In 21 professional MMA fights, Dricus Du Plessis has gone to a decision just once. He has a kill or be killed fighting style, and that is exactly what we anticipate to see in this bout versus Robert Whittaker. It’s interesting to note that Whittaker has not won a fight by finish since April of 2017. His last 6 wins have all come by decision. That being said, this is a great opportunity for Robert Whittaker to end that streak and land himself a finish against a reckless opponent like Du Plessis. Robert Whittaker has been finished 3 times in his MMA career (twice in the UFC). Du Plessis has 18 finishes on his resume. If Dricus were to pull off the upset, we would anticipate it coming inside the distance. Our wager is on this fight to go under 2.5 total rounds.

The odds on this fight are a bit surprising. These two have fought twice, and Alexandre Pantoja is 2-0 against Brandon Moreno. Both of these fighters are coming off of consecutive wins by finish. Both also have a diverse resume of wins by submission and knockout. This new version of Brandon Moreno inflicts a lot of damage to his opponents. His last fight with Deiveson Figueiredo ended by doctor's stoppage after 3 rounds. In the fight prior to that, Moreno dropped Kai Kara-France with a nasty body shot before finishing him on the ground. Alexandre Pantoja is one of the best submission artists in the UFC. When he gets his opponent's neck, it’s usually a wrap. Simply put, our wager is on this fight not to be decided by the judges.

Bo Nickal has 4 professional MMA fights to his name. The former Penn State wrestling champion has finished each of his opponents easily in round 1. Nickal is the largest betting favorite in UFC history tonight for a reason. However at +750 odds, we are willing to take a flier on Val Woodburn to survive for 5 minutes. Woodburn is making his UFC debut with a 7-0 professional record. He was scheduled to debut on Dana White’s Contender Series later this summer. Woodburn won his last two fights by decision, and he has never been finished in 14 career amateur and professional fights. We are risking a quarter unit on Bo Nickal to win this fight in round 2.

At (+1000) odds, this is a spot we are willing to take a flier. If you’re not familiar with Denise Gomes, she’s a powerful striker for the women’s strawweight division. Gomes won by KO/TKO in her last fight. Prior to joining the UFC, Gomes had won 4 of her trailing 5 fights by knockout. Her opponent Yazmin Jauregui is undefeated (10-0). Yazmin Jauregui has 7 knockouts in here MMA carreer. Our concern with Yazmin is that she absorbs a lot of damage on the feet (4.2 significant strikes absorbed per minute). Yazmin was dropped by Estela Nunes in her last fight. We anticipate some exciting exchanges on the feet in this matchup. Both fighters look to be live for a knockout. At these 10-1 odds, we will take a small flier on Gomes to win by KO/TKO.