It’s an incredible time for MMA fans. Tonight’s UFC Fight Night major event between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann ought to be a number of fun, and things are only heating up.
Between Jon Jones’ fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 next week, Petr Yan’s fight against Merab Dvalishvili next week and a second pay-per-view later in March, we’re set for fireworks for the approaching weeks.
The mixed martial arts game is fascinating. Let’s get right down to our UFC Fight Night suggestions and predictions live from the UFC APEX Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC Fight Night Preview & Predictions: Krylov vs. Spann
Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann
We have won bets on Ryan Spann previously, but this fight is different. Krylov is a wrestler, but he’s way more careful about stepping into front headers than Ion Cutelaba.
Krylov has only lost to one of the best of one of the best on this division. His 4 defeats got here to Magomed Ankalaev, Glover Teixeira, Jan Blachowicz and Paul Craig. Spann isn’t the submission threat that Craig is. Expect Krylov to win it early.
In case you’re using FanDuel, catch Krylov by KO/TKO in rounds one, two or three at +310. If not, Krylov’s win within the Under 2.5 rounds promotion is +126 at PointsBet, which is superb value for the evening. Other books have this support at -115, which supplies us a couple of seven percent advantage
The chooses: Krylov via KO in Rounds 1, 2 or 3 +310 (FanDuel) | Krylov wins in lower than 2.5 rounds +126 (PointsBet)
Brendan Allen vs Andre Muniz
Who will win this leg fight? That is the major query on this very exciting middleweight fight.
Muniz has proven to be a superb grappler in his short UFC profession, but most of those wins have come against fighters well past their peak or below. Allen isn’t an ideal fighter, he is simply too smug, but he ought to be a greater striker on this fight.
Allen can be a solid takedown artist, averaging 3.99 takedowns per quarter-hour. This might actually hurt a man like Muniz who may have a grappling advantage over almost anyone.
If Allen has the precise game plan here and is not attempting to fight, he should find a way to win this fight. I’ll take the dog here. He’s a greater striker and doesn’t slouch on the bottom. This provides us some buffer, although ideally avoid grappling in any respect costs.
elections: Brendan Allen +184 (fan duel) | wins by decision +500 (FanDuel)
Augusto Sakai vs. Don’Tale Mayes
Within the heavyweight division, two fighters will face one another, which is as frustrating because it gets. Mayes is currently training with Jon Jones for his upcoming fight, so it seems likely that he’s in one of the best shape of his profession.
Sakai has lost 4 in a row, all by knockout. He has had some solid grappling and volume strikes previously which have led him to victory. Two of his last three wins were via decision, and he was on his strategy to one other before a poor game plan led to a TKO loss to Allistair Overeem in round five.
Mayes has way more benefits and is a greater athlete, while Sakai appears to be on a downward trend. I predict Mayes may have an honest grappling advantage and favors him in the cash lane.
We get a price of +115 despite the cash pouring into the Mayes, and lots of books bring this value closer to -110 pick ’em. Most books will probably end there.
Get +115 on the moneyline and fight to a call +166 on BetMGM.
Types: Mayes ML +115 (BetMGM) | goes to decision +166 (Fan duel)
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UFC Fight Night Final Elections and Negotiations
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- Allen via decision +500 + Krylov wins round 2 + Charles Johnson via KO/TKO round 2 or 3 +650
The ultimate odds of this long shot parlay are +33650. By the way in which, Johnson’s KO artist value is pretty good considering his opponent Ode Osborne has terrible cardio and may be very willing to explode a gas tank.
This bet is eligible to be placed on FanDuel sports betting and all odds were correct on the time of writing.