Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of NINE preliminary bouts on the UFC Fight Island 3 'WHITTAKER vs. TILL' event. Sign up for ESPN+ and watch UFC Fight Night: ‘Whittaker vs. Till’ - #UFCFIGHTISLAND at: go.web.plus.espn.com/c/482924/56698…id=BloodyElbow 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 MAIN CARD, check out that version of the MMA Vivi at 2pm Central today, Thurs., July 23, 2020, right here on our SC channel. The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by Combat Wombat, makers of combat sports themed artwork featuring MMA’s legendary fighters and legendary fights. Visit chrisrini.com for the latest pieces and commissions. Get your Combat Wombat themed Vivi t-shirts today! cottonbureau.com/products/dr-wombat Here's a look at the UFC on ESPN fight card & current records, bout order subject to change: ‘WHITTAKER VS TILL’ MAIN CARD | SAT. JULY 25 - 8PM/5PM ETPT * 185lbs - Robert Whittaker (20-5) vs Darren Till (18-2) * 205lbs - Mauricio Rua (26-11) vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (23-9) * 265lbs - Fabricio Werdum (23-9) vs Alexander Gustafsson (18-6) * 115lbs - Carla Esparza (16-6) vs Marina Rodriguez (12-0) * 205lbs - Paul Craig (12-4) vs Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-6) * 170lbs - Alex Oliveira (21-8) vs Peter Sobotta (17-6) ESPN PRELIMS | 5PM/2PM ETPT * 170lbs - Khamzat Chimaev (7-0) vs Rhys McKee (10-2) - (WAS COVERED ON THE MAIN CARD SHOW, bout order changed since recording) * 155lbs - Francisco Trinaldo (25-7) vs Jai Herbert (10-1) - At 3:47, Odds 15:00, Picks - Both: Trinaldo * 170lbs - Nicolas Dalby (18-3) vs Jesse Ronson (21-10) - At 15:55, Odds 24:16, Picks - Both: Dalby * 265lbs - Jake Collier (11-4) vs Tom Aspinall (7-2) - At 26:40, Odds 34:00, Picks - Both: Aspinall * 145lbs - Movsar Evloev (12-0) vs Mike Grundy (12-1) - At 34:43, Odds 41:25, Picks - Both: Evloev * 265lbs - Raphael Pessoa (10-1) vs Tanner Boser (18-6) - At 41:56, Odds 50:16, Picks - Both: Boser * 135lbs - Bethe Correia (11-4) vs Pannie Kianzad (12-5) - At 51:02, Odds 59:18, Picks - Both: Correia * 170lbs - Ramazan Emeev (18-4) vs Niklas Stolze (12-3) - At 1:00:07, Odds 1:02:28, Picks - Both: Emeev * 135lbs - Nathanial Wood (16-4) vs John Castañeda (17-4) - At 1:02:41, Odds 1:06:52, Picks - Both: Wood * For those of you following the picks made on the show, 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. Be sure to follow Zane on twitter @TheZaneSimon, follow Connor, @BoxingBusch, and follow @BloodyElbow for all the latest in MMA happenings. If you enjoyed our post-fight show, give us a shout out in the comments here on Bloody Elbow, or give us a “like”, share & subscribe over on one of our other BE Presents Channels: SoundCloud, YouTube, iTunes & Apple TV, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play, TuneIn, OverCast, or Player FM– whichever one happens to be your listening platform of choice. While you’re there, don’t forget to subscribe to Bloody Elbow Presents; that way you’ll always be the first to get all of BE’s daily MMA offerings. For previous episodes of the show, check out our playlists on all of our BE Presents channels.