UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Odds, Main Event Prediction

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Following a wild pay-per-view event, the UFC is back for a fight night card on Saturday featuring two top 10 Lightweights.

Rafael Fiziev has been on a roll since entering the UFC, winning his last five after dropping his debut. He now faces his toughest challenger in former champion Rafael Dos Anjos. Dos Anjos is the far older fighter, but has looked great since spending some time at Welterweight. Can he maintain his standing as a title contender, or will the 11-1 Fiziev continue his rise up the rankings?

Here are the odds for the full fight card from WynnBET Sportsbook and a main event preview:

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Odds

  • Ronnie Lawrence (-135) vs. Saidyokub Kakhramonov (+115)
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu (-120) vs. Karl Roberson (+100)
  • Cody Brundage (+105) vs. Tresean Gore (-125)
  • Antonioa Shevchenko (-180) vs. Cortney Casey (+150)
  • Aiemann Zahabi (-195) vs. RIcky Turcios (+160)
  • Cynthia Calvillo (-145) vs. Nina Nunes (+125)
  • Michael Johnson (+195) vs. Jamie Mullarkey (-245)
  • Jared Vanderaa (-180) vs. Chase Sherman (+150)
  • Douglas Silva de Andrade (+210) vs. Said Nurmagomedov (-260)
  • Caio Borralho (-205) vs. Armen Petrosyan (+170)
  • Rafael dos Anjos (+180) vs. Rafael Fiziev (-220)

Rafael dos Anjos vs. Rafael Fiziev Main Event Prediction and Pick

Fiziev packs power behind his strikes, but this is a serious step up for him after knocking out Brad Riddell in his last victory.

Dos Anjos has incredible cardio and is more than capable of keeping a pace on for 25 minutes. He is 4-4 in the UFC in five round fights against some of the best in the industry: Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington to name a few. We haven't seen Fiziev tested like this in his 12 fight career.

Fiziev has been able to use a size advantage as well as a power advantage to overwhelm his opponents, but that won't be the case here against dos Anjos, who has looked to be in incredible shape in his past two victories. The Brazilian is an excellent grappler and can present different looks than Fiziev has seen in his young career.

At this number, I'm going to back the more proven product to hand Fiziev the loss. While there is some merit in backing 'Ataman' by an early finish, dos Anjos hasn't been finished since 2016. This has all the makings of a dos Anjos decision victory based around him taking over in rounds four and five.

LEAN: dos Anjos ML (+180)


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