(Original air date: Apr. 13th, 2022)

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0:00 Disclaimer/Content Warning/Legalese

1:00 Thoughts on “The Bad Guy” Scott Hall (featuring the Smoke DZA song “Machismo” from the “Ringside EP”)

6:20 Opening/Rundown

9:11 Billy Dixon (BIPOC/LGBTQ+ Deathmatch Wrestler; Game Changer Wrestling among others)

32:05 Promoting #ForTheCulture & GCW’s “Collective 2022 Slate” on FITE TV

33:30 Chris Gary’s thoughts on a “Ruthless” individual (it’s not a dude, by the way)

37:40 Leading into Interview #2

38:45 Pedro “Lowrider” Ortega (Husband of Hardcore Luchadora Sadika & Mexican Born, Texas Based Luchador; Texas All-Star Wrestling & LOKO Wrestling)

1:11:10 Chris Gary plugs LOKO Wrestling (shoutout to Jaime Martinez) and the Title Match Wrestling Network (shout to Telly Bistis)

1:12:37 Leading to Interview #3

1:14:10 David Fuller (owner of the International Heroes of Wrestling Excellence & Insane Hardcore Wrestling; wrestling promoter since 1998; Native of the DFW [Texas] Metroplex)

2:26:32 Chris Gary puts over the North Texas Contingency that had shows on Mania Weekend (VIP Wrestling IHWE & DFW All-Pro) in addition to the Texas Independent Wrestling Scene & the Reality of Wrestling’s make-up show later this month

2:29:48 Leading into the Snippet of Interview #4

2:30:49 A Former NJPW L.A. Dojo Young Lion turned soon-to-be Full-Time NJPW Star & Current Bloodsport Wrestler (Listen for yourself.)

2:37:35 Chris Gary puts over the FITE TV events where you can see the ex-NJPW L.A. Young Lion at

2:38:02 Closing & Slight Putting Over (featuring a clip of Scott Hall & The Fugees’ “Ready or Not”)

With The Most STUPENDOUS 2-Night Weekend in All of Wrestling (pal)™️ in the rear-view mirror, our own “Chillmeister” Chris Gary enjoyed watching everything happen. So much so that simply forgot to upload this episode BEFORE that weekend. So, better late than never, he supersized this one with all the interviews he collected over that weekend and complied them all into this new episode of Focus Fights Audio that we simply call “The MANIA WEEK SPECIAL.”

In this episode, you’ll hear from BIPOC/LGBTQ+ Deathmatch Star Billy Dixon about what led up to his groundbreaking bout vs. Hoodfoot which Main Evented the #ForTheCulture show on Apr. 1st. Mexican Born Texas Bred Luchador Lowrider will put over his war stories & what he (and someone VERY close to him) is currently doing in LOKO Wrestling & throughout the world. And finally, Chris will chat with longtime North Texas Wrestling Promoter David Fuller as Mania Weekend not only marked a return for his International Heroes of Wrestling Excellence/Insane Hardcore Wrestling Promotion, but the potential Mr. Fuller is looking to build as he marks a big milestone in his career.

In addition to that, Chris will also mark the passing of ”The Bad Guy” Scott Hall (in his own way), speak on a certain Ruthless competitor who did more than just snub an interview inquiry of his prior to returning to the Squared Circle (something that is deemed unprofessional in some parts of the world) & shamelessly put over the world of Pro Wrestling at large.

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In this special Focus Fights Audio Short Interview, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary spoke to French MMA Stalwart Stephane “SMASH” Coignon.

Coignon, fighting out of Nagoya, Aichi, Japan via “The City of Lights” Paris, France, stands in at 6’4 (192 cm), weighs in at 214 lbs (97 kg), and has an MMA Record of 3-3 w/1 KO. He’s a veteran of promotions such as HEXAGONE MMA, ARES Fighting Championship, Shootboxing (1-0 in the sport/promotion) & GRACHAN.

In this interview leading up to his DEEP MMA Debut, SMASH spoke to Chris about his teammate — Hidetaka “Kaiju Killer” Arato — fighting in RIZIN (vs. “The Hero of Foul Play (& Not Giving a Damn” Sina Karimian), what can French MMA learn from other promotions around the world such as those in Japan, his fight career as a whole & his thoughts on his upcoming opponent, Masashi Inada, at the DEEP OSAKA IMPACT 2025 event on Jun. 29th, among other things.

The White Tiger & SMASH were supposed to have fought each other at RIZIN LANDMARK 10 last fall, but the bout fell through.

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The DEEP OSAKA IMPACT 2025 show will be exclusively on PPV via the DEEP MMA YouTube Channel. If you want to know more about how to get it & how much it’ll cost, click here: https://www.youtube.com/live/NRmM2wS1tbI?si=EutiqYiLp-y_0J95

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• ​0:00 Disclaimer + “Gloria” by Eiichi Saeki
• ​1:41 Show Intro + Summary Thoughts
• ​15:55 The Featherweight Pecking Order (Karamov x Kimura; Nazimov x Nii; Suzuki x Yamamoto; Kolesnik x SASUKE)
• ​49:12 Horie got HANDS (& BOWS) in KO’ing Nishikawa (Future Lightweight Contender?)
• ​56:05 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly at Heavyweight (Sina Karimian’s MMA Debut vs. Hidetaka Arato; Last Heavyweight GP Quarterfinal)
• ​1:13:28 MACHI Fukuda wants a Women’s Strawweight Division after beating Haruka “SALT” Hasegawa! (Should RIZIN focus on their Women’s Divisions more?)
• ​1:25:45 The Men’s Bantamweight Division Pecking Order (Goto beats, yet doesn’t twist out, Kashimura; Nakajima slugs out Seika Izawa’s hubby; Ando shines in RIZIN Debut)
• ​1:38:45 Raiki Endo “strong arming” RIZIN’s 2nd Ever Chinese Fighter
• ​1:52:50 Talk of the competitors in the upcoming RIZIN Flyweight Grand Prix (& who was left out)
• ​2:02:03 Brief Rundown of SUPER RIZIN 4
• ​2:03:33 Closing Summary & The Best of The Rest
• ​2:22:50 Shoutouts & Show Outro

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With RIZIN LANDMARK 11 — the 2nd Event for the RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION in as many weeks — now in the rear view mirror, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary is joined by the ever-energetic JayWolf as well as Isha from The City Life Project to review all the Superior Ruleset Action inside the cage & read all the comments that took place on the livestream as well as briefly preview the upcoming SUPER RIZIN 4 event next month at the Saitama Super Arena.

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You can catch the encore presentation of RIZIN LANDMARK 11 on RIZIN.TV PPV for $20 (via the website around the World sans Japan or through their Roku App in the U.S.): https://rizin.tv/product/ZkwPA1UIYl19v7qbq8gBTfBiBldvwzGaz40IPTvHSus

Or, you can get the RIZIN PREMIUM PASS for $3 less ($17 a month) & get access to future RIZIN PPVs here: https://rizin.tv/product/iWTs7W4gho-6qsqwLuIVXw

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