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 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje!
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 ‘Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!’ Podcast, and co-host of the ‘If The Shoes Fit’ Podcast, along with the indubitable John S. Nash, our chief financials columnist and co-host of our ‘Show Money’ Podcast… he is also one of the co-hosts of the ‘If The Shoes Fit’ Podcast; the trio is moderated by the lovely Stephie Haynes, of Bloody Elbow’s ‘The Level Change’ Podcast and ’The Mookie & Crookie Show’ Podcast.
The format of the show is to briefly review the prior weeks picks & then to announce each fight on the upcoming card, quickly commenting on which fights are hot, and which fights are not, based on relevancy to the sport as a whole.
UFC FIGHT ISLAND 6 REVIEW – AT 1:08
ESPN+ MAIN CARD RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS | SAT. OCT 17
At 2:52 – 11. Brian Ortega (15-1) DEF. Chan Sung Jung (Korean Zombie) (16-6) – DEC, Unanimous
At 10:26 – 10. Jéssica Andrade (21-8) DEF. Katlyn Chookagian (14-4) – KO/TKO, Hook to the Body at 4:55 of Rd 1
At 15:04 – 9. Jimmy Crute (12-1) DEF. Modestas Bukauskas (11-3) – KO/TKO, Punches at 2:01 of Rd 1
At 20:42 – 8. James Krause (28-8) DEF. Claudio Silva (14-2) – DEC, Unanimous
At 16:45 – 7. Jonathan Martinez (13-3) DEF. Thomas Almeida (22-4) – DEC, Unanimous
FOTN: ($50K ea.) Mateusz Gamrot vs. Guram Kutateladze
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Jimmy Crute 2. Jessica Andrade
ESPN+ PRELIMS RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS
At 21:19 – 6. Guram Kutateladze (12-2) DEF. Mateusz Gamrot (17-1) – DEC, SPLIT
At 24:43 – 5. Gillian Robertson (9-4) DEF. Poliana Botelho (8-3) – DEC, Unanimous
At 25:23 – 4. Jun Yong Park (12-4) DEF. John Phillips (22-11) – DEC, Unanimous
At 26:37 – 3. Fares Ziam (11-3) DEF. Jamie Mullarkey (12-4) – DEC, Unanimous
2. Maxim Grishin (31-8) DEF. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-8) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:58 of Rd 2, Total 9:58
At 26:32 – 1. Said Nurmagomedov (14-2) DEF. Mark Striegl (18-3) – KO/TKO, Left Hook to G & P at 0:51 of Rd 1
UFC 254 PPV PREVIEW – AT 27:04 (11 CARES)
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 254 PPV 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+ PPV 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 (it has already changed between the recording of the show and the authoring of this post):
UFC 254: ‘KHABIB VS GAETHJE’ (9 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. OCT 24 – 2PM/11AM ETPT
13. Khabib Nurmagomedov (28-0) vs. Justin Gaethje (22-2) – At 40:21, 3 Cares
12. 185lbs – Robert Whittaker (21-5) vs. Jared Cannonier (13-4) – At 38:36, 3 Cares
11. 265lbs – Alexander Volkov (31-8) vs. Walt Harris (13-8) – At 37:08
10: 185lbs – Phil Hawes (8-2) vs. Jacob Malkoun (4-0) – At 32:04
9. 125lbs – Lauren Murphy (13-4) vs. Lilya Shakirova (8-1) – At 33:08
8. 205lbs – Magomed Ankalaev (13-1) vs. Ion Cutelaba (15-5) – At 35:59, 3 Cares
ESPN+/ESPN 2 PRELIMS | 12PM/9AM ETPT (NO CARES)
7. 265lbs – Stefan Struve (29-12) vs. Tai Tuivasa (10-3) – At 30:42
6. 170lbs – Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira (22-8) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (12-0) – At 27:59
5. 205lbs – Da Un Jung (13-2) vs. Sam Alvey (33-14) – At 33:39
ESPN+/UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 10:30AM/7:30AM ETPT (2 CARES)
4. 135lbs – Umar Nurmagomedov (11-0) vs. Sergey Morozov (15-3) – At 33:56 (Nurmagomedov withdrew due to illness) – Replacement bout has not been confirmed yet
3. 125lbs – Liana Jojua (8-3) vs. Miranda Maverick (7-2) – At 33:08
2. 140lbs – Casey Kenney (15-2) vs. Nathaniel Wood (17-4) – At 29:57, 2 Cares
1. 155lbs – Joel Alvarez (17-2) vs. Alexander Yakoviev (25-10) – At 27:42
OFF TOPIC – 49:32
Aileen Wuornos/Serial Killer Discussion
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