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 VEGAS 49 REACTIONS — 2:35Overall, this 11-bout card saw three exciting first round finishes, two thrilling KO/TKO’s, four sweet submissions, and five hard-fought decisions, two split. Rounding things out, two fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Arman Tsarukyan & Wellington Turman: FOTN honors went to Priscila Cachoeira vs. Ji Yeon Kim.Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 49: ‘ISLAM MAKHACHEV VS BOBBY GREEN’ fight card full results & updated fight records —ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 26At 18:56 — 11. 160lbs: Islam Makhachev (22-1) DEF. Bobby Green (29-13) — KO/TKO, G&P at 3:23 of Rd 1 of 5At 17:03 — 10. 185bs: Wellington Turman (18-5) DEF. Misha Cirkunov (15-8) — SUB, Armbar at 1:29 of Rd 2, Total 6:29At 15:46 — 9. 125lbs: Priscila Cachoeira (11-4) DEF. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)At 12:18 — 8. 155lbs: Arman Tsarukyan (18-2) DEF. Joel Alvarez (19-3) — KO/TKO, G&P at 1:57 of Rd 2, Total 6:57At 11:14 — 7. 185lbs: Armen Petrosyan (7-1) DEF. Gregory Rodrigues (11-4) — DEC, Split (20-17, 29-28, 28-29)ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMSAt 9:44 — 6. 155lbs: Ignacio Bahamondes (13-4) DEF. Zhu Rong (19-5) — SUB, Brabo Choke at 1:40 of Rd 3, Total 11:40 At 8:02 — 5. 145lbs: Josiane Nunes (9-1) DEF. Ramona Pascual (6-3) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 30-26)At 6:08 — 4. 155lbs: Terrence McKinney (12-3) DEF. Fares Ziam (12-4) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:11 of Rd 1At 4:42 — 3. 135lbs: Jonathan Martinez (15-4) DEF. Alejandro Perez (22-9) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 29-28x2)At 3:02 — 2. 170lbs: Ramiz Brahimaj (10-4) DEF. Michael Gillmore (6-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:02 of Rd 1At 2:56 — 1. 125lbs: Carlos Hernandez (8-1) DEF. Victor Altamirano (10-2) — DEC, Split (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)______________________________UFC 272 PICKS — 22:32At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 272 PPV bout sheet from the bottom up, wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks portion of the show with the Main Event. This UFC on ESPN+ PPV event will take place from the T-Mobile Center, in Las Vegas, NV, this Saturday, March 6th.Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change):UFC 272: ‘JORGE MASVIDAL VS COLBY COVINGTON’ (19 Cares) —ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR 5 — 10PM/7PM ETPT (11 Cares)13. 170lbs: Jorge Masvidal (35-15) vs. Colby Covington (16-3) — At 37:07, 3 Cares (But Split)12. 155lbs: Rafael dos Anjos (30-13) vs. Rafael Fiziev (11-1) — At 36:14, 3 Cares11. 145bs: Edson Barboza (22-10) vs. Bryce Mitchell (14-0) — At 34:30, 3 Cares (But Split)10. 170lbs: Kevin Holland (21-7) vs. Alex Oliveira (22-11) — At 33:16, 2 Cares (Stephie, Eugene)9. 265lbs: Sergey Spivak (13-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-4) — At 32:48ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (5 Cares)8. 155lbs: Jalin Turner (11-5) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (14-4) — At 32:057. 205lbs: Marina Rodriguez (15-1) vs. Xiaonan Yan (13-2) — At 31:18, 3 Cares6. 205lbs: Nick Negumereanu (11-1) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-2) — At 29:495. 125lbs: Maryna Moroz (10-3) vs. Mariya Agapova (10-2) — At 28:38, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT (3 Cares)4. 135lbs: Umar Nurmagomedov (13-0) vs. Brain Kelleher (24-12) — At 27:50, 1 Care (Stephie)3. 125lbs: Tim Elliott (17-12) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1) — At 24:54, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)2. 155lbs: L’udovit Klein (17-4) vs. Devonte Smith (11-3) — At 23:521. 205lbs: Dustin Jacoby (16-5) vs. Michael Oleksiejczuk (16-4) — At 23:17Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA. 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