Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano Makhachev definitely proved he has 75 striking in his last fight with Poirier. Chris’ Pick: Makhachev by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Makhachev -200 Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov Both are matched up really well here but I give Dvalishvili the slightest of edges with […]
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Dern vs Ribas 2, Ponzinibbio vs Harris, Almeida vs Alhassan Fight Picks – January 11, 2025
Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Ribas 2 It’s been established that Rose Namajunas has 75 striking and 70 grappling at 125 lbs. Ribas is a small flyweight, but last time out against Namajunas, her striking leveled up to a 75 grade. Now she moves back down to 115 lbs where that tool should play up even […]
Covington vs Buckley, Swanson vs Quarantillo, Kape vs Silva Fight Picks – December 14, 2024
Colby Covington vs Joaquin Buckley Despite the narrative that Leon Edwards out classed Covington, the striking between the two was close to equal with Edwards out landing him only 56 to 44. Chris’ Pick: Covington by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Covington -200 Cub Swanson vs Billy Quarantillo Chris’ Pick: […]
Pantoja vs Asakura, Rakhmonov vs Machado Garry, Gane vs Volkov 2 Fight Picks – UFC 310 – December 7, 2024
Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Asakura Although Asakura is making his UFC debut, he has fought high level competition in Japan. But most interesting is the fact he beat bantamweights, fighters bigger than he was. He’s now cutting down to flyweight where his tools should play up even more. But I will admit there’s a bunch […]
Yan vs Figueiredo, Xiaonan vs Ricci, Ulberg vs Oezdemir Fight Picks – November 23, 2024
Petr Yan vs Deiveson Figueredo Merab Dvalishvili was clearly able to out wrestle Yan. But then a year later, Yan returns against Yadong and shows improved 75 wrestling. And yes, Figueiredo showed off what appeared to be 75 striking in his bantamweight debut with Font. But then Garbrandt out struck Figueiredo 16 to 8. Stirke […]
Jones vs Miocic, Oliveira vs Chandler, Nickal vs Craig Fight Picks – UFC 309 – November 16, 2024
Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic Even though Miocic hasn’t fought for over 3 years, Jones is just as rusty as he’s only had 2 minutes of cage time in almost the last 5 years. So obviously the Gane fight didn’t go long, so the last couple Jones fights we have to go off of was […]
Magny vs Prates, de Ridder vs Meerschaert, Robertson vs Pinheiro Fight Picks – November 9, 2024
Neil Magny vs Carlos Prates Magny has been very inconsistent the past few years, but I do have to give him credit, his last 3 fights have been against likely future title contenders and he’s done pretty good. Got knocked out by Michael Morales last time out, but showed for sure 65 wrestling. On paper, […]
Moreno vs Albazi, Namajunas vs Blanchfield, Machado vs Ribeiro Fight Picks – November 2, 2024
Brandon Moreno vs Amir Albazi Moreno showed he’s at Kara France’s level, that the two are similar. I expect Moreno’s fight with Albazi to be similar to Albazi vs Kara France. Chris’ Pick: Moreno by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Moreno -250 Rose Namajunas vs Erin Blanchfield Namajunas really struggles […]
Klein vs Souza, Piccninni vs Gurule, Del Valle vs Monteiro Fight Picks – Contender Series – October 15, 2024
Nick Klein vs Heraldo Souza Chris’ Pick: Klein by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Klein -135 Nick Piccininni vs Luis Gurule Chris’ Pick: Gurule by 2nd round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be: Gurule -135 Yadier Del Valle vs Antonio Monteiro Chris’ Pick: Del Valle […]
Topuria vs Holloway, Whittaker vs Chimaev, Ankalaev vs Rakic Fight Picks – UFC 308 – October 26, 2024
Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway The first time Holloway moved up to 155 lbs to take on Dustin Poirier, he lost. Poirier looked much bigger. This time against Gaethje, Holloway out strikes him 181 to 103. Incredible. And when Holloway was going into his third fight with Volkanovski, I had both with 75 striking grades. […]