BEST BETS for UFC 285! | The Early Edge
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
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🗓️ 2 March 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Jonathan Coachman is joined by Danny Vithlani and Sean O'Connell to break down all of the best bets for UFC 285!
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| 0:00.0 | Are you a smart booker or a silly booker? |
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| 0:13.8 | Silly bookers? |
| 0:14.8 | Well, enjoy those cues at the bar. |
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| 0:24.6 | Conditions apply. Seven night minimum stay, outbound only from selected airports for up to six people, at all protected. |
| 0:26.6 | On the beach. |
| 0:33.6 | What's good everybody? Welcome in to the Early Edge and our UFC 285 mega preview. |
| 0:41.4 | You guys ask for it. So we deliver this week. That's right. It's a return of what a lot of people agree is the greatest |
| 0:48.8 | MMA fighter of all time, John Jones, but he's no longer a light heavyweight. It will be his debut after years off |
| 0:55.4 | at heavyweight, taking on Cyril gone. But it's a full, full card top to bottom. So what did I do? |
| 1:03.7 | I went and got the two of the greatest MMA minds in America today. One's been on the early as |
| 1:09.3 | before. The other, we are thrilled to have his |
| 1:12.3 | expertise this week. Let's bring in the stars of the show. First and foremost, ladies and gentlemen, |
| 1:18.4 | he is the voice of the PFL on ESPN and ESPN Plus. You can hear him every single Friday on the |
| 1:24.5 | Challenger series on Fubo TV. And we are honored to have Sean O'Connell, |
| 1:29.3 | a part of the early edge universe. Sean, good afternoon, sir. Good afternoon to you, coach. Very, |
| 1:34.6 | very happy to be here. I've been begging to get on the show, and finally, you let me. Well, it took a lot |
| 1:41.6 | of begging, but alas, we got on the same page, didn't we? Now, this man made his |
| 1:45.8 | debut just a week ago, and he correctly, correctly got the main event when everybody was going |
| 1:52.3 | to the other side. You, sir, said Ms. Blanchfield would get it done, and she did. Danny Brasco, |
| 1:58.1 | welcome back to the show. I'm thrilled to be back here. Amazing fight card. |
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