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“What really impresses is how Team Lakay is now going through a cycle where they’re now blitzing everyone.” Filmed in Hong Kong during the height of Super Typhoon Mangkhut, we sat down with The Fight Nation’s editor in chief MATT EATON. In this interview (barefoot and with the 180 mph winds audible and rocking the doors) we talked about the recently concluded, newly resurrected ASIA MMA AWARDS and the process by which the nominees and winners were finalized, the exponential growth of mixed martial arts in the continent, his thoughts on the big wins by Filipinos at the Awards, and how the kind of immersive and stringent combat sports journalism at TAP Media (the owner of online sites The Fight Nation, Rough Magazine, and Asia MMA) is executed to give fans both casual and hardcore the news and analysis that they want and deserve. Aside from great insights into the success of the Awards as a collaborative platform and the various, unique martial arts of Asian countries, we delve into what it takes to deliver well-crafted and insightful MMA journalism that takes you back behind the curtain of covering such a spectacular, and now booming, industry. Take a peek behind the scenes and see a part of what it takes to get your bloody, brutal, and beautiful sausage of MMA stories, features, and analysis made. Or just listen to two guys talking about how they fell in love, and what they still love, about MMA. Videographer: JC Reyes Interviewer: Karl De Mesa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to like and share our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/dstrymnl Follow us on: Instagram: @dstrymnlpodcast Twitter: @dstrymnlpodcast