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. After 28 events thus far in 2015, Vegas Matty is alone in first place with a 202-118 record (63.1%), while Brad Taschuk and Adam Martin trail in second place at 199-121. There were three unanimous picks for this UFC Fight Night 74 event out of 12 fights (Misha Cirkunov, Frankie Perez and Chad Laprise). The most hotly contested pick were Chris Beal vs Chris Kelades (Kelades 5 – Beal 4), Nikita Krylov vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima (de Lima 5 – Krylov 4) and the main event between Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira (Holloway 5 – Oliveira 4) Without further ado: UFC Fight Night 74 Staff Picks
UFN 74 | G. Killian | A. Martin | J. Lynch | B. Taschuk | B. Hemminger | N. Kalikas | J. Primetown | B. Wharton | V. Matty |
Fight #1 | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov | Cirkunov |
Fight #2 | Silverio | Silverio | Silverio | Silverio | Campbell | Silverio | Silverio | Silverio | Silverio |
Fight #3 | Kelades | Kelades | Beal | Kelades | Kelades | Beal | Kelades | Beal | Beal |
Fight #4 | De Lima | Krylov | Krylov | Krylov | De Lima | De Lima | De Lima | De Lima | Krylov |
Fight #5 | Jabouin | Arantes | Arantes | Jabouin | Arantes | Arantes | Arantes | Arantes | Arantes |
Fight #6 | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez | Perez |
Fight #7 | Moroz | Moroz | Moroz | Letourneau | Moroz | Letourn. | Moroz | Moroz | Letourn. |
Fight #8 | Mercier | Mercier | Mercier | Sims | Sims | Sims | Mercier | Mercier | Mercier |
Fight #9 | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise | Laprise |
Fight #10 | Cote | Cote | Cote | Cote | Burkman | Burkman | Cote | Cote | Cote |
Fight #11 | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Silva | Magny |
Fight #12 | Oliviera | Holloway | Holloway | Oliveira | Oliveira | Oliveira | Holloway | Holloway | Holloway |
Last Event | 9-4 | 8-5 | 10-3 | 12-1 | 11-2 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 7-6 | 9-4 |
2015 Record | 191-129 | 199-121 | 198-122 | 199-121 | 196-124 | 189-131 | 194-126 | 198-122 | 202-118 |
Everyone also has a no contest on their record after the Kid Yamamoto vs Roman Salazar bout ended early due to an eye poke Follow along in 2015 to see who wins! Previous MMAOddsBreaker staff picks articles from this year UFC Fight Night 73 UFC 190 UFC on Fox 16 UFC Fight Night 72 UFC Fight Night 71 TUF 21 Finale UFC 189 UFC Fight Night 70 UFC Fight Night 69 UFC 188 UFC Fight Night 68 UFC Fight Night 67 UFC 187 UFC Fight Night 66 UFC Fight Night 65 UFC 186 UFC on Fox 15 UFC Fight Night 64 UFC Fight Night 63 UFC Fight Night 62 UFC 183 UFC on Fox 14 UFC Fight Night 59 UFC 182 UFC FIght Night 60 UFC Fight Night 61 UFC 184 UFC 185