MMA OddsBreaker — UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott full-card predictions

MMA OddsBreaker’s MMAOB Daily Podcast previews UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott with Adam Martin and Marcel Dorff. Picks were reviewed against the cached source captions.

Picks scorecard

12 of 26 decided picks correct

  1. Adam Martin

    Pick Cody Chovancek · Decision

    Result SuYoung You by Sub, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 66 picks — 46 Chovancek · 20 You

    Adam Martin picks Cody Chovancek by decision, preferring the established fighter over the newcomer.

    “I'm picking Cody by decision. Not by finish, but by decision.”
  2. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Cody Chovancek · KO/TKO

    Result SuYoung You by Sub, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 66 picks — 46 Chovancek · 20 You

    Marcel Dorff picks Cody Chovancek by knockout, expecting him to finish SuYoung You.

    “I'm going to take him by knockout. I think he wins this fight.”
  3. Adam Martin

    Pick Melissa Croden · KO/TKO · R3

    Result Chelsea Chandler by Sub, R1 Miss

    All analysts: 75 picks — 72 Croden · 3 Chandler

    Adam Martin favors Melissa Croden to take Chelsea Chandler down and finish with ground-and-pound; he specifies a third-round knockout.

    “I think she takes her down, grounded pounds her and like wins like third round knockout.”
  4. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Melissa Croden · Decision

    Result Chelsea Chandler by Sub, R1 Miss

    All analysts: 75 picks — 72 Croden · 3 Chandler

    Marcel Dorff picks Melissa Croden by decision, calling it a favorable matchup and explicitly declining to predict a finish.

    “I'm going with the decision win again. It's safe again, but I'm going with decision win again. I'm not going with a finish.”
  5. Adam Martin

    Pick Chad Anheliger · KO/TKO

    Result Steven Koslow by Sub, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 70 picks — 23 Anheliger · 47 Koslow

    Adam Martin picks Chad Anheliger by knockout, while expressing uncertainty because of Anheliger’s long layoff.

    “Chad by knockout. I think he knocks him out, Marcel.”
  6. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Steven Koslow · Decision

    Result Steven Koslow by Sub, R3 Hit

    All analysts: 70 picks — 23 Anheliger · 47 Koslow

    Marcel Dorff takes Steven Koslow by decision as his underdog pick; the method and selection are clear in the exchange despite the caption rendering the name as an initial.

    “U by decision I'm going with.”
  7. Adam Martin

    Pick Katlyn Cerminara · Decision

    Result Katlyn Cerminara by KO/TKO, R1 Hit

    All analysts: 64 picks — 58 Cerminara · 6 Stiller

    Adam Martin selects Katlyn Cerminara by decision.

  8. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Katlyn Cerminara · Decision

    Result Katlyn Cerminara by KO/TKO, R1 Hit

    All analysts: 64 picks — 58 Cerminara · 6 Stiller

    Marcel Dorff selects Katlyn Cerminara by decision; although he later considers a possible finish, the final recap confirms decision.

  9. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Joel Faglier · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Joel Faglier by KO/TKO, R2 Hit

    All analysts: 66 picks — 36 Mahjoub · 30 Faglier

    Marcel Dorff predicts Joel Faglier to win by first-round ground-and-pound TKO.

    “He knocks him out by ground and pound.”
  10. Adam Martin

    Pick Joel Faglier · KO/TKO

    Result Joel Faglier by KO/TKO, R2 Perfect call

    All analysts: 66 picks — 36 Mahjoub · 30 Faglier

    Adam Martin picks Joel Faglier by knockout, citing his greater amateur experience.

    “I like Faglier. Way more experienced, too, as an amateur. And I think he wins by knockout.”
  11. Adam Martin

    Pick Nick Galanti · Sub · R1

    Result Nick Galanti by Sub, R1 Perfect call

    All analysts: 69 picks — 1 Leblanc · 68 Galanti

    Adam Martin picks Nick Galanti to submit Julien Leblanc in the first round, saying he expects the short-notice replacement to dominate.

    “First round submission like first minute of the fight's my pick.”
  12. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Nick Galanti · Sub · R1

    Result Nick Galanti by Sub, R1 Perfect call

    All analysts: 69 picks — 1 Leblanc · 68 Galanti

    Marcel Dorff explicitly agrees with Adam Martin’s Nick Galanti first-round submission pick.

    “Yeah, same. Exactly the same.”
  13. Adam Martin

    Pick Jhonata Diniz · KO/TKO

    Result Tanner Boser by KO/TKO, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 69 picks — 9 Boser · 60 Diniz

    Adam Martin picks Jhonata Diniz by knockout, mentioning a possible head kick; the auto-caption garbles Diniz’s name and no round is stated.

    “Probably knocks him out with like a head kick or something.”
  14. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Jhonata Diniz · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Tanner Boser by KO/TKO, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 69 picks — 9 Boser · 60 Diniz

    Marcel Dorff predicts Jhonata Diniz by first-round knockout.

    “I'm going with a knockout first round for Jonathan Denise.”
  15. Adam Martin

    Pick Mandel Nallo · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Mandel Nallo by KO/TKO, R2 Hit

    All analysts: 73 picks — 62 Nallo · 11 Landwehr

    Adam Martin predicts Mandel Nallo to knock out Nate Landwehr in the first round, while noting the pick is not highly confident.

  16. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Nate Landwehr · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Mandel Nallo by KO/TKO, R2 Miss

    All analysts: 73 picks — 62 Nallo · 11 Landwehr

    Marcel Dorff picks Nate Landwehr by first-round knockout.

    “I'm picking him first round knockout.”
  17. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Louis Jourdain · Decision

    Result Timmy Cuamba by Sub, R2 Miss

    All analysts: 71 picks — 64 Jourdain · 7 Cuamba

    Marcel Dorff picks Louis Jourdain by decision and expects the fight to go the distance.

    “I think it will go three rounds. I don't see a finish in this one, and I think he wins a decision.”
  18. Adam Martin

    Pick Louis Jourdain · Sub

    Result Timmy Cuamba by Sub, R2 Miss

    All analysts: 71 picks — 64 Jourdain · 7 Cuamba

    Adam Martin picks Louis Jourdain by submission, while calling the matchup difficult and acknowledging Cuamba could win a decision.

    “By submission. That's my pick. But I again, I don't know for sure.”
  19. Adam Martin

    Pick Kyle Daukaus · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Marc-Andre Barriault by KO/TKO, R1 Miss

    All analysts: 72 picks — 9 Barriault · 63 Daukaus

    Adam Martin picks Kyle Daukaus by first-round knockout.

  20. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Kyle Daukaus · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Marc-Andre Barriault by KO/TKO, R1 Miss

    All analysts: 72 picks — 9 Barriault · 63 Daukaus

    Marcel Dorff agrees with the Kyle Daukaus first-round knockout pick.

  21. Adam Martin

    Pick Cristian Perez · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Cristian Perez by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call

    All analysts: 73 picks — 8 Nelson · 65 Perez

    Adam Martin predicts Cristian Perez to knock out Kyle Nelson in the first round.

    “Perez to win. I think he knocks him in the first round.”
  22. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Cristian Perez · KO/TKO · R1

    Result Cristian Perez by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call

    All analysts: 73 picks — 8 Nelson · 65 Perez

    Marcel Dorff agrees with Cristian Perez by first-round knockout.

    “Probably by first round knockout as well.”
  23. Adam Martin

    Pick Erin Blanchfield · Decision

    Result Jasmine Jasudavicius by Dec, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 77 picks — 73 Blanchfield · 4 Jasudavicius

    Adam Martin picks Erin Blanchfield by decision as the most likely outcome, while mentioning submission as another possibility.

  24. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Erin Blanchfield · Decision

    Result Jasmine Jasudavicius by Dec, R3 Miss

    All analysts: 77 picks — 73 Blanchfield · 4 Jasudavicius

    Marcel Dorff picks Erin Blanchfield by decision and cites her preparation and standing in the division.

    “I'm going Aaron Blanchfield obviously, you know, I think she wins the decision here.”
  25. Adam Martin

    Pick Mike Malott · KO/TKO

    Result Mike Malott by KO/TKO, R2 Perfect call

    All analysts: 82 picks — 40 Buckley · 42 Malott

    Adam Martin favors Mike Malott by knockout but gives only a tentative second-round estimate (“or something”), so no round is stored.

  26. Marcel Dorff

    Pick Mike Malott · KO/TKO

    Result Mike Malott by KO/TKO, R2 Perfect call

    All analysts: 82 picks — 40 Buckley · 42 Malott

    Marcel Dorff picks Mike Malott by knockout with a second- or third-round range; no single round is stored.