No Bets Barred: Can Lerone Murphy Make The Jump to Contender Against Josh Emmett at UFC Vegas 105?

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The UFC is heading back to the APEX. This Saturday, the UFC returns home to the world’s mightiest APEX for UFC Vegas 105, headlined by a featherweight matchup between Josh Emmett and Lerone Murphy. It’s not the best card ever but nevertheless, No Bets Barred is here to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by the Action Network’s Billy Ward to discuss the fallout from UFC Mexico and their respective journeys with The Climb. Then it’s on to UFC Vegas 105, where the boys discuss whether Murphy can make the leap to contender status against Emmett, what underdogs are worth a play this week, who are the best options if you’re doing your own Climb on Saturday, and more. Tune in for episode 123 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Follow Billy Ward: @PsychoWard586 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	The first round of the PFL World Tournament is here.
0:04.1	Jason Jackson takes on Andrei Koreskov in a clash of former champions.
0:09.2	And 2023 PFL featherweight world champion Jesus Pinedo goes toe to toe with Adam the Kid Borage.
0:16.8	64 of the best MMA fighters from around the globe compete in a single elimination tournament for their one shot at glory.
0:25.1	Don't miss the action. Thursday, April 3rd at 10 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2 and ESPN Plus.
0:35.8	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:49.7	What is up, y'all?
0:50.6	We are back for another edition of No Betts, Bard and it's, oh man, it's so exciting.
0:56.1	It's arguably the best one we're ever going to have because we're talking about UFC Vegas 105,
1:02.3	so you know it's going to be spectacular. That is right, this Saturday, Josh Emmett, Lerone Murphy,
1:08.7	a bunch of other fights that aren't particularly great.
1:11.6	But in a twist of fate, decided because this card is so bad,
1:16.7	uh, reached out to our old friend Billy Ward, said,
1:19.9	Billy, hey, I'm giving you about six hours notice.
1:22.7	I want to hop on and talk about this, this poopy card because there's some things about
1:26.7	last week we could talk
1:27.7	about which are much more fun so welcome to the show everybody you know him you love them the action
1:32.4	networks billy ward billy how we doing yeah i mean i couldn't let you face this horrible card alone
1:38.3	like that just seems like it would be really mean to you to try to have to carry this whole show
1:42.1	on your own so doing pretty good enjoyed last week as you referenced um to have to carry this whole show on your own. So doing pretty good. Enjoyed last week, as you referenced. Um, not expecting to enjoy this week as much.
1:49.6	Yeah. Last week was fun. That's really why I reached out to have you on because things are,
1:54.7	things are foot bill. Things are happening right now. Don't you worry. We will ultimately get to
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