Episode LXXIV (74): BEERS & BRAWLING - In honor of the planet’s largest MMA fighting organization coming to town this week for UFC 247 Saturday night at the Toyota Center, we decided it was time for a special beer and brawling-themed show and visit with the planet’s fastest growing combat sports organization, the Third Coast Grappling Championships (3CG). Joining us LIVE in studio at 7pm for tonight’s craft beer-powered conversation will be Third Coast Grappling Championships President & Matchmaker Ryan McGuire and Master of Ceremonies (MC) Oliver Long. Regular listeners of our show may remember we first had McGuire, a proud Army veteran, on the GCPH with co-founder and West Point product Zach Marshall just two days prior to Third Coast’s first (and jam-packed, sold out) show roughly a year ago. Many successful, sold-out shows and a lot of national attention has followed since and we decided it was time to have the 3GC fellas back as the promotion appears to be primed for a year of growth and expansion in 2020 that will “shake the game up from head to toe,” including rumors of hosting Third Coast shows on the West Coast, East Coast and even across the pond in the United Kingdom. Topics likely to come up include the first 3CG Kids event which was a sold out success last month at Scout Bar, the national-headline creating Bo Nickel vs Gordan Ryan 3GC Super Fight late last year and the upcoming Third Coast Grappling Championship IV featuring Gordon Ryan verse Patrick Gaudio at the top off a loaded card on Saturday, March 14 at Warehouse Live. And in the final segment, after our guests are two or three brews deep and now that the dust has settled and everything is resolved, we plan to get the scoop on rumors of a multi-million dollar lawsuit a heavyweight media conglomerate in the live sports streaming segment, apparently fearful of losing its monopoly, filed against 3CG when the less-than-a-year-old promotion started work on their own independent streaming service to remove the middle man between the action and the fans. And I’m sure we will talk about the overall fight world in general including this weekend’s activities just up the road at the Toyota Center. If you can’t get to the Toyota Center Saturday night, we strongly suggest joining the UFC 247 watch party just down the street from the studio at Bonez Draught House (event info in the comments). And if time allows, we plan to tease even more of what is on tap this weekend thanks to our friends at The SCENE Magazine including the 20th Annual Krewes Into Kemah Mardi Gras parade Sunday, February 9 at noon (rumor is one of the Galactic Guys will be among the parade judges) and followed by the annual Mardi Party at T-bone Tom’s (event info in the comments). And if the UFC isn’t your jam, also on Saturday night VHT, a Van Halen tribute, and Double Vision, a Foreigner tribute, will rock the crowd at the GCPH-endorsed venue, Jackie’s Brickhouse. Thirsty yet? Then grab a drink and tune in to the Galactic Coast Power Hour at 7pm!! The show is broadcast live on VinylDraught Radio at www.vinyldraughtlive.com and also available on a range of networks, apps and platforms including iHeartRadio, Spotify, TuneIn, Player FM, Live 365, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Google Play, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Cashbox, Deezer and Podcast Addict among others. Special thanks to our bearded buddy Teagan behind the glass and at the controls and keeping us on the air and sounding good. We also appreciate all of those helping behind the scenes at the station, including our station boss Bertrand McHenry, and the many networks and platforms that carry us and beyond. Prepare for Liftoff!!