The Craic with Petesy Carroll

On this week’s show, UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley joins The Craic to talk his super star making moment in Boston at UFC 292, how he’s gifting Marlon Vera a title shot and his wish to fight in Ireland.
O’Malley also gives his take on Ian Garry’s comments about putting the UFC 292 card on his back and wether he believes the Irishman has the ability to become a superstar. O’Malley also underlines his intentions of wanting to fight in Ireland and how he may have become to famous to ever co-headline a card with Conor McGregor.
Also on the show, Petesy gives his take on Irish fighters recent run of form in the UFC following Kiefer Crosbie’s loss in his promotional debut at UFC 293.

The first Irish person to both fight and coach at a UFC level, Irish MMA legend Paddy Holohan joins The Craic to give insights on Shauna Bannon, who makes her debut at UFC Dublin.
“The Hooligan” recalls how he became Bannon’s coach on the back of her decorated career as a kickboxer. He also explains what makes “Mama B” special and forecasts how far she can go in the UFC’s straw weight division.
Also on the show, Petesy looks back on his time at the Kingpyn boxing event at the 3 Arena on Saturday where he sat beside, in a shocking turn of events, Shauna Bannon!

U.K. MMA media O.G. Chisanga Malata of Sun Sport joins The Craic to discuss the disdain among U.K. MMA fans over the pricing of UFC London. Chisanga and Petesy compare the live gate revenue UFC have taken from London events before and after the pandemic and Chisanga gives his two cents on the potential of headliner Tom Aspinall.
Also on the show, Petesy looks back at Lee Hammond’s TUF loss and forecasts what he sees in the Dubliner’s future.

Ahead of his meeting with Tyson Fury, the boxing world ridiculed Francis Ngannou’s involvement in what they believed was a “gimmick” fight. Now, with the Anthony Joshua clash booked, Gavan Casey of the42.ie returns to discuss how Ngannou’s knockdown of Fury changed everything and how he could become number one contender to the heavyweight title with a win over AJ.
Casey also discusses why boxing people have embraced Ngannou and gives his take on Saudi’s involvement in boxing, how it’s become commonplace for events to take place there and how the muted atmosphere of the events could effect the legacy of the bouts that take place in the region.

Caolan Loughran was dealt an almighty swich-a-roo in his UFC debut last September in Paris which resulted in his first professional defeat.
Now, booked for his sophomore outing against Angel Pacheco in Atlantic City on March 30, he has ventured to Arizona for a three-week training camp at Fight Ready, the stomping ground of UFC champions like Henry Cejudo and Deiveson Figueiredo.
The Tyrone man discussed his time in Arizona, being motivated by his first loss, stealing the show in Arizona and much more.
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