UFC on ABC 6 takes place on Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This card features a middleweight fight between Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov 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 on ABC 6 Main Card fights.
The Main Event at UFC on ABC 6 will see Robert Whittaker take on Ikram Aliskerov. This will be a fight in the UFC Middleweight division.
Aliskerov comes into this fight with an MMA record of 15-1 and he is 3-0 in the UFC. Aliskerov is averaging 8.24 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 65%. He is absorbing 7.15 strikes and has a striking defense of 36%. His grappling has been elite thus far, averaging 2.33 takedowns per every 15 minutes and 2.3 submission attempts during the same time period and he has a takedown accuracy of 33%.
While Whittaker is the moderate-sized favorite, backing Aliskerov looks to be the best play. He has the clear edge in striking and grappling, while Whittaker has been inconsistent recently, going just 2-2 in his last 4 UFC fights. Because of this, backing Aliskerov to win will be our UFC on ABC 6 best bet.
The second fight on the Main Card at UFC on ABC 6 will see Shara Magomedov take on Antonio Trocoli. This will be a fight in the UFC Middleweight division.
Magomedov comes into this fight with an MMA record of 12-0 and he is 1-0 in the UFC. On the other side, Trocoli comes into this fight with an MMA record of 12-3 and will be making his UFC debut here, after his original UFC debut was declared a No Contest.
Magomedov is the clear favorite in this fight and because of that, we will be looking at a round total prop. Magomedov has seen 3 of his last 4 UFC fights go over 1.5 rounds, while Trocoli has seen 4 of his last 6 UFC fights do the same. This may be the UFC debut for Trocoli, but because both fighters have been able to go multiple rounds recently, backing the same here will be our best bet.
The first fight on the Main Card at UFC on ABC 6 will see Johnny Walker take on Volkan Oezdemir. This will be a fight in the UFC Light Heavyweight division.
Oezdemir comes into this fight with an MMA record of 19-7 and he is 7-6 in the UFC. Oezdemir is averaging 4.59 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 47%. He is absorbing 3.92 strikes and has a striking defense of 55%. His grappling is not strong at all, averaging just 0.57 takedowns per every 15 minutes. His takedown accuracy is 33% and his takedown defense is 80%.
This fight is very evenly matched with Walker as the slight favorite. However, Oezdemir has the edge in both striking and grappling, therefore backing him to win will be our UFC on ABC 6 best bet.
