MMA Fighting - No Bets Barred | Can Tatsuro Taira Rebound From First Career Loss At UFC Vegas 108?

Episode Date: July 30, 2025

The UFC is heading back to the APEX. This Saturday, UFC Vegas 108 goes down in the world’s mightiest APEX and with it comes a matchup of elite flyweight prospects. In the main event, Tatsuro Taira takes on Road to UFC champion Hyun Sung Park in a short-notice replacement fight that figures to be a darn good scrap, and No Bets Barred is here to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew flies solo to break down UFC Vegas 108, giving his thoughts on the main event matchup, Park’s chances as he steps in for Amir Albazi on short notice, Mateusz Rebecki vs. Chris Duncan in the co-main event, Rinya Nakamura’s shot at rebounding from his first career defeat, the all-action featherweight scrap between Danny Silva and Kevin Vallejos, the sad end and new beginning of The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 133 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to MMA Fighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our full video catalog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like MMA Fighting on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was the night before the gathering and all through the house. The host rapid cozy cashmere throw from Home Sense for their spouse. Kids toys for $6.99 under the tree. And crystal glasses for just $14.99 for their brother Lee. A baking dish made in Portugal for Tom and Sue. And a nice $5.99 candle. Perfectly priced just for you. Happy holidays to all.

And to all a good price. Home Sense. Endless presents perfectly priced. To the Vox Media Podcast Network. What is up, y'all? We are back with another edition of No Betts, Barden. It's been a minute. And I am so happy to be back with you.

My name is Jed Mishu, a writer for M.AFighting.com. And we've got some stuff to talk about. If you're a long time listening to the pod, I start out with an apology. Sorry, there was no U.S.I. Abu Dhabi, but I was on vacation. That is right. My first, like, Real Talk vacation in well over a year. And I'll level with you. Needed it.

A little bit of burnout. You know, wasn't doing my best day to day. And as a result, unfortunately, that best manifested in the death of the climb. That is right after 21 successful steps on the precipice of summiting our Everest, Daniel Zell-Huber. He brought us down. We came crashing back down at UFC 318. event overall for us. We lost a bunch of units on top of losing the climb. And in, you know, on the watch party, if you were paying attention to that, we tried to start the climb up again, uh, quickly with a Kevin Holland play that also fell short. So really just, you see 318 was a total disaster. Fortunately, I had the vacation schedule because I needed it. Just an emotional detox after a very, very tough event for me, the final event of Dustin Porey's career, as you all know. you'll see abdabi i have not all the way caught up like i said i was on vacation but i did get to see

rannier de chide erreder a k a riner de ritter get the job done my big goofy violent boy continues his march to the inevitable showdown which is du plesi and what will be my favorite fight of all time but if you follow me on social media we did restart the climb last week uh we backed Peyodor Yan at a minus 425 price tag to get the job done against Marcus McGee. He did so. And so our new climb, this is version 6.0, I believe. We are one step down, 29 to go. And we do, in fact, have somebody to play this week.

Very, very excited about it. So, without further ado, let's get into it because UFC Vegas 108 is not a card. We're going to spend too much time on. No guess this week, as you may have surmised by now, because this card is a, it ain't it, boys and girls. There are eight fighters on this card with Wikipedia pages, if that tells you anything about what's going down this Saturday. There were nine because the main event was supposed to be Amir Al-Bazi versus Tatsu-A-Tyra. However, earlier this week or over the weekend, I'm honestly not sure on the timeline, but Al-Bazi either withdrew or was, Abazi was forced off the card.

I'm actually still not really sure why. I just know that that happens. And in his place, Hungsung Park, former Road to UFC champion, steps in against Tutsu, or Taira in a five-round main event. So,

we got some bets. We got to climb. Let's dive into it this week, folks. And the place we start is with the aforementioned Tyra versus Hungsung Park fight. Tyra not a ton of time for odds to drop and yet there were a ton of odds for this. So, I mean, high praise to the sports books here because we've got Tyra at a minus 340 betting favorite to comeback on Park plus 270. Tyra, 6 and 1 in the UFC, a split decision loss to Brandon Royval in October.

October, frankly, should have been unanimous decision. I had a bet on Tyra. y'all know i love tutsuotaira he didn't win that fight and the judge who scored it for him is a little bit cray cray had moments didn't win the fight hungsung park three and oh perfect in his ufc run uh as i mentioned the road to ufc 22 flyweight champion coming off a rear naked choke win over carlos hernandez back in may uh again park stepping in on short notice but he was at least preparing he was set to i want to say that's next weekend but let me check calendar. He was set to fight Steve Ursaig next week

on the August 9th card, so they bumped him up one. Interesting that they chose to get the bump up here and not give it to Steve Erseg. Not entirely sure why. Erseg now taking on O'Day Osborne, I believe.

That has been the shift. But, you know, totally reasonable matchup between two super, super quality prospects. I mean, Park a little bit older. but still young enough to be considered a prospect, certainly in his UFC career. I think this fight's going to be really good, man.

I really like Hjansung Park. I'm a huge Tiber guy. I ultimately, you know, not to bear the lead. I think Tira is going to get this done here. But I actually do think these odds are pretty fair. You know, Park is a crispy offensive striker. Got really nice counters. Can crack.

We saw him in his, uh, none of the Carlos Hernandez fight. but in the one before that and I am blanking on the name right now so give me a second and I'll pull up that name because I'm trying to be a better podcast host before their end is the Shannon Ross fight that's it Shannon Ross I mean he was just kind of tuning Ross up as Ross would step in get caught

quick strikes Tyra a very defensively focused fighter certainly on the feet got a jab can pop a little bit but you know he is defense first whereas Park is much more offense first. Park can get hit as a result. I'm interested to see the striking unfold here. I think it can be really fun and competitive. But the grappling, I think Tyra just has a pretty clear edge.

He is a phenomenal grappler. Park statistically perfect takedown defense, never given one up. But he has found his way. He's ended up on the mat a number of times, either kick getting caught, him tripping, you know, getting countered off a low kick himself. Tyra pretty good at catching kicks. I expect Tyra will be able to get this fight to the ground. And once there, Tyra was very good at taking the back, holding control positions.

He had a lot of success grappling with Brandon Royval, who is a squirly, squirly man and very tough to keep down. So I think the grappling should be the clear advantage here. That being said, like I said, I think these odds are pretty close to spot on. But I did want to have some action on the main event. I the odds are not out I am looking at an alternate over one and a half here Tyra's hit that in five of his seven fights in the Ocunzeng Park has hit that in two of three of his fights in the Oc don't really know what that will come in we'll sort of see what I did do is I paired up Tyra with one other flyweight there's only one other

flyweight fight on this card and the other flyweight fight on this card is a massive favorite you can guess how that's going to go down but a little flyweight parlay action. I've put Tyra in that. And just to have some action on the main event, I do think these odds are fair. If you want to take a shot on Park, you know, you could try it. But the sort of big delineating factor is Tyra is just getting leaps and bounds better every time. Wouldn't shock me if he ran over Park either because he is a kid's an unbelievable prospect and making huge gains every time out. He'll probably have learned a lot from that Royval loss. Your co-main event, or perhaps in the words of Alexander K. Lee, the penultimate fight of the evening, a lightweight contest between Chris Duncan and Matush Rebecca.

Rebecca minus 205 betting favorite to come back on Duncan plus 170. Both men four and one in the promotion. Duncan on a two-fight winning streak, including his guillotine choke win over Jordan Vucinich back in March. Rebecca also coming off for when a split decision went over Mick Debeck Oral Bai That probably should have been a UD Certainly I thought he beat Oral By in that fight

Dung is a bigger guy Rebecca is a more technical dude You know they both like to grapple They both put some pressure down Put a push a pace And ultimately I just think Rebecca is better at all of that Not to mention Duncan gets hit a lot Him being bigger makes it a little bit interesting

But he just gets hit so often that I think I like Rebecca overall to get this done. And, you know, maybe it's the reach because I didn't have a ton of action on this card. Did take a shot on Rebecca at minus 205. You know, he has been moving through this division quite well. And Chris Duncan just seems like a dude who's solid going to be around, but not really a fringe top 15 guy, which is sort of where I think Rebecca is at this point in his career. When I got a great deal on a great gift at Winners, I started wondering, could I get fabulous gifts for everyone on my list?

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Stop wondering. Start gifting. Winners. Find fabulous. for less. That takes us to another lightweight contest. Elves Brinner taking on Esteban Riebeovich. Riebovich, you are betting favorite minus 265, the comeback on Brenner, plus 215, and this fight's just going to be a banger. Both men, three and two in the UFC.

Brner, a two-fight skid. TK. lost to Joel Alvarez back in August, so almost a full year since he has competed. Riebevich been in a few fight of the Knights lately lost a split decision. decision than Nazareth-Hak Prost in March that I frankly thought he won, should probably be four and one in the promotion. And, you know, again, Rievovich should sort of be in that Rebecca zone. Top 25 guy, fringe top 15 guy trying to climb on up. Either way, the fight is going to be hammer and nails. They are just going to come in and start throwing at each other.

And it's going to be super fun. You know, both men primarily want to get into sort of chaotic brawls. Riebevich, like I said, a couple of fight of the nights, a possible fight of the year. Previously, like these guys are going to have a ton of fun. And in that, though, I just think Riebovich is sort of the better guy. I suspect he gets it done. But Brinner has – Brenner has had enough success as an underdog to totally scare me off of betting against him, unless I'm massively confident. Because he, you know, that was sort of the story of his arc coming in, is counted out and just kind of overachieved.

in his first three wins. And so no straight action, but gonna have a little bit of fun with the over two and a half here. Now, it's an alternate line because the line available at various books right now for this is it's over one and a half,

which, you know, I guess given the chaotic nature of how these two boys get down, makes sense. That over one and a half is a minus two, you know, 240, minus 220, something like that.

Over two and a half, we might get, we're not going to get plus money, I don't think, but we might get in the neighborhood of plus money because fight goes the distance is plus you know 125 plus 140 at some of the offshores so we get that over two and a half we might be looking at you know minus 110 minus 120 and reevovich four of his five in the ufc have hit that same for brener four of his five have hit that over two and a half i do think this is going to be

chaotic but both men are very durable i think it's going to be super fun wouldn't shock me if went to the cards but whenever i can get that alternative over or two and a half. We're going to take play on that and have some fun watching these two boys scrap. That then takes us to one of the rarest things in all of MMA, a women's bantamweight contest. Carol Hosa takes on Nora Cornoli. Hosa, your betting favorite minus 185, the comeback on Cornoli plus 155. Hosa, 7 and 4 in the UFC coming off a unanimous decision and loss to Eileen Perez back in January. Where's Gronoli is three in one in the promotion, and coming off a rear naked choke win over Haley Cowan back in April.

You know, long-time listeners of MMA fighting on all the things that we do will know that Nora Cornoli is on my fantasy squad. And as such, I have placed a bet on her at these plus 155 odds. You know, a couple of things working against her hosa has alternated wins and losses for her past eight fights coming off that loss. If the trend continues, it's a W. but I think Cornoli is the better sharper striker, better clinch fighter. Hosa's got to get takedowns.

You know, she can compete on the feet, but she's got to get takedowns to win. And that's not like a huge part of her game. It's sort of a mix-in, not a focal point of it. So I think there's going to be long stretches of striking. And in that, only one of those women, you know, hits hard is a known finisher, sort of has real fight-changing power. And that woman is Cornoli. So I really do just like her as a dog.

That's why I picked her on my fantasy team. I think women's ban on way it's hard to find one that's going to win. I really like Cornelagh's chances. So as an underdog price, I like it. Plus 155 feels good. We keep right on cruising to a welterweight contest. Neil Magni takes on Elisuzaleski dos Santos. Magni plus 165.

Underdog, the comeback on ZDS minus 200. Magni. You know, most wins in UFC Walterweight history, like 35, I think this is his 35th UFC fight, I believe. Currently on a two-fight skid, knock a loss to Carlos Prattas.

More worryingly, back-to-back K.O. losses. Now, you know, Michael Morales, Carlisle's process, both very good guys. Still, back-to-back-KO losses for a 37-year-old, always concerning. Somehow, Zelaska-S Santos

is older. He is 38. years old, which makes no sense because Niam Magni feels like he has been around forever. He is also coming off a TKO loss. This one, do Chitty in Jokawani in March. You know, this is just a fight that I can't. I can't feel confident in any way we go here. I think it's a doger pass to me in that

the question is, is Magnus chin just all the way cooked? Because, like, yeah, you got knocked out of Michael Morales and Carlos protest. Those are two of the 10, 15 best welterweights on Earth. Leszegos Zalazquez Santos. He's not that, you know, he's a good quality guy, been around the block for a bit. I think he's had something close to 20 UFC fights,

you know, fun action guy and can crack, but he's not that level of fighter. Historically, this is the clear Neal Magni wins this. Like, this is the demarcating line that Neal Magny is meant to hold. He puts guys like ZDS. No, you, the gate to the, the top 15 has been held can he still do it i have some real concerns if i was going to bet it i bet

magni because as long as he doesn't get knocked out early i think he can use his length and then get inside he's a sneaky good clinch fighter can wear on zaleski he can get takedowns you know do traditional neomagney grindy win here but and frankly like just straight up i think these odds are wrong the odds should be a coin flip but do i want to bet on neomagny is the question because I can see in my mind's eye, Neil Magny just getting cracked with one big punch and then oopsie daisies, here we go. I would not encourage anybody to bet on ZDS here. I am passing.

To me, it's Dogger Pass and I've opted to pass here. And that takes us to our final main card fight of the evening. A featherweight banger between prospects. Danny Silva taking on Kevin Valleos. Silva, pretty big underdog here, plus 310. Kevin Valleos minus 3995. Both men undefeated in the promotion, Silva 2 and O, coming off 2023 Contender Series. He got a split decision win over Lucas Almeda in March that he should have won.

I think that that's fair. Valleos only won in the promotion, but a TKO win over Sung Wu Choi in March, a 2024 Contender Series prospect. Both men, I was very high off their respective Contender Series performances. Silva I graded as a round one prospect in 2023. Valleos I graded as a blue chipper. I think that he is he's super young, incredible boxing. He lost Contender Series in 2023, but he lost to Jean Silva in straight up the most difficult fight in a UFC adjacent promotion that John Silva's head.

Kevin Valleos gave John Silva a much more difficult time than Bryce Frick and Mitchell did. And again, he's a, I believe at the time he was 22 years old, still superiors. super young. I think the ceiling is the roof for this guy. I've seen other people comp him to just like a little bit of Ilya to comp him to John Silva frankly. He's awesome, super high on him. That being said, I really like Danny Silva too. Danny Silva came in great boxing, like tremendous boxing and the ability to mix and take downs, which Valleos, that's just straight up, not really part of Valleos's game, right? Like he is he is trying to use his box,

is boxing his striking skills. And Danny Silva, he can mix things up. Add on top of that, Danny Silva's a much bigger dude, right? Like he's four inches taller, got a little bit of a reach advantage, like a little bit older, but not even that much, only like a couple years older. And so there's always the world where Valleos just looks geared up, like even better because he's making huge leaps and bounds sorts of gains between fights. But I really like Danny Silva's.

prospect and this line just seems way too big for me. Plus 310 for a guy who I think has like a lot of tools to be competitive. I think the boxing here can be competitive. Mixing and takedowns can be competitive. And so I, it kind of hurt me to do because I'm so high on Kevin Valleos, but I just sort of did it and I took Danny Silva straight up as a dog to win. Let's hope he gets it done because it really won't be a huge step. for Valleos, who, like I said,

ton to learn here, but mostly I think this fight is going to be awesome. Like, it's just going to be incredible. I'm really, really looking forward to this fight on Saturday. Probably, frankly, certainly since the main event got shifted, my most anticipated fight of the evening.

And I actually will say that it's not particularly close. If I could only watch one fight this weekend, it's this one. That takes us to the undercard action, and our first undercard matchup is a Bantamweight contest as Rinyan Nakamura takes on Nathan Fletcher. Nakamura, minus 425 favorite,

Fletcher plus 330. Nakamura 3 and 1 in the UFC coming off unanimous decision lost to Mouin Gafferov at UFC 311. He was the road to UFC Banimate winner in 2022. Fletcher, meanwhile, one in the promotion, a split decision loss to Kala Lachran in March that. Frankly, I thought he won, just straight up like he probably should have won that you know, most people based on him made decisions also thought he should have won it. So Fletcher could easily be two and oh in the UFC.

Here's the thing about Nakamura. The term world class gets thrown out a lot. There are two fighters on this card that world class is a fair and apt description. And one of them is running Nakamura. He's a world class wrestler. A U-23 world champion. He abandoned his sort of Olympic wrestling goals to focus primary. on MMA.

I believe after he came like barely missed out on the Olympic trials, uh, when he was 21 or whatever. And it's like, I'm going to shift to MMA. This is, I mean, we're talking about a dude.

Bo, Bownickle gets a lot of accolades for what he accomplished in college. Bo Nicar, also, I believe, was a U-23 world champion. Rini Nakamura's same thing. Uh, guy has all the talent in the world.

Still super raw, right? Can't really strike that well. It's a question of can he get takedowns. in every single fight. Mu and Gaffrov did a fairly good, like I'm not even fairly good job, right? Like, Mu and Gaffrov just sort of won that fight

by being a grimy, you know, just like, I'm going to make it a fight. But also, Rini didn't really go for that many takedowns. He consented to it. Gaffarov only stuffed one. I think he's going to learn,

learn a lesson here. And Nathan Fletcher, this is a guy who can get taken down. Colin Lockren took him down six times. Nagamore is going to get this done because Calanacran is not nearly the wrestler Nakamura is Fletcher, it's not a great defensive wrestler And so, ladies and gentlemen, this right here,

this is step two of the climb for this week, Rania Nakamura, another minus 425. So kind of back to back. Honestly, coming into the, before I did the actual research this week, I thought we might have four. I thought we might just be trying to speed our way up the mountain with the four ball here. But don't, didn't want to do Tyra.

and can't do, and then went the other way on Kevin Valleos and picked Andy Silva. So Reni Nakamura, the last man standing. We'll get to the other possibles a little bit later for those doing their own climbs at home. But for the time being, we move on to the other world-class fighter or world-class specialist on this card. A middle-weight contest between Hidalfa Vietta and Treson Gore. Vietta, minus 220 betting favorite, the comeback on Gore, plus 180. VAR 5 and 3 in the UFC coming off a unanimous decision loss to Andre Petroski back in February, while Gore only 2 and 3 3 3.2 in the UFC coming off a knockout loss to Marco Tolio at UFC 314 back in April.

Hadoffa Vera is a legitimate world-class grappler. He is a, I think it's six-time world champion at the blackbell level in BJ and an ADCC win. I could be missing those numbers up slightly, but it's like a lot. It's like a lot, a lot. And basically, that tells the story of his M.M.A. career. If he can get takedowns, he's going to win. If he can't, he's going to lose. It's just that simple.

Trayshon Gore has historically a fairly decent takedown defense, but that's primarily because he himself is a grappler, and people aren't trying to shoot on him. Got a decent guillotine choke. Don't think that's going to be a huge factor here. And so pretty simple math here. I believe Hidal-Fleviere is going to get this win. That being said,

odd seem about right. Treschencourt is pretty good at defensive, like has been decent at defensive wrestling. And that's just sort of where we live right now. And so no bet. Just passing on this one as we kind of keep on moving down the line. We continue on. And we're just going to speed through the rest of these here.

It's another middleweight contest. don't have too much more to say for a lot of these fights. Nick Klein, Nick Klein, underdog, plus 130, is Pouliov minus 155 favorite. Both men own one in the UFC Klein, got obliterated by Monsor Abdul Malik in February,

Puleev. You ended up to decision lost to Christian Leroy Duncan back in March. Both guys were 2024 contender series prospects. Both guys I graded as day three guys, a.k.a. just another guy, you know, maybe if they overachieve, they'll hang around the UFC for a while, but they're mostly guys, you know,

the guys that you wouldn't look twice at coming in. That being said, I actually do think Nick Klein's going to win this fight. I really like his chances here. I comp Puli have to a bad middleweight Alexander Volkov as a guy with good kicks, but not the best take-down defense. And Klein, I comp to Fluffy Hernandez. Like, not a good, like, he's not the next fluffy,

but similar style, he's an aggressive pressure-first grappler. And I think that I like that. this matchup for him, right? Like he can catch those kicks from Poulyev. He, uh, Pouliyev, not the best defensive wrestler in general. And so I, I like clients pressure here. And so undercard fight that most people aren't going to give a crap about, I'm about the underdog.

Plus 1.30. My last straight bet of the evening. The only other bet I have is the close out the parlay from earlier. Uh, and we'll do that right now as we move to a flyweight contest. again, Hafeel Estevam taking on Felipe Bunes. Estevan, minus 500 betting favorite boons plus 340. Estevam Tuno in the UFC, unanimous decision win over Jesus Aguilar in February. Also, as a win over Charles Johnson, which is aged beautifully.

Bunas 1 in the promotion, armbard Jose Johnson in January. Prior to that, no shame in it. Lost to Josh Van, very likely to be the next flyweight title challenger, if not champion. So no shame in that loss for Brunus. That being said, almost everything was in favor of Estabam here. He is good pressure, good wrestling. Brunas is not a great defensive wrestler. I suspect this should be fairly formulated.

There's a reason the price is this big. Estabom should get takedown's control position. Maybe fine to finish, but certainly win a clear, wide decision here. And so we've added Estabam into the parlor with Tatsura-Taira. The flyweight parley pays out at minus 180 those two. winners together and we'll hope it goes forward. So now we've got two last fights to speak about, well, maybe, certainly one, one and a half, because I'm not actually sure about the other one.

The one we must speak about is a strawweight contest between Pierre Rodriguez and Ketland Souza. Rodriguez, minus 185 betting favorite, Suza plus 155. Rodriguez, 3 and 2 in the promotion, a unanimous decision win over Yosephine Knudsen in December's our most recent bout, where Sousa is just 2 and 2 in the U.C, lost a split decision to Angela Hill in February that most people thought she won. So it could easily be three and one in the promotion. Suza's a former Invicta champ, whereas Pierre came off contender series in 2021 and probably

is most well known for losing about via DQ intentional headbutts to Ariani Cardalosi back in when was that? Let me look that up while we're on air because I am really, really good at this. that was May of 24 just just a weird thing that being said

I would not like to bet on Rodriguez because you know she intentionally headbutted people and even though I like headbutts you can't do them right like if they're agreed to not do it's illegal but Susa's take down defense is a real problem here

Rodriguez can and probably will score takedowns Susan needs to have that short up and then it could be competitive I also was like looking at the over one and a half for a climb here. Rodriguez, I think, has hit it in every one of her professional fights. Sousa has mostly hit it in her UFC stuff.

Some of her early things she got early finishes, but line not out at every book. And so just a pass for me on this one in general. I like Rania. That's good enough climb for me. But if you're looking for something, maybe consider the over one and a half here. And it takes us to, I believe, will be the first part of the evening, though. I don't actually know if this is set in stone or not. Tapology has it up, and I tend to believe in topology,

but it is not on the UFC official website. I'll take that for what you will. It is a featherweight context between Austin Bashy and John Janis. Bashy was supposed to fight Francis Marshall. Marshall would drew not really sure what happened, or if this fight, like I said, if this fight's official, but it looks like John Janis has stepped in. Bashy lost his UC debut to Christian Rodriguez,

but was a prospect I was incredibly high on coming off contingency. series. Very raw. Like very, very, very raw is Austin Bashy. Wow, I just, I absolutely sounded like Mike Goldberg right there. Very raw is Austin Bashy. Um, well, he's, he is raw. He's 23 years old, but he's been beating legitimate competition in his career, right? Like, he, he lost to Christian Rodriguez. Crod is the prospect killer and just a damn fine fighter. Bashu was getting a tough one right out of the gate. But talking about a kid who's a fantastic athlete and IBJJF Nogi World Champion as a brown belt, like not like a white belt, like a brown belt, no-gey world champion grappler.

Striking game, not quite there yet, but it's working. He's got really good kicks. And he's honestly reminds me a little bit about, of Henry Suhudo and Aaron Pico. And I think he has just got an enormously bright future in this sport. I don't know that much about Janus, honestly, straight up. I know he's a former Fury FC featherweight champion is making his debut for this, assuming this all goes to plot. And so I just, I have no concept.

I didn't get to see a lot of tape on him. I'll be picking Ash, Bashie in the dark. May throw him in a parlay or something. May bet him just to bet a guy I believe in. But can't put him as a climb. Don't even know what the odds will be, but couldn't put him as a climb just as a guy so young, so raw. but I like his chances to get it done.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, that's the fight card. That's UFC Vegas 108, going down at the world's mightiest apex. And then once that's over, it's on to USC Vegas 109. Back to the apex next week. Roman Delead is taking on Fluffy Hernandez

in a middleweight contest with, you know, possible title implications on the line. Middleweight title picture is a bit muddy. Very, very possibly a fight with all. RDR is at stake next week. We'll talk about that when we get there, maybe even pull a guest. We'll see how it goes.

Until then, thank you for tuning in this week. Sorry to leave you hanging for Abu Dhabi, but my mental welfare required it. And so I make no apologies, actually. Sorry, I'm not sorry. Thanks for listening, guys. Love y'all.