UFC 264: POIRIER VS MCGREGOR 3, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 5 bouts on this 13-bout UFC 264: 'Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3' PPV event Main Card.

"The Conor McGregor show is back in town again, and he’s bringing the UFC with him for a decent, but not exceptionally stacked fight card. The Dustin Poirier trilogy fight should be a thriller for however long it lasts, and Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson promises to be fun. Otherwise, Sean O’Malley getting a promotional newcomer highlights the PPV end of things." - Zane Simon

For fans who want to dive deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi which airs at 1pm Central today, Thurs., July 8th., 2021, right here on our SC channel.

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Here’s a look at the UFC 264 fight card as it stands right now:

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10PM/7PM ETPT
13. 155lbs - Dustin Poirier (27-6) vs. Conor McGregor (22-5) – At 3:33, Odds 28:26, Picks, Both: Poirier

12. 170lbs - Gilbert Burns (19-4) vs. Stephen Thompson (16-4) – At 29:40, Odds 38:06, Picks, Both: Thompson

11. 265lbs - Tai Tuivasa (12-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-3) – At 39:23, Odds 45:23, Picks, Zane: Tuivasa, Connor: Hardy

10. 135lbs - Irene Aldana (12-6) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (14-5) – At 46:28, Odds 52:42, Picks, Both: Aldana

9. 135lbs - Sean O’Malley (13-1) vs. Kris Moutinho (9-4) – At 53:09, Odds 57:35, Picks, Both: O’Malley

ESPN PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
8. 170lbs - Max Griffin (17-8) vs. Carlos Condit (32-13) – Picks, Zane: Griffin, Connor: Condit
7. 170lbs - Niko Price (14-4) vs. Michel Pereira (25-11) – Picks, Both: Pereira
6. 145lbs - Ryan Hall (8-0) vs. Ilia Topuria (10-0) – Picks, Both: Topuria
5. 185lbs - Dricus Du Plessis (15-2) vs. Trevin Giles (14-2) – Picks, Both: Giles

EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
4. 125lbs - Jennifer Maia (18-7) vs. Jessica Eye (15-9) – Picks, Both: Maia
3. 185lbs - Omari Akhmedov (21-5) vs. Brad Tavares (18-6) – Picks, Both: Tavares
2. 125lbs - Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-5) vs. Jerome Rivera (10-5) – Picks, Both: Zhumagulov
1. 185lbs - Alan Amedovski (8-2) vs. Yaozong Hu (3-2) – Picks, Both: Amedovski

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 30: Zane went 7 out of the 13 bouts we watched this week, Connor went 9 out of those 13. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 308/503 and Connor is now 296/503.

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