Best Making Lemo Podcasts (2025)

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GitLab’s CISO Josh Lemos on the pros and cons of making security practices public 47:50

7d ago47:50

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In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Josh Lemos, CISO at GitLab. Throughout his 15-year career in security, Josh has led teams at ServiceNow, Cylance, and Square. Known for his expertise in AI-driven security strategies, Josh is also a board member with HiddenLayer. He drives innovation at GitLab …

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Brex's CISO Mark Hillick on avoiding tool bloat and learning from high-severity incidents 42:05

14d ago42:05

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In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Mark Hillick, CISO at Brex. Mark’s experience in the security industry spans more than two decades. He started out as a security engineer at Allied Irish Banks before advancing through companies like MongoDB to become Director and Head of Security at Riot Games…

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Ofgem’s Mollie Chard on driving resilience through diverse hiring practices 43:58

21d ago43:58

43:58

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Mollie Chard. Mollie’s career spans 10+ years in technical SOC and leadership roles at organizations like the UK’s Met Office, Capgemini, and OVO. She’s recently accepted a new role as Head of Cyber Guidance & Monitoring at Ofgem, the UK’s Office of Gas and Ele…

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The Trade Desk's Joe McCallister on salary negotiation and leading without micromanaging 46:08

28d ago46:08

46:08

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Joe McCallister. Joe’s journey in security is truly unique - in less than a decade, he pivoted from selling BMWs to his current role as Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Operations at The Trade Desk. He’s also led impactful initiatives in risk management, threat …

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LastPass's Christofer Hoff on navigating incidents while rebuilding the security org from scratch 55:59

1M ago55:59

55:59

The Future of Security Operations podcast is back for a sixth season, and, to kick it off, Thomas is joined by Christofer Hoff. Christofer has over 30 years of experience in network and information security architecture, development, engineering, operations, and management, including security leadership roles at Bank of America, Citadel, and Junipe…

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Afni's Brent Deterding on deploying MFA for 10,000 employees and becoming "the Happy CISO" 44:14

1y ago44:14

44:14

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Brent Deterding. Brent has over 25 years of experience in security, both on the vendor side and now as a security leader. He spent a big part of his career with cloud-native security analytics platform SecureWorks, and he’s currently the CISO of Afni, a global …

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Ask Sage's Nicolas Chaillan on moving the DOD to zero trust and deploying Kubernetes in space 48:06

1y ago48:06

48:06

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Nicolas Chaillan. Nicolas is a security leader who has held several high-profile roles in US federal agencies including Chief Software Officer for the US Air Force and Space Force, Special Advisor for Cloud Security and DevSecOps at the Department of Defense (D…

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The NFL's George Griesler on securing the Super Bowl and reducing risk through collaboration 44:34

1y ago44:34

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In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by George Griesler. George has been working in cybersecurity since 1997, when he assumed the role of Senior Network administrator at the United States Golf Association (USGA), eventually advancing to Director of Information Security. He currently serves as the Sen…

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Barracuda's Adam Khan on AI-driven XDR and plugging the cybersecurity skills gap 36:57

1y ago36:57

36:57

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Adam Khan. Adam is a cybersecurity and technology leader with over 25 years of experience working at Fortune 500 companies. He has a proven track record of building and managing global security teams, leading engineering, infrastructure, application, and produc…

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Reddit’s Matt Johansen on renouncing superhero culture and what comes next after “shift left” 56:59

1y ago56:59

56:59

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Matt Johansen. Matt is a security veteran who has helped defend startups, the biggest financial companies in the world, and everything in between. Alongside his day job as Head of Software Security at Reddit, he teaches companies how to protect against cyber at…

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Twilio's Prima Virani on democratizing security and tackling burnout through automation 45:29

1y ago45:29

45:29

This week on The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Prima Virani. Prima is a security engineer who worked across industries as varied as oil and gas and Fintech before becoming Principal Security Engineer at Twilio. With over a decade of experience spanning infrastructure security engineering, incident detection and response…

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Fastly’s Andrew Santell on going from the Navy to Netflix and breaking free of bad processes 48:45

1y ago48:45

48:45

On this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Andrew Santell. Andrew is an experienced security leader who worked for the U.S. Navy for over a decade before moving into the private sector. In 2021, he founded the Security Operations program at Netflix, and recently, he joined edge cloud platform Fastly, where he …

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Elastic’s Mandy Andress on switching from a tech-first to people-first approach to security 46:05

1y ago46:05

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To kick off season 5 of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Mandy Andress. Mandy is the Chief Information Security Officer at Elastic, a leading platform for search-powered solutions, and has more than 25 years of experience in information risk management and security. Before Elastic, Mandy led the information security fu…

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Dmitriy Sokolovskiy: How SecOps teams can measure and communicate their ROI to senior leadership 43:30

1+ y ago43:30

43:30

In this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas interviews industry veteran Dmitriy Sokolovskiy. Dmitriy is a founding member of (ISC)2 Eastern Massachusetts Chapter, and has over 25 years of experience in the security industry, having led teams at Putnam Investments, CyberArk, and, most recently, Avid. He’s a mentor and adviso…

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Robinhood’s David Seidman: The tradeoff between technical mastery and strong management 43:29

1+ y ago43:29

43:29

In this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, David Seidman joins Thomas to discuss their career to date and what they have learned along the way. David is currently Head of Detection and Response at Robinhood, an online brokerage firm with a mission to democratize finance for everyone. David has almost 20 years of experience in sof…

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Incode Technologies’ Jeff Moss: Scaling security for startups and defending against the ever-growing attack surface 35:29

1+ y ago35:29

35:29

In this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas speaks to Jeff Moss, Senior Director, Information Security, at Incode Technologies. Incode is the leading provider of world-class identity solutions for the world’s largest financial institutions, governments, retailers, hospitality organizations, and gaming establishments. Jeff h…

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Quickbase’s Rebecca Harness: Securely engaging with technology partners and third-party vendors and overcoming the inevitability of human error 38:51

1+ y ago38:51

38:51

In this episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas chats with Rebecca Harness, VP and Chief Information Security Officer at Quickbase. Quickbase is a no-code database and application development platform that enables anyone to safely build, iterate, and integrate their applications. Rebecca has 25 years of experience in informatio…

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Sublime Security’s Josh Kamdjou: The state of today’s email threat landscape and how to defend without reinventing the wheel 40:37

2y ago40:37

40:37

In the first episode of this season of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas speaks to Josh Kamdjou, founder and CEO of Sublime Security, the world's first open and adaptable email security platform, preventing email attacks using Detection-as-Code and behavioral AI. Josh has more than 13 years of experience in the security industry, do…

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Wiz’s Yinon Costica: Using a self-serve model to better equip organizations and improve security posture 42:32

2y ago42:32

42:32

In this season’s finale of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas chats with Yinon Costica, Vice President of Product and co-founder at Wiz, the leading cloud infrastructure security platform that enables organizations to identify and remove the most pressing risks in the cloud. Yinon has more than 15 years of experience leading cybersec…

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BeyondTrust’s Morey Haber: The challenges for security operations teams due to identity-based risks in a remote working world 41:44

2y ago41:44

41:44

In this episode of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas chats with Morey Haber, Chief Security Officer at BeyondTrust. BeyondTrust is a worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), focused on addressing the most urgent cybersecurity challenges, including zero trust, ransomware, cloud security, and more. Morey has more than 2…

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Oracle’s Arthur Barnes: The evolution of cybersecurity & solving the challenge of hiring the right team 42:49

2y ago42:49

42:49

In this episode of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas interviews Arthur Barnes, Senior Director of Security Operations at Oracle – the world’s largest database management company. Arthur is an experienced cybersecurity leader with 20 years of experience, having previously worked at Pearson, Dell, and M&S. He contributed to the ENISA …

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Material Security’s Ryan Noon: Building & marketing a differentiated cybersecurity solution without spreading FUD 35:43

2y ago35:43

35:43

In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Ryan Noon, Founder and CEO of Material Security, a company that protects the email of high-risk VIPs and top global organizations. A serial entrepreneur and an expert on cloud security, Ryan previously ran infrastructure teams at Dropbox after it acquired his last company, Parastr…

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Cybrize’s Diana Kelley: Why compliance is more than a checkbox exercise, and how to integrate it into your security toolkit 42:40

2y ago42:40

42:40

In this episode of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas speaks with Diana Kelley, Chief Security Officer / Chief Strategy Officer at Cybrize, which connects organizations, security leaders, and job seekers to train and support the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Diana has been a trailblazer in the cybersecurity industry…

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Lacework’s Andreas Schneider: How to adapt as a CISO and the value of security failures 40:31

2y ago40:31

40:31

In this episode of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas interviews Andreas Schneider - the Field CISO EMEA at Lacework. Leveraging its data-driven platform and cloud-native application protection solution, Lacework helps organizations make sense of immense amounts of security data with minimal effort. With over two decades of experienc…

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GitHub’s Jacob DePriest: How to attract and retain more diverse security talent 37:12

2y ago37:12

37:12

In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Jacob DePriest, VP & Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub, a company with a mission "to help every developer - regardless of experience level - learn, code, and ship software effectively." Before joining GitHub, DePriest spent more than 15 years as a senior executive at the Nat…

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Expel’s Jon Hencinski: How to Reduce Risk Through Better Security Strategy 41:59

2+ y ago41:59

41:59

In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Jon Hencinski, VP of SecOps at Expel, a company with "a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve." Hencinski is passionate about getting to the root cause of security issues and using strategy to help organizations make problems go…

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Madhav Gopal: Security Operations at Fortune 30 Scale 30:15

2+ y ago30:15

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In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Madhav Gopal, CISO at a Fintech start-up and formerly VP of Cybersecurity Operations at Comcast Cable. Madhav has over 25 years of experience with a track record of using innovation to protect and support customers and partnering effectively with business teams. Over the course of…

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Pipedrive’s Kristian Kivimägi: How to Scale Security Teams While Taking Care of Your People 31:58

2+ y ago31:58

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In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Kristian Kivimägi, Head of Security Operations at Pipedrive, a CRM and intelligent revenue management platform for small businesses, who helped scale Pipedrive's Info Sec team from start-up to 20 people. Kivimägi is also a guest lecturer in vulnerability assessment and cybersecuri…

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Redis’ Andrew DiMichele: How to Build Engaged SecOps Teams That Stay Ahead of Attackers 23:29

2+ y ago23:29

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Intro: In this episode of the Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Andrew DiMichele, Director of Security Operations at Redis, whose background is in building security operations programs. DiMichele's security journey began in the US Air Force Reserves, and brought him to CISCO, banking, IBM, and Citrix. Topics include: The evolution o…

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Citrix’s Corey Hill: How to Make Mental Health a Priority For Your Security Operations Team 31:06

2+ y ago31:06

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In our latest episode of the Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks to Corey Hill, Director of Security Operations and Incident Response at Citrix. After working at organizations such as Mandiant and Cisco, in 2020 Corey joined the Citrix team when there were just a small handful of people on the SOC team. Today, the teams Corey leads spread …

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TripAction’s Aaron Cooper: Why Understanding Broader Company Culture Is Critical to a Security Operation Team’s Success 33:36

2+ y ago33:36

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Aaron Cooper is the Security Operations Manager at TripActions with 20+ years of experience working in a variety of enterprise infrastructures. He specializes in managing and designing secure network environments to meet the needs of financial and corporate customers, managing security operations centers, designing and implementing highly secure an…

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Jay Thoden Van Velzen: How to Prepare Your Security Operations For a Multi-Cloud Future 37:50

3y ago37:50

37:50

In our 10th episode of the Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks to Jay Thoden Van Velzen, Multicloud Security Operations Advisor at SAP. Prior to Jay’s current role, Jay scaled the SecDevOps team from 5 to 25 team members across three continents and five countries and was the Initiative Lead for multiple security improvement programs for Mu…

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Toast’s Rebecca Blair: Lessons From Building a Security Operations Team From Scratch 32:12

3y ago32:12

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Today on the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Rebecca Blair, Manager of the Security Operations Center at Toast, an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform for businesses in the food service and hospitality space. After working in a variety of different cybersecurity roles over the past decade, Rebecca j…

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Jason Barnes: How to Use Automation to Remove Tedious Tasks, Mitigate Risk, and Prioritize the Adoption of New Capabilities 26:36

3y ago26:36

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On Today’s episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Jason Barnes — the former Head of Global Security Operations at Netskope and current Senior Director at Charter Communications. *Note: this episode was recorded in late May 2022, prior to Jason departing from Netskope* Topics discussed in this episode: - How Jason d…

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Panther Labs Jack Naglieri: How to Make Security Operations Painless 37:36

3y ago37:36

37:36

Today on the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas is joined by Jack Naglieri, CEO of Panther Labs, a cloud-native SIEM platform that alleviates the pain of traditional SIEM with detection-as-code, a robust security data lake, and huge scalability with zero-ops. Topics discussed in this episode: - The challenges Jack faced while working on …

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Niall Heffernan: How to Empower Your Security Operations Team to Focus on Higher Value Strategic Work 35:22

3y ago35:22

35:22

In our sixth episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Niall Heffernan, Head of Security at Cygnvs, a former Senior Manager of Information Security at Informatica, and a Lecturer for BSc, HDIP, PGDip and MSc students studying in the Cyber Security streams at the National College of Ireland. Topics discussed in this ep…

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KnowBe4’s Dylan White: How to Use Automation to Remove Mundane Manual Security Tasks and Make Your Team 5x More Effective 33:28

3y ago33:28

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In our fifth episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Dylan White, an Information Security Engineer at KnowBe4 — a leading security awareness training platform. Topics Discussed: What KnowBe4 does and the problem they solve for organizations. The most common lures hackers are using today to trick users. Dylan’s favor…

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urlscan’s Johannes Gilger: How Automation Can Free Up Resources and Streamline Security Investigations 37:29

3y ago37:29

37:29

In our fourth episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Johannes Gilger— CEO and founder of urlscan, a URL and website scanner that enables users to take a look at the individual resources that are requested when a site is loaded. Prior to founding urlscan, Johannes was the managed the Threat Intelligence Automation t…

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UFC 274: Charles Oliveira (c) vs. Justin Gaethje Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 1:11:58

3y ago1:11:58

1:11:58

UFC 274 is finally here! Charles Oliveira and Rose Namajunas will defend their UFC titles in what promises to be a spectacular event. Oliveira will do battle with a well-deserving Justin Gaethje, while Namajunas will prove she's the real deal after avenging one of her other losses against Carla Esparza. This is a stacked card from top to bottom, so…

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LimaCharlie’s Maxime Lamothe-Brassard: Rethinking How Cybersecurity Tools Are Sold — Less Snakeoil, More Focus on Capabilities 30:19

3y ago30:19

30:19

In our third episode, we speak with Maxime Lamothe-Brassard — CEO and founder of LimaCharlie, a security infrastructure as a service tool that gives security teams full control over how they manage their security infrastructure. Maxime’s unique perspectives come from a career in security, including Canada’s NSA, Google, Arc4dia, and the early days …

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UFC Vegas 52: Amanda Lemos vs. Jéssica Andrade Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 1:05:51

3y ago1:05:51

1:05:51

UFC Vegas 52 features two UFC title hopefuls with Amanda Lemos and Jessica Andrade going five rounds in the main event. The co-main is legend vs. prospect, with Clay Guida taking on Claudio Puelles. So many solid UFC prospects and great matchmaking will be on display this weekend for UFC Vegas 52. 2022 UFC Pick'em Record: 81-67 Overall 7-5 Super Sa…

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Elastic’s James Spiteri: Why SecOps Teams Need to Focus on Small Incremental Wins and Not Try to Boil the Ocean 38:35

3y ago38:35

38:35

In our second episode, we speak with Elastic’s Product Marketing Director James Spiteri, an experienced security practitioner turned product marketer with a passion for making security accessible and easy for anyone and everyone. Topics discussed in this episode: Why James joined Elastic four years ago. What Elastic is and the different use cases t…

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UFC 273: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Chan Sung Jung Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 1:25:24

3y ago1:25:24

1:25:24

Alexander Volkanovski will defend his title at UFC 273 against The Korean Zombie but everyone is talking about the title rematch between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan. There's been plenty of back and forth and now they get to do battle. UFC 273 is stacked from top to bottom, so stay tuned and have fun getting ready for the fights with SOOKY MMA. 2…

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EP 1 - MongoDB’s Lena Smart: How To Address Burnout in SOC Teams 39:24

3y ago39:24

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The security world has undergone a seismic shift. What a few years ago seemed impossible like having a 100% remote team without a decrease in productivity, today is a reality. But what has been the cost? Do I have a process in place or do I have one person that's holding a lot of the processes together? What other questions should leaders ask thems…

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Welcome to The Future of Security Operations Podcast 2:00

3y ago2:00

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Security teams are feeling burned out and overwhelmed. They are spending most of their time on alerts and tedious manual tasks, experiencing frustration and churn. How do you automate these mundane security work that analysts are drowning in? The Future of Security Operations podcast is about empowering security operations teams and leaders and hel…

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UFC Columbus: Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Daukaus Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 53:37

3y ago53:37

53:37

UFC Fight Night is live from Columbus, Ohio for Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Daukaus. Matt Brown will be making his return at home, while the UFC flyweight division will be on full display with Askar Askarov, Kai Kara-France, Matheus Nicolau and David Dvorak all in action. Manon Fiorot is a fighter to keep an eye on, while Karol Rosa will get her tough…

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UFC London: Alexander Volkov vs. Tom Aspinall Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 54:45

3y ago54:45

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UFC London is not only a stacked card for the UFC, but the UK crowd is set to watch some of their best prospects MMA has to offer. With Tom Aspinall headlining the card, the UK fans have something to get excited about. Outside of that, Jack Shore, Paddy Pimblett, Arnold Allen and Jai Herbert are just some of the UK MMA talent we will have the pleas…

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UFC 272: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 1:17:23

3y ago1:17:23

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Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are finally settling the score at UFC 272. There's plenty of bad blood stemming from their friendship and American Top Team, making this a big fight for everyone. In the co-main event, Rafael Dos Anjos makes his UFC return against Renato Moicano, a longtime 145er looking to make a quick case for a title shot at 15…

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UFC Vegas 49: Islam Makhachev vs. Bobby Green Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 51:30

3y ago51:30

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UFC Vegas 49 showcases Islam Makhachev, the Dagestani superstar, and Bobby Green, a veteran of the sport who is finding his way in 2022. This is a David versus Goliath of sorts, but David isn't scared one bit. There are plenty of fights that will feature UFC prospects, like Arman Tsarukyan, Joel Alvarez, Terrence Mickinney and Jonathan Martinez. UF…

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UFC 271: Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker 2 Best Bets 🤑 / 🔑 to Victory / Guess the Line 🙋‍♂️❓ 1:08:11

3y ago1:08:11

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Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker headline UFC 271 in a highly-anticipated rematch for the UFC Middleweight Championship. In the co-main event, Tai Tuivasa looks to stake a claim to the top 5 in the UFC heavyweight division against the always exciting and my personal favorite Derrick Lewis. This is a stacked card that you don't want to miss! Sta…

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