Shillan and Duffy: UFC 302 Preview

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Keith and Ben are back to break down UFC 302, with detailed predictions and picks for all 12 fights. Side conversations covered a wide range of topics, including the vagueness of "world-class kickboxing" as a descriptor, New England-based MMA media member Maddie Levine, Karate Combat's delightfully insane foray into grappling, Max Holloway's chances of beating a UFC heavyweight, and, of course, Bo Nickal.

0:00 Intro: Rate UFC 302 on paper
7:48 Andre Lima (8-0) vs. Mitch Raposo (9-1)
18:05 Ailin Perez (9-2) vs. Joselyne Edwards (13-5)
26:08 Mickey Gall (7-5) vs. Bassil Hafez (8-4-1)
36:26 Niko Price (15-7, 2 NC) vs. Alex Morono (24-9, 1 NC)
51:08 Philip Rowe (10-4) vs. Jake Matthews (19-7)
1:03:14 Grant Dawson (20-2-1) vs. Joe Solecki (13-4)
1:09:34 Cesar Almeida (5-0) vs. Roman Kopylov (12-3)
1:24:13 Randy Brown (18-5) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (24-7-1)
1:36:10 Jailton Almeida (20-3) vs. Alexander Romanov (17-2)
1:53:41 Kevin Holland (25-11, 1 NC) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-7, 1 NC)
2:05:33 Sean Strickland (28-6) vs. Paulo Costa (14-3)
2:24:16 Islam Makhachev (25-1) vs. Dustin Poirier (30-8, 1 NC)
2:52:04 A quick rundown of all the picks