It’s time for another one of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John Nash and 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 35 REACTIONS – 1:17 Overall, this 12-bout card saw 3 1st Rd finishes, 4 KO/TKO’s (including our main event), 3 subs, & 5 decisions – 3 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Pat Sabatini, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Gerald Meerschaert & Giga Chikadze; FOTN honors went to Ricky Turcios & Brady Hiestand (undisclosed bonus). Here’s a look at the fight card, records & results — UFC VEGAS 35: ‘EDSON BARBOZA VS GIGA CHIKADZE’ ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. AUG 28 At 34:39 – 12. 145lbs: Giga Chikadze (14-2) DEF. Edson Barboza (22-10) – KO/TKO at 1:44 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 11:44 At 30:10 – 11. TUF Tourney Championship - 185lbs: Bryan Battle (6-1) DEF. Gilbert Urbina (6-2) – SUB, Rear-Naked Choke at 2:15 of Rd 2, Total 7:15 At 26:55 – 10. TUF Tourney Championship - 135lbs: Ricky Turcios (11-2) DEF. Brady Hiestand (5-2) – DEC, SPLIT At 19:50 – 9. 170lbs: Daniel Rodriguez (16-2) DEF. Kevin Lee (18-7) – DEC, Unanimous At 18:09 – 8. TUF Team Members Bout - 185lbs: Andre Petroski (6-1) DEF. Michael Gillmore (6-4) – KO/TKO, G&P at 3:12 of Rd 3, Total 13:12 At 14:22 – 7. 185lbs: Gerald Meerschaert (33-14) DEF. Makhmud Muradov (25-7) – SUB, Rear-naked choke at 1:49 of Rd 2, Total 6:49 ESPN+ PRELIMS At 13:21 – 6. 185lbs: Abdul Razak Alhassan (11-4) DEF. Alessio Di Chirico (13-6) – KO/TKO, Head Kick at 17 seconds of Rd 1 At 11:24 – 5. 185lbs: Wellington Turman (17-5) DEF. Sam Alvey (33-16) – DEC, SPLIT At 7:22 – 4. 205lbs: Dustin Jacoby (15-5) DEF. Darren Stewart (12-8) – KO/TKO, Punches - Standing TKO at 3:04 of Rd 1 At 7:13 – 3. 125lbs: JJ Aldrich (10-4) DEF. Vanessa Demopoulos (6-4) – DEC, Unanimous At 4:26 – 2. 145lbs: Pat Sabatini (15-3) DEF. Jamall Emmers (18-6) – SUB, Heel Hook at 1:53 of Rd 1 At 3:29 – 1. 135lbs: Mana Martinez (9-2) DEF. Guido Cannetti (8-6) – DEC, SPLIT __________________________ UFC VEGAS 36 PICKS – 36:58 At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 36 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, in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday, September 4th., 2021. Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change - it has already changed since the show was recorded on Sunday morning): UFC VEGAS 36: ‘DEREK BRUNSON VS DARREN TILL’ (7 Cares) ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP 4 - 4PM/1PM ETPT (7 Cares) 10. 185lbs: Derek Brunson (22-7) vs. Darren Till (18-3) – At 47:09, 3 Cares 9. 265lbs: Tom Aspinall (10-2) vs. Sergey Spivak (13-2) – At 44:52, 3 Cares 8. 170lbs: David Zawada (17-6) vs. Alex Morono (19-7) – At 41:30 7. 205lbs: Khalil Rountree (8-5) vs. Modestas Bukauskas (11-4) – At 44:16 6. 155lbs: Luigi Vendramini (9-2) vs. Paddy Pimblett (16-3) – At 41:56, 1 Care ESPN+ PRELIMS | 1:30PM/10:30PM ETPT (0 Cares) 5. 125lbs: Ji Yeon Kim (9-3-2) vs. Molly McCann (10-4) – At 40:38 4. 135lbs: Jack Shore (14-0) vs. Liudvik Sholinian (12-7) – At 38:03 (Lazishvilli Withdrew) 3. 150lbs: Charles Jourdain (11-3) vs. Julian Erosa (25-9) – At 38:50 2. 185lbs: Dalcha Lungiambula (11-2) vs. Marc-André Barriault (12-4) – At 40:22 1. 135lbs: Jonathan Martinez (13-4) vs. Marcelo Rojo (16-7) – At 39:16 At 39:42 - Arianne Lipski vs. Mandy Böhm: Bout Rescheduled Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA, and twice a week she’s on @MookieNCrookie AND @LevelChangePod.