It’s time for another of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Previews with me, Kid Nate and co-host extraordinaire 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 here.
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Topics addressed include:
- The Japanese fighter even Nate has given up on
- Leon Edwards on the cusp of care
- From headliner to Fight Pass, a tune up for Kyoji Horiguchi
- We need a nickname for Jon Tuck
- With the pressure on after Nate’s 6-1 run last time, Eugene angles for “non-binding” picks
- Rustam Khabilov and the ferocity of mountain people
- Nikita Krylov’s new nickname — don’t call him Al Capone any more….but what about the hat?
- The fighter who KO’d Eugene’s grappling coach
- Albert Tumenov vs Gunnar Nelson big cares, hard pick
- The terror of Big Foot vs Struve, be safe guys!
- How long will Arlovski last against Overeem?
- Much much more
Main Card (FS1, 2 PM ET)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Alistair Overeem – 29:39
Antonio Silva vs. Stefan Struve – 25:10
Gunnar Nelson vs. Albert Tumenov – 22:44
Germaine de Randamie vs. Anna Elmose – 21:48
Francimar Barroso vs. Nikita Krylov – 20:26
Heather Clark vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – 20:11
Preliminary Card (FS1, 12 PM ET)
Rustam Khabilov vs. Chris Wade – 19:21
Magnus Cedenblad vs. Garreth McLellan – 19:08
Nick Hein vs. Jon Tuck – 18:44
Yan Cabral vs. Reza Madadi – 16:08
Preliminary Card (Fight Pass, 10:30 AM ET)
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Neil Seery – 12:26
Leon Edwards vs. Dominic Waters – 11:39
Willie Gates vs. Ulka Sasaki – 11:28
Enjoy!