MCA PICKS — UFC Vegas 122 picks, parlays and underdogs

Carlos Cano selects Ernesta Kareckaite as his underdog pick, citing her takedown defense and matchup advantages over Melissa Gatto.

“for the 81% defense that Ernesta Kareckaite has, my underdog pick that pays plus 100.”

Gerardo Rivas takes the underdog in the Georgian-versus-Malcolm Wellmaker matchup; the auto-dub captions render Otari Tanzilovi as “Otar Tchiladze,” resolved from the bout context.

“first, and while I watch, I'll take advantage of the underdog at plus 166, champion.”

Gerardo Rivas selects Francisco Prado over Ismael Bonfim, saying he likes the Argentine and sees value.

“Argentine and I think there's value there because of what we discussed in the first part of this episode”

Gerardo Rivas selects Christian Leroy Duncan over Brendan Allen, citing value as the underdog and his striking threat.

“The animal, the striker CLD, paying plus money, being an underdog. I think there's a lot of value in Christian Leroy Duncan in the main event”

Carlos Cano selects Kai Kamaka III as a leg of his Xtreme Couture parlay, citing the matchup with Andre Fili and Kamaka’s youth, danger, and training environment.

“Then I have Kai Kamaka, a fighter who will be facing Andre Fili”

Carlos Cano selects Matheus Camilo as a leg of his Xtreme Couture parlay; the auto-dub renders Camilo as “Mateus Mendonça,” and the co-main-event discussion identifies his opponent as Jai Herbert.

“the other fighter in my parlay, Mateus Mendonça, a fighter who I think is quite well-rounded”

Gerardo Rivas selects Felipe Franco as the first leg of his parlay, discussing Franco’s move to the 205-pound division and prior Contender Series bout.

“First, I have Felipe Franco”

Gerardo Rivas selects Julius Walker over Gerald Meerschaert as the next leg of his parlay.

“Next, I have Julius Walker, just like you, Calito”

Gerardo Rivas selects Loopy Godinez over Ketlen Souza as the final leg of his parlay.

“And finally, Loopy Godinez.”

Carlos Cano explicitly selects Loopy Godinez as his safest pick, citing her grappling and matchup with Ketlen Souza.

“We're going with Loopy Godinez. Why? Because I'm going with the Mexican fighter.”