New Year, new contest! MMAOddsBreaker.com has returned for 2015 and just like last year, we’re keeping a running tally of our staff’s fight picks for all major mixed martial arts (MMA) events. Everyone has a clean slate with the new year, and we’ve added three new staff members to the our special picks chart this time around. The winner this year will take home a cool $300. After 44 events in 2014, James Lynch finished standing alone in first place, picking fights correctly at a 65.6% clip. Here are the staff members who will be participating this year along with what they do to help our site: Gabe Killian – MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin – MMAOB lead staff writer and co-host of The Parting Shot Podcast James Lynch – MMAOB staff writer and co-host of The Parting Shot Podcast Brad Taschuk – MMAOB staff writer and co-host of The MMA Analysis podcast Brian Hemminger – MMAOB managing editor and co-host of The Premium Oddscast Nick Kalikas – Professional Oddsmaker, owner of MMAOddsBreaker.com and co-host of The Premium Oddscast Jay Primetown – MMAOB staff writer and co-host of The MMA Analysis podcast Brad Wharton – MMAOB feature writer Vegas Matty – MMAOB feature writer Let’s see what the new year brings. After three events thus far in 2015, Adam Martin is in a three-way tie for first place with Brad Wharton and Vegas Matty, who all have a 26-9 record overall following UFC on Fox 14 this past Saturday. There were five unanimous picks for this UFC 183 event out of 12 fights (favorites Thiago Santos, Derek Brunson, Sara McMann, Thales Leites and Tyron Woodley). The most contentious pick was Diego Brandao vs Jimy Hettes (Brandao 5 – Hettes 4) . Without further ado: UFC 183
UFC 183 | G. Killian | A. Martin | J. Lynch | B. Taschuk | B. Hemminger | N. Kalikas | J. Primetown | B. Wharton | V. Matty |
Fight #1 | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos | Santos |
Fight #2 | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Alcantara | Moreira | Moreira |
Fight #3 | Hettes | Brandao | Brandao | Brandao | Brandao | Hettes* | Hettes | Hettes | Brandao |
Fight #4 | Watson | Watson | Watson | Watson | Watson | Watson | Watson | Natal | Watson |
Fight #5 | McCall | McCall | McCall | McCall | McCall | McCall* | McCall | McCall | Lineker |
Fight #6 | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson |
Fight #7 | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann | McMann |
Fight #8 | Alves | Mein | Mein | Mein | Mein | Mein | Mein | Mein | Mein |
Fight #9 | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites | Leites |
Fight #10 | Iaquinta | Iaquinta | Iaquinta | Lauzon | Iaquinta | Iaquinta | Lauzon | Iaquinta | Iaquinta |
Fight #11 | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley | Woodley |
Fight #12 | Silva | Silva | Silva | Diaz | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva |
Last Event | 5-7 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 4-8 | 7-5 | 7-5 |
2015 Record | 19-16 | 26-9 | 21-14 | 17-18 | 25-10 | 21-14 | 19-16 | 26-9 | 26-9 |
*Nick switched his original picks on the Premium Oddscast from Lineker and Brandao to McCall and Hettes following the UFC 183 weigh-ins Follow along in 2015 to see who wins!