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 20: ROZENSTRUIK VS GANE!
It’s time for another one 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.
UFC VEGAS 19 REACTIONS: 1:05
Here’s a look at the event RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. FEB 20
At 2:15 – 12. Derrick Lewis (25-7) DEF. Curtis Blaydes (14-3) – KO/TKO, Uppercut at 1:26 of Rd 2 of 5, Total 6:26
At 13:19 – 11. Yana Kunitskaya (14-5) DEF. Ketlen Vieira (11-2) – DEC, Unanimous
At 17:17 – 10. Darrick Minner (26-11) DEF. Charles Rosa (13-5) – DEC, Unanimous
9. Chris Daukaus (11-3) DEF. Aleksei Oleinik (59-15) – KO/TKO, Knees & Punches (Standing TKO) at 1:55 of Rd 1
8. Phil Hawes (10-2) DEF. Nassourdine Imavov (9-3) – DEC: Majority
At 21:19 – 7. Tom Aspinall (10-2) DEF. Andrei Arlovski (30-20) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:09 of Rd 2, Total 6:09
FOTN: ($50K ea.) No One For This Event
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Derrick Lewis 2. Tom Aspinall 3. Chris Daukaus 4. Aimann Zahabi
ESPN+ PRELIMS
6. Jared Gordon (17-4) DEF. Danny Chavez (11-4) – DEC, Unanimous
5. John Castaneda (18-5) DEF. Eddie Wineland (24-15) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:44 of Rd 1
At 25:45 – 4. Julian Erosa (25-8) DEF. Nate Landwehr (14-4) – KO/TKO, Flying Knee at 0:56 of Rd 1
3. Casey O’Neill (6-0) DEF. Shana Dobson (4-5) – KO/TKO, G & P at 3:41 of Rd 2, Total 8:41
At 25:27 – 2. Aiemann Zahabi (8-2) DEF. Drako Rodriguez (7-2) – KO/TKO, Overhand Right at 3:05 of Rd 1
1. Sergey Spivak (12-2) DEF. Jared Vanderaa (11-5) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:32 of Rd 2, Total 9:32
UFC VEGAS 20 PICKS: 26:28
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC VEGAS 20 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 UFC Apex Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday.
Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card & records for the upcoming event (bout order subject to change – changed already as of timestamping the card at 1:30am 2/15/21):
UFC VEGAS 20: ‘ROZENSTRUIK VS GANE’ (20 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB. 27 – 8PM/5PM ETPT ( 12 Cares)
13. 265lbs Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11-1) vs Ciryl Gane (7-0) – At 47:25, 3 Cares
12. 205lbs Nikita Krylov (27-7) vs Magomed Ankalaev (14-1) – At 46:02, 3 Cares
11. 125lbs Montana De La Rosa (11-6) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (7-1) – At 45:25, 0 Cares
10. 135lbs Pedro Munhoz (18-5) vs Jimmie Rivera (23-4) – At 43:11, 3 Cares
9. 115lbs Angela Hill (12-9) vs. Ashley Yoder (8-6) – At 41:20, 3 Cares
8. 145lbs Alex Caceres (17-12) vs. Kevin Croom (21-12) – At 39:40, 0 Cares
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT (8 Cares)
7. 155lbs Alexander Hernandez (12-3) vs. Thiago Moisés (14-4) – At 39:06, 1 Cares
6. 170lbs Randy Brown (12-4) vs Alex Oliveira (22-9) – At 34:48, 3 Cares
5. 125lbs Alexis Davis (19-10) vs. Sabina Mazo (9-1) – At 33:02, 1 Cares
4. 205lbs Alonzo Menifield (9-2) vs. William Knight (9-1) – At 32:38, 0 Cares
3. 135lbs Raoni Barcelos (16-1) vs. Marcelo Rojo (16-6) – At 28:09, 3 Cares
2. 135lbs Ronnie Lawrence (6-1) vs. Vince Cachero (7-3) – At 27:42, 0 Cares
1. 205lbs Dustin Jacoby (13-5) vs Maxim Grishin (31-8) – At 27:10, 0 Cares
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