JDM vs Prates PREVIEW + Ray Longo after Sterling DOMINATES Zalal

The Anik & Florian Podcast

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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WHAT IS UP loyal Anik & Florian family — we are LIVE and this one is absolutely STACKED. Jon Anik and Kenny Florian are back in the saddle to break down everything you need to know ahead of UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs Prates, going down this Saturday in Perth, Australia. Oh, and we've got the legendary Ray Longo in the building to unleash his unfiltered takes on the welterweight banger that has the entire MMA world buzzing. BUCKLE UP.

The Funkmaster Aljamain Sterling put on a grappling clinic against Youssef Zalal at UFC Vegas 116, sweeping all three scorecards 49-45 and immediately calling his shot at Alexander Volkanovski's featherweight throne. We're unpacking every angle of that main event, what it means for the 145-pound title picture, and whether Sterling's smothering style can translate into two-division gold. Plus: Battlebots chatter, because Ken-Flo simply cannot help himself.

Then the Main Event Challenge goes deep on Jack Della Maddalena returning home to Perth for the first time since dropping the strap to Islam Makhachev. Standing across from him? Carlos "The Nightmare" Prates, who flatlined Geoff Neal AND Leon Edwards in back-to-back highlight-reel finishes. This is a genuine Fight of the Year contender with massive title implications. We're also breaking down Beneil Dariush vs Quillan Salkilld — a lightweight matchup where those betting odds will raise your eyebrows.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed human. The John Anick and Kenny Florian podcast.
0:35.3	John Anick and Kenny Florian. I fucking love him. I can't get enough of him. Let's hear that boss the next. Big jab there for Duffy and Frank Mier is hurt now. Don't go, Dumpfey, I'm called. Freemir does it again. Rock them, sock, of robots here. Oh my goodness. I per believe. There are a couple of absolutely self-involved bull-knobst.
0:56.3	Here are your hosts, John Anick and Kenny Florian.
1:05.1	Someone said we should get Leon Edwards out of the open.
1:08.3	Still a big moment.
1:09.7	I mean, at what point, maybe freshen it up a little bit.
1:13.5	Good Monday to you just after noon in the eastern time zone of the United States of America.
1:18.8	Monday, April 27th, 2026.
1:22.0	Thanks for being here for episode 593 of the Antiquplorian podcast.
1:26.5	Powered by all the smoke fight fight thank you for checking in on
1:29.3	the anaciflorian podcast youtube channel as well ken floe where are you and what's so funny uh you
1:35.3	dude uh you comments are so good uh maybe we should freshen it up uh i'm good man i'm in las
1:43.0	Vegas uh i've been filming battle bots the last weekends, so I've been in and out.
1:47.3	I'm actually going to be here in Vegas all week.
1:49.1	So I'm experiencing the John Anick life right now.
1:52.1	So what else do you have planned in Las Vegas?
1:55.3	Are you going to go shoot at some targets at some point or no?
1:58.9	Yeah, you can see those little targets behind me there those are
2:01.7	those are called dry fire targets i've been practicing in my hotel room like a cyclist
2:06.0	um yeah i can just imagine if someone could see me through the window you're like this guy i'm
2:12.2	calling the police right now on this guy um but no i'm uh i'm hanging out i got the bitcoin conference i'm in town i'm
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