UFC Fight Night: Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba Betting Prediction

After a rare vacant weekend on the UFC schedule, the best fight organization in the world is back in action this Saturday night in Las Vegas. With a great card full of very interesting fights. One of the must-see bouts will be this light heavyweight matchup between the exciting duo of Philipe Lins and Ion Cutelaba.

Read further for a closer look at this matchup and the official Lins vs Cutelaba prediction ahead of making your bets this weekend.

Lins vs. Cutelaba Information

Philipe Lins vs Ion Cutelaba

Location of the fight: UFC APEX, Las Vegas, NV.

Date and Time: Saturday, October 07. 10:00 PM ET

How to Watch: ESPN+

Last Fight Record

• Lins is coming off a unanimous decision win over Maxim Grishin in June.
• Cutelaba is looking to keep the momentum. Following a huge TKO win over Tanner Boser in April of this year.

Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba Betting Analysis

Philipe Lins

Lins is a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a professional record of 17-5. With nine TKO/KO wins and four submissions under his belt at the age of 38. He’s listed at 6’2” with an impressive 78” reach while fighting out of the orthodox stance.

“Monstro” has fought his way through the lower organizations like Bellator and PFL to make it to the highest level in the UFC in the back half of his career. In the octagon, Lins averages 3.59 significant strikes landed and 3.73 significant strikes absorbed per minute.

He also adds an impressive 100% takedown defense and 1.55 takedowns of his own per 15 minutes spent in the famous UFC octagon cage.

Ion Cutelaba

Cutelaba is a 29-year-old fighter representing the country of Moldova with a professional MMA record of 17-9-1 with 13 KOs and two submissions.

After losing three fights in a row against some of the top light heavyweights in the world, Cutelaba scored a huge TKO win over a talented Tanner Boser to get himself back into the mix of this exciting division.

“The Hulk” has that fight alias because of his rageful style of fighting paired with his impressive Hulk-ish physique standing at 6’1” with not too much body fat for a light heavyweight. He also has a reach listed at 75” while fighting out of the southpaw stance.

His style comes with high offensive output–as portrayed in the statistics. Averaging over 4.63 significant strikes landed per minute, and 4.75 takedowns landed per 15 minutes spent in the octagon at a 58% clip.

Updates

No injuries have been reported to the UFC.

Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba Betting Preview

The Lins vs Cutelaba prediction is very interesting because the skillsets of both guys are very similar. And they both have the ability to end the fight in seconds. Let’s take a closer look at the available betting lines and watch some tape on both of these elite athletes.

According to UFC odds, Cutelaba is coming in as the slight -140 betting favorite over the +115 Brazilian. It wouldn’t be surprising if those lines closed at closer to EVEN odds by Saturday night.

The bout is heavily favored to end inside the distance at -350. This proves to you how the oddsmakers expect this one to go with these two killers standing in front of each other.

Risk Factor

After watching the tape, Lins shows two different versions of himself when he competes. Sometimes, he seems to have that switch turned on, and sometimes he doesn’t.

His style allows him to be hit. Which can be really bad at this level and in the light heavyweight division. He also has added a wrinkle to his offense by switching stances and throwing power shots from both stances back-to-back.

Cutelaba’s tape shows how dynamic of an athlete he is. Being as physically strong as Cutelaba is, it’s rare to be able to move with the fluidity and speed that he has shown.

There have been hiccups in his journey so far, but that’s because he’s been in the octagon with some of the best in the world. MMA is a sport where losses shouldn’t be looked at in such a negative light.

Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba Betting Prediction

UFC predictions are the toughest to make in all of sports betting because it’s the home of the best in the world. And they fight each other every weekend.

The sport of MMA is very unpredictable. And this matchup is a perfect example of a fight where you should look at it as a 50/50 outcome.

• The official Lins vs Cutelaba prediction is that Cutelaba will win via TKO/KO.

His explosiveness and power are going to be too much for Lins to handle. Lins doesn’t move off the center line, and Cutelaba is very good at covering distance and landing big right hands.

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