UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya, Picks, Odds & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of TEN bouts on the 15-bout UFC 259 PPV: 'Blachowicz vs Adesnaya' Preliminary Card.

"The UFC has pulled out all the stops for this weekend’s PPV card. Featuring ranked talent from top to bottom, the main card is headlined by a trio of title fight, with Israel Adesanya taking on Jan Blachowicz, Megan Anderson challenging Amanda Nunes, and ALjamain Sterling taking his shot at Petr Yan. Throw former title challenger Thiago Santos in there along with Khabib heir apparent Islam Makhachev and the stakes are sure to be high comes Saturday night. That even goes for the undercard, where former champion Dominick Cruz will take on rising talent Casey Kenney. A card has to be deep when former multiple time title challenger Joe Benavidez can’t even get feature billing." - Zane Simon

For those fans who wish to dive deeper into the MAIN CARD, check out that version of the MMA Vivi which airs at 2pm Central today, Thurs., March 4th., 2021, right here on our SC channel.

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Here's a look at the fight card & current records for
UFC 259: ‘BLACHOWICZ VS ADESANYA’ –

ESPN+ MAIN PPV CARD | SAT. MAR. 6 - 10PM/7PM ETPT
15. UFC Light Heavyweight Championship:
205lbs Jan Blachowicz (27-8) vs Israel Adesanya (20-0) - Picks, Both: Adesanya
14. UFC Featherweight Championship:
145lbs Amanda Nunes (20-4) vs Megan Anderson (10-4) - Picks, Both: Nunes
13. UFC Bantamweight Championship:
135lbs Petr Yan (15-1) vs Aljamain Sterling (19-3) - Picks, Both: Yan
12. 155lbs Islam Makhachev (18-1) vs Drew Dober (23-9) - Picks, Both: Makhachev
11. 205lbs Thiago Santos (21-8) vs. Aleksandar Rakić (13-2) - Picks, Zane: Santos / Connor: Rakic

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
10. 135lbs Dominick Cruz (22-3) vs Casey Kenney (16-2) - At 1:28, Odds 14:49, Picks, Zane: Cruz / Connor: Kenney

9. 135lbs Kyler Phillips (8-1) vs. Yadong Song (16-4) - At 15:07, Odds 18:11, Picks, Both: Yadong

8. 125lbs Joseph Benavidez (28-7) vs. Askar Askarov (13-0) - At 20:29, Odds 30:34, Picks, Both: Benavidez

7. 125lbs Kai Kara-France (21-9) vs. Rogério Bontorin (16-2) - At 32:06, Odds 42:42, Picks, Both: France

6. 125lbs Tim Elliott (16-11) vs Jordan Espinosa (15-8) - At 43:25, Odds 50:46, Picks, Both: Elliott

UFC FIGHTPASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
5. 205lbs Carlos Ulberg (3-0) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (7-1) - At 51:10, Odds 57:22, Picks, Both: Nzechukwu

4. 170lbs Sean Brady (13-0) vs. Jake Matthews (17-4) - At 58:25, Odds 1:05:48, Picks, Both: Brady

3. 115lbs Livinha Souza (14-2) vs. Amanda Lemos (8-1) - At 1:06:03, Odds 1:08:25, Picks, Both: Lemos

2. 155lbs Uros Medic (6-0) vs. Aalon Cruz (8-3) - At 1:08:41, Odds 1:11:26, Picks, Both: Medic

1. 135lbs Trevin Jones (12-6) vs Marlo Bautista (8-1) - At 1:11:54, Odds 1:19:20, Picks, Both: Bautista

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 20: Zane went 5 out of the 9 bouts we were left with them having picked for & Connor went 5 out of those 9, as well.
So far, here are the overall standings: Zane - 210/326 & Connor - 199/326.

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