UFC Vegas 65 is upon us and will be taking place this Saturday, November 19th, 2022 at the Apex Center in Las Vegas Nevada. The prelims will begin at 1pm eastern and feature a matchup between Charles Johnson and Zhalgas Zhumagulov. Following that will be the main card, starting at 4pm eastern and finishing off with a heavyweight matchup between Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac.

Muslim Salikhov  vs.  Andre Fialho

Muslim is the older fighter in the cage and has power in his hands. Muslim is a one-two puncher who can knock out someone with his power. Fialho is not a durable fighter and that is the worrisome part of his game. If Muslim can hit him a few times and rock the body of Fialho, Muslim will be able to handle him. The price tag of Muslim stands out at $8,300 on DraftKings in a huge way to me where he can go into another gear wanting to knock out Fialho.

Chase Sherman  vs.  W. Cortes-Acosta

Another heavyweight fight! Waldo is a boxer in the cage and that is his fighting history. Sherman is decent on the feet and the leg kicks will be able to hurt Waldo who has trouble defending them. Waldo just fought two weeks ago and hurting by far. Sherman has all the tools to win this fight and hurt Waldo even more. Give me the underdog in Sherman who can work his gameplan and come in as a ultimate value play at $7,100 on Draftkings. 

Z. Zhumagulov  vs.  Charles Johnson

Both of these fighters are going to need a win badly. Zhumagulov is coming off of two losses. Zhumagulov has power and decent on the feet but his UFC path has not been great. Charles is going to want this win to get his first win in the UFC. Charles is going to push the pace and fire his striking quickly. I am liking Charles to earn this win by just his pure energy in the cage. Give me Johnson up top at $8,700 DraftKings price tag. 

Derrick Lewis  vs.  Sergey Spivak

The Main Event! Spivak is going to come in wanting to grapple while Lewis is going to try to use his power. Spivak will try to work around the power of Lewis. All it takes is one shot by Lewis but I am trusting Spivak to take down Lewis any moment in time. The worrisome part is Lewis is getting older and his recent form has been off. Spivak will be able to work the body and take care of business. I know this is a step up in competition for Spivac but he has earned this fight. I know the price tag is high at $9,200 for Spivak on Draftkings, but I love it as an GPP option.