UFC 262 Reactions & UFC Vegas 27 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 Nash & 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 262 REACTIONS – 1:10
Here’s a look at the UFC 262: ‘OLIVEIRA VS CHANDLER’ RESULTS & UPDATED FIGHT RECORDS:

ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. MAY 15
At 5:09 - 12. UFC Vacant Lightweight Championship - Charles Oliveira (31-8) DEF Michael Chandler (22-6) - KO/TKO, Left Hook to G&P at 0:19 seconds of Rd 2, Total 5:19

At 13:00 - 11. Beneil Dariush (21-4) DEF Tony Ferguson (25-6) - DEC, Unanimous

At 15:55 - 10. Rogério Bontorin (17-3) DEF Matt Schnell (15-6) - DEC, Unanimous

At 17:44 - 9. Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) DEF Viviane Araujo (10-3) - DEC, Unanimous

At 20:17 - 8. Edson Barboza (22-9) DEF Shane Burgos (13-3) - KO/TKO, Right Hook at 1:16 of Rd 3, Total 11:16

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 23:07 - 7. André Muniz (21-4) DEF Ronaldo Souza (26-10) - SUB, Inverted Armbar (Broken Arm) at 3:59 of Rd 1

At 24:49 - 6. Lando Vannata (12-5) DEF Mike Grundy (12-3) - DEC – SPLIT

5. Jordan Wright (12-1) DEF Jamie Pickett (11-6) - KO/TKO, Knees to G&P at 1:04 of Rd 1

At 25:32 - 4. Andrea Lee (12-5) DEF Antonina Shevchenko (9-3) - SUB, Triangle-Armbar at 4:52 of Rd 2, Total 9:52

UFC FIGHT PASS
At 25:39 - 3. Priscilla Cachoeira (10-3) DEF Gina Mazany (7-5) - KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 4:51 of Rd 2, Total 9:51

2. Tucker Lutz (12-1) DEF Kevin Aguilar (17-5) - DEC, Unanimous

1. Christos Giagos (19-8) DEF Sean Soriano (14-7) - SUB, D’Arce Choke at 3:59 of Rd 2, Total 8:59
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UFC Vegas 27 PICKS – 26:04

At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 27 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+ Fight Night event will take place from the APEX Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday, May 22nd., 2021.

Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change):

UFC VEGAS 27: ‘FONT VS GARBRANDT’ (10 Cares)

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 22 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (9 Cares)
14. 135lbs - Rob Font (18-4) vs. Cody Garbrandt (12-3) - At 42:16, 3 Cares

13. 115lbs - Xiaonan Yan (13-1) vs. Carla Esparza (17-6) - At 37:50, 3 Cares

12. 265lbs - Justin Tafa (4-2) vs. Jared Vanderaa (11-5) - At 36:59

11. 145lbs - Felicia Spencer (8-2) vs. Norma Dumont (5-1) - At 35:52

10. 125lbs - David Dvořák (19-3) vs. Raulian Paiva (20-3) - At 35:06

9. 185lbs - Jack Hermansson (21-6) vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (11-1) - At 34:00, 3 Cares

PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (1 Care)
8. 145lbs - Bill Algeo (14-5) vs. Ricardo Ramos (14-3) - At 32:50

7. 265lbs - Ben Rothwell (38-13) vs. Chris Barnett (21-6) - At 30:55, 1 Care

6. 170lbs - Claudio Silva (14-2) vs. Court McGee (19-10) - At 30:18

5. 125lbs - Victor Rodriguez (7-3) vs. Bruno Silva (11-5) - At 29:25

4. 145lbs - Joshua Culibao (8-1) vs. Yilan Sha (19-6) - At 29:03

3. 155lbs - Yancy Medeiros (15-7) vs. Damir Hadžović (13-6) - At 28:20

2. 155lbs - Damir Ismagulov (22-1) vs. Rafael Alves (19-9) - At 27:15

1. 135lbs - Sarah Alpar (9-5) vs. Lupita Godinez (5-1) - At 26:58

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