Back in action this week for UFC Fight Night Vegas 108. We have new fights incoming to save the card as one of the guys in the main event pulled out, so it should be another interesting night in the Apex Arena for these guys.
We have 12 fights as of now, very interesting DFS matchups up and down the roster on this one and we are now headlined by Taira vs Park. Austin Bashi vs Yannis just got thrown into the mix as well, and we have a few other known guys fighting which should make it a fun card to play. There are four favorites whose money lines are over -400 and Taira is barely below that, so a very top heavy card here. DK does not have the Bashi fight in the player pool yet, so keep an eye out for that one.
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$9,000+ PRICE POINT
RAFAEL ESTEVAM
He has 2 fights in the UFC, and has 14 takedowns. He is coming off 11 takedowns his last win, Bunes is awful at takedown defense, which means it will truly be a grappler vs striker approach here and I will side with the undefeated guy who is 7 years younger coming off 2 wrestle heavy wins in a row. He averages 94 DK points in his 2 wins, but the 11 takedown performance was a monster score and I think we see something in the middle of those two performances here.
ESTEBAN RIBOVICS
He averages over 8 significant strikes per minute, when he gets wins he scores 100+, and he is fighting Brener who is okay but also is a striker who looks to bang and has less than half the output as Esteban. I will take the high volume guy who has shown he can finish people inside the distance with the striking.
$8,000 – $8,900 PRICE POINT
RODOLFO VIEIRA
This is a fight that the guys are pretty fairly matched in the metrics, however Gore allows twice the amount of strikes to hit him than Vieira does, while having a lower output on the feet, and Rodolfo averages more takedowns per fight. I am kind of surprised Gore is already back in the cage after Tulio pieced him up on the feet. Vieira by finish here.
ELIZEU ZALESKI
I don’t really love this pick as a heavy target for DFS. I realize Magny has been god awful lately, so that plus Zaleski having a little more power and higher output has me on him. He will need to get inside Magny’s big 7 inch reach advantage, but if he should find a way in and piece Magny up.
Under $8,000 PRICE POINT
NORA CORNOLLE
It is kind of slim pickings down here as not many dogs look great. Nora is only a +150 dog. Rosa has 0 finishes in the UFC with 10 decisions in a row, is not a big grappler as she only has 12 takedowns total over those 10 fights, while Nora has 3 wins in her 4 UFC fights with different methods to victory in each. In a close women’s fight I am going to lean the dog more times than not absent a distinct grappling advantage.
NATHAN FLETCHER
Nakamura waltzed into his last fight as an undefeated prospect and a massive betting favorite just to be exposed with god awful striking. His only plan of attack was to shoot takedowns. I think we see these two come out and be evenly matched and Fletcher show Rinya that his standup still is not good enough for the UFC and ward off takedowns en route to a boring decision win.
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