UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev Picks and Predictions

Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev is the main event for UFC 282 betting on Saturday from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They will fight for the light heavyweight championship after Jiri Procházka vacated the title due to an injury and Glover Teixeira turned down a replacement fight.

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev is on.

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Jan Blachowicz is the No. 3 ranked light heavyweight contender. Magomed Ankalaev is one spot behind Blacowicz in the rankings. Blachaiv lost the title to Teixeira last year, but he bounced back with a TKO win against Aleksandar Rakic in May. Ankalav is on a nine-fight winning streak and has just one loss in his MMA career.

UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev is on tonight. Our prediction is compiled from the analysis of the fighters and is an indication of who we are leaning with to win this bout.

Blachowicz was on top of the world before a submission loss to Teixeira. He was a slight +160 underdog against Rakic. Ankalaev has more power than Rakics and is more versatile.

Both of these fighters are coming off TKO wins. Rakic collapsed with a knee injury in the third round versus Blachowicz. Smith couldn't put up a fight in second round after competitive opening frame. Ankalaev's previous three fights had gone the distance.