• Breaking: Conor McGregor civil trial reaches verdict; here’s everything you need to know
    Nov 23 2024

    Conor McGregor lost his sexual assault civil case. Petesy Carroll, Chuck Mindenhall, and Ben Fowlkes react to McGregor being found liable for a December 2018 sexual assault in Dublin.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Jon Jones’ bizarre media-day, ‘A**hole’ Tom Aspinall, Tyson vs. Paul presser
    Nov 22 2024

    Chuck Mindenhall returns to The Craic to discuss a bizarre UFC 309 media day from Jon Jones and to look forward to a blockbuster weekend of combat sports.

    Petesy and Chuck try to wrap their heads around Jones’s comments on Tom Aspinall, the size difference he cites while also calling for bouts with light-heavyweights Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill and him being complicit in the fight week focus not being on Stipe Miocic.

    The lads also give their thoughts on Tyson vs. Paul and how Paul’s promotion of Amanda Serrano has some Irish pundits sweating.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Rumble in the Jungle at 50, Richard and Jack Shore from Edmonton
    Nov 2 2024

    On the latest episode of The Craic, Petesy is joined by Uncrowned’s Chuck Mindenhall to discuss the cultural resonance of The Rumble in the Jungle on its 50th anniversary.

    Legendary father and son duo Richard and Jack Shore join the show from Edmonton ahead of Jack’s bout with Youssef Zalal.



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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The New Khamzat Chimaev, Lerone Murphy talks ‘Miracle’ moniker, UFC 308 preview
    Oct 26 2024

    Denis Geiko from Russian-focused MMA publication, Red Corner, returns to The Craic to talk Khamzat Chimaev opening up on depression, Islam Makhachev possibly facing the winner of Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway and the Russian contingent at UFC 308 (06:45).

    Lerone Murphy also joins the show to discuss how he feels his ring name has negative connotations and to look forward to the biggest test of his career against Dan Ige (40:08).


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Dan Hardy hopeful for UFC vs. PFL super fight, Paul Hughes ready to shock the world, PFL preview
    Oct 19 2024

    U.K. MMA legend and head of talent operations for PFL, Dan Hardy, joins the video debut of The Craic to give insight on Francis Ngannou and all things PFL: Battle of the Giants.

    Paul Hughes also joins the show ahead of the biggest test of his life when he meets A.J. McKee in the opening fight of the main card.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Conor McGregor’s Arsenal pitch intrusion, Fighters urge judge to settle UFC’s class action suit
    Oct 15 2024

    This week’s episode takes a look at English Premier League giants Arsenal revising its post-match protocol after Conor McGregor found his way onto the pitch for an impromptu kick about with Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka.

    The great Philip O’Connor returns to discuss why the English football club are taking this so seriously, if the club really thought McGregor could injure Saka and how the former double champion missed an open goal by not challenging Rice on changing his international affiliation from Ireland to England.

    Also making his return to the show, the north star for fans and media on all things related to the UFC’s class action suit, John Nash gives us the low down on the latest motion in the case that saw former fighters give morbid insights into their post-fighting lives as they urge the judge to settle the class action suit for the latest offering of 375 million.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • John Wood on Khalil Rountree Embracing Underdog Status, Chuck Mindenhall’s Untouchable Theory as Applied to Alex Pereira
    Oct 5 2024

    The Craic is back and this week Petesy is zooming in on all things UFC 307.

    Fresh off cornering Merab Dvalishvili to bantamweight title glory, John Wood will look to upset the apple cart again when he leads Khalil Rountree Jr. into battle with another promotional golden goose, Alex Pereira. Wood joins the show to discuss embracing underdog status, being bolstered by Merab’s win and much more.

    The Man in The Hat, Chuck Mindenhall is reunited with his 3PAC brother to apply his untouchable theory to Alex Pereira. According to the theory, when a champion is perceived to be at their most powerful state, against an unassuming challenger, all kinds of crazy can occur. But is Chuck picking against his fellow Danbury native?

    Petesy talks about difficult selfies, growing a beard and gives his pick for Underdog of the Week.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The French MMA Boom, BSD’s Second Coming, Kevin Jousset’s Ian Garry Pursuit, UFC Paris Preview
    Sep 30 2024

    The Craic is back and this week Petesy is zooming in all things UFC Paris.

    One of the foremost voices for the French sport, Guillaume Duseux of trailblazing podcast La Sueur, joins the show to set the table for the big card in the City of Light and explains the explosion in popularity the sport has witnessed in the country since MMA’s legalisation in 2020.

    Following his underdog pick of Merab Dvalishvili bringing home the first perfect parlay for the new era of The Ariel Helwani Show, Petesy speaks to his “Underdog of the Week” Kevin Jousset, who takes on Bryan Battle at the Paris Event. The 2-0 UFC welterweight explains why he went to Scotland to learn to speak English, training with Alex Volkanovski in Australia, moving to City Kickboxing and his pursuit of Ian Machado Garry.

    Petesy details his experience covering an MMA event in Paris and explains why he thinks the popularity of the sport in the country is difficult for the English-speaking community to comprehend.

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    52 mins