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 178 today morning (September 27, 2014). After 32 events, James Lynch is back alone in first place, picking fights correctly at a 66.7% clip thus far this year. With just four unanimous pick across the board on these 11 fights in total, the standings could be in for a big shake-up following this event. Without further ado: UFC 178
UFC 178 | Gabe Killian | Adam Martin | James Lynch | Brad Taschuk | Brian Hemminger | Nick Kalikas |
Fight #1 | Gamburyan | Gibson | Gibson | Gibson | Gamburyan | Gibson |
Fight #2 | Lee | Lee | Lee | Lee | Tuck | Lee |
Fight #3 | Ebersole | Howard | Howard | Howard | Howard | Howard |
Fight #4 | Cote | Thompson | Thompson | Cote | Thompson | Thompson |
Fight #5 | Masvidal | Masvidal | Masvidal | Masvidal | Masvidal | Masvidal |
Fight #6 | Cruz | Cruz | Cruz | Cruz | Cruz | Cruz |
Fight #7 | Nunes | Zingano | Zingano | Zingano | Zingano | Zingano |
Fight #8 | Romero | Kennedy | Kennedy | Romero | Kennedy | Kennedy |
Fight #9 | McGregor | McGregor | McGregor | McGregor | McGregor | McGregor |
Fight #10 | Alvarez | Alvarez | Alvarez | Alvarez | Cerrone | Cerrone |
Fight #11 | Johnson | Johnson | Johnson | Johnson | Johnson | Johnson |
Last Event | 7-5 | 5-7 | 10-2 | 10-2 | 8-4 | 11-1 |
Total Record | 224-142 | 235-131 | 244-122 | 233-133 | 242-124 | 237-129 |
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!