UFC Vegas 54 Reactions & UFC Vegas 55 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 S. Nash & Stephie Haynes. UFC Vegas 54: BLACHOWICZ VS RAKIC REACTIONS — 4:14 Overall, this now 11-bout card saw three exciting first round finishes, four thrilling KO/TKO’s, two sweet submissions, and five hard-fought decisions, one split. Rounding things out, our PERFORMANCE BONUSES were awarded to: Chookagian vs. Ribas, Ryan Spann & Manuel Torres. Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 54: ‘BLACHOWICZ VS RAKIC’ fight card with full results & updated fight records — MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 14 At 4:14 — 11. 205lbs - Jan Blachowicz (29-9) DEF. Aleksandar Rakic (14-3) — via TKO (injury) at 1:11 of round three At 8:55 — 10. 205lbs - Ryan Spann (20-7) DEF. Ion Cutelaba (16-7) —via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:22 of the first round At 12:18 — 9. 135lbs - Davey Grant (12-6) DEF. Louis Smolka (17-9) — via KO at 0:49 of round three At 15:59 — 8. 125lbs - Katlyn Chookagian (18-4) DEF. Amanda Ribas (11-3) — via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) At 18:42 — 7. 155lbs - Manuel Torres (13-2) DEF. Frank Camacho (22-10) — via TKO (strikes) at 3:27 of round one At 22:45 — 6. 125lbs - Allan Nascimento (19-6) DEF. Jake Hadley (8-1) — via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) PRELIMS At 25:55 — 5. 125lbs - Viviane Araujo (11-3) DEF. Andrea Lee (13-6) — via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27) At 33:01 — 4. 155lbs - Michael Johnson (20-17) DEF. Alan Patrick (15-4) — via KO at 3:22 of round two At 35:01 — 3. 115lbs - Virna Jandiroba (18-3) DEF. Angela Hill (13-12) — via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) At 37:11 — 2. 125lbs - Tatsuro Taira (11-0) DEF. Carlos Candelario (8-2) — via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) At 38:24 — 1. 185lbs - Andre Petroski (8-1) DEF. Nick Maximov (8-1) — via submission (anaconda choke) at 1:16 of the first round __________________________________________ UFC Vegas 55: HOLM VS VIEIRA PICKS — 40:00 At this point in the show we offer you our ‘disclaimer’, then our trio will go about predicting the UFC Vegas 55 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, Nevada, this Saturday, May 21st. Here’s a look at the fight card & records for the upcoming event via tapology.com, bout order subject to change: UFC Vegas 55: ‘HOLM VS VIEIRA’ (15 Cares) — ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAY 21 — 7/4PM ETPT (9 Cares) 11. 135lbs: Holly Holm (14-5) vs. Ketlen Vieira (12-2) — At 52:25, 3 Cares 10. 170lbs: Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-5) vs. Michel Pereira (27-11) — At 51:35, 3 Cares (But Split) 9. 185lbs: Chidi Njokuani (21-7) vs. Duško Todorović (11-2) — At 48:48, 3 Cares 8. 115lbs: Polyana Viana (12-4) vs. Tabatha Ricci (6-1) — At 49:32 7. 185lbs: Eryk Anders (14-6) vs. Jun Yong Park (13-5) — At 48:04 ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4/1PM ETPT (0 Cares) 6. 185lbs: Joseph Holmes (7-2) vs. Alen Amedovski (8-2) — At 47:44 5. 265lbs: Parker Porter (13-6) vs. Jailton Almeida (15-2) — 48:48 4. 155lbs: Omar Morales (11-2) vs. Uros Medic (7-1) — At 43:20 3. 135lbs: Jonathan Martinez (15-4) vs. Vince Morales (11-5) — At 42:26 2. 145lbs: Chase Hooper (10-2) vs. Felipe Colares (10-3) — At 41:24 1. 115lbs: Elise Reed (5-1) vs. Sam Hughes (6-4) — At 41:05 Be sure to follow Eugene on twitter @EugeneSRobinson, John is @heynottheface, and of course you can catch Stephie @CrooklynMMA.