UFC Vegas 40 Reactions & UFC Vegas 41 Picks, & Movie Banter! | Care/Don’t Care Podcast

Sorry cry babies! It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, and 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 41: Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori

It’s time for another one of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson, 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 ‘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.

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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. This format of “Caring” or “Not Caring” about each bout is geared to our listeners who consider themselves to be “Casual MMA Fans”. This effort is in the hopes that we can steer you towards fights that affect rankings, title contention, have significant meaning, or are sure to be “must see tv” fights; therefore saving you the tedium of watching every fight on every card – or perhaps missing out on something you might have otherwise skipped. … AND SOMETIMES, LIKE THIS WEEK, THEY STRAY OFF TOPIC INTO POP CULTURE AND FILM.

UFC Vegas 40 REACTIONS – 4:00

Overall, this now 10-bout card saw only one exhilarating first round finish, three impressive KO/TKO’s, two sweet submissions, and five hard-fought decisions including our main event, one split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Jim Miller, Nate Landwehr, Bruno Silva & Danaa Batgerel; FOTN honors went to No One Tonight. We actually have a decent evening of fights to share with you, join us to discuss all the action…

Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results —

UFC VEGAS 40: ‘ASPEN LADD VS NORMA DUMONT’

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 16

At 8:56 — 10. Norma Dumont (7-1) DEF. Aspen Ladd (9-2) – DEC, Unanimous

At 8:38 — 9. Andrei Arlovski (32-20) DEF. Carlos Felipe (11-2) – DEC, Unanimous

At 7:41 — 8. Jim Miller (33-16) DEF. Erick Gonzalez (14-6) – KO/TKO, Overhand Left at 0:14 of Rd 2, Total 5:14

At 7:06 — 7. Manon Fiorot (8-1) DEF. Mayra Bueno Silva (7-2) – DEC, Unanimous

ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 6:56 — 6. Nate Landwehr (15-4) DEF. L’udovit Klein (17-4) – SUB, Anaconda Choke at 2:22 of Rd 3, Total 12:22

At 6:39 — 5. Bruno Silva (21-6) DEF. Andrew Sanchez (12-7) – KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 2:35 of Rd 3, Total 12:35

At 5:56 — 4. Danny Roberts (18-5) DEF. Ramazan Emeev (20-5) – DEC, SPLIT

At 4:45 — 3. Luana Carolina (8-2) DEF. Lupita Godinez (6-2) – DEC, Unanimous

At 4:15 — 2. Danaa Batgerel (10-2) DEF. Brandon Davis (14-9) – KO/TKO, Punches & Elbows at 2:01 of Rd 1

At 4:01 — 1. Ariane Carnelossi (14-2) DEF. Istela Nunes (6-2) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:57 of Rd 3, Total 12:57

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UFC VEGAS 41 PICKS – 13:10

At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 41 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, in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday, October 23rd., 2021.

Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change):

UFC VEGAS 41: ‘COSTA VS VETTORI’ — (6 Cares), At 31:19

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 23rd. 4PM/1PM ETPT

12. 185 lbs – Paulo Costa (13-1) vs. Marvin Vettori (17-4) — At 25:39, 3 Cares

11. 155 lbs – Grant Dawson (17-1) vs. Ricky Glenn (22-6) — At 24:32

10. 135 lbs – Jessica-Rose Clark (10-6) vs. Joselyne Edwards (10-3) — At 23:30, 2 Cares

9. 205 lbs – Nick ‘Nicu’ Negumereanu (10-1) vs. Ike Villanueva (18-12) — At 21:56

8. 145 lbs – Alex Caceres (18-12) vs. Seung Woo Choi (10-3) — At 19:29, 1 Care

7. 170 lbs – Dwight Grant (11-3) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (26-8) — At 18:24

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 1PM/10AM ETPT – (0 Cares)

6. 115 lbs – Livinha Souza (14-3) vs. Randa Markos (10-11) — At 17:18

5. 125 lbs – Jeff Molina (9-2) vs. Daniel Lacerda (11-1) — At 16:55

4. 185 lbs – Jun Yong Park (13-4) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (10-3) — At 16:43

3. 115 lbs – Tabatha Ricci (5-1) vs. Maria Oliveira (12-4) — At 15:17 – 15:30

2. 155 lbs – Khama Worthy (16-8) vs. Jai Herbert (10-3) — At 14:36

1. 185 lbs – Laureano Staropoli (9-4) vs. Jamie Pickett (11-6) — At 14:06

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OFF TOPIC:

At 31:48 – 33:22 — Host Banter About Their Picking System, A Penalty for John?

At 33:40 – 45:44 — Movie Banter:

• Dune – 2021
• The Invisible Man – 2020 Remake
• Blumhouse Studio Films
• The Wolfman – 2010 Remake
• The Mummy – 1999
• Fantasy Island – The 2020 Movie

Horror Movie Faves:

• The Exorcist – 1973
• The Omen – 1976
• Paul Bateson, Exorcist Extra Turns Serial Killer – 1996
• The Shining – 1980
• Salem’s Lot – The Original, 1979
• Nosferatu – 1929
• Shadow of the Vampire – 2000
• Psycho – The Original, 1960
• Hereditary – 2018
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Original, 1974
• The Hills Have Eyes – The Original, 1977
• House of a Thousand Corpses – 2003
• The Devil’s Reject – 2005 (All 3 were Rob Zombie)
• Hellraiser – Clive Barker

John Carpenter:

• The Fog – 1980
• Halloween – 1978
• Assault on Precinct 13 – 1976
• Escape From New York – 1981
• They Live – 1988

At 45:58 — ANNOUNCING NO C/DC NEXT WEEK, AN EPISODE OF CROOKLYN’S CORNER, WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN NASH INSTEAD, sorry crybabies & bedwetters!

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