UFC 295 stay from Madison Sq. Backyard!
Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic is out, Tom Aspinall vs Sergei Pavlovich is in, and the cardboard hasn’t missed a beat.
Certain, the cardboard could not get as many PPV buys, however the fights’ high quality gained’t change.
The prelim card kicks off at 6 p.m. ET, and the PPV begins at 10 p.m. ET.
Over the week, I sat down with UFC analyst and former champion Michael Bisping, who’s intimately shut associates with Aspinall.
For a lot of causes, throughout our dialogue, he mentioned the form of form that Aspinall is in.
Take a look at the entire interview and see for your self why precisely he’s in an awesome place heading into this scary gentle heavyweight title combat.
Aspinall additionally sat down with The Put up’s Scott Fontana about his huge alternative.
UFC 295 predictions
Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Procházka
Two kickboxing savants matchup within the UFC gentle heavyweight division when Jiri Procházka seems to be to retain gold in opposition to former middleweight champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira.
Pereia is a stunning favourite on this one after narrowly defeating Jan Blachowicz by a cut up choice, which nobody may have been enthusiastic about main into the choice.
Periera appeared drained as Blachowicz landed a number of takedowns and practically gained the combat.
Procházka, whereas not one of the best grappler, did submit Pereira’s coach, Glover Teixeira, for the sunshine heavyweight title.
It’s undoubtedly regarding that Procházka leaves his chin means too excessive within the air when dealing with an influence puncher like Pereira.
However Procházka merely has an excessive amount of expertise in opposition to gentle heavyweights, and his five-round expertise is an excessive amount of to disregard.
Procházka most likely has the higher fuel tank right here and must be anticipated to win. His moneyline is price betting down at +110 on PointsBet/Fanatics, and my lengthy shot prop of the weekend is Procházka by choice +750 (BetRivers).
Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich
Now that Francis Ngannou has moved on to boxing and the PFL, Sergei Pavlovich is the brand new scariest man within the UFC.
This combat is close to even odds, with Aspinall coming in as an everso slight favourite at -115 with Pavlovich a -105 favourite.
He’s prepared and keen to start out swinging his hammers into his opponent’s head and he completely slaughters fighters with brutal energy.
He faces Tom Aspinall, a prime prospect who Michael Bisping informed The Put up has the potential to dominate the heavyweight division for years to return.
Aspinall is a former boxer who strikes like a middleweight and is extraordinarily well-rounded in all sides of blended martial arts.
Pavlovich has one-hitter-quitter energy, the place he’s basically an auto-knockout if he can clip his opponent.
Bisping official prediction is Aspinall by second-round submission, I used to be additionally on the identical submission prop.
He’s +400 to win by submission on BetRivers Sportsbook, a prop I’m concentrating on.
For those who’re on the lookout for some extra juice, Aspinall by second or third-round submission is +1300 on FanDuel Sportsbook, with the street map being that Aspinall clinches and tires Pavlovich earlier than finally submitting the Russian.
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Tabatha Ricci vs. Lupita Godinez
All of us love girls’s MMA in right here, particularly when a line is that this far off.
It was not way back that Lupita Godinez would solely be favored in opposition to the bottom of the low within the girls’s strawweight division. She as soon as misplaced to Angela Hill earlier than rattling off three-straight wins.
She does look improved on the toes, however I really favor Ricci on the toes right here.
Furthermore, their takedowns, whereas Godinez may be very stable there, aren’t a wash the place Ricci must be anticipated to get smashed.
Ricci is the higher athlete and seems to be in phenomenal form coming into this bout.
Again Ricci by choice +220 on FanDuel Sportsbook, which is a wonderful line in comparison with the remainder of the market.