In a lightweight bout on the main card, Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler meet Saturday at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the UFC 281: Poirier vs. Chandler odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.
The early prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with the prelims on ESPNews/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, and the main card starts at 10 p.m. ET on Pay-Per-View.
Poirier is looking to bounce back after getting submitted by Charles Oliveira in a tight fight at UFC 269 in mid-Dec last time out. Each of his past 3 fights has finished inside the distance, and he has 8 stoppages in his last 10 outings overall.
Poirier has a slight 1-inch height advantage and a half-inch reach advantage. It’s fairly even in the significant strikes department, with Poirier holding a small 5.61-to-5.17 significant strikes landed per minute advantage.