senior Editor) and Pro Wrestling aficionado (and Fanfyte section head) LB Hunktears come together, show each other a fight or event from their respective disciplines, and enjoy the exchange of beautiful violence together. This week, LB gave Danielle her…
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PODCASTS
Danielle Riendeau Feb 28, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanfyte 2: Beauty Supply Store Deathmatch
Welcome to episode 2 of the Fanfyte podcast, a place where fans of pro wrestling and MMA come together in a beautiful exchange of information and fisticuffs. This week, Pro wrestling expert LB Hunktears has brought us Lady Shani vs Faby Apache, a 2018 Lucha Libre match with a little…
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PODCASTS
lb hunktears Dec 6, 2019. 4 minute read
Fanfyte Best of the Week 11/29/19-12/5/19
We took a break for the holiday, but we’re back baby! It’s been a good week here at Fanfyte. We signed up for a newly available Japanese streaming service that lets us watch a ton more cool wrestling, we celebrated Tomohiro Ishii, and talked about Batista’s dick. Fan girl won…
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WRESTLING
lb hunktears Nov 15, 2019. 3 minute read
Fanfyte’s Best of the Week 11/8/19-11/14/19
https://twitter.com/Malcolmvelli/status/1195067285402267648 Colette Arrand: Malcolm Bivens Finds His CD Player After months of sleuthing, 6’4″ king Malcolm Bivens finally knows who took his CD player—Nia Jax. It’s been a long, strange trip through the WWE Universe to get here, and Malcolm didn’t actually get his CD player back, but in the…
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WRESTLING
lb hunktears Nov 8, 2019. 4 minute read
FanFyte’s Best of the Week 11/1/19-11/7/19
Mer: Jay White Turns Face If you want people to like you, just dunk on Will Ospreay. It worked for me on Twitter, and it worked for Jay White this week at the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 press conference. Despite having one of the worst beard and hair combos of…
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WRESTLING
Danielle Riendeau Nov 1, 2019. 2 minute read
God Help Me, I Love the UFC Baddest Motherfucker Belt
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the UFC is putting an official Baddest Motherfucker belt on the line this weekend. Yes, the UFC, which—hilariously—seems to pride itself on being the purest athletic competition in the world (evidenced by its USADA dealings), is holding an event that just looks like…
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WRESTLING