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 256: FIGUEIREDO VS MORENO!
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 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.
Here’s a look at the ‘UFC VEGAS 16: ‘HERMANSSON VS VETTORI’ RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN2/ESPN+ MAIN CARD
8. Marvin Vettori (16-3) DEF. Jack Hermansson (21-6) – DEC, Unanimous
7. Jamahal Hill (9-0) DEF. Ovince St. Preux (25-15) – KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 3:37 of Rd 2, Total 8:37
6. Gabriel Benitez (22-8) DEF. Justin Jaynes (16-6) – KO/TKO, Knee to Body at 4:06 of Rd 1
5. Roman Dolidze (8-0) DEF. John Allan (13-6) – DEC, SPLIT
4. Jordan Leavitt (8-0) DEF. Matt Wiman (16-10) – KO/TKO, Slam at 0:22 of Rd 1
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) ‘Hermansson vs. Vettori’
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) 1. Jordan Leavitt 2. Gabriel Benitez
ESPN2/ESPN+ PRELIMS
3. Louis Smolka (17-7) DEF. Jose Alberto Quiñonez (8-5) – KO/TKO, G & P at 2:15 of Rd, Total 7:15
2. Ilia Topuria (10-0) DEF. Damon Jackson (18-4) – KO/TKO, Punches at 2:38 of Rd 1
1. Jake Collier (12-5) DEF. Gian Villante (17-13) – DEC, Unanimous
UFC 256 PICKS – AT 20:06 ( CARES)
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 256 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 256: ‘FIGUEIREDO VS MORENO’ ( Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC 05 – 10PM/7PM ETPT ( Cares)
125lbs – D. Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno
155lbs – Tony Ferguson vs. Charles Oliveira
155lbs – Renato Moicano vs. Rafael FizieV
185lbs – Kevin Holland vs. Ronaldo Souza
265lbs – Junior dos Santos vs. Ciryl Gane
145lbs – Cub Swanson vs. Daniel Pineda
115lbs – Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba
145lbs – Billy Quarantillo vs. Gavin Tucker
265lbs – Sergey Spivak vs. Jared Vanderaa
170lbs – Dwight Grant vs. Jingliang Li
145lbs – Chase Hooper vs. Peter Barrett
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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