Sherdog’s Jay Pettry pours with one favorite he expects to smash, adds some violence with a pair of feisty flyweights and sprinkles in a little magic for a titanic upset.
tucks its tail and heads back to the UFC Apex on Saturday in Las Vegas with a show that it planned on delivering to Saudi Arabia, only to be rejected for lack of quality. From a betting perspective, this event is bananas, with eight of the 11 fights seeing one fighter favored at -300 or above, so wager at your peril.
While hoisting the famed name of a certain former Russian lightweight champ, the rise of this particular Nurmagomedov has hardly been meteoric despite his performances. After four lopsided wins in the Octagon, where he displayed not only his acumen for grappling but also his ability to lay waste to bantamweights on the feet, Nurmagomedov still does not have a top-10 opponent and has only averaged a little over one fight per year.
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