Matthew Lowrimore
UFC Fight Night 259 takes place on Saturday at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. This card features a UFC Featherweight fight between Diego Lopes and Jean Silva 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 259 Main Card fights.
UFC Fight Night 259 Main Card Best Bets
UFC best bet: Jean Silva ML over Diego Lopes (-238)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing.
The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 259 will see Diego Lopes take on Jean Silva. This will be a fight in the UFC Featherweight division. Silva enters this fight with an MMA record of 16-2 and 6-0 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.87 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 52%. Silva absorbs 4.13 strikes and has a striking defense of 56%. Silva has been a decent grappler in the UFC, averaging 0.60 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 50% and a takedown defense of 86%.
Silva is the considerable favorite in this fight, but still looks to be the best betting option. He has won all of his UFC fights and has the edge in both striking volume and grappling. Further, Silva has won his last five fights by finish; therefore, backing Silva to win will be our play.
Read our full Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva prediction
UFC prediction: David Martinez ML over Rob Font (+114)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing
The Co-Main Event at UFC Fight Night 259 will see Rob Font take on David Martinez. This will be a fight in the UFC Bantamweight division. Martinez enters this fight with an MMA record of 12-1 and 2-0 in the UFC. He is averaging 5.40 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 52%. Martinez absorbs 2.70 strikes per minute and has a striking defense of 67%. He has not shown any grappling ability, but has a takedown defense of 100%.
Font is the slight favorite in this fight, but has been inconsistent recently, making Martinez a solid betting option to pull off the upset. Martinez has been perfect in the UFC thus far, while Font is 3-4 over his last 7 UFC fights. Further, Martinez has been much better at absorbing damage and has a perfect takedown defense to counter the advantage Font has in grappling. For that reason, backing Martinez to win will be our play.
Read our full Rob Font vs. David Martinez prediction
UFC pick: Santiago Luna ML over Quang Le (-135)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing
The first fight on the Main Card at UFC Fight Night 259 will see Santiago Luna take on Quang Le. This will be a fight in the UFC Bantamweight division. Luna enters this fight with an MMA record of 6-0, and this will be his official UFC debut.
Luna may be making his UFC debut in this fight, but he is still the small favorite. He has won all 6 of his career MMA fights by finish, 2 by KO/TKO and 4 by submission. Le, on the other hand, has had an inconsistent start to the UFC; therefore, backing Luna to win his debut will be our play.
Read our full Santiago Luna vs. Quang Le prediction
