Sorry cry babies! It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the illustrious Eugene S. Robinson, the indubitable John S. Nash and our lovely & knowledgable 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 upcoming fights are hot and which fights are not – for UFC FIGHT ISLAND!
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.
UFC 253 REVIEW – AT 1:08
MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP 26
At 2:48 – 11. UFC Middleweight Championship: Israel Adesanya (20-0) DEF. Paulo Costa (13-1) – KO/TKO, Left Hook to G & P at 3:59 of Rd 2, Total 8:59
At 7:05 – 10. UFC Vacant Light Heavyweight Championship: Jan Blachowicz (27-8) DEF. Dominick Reyes (12-2) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:36 of Rd 2, Total 9:36
At 16:35 – 9. 125lbs: Brandon Royval (12-4) DEF. Kai Kara-France (21-9) – SUB, Guillotine Choke at 0:48 of Rd 2, Total 5:48
At 19:48 – 8. 145lbs: Ketlen Vieira (11-1) DEF. Sijara Eubanks (6-5) – DEC, Unanimous
At 15:02 – 7. 155lbs: Hakeem Dawodu (12-1) DEF. Zubaira Tukhugov (19-5) – DEC, SPLIT
FOTN: ($50K ea.) Brandon Royval vs. Kai Kara-France
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Israel Adesanya 2. Jan Blachowicz
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At 28:14 – 6. 155lbs: Brad Riddell (9-1) DEF. Alex da Silva (21-3) – DEC, Unanimous
At 21:25 – 5. 170lbs: Jake Matthews (17-4) DEF. Diego Sanchez (30-13) – DEC, Unanimous
At 29:28 – 4. 145lbs: ?udovít Klein (17-2) DEF. Shane Young (13-5) – KO/TKO, Head Kick & Punches at 1:16 of Rd 1
At 30:02 – 3. 205lbs: William Knight (9-1) DEF. Aleksa Camur (6-1) – DEC, Unanimous
2. 265lbs: Juan Espino (10-1) DEF. Jeff Hughes (10-4) – SUB, Scarf Hold Choke at 3:48 of Rd 1
1. 205lbs: Danilo Marques (9-2) DEF. Khadis Ibragimov (8-4) – DEC, Unanimous
UFC FIGHT ISLAND PREVIEW – AT 31:11
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC on ESPN 16 bout sheet, leading their way up to our Co-Main Event, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks portion of the show with the Main Event. This UFC on ESPN+ event will take place from The Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE — aka: #UFCFIGHTISLAND, this Saturday night.
Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card & records, bout order subject to change:
UFC on ESPN 16/FIGHT ISLAND: ‘HOLM VS. ALDANA
MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. OCT 3 – 10:30PM/7:30PM ETPT
12. 135lbs – Holly Holm (13-5) vs. Irene Aldana (12-5) – At 51:00
11. 265lbs – Yorgan De Castro (6-1) vs. Carlos Felipe (8-1) – At 48:57
10: 135lbs – Germaine de Randamie (9-4) vs. Julianna Peña (9-3) – At 46:18
9. 185lbs – Tom Breese (11-2) vs. KB Bhullar (8-0) – At 44:32
8. 185lbs – Dequan Townsend (21-11) vs. Duško Todorovi? (9-0) – At 43:00
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7. 170lbs – Carlos Condit (30-13) vs. Court McGee (19-9) – At 39:15
6. 145lbs – Joshua Culibao (8-1) vs. Charles Jourdain (10-3) – At 37:05
5. 135lbs – Kyler Phillips (7-1) vs. Cameron Else (10-4) – At 36:10
4. 185lbs – Jordan Williams (9-3) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (8-2) – At 35:39
3. 115lbs – Loma Lookboonmee (4-2) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (9-5) – At 34:06
2. 135lbs – Casey Kenney (14-2) vs. Heili Alateng (14-7) – At 32:41
1. 155lbs – Jessin Ayari (16-5) vs. Luigi Vendramini (8-1) – At 32:06
Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, catch John on twitter @Heynottheface and on The Show Money Podcast, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA, and twice a week she’s on @MookieNCrookie AND @LevelChangePod.
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