UFC 268: USMAN VS COVINGTON 2, 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 massive 14-bout UFC 268: 'Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 2' PPV event.

"Back to back top tier UFC cards feels like a real treat. UFC 267 is only just done and dusted and UFC 268 is already cropping up right on the horizon. In the main event, Colby Covington gets his chance at revenge against welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. With women’s strawweight queen Rose Namajunas taking on Weili Zhang in the co-main for the second time as well. Throw Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler, Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera, and Shane Burgos vs. Billy Quarantillo in there and it should be wall-to-wall mayhem." - Zane Simon

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Here’s a look at the UFC 268: ‘KAMARU USMAN VS COLBY COVINGTON 2’ fight card as it stands right now:

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | SAT. NOV 6 - 10PM/7PM ETPT
14. UFC WW Championship Fight — Kamaru Usman (19-1) vs. Colby Covington (16-2) — At 5:20, Odds 33:43, Picks, Both: Usman

13. UFC SW Championship Fight — Rose Namajunas (10-4) vs. Weili Zhang (21-2) — At 36:29, Odds 52:48, Picks, Both: Zhang

12. Justin Gaethje (22-3) vs. Michael Chandler (22-6) — At 53:43, Odds 1:01:30, Picks, Both: Gaethje

11. 145lbs: Shane Burgos (13-3) vs. Billy Quarantillo (16-3) — At 1:01:42, Odds 1:18:22, Picks, Zane: Burgos, Connor: Quarantillo

10. 135lbs: Frankie Edgar (24-9) vs. Marlon Vera (19-7) — At 1:18:39, Odds 1:24:31, Picks, Both: Edgar

ESPN+/ESPNEWS PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT
9. 185lbs: Andreas Michailidis (13-4) vs. Alex Pereira (3-1) ~ Picks, Both: Pereira
8. 155lbs: Al Iaquinta (14-6-1) vs. Bobby Green (27-12-1) ~ Picks, Both: Green
7. 185lbs: Phil Hawes (11-2) vs. Chris Curtis (26-8) ~ Picks, Both: Hawes
6. 185lbs: Edmen Shahbazyan (11-2) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (10-3) ~ Picks, Zane: Shahbazyan, Connor: Imavov
5. 170lbs: Jordan Williams (9-5) vs. Ian Garry (7-0) ~ Picks, Both: Garry

ESPN+/UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
4. 265lbs: Gian Villante (17-13) vs. Chris Barnett (21-7) ~ Picks, Both: Barnett
3. 205lbs: Aleksa Camur (6-2) vs. John Allan (13-6) ~ Picks, Both: Jacoby
2. 145lbs: Melsik Baghdasaryan (6-1) vs. Bruno Souza (10-1) ~ Picks, Both: Baghdasaryan
1. 125lbs: C.J. Vergara (9-2) vs. Ode Osbourne (9-4) ~ Picks, Zane, Osbourne, Connor: Vergara

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 267: Zane went 13/14, Connor 11/14. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 400/639 and Connor is now 389/639.

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