UFC 272: MASVIDAL VS COVINGTON, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PPV CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 5 bouts on this 13-bout UFC 272: 'Masvidal vs Covington' PPV event.

"UFC 272 is a weird card. All on its own, in a vacuum, it’s definitely not bad. Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal is exactly the kind of high-level grudge match that combat sports should feature. Rafael dos Anjos vs. Renato Moicano is a serviceably fine considering the circumstances. And Barboza vs. Mitchell & Holland vs. Oliveira should be fascinating style clashes with a solid potential for violence. But, in the new, increased-price PPV era it doesn’t quite have the big-event shine that many fans are going to demand." - Zane Simon

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Here’s a look at the UFC 272 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:
ESPN+ PPV CARD | SAT. MAR 5 — 10PM/7PM ETPT
13. 170lbs: Jorge Masvidal (35-15) vs. Colby Covington (16-3) — At 5:38, Odds 26:08, Picks, Both: Covington

12. 155lbs: Rafael dos Anjos (30-13) vs. Renato Moicano (16-4) — At 26:24, Odds 36:27, Picks, Both: RDA

11. 145bs: Edson Barboza (22-10) vs. Bryce Mitchell (14-0) — At 40:18, Odds 54:58, Picks, Both: Mitchell

10. 170lbs: Kevin Holland (21-7) vs. Alex Oliveira (22-11) — At 55:32, Odds 1:04:52, Picks, Both: Holland

9. 265lbs: Sergey Spivak (13-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-4) — At 1:05:01, Odds 1:07:30, Picks, Zane: Hardy, Connor: Spivak

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
8. 155lbs: Jalin Turner (11-5) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (14-4) — Picks, Zane: Turner, Connor: Mullarkey
7. 205lbs: Marina Rodriguez (15-1) vs. Xiaonan Yan (13-2) — Picks, Both: Rodriguez
6. 205lbs: Nick Negumereanu (11-1) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (9-2) — Picks, Both: Negumereanu
5. 125lbs: Maryna Moroz (10-3) vs. Mariya Agapova (10-2) — Picks, Both?: Moroz

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS | 6PM/3PM ETPT
4. 135lbs: Umar Nurmagomedov (13-0) vs. Brian Kelleher (24-12) — Picks, Both: Nurmagomedov
3. 125lbs: Tim Elliott (17-12) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (13-1) — Picks, Both: Ulanbekov
2. 155lbs: L’udovit Klein (17-4) vs. Devonte Smith (11-3) — Picks, Zane: Klein, Connor: Smith
1. 205lbs: Dustin Jacoby (16-5) vs. Michael Oleksiejczuk (16-4) — Picks, Both: Jacoby

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 49: Makhachev vs. Green — Zane went 7/11, Connor went 7/11. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 497/782 and Connor is now 486/782.

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