No Bets Barred: Best Bets For UFC 324 And 2026 Champion Picks And Longshots

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The UFC is finally back! This Saturday, the world's leading MMA promotion returns from a six-week hiatus, kicking off 2026 with UFC 324. Headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett, UFC 324 is the first event of the UFC's new Paramount broadcast deal, and sets the tone for the next era of MMA. So, of course, No Bets Barred is here to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by Morning Kombat's Luke Noseda to discuss UFC 324, and predict the year-end champions for 2026. Topics discussed include whether Paddy Pimblett can complete his UFC title journey, how much Justin Gaethje has left in the tank, if Sean O'Malley will get a title shot with a win over Song Yadong, if Jean Silva is also fighting for a title shot, the start of a brand new Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 146 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Luke Noseda: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MainCardMinute ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:12.6	What is up, y'all?
0:14.2	We are back.
0:15.3	And I do mean back because it has been a long, long time since No Betts Bard was in your ear holes.
0:25.0	That is right.
0:26.4	MMA Fighting's gambling podcast has finally returned after six weeks away because
0:33.3	2026 is here.
0:35.8	And it's here in full force. We have got an event coming up this weekend finally
0:41.0	UFC 324 goes down in Las Vegas to kickstart the year much has been said about that card
0:47.7	many more things will be said but mainly I'm just excited to be back in the mix, back in the heat of battle.
0:55.0	Last year, devastatingly bad year for me, I lost so much money, not even counting the money I lost in the climb, which wasn't actually that bad overall, but was still a loser net.
1:08.1	But frankly, that's okay, because 2026, we wiped the slate clean, we started anew,
1:14.8	and it is a perfect, perfect place to start at U.S.C. 324 with our good friend Luke no seed,
1:21.8	Long Island Luke from Morning Combat, Main Card Minute, and of course, you all know it and you
1:27.2	love it prop quiz
1:28.3	Luke it has been a long time off we've chatted plenty in between then at various other
1:33.8	intervals but how you doing man how's how's this break treated you dude that the break has been
1:39.7	weird you know it starts out at first and you kind of don't even know what to do with yourself
1:43.7	you're like wait there's no major mma this week and then as at first and you kind of don't even know what to do with yourself. You're like, wait, there's no major MMA this week. And then as it goes on, you kind of even forget that the sport ever existed. And you kind of get in that groove. And now it's been a little weird this week to kind of come back down to earth and be like, oh, shit, let's lock in. It's fight week. So I to say i'm a little like i don't know i still think
2:02.2	it hasn't hit me yet really as hard as it should but either way i'm freaking excited man we got a
2:07.0	stack card let's get in i i am thrilled you know i've been been having to bet on high lie and
2:13.1	things i don't know anything about just to feel the rush again of losing money because that is all I did last year,
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