UFC Mexico: FOX Sports 1 Main Card Staff Predictions
UFC Mexico is finally here after three weeks without Octagon action, and Cage Pages has their predictions ready.
UFC Mexico is a solid card that effectively bridges fans from the three week break to the greatest event ever. The main event features top lightweight contenders Rafael dos Anjos and Tony Ferguson.
Since the last UFC event, Cage Pages has added many writers including the seven that submitted their first picks below.
UFC 204 was a very successful event for the staff, with seven writers going 4-1, two going 3-2, and just two under .500 at 2-3.
The six-fight main card up for picks is as follows:
Check out our main card picks below, with the writers sorted by 2016 winning percentage.
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Staff Writers | Grasso vs. Clark | Dariush vs. Rashid M. | Puelles vs. Bravo | Lamas vs. Oliveira | Held vs. Sanchez | El Cucuy vs. dos Anjos |
R. Wagner (30-15) |
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Jake Krier (98-54) |
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G. Gonzalez (19-11) |
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J. Kopanski (76-47) |
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A. Mazziotti (90-56) |
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Jason Payne (16-10) |
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M. Williams (75-48) |
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Sean Bio (95-62) |
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Dalton G. (32-22) |
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Dan Doherty (93-64) |
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Chris Marino (45-42) |
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Nick S. (0-0) |
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P. Pande (0-0) |
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Farzin V. (0-0) |
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R. Thomas (0-0) |
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G. Youngs (0-0) |
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Eddie Law (0-0) |
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Nick Dwyer (0-0) |
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Harry Davies (0-0) |
Next: UFC Mexico: Charles Oliveira Over by Entire Weight Class
The closest result from Cage Pages’ 19 members is in the co-main event, with Diego Sanchez receiving just one more vote than leg-lock specialist Marcin Held. Despite missing weight by nine pounds, Charles Oliveira took home 11 of the 19 picks against Ricardo Lamas, as did Beneil Dariush. Cage Pages favors Martin Bravo over Claudio Puelles in the TUF Latin America 3 Finale fight. The main event featured the second-largest gap of the event, with Rafael dos Anjos bringing in 13 picks to Tony Ferguson’s six. Lastly, only two writers were willing to pick against top prospect Alexa Grasso.
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