MMAOddsBreaker Staff Picks – UFC Fight Night 52

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!

Written by Brian Hemminger

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