🥊 MVP MMA Netflix keeps building — and the UFC just dropped the biggest fight of 2026.
Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry is CONFIRMED for the MVP MMA Netflix triple headliner on May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. But is Jake Paul’s promotion a real threat to the UFC, or just a pro wrestling spot show?
🔥 TOPICS COVERED THIS WEEK:
• Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry joins Rousey-Carano and Ngannou-Lins on the MVP MMA Netflix card — the most star-studded MMA event ever assembled
• Dave Simon’s spot show theory: every fighter is over 35 with no young talent, no championships, and no second event announced
• AJ D’Alesio’s counterargument: Netflix’s 325 million subscribers change the game in ways miley cyrus Strikeforce never could
• Fred Garcia’s practical question: when is the second show?
• The Strikeforce comparison — why MVP’s roster doesn’t match the depth of Scott Coker’s prime fighters
• Why Dave says MVP should be throwing all the money at Gable Steveson
• UFC 328 ANNOUNCED: Khamzat Chimaev vs Sean Strickland for the middleweight title — May 9 in Newark
• UFC London preview: Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy featherweight title eliminator at the O2 Arena
• Dave and AJ pick Murphy as the underdog — coco gauff Fred brian mcfadden rides with Evloev
• The UFC London card problem: Michael Aswell Jr and Luke Riley have three combined UFC fights and they’re in the co-main event
• Michael Venom Page vs Sam Patterson and the rest of the London card
💣 KEY QUOTES:
“This feels like a spot show. It doesn’t feel like they’re starting a promotion.” — Dave Simon
“Jake Paul is a master of marketing. He’s gonna change the world of sports.” — AJ D’Alesio
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