Fight Bananas presents The Dave Van Auken Show

Can’t get enough of combat sports? Join combat sports analyst Dave Van Auken as he dives headfirst into all things fight-related, from weekly fight predictions and trending news, to exclusive interviews and insider information.

Francis Marshall w Elle Dawson 03/15/2025

Francis Marshall w Elle Dawson Francis Marshall talks with Elle Dawson following his performance at UFC 313 Time Stamp 00:00 Intro 00:30 UFC 313 Aftermath 12:27 Change to MMA Judging 16:12 Open Scoring 22:06 UFC 314 Predictions ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35700180

Sadibou Sy w Karisa Maxwell 03/14/2025

Sadibou Sy w Karisa Maxwell PFL Star Sadibou Sy Previews the 2025 PFL Tournament with Karisa Maxwell ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35700060

Devin Cushing - Ep.360 03/12/2025

Devin Cushing - Ep.360 Devin Cushing (16-0) Wins Main Event of Island Fights 87 via 4th round TKO TIme Stamp 00:00 Intro 01:00 Island Fights WIN 02:33 Biloxi Hard Rock 07:53 TKO Boxing 10:14 Boxing Predictions #devincushing #islandfights87 #islandfights ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35643725

Joshua Van - Ep. 359 03/11/2025

Joshua Van - Ep. 359 UFC Flyweight Joshua Van (13-2) talks on his UFC 313 Win, state of the flyweight division and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35643220

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC 313 Recap 03/09/2025

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC 313 Recap Gillian Robertson and Elle Dawson recaps UFC 313, New Champion and so much more! ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35592420

Vanessa Demopoulos - Ep. 358 03/05/2025

Vanessa Demopoulos - Ep. 358 Vanessa Demopoulos talks about her MMA Career, Life before fighting, what's next, plays some games and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35547810

Mairon Santos 03/04/2025

Mairon Santos Mairon Santos meets with Johnathan ahead of his fight at UFC 313. ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35527270

Loopy Godinez 03/03/2025

Loopy Godinez Loopy Godinez (12-5) discusses her strawweight fight against Julia Polastri (13-4) at UFC Mexico City on March 29 with James Lynch ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35516020

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Vegas 103 Recap 03/02/2025

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Vegas 103 Recap Gillian Robertson and Elle Dawson break down UFC Vegas 103, Looking into UFC 313 and so much more! Timestamp 00:00 Intro 00:50 UFC Vegas 103 Recap 05:50 Haqparast v Ribovics 11:00 Getting a Black Belt after Fight 17:20 Answer Fan Questions 25:05 Manel Kape Wins 34:44 Eye Pokes 39:40 GFL Matchups ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35500715

UFC Vegas 103 Post Show 03/02/2025

UFC Vegas 103 Post Show In this episode of the Fight Bananas Post Fight show, the guys break down UFC Vegas 103 Kape vs Almabayev ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35498435

Big UFC Fight Announcements - Ep. 357 02/27/2025

Big UFC Fight Announcements - Ep. 357 Big UFC Fight Announcements Dave Van Auken breaks down Gaethje v Fiziev Hill v Roundtree Silva v Mitchell & Vera v Bautista ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamp 00:00 Intro 00:30 Gaethje v Fiziev 04:50 SIlva v Mitchell 06:40 Hill v Roundtree Jr. 08:32 Vera v Bautista ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35457910

The Final Word - Ep. 356 02/26/2025

The Final Word - Ep. 356 The Final Word. Dave Van Auken gives us the Final Word for the Henry Cejudo & Song Yadong Fallout. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamp 00:00 Intro 00:30 The Final Word 07:50 What's Next Henry Cejudo 10:02 Cejudo v Aldo ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35440465

Breaking News - Dan Hooker is OUT - Ep.355 02/25/2025

Breaking News - Dan Hooker is OUT - Ep.355 Dan Hooker is OUT. Dave Van Auken breaks down who can step UP and Fight Justin Gaethje at UFC 313. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamp 00:00 Intro 00:30 Dan Hooker is OUT 02:50 Who will Fight Justin Gaethje 05:04 Left Field Matchup 06:32 Right Field Matchup ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35422485

Ilia Topuria Moves UP to Lightweight - Ep.354 02/24/2025

Ilia Topuria Moves UP to Lightweight - Ep.354 Ilia Topuria Moves UP to Lightweight. Dave Van Auken breaks down all the positives, negatives and everything in between. 00:00 Intro 01:20 Ilia Topuria Vacates Championship 03:15 Ilia Topuria Chasing Greatness 05:08 Unfinished Business 09:10 Amazing Matchups for Ilia Topuria ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35406790

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Seattle Recap 02/23/2025

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Seattle Recap Gillian Robertson and Elle Dawson break down UFC Seattle, Ilia Topuria vacating belt and so much more! 00:00 Intro 01:15 Fight of the Night at UFC Seattle 01:50 Did Rob Font WIN 05:00 Cejudo & Song Thoughts 12:47 Hernandez & Allen Thoughts 16:17 Jean LORD Silva 25:10 Gillian Answers Fan Questions 29:18 UFC 314 Thoughts 38:14 UFC Seattle Prelims ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35396720

Youssef Zalal - Ep. 353 02/20/2025

Youssef Zalal - Ep. 353 Youssef Zalal talks on his UFC Vegas 102 Co Main Event WIN, UFC Featherweight Division, what is NEXT and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35349235

Gillian Robertson Previews UFC Seattle - Ep. 352 02/19/2025

Gillian Robertson Previews UFC Seattle - Ep. 352 Gillian Robertson previews UFC Seattle, Recaps UFC Vegas 102, the UFC Female Bantamweight Division and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35349055

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Vegas 102 Recap 02/16/2025

Sunday Morning Brew - UFC Vegas 102 Recap Gillian Robertson and Elle Dawson Recap UFC Vegas 102 Cannonier v Rodrigues on The Sunday Morning Brew. ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35301855

Jasmine Jasudavcius 02/15/2025

Jasmine Jasudavcius Jasmine Jasudavcius sits down with our Elle Dawson to talk about her UFC Saudi Arabia WIN, her possibile next matchups and so much more! ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35288560

Under Value Champions - Ep. 351 02/14/2025

Under Value Champions - Ep. 351 We under value our UFC Champions and here is WHY!?! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35288540

Charles Johnson 02/13/2025

Charles Johnson Charles Johnson (17-6) discusses his flyweight fight against Ramazan Temirov (18-2) at UFC Vegas 103 on March 1st as he talks with our James Lynch. ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35257030

Dakota Ditcheva 02/12/2025

Dakota Ditcheva Dakota Ditcheva talks about her possible 2025 Fight Plans, PFL News, Kayla Harrison Leadership Skills and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35256980

President Awesome - Ep. 350 02/10/2025

President Awesome - Ep. 350 The President of Karate Combat and head coach of the Goat Shed President Awesome comes back on the show to talks about spring plans for Karate Combat, BIG Heavyweight Fight News, Gillian Robertson and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35227460

Fight Court - Din Thomas & Ryan Quinn 02/07/2025

Fight Court - Din Thomas & Ryan Quinn Fight Court ( Din Thomas & Ryan Quinn ) UFC 312 Preview /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35179480

Gillian Robertson Previews UFC 312 - Ep. 349 02/06/2025

Gillian Robertson Previews UFC 312 - Ep. 349 Gillian Robertson has that New Fight GLOW. Gillian also previews UFC 312 and so much more! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35164660

Kayla Harrison - Ep. 348 02/05/2025

Kayla Harrison - Ep. 348 Kayla Harrison hints at her next possible UFC Matchups, Amanda Nunes Matchup, Future Harrison Mondays at American Top and her plans to call it a Career! ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35162740

Alexandre Pantoja - Ep. 347 02/05/2025

Alexandre Pantoja - Ep. 347 The UFC Flyweight Champion tells us no contract has been signed for a possible fight at UFC 314, Alexandre talks about wanting to move up to fight Merab Dvalishvili and got a nice text from Mighty Mouse. ► ► /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35155815

Fight Announcements Extravaganza - Ep. 346 01/31/2025

Fight Announcements Extravaganza - Ep. 346 The UFC has made a ton of Great Fight Announcements. ► ► Sponsored By: /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35100835

Dakota Bush - Ep. 345 01/30/2025

Dakota Bush - Ep. 345 Dakota Bush is ready for his UFC Return, Training at ATT and Surprise Sponsorship and so much more! ► ► Sponsored By: /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35072505

Makes Sense - Ep. 344 01/29/2025

Makes Sense - Ep. 344 The UFC should book Paddy Pimblett vs Renato Moicano NEXT! MAKES SENSE! ► ► Sponsored By: /episode/index/show/fightbananaspodcast1/id/35055515

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