UFC Vegas 49 Reactions & UFC 272 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 49 REACTIONS — 2:35
Overall, this 11-bout card saw three exciting first round finishes, two thrilling KO/TKO’s, four sweet submissions, and five hard-fought decisions, two split. Rounding things out, two fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Arman Tsarukyan & Wellington Turman: FOTN honors went to Priscila Cachoeira vs. Ji Yeon Kim.

Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 49: ‘ISLAM MAKHACHEV VS BOBBY GREEN’ fight card full results & updated fight records —

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 26
At 18:56 — 11. 160lbs: Islam Makhachev (22-1) DEF. Bobby Green (29-13) — KO/TKO, G&P at 3:23 of Rd 1 of 5

At 17:03 — 10. 185bs: Wellington Turman (18-5) DEF. Misha Cirkunov (15-8) — SUB, Armbar at 1:29 of Rd 2, Total 6:29

At 15:46 — 9. 125lbs: Priscila Cachoeira (11-4) DEF. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)

At 12:18 — 8. 155lbs: Arman Tsarukyan (18-2) DEF. Joel Alvarez (19-3) — KO/TKO, G&P at 1:57 of Rd 2, Total 6:57

At 11:14 — 7. 185lbs: Armen Petrosyan (7-1) DEF. Gregory Rodrigues (11-4) — DEC, Split (20-17, 29-28, 28-29)

ESPN+/ESPN PRELIMS
At 9:44 — 6. 155lbs: Ignacio Bahamondes (13-4) DEF. Zhu Rong (19-5) — SUB, Brabo Choke at 1:40 of Rd 3, Total 11:40

At 8:02 — 5. 145lbs: Josiane Nunes (9-1) DEF. Ramona Pascual (6-3) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x2, 30-26)

At 6:08 — 4. 155lbs: Terrence McKinney (12-3) DEF. Fares Ziam (12-4) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:11 of Rd 1

At 4:42 — 3. 135lbs: Jonathan Martinez (15-4) DEF. Alejandro Perez (22-9) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27, 29-28x2)

At 3:02 — 2. 170lbs: Ramiz Brahimaj (10-4) DEF. Michael Gillmore (6-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 2:02 of Rd 1

At 2:56 — 1. 125lbs: Carlos Hernandez (8-1) DEF. Victor Altamirano (10-2) — DEC, Split (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)
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UFC 272 PICKS — 22:32
At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC 272 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+ PPV event will take place from the T-Mobile Center, in Las Vegas, NV, this Saturday, March 6th.

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

UFC 272: ‘JORGE MASVIDAL VS COLBY COVINGTON’ (19 Cares) —

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR 5 — 10PM/7PM ETPT (11 Cares)
13. 170lbs: Jorge Masvidal (35-15) vs. Colby Covington (16-3) — At 37:07, 3 Cares (But Split)

12. 155lbs: Rafael dos Anjos (30-13) vs. Rafael Fiziev (11-1) — At 36:14, 3 Cares

11. 145bs: Edson Barboza (22-10) vs. Bryce Mitchell (14-0) — At 34:30, 3 Cares (But Split)

10. 170lbs: Kevin Holland (21-7) vs. Alex Oliveira (22-11) — At 33:16, 2 Cares (Stephie, Eugene)

9. 265lbs: Sergey Spivak (13-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-4) — At 32:48

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT (5 Cares)
8. 155lbs: Jalin Turner (11-5) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (14-4) — At 32:05

7. 205lbs: Marina Rodriguez (15-1) vs. Xiaonan Yan (13-2) — At 31:18, 3 Cares

6. 205lbs: Nick Negumereanu (11-1) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-2) — At 29:49

5. 125lbs: Maryna Moroz (10-3) vs. Mariya Agapova (10-2) — At 28:38, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT (3 Cares)
4. 135lbs: Umar Nurmagomedov (13-0) vs. Brain Kelleher (24-12) — At 27:50, 1 Care (Stephie)

3. 125lbs: Tim Elliott (17-12) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1) — At 24:54, 2 Cares (Stephie, John)

2. 155lbs: L’udovit Klein (17-4) vs. Devonte Smith (11-3) — At 23:52

1. 205lbs: Dustin Jacoby (16-5) vs. Michael Oleksiejczuk (16-4) — At 23:17

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

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