Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of FIVE bouts on the UFC VEGAS 9: 'Overeem vs. Sakai' event.
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This weekend doesn’t showcase one of the #UFC’s more electrifying offerings. Both the heavyweight main event, between Alistair Overeem & Augusto Sakai, and the light heavyweight co-main, between Ovince St. Preux & Alonzo Menifield, have serious potential to turn into slogs if they don’t end early. And while there are some interesting prospects up and down the rest of the card, it doesn’t feel like an event with much potential to immediately impact any one division.
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Here’s a look at how the UFC Vegas 9 card stacks up right now:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. SEP. 5 - 8PM/5PM ETPT
265lbs - Alistair Overeem (46-18) vs. Augusto Sakai (15-1) - At 5:20, Odds 16:49, Picks - Both: Sakai
205lbs - Ovince St Preux (24-14) vs. Alonzo Menifield (9-1) - At 17:07, Odds 22:47, Picks - Both: OSP
135 lbs - Sijara Eubanks (5-4) vs. Karol Rosa (13-3) - At 23:05, Odds 29:30, Picks - Both: Rosa
170lbs - Michel Pereira (23-11) vs. Zelim Imadaev (8-2) - At 31:19, Odds 43:00, Picks - Both: Pereira
155lbs - Thiago Moisés (13-4) vs. Jalin Turner (9-5) - At 43:58, Odds 53:42, Picks - Both: Turner
PRELIMS | 3PM/12PM ETPT
185lbs - Bartosz Fabiński (15-3) vs. André Muniz (19-4)
125lbs - Montana De La Rosa (11-5) vs. Viviane Araújo (8-2)
265lbs - Marcos Rogério de Lima (17-6) vs. Alexander Romanov (11-0)
135lbs - Cole Smith (7-1) vs. Hunter Azure (8-1)
145lbs - Brian Kelleher (21-11) vs. Kevin Natividad (9-1)
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 is now 53/84 & Connor is now 57/84 - last week both Zane & Connor went 7/9, unfortunately we had two bouts they made picks for that did not count when the card was finalized.
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