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Keith and Ben preview UFC Seattle with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. There's also a call to help concoct the official Shillan & Duffy family board game, some story time, and a roll call of old-school name drops—from Phil Baroni to Cole Konrad to...Jim Mora Sr.

0:00 Intro: Jet City Fight Night

5:34 Alexia Thainara vs. Bruna Brasil

8:05 Ricky Simon vs. Adrian Yanez

19:20 Navajo Stirling vs. Bruno Lopes

25:12 EXTRA: Let's make that bingo card

26:13 Casey O'Neill vs. Gabriella Fernandes

35:21 Marcin Tybura vs...

Sean is back to preview PFL Pittsburgh, which brings a loaded main card, PFL's top undefeated prospect, and a couple of high-profile late signings to Steel City!

0:00 Welcome

1:20 Johnny Eblen vs. Bryan Battle

5:34 Dalton Rosta vs. Impa Kasanganay

9:12 Ariane Lipski da Silva vs. Sumiko Inaba

10:35 Alexei Pergande vs. Julio Arce

12:24 Lazaro Dayron vs. Jacob Thrall

13:48 The prelims

Sean Sheehan clocks in late on Friday from ireland to recap all of the happenings at PFL Madrid.

Sean is back with the second half of his Best Bets doubleheader—this time bringing you some no-brainer moneyline picks for UFC London, and a bonus segment with thoughts on CW 203!

0:00 Recap of last week's bets

2:52 Bet 1: Lerone Murphy

7:06 Bet 2: Michael Page

9:46 Bet 3: Axel Sola

11:39 Bet 4: Nathaniel Wood

13:14 Flier of the Week: Roman Dolidze

14:48 Bonus: CW 203 London picks

Sean is back with your investor's guide to PFL Madrid, including a couple of no-brainer props and a smart hedge on the main event!

0:00 Recap of last week's bets

2:39 Bet 1: A.J. McKee and Adam Borics

5:53 Bet 2: Gino van Steenis

8:55 Bet 3: Linton Vassell

11:53 Bet 4: Costello van Steenis and Fabian Edwards

14:15 Flier of the Week: an Edwards prop

16:17 Outro

Keith and Ben preview UFC London with detailed predictions for all 14 fights. Side conversations include undead zoo animals, our favorite Welsh future paramedic, and Rhode Island everything founder Roger Williams.

0:00 Baby it's cold outside

6:44 Melissa Mullins (7-2) vs. Luana Carolina (11-5)

13:40 Shanelle Dyer (6-1) vs. Ravena Oliveira (7-3-1)

21:44 Shaqueme Rock (11-2-1) vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady (15-4)

31:23 Mario Pinto (11-0) vs. Felipe Franco (10-1)

38:06 Mantas Kondratavicius (8-1) vs. Antonio Trocoli (12-6, 1 NC)

45:31 Louie Sutherland (10-4) vs. Brando Pericic (5-1)

50:44 Nathaniel...

Sean is back with rapid-fire reactions to three of the top stories in MMA this week. Was the BMF bout at UFC 326 a disaster, or are we the victims of unreasonable expectations? Was the UFC White House card worth the wait? Is Francis Ngannou's return to MMA cause for celebration?

0:00 Boring BMF or impossible expectations?

6:54 UFC Freedom 250 at the White House is definitely a fight card

12:16 Francis Ngannou to fight Philipe Lins on Netflix

Keith and Ben preview UFC Vegas 114 with detailed predictions for all 14 fights, including a couple of pretty bold upsets. As an added bonus, after two weeks in a row of missing each other on the recap, we talked so much off-topic crap that Ben stuck a few extra outtakes at the end. If you enjoy them, maybe we'll do more of them, going forward! (Warning: Goofy, unprofessional content)

0:00 Prologue: An update on the state of youth wrestling in New England

9:46 Piera Rodriguez (11-2) vs. Sam Hughes (11-6)

18:02 Elijah Smith (9-1...

Devin Tejada brings you the biggest stories of the week in MMA, including a look back at UFC Houston, some analysis of the White House event and its effects on matchmaking, and finally a preview of the top bouts at UFC Mexico this weekend.

0:00 Welcome

----- OUT WITH THE OLD: UFC HOUSTON

0:40 Sean Strickland makes it looks easy against Anthony Hernandez

12:30 Best of the rest at UFC Houston

----- WHAT'S (NOT) HOT: UFC'S EMPTY DANCE CARD

22:04 The UFC still seems to...

Sean is back with analysis of two of the top stories in MMA this week, including Sean Strickland's shocking dominance at UFC Houston and the landmark CW 200 card in Dublin! 

0:00 Reacting objectively to divisive fighters

7:46 CW 200 and the future of European MMA

Keith and Ben preview UFC Mexico City with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. There's also the debut of a new S&D feature, Fast Pass, and a story of betrayal and disappointment at sea.

0:00 Bienvenidos

4:37 Damian Pinas (8-1) vs. Wesley Schultz (8-2)

11:35 Erik Silva (9-3) vs. Francis Marshall (8-3)

18:56 Sofia Montenegro (6-2) vs. Ernesta Kareckaite (6-1-1)

24:46 Douglas Silva de Andrade (29-6, 1 NC) vs. Javier Reyes (22-5)

32:56 Cristian Quinonez (18-5) vs. Kris Moutinho (14-7)

35:12 Macy Chiasson (10-5) vs. Ailin Perez (12...

Cage Warriors president Graham Boylan joined Sean for a wide-ranging chat ahead of the blockbuster CW 200 which goes down Saturday in Dublin. Graham talked about the new wave of Irish MMA talent, the top fights on the card, CW's relationship with UFC Fight Pass and the potential awkwardness of having fighters he manages jump to "rival" promotions.

0:00 Welcome

1:58 Showcasing a renaissance in Irish MMA

3:23 Is it harder to sign and keep top Irish prospects in this era?

5:36 Solomon Simon vs. Nik Bagley: The best possible matchup in CW?<...

Along with special guest Devin Tejada, Ben previews all 14 fights from UFC Fight Night 267, which goes down Saturday in Houston, Texas.

0:00 If you're ever to Houston, well you better do right

4:35 Juliana Miller (4-3) vs. Carli Judice (5-2)

14:36 Jordan Leavitt (12-3) vs. Yadier Del Valle (10-0)

25:22 Philip Rowe (11-6) vs. Jean Paul Lebosnoyani (9-2)

37:28 Ramiz Brahimaj (13-5) vs. Punahele Soriano (12-4)

49:39 Nora Cornolle (9-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (16-6) 

57:53 Alden Coria (11-3, 1 NC) vs. Luis Gurule (10-2)

1:07:40 Ode Osbourne (13-9, 1 NC) v...

Devin Tejada is back with quick reactions to the biggest happenings in MMA, including the top performers at PFL Dubai and UFC Vegas 113, and the effects the UFC's new bonus structure is having on the product.

0:00 Welcome

----- OUT WITH THE OLD

1:08 Usman Nurmagomedov dominates Alfie Davis at PFL Dubai

11:34 Kyoji Horiguchi dunks on Amir Albazi at UFC Vegas 113

18:54 Mario Bautista throttles Vinicius Oliveira at UFC Vegas 113

----- WHAT'S HOT

27:17 How is the Paramount+ platform and the new bonus...

Special guest Ben Duffy walks Sean through the high and low points of UFC Vegas 113. Who stepped up, who took a step back, and who needs to change weight classes?

0:00 Best of Show: Who was the top performer at UFC Vegas 113?

3:43 Worst of Show: Who was the most disappointing performer at UFC Vegas 113?

12:36 Jailton Almeida: What is going wrong for "Malhadinho," and will moving back to 205 fix it?

20:09 Is Cong Wang still a future title contender at flyweight?

Sean and special guest Ben look at the highs and lows of Professional Fighters League's title doubleheader in Dubai. Who elevated their stock? Who took a tumble? Is Taylor Lapilus the best fighter ever to be let go twice by the UFC? All that and more on the Sheehan Show!

0:00 Would Usman Nurmagomedov be champ right now if he were in the UFC?

8:09 Best of Show: Who was the most impressive performer at PFL Dubai?

14:40 Worst of Show: Who was the most disappointing performer at PFL Dubai?

18:43 Did...

Sean Sheehan checks in at the conclusion of Professional Fighters League's PFL Dubai card, where the promotion's 155-pound title was successfully defended and a new 170-pound king was crowned. 

Keith and Ben preview UFC Vegas 113 with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights.

0:00 Intro: Back to Base

3:57 Klaudia Szygula (7-2) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (13-7) 

11:50 Muin Gafurov (20-6) vs. Jakub Wiklacz (17-3-2)

18:21 Cong Wang (8-1) vs. Eduarda Moura (12-1)

25:37 Said Nurmagomedov (18-5) vs. Javid Basharat (14-2, 1 NC)

35:44 Bruna Brasil (11-5-1) vs. Ketlen Souza (15-6) 

43:54 Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1) vs. Julius Walker (7-1)

53:55 Alex Morono (24-12, 1 NC) vs. Daniil Donchenko (12-2)

1:00:06 Jean Matsumoto (17-1) vs. Farid Basharat (14-0...

He looks—and fights—like the unholy offspring of Paddy Pimblett and Brock Lesnar, but will Frederic Vosgrone stay undefeated at Oktagon 83? Sean and Oktagon MMA play-by-play man Bryan Lacey break down that fight, along with the rest of a loaded card set to take place in Stuttgart, Germany, this weekend.

0:00 One man who will definitely be watching Oktagon 83: Will Fleury

4:23 Frederic Vosgrone vs. Jesus Samuel Chavarria

7:32 Alina Dalaslan vs. Karolina Sobek

10:48 Niko Samsonidse vs. Mochamed Machaev

14:13 Rundown of the rest of Oktagon 83

Is Ilia Topuria laughing, or should he be worried? Did Merab Dvalishvili move closer to a title shot without leaving his house on Saturday? Sean is back with a look at the UFC's doubleheader of numbered events to kick off 2026, including an early assessment of the Paramount+ production at UFC 324 and a look ahead at the biggest bouts at UFC 325 in Sydney this Saturday.

0:00 Welcome

1:08 Did Sean O'Malley or Umar Nurmagomedov do enough at UFC 324 to bump Merab Dvalishvili?

3:31 Natalia Silva, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and the rest of the big winners...

Can Diego Lopes get one back on Alexander Volkanovski in Sydney? Are any of this season's Road to UFC finalists contender material? Will Tai Tuivasa be drinking from a shoe after his fight on Saturday? Will Keith and Ben be drinking from a shoe after his fight? All those questions and many more, answered as the guys preview UFC 325 with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights!

0:00 Welcome

8:04 Aaron Tau (11-1) vs. Namsrai Batbayar (9-1)

14:01 Rangbo Sulang (10-3) vs. Lawrence Lui (7-1)

19:39 Keiichiro Nakamura (7-1) vs. Sebastian Szalay (10...

Devin Tejada is back with the top stories in MMA this week, starting with Dana White's announcement of several major UFC matchups for Q1 2026...for which he did not sound especially excited. Is the world's biggest fight promoter getting tired of promoting fights?

0:00 Welcome

----- WHAT'S HOT: BIG FIGHT ANNOUNCMENTS

2:26 Dana White: Making exciting fights sound boring (Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer, Paulo Costa vs. Azamat Murzakanov, Josh Emmett vs. Kevin Vallejos)

----- IN WITH THE NEW: UFC 324

12:50 UFC 324 starts things off with a bang

Sean is back with his best bets for who will be the champion in each UFC division on Dec. 31, 2026. There are a couple of outsider names with big payouts attached on this one!

0:00 Recap of last year's picks

2:30 Women's Bantamweight

5:42 Women's Flyweight

7:09 Strawweight

8:17 Heavyweight

9:49 Light Heavyweight

11:56 Middleweight

12:56 Welterweight

14:06 Lightweight

15:13 Featherweight

15:54 Men's Bantamweight

16:28 Men's Flyweight

17:01 Outro

Keith and Ben preview UFC 324 with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. The card suffered a blow when it lost the scheduled women's bantamweight title clash between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes, but there's plenty to usher in the UFC's new era in style.

0:00 New year, new me, new UFC

12:20 Adam Fugitt (10-5) vs. Ty Cole Miller (6-0, 1 NC)

19:33 Ricky Turcios (12-5) vs. Cameron Smotherman (12-6)

25:46 Josh Hokit (7-0) vs. Denzel Freeman (7-1)

33:21 Michael Johnson (24-19) vs. Alexander Hernandez (18-8)

39:46 Alex Perez (25-10...

Sean is back to kick the new year off in style with his top bets for the first major MMA cards of 2026, KSW 114 and Oktagon 82!

0:00 Recap of 2025's bets

----- KSW 114

3:55 Bet 1: Arkadiusz Wrzosek and Salahdine Parnasse

9:11 Bet 2: Ibragim Chuzhigaev

10:56 Bet 3: Henry Fadipe

----- OKTAGON 82

12:37 Bet 4: Krzysztof Jotko

14:55 Bet 5: James Hendin

16:17 Outro

Oktagon MMA play-by-play man Bryan Lacey joins Sean to preview Oktagon 82, which takes place on Saturday in Dusseldorf, Germany, and features the final of the Tipsport Gamechanger middleweight grand prix.

0:00 But first, let's talk about Will Fkn Fleury for a minute

2:23 Kerim Engizek: Will the hand injury affect him?

7:10 Is Krzystof Jotko going to make weight without incident?

9:10 Rundown of the rest of Oktagon 82

17:07 outro

OK, not quite 20, but one half of the Shillan & Duffy Show turns the tables on Sean this week, asking a wide-ranging set of questions about the year that was, the year that will be, the landscape of MMA outside of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and of course a topic very dear to both men's hearts: refereeing and officiating.

0:00 Intro

----- OLD YEAR, NEW YEAR, BIG PONDS & SMALL PONDS

2:24 What was the biggest surprise of 2025 for you?

6:58 Predict the Male Fighter of the Year in 2026

14:15 Predict the...

Sean puts a bow on the year with the annual Sheehan Show Awards, honoring 17 of the standout fighters, promotions, personnel and performances of 2025.

0:00 Intro

1:26 Female Fighter of the Year: Valentina Shevchenko

2:53 Male Fighter of the Year: Petr Yan

4:58 Fight of the Year: Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes 1

7:02 KO of the Year: Robert Soldic vs. Dagi Arsanaliev

9:17 Sub of the Year: Costello van Steenis vs. Johnny Eblen

10:35 Commentator of the Year: Brad Wharton, Cage Warriors

12:40 Judge/Referee of the Year: Ben...

In this episode, Sean finishes running down the year that was in the UFC, with a look at the women's weight classes and the four lightest men's divisions.

0:00 Intro

0:34 Women's Bantamweight

4:34 Women's Flyweight

7:09 Strawweight

10:17 Men's Flyweight

13:23 Men's Bantamweight

15:35 Featherweight

17:06 Lightweight

19:18 Outro

Dev is joined by Sherdog's own Jay Pettry and Ben Duffy to discuss some of Sherdog's year-end awards for 2025, including a behind-the-curtain look at the voting process, some of the candidates that didn't make the cut, and some good-natured disagreement!

0:00 Intro

0:52 Male Fighter of the Year: Quality vs. Quantity

9:09 Who will be the 2026 Male Fighter of the Year?

11:55 Female Fighter of the Year: Waiting for 2026

18:07 Fight of the Year: Arts & Entertainment

26:17 Round of the Year: Embrace the Chaos

34:08 Knockout of the Year...

As 2025 wraps up, Sean puts a bow on the year by taking a deep dive into each UFC division, looking at the major happenings, the current title picture and the outlook going into the new year. In Part 1, the heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight and welterweight divisions go under the microscope.

0:00 Intro

0:22 Heavyweight

4:38 Light Heavyweight

8:56 Middleweight

12:43 Welterweight

16:01 Outro

Sean takes a deep dive into Professional Fighters League's banner year, including a look at every tournament winner and the likely next steps.

0:00 PFL in 2025: Big Year, Big Moves

3:49 The greatest fight in PFL history

8:07 Fabian Edwards | Middleweight

9:53 Oleg Popov | Heavyweight

11:26 Antonio Carlos Jr. | Light Heavyweight

13:11 Marcirley Alves | Bantamweight

14:40 Movlid Khaybulaev | Featherweight

15:54 Liz Carmouche | Flyweight

17:25 Alfie Davis | Lightweight

19:42 Thad Jean | Welterweight

Sean Sheehan checks in with his best bets and predictions for Professional Fighters League's PFL Africa 4: 2025 Finals and KSW 113. 

Sean Sheehan clocks in on Tuesday afternoon to preview Saturday's Professional Fighters League 2025 PFL Africa 4: 2025 Finals card.

Sean Sheehan put in overtime to recap Saturday's PFL Lyon card, which saw two world title fights and two European 2025 champs crowned.

Sean is back with his top five bets for the loaded PFL Lyon, including a bold treble parlay and a minus-money bet that still feels like a bargain.

0:00 Recap of last week's bets

3:26 PFL Treble: Cristiane “Cris Cyborg” Justino, Vadim Nemkov and Taylor Lapilus

7:55 Bet 2: Baris Adiguzel

10:40 Bet 3: Patrick Habirora

12:41 Bet 4: Paulina Wisniewska

15:01 (Mini) Flier of the Week: Aleksandr Chizov

Keith and Ben preview the final Ultimate Fighting Championship card of the year, with detailed predictions and picks for UFC Vegas 112.

0:00 Intro: End of an Era

18:21 Jamey-Lyn Horth (8-2) vs. Tereza Bleda (7-1)

27:06 Allen Frye (6-0) vs. Guilherme Pat (5-0)

35:16 Luana Santos (9-2) vs. Melissa Croden (7-2)

42:49 Sean Sharaf (4-1) vs. Steven Asplund (6-1)

52:07 Neil Magny (31-13) vs. Yaroslav Amosov (28-1)

1:07:18 Joanderson Brito (17-5-1) vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan (8-3)

1:16:37 Amanda Lemos (15-5-1) vs. Gillian Robertson (16-8)

1:25:43 Bobby...

Sean is back to preview PFL Champions Series 4, which goes down Saturday in Lyon, France, and features one of the most loaded lineups Professional Fighters League has ever put together.

0:00 PFL pulls out all the stops

2:39 Vadim Nemkov vs. Renan Ferreira

5:33 Cristiane “Cris Cyborg” Justino vs. Sara Collins

9:33 Aleksandrs Chizovs vs. Connor Hughes

11:36 Dean Garnett vs. Baris Adiguzel

13:25 A rundown of the rest of PFL Lyon

Sean brings you his top bets for UFC 323, along with a bonus line too good to pass up from PFL MENA 4.

0:00 But first, let's brag on the bets from two weeks ago

2:38 Bet 1: Nawras Abzakh

6:34 Bet 2: Joshua Van

9:11 Bet 3: Bogdan Guskov

10:25 Bet 4: Henry Cejudo

11:51 Flier of the Week: Jalin Turner

13:46 PPV Parlay: Turner, Merab Dvalishvili, Grant Dawson and Guskov

Keith and Ben preview the final pay-per-view offering of the UFC on ESPN era—maybe the last ever—with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights. There are a couple of unanimous UFC 323 upset picks, but also stark disagreement when it comes to the "lock of the night."

0:00 Intro: The Feast After The Feast

11:40 Muhammadjon Naimov (13-3) vs. Mairon Santos (16-1)

18:59 Mansur Abdul-Malik (8-0-1) vs. Antonio Trocoli (12-5)

28:34 Iwo Baraniewski (6-0) vs. Ibo Aslan (14-3)

38:18 Edson Barboza (24-13) vs. Jalin Turner (14-9)

52:04 Marvin Vett...