Something new we at MMAOddsBreaker.com decided to do for 2014 is to keep a running tally of our fight picks for all major mixed martial arts (MMA) events. It all began with UFC Fight Night 34 at the beginning of the year and it continues with The Ultimate Fighter Nations today (April 16, 2014) which features a middleweight battle between Michael Bisping and Tim Kennedy. After nine events, Brad Taschuk has now overtaken James Lynch for first place, picking fights correctly at a 66.1% clip thus far this year, although everyone’s stats took a nosedive after UFC Fight Night 38’s historic underdog-heavy event. With six unanimous picks across the board on this 13-fight card, the standings could be in store for a shake-up. Without further ado:
TUF Nations Finale | Gabe Killian | Adam Martin | James Lynch | Brad Taschuk | Brian Hemminger | Nick Kalikas |
Fight #1 | Gagnon | Gagnon | Gagnon | Gagnon | Gagnon | Gagnon |
Fight #2 | Walsh | Walsh | Walsh | Walsh | Walsh | Walsh |
Fight #3 | Taleb | Talib | Taleb | Taleb | Taleb | Taleb |
Fight #4 | Bocek | Bocek | Bocek | Bocek | Bocek | Bocek |
Fight #5 | Roop | Roop | Roop | Roop | Roop | *Roop |
Fight #6 | Jimmo | Jimmo | Jimmo | Jimmo | Jimmo | Jimmo |
Fight #7 | Kaufman | Kaufman | Kaufman | Kaufman | Kaufman | Kaufman |
Fight #8 | Noons | Stout | Stout | Stout | Noons | Stout |
Fight #9 | Corassani | Poirier | Poirier | Poirier | Poirier | Poirier |
Fight #10 | Aubin-Mercier | Laprise | Aubin-Mercier | Laprise | Aubin-Mercier | Laprise |
Fight #11 | Theodorou | Westcott | Theodorou | Theodorou | Theodorou | Theodorou |
Fight #12 | Noke | Noke | Cote | Noke | Noke | Noke |
Fight #13 | Kennedy | Kennedy | Bisping | Bisping | Bisping | Bisping |
Last Event | 5-2 1 NC | 4-3 1 NC | 5-2 1 NC | 6-1 1 NC | 6-1 1 NC | 5-2 1 NC |
Total Record | 73-42-1 1 NC | 68-47-1 1 NC | 75-40-1 1 NC | 76-39-1 1 NC | 74-41-1 1 NC | 74-41-1 1 NC |
*Nick was on the fence on the podcast and changed his mind on Dustin Kimura against George Roop after the weigh-ins yesterday. Follow along on 2014 to see who pulls ahead!