UFC Fight Night Betting Preview
UFC WagerTalk handicapper Andy Lang gives his UFC Fight Night predictions and picks for June 15th with Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira headlining the main event in a flyweight fight. The main card starts up at 10:00pm ET from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, NV.
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Alex Perez vs Tatsuro Taira: UFC Fight Night Main Event
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UFC Fight Night Predictions
Melquizael Costa -170 v Shayilan Nuerdanbieke +140
A battle of two guys who are coming off of losses to Steve Garcia, and what's crazy is that both were probably winning the fight until Garcia knocked them out.
I'm surprised that Costa is this big of a favorite as he's 1-2 in the UFC with his only win being to Austin Lingo, not impressive.
Nuerdanbieke is 30 years old, but has been in 50 pro MMA fights so he has a lot of wear and tear, but I think his striking is more powerful than Costa's.
Costa's striking only looked good against Lingo, but Nuerdanbieke has much better defense and movement. Costa likes to grapple, but I don't think he's elite, and Nuerdanbieke should be able to defend.
This fight should be closer than it looks, the value is on the underdog. I probably won't bet it, but I certainly wouldn't lay this with Costa.
Josefine Knutsson -230 v Julia Polastri +190
Knutsson has been very good to us as we've cashed on her Contender Series fight and her UFC debut. She has a kickboxing background and has great volume with her striking, really good accuracy and cardio as well.
She doesn't have a ton of power so it's kind of like death by a thousand papercuts, but it's effective, and I think it will be here.
Polastri doesn't have good striking defense, and her strikes are wild which I think Knutsson will be able to defend. Polastri won her Contender Series fight by rear naked choke, but it wasn't an impressive performance, and I don't see her overpowering or outstriking Knutsson.
You can play Knutsson to win, but I would just wait and play her to win by decision. She only has one finish in 11 MMA and kickboxing fights.
Jeka Saragih -340 v Westin Wilson +270
The UFC must not like Westin Wilson. They brought him in to get knocked out by power strikers in Joanderson Brito and Jean Silva, and now he faces Jeka Saragih who primarily wins by knockouts.
Saragih doesn't have a great overall skillset, but his power can't be ignored, and I'm not sure Wilson has the tools to avoid the knockout for the whole fight.
Wilson took Silva down once in his last fight so maybe he can try and implement a ground game attack, but his cardio and durability don't look good. Saragih by KO will be the popular play this week, but it's hard to argue with that play. Unders and Saragih by finish are how to bet this fight.
Gabriella Fernandes -238 v Carli Judice +195
Judice doesn't have a lot of expeerience, but she put on an amazing performance on Contender Series as her and her opponents landed 200+ strikes each. She showed toughness, cardio, and a skillset you don't see from someone with only four professional fights.
However, I think this is going to be a tough fight for her, and I think Fernandes gets the win. Fernandes has lost her two UFC fights, but she fought Bleda and Jasudavicious, two wrestlers who took her down and grinded out wins against her, but Judice won't do that.
Fernandes is strong, and has more power in her strikes, and that will be obvious from the beginning. Fernandes is a confident pick here, and I wouldn't be surprised if she gets the finish.
Garrett Armfield -170 v Brady Hiestand +142
Armfield lost his debut in the UFC, and I wasn't impressed, but he's improved a ton, and it's resulted in him winning his next two fights including a great performance against Brad Katona where he showed really good volume of striking, and cardio, but the concern was that Katona was able control him a few times, but the judges didn't seem to count it.
Hiestand can wrestle, but he hasn't shown it recently, but when he he did get Danna on the ground late, he got the ground and pound win so I know he can do it.
Although he knocked out Danna in his last fight, he really got beat up on the feet, and I though he looked slow.
If Armfield fights like he did against Katona, I think he wears down Hiestand on the feet and cruises to a victory, and that's what my pick will be here, but it's not super confident because Hiestand has an advantage with the takedowns and control game, I just don't know if he'll use it.
Nate Maness -410 v Jimmy Flick +320
Betting against Jimmy Flick when he returned to the UFC was easy money for two fights, but they found a guy he could beat in Malcolm Gordon, and that's what he did as Gordon did the one thing you can't do against Flick, and that's get on the ground into a submission position as that's all Flick can do.
Flick's striking is non-existent, and Maness is smart enough to know he needs to stay on the feet, and he should get the victory.
If you're betting on Jimmy Flick, you bet on him to win by submission or you can just take this fight to not go the distance, but Maness should win this fight, and don't be surprised if he stuffs the takedowns of Flick, and knocks Flick out on the feet.