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Jim and Matt kick off today’s episode with rising featherweight Ethyn Ewing, who checks in after a memorable short-notice UFC debut win at Madison Square Garden vs. Malcolm Wellmaker. The soon-to-be father talks about his MMA journey, how camping, hiking, and spearfishing help keep him grounded, and how he balances training with his demanding day job as a safety professional.

With Ethyn’s call wrapped, Jim and Matt turn their attention to this weekend’s UFC Qatar event — a Fight Night so stacked with ranked talent that they can’t believe it isn’t a pay-per-view. And with their head-to-head prediction battle coming down to the wire, the guys go fight-by-fight and make their picks for this absolutely loaded card.

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Valentina Shevchenko is the GOAT.

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CONTENTS

00:00 Intro 5:07 Makhachev vs Della Maddalena 28:22 Shevchenko vs Zhang 51:13 Tsarukyan vs Hooker

Joel Pearl (@JoelPearl) & Cresta Starr (@CrestaTheeStarr) review TNA iMPACT! for November 20, 2025:

• Mike Santana speaks after losing the TNA World Championship
• Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner
• Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell vs. Rosemary vs. Myla Grace in a four-way
• Xia Brookside vs. Victoria Crawford vs. Killer Kelly vs. Jody Threat in a four-way
• Myron Reed vs. John Skyler

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SRS & Conman take your superchats and humperchats for November 19. 2025

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We preview UFC QATAR which see's Arman Tsarukyan face Dan Hooker and former champion Belal Muhammad take on Ian Machado Garry. For more UFC MMA content subscribe to our channel and join the UFC MMA conversation.

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The UFC is headed to Qatar.

This Saturday, UFC Qatra goes down at Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Al Rayyan, Qatar, headlined by a pivotal lightweight matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker, and No Bets Barred is here to break it all down.

This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by the Action Network's Billy Ward to take a look at all things UFC Qatar. Topics discussed include Hooker's chances at pulling off the major upset over Tsarukyan, whether Belal Muhammad should be written off against Ian Machado Garry, the weirdness of Jack Hermansson vs. Myktybek Orolbai, why Kyoji Horiguchi is getting disrespected in his UFC return, the next steps of The Climb, and more.

Tune in for episode 143 of No Bets Barred.

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The highlight reel comes to the UFC... at last... get on board, Luke Riley has arrived at the big show and, of course, his first sit down interview is with FD.

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He's just one win away from fighting for the UFC lightweight title, but is Arman Tsarukyan ready to go toe-to-toe with our man Catterall?

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