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 WASHINGTON REVIEW – 1:05
Here’s a look at the UFC ON ESPN 7 RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
UFC on ESPN 7 – Washington, D.C. – ‘Overeem vs. Rozenstruik’ | SAT. DEC. 7 – ESPN MAIN CARD | 9PM/6PM ET/PT
- 2:20 – 265 lbs – Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-0) DEF. Alistair Overeem (45-18), KO/TKO-Right Cross at 4:56 of R5 of 5, Total 24:56
- 9:27 – 115 lbs – Cynthia Calvillo (8-1-1) vs. Marina Rodriguez (12-0-1), Ends in a Draw – Majority
- 11:28 – 265 lbs – Ben Rothwell (37-12) DEF. Stefan Struve (29-12), KO/TKO-Punches, 4:57 of R2, Total 9:57 —- amidst controversy
- 13:30 – 135 lbs – Aspen Ladd (9-1) DEF. Yana Kunitskaya (12-5), KO/TKO-Left Cross to G & P at 0:33 of R3, Total 10:33
- 14:57 – 135 lbs – Cody Stamann (18-2-1) vs. Yadong Song (15-4-1), Ends in a Draw – Majority
- 16:52 – 135 lbs – Rob Font (17-4) DEF. Ricky Simón (15-3), DEC-Unanimous
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Ricky Simón vs. Rob Font
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Makhmud Muradov, Bryce Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 10,816
GATE: $932,593.20
ESPN PRELIMS | 7PM/4PM ET/PT
20:03 – 170 lbs – Tim Means (29-11) DEF. Thiago Alves (23-15), SUB-Guillotine Choke at 2:38 of R1
24:45 – 145 lbs – Billy Quarantillo (13-2) DEF. Jacob Kilburn (8-3), SUB-Triangle Choke at 3:18 of R2, Total 8:18
21:28 – 145 lbs – Bryce Mitchell (12-0) DEF. Matt Sayles (8-3), SUB-Twister at 4:20 of R1
24:07 – 155 lbs – Joe Solecki (9-2) DEF. Matt Wiman (16-9), DEC-Unanimous
ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 2:45PM/5:45PM ET/PT
23:48 – 115 lbs – Virna Jandiroba (15-1) DEF. Mallory Martin (6-3), SUB-Rear Naked Choke at 1:16 of R2, Total 6:16
22:46 – 185 lbs – Makhmud Muradov (24-6) DEF. Trevor Smith (15-10), KO/TKO-Overhand Right at 4:09 of R3, Total 14:09
UFC 245 PREVIEW – 25:01
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio go about predicting UFC 245’s entire bout sheet, leading their way up to the Co-Main’ Title Fights showcasing Featherweights Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski, as well as Bantamweights Amanda Nunes vs Germaine de Randamie, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks preview portion of the show with a Main Event featuring a Welterweight Bout for the Title between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. The event will be taking place this Saturday, December 14th, 2019, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC 245 MAIN CARD | SATURDAY DEC. 14 – 10PM/7PM ETPT
170 lbs – Kamaru Usman (15-1) vs. Colby Covington (15-1) – 40:02
145 lbs – Max Holloway (21-4) vs. Alexander Volkanovski (20-1) – 38:25
135 lbs – Amanda Nunes (18-4) vs. Germaine de Randamie (9-3) – 37:08
135 lbs – Jose Aldo (28-5) vs. Marlon Moraes (22-6) – 35:41
135 lbs – Petr Yan (13-1) vs. Urijah Faber (35-10) – 34:42
ESPN2 PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
170 lbs – Mike Perry (13-5) vs. Geoff Neal (12-2) – 33:44
135 lbs – Ketlen Vieira (10-0) vs. Irene Aldana (11-5) – 33:10
185 lbs – Ian Heinisch (13-2) vs. Omari Akhmedov (19-4) – 30:24
170 lbs – Matt Brown (21-16) vs. Ben Saunders (22-12) – 29:03
FIGHTPASS/ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 6:30PM/3:30PM ETPT
145 lbs – Daniel Teymur (7-3) vs. Chase Hooper (8-0) – 28:38
125 lbs – Brandon Moreno (15-5) vs. Kai Kara-France (20-7) – 27:27
125 lbs – Jessica Eye (14-7) vs. Viviane Araujo (8-1) – 26:10
185 lbs – Punahele Soriano (6-0) vs. Oskar Piechota (11-2) – 25:51
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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