Picking & Grinning: UFC Fight Night ‘Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie’

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will put its promotional muscle behind two of its top featherweights on the eve of Super Bowl LI, as Dennis Bermudez meets the returning Chan Sung Jung in the UFC Fight Night 104 main event on Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston. Meanwhile, the unbeaten Alexa Grasso takes on Felice Herrig in the women’s strawweight co-main event. The rest of the six-fight main card features a lightweight tilt pairing Abel Trujillo with James Vick, a light heavyweight affair pitting Ovince St. Preux against Volkan Oezdemir, a heavyweight clash matching Anthony Hamilton with Marcel Fortuna and a women’s strawweight encounter slotting Jessica Andrade opposite Angela Hill. Ahead of UFC Fight Night “Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie,” Sherdog.com staff members and contributors swallowed their pride and put their reputations on the line with bold predictions:

THE LINEUP

145: Dennis Bermudez vs. Chan Sung Jung
115: Alexa Grasso vs. Felice Herrig
155: Abel Trujillo vs. James Vick
205: Ovince St. Preux vs. Volkan Oezdemir
265: Anthony Hamilton vs. Marcel Fortuna
115: Jessica Andrade vs. Angela Hill
265: Curtis Blaydes vs. Adam Milstead
145: Chas Skelly vs. Chris Gruetzemacher
135: Ricardo Lucas Ramos vs. Michinori Tanaka
115: Tecia Torres vs. Bec Rawlings
170: Alex Morono vs. Niko Price
205: Khalil Rountree vs. Daniel Jolly

2017 STANDINGS

Jordan Breen: 19-5
Connor Ruebusch: 18-6
Tristen Critchfield: 17-7
Brian Knapp: 17-7
Mike Sloan: 14-10
Todd Martin: 13-11
Eric Stinton: 13-11
Mike Fridley: 12-12

THE PICKS

Jordan Breen: Jung, Grasso, Trujillo, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Tanaka, Torres, Price, Rountree

Connor Ruebusch: Jung, Grasso, Trujillo, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Ramos, Torres, Price, Rountree

Tristen Critchfield: Bermudez, Grasso, Trujillo, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Tanaka, Torres, Price, Rountree

Brian Knapp: Jung, Grasso, Trujillo, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Ramos, Torres, Price, Rountree

Mike Sloan: Jung, Grasso, Trujillo, Oezdmir, Fortuna, Andrade, Blaydes, Gruetzemacher, Ramos, Torres, Price, Rountree

Todd Martin: Bermudez, Grasso, Trujillo, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Ramos, Torres, Price, Rountree

Eric Stinton: Jung, Grasso, Vick, Oezdemir, Hamilton, Hill, Blaydes, Skelly, Ramos, Torres, Price, Rountree

Mike Fridley: Bermudez, Grasso, Vick, St. Preux, Hamilton, Andrade, Blaydes, Skelly, Tanaka, Torres, Morono, Jolly