MMAOddsBreaker Staff Picks – UFC 179

Something MMAOddsBreaker.com has decided to do for 2014 is to keep a running tally of our fight picks for all major mixed martial arts (MMA) events. It all began with UFC Fight Night 34 at the beginning of the year and it continues with UFC 179 tomorrow (October 25, 2014) in Brazil. After 35 events, James Lynch is alone in first place, picking fights correctly at a 67.0% clip thus far this year. With six unanimous picks across the board on these 11 fights in total, the standings could be in for a decent shake-up following this event. Without further ado: UFC 179

 UFC 179 Gabe Killian Adam Martin James Lynch Brad Taschuk Brian Hemminger Nick Kalikas
 Fight #1  Camoes  Camoes  Camoes  Camoes  Martin  Martin
 Fight #2  Burns  Burns  Burns  Burns  Burns  Burns
 Fight #3  Arantes  Fili  Arantes  Arantes  Arantes  Arantes
 Fight #4  Reis  Reis  Reis  Reis  Reis  Reis
 Fight #5  Cabral  Cabral  Cabral  Cabral  Cabral  Cabral
 Fight #6  Macario  Macario  Magny  Macario  Magny  Magny
 Fight #7  Ferreira  Ferreira  Ferreira  Ferreira  Ferreira  Ferreira
 Fight #8  Elkins  Martins  Elkins  Elkins  Elkins  Elkins
 Fight #9  Stringer  Maldonado  Stringer  Stringer  Stringer  Stringer
 Fight #10  Teixeira  Teixeira  Teixeira  Teixeira  Teixeira  Teixeira
 Fight #11  Aldo  Aldo  Aldo  Aldo  Aldo  Aldo
 Last Event  16-7  15-8  17-6  15-8  14-9  15-8
 Total Record  248-152  257-143  268-132  255-145  264-136  260-140

Everyone also has a draw and a no contest on their record due to the Johnny Bedford vs Rani Yahya and the Norman Parke vs Leonardo Santos bouts. Follow along throughout 2014 to see who pulls ahead!

Written by Brian Hemminger

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