It’s time for another of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. 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 16 REACTIONS Here’s a look at the ‘UFC VEGAS 16: ‘HERMANSSON VS VETTORI’ RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS: ESPN2/ESPN+ MAIN CARD At 3:05 - 8. Marvin Vettori (16-3) DEF. Jack Hermansson (21-6) - DEC, Unanimous At 8:55 - 7. Jamahal Hill (9-0) DEF. Ovince St. Preux (25-15) - KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 3:37 of Rd 2, Total 8:37 At 11:22 - 6. Gabriel Benitez (22-8) DEF. Justin Jaynes (16-6) - KO/TKO, Knee to Body at 4:06 of Rd 1 5. Roman Dolidze (8-0) DEF. John Allan (13-6) - DEC, SPLIT At 15:28 - 4. Jordan Leavitt (8-0) DEF. Matt Wiman (16-10) - KO/TKO, Slam at 0:22 of Rd 1 FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) ‘Hermansson vs. Vettori’ PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) 1. Jordan Leavitt 2. Gabriel Benitez ESPN2/ESPN+ PRELIMS 3. Louis Smolka (17-7) DEF. Jose Alberto Quiñonez (8-5) - KO/TKO, G & P at 2:15 of Rd, Total 7:15 AT 29:00 - 2. Ilia Topuria (10-0) DEF. Damon Jackson (18-4) - KO/TKO, Punches at 2:38 of Rd 1 At 13:34 - 1. Jake Collier (12-5) DEF. Gian Villante (17-13) - DEC, Unanimous ---------------------------------------------- UFC 256 PPV PICKS At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 256 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 256: ‘FIGUEIREDO VS MORENO’ (24 Cares) ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | SAT. DEC 05 - 10PM/7PM ETPT (15 Cares) 10. UFC Flyweight Championship - Deiveson Figueiredo (20-1) vs. Brandon Moreno (18-5) - At 57:23, 3 Cares 9. 155lbs - Tony Ferguson (25-4) vs. Charles Oliveira (29-8) - At 50:34, 3 Cares 8. 155lbs - Renato Moicano (14-3) vs. Rafael Fiziev (8-1) - At 48:26, 3 Cares 7. 185lbs - Kevin Holland (20-5) vs. Ronaldo Souza (26-8) - At 46:10, 3 Cares 6. 265lbs - Junior dos Santos (21-8) vs. Ciryl Gane (6-0) - At 44:26, 3 Cares ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (9 Cares) 5. 145lbs - Cub Swanson (26-11) vs. Daniel Pineda (27-13) - At 40:54, 3 Cares 4. 115lbs - Mackenzie Dern (9-1) vs. Virna Jandiroba (16-1) - At 39:07, 3 Cares 3. 145lbs - Billy Quarantillo (15-2) vs. Gavin Tucker (12-1) - At 34:14, 3 Cares ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 6:15PM/3:15PM ETPT (0 Cares) 2. 265lbs - Sergey Spivak (11-2) vs. Jared Vanderaa (11-4) - At 33:44 1. 145lbs - Chase Hooper (9-1) vs. Peter Barrett (11-4) - At 30:26 (Dwight Grant vs. Jingliang Li cancelled due to Grant testing positive for COVID-19, Tecia Torres vs Angela Hill cancelled due to Hill testing positive for COVID-19, Karl Roberson vs Dalcha Lungiambula cancelled due to Roberson testing positive for COVID-19, Andrea Lee vs Gillian Robertson cancelled due to Lee Breaking her nose) 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. If you enjoy our show, "heart" us here on SC, or "like" & share over on whichever BE Presents Podcast Channel happens to be your listening platform of choice.