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Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 30: Gane vs Volkov. The UFC is at the Apex in Vegas for an early Saturday afternoon card this weekend with a 13-fight slate on deck prior to UFC 264 next weekend at T-Mobile Arena. 13 fights is always a nice sized slate where it feels like […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 29: Ige vs Korean Zombie. The UFC is back at the Apex in Vegas this weekend for a 12-fight slate following UFC 263 last weekend in front of a live crowd. While 12-fight slates have historically been the norm for MMA DFS, it feels like we’ve had […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 28: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai. The UFC is back at the Apex in Vegas this weekend for a 14-fight slate following a rare weekend when the promotion was dark. Fourteen slates is pretty massive for an MMA DFS slate, so this week offers some new challenges. We can […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 27: Font vs. Garbrandt. The UFC is back at the Apex in Vegas this weekend for a 13-fight slate. After a wild weekend in Houston, Texas for UFC 262 last weekend, this week is certainly a drop-off in name value, but there are still a few enticing […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 26: Rodriguez vs. Waterson. The UFC is back at the Apex in Vegas this weekend for a 10-fight slate. While ten fights is never great for DFS purposes and most of you who have been reading this article for a while know that I prefer larger slates, there […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 25: Reyes vs Prochazka. After a wild 13-fight event last weekend at UFC 261, we’re back at the apex this weekend for another DFS slate. Unfortunately, we had a fight scrapped on Friday afternoon and are down to just If you’re interested in DFS and betting takes […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2! The UFC is back with a stacked PPV card this weekend featuring 13 fights including three title fights which always makes for an interesting DFS slate. Obviously, fighters with five round floors/ceilings will project well, but there’s also a ton of ownership that […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs Gastelum! We’re finally getting this main event matchup after these two men were scheduled to fight for UFC gold a few years ago but the fight was canceled on the morning of. This isn’t the best week for DFS with just 11 fights remaining […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 23: Vettori vs. Holland! After a rare week off last week, the UFC is back at the Apex in Vegas this weekend for an early (11:30 a.m. ET lock) card that features 13 fights and some nice options to pick from in DFS. If you’re interested in DFS […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 260: Miocic vs Ngannou 2! After we had just eleven fights last weekend, we unfortunately are left with just ten scraps for this weekend's PPV slate taking place at the UFC Apex. As covered last week, smaller slates mean that ownership is often more condensed, so in order […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 22: Holland vs Brunson! After a slew of massive fight cards, we have just eleven fights on tap for this Saturday night’s card at the UFC Apex following the Julia Avila vs. Julija Stoliarenko cancellation this morning. Smaller slates means that ownership is often more condensed, so […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 21:Edwards vs Muhammad! We had a wild UFC 259 slate last week with 15 fights and we’re right back this week with 13 scheduled bouts for Saturday night. Big slates mean more spread out ownership and more decision-making points, which we should always want as +EV players […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya! After a rare week off last weekend, we’re back with a massive 15 fight slate on a PPV which means massive DFS prize pools. I’m super excited for this weekend, big slates mean more spread out ownership and more decision-making points, which we […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs Lewis! Last week’s UFC 258 card ended up with just ten fights by the time Saturday evening rolled around and was therefore underwhelming from a DFS perspective; however, this week we have a massive 14 fight slate that I’m really excited for. Big slates […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns! Just a few weeks after McGregor vs. Poirier, the UFC is back with another PPV offering, which means bigger DFS contests for us! In this weekend's main event, Kamaru Usman looks to defend the 170-pound belt against his former teammate and No. 1 contender, […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 18: Overeem vs. Volkov! The UFC is back in Las Vegas after an extended stint at Fight Island, and despite a hectic fight week, there are 13 bouts scheduled for this Saturday night! As always, the more fights on a card, the larger edge +EV players will […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor II, which takes place on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi this Saturday night! With Conor McGregor returning to the octagon after more than a year away from the sport, DFS sites are ripe with massive prize pools for this MMA slate. Unfortunately, there were […]

This Saturday night on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, Conor McGregor makes his long-awaited return to the octagon. McGregor, a former two-division UFC champion, hasn’t fought in over a year and is slated to face former interim champion Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257. There are currently twelve fights on the UFC […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Fight Island 8: Magny vs Chiesa, which takes place early Wednesday morning in Abu Dhabi. This is a fight night that doesn’t necessarily have the same big names as the other two cards this week, but it very well may be the best DFS slate. With 14 fights […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Fight Island 7, which takes place Saturday afternoon on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi! The UFC is back in our lives and with that comes a new scoring system from Draftkings in regards to MMA contests. I spoke with Jon in depth about the scoring changes on the […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 17, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. This PPV is headlined by a welterweight bout featuring rising prospect Geoff Neal in a major step up in competition against former title challenger Stephen Thompson. If you want DFS and betting takes for every fight […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 256, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. This PPV is headlined by the flyweight title fight between current champion Deiveison Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, which should be an absolute war for as long as it lasts. If you want DFS and betting takes for […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 16, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. This card is headlined by a clash between elite middleweights in Marvin Vettori and Jack Hermansson. If you want DFS and betting takes for every fight on this card, you can check out my video breakdown […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 15, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. The card was originally supposed to be headlined by Curtis Blaydes vs Derrick Lewis, but will now be featuring Anthony Smith vs. Devin Clark in the main event slot. If you want DFS and betting takes […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 255, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. The card is headlined by the men’s flyweight title fight between champion Deiveison Figueiredo and challenger Alex Perez. In the co-main event, the women’s flyweight title is on the line as the queen of the division Valentina […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 14, which takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Vegas. The card is headlined by Paul Felder and Rafael Dos Anjos. If you want DFS and betting takes for every fight on this card, you can check out my video breakdown with Jon Kelly. In this […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 13, which takes place Saturday back in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira. If you want DFS and betting takes for every fight on this card, you can check out my video breakdown with Jon Kelly. In this weekly article, I […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Vegas 12, which takes place Saturday back in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by Uriah Hall against the MMA legend Anderson Siva. In the co-main event, Bryce Mitchell is putting his undefeated record on the line against experienced veteran Andre Fili in what is the most anticipated […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC 254, which takes place Saturday on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The card is headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje who will be unifying their lightweight titles. In the co-main event, we have former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker looking to get right back into the title picture against […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Fight Island 6, which takes place this Saturday on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The main event is a featherweight title eliminator between the Chan Sung Jung and Brian Ortega. This card only has 11 fights so I’m planning on condensing my DK player pool and running a tight […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Fight Island 5, which takes place this Saturday on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The main event is between top 5 ranked Cory Sandhagen and former title challenger Marlon Moraes. This card only has 13 fights and is extremely enticing from a Draftkings point of view. If you want […]

Welcome to my DFS breakdown for UFC Fight Island 4, which takes place this Saturday on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The main event is top five contender Irene Aldana vs. former champion Holly Holm. This card only has 11 fights and is slightly underwhelming from a talent perspective, so I will likely be just playing […]