UFC 267 Reactions & UFC 268 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 267 REACTIONS – 3:00
Overall, this now 14-bout card saw 2 1st Rd finishes, 2 KO/TKO’s, 4 subs & 8 decisions, 1 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Glover Teixeira & Khamzat Chimaev; FOTN honors went to Petr Yan vs. Cory Sandhagen.

Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results —
UFC 267: ‘JAN BLACHOWICZ VS GLOVER TEIXEIRA’
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 30
At 25:37 - 14. UFC LHW Championship Fight — Glover Teixeira (33-7) DEF. Jan Blachowicz (28-9), SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:02 of Rd 2, Total 8:02

At 21:17 - 13. UFC Interim BW Championship Fight — Petr Yan (16-2) DEF. Cory Sandhagen (14-4), DEC, Unanimous (49-46x3)
At 17:35 - 12. Islam Makhachev (21-1) DEF. Dan Hooker (21-11) — SUB, Kimura at 2:23 of Rd 1

At 15:49 - 11. Alexander Volkov (34-9) DEF. Marcin Tybura (22-7) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 29-28)

At 12:41 - 10. Khamzat Chimaev (10-0) DEF. Li Jingliang (18-7) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:16 of Rd 1

At 11:04 - 9. Magomed Ankalaev (16-1) DEF. Volkan Oezdemir (17-6) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 29-28)

ESPN+ PRELIMS
At 10:07 - 8. Amanda Ribas (11-2) DEF. Virna Jandiroba (17-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)

Skipped - 7. Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5) DEF. Ricardo Ramos (15-4) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)

At 9:47 - 6. Albert Duraev (15-3) DEF. Roman Kopylov (8-2) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 29-27x2)

At 7:26 - 5. Elizeu Zaleski (23-7) DEF. Benoit St. Denis (8-1) — DEC, Unanimous (29-26x3)

At 7:07 - 4. Michal Oleksiejczuk (15-4) DEF. Shamil Gamzatov (14-1) — KO/TKO, Uppercut at 3:31 of Rd 1

At 5:17 - 3. Lerone Murphy (11-0) DEF. Makwan Amirkhani (16-7) — KO/TKO, Knee at 0:14 of Rd 3, Total 14:46

At 4:53 - 2. Andre Petroski (7-1) DEF. Hu Yaozong (3-3) — SUB, Arm Triangle Choke at 4:46 of Rd 3, Total 14:46

At 3:14 - 1. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1) DEF. Allan Nascimento (18-6) — DEC, Split (29-28x2, 28-29)
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UFC 268 PICKS – 35:45
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’ and then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 268 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 Madison Square Garden, in New York, NY, this Saturday, November 6th., 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 significantly changed since the show was recorded):

UFC 268: ‘KAMARU USMAN VS COLBY COVINGTON 2’ (25 Cares)

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 6 - 10PM/7PM ETPT (15 Cares)
14. UFC WW Championship Fight — Kamaru Usman (19-1) vs. Colby Covington (16-2) — At 1:00:07, 3 Cares

13. UFC SW Championship Fight — Rose Namajunas (10-4) vs. Weili Zhang (21-2) — At 58:15, 3 Cares

12. Justin Gaethje (22-3) vs. Michael Chandler (22-6) — At 55:21, 3 Cares

11. 145lbs: Shane Burgos (13-3) vs. Billy Quarantillo (16-3) – At 51:41, 3 Cares

10. 135lbs: Frankie Edgar (24-9) vs. Marlon Vera (19-7) – At 53:32, 3 Cares

ESPN+/ESPNEWS PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT (8 Cares)
9. 185lbs: Andreas Michailidis (13-4) vs. Alex Pereira (3-1) – At 43:32, 1 Care

8. 155lbs: Al Iaquinta (14-6-1) vs. Bobby Green (27-12-1) – At 45:52, 3 Cares

7. 185lbs: Phil Hawes (11-2) vs. Chris Curtis (26-8) – At 37:16

6. 185lbs: Edmen Shahbazyan (11-2) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (10-3) – At 50:23, 2 Cares

5. 170lbs: Jordan Williams (9-5) vs. Ian Garry (7-0) – At 40:21, 2 Cares

ESPN+/UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT (2 Cares)
4. 265lbs: Gian Villante (17-13) vs. Chris Barnett (21-7) – At 38:07, 2 Cares

3. 205lbs: Aleksa Camur (6-2) vs. John Allan (13-6) – At 37:54

2. 145lbs: Melsik Baghdasaryan (6-1) vs. Bruno Souza (10-1) – At 36:59

1. 125lbs: C.J. Vergara (9-2) vs. Ode Osbourne (9-4) – At 39:53

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