MMAOddsBreaker.com has returned for 2015 and just like last year, we’re keeping a running tally of our staff’s fight picks for all major mixed martial arts (MMA) events. Everyone has a clean slate with the new year, and we’ve added three new staff members to the our special picks chart this time around. After five events thus far in 2015, Vegas Matty has taken hold of first place with a 42-14 record (75%), while Adam Martin and Brad Wharton are both nipping on his heels with 41-15 and 40-16 records respectively. There were four unanimous picks for this UFC Fight Night 61 event out of 11 fights (favorites Tiago Trator, William Macario, Iuri Alcantara and Rustam Khabilov). The most contentious pick was Edson Barboza vs Michael Johnson (Johnson 5 – Barboza 4). Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 61
| UFN 61 | G. Killian | A. Martin | J. Lynch | B. Taschuk | B. Hemminger | N. Kalikas | J. Primetown | B. Wharton | V. Matty |
| Fight #1 | Shockley | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge | Jorge |
| Fight #2 | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | de Andrade |
| Fight #3 | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator | Trator |
| Fight #4 | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario | Macario |
| Fight #5 | Reneau | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade | Andrade |
| Fight #6 | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland* | Strickland | Strickland | Ponzinibbio |
| Fight #7 | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara |
| Fight #8 | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov | Khabilov |
| Fight #9 | Ferreira | Alvey | Alvey | Ferreira | Ferreira | Ferreira | Ferreira | Ferreira | Alvey |
| Fight #10 | Barboza | Barboza | Johnson | Johnson | Barboza | Johnson | Johnson | Barboza | Johnson |
| Fight #11 | Mir | Silva | Silva | Mir | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva |
| Last Event | 6-4 | 8-2 | 7-3 | 8-2 | 5-5 | 8-2 | 8-2 | 7-3 | 9-1 |
| 2015 Record | 33-23 | 41-15 | 35-21 | 30-26 | 37-19 | 36-20 | 33-23 | 40-16 | 42-14 |
*Nick switched his original Premium Oddscast pick from Ponzinibbio to Strickland following the weigh-ins Follow along in 2015 to see who wins! Previous MMAOddsBreaker staff picks articles from this year UFC 183 UFC on Fox 14 UFC Fight Night 59 UFC 182 UFC FIght Night 60