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Fighter Interviews Podcasts
9 shows and 2,132 episodes sit under Fighter Interviews.
Podcasts built around fighter interviews — boxing one-on-ones, MMA fight-week conversations, regional check-ins, and interview segments inside broader combat-sports shows.
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A fighter can answer the obvious questions—how camp went, what comes next—and still leave the interesting part somewhere between the lines. The better interviews make room for the career underneath the bout: contracts, time away, travel, sudden opportunities and the less glamorous work required to stay in the game.
Camp, contract, consequence
The Australian MMA Podcast has the clearest run of fighter-led episodes here. Its titles get specific before the conversation even starts. Luke Dally Interview | Eternal MMA 105 Fight Camp, Mindset & Antonio Caruso Fight Buzz... promises the familiar camp-and-opponent setup, while Sean Gauci Interview | PFL Belfast Fight Week, Why He Signed With PFL & UFC Contract Fallout puts the business of a fighting career alongside fight week.
The best on-ramp may be Ben Johnston Interview | From Retirement to UFC Perth After 2 Years Out of the Game. That is a genuine story, contained in one title. For a different kind of career snapshot, Max Kruger on Proving Grounds Win, 100K+ Followers, TikTok Awards & Sleeping in a Gym & Real Jobs... stretches well beyond the usual promotional beat.
Boxing conversations without ceremony
Big Fight Weekend Boxing Podcast sounds like boxing people talking while the scorecards are still close at hand. The tone is brisk and conversational, but the show is comfortable with the sport’s details and willing to make a firm judgment.
Its interview episodes are labelled plainly: Tim Tszyu Conversation With Dan Rafael 3 31 26, Badou Jack Conversation With Dan Rafael | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast, Stephen Fulton Conversation With Dan Rafael | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast and Lamont Roach Conversation With Dan Rafael | Fight Freaks Unite Podcast. Pick the fighter, press play. There is very little packaging to get through.
Before and after the interview
For the wider fight world, move up to Combat Sports. Severe MMA Podcast is useful when you want the argument around a fighter rather than a standalone conversation; Ep. 543: UFC 322, Ian Garry, Solomon Simon and more! has the show’s typical mix of names, event context and loose-ended discussion right in the title.
MMA News & Analysis goes further into results, judging and promotion-level debate. UFC Coverage narrows the field to that organization’s cards and storylines. Those routes complement the interviews rather than repeating them.
Where to start
Begin with Ben Johnston Interview | From Retirement to UFC Perth After 2 Years Out of the Game for a comeback-shaped entry point. Choose Sean Gauci Interview | PFL Belfast Fight Week, Why He Signed With PFL & UFC Contract Fallout when the contract story matters as much as the matchup. Boxing listeners can go straight to Tim Tszyu Conversation With Dan Rafael 3 31 26.
Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.
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Cleanest boxing interview starting point — direct name-forward one-on-ones with Canelo, Badou Jack, Stephen Fulton, and more.
Current fight-week MMA interview slate with a regional angle — active fighters from Australia, PFL Belfast, and Road to UFC.
Interviews embedded in informed MMA conversation with media-room proximity and granular fight analysis.
Clean run of fighter-name interview titles — straightforward to scan when you want a specific name.
Where to start
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Interview segments sit alongside fight news — useful when you want a fighter's take as part of the week's boxing story, not a standalone hour.
Active interview slate covering fighters on the road to UFC, PFL, and Eternal MMA from the Australian and Pacific scene.
Plain, person-first titles make it easy to browse by name — no episode-number archaeology required.
Interview-packaged episodes with UFC names like Dominick Cruz and Daniel Cormier — clean, explicit interview framing inside broader combat coverage.
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A fighter conversation recorded during the days leading up to a bout — covers game plan, mindset, and opponent reads before the result is known.
A short octagon or ring interview captured immediately after a fight ends — unfiltered reaction before the press conference framing kicks in.
A longer single-interview format where one host talks with one fighter, as opposed to a panel discussing the fighter.
UFC's development tournament for Asian prospects — a common source of fighter interview stories in Australian and regional MMA feeds.
A show that runs fighter interviews as one segment within a broader combat-sports episode rather than as a standalone format.
Coverage focused on fighters and events outside the major American UFC cards — useful for following development tracks and local promotions.