Another non-UFC week in the books means another week with the MMA Depressed-us back in action. The advent of our sudden sub-stack plans may have killed my Patreon idea (it just didn’t feel right), but we did have a few more viewer requests to work with, and one especially struck a chord, watching the UFC career of Drew McFedries.
For those that don’t remember, McFedries was a Miletich Fighting Systems protegé from the team’s glory days in the early 2000s. He may never have risen to the heights of Lawler, Sylvia, Hughes, or Miletich himself, but his 3 year UFC career was a non-stop highlight reel of finishes, whether McFedries was winning or losing.
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The UFC is back in Texas this week with a Fight Night card that’s really thriving on it’s main event. Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera should be an absolute thriller. The rest of the card may not have so much sparkle, but Nate Landwehr vs. Austin Lingo will be fun and Andrea Lee vs. Maycee Barber is a solid flyweight scrap. Should make for some fun finishes if nothing else.
For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
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The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC San Antonio fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN/ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR. 25 — 7/4PM ETPT
Marlon Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen — Picks, Both: Sandhagen | At 05:00, Odds 19:11 Holly Holm vs. Yana Santos — Picks, Both: Holm | At 20:05, Odds 27:45 Nate Landwehr vs. Austin Lingo — Picks, Both: Landwehr | At 28:55, Odds 35:19 Andrea Lee vs. Maycee Barber — Picks, Both: Barber | At 36:23, Odds 46:35 Alex Perez vs. Manel Kape — Picks, Both: Kape | At 47:38, Odds 57:03 Chidi Njokuani vs. Albert Duraev — Picks, Both: Njokuani | At 59:50, Odds 1:08:14
ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4/1PM ETPT
Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz — Picks, Both: Lutz | At 1:54, Odds 11:18 Steven Peterson vs. Lucas Alexander — Picks, Both: Peterson | At 13:36, Odds 22:27 Trevin Giles vs. Preston Parsons — Picks, Both: Parsons | At 23:00, Odds 36:19 CJ Vergara vs. Daniel da Silva — Picks, Both: Vergara | At 37:25, Odds 42:05 Manuel Torres vs. Trey Ogden — Picks, Both: Torres | At 42:55, Odds 47:07 Vinicius Salvador vs. Victor Altamirano — Picks, Both: Salvador | At 50:04, Odds 54:37 Tamires Vidal vs. Hailey Cowan — Picks, Zane: Vidal, Connor: Cowan | At 55:09, Odds 1:01:28For every event on your MMA calendar, be sure to check in over at DRAFTKINGS SPORTSBOOK for all of your up-to-date odds, stats and betting whims.
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC 286: ‘Edwards vs. Usman 3’:
Zane picked 10/15 for 67% and Connor picked 9/15 for 60%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC 286 in Mar., 2023:
Zane went 871/1357 for 64% and Connor went 830/1357 for 61%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 71/115 for 61.7% and Connor is 66/115 for 57.4%
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%
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Loyal Vivi Follower ‘Call to Action’: We need a loyal Vivi listener to volunteer your time for us…
The task we need accomplished, is for someone to go to the Bloody Elbow Presents YouTube Channel Vivisection Playlist, scroll down to UFC 251 Main Card show & UFC 251 Prelims Show (from July, 2020) and listen to each show every few minutes before the odds were timestamped (timestamps are listed in the show descriptions); you will be carefully listening for the guys’ picks for each bout. Make a log of Zane’s picks, as well as Connor’s picks for each bout they discussed on the Main Card show AND the Prelims show, noting the name of the event as you go along.
Then do the same for all of the following events from the beginning 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 events in 2020 we did not track picks on, which makes our stats tracking incomplete for that year, and all years since then.)
Please send your completed log to our BE Production Manager: June M. Williams at orijunels@gmail.com and she will input your data into the ‘Vivi Stats Spreadsheets’ for us.
This project requires someone with integrity who will log the picks honestly and accurately, without bias towards either Zane or Connor. You will be credited by name for your hard work in the first post which contains the updated spreadsheet files.
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please email June with any questions and let her know you are ready to undertake the task for us. Thanks for your consideration!
After the recent UFC 285 PPV extravaganza, UFC 286 looks just a little tiny bit shabbier by comparison. The main event between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards is great, as is the co-main between Justin Gaethje and Rafael Fiziev. After that, it’s a fine event of solid bookings, just lacking that tiny bit of extra edge, perhaps. Still, expectations should be high that fans will get a great night of fights.
For fans looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon. Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
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The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC 286 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT. MAR. 18 — 5/2PM ETPT
Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman — Picks, Both: Usman | At 03:55, Odds 26:01 Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev — Picks, Both: Fiziev | At 26:23, Odds 50:28 Gunnar Nelson vs. Bryan Barberena — Picks, Both: Nelson | At 51:59, Odds 57:10 Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neill — Picks, Both: Maia | At 57:21, Odds 1:07:28 Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze — Picks, Both: Vettori | At 1:08:25, Odds 1:15:02
ESPN2/ESPN+ FEATURED PRELIMS | 3/12PM ETPT
Jack Shore vs. Makwan Amirkhani — Picks, Both: Shore | At 00:48, Odds 13:02 Chris Duncan vs. Omar Morales — Picks, Both: Morales | At 14:15, Odds 26:04 Sam Patterson vs. Yanal Ashmoz — Picks, Both: Ashmoz | At 26:31, Odds – Skipped? Muhammad Mokaev vs. Jafel Filho — Picks, Both: Mokaev | At 35:28, Odds 45:59
UFC FIGHTPASS EARLY PRELIMS | 1PM/10AM ETPT (0 CARES)
Lerone Murphy vs. Gabriel Santos — Picks, Both: Murphy | At 47:43, Odds 58:20 Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Duško Todorović — Picks, Both: Duncan | At 59:39, Odds 1:09:37 Jake Hadley vs. Malcolm Gordon — Picks, Both: Hadley | At 1:10:33, Odds 1:15:55 Joanne Wood vs. Luana Carolina — Picks, Zane: Wood, Connor: Carolina | At 1:16:10, Odds 1:26:48 Jai Herbert vs. L’udovit Klein — Picks, Both: Klein | At 1:27:00, Odds 1:36:35 Veronica Macedo vs. Juliana Miller — Picks, Both: Miller | At 1:37:00, Odds 1:43:38For every event on your MMA calendar, be sure to check in over at DRAFTKINGS SPORTSBOOK for all of your up-to-date odds, stats and betting whims.
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC Vegas 71: ‘Yan vs. Dvalishvili’:
Zane picked 7/13 for 54% and Connor picked 6/13 for 46%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through 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%
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For previous episodes, check out our archives on any of our BE Podcast platforms.
Loyal Vivi Follower Call to Action: We need a loyal Vivi listener to volunteer your time for us…
The task we need accomplished, is for someone to go to the Bloody Elbow Presents YouTube Channel Vivisection Playlist, scroll down to UFC 251 Main Card show & UFC 251 Prelims Show (from July, 2020) and listen to each show every few minutes before the odds were timestamped (timestamps are listed in the show descriptions); you will be carefully listening for the guys’ picks for each bout. Make a log of Zane’s picks and Connor’s picks for each bout they discussed on the Main Card show and the Prelims show, noting the name of the event as you go along.
Then do the same for all of the following events from the beginning 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 events in 2020 we did not track picks on, which makes our stats tracking incomplete for that year, and all years since then.)
Please send your completed log to our BE Production Manager: June M. Williams at orijunels@gmail.com and she will input your data into the ‘Vivi Stats Spreadsheets’ for us.
This project requires someone with integrity who will log the picks honestly and accurately, without bias towards either Zane or Connor. You will be credited by name for your hard work in the first post which contains the updated spreadsheet files.
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please email June with any questions and let her know you are undertaking the task for her. Thanks for your consideration!
It’s always nice to see the UFC follow strength with strength. The world’s largest MMA promotion is coming off a huge PPV last week, with UFC 285, and now they’re right back at it with a top class ‘Fight Night’ event. In the headliner, former champion Petr Yan takes on top contender Merab Dvalishvili. They’re accompanied by a top ranked heavyweight bout between Alexander Volkov and Alexander Romanov, alongside what was meant to be the headliner from two weeks ago—a light heavyweight tilt between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann. Should be a blast.
For fans looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon. Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.Your official & honorary Vivi Hosts!
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 71 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR. 11 — 6/3PM ETPT
Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili — Picks, Both: Yan | At 7:16, Odds 31:05 Alexander Volkov vs. Alexandr Romanov — Picks, Zane: Volkov, Connor: Romanov | At 31:47, Odds 45:52 Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann — Picks, Both: Krylov | At 47:00, Odds 52:23 Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo — Picks, Both: Ramos | At 53:03, Odds 1:01:20 Said Nurmagomedov vs. Jonathan Martinez — Picks, Zane: Nurmagomedov, Connor: Martinez | At 1:01:36, Odds 1:14:27 Vitor Petrino vs. Anton Turkalj — Picks, Both: Petrino | At 1:15:22, Odds 1:23:33
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 3/12PM ETPT
Łukasz Brzeski vs. Karl Williams — Picks, Both: Brzeski | At 2:39, Odds 10:06 Raphael Assunção vs. Davey Grant — Picks, Both: Assunção | At 12:28, Odds 22:37 Sedriques Dumas vs. Josh Fremd — Picks, Both: Dumas | At 24:08, Odds 32:22 Mario Bautista vs. Guido Cannetti — Picks, Both: Bautista | At 33:06, Odds 39:31 JJ Aldrich vs. Ariane Lipski — Picks, Both: Aldrich | At 41:35, Odds 49:14 Tony Gravely vs. Victor Henry — Picks, Both: Henry | At 50:19, Odds 56:25 Tyson Nam vs. Bruno Gustavo Silva — Picks, Zane: Silva, Connor: Nam | At 58:02, Odds 1:09:17 Carlston Harris vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov — Picks, Both: Harris | At 1:10:06, Odds 1:16:01For every event on your MMA calendar, be sure to check in over at DRAFTKINGS SPORTSBOOK for all of your up-to-date odds, stats and betting whims.
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC 285: ‘Jones vs. Gane’:
Zane picked 9/14 for 64% and Connor picked 7/14 for 50%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC 285 in Mar., 2023:
Zane went 854/1329 for 64% and Connor went 815/1329 for 61%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 54/87 for 62% and Connor is 51/87 for 59%
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%
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The UFC is back in action with what finally feels like a really well stacked PPV card. UFC 285 features the return of Jon Jones, finally testing himself at heavyweight—against Cyril Gane for the vacant title belt. We’ve got Valentina Shevchenko taking on Alexa Grasso for her 8th consecutive defense of the flyweight belt. And we have the official UFC debut of super-prospect Bo Nickal. Should be a good time all around.
For fans looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon.Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC 285 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT MAR 4: 7pm/4pm ET&PT
UFC Vacant HW Championship: Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane — Picks, Zane: Jones, Connor: Gane | At 00:58, Odds 38:28 UFC Flyweight Championship: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso — Picks, Both: Shevchenko | At 38:57, Odds 53:09 Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov — Picks, Both: Rakhmonov | At 54:12, Odds 1:12:13 Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jalin Turner – Picks, Both: Gamrot | 1:12:31, Odds 1:26:40 Jamie Pickett vs. Bo Nickal — Picks, Both: Nickel | At 1:27:21, Odds 1:28:22
ESPN+ FEATURED PRELIMS | 8pm/5pm ET&PT
Cody Garbrandt vs. Trevin Jones — Picks, Both: Jones | At 1:49, Odds 18:12 Derek Brunson vs. Dricus Du Plessis — Picks, Both: Brunson | At 19:42, Odds 29:56 Viviane Araujo vs. Amanda Ribas — Picks, Both: Araujo | At 30:06, Odds 41:10 Julian Marquez vs. Marc-André Barriault — Picks, Both: Marquez | At 43:09, Odds 54:42
UFC FIGHTPASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6:15pm/3:15pm ET&PT
Ian Garry vs. Song Kenan — Picks, Both: Garry | At 56:41, Odds 1:01:36 Mana Martinez vs. Cameron Saaiman — Picks, Zane: Saaiman, Connor: Martinez | At 1:02:32, Odds 1:14:17 Jessica Penne vs. Tabatha Ricci — Picks, Both: Ricci | At 1:15:16, Odds 1:22:58 Farid Basharat vs. Da’Mon Blackshear — Picks, Both: Blackshear | At 1:23:23, Odds 1:33:15 Loik Radzhabov vs. Esteban Ribovics — Picks, Both: Radzhabov | At 1:33:43, Odds 1:42:56
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC Vegas 70: ‘Muniz vs. Allen’:
Zane picked 6/13 for 46% and Connor picked 4/13 for 31%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC Vegas 70 in Feb, 2023:
Zane went 845/1315 for 64% and Connor went 808/1315 for 61%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 45/73 for 62% and Connor is 44/73 for 60%
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%
Follow your favorite Bloody Elbow Presents hosts on your preferred apps, such as: Downcast, PodCruncher, iCatcher!, Castaway 2, Podcastapp, Podbean, BeyondPod (Android), & more in your App Store! Coming soon to Simplecast, Pandora & Sirius XM!
For previous episodes, check out our playlists on any of our BE Presents channels.
It’s been a bad year for the UFC when a headlining fight between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann looks like a pleasant upgrade from recent Fight Night offerings. Coupled with a middleweight bout between Andre Muniz & Brendan Allen, and alongside a women’s flyweight bout between Tatiana Suarez & Montana De La Rosa, however, UFC Vegas 70 is at the very least a reasonably solid card.
For fans looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon.Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
Your official & honorary MMA Vivi Fight Night HostsJune M. Williams
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 70 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 7pm/4pm ET&PT
Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann — Picks, Both: Krylov | At 4:14, Odds 19:08 André Muniz vs. Brendan Allen — Picks, Both: Muniz | At 21:17, Odds 35:30 Augusto Sakai vs. Don’Tale Mayes — Picks, Zane: Sakai, Connor: Mayes | At 35:46, Odds 47:57 Tatiana Suarez vs. Montana De La Rosa — Picks, Both: Suarez | At 49:04, Odds 56:56 Mike Malott vs. Yohan Lainesse — Picks, Both: Malott | At 58:34, Odds 1:10:44 Erick Gonazalez vs. Trevor Peek — Picks, Zane: Peek, Connor: Gonazalez | At 1:10:58, Odds 1:17:25
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4pm/1pm ET&PT
Gabriella Fernandes vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius — Picks, Both: Fernandes | At 7:20, Odds 19:20 Jordan Leavitt vs. Victor Martinez — Picks, Both: Leavitt | At 20:58, Odds 28:37 Ode Osbourne vs. Charles Johnson — Picks, Both: Johnson | At 30:41, Odds 36:00 Joe Solecki vs. Carl Deaton III — Picks, Both: Solecki | At 37:17, Odds 42:55 Nurulio Aliev vs. Rafael Alves — Picks, Both: Alves | At 44:18, Odds 53:43 Hailey Cowan vs. Alin Perez — Picks, Both: Perez | At 54:14, Odds 1:01:49 Jose Johnson vs. Garrett Armfield — Picks, Both: Armfield | At 1:02:12, Odds 1:09:15
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC Vegas 69: ‘Andrade vs. Blanchfield’:
Zane picked 7/11 for 64% and Connor also picked 7/11 for 64%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC Vegas 69 in Feb, 2023:
Zane went 842/1304 for 64.6% and Connor went 797/1304 for 61.1%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 42/62 for 68% and Connor is 43/62 for 69%
2022 Stats:
Zane went 330/505 for 65% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%
2021 Stats:
Zane went 305/493 for 65% and Connor went 285/493 for 59%
July-Dec 2020 Stats:
Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%
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It’s really kind of the UFC to rent out the Octagon to KOTC this week. The main event represents a big step up for Erin Blanchfield, taking on former strawweight champ Jéssica Andrade. Everything after that is filler.
For fans looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon.Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
For those looking to dive deeper into a card that feels as though it’s all just undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
Your official & honorary MMA Vivi Fight Night HostsJune M. Williams
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 69 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
Jessica Andrade vs. Erin Blanchfield — Picks, Both: Andrade | At 8:14, Odds 20:32 Zac Pauga vs. Jordan Wright — Picks, Zane: Pauga, Connor: Wright | At 22:35, Odds 29:48 Josh Parisian vs. Jamal Pogues — Picks, Zane: Parisian, Connor: Pogues | At 32:46, Odds 41:47 William Knight vs. Marcin Prachnio — Picks, Both: Prachnio | At 43:04, Odds 50:16 Jim Miller vs. Alexander Hernandez — Picks, Both: Miller | At 50:53, Odds 1:05:16
Nazim Sadykhov vs. Evan Elder — Picks, Both: Sadykhov | At 1:24, Odds 11:36 Lina Lansberg vs. Mayra Bueno Silva — Picks, Both: Bueno Silva | At 12:57, Odds 20:08 Jamal Emmers vs. Khusein Askhabov — Picks, Both: Askhabov | At 20:27, Odds 31:09 Ovince St. Preux vs. Philipe Lins — Picks, Both: Lins | At 32:15, Odds 37:29 AJ Fletcher vs. Themba Gorimbo — Picks, Both: Fletcher | At 37:43, Odds – Skipped Juancamilo Ronderos vs. Clayton Carpenter — Picks, Both: Carpenter | At 44:51, Odds 53:54
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC 284 ‘Makhachev vs. Volkanovski’:
Zane picked 10/13 for 77% and Connor also picked 10/13 for 77%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC 284 in Feb, 2023:
Zane went 835/1293 for 64.6% and Connor went 790/1293 for 61.1%
2023 Stats:
Zane is 35/51 for 69% and Connor is 36/51 for 71%
2022 Stats:
Zane went 330/505 for 65% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%
2021 Stats:
Zane went 305/493 for 65% and Connor went 285/493 for 59%
July-Dec 2020 Stats:
Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%
If you enjoy our variety of shows, please give us a shout out in the comments here on Bloody Elbow, and give us a “like”, share & subscribe on your BE Presents Podcast platform of choice: YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, OverCast, PocketCasts, Castro, Castbox, Player FM, Podcast Republic & ThatMMALife. Follow your favorite ‘Bloody Elbow Presents’ hosts on your preferred apps, such as: Downcast, PodCruncher, iCatcher!, Castaway 2, BeyondPod (Android), & more in the App Store! For previous episodes, check out our playlists on any of our BE Presents channels.
The UFC is back on PPV this week with an amazing headliner fight for a card that otherwise doesn’t feel much like a PPV. The co-main, between Yair Rodriguez and Josh Emmett is great, and Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown looks like a thriller, but after that, it’s pure Fight Night undercard filler.
For fans who really want to dig into those extra fights, however, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
For listeners looking to support our podcasting work as Bloody Elbow leaves the VOX network of sites, we now officially have a Vivisection/6th Round Patreon.Both shows will continue to be posted, for free on BE, SoundCloud, YouTube and other podcasting apps going forward. However, the Patreon will give fans exclusive access to the MMA Depressed-us from here on out.
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC 284 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10pm/7pm ET&PT Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski — At 9:02, Odds 41:28, Picks – Both: Makhachev Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett — At 44:42, Odds 56:05, Picks – Both: Rodriguez Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown — At 56:32, Odds 1:09:41, Picks – Both: Maddalena Justin Tafa vs. Parker Porter — At 1:11:30, Odds 1:17:46, Picks – Zane: Tafa, Connor: Porter Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield — At 1:18:33, Odds 1:26:27, Picks – Both: Crute
ESPN PRELIMS | 8pm/5pm ET&PT Tyson Pedro vs. Modestas Bukauskas — At 1:57, Odds 16:01, Picks – Zane: Pedro, Connor: Bukauskas Joshua Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan — At 17:32, Odds 27:36, Picks – Both: Culibao Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues — At 28:34, Odds 39:13, Picks – Zane: Rodrigues, Connor: Ross Jamie Mullarkey vs. Francisco Prado — At 39:24, Odds 47:15, Picks – Both: Mullarkey
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 6pm/3pm ET&PT Jack Jenkins vs. Don Shainis — At 47:39, Odds 54:46, Picks – Both: Jenkins Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed — At 55:02, Odds 1:04:57, Picks – Both: Lookboonmee Shane Young vs. Blake Bilder — At 1:05:25, Odds 1:12:43, Picks – Zane: Young, Connor: Bilder Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Elves Brenner — At 1:13:16, Odds 1:18:07, Picks – Both: Tukhugov
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
For our last event, UFC Vegas 68 ‘Lewis vs. Spivac’: Zane picked 7/11 for 64% and Connor also picked 7/11 for 64%
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC 283 in Jan, 2023: Zane went 825/1280 for 64.5% and Connor went 780/1280 for 60.9%
2023 Stats: Zane is 25/38 for 66% and Connor is 26/38 for 68%
2022 Stats: Zane went 330/505 for 65% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%
2021 Stats: Zane went 305/493 for 65% and Connor went 285/493 for 59%
July-Dec 2020 Stats: Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%
If you enjoy our variety of shows, please give us a shout out in the comments here on Bloody Elbow, and give us a “like”, share & subscribe on your BE Presents Podcast platform of choice: YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, OverCast, PocketCasts, Castro, Castbox, Player FM, Podcast Republic. Follow your favorite ‘Bloody Elbow Presents’ hosts on your preferred apps, such as: Downcast, PodCruncher, iCatcher!, Castaway 2, BeyondPod (Android), & more in the App Store! For previous episodes, check out our playlists on any of our BE Presents channels.
Stream the action between the top two pound-for-pound kings as Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski battle it out for the UFC Lightweight Championship in the Main Event. Plus, we get the UFC Interim Featherweight Championship duel between Yair Rodriguez and Josh Emmett!
About the author: Zane Simon is a senior editor, writer and podcaster for Bloody Elbow. Host of the MMA Vivisection and 6th Round, he has covered MMA and the UFC since 2013.(full bio)
One moment they’re here, the next they’re gone. The UFC returned from their holiday hiatus with a pair of shows to open 2023, and have promptly disappeared again—leaving us out here twisting in the breeze. As a result, we’ve had no other option than to get back on our bullshit.
This time around, we’re remembering some of MMA’s most famed/notorious/one-dimensional guard grapplers. The men who loved to dive for kneebars and heel hooks and got lit up like a Christmas tree when that didn’t work. To open the show, we’re re-watching Paul Sass and his fight with Danny Castillo at UFC on Fuel TV 7. We’re following that up with a PRIDE classic; Masakazu Imanari’s bout with Luiz Firmino at PRIDE Bushido 5. Finally, we’re closing the show with Rousimar Palhares and one of the few decisions of his career, against Dan Henderson at UFC 88.
As usual, we’re watching all three fights over on Fight Pass. For listeners that would like to follow along with us, just press play at the 0:00 mark of each video, when Zane says “Go.” For those of you not using Fight Pass, Connor will try and announce the start of round 1 for each bout, so that listeners can sync their videos up there.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 INTRO
3:23 REVEALING OUR THREE FIGHTS
5:49 SASS VS. CASTILLO INTRO
5:54 ZANE “3… 2… 1… GO!”
5:58 SASS VS CASTILLO
30:33 IMANARI VS FIRMINO INTRO
31:22 ZANE “3… 2… 1… GO!”
31:26 IMANARI VS FIRMINO
51:02 HENDERSON V. PALHARES INTRO
51:17 ZANE “3… 2… 1… GO!”
51:20 HENDERSON VS PALHARES
1:20:05 WRAP UP
1:20:22 NEXT TIME
1:20:45 OUTRO
1:21:52 SUMMARY OF NEW PODCAST PLATFORMS/APPS
If you enjoy our variety of shows, please give us a shout out in the comments here on Bloody Elbow, and give us a “like”, share & subscribe on your BE Presents Podcast platform of choice: YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, OverCast, PocketCasts, Castro, Castbox, Player FM, Podcast Republic. Follow your favorite ‘Bloody Elbow Presents’ hosts on your preferred apps, such as: Downcast, PodCruncher, iCatcher!, Castaway 2, BeyondPod (Android), & more in the App Store! For previous episodes, check out our playlists on any of our BE Presents channels.
The UFC is back in Brazil for the first time since 2020, with a couple of fun title fights. In the main event of UFC 283, Glover Teixeira is set to take on Jamahal Hill for the still vacant light heavyweight strap. While Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno will battle for flyweight gold for the fourth time in the co-main. Throw Gilbert Burns, Jessica Andrade, and Johnny Walker in there and the UFC has a lot of home country talent on display.
For fans interested in diving deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below.
The MMA Vivisection is brought to you by ‘The Fine Art of Violence’, a collection of art and essays recapping the year in MMA by Chris Rini, featuring the most talented artists and writers in Mixed Martial Arts. The book is available in both hard copy and digital formats at chrisrini.com.
Here’s a look at the UFC 283 fight card as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10pm/7pm ET&PT Glover Teixeira vs. Jamahal Hill – At 5:32, Odds 19:56, Picks, Zane: Hill, Connor: Teixeira Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno – At 20:17, Odds 39:38, Picks, Zane: Figueiredo, Connor: Moreno Gilbert Burns vs. Neil Magny – At 42:07, Odds 52:16, Picks, Both: Burns Jessica Andrade vs. Lauren Murphy – At 54:43, Odds 1:06:27, Picks, Both: Andrade Paul Craig vs. Johnny Walker – At 1:08:57, Odds 1:18:59, Picks, Both: Craig
ABC PRELIMS | 8pm/5pm ET&PT Mauricio Rua vs. Ihor Potieria – At 1:20, Odds 11:50, Picks, Both: Potieria Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brunno Ferreira – At 13:56, Odds 19:18, Picks, Both: Rodrigues Thiago Moisés vs. Melquizael Costa – At 20:54, Odds 30:24, Picks, Zane: Moisés, Connor: Costa Mounir Lazzez vs. Gabriel Bonfim – At 31:46, Odds 35:29, Picks, Both: Lazzez
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 6pm/3pm ET&PT Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Jailton Almeida – At 38:17, Odds 42:51, Picks, Both: Almeida Terrance McKinney vs. Ismael Bonfim – At 44:40, Odds 57:07, Picks, Both: Bonfim Warlley Alves vs. Nicolas Dalby – At 57:56, Odds 1:05:25, Picks, Zane: Alves, Connor: Dalby Josiane Nunes vs. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos – At 1:05:39, Odds 1:12:12, Picks, Zane: Fairn, Connor: Nunes Luan Lacerda vs. Cody Stamann – At 1:14:36, Odds 1:23:13, Picks, Both: Stamann Saimon Oliveira vs. Daniel Marcos – At 1:23:33, Odds 1:27:05, Picks, Both: Oliveira
For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisection shows for UFC Fight Island 1: ‘Kattar vs. Ige’. So far, here are the overall standings:
Overall stats from UFC Fight Island 1 in July, 2020, through UFC Vegas 67 in Jan, 2023: Zane went 809/1254 for 64.5% and Connor went 763/1254 for 60.8%
2023 Stats: Zane is 9/12 for 75% and Connor is 9/12 for 75%
2022 Stats: Zane went 330/505 for 65% and Connor went 312/505 for 62%
2021 Stats: Zane went 305/493 for 65% and Connor went 285/493 for 59%
July-Dec 2020 Stats: Zane went 164/244 for 67% and Connor went 157/244 for 64%
If you enjoy our variety of shows, please give us a shout out in the comments here on Bloody Elbow, and give us a “like”, share & subscribe on your BE Presents Podcast platform of choice: YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, OverCast, PocketCasts, Castro, Castbox, Player FM, Podcast Republic. Follow your favorite ‘Bloody Elbow Presents’ hosts on your preferred apps, such as: Downcast, PodCruncher, iCatcher!, Castaway 2, BeyondPod (Android), & more in the App Store! For previous episodes, check out our playlists on any of our BE Presents channels.
Plus: Paul Craig vs Johnny Walker, Jéssica Andrade vs Lauren Murphy, Gilbert Burns vs Neil Magny ALL ON THE MAIN PPV CARD! PRECEDED BY A FULLY STACKED UNDERCARD!
Broadcast LIVE from the #JeunesseArena out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, exclusively on ESPN+: PPV CARD 10/7PM ETPT, Featured Prelims on ESPN2 or ESPN+ 8/5PM ETPT, & Early Prelims on UFC Fight Pass at 5:30/2:30PM ETPT. Stay tuned to Bloodyelbow.com for all the details on this event!
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