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 7: ‘HOLLOWAY VS KATTAR’!
It’s time for another one 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 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 VEGAS 17 REACTIONS: 1:05
Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 17: ‘THOMPSON VS NEAL’ RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC 19
At 2:05 – 12. 170lbs – Stephen Thompson (16-4) DEF. Geoff Neal (13-3) – DEC, Unanimous
At 4:51 – 11. 135lbs – José Aldo (29-7) DEF. Marlon Vera (18-7) – DEC, Unanimous
10. 170lbs – Michel Pereira (25-11) DEF. Khaos Williams (11-2) – DEC, Unanimous
At 8:38 – 9. 135lbs – Rob Font (18-4) DEF. Marlon Moraes (23-8) – KO/TKO, Punches at 3:47 of Rd 1
At 12:45 – 8. 265lbs – Marcin Tybura (21-6) DEF. Greg Hardy (7-3) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:31 of Rd 2, Total 9:31
FOTN: ($50K ea.) NONE
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Jimmy Flick 2. Rob Font 3. Marcin Tybura 4. Stephen Thompson
ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 6:50 – 7. 170lbs – Anthony Pettis (24-10) DEF. Alex Morono (18-7) – DEC, Unanimous
6. 135lbs – Pannie Kianzad (14-5) DEF. Sijara Eubanks (6-6) – DEC, Unanimous
5. 195lbs – Deron Winn (7-2) DEF. Antônio Arroyo (9-4) – DEC, Unanimous
4. 125lbs – Taila Santos (17-1) DEF. Gillian Robertson (9-5) – DEC, Unanimous
3. 185lbs – Tafon Nchukwi (5-0) DEF. Jamie Pickett (11-5) – DEC, Unanimous
At 11:36 – 2. 125lbs – Jimmy Flick (16-5) DEF. Cody Durden (11-3) – SUB, Triangle Choke at 3:18 of Rd 1
1. 160lbs – Christos Giagos (18-8) DEF. Carlton Minus (10-3) – DEC, Unanimous
UFC FIGHT ISLAND 7 PICKS: 15:25
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC FIGHT ISLAND 7 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 UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emeritus #UFCFIGHTISLAND, this Saturday afternoon.
Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card & records, bout order subject to change, bout order below last accessed 4:30am CST 1/11/21, show recorded on the afternoon of 1/10/21:
UFC FIGHT ISLAND 7: ‘HOLLOWAY VS KATTAR’ (16 Cares)
ABC/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. JAN 16 – 3PM/12PM ETPT (12 Cares)
12. 145lbs – Max Holloway (21-6) vs. Calvin Kattar (22-4) – At 43:44, 3 Cares
11. 170lbs – Carlos Condit (31-13) vs. Matt Brown (22-17) – At 30:40, 3 Cares
10. 170lbs – Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-3) vs. Jingliang Li (17-6) – At 37:08, 3 Cares
9. 185lbs – Joaquin Buckley (12-3) vs. Alessio Di Chirico (12-5) – At 34:40, 3 Cares
8. 185lbs – Punahele Soriano (7-0) vs. Duško Todorovi? (10-0) – At 26:44
ABC/ESPN+ PRELIMS | 12PM/9AM ETPT (4 Cares)
7. 185lbs – Nassourdine Imavov (9-2) vs. Phil Hawes (9-2) – At 18:25, 2 Cares
6. 125lbs – Yanan Wu (11-3) vs. Joselyne Edwards (9-2) – At 17:07
5. 185lbs – Omari Akhmedov (20-5) vs. Tom Breese (12-2) – At 40:29, 2 Cares
4. 265lbs – Justin Tafa (4-1) vs. Carlos Felipe (9-1) – At 30:27
3. 170lbs – David Zawada (17-5) vs. Ramazan Emeev (19-4) – At 20:29
2. 135lbs – Sarah Moras (6-6) vs. Vanessa Melo (10-8) – At 29:44
1. 145lbs – Jacob Kilburn (8-3) vs. Austin Lingo (7-1) – At 29:03
- CANCELLED since the show was recorded: 135lbs – Ricky Simón vs. Brian Kelleher — Kelleher Tested Positive for COVID-19
- CANCELLED since the show was recorded: 145lbs – Nik Lentz vs. Mike Grundy — Grundy Withdrew
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