Mike Johnston

This week on Destination Out, Mike Johnston features the music of Steve Lacy (soprano) and Mal Waldron (piano), focusing on a newly unearthed recording of them in Belgium in 1995. You'll also hear a few pieces of gospel music from Albert Ayler, Mavis Staples and others.

Anyone familiar with lightweight stars Justin Gaethje and Dan Hooker knows the sheer potential for violence their upcoming UFC 313 co-main event matchup presents.

Conor McGregor made a fashionably late appearance at a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship press conference ahead of Saturday's BKFC Knucklemania V event.

A rematch two years in the making between middleweights Marvin Vettori and Roman Dolidze is set to headline an upcoming Fight Night event at the UFC Apex.

This week, Destination Out centers around pianist Andrew Hill's new release, recorded in 2002 titled "It's a beautiful day, Revisited." The release includes music not contained in the original 2002 release. We also spun a few tracks with Andrew as an accompanying musician by Jimmy Woods and Roland Kirk.

Dana White publicly condemned recent comments made by UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler.

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and rising contender Nassourdine Imavov both successfully weighed in at an even 185 pounds Friday morning ahead of their five-round Fight Night main event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The UFC's February slate got off to a wild start this past weekend with Nassourdine Imavov picking up the biggest win of his career in Saudi Arabia with a stunning knockout of Israel Adesanya.

This week on Destination Out, Mike Johnston highlights drummer Rashied Ali, who is featured on two new releases from the Survival label. We'll also play tracks from Hal Russell and Leroy Jenkins.

The first meeting between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland ended up being one of the closest five-round matchups in the UFC in all of 2024. Will part two be as tightly contested as part one? Mike Johnston takes a trip down memory lane.