This week’s Writer vs. Fighter features Cageside Press’ podcast host Dave Tramonte, and PFL’s d’arce choking expert, Bobby Moffett, making their picks for UFC Vegas Vegas 34.
It’s time for another battle for pick supremacy. We pit those who write about face punch with those who do the punching to see who knows more about what will go down at UFC Vegas 34. Here’s how each week has gone so far:
Joe McDonagh def. Randy Costa (3-2) – Fight Island 7
Doug Murray def. Bryan Barberena (2-1) – Fight Island 8
Shawn Bitter DRAW Mike Rodriguez (1-1) – UFC 257
Dalton Rosta def. Jay Anderson (7-2) – UFC Vegas 18
Austin Arnett def. Heath Harshman (2-1) – UFC 258
Sam Hughes def. Gumby Vreeland (3-0) – UFC Vegas 19
Mike McClory def. Orion Cosce (5-2) – UFC Vegas 20
Josh Evanoff def. Cortney Casey (2-1) – UFC 259
Aiemann Zahabi def. Alex Behunin (5-0) – UFC Vegas 21
Sergio Pineiro def. Kai Kamaka III (7-0) – UFC Vegas 22
Gabriel Gonzalez def. Vince Morales (7-4) – UFC 260
Jordan Leavitt def. Rodney James Edgar (4-2) – UFC Vegas 23
Ryan Fortune def. Rani Yahya (7-3) – UFC Vegas 24
Dakota Bush def. Dylan Bowker (6-5) – UFC 261
Bryson Hester def. Arlene Blencowe (3-0) – UFC Vegas 25
Nate Maness def. Justin Gibbons (4-3) – UFC Vegas 26
Gumby Vreeland def. Kyle Nelson (4-2) – UFC 262
Mike Lynch DRAW Christian Edwards (4-4) – UFC Vegas 27
Doug Murray DRAW Ramiz Brahimaj (6-6) – UFC Vegas 28
Joe McDonagh def. Domingo Pilarte (8-6) – UFC 263
Heath Harshman DRAW Steven Peterson (4-4) – UFC Vegas 29
Sergio Pinheiro def. Terrance McKinney (5-4) – UFC Vegas 30
Dave Tramonte def. Ike Villanueva (5-4) – UFC 264
Bryan Barberena def. Gabriel Gonzalez (8-5) – UFC Vegas 31
Carlos Mota def. Justin Gibbons (4-1) – UFC Vegas 32
Roque Martinez def. Jason Rees (5-1) – UFC Vegas 33
Alex Behunin def. Brok Weaver (8-2) – UFC Vegas 34
Alex Behunin puts up a perfect score for the writers and stops the losing skid for them. They now lead the fighters by a score of 12-9.
Here’s how it works: both writer and fighter must pick the winner of the main event, co-main event, and featured main card bout. A correct pick will earn one point. Both must then pick a “lock” — the fighter they are most sure will win their fight — from the entire card. That’s two points. The “dog” comes next, and a correct underdog pick earns three points.
It’s that simple. Five picks: Main, co-main, and featured fight winners, lock, and underdog. To the winner go the spoils. Not actual spoils, but bragging rights anyway.
On this week’s edition, the host of the Top Turtle Podcast on Cageside Press, Dave Tramonte, looks to keep the writers rolling. Looking to stop him with be PFL lightweight Bobby Moffett. Let’s see the picks.
The only thing our two digital combatants are agreeing on this week is the main event. Both men think that Jared Cannonier will likely beat his middleweight foe, Kelvin Gastelum. The rest of the main card they are split on. Tramonte is riding with Clay Guida and Brandon Royval in their respective bouts. Moffett meanwhile likes Mark Madsen and Alexandre Pantoja to get it done.
A big point swing will undoubtedly come in the lone women’s bantamweight tilt of the night. Tramonte has locked Bea Malecki as his surefire winner, while Moffett is going with Josi Nunes as his dog. That’ll cause a five point swing one way or another. To round it all out ‘The Wolfman’ is going with Luis Saldana as his lock. While Tramonte took Ignacio Bahamondes as his dog.
May the best writer/fighter win! Check back here to see the results following the conclusion of UFC Vegas 34.
