Shillan & Duffy: UFC Vegas 92 Preview

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 Special Feature
15:53 Vanessa Demopoulos (10-5) vs. Emily Ducote (13-8)
27:28 Piera Rodriguez (9-1) vs. Ariane Carnelossi (14-3)
38:11 Tamires Vidal (7-2) vs. Melissa Gatto (8-2-2)
45:58 Victor Martinez (13-5) vs. Tom Nolan (6-1)
55:10 Abusupiyan Magomedov (25-6-1) vs. Warlley Alves (14-7)
1:10:46 Heili Alateng (16-9-2) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (8-3)
1:20:44 Oumar Sy (9-0) vs. Antonio Trocoli (12-3, 1 NC)
1:30:19 Luana Pinheiro (11-2) vs. Angela Hill (16-13)
1:41:02 Adrian Yanez (16-5) vs. Vinicius Salvador (14-6)
1:55:12 Themba Gorimbo (12-4) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (10-4)
2:09:59 Intermission: A Lengthy Aside about MMA Biopics and Documentaries
2:15:42 Kalinn Williams (14-3) vs. Carlston Harris (19-5)
2:28:44 Edson Barboza (24-11) vs. Lerone Murphy (13-0-1)
2:48:10 A quick rundown of all the picks
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[@rustytennakoon8661]

That was actually hilarious. Vanessas dad spinning the hits as she jumps into Felders arms 😆

[@keithshillan627]

I ain't gonna lie. I would gladly catch her

[@Lgp8771]

Always look forward to these, thanks fellas!

[@sherdog]

Thank you for listening!

[@keithshillan627]

Thank you for listening

[@Dontworry44]

Great show (again) gentlemen, and seriously great music at the end.

[@sherdog]

Thank you, and thank you! The music is Ben.

[@keithshillan627]

Thank you sir. That song was picked by Vanessa Demopoulos' dad

[@MattPauley630]

Thank you for the breakdowns boys! Have a great week

[@sherdog]

Thanks, and same to you!

[@keithshillan627]

Thank you sir. Hope you do too

[@charlesanekwe571]

All the way from Port Harcourt Nigeria, you guys gained a fan months ago. Love listening to you gentlemen whether through KZbin or from my Spotify. I pray your pod gets the growth and notoriety it deserves.

[@sherdog]

Thank you for saying so! We appreciate it.

[@keithshillan627]

That's awesome man. I appreciate you listening

[@rcnordo4366]

The hardest working men in the business, but previewing this particular card has to have you questioning your life decisions. This card makes last week’s card look like UFC 300. Keith, this dude isn’t Leon Edwards 2.0, he’s English Erick Silva. He’s a “young prospect” who will turn 34 next July.

[@sherdog]

Au contraire, speaking for myself at least (Ben), I enjoy previewing the lousy cards almost as much as the great ones. It's just a fun process.

[@rcnordo4366]

You're a better man than me Ben. I see an Apex card with guys and gals whose names look like Scrabble tiles were shook out of a Yahtzee dice cup and my eyes glaze over. If a card is Michael Johnson crappy, I can work with that. But when it's Montana de la Rosa crappy and it's in the goldarn Apex ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. What sucks from my perspective is that I want a card to be interesting enough that I'll watch enough of it participate in your and Keith's recaps... ain't no chance of that happening here brother. Epilogue: Hey, Michael Johnson actually beat Edson Barbosa nine years ago! Because of course he did.

[@sherdog]

@@rcnordo4366 Johnson was the first UFC fighter to beat Barboza without wrestling him. He was the last guy to beat Tony Ferguson before Ferg went on that insane 12-fight tear. He beat Dustin Poirier worse than anyone at lightweight other than Khabib. When you contrast those highlights with some of his lowlights, and realize that even in his prime he was barely above .500 in the UFC, he is the most inconsistent high-level talent in MMA history and my ultimate "scream at the TV" fighter.

[@rcnordo4366]

@@sherdog and he wobbled Khabib and had Gaestje hurt! And yet lost in his prime to Meza Hadidi, Myles Jury and Paul Sass and lost his season of TUF to Jonathan Brookins. That’s why he is one of the most fascinating fighters ever. Well, after Erick Silva.

[@keithshillan627]

I am not a believer in Murphy.

[@brentedelen7209]

Good work guys!!!!!

[@Hinglemicringleberry]

Ben - “And it takes 7 hours” 🤣🤣

[@sherdog]

Rest in peace Aaron "Dick Delaware" Brink, for whom a 7-hour self-abuse session would have been a quickie.

[@keptmanly]

The best Christmas movie is Gremlins. It was the best first ten minutes … so far.

[@keithshillan627]

Gremlins is a story about the women's atomweight division

[@sherdog]

And the moral of that story is: Never feed Alesha Zappitella after midnight.

[@marcusmustard8285]

Fight week! I am looking forward to the main event. Also, looking forward to the main card opener; Angie OverKill hill.

[@sherdog]

[ben] I definitely have a weak spot for Hill. She's from the same part of the country as me (though she was smart enough to move to San Diego, while I ended up in Texas). I dig the punk rock walkout and the cosplay, even though she's kind of abandoned that in recent years.

[@keithshillan627]

At least one of us are excited for Hill

[@marcusmustard8285]

@@sherdog Cool moment For Angie OverKill. She displayed insane toughness a couple fights ago. 25 minutes against Dern and Overkill Hill showed some true toughness. Nice moment for her to make it two wins in a row, bouncing back.

[@NinjaKittyRetro]

I can't wait to see the Yamma fighting pit make its return in the Mark Kerr movie!

[@sherdog]

I still think that dumb thing might have worked as intended if the tournament field hadn't been a bunch of aging heavyweights. Can you imagine Demetrious Johnson or Yair Rodriguez fighting in a human Beyblade arena? We might have had multiple Showtime kicks. How about Michel Pereira and Michael Venom Page? But the Sherman Pendergarsts and Pat Smiths of the world just kind of toppled over when they reached the edge of the cage; it made takedowns ten times easier, not harder.

[@eremiassandbk7403]

Nice with early preview

[@sherdog]

[ben] Thanks! I always post it as soon as I'm done editing. The difference this time might be that I spent less time trimming back the idle chatter.

[@keithshillan627]

Thanks for listening

[@bobbyboucher148]

I think Murphy and Edward’s “rises” are pretty different. Like you said Murphy has fought worse completion as he’s progressed. Murphys rise has happened much later in his career than Edwards’ is only a month older than Murphy. Edward’s reached the title in his athletic prime around 30 while if Murphy does he’d be 33-34, older than Leon now. Murphy’s rise feels more like Josh Emmet’s. Here comes a brutal loss via elbow and then he’ll start poking around contention in only four more years!

[@sherdog]

Murphy-Emmett is a great comparison. Looks pretty dominant, but can't stay busy enough to keep traffic from passing him on the right, and by the time he makes into the title picture (if he ever does) he might be a little too old and beat up to truly capitalize.

[@keithshillan627]

I don't think Murphy comes close to Edwards level

[@Red_Cloud_333]

Always ♨️♨️

[@keithshillan627]

Thank you for listening

[@RodMards]

I would definitely watch an Evan Tanner movie. And who can play Francis Ngannou? Maybe Terry Crews or even Rampage, who has dabbled in movies in the past

[@sherdog]

Sadly, the Rampage who fought Fedor a few years ago would be better suited to playing late-career Mark Kerr than any version of Ngannou.

[@keithshillan627]

Evan Tanner movie would be extremely sad

[@baslkmg]

Lol its funny the UFC stopped bringing up Demo being a stripper after everyone thought the story of her dad getting her into it was creepy and not interesting

[@sherdog]

Which is wrong. It's creepy *and* interesting.

[@keithshillan627]

There is way more to that story than we know

[@NinjaKittyRetro]

Also I want a Bob Sapp movie where he plays himself in a semi-satirical documentary.

[@sherdog]

The semi-satirical is the important part. Did you ever see JCVD? It was silly and ridiculous, but strangely affecting and full of pathos at the same time. I would love to see Sappu play himself. Imagine a montage of his late career: a dozen fights in a row where he lays down and curls into a fetal position after the first hard punch he takes. Then you flash back to him in the 90s, whupping Ernesto Hoost, probably the greatest kickboxer of his generation. Twice.

[@MrTheLuckyshot]

I listen to just about every podcast you guys make... but, nah, I'm tapping out on this one. If this isn't the shittiest card of all time, I don't want to know what is. (Still liking and commenting for our lord and savior, The Algorithm.)

[@sherdog]

Gracias y vaya con Dios, hermano. Can't blame you for giving this one a miss.

[@keithshillan627]

Trust me, we tapped out in this one too

[@deadline1236]

Lol

[@Portia_Baines]

The result in the headliner is going to influence UFC Manchester because Murphy is from Stockport, which is part of Greater Manchester. So a win here and he might get a good name, maybe on the main card. A loss and he gets a bounce back fight he should win on the prelims. Angela Hill will do what she does best, lose a razor close split decision and then throw a tantrum online like it was total domination.

[@sherdog]

You're probably right about Murphy, and if so, that's one hell of a dilemma: lose, and you get to pick up a nice win over someone like Julian Erosa in the top prelim. Win, and you get posterized by Yair Rodriguez in the co-main event.

[@Portia_Baines]

@@sherdog if its the latter at least it will be overshadowed by how badly Bobby Green is going to destroy Paddy. I knew that fight would be made. Have the scouser fight a guy like that in a city that hates scousers, lol. Gonna be a lot of support for Bobby in that arena.

[@keithshillan627]

@@Portia_Baines I would have tossed Pimblett a softball

[@Portia_Baines]

@@keithshillan627 I get that, but if he just keeps beating low tier opposition the fans will just continue to turn on him. Even a loss against someone legit might help him win over the doubters if he gives a spirited performance.

[@KyleLawheed]

Let’s hope that Senior Mr. Demopoulos is only skilled at being a DJ and not a fighter 😂😂😂

[@sherdog]

[ben] I try and make it a point never to make a joke about someone on a show that I wouldn't make face to face, but I also hope that Pops Demo isn't out there crushing a heavy bag with a picture of me taped to it.

[@rustytennakoon8661]

I think your faith in Gorimbo is misplaced

[@sherdog]

You're absolutely correct. 😅

[@rustytennakoon8661]

@@sherdog lol