UFC 258 Reactions & UFC VEGAS 19 Picks | Care/Don’t Care Podcast

It’s time for another one of our infamous & patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: Eugene S. Robinson, John S. Nash & Stephie Haynes.

The format of the show is to review the prior events’ picks & then announce each fight on the upcoming card, quickly commenting on which fights are hot, and which fights are not.

UFC 258 REACTIONS: 1:09

Here’s a look at the event RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:
ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. FEB 13
At 6:17 - 10. UFC Welterweight Championship 5 Rd Bout: Kamaru Usman (18-1) DEF. Gilbert Burns (19-4) - KO/TKO, Power Jab to G & P at 0:34 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 10:34

At 17:46 - 9. Co-Main: Alexa Grasso (13-3) DEF. Maycee Barber (8-2) - DEC, Unanimous

At 20:10 - 8. Kelvin Gastelum (17-6) DEF. Ian Heinisch (14-4) - DEC, Unanimous

At 24:50 - 7. Ricky Simón (18-3) DEF. Brian Kelleher (22-12) - DEC, Unanimous

At 32:32 - 6. Julian Marquez (8-2) DEF. Maki Pitolo (13-8) - SUB, Anaconda Choke at 4:17 of Rd 3, Total 14:17

FOTN: ($50K ea.) No One For This Event
POTN: ($50K ea.) 1. Anthony Hernandez 2. Julian Marquez 3. Kamaru Usman 4. Polyana Viana

ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMS
At 38:25 - 5. Anthony Hernandez (8-2) DEF. Rodolfo Vieira (7-1) - SUB, Arm-In Guillotine Choke at 1:53 of Rd 2, Total 6:53

At 34:55 - 4. Belal Muhammad (18-3) DEF. Dhiego Lima (15-8) - DEC, Unanimous

At 46:43 - 3. Polyana Viana (12-4) DEF. Mallory Martin (7-4) - SUB, Armbar at 3:18 of Rd 1

2. Chris Gutierrez (16-3) DEF. Andre Ewell (17-7) - DEC, Unanimous

UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS | 7PM/4PM ETPT

1. Gabe Green (10-3) DEF. Philip Rowe (7-3) - DEC, Unanimous

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UFC VEGAS 19 PICKS: 49:30
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC VEGAS 19 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 UFC Apex Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday.

Here’s a look at the upcoming fight card & records for the upcoming event (bout order subject to change - changed already as of timestamping the card at 1:30am 2/15/21):

UFC VEGAS 19: ‘BLAYDES VS LEWIS’ (12 Cares)
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB. 13 - 8PM/5PM ETPT ( 6 Cares)
15. 265lbs Curtis Blaydes (14-2) vs Derrick Lewis (24-7) - At 1:12:09, 3 Cares

14. 135lbs Ketlen Vieira (11-1) vs Yana Kunitskaya (13-5) - At 1:11:00, 3 Cares

13. 145lbs Darrick Minner (25-11) vs Charles Rosa (13-4) - At 1:07:40, 0 Cares

12. 265lbs Alexey Oleinik (59-14) vs Chris Daukaus (10-3) - At 1:08:32, 0 Cares

11. 185lbs Nassourdine Imavov (9-2) vs. Phil Hawes (9-2) - At 1:07:23, 0 Cares

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT (6 Cares)

10. 265lbs Andrei Arlovski (30-19) vs Tom Aspinall (9-2) - At 56:51, 2 Cares

9. 145lbs Jared Gordon (16-4) vs. Danny Chavez (11-3) - At 1:06:07, 0 Care

8. 155lbs Drakkar Klose (11-2) vs. Luis Pena (8-3) - At 51:03, 3 Cares

7. 135lbs Eddie Wineland (24-14) vs. John Castaneda (17-5) - At 1:03:54, 0 Cares

6. 145lbs Julian Erosa (24-8) vs Nate Landwehr (14-3) - At 56:34, 0 Cares

5. 125lbs Shana Dobson (4-4) vs. Casey O’Neil (5-0) - At 1:05:08, 0 Cares

4. 145lbs Chas Skelly (18-3) vs. Jamall Emmers (18-5) - At 1:02:52, 1 Cares

3. 135lbs Aiemann Zahabi (7-2) vs. Drako Rodriguez (7-1) - At 54:58, 0 Cares

2. 265lbs Sergey Spivak (11-2) vs. Jared Vanderaa (11-4) - At 1:02:26, 0 Cares

1. 145lbs Rafael Alves (19-9) vs Pat Sabatini (13-3) - At 1:06:59, 0 Cares

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