This week’s Writer vs. Fighter features Cageside Press’ matchmaker extordiaire, Mike Lynch, and Contender Series hopful, Mo Miller, making their picks for UFC Vegas 36.
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 36. 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 265
Bobby Moffett def. Dave Tramonte (5-3) – UFC Vegas 34
Austin Arnett def. Alex Behunin (4-2) – UFC Vegas 35
Another win for the fighters had brought them back within a point. The score now stands at 12-11 in favor of the writers. Miller will look to draw them even this week, yet again.
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, Cageside Press’s matchmaker extraordinaire, Mike Lynch takes on a man who has his sights set on a big win – and not just in Writer vs Fighter. Mo Miller logs his picks this week just before he looks to log a UFC contact on the Contender Series. Let’s get a look at those picks.
Not a lot of agreement for our pick combatants this week. The only thing they seem to agree on is Ji Yeon Kim picking up a win over Molly McCann. Miller is big on the underdogs on the main card with Derek Brunson and Sergey Spivak. Lynch on the other hand is riding with favorites Tom Aspinall and Darren Till.
For locks and dogs, we also have a lot of variety. Lynch likes Jack Shore to easily dismantle Liudvik Sholinian, whereas Miller likes Jonathan Martinez to get Marcelo Rojo out of there. Mo Show is also going with Luigi Vendramini to score the upset over highly touted prospect Paddy Pimblett. Lynch will go with Julian Erosa to beat Charles Joudain.
May the best writer/fighter win! Check back here to see the results following the conclusion of UFC Vegas 36.
