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UFC 253 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 253: Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa. The UFC octagon touches down on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, for their first “Fight Island” event in a five-week stretch that will end with UFC 254 Oct. 24. There are currently 11 fights on this card, including two title fights for both […]
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Best bets for UFC 253
My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you to learn how to handicap fights and figure out where you think the value is yourself. I can handicap a fight one way and […]
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Best prop bets for UFC 253
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence as we head back to Fight Island in Abu Dhabi this Saturday for UFC 253. This long-awaited PPV card is headlined by Paulo Costa and defending Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Coming off a monster week last week, we are trying to stay hot this weekend I […]
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UFC Vegas 11 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 11: Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley. After some smaller slates in recent weeks, the octagon returns this Saturday night with 14 fights as of Friday morning. Hopefully, this slate can stay intact through Saturday as it’s one of the best fight nights of the year. I’ve found […]
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Best bets for UFC Vegas 11
This weekend, we have a 13-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you […]
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Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 11
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 11 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. This is possibly the most excited I have been for a fight card all year long and it will be on ESPN+. We have a full 140fight card packed with action — if we do […]
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UFC Vegas 10 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 10: Michelle Waterson vs. Angela Hill. After some smaller slates in recent weeks, the octagon returns this Saturday night with 12 fights as of Friday morning. I’ve already had one bet cancelled on Matt Frevola vs. Roosevelt Roberts, but hopefully the rest of this slate remains intact. […]
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Best bets for UFC Vegas 10
This weekend, we have a 13-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you […]
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Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 10
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 10 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. I don’t want to jinx anything, but we currently have a full 13-fight card pending any late fallouts — which is very exciting, as we have not had this many fights in a few weeks. […]
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UFC Vegas 9 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 9: Alistair Overeem vs. Augusto Sakai. After a few fights getting scrapped over the course of the last couple of weeks, we’re down to nine fights on this card and hopefully it will remain that way after weigh-ins. I personally lost one bet as I was originally […]
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Best bets for UFC Vegas 9
This weekend, we have UFC Vegas 9, which is a 10-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, […]
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Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 9
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 9 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. We have just 10 fights this week (pending any fallouts before Saturday), but there is still plenty of opportunity to take advantage of some value in the betting markets. One thing that I have stressed […]
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Dana White’s Contender Series breakdown: Week 5
I was able to look into this week’s Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS) fights and wanted to provide my thoughts and leans. This DWCS card will have five fights Tuesday night. Hopefully, this will continue for the rest of the DWCS cards. I am looking into each card from a betting perspective this season though, so […]
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UFC Vegas 8 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 8: Aleksandar Rakic vs. Anthony Smith. After one or two fight-week replacements, there are currently 11 fights on this card, and we have lines on all but one of them (Alex Caceres vs. Austin Springer). I personally lost one bet as I was originally on Giga Chikadze […]
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Betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 8
This weekend, we have an 11-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you […]
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Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 8
We are back for another exciting fight card for UFC Vegas 8 in Las Vegas. We’re coming off a fun week despite there only being nine fights on last week’s card. One fight on this week’s slate has already been replaced due to a positive COVID-19 test, but hopefully we do not lose any on […]
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Betting breakdown for UFC Apex in Vegas
This weekend, we have an 11-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you […]
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UFC Vegas 7 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 7: Pedro Munhoz vs. Frankie Edgar. After a multitude of fight week replacements, there are currently 11 fights on this card. While it doesn’t have the same big names as our PPV card last weekend, this slate presents some good betting opportunities. The main event features a […]
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Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 7
Welcome to the newly minted prop segment for every UFC fight card. Moving forward, I will mostly focus on betting these fights from a prop angle that I like based on how I see the fight playing out. Method of victory props have always been my bread and butter so I will be focusing more […]
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UFC 252: Cormier vs Miocic 3 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 252: Daniel Cormier vs Stipe Miocic III!  There are currently 11 fights on this card, and while the prelims leave something to be desired, the PPV main card has some absolutely great fights that bring a ton of betting opportunities. The card is headlined by a heavyweight title […]
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Betting breakdown for UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
This weekend, we have UFC 252, which an 11-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short betting breakdown of how I see the fights going and my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I […]
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Best bets for UFC 252
Welcome back this week as we have an exciting PPV card on Saturday for UFC 252. There’s nothing like a good PPV card to get things moving in the right direction. First things first, the Ion Cutelaba/Magomed Ankalaev fight has been canceled, as Cutelaba tested positive for COVID-19. That was unfortunate, because I did have […]
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Leans for Dana White’s Contender Series: Week 2
I don't have a lot of experience betting Dana White's Contender Series because many of these fights are lower-level talent, so I don't want to trust them with too much money. It is hard to cap fights between lower-level competition, so I need even more of a lean with my projected line than I would a typical UFC fight. […]
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UFC Fight Night 176 betting breakdown
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Fight Night 176: Derrick Lewis vs. Alexey Oleynik. After one of the most bizarre cards in UFC history last Saturday in the promotion’s return to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, hopefully this fight card brings more fights and better betting results. There are currently 12 fights on […]
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Betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 6
This weekend, we have a 12-fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you to […]
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Best bets for UFC Vegas 6
We are back this Saturday in Las Vegas at UFC Apex. Last week was a complete mess, as we had multiple short-notice replacement fighters on the card and only nine fights. This week, we have 12 fights, pending the weigh-ins and any positive tests. That said, this is a card that I would recommend caution […]
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UFC Vegas 5 betting breakdown and favorite picks
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Fight Night 175: Edmen Shahbazyanl vs Derek Brunson. After four fights in 14 days on “Fight Island,” the UFC returns to its home base in Las Vegas at the UFC Apex. There are 11 fights on this card, headlined by a middleweight bout between fast-rising prospect Shahbazyan and […]
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Best bets for UFC Vegas 5
We are headed back to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada this Saturday for UFC Vegas 5, which features Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan as the main event. We ended Fight Island with a bang after hitting the Fabricio Werdum first-round submission prop at a big number. One thing to keep in mind is that […]
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Betting breakdown for UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan
This weekend, we have UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs Shahbazyan, which is an 11-fight card at the UFC Apex in Vegas that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and my favorite bets for each fight. However, […]
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Diving into the best bets for UFC Fight Island 3
This weekend, we have a 15-fight UFC card on Fight Island that will have no fans in attendance due to the pandemic. My goal here is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, I want you to learn how to […]
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UFC Fight Night 174: Whittaker v Till betting breakdown
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Fight Night 174: Darren Till vs Rob Whittaker. This will be the final card on “Fight Island,” completing the four cards in 14 days schedule made by the UFC.  There are fifteen fights on this card, which includes not only an exciting middleweight main event but also two matchups between legends […]
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Breaking down the best bets for UFC Fight Island 3
We are back at Fight Island for a full 15-fight card this Saturday. I'm coming off a slight losing week in the betting department but things are slowly starting to turn around. The Deiveson Figueiredo knockout prop would have swung it into a positive night and that fight could have been stopped multiple times prior to […]
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Jon Kelly