UFC Vegas 115: Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan picks and predictions
See who we think will win in the APEX this weekend.
The UFC has a home game this weekend with UFC Vegas 115 live from the warehouse. And boy, is this card bad.
I’ve been doing picks on this newsletter for years now. When I first started out, I would give out lots of snark about the card quality. After a while, though, I stopped doing that because low name value cards just became the norm.
The fact I let so many bad cards go by, without comment, should really tell you something about this one.
The main event is interesting, though, I’ll give you that. But it shouldn’t be a main event. No one wants to see Renato Moicano and Chris Duncan fight for five rounds. At least these guys are known finishers.
The co-main for this is Virna Jandiroba vs. Tabatha Ricci. No comment. The remainder of the card feels like a mash-up between LFA and Contender Series. There are some interesting characters sprinkled around, though. Ethyn Ewing looked fantastic when he came in on short notice and derailed Malcolm Wellmaker. He’s got the undefeated Rafael Estevam tomorrow. And Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev and Tommy McMillen are worth paying attention to.
Despite how poor this card is, we’ve still made picks (just picks, no commentary — that’s only for PLEs!) for all the fights.
Scroll down to see who we think will win.
It was rough for us last week. UFC Seattle delivered a lot of action, but most of us here took some big Ls in our picks. Not me, though, I went 12-6 and used that to get back to the top of our standings. I also picked Alexa Thainara for my lock pick. She won. I’m 9-0 on those, as is Stephie (who is tied on me with points — win percentage on fight picks is our tiebreaker).
Check out who Stephie, me and everyone else has as our locks this week.
Leader board
Renato Moicano (+140) vs. Chris Duncan (-166)
Picking Moicano: William Watts
Picking Duncan: Tim Edwards, Miguel Class, Stephie Haynes, Kristen King, Nate Wilcox, Blaine Henry
Picking Over 2.5 rounds: William
Picking Under 2.5 rounds: Tim, Miguel, Stephie, Kristen, Nate, Blaine