UFC 271 Reactions & UFC Vegas 48 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.

UFC 271 REACTIONS — 1:37
Overall, this now 14-bout card saw 1 1st Rd finish, 2 KO/TKO’s, 4 subs, & 8 decisions, 2 split. Rounding things out, putting forth POTN efforts: Tai Tuivasa, and Jared Cannonier were awarded $50K bonuses; FOTN honors went to D. Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov.

Here’s a look at the UFC 271: ‘Adesanya vs Whittaker 2’ fight card full results & updated fight records —

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD:
UFC Middleweight Championship —
At 2:56 — 14. Israel Adesanya (22-1) DEF. Robert Whittaker (23-6) — DEC, Unanimous (48-47x2, 49-46)

At 6:50 — 13. 265lbs: Tai Tuivasa (15-3) DEF. Derrick Lewis (26-9) — KO/TKO, Elbow at 1:40 of Rd 2, Total 6:40

At 11:53 — 12. 185lbs: Jared Cannonier (15-5) DEF. Derek Brunson (23-8) — KO/TKO, Elbows at 4:29 of Rd 2, Total 9:29

At 16:00 — 11. 155lbs: Renato Moicano (16-4) DEF. Alexander Hernandez (13-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:23 of Rd 2, Total 6:23

At 18:18 — 10. 155bs: Bobby Green (29-12) DEF. Nasrat Haqparast (13-5) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x3)

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS:
At 27:00 — 9. 265lbs: Andrei Arlovski (33-20) DEF. Jared Vanderaa (12-7) — DEC, Split (29-28x2 Arlovski, 28-29 Vanderaa)

At 30:38 — 8. 125lbs: Casey O’Neill (9-0) DEF. Roxanne Modafferi (25-20) — DEC, Split (29-28x2 O’Neill, 28-29 Modafferi

At 32:32 — 7. 135lbs: Kyler Phillips (10-2) DEF. Marcelo Rojo (16-8) — SUB, Triangle-Armbar at 1:48 of Rd 3, Total 11:48

At 34:35 — 6. 205lbs: Carlos Ulberg (4-1) DEF. Fabio Cherant (7-4) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x3)

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS:
At 36:16 — 5. 135lbs: Ronnie Lawrence (8-1) DEF. Mana Martinez (9-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-27x2 Lawrence, 29-18 Martinez)

At 36:44 — 4. 185lbs: Jacob Malkoun (6-1) DEF. AJ Dobson (6-1) — DEC, Unanimous (29-27x2 Malkoun, 29-28 Dobson)

At 39:22 — 3. 135lbs: D. Silva de Andrade (28-4) DEF. Sergey Morozov (17-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:34 of Rd 2, Total 8:34

At 41:52 — 2. 170lbs: Jeremiah Wells (10-2) DEF. Blood Diamond (3-1) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 4:38 of Rd 1

At 42:20 — 1. 205lbs: Maxim Grishin (32-9) DEF. William Knight (11-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)
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UFC VEGAS 48 PICKS — 43:03
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 48 Fight Night bout sheet from the bottom up. This UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night event will take place from the APEX Center, in Las Vegas, NV, this Sat, Feb. 19th.

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

UFC VEGAS 48: ‘JOHNNY WALKER VS JAMAHAL HILL’ (12 Cares) —

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 12 — 7PM/4PM ETPT (10 Cares)
12. 205lbs: Johnny Walker (18-6) vs. Jamahal Hill (9-1) — At 56:23, 3 Cares

11. 185bs: Kyle Daukaus (10-2) vs. Jamie Pickett (13-6) — At 55:33, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)

10. 155lbs: Jim Miller (33-16) vs. Nikolas Motta (12-3) — At 52:25, 2 Cares (Stephie, Eugene)

9. 185lbs: Joaquin Buckley (13-4) vs. Abdul Razão Alhassan (11-4) — At 50:30, 3 Cares

8. 135lbs: Parker Porter (12-6) vs. Alan Baudot (8-2) — At 50:20

ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (2 Cares)
7. 135lbs: Jesse Strader (5-2) vs. Chad Anheliger (11-5) — At 49:35

6. 145lbs: Chas Skelly (18-3) vs. Mark Striegl (16-3) — At 48:00

5. 135lbs: Mario Bautista (8-2) vs. Khalid Taha (13-4) — At 47:16, 1 Care (Stephie)

4. 115lbs: Diana Belbiţă (14-6) vs. Gloria de Paula (5-4) — At 46:04

3. 135lbs: Jessica-Rose Clark (11-6) vs. Stephanie Egger (6-2) — At 44:51, 1 Care (Stephie)

2. 145lbs: Gabriel Benitez (22-9) vs. David Onama (8-1) — At 44:25

1. 145lbs: Jonathan Pearce (11-4) vs. Christian Rodriguez (7-0) — Added to the card after recording the show Sunday afternoon

Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA.

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