Half The Battle

Host Dan Levi & Mike Younan ( @NarcoCop_MMA ) break down UFC 312: Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 & Zhang Weili vs Tatiana Suarez from a betting, fantasy, insider, and analyst perspective. Levi & Narcocop cover the entire UFC 312 fight card from the main event to the opening prelim and provide a pick for each fight. This is episode 574 of Half The Battle!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:38 - Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland

8:48 - Tatiana Suarez vs Zhang Weili

19:18 - Justin Tafa vs Talison Teixeira

26:57 - Rodolfo Bellato vs Jimmy Crute

36:13 - Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado

46:33 - Bet 105 Promo

48:25 - Gabriel Santos vs Jack Jenkins

57:11 - Slava Borshchev vs Tom Nolan

1:05:22 - Cong Wang vs Bruna Brasil

1:12:25 - Aleksandre Topuria vs Colby "Down With The" Thicknesse

1:20:00 - Kody Steele vs Zhu Rong

1:25:54 - Kevin Joussett vs Jonathan Micallef

1:32:20 - Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli

1:38:28 - Tumendemberel vs Chan Sung Park

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Half The Battle Presents: This Week In MMA hosted by Daniel Levi. Your source for real MMA news with a touch of sarcasm. Episode 7. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:13 - Nassourdine Imavov KO’s the legend Israel Adesanya

2:53 - MVP schools Shara Bullet

4:52 - Vinicius Lokdog Oliveira fight of the night vs Said Nurmagomedov

6:20 - Pavlovich vs Rozenstruik compared to Lewis vs Ngannou

7:00 - Fares Ziam vs Mike Davis bizarre, intruiging fight

8:26 - Shamil Gaziev big KO win

8:50 - Terrance McKinney back on track

9:22 - Jasmine Jasudavicius vs MBS lopsided result

10:42 - Performance bonuses at UFC Saudi Arabia

11:30 - Conor McGregor calls Paul Hughes a traitor

13:20 - Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland rematch at UFC 312

15:05 - Ailin Perez ranked behind Karol Rosa despite beating her

16:24 - Kevin Holland dropping back to 170 vs Gunnar Nelson

17:23 - Brandon Moreno vs Steve Erceg at UFC Mexico City

18:18 - Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall update

19:09 - Alex Pereira will corner Sean Strickland at UFC 312

20:28 - Bobby Green vs Mauricio Ruffy booked at UFC 313

21:07 - Tatiana Suarez finally gets her title shot vs Weili Zhang

21:46 - Jimmy Crute’s strengthened faith ahead of Rodolfo Bellato fight

23:41 - Cong Wang makes return vs Bruna Brasil after Stunt of the Year

24:16 - Kody Steele makes UFC debut this weekend

25:02 - Khamzat Chimaev to face the winner of DDP/Strickland?

26:14 - Outro

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Host Daniel Levi welcomes undefeated UFC bantamweight prospect Malcolm Wellmaker (@WallaTheMachine) to Half The Battle for an exclusive interview and fan Q&A ahead of his UFC debut in 2025.

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Half The Battle Presents: This Week In MMA hosted by Daniel Levi. Your source for real MMA news with a touch of sarcasm. Episode 6. Enjoy!

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Host Dan Levi & Mahdi Sabbouri ( ‪@WizzDoes‬ ) break down UFC Saudi Arabia: Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov & Shara "Bullet" Magomedov vs Michael Venum Page from a betting, fantasy, insider, and analyst perspective. Levi & Wizz cover the entire UFC Saudi Arabia fight card from the main event to the opening prelim and provide a pick for each fight. This is episode 571 of Half The Battle!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:53 - Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov

10:14 - Shara Bullet Magomedov vs Michael Venum Page

16:10 - Sergey Pavlovich vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik

21:02 - Vinicius Lokdog Oliveira vs Said Nurmagomedov

29:50 - Fares Ziam vs Mike Davis

39:06 - Bet 105 Split Decision Insurance

41:10 - Muhammad Naimov vs Kaan Ofli

45:33 - Thomas Peterson vs Shamil Gaziev

52:39 - Terrance McKinney vs Damir Hadzovic

58:37 - Mayra Bueno Silva vs Jasmine Jasudavicius

1:06:59 - Bogdan Grad vs Lucas Alexander

1:12:45 - Hamdy Abdelwahab vs Jamal Pogues

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Host Dan Levi & Nick Kalikas ( @fightodds ) break down UFC 311: Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan 2 from a betting, fantasy, insider, and analyst perspective. Levi & Kalikas cover the entire UFC 311 fight card from the main event to the opening prelim and provide a pick for each fight. This is episode 569 of Half The Battle!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Arman Tsarukyan vs Islam Makhachev

10:08 - Umar Nurmagomedov vs Merab Dvalishvili

16:33 - Jamahal Hill vs Jiri Prochazka

21:48 - Renato Moicano vs Beneil Dariush

26:50 - Reiner de Ridder vs Kevin Holland

31:17 - Bogdan Guskov vs Billy Elekana

33:14 - Payton Talbott vs Raoni Barcelos

35:47 - Jailton Almeida vs Sergei Spivak

38:57 - Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Grant Dawson

42:40 - Ailin Perez vs Karol Rosa

45:32 - Rinya Nakamura vs Muin Gafurov

47:00 - Bernardo Sopaj vs Ricky Turcios

47:38 - Tagir Ulanbekov vs Clayton Carpenter

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Host Dan Levi & Liam Heslin (@LiamPicksFights) go LIVE on Half The Battle to give their annual top 10 boldest MMA predictions for 2025.

What are your boldest MMA predictions for 2025???

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Host Dan Levi breaks down UFC Vegas 101: Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas 2 from a betting, fantasy, insider, and analyst perspective. Levi covers the entire UFC Vegas 101 fight card from the main event to the opening prelim and provides a pick for each fight. This is episode 567 of Half The Battle!

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

1:03 - Amanda Ribas vs Mackenzie Dern

4:47 - Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Carlston Harris

9:03 - Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Cesar Almeida

11:47 - Austin Bashi vs Christian Rodriguez

15:00 - Roman Kopylov vs Chris Curtis

17:54 - Uros Medic vs Punahele Soriano

20:34 - Felipe Bunes vs Jose Johnson

22:07 - Marco Tulio vs Ihor Potieria

25:39 - Trey Ogden vs Thiago Moises

28:44 - Jacobe Smith vs Preston Parsons

30:41 - Ernesta Kareckaite vs Nicolle Caliari

32:04 - Bruno Lopes vs Magomed Gadzhiyasulov

34:46 - Fatima Kline vs Victoria Dudakova

37:16 - Nurullo Aliev vs Joe Solecki

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Half The Battle Presents: This Week In MMA hosted by Daniel Levi. Your source for real MMA news with a touch of sarcasm. Episode 5. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Intro

(0:17) - Jake Shields demonetized from X

(1:40) - Khabib Nurmagomedov will corner 3 fighters at UFC 311

(2:41) - Islam Makhachev’s incredible grappling

(3:53) - Dricus Du Plessis & Khamzat Chimaev go back & forth

(5:09) - Chimaev grapples Luke Rockhold

(6:53) - Jon Jones doesn’t do any appearances for less than 100K

(7:55) - Alex Pereira says he’s not fighting Magomed Ankalaev

(10:13) - Rumors circulate of Alex Pereira vs Khamzat Chimaev

(11:27) - Alex Pereira boxing in South Korea

(12:36) - Mike Davis vs Fares Ziam Fight Announcement

(13:33) - Sean O'Malley social media break

(14:47) - Fan asked Suga Sean to kick his ass

(15:43) - Merab Dvalishvili denied UFC PI access while Umar is there

(18:32) - Jiri Prochazka's unorthodox training methods

(19:27) - Jamahal Hill's assessment of Jiri as an opponent

(20:32) - Manel Kape vs Brandon Royval main event announced

(21:46) - Beneil Dariush hints at retirement

(24:39) - Mateus Mendonca fractures penis

(26:49) - Chris Curtis accuses Roman Kopylov of having spies in camp

(28:02) - Igor Severino wins first fight since UFC release & wears Hannibal mask

(29:26) - Demetrious Johnson checks on brain health & no longer spars

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Host Daniel Levi & guest co-host Andrew Gombas hold their annual Best of Awards in MMA & UFC, this time for the year 2024. Tap in to hear all your favorite categories!

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Intro

(0:47) - KO of the Year

(3:23) - Sub of the Year

(6:22) - Fight of the Year

(9:18) - Fighter of the Year

(11:35) - Upset of the Year

(15:28) - Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

(18:50) - Performance of the Year

(21:50) - Rookie of the Year

(24:44) - Story of the Year

(28:57) - Jay Perrin Jobber of the Year

(33:17) - Darrick Minner Stunt of the Year

(37:44) - #1 Pound for Pound fighter on Roster

(40:32) - Gym of the Year

(42:18) - Coach of the Year

(44:06) - Best Bets of 2024

(56:34) - Worst Bets of 2024

(1:05:09) - UFC Champs This Time Next Year Every Division

(1:24:37) - Andrew Gombas Handicapper of the Year

(1:36:49) - Dan Levi Comeback Capper of the Year

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