UFC Vegas 31 Reactions & UFC Vegas 32 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.

UFC VEGAS 31 REACTIONS – 3:30
Overall, this now 10-bout card saw three exhilarating first round finishes, five impressive KO/TKO’s, three sweet submissions, and two decisions. *NOTE: The UFC issued SIX bonuses... Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Rodrigo Nascimento, Miesha Tate, Mateusz Gamrot, & Rodolfo Vieira; FOTN honors went to Gabriel Benitez vs. Billy Quarantillo. What a night of fights we have to share with you, join us to discuss all the action...

Here’s a look at the fight results & updated records for the ‘UFC VEGAS 31’ fight card:
ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD
At 18:22 – 10. 155lbs: Islam Makhachev (20-1) DEF. Thiago Moises (15-5) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:38 of Rd 4 of 5, Total 17:38

At 16:15 – 9. 135lbs: Meisha Tate (19-7) DEF. Marion Reneau (9-8) – KO/TKO, G&P at 1:53 of Rd 2, Total 11:53

At 14:40 – 8. 155lbs: Mateusz Gamrot (19-1) DEF. Jeremy Stephens (28-19) – SUB, Kimura at 1:05 of Rd 1

At 13:33 – 7. 185lbs: Rodolfo Viera (8-1) DEF. Dustin Stolzfus (13-3) – SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:54 of Rd 3, Total 11:54

At 8:05 – 6. 145lbs: Billy Quarantillo (16-3) DEF. Gabriel Benitez (22-9) – KO/TKO, Punches from Back Control at 3:40 of Rd 3, Total 13:40

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 7:10 – 5. 170lbs: Daniel Rodriguez (15-2) DEF. Preston Parsons (9-3) – KO/TKO, Punches at 3:47 of Rd 1

At 5:25 – 4. 115lbs: Amanda Lemos (10-1) DEF. Montserrat Ruiz (10-2) – KO/TKO, Counter Right at 0:35 of Rd 1

3. 135lbs: Sergey Morozov (17-4) DEF. Khalid Taha (13-4) – DEC, Unanimous

2. 125lbs: Malcolm Gordon (13-5) DEF. Francisco Figueiredo (12-4) – DEC, Unanimous

1. 265lbs: Rodrigo Nascimento (9-1) DEF. Alan Baudot (8-3) – KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 1:29 of Rd 2, Total 6:29
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UFC VEGAS 32 PICKS – 26:48
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 32 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 UFC APEX Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday, July 24th., 2021.

Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change, it has already changed since the show was recorded):

UFC VEGAS 32: ‘CORY SANDHAGEN VS TJ DILLASHAW’ (11 Cares)
ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. JULY 24 - 7PM/4PM ETPT (9 Cares)
13. 135lbs: Cory Sandhagen (14-2) vs. T.J. Dillashaw (16-4) - At 41:02, 3 Cares

12. 135lbs: Aspen Ladd (9-1) vs. Macy Chiasson (7-1) - At 40:11, 3 Cares

11. 135lbs: Kyler Phillips (9-1) vs. Raulian Paiva (20-3) - At 39:03, 2 Cares

10. 145lbs: Darren Elkins (25-9) vs. Darrick Minner (26-11) - At 37:05

9. 125lbs: Maycee Barber (8-2) vs. Miranda Maverick (9-2) - At 33:33, 1 Care

8. 170lbs: Mickey Gall (6-3) vs. Jordan Williams (9-4) - At 32:40

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (2 Cares)
7. 185lbs: Punahele Soriano (8-0) vs. Brendan Allen (16-4) - At 31:17, 2 Cares

6. 265lbs: Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-5) vs. Chris Daukaus (11-3) - At 31:00

5. 185lbs: Ian Heinisch (14-4) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (9-3) - At 30:22

4. 135lbs: Adrian Yanez (13-3) vs. Randy Costa (6-1) - At 30:03

3. 135lbs: Julio Arce (16-4) vs. Andre Ewell (17-7) - At 29:37

2. 125lbs: Sijara Eubanks (6-6) vs. Elise Reed (4-0) - At 27:58

1. 115lbs: Diana Belbiţă (13-6) vs. Hannah Goldy (5-1) - At 27:35

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