In a light heavyweight bout in the main event, Nassourdine Imavov and Sean Strickland meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 217 — also known as UFC Vegas 67 — at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the UFC Fight Night 217: Imavov vs. Strickland odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.
The fights can be viewed on ESPN+ with the prelims set to begin at 4 p.m. ET and the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET.
Imavov was originally expected to face Kelvin Gastelum, but he was forced to pull out due to a mouth injury suffered in training. The French fighter has picked up 3 consecutive victories, including a pair of KO/TKO wins in the 2nd round against Ian Heinisch (July 2021) and Edmen Shahbazyan (Nov. 2021). He also posted a unanimous-decision win over Joaquin Buckley last time out in Sept., improving to 4-1 in his career at the UFC level.
Strickland is looking to stop a 2-bout losing skid, including a split-decision setback to Jared Cannonier in the main event last time out in mid-Dec. He was also knocked out in the first round by Alex Pereira in the prior outing in July.