UFC Vegas 48 Reactions & UFC Vegas 49 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 VEGAS 48 REACTIONS — 1:17 Overall, this 12-bout card saw four exciting first round finishes, including our main event, five thrilling KO/TKO’s, two sweet submissions, and five hard-fought decisions, one split. Rounding things out, two fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Jamahal Hill, Kyle Daukaus, David Onama & Stephanie Egger; FOTN honors went to nobody this time around. Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 48: ‘JOHNNY WALKER VS JAMAHAL HILL’ fight card full results & updated fight records — ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 19 At 28:10 — 12. 205lbs: Jamahal Hill (10-1) DEF. Johnny Walker (18-7) — KO/TKO, Overhand Right at 2:55 of Rd 1 At 24:09, 25:33 — 11. 185bs: Kyle Daukaus (11-2) DEF. Jamie Pickett (13-7) — SUB, D’Arce Choke at 4:59 of Rd 1 At 23:58, 24:17— 10. 135lbs: Parker Porter (13-6) DEF. Alan Baudot (8-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3) At 19:28 — 9. 155lbs: Jim Miller (34-16) DEF. Nikolas Motta (12-4) — KO/TKO, Right Hook to Ground Strikes at 1:58 of Rd 2, Total 6:58 At 12:12 — OFF TOPIC: FIGHTER PROMOTION At 12:11 — 8. 185lbs: Joaquin Buckley (14-4) DEF. Abdul Razão Alhassan (11-5) — DEC, Split (29-28x2, 28-29) ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMS At 9:59 — 7. 145lbs: David Onama (9-1) DEF. Gabriel Benitez (22-10) — KO/TKO, Punches (Standing TKO) at 4:24 of Rd 1 At 7:30 — 6. 135lbs: Stephanie Egger (7-2) DEF. Jessica-Rose Clark (11-7) — SUB, Armbar at 3:44 of Rd 1 At 5:12 — 5. 145lbs: Chas Skelly (19-3) DEF. Mark Striegl (18-4) — KO/TKO, Knee to Hammerfists at 2:01 of Rd 2, Total 7:01 At 4:53 — 4. 115lbs: Gloria de Paula (6-4) DEF. Diana Belbiţă (14-7) — DEC, Unanimous (28-19x3) At 3:30 — 3. 135lbs: Chad Anheliger (12-5) DEF. Jesse Strader (5-3) — KO/TKO, Counter Left to G&P at 3:33 of Rd 3, Total 13:33 At 3:10 — 2. 145lbs: Jonathan Pearce (12-4) DEF. Christian Rodriguez (7-1) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x2, 30-27) At 3:04 — 1. 135lbs: Mario Bautista (9-2) DEF. Jay Perrin (10-5) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 30-26) ___________________________ UFC VEGAS 49 PICKS — 32:20 At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 49 Fight Night 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 APEX Center, in Las Vegas, NV, this Sat, Feb 26th. Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com (bout order subject to change): UFC VEGAS 49: ‘BOBBY GREEN VS ISLAM MAKHACHEV’ (10 Cares) — ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 26 — 7PM/4PM ETPT (6 Cares) 12. 160lbs: Islam Makhachev (21-1) vs. Bobby Green (29-12) — At 43:22, 3 Cares (But Split) 11. 185bs: Misha Cirkunov (15-7) vs. Wellington Turman (17-5) — At 42:08, 1 Care (Stephie) 10. 125lbs: Priscila Cachoeira (10-4) vs. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) — At 41:45 9. 155lbs: Arman Tsarukyan (17-2) vs. Joel Alvarez (19-2) — At 39:33, 2 Cares (Stephie, John) 8. 185lbs: Gregory Rodrigues (11-3) vs. Armen Petrosyan (6-1) — At 39:06 ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (4 Cares) 7. 155lbs: Ignacio Bahamondes (12-4) vs. Zhu Rong (18-4) — At 38:09, 1 Care (Stephie) 6. 145lbs: Josiane Nunes (8-1) vs. Ramona Pascual (6-2) — At 37:40 5. 155lbs: Terrence McKinney (11-3) vs. Fares Ziam (12-3) — At 34:57, 3 Cares (But Split) 4. 115lbs: Jinh Yu Frey (11-6) vs. Hannah Goldy (6-2) — At 34:16 3. 135lbs: Alejandro Perez (22-8) vs. Jonathan Martinez (14-4) — At 33:43 2. 170lbs: Ramiz Brahimaj (9-4) vs. Michael Gillmore (6-4) — At 33:29 1. 125lbs: Victor Altamirano (10-1) vs. Carlos Hernandez (7-1) — At 33:08 Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA.