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 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 AUCKLAND REVIEW – 1:10
Here’s a look at the UFC on ESPN+ 26 RESULTS & new fight records:
UFC AUCKLAND MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB. 22 – 7PM/4PM ETPT
- 16:21: 155lbs – Dan Hooker (20-8) DEF. Paul Felder (17-5), DEC – SPLIT
- 14:36: 205lbs – Jimmy Crute (11-1) DEF. Michal Oleksiejczuk (14-4), SUB – Kimura at 3:29 of Rd 1
- 12:36: 265lbs – Marcos Rogério de Lima (17-6) DEF. Ben Sosoli (7-3), KO/TKO – Punches at 1:28 of Rd 1
- 11:30: 115lbs – Xianan Yan (12-1) DEF. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (12-6), DEC – Unanimous
- 155lbs – Brad Riddell (8-1) DEF. Magomed Mustafaev (14-4), DEC – Unanimous
- 145lbs – Zubaira Tukhugov (19-4) DEF. Kevin Aguilar (17-3), KO/TKO – Punches at 3:21 of Rd 1
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Paul Felder vs. Dan Hooker
PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT: ($50k ea.) 1. Jimmy Crute 2. Priscila Cachoeira
ATTENDANCE: 10,025 (sellout)
GATE: $ 1,239,625 (USD)
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT
155lbs – Jalin Turner (9-5) DEF. Joshua Culibao (8-1), KO/TKO – G & P at 3:01 of Rd 2, Total 8:01
11:16: 170lbs – Jake Matthews (16-4) DEF. Emil Weber Meek (9-5), DEC – Unanimous
9:48: 170lbs – Kenan Song (16-5) DEF. Callan Potter (18-9), KO/TKO – Punches at 2:20 of Rd 1
6:08: 125lbs – Kai Kara-France (21-8) DEF. Tyson Nam (18-11), DEC – Unanimous
4:50: 115lbs – Angela Hill (12-7) DEF. Loma Lookboonmee (4-2), DEC – Unanimous
3:34: 125lbs – Priscilla Cachoeira (9-3) DEF. Shana Dobson (3-4), KO/TKO – Uppercut at 0:40 of Rd 1
24:49 – WILDER VS. FURY 2 DISCUSSION
UFC Fight Night Norfolk/UFC on ESPN+ 27 PREVIEW – 31:26
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting UFC Norfolk’s entire bout sheet, leading their way up to the Co-Main Event showcasing Women’s Featherweights, Felicia ‘Feenom’ Spencer vs. Zarah ‘Infinite’ Fairn, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks preview portion of the show with a Main Event featuring a Flyweight Championship bout between Joseph ‘The Beefcake’ Benavidez and Deiveson ‘The Hangman’ Figueiredo. The event will be taking place this Saturday, February 29, 2020, from the Charway Arena out of Norfolk, Virginia.
UFC NORFOLK MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB. 29 – 8PM/5PM ETPT
- 125lbs – Joseph Benavidez (28-5) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1) – 43:51
- 145lbs – Felicia Spencer (7-1) vs. Zarah Fairn (6-3) – 40:39
- 205lbs – Ion Cutelaba (15-4) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (12-1) – 37:52
- 145lbs – Megan Anderson (9-4) vs. Norma Dumont (4-0) – 35:54
- 145lbs – Grant Dawson (14-1) vs. Darrick Minner (24-10) – 34:43
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT
135lbs – Gabriel Silva (8-1) vs. Kyler Phillips (6-1) – 34:25
185lbs – Brendan Allen (13-3) vs. Tom Breese (11-1) – 33:45
265lbs – Marcin Tybura (17-6) vs. Sergey Spivak (10-1) – 33:19
145lbs – TJ Brown (14-6) vs. Jordan Griffin (17-7) – 33:00
145lbs – Aalon Cruz (8-2) vs. Spike Carlyle (8-1) – 32:38
170lbs – Ismail Naurdiev (19-3) vs. Sean Brady (11-0) – 32:17
Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and 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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