{"id":27111,"date":"2024-04-10T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/?p=27111"},"modified":"2024-04-11T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:23:45","slug":"ufc-300-pereira-vs-hill-predictions-picks-and-betting-odds-april-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/mma\/ufc-300-pereira-vs-hill-predictions-picks-and-betting-odds-april-13\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 300: Pereira vs Hill Predictions, Picks and Betting Odds April 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 300 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 <\/span><strong>UFC 300 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 <\/span><\/strong>April 13th<span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: revert;\"> with <\/span><strong>Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill<\/strong> <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 main event in a light heavyweight title fight. 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I don\u2019t see where Garbrandt submits or KO\u2019s Figueiredo, and with the superior wrestling and striking game <strong>I like Fig to dominate here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bobby Green -180 v Jim Miller +150<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fight that has been years in the making as Jim Miller does the impossible and will compete at UFC 100, 200 and 300. Green is coming off of two quick KOs as he KO\u2019d Dawson in 30 seconds in October, and then he got KO\u2019d by Jalin Turner halfway through round one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green will certainly be using his jabs and footwork to keep Miller on the outside, and Miller will have to figure out how to get inside those jabs to force the wrestling or do damage to Green with kicks on the outside, but it will be a tough task for Miller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do have a little question about the chin of Bobby Green as he was knocked out by Dober in 2022 and then by Turner just a few months ago while Miller hasn\u2019t been finished in six years. I think Green is the rightful favorite, but the value is clearly on Miller as the dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller is 40 years old so Green should be faster, but Miller seems to have more weapons as he has better kicks, clinch and wrestling, and there\u2019s a chance that Green\u2019s chin is a bit soft going into this fight so<strong> I\u2019ll take a sprinkle on Miller<\/strong> to win this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jessica Andrade -135 v Marina Rodriguez +114<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both fighters had lost a couple of fights in a row before getting wins in their last fight so this fight is very important to both fighters as one will come out of it with two wins in a row, and the other will have one win in their last four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe this fight stays on the feet for the entire fight, and over three rounds I give the slight edge to Rodriguez. I think her volume ends up getting the edge as Andrade has power, but she can wait for her opponent to walk her down to set up counterpunches, and Rodriguez has accuracy and power on the feet to take advantage of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodriguez has the length advantage so I think the optics of her volume and accuracy with jabs sway the judges. I also like the knees of Rodriguez in close quarters so <strong>the pick is with the underdog<\/strong>, but don\u2019t be surprised if this is a razor-thin split decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_46811\"  width=\"870\" height=\"489\"  data-origwidth=\"870\" data-origheight=\"489\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-pGymnrATE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;hl=en_US&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"UFC 300: Hill v Pereira Every Fight Breakdown, Tips, Best Bets, Predictions, Odds\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/e-pGymnrATE\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-pGymnrATE\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"UFC 300: Hill v Pereira Every Fight Breakdown, Tips, Best Bets, Predictions, Odds\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Andy and Jim break down UFC 300: Hill vs Pereira and give out their thoughts on every fight with their predictions, tips, and bets. Get all official UFC 300 plays here: http:\/\/wt.buzz\/al Introduction 00:00 Deiveson Figueiredo v Cody Garbrandt 00:37 Bobby Green v Jim Miller 04:15 Jessica Andrade v Marina Rodriguez 09:14 Jalin Turner v Renato Moicano 13:33 Sodiq Yusuff v Diego Lopes 18:04 Holly Holm v Kayla Harrison 23:38 Calvin Kattar v Aljamain Sterling 30:10 Jiri Prochazka v Aleksandar Rakic 33:38 Bo Nickal v Cody Brundage 36:52 Charles Oliveira v v Arman Tsarukyan 39:36 Justin Gaethje v Max Holloway 42:49 Weili Zhang v Xiaonan Yan 47:30 Alex Pereira v Jamahal Hill 54:29 THE NEW UFC 300 Fight Order 1:04:00 \ud83d\udc4d Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to WagerTalk TV; \ud83d\udd14 CLICK the Bell and never miss an episode! \ud83e\udd11 Free Sports Picks: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks \ud83d\udcca Live Odds: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/odds \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f News: https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news \ud83d\udc4d Stay connected with WagerTalk \ud83d\udcfa YouTube: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tv \ud83d\udc4d Facebook: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/fb \ud83d\udc26 Twitter: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/tw \ud83d\udcf8 Instagram: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/ig \ud83d\udcf0 Reddit: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/rd \u2764\ufe0f iHeart Radio: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/iheart \ud83c\udf4e Apple Podcasts: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/ap \ud83d\udccc Pinterest: https:\/\/wt.buzz\/pin\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/e-pGymnrATE\/0.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H16M49S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-04-09T21:45:19Z\"><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jalin Turner -238 v Renato Moicano +195<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For entertainment purposes, I would like to see Moicano win so we get his post-fight<br>interview which is always entertaining, but this is going to be a tough fight for him. Moicano is coming off a great win against Dober where he used his ground game to tire out and get the decision win against Drew Dober, and he got the quick submission against Brad Riddell before that, But Turner is his toughest opponent by far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner lost a close one to Gamrot, a year ago, and then lost a close one to Dan Hooker where Turner was so close to finishing Hooker, but he didn\u2019t finish him when he had the chance and his gas tank went away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the positive side, his striking looked great and he was seconds away from finishing Hooker, and his striking should be light years better than Moicano in this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner just has to stay out of the dangerous grappling and submission situations that Moicano will be constantly looking for, and while Moicano will have success at times with his takedowns and grappling I think Turner will be too much for him on the feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One area I think Moicano has an advantage is cardio. If Moicano can win one of the first two rounds, there\u2019s a chance he outworks Turner in the third so if you\u2019re looking at live lines and you see Turner start to tire out, Moicano could steal the round and win a close one. However, I think <strong>Turner will be too much with punches and kicks<\/strong>, he\u2019s the pick here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diego Lopes -142 v Sodiq Yusuff +120<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diego Lopes has looked great in his UFC career as he lost against Evloev, but he almost had Evloev in a ton of submissions and he more than held his own in his UFC debut. He then got two first-round wins against Tucker and Sabatini, one by submission and one by finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with having amazing hair, Lopes will be the taller, longer fighter with better submission and ground game, and I think he may have a more dynamic striking game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuff had a strange fight in his last fight where he looked amazing in round one against Barboza, and then faded and lost the next four rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news for him is that this is only three rounds, but the bad news is he can\u2019t fall off with his energy like he did last time or Lopes will pounce and probably get the finish. I haven\u2019t been that impressed with Yusuff for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His last couple of wins are against Don Shainis and Alex Caceres while he\u2019s lost to Barboza and Arnold Allen and I think the upside of Lopes is worth the -142 price tag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuff has never been finished in the UFC, but Lopes has the tools to change that on Saturday. I\u2019ll just play the moneyline, but I <strong>won\u2019t be shocked if Lopes gets a submission<\/strong> win here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kayla Harrison -500 v Holly Holm +340<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to play this is Holly Holm, and to get even better value you can take Holm by decision. To be honest, neither of these fighters has looked great recently as they\u2019re big names, but past their prime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrison lost to Pacheco two fights ago, and then beat Aspen Ladd by decision in a fight where Harrison looked slow and not as dominating as usual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holm was finished by Silva in her last fight, but it was ruled a no-contest after a positive drug test by Silva, but make no mistake Holm looked bad. Harrison will want to get this fight to the ground where she can win the ground game, but Holm has probably been working non-stop on takedown defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the feet, Holm will stick and move and keep the distance, and Harrison\u2019s bad striking will be on full display. At these odds, you can\u2019t lay it on Harrison <strong>so Holm will be the play here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aljamain Sterling -170 v Calvin Kattar +142<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think Kattar is in trouble in this one. He\u2019s lost three out of four fights, and he\u2019s coming off of a serious knee injury against an opponent who is going to force the wrestling and grappling on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kattar should have the better striking, but Sterling isn\u2019t going to stand there and let him win a boxing match, especially after getting knocked out against O\u2019Malley in his last UFC fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Sterling has done three grappling matches since the O\u2019Malley fight so that may be an indication of what he\u2019s going to bring to the table in this fight. Kattar\u2019s last win was against Chikadze, and while he won by doing a lot of damage to Giga, Kattar was losing early before Giga slipped and fell and it went downhill from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been out on Kattar in his last two fights as we cashed on Emmett and Allen beating him, and I\u2019ll continue that trend as I think Sterling is going to be faster on the feet which will let him dictate the pace and where the fight takes place. <strong>Sterling will want this fight to get to the ground<\/strong>, and I think he gets it there en route to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Rakic -135 v Jiri Prochazka +114<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a stay-away fight for me. Rakic is coming back from a serious knee injury he suffered almost two years ago, and Jiri came back from a serious shoulder injury to get knocked out by Alex Pereira in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t trust either of these guys as we don\u2019t know how their cardio, strength, and skills will be compared to pre-injuries. Before the injuries, I liked Jiri a lot, but I thought he looked very different in his return fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Rakic wasn\u2019t exactly dominating the best of the best before his injury so<strong> if I have to make a pick it will be Jiri<\/strong>, but there\u2019s no way I\u2019m betting money on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bo Nickal -2400 v Cody Brundage +1200<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The under 1.5 at -270 is a solid parlay piece as I don\u2019t see how this fight lasts long unless Nickal wants to get more cage time against a UFC veteran. Nickal has won his first two fights in the UFC by early finishes, but Brundage may put up more of a fight than Woodburn or Picket\u2026or he may get smoked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last couple of fights for Brundage have been bizarre as he was getting killed by Malkoun before a forearm brushed the back of his head and he put on an Oscar-winning performance saying that he couldn\u2019t continue, and legendary ref Mark Smith fell for it and DQ\u2019d Malkoun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next fight, Brundage picked up debutant Zach Reese and slammed him down and Reese got knocked out so craziness and early finishes have followed Brundage around for a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m assuming Nickal wastes no time using his elite wrestling to get Brundage down, and his power and pace should get Brundage out of there early, but at -2400 there\u2019s not much to do with this bet. <strong>Take the under and parlay it with something.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arman Tsarukyan -218 v Charles Oliveira +180<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is such a great matchup, and this should be a great chess match with the grappling game, but from a betting perspective, I just take Oliveira at plus money every time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliveira has one loss since 2017 and that\u2019s to Islam Makhachev, and this is a guy who has finished Dariush, Gaethje, Poirier and Chandler in his last four wins. His submission and grappling game is elite, and getting +180 against anyone is fantastic value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tsarukyan is one of the elite fighters and his wrestling and grappling is top-tier, but the last guy he lost to was Gamrot who could match him with the wrestling, and I think Oliveira can give him trouble in wrestling and grappling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliveira can submit almost anyone on the planet, and I wouldn\u2019t put it past him to pull off another submission here, but on the feet I think Tsarukyan has the power advantage so taking this fight to not go the distance is probably a solid play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both guys will take chances to get the other one out of there which sets up plenty of opportunities for finishes. <strong>I like Oliveira to win<\/strong>, and this fight to not go the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Justin Gaethje -180 v Max Holloway +150 (BMF Title)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be a striker\u2019s delight, and it will come down to the length and volume of Holloway vs. the power of Gaethje. I feel like both of these guys have been undervalued in some of their fights, and it feels like <strong>Holloway is undervalued here<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s lost four fights since 2023, and three of them are to Alexander Volkanovski. He\u2019s a boxer with incredible accuracy and volume, but Gaethje will probably have kicks in his arsenal that Holloway won\u2019t have and we saw how powerful those kicks can be in Gaethje\u2019s knockout win over Poirier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaethje has more one-shot power, whereas Holloway gets it done by landing strike after strike with non-stop pressure, and while I expect both guys to be beat to hell at the end of this one, I think Holloway survives the huge shots of Gaethje and gets the decision win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The +150 price tag is too good to pass up on Hollloway<\/strong> as I think the volume pays dividends in the later rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weili Zhang -435 v Yan Xiaonan +335<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have this pegged as a potential upset that kills everyone\u2019s parlays<\/strong>. Zhang is incredible, but I went back and watched Yan\u2019s last couple of fights and I think her speed is going to cause some problems, especially with her kicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang has power and wrestling that are unmatched at this level, but Yan has nothing to lose in this fight as nobody expects her to win, and her striking is no joke and I think she can have success on the feet. The other thing I can\u2019t get out of my head is the importance of this fight in their country, culture, and career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a fight unlike any other for Japan, and I can make the case that this fight means more to these two fighters than any other fight on the card, and both of them will be training harder than anyone else on this card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This will be an absolute war<\/strong>, and I want the fighter with a chip on her shoulder at big plus money. I think she can soften up Zhang at a distance, and she\u2019ll certainly lose a round or two but I think she\u2019ll make this fight violent and close and <strong>I want to be holding a plus money ticket<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 300 Main Event: Alex Pereira -140 vs Jamahal Hill +115<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The line has Pereira as a favorite, but I feel like the general concensus is the public loves Hill, and I don\u2019t see it. If this were a level playing field, I would like the power of Hill to catch Pereira a couple times and possibly get the knockout, but this isn\u2019t a level playing field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hill is coming off a serious achilles injury less than a year ago, and he\u2019s clearly not in amazing fight shape where Pereira is in great shape and 100% healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pereira already has the better kicks, and on those legs that aren\u2019t 100% ready, I see Hill getting damaged early and often. I\u2019ve seen Pereira get tired at times during his fights, but is Hill going to have the cardio to push the pace and test Pereira\u2019s gas tank? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I doubt it, and I think it\u2019s the other way around. Pereira will have the better cardio and Hill will tire out. The other thing I can\u2019t get out of my head is Hill\u2019s last four wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He beat Jimmy Crute who isn\u2019t in the UFC anymore, Johnny Walker who is 4-5 in his last nine fights, Thiago Santos who isn\u2019t in the UFC anymore, and he couldn\u2019t finish Glover Teixeira who was in his 40s in his retirement fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not that impressed, and while Hill has one shot KO power, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s well-rounded like Pereira. <strong>I\u2019ll take Pereira as a confident play in this fight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>**************************************************<\/strong><\/p>\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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Latest Betting Odds and Public Action<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wt.buzz\/odds\" data-schema-attribute=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vegas lines<\/a> updated in real time, including who the public is betting on. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Last Minute Handicapping Advice<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">: Check out our extensive library of <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/sports-betting-guide\">handicapping tips<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and advice from professional Vegas handicappers (we also recommend taking the time to look over our <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/videos\">sports betting tips video library<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Want an expert opinion?<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Check out the latest <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/free-sports-picks\">Free Sports Picks<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/picks\">Best Bets<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> from our team of expert sports handicappers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Make sure to bookmark all the above!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 300 Betting Preview UFC WagerTalk handicapper Andy Lang gives his UFC 300 predictions and picks for April 13th with Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill headlining the main event in a light heavyweight title fight. 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The main card starts up at 10:00pm ET from<\/span> T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.<\/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<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><\/div>\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\">Alex Pereira vs Jamahal Hill: UFC 300 Main Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Saturday, April 13<\/th><th>UFC 300 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>Alex Pereira -140 vs Jamahal Hill +115<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rounds:<\/td><td>2.5 Rounds (Over -160 \/ Under +125)<\/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>T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TV:<\/td><td>PPV<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"amazing-offer-from-expert-nfl-handicappers\">Before You Read UFC 300 Predictions... 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I don\u2019t see where Garbrandt submits or KO\u2019s Figueiredo, and with the superior wrestling and striking game <strong>I like Fig to dominate here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bobby Green -180 v Jim Miller +150<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>A fight that has been years in the making as Jim Miller does the impossible and will compete at UFC 100, 200 and 300. Green is coming off of two quick KOs as he KO\u2019d Dawson in 30 seconds in October, and then he got KO\u2019d by Jalin Turner halfway through round one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Green will certainly be using his jabs and footwork to keep Miller on the outside, and Miller will have to figure out how to get inside those jabs to force the wrestling or do damage to Green with kicks on the outside, but it will be a tough task for Miller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I do have a little question about the chin of Bobby Green as he was knocked out by Dober in 2022 and then by Turner just a few months ago while Miller hasn\u2019t been finished in six years. I think Green is the rightful favorite, but the value is clearly on Miller as the dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Miller is 40 years old so Green should be faster, but Miller seems to have more weapons as he has better kicks, clinch and wrestling, and there\u2019s a chance that Green\u2019s chin is a bit soft going into this fight so<strong> I\u2019ll take a sprinkle on Miller<\/strong> to win this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jessica Andrade -135 v Marina Rodriguez +114<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Both fighters had lost a couple of fights in a row before getting wins in their last fight so this fight is very important to both fighters as one will come out of it with two wins in a row, and the other will have one win in their last four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I believe this fight stays on the feet for the entire fight, and over three rounds I give the slight edge to Rodriguez. I think her volume ends up getting the edge as Andrade has power, but she can wait for her opponent to walk her down to set up counterpunches, and Rodriguez has accuracy and power on the feet to take advantage of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Rodriguez has the length advantage so I think the optics of her volume and accuracy with jabs sway the judges. I also like the knees of Rodriguez in close quarters so <strong>the pick is with the underdog<\/strong>, but don\u2019t be surprised if this is a razor-thin split decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e-pGymnrATE?origin=https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jalin Turner -238 v Renato Moicano +195<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For entertainment purposes, I would like to see Moicano win so we get his post-fight<br>interview which is always entertaining, but this is going to be a tough fight for him. Moicano is coming off a great win against Dober where he used his ground game to tire out and get the decision win against Drew Dober, and he got the quick submission against Brad Riddell before that, But Turner is his toughest opponent by far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Turner lost a close one to Gamrot, a year ago, and then lost a close one to Dan Hooker where Turner was so close to finishing Hooker, but he didn\u2019t finish him when he had the chance and his gas tank went away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>On the positive side, his striking looked great and he was seconds away from finishing Hooker, and his striking should be light years better than Moicano in this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Turner just has to stay out of the dangerous grappling and submission situations that Moicano will be constantly looking for, and while Moicano will have success at times with his takedowns and grappling I think Turner will be too much for him on the feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>One area I think Moicano has an advantage is cardio. If Moicano can win one of the first two rounds, there\u2019s a chance he outworks Turner in the third so if you\u2019re looking at live lines and you see Turner start to tire out, Moicano could steal the round and win a close one. However, I think <strong>Turner will be too much with punches and kicks<\/strong>, he\u2019s the pick here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diego Lopes -142 v Sodiq Yusuff +120<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Diego Lopes has looked great in his UFC career as he lost against Evloev, but he almost had Evloev in a ton of submissions and he more than held his own in his UFC debut. He then got two first-round wins against Tucker and Sabatini, one by submission and one by finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Along with having amazing hair, Lopes will be the taller, longer fighter with better submission and ground game, and I think he may have a more dynamic striking game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuff had a strange fight in his last fight where he looked amazing in round one against Barboza, and then faded and lost the next four rounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The good news for him is that this is only three rounds, but the bad news is he can\u2019t fall off with his energy like he did last time or Lopes will pounce and probably get the finish. I haven\u2019t been that impressed with Yusuff for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>His last couple of wins are against Don Shainis and Alex Caceres while he\u2019s lost to Barboza and Arnold Allen and I think the upside of Lopes is worth the -142 price tag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuff has never been finished in the UFC, but Lopes has the tools to change that on Saturday. I\u2019ll just play the moneyline, but I <strong>won\u2019t be shocked if Lopes gets a submission<\/strong> win here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kayla Harrison -500 v Holly Holm +340<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to play this is Holly Holm, and to get even better value you can take Holm by decision. To be honest, neither of these fighters has looked great recently as they\u2019re big names, but past their prime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Harrison lost to Pacheco two fights ago, and then beat Aspen Ladd by decision in a fight where Harrison looked slow and not as dominating as usual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Holm was finished by Silva in her last fight, but it was ruled a no-contest after a positive drug test by Silva, but make no mistake Holm looked bad. Harrison will want to get this fight to the ground where she can win the ground game, but Holm has probably been working non-stop on takedown defense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>On the feet, Holm will stick and move and keep the distance, and Harrison\u2019s bad striking will be on full display. At these odds, you can\u2019t lay it on Harrison <strong>so Holm will be the play here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aljamain Sterling -170 v Calvin Kattar +142<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I think Kattar is in trouble in this one. He\u2019s lost three out of four fights, and he\u2019s coming off of a serious knee injury against an opponent who is going to force the wrestling and grappling on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Kattar should have the better striking, but Sterling isn\u2019t going to stand there and let him win a boxing match, especially after getting knocked out against O\u2019Malley in his last UFC fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Sterling has done three grappling matches since the O\u2019Malley fight so that may be an indication of what he\u2019s going to bring to the table in this fight. Kattar\u2019s last win was against Chikadze, and while he won by doing a lot of damage to Giga, Kattar was losing early before Giga slipped and fell and it went downhill from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been out on Kattar in his last two fights as we cashed on Emmett and Allen beating him, and I\u2019ll continue that trend as I think Sterling is going to be faster on the feet which will let him dictate the pace and where the fight takes place. <strong>Sterling will want this fight to get to the ground<\/strong>, and I think he gets it there en route to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Rakic -135 v Jiri Prochazka +114<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is a stay-away fight for me. Rakic is coming back from a serious knee injury he suffered almost two years ago, and Jiri came back from a serious shoulder injury to get knocked out by Alex Pereira in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t trust either of these guys as we don\u2019t know how their cardio, strength, and skills will be compared to pre-injuries. Before the injuries, I liked Jiri a lot, but I thought he looked very different in his return fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Rakic wasn\u2019t exactly dominating the best of the best before his injury so<strong> if I have to make a pick it will be Jiri<\/strong>, but there\u2019s no way I\u2019m betting money on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bo Nickal -2400 v Cody Brundage +1200<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The under 1.5 at -270 is a solid parlay piece as I don\u2019t see how this fight lasts long unless Nickal wants to get more cage time against a UFC veteran. Nickal has won his first two fights in the UFC by early finishes, but Brundage may put up more of a fight than Woodburn or Picket\u2026or he may get smoked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The last couple of fights for Brundage have been bizarre as he was getting killed by Malkoun before a forearm brushed the back of his head and he put on an Oscar-winning performance saying that he couldn\u2019t continue, and legendary ref Mark Smith fell for it and DQ\u2019d Malkoun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Next fight, Brundage picked up debutant Zach Reese and slammed him down and Reese got knocked out so craziness and early finishes have followed Brundage around for a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m assuming Nickal wastes no time using his elite wrestling to get Brundage down, and his power and pace should get Brundage out of there early, but at -2400 there\u2019s not much to do with this bet. <strong>Take the under and parlay it with something.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arman Tsarukyan -218 v Charles Oliveira +180<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is such a great matchup, and this should be a great chess match with the grappling game, but from a betting perspective, I just take Oliveira at plus money every time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Oliveira has one loss since 2017 and that\u2019s to Islam Makhachev, and this is a guy who has finished Dariush, Gaethje, Poirier and Chandler in his last four wins. His submission and grappling game is elite, and getting +180 against anyone is fantastic value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Tsarukyan is one of the elite fighters and his wrestling and grappling is top-tier, but the last guy he lost to was Gamrot who could match him with the wrestling, and I think Oliveira can give him trouble in wrestling and grappling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Oliveira can submit almost anyone on the planet, and I wouldn\u2019t put it past him to pull off another submission here, but on the feet I think Tsarukyan has the power advantage so taking this fight to not go the distance is probably a solid play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Both guys will take chances to get the other one out of there which sets up plenty of opportunities for finishes. <strong>I like Oliveira to win<\/strong>, and this fight to not go the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Justin Gaethje -180 v Max Holloway +150 (BMF Title)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This will be a striker\u2019s delight, and it will come down to the length and volume of Holloway vs. the power of Gaethje. I feel like both of these guys have been undervalued in some of their fights, and it feels like <strong>Holloway is undervalued here<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s lost four fights since 2023, and three of them are to Alexander Volkanovski. He\u2019s a boxer with incredible accuracy and volume, but Gaethje will probably have kicks in his arsenal that Holloway won\u2019t have and we saw how powerful those kicks can be in Gaethje\u2019s knockout win over Poirier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Gaethje has more one-shot power, whereas Holloway gets it done by landing strike after strike with non-stop pressure, and while I expect both guys to be beat to hell at the end of this one, I think Holloway survives the huge shots of Gaethje and gets the decision win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The +150 price tag is too good to pass up on Hollloway<\/strong> as I think the volume pays dividends in the later rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weili Zhang -435 v Yan Xiaonan +335<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have this pegged as a potential upset that kills everyone\u2019s parlays<\/strong>. Zhang is incredible, but I went back and watched Yan\u2019s last couple of fights and I think her speed is going to cause some problems, especially with her kicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang has power and wrestling that are unmatched at this level, but Yan has nothing to lose in this fight as nobody expects her to win, and her striking is no joke and I think she can have success on the feet. The other thing I can\u2019t get out of my head is the importance of this fight in their country, culture, and career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is a fight unlike any other for Japan, and I can make the case that this fight means more to these two fighters than any other fight on the card, and both of them will be training harder than anyone else on this card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This will be an absolute war<\/strong>, and I want the fighter with a chip on her shoulder at big plus money. I think she can soften up Zhang at a distance, and she\u2019ll certainly lose a round or two but I think she\u2019ll make this fight violent and close and <strong>I want to be holding a plus money ticket<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC 300 Main Event: Alex Pereira -140 vs Jamahal Hill +115<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The line has Pereira as a favorite, but I feel like the general concensus is the public loves Hill, and I don\u2019t see it. If this were a level playing field, I would like the power of Hill to catch Pereira a couple times and possibly get the knockout, but this isn\u2019t a level playing field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hill is coming off a serious achilles injury less than a year ago, and he\u2019s clearly not in amazing fight shape where Pereira is in great shape and 100% healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pereira already has the better kicks, and on those legs that aren\u2019t 100% ready, I see Hill getting damaged early and often. I\u2019ve seen Pereira get tired at times during his fights, but is Hill going to have the cardio to push the pace and test Pereira\u2019s gas tank? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I doubt it, and I think it\u2019s the other way around. Pereira will have the better cardio and Hill will tire out. The other thing I can\u2019t get out of my head is Hill\u2019s last four wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He beat Jimmy Crute who isn\u2019t in the UFC anymore, Johnny Walker who is 4-5 in his last nine fights, Thiago Santos who isn\u2019t in the UFC anymore, and he couldn\u2019t finish Glover Teixeira who was in his 40s in his retirement fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not that impressed, and while Hill has one shot KO power, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s well-rounded like Pereira. <strong>I\u2019ll take Pereira as a confident play in this fight<\/strong>.<\/p>\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\/27111","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=27111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27152,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27111\/revisions\/27152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wagertalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}