UFC VEGAS 49: Makhachev vs Green, Picks, Odds, & Analysis | The MMA Vivisection Prelims Show

Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here with the MMA Vivisection PRELIMS SHOW, breaking down a set of 6 bouts on this now 11-bout UFC Vegas 49: 'Makhachev vs Green' Fight Night event.

"Credit to Bobby Green, if he hadn’t stepped up to take on Islam Makhachev with little more than a week’s notice, this Saturday’s UFC card would be a complete mess. Arman Tsarukyan vs. Joel Alvarez stands out as the event’s other major highlight fight on a card that has some interesting matchups but very little stakes or notoriety." - 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., Feb. 24th., 2022, right here on our SC channel.

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Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 49 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:

UFC VEGAS 49: ‘ISLAM MAKHACHEV VS BOBBY GREEN’ —
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. FEB 26 — 7PM/4PM ETPT
12. 160lbs: Islam Makhachev (21-1) vs. Bobby Green (29-12) — Picks, Zane: Makhachev, Connor: Green
11. 185bs: Misha Cirkunov (15-7) vs. Wellington Turman (17-5) — Picks, Both: Cirkunov
10. 125lbs: Priscila Cachoeira (10-4) vs. Ji Yeon Kim (9-4) — Picks, Zane: Kim, Connor: Cachoeira
9. 155lbs: Arman Tsarukyan (17-2) vs. Joel Alvarez (19-2) — Picks, Both: Tsarukyan
8. 185lbs: Gregory Rodrigues (11-3) vs. Armen Petrosyan (6-1) — Picks, Both: Rodrigues

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 8PM/5PM ETPT
7. 155lbs: Ignacio Bahamondes (12-4) vs. Zhu Rong (18-4) — At 1:18, Odds 11:19, Picks, Both: Bahamondes

6. 145lbs: Josiane Nunes (8-1) vs. Ramona Pascual (6-2) — At 13:12, Odds 17:11, Picks, Both: Nunes

5. 155lbs: Terrence McKinney (11-3) vs. Fares Ziam (12-3) — At 17:24, Odds 25:32, Picks, Both: McKinney

4. 115lbs: Jinh Yu Frey (11-6) vs. Hannah Goldy (6-2) *CANCELLED — At 25:50, Odds 32:34, Picks, Both: Frey

3. 135lbs: Alejandro Perez (22-8) vs. Jonathan Martinez (14-4) — At 32:49, Odds 43:03, Picks, Zane: Martinez, Connor: Perez

2. 170lbs: Ramiz Brahimaj (9-4) vs. Michael Gillmore (6-4) — At 44;19, Odds 47:25, Picks, Both: Brahimaj

1. 125lbs: Victor Altamirano (10-1) vs. Carlos Hernandez (7-1) — At 48:42, Odds 55:38, Picks, Zane: Altamirano, Connor: Hernandez

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 48: Walker vs Hill — Zane went 9/12, Connor went 10/12. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 490/771 and Connor is now 479/771.

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