Ladies and gentlemen, International Fight Week is in full swing and the climax of this epic pay-per-view event will be this coming Saturday. UFC 290 At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Will witness the main event Alexander Volkanovsky Bear the courage Yair Rodriguez In a match scheduled to unify the UFC Featherweight Championship. Here are your best bets for Saturday night.
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Cameron Siman vs. Terrence Mitchell
In the distinctive bantamweight scrap of early prelims, Cameron Simon He is set to meet Terrence Mitchell. South African Saiman will go into the match as the heavy favourite. The undefeated 22-year-old is 8-0 pro, 2-0 in the UFC, and won Dana White’s Contender Series during Josh Wang Kim. With solid punching power and respectable grappling, Saaiman has six finishes.
with Christian Rodriguez After dropping out of the card, Terrence Mitchell steps up to fill the void. Mitchell is on a four-fight winning streak, competing in the Alaskan regional scene. Mitchell hasn’t seen a professional lose since 2010, but he lost a hard fight to watch against Kay Kara France In The Ultimate Fighter 24.
The odds in this fight make it difficult to put any green on the money line, so maybe this fight is a good throw in the investment. Anyway, we’ll take a prop bet here.
Fight Pick: Cameron Syman via unanimous decision
Tatsuro Taira vs. Edgar Shire
In another fight with heavy odds, the weights match will close the early preliminaries. Tatsuro Taira He goes into battle 13-0 as a professional and is 22-0 across his amateur and professional career combined. Japan’s Taira is 3-0 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, having found finals in his last two bouts.
Edgar Cherries He gets the call to make his UFC debut in this fight. At 10-4, the 27-year-old is enjoying a winning streak. Chairez was terminated three times with all of these losses by tap-out. Taira has seven submissions to his name, so expect this submission to end in a similar fashion.
Fight Pick: Tatsuro Taira via Round 2 submission
Jacques della Maddalena vs. Josiah Harrell
Moving on to the raw card, he was ranked 14th at welterweight Jacques della Maddalena will face. . . A man who does not have a profile picture on the UFC website. If that fact alone doesn’t scream big money at Della Maddalena, who knows what does. Australia’s rising star is 14-2 professionally with his first two fights being his only career losses. Blazing his way to a 4-0 in short order with the UFC, Della Maddalena has found finishing touches in all four of those bouts.
Josiah HarrellThe man without a face covers for Sean Brady In this fight after Brady was killed by an injury. Harrell is 7-0 as is the former Ohio Fighting League champion. The 24-year-old had never seen the referees’ scorecards and picked up an LFA victory in his final fight.
Harrell looks great on paper, but Della Maddalena is not one or two, but three or four jumps ahead of the competition over her previous seven opponents. Don’t overthink this. Della Maddalena is the chosen man.
Fight Pick: Jack Della Maddalena via TKO/KO
Robbie Lawler vs. Nico Price
To close out the primary card, the soon-to-be UFC legend and Hall of Famer Robbie Lawler You will perform the dance one last time against Nico Price in welterweight.
Lawler enters the match as a mild underdog with many citing his age and recent losses to justify the money streak. Price, who hasn’t been impressive, is 1-3 in his last five games without a contest. The price is as tricky as they come but it is wild and likes to enter the range with its caution down. Everything in my heart wants to see Ruthless leave on top, so this will be my heartiest pick of the week.
Fight Pick: Robbie Lawler, Moneyline
Robert Whitaker vs. Dricos du Plessis
A battle between the ranks of the highest ranked psychics is set to go down on the PPV card. Robert Whitaker, who hasn’t lost to a man named “Israel Adesanya” since 2014, is one of the 185 greatest people to ever do so. Whitaker has held off the wins Marvin vectorsAnd Kelvin GastelumAnd Jared Canonier In his last four matches, his only loss was against “Stylebender”.
Dricos du Plessiswhich ranks fifth in the division, has some wins over respected names like Darren Teal And Derek Bronson. Those wins would mean a little more if the 29-year-old hadn’t faced a lurch until Teal and Bronson grew up.
This fight will show how ingenious Du Plessis is, but the “Reaper” will definitely not fall. Whitaker’s experience, determination, and incredibly powerful hitting would prove to be more than Du Plessis could handle.
Fighting pick: Robert Whitaker Moneyline
Brandon Moreno vs. Alexander Pantoja
In a match that didn’t seem to get much attention, the UFC flyweight title would be up for grabs. Brandon Moreno He has broken into stardom over the past few years, mainly due to his rivalry with four fights Davison Figueiredo. Now on top of the squad, he’ll do battle with Alexander Pantoja– A man fell on him twice.
Pantoja defeated Moreno in 2016 at TUF 24 Season in an exhibition fight. “The Cannibal” will face “Assassin Baby” again in 2018 in a fight that he will win via unanimous decision. Since that fight, Pantoja has fought eight times, losing only to Figueiredo and Askar Askrov.
The flyweight champ certainly has the potential to defeat Pantoja. To win this fight, Moreno will have to overcome the mental side of fighting the man he lost to twice. Moreno has proven that he is not just resilient octagon But also the determination to persevere through obstacles and overcome setbacks. Moreno will find victory on Saturday night.
Fighting pick: Brandon Moreno Moneyline