UFC 278 is set to get underway this Saturday at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. This card features plenty of big names, including Jose Aldo, Merab Dvalishvili, Paulo Costa, and Luke Rockhold.
Capping off the night is a welterweight championship bout between reigning champion Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards. This main event is a rematch of their 2015 scrap, a fight in which Usman won via unanimous decision.
Prior to the main event of the evening, we have a bantamweight fight between future hall-of-famer Jose Aldo and the surging Merab Dvalishvili. This fight opened up as pick ’em and has since gone slightly in Dvalishvili’s direction as he currently sits as a -130 favorite.
As of Tuesday night, 59% of the bets are on Aldo, but 93% of the handle is on Dvalishvili. Below, I walk through the betting profile of each fighter and make my best bet for this bantamweight bout.