The UFC returns to Australia Using UFC 221, headlined by an interim-title showdown Involving middleweights Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero.
The event comes with 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 overall record to 18-11, but we lost a bit of cash last week, lowering our overall profit down to $66.33. (Maybe I need to return and read my 6 Tips for Successful MMA Betting?)
Time to contact our ways with the best bets for UFC 221.
BEN NGUYEN (+100) VS JUSSIER FORMIGA (-120)
Jussier Formiga (20-5) can grapple and contains among the best back matches in the company. He’s an absolute leech if he gets his pins. But though Formiga has a much better body of work contrary to some world-class guys in the division, it is hard 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 keep his fights standing. Why? Because if his fights stay upright, he will knock off his opponent’s head. He is a prospective title contender who’s only UFC reduction came in what was a slobber-knocker of a fight into Louis Smolka.
This +100 moneyline for Nguyen at BetOnline is a nice round number.
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