Sorry cry babies! It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson, the indubitable John S. Nash and our lovely co-host, Stephie Haynes. The format of the show is to review the prior weeks picks & then to announce each fight on the upcoming card, commenting on which fights are hot and which fights are not.
It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson of ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking” and host of the ‘Ozy Confidential Podcast’, the indubitable John S. Nash, our chief financials columnist and co-host of our ‘Show Money Podcast’, along with our lovely co-host, Stephie Haynes, of Bloody Elbow’s The Level Change Podcast and The Mookie & Crookie Show.
The format of the show is to review the prior weeks picks & then to announce each fight on the upcoming card, commenting on which fights are hot and which fights are not, as well as introducing an off-topic discussion point or two when there’s time. This week’s topics are as follows:
UFC 244 REVIEW – 1:08
Here’s a look at the UFC 244 RESULTS & new fight records:
UFC 244 MAIN CARD | SATURDAY NOV. 2 – 10PM/7PM ETPT
- 52:03 – 170 lbs – Jorge Masvidal (35-13) DEF. Nate Diaz (20-12) – KO/TKO- DR Stoppage (eye cut) at 5:00 Rd 3 of 5, Total 15:00
- 47:27 – 185 lbs – Darren Till (18-2) DEF. Kelvin Gastelum (16-5) – DEC-Unanimous
- 42:41 – 170 lbs – Stephen Thompson (15-4) DEF. Vicente Luque (17-7) – DEC-Unanimous
- 38:58 – 265 lbs – Derrick Lewis (22-7) DEF. Blagoy Ivanov (18-3) – DEC-Split
- 34:46 – 205 lbs – Kevin Lee (18-5) DEF. Gregor Gillespie (13-1) – KO/TKO-Overhand Right to Head Kick at 2:47 of Rd 1
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Stephen Thompson vs. Vicente Luque
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Kevin Lee, Corey Anderson
ATTENDANCE: 20,143 – Sellout
GATE: $6,575,996.19 (2nd highest at MSG behind 205)
ESPN2 PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
17:25 – 205 lbs – Corey Anderson (13-4) DEF. Johnny Walker (17-4) – KO/TKO-Punches at 2:07 of Rd 1
15:27 – 145 lbs – Shane Burgos (13-1) DEF. Makwan Amirkhani (15-4) – KO/TKO-Punches at 4:32 of Rd 3, Total 14:32
12:18 – 185 lbs – Edmen Shahbazyan (11-0) DEF. Brad Tavares (17-6) – KO/TKO-Left Head Kick at 2:27 of Rd 1
10:06 – 265 lbs – Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9-0) DEF. Andrei Arlovski (28-19) – KO/TKO-Counter Left Hook at 0:19 of Rd 1
FIGHTPASS/ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 6:30PM/3:30PM ETPT
4:51 – 125 lbs – Katlyn Chookagian (13-2) DEF. Jennifer Maia (17-6) – DEC-Unanimous
4:22 – 170 lbs – Lyman Good (21-5) DEF. Chance Rencountre (14-4) – KO/TKO-Right Cross to G & P at 2:03 of Rd 3, Total 12:03
3:38 – 145 lbs – Hakeem Dawodu (11-1) DEF. Julio Arce (16-4) – DEC-Split
UFC MOSCOW PREVIEW – 1:03:22
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio go about predicting UFC Moscow’s entire bout sheet, leading their way up to the Co-Main showcasing Heavyweights Alexander Volkov vs. Greg Hardy, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks preview portion of the show with a Main Event featuring a Featherweight Bout between Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar. The event will be taking place this Saturday, November 9th, 2019, from the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.
UFC on ESPN+ 21 – MOSCOW MAIN CARD | SATURDAY NOV. 9 – 2PM/11AM ETPT
145 lbs – Zabit Magomedsharipov (17-1) vs. Calvin Kattar (20-3) – 1:13:53
265 lbs – Alexander Volkov (30-7) vs. Greg Hardy (5-1) – 1:12:13
170 lbs – Zelim Imadaev (8-1) vs. Danny Roberts (16-5) – 1:10:41
205 lbs – Ed Herman (23-14) vs. Khadis Ibragimov (8-1) – 1:10:03
185 lbs – Shamil Gamzatov (13-0) vs. Klidson Abreu (15-3) – 1:09:11
170 lbs – Anthony Rocco Martin (16-5) vs. Ramazan Emeev (18-3) – 1:08:06
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 11AM/8AM ETPT
205 lbs – Magomed Ankalaev (11-1) vs. Dalcha Lungiambula (10-1) – 1:06:36
155 lbs – Rustam Khabilov (23-4) vs. Sergey Khandozhko (37-5) – 1:06:11
185 lbs – Roman Kopylov (8-0) vs. Karl Roberson (8-2) – 1:05:43
135 lbs – Grigorli Popov (14-3) vs. Davey Grant (8-4) – 1:05:28
170 lbs – Abubakar Nurmagomedov (15-2) vs. David Zawada (16-5) – 1:04:39
155 lbs – Alexander Yakovlev (25-9) vs. Roosevelt Roberts (8-1) – 1:04:20
135 lbs – Jessica-Rose Clark (9-5) vs. Pannie Kianzad (11-5) – 1:04:08
Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson and on The Show Stomper!, John at @heynottheface and on The Show Money Podcast, and of course Stephie can also be followed @CrooklynMMA, and twice a week on @MookieNCrookie, AND @LevelChangePod.
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