{"id":21869,"date":"2023-08-14T10:33:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=21869"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:03:22","slug":"ufc-292-sterling-vs-omalley-predictions-picks-and-betting-odds-august-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/mma\/ufc-292-sterling-vs-omalley-predictions-picks-and-betting-odds-august-19\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 292: Sterling vs O&#8217;Malley Predictions, Picks and Betting Odds August 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 292 Betting Preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/profile\/andy-lang\">UFC WagerTalk handicapper Andy Lang<\/a> gives his UFC <\/span>292 predictions<span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\"> and picks for August 19 with <\/span>Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O&#8217;Malley <span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\">headlining the event in a bantamweight title match. The main card starts up at 10:00pm ET from <\/span>TD Garden in Boston, MA<span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Are you subscribed to WagerTalk TV? If not, what are you waiting for?! Set up alerts so that you never miss an episode of your favorite shows. Drop the gloves with the Puck Time crew and swing for the fences on First Pitch. From betting tips to free picks, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WagerTalk TV<\/a> is your one-stop shop for streaming sports betting content.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WagerTalk also offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/MMA\">Free UFC Picks<\/a> all year long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O&#8217;Malley: UFC 292 Main Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Saturday, August 19<\/th><th>UFC 292 Betting Notes (Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/wlwilliamhillus.adsrv.eacdn.com\/C.ashx?btag=a_3552b_1278c_&amp;affid=32&amp;siteid=3552&amp;adid=1278&amp;c=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caesars<\/a>)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Moneyline:<\/td><td>Aljamain Sterling -265 vs Sean O&#8217;Malley +215<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rounds:<\/td><td>4.5 Rounds (Over +130 \/ Under -165)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fight Time:<\/td><td>Main Card Starts at 10:00pm ET \/ 7:00pm PT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arena:<\/td><td>TD Garden in Boston, MA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TV:<\/td><td>PPV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">UFC 292 Predictions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kurt Holobaugh vs Austin Hubbard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There aren\u2019t any odds out yet at the time I am writing this, but Kurt should win. Hubbard was very unimpressive on TUF, and Hologaugh laid it all out on the line with an incredible fight against Jason Knight where he should have incredible striking and toughness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubbard doesn\u2019t have an upside from what I\u2019ve seen and Holobaugh\u2019s aggression looks to be at a different level. 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Silva is going to be a little big shorter, and Lee will have the reach advantage, and there\u2019s no doubt that Silva has looked great in the UFC going 3-0, but the competition has been lackluster at best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She won by decision against Jasudavicius, and then knocked out Bleda and Leonardo who are nowhere near the caliber of Andrea Lee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Lee has lost two in a row, but to Viviane Araujo, and then an amazing fight against Maycee Barber where she lost by split decision, but I thought she won. She was able to take Barber down several times, and if she can take Barber down, she can take Silva down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silva is lightning fast and a great striker, but this is a massive step up in competition and against Tereza Bleda (a grappler with no cardio), Silva lost the first round and got the KO when Bleda tired, but Bleda had success with takedowns early. Lee won\u2019t have cardio issues, and at this price Lee is absolutely worth a sprinkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karine Silva -170 v Maryna Moroz +142<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t blink in a Karine Silva fight as she has won six in a row, all by finish, and five of those in the first round. It\u2019s tough to predict how she will do as the fight moves into later rounds because we just haven\u2019t seen her cardio tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moroz has not been that active as she only has two fights in a year and a half, and she lost her last fight to Jennifer Maia in a pretty lackluster fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s a striker, but she\u2019s not very creative and doesn\u2019t seem to have much power, and her win against Agapova is a bit misleading at Agapova was fighting very hurt. If Moroz wins, it will probably be by decision, but I think Silva gets another finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She shoots with aggression to get opponents on the ground, and when she gets them down she gets arm bars or chokes. We <strong>don\u2019t need to pay -170 on Silva, we\u2019ll just wait and take her to win inside the distance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gregory Rodrigues -355 v Denis Tiuliulin +280<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodrigues is coming off one of the more confusing losses I\u2019ve seen in a while, and we have to decide if it was a lucky shot, or if his chin is that vulnerable now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was in an insane war against Chidi Njokuani where Rodrigues was seconds away from being finished, but he made an insane comback for the KO win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his next fight he fought Brunno Ferreira, and was winning the first round, but then got knocked out by a counter left that did not look that powerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it was a one-of-a-kind shot, maybe it showed that Rodrigues took long-lasting damage in the Chidi fight, and that\u2019s what we have to decide. Tiuliulin is not good, and his only win in the UFC is against Jamie Pickett who is terrible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was finished in his other two UFC fights, and if Rodrigues is fully recovered, this fight shouldn\u2019t last long. <strong>I like unders in this fight as Rodrigues can easily finish Tiuliulin<\/strong>, and if Rodrigues\u2019s chin is done maybe another strike knocks him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brad Tavares -265 v Chris Weidman +215<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not excited to bet on Brad Tavares, but I definitely won\u2019t be betting on Chris Weidman. Weidman is 2-6 in the UFC going back to 2015, and in his last fight he broke his leg early in the fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s almost 40 years old, and that highlight that we see of him knocking out Anderson Silva is now over 10 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tavares is the only way to bet this fight, but -265 is too steep of a price. This fight is a stay away from a betting perspective as <strong>I can find no value here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andre Petroski -278 v Gerald Meerschaert +225<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tough fight to bet on as Meerschaert is submission or bust and Petroski likes to use his strikes to set up the wrestling and takedowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he goes for takedowns, I\u2019m not sure Meerschaert will be too upset about that. However, I do believe Petroski has the striking advantage as his striking looked improved against Wellington Turman in his last fight, but I don\u2019t think he has the cardio to be on the feet for three rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meerschaert looked great two fights ago in a submission win against Bruno Silva, but he got knocked out quickly by Joe Pyfer in his last fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petroski doesn\u2019t have that kind of striking, making this fight tough to handicap. I can\u2019t bet Petroski because Meerschaert can always pull off a submission out of nowhere, but <strong>I\u2019m not confident enough to be on either fighter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ian Garry -298 v Neil Magny +240<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garry is a polarizing fighter these days as he\u2019s 12-0, and only 25 years old, and as he\u2019s getting older, he\u2019s progressing nicely, as would be expected. His striking was fantastic against Daniel Rodriguez as he got a first-round KO, but it wasn\u2019t a lucky KO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He used strikes and kicks to get Rodriguez to bite on a faint and landed a beautiful head kick. He\u2019s fighting Magny, who is stepping in on short notice, and if Magny is in true fight shape I like his chances here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garry has been training for the striking of Geoff Neal, and Magny can use his clinch and takedown game to frustrate Garry. Neil Magny has seen it all in the UFC, and while Garry is younger and quicker, I\u2019m not ruling out a smart, veteran performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magny\u2019s last two losses were to grapplers (Gilbert Burns and Shavkat Rakhmonov), but he\u2019s beaten strikers Phil Rowe, Daniel Rodriguez, Max Griffin, and Geoff Neal in his last four wins. I\u2019m not laying -298 on Garry in this fight, and <strong>I think Magny ML is worth a sprinkle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marlon Vera -185 v Pedro Munhoz +154 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a fight that I really like the favorite in. Munhoz is coming off a great performance against Chris Gutierrez where he showed his takedown offense and ground game to win round one, and then he controlled the pace and pressure on the feet in rounds two and three to get the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My issue was that I thought Gutierrez missed opportunities and was tentative and on his back foot the whole time. Vera won\u2019t let that happen, and he certainly won\u2019t be tentative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything that Munhoz does good, Vera does a little better and Vera\u2019s record in the last five fights is a split decision loss to Sandhagen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munhoz got the win last time out, but he lost to Cruz and Aldo before that, and I believe he loses here. <strong>It\u2019s expensive at -185, but I think Vera rolls here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mario Bautista -298 v Cody Garbrandt +240<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garbrandt got handed a get-right fight against Trevin Jones, which he won by decision, but he was 1-5 before that in the UF, and I think Bautista hands him another loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bautista has a couple paths to victory with his first path being his takedown and submission game. He\u2019s won his last three fights by submission on the ground, and Cody is certainly not known for his ground game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garbrandt has one of the glassiest chins in the UFC, and one hard strike that lands clean will put Cody\u2019s lights out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cody\u2019s path to victory is to keep it on the feet and get a KO or win a three-round striking affair, but I just don\u2019t see Cody avoiding the takedowns. <strong>Bautista is a great parlay piece and one of the big favorites I\u2019m most confident in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weili Zhang -340 v Amanda Lemos +270<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge odds here and I don\u2019t like laying these odds in a fight that features two dynamic strikers. I believe Zhang should be better on the feet with the more controlled yet powerful striking, but Lemos has KO power for sure as evidenced by her stopping Marina Rodriguez in her last fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought Lemos was fortunate with that stoppage as it was quick, and Rodriguez was having a lot of success in the fight, but that\u2019s now a 7-1 run in the UFC and the 36-year-old knows this is probably her last run at a belt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang should have Lemos covered on the feet, but I don\u2019t like betting on fights where an underdog has a legit chance to pull off the KO and Lemos will certainly be swinging for the finish. <strong>My pick is Zhang<\/strong>, but I won\u2019t be betting on this fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 292 Main Event: Aljamain Sterling -265 v Sean O\u2019Malley +215<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m going to pick O\u2019Malley in this fight as <strong>underdogs on main cards on PPVs have been solid bets<\/strong> recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Underdogs on the main card of PPV\u2019s are on a 12-14 run<\/strong> which is very profitable at these plus money prices, and O\u2019Malley can cause some problems for Sterling with his length and striking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that Sterling is going to try and wrestle, but O\u2019Malley\u2019s frame might be a problem for Sterling. I think Sterling\u2019s most impressive win was the finish against Sandhagen, but it feels like Sterling has been getting a bit fortunate with his wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wins against Yan with the infamous Illegal knee, then wins a close split decision in the rematch. He beats Dillashaw who was hurt and then fights Cejudo who hadn\u2019t fought in years and wins another split decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So his last four wins are a lucky illegal knee, an injured opponent, and two split decision wins. 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The main card starts up at 10:00pm ET from <\/span>TD Garden in Boston, MA<span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Are you subscribed to WagerTalk TV? If not, what are you waiting for?! Set up alerts so that you never miss an episode of your favorite shows. Drop the gloves with the Puck Time crew and swing for the fences on First Pitch. From betting tips to free picks, <a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/tv\">WagerTalk TV<\/a> is your one-stop shop for streaming sports betting content.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>WagerTalk also offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\/MMA\">Free UFC Picks<\/a> all year long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aljamain Sterling vs Sean O'Malley: UFC 292 Main Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Saturday, August 19<\/th><th>UFC 292 Betting Notes (Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/wlwilliamhillus.adsrv.eacdn.com\/C.ashx?btag=a_3552b_1278c_&amp;affid=32&amp;siteid=3552&amp;adid=1278&amp;c=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caesars<\/a>)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Moneyline:<\/td><td>Aljamain Sterling -265 vs Sean O'Malley +215<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rounds:<\/td><td>4.5 Rounds (Over +130 \/ Under -165)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fight Time:<\/td><td>Main Card Starts at 10:00pm ET \/ 7:00pm PT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arena:<\/td><td>TD Garden in Boston, MA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TV:<\/td><td>PPV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">UFC 292 Predictions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kurt Holobaugh vs Austin Hubbard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>There aren\u2019t any odds out yet at the time I am writing this, but Kurt should win. Hubbard was very unimpressive on TUF, and Hologaugh laid it all out on the line with an incredible fight against Jason Knight where he should have incredible striking and toughness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hubbard doesn\u2019t have an upside from what I\u2019ve seen and Holobaugh\u2019s aggression looks to be at a different level. I like <strong>Holobaugh to win, and I would not be surprised if he got the finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzrGdNEnfE0?origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natalia Silva -345 vs Andrea Lee +275<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The odds are way out of whack in this fight, and <strong>I\u2019ll take Andrea Lee to win this fight<\/strong>. Silva is going to be a little big shorter, and Lee will have the reach advantage, and there\u2019s no doubt that Silva has looked great in the UFC going 3-0, but the competition has been lackluster at best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>She won by decision against Jasudavicius, and then knocked out Bleda and Leonardo who are nowhere near the caliber of Andrea Lee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Lee has lost two in a row, but to Viviane Araujo, and then an amazing fight against Maycee Barber where she lost by split decision, but I thought she won. She was able to take Barber down several times, and if she can take Barber down, she can take Silva down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Silva is lightning fast and a great striker, but this is a massive step up in competition and against Tereza Bleda (a grappler with no cardio), Silva lost the first round and got the KO when Bleda tired, but Bleda had success with takedowns early. Lee won\u2019t have cardio issues, and at this price Lee is absolutely worth a sprinkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karine Silva -170 v Maryna Moroz +142<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t blink in a Karine Silva fight as she has won six in a row, all by finish, and five of those in the first round. It\u2019s tough to predict how she will do as the fight moves into later rounds because we just haven\u2019t seen her cardio tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Moroz has not been that active as she only has two fights in a year and a half, and she lost her last fight to Jennifer Maia in a pretty lackluster fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s a striker, but she\u2019s not very creative and doesn\u2019t seem to have much power, and her win against Agapova is a bit misleading at Agapova was fighting very hurt. If Moroz wins, it will probably be by decision, but I think Silva gets another finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>She shoots with aggression to get opponents on the ground, and when she gets them down she gets arm bars or chokes. We <strong>don\u2019t need to pay -170 on Silva, we\u2019ll just wait and take her to win inside the distance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gregory Rodrigues -355 v Denis Tiuliulin +280<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Rodrigues is coming off one of the more confusing losses I\u2019ve seen in a while, and we have to decide if it was a lucky shot, or if his chin is that vulnerable now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He was in an insane war against Chidi Njokuani where Rodrigues was seconds away from being finished, but he made an insane comback for the KO win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In his next fight he fought Brunno Ferreira, and was winning the first round, but then got knocked out by a counter left that did not look that powerful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it was a one-of-a-kind shot, maybe it showed that Rodrigues took long-lasting damage in the Chidi fight, and that\u2019s what we have to decide. Tiuliulin is not good, and his only win in the UFC is against Jamie Pickett who is terrible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He was finished in his other two UFC fights, and if Rodrigues is fully recovered, this fight shouldn\u2019t last long. <strong>I like unders in this fight as Rodrigues can easily finish Tiuliulin<\/strong>, and if Rodrigues\u2019s chin is done maybe another strike knocks him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brad Tavares -265 v Chris Weidman +215<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not excited to bet on Brad Tavares, but I definitely won\u2019t be betting on Chris Weidman. Weidman is 2-6 in the UFC going back to 2015, and in his last fight he broke his leg early in the fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s almost 40 years old, and that highlight that we see of him knocking out Anderson Silva is now over 10 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tavares is the only way to bet this fight, but -265 is too steep of a price. This fight is a stay away from a betting perspective as <strong>I can find no value here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andre Petroski -278 v Gerald Meerschaert +225<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tough fight to bet on as Meerschaert is submission or bust and Petroski likes to use his strikes to set up the wrestling and takedowns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>If he goes for takedowns, I\u2019m not sure Meerschaert will be too upset about that. However, I do believe Petroski has the striking advantage as his striking looked improved against Wellington Turman in his last fight, but I don\u2019t think he has the cardio to be on the feet for three rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Meerschaert looked great two fights ago in a submission win against Bruno Silva, but he got knocked out quickly by Joe Pyfer in his last fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Petroski doesn\u2019t have that kind of striking, making this fight tough to handicap. I can\u2019t bet Petroski because Meerschaert can always pull off a submission out of nowhere, but <strong>I\u2019m not confident enough to be on either fighter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ian Garry -298 v Neil Magny +240<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Garry is a polarizing fighter these days as he\u2019s 12-0, and only 25 years old, and as he\u2019s getting older, he\u2019s progressing nicely, as would be expected. His striking was fantastic against Daniel Rodriguez as he got a first-round KO, but it wasn\u2019t a lucky KO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He used strikes and kicks to get Rodriguez to bite on a faint and landed a beautiful head kick. He\u2019s fighting Magny, who is stepping in on short notice, and if Magny is in true fight shape I like his chances here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Garry has been training for the striking of Geoff Neal, and Magny can use his clinch and takedown game to frustrate Garry. Neil Magny has seen it all in the UFC, and while Garry is younger and quicker, I\u2019m not ruling out a smart, veteran performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Magny\u2019s last two losses were to grapplers (Gilbert Burns and Shavkat Rakhmonov), but he\u2019s beaten strikers Phil Rowe, Daniel Rodriguez, Max Griffin, and Geoff Neal in his last four wins. I\u2019m not laying -298 on Garry in this fight, and <strong>I think Magny ML is worth a sprinkle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marlon Vera -185 v Pedro Munhoz +154 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is a fight that I really like the favorite in. Munhoz is coming off a great performance against Chris Gutierrez where he showed his takedown offense and ground game to win round one, and then he controlled the pace and pressure on the feet in rounds two and three to get the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>My issue was that I thought Gutierrez missed opportunities and was tentative and on his back foot the whole time. Vera won\u2019t let that happen, and he certainly won\u2019t be tentative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Everything that Munhoz does good, Vera does a little better and Vera\u2019s record in the last five fights is a split decision loss to Sandhagen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Munhoz got the win last time out, but he lost to Cruz and Aldo before that, and I believe he loses here. <strong>It\u2019s expensive at -185, but I think Vera rolls here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mario Bautista -298 v Cody Garbrandt +240<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Garbrandt got handed a get-right fight against Trevin Jones, which he won by decision, but he was 1-5 before that in the UF, and I think Bautista hands him another loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Bautista has a couple paths to victory with his first path being his takedown and submission game. He\u2019s won his last three fights by submission on the ground, and Cody is certainly not known for his ground game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Garbrandt has one of the glassiest chins in the UFC, and one hard strike that lands clean will put Cody\u2019s lights out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Cody\u2019s path to victory is to keep it on the feet and get a KO or win a three-round striking affair, but I just don\u2019t see Cody avoiding the takedowns. <strong>Bautista is a great parlay piece and one of the big favorites I\u2019m most confident in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weili Zhang -340 v Amanda Lemos +270<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Huge odds here and I don\u2019t like laying these odds in a fight that features two dynamic strikers. I believe Zhang should be better on the feet with the more controlled yet powerful striking, but Lemos has KO power for sure as evidenced by her stopping Marina Rodriguez in her last fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I thought Lemos was fortunate with that stoppage as it was quick, and Rodriguez was having a lot of success in the fight, but that\u2019s now a 7-1 run in the UFC and the 36-year-old knows this is probably her last run at a belt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang should have Lemos covered on the feet, but I don\u2019t like betting on fights where an underdog has a legit chance to pull off the KO and Lemos will certainly be swinging for the finish. <strong>My pick is Zhang<\/strong>, but I won\u2019t be betting on this fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 292 Main Event: Aljamain Sterling -265 v Sean O\u2019Malley +215<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m going to pick O\u2019Malley in this fight as <strong>underdogs on main cards on PPVs have been solid bets<\/strong> recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Underdogs on the main card of PPV\u2019s are on a 12-14 run<\/strong> which is very profitable at these plus money prices, and O\u2019Malley can cause some problems for Sterling with his length and striking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>We know that Sterling is going to try and wrestle, but O\u2019Malley\u2019s frame might be a problem for Sterling. I think Sterling\u2019s most impressive win was the finish against Sandhagen, but it feels like Sterling has been getting a bit fortunate with his wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He wins against Yan with the infamous Illegal knee, then wins a close split decision in the rematch. He beats Dillashaw who was hurt and then fights Cejudo who hadn\u2019t fought in years and wins another split decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>So his last four wins are a lucky illegal knee, an injured opponent, and two split decision wins. This run for Sterling is going to catch up to him and I\u2019ll take a sprinkle that O\u2019Malley ends his nine fight win streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Malley will have to do damage on the feet and prevent the takedowns or at least minimize the damage that Sterling can do to him, and if he does I think I\u2019ll be very happy holding a plus-money ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prediction: Sean O'Malley Wins +215<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UX9p03vLh04?origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Looking for more free sports picks and sports betting tips?<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21978,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21869\/revisions\/21978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}