Something MMAOddsBreaker.com has 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 UFC Fight Night 52 tomorrow morning (September 20, 2014). After 31 events, Brian Hemminger and James Lynch are tied for first place and are beginning to pull away, picking fights correctly at a 66.1% clip thus far this year. With five unanimous pick across the board on these 12 fights in total, the standings could be in for a decent shake-up following this event. Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 52
UFN 52 | Gabe Killian | Adam Martin | James Lynch | Brad Taschuk | Brian Hemminger | Nick Kalikas |
Fight #1 | Hooker | Hooker | Blanco | Blanco | Hooker | Blanco |
Fight #2 | Tokudome | Tokudome | Case | Tokudome | Tokudome | Case |
Fight #3 | Tanaka | Tanaka | Kang | Kang | Kang | Kang |
Fight #4 | Lim | Lim | Lim | Lim | Lim | Lim |
Fight #5 | Kikuno | Kikuno | Kikuno | Kikuno | Kikuno | Kikuno |
Fight #6 | Caceres | Caceres | Caceres | Caceres | Caceres | Caceres |
Fight #7 | Horiguchi | Horiguchi | Horiguchi | Horiguchi | Horiguchi | Horiguchi |
Fight #8 | Kunimoto | Walsh | Kunimoto | Kunimoto | Kunimoto | Kunimoto |
Fight #9 | Tate | Nakai | Tate | Tate | Tate | Tate |
Fight #10 | Akiyama | Sadollah | Akiyama | Akiyama | Sadollah | Akiyama |
Fight #11 | Jury | Jury | Jury | Jury | Jury | Jury |
Fight #12 | Nelson | Hunt | Nelson | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt |
Last Event | 6-5 | 7-4 | 10-1 | 7-4 | 9-2 | 8-3 |
Total Record | 217-137 | 230-124 | 234-120 | 223-131 | 234-120 | 226-128 |
Everyone also has a draw and a no contest on their record due to the Johnny Bedford vs Rani Yahya and the Norman Parke vs Leonardo Santos bouts. Follow along throughout 2014 to see who pulls ahead!