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. 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 27 REACTIONS – 1:07
Overall, this now 12-bout card saw 2 1st Rd finishes, 2 subs, 2 KO/TKO’s, & 8 decisions - 1 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Carla Esparza & Bruno Silva; FOTN honors went to Jared Vanderaa vs. Justin Tafa.
Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 27: ‘FONT VS GARBRANDT’ RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 22
At 13:10 - 12. Rob Font (19-4) DEF. Cody Garbrandt (12-4) – DEC, Unanimous
At 10:50 - 11. POTN - Carla Esparza (18-6) DEF. Xiaonan Yan (13-2) – KO/TKO, G&P from Crucifix at 2:58 of Rd 2, Total 7:58
10. Jared Vanderaa (12-5) DEF. Justin Tafa (4-2) – DEC, Unanimous (FOTN)
At 10:20 - 9. Norma Dumont (6-1) DEF. Felicia Spencer (8-3) – DEC, SPLIT
8. Ricardo Ramos (15-3) DEF. Bill Algeo (14-6) – DEC, Unanimous
7. Jack Hermansson (22-6) DEF. Edmen Shahbazyan (11-2) – DEC, Unanimous
ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 2:41 - 6. Ben Rothwell (39-13) DEF. Chris Barnett (21-7) – SUB, Guillotine Choke at 2:07 of Rd 2, Total 7:07
At 5:38 - 5. Court McGee (20-10) DEF. Claudio Silva (14-3) – DEC, Unanimous
At 9:04 - 4. POTN - Bruno Silva (12-5) DEF. Victor Rodriguez (7-4) – KO/TKO, Rt Cross to G&P at 1:00 of Rd 1
3. Joshua Culibao (8-1) DEF. Shayilan Nuerdambieke (19-6) – DEC, Unanimous
2. David Dvořák (20-3) DEF. Juancamilo Ronderos (4-1) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:18 of Rd 1
1. Damir Ismagulov (23-1) DEF. Rafael Alves (19-10) – DEC, Unanimous
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UFC Vegas 28 PICKS – 25:44
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 28 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+ Fight Night event will take place from the APEX Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday, June 5th., 2021.
Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via
tapology.com (bout order subject to change before fight night, it has already changed since the show was recorded):
UFC VEGAS 28: ‘ROZENSTRUIK VS SAKAI’ (13 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. JUNE 5 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (9 Cares)
14. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11-2) vs. Augusto Sakai (15-2) - At 46:12, 3 Cares
13. Walt Harris (13-9) vs. Marcin Tybura (21-6) - At 43:43, 3 Cares
12. Roman Dolidze (8-1) vs. Laureano Staropoli (9-3) - At 36:53
11. Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-4) vs. Miguel Baeza (10-0) - At 37:28, 3 Cares
10. Duško Todorović (10-1) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (9-3) - At 36:29
9. Tom Breese (12-3) vs. Antônio Arroyo (9-4) - At 40:17
PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (4 Cares)
8. Makwan Amirkhani (16-5) vs. Kamuela Kirk (14-3) - At 26:28, 2 Cares
7. Montana De La Rosa (11-6) vs. Ariane Lipski (13-6) - At 32:35
6. Tanner Boser (19-7) vs. Ilir Latifi (14-8) - At 35:18
5. Francisco Trinaldo (26-7) vs. Muslim Salikhov (17-2) - At 41:20, 1 Care
4. Alan Patrick (15-3) vs. Mason Jones (10-1) - At 33:03
3. Maryna Moroz (10-3) vs. Manon Fiorot (6-1) - At 36:06
2. Youssef Zalal (10-4) vs. Sean Woodson (7-1) - At 35:08
1. Claudio Pueiles (9-2) vs. Jordan Leavitt (8-0) - At 29:54, 1 Care
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