Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch return to break down this week’s UFC 253 PPV event on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. With picks and odds for every fight on the card. From Paulo Costa vs. Israel Adesanya in the main event down to Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques in the opening prelims.
It’s finally time for another big ‘stacked’ UFC PPV card. The headline bout of UFC 253, between Paulo Costa and Israel Adesanya is a real thriller that should offer wall-to-wall action of the very highest order. The co-main event between Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz may not have the big name value fans want out of a light heavyweight title fight, but I expect it to be a technical, persistent rage striking battle between two men with light heavyweight firepower. Throw some Kai Kara-France, Ketlen Vieira, and Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov in there and the whole thing spells violence.
For those who want to dive deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
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Here’s a look at how the UFC 253 card stacks up right now:
PPV MAIN CARD | 10pm/7pm ET&PT
Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa – At 3:51, Odds 30:28, Picks, Both – Costa
Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz – At 31:15, Odds 40:12, Picks, Both – Reyes
Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Royval – At 41:04, Odds 50:40, Picks, Both – Kara-France
Kelten Vieira vs. Sijara Eubanks – At 52:02, Odds 55:55, Picks, Both – Vieira
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov – At 56:11, Odds , Picks, Zane – Dawodu / Connor – Tukhugov
ESPN2 PRELIMS | 7pm/4pm ET&PT
Brad Riddell vs. Alex da Silva – At 1:51, Odds 11:55, Picks, Both – Riddell
Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Matthews – At 12:25, Odds 16:56, Picks, Both – Matthews
Shane Young vs. L’udovit Klein – At 18:16, Odds 30:33, Picks, Both – Klein
William Knight vs. Aleksa Camur – At 31:05, Odds 39:46, Picks, Both – Camur
Jeff Hughes vs. Juan Espino – At 40:23, Odds 44:06, Picks, Both – Espino
Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques – At 44:30, Odds 48:58, Picks, Both – Ibragimov
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th Vivi for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’, so far the standings are: Zane is now 73/110 & Connor is now 75/110 – last week Zane went 9 out of 11 & Connor went 8 out of 11, unfortunately we had a draw and a cancellation they made picks for that did not count when the card was finalized.
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