UFC 255 REVIEW & UFC VEGAS 15 PREVIEW | 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: 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 15: Blaydes vs. Lewis!
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.
UFC 255: ‘FIGUEIREDO VS PEREZ’ REVIEW - AT 1:06
RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 21
At 2:00 - 12. UFC Flyweight Championship: Deiveson Figueiredo (20-1) DEF. Alex Perez (24-6) - SUB, Guillotine Choke at 1:57 of Rd 1
At 14:20 - 11. UFC Flyweight Championship: Valentina Shevchenko (20-3) DEF. Jennifer Maia (18-7) - DEC, Unanimous
At 19:15 + 48:35 - 10. Tim Means (31-12) DEF. Mike Perry (14-7) - DEC, Unanimous
At 27:57 - 9. Katlyn Chookagian (15-4) DEF. Cynthia Calvillo (9-2) - DEC, Unanimous
At 32:22 - 8. Paul Craig (14-4) DEF. Mauricio Rua (27-12) - SUB, Tapped to Strikes at 3:36 of Rd 2, Total 8:36
ESPN+/ESPN2 PRELIMS
At 13:18 + 35:40 - 7. Brandon Moreno (18-5) DEF. Brandon Royval (12-5) - KO/TKO, Injury with G & P at 4:59 of Rd 1
At 40:32 - 6. Joaquin Buckley (12-3) DEF. Jordan Wright (11-1) - KO/TKO, Hooks at 0:18 of Rd 2, Total 5:18
At 43:50 - 5. Antonina Shevchenko (9-2) DEF. Ariane Lipski (13-6) - KO/TKO, G & P at 4:33 of Rd 2, Total 9:33
At 49:35 - 4. Nicolas Dalby (19-3) DEF. Daniel Rodriguez (13-2) - DEC, Unanimous
ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass EARLY PRELIMS
At 51:02 - 3. 170lbs - Alan Jouban (17-7) DEF. Jared Gooden (17-5) - DEC, Unanimous
At 52:20 - 2. 185lbs - Kyle Daukaus (10-1) DEF. Dustin Stoltzfus (13-2) - DEC, Unanimous
At 52:27 - 1. 170lbs - Sasha Palatnikov (6-2) DEF. Louis Cosce (7-1)- KO/TKO, Right Cross to G & P at 2:27 of Rd 3, Total 12:27
UFC VEGAS 15 PREVIEW - AT 55:18 (6 CARES)
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 15 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 15: BLAYDES VS LEWIS (6 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 21 - 10PM/7PM ETPT (6 Cares)
12. 265lbs - Curtis Blaydes (14-2) vs. Derrick Lewis (24-7) - At 1:09:34, 3 Cares
11. 205lbs - Anthony Smith (33-16) vs. Devin Clark (12-4) - At 1:02:55, 3 Cares
10. 265lbs - Josh Parisian (13-3) vs. Parker Porter (10-6) - At 1:01:25
9. 125lbs - Amir Albazi (13-1) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-4) - At 1:00:39
8. 170lbs - Miguel Baeza (9-0) vs. Takashi Sato (16-3) - At 1:00:20
7. 145lbs - Bill Algeo (13-5) vs. Spike Carlyle (9-2) - At 59:58
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (0 Cares)
6. 135lbs - Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-4) vs. Norma Dumont (4-1) - (not on the show)
5. 135lbs - Martin Day (8-4) vs. Anderson dos Santos (20-8) - (not on the show)
4. 135lbs - Rachael Ostovich (4-5) vs. Gina Mazany (6-4) - At 58:42
3. 135lbs - Su Mudaerji (12-4) vs. Malcom Gordon (12-4) - At 58:29
2. 135lbs - Nate Maness (12-1)vs. Luke Sanders (13-3) - At 58:12
1. 155lbs - Kai Kamaka III (8-2) vs. Jonathan Pearce (9-4) - At 57:25
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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