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 ends with UFC Fight Night 58 tonight (December 20, 2014) in Barueri, Brazil. After 43 events, James Lynch is alone in first place, picking fights correctly at a 65.6% clip thus far this year. With seven unanimous picks across the board on these 12 fights in total, the standings won’t be in for much of a shake-up following this event. Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 58
UFN 58 | Gabe Killian | Adam Martin | James Lynch | Brad Taschuk | Brian Hemminger | Nick Kalikas |
Fight #1 | Collier | Collier | Collier | Collier | Collier | Collier |
Fight #2 | Alexandre | Means | Means | Means | Means | Means |
Fight #3 | Sasaki | Sasaki | Sasaki | Sasaki | Sasaki | Sasaki |
Fight #4 | Dias | Dias | Elkins | Dias | Dias | Dias |
Fight #5 | Niinimaki | Carneiro | Carneiro | Niinimaki | Carneiro | Carneiro* |
Fight #6 | de Lima | de Lima | de Lima | de Lima | de Lima | de Lima |
Fight #7 | Sarafian | Sarafian | Sarafian | Sarafian | Sarafian | Sarafian |
Fight #8 | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva |
Fight #9 | Magomedov | Silverio | Silverio | Silverio | Magomedov | Silverio |
Fight #10 | Cummins | Cummins | Cummins | Cummins | Carlos Junior | Carlos Junior |
Fight #11 | Barao | Barao | Barao | Barao | Barao | Barao |
Fight #12 | Machida | Machida | Machida | Machida | Machida | Machida |
Last Event | 7-5 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 7-5 | 8-4 | 8-4 |
Total Record | 299-189 | 311-177 | 320-168 | 304-184 | 314-174 | 313-175 |
*Nick switched his pick from Niinimaki to Carneiro following the weigh-ins Everyone also has a draw and two no contests on their record due to the Johnny Bedford vs Rani Yahya, Norman Parke vs Leonardo Santos and the KJ Noons vs Daron Cruickshank bouts. Follow along throughout 2014 to see who pulls ahead!