UFC Double Fight Week Review & UFC FN: ‘Woodley vs. Burns’ Preview - Care/Don’t Care Podcast
by June M. WilliamsIt’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson of ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking” and host of the ‘Ozy Confidential Podcast’, the indubitable John S. Nash, our chief financials columnist and co-host of our ‘Show Money Podcast’, along with our lovely co-host, Stephie Haynes, of Bloody Elbow’s The Level Change Podcast and The Mookie & Crookie Show.
The format of the show is to review the prior weeks picks & then to announce each fight on the upcoming card, commenting on which fights are hot and which fights are not, as well as introducing an off-topic discussion point or two when there’s time. This week’s topics are as follows...
UFC Double Fight Week REVIEW - AT 1:08
Here’s a look at the UFC Jacksonville: Smith vs. Teixeira RESULTS & new fight records:
MAIN CARD | WED. MAY 13 - 9PM/6PM ETPT
- At 1:20 - 205lbs - Glover Teixeira (31-7) DEF. Anthony Smith (33-15), KO/TKO-G & P at 1:04 of Rd 5, Total 21:04
- At 14:28 - 265lbs - Ben Rothwell (38-12) DEF. Ovince St. Preux (24-14), DEC-SPLIT
- 155lbs - Drew Dober (23-9) DEF. Alexander Hernandez (11-3), KO/TKO-Punches at 4:25 of Rd 2, Total 9:25
- 135lbs - Ricky Simón (16-3) DEF. Ray Borg (13-5), DEC-Unanimous
- 265lbs - Andrei Arlovski (29-19) DEF. Philipe Lins (14-4), DEC-Unanimous
- 155lbs - Thiago Moisés (13-4) DEF. Michael Johnson (19-16), SUB-Ankle Lock at 0:25 of Rd 2, Total 5:25
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Hunter Azure vs. Brian Kelleher
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) 1. Glover Teixeira 2. Drew Dober
ESPN PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
- 135 lbs - Sijara Eubanks (5-4) DEF. Sarah Moras (6-6), DEC-Unanimous
- 155lbs - Omar Morales (10-0) DEF. Gabriel Benitez (21-8), DEC-Unanimous
- 135lbs - Brian Kelleher (21-10) DEF. Hunter Azure (8-1), KO/TKO-Left Hook & Hammerfist at 3:40 of Rd 2, Total 8:40
- 265lbs - Chase Sherman (15-6) DEF. Ike Villanueva (16-10), KO/TKO-Elbows & Punches at 0:49 of Rd 2, Total 5:49
Here’s a look at the UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris RESULTS & new fight records:
MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 16 | 10PM/7PM ETPT
- At 17:49 & 23:44 - Heavyweight Bout - Alistair Overeem (46-18) DEF. Walt Harris (13-8), KO/TKO - G & P at 3:00 of Rd 2, Total 8:00
- At 21:02 - Strawweight Bout - Cláudia Gadelha (18-4) DEF. Angela Hill (12-8), DEC-Split
- At 20:04 - 145lbs - Dan Ige (14-2) DEF. Edson Barboza (20-9), DEC-Split
- 185lbs - Krzysztof Jotko (22-4) DEF. Eryk Anders (13-5), DEC-Unanimous
- At 18:41 - 145lbs - Yadong Song (16-4) DEF. Marlon Vera (17-6), DEC-Unanimous
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) Yadong Song vs. Marlon Vera
PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT: ($50K ea.) 1. Cortney Casey 2. Miguel Baeza
PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
- 170lbs - Miguel Baeza (9-0) DEF. Matt Brown (22-17), KO/TKO-Left Hook at 0:18 of Rd 2, Total 5:18
- 185lbs - Kevin Holland (17-5) DEF. Anthony Hernandez (7-2), KO/TKO-Knee to Body to G & P at 1:39 of Rd 1
- 145lbs - Giga Chikadze (10-2) DEF. Irwin Rivera (9-5), DEC-Unanimous
- 145lbs - Nate Landwehr (14-3) DEF. Darren Elkins (24-9), DEC-Unanimous
- 125lbs - Cortney Casey (9-7) DEF. Mara Romero Borella (12-8), SUB-Armbar at 3:36 of Rd 1
- 265lbs - Rodrigo Nascimento (8-0) DEF. Donate Mayes (7-4), SUB-Rear Naked Choke at 2:05 of Rd 2, Total 7:05
UFC FN: ‘Woodley vs. Burns’ PREVIEW - AT 26:47
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting UFC Fight Night ‘Woodley vs. Burns bout sheet, leading their way up to the Sat. night Co-Main Event showcasing a Heavyweight Bout of Blagoy Ivanov vs. Augusto Sakai, and wrapping up the C/DC quick-picks preview portion of the show with a Main Event featuring a Welterweight Bout of Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley vs. Gilbert ‘During’ Burns. The event will be taking place this week from The UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card, bout order is subject to change:
UFC ON ESPN+ FN: ‘WOODLEY VS. BURNS’
MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 30 - 9PM/6PM ETPT
- 170lbs - Tyron Woodley (19-4) vs. Gilbert Burns (18-3) - At 45:06
- 265lbs - Blagoy Ivanov (18-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (14-1) - At 43:49
- 170lbs - Kevin Holland (17-5) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (11-1) - At 41:32
- 155lbs - Roosevelt Roberts (9-1) vs. Brok Weaver (15-4) - At 39:26
- 115lbs - Mackenzie Dern (7-1) vs. Hannah Cifers (10-4) - At 37:00
ESPN PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
- 125lbs - Katlyn Chookagian (13-3) vs. Antonina Shevchenko (8-1) - At 33:10
- 150lbs - Billy Quarantillo (13-2) vs. Spike Carlyle (9-1) - At 31:20
- 205lbs - Jamahal Hill (7-0) vs. Klidson Abreu (15-4) - At 30:11
- 125lbs - Tim Elliott (15-10) vs. Brandon Royval (10-4) - At 28:34
- 135lbs - Casey Kenney (13-2) vs. Louis Smolka (16-6) - At 27:45
- 145lbs - Chris Gutierrez (14-3) vs. Vince Morales (19-4) - At 27:33
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.
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