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 45 tonight (July 16, 2014). After 22 events, Brian Hemminger is in first place, picking fights correctly at a 65.6% clip thus far this year. With eight unanimous picks across the board on these 11 fights in total, the standings likely won’t be shifting much at all following this event. Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 45
UFN 45 | Gabe Killian | Adam Martin | James Lynch | Brad Taschuk | Brian Hemminger | Nick Kalikas |
Fight #1 | Gadelha | Gadelha | Gadelha | Gadelha | Gadelha | Gadelha |
Fight #2 | Cedeno | Cedeno | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders | Sanders |
Fight #3 | Sterling | Sterling | Sterling | Sterling | Sterling | Sterling |
Fight #4 | Smith | Smith | Smith | Smith | Smith | Smith |
Fight #5 | Healy | Tibau | Healy | Tibau | Healy | Healy* |
Fight #6 | White | White | White | White | White | White |
Fight #7 | Lineker | Lineker | Lineker | Lineker | Lineker | Lineker |
Fight #8 | Salas | Salas | Salas | Salas | Salas | Proctor |
Fight #9 | Story | Story | Story | Story | Story | Story |
Fight #10 | Barboza | Barboza | Barboza | Barboza | Barboza | Barboza |
Fight #11 | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone | Cerrone |
Last Event | 8-3 | 8-3 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 6-5 |
Total Record | 161-101 | 170-92 | 170-92 | 168-94 | 172-90 | 165-97 |
*Nick switched his pick to Healy after weigh-ins 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 on 2014 to see who pulls ahead!