Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of nine bouts on this 14-bout UFC 263 'Adesanya vs. Vettori 2' PPV Preliminary Card.
"The UFC has put together one hell of a fight card for their 263rd PPV offering. In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will take on former foe Marvin Vettori in the ‘Last Stylebender’’s first bout since his failed attempt to claim light heavyweight gold. In the co-main flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo goes back to war against Brandon Moreno, after their first contest - back in December - ended in a majority draw. Throw Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz in there and Belal Muhammad vs. Demian Maia, and it should all make for an exceptionally high-technique main card." – Zane Simon
For those fans who wish to dive deeper into the MAIN CARD, check out that version of the MMA Vivi which airs at 2pm Central today, Thurs., June 10th., 2021, right here on our SC channel.
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Here’s a look at the UFC 263 fight card as it stands right now:
PPV MAIN CARD | 10PM/7PM ETPT
14. UFC Middleweight Championship: Israel Adesanya (20-1) vs Marvin Vettori (17-3) – Picks, Both: Adesanya
13. UFC Flyweight Championship: Deiveson Figueiredo (20-1) vs Brandon Moreno (18-5) – Picks, Both: Figueiredo
12. Leon Edwards (18-3) vs Nate Diaz (20-12) – Picks, Both: Edwards
11. Demian Maia (28-10) vs Belal Muhammad (18-3) – Picks, Both: Muhammad
10. Paul Craig (14-4) vs Jamahal Hill (8-0) – Picks, Zane: Hill, Connor: Craig
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9. Drew Dober (23-10) vs Brad Riddell (9-1) – At 0:42, Odds 14:40, Picks, Both: Riddell
8. Eryk Anders (13-5) vs Darren Stewart (12-6) – At 15:38, Odds 22:34, Picks, Both: Anders
7. Lauren Murphy (14-4) vs Joanne Calderwood (15-5) – At 23:51, Odds 34:12, Picks, Zane: Calderwood, Connor: Murphy
6. Movsar Evloev (14-0) vs Hakeem Dawodu (12-1) – At 34:29, Odds 42:30, Picks, Both: Evloev
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5. Pannie Kianzad (14-5) vs Alexis Davis (20-10) – At 43:10, Odds 54:12, Picks, Zane: Kianzad, Connor: Davis
4. Matt Frevola (8-2) vs Terrance McKinney (10-3) – At 54:33, Odds 1:02:49, Picks, Both: Frevola
3. Chase Hooper (10-1) vs Steven Peterson (18-9) – At 1:03:16, Odds 1:09:59, Picks, Zane: Hooper, Connor: Peterson
2. Fares Ziam (11-3) vs Luigi Vendramini (9-1) – At 1:10:57, Odds 1:16:02, Picks, Both: Vendramini
1. Carlos Felipe (10-1) vs Jake Collier (12-5) – At 1:16:30, Odds 1:19:34, Picks, Both: Felipe
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 28: Zane went 6 out of the 12 bouts we were left with this week, Connor went 5 out of those 12. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 288/464 and Connor is now 273/464.
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