UFC 296 takes place on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This card features a welterweight title fight between Colby Covington and Leon Edwards as the Main Event and Alexandre Pantoja against Brandon Royval for the flyweight title as the Co-Main Event. Here are our best bets for this UFC card. Be sure to also check out the rest of our UFC predictions for all of the Main Card fights.
UFC 296 Preliminary Card Best Bets
Bryce Mitchell Win by Submission or Decision over Josh Emmett (-200)
The featured preliminary fight at UFC 296 will see Josh Emmett take on Bryce Mitchell. This will be a fight in the UFC featherweight division. Mitchell comes into this fight with an MMA record of 16-2. He is 7-1 in the UFC, most recently beating Dan Ige by unanimous decision back in September of this year. Mitchell is averaging 2.34 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 58%. He is absorbing 1.64 strikes and has a striking defense of 58%. His grappling has been much more prominent, averaging 3.51 takedowns per every 15 minutes and 1.6 submission attempts during the same time period. His takedown accuracy is 41% and his takedown defense is 33%.
Emmett comes into this fight with an MMA record of 18-4. He is 9-4 in the UFC, most recently losing to Ilia Topuria by unanimous decision back in June of this year. Emmett is averaging 4.07 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 36%. He is absorbing 4.66 strikes and has a striking defense of 61%. His grappling is decent as well, averaging 0.92 takedowns per every 15 minutes. His takedown accuracy is 37% and his takedown defense is 46%.