The MMA Vivisection – UFC Vegas 43: Vieira vs. Tate picks, odds, & analysis

This week’s UFC Vegas 43 card doesn’t necessarily have the feel of a banger, on paper, but it has some solid bookings all up…

By: Zane Simon | 2 years ago
The MMA Vivisection – UFC Vegas 43: Vieira vs. Tate picks, odds, & analysis
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This week’s UFC Vegas 43 card doesn’t necessarily have the feel of a banger, on paper, but it has some solid bookings all up and down. Miesha Tate looks to continue her comeback tour in the main event against Ketlen Vieira. While undefeated welterweight prospect Sean Brady gets a real chance to make a splash in the co-main against Michael Chiesa. Throw some JoJo (Calder)Wood in the mix and a surefire banger between Davey Grant and Adrian Yanez and it just might all shake out to be a pretty fun time.

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Here’s a look at the UFC Vegas 43 fight card, as it stands right now:

ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 6pm/3pm ET&PT
Miesha Tate vs. Ketlen Vieira At 1:59, Odds 9:28, Picks, Both: Tate
Michael Chiesa vs. Sean Brady At 14:20, Odds 26:28, Picks, Both: Brady
Rani Yahya vs. Kyung Ho Kang At 26:42, Odds 34:45, Picks, Both: Kang
Joanne Wood (Calderwood) vs. Taila Santos At 35:02, Odds 46:13, Picks, Both: Santos
Davey Grant vs. Adrian Yanez At 47:34, Odds 56:53, Picks, Zane: Grant, Connor: Yanez

ESPN+ PRELIMS | 3pm/12pm ET&PT
Tucker Lutz vs. Pat Sabatini At 1:07, Odds 16:32, Picks, Zane: Sabatini, Connor: Lutz
Rafa Garcia vs. Natan Levy At 17:57, Odds 27:25, Picks, Both: Levy
Loma Lookboonmee vs. Lupita Godinez At 28:10, Odds 36:57, Picks, Both: Godinez
Fares Ziam vs. Terrance McKinney At 37:27, Odds 42:09, Picks, Both: Ziam
Cody Durden vs. Qileng Aori At 42:23, Odds 51:04, Picks, Both: Durden
Sean Soriano vs. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke At 51:49, Odds 57:11, Picks, Both: Soriano
Luana Pinheiro vs. Sam Hughes At 57:26, Odds 1:03:37, Picks, Both: Pinheiro

For those of you following the picks made on the show, we started tracking them with the July 13th, 2020 Vivisections for ‘Kattar vs. Ige’… Standings for our last event, UFC Vegas 42: Zane went 6/11, Connor 7/11. So far, here are the overall standings: Zane is now 417/664 and Connor is now 405/664.

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Zane Simon
Zane Simon

Zane Simon is a senior editor, writer, and podcaster for Bloody Elbow. He has worked with the website since 2013, taking on a wide variety of roles. A lifelong combat sports fan, Zane has trained off & on in both boxing and Muay Thai. He currently hosts the long-running MMA Vivisection podcast, which he took over from Nate Wilcox & Dallas Winston in 2015, as well as the 6th Round podcast, started in 2014. Zane is also responsible for developing and maintaining the ‘List of current UFC fighters’ on Bloody Elbow, a resource he originally developed for Wikipedia in 2010.

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