UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection PRELIMS

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of 8 bouts on this 13-bout UFC 264: 'Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3' PPV event Preliminary 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 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., 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) – Picks, Both: Poirier
12. 170lbs - Gilbert Burns (19-4) vs. Stephen Thompson (16-4) – Picks, Both: Thompson
11. 265lbs - Tai Tuivasa (12-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-3) – Picks, Zane: Tuivasa, Connor: Hardy
10. 135lbs - Irene Aldana (12-6) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (14-5) – Picks, Both: Aldana
9. 135lbs - Sean O’Malley (13-1) vs. Kris Moutinho (9-4) – Picks, Both: O’Malley

ESPN PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
8. 170lbs - Max Griffin (17-8) vs. Carlos Condit (32-13) – At 3:08, Odds 11:36, Picks, Zane: Griffin, Connor: Condit

7. 170lbs - Niko Price (14-4) vs. Michel Pereira (25-11) – At 15:00, Odds 22:54, Picks, Both: Pereira

6. 145lbs - Ryan Hall (8-0) vs. Ilia Topuria (10-0) – At 24:32, Odds 33:42, Picks, Both: Topuria

5. 185lbs - Dricus Du Plessis (15-2) vs. Trevin Giles (14-2) – At 34:54, Odds 42:20, Picks, Both: Giles

EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
4. 125lbs - Jennifer Maia (18-7) vs. Jessica Eye (15-9) – At 44:00, Odds 51:40, Picks, Both: Maia

3. 185lbs - Omari Akhmedov (21-5) vs. Brad Tavares (18-6) – At 51:55, Odds 58:16, Picks, Both: Tavares

2. 125lbs - Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-5) vs. Jerome Rivera (10-5) – At 58:34, Odds 1:04:27, Picks, Both: Zhumagulov

1. 185lbs - Alan Amedovski (8-2) vs. Yaozong Hu (3-2) – At 1:06:31, Odds 1:10:57, 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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