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.
This week we had to muddle through without the insightful contributions of John Nash, but he will be back for our next episode.
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.
UFC Vegas 36 REACTIONS – 1:17
Overall, this now dwindled down 9-bout card saw two first round finishes, three KO/TKO’s, two submissions (including our main event), and four decisions. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Paddy Pimblett and Tom Aspinall; FOTN honors went to Molly McCann & Ji Yeon Kim. What a great day of fights we have to share with you, join us to discuss all the action...
Here’s a look at the fight card, records & results —
UFC VEGAS 36: ‘DEREK BRUNSON VS DARREN TILL’
ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP 4
At 20:42 – 9. 185lbs: Derek Brunson (23-7) DEF. Darren Till (18-4) – SUB, Rear-Naked Choke at 2:13 of Rd 3/5, Total 12:13
At 17:23 – 8. 265lbs: Tom Aspinall (11-2) DEF. Sergey Spivak (13-3) – KO/TKO, Elbow to Ground Strikes at 2:30 of Rd 1
At 16:17 – 7. 170lbs: Alex Morono (20-7) DEF. David Zawada (17-7) – DEC, Unanimous
At 13:52 – 6. 205lbs: Khalil Rountree (9-5) DEF. Modestas Bukauskas (11-5) – KO/TKO, Side Kick to the Leg at 2:30 of Rd 2, Total 7:30
At 9:56 – 5. 155lbs: Paddy Pimblett (17-3) DEF. Luigi Vendramini (9-3) – KO/TKO, Hooks at 4:25 of Rd 1
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At 8:12 – 4. 125lbs: Molly McCann (11-4) DEF. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) – DEC, Unanimous
At 6:09 – 3. 125lbs: Jack Shore (15-0) DEF. Liudvik Sholinian (9-2) – DEC, Unanimous
At 5:14 – 2. 150lbs: Julian Erosa (26-9) DEF. Charles Jourdain (11-4) – SUB, D’Arce Choke at 2:56 of Rd 3
At 2:10 – 1. 185lbs: Marc-André Barriault (13-4) DEF. Dalcha Lungiambula (11-3) – DEC, Unanimous
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UFC VEGAS 37 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 37 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 18th., 2021.
Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via
tapology.com (bout order subject to change):
UFC VEGAS 37: ‘ANTHONY SMITH VS RYAN SPANN’ (6 Cares)
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP 18 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (6 Cares)
15. 205lbs: Anthony Smith (35-16) vs. Ryan Spann (19-6) – At 40:35, 2 Cares
14. 205lbs: Ion Cutelaba (15-6) vs. Devin Clark (12-5) – At 38:48, 2 Cares
13. 155lbs: Nikolas Motta (12-3) vs. Cameron VanCamp (15-5) – At 38:28
12. 125lbs: Mandy Böhm (7-0) vs. Ariane Lipski (13-7) – At 37:38
11. 155lbs: Christos Giagos (19-8) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (16-2) – At 37:07, 1 Care
10. 185lbs: Joaquin Buckley (12-4) vs. Antônio Arroyo (9-4) – At 36:09, 1 Care
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9. 205lbs: Tafon Nchukwi (5-1) vs. Mike Rodriguez (11-6) – At 35:54
8. 135lbs: Pannie Kianzad (15-5) vs. Raquel Pennington (11-8) – At 35:27
7. 135lbs: Nate Maness (13-1) vs. Tony Gravely (21-6) – At 35:09
6. 155lbs: Dakota Bush (8-3) vs. Zhu Rong (17-4) – At 34:41
5. 135lbs: Montel Jackson (10-2) vs. JP Buys (9-3) – At 32:52
4. 125lbs: Erin Blanchfield (6-1) vs. Sarah Alpar (9-5) – At 32:34
3. 170lbs: Impa Kasanganay (9-1) vs. Carlston Harris (16-4) – At 31:30
2. 135lbs: Gustavo Lopez (12-6) vs. Heili Alateng (14-8) – At 31:17
1. 125lbs: Emily Whitmire (4-4) vs. Hannah Goldy (5-2) – At 31:07
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