#Light Heavyweights

Once again, the vacant UFC light heavyweight title is up for grabs at UFC 283. The fourth fight of an epic flyweight rivalry will also occur at the event. Glover Teixeira faces Jamahal Hill for light heavyweight gold in the main event of UFC 283 on January 21. In the co-main event, Deiveson Figueiredo defends the UFC flyweight title against Brandon…

Best bets and analysis for Saturday's UFC Fight Night card, headlined by heavy favorite Jamahal Hill fighting Thiago Santos. The UFC returns to its home at the Apex in Las Vegas following an amazing card last weekend at UFC 277. The main event features two light heavyweights getting the Octagon doors locked behind them in a scheduled five-round…

A new light heavyweight champion will be crowned and a superstar could emerge in the UFC's final pay-per-view event of the year. UFC 282 lands inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night with a card that has plenty of opportunity for thrills despite its shortage of star power. Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev tip the bill…

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UFC 283 marks the promotion's first visit to Brazil in two years and first pay-per-view in the country since UFC 237 in May 2019. Unusual circumstances at the end of 2022 led to a main event booked on six weeks' notice, complimenting an extraordinary rivalry entering its fourth consecutive year of competition. Glover Teixeira vs. Jamahal Hill was…

UFC 282 goes down this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 14 fights on the card in total, which is headlined by light heavyweights Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz, who square off for the vacant 205 lbs title. We'll break down that main event, plus two other bouts in our best UFC picks right here at Bookies. The main…

UFC 282, the promotion's final pay-per-view event of the year, is set to be a doozy when Jan Blachowicz (29-9, 12-6 UFC) and Magomed Ankalaev (18-1, 9-1 UFC) punch it out for the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship. The original headlining fight between champion Jiri Prochazka and challenger Glover Teixeira was scrapped due to an injury on…

An epic rematch was meant to take place at UFC 282 between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira. Now, following an injury to the former, two top contenders will battle to determine a UFC light heavyweight champion on December 10. Jan Blachowicz faces Magomed Ankalaev for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title. Prochazka, who injured his shoulder…

The biggest PPV event of the year is finally here. UFC is back in the Middle East for UFC 280 on Saturday night from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The card features a pair of title fights atop the marquee along with rising contenders primed to take the next step on the road to the gold. It doesn't get much bigger than the vacant lightweight title bout…

Ryan Bader says he considers himself a "hybrid" heavyweight, big enough to exchange with the power punchers while elusive enough to maintain an edge in athleticism over his opponents. The Bellator heavyweight champion believes his versatility will be the deciding factor when he faces interim champion Valentin Moldavsky for the unified title…

This week's UFC card has two title-fight rematches, with the question being whether the outcome will be different in either or both. But there are also several future title contenders inside the Octagon on Saturday, and I like one in particular in the light heavyweight division. Light heavyweights Identifying a parlay anchor is always useful. You…

Suffering from back-to-back losses for just the second time in his career, former two-time heavyweight title challenger Derrick Lewis looks to get back into the win column this Saturday. Lewis lost via knockout to Tai Tuivasa at UFC 271 and followed that with a TKO loss to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 277. Sergey Spivak has back-to-back TKO wins over…

After several thrilling pay-per-view events, the UFC will host another intriguing main event on November 19 when heavyweights Derrick Lewis (26-10, 17-8 UFC) and Sergey Spivak (15-3, 6-3 UFC) square off. The five-round bout will headline the UFC Vegas 65 card at the Apex in Las Vegas. Prelim fights begin at 1 p.m. ET, while the main card starts at…

Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo are out to prove they have what it takes to fight UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso and Araujo headline UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. Grasso (14-3) has finally found consistency in the UFC after an impressive run on the regional scene. The Mexican fighter…

On this stacked preliminary card of UFC 281, one of the key matchups will be the fight between light heavyweights Dominick Reyes (12-3) and Ryan Spann (20-7). These two fighters are looking to move up into the division's top half with a big win this Saturday in New York City. Dominick Reyes is coming off a KO loss to the current champion Jiri…

Perhaps no fighter in boxing has had a bigger win in 2022 than Dmitry Bivol. Bivol defeated Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in May, retaining his WBA light heavyweight championship and becoming the first man to defeat Alvarez since Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013. On Saturday, Bivol looks to build on the momentum of the Alvarez win when he faces undefeated…

My biggest UFC play of the year is always on some random card. A week before one of the most hyped combat sports events ever, of course, it's this week. But, we'll try to complement it with a fifth straight win for the two-legger and an interesting dart in the main event. UFC Vegas 62: Grasso vs. Araujo will take place Saturday from the UFC Apex…

Latvian-Canadian UFC veteran Misha Cirkunov will be looking to snap his three-fight losing streak this weekend against Alonzo Menifield. The alumni of 12 UFC bouts made his name by first earning four straight victories to start off his promotional career, however at the pinnacle of the sport, losing to future or former title challengers like Volkan…

UFC returns after an off week this Saturday night for UFC Vegas 62: Grasso vs. Araujo. The card features 12 fights in total, including the main event between top-ranked women's flyweights Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo. We'll break down the headliner and give our for that fight and two other undercard bouts right here in our UFC Vegas 62 best bets…

A hectic Friday has created a brand new fight card for UFC 279 on Saturday night. The event, slated for the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, was set to see rising welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev take on Nate Diaz in what many believed to be his final fight with the promotion. Instead, Chimaev missed weight by an astounding 7.5 pounds and…

The card for UFC 279 underwent a complete overhaul Friday afternoon. Our betting experts were on top of it all and offer up their best bets for the new-look Diaz-Ferguson card below. The UFC 279 main card underwent a complete overhaul after Khamzat Chimaev missed weight for his scheduled main event welterweight bout with Nate Diaz by an astonishing…

Before MMA became my obsession (and career), I spent a great deal of time at the horse races, both thoroughbred and standardbred, which is "the one with the guys in the little carts behind the horses," as I often had to explain. Going to and betting on the ponies was a family tradition passed down for generations, and what started as a day to get…