Sherdog Podcast Network

Keith and Ben preview UFC Fight Night 221, also known as "UFC Las Vegas," with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights. 0:00 Intro: A return to old-school Vegas bangers 5:03 Carlston Harris (17-5) vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (17-3-1) 15:30 Tyson Nam (21-12-1) vs. Bruno Silva (12-5-2, 1 NC) 22:40 Victor Henry (22-6) vs. Tony Gravely (23-8) 30:40 Ariane Lipski (14-8) vs. J.J. Aldrich...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you his Top 5 BEST BETS plus PREDICTIONS for UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro / Last Week Betting Recap (03:36) BET 1: Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane (11:57) BET 2: Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (17:19) BET 3: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso (21:31) BET 4: Jamie Pickett vs. Bo Nickel (24:40) Flier of The Week: Derek Brunson vs. Dricus Du Plessis (2...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you the Top 5 MMA Fights he is most looking forward to in March 2023 including UFC 285, UFC 286, Bellator 292 and UFC Fight Night: Vera vs Sandhagen. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:44) UFC 285: Jon Joes vs Ciryl Gane (09:47) Bellator 292: Usman Nurmagomedov vs Benson Henderson (15:25) UFC Fight Night: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili (19:31) UFC 286: Leon Edwards vs Kamaru...

Sean Sheehan interviews Danni McCormack who talks about her upcoming title fight vs Valesca Machado at Invicta FC 52. Danni also talks about her inspiration to start training in MMA, her history with Horse Racing and more on this episode of The Sheehan Show. (00:00) Getting started in MMA, Meeting Conor McGregor & John Kavanagh, Training at SBG (09:13) History in the Horse Racing industry (15:...

Keith and Ben preview the monster UFC 285, with its two title fights, including the long-anticipated return of Jon Jones. Despite a rare prevalence of lopsided odds, the guys come up with a solid batch of upset picks. Sidetrack conversations include: 1984 fantasy adventure film The Neverending Story, pro wrestling tag team The Road Warriors and the actual, historical Cuban Missile Crisis. On-topic...

Patrick Auger talks about the 'new normal' on UFC Fight Night cards which will feature Dana White's Contender Series (DWCS) and The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) veterans, Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury winner being ranked by WBC according to president Mauricio Sulaiman, a proposed MMA Pension Fund scheme and more on this episode of The Fight Business Podcast. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:18) UFC F...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you his Top 5 BEST BETS plus PREDICTIONS for UFC Fight Night: Krylov vs. Spann, Bellator 291: Amosov vs. Storley 2 and KSW 79: De Fries vs. Duffee 2. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro / Last Week Betting Recap (03:23) BET 1: Asael Adjoudj vs. Liam McCracken (Bellator 291) (07:21) BET 2: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley (Bellator 291) (13:46) BET 3: Pedro Carvalho vs. Jeremy K...

Sean Sheehan is back to give his preview and predictions for Bellator 291: Amosov vs. Storley 2 which goes down February 25, 2023, at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro / Irish perspective on Bellator Dublin (04:44) Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Rafael Hudson (05:29) Darragh Kelly vs. Dorval Jordan (08:22) Kenny Mokhonoana vs. Craig McIntosh (10:35) Asael Adjoudj vs. Liam McCrac...

Keith and Ben preview UFC Fight Night 220 "Krylov vs. Spann," also known as UFC Vegas 70, with analysis, anecdotes and a heaping pile of upset picks. Notable sidetrack conversations include: David Koresh and the Branch Davidians (30:12), Jeremy Giambi and Leaping Lanny Poffo (57:06), and UFC media room chow (1:10:09).  0:00 Intro: Even when it's bad, it's still pretty good...and th...

Sean Sheehan is joined by SBG head coach John Kavanagh to talk the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter, where Conor McGregor will coach against Michael Chandler before facing him in his return to the Octagon, and much more! Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Irish MMA Cards in 2023 (01:40) Bellator 291: Amosov vs Storley 2 in Dublin (03:30) Karl Moore vs Maciej Rozanski (05:21) Karl Moore, Johnny...

Keith and Ben preview UFC Fight Night 219 "Andrade vs. Blanchfield," also known as #UFCVegas69 , with predictions and picks for all 11 confirmed bouts. This one's pretty quick... 0:00 Intro: A quick Super Bowl rant 6:37 Clayton Carpenter (6-0) vs. Juancamilo Ronderos (4-1) 12:52 A.J. Fletcher (9-2) vs. Themba Gorimbo (10-3) 19:15 Nazim Sadykhov (7-1) vs. Evan Elder (7-1) 23:25 Ovince S...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you his Top 5 BEST BETS plus PREDICTIONS for UFC 284: Makhachev vs Volkanovski. Timestamps: (00:00) UFC Vegas 68 / Bellator 290 - Betting Recap (03:28) BET 1: Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski (08:09) BET 2: Tyson Pedro vs Modestas Bukauskas (13:03) BET 3: Jack Della Maddalena vs Randy Brown (16:18) BET 4: Justin Tafa vs Parker Porter (19:37) FLIER OF THE WEEK:...

Keith and Ben break down UFC 284: Will Alexander Volkanovski shock the world against Islam Makhachev? Is Yair Rodriguez getting a gift title shot? Is Jack Della Maddalena the truth at 170? Let's talk about it. 0:00 Intro: It is the best of cards, it is the worst of cards 10:58 Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5-1) vs. Elves Brener Oliveira (13-3) 18:44 Shane Young (13-6) vs. Blake Bilder (7-0-1) 29:28 Kon...

Sean Sheehan is joined by Scott Fontana to discuss the state of UFC / MMA judging in 2023 and beyond. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:12) Do more MMA fans understand the scoring criteria now? (02:43) Common misconceptions with MMA Judging (05:12) Effective Strike / Grappling, Effective Aggressiveness, Fighting Area Control (11:50) Have all judges adjusted to the new criteria? 10-8 Rounds (17:02) Giv...

Dave Noseworthy discuses the history of UFC Rankings and why they probably shouldn't hold as much weight among the MMA fanbase as they currently do.

Sean Sheehan is back to give his preview and predictions for Bellator 290: Bellator 290: Bader vs. Fedor 2 which goes down February 4, 2023, at the Kia Forum, Inglewood, California, United States. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro, Bellator in 2022 (04:24) Ryan Bader vs Fedor Emeliankenko (17:54) Steve Mowry vs Ali Isaev (20:47) Johnny Eblen vs Anatoly Tokov (25:32) Sabah Homasi vs Brennan Ward (26:02) Lo...

Keith and Ben preview UFC Fight Night 218 "Lewis vs. Spivak," also known as #UFCVegas68, with predictions and picks for all 12 fights. 0:00 Intro: Welcome to UFC Seoul 7:22 Tatsuro Taira (12-0) vs. Jesus Santos Aguilar (8-1) 14:26 Jun Yong Park (15-5) vs. Denis Tiuliulin (10-6) 20:16 Ji Yeon Kim (9-6-2) vs. Mandy Bohm (7-2) 29:30 Seung Guk Choi (6-1) vs. Hyun Sung Park (7-0) 35:55 Toshiomi...

Sean Sheehan makes his predictions for UFC in 2023 and picks who he believes will be champion in each weight class at the end of 2023. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:11) Flyweight (05:53) Bantamweight (09:29) Women's Strawweight (12:13) Women's Flyweight (15:37) Women's Bantamweight (16:38) Featherweight (19:22) Lightweight (20:30) Welterweight (23:17) Middleweight (26:12) Light Heavywe...

Sean Sheehan is joined by Will Fleury to talk about his recent signing to the Professional Fighters League and his plans for the future. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:13) Signing with PFL instead of UFC (03:44) Improvements across last 4 fights (09:40) Changes to training, Long break between recent fights (13:51) Game Planning for Fights (18:00) Thoughts on fighting with PFL long term and PFL Cham...

Patrick Auger goes in-depth on Francis Ngannou's contract negotiations with the UFC and why they couldn't come to a new deal. What's next for Francis, will he go to the PFL, boxing vs Tyson Fury or somewhere else? Patrick also covers Demetrious Johnson revealing his UFC fighter pay with the UFC and more on this episode of The Fight Business Podcast. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:04) Fr...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you his preview and predictions for KSW 78: Materla vs Grove 2 hosted by the Polish MMA powerhouse, KSW. Timestamps: (00:00) KSW 78 Fight Card (04:30) Michal Materla vs Kendall Grove (11:54) Tomasz Romanowski vs Radoslaw Paczuski (17:53) Borys Mankowski vs Valeriu Mircea (22:18) Roman Szymanski vs Raul Tutarauli (24:57) Lukasz Sudolski vs Kleber Raimundo Silva (25:43)...

Keith and Ben preview the UFC's first pay-per-view of 2023, with analysis, detailed predictions and picks for all 15 fights. Welcome back! 0:00 Intro 3:01 Saimon Oliveira (18-4) vs. Daniel Marcos (13-0) 9:30 Josiane Nunes (9-1) vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos (6-4) 17:02 Warlley Alves (14-5) vs. Nicolas Dalby (20-4-1, 2 NC) 25:30 Ismael Bonfim (18-3) vs. Terrance McKinney (13-4) 34:46 Luan Lacerda...

Sean Sheehan is back to give you his Top 5 BEST BETS plus PREDICTIONS for UFC 283: Teixeira vs Hill and KSW 78: Materla vs. Grove 2. Timestamps: (00:00) Last weeks Betting Recap (02:05) BET 1: Deiveson Figueiredo vs Brandon Moreno (09:43) BET 2: Glover Teixeira vs Jamahal Hill (17:38) BET 3: Paul Craig vs Johnny Walker (21:41) BET 4: Rafal Kijanczukvs Marc Doussis (25:17) FLIER OF THE WEEK: Shamil...

Patrick Auger discuses the repercussions of Dana White's recent chat with the press about his slap scandal. Dana was recorded slapping his wife in a nightclub on New Years Eve. Is Dana talking to the press good or bad for the UFC and Endeavor? Patrick looks into this and more on this episode of The Fight Business Podcast. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:44) Is Dana White speaking with media good...

Sean Sheehan is back to give his predictions for the MMA fights at ONE on Prime Video 6: Superbon vs Allazov. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro / Superbon vs. Allazov (05:15) Nong Stamp (Stamp Fairtex) vs. Anissa Meksen (15:34) Aung La N Sang vs. Gilberto Galvao (19:22) Garry Tonon vs. Jonathan Nunez (22:33) Jae Woong Kim vs. Shoko Sato (25:44) Outro