On Christmas Day, we released our clearest pick amongst the big four awards for 2016. Lando Vannata nearly took the KO of the Year unanimously, and rightly so. Today is a very different story, however. We had the hardest time determining our Submission of the Year over the past 12 months. Much in the same…
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Prior to each UFC fight card, Jay Primetown takes a look at some of the key contests at each event. In the latest installment, we look at the opening bout of the UFC 205 PPV as Miesha Tate fights for the first time since losing her women’s bantamweight title as she faces veteran bantamweight Raquel…
UFC 205 Date: November 12, 2016 Arena: Madison Square Garden City: New York City, NY Women’s Bantamweight bout: Miesha Tate (-185) vs Raquel Pennington (+160) Fight Breakdown: Getting the Pay-Per-View action started at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the first time in promotional and mixed martial arts history at UFC 205, women…
Unfortunately recorded just hours prior to Jon Jones being pulled from the main event of UFC 200, this episode of the MMA Analysis still covers the rest of what remains a spectacular card. Jay, Brad, and New Shaun break down the remaining fights on UFC 200, and even the now-defunct Jones-Cormier rematch (spoiler alert, they…
Join leading MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas and MMA journalist Brian Hemminger for the best source of insider MMA betting and fantasy sports analysis: The Premium OddsCast, presented by 5Dimes. Our UFC 200 betting podcast gives detailed picks, bets and breakdowns for the entire fight card in two parts. – Part one is available for free to everyone…
Prior to each UFC fight card, Jay Primetown takes a look at some of the key contests at each event. In the latest installment, we look at one of the three championship fights at UFC 200 as Miesha Tate puts her bantamweight championship on the line against Brazilian Amanda Nunes. Amanda Nunes (Record: 12-4,…
Miesha Tate defends women’s bantamweight title at UFC 200 against Amanda Nunes As announced on “UFC Tonight” Wednesday evening, newly crowned women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate defends her title against Amanda Nunes. Tate (18-5) captured the bantamweight title with a late submission finish over Holly Holm at UFC 196. Nunes (11-4) also fought on that event,…

Tony Ferguson injured, fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov scrapped for UFC on FOX 19 MMAJunkie reports that Tony Ferguson is out of his fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov due to injury and the matchup has been pulled from the card. With the injury news, Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira now becomes a five-round fight and is the card’s new main event….
DA recommends curfew, courses for former UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones Following his five traffic citations last week, Jon Jones now requires permission from probation officer to use a motor vehicle. However the most important news for MMA fans, Jones will still compete at UFC 197 against Daniel Cormier, which takes place April 23 at Las Vegas’ MGM…
The MMA Analysis crew recaps the craziness that was UFC 196. The guys also ramble about Bellator and comas. Get some pizza delivered and dig into this weeks episode. Listen here: Consensus Bet Record (2016): 4-7 Consensus Bet Record (Overall): 26-28-1 Tracked by GambleProSheets Click HERE to play the consensus bet of the week Direct…
Paige VanZant joins Season 22 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Officials recently announced that UFC strawweight Paige VanZant will be joining the Season 22 cast of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ VanZant (6-2), is coming off a submission loss to Rose Namajunas back in December which snapped her three-fight win streak. She’ll join Randy Couture and Chuck…
Video Highlights: Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor (UFC 196) Video Highlights: Miesha Tate vs. Holly Holm (UFC 196) Video Highlights: UFC 196 post fight presser Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Wonderboy Thompson headline UFC Ottawa UFC President Dana White announced Friday that Rory MacDonald vs. Stephen Thompson will headline UFC Fight Night 89 in the promotions…
Date: TBD Location: TBD Venue: TBD Broadcast: TBD UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate A Strikeforce bantamweight champion at 25 years old, Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (18-5) shocked the world when she submitted Marloes Coenen at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson to win the belt. Tate has great takedowns, a good chin and is willing to brawl or take the fight to…
With UFC Fight Night 82 taking place last weekend, the MMAOddsBreaker rankings were bound to get shaken up. MMAOddsbreaker’s Brian Hemminger (@BrianHemminger) has taken over the reigns of the rankings, which are updated after nearly every UFC event. As always, we only show changes in the rankings with this update. To access the full MMAOddsBreaker rankings,…
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. After five…
MMAOddsBreaker’s Frank Trigg and Nick Kalikas have revitalized their fight breakdown show “Before the Bell” continuing with Saturday night’s (March 5, 2016) UFC 196 event. The UFC Hall of Famer and leading MMA Oddsmaker previewed both the main and co-main event this weekend featuring the welterweight headliner Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz and women’s bantamweight title co-main event…
The co-main event of UFC 196 is a five round title fight between UFC Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and former Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate. Holm is fighting for the first time since her upset victory over former champion Ronda Rousey in November. Tate, meanwhile, enters the contest on a four-fight winning streak, including a…
Join leading MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas and MMA journalist Brian Hemminger for the best source of insider MMA betting and fantasy sports analysis: The Premium OddsCast, presented by 5Dimes. Our UFC 196 betting podcast gives detailed picks, bets and breakdowns for the entire fight card in two parts. – Part one is available for free to everyone…
Two weeks of weird quotes from Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz have led us to this weekend, where the featherweight champion will move up to welterweight… to fight a lightweight. Both fighters should be commended for putting this bout together on short notice to keep this card intact. The MMA Analysis should also be commended…
Believe it or not, there is more than just the wacky welterweight main event between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz on UFC 196. While all the attention will be focused on the pair of brash men in the main event, the card also features Holly Holm’s first defense…

UFC lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos injured, out of UFC 196 fight against Conor McGregor According to MMAFighting, Rafael dos Anjos is out of his main event fight against Conor McGregor next week due to a foot injury. Also in the report, it mentions that the UFC is currently working on finding a replacement to fight…
UFC 197 Kickoff Press Conference Replay Wednesday UFC President Dana White, lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, featherweight champion Conor McGregor, women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm and bantweight title challenger Miesha Tate all attended a UFC 197 presser at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. As expected, outspoken featherweight champion Conor McGregor stole the show making…
UFC 197: Dos Anjos vs McGregor Date: March 5, 2016 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena Broadcast: PPV UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm Holly Holm is one of the most successful female boxers in history, being a longtime light welterweight and welterweight champion, and even holding titles as high as 154lbs. Her boxing record…
Report: UFC 197 adds Dos Anjos vs McGregor headliner, Holm vs Tate co-main event Champion vs. Champion at UFC 197? Apparently so. Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter is reporting the news that UFC featherweight champ Conor McGregor will fight lightweight champ Rafael Dos Anjos. Botter also mentions we could hear an official announcement from the UFC this weekend….
UFC welterweight Martin Kampmann retires at 33 to focus on family Martin Kampmann announced Wednesday on UFC.com that he is retiring from the sport to focus on his family after a stint coaching at Team Alpha Male. “I’ve known for a while,” Kampmann told the website. “I just haven’t really made it official. I’m not sure why.”…
Titan FC 36 event on Dec. 18th cancelled Shocking news came out yesterday evening that Titan FC 36, headlined by Tim Elliott taking on Pedro Nobre for the flyweight title, had been cancelled. Titan FC first made the announcement on Twitter. Unfortunately we have had to cancel #TitanFC36 on #December18. We will be releasing a statement shortly. Look…
It’s good to be back, and it’s good to see MMA hasn’t changed in the couple of weeks I’ve been gone. Injuries and personal drama seem to be the order of the day, just as they always were. The biggest news coming out Monday night is that UFC welterweight contender Matt Brown is out of…
The UFC’s heavyweight division is stuck once again, and this time Cain Velasquez isn’t the culprit. The oft-injured former champ is still slated to rematch Fabricio Werdum in an attempt to regain his title, but Werdum has told Dana White that he won’t be ready to fight until March. There has been no reason given…
The co-main event of UFC on FOX 16 is a three-round women’s bantamweight bout between Miesha Tate and Jessica Eye. According to the current betting lines available at 5Dimes Sportsbook, Tate is a -190 favorite (bet $190 to win $100) while Eye is a +165 underdog (bet $100 to win $165). MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas opened up Tate…
UFC women’s bantamweight Jessica Eye competes in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 16 July 25th against Miesha Tate. Eye (11-2-1) caught up with MMAOddsBreaker on Episode 114 of The Parting Shot Podcast and discussed a variety of topics. Fighting Miesha Tate at UFC on FOX 16 “I’m so glad its Miesha, I’m so glad [this…
UFC 183 concluded the biggest month for the promotion in over a year. The card saw the return of former middleweight champion Anderson Silva, as well as former welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz in a main event that seemed delightfully offbeat heading into the fight, and played out exactly that way. The fight wasn’t exactly…
MMAOddsBreaker’s Frank Trigg speaks with UFC 183 bantamweight Sara McMann about her upcoming preliminary card bout tonight (Jan. 31, 2015) against Miesha Tate at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The talented Olympic silver medal-winning wrestler understands that not all female fighters are judged by their talent, but instead by their looks,…
UFC 183 Date: January 31, 2015 Arena: MGM Grand Garden Arena City: Las Vegas, NV Women’s Bantamweight bout: Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (+175) vs Sara McMann (-210) Fight Breakdown: Headlining the FOX Sports 1 preliminary card for UFC 183 will be a women’s bantamweight contest between a pair of former title challengers in Miesha “Cupcake” Tate…
One of the televised prelims at UFC 183 is a three-round women’s bantamweight bout between Sara McMann and Miesha Tate. According to the current betting lines available at 5Dimes Sportsbook, McMann is a -210 favorite (bet $210 to win $100) while Tate is a +175 underdog (bet $100 to win $175). MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas opened up McMann…
The UFC has announced four new matchups featuring big names, and for today’s MMA Odds and Ends I’ll list the bouts and give my initial thoughts on them. Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson, UFC Stockholm The main event of UFC Stockholm was announced by the UFC yesterday and it’s a good one as Alexander Gustafsson…
UFC Fight Night 52 Date: September 20, 2014 Arena: Saitama Super Arena City: Saitama, Japan Women’s Bantamweight bout: Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (-290) vs Rin Nakai (+260) Fight Breakdown: The main card for UFC Fight Night 52 in Japan will be featuring a women’s bantamweight contest between former Women’s Strikeforce bantamweight champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate and…
A number of new UFC bouts were revealed yesterday, and for today’s MMA Odds an Ends I’ll recap the newly-announced fights and give my initial thoughts on them. Ray Borg vs. Shane Howell, UFC Fight Night 44 Due to an injury to Ryan Benoit, Shane Howell has agreed to made his UFC debut on short…
Surprises and Disappointments is a column featured on MMAOddsbreaker.com after every UFC event, highlighting three fighters who had surprising performances and three fighters who disappointed. Here are the three surprises and the three disappointments from UFC on FOX 11. Surprises Fabricio Werdum — He’s had some big upset wins in his career, but Fabricio Werdum’s unanimous decision…
While the UFC on Fox 11 card didn’t deliver the type of all-time violence some had projected, it was still a highly entertaining event for the organization on the big network. One title contender was definitively crowned, while a few others made very strong cases for themselves over the course of the 13-fight event. In…
UFC on FOX 11 Date: April 19, 2014 Arena: Amway Center City: Orlando, FL Women’s Bantamweight bout: Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (-210) vs Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (+175) Fight Breakdown: The co-main event for UFC on FOX 11 will be a women’s bantamweight contest between a pair of former title challengers, and the winner will be on…
Yesterday, MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas opened the betting lines for all of the televised bouts taking place at the UFC on Fox 11 card this Saturday in Orlando, Florida. There are an additional three fights on the card that will be airing only on UFC Fight Pass, and those lines were opened today at 5Dimes…
After we get to watch 13 fights on Wednesday night in the TUF Nations Finale, the Octagon will be in Orlando, Florida for UFC on Fox 11, headlined by a heavyweight #1 contender’s match between Travis Browne and Fabricio Werdum. The other three fights on the Fox portion of the card are all very interesting…
Coming off yet another profitable night, Nick Kalikas and crew are looking to keep their winning ways going with UFC 168. MMAOddsbreaker Premium has won five straight including 16 of the last 20 events and are up 43.25 units life-to-date for a return on investment of 17.8%. You can check a track record of premium…
The main event of UFC 168 is the rematch between UFC middleweight champion Chris “The All American” Weidman and the man he took the belt from, MMA legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva. The current betting line for the fight at 5Dimes Sportsbook sees Silva as a -160 betting favorite (bet $160 to win $100), while Weidman is…
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