In a welterweight bout in the main event, Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson meet Saturday at UFC 279 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson odds, with expert picks and predictions.
The early prelims can be viewed on ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET, the prelims starting on ESPNews/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, and the main card on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET.
Diaz was originally scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev, but the latter missed weight and the opponent changed.
Diaz enters just 1-3 across his last 4 fights, with 3 of those bouts going the distance. He had a unanimous-decision loss to Leon Edwards, the current welterweight champion, last time out at UFC 263 in mid-June 2021.