I have a big negative return on investment capping record. Not giving up though. Here's hoping my only pick for tonight's UFC will make it less so:
Stephen Thompson (1.61) vs Gilbert Burns (2.39)
Fight starts in about an hour or so, so I have to make this summary quick. Stephen Thompson is still an elite striker at welterweight even though he's nearly around 40 years old. He's beaten good strikers in Geoff Neal and Vicente Luque in his last two fights. Gilbert Burns winning streak finally ended in his last fight when he got TKO'ed by the welterweight king Kamaru Usman. Gilbert Burns is good on the feet but Thompson is clearly better in my opinion. Burns though has far better grappling. Thompson is hard to take down so I think this fight will stay standing. If I'm wrong and this becomes a ground game then Thompson is done for. However, I'm pretty sure Thompson will be able to make this a stand up fight. Thinking Thompson by decision or TKO. More likely decision probably.
My pick is the Stephen Thompson moneyline at 1.61 odds.
Fight starts in an hour or less...
