UFC 266 Reactions & UFC Vegas 38 Picks | Care/Don't Care Podcast

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.

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 266 REACTIONS – 1:04
Overall, this now 13-bout card saw 3 1st rd finishes, 6 KO/TKO’s (including the Co-Main Event), 2 subs, & 5 decisions (including our Main Event). Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Chris Daukaus & Merab Dvalishvili; FOTN honors went to Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega.

Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results —

UFC 266: ‘VOLKANOVSKI VS ORTEGA’
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD

At 3:58 — 13. UFC Featherweight Championship - 5 Rds: Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) DEF. Brian Ortega (15-1) – DEC, Unanimous

At 3:58 — 12. UFC Flyweight Championship - 5 Rds: Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) DEF. Lauren Murphy (15-5) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:00 of Rd 4 of 5, Total 19:00

At 3:58 — 11. Five Rounds - Robbie Lawler (29-15) DEF. Nick Diaz (26-10) – KO/TKO, Punches at 0:44 of Rd 3 of 5, Total 10:44

At 3:58 — 10. Curtis Blaydes (15-3) DEF. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) – DEC, Unanimous

At 3:58 — 9. Jéssica Andrade (22-9) DEF. Cynthia Calvillo (9-3) – KO/TKO, Punches at 4:54 of Rd 1

ESPN PRELIMS
At 3:58 — 8. Merab Dvalishvili (14-4) DEF. Marlon Moraes (23-9) – KO/TKO, G & P at 4:25 of Rd 2, Total 9:25

At 3:58 — 7. Dan Hooker (21-10) DEF. Nasrat Haqparast (13-4) – DEC, Unanimous

At 3:58 — 6. Chris Daukaus (12-3) DEF. Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-6) – KO/TKO, Right Cross to Ground Strikes at 1:23 of Rd 2, Total 6:23

At 3:58 — 5. Taila Santos (18-1) DEF. Roxanne Modafferi (25-19) – DEC, Unanimous

ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS
At 3:58 — 4. Jalin Turner (11-5) DEF. Uros Medic (7-1) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 4:01 of Rd 1

At 3:58 — 3. Nick Maximov (7-0) DEF. Cody Brundage (7-1) – DEC, Unanimous

At 3:58 — 2. Matt Semelsberger (9-3) DEF. Martin Sano (4-3) – KO/TKO, Right Cross at 0:15 of Rd 1

At 3:58 — 1. Jonathan Pearce (11-4) DEF. Omar Morales (11-2) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:31 of Rd 2, Total 8:31
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UFC VEGAS 38 PICKS – 30:02
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ & then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 38 bout sheet, leading their way up to our Co-Main Event, & 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 Sat., Oct. 2nd., 2021.

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

UFC VEGAS 38: ‘THIAGO SANTOS VS JOHNNY WALKER’ (6 Cares)

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP 18 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (6 Cares)
13. 205lbs: Thiago Santos (21-9) vs. Johnny Walker (18-5) – At 38:28

12. 185lbs: Kevin Holland (21-7) vs. Kyle Daukaus (10-2) – At 37:38

11. 135lbs: Aspen Ladd (9-1) vs. Macy Chiasson (7-1) – At 37:07, 1 Care

10. 185lbs: Misha Cirkunov (15-6) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (22-5) – At 36:09, 1 Care

9. 170lbs: Niko Price (14-5) vs. Alex Oliveira (22-10) – At 35:54

8. 155lbs: Alexander Hernandez (12-4) vs. Mike Breeden (10-3) – At 35:27

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (0 Cares)
7. 155lbs: Joe Solecki (11-2) vs. Jared Gordon (17-4) – At 35:09

6. 135lbs: Karol Rosa (14-3) vs. Bethe Correia (11-5) – At 34:41

5. 135lbs: Douglas Andrade (26-4) vs. Gaetano Pirrello (15-6) – At 32:52

4. 155lbs: Jamie Mullarkey (13-4) vs. Devonte Smith (11-2) – At 32:34

3. 135lbs: Alejandro Perez (21-8) vs. Johnny Eduardo (28-12) – At 31:30

2. 125lbs: Antonina Shevchenko (9-3) vs. Casey O’Neill (7-0) – At 31:17

1. 135lbs: Shanna Young (7-3) vs. Stephanie Egger (5-2) – At 31:07

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