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Las Vegas - Next up it's Cody (No Love) Garbrandt vs. Raphael (sadly has no nickname) Assuncao. No Love is a medium size favorite at -$145, with NO nickname at +$125.

Wouldn't be allowed to publish this if I didn't rock the Tale of the Tape. Mrs. Ecks & Bacon is looking over my shoulder, so here we go.

Garbrandt is 28 years old from Uhrichsville, Ohio. He tips the scale at a buck 36, is 5'8" and has a 65.5" reach. His MMA record is 11-3, with 9 wins coming by KO and 2 by decision. However, plz note that his 11 wins came at the start of his career, and he has not won a fight (three straight losses) since December of 2016. And all three loses came by KO, TKO and TKO. OUCH!

Assuncao is 37 years old, 38 in another month, from Recife, Brazil. He hits the scale at a buck 35, is 5'5ish" and has a 66.5" reach. His MMA record is 24-7, with just 4 wins coming by KO, 13 by decision and 10 by submission. Raphael comes in on a downward slide as well, losing his last two fights and has not been inside the Octagon in almost a year.

No Love Garbrandt couldn't find love after dropping out of college. According to his Wiki page, he sold weed, worked as a bouncer and eventually completed coal miner training in order to work in the field familiar to his family. His early struggles gave him a ton of confidence as you can tell by this quote. “When I’m on, no one in the world can beat me. I know that my life is good, it's in order and I can let that savagery out in the Octagon." Okay Cody, I ain't gonna block your path baby.

Picks coming tomorrow!

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