Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch breakdown this week’s UFC event in Las Vegas, NV. With picks and odds for every bout on the card. From Uriah Hall vs. Anderson Silva in the main event down to Miles Johns vs. Kevin Natividad in the opening prelims.
After a huge PPV like UFC 254, the UFC is cooling things down a bit with this week’s Fight Night offering. The promotion is back in Vegas for a fight card that has a couple highlights, but mostly just feels like a grab-bag of whoever was around and interested in fighting on the date. The main event, Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall, feels like a bout that was supposed to go down in much different circumstances than Silva coming off his 3rd two-fight losing skid in the last seven years. The co-main, between Andre Fili and Bryce Mitchell is a legitimately awesome action contest, and the card is otherwise carried by Kevin Holland and Bobby Green once again making quick turnarounds.
For those that 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 Vegas 12 fight card stacks up right now:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 7pm/4pm ET&PT
Uriah Hall vs. Anderson Silva – At 0:39, Odds 19:50, Picks – Zane: Hall, Connor: Silva
Andre Fili vs. Bryce Mitchell – At 22:00, Picks – Zane: Mitchell, Connor: Fili
Kevin Holland vs. Makhmud Muradov – At 40:56, Odds 54:22, Picks – Both: Holland
Maurice Greene vs. Greg Hardy – At 54:46, Odds 57:02, Picks – Zane: Hardy, Connor: Greene
Bobby Green vs. Thiago Moises – At 57:38, Odds 1:01:12, Picks – Both: Green
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4pm/1pm ET&PT
Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Alexander Hernandez – At 1:09, Odds 13:43, Picks – Both: Hernandez
Adrian Yanez vs. Victor Rodriguez – At 14:46, Odds 22:17, Picks – Both: Yanez
Sean Strickland vs. Jack Marshman – At 24:34, Odds 33:09, Picks – Both: Strickland
Cole Williams vs. Jason Witt – At 34:09, Odds 43:13, Picks – Both: Williams
Dustin Jacoby vs. Justin Ledet – At 43:58, Odds 51:16, Picks – Both: Jacoby
Cortney Casey vs. Priscila Cachoeira – At 51:39, Odds 58:10, Picks – Both: Casey
Miles Johns vs. Kevin Natividad – At 58:44, Odds 1:07:08, Picks – Both: Johns
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisections for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the standings:
Last week for UFC 254:
Zane went 11 out of 11, and Connor went 8/11
Zane is now 109/167 and Connor is now 110/167
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