UFC 320: Josh Emmett vs. Youssef Zalal Prediction for Saturday, 10/04/25

The second fight on the Main Card at UFC 320 will see Josh Emmett take on Youssef Zalal. This will be a fight in the UFC Featherweight division. Emmett enters this fight with an MMA record of 19-5 and 10-5 in the UFC. He is averaging 3.75 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 35%. Emmett absorbs 4.46 strikes and has a striking defense of 60%. His grappling is also decent, averaging 1.09 takedowns every 15 minutes. Emmett has a takedown accuracy of 37% and a takedown defense of 46%.

Zalal enters this fight with an MMA record of 17-5-1 and 7-3-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 3.07 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 50%. Zalal is absorbing 1.80 strikes and has a striking defense of 66%. His grappling is also solid, averaging 2.09 takedowns every 15 minutes and 1.3 submission attempts during the same period. He has a takedown accuracy of 30% and a takedown defense of 59%.

Zalal is one of the biggest favorites on this card; therefore, we will be looking to back Zalal to cover 3.5 points. He has won each of his last 4 UFC fights, while Emmett has lost 3 of his last 4 UFC fights, with two of the losses coming by decision and by a large margin. Because of this, backing Zalal -3.5 will be our play.