NOTE: Apologies for Ben's sound quality on this episode, as he was wrestling with a new computer. It improves around the 20 minute mark but it never gets great. We will do better next time!

Keith and Ben preview UFC Vegas 106 with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights. There is an unprecedented number of unanimous upset picks for you to take to the bank, and a few conversational sidetracks into such diverse subjects as 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Metallica, 2023 Holocaust drama film "One Life," Amish-style MMA training, and embattled former Olympic wrestler Kyle Snyder.

0:00 Intro: YARD SALE SATURDAY—LOTS OF TOOLS, CLOTHES, DVDS

7:13 Tecia Pennington (14-7) vs. Luana Pinheiro (11-4)

19:37 Hyun Sung Park (9-0) vs. Carlos Hernandez (10-4)

29:52 Elise Reed (8-4) vs. Denise Gomes (10-3)

40:05 Luana Santos (8-2) vs. Tainara Lisboa (7-2)

47:55 Yadier del Valle (8-0) vs. Connor Matthews (7-3)

1:03:52 Jared Gordon (20-7, 1 NC) vs. Thiago Moises (19-8)

1:14:33 Gabriel Green (11-5) vs. Matheus Camilo (9-2)

1:25:07 Julian Erosa (31-11) vs. Melquizael Costa (23-7)

1:33:27 Dustin Stoltzfus (16-6) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (35-9-2, 2 NC)

1:43:08 Sodiq Yusuff (13-4) vs. Mairon Santos (15-1) 

1:51:04 Paul Craig (17-9-1) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (12-2-1)

2:00:22 Gilbert Burns (22-8) vs. Michael Morales (17-0)

Ireland's own Sean Sheehan reacts to Paul Hughes' demolition of Bruno Miranda at 2025 PFL Europe 1.

Keith and Ben preview UFC 315 with detailed predictions and picks for all 11 confirmed matchups, as Benoit St. Denis was still awaiting a possible replacement opponent for Joel Alvarez as of the time of recording. Even on a concise preview show—by Shillan & Duffy standards, at least—there was time for conversational sidetracks onto such topics as “This Week in MMA History” and...the Powerpuff Girls.

0:00 Intro: The greatest Canadian welterweight of all time

6:17 Brad Katona (14-4) vs. Bekzat Almakhan (11-2)

14:03 Daniel Santos (12-2) vs. Jeong Yeong Lee (11-2)

19:58 Marc-Andre Barriault (16-9, 1 NC) vs. Bruno Silva (23-12)

31:39 Navajo Stirling (6-0) vs. Ivan Erslan (14-4)

38:48 Modestas Bukauskas (17-6) vs. Ion Cutelaba (19-10-1, 1 NC)

50:56 Jessica Andrade (26-13) vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius (13-3)

1:09:49 Mike Malott (11-2-1) vs. Charlie Radtke (10-4)

1:18:55 Alexa Grasso (16-4-1) vs. Natalia Silva (18-5-1)

1:32:56 Jose Aldo (32-9) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (12-2)

1:47:39 Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1) vs. Manon Fiorot (12-1)

2:03:41 Belal Muhammad (24-3, 1 NC) vs. Jack Della Maddalena (17-2)

Ireland's own Sean Sheehan again worked the ultra-late night shift Thursday to recap all of the happenings from Professional Fighters League's PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4, were shocking outcomes were on the marquee. 

Sean is back with his top bets for the week in mixed martial arts, including UFC Des Moines and PFL World Tournament 4.

0:00 Recap of last week's bets

4:20 Bet 1: Oleg Popov and Alexander Romanov

10:01 Bet 2: Karl Moore

14:08 Bet 3: Simeon Powell

18:01 Bet 4: Cory Sandhagen

22:44 Flier of the Week: Bo Nickal

26:33 More lines and general advice for the week

Keith and Ben preview UFC Des Moines with detailed predictions for all 12 fights. Along with a hearty helping of upset picks and disagreement, there were the usual few conversational detours, including one panelist going on the warpath against certain fighter nicknames, all-time great war movies, and the mysterious Building 19—as Ben gets busted for laughing along with a reference that went right over his head.

0:00 Intro: When dad jokes collide

7:00 Juliana Miller (3-3) vs. Ivana Petrovic (7-2)

15:02 Thomas Petersen (9-3) vs. Don'Tale Mayes (11-8, 1 NC)

23:30 Gaston Bolanos (8-4) vs. Quang Le (8-2)

32:51 Marina Rodriguez (17-5-2) vs. Gillian Robertson (15-8)

44:57 Ryan Loder (7-1) vs. Azamat Bekoev (19-3)

53:37 Yana Santos (15-8) vs. Miesha Tate (20-9)

1:05:35 Jeremy Stephens (29-21, 1 NC) vs. Mason Jones (15-2, 1 NC)

1:19:22 Cameron Smotherman (12-4) vs. Serhiy Sidey (11-2)

1:28:43 Montel Jackson (14-2) vs. Daniel Marcos (17-0, 1 NC)

1:37:41 Santiago Ponzinibbio (30-8) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (18-5)

1:49:26 Reinier de Ridder (19-2) vs. Bo Nickal (7-0)

2:08:26 Cory Sandhagen (17-5) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (24-4-1)

2:23:49 A quick rundown of all the picks

Fresh from his main event win at UFC Kansas City, welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry (16-1) joined Sean for a chat! Topics that came up included: 

- Garry's new No. 6 ranking by the UFC

- How he rates his own performance against Carlos Prates and how he scored the fight

- Whether any bad blood remains between Garry and the man he called "a quitter" ahead of their bout

- A cameo appearance by his son!

- Has he settled down at a permanent gym, or does he intend to keep moving/splitting his training camps?

- What the future holds for "The Future"

Sean previews PFL World Tournament 4, which features the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions and is headlined by top contenders Phil Davis and Rob Wilkinson. Can PFL keep up the streak of banger cards in the new single elimination format?

0:00 Intro

3:08 Phil Davis vs. Rob Wilkinson

9:52 Valentin Moldavsky vs. Sergey Bilostenniy

14:19 Oleg Popov vs. Karl Williams

16:32 Karl Moore vs. Antonio Carlos Jr.

20:03 A rundown of the rest of PFL 4

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)