UFC 321 takes place on Saturday at the Etihad Arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. It features a UFC Heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl as the Main Event and a UFC Women’s Strawweight title fight between Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern as the Co-Main Event. Here are our UFC 321 best bets, which will include 2 fights on the Main Card.
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UFC 321 Main Card Best Bets
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UFC 321 best bet: Tom Aspinall Win by KO/TKO over Ciryl Gane (-125)
The Main Event at UFC 321 will see Tom Aspinall take on Ciryl Gane. This will be a fight in the UFC Heavyweight division and will be for the UFC Heavyweight title. Aspinall enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-3 and 8-1 in the UFC. He averages 8.07 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 67%. Aspinall absorbs 2.89 strikes and has a striking defense of 65%. His grappling has also been elite, averaging 3.27 takedowns every 15 minutes and 1.6 submission attempts during the same period. Aspinall has a takedown accuracy of 100% and a takedown defense of 100%.
Gane enters this fight with an MMA record of 13-2 and 10-2 in the UFC. He is averaging 5.26 strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 61%. Gane is absorbing 2.23 strikes and has a striking defense of 61%. His grappling is decent at best, averaging 0.70 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 25% and a takedown defense of 43%.
Aspinall is the heavy favorite in this fight, mainly because he holds the UFC Heavyweight title. Because of this, we will target the method by which Aspinall will win. Through 9 UFC fights, Aspinall has seen all of them end by finish. He has won 8 times by finish in the UFC and 6 times by KO/TKO, including his last 3 fights in a row. Based on this, backing Aspinall to win by KO/TKO will be our best bet.
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UFC 321 prediction: Azamat Murzakanov ML over Aleksander Rakic (-110)
The first fight on the Main Card at UFC 321 will see Aleksander Rakic take on Azamat Murzakanov. This will be a fight in the UFC Light Heavyweight division. Murzakanov enters this fight with a record of 15-0 and 6-0 in the UFC. He averages 4.93 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 57%. Murzakanov absorbs 2.86 strikes and has a striking defense of 61%. His grappling has been decent, averaging 0.58 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 15% and a takedown defense of 83%.
Rakic enters this fight with an MMA record of 14-5 and 6-4 in the UFC. He averages 4.16 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 50%. Rakic absorbs 2.91 strikes and has a striking defense of 51%. His grappling is decent at best, averaging 0.66 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 23% and a takedown defense of 85%.
This fight is evenly matched; however, Murzakanov looks to be the better betting option. Murzakanov has the advantage in striking volume, plus he is perfect in the UFC. Rakic, on the other hand, has lost 3 UFC fights in a row. Because of this, backing Murzakanov to win will be our best bet.
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