New Year, new contest! MMAOddsBreaker.com has returned for 2016 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 one new staff member to the our special picks chart this time around. The winner this year will take home a cool $300. After 41 events in 2015, Brad Taschuk finished standing alone in first place, picking fights correctly at a 63.4% 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 James Lynch – MMAOB lead staff writer and 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 Robert Doxtater – MMAOB feature writer After four events thus far in 2016, Nick Kalikas and Jay Primetown are tied in first place with a 32-17 overall record (65.3%). Brian Hemminger and Gabe Killian are right on their heels in second place at 30-19. There were five unanimous picks for this event out of 13 fights in total (Lauren Murphy, Marion Reneau, Dennis Bermudez, Cody Garbrandt, Derek Brunson). The most contentious pick was Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Anthony Hamilton (Abdurakhimov 4 – Hamilton 4). Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 83
UFN 83 | G. Killian | J. Lynch | B. Taschuk | B. Hemminger | N. Kalikas | J. Primetown | B. Wharton | R. Doxtater |
Fight #1 | Hamilton | Hamilton | Abdurakhimov | Hamilton | Abdur. | Abdur. | Abdur. | Hamilton |
Fight #2 | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy | Murphy |
Fight #3 | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau | Reneau |
Fight #4 | Coy | Webb | Webb | Webb | Webb | Webb | Webb | Webb |
Fight #5 | Smith | Leleco | Smith | Leleco | Smith | Smith | Smith | Smith |
Fight #6 | Sarafian | Bamgbose | Sarafian | Bamgbose | Bamgbose | Bamgbose | Bamgbose | Sarafian |
Fight #7 | Strickland | Garcia | Garcia | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Strickland | Garcia |
Fight #8 | Krause | Campbell | Campbell | Krause | Cambpell | Krause | Campbell | Campbell |
Fight #9 | Riggs | Camozzi | Camozzi | Camozzi | Camozzi | Camozzi | Camozzi | Camozzi |
Fight #10 | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez | Bermudez |
Fight #11 | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt | Garbrandt |
Fight #12 | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson | Brunson |
Fight #13 | Oliveira | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone |
Last Event | 6-6 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 8-4 | 6-6 | 9-3 |
2016 Record | 30-19 | 27-22 | 22-27 | 30-19 | 32-17 | 32-17 | 25-24 | 27-22 |
*Everyone also has a draw on their record due to the Levan Makashvili vs Damon Jackson bout. Previous 2016 MMAOB Staff Picks UFC Fight Night 82 UFC on Fox 18 UFC Fight Night 81 UFC 195 Final Results 2015 Final Results 2014