{"id":2222,"date":"2025-07-18T04:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2222\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T04:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:44:10","slug":"mma-dfs-and-betting-breakdown-ufc-318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2222\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA DFS and Betting Breakdown: UFC 318"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" data-role=\"imagable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rotogrinders_user_569098.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BrunnoFerreiraUFC2.jpg\" class=\"align-ct\" title=\"Ferreira of the UFC\" alt=\"Ferreira of the UFC\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam Heslin (aka LiamPicksFights) is a massive combat sports fan with over a decade of experience competing in wrestling and grappling martial arts. For each UFC event, he produces the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/daily-fantasy-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA DFS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/sports-betting\/promos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting<\/a> breakdown for RotoGrinders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/premium\/nfl?promo=comboarticle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ComboGeneral_2024_1000x400.png\" alt=\"ComboGeneral_2024_1000x400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The octagon is headed to the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, to send off an MMA legend with a B.M.F. title fight. Dustin \u201cThe Diamond\u201d Poirier is lacing them up one more time in front of his home fans and looking to close out his career series against Max \u201cBlessed\u201d Holloway 3-0. The rest of the card is a bit middling in terms of star power and marquee matchups, but it will feature fan favorites, considerable depth, and a few prospects worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin with Louisiana\u2019s own \u201cKrispy\u201d Carli Judice as she looks to build off an incredible head-kick KO in March.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis for the remaining fights is coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Note: All DFS salaries listed are from DraftKings &amp; all odds quoted are from <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/sports-betting\/fanduel-sportsbook-promo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color:#dbe8f0; border: 1px solid #DDDDDD; border-radius:5px; padding: 8px; margin-bottom: 0 25px 20px !important;\">Editor\u2019s Note: Looking for more places to play? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/sports-betting\/underdog-fantasy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Underdog Fantasy promo code<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/fantasy\/prizepicks-promo-code\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PrizePicks promo code<\/a>, two of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/fantasy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best DFS apps<\/a> available today.<\/p>\n<p> MMA DFS and Betting Breakdown: UFC 318 \u2013 Holloway vs. Poirier 3 Carli Judice ($9,100) vs. Nicolle Caliari ($7,100) <\/p>\n<p>Fight Odds: -320 Judice vs. +245 Caliari<br \/>Weight Class: 125lb. (Women\u2019s Flyweight)<\/p>\n<p>Carli Judice (1-2 UFC) scored an impressive head-kick KO in her third UFC appearance, and she made a solid account of herself in two split-decision losses prior to that. Judice is still just 26, she is training with former champion Rose Namajunas, and she is a native of Louisiana. The former college softball player has obvious athleticism, her striking is superior to her opponent\u2019s, and her striking volume is incredible. Judice is still young in her career, so she is much less experienced than Nicolle Caliari (0-1 UFC), who has been fighting professionally since 2015 (Judice didn\u2019t have her first amateur fight until 2021).<\/p>\n<p>Caliari and Judice both had the displeasure of losing split decisions against Ernesta Kareckaite (1-1 UFC). Both Caliari and Judice controlled Kareckaite for more than 3 minutes, but Judice landed 168 significant strikes, while Caliari landed just 67 significant strikes. Caliari can win this fight if she banks takedowns and top time or if she is able to secure a submission against a greener opponent.<\/p>\n<p>This fight feels binary to me. Unless Caliari is able to dominate with the grappling and keep the fight in her preferred domain, she is likely to get overwhelmed with a huge volume of strikes. We don\u2019t have many answers about Judice\u2019s grappling, but I will trust the 26-year-old to be making the requisite improvements between fights to avoid disaster at home.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Carli Judice defeats Nicolle Caliari via TKO2\/3 (or Caliari via SUB)<\/p>\n<p> Bruno Ferreira ($9,700) vs. Jackson McVey ($6,500)    This content can help you make better MMA DFS picks  To access this content, subscribe to MMA Premium or purchase a 3-day trial. An MMA subscription will allow you to access this content and much more!  <a class=\"btn grn lrg full\" href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/premium\/mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy MMA Premium!<\/a>    <\/p>\n<p> About the Author <\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" data-role=\"imagable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rotogrinders_user_569098.jpg\" alt=\"LiamPicksFights\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/bctn-rg.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/gear.svg?v=13c28c0\"\/>  <a class=\"user-blurb-name\" href=\"https:\/\/rotogrinders.com\/profiles\/LiamPicksFights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Heslin (LiamPicksFights)<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Liam (aka LiamPicksFights) is a massive combat sports fan with over a decade of experience competing in wrestling and grappling martial arts. Each week, he produces original content about the world of mixed martial arts from a betting perspective alongside an ever-changing panel of guest handicappers. When he\u2019s not handicapping fights or producing content, he\u2019s training jiu-jitsu, coaching youth wrestling, or daydreaming about doing one of the former. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiamPicksFights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Liam on Twitter \u2013 @LiamPicksFights<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>         <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Heslin (aka LiamPicksFights) is a massive combat sports fan with over a decade of experience competing in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}