Lerone Murphy vs Josh Emmett For a moment, I thought Murphy had elevated his striking to a 75 because of what he did to Barboza. But he only out struck Ige 37 to 32. And the grappling exchanges went back and forth. Matter of fact Ige had almost 5...
Brandon Moreno vs Steve Erceg Chris’ Pick: Moreno by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Moreno -300 Manuel Torres vs Drew Dober Chris’ Pick: Dober by 1st round knockout. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Dober -125 Edgar Chairez vs CJ Vergara...
Leon Edwards vs Sean Brady Brady’s stand up got way, way, way better as he out struck Burns by an astounding 118 to 32. He doesn’t at all resemble the guy that lost to Belal Muhammad. Chris’ Pick: Brady by 3rd round submission. What odds I think the favorite...
Marvin Vettori vs Roman Dolidze 2 Chris’ Pick: Vettori by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Vettori -200 Chidi Njokuani vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Chris’ Pick: Zaleski dos Santos by split decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Zaleski dos Santos...
Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev I thought Rakic had 75 striking going into his fight with Ankalaev, thought he’d be able to land more, but instead the strikes were close to equal. So does that mean Ankalaev has 75 striking too? I think more likely not. Could be wrong....
Asu Almabayev vs Manel Kape Part of me is reluctant to elevate Kape’s striking to a 75, but the numbers are the numbers and Kape out struck Silva 109 to 55. Chris’ Pick: Kape by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Kape -225 Julian Marquez...
Henry Cejudo vs Song Yadong Song might’ve lost to Petr Yan, but it was a razor close fight. Yan out struck him 86 to 79. Control time on the ground was really close to equal. Chris’ Pick: Song by split decision. What odds I think the favorite should be...
Jared Cannonier vs Gregory Rodrigues Chris’ Pick: Cannonier by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Cannonier -200 Calvin Kattar vs Youssef Zalal Chris’ Pick: Kattar by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Kattar -250 Edmen Shahbazyan vs Dylan Budka Chris’ Pick:...
Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 After Du Plessis’ got the judges nod in their first fight, at first glance, I came away thinking both are matched really well, that the skills are really close. But after rewatching it and taking a second look at the numbers, Strickland...
Israel Adesanya vs Nassourdine Imavov Adesanya did lose to Du Plessis, but for me, he showed off the best wrestling of his career. The tool improved to a 70 grade. Chris’ Pick: Adesanya by decision. What odds I think the favorite should be at: Adesanya -125 Shara Magomedov vs...