{"id":430681,"date":"2026-01-22T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430681\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:20:12","slug":"ufc-324-odds-picks-mma-analyst-releases-picks-for-gaethje-vs-pimblett-and-other-fights-for-january-24-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430681\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 324 odds, picks: MMA analyst releases picks for Gaethje vs. Pimblett and other fights for January 24 showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first UFC card of 2026 comes Saturday from Las Vegas with a main card anchored by a lightweight interim title fight between former interim champion Justin Gaethje and No. 5-rqnked Paddy Pimblett. The main card is set for 9 p.m. ET from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on Paramount+.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pimblett is a -230 favorite (risk $230 to win $100), while Gaethje fetches a price of +190 (risk $100 to win $190) in the latest MMA odds for UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED TIME: Use promo code CHAMPIONSHIP to get your first month for $1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/join\/?arena=MMA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOIN NOW<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before making any UFC 324 picks, make sure you see the MMA predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Daniel Vithlani.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vithlani is a highly analytical\u00a0UFC bettor who has been a consistent winner for SportsLine members since making his debut in January 2023 with a 5-0 record for UFC 283. In fact,\u00a0he&#8217;s up over $1,500 on his UFC main card picks!<\/p>\n<p>His other highlights include calling an upset for Sean O&#8217;Malley (+210) against Aljamain Sterling (-250) at UFC 292 as part of a 4-1 main card, and his UFC 299 winners included underdog selections on Dustin Poirier (+190) against Benoit Saint Denis (-230) and Michael Page (+110) against Kevin Holland (-130).\u00a0Anyone who has followed him could be way up.<\/p>\n<p>This week at UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett, we can share that Vithlani is backing\u00a0                 Nikita Krylov (+125) over Modestas Bukauskas (-150) in a light heavyweight matchup on the preliminary card.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also backing a fighter who &#8221;                 far more sophisticated striker&#8221;\u00a0to secure a MASSIVE victory!\u00a0You ABSOLUTELY need to see his UFC 324 picks before making any of your own!<\/p>\n<p>LIMITED TIME: Use promo code CHAMPIONSHIP to get your first month for $1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/join\/?arena=MMA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOIN NOW<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first UFC card of 2026 comes Saturday from Las Vegas with a main card anchored by a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-430681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430681","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=430681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}