The Unnamed MMA Podcast · ESPN Chicago

12/3: UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs Yan

·30 min·2 clips
Merab Dvalishvili is called both “my favorite” and “my least favorite” fighter before facing Petr Yan.
Adam Abdallah and Jordan Sherwood open on this weekend's UFC pay-per-view in Vegas. It is the final pay-per-view on ESPN Plus, and they keep returning to that detail while talking through the card at T-Mobile Arena in front of fans. They also glance ahead to 2026, which is the first time this year the schedule has been sitting there in front of them. Before the hard fight talk starts, they swap Thanksgiving stories. Jordan was in Pensacola with family. Adam spent part of the holiday hunting for a place to watch the Bears and ended up at Senior Frogs. That kind of detour fits the show’s rhythm. From there, they move back into matchup talk and betting angles. Jan Blachowicz comes up as a straight moneyline lean. Adam says the strength of schedule is enough to make him comfortable there. They also note that a finish is very much live because both men can crack. Then the conversation turns to Henry Cejudo and Peyton Talbot. Talbot is the bigger favorite, and Cejudo is the underdog. The hosts are irritated by the spot. They treat it as a name-on-the-resume fight for Talbot. At the same time, they keep pointing out that Cejudo is still the kind of fighter who changes the temperature of a card. His title run and odd path through retirement and returns hang over the discussion. Late in the show, they like the idea of teammates fighting on the same card. That kind of lineup can pull attention toward everyone around it. They close by teasing one more UFC event next week before the year is over.

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A line-driven preview that keeps the betting talk front and center.

The episode keeps its footing by treating the pay per view as both a fight card and a betting sheet, with Adam Abdallah and Jordan Sherwood moving from Vegas logistics into the matchups that matter.

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Vegas UFC pay-per-view talk with betting angles, T-Mobile Arena crowd energy, and a little fight-week griping.

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