No Bets Barred | How Many Underdogs Can Pull Off Upsets at UFC Des Moines?

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The UFC is heading to Iowa for the first time in nearly 25 years. This Saturday, UFC Des Moines marks the UFC's first trip to the Hawkeye State since UFC 26 in 2000 as the promotion brings a stacked Fight Night card to the capitol city, headlined by a bantamweight matchup between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo. So, of course, 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 dive into the UFC Des Moines card. Topics discussed include why "Figgy Smalls" is such a big underdog in the main event, how Jed's boy Reiner de Ridder might fair against super-prospect Bo Nickal, what other underdogs are live bets for this week, the latest discussion on The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 126 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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1:20.8	What is up, y'all? We are back for another edition of No Betts BARD.
1:24.3	My name is Jedmishu, VimeFind.com.
1:26.7	You probably know that if you're listening to this.
1:28.5	And joining me this week as, uh, you know, I was thinking it's like UFC Iowa, UFC Des Moines,
1:36.7	I really hope they're not trying to make this be called UFC Des Moines because it should
1:40.8	just be UFC Iowa, frankly. It's like, you know, I was basically a suburb of, uh, of Michigan.
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