Sherdog Podcast Network

Sean is joined by Andy Stevenson of the Auld Triangle Podcast for a deep dive into this week's CW 188 card. The lads give an insider's view of Irish MMA, with a special eye toward the strong batch of Celtic warriors set to showcase their talents on Saturday in front of the Dublin faithful. 0:00 Intro 1:07 James Sheehan vs. Justin Burlinson 12:28 James Webb vs. John Allan 16:34 Paddy McCorry vs. Ghassan Abdenabi 19:44 Kenny Mokhonoana vs. Matthew Elliott 24:49 Running down the rest of CW 188 Dublin

Keith and Ben preview UFC Kansas City with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights. While there were no unanimous upset calls on this card, there was plenty of underdog love given, including one of the bigger upset picks of the year so far. 0:00 Intro: The oft-overlooked middle child 6:41 Chelsea Chandler (6-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (14-6) 15:54 Timothy Cuamba (8-3) vs. Roberto Romero (8-4-1) 21:35 Jaqueline Amorim (9-1) vs. Polyana Viana (13-7) 29:36 Malcolm Wellmaker (8-0) vs. Cameron Saaiman (9-2) 40:00 Da'Mon Blackshear (16-7-1) vs. Heili Alateng (17-9-2) 48:11 Chris Gutierrez (21-6-2) vs. John Castaneda (21-7) 1:00:02 Evan Elder (9-2) vs. Gauge Young (9-2) 1:10:05 Matt Schnell (16-9, 1 NC) vs. Jimmy Flick (17-8) 1:19:54 Ikram Aliskerov (15-2) vs. Andre Muniz (24-6) 1:29:44 Randy Brown (19-6) vs. Nicolas Dalby (23-5-1, 2 NC) 1:40:33 Michel Pereira (31-12, 2 NC) vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov (27-6-1) 1:54:40 Giga Chikadze (15-4) vs. David Onama (13-2) 2:03:20 Anthony Smith (38-21) vs. Mingyang Zhang (18-6) 2:18:22 Ian Garry (15-1) vs. Carlos Prates (21-6)

Ireland's own Sean Sheehan again worked the ultra-late night shift Friday to recap all of the happenings from Professional Fighters League's PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 3, were violent finishes were on the marquee.

Sean is back with his top five bets for PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 3 , including several underpriced underdogs and strong flier. 0:00 Recap of last week's bets 3:12 Bet 1: Impa Kasanganay 8:47 Bet 2: Alfie Davis 13:16 Bet 3: Dalton Rosta 16:43 Bet 4: Mike Shipman 20:49 Flier of the Week: Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci 24:43 More lines and general advice for PFL World Tournament 3

Upsets were plentiful and results were largely entertaining as the slim and sleek eight-fight 2025 PFL World Tournament 2 show wrapped in a bit under four hours. Sean Sheehan is here to recap all of the action.

Keith and Ben preview the ultra-loaded UFC 314, with detailed predictions for all 13 fights and a heaping helping of upset picks—from at least one of the duo. 0:00 Intro: A humble request, i.e. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO 7:00 Nora Cornolle (8-2) vs. Hailey Cowan (7-3) 16:17 Tresean Gore (5-2) vs. Marco Tulio (13-1) 23:25 Su Mudaerji (16-7) vs. Mitch Raposo (9-2) 36:30 Sedriques Dumas (10-2) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-9, 1 NC) 45:51 Darren Elkins (29-11) vs. Julian Erosa (30-11) 58:07 Jim Miller (38-18, 1 NC) vs. Chase Hooper (15-3-1) 1:11:43 Xiaonan Yan (19-4, 1 NC) vs. Virna Jandiroba (21-3) 1:21:24 Dan Ige (18-9) vs. Sean Woodson (13-1-1) 1:35:19 Nikita Krylov (30-9) vs. Dominick Reyes (14-4) 1:46:54 Yair Rodriguez (19-5, 1 NC) vs. Patricio Freire (36-7) 1:59:00 Bryce Mitchell (17-2) vs. Jean Silva (15-2) 2:16:23 Michael Chandler (23-9) vs. Paddy Pimblett (22-3) 2:37:00 Alexander Volkanovski (26-4) vs. Diego Lopes (26-6)

Sean Sheehan is back to recap all of the happenings at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1.

Devin Tejada puts a bow on UFC Mexico, previews the featherweight one-two punch atop UFC Vegas 105, and asks the all-important question: Is GFL for real? 0:00 Intro ----- OUT WITH THE OLD: UFC MEXICO 0:37 Brandon Moreno holds it down in Mexico City 14:39 Manuel Torres blasts Drew Dober ----- WHAT'S HOT: IS GFL GOING TO HAPPEN? 19:46 Global Fight League posts lineups for its first two events ---- IN WITH THE NEW: UFC VEGAS 105 26:36 Pat Sabatini vs. Joanderson Brito Josh Emmett vs. Lerone Murphy

Sean is back to preview PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1, which features the welterweight and featherweight divisions and is headlined by a clash of former Bellator MMA champions. 0:00 Overall thoughts on the tournament and brackets 2:32 Jason Jackson vs. Andrey Koreshkov 11:26 Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics 15:23 Magomed Umalatov vs. Logan Storley 18:44 Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Jeremy Kennedy 21:10 Thad Jean vs. Mukhamed Berkhamov 25:40 A rundown of the rest of PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1

Keith and Ben preview UFC Vegas 105 with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. There are a couple of unanimous upset picks this week—and just a bit of disagreement! 0:00 Intro: If only 4:14 Vanessa Demopoulos (11-6) vs. Talita Alencar (5-1-1) 11:42 Victor Henry (24-7, 1 NC) vs. Pedro Falcao (16-4) 19:55 Konklak Suphisara (9-3) vs. Istela Nunes (6-5, 1 NC) 30:05 Diana Belbita (15-9) vs. Dione Barbosa (7-3) 41:05 Rhys McKee (13-6-1) vs. Daniel Frunza (9-2) 52:38 Davey Grant (16-7) vs. Daniel Santos (12-2) 1:01:10 Ode Osbourne (12-8) vs. Luis Gurule (10-0) 1:11:29 Torrez Finney (10-0) vs. Robert Valentin (10-4, 1 NC) 1:21:27 Brad Tavares (20-10) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (37-18) 1:29:05 Kennedy Nzechukwu (14-5) vs. Martin Buday (14-2) 1:39:55 Cortavious Romious (9-3) vs. Chang Ho Lee (10-1) 1:46:06 Pat Sabatini (19-5) vs. Joanderson Brito (17-4-1) 1:54:55 Josh Emmett (19-4) vs. Lerone Murphy (15-0-1) 2:08:49 A quick rundown of all the picks

Sean is back with his top bets for the week, covering UFC Mexico as well as Way of Warrior FC 17. But first, a well-deserved victory lap! 0:00 A well-deserved victory lap 3:16 A brief word from the editor 6:27 Bet 1: Patrick Lehane 13:22 Bet 2: Brandon Moreno 20:11 Bet 3: Raul Rosas Jr. and Vince Morales 23:33 Bet 4: Drew Dober 27:42 Flier of the Week: Joe Pyfer 30:22 More lines and general advice for the week

Sean is back with five of the best fights scheduled for April, a month completely jammed with great matchups. 0:00 Intro: Hard to narrow it down to five 1:07 Impa Kasanganay vs. Fabian Edwards | PFL 3, April 18 8:45 Paddy Pimblett vs. Michael Chandler | UFC 314, April 12 14:46 Yair Rodriguez vs. Patricio Freire | UFC 314, April 12 18:30 James Sheehan vs. Justin Burlinson | CW 188, April 26 24:09 Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree | UFC Kansas City, April 26

Keith and Ben preview UFC Mexico with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. Note: Due to a scheduling conflict, the duo had to record separately this week. Apologies for the lack of back-and-forth, one-liners and story time. (I don't think we even mentioned Bo Nickal this week...) 0:00 Intro: Apologies for the Frankenstein preview show 3:19 Marquel Mederos (9-1) vs. Austin Hubbard (16-8) 9:28 Jamall Emmers (20-8) vs. Gabriel Miranda (17-7) 17:39 Rafa Garcia (16-4) vs. Vinc Pichel (14-4) 27:35 Lupita Godinez (12-5) vs. Julia Polastri (13-4) 36:44 Christian Rodriguez (12-2) vs. Melquizael Costa (22-7) 45:21 Jose Medina (11-4) vs. Ateba Abega Gautier (6-1) 53:26 Edgar Chairez (11-6, 1 NC) vs. C.J. Vergara (12-6-1) 1:00:27 Ronaldo Rodriguez (17-2) vs. Kevin Borjas (9-3) 1:07:29 David Martinez (11-1) vs. Saimon Oliveira (18-5) 1:16:44 Raul Rosas Jr. (10-1) vs. Vince Morales (16-9) 1:28:30 Kelvin Gastelum (19-9, 1 NC) vs. Joe Pyfer (13-3) 1:41:05 Manuel Torres (15-3) vs. Drew Dober (27-14, 1 NC) 1:50:36 Brandon Moreno (22-8-2) vs. Steve Erceg (12-3)

Devin Tejada recaps some of the most important results from UFC London before diving into this weekend's UFC Mexico City blockbuster. 0:00 Intro ----- OUT WITH THE OLD 0:57 Sean Brady bullies Leon Edwards 17:11 Carlos Ulberg gets past Jan Blachowicz 22:19 Kevin Holland lives dangerously ----- IN WITH THE NEW 28:19 Kelvin Gastelum vs. Joe Pyfer 33:49 Brandon Moreno vs. Steve Erceg

Sean is back to preview the upcoming Professional Fighters League season, which kicks off next week and features a brand-new, single-elimination tournament format. Sean examines the pros and cons of the new system compared to the previous regular season/playoff format, then breaks down the brackets in all eight divisions. 0:00 Welcome to the new PFL format 12:25 Women's Flyweight 16:02 Bantamweight 21:15 Featherweight 23:44 Lightweight 24:56 Welterweight 26:42 Middleweight 28:12 Light Heavyweight 29:51 Heavyweight 31:06 Final thoughts

Sean is joined by Sherdog associate editor Jay Pettry to discuss the fallout from UFC 313. After reflecting on Magomed Ankalaev's dethroning of the beloved Alex Pereira, Sean and Jay discuss the UFC's next pay-per-view with its Alexander Volkanovski-Diego Lopes headliner, and the process for becoming an MMA judge. Jay also gives a peek behind the curtain of the Sherdog Fight Finder database, including some common and uncommon types of fraud the team encounters. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Alex Pereira: Mourning the End of an Era 11:20 UFC 314: Diego Lopes, Paddy Pimblett and the star-making process 25:03 A discussion of MMA judging 33:23 Inside the Sherdog Fight Finder database 49:41 Is American MMA becoming more politicized, or has it always been like this?

Keith and Ben preview UFC 313 with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights, including a couple of upsets and just a bit of disagreement. After repeated listener requests, this preview also features the return of the "lock of the night." Amid the analysis and prognostication, the guys found time for conversational sidetracks including Oscar-nominated and Tony and Emmy-winning actor Laurence Fishburne, Canadian ice skating culture, and of course Bo Nickal. 0:00 Intro: Nice recovery! 7:08 Chris Gutierrez (21-5-2) vs. John Castaneda (21-7) 17:57 Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos (10-1) vs. Osman Diaz (9-3) 27:24 Mairon Santos (14-1) vs. Francis Marshall (8-2) 35:44 Alex Morono (24-11, 1 NC) vs. Carlos Leal Miranda (21-6) 48:33 Brunno Ferreira (12-2) vs. Armen Petrosyan (9-4) 56:09 Joshua Van (12-2) vs. Rei Tsuruya (10-0) 1:06:10 Curtis Blaydes (18-5, 1 NC) vs. Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1) 1:20:57 Bobby Green (32-16-1, 1 NC) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (11-1) 1:31:40 Amanda Lemos (14-4-1) vs. Iasmin Lucindo (17-5) 1:43:25 Jalin Turner (14-8) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (16-5) 1:56:38 Justin Gaethje (25-5) vs. Rafael Fiziev (12-3) 2:18:13 Alex Pereira (12-2) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (19-1-1, 1 NC)

Devin Tejada is back with your guide to the week that was, and the week that will be, in combat sports. After looking back at the one-two punch of controversy in the Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach boxing title fight and the Manel Kape-Asu Almabayev headliner of UFC Vegas 103, Dev previews three of the top fights from the upcoming UFC 313. ----- OUT WITH THE OLD 0:00 Tank Davis vs. Lamont Roach results in controversial draw 11:59 UFC Vegas 103: Weirdness reigns in the Octagon once again ----- IN WITH THE NEW: UFC 313 21:29 Bobby Green vs. Mauricio Ruffy 29:53 Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev 2 40:20 Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev

Sean is back to preview an absolutely massive weekend in European MMA, as Cage Warriors, KSW and Oktagon MMA are all set to serve up strong cards with titles on the line. 0:00 A sign of healthy competition 7:42 Oktagon 68: Lazar Todev vs. Will Fleury 16:33 KSW 104: Piotr Kuberski vs. Tomasz Romanowski 20:29 CW 183: Liam Gittins vs. Alessandro Giordano 24:06 More fights to watch

Sean is back with your five can't-miss fights for the upcoming month. With 2025 kicking into gear, UFC belts will be defended, title pictures will become clearer, and one of Europe's hottest fighters over the last few years will look to pick up gold in Germany. 0:00 A big month for global MMA 2:22 Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev | UFC 313, March 8 10:38 Lazar Todev vs. Will Fleury | Oktagon 68, March 8 16:55 Brandon Moreno vs. Steve Erceg | UFC Mexico City, March 29 21:43 Jan Blachowicz vs. Carlos Ulberg | UFC London, March 22 28:56 Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady | UFC London, March 22