UFC 181 Care/Don’t Care Preview

other installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse has arrived. Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About…

By: Nate Wilcox | 9 years ago
UFC 181 Care/Don’t Care Preview
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other installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse has arrived. Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking, is Kid Nate’s counterpart for this edition.

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As always with the Care/Don’t Care preview — the caveat — no disrespect is intended to the fighters. This isn’t a commentary on the skill, heart or entertainment potential of any fighter, just a commentary on the UFC’s marketing of said fighters and whether or not any anticipation has been built for the fight.

Today Kid Nate and Eugene discuss:

  • The fights!
  • Clay Collard “Greens” vs “Cassius” Clay Collard
  • Sergio Pettis and handling a budding star
  • Josh Samman’s rough year and whether Eddie Gordan is the kind of unfeeling brute who won’t care.
  • Corey Anderson’s incredible nickname — Beastin 25/8
  • Nate stomps on Eugene’s Urijah Faber joke
  • Hitler’s escape to Brazil
  • St. Todd Duffee and the two St. Eugenes
  • Brendan Schaub and the karma of stalling
  • Is Gilbert Melendez SoCal or NoCal?
  • The Duke Roufus scandals and Anthony Pettis
  • Nate vs. Eugene on which champ is better for the LW and the WW division
  • Johny Hendricks’ lack of personality
  • Robbie Lawler and the second place mentality
  • Eugene vs the Misfits and the Meatment

Enjoy!

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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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