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 Vegas 14: Makhachev vs. Dos Anjos!
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 VEGAS 13: ‘SANTOS VS TEIXEIRA’ REVIEW – AT 1:10
RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+/ESPN2 MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 7
At 4:44 – 10. Glover Teixeira (32-7) DEF. Thiago Santos (21-8) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:49 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 11:49
At 17:39 – 9. Andrei Arlovski (30-19) DEF. Tanner Boser (19-7) – DEC, Unanimous
At 20:00 – 8. Raoni Barcelos (16-1) DEF. Khalid Taha (13-3) – DEC, Unanimous
At 24:11 – 185lbs – Ian Heinisch (14-3) vs Brendan Allen (15-3)
(Cancelled: Heinisch tested positive for COVID-19)
At 27:51 – 7. Giga Chikadze (12-2) DEF. Jamey Simmons (7-3) – KO/TKO, Head Kick to G & P at 3:51 of Rd 1
At 24:37 – 6. Xiaonan Yan (13-1) DEF. Cláudia Gadelha (18-5) – DEC, Unanimous
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Raoni Barcelos vs. Khalid Taha
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) 1. Giga Chikadze 2. Alexander Romanov
ESPN+ PRELIMS
5. Trevin Giles (13-2) DEF. Bevon Lewis (7-3) – KO/TKO, Punches at 1:26 of Rd 3, Total 11:26
At 32:40 – 4. Alexander Romanov (13-0) DEF. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (17-7) – SUB, Forearm Choke at 4:48 of Rd 1
3. Darren Elkins (25-9) DEF. Eduardo Garagorri (13-2) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:22 of Rd 3, Total 12:22
At 36:04 – 2. Max Griffin (16-8) DEF. Ramiz Brahimaj (8-3) – KO/TKO, Elbow (Ear Injury) at 2:03 of Rd 3, Total 12:03
At 38:04 – 1. Gustavo Lopez (12-5) DEF. Anthony Birchak (15-7) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:43 of Rd 1
UFC VEGAS 14: ‘MAKHACHEV VS DOS ANJOS’ PREVIEW – AT 40:55 (3 CARES)
**ATTENTION: As of Sunday evening, Nov. 8 (many hours after the recording of this show) Islam Makhachev announced his intention to withdraw from the event due to undisclosed reasons, after having cancelled their last bout due to COVID-19, thus leaving the Headliner of the card without an opponent for RDA. Dos Anjos then called out Michael Chandler. As of the writing of this post late Sunday evening, no opponent has yet been confirmed for Saturday’s Main Event. The show was recorded covering the main event under the assumption it was Makhachev vs RDA, all apologies for this unexpected change.
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 14 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 APEX Center, Las Vegas, Nevada #UFCVEGAS, this Saturday night.
Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card & records, bout order subject to change:
UFC VEGAS 14: ‘MAKHACHEV VS DOS ANJOS’ (3 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 16 – 7PM/4PM ETPT (3 Cares)
12. 155lbs – Islam Makhachev (18-1) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (29-13) – At 58:45, 3 Cares
(Makhachev withdrew from the event Sunday evening 11/8)
11. 170lbs – Abdul Razão Alhassan (10-2) vs. Khaos Williams (10-1) – At 57:27
10. 185lbs – Julian Marquez (7-2) vs. Saparbeg Safarov (9-3) – At 56:55
9. 265lbs – Don’Tale Mayes (7-4) vs. Roque Martinez (15-6) – At 54:55
8. (currently slot not filled)
7. 185lbs – Antônio Arroyo (9-3) vs. Eryk Anders (13-5) – At 51:26
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (0 CARES)
6. 115lbs – Kay Hansen (9-3) vs. Cory McKenna (5-1) – At 49:56
5. 115lbs – Ashley Yoder (7-6) vs. Miranda Granger (7-1) – At 45:17
4. 170lbs – Alex Morono (17-6) vs. Rhys McKee (10-3) – At 44:15
3. 135lbs – Louis Smolka (16-7) vs. Jose Alberto Quinoñez (8-4) – At 43:45
2. 115lbs – Randa Markos (10-9) vs. Kanako Murata (11-1) – At 42:05
1. 135lbs – Tony Gravely (19-6) vs. Geraldo de Freitas (12-5) – At 41:35
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