Keith and Ben are back to preview UFC 301, with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights. Along the way, there's a fair share of side conversations and...one heck of a "story time with Keith."
0:00 Intro: In search of Dick's
13:39 Alessandro Costa (13-4) vs. Kevin Borjas (9-2)
21:17 Ismael Bonfim (19-4) vs. Vinc Pichel (14-3)
34:17 Dione Barbosa (6-2) vs. Ernesta Kareckaite (5-0-1)
42:36 Mauricio Ruffy (9-1) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (17-7)
47:47 Joaquim Silva (13-4) vs. Drakkar Klose (14-2-1)
59:15 Jean Silva (12-2) vs. William Gomis (13-2)
1:06:23 Elves Brener (16-3) vs. Myktybek Orolbai (12-1-1)
1:13:10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz (16-7) vs. Iasmin Lucindo (15-5)
1:22:55 Jack Shore (17-1) vs. Joanderson Brito (16-3-1)
1:31:30 Paul Craig (17-7-1) vs. Caio Borralho (15-1)
1:40:43 Michel Pereira (30-11) vs. Ihor Potieria (20-5)
1:51:41 Anthony Smith (37-19) vs. Vitor Petrino (11-0)
2:02:38 Jonathan Martinez (19-4) vs. Jose Aldo (31-8)
2:20:10 Alexandre Pantoja (27-5) vs. Steve Erceg (12-1)
2:37:33 A quick rundown of all the picks
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hearing ben explain a fighters complete back story and training partners and keith tell me they lack head movement and avoid punches by backing straight up is the highlight of my week. thanks as always guys
Keith is a very solid analyst, but let's face it: if you say "lacks head movement and avoids punches by backing straight up" about an MMA fighter, you're about 70% likely to be right. 😅
Love this. I appreciate you
great break down gents
Thank you for listening
One of the best Keith story times yet!
Talk to my lawyer
I am for ‘shore’ watching Brito!
Dad joke = instant 👍
Not bad
Lets go Rio! I appreciate the video preview. And shout out to the sherdog website. Good articles and written previews too 🙂
My man, you're the best
Am I the only one who thinks this is a great card even for a PPV? Imo this is the best quality ppv this year so far aside from 300. Kevin Borjas and Alessandro Costa are great prospects and opening up the entire card
[ben] It's a weirdly mixed bag. There isn't a massive marquee matchup at the top, BUT there are quality fighters pretty much all the way through the card. There are some ultra-legit prospects and rising contenders, BUT a lot of them are in squash matches where we might not get to learn much about them even in a win. There's Jose Aldo, BUT it's probably going to be a little bit sad to see.
@@Ray-555 There's no way there won't be
@@sherdog thing is I feel like none of them are squash matches...except maybe Caio's but Craig makes every fight of his look like one until it isn't so I'm still intrigued.
I don’t think it’s terrible but compared to 298 and 299 this is a wild take
@@Chris75717 I'm literally more excited for this fight than 298 or 299. No joke. I like young prospects/up and comers I don't much about, I prefer that over big names at this point, because the bigger names ARE WHAT THEY ARE at this point.
Keith if you have any questions Handy Andy works in the men's room next to Neiman Marcus.
Wish I knew this ahead of time
I wonder how juicy some of these Brazilians are going to look fighting in Brazil in the post USADA era. I look forward to hearing about the benefits of the acai berry.
A huge thing to consider moving forward
Cant wait for Rio. Im familiar with about 90% of the fighters. Everyone get your chores done. Get some pork roast marinating and be ready! Saturday fight night!
I got to order some Brazilian BBQ for this one
Any word on why Erceg took so long to have his USA Visa approved?? Was he Bad Boy in his youth?
They refused to believe he wasn't Joe Lauzon trying out a fake Australian accent.
what is the song
A few things to say with this. Firstly go Jack Shore, we're only a small country in Wales and he is our best prospect. I have met Karolina once and she isnt much taller than me and I'm 4ft11 so 5ft3 sounds about right. I like Anthony Smith but he is so obviously getting fed to future contenders and it hurts me watching it. Lastly no matter what happens at this event I want to see Paul Craig vs Bo Nickal in the future, maybe as a fight night headliner in Glasgow. I wont be on the post fight live because I am away in Cornwall on holiday but hope you all have fun watching the fights.
Our new standard for discussing ultra-short strawweights will be: Could Portia block their jump shot? I'm guessing you could swat Marnic Mann's best efforts into the third row.
@@sherdogyears of gymnastics. Not only could I block it but I could do a back flip too... I might land on my head these days, but that still counts
I actually think Craig makes a lot of sense for Bo next. I am thinking Craig and Weidman should be his next two opponents
@@Portia_Baines we need video of this
OK Portia, two things: 1) Sorry about Jack Shore on Saturday; and 2) We have Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Torres-Pennington coming up this week, so look out for the debut of the new segment on Monday's preview.
They holding PPVs in the Apex now?
They would love to.
Idk what it is but I'm having a hard time getting hyped for this card
There’s so many high level fights on here so that’s on you. Just because they arnt super well known doesn’t mean it’s gonna be shit fights
[ben] I kind of feel you on that, even though I was higher on this card than Keith. Anytime you have three -400 or greater favorites on a card, the matchmaking takes on a note of desperation.
Even the UFC refused. No press conference and almost all top media outlets wasn't there for media day
Idk about anyone else but no way I'm paying for this ppv...UFC should just put cards like this on ABC and espn+ or something.....it would get a lot more views that way..
Agreed
Lads, let me stop you right there. Ricky Simon beating Shire was not a fluke that’s called an exposure.
We will see. Shore has another wolf again
Go back and watch Merab and Aldo. I swear Aldo won
Respectfully disagree
Watching u try to justify smith is hilarious he is finished
We both picked Petrino to completely dominate and win by KO, and one of us raised the serious possibility that Smith might retire on Saturday. Who's trying to justify anything?