Can Sakai push the pace without getting drilled by Rozenstruik?
Zane Simon is joined by MMA Junkie’s Dan Tom this week to break down the latest UFC event at the Apex facility in Las Vegas, NV. With picks and odds for every bout on the card. From Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai in the main event down to Jordan Leavitt vs. Claudio Puelles in the opening prelim.
The UFC didn’t exactly stack the deck this week, but even though Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura may not be the most thrilling main & co-main events, it’s still a solid Fight Night from top to bottom. If nothing else, Ponzinibbio vs. Baeza should make for a thriller.
For fans interested in diving deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi below. And, a special thanks to Dan Tom, who stepped up to fill in as this week’s co-host.
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Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 28 fight card as it stands right now:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 7pm/4pm ET&PT
Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai – At 6:49, Odds 18:06, Picks, Both: Rozenstruik
Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura – At 18:55, Odds 32:09, Picks, Both: Harris
Roman Dolidze vs. Laureano Staropoli – At 32:25, Odds 39:56, Picks, Zane: Staropoli, Dan: Dolidze
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza – At 41:28, Odds 50:50, Picks, Zane: Ponzinibbio, Dan: Baeza
Dusko Todorovic vs. Gregory Rodrigues – At 52:10, Odds 1:00:16, Picks, Zane: Rodrigues, Dan: Todorovic
Tom Breese vs. Antonio Arroyo – At 1:00:32, Odds 1:07:24, Picks, Both: Breese
ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4pm/1pm ET&PT
Montana De La Rosa vs. Ariane Lipski – At 5:25, Odds 13:42, Picks, Both: De La Rosa
Tanner Boser vs. Ilir Latifi – At 15:08, Odds 23:12, Picks, Both: Boser
Francisco Trinaldo vs. Muslim Salikhov – At 24:26, Odds 33:57, Picks, Zane: Salikhov, Dan: Trinaldo
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Kamuela Kirk – At 34:25, Odds 42:46, Picks, Both: Amirkhani
Alan Patrick vs. Mason Jones – At 43:30, Odds 50:24, Picks, Both: Jones
Manon Fiorot vs. Maryna Moroz – At 51:19, Odds 1:00:27, Picks, Zane: Moroz, Dan: Fiorot
Sean Woodson vs. Youssef Zalal – At 1:01:08, Odds 1:09:35, Picks, Zane: Woodson, Dan: Zalal
Claudio Puelles vs. Jordan Leavitt – At 1:09:52, Odds 1:16:50, Picks, Both: Leavitt
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 VEGAS 27: Zane & Conner both went 7 out of the 12 bouts we were left with this week. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 282/452 and Connor is now 268/452.
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