Ricky Vaughn: BMR Author

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! This week the action is heading back to the Apex Center with UFC Vegas 57 and boy, it should be a good one. This main card is headlined by the lightweight bout between Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot. After a great evening of fights, including a couple of upsets

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! This week the UFC is heading to Austin, Texas with the main card filled with fights that should be fun but are nothing short of being “chalky”. Just to give you an idea, the “cheapest” favorite on the UFC odds is above the -150 price. Regardless, the BMR crew

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! It’s time for the UFC 275 event headlined by the light-heavyweight championship bout between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka. Remember there is also another title on the line as Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos will decide who is #1 in the flyweight division. After another winning Saturday (3-2) last

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! UFC Vegas 56 is here after a week of no UFC action at the Apex Center, or any other place for that matter. Our records and unit count have taken a wild ride in the last couple of weeks, with Dave and Matt carrying the load for the team

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! If UFC 274 was brutal for the BMR gang, then we’ll have to come up with a new adjective to describe UFC Vegas 54. O.k you caught me. I might be exaggerating a bit but that’s how serious we take our record around here…and not just for the banter!

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! It’s official. The last goose egg in the Editors’ Standings has been broken. That’s the only good news after a frustrating UFC 274 that saw Rose Namajunas buzz around the octagon like a stingless bee and Charles Oliveira lose his title during the weigh-in only to knock out Gaethje

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! Have you ever come up with a betting angle that is so good that it happens before expected? That’s how I feel after going with a “fight won’t go the distance” best bet in the Taira vs. Candelario bout for last week’s article and the fight getting scratched. Oh

Editor’s Note: The Taira vs. Candelario bout was scratched just a couple of hours before due to illness with Candelario. The fight has been moved to May 14th as part of the main card, according to the UFC. Well, hello there my fellow bettors. Remember back in the day, and I mean way back when

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! If you thought I would be tilting after going with a best bet on a fight that ended on a technical decision, you are correct! But not even that would stop me from trying to get back on my feet. We live by the “Tubthumping” mindset. You know the

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! We are back with the second installment of our “friendly” competition among BMR’s best UFC experts and myself. UFC 273 was fun but slightly disappointing for most of us as Tecia Torres got robbed from her W in a split decision, Khamzat Chimaev wasn’t able to finish-off Gilbert Burns

Editors’ Note: The Marcin Tybura vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik was canceled on Friday afternoon after Marcin Tybura fell ill so we got Matt to change his best bet before the event! Well, hello there my fellow bettors! Your good ol’ pal Ricky V is back to give you the crème de la crème but this time

Well hello there my fellow bettors! It sure has been an exciting matchup, as the Rams lead the Bengals, 13-10, at the end of the first half of Super Bowl LVI. Let’s go ahead and take a look at the NFL odds for the second half as well as a small recap of some of

Well, hello there my fellow bettors! Super Bowl LVI is finally here and as we bid farewell to another great season of the NFL, we still have one more evening of gambling debauchery so let’s jump right into the NFL odds for the Big Game. Since this is a special occasion,  I’ll also be sharing

Hello there my fellow bettors. As we have to put up with another week of football withdrawal, I thought that it would be nice to deliver something different and useful in this week’s column. The long and cold winter nights feel more bearable when we have something to root for and this year particularly we

After what 99.9999 percent of the football world considered to be the most amazing Divisional Round in the history of the NFL, some square bettors would try to argue that a couple of the games didn’t “live up to expectations” just because they were low scoring… Crazy, I know! But it is that kind of

Are you ready for some football? I know I am and, after a somewhat lopsided Wild Card Weekend, that only saw one upset take place, many football fans (and bettors alike) are hoping for a little bit more excitement in this Divisional Round. Unfortunately, those expecting high-scoring games or blowouts might be disappointed as this

This is it! Finally, the NFL Playoffs are here and after all the crazy results that took place during Week 18, we can only hope that Super Wild Card Weekend is just as good. Unfortunately for our handicapping adventures, crazy results often mean unexpected outcomes and hence our first 0-3 run (8-7 ATS season) last

Alright, alright, alright. It’s the last week of the regular season but also the first time in NFL history that every team will play a seventeenth game, prior to the playoffs. If you picked up on my movie reference in the last paragraph then you’re probably old enough to remember a simpler time in the

Happy New Year party people! It’s 2022 and what better way to start off the new calendar than with a 15 game slate for the first Sunday of the year? Last week we went 2-1 after my beloved Packers failed to cover, despite dominating the Brownies for almost the entire game but hey, such is life.

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas my dear party people. ‘Tis the time to be jolly…and profitable as we look to keep going with our current winning streak. Last week we went 3-0 and that puts us at 5-1 for the season. Since I love to spoil rotten my fellow bettors, this week we are picking

I have to admit I’m not big on most Christmas songs but this weekend I’m going to be singing “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” a lot.  That’s right people! Starting Week 15 we get Saturday football from the NFL for the next couple of weeks and that’s exactly where we’re going to

The wait is over my fellow bettors! It’s Friday and good ol’ Ricky is back with his weekend cheat sheet. Now if you want the full slate breakdown from my buddy Swinging, click here! So, after a couple of weeks of curating some of the best content from our BMR staff, some of you have

After stuffing ourselves last week with all the sporting events we could get our hands on, this weekend we’ll switch to a more football-based diet since it’s Conference Championship Weekend and these games will help determine the college football playoff seeds.  Meanwhile in the NFL, when we look at the standings and realize that teams

Well, hello there my fellow bettors. I hope you’re feeling as festive and jolly as I am today. For this grinch, Thanksgiving is by far the best holiday of the year because it’s a safe bet for two things: food and sports. Now, while there is a finite amount to how much we can eat