Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilova

Luana Carolina vs. Lucie Pudilova

I always mention that we make our picks and break down fights before we see the odds. Thats exactly what I did here as well. Broke down the fight, decided that Luana should win because of her striking style and wrestling and then went to check the odds. To my surprise...
Cody Durden vs. Bruno Silva

Cody Durden vs. Bruno Silva

We are a few years removed from it, but the way that Bruno Silva lost to Tagir Ulanbekov is likely the same way he loses this fight. If you can trust Cody to do anything, its come forward and agressively wrestle. I think the wrestling pace will be too much and Cody...
Mohammed Usman vs. Thomas Petersen

Mohammed Usman vs. Thomas Petersen

This is definitely a low level heavyweight fight. Neither guy is particularly entertaining and outside of one knockout 2 years ago, neither has shown any real power. The pick will have to be Usman though. He is physically imposing and should be able to defend the...
Miranda Maverick vs. Dione Barbosa

Miranda Maverick vs. Dione Barbosa

Miranda Maverick was training for Tracy Cortez who like Dione is a solid grappler. But unlike Cortez, Dione has pretty bad takedown defense. i think Miranda comes forward, pressures with the striking and ultimately gets the takedowns. She can stay safe in any BJJ...
Evan Elder vs. Darrius Flowers

Evan Elder vs. Darrius Flowers

We found out about this fight on Twitter where Darius basically complained that he was stepping up on short notice at elevation. His tweet didn't read like someone who was excited to get a fight, it read like someone who was laying out the excuses ahead of time and...
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Fatima Kline

Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Fatima Kline

This is a VERY different matchup for Jasmine. Fatima is far more dangerous than Araujo was and a bad matchup because she will be looking to offensively wrestle. We essentially have a pure wrestler in Jasmine vs a grappler in Fatima. Fatima trains with Erin Blanchfield...