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 6!
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 5 REVIEW – AT 1:08
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 10
At 7:39 – 13. Cory Sandhagen (13-2) DEF. Marlon Moraes (23-7) – KO/TKO, Spinning Wheel Kick at 1:03 of Rd 1
At 14:12 – 12. Edson Barboza (21-9) DEF. Makwan Amirkhani (16-5) – DEC, Unanimous
At 2:00 – 11. Marcin Tybura (20-6) DEF. Ben Rothwell (38-13) – DEC, Unanimous
10. Dricus du Plessis (15-2) DEF. Markus Perez (12-4) – KO/TKO, Left Hook at 3:22 of Rd 1
At 20:33 – 9. Tom Aspinall (9-2) DEF. Alan Baudot (8-2) – KO/TKO, G & P at 1:35 of Rd 1
8. Ilia Topuria (9-0) DEF. Youssef Zalal (10-3) – DEC, Unanimous
FOTN: ($50K ea.) NONE
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Joaquin Buckley 2. Cory Sandhagen 3. Chris Daukaus 4. Tom Breese
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7. Tom Breese (11-2) DEF. KB Bhullar (8-1) – KO/TKO, Power Jab & Hammerfists at 1:42 of Rd 1
At 26:19 – 6. Chris Daukaus (10-3) DEF. Rodrigo Nascimento (8-0) – KO/TKO, Hooks at 0:45 of Rd 1
At 21:20 – 5. Joaquin Buckley (11-3) DEF. Impa Kasanganay (8-1) – KO/TKO, Jump Spinning Back Kick at 2:03 of Rd 2, Total 7:03
At 21:16 – 4. Tony Kelley (7-2) DEF. Ali AlQaisi (8-5) – DEC, Unanimous
At 20:45 – 3. Giga Chikadze (11-2) DEF. Omar Morales (10-1) – DEC, Unanimous
2. Tracy Cortez (8-1) DEF. Stephanie Egger (5-2) – DEC, Unanimous
1. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1) DEF. Bruno Silva (10-6) – DEC, Unanimous
UFC FIGHT ISLAND 6 PREVIEW – AT 29:19
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 6: ‘ORTEGA VS KOREAN ZOMBIE’ (15 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 10 – 7PM/P4M ETPT
12. 145lbs – Brian Ortega (14-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (16-5) – At 49:26, 3 Cares
11. 265lbs – Ciryl Gane (6-0) vs. Ante Delija (17-3) – At 44:53, 2 Care
10: 125lbs – Jéssica Andrade (20-8) vs. Katlyn Chookagian (14-3) – At 42:29, 3 Cares
9. 205lbs – Modestas Bukauskas (11-2) vs. Jimmy Crute (1-1) – At 41:17
8. 135lbs – Thomas Almeida (22-3) vs. Jonathan Martinez (12-3) – At 39:01, 1 Care
7. 170lbs – Claudio Silva (14-1) vs. James Krause (27-8) – At 35:48, 3 Cares
6. 155lbs – Mateusz Gamrot (17-0) vs. Guram Kutateladze (11-2) – At 35:05
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5. 125lbs – Gillian Robertson (8-4) vs. Poliana Botelho (8-2) – At 32:48, 3 Cares
4. 185lbs – Jun Yong Park (11-4) vs. John Phillips (22-10) – At 31:44
3. 205lbs – Gadzhimurag Antigulov (20-7) vs. Maxim Grishin (30-8) – At 31:11
2. 135lbs – Said Nurmagomedov (13-2) vs. Mark Striegl (18-2) – At 30:42
1. 155lbs – Fares Ziam (10-3) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (12-3) – At 30:20
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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