UFC COLUMBUS: BLAYDES VS DAUKAUS, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection MAIN CARD SHOW, breaking down a set of 6 bouts on this 13-bout UFC COLUMBUS: 'BLAYDES VS DAUKAUS' Fight Night event.

"This week’s UFC Columbus fight card doesn’t have the same curb appeal as their recent London trip, but it still promises to be an interesting event. In the main event Curtis Blaydes looks to keep his spot among the heavyweight top contenders against Chris Daukaus. In the co-main, Alexa Grasso searches for her own potential spot as a title challenger against Joanne Wood. Throw a flyweight title eliminator between Askar Askarov and Kai Kara-France in the mix and it should make for a meaningful night of fights." - Zane Simon

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Here’s a look at the UFC Columbus fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:

UFC COLUMBUS: ‘BLAYDES VS DAUKAUS’
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. MAR 26 — 7PM/4PM ETPT
13. 265lbs: Curtis Blaydes (15-3) vs. Chris Daukaus (12-4) — At 2:29, Odds 15:47, Picks - Both: Blaydes

12. 125lbs: Joanne Wood (15-7) vs. Alexa Grasso (13-3) — At 16:09, Odds 26:15, Picks - Both: Grasso

11. 170lbs: Matt Brown (23-18) vs. Bryan Barbarena (16-8) — At 27:42, Odds 35:55, Picks - Zane: Barbarena, Connor: Brown

10. 125bs: Askar Askarov (14-0) vs. Kai Kara-France (23-9) — At 36:11, Odds 47:16, Picks - Both: Askarov

9. 265lbs: Aleksei Oleinik (59-16) vs. Ilir Latifi (15-8) — At 48:29, Odds 53:06, Picks - Both: Latifi

8. 155lbs: Marc Diakiese (14-5) vs. Vyacheslav Borshchev (6-1) — At 53:25, Odds 1:03:24, Picks - Both: Diakese

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4PM/1PM ETPT
7. 170lbs: Neil Magny (25-8) vs. Max Griffin (18-8) — Picks - Both: Magny
6. 135lbs: Sara McMann (12-6) vs. Karol Rosa (15-3) — Picks - Both: Rosa
5. 125lbs: Batgerel Danaa (12-2) vs. Chris Gutierrez (17-3) — Picks - Zane: Gutierrez, Connor: Danaa
4. 185lbs: Aliaskhab Khizriev (13-0) vs. Denis Tiuliulin (10-5) — Picks - Both: Khizriev
3. 125lbs: Jennifer Maia (19-8) vs. Manon Fiorot (8-1) — Picks - Both: Fiorot
2. 125lbs: David Dvořák (20-3) vs. Matheus Nicolau (17-2) — Picks - Both: Nicolau
1. 145lbs: Luis Saldaña (15-7) vs. Bruno Souza (10-2) — Picks - Zane: Souza, Connor: Saldana

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 LONDON: Aspinall vs. Volkov — Zane went 8/13, Connor went 7/13. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 523/822 and Connor is now 509/822.

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