It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John Nash + Stephie Haynes.UFC 269 REACTIONS – 1:16Overall, this now 14-bout card saw 5 1st rd finishes, 5 KO/TKO’s, 3 subs, & 5 decisions, 1 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to: Silva, Tuivasa, O’Malley, Kara-France, Peña, & Oliveira; FOTN honors went to Cruz vs. Munhoz. Here’s a look at the UFC 269: ‘Charles Oliveira vs Dustin Poirier’ fight card —ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC 11At 37:23 — 14. UFC LW Championship: Charles Oliveira, POTN (32-8) DEF. Dustin Poirier (28-7) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:02 of Rd 3/5, Total 11:02 At 32:12 — 13. UFC BW Championship: Julianna Peña, POTN (10-4) DEF. Amanda Nunes (21-5) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:26 of Rd 2/5, Total 8:26At 30:13 — 12. WW: Geoff Neal (14-4) DEF. Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-5) – DEC, Split (30-27, 29-28, 28-29) At 24:56 — 11. FW: Kai Kara-France, POTN (23-9) DEF. Cody Garbrandt (12-5) – KO/TKO, Punches at 3:21 of Rd 1At 21:23 — 10. BW: Sean O’Malley, POTN (15-1) DEF. Raulian Paiva (21-4) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:42 of Rd 1ESPN+ PRELIMSAt 19:25 — 9. FW: Josh Emmett (17-2) DEF. Dan Ige (15-5) – DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 29-28x2)At 15:30 — 8. FOTN — BW: Dominick Cruz (24-3) DEF. Pedro Munhoz (19-7) – DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)At 13:20 — 7. HW: Tai Tuivasa, POTN (14-3) DEF. Augusto Sakai (15-4) – KO/TKO, Punches at 0:26 of Rd 2, 5:26 TotalAt 11:26 — 6. MW: Bruno Silva, POTN (22-6) DEF. Jordan Wright (12-2) – KO/TKO, Punches at 1:28 of Rd 1ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass EARLY PRELIMSAt 10:03 — 5. MW: André Muniz (22-4) DEF. Eryk Anders (14-6) – SUB, Armbar at 3:13 of Rd 1At 8:31 — 4. FW: Erin Blanchfield (8-1) DEF. Miranda Maverick (9-4) – DEC, Unanimous (30-27x3)At 6:19 — 3. FW: Ryan Hall (9-2) DEF. Darrick Minner (26-13) – DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 29-27)At 4:30 — 2. BW: Tony Kelley (8-2) DEF. Randy Costa (6-3) – KO/TKO, G&P at 4:15 of Rd 2, Total 9:15At 3:08 — 1. 125lbs: Gillian Robertson (10-6) DEF. Priscilla Cachoeira (10-4) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 4:59 of Rd 1___________________________UFC Vegas 45 PICKS – 43:40At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 45 bout sheet. This UFC on ESPN+ event will take place from the APEX Center, in Las Vegas, NV, this Sat, Dec 18th., 2021.Here’s a look at the fight card for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change):UFC Vegas 45: ‘Derrick Lewis vs Chris Daukaus’ (19 Cares):ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC 18 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (17 Cares)14. 265lbs: Derrick Lewis (25-8) vs. Chris Daukaus (12-3) — At 59:01, 3 Cares - but split13. 170lbs: Stephen Thompson (16-5) vs. Belal Muhammad (19-3) – 57:32, 3 Cares12. 115lbs: Amanda Lemos (10-1) vs. Angela Hill (13-10) – At 57:07, 3 Cares - but split11. 135lbs: Raphael Assunção (27-8) vs. Ricky Simón (18-3) – At 55:03, 2 Cares (John, Eugene)10. 155lbs: Diego Ferreira (17-4) vs. Mateusz Gamrot (19-1) – At 52:45, 3 Cares9. 145lbs: Darren Elkins (26-9) vs. Cub Swanson (27-12) – At 47:17, 3 Cares - but splitESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (2 Cares)8. 185lbs: Gerald Meerschaert (33-14) vs. Dustin Stolzfus (13-3) – At 50:457. 135lbs: Raoni Barcelos (16-2) vs. Victor Henry (21-5) – At 49:316. 265lbs: Justin Tafa (4-3) vs. Harry Hunsucker (7-4) – At 48:135. 125lbs: Sijara Eubanks (7-6) vs. Melissa Gatto (7-0) – At 47:384. 145lbs: Charles Jourdain (11-4) vs. Andre Ewell (17-8) – At 47:093. 135lbs: Raquel Pennington (12-8) vs. Macy Chiasson (7-1) – At 45:37, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)2. 265lbs: Don’Tale Mayes (8-4) vs. Josh Parisian (14-4) – At 45:041. 155lbs: Matt Sayles (8-3) vs. Jordan Leavitt (8-1) – At 44:27If you enjoy our shows, give us a “like”, share & subscribe on your listening platform of choice: SoundCloud, iTunes, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, OverCast, Player FM, & Amazon Music. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bloodyelbowpodcast.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bloodyelbowpodcast.substack.com/subscribe