In a light heavyweight bout in the main event, Thiago Santos and Jamahal Hill meet Saturday at UFC on ESPN 40 — also known as UFC Vegas 59 — at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Below, we analyze the UFC on ESPN 40 Santos vs. Hill odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
The card can be viewed on ESPN/ESPN+ with the prelims starting at 7 p.m. ET and the main card at 10 p.m. ET.
Santos limps into this bout with a 1-4 record across his last 5 showings, including a unanimous-decision (UD) loss to Magomed Ankalaev last time out in the main event at UFC Vegas 50 in mid-March.
The lone victory for Santos during the 5-fight stretch was a UD win over Johnny Walker in the main event in early Oct. 2021. Each of his last 3 fights, and 4 of his last 5, have resulted in decisions.