Today on Fanbyte’s premier MMA and pro wrestling podcast, we took a trip back to the mid-90s with the hybrid shoot-wrestling and pro wrestling promotion Pancrase. It’s a wildly entertaining combination of real MMA grappling with some flair and fixings from the pro wrestling world, and we watched two of the most exciting matches in the show’s history: 1995’s Ken Shamrock vs Minoru Suzuki and 1994’s Masakatsu Funaki vs Minoru Suzuki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

SportsMiddle 8: Good Baseball Punches

Each week, Danielle — the MMA fan and amateur grappler — brings an MMA fight to the table to discuss, and LB —the pro wrestling expert — brings a show-stopping match. Think of it as a beautiful exchange between fans of two violent, beautiful art forms. Or the Predator handshake meme, made hilariously literal.