Sherdog Pick’Em Trends: UFC on Fox 3 Prelims
Tim Elliott’s chances to upset “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 14 winner John Dodson fall somewhere between slim and none, according to players in the Sherdog.com MMA Pick’Em fantasy game.
A staggering 95 percent of them expect Dodson to defeat the surging newcomer in their preliminary flyweight bout at UFC on Fox 3 “Diaz vs. Miller” on Saturday at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. No other fighter on the 12-bout lineup has greater support from the masses.
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A late replacement for Darren Uyenoyama, Elliott (8-2-1, 0-0 UFC) has rattled off eight wins in a row. The 25-year-old Oklahoman last competed under the Resurrection Fighting Alliance banner in March, when he needed just 28 seconds to render Josh Rave unconscious with a brabo choke. Elliott has finished his last four opponents, three of them inside one round.
Other Sherdog Pick’Em trends for the UFC on Fox 3 prelims:
• Nearly nine out of 10 users (89 percent) have picked “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 13 winner Tony Ferguson to take care of business against “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 12 runner-up Michael Johnson at 155 pounds. Ferguson has won six in a row and remains unbeaten inside the Octagon;
• Englishman John Hathaway has strong support in his welterweight showdown with the undefeated Pascal Krauss, having secured 88 percent of the vote from fantasy players;
• Eight out of 10 participants believe Team Alpha Male’s Danny Castillo will slow the rise of once-beaten Renzo Gracie protégé John Cholish. The 28-year-old Cholish will enter the Octagon on a streak of eight consecutive victories;
• Despite his failure to make weight for his promotional debut, former Jungle Fight champion John Lineker has been tapped as a strong favorite (69 percent) in his flyweight tilt with the world-ranked Louis Gaudinot. Lineker, who weighed in at 127 pounds and was fined as a result, has won his past 13 fights, seven of them finishes;
• Pablo Garza will enter his featherweight bout with “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 14 finalist Dennis Bermudez as the man to beat, according to 67 percent of players;
• Six out of 10 participants foresee another Nick Denis victory in his bantamweight battle with Roland Delorme. Denis dazzled in his promotional debut at UFC on FX 1 in January, as he wiped out Joseph Sandoval with a series of savage standing elbows in just 22 seconds;
• New Jersey native Mike Massenzio will walk into his 185-pound duel with Karlos Vemola as a slight favorite, with the backing of 53 percent of users.
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