Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch return to breakdown this week’s UFC event in Houston, TX. With picks and odds for every fight on the card. From Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler in the main event down to Christos Giagos vs. Sean Soriano in the opening prelims.
Even with a couple lost bouts, this weekend’s UFC 262 PPV card is a rock solid event. Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler face off in the main event, challenging for Khabib Nurmagomedov’s vacated lightweight title. In the co-main Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush face off for an all action top-10 battle. And Shane Burgos faces off against Edson Barboza just to make sure fans get their full quotient of violence for the evening.
For those interested in diving deeper into the much less auspicious undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
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Here’s a look at the UFC 262 fight card as it stands right now:
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10pm/7pm ET&PT
Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler – At 2:54, Odds 23:58, Picks, Zane: Chandler, Connor: Oliveira
Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush – At 24:20, Odds 39:26, Picks, Zane: Ferguson, Connor: Dariush
Katlyn Chookagian vs. Viviane Araujo – At 39:45, Odds 44:38, Picks, Both: Chookagian
Shane Burgos vs. Edson Barboza – At 44:55, Odds 50:26, Picks, Both: Burgos
Matt Schnell vs. Rogerio Bontorin – At 50:45, Odds 58:00, Picks, Both: Schnell
ESPN PRELIMS | 8pm/5pm ET&PT
Ronaldo Souza vs. Andre Muniz – At 1:25, Odds 11:21, Picks, Both: Souza
Lando Vannata vs. Mike Grundy – At 11:45, Odds 20:07, Picks, Both: Vannata
Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko – At 22:53, Odds 29:14, Picks, Both: Lee
Jordan Wright vs. Jamie Pickett – At 30:16, Odds 36:28, Picks, Both: Wright
ESPN+ Prelims | 6:30pm/3:30pm ET&PT
Gina Mazany vs. Priscila Cachoeira – At 37:44, Odds 42:50, Picks, Both: Mazany
Kevin Aguilar vs. Tucker Lutz – At 44:44, Odds 54:07, Picks, Both: Aguilar
Christos Giagos vs. Sean Soriano – At 54:43, Odds 1:00:34, Picks, Both: Giagos
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’… Standings for our last event, UFC VEGAS 26: Zane went 2 out of the 9 bouts we were left with this week & Connor both went 3 out of those 9. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 269/428 and Connor is now 255/428
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