Fight Night Ramos vs Lingo Betting Analysis and Prediction

Coming off of a historic UFC 285 event in Las Vegas, the company is back with another event at a unique venue. With a handful of awesome matchups, it is great that they will be in front of a live audience. 

Let’s take a look at a featherweight bout between Ricardo Ramos and Austin Lingo. These two will be battling it out to see who will move forward into the rankings of the stacked featherweight division. Read further for a Ramos vs Lingo betting analysis and prediction before making bets this weekend. 

Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo Information

Ricardo Ramos vs Austin Lingo

Location: The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, NV.

Date and Time: Saturday,March 11, 2023, 6:00 PM ET.

Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo Last Fight Record

Ramos is making his first appearance on the UFC schedule since June of 2022. He beat Danny Chavez via first-round spinning back elbow KO.

Lingo is looking to add on to his back-to-back victories, the last one coming against Luis Saldana way back in August of 2021.

Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo Betting Analysis

Ricardo Ramos Facts to Know

Ramos is a very talented Brazilian martial artist with some of the legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu skills he brings into the octagon. The 16-4 fighter has a total of four KOs and seven submission victories in his professional MMA career. 

Ramos has more experience than Lingo, and that is one of the main advantages he will have this weekend. Ramos has averaged 3.32 significant strikes landed per minute and 3.82 significant strikes absorbed. The standup game is certainly not the go-to game plan for Ramos. 

He makes up for his lackluster striking statistics with an impressive 2.58 takedowns per 15 minutes, as well as a 72% takedown defense. Ramos has the same amount of finishes in the UFC as Lingo has total UFC appearances.

Austin Lingo Facts to Know

As Lingo waits to make his return to the UFC this weekend, we need to take a look at how his analytics compare to Ramos. With an impressive 9-1 record, Lingo also has five total finishes under his belt; none coming in the UFC.

Lingo has pretty similar striking numbers, totaling 4.00 significant strikes landed per minute and 3.82 absorbed. The big factor in this fight will be if he can keep up with his 80% takedown defense he has in the octagon.

Updates

No injuries were reported to the NSAC.

Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo Betting Preview

Putting together a quality Ramos vs Lingo betting preview is difficult when Lingo hasn’t competed in two years. UFC odds have Ramos as a pretty sizeable -350 betting favorite over the 9-1 fighter. 

Lingo has all the question marks around him this fight week. How will he be able to compete with potentially having “ring rust”? It will be interesting to see if Lingo has made any serious jumps in skill with these two years off and spending time in the gym. 

The over/under is set at 2.5 rounds, with the overlooking very juicy at this point. Both fighters have not finished a lot of fights in recent memory, and it will be a pretty even-matched bout. 

The key to victory will be within the grappling exchanges for both men. If Ramos can get Lingo to the ground, that is where he can really break him down and even potentially lock up a submission. 

Lingo has the power advantage for striking, but this fight will really revolve around the grappling. If Lingo can stay on his feet, he will need to throw strikes at a high volume to score on the judges’ scorecards.

Ricardo Ramos vs. Austin Lingo Betting Prediction

We all know how difficult UFC predictions can be, and fights like this one are tough to bet on. If you want to make a play on this fight, take this prediction into account. 

The official Ramos vs Lingo betting prediction is Ramos to get his hand raised. This fight is far too up in the air to make a very confident pick on. Ramos’ moneyline is not very valuable, so think about adding it as a leg to your weekend parlay, or look deeper into the betting lines.

If you love Lingo, his only path to victory seems to be if he knocks Ramos out early. If he hurts Ramos badly in rounds 1 or 2, this fight can shift in his favor very quickly. Round three is going to be tough for Ramos to finish the fight with how sweaty both men will be, but Ramos needs to start off strong and win round 1 or 2. 

The fight going the distance is at -110, and that seems like the best bet for this matchup this weekend.