UFC 284 Picks & UFC Vegas 68 Reactions | 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.

This now 11-bout card saw 5 1st Rd finishes, 3 KO/TKO’s, 4 subs, & 3 decisions - 1 split, & 1 majority draw. Post-Fight BONUS Awards included — POTN: Serghei Spivac, Anshul Jubli, Rinya Nakamura, & Tatsuro Taira. FOTN: None.

UFC Vegas 68: ‘Lewis vs. Spivac’ & ‘Road to UFC’ Finale fight card, updated records & full results from the event —

MAIN CARD
At 5:49 — 11. Main Event – Serghei Spivac (16-3) DEF. Derrick Lewis (26-11) — sub (arm-triangle choke) at 3:05 of Rd 1

10. Co-Main Event – Devin Clark (14-7) DEF. Da Un Jung (15-4) — unanimous dec (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

9. Marcin Tybura (24-7) DEF. Blagoy Ivanov (19-5) — unanimous dec (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

At 5:19 — 8. DooHo Choi (14-4-1) vs. Kyle Nelson (13-5-1) — fight to a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)

7. Adam Fugitt (9-3) DEF. Yasaku Kinoshita (6-2) — TKO (elbows) at 4:36 of Round 1

‘Road to UFC – Season 2’ TOURNAMENT FINALS
6. Lightweight Final: Anshul Jubli (7-0) DEF. Jeka Saragih (13-3) — TKO (strikes) at 3:44 of Round 2

5. Featherweight Final: Jeong Yeong Lee (10-1) DEF. Zha Yi (22-4) — split dec (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

At 4:48 — 4. Bantamweight Final: Rinya Nakamura (7-0) DEF. Toshiomi Kazama (10-3) — KO (left hand) at 0:33 of Rd 1

3. Flyweight Final: Hyun Sung Park (8-0) DEF. Seung Guk Choi (6-2) — sub (rear-naked choke) at 3:11 of Rd 3

ESPN+ EARLY PRELIMS
2. Jun Yong Park (16-5) DEF. Denis Tiuliulin (11-7) — tech sub (rear-naked choke) at 4:05 of Rd 1

At 2:05 — 1. Tatsuro Taira (13-0) DEF. Jesus Aguilar (8-2) — sub (armbar) at 4:20 of Rd 1

* At 9:13 — UFC Vegas 68/Bellator 290: Sadness Level? Lewis vs. Fedor
* At 10:38 — Spivac holds current UFC record for Highest Take Down Percentage: 63%
* At 11:17 — Spivac finally gets a Performance Bonus after pleading for one over and over again
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UFC 284: ‘MAKHACHEV VS VOLKANOVSKI’ PICKS — 11:40
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC PPV bout sheet from the bottom up, 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 #RACarena out of Perth, Western Australia, on Sat, Feb 11th., 2023.

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

UFC 284 (11 CARES):

ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT. FEB. 11 — 10/7PM ETPT (9 Cares)
13. UFC LW Championship Bout - 155lbs: Islam Makhachev (23-1) vs. Alexander Volkanovski (25-1) — At 22:10, 3 Cares

12. UFC Interim FW Championship Bout - 145lbs: Yair Rodriguez (14-3) vs. Josh Emmett (18-2) — At 20:33, 3 Cares (But Split, Eugene: Emmett)

11. 170lbs: Randy Brown (16-4) vs. Jack Della Maddalena (13-2) — At 16:58, 3 Cares

10. 265lbs: Justin Tafa (5-3) vs. Parker Porter (13-7) — At 15:56

9. 205lbs: Jimmy Crute (12-3) vs. Alonzo Menifield (13-3) — At 15:32

ESPN/ESPN+ FEATURED PRELIMS | 8/5PM ETPT (0 Cares)
8. 205lbs: Tyson Pedro (9-3) vs. Modestas Bukauskas (13-5) — At 15:12

7. 145lbs: Joshua Culibao (10-1) vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan (7-1) — At 14:44

6. 125lbs: Kleydson Rodrigues (7-2) vs. Shannon Ross (13-6) — At 14:21

5. 155lbs: Jamie Mullarkey (15-5) vs. Francisco Prado (11-0) — At 14:07

ESPN+/UFC FIGHTPASS | 6/3PM ETPT (2 Cares)
4. 145lbs: Jack Jenkins (10-2) vs. Don Shainis (12-4) — At 13:51

3. 115lbs: Loma Lookboonmee (7-3) vs. Elise Reed (6-2) — At 13:10, 2 Cares (John & Eugene)

2. 145lbs: Blake Bilder (7-0-1) vs. Shane Young (13-6) — At 12:53

1. 145lbs: Zubaira Tukhugov (20-5-1) vs. Elves Brenner (13-3) — At 12:27

* At 27:33 — Card Summary/PPV Estimates
* At 28:54 — Bellator Financial Projections/Sale Rumors/Business Discussion

Be sure to follow John on twitter @heynottheface, you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA, and twice a week she’s on @LevelChangePod. Meanwhile, Eugene is @EugeneSRobinson on twitter.

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