UFC 265: LEWIS VS GANE, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 4 bouts on this 13-bout UFC 265: 'Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane' PPV event Main Card.

Despite the disappointing loss of Amanda Nunes vs Juliana Pena’s Title Fight in the co-main last week, this UFC 265 PPV card is pretty stacked. José Aldo vs Pedro Munoz ended up taking that co-main slot over the past week... So, all-in-all it’s still a great PPV; even though the main event battle for the interim heavyweight title between Lewis and Gane is the least cool fight on the card, which is saying something. Even the featured prelim, which is set to showcase Rafael Fiziev vs. Bobby Green, is a great match up for us this weekend. This PPV event is coming at us this Saturday night, August 7th,, 2021, from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

For those fans who wish to dive deeper into the undercard, check out the Prelims Vivi which aired at 1pm Central today, Thurs., Aug. 5th., 2021, right here on our SC channel.

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Keep in mind, this week the Vivisections were both recorded a week in advance, due to Zane taking a much deserved vacation. As predicted, the bout order has changed since the show was recorded and the odds have likely changed significantly by now. Here’s a look at the UFC 265 fight card as it stands right now:

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13. Derrick Lewis (25-7) vs. Ciryl Gane (9-0) – At 8:46, Odds 20:52, Picks, Both: Gane

12. José Aldo (29-7) vs. Pedro Munhoz (19-5) – At 21:20, Odds 34:57, Picks, Both: Aldo

11. Vicente Luque (20-7) vs. Michael Chiesa (17-4) – At 35:32, Odds 47:18, Picks, Both: Luque

10. Tecia Torres (12-5) vs. Angela Hill (13-9) – At 1:44 (on the Prelims Show), Odds 8:05, Picks, Both: Torres

9. Yadong Song (16-5) vs. Casey Kenney (16-3) – At 47:33, Odds 1:00:39, Picks, Both: Kenney

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8. Rafael Fiziev (9-1) vs. Bobby Green (27-11) – Picks, Both: Fiziev
7. Drako Rodriguez (7-2) vs. Vince Morales (9-5) – Picks, Zane: Morales, Connor: Rodriguez
6. Ed Herman (25-14) vs. Alonzo Menifield (10-2) – Picks, Both: Herman
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jessica Penne – Picks, Zane: Kowalkiewicz, Connor: Penne

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4. Manel Kape (15-6) vs. Ode Osbourne (9-3) – Picks, Both: Kape
3. Miles Johns (11-1) vs. Anderson dos Santos (21-8) – Picks, Both: Johns
2. Victoria Leonardo (8-3) vs. Melissa Gatto (6-0-2) – Picks, Both: Gatto
1. Johnny Munoz, Jr. (10-1) vs. Jamey Simmons (7-3) – Picks, Both: Munoz

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 33: Zane went 5 out of the 10 bouts we watched this week, Connor went 4 out of those 10. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 334/546 and Connor is now 321/546.

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