Keith and Ben are back to kick off 2024 with a preview of UFC Fight Night 234 "Ankalaev vs. Walker 2," also known as UFC Vegas 84, with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights. Conversational sidetracks...well, there are a lot, including a random dad rock gag that ended up dominating the second half of the show. You're welcome, or we're sorry, depending on how you much you like Skynyrd.

0:00 Intro: Ringing in the new year with a sausage party

7:44 Joshua Van (9-1) vs. Felipe Bunes (13-6)

16:57 Nikolas Motta (13-5, 1 NC) vs. Tom Nolan (6-0)

31:08 Westin Wilson (16-8) vs. Jean Silva (11-2)

41:21 Farid Basharat (11-0) vs. Taylor Lapilus (19-3)

53:51 Marcus McGhee (8-1) vs. Gaston Bolanos (7-3)

1:00:41 Matthew Semelsberger (11-6) vs. Preston Parsons (10-4)

1:10:07 Andrei Arlovski (34-22, 2 NC) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (10-1)

1:21:07 Phil Hawes (12-5) vs. Brunno Ferreira (10-1)

1:31:59 Ricky Simon (20-4) vs. Mario Bautista (13-2)

1:42:23 Jim Miller (36-17, 1 NC) vs. Gabriel Benitez (23-10)

1:53:11 Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1) vs. Manel Kape (19-6)

2:01:36 Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-1, 1 NC) vs. Johnny Walker (21-7, 1 NC)

Sean Sheehan is back to preview UFC Fight Night 234 "Ankalaev vs. Walker 2," also known as UFC Vegas 84, with picks, predictions and just a little bit of betting advice.

0:00 Intro

1:17 Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-1, 1 NC) vs. Johnny Walker (21-7, 1 NC)

10:35 Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1) vs. Manel Kape (19-6)

16:19 Jim Miller (36-17, 1 NC) vs. Gabriel Benitez (23-10)

20:17 Ricky Simon (20-4) vs. Mario Bautista (13-2)

23:45 Phil Hawes (12-5) vs. Brunno Ferreira (10-1)

28:19 The prelims

Sean Sheehan is back to talk about the year that was in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, including highlights of the biggest cards, an analysis of what went wrong for the industry leader and a wish list for 2024.

Timestamps:

0:00 The UFC in 2023: Overall Reaction

5:05 Examining the current UFC champions

9:25 Recap of each 2023 UFC pay-per-view plus Noche UFC

33:22 Closing thoughts and 2024 wish list

Sean Sheehan gives an in-depth look at 2023 for Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, a big year that saw the UK's top promotion touch down in the US and re-establish itself as one of the premier pipelines of talent to the UFC and other global shows. Sean also names his CW Fighter of the Year.

0:00 CW lands in the U.S.

10:30 CW 149: San Diego

14:34 Individual card recaps

33:08 Sean's 2023 CW Fighter of the Year

Sean Sheehan is back to talk about Professional Fighters League's massive 2023. From huge highlights like signing Francis Ngannou and acquiring Bellator MMA, to low points like the rash of drug test failures early in the season, Sean covers a historic year for what might be the No. 2 promotion in the sport going into 2024.

Sean Sheehan recaps Bellator MMA's 2023, with highlights of some of the most memorable moments, as well as his Bellator fighter of the year.

0:00 Intro / Year in Review

7:23 Bellator 290 "Bader vs. Fedor 2"

10:05 Bellator 291 - Dublin

14:58 Bellator 292 "Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson"

17:05 Bellator 293 "Golm vs. James"

18:32 Bellator 294/295 - Hawaii

21:54 Bellator 296 "Mousasi vs. Edwards"

23:45 Bellator 297 "Nemkov vs. Romero"

25:33 Bellator x Rizin 2 "Pitbull vs. De Souza"

26:52 Bellator 298 "Storley vs. Ward"

27:39 Bellator 299 - Dublin 2

31:47 Bellator 300 "Nurmagomedov vs. Primus"

33:00 Bellator 301 "Amosov vs. Jackson"

34:29 Sean's Bellator Fighter of the Year for 2023

Sean Sheehan is back to take a fun look at next year in One Championship, with his Top 5 MMA matchups we'd like to see in 2024.

0:00 Intro and Ground Rules

3:49 Thanh Le vs. Kai Tang 2

6:49 Christian Lee vs. Zebaztian Kadestam

12:03 Anatoliy Malykhin vs. Reinier de Ridder 2 (at ONE MW)

15:57 Demetrious Johnson vs. John Lineker

20:08 Jingnan Xiong vs. Stamp Fairtex

25:13 Closing Remarks

Sean Sheehan recaps all the action from the ONE Fight Night on Prime Video cards which took place in 2023.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(05:47) ONE Championship World Champions at the End of 2023

(09:08) ONE on Prime Video 6: Superbon vs. Allazov

(09:34) ONE on Prime Video 7: Lineker vs. Andrade 2

(11:33) ONE on Prime Video 8: Superlek vs. Williams

(12:38) ONE on Prime Video 9: Nong-O vs. Haggerty

(13:38) ONE on Prime Video 10: Johnson vs. Moraes 3

(18:04) ONE on Prime Video 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov

(18:32) ONE on Prime Video 12: Superlek vs. Khalilov

(19:28) ONE on Prime Video 13: Allazov vs. Grigorian

(20:47) ONE on Prime Video 14: Stamp vs. Ham

(22:42) ONE on Prime Video 15: Le vs. Freymanov

(23:23) ONE on Prime Video 16: Haggerty vs. Andrade

(23:56) ONE Championship Top Fighters

(27:52) ONE Championship on Sky Sports

Sean Sheehan gives his reaction to all the action from the 2023 PFL Europe season.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:10) PFL Europe Roster / Champions

(07:08) PFL Europe 1

(10:19) PFL Europe 2

(13:27) PFL Europe 3

(18:12) PFL Europe 4

(22:46) Season Recap

Sean Sheehan is back to give his preview, predictions and betting odds for KSW 89: Bartosinski vs. Parnasse which could see Salahdine Parnasse capture World Championships in 3 weight divisions.

Timestamps:

(00:00) KSW 89: Bartosinski vs. Parnasse

(04:17) Adrian Bartosinski vs. Salahdine Parnasse

(15:10) Pawel Pawlak vs. Michal Materla

(19:13) Tomasz Romanowski vs. Damian Janikowski

(21:33) Andrzej Grzebyk vs. Madars Bertholds-Fleminas

(23:25) Raul Tutarauli vs. Marcin Held

(24:54) Szymon Bajor vs. Viktor Pesta

(26:18) Sebastian Rajewski vs. Wilson Varela

(27:12) Lukasz Charzewski vs. Ahmed Vila

(27:40) Emilia Czerwinska vs. Natalia Baczynska-Krawiec

(28:27) Michal Domin vs. Wojciech Kazieczko

(29:25) Outro