Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano + UFC Vegas 117 picks and predictions
See who we think will win this weekend... on both Netflix and Paramount+
The UFC is at the APEX this weekend, but nobody cares about that!
Jake Paul’s MVP MMA is happening over in Inglewood, California and live on Netflix. His debut in the MMA space features two of women’s MMA’s best known pioneers. Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano won’t prove anything from a sporting sense, but it will be a big draw featuring the two biggest crossover stars MMA has ever generated.
On the other channel (Paramount+), we’ve got Arnold Allen vs. Melquizael Costa. That’s actually a great fight, but I can’t hate on it getting overlooked. Rousey vs. Carano is fun and that’s been lacking a lot in MMA… for a long time.
The MVP MMA card also has Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry, Francis Ngannou vs. Philipe Lins and Junior dos Santos vs. Robelis Despaigne.
The UFC card has some OK fights on it, too, like Doo Ho Choi vs. Daniel Santos and Jacqueline Cavalcanti (the best women fighting this weekend) vs. Ketlen Vieira.
Scroll down to see our picks for both events. There’s also commentary included on the MVP MMA picks. There you’ll also find a special appearance from The Eddie Mercado, of MMA Vivisection fame. He was drawn to the bright likes of Rousey vs. Carano and had to make his feelings known.
None of us saw Sean Strickland beating Khamzat Chimaev last week, but — as a whole — we did pretty well. Blaine did the best, going 13-3. I am still on top the leader board, but everyone got a lot closer to me this weekend. That’s because I blew just my second lock pick of the year. I really thought Tatsuo Taira’s ground game would be too much for Joshua Van!
Check out we are picking at this week’s events below.
Leader board
Ronda Rousey (-575) vs. Gina Carano (+425)
Miguel Class: I’m always happy to see a notable fight happening outside the UFC and the fact that the card isn’t entirely just washed up legends is a bonus. Still, the best thing I can say about this fight is that it looks like both Rousey and Carano have taken it seriously and are in better shape than they’ve been in a while.
I feel like…