UFC Fight Night 266 takes place on Saturday at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. This card features a UFC Bantamweight fight between Mario Bautista and Vinicius Oliveira as the Main Event. Here are our best bets for this UFC card, which 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 266 Main Card fights.
UFC Fight Night 266 Main Card Best Bets
UFC best bet: Vinicius Oliveira ML over Mario Bautista (+142)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable at +142 or better.
The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 266 will see Mario Bautista take on Vinicius Oliveira. This will be a fight in the UFC Bantamweight division. Oliveira enters this fight with an MMA record of 23-3 and 5-0 in the UFC. He is averaging 5.28 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 43%. Oliveira is absorbing 2.89 strikes and has a striking defense of 57%. He also has solid grappling, averaging 1.67 takedowns every 15 minutes. His takedown accuracy is 50%, and his takedown defense is 80%.
While Bautista is the decent-sized favorite in this fight, Oliveira looks to be the best betting option. For one, Oliveira is perfect in the UFC, while Bautista is coming off a loss in his most recent fight. Oliveira also has the advantage in grappling and has a comparable striking volume to Bautista. Further, Oliveira absorbs much less damage compared to Bautista; therefore, backing Oliveira to win will be our best bet.
Read our full Mario Bautista vs. Vinicius Oliveira prediction
UFC prediction: Kyoji Horiguchi Win by Decision over Amir Albazi (-140)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing. Playable to -140.
The Co-Main Event at UFC Fight Night 266 will see Amir Albazi take on Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be a fight in the UFC Flyweight division. Horiguchi enters this fight with an MMA record of 34-5 and 7-1 in the UFC. He averages 3.60 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 45%. Horiguchi absorbs 2.45 strikes and has a striking defense of 62%. His grappling is also solid, averaging 2.00 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 44% and a takedown accuracy of 55%.
Horiguchi is the heavy favorite in this fight; therefore, we will be targeting the method by which he could win. Horiguchi has the advantage in both striking volume and grappling, while also having won his last 4 UFC fights in a row, while Albazi is coming off his first UFC loss. Horiguchi also absorbs much less damage compared to Albazi; therefore, backing Horiguchi to win by decision will be our play.
Read our full Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Amir Albazi prediction
UFC pick: Jailton Almeida ML over Rizvan Kuniev (-142)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable to -142.
The fourth fight on the Main Card at UFC Fight Night 266 will see Jailton Almeida take on Rizvan Kuniev. This will be a fight in the UFC Heavyweight division. Almeida enters this fight with an MMA record of 22-4 and 9-2 in the UFC. He is averaging 2.25 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 66%. Almeida absorbs 1.02 strikes and has a striking defense of 35%. His grappling has been elite in the UFC, averaging 6.66 takedowns every 15 minutes and 2.0 submission attempts during the same period. Almeida has a takedown accuracy of 62% and a takedown defense of 60%.
Ameida is the moderate-sized favorite in this fight; however, he still looks to be the best betting option. Not only does Almeida have the advantage in striking volume, but he also has the advantage in grappling. He also has much more UFC experience; therefore, backing Almeida to win will be our play.
Read our full Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev prediction
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