UFC VEGAS 53: FONT VS VERA, 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 12-bout UFC Vegas 53: 'Font vs. Vera' Fight Night event.

"The UFC’s 2022 schedule is in full swing right now, heading into their 4th straight event, with another three still to go before their next week off. So it’s not much of a surprise that some of these fight night cards are feeling a little thin. This week Rob Font takes on Marlon Vera in a fantastic bantamweight scrap, that more or less makes the event’s only really notable fight. Gerald Meerschaert vs. Krzysztof Jotko marks what’s otherwise probably the most relevant booking of the night." - Zane Simon

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Here’s a look at the UFC VEGAS 53 fight card, as it stood at the time of recording:

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. APR 30 — 7PM/4PM ETPT
12. 135lbs: Rob Font (19-5) vs. Marlon Vera (20-7) — At 5:18, Odds 21:07, Picks, Both: Font

11. 265lbs: Jake Collier (13-6) vs. Andrei Arlovski (33-20) — At 21:32, Odds 27:31 Picks, Both: Arlovski

10. 145lbs: Andre Fili (21-8) vs. Joanderson Brito (12-3) — At 28:14, Odds 35:36, Picks, Both: Fili

9. 155lbs: Jared Gordon (18-4) vs. Grant Dawson (17-1) — At 36:00, Odds 44:09, Picks, Zane: Dawson, Connor: Gordon

8. 145lbs: Darren Elkins (26-10) vs. Tristan Connelly (14-7) — At 44:29, Odds 53:07, Picks, Both: Elkins

7. 185lbs: Gerald Meerschaert (34-14) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (23-5) — At 53:54, Odds 1:00:43, Picks, Zane: Jotko, Connor: Meerschaert

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 4:30PM/1:30PM ETPT
6. 125lbs: Daniel da Silva (11-2) vs. Francisco Figueiredo (12-4) — Picks, Both: da Silva
5. 265lbs: Alexandr Romanov (15-0) vs. Chase Sherman (15-9) — Picks, Both: Romanov
4. 170lbs: Yohan Lainesse (8-0) vs. Gabe Green (10-3) — Picks, Both: Green
3. 155lbs: Mike Breeden (10-4) vs. Natan Levy (6-1) — Picks, Both: Levy
2. 125lbs: Gina Mazany (7-5) vs. Shanna Young (7-4) — Picks, Both: Mazany
1. 125lbs: Tatsuro Taira (10-0) vs. Carlos Candelario (8-1) — Picks, Both: Taira

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’... It has come to our attention after some careful scrutiny that errors in the stats tracking have been made along the way, this is being sorted out one event at a time. When the stats are done being audited they will be reported in each show post again. For UFC Vegas 52: Zane and Connor shared the same picks, they went 8/11. No total cumulative stats are available at this time.

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