UFC Fight Night 45 – MMAOddsbreaker Staff Picks

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!

Written by Brian Hemminger

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