Episodes
Keith and Ben preview UFC 304 with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights. Side topics of conversation include 1990s pro wrestler Rikishi and his wildly inappropriate finishing move, Pixar superheroine Mrs. Incredible, a hypothetical brawl at a Houston-area Waffle House and, of course, Bo Nickal.
0:00 Intro: A Hometown Home Run
7:12 Modestas Bukauskas (15-6) vs. Marcin Prachnio (17-7)
17:38 Shauna Bannon (5-1) vs. Alice Ardelean (8-5)
29:21 Sam Patterson (11-2-1) vs. Kiefer Crosbie...
Published 07/25/24
Keith and Ben preview UFC on ESPN 60 "Lemos vs. Jandiroba" with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights, including possibly the most upset picks in the history of the show. Off-topic conversations include: Which Beatle would have been the best fighter, low-effort Dad gifts, the UFC's Mendoza line, and, of course, Bo Nickal.
0:00 Intro: Softball in Rhode Island vs. soccer in Kentucky
7:49 Mohammed Usman (10-3) vs. Thomas Petersen (8-2)
18:55 Luana Carolina (10-4) vs. Lucie Pudilova...
Published 07/17/24
Why don't we have both? Sean is back to preview a double helping of Europe's best MMA, with KSW 96 and Oktagon 59 both going down on July 20.
0:00 Intro: An Eastern Europe doubleheader
1:21 KSW 96
19:14 Oktagon 59
Published 07/17/24
Sean is joined by Cage Warriors Fighting Championship play-by-play man Brad Wharton to discuss CW 174, which takes place July 20 at Indigo in London and features the first of CW's "Prize Fighter" one-night tournaments.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Prize Fighter one-night bantamweight tournament
19:45 The rest of CW 174
Published 07/17/24
The Shillan & Duffy Show is a man down this week, as Ben Duffy weathered Hurricane Beryl in Houston and lost power. But fear not: Keith Shillan one man armies this week's preview of UFC on ESPN 59.
Published 07/10/24
Sean Sheehan returns to preview Professional Fighters League's July 12 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 2024 PFL MENA 2 Regular Season.
Published 07/10/24
Sean Sheehan returns to share his best bets and predictions for UFC on ESPN 59 and 2024 PFL MENA 2 Regular Season.
Published 07/10/24
Sean Sheehan is back to recap all of the happenings at ONE on Prime Video 23, also known as ONE Fight Night 23.
Published 07/07/24
Devin Tejada runs down some of the noteworthy results from last weekend's wild UFC 303 card in Las Vegas.
0:00 Alex Pereira zaps Jiri Prochazka again
17:36 Diego Lopes and Dan Ige make history
26:46 Jean Silva tiger uppercuts Charles Jourdain
Published 07/02/24
With the 2024 PFL Regular Season all wrapped up, Sean gives a rundown of what happened, how we got here, and what's coming up in the playoffs this fall.
Published 07/02/24
Sean gives a recap of the final event of the 2024 Professional Fighters League regular season, which took place on Friday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and featured featherweights and welterweights.
Published 07/02/24
Sean is back to preview PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season, which features the featherweight and welterweight divisions and is headlined by 2022 featherweight champ Brendan Loughnane.
0:00 Intro: The Featherweight and Welterweight...Tables?
4:14 Brendan Loughnane vs. Justin Gonzales
10:40 Logan Storley vs. Laureano Staropoli [replaced by Luca Poclit]
13:10 Magomed Umalatov vs. Brennan Ward
15:05 Gabriel Braga vs. Bubba Jenkins
19:37 Lorenz Larkin vs. Alan Dominguez
21:46 Murad Ramazanov vs. Shamil...
Published 06/26/24
Keith and Ben preview UFC 303, with background, analysis, detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. How did we get here? How well did the UFC respond to the loss of its top two matchups—including its biggest star, Conor McGregor—in the weeks leading up to fight night? Side conversations include surfing, the price of Cyndi Lauper tickets, and of course Bo Nickal.
0:00 Intro: Addition by Subtraction?
12:46 Ricky Simon (20-5) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (20-3)
20:29 Rei Tsuruya (9-0) vs....
Published 06/24/24
Devin Tejada takes you on a guided tour through the biggest topics in MMA this week, including notable results from UFC Vegas 93, announcements regarding the lineups of UFC 303 and 305, and a preview of the top bouts at UFC Saudi Arabia this weekend.
----- OUT WITH THE OLD
0:00 Tatsuro Taira vs. Alex Perez
9:44 Brady Hiestand vs. Garrett Armfield
----- WHAT'S HOT
13:41 UFC 303 gets reshuffled after Conor McGregor withdraws
22:24 UFC 305 takes shape
----- IN WITH THE NEW
27:00 Volkan Oezdemir...
Published 06/18/24
Sean is back to preview PFL 5: 2024 Regular Season, which takes place on Friday in Salt Lake City and features the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions.
0:00 PFL 5: Light Heavyweight and Lightweight Standings Update
4:22 Clay Collard vs. Mads Burnell
12:38 Impa Kasanganay vs. Jakob Nedoh
17:40 Patricky Freire vs. Bruno Miranda
20:27 Rob Wilkinson vs. Joshua Silveira
22:26 Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov vs. Simon Biyong
24:24 Antonio Carlos Jr. vs. Alex Polizzi
25:36 Brent Primus vs....
Published 06/18/24
Keith and Ben preview UFC on ESPN 58, with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. A lot is at stake for the future of the UFC men's featherweight division, but the guys still found time to veer off into side topics including the world's deadliest paramedic, furry underwear, microcephalic Transformers, and of course Bo Nickal.
0:00 Intro: A shed full of rusty gardening tools
9:52 Melquizael Costa (20-7) vs. Nuerdanbieke Shayilan (39-11)
16:47 Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (7-0) vs....
Published 06/10/24
Sean is back to preview PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season, which features the heavyweight and women's flyweight divisions. Along with the return of several of Bellator's top fighters to its longtime stomping grounds at the Mohegan Sun, PFL 4 showcases the most competitive women's division in PFL history.
0:00 Intro: PFL returns to the House of Bellator
5:05 Season Standings Update: Heavyweight and Women's Flyweight
6:57 Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell
12:11 Dakota Ditcheva vs. Chelsea...
Published 06/10/24
Devin is back to dive into the biggest stories this week in mixed martial arts. With the Dublin presser for UFC 303 canceled amid Conor McGregor's continued antics, are we about to lose a headliner?
----- OUT WITH THE OLD: UFC 302
0:00 Islam Makhachev chokes out Dustin Poirier
18:44 Sean Strickland blanks Paulo Costa
----- WHAT'S HOT
29:45 Conor McGregor's presser no-show
----- IN WITH THE NEW: UFC LOUISVILLE
35:46 Dominick Reyes vs. Dustin Jacoby
42:36 Jared Cannonier vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Published 06/04/24
Sean is back to preview ONE 167, which takes place June 7 at Impact Arena in Bangkok, bringing a smorgasbord of martial art disciplines and some of One Championship's top talents.
0:00 ONE 167
6:30 Muay thai and grappling
----- MMA
10:09 Kade Ruotolo vs. Blake Cooper
15:01 Ben Tynan vs. Mauro Cerilli
19:27 Denice Zamboanga vs. Noelle Grandjean
23:59 Rundown of the rest of the MMA card
Published 06/04/24
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship play-by-play man Brad Wharton joined Sean for a look ahead at CW 172, which takes place on Saturday in Newcastle, England.
Published 05/22/24
Keith and Ben preview #UFCVegas92 with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights—including a ton of upsets—and an amount of side chatter unprecedented in the history of the show. Topics of that chatter range widely but include early MMA legend and upcoming biopic subject Mark Kerr, boxing legend Vinny Pazienza, the stupid little drum thing from "The Karate Kid Part 2," and of course Bo Nickal. Don't say we didn't warn you!
0:00 Great Movies We Haven't Seen: A Shillan & Duffy...
Published 05/13/24
Patrick Auger is back to discuss the biggest topics in the business of combat sports, including the TKO and Disney/ESPN+ quarterly earnings calls and what they might mean for the UFC going forward, as well as the renewed partnership between the UFC and Riyadh Season, and Conor McGregor acquiring a minority stake in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Get money!
0:00 Intro
2:09 TKO Q1 Earnings Call: How It's Going
41:49 Is Disney/ESPN+ at risk of losing the UFC?
1:01:57 Riyadh Season extends...
Published 05/13/24
With a loaded slate of MMA events this weekend, Sean is back to deliver a super-size edition of Best Bets. There are double picks for PFL MENA 1 and KSW 94, plus three picks for UFC on ESPN 56 and general advice and tips for investors.
0:00 Intro and recap of last week's bets
5:16 PFL MENA: Ali Taleb and Abdullah Al-Qahtani
13:40 KSW 94: Adrian Bartosinski and Arkadiusz Wrzosek
17:11 UFC St. Louis: Robelis Despaigne
21:57 UFC St. Louis: Derrick Lewis
26:42 UFC St. Louis: Terrance...
Published 05/09/24
The 2023 Professional Fighters League lightweight finalist talked to Sean about his knockout of Patricky Freire last month, his upcoming assignment against Mads Burnell in June, and his aspirations in the newly expanded PFL.
Published 05/07/24
Keith and Ben preview "UFC St. Louis" with detailed predictions and picks for all 13 fights. Side topics of conversation include former troubled basketball star and current activist/motivational speaker Chris Herren; onetime MMA flyweight contender, convicted murderer, and notorious age cutter Alexis Vila; and, of course, Bo Nickal.
0:00 On the road again (hallelujah)
10:21 J.J. Aldrich (13-6) vs. Veronica Hardy (8-4-1)
21:36 Jared Gooden (23-9) vs. Kevin Jousset (10-2)
28:28 Charles Johnson...
Published 05/06/24