Zane Simon and Connor Ruebusch are back to breakdown this week’s UFC Fight Night event on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. With picks and odds for every fight on the card. From Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till in the main event down to Nathaniel Wood vs. John Castaneda in the opening prelim.
This weeks’ UFC event on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi is massive. Not so much in profile or depth (although it’s got a lot of solid talent all up and down), but just in sheer size. With a planned 15 bouts there’s a serious chance this could be the longest fight card in UFC history. Atop it all is a middleweight top contender’s bout between Darren Till and Robert Whittaker. Throw Alexander Gustafsson’s heavyweight debut, a Shogun Lil’ Nog trilogy bout, and another chance for Carla Esparza to play strawweight spoiler in the mix, and it should provide a good variety of fascinating action.
For those who wish to dive deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
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Here’s a look at the UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till fight card and how it stands right now:
ESPN MAIN CARD | 8pm/5pm ET&PT
Robert Whittaker vs. Darren Till – At 6:15, Odds 25:10, Picks – Both: Whittaker
Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – At 28:32, Odds 35:37, Picks – Zane: Rua, Connor: Nogueira
Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Gustafsson – At 36:15, Odds, Picks – Both: Gustafsson
Carla Esparza vs. Marina Rodriguez – At 49:56, Odds 57:21, Picks – Zane: Rodriguez, Connor: Esparza
Paul Craig vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov – At 59:48, Odds 1:03:57, Picks – Both: Craig
Alex Oliveira vs. Peter Sobotta – At 1:04:20, Odds 1:11:44, Picks – Both: Sobotta
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Rhys McKee – At 1:12:28, Odds 1:17:39, Picks – Both: Chimaev
ESPN PRELIMS | 5pm/2pm ET&PT
Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jai Herbert – At 3:47, Odds 15:00, Picks – Both: Trinaldo
Nicolas Dalby vs. Jesse Ronson – At 15:55, Odds 24:16, Picks – Both: Dalby
Tom Aspinall vs. Jake Collier – At 26:40, Odds 34:00, Picks – Both: Aspinall
Movsar Evloev vs. Mike Grundy – At 34:43, Odds 41:25, Picks – Both: Evloev
Tanner Boser vs. Raphael Pessoa – At 41:56, Odds 50:16, Picks – Both: Boser
Bethe Correia vs. Pannie Kianzad – At 51:02, Odds 59:18, Picks – Both: Correia
Ramazan Emeev vs. Niklaas Stolze – At 1:00:07, Odds 1:02:28, Picks – Both: Emeev
Nathaniel Wood vs. John Castaneda – At 1:02:41, Odds 1:06:52, Picks – Both: Wood
* For those of you following the picks made on the shows, we started tracking them with the July 13th Vivi for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’, so far the standings are: Zane went 11/24 & Connor went 13/24.
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