RotoWire MMA Podcast

We are back, and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 301 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. While the card in Brazil isn't quite as fan-friendly as UFC 300, it still includes 14 fights that promise to bring action. This will culminate in the main event, where flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja takes on divisional upstart Steve Erceg. Fight fans will also want to tune in to the co-main event, as "The King of Rio," Jose Aldo, will come out of retirement to battle with Jonathan Martinez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back, and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 300 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Saturday's slate is packed with so many quality fights that it would be hard to reference even half of them here. Still, we can bring particular focus to the main event, which will see Alex Pereira attempt to become a champion in a second weight class when he takes on light heavyweight strap-holder Jamahal Hill. This will be preceded by fellow countrywomen battling for a top spot as Zhang Weili attempts to defend her strawweight title against Yan Xiaonan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back, and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 298 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Saturday's Pay-Per-View card is packed with fights that promise excitement, including the return of former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier and the UFC debut of the dynamic and exciting Michael Page. This will culminate in a main event that gives bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley a chance to avenge the only loss on his professional MMA record as he takes on perennial contender Marlon Vera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back, and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 298 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Fresh off his knockout loss to Islam Makhachev at lightweight, Alexander Volkanovski is out to prove he is still king of the featherweights as he takes on the heavy hands and slick grappling of Ilia Topuria. This will be preceded by the return of two men who once looked like mainstays, as Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa will look to move to the front of the line in the wide-open middleweight division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 297 fight card. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. The first Pay-Per-View of the new year brings us two title fights on a 12-bout slate. First, Mayra Bueno Silva will try to bring some new blood to the bantamweight title when she takes on Raquel Pennington for the vacant strap. We will then move to the main event, where Sean Strickland will try to solidify his position as middleweight champion against the division's most unlikely success story in Dricus Du Plessis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and we are live! Chris, Joe, and Drake return with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 296 fight card. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. A jam-packed card ends 2023 with two title fights, as Leon Edwards looks to make the returning Colby Covington a three-time loser in welterweight championship bouts. This will be proceeded by flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja's attempt to quiet an active hurricane as he defends his strap against Brandon Royval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and we are live! Friend of the show Drake Burden joins Joe and Chris with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 295 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. An injury to Jon Jones may have called a halt to a long-awaited heavyweight showdown, but we still have two title fights atop the card. The human bulldozer that is Sergei Pavlovich will take on Tom Aspinall for the interim heavyweight title in the co-main event before the always exciting and ferocious Jiri Prochazka battles the incredibly heavy-handed Alex Pereira for the vacant light heavyweight title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and we are live! Friend of the show Drake Burden joins Joe and Chris with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 294 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. We may not have arrived in the best of circumstances, but the top two fights in Abu Dhabi represent the most intriguing the UFC has to offer, as bantamweight titleholder Alexander Volkanovski will get his second crack at becoming a double champion when he takes on lightweight king Islam Makhachev in a rematch of their February scrap. Prior to this, we will see just how ready Khamzat Chimaev is to take on the best in the world, as he battles former welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman. Tune into the LIVE CHAT to have all of your questions answered during the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friend of the show Uncle Weezy joins Joe and Chris with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 293 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Some may question the resume of Sean Strickland ahead of his upcoming title fight, but Israel Adesanya has been so dominant that there aren't many true contenders left. Can Strickland upset the apple cart with a chance he almost certainly wouldn't have in most divisions, or will Adesanya continue his reign as king of the middleweights? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are back and we are live! Friend of the show The MMA Monk joins Shaun and Chris with an in-depth breakdown of the entire UFC 292 fight card on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Whether you love or hate his style, Aljamain Sterling has ridden his grapple-heavy approach to a bantamweight title and a nine-fight unbeaten streak. He will put both of these on the line in the main event when he faces dynamic striker and finisher "Suga" Sean O'Malley. This will be proceeded by another champion looking to stay on top when strawweight queen Zhang Weili takes on the powerful Amanda Lemos. Make sure to join the boys in LIVE CHAT to have all your questions answered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 291 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE. Joe, Shaun, and Chris return with an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. A new "BMF" of the UFC is waiting to be crowned, and who better to fight for that title than two men who have already been to war with each other? Dustin Poirier will try to replicate his 2018 stoppage of Justin Gaethje in that five-round main event, while the co-main will feature Jan Blachowicz and weight-class debutante Alex Pereira as they square off for a shot at the vacant light heavyweight title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 290 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE. Shaun and Chris take the helm for an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. All eyes will be on the top of the card Saturday, as flyweight champion Brandon Moreno will look to even the score against a man who has historically had his number in Alejandre Pantoja. This will be followed by what is likely the final test for Alexander Volkanovski in the bantamweight division, as the dynamic Yair Rodriguez attempts to unseat the dominant champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 289 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE. Joe and Chris occupy a rare two-man booth for an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. It's been quite a while since we've seen Charles Oliveira in a three-round fight, but in order to get another shot at the lightweight title, he'll need to best the surging Beneil Dariush in the co-main event. That should set the stage nicely for Amanda Nunes to polish her credentials as the best female MMA fighter in history, but Irene Aldana will look to use her slick boxing to steal some glory and become the bantamweight champion. Make sure to join the boys in LIVE CHAT to have all your questions answered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 288 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE! Joe, Shaun, and Chris return with an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. As abruptly as he left the sport after his TKO win over Dominick Cruz in May of 2020, famed triple champion Henry Cejudo returns to challenge reigning bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in the five-round main event. The 25-minute scraps don't stop there, as that fight will be proceeded by Gilbert Burns taking on the surging Belal Muhammad in what is sure to be a welterweight title eliminator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 287 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE. Joe, Shaun, and Chris return with an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Israel Adesanya will try for the fourth time in his illustrious combat sports career to best now middleweight champion Alex Pereira after the Brazilian bested "The Last Style Bender" with a dramatic fifth-round knockout in November. This will be proceeded by a co-main event that will see the "BMF" of the UFC Jorge Masvidal take on Gilbert Burns in a fight with welterweight title implications. Make sure to join the boys in LIVE CHAT to have all your questions answered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 286 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE! The band is back together as Shaun and Joe rejoin Chris for a complete breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. A thunderous head kick late in Round 5 from Leon Edwards not only shattered Kamaru Usman's aura of invincibility but also cost him his welterweight title. This sets the stage for an intriguing trilogy fight after Usman notched a decision victory in their first bout in 2015. This will be proceeded by what promises to be an absolute barnburner, as the Human Highlight Justin Gaethje takes on fast-rising prospect Rafael Fiziev. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 285 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE! Drake Burden and show debutante Joey T. join Chris for an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. The long-awaited move to heavyweight for MMA legend Jon Jones tops the 14-fight extravaganza, as he will enter the cage for the first time in over three years to challenge athletic phenom Ciryl Gane for the vacant strap. This will be proceeded by the return of one of the most dominant forces the flyweight division has ever seen, as Valentina Shevchenko puts her title on the line against Alexa Grasso. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 284 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE! Joe, Shaun, and Chris return with an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. The UFC will make history Saturday, as the top two pound-for-pound fighters in the world square off for the lightweight championship. Will Alexander Volkanovski's elite boxing dismantle yet another opponent, or will the dominance of the champion's grappling be too much to handle? If that weren't enough, the interim featherweight champion will be crowned when slick kickboxer Yair Rodriguez takes on the incredibly powerful Josh Emmett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UFC 283 Fight IQ Preview is LIVE! Joe, Shaun, and Chris return with an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. Injuries have played a role in making this card seem a bit light by Pay-Per-View standards, but fans and bettors alike will still be treated to two title fights, beginning with the epic fourth encounter between flyweights Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo and ending with Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill doing battle for the vacant light-heavyweight title. Make sure to join the boys in LIVE CHAT to have all your questions answered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MMA Monk and Drake Burden join Chris for an in-depth breakdown of the event on the RotoWire MMA YouTube channel. The crew will discuss the best DFS value plays, cash locks, and GPP darts to give players the best chance at a profitable night. It may not be the main event we expected, but if it wasn't for a (literal) last-second submission loss in his UFC debut, Magomed Ankalaev would be an undefeated fighter with 10 consecutive wins. He will put that dominance to the ultimate test when he takes on former champion Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices