Sorry cry babies! It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding 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 SAO PAULO REVIEW – 6:16
Here’s a look at the UFC SAO PAULO RESULTS & new fight records:
UFC on ESPN+ 22 – Sao Paulo – ‘Blachowicz vs. Jacare’ MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV. 16 8PM/5PM ETPT
- 6:37 – 205 lbs – Jan Blachowicz (25-8) DEF. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (26-8) – DEC-Split
- 7:13 – 205 lbs – Mauricio Rua (26-11-1) vs. Paul Craig (12-4-1) – ENDS IN A DRAW, SPLIT
- 7:51 – 155 lbs – Charles Oliveira (28-8) DEF. Jared Gordon (15-4) – KO/TKO-Overhand Right & Uppercut at 1:26 in Rd 1
- 185 lbs – André Muniz (19-4) DEF. João Antônio Arroyo (9-3) – DEC-Unanimous
- 185 lbs – Wellington Turman (16-3) DEF. Markus Perez (11-3) – DEC-Unanimous
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) NONE
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Randy Brown, Ricardo Ramos. James Krause, and Charles Oliveira
ATTENDANCE: 10,344
GATE: “Sellout”
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT
9:00 – 170 lbs – James Krause (27-7) DEF. Sérgio Ricardo de Moraes (14-6) – KO/TKO- Right Cross at 4:19 of Rd 3, Total 14:19
9:45 – 145 lbs – Ricardo Ramos (14-2) DEF. Eduardo Garagorri (13-1) – SUB-Rear Naked Choke at 3:57 of Rd 1
11:22 – 155 lbs – Francisco Trinaldo (24-7) DEF. Bobby Green (24-10) – DEC-Unanimous
13:11 – 170 lbs – Randy Brown (12-3) DEF. Warlley Alves (13-4) – SUB-Triangle Choke at 1:22 of Rd 2, Total 6:22
13:31 – 135 lbs – Douglas Andrade (26-3) DEF. Renan Barão (34-9) – DEC-Unanimous
125 lbs – Ariane Lipski (12-5) DEF. Isabella de Pádua (5-2) – DEC-Unanimous
135 lbs – Tracy Cortez (7-1) DEF. Vanessa Melo (10-7) – DEC-Unanimous
UFC WASHINGTON PREVIEW – 14:42
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio go about predicting UFC Washington’s entire bout sheet, leading their way up to the Co-Main showcasing Strawweights Cynthia Calvillo vs. Marina Rodriguez, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks preview portion of the show with a Main Event featuring a Heavyweight Bout between the legendary Alistair Overeem and up-and-comer Jairzinho Rozenstruik. The event will be taking place this Saturday, December 7th, 2019, from the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Here’s a look at the fight card as it stands right now, bout order subject to change:
UFC on ESPN 7- WASHINGTON D.C. – ‘Overeem vs. Rozenstruik’ MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC. 7 9PM/6PM ETPT
265 lbs – Alistair Overeem (45-17) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9-0) – 31:14
115 lbs – Cynthia Calvillo (8-1) vs. Marina Rodriguez (12-0) – 30:10
265 lbs – Stefan Struve (29-11) vs. Ben Rothwell (36-12) – 28:47
135 lbs – Aspen Ladd (8-1) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (12-4) – 26:57
135 lbs – Cody Stamann (18-2) vs. Yadong Song (15-4) – 24:24
135 lbs – Rob Font (16-4) vs. Ricky Simón (15-2) – 22:03
ESPN PRELIMS | 7PM/4PM ETPT
170 lbs – Thiago Alves (23-14) vs. Tim Means (28-11) – 20:22
145 lbs – Jacob Kilburn (8-2) vs. Billy Quarantillo (12-2) – 19:10
145 lbs – Bryce Mitchell (11-0) vs. Matt Sayles (8-2) – 18:02
ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 5:30PM/2:30PM ETPT
155 lbs – Matt Wiman (16-8) vs. Joe Solecki (8-2) – 16:28
115 lbs – Virna Jandiroba (14-1) vs. Mallory Martin (6-2) – 15:49
185 lbs – Trevor Smith (15-9) vs. Makhmud Muradov (23-6) – 15:30
OFF TOPIC – 35:11
- Eugene’s new ink
- Toys we enjoyed growing up
- Early thoughts on Khabib vs Ferguson
Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson and on The Show Stomper!, John at @heynottheface and on The Show Money Podcast, and of course Stephie can also be followed @CrooklynMMA, and twice a week on @MookieNCrookie, AND @LevelChangePod.
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