After the current UFC 285 PPV extravaganza, UFC 286 seems just a bit tiny bit shabbier by comparability. The primary occasion between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards is nice, as is the co-main between Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev. After that, it’s a effective occasion of stable bookings, simply missing that tiny bit of additional edge, maybe. Nonetheless, expectations must be excessive that followers will get a terrific evening of fights.
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For these seeking to dive deeper right into a card that feels as if it’s all simply undercard, try the Prelims Vivi beneath.
June M. Williams
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Right here’s a have a look at the UFC 286 combat card, because it stood on the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT. MAR. 18 — 5/2PM ETPT
Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman — Picks, Each: Usman | At 03:55, Odds 26:01Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev — Picks, Each: Fiziev | At 26:23, Odds 50:28Gunnar Nelson vs. Bryan Barberena — Picks, Each: Nelson | At 51:59, Odds 57:10Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neill — Picks, Each: Maia | At 57:21, Odds 1:07:28Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze — Picks, Each: Vettori | At 1:08:25, Odds 1:15:02
ESPN2/ESPN+ FEATURED PRELIMS | 3/12PM ETPT
Jack Shore vs. Makwan Amirkhani — Picks, Each: Shore | At 00:48, Odds 13:02Chris Duncan vs. Omar Morales — Picks, Each: Morales | At 14:15, Odds 26:04Sam Patterson vs. Yanal Ashmoz — Picks, Each: Ashmoz | At 26:31, Odds – Skipped?Muhammad Mokaev vs. Jafel Filho — Picks, Each: Mokaev | At 35:28, Odds 45:59
UFC FIGHTPASS EARLY PRELIMS | 1PM/10AM ETPT (0 CARES)
Lerone Murphy vs. Gabriel Santos — Picks, Each: Murphy | At 47:43, Odds 58:20Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Duško Todorović — Picks, Each: Duncan | At 59:39, Odds 1:09:37Jake Hadley vs. Malcolm Gordon — Picks, Each: Hadley | At 1:10:33, Odds 1:15:55Joanne Wooden vs. Luana Carolina — Picks, Zane: Wooden, Connor: Carolina | At 1:16:10, Odds 1:26:48Jai Herbert vs. L’udovit Klein — Picks, Each: Klein | At 1:27:00, Odds 1:36:35Veronica Macedo vs. Juliana Miller — Picks, Each: Miller | At 1:37:00, Odds 1:43:38
For these of you following the picks made on the present, we began monitoring them with the July thirteenth, 2020 Vivisection exhibits for UFC Combat Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. To this point, listed here are the general standings:
For our final occasion, UFC Vegas 71: ‘Yan vs. Dvalishvili’:
Zane picked 7/13 for 54% and Connor picked 6/13 for 46%
Total stats from UFC Combat Island 1 in July, 2020, via UFC Vegas 71 in Mar., 2023:
Zane went 861/1342 for 64% and Connor went 821/1342 for 61%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 61/100 for 61% and Connor is 57/100 for 57%
2022 Stats:
Zane went 331/505 for 66% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%
2021 Stats:
Zane went 305/493 for 62% and Connor went 295/493 for 60%
July-Dec 2020 Stats:
Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%
Stats Reference Spreadsheets: Vivi Picks Stats_3.16.23.pdf
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Loyal Vivi Follower Name to Motion: We want a loyal Vivi listener to volunteer your time for us…
The duty we’d like achieved, is for somebody to go to the Bloody Elbow Presents YouTube Channel Vivisection Playlist, scroll all the way down to UFC 251 Most important Card present & UFC 251 Prelims Present (from July, 2020) and hear to every present each jiffy earlier than the chances have been timestamped (timestamps are listed within the present descriptions); you can be rigorously listening for the fellows’ picks for every bout. Make a log of Zane’s picks and Connor’s picks for every bout they mentioned on the Most important Card present and the Prelims present, noting the title of the occasion as you go alongside.
Then do the identical for the entire following occasions from the start of 2020: UFC 251, UFC Vegas 4: Poirier vs Hooker, UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs Volkov, UFC Apex 1: Eye vs Calvillo, UFC 250, UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs Burns, UFC FN: Overeem vs. Harris, UFC FN: Smith vs Teixeira, UFC 249, UFC Brasilia (UFC on ESPN+ 28): Lee vs Oliveira, UFC 248, UFC Norfolk (aka UFC on ESPN+ 27): Benavidez vs Figueiredo, UFC Auckland (aka UFC on ESPN+ 26): Felder vs Hooker, UFC Rio Rancho (aka UFC on ESPN+ 25): Anderson vs Blachowicz 2, UFC 247, UFC Raleigh (aka UFC on ESPN+ 24): Blaydes vs Dos Santos, & UFC 246. (These are the occasions in 2020 we didn’t monitor picks on, which makes our stats monitoring incomplete for that yr, and all years since then.)
Please ship your accomplished log to our BE Manufacturing Supervisor: June M. Williams at orijunels@gmail.com and she is going to enter your information into the ‘Vivi Stats Spreadsheets’ for us.
This venture requires somebody with integrity who will log the picks actually and precisely, with out bias in the direction of both Zane or Connor. You may be credited by title in your exhausting work within the first submit which comprises the up to date spreadsheet information.
If you’re fascinated about volunteering for this venture, please electronic mail June with any questions and let her know you’re enterprise the duty for her. Thanks in your consideration!
