UFC Fight Night 250 takes place on Saturday at the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This card features a UFC Middleweight fight between Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov as the Main Event.
Here are our best bets for this UFC card, which will include 3 fights on the Main Card. Be sure to also check out the rest of our UFC predictions for all of the UFC Fight Night 250 Main Card fights.
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing.
The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 250 will see Israel Adesanya take on Nassourdine Imavov. This will be a fight in the UFC Middleweight division. Imavov enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-4 and 7-2 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.51 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 55%. Imavov is absorbing 3.20 strikes and has a striking defense of 59%. His grappling is also decent, averaging 0.98 takedowns every 15 minutes and 1.2 submission attempts over the same period. Imavov has a takedown accuracy of 36% and his takedown defense is 78%.
Adesanya is the moderate-sized favorite in this fight, however, Imavov looks to be a good option to pull the upset. Imavov has the better striking and grappling, while Adesanya is currently in poor form, having lost his last 2 UFC fights and 3 of his last 4. Given the recent struggles for Adesanya, backing Imavov to win will be our best bet.
Read our full Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov prediction
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing
The Co-Main Event at UFC Fight Night 250 will see Shara Magomedov take on Michael Page. This will be a fight in the UFC Middleweight division. Magomedov enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-0 and 4-0 in the UFC. Magomedov is averaging 6.82 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 65%. He absorbs 4.49 strikes and has a striking defense of 42%. While Magomedov has not shown any grappling ability in the UFC, He has a takedown defense of 71%.
Magomedov is the clear favorite in this fight but backing him still looks to be the best betting option. He has proven to have superior striking ability compared to Page, plus he is unbeaten in his MMA career. For that reason, backing Magomedov to win will be our best bet.
Read our full Shara Magomedov vs. Michael Page prediction
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing
The third fight on the Main Card at UFC Fight Night 250 will see Sergei Pavlovich take on Jairzinho Rozenstruik. This will be a fight in the UFC Heavyweight division. Pavlovich enters this fight with an MMA record of 18-3 and 6-3 in the UFC. As for Rozenstruik, he enters this fight with an MMA record of 15-5 and 9-5 in the UFC.
Pavlovich is the overwhelming favorite in this fight; therefore, we will be looking at this fight to end in round 1. Pavlovich has seen 8 of his 9 UFC fights end in round 1, while Rozenstruik has seen 3 of his last 5 UFC fights do the same. Because both fighters have a ton of one-punch knockout power, backing this fight to end in the first round will be our best bet.
Read our full Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik prediction
