The UFC returns to Australia with UFC 221, headlined by an showdown Involving Yoel Romero and middleweights Luke Rockhold.
The event features a tilt between New Zealander Mark Hunt and 26-year-old Curtis Blaydes.
Last week’s Best Bets for UFC Fight Night 125 went 2-1. (The John Dodson scrap was canceled.) That pushes our general record to 18-11, but we dropped a little cash a week, decreasing our overall benefit down to $66.33. (Maybe I need to return and read my 6 Tips for Successful MMA Betting?)
Time to contact our profitable ways with the top bets for UFC 221.
BEN NGUYEN (+100) VS JUSSIER FORMIGA (-120)
Jussier Formiga (20-5) can grapple and has one of the best back games in the business. He’s an absolute leech when he gets his pins. But though Formiga has a much better body of work against some world-class men in the branch, it is difficult to bet against rising star Ben Nguyen (16-6).
“Ben 10” has improved certain aspects of his game, like scrambling and takedown defense, in order to maintain his struggles standing. Why? He’ll knock away the head of his opponent because if his fights stay upright. He is a prospective title contender who’s just UFC loss came in what was a slobber-knocker of a struggle to Louis Smolka.
That +100 moneyline for Nguyen at BetOnline is a nice round number to bet on.
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