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 5!
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 FIGHT ISLAND 4 REVIEW – AT 7:05
‘HOLM vs ALDANA’ ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 3:
At 7:23 – 11. Holly Holm (13-5) DEF. Irene Aldana (12-5) – DEC, Unanimous
At 14:19 – 10. Carlos Felipe (9-1) DEF. Yorgan De Castro (6-2) – DEC, Unanimous
At 14:27 – 9. Germaine de Randamie (10-4) DEF. Julianna Peña (9-4) – SUB, Guillotine Choke at 3:25 of Rd 3, Total 13:25
At 19:03 – 8. Kyler Phillips (8-1) DEF. Cameron Else (10-5) – KO/TKO, G & P, Elbows from Back Mount at 0:44 of Rd 2, Total 5:44
At 18:02 – 7. Duško Todorovi? (10-0) DEF. Dequan Townsend (21-12) – KO/TKO, G & P at 3:15 of Rd 2, Total 8:15
FOTN: ($50K ea.) NONE
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Germaine De Randamie 2. Kyler Phillips 3. Dusko Todorovic 4. Luigi Vendramini
ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 19:18 – 6. Carlos Condit (31-13) DEF. Court McGee (19-10) – DEC, Unanimous
5. Joshua Culibao (8-1-1) vs. Charles Jourdain (10-3-1) – DRAW, SPLIT
4. Nassourdine Imavov (9-2) DEF. Jordan Williams (9-4) – DEC, Unanimous
At 20:47 – 3. Loma Lookboonmee (5-2) DEF. Jinh Yu Frey (9-6) – DEC, Unanimous
2. Casey Kenney (15-2) DEF. Heili Alateng (14-8) – DEC, Unanimous
At 17:37 – 1. Luigi Vendramini (9-1) DEF. Jessin Ayari (16-6) – KO/TKO, Head Kick & Punches at 1:12 of Rd 1
UFC FIGHT ISLAND 5 PREVIEW – AT 23:21
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Fight Island 5 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 FIGHT ISLAND 5: ‘MORAES VS SANDHAGEN’
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 10 – 8PM/5PM ETPT
13. 135lbs – Marlon Moraes (23-6) vs. Cory Sandhagen (12-2) – At 36:47, 3 Cares
12. 145lbs – Edson Barboza (20-9) vs. Makwan Amirkhani (16-4) – At 34:20, 3 Cares
11. 265lbs – Ben Rothwell (38-12) vs. Marcin Tybura (19-6) – At 33:03, 1 Care
10: 185lbs – Markus Perez (12-3) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (14-2) – At 32:08
9. 265lbs – Tom Aspinall (8-2) vs. Alan Baudot (8-1) – At 31:00, 1 Care
8. 145lbs – Youssef Zalal (10-2) vs. Ilia Topuria (8-0) – At 30:18
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT
7. 185lbs – Tom Breese (11-2) vs. KB Bhullar (8-0) – At 29:00
6. 265lbs – Rodrigo Nascimento (8-0) vs. Chris Daukaus (9-3) – At 28:06
5. 185lbs – Impa Kasanganay (8-0) vs. Joaquin Buckley (10-3) – At 27:12
4. 135lbs – Ali AlQaisi (8-4) vs. Tony Kelley (6-2) – At 26:36
3. 145lbs – Giga Chikadze (10-2) vs. Omar Morales (10-0) – At 25:41, 1 Care
2. 135lbs – Tracy Cortez (7-1) vs. Stephanie Egger (5-1) – At 24:38
1. 125lbs – Tagir Ulanbekov (12-1) vs. Bruno Silva (10-5) – At 24:02
OFF -TOPIC: At 42:11 – Who Should’ve Played Hoffa in ‘The Irishman’ film?
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