Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of 6 bouts on this 12-bout UFC VEGAS 34: 'Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum' Fight Night event Preliminary Card.
"Another decent sized PPV event from the UFC means another thin fight night card in the weeks following. Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum will battle to see who can reignite their middleweight contender status in the main event. Otherwise the highlight of the card is a flyweight fight between Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon Royval. Most of the rest is pretty forgettable." – 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., Aug. 19th., 2021, right here on our SC channel.
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Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 34 fight card as it stands right now:
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12. Jared Cannonier vs. Kelvin Gastelum – Picks, Both: Cannonier
11. Clay Guida vs. Mark O. Madsen – Picks, Both: Guida
10. Chase Sherman vs. Parker Porter – Picks, Both: Sherman
9. Trevin Jones vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov – Picks, Both: Jones
8. Vinc Pichel vs. Austin Hubbard – Picks, Both: Pichel
7. Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval – Picks, Both: Pantoja
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6. 145lbs - Austin Lingo (8-1) vs. Luis Saldana (15-6) – At 3:57, Odds 6:41, Picks, Both: Saldana
5. 135lbs - Brian Kelleher (22-12) vs. Domingo Pilarte (8-2) – At 8:23, Odds 14:44, Picks, Both: Kelleher
4. 135lbs - Bea Malecki (2-0) vs. Josiane Nunes (7-1) – At 16:40, Odds 23:48, Picks, Zane: Malecki, Connor: Nunes
3. 205lbs - William Knight (9-2) vs. Fabio Cherant (7-2) – At 24:03, Odds 29:04, Picks, Both: Knight
2. 155lbs - Roosevelt Roberts (10-2) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (11-4) – At 29:50, Odds 40:26, Picks, Both: Bahamondes
1. 170lbs - Sasha Palatnikov (6-3) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (8-3) – At 41:21, Odds 49:08, Picks, Both: Palatnikov
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 265: Zane went 5 out of the 11 bouts we watched this week, Connor went 6 out of those 11. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 329/536 and Connor is now 317/536.
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