This week on Alchemist Radio we welcome longtime MMA writer/PR rep and manager Mike Russell as our co-host. Russell has done work for FundaFighter an recently partnered up with Miguel Torres to create Fight Empire, a full service fight management company.

We will continue with our RFA “Prospect of the Week” with three fight UFC veteran Justin Lawrence who will face Luis Saldana in the co-main event of RFA 10 on October 25 on AXSTV.

Maximum Fighting President Mark Pavelich is in complete mad man mode as he is really pushing MFC 38 which takes place this Friday night also on AXSTV. The card will feature three title fights. We had main event competitor Anthony Birchak on with us last week who faces Tito Jones for the bantamweight championship.

Joining us at Ryron Gracie who is the eldest son of Rorion and of course the grandson of Helio. This Saturday night they are celebrating what would’ve been Helio’s 100th birthday. Check out https://www.onthemat.com/node/1017100 for more information.

King Mo is getting ready to face Emanual Newton on November 2nd. The pair will fight for the Bellator interim light heavyweight championship on the main card of Bellator 106, the first PPV in the organizations history. Bellator has pulled out all the stops for this event including a rematch for the lightweight title between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez and in the main event Tito Ortiz will face Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Mo is also set to call Invicta FC 7 on December 7th.

Speaking of Invicta our good friend Shannon Knapp, the President of the organization that has taken WMMA to a whole new level, will close out the show. We’ll talk to Shannon about Invicta 7, TUF and the rematch between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate and many other great women’s bouts that are coming up on the horizon.

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