UFC 332 Predictions w/Hank & Vinny!
Picks scorecard
17 of 24 decided picks correct
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Hank
Pick Eric Nolan · KO/TKO · R1
Result Eric Nolan by KO/TKO, R3 Hit
All analysts: 35 picks — 8 McGee · 27 Nolan
Expects Nolan’s speed and punching to overwhelm the older McGee.
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Vinny
Pick Ismail Naurdiev · KO/TKO · R2
Result Ismail Naurdiev by Dec, R3 Hit
All analysts: 37 picks — 17 Vettori · 20 Naurdiev
Favors Naurdiev’s slicker skills and sees him winning on the feet, while also allowing a ground finish.
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Hank
Pick Ismail Naurdiev · Decision
Result Ismail Naurdiev by Dec, R3 Perfect call
All analysts: 37 picks — 17 Vettori · 20 Naurdiev
Thinks Vettori can win but expects Naurdiev to edge a decision.
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Hank
Pick Alexander Hernandez · KO/TKO · R1
Result Alexander Hernandez by KO/TKO, R2 Hit
All analysts: 35 picks — 3 Anjos · 32 Hernandez
Expects Hernandez’s right cross to catch an aging dos Anjos and doubts dos Anjos can outwrestle him.
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Vinny
Pick Alexander Hernandez · Decision
Result Alexander Hernandez by KO/TKO, R2 Hit
All analysts: 35 picks — 3 Anjos · 32 Hernandez
Expects Hernandez to win but thinks dos Anjos’s ability to trade will command enough respect to prevent a stoppage.
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Hank
Pick Johnny Walker · KO/TKO · R1
Result Johnny Walker by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call
All analysts: 37 picks — 24 Walker · 13 Parkin
Expects Walker’s unpredictable attacks to find the chin of a slow Parkin.
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Vinny
Pick Johnny Walker · Sub · R2
Result Johnny Walker by KO/TKO, R1 Hit
All analysts: 37 picks — 24 Walker · 13 Parkin
Doubts Walker’s striking finish but thinks his grappling background and long limbs can produce an opportunistic submission.
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Hank
Pick Anthony Wint · KO/TKO · R1
Result Anthony Wint by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call
All analysts: 31 picks — 30 Wint · 1 Armand
Chooses Wint by first-round knockout in the brief matchup discussion.
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Vinny
Pick Lucas Armand · Sub · R2
Result Anthony Wint by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 31 picks — 30 Wint · 1 Armand
Changes his initial decision call to a second-round submission and confirms that selection in the final recap.
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Hank
Pick Damian Pinas · KO/TKO · R1
Result Damian Pinas by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call
All analysts: 32 picks — 30 Pinas · 2 Pulyaev
Favors Pinas’s knockout power and expects him to finish Pulyaev early.
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Vinny
Pick Andrey Pulyaev · Sub · R3
Result Damian Pinas by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 32 picks — 30 Pinas · 2 Pulyaev
Expects Pulyaev to weather Pinas’s power and submit him in round three, arguing Pinas is untested in deeper waters.
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Hank
Pick Imanol Rodriguez · KO/TKO · R2
Result Imanol Rodriguez by KO/TKO, R1 Hit
All analysts: 37 picks — 14 Rodriguez · 23 Coria
Favors Rodriguez’s pressure and expects him to stop Coria in the second round.
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Vinny
Pick Imanol Rodriguez · Decision
Result Imanol Rodriguez by KO/TKO, R1 Hit
All analysts: 37 picks — 14 Rodriguez · 23 Coria
Likes Rodriguez’s tenacity but thinks Coria’s size makes a finish less likely.
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Hank
Pick Ateba Gautier · KO/TKO · R1
Result Roman Kopylov by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 38 picks — 32 Gautier · 6 Kopylov
Expects Gautier’s power and pressure to overwhelm Kopylov against the fence.
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Hank
Pick Roberto Soldic · KO/TKO · R2
Result Roberto Soldic by Dec, R3 Hit
All analysts: 39 picks — 10 Williams · 29 Soldic
Favors Soldic’s technique and forward pressure over Williams’s boxing.
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Hank
Pick Esteban Ribovics · KO/TKO · R2
Result Esteban Ribovics by KO/TKO, R1 Hit
All analysts: 43 picks — 22 Green · 21 Ribovics
Expects Ribovics’s pressure and head kicks to produce a second-round knockout of Green.
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Vinny
Pick King Green · KO/TKO · R1
Result Esteban Ribovics by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 43 picks — 22 Green · 21 Ribovics
Favors Green’s slick striking against Ribovics, who he expects to stand and trade.
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Hank
Pick Payton Talbott · KO/TKO · R1
Result Payton Talbott by KO/TKO, R1 Perfect call
All analysts: 40 picks — 2 Figueiredo · 38 Talbott
Favors Talbott’s speed, power and counter-wrestling against an older Figueiredo.
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Vinny
Pick Deiveson Figueiredo · Decision
Result Payton Talbott by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 40 picks — 2 Figueiredo · 38 Talbott
Expects Figueiredo to test Talbott’s resolve in the later rounds and win a decision.
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Hank
Pick Natalia Silva · Decision
Result Natalia Silva by Dec, R5 Perfect call
All analysts: 43 picks — 36 Silva · 7 Wang
Expects Silva’s range management, head kicks and counter-striking to outpoint Wang over five rounds.
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Vinny
Pick Wang Cong · KO/TKO · R2
Result Natalia Silva by Dec, R5 Miss
All analysts: 43 picks — 36 Silva · 7 Wang
Thinks Wang will resist Silva’s feints, establish her own game plan and force Silva to adjust before a second-round knockout.
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Vinny
Pick Eric Nolan · KO/TKO · R2
Result Eric Nolan by KO/TKO, R3 Hit
All analysts: 35 picks — 8 McGee · 27 Nolan
Changes his initial decision lean to a second-round knockout in the discussion, then confirms it in the final recap.
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Vinny
Pick Ateba Gautier · KO/TKO · R1
Result Roman Kopylov by KO/TKO, R1 Miss
All analysts: 38 picks — 32 Gautier · 6 Kopylov
Confirms Gautier by first-round knockout in the final recap after discussing his power and Kopylov’s vulnerability.
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Vinny
Pick Roberto Soldic · Sub · R1
Result Roberto Soldic by Dec, R3 Hit
All analysts: 39 picks — 10 Williams · 29 Soldic
Names Soldic by first-round submission in his final prediction recap.