UFC 279 is set to get underway this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This card features plenty of big names, including Li Jingliang, Tony Ferguson, and Kevin Holland.
Capping off the night is a welterweight bout between Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz, an event in which we will see a likely future champion and the last scrap of Diaz’s career under the UFC umbrella.
Kicking off the main event, we have a light heavyweight scrap between Ion Cutelaba and Johnny Walker. Cutelaba opened as a -195 betting favorite and has since stayed at that number.
While the ticket count is roughly 50/50, 87% of the handle is on Cutelaba. Below, I walk through the betting profile of each fighter and make my best bet for this welterweight fight.