No Bets Barred: Can Tatsuro Taira make the leap against Brandon Royval at UFC Vegas 98?

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🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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UFC 307 is in the books which means it's time to head back to the APEX! UFC Vegas 98 takes place this Saturday, headlined by a flyweight contest between former title challenger Brandon Royval and rising super-prospect Tatsuro Taira, and No Bets Barred is back to break the whole card down. This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by former professional fighter Billy Ward of Action Network to dive into all the UFC action this weekend. Topics discussed include Royval's chances at denying the wunderkind Taira, just how past his prime is Brad Tavares, and the possible return of heavyweight overs? All that, plus, Jed unveils his newest gimmick: The Climb. Tune in for episode 103 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	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:05.0	What is up y'all? We are back for another edition of No, that's barred and we got a special treat for you because I was thinking to myself. It was like guys
0:24.8	What does you have see Vegas 98 deserve it deserves something special we are fast
0:29.7	approaching the 100th apex card and as we make our way there I thought we'd bring in a guest this week
0:36.1	And so it's not one of the regulars you know you know all the mMA fighting people they're here all the time
0:42.1	We reached outside of our normal, our normal sphere of influence
0:46.8	to, I would argue the most, maybe not the most, I don't know how to phrase this the biggest group of sports betters I know
0:58.0	Degenerate gamblers they may be but mostly the winners and they usually give you some really fun exciting
1:04.5	props and talking of course about the guys over at Action Network and I have with me
1:09.1	today I would Billy let's just say do we want to say the brightest mind at action network is that is do we feel comfortable in saying that I'm talking of course about Billy Ward Billy Ward
1:20.7	Come on in here get on it. Yeah, certainly not that. We got some sharp guys. I've learned a lot.
1:27.0	I would say the most MMA focused person at Action Network.
1:30.0	I mean, I was trying to big up you Billy I was trying to make things happen but you're a very
1:36.8	humble man.
1:37.8	Billy, you know, for the first time listeners to to you to our program maybe even introduce
1:45.9	yourself you know let us know a little bit about what you're what you're about and then frankly
1:50.4	we'll hop right into talking about this upcoming weekend,
1:53.5	maybe a brief recap of last weekend, and go from there, right?
1:58.0	Yeah, I'm a predictive analyst over at the Action Network.
2:00.4	I cover a lot of DFS as well as sports betting stuff also a
2:04.4	former pro-MMA fighter current Jiu-Jitsu competitor on occasion when the
2:08.6	sports schedule allows it so the combat sports side of it definitely my passion also covers some other stuff, but if I could just talk about UFC and contender series and PFL and fight pass invitationals and all that stuff, that would certainly be my dream job in terms of betting and all that stuff.
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