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  • Thursday, May 14, 2020

Las Vegas - If Dana White wants to put on two UFC cards each week, we'll be happy to analyze, dissect and plump up everybody's wallet with some winning selections.

Looking at the Saturday night card in Jacksonville, we'll start out with Edson (Junior) Barboza vs. Dan (Dynamite) Ige. Barboza is the favorite at -$130 (bet $130 to win back $100), with Ige the underdog at +$110 (bet $100 to win back $110).

Ladies and gentlemen, the Tale of the Tape.

Edson is 34 years old from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Junior tips the scale at a buck 55, is 5'10" and has a 75.0" reach. His MMA record is pretty solid at 20-8, with 12 wins coming by KO, 1 by submission and 7 by decision. Sadly, Junior has lost four of his last five matches, but he's been in against the best of the best in the lightweight division like Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov, or just Khabib, and Justin Gaethje. Lightweight's fight at close to 155 pounds, but Barboza's plan is to go down to Featherweight, drop 10 pounds, and fight at a buck 45.

Also feel a bond with Edson because he was born prematurely at 28 weeks, and was given a 50/50 chance of surviving. One of my daughters was premature and it was a frightful, but 38 years later, she's solid as a FREAKIN' rock.

Dynamite Dan is 37 years old from Haleiwa, Hawaii, tips the scale at a buck 45, is 5'7" and has a 71.0" reach. His MMA record is spectacular at 13-2, with 3 wins coming by KO, 5 by decision and 5 by submission. However, word on the street is that even though Ige's 13-2 mark looks imposing on paper, the level of his competition is questionable.

For those who wanna dig a little deeper, and DIG the stats, here are a few that might help you handicap this match. Barboza averages 4.01 significant strikes landed per minute with a 43% accuracy rate. Ige averages 3.89 significant strikes landed per minute with a 49% accuracy rate. Barboza averages 4.16 significant strikes absorbed per minute with a 60% defense rate, while Ige averages 2.69 significant strikes absorbed per minute with a 62% defense rate.

Picks coming Saturday BAABBBEEE!!!

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