{"id":624746,"date":"2026-04-23T01:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624746\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:48:11","slug":"mma-prop-pick-of-the-week-ufc-vegas-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624746\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Prop Pick of the Week: UFC Vegas 116"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-300487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/egs230823114_pfl_3.jpg\" alt=\"MMA Prop Pick of the Week: UFC Vegas 116\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The UFC octagon heads back to the UFC\u2019s Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday before continuing its world tour. UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal (aka UFC Vegas 116) is the rare APEX card with a former UFC champ fighting on it. For my MMA Prop Play of the Week: UFC Vegas 116, I\u2019ve got a submission prop play for the prelims. Let\u2019s get it on, c\u2019mon!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go here for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/ufc-picks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC picks<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/record.webpartners.co\/_8_K_D7S4gzcWqcfzuvZcQGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MyBookie-NFL_SGPN-2.jpg\" alt=\"MYBOOKIE BONUS\" width=\"1920\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>MMA Prop Pick of the Week: UFC Vegas 116<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fightcenter\/_\/id\/600058746\/league\/ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs Zalal (aka UFC Vegas 116)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Start Time: 5:00 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>I whiffed on my submission prop play last week at UFC Winnipeg, but I\u2019m going back to that well again this week at the Meta APEX. That\u2019s because women\u2019s bantamweight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/237486-michell-montague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Michelle Montague<\/a> is a submission machine.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealander is facing former title challenger Mayra Buena Silva on Saturday\u2019s prelims, and MBS has totally lost the plot, dropping her last four fights and looking lost in the cage. Look for Montague to use her size and strength advantage to take her Brazilian foe down and tap her out (six of Montague\u2019s seven professional wins have come via submission).<\/p>\n<p>UFC Vegas 116 Prop Pick: Michelle Montague wins via submission (+325)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SGPN Daily Content for April 22nd, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/2026\/04\/22\/daily-nba-player-props-april-22nd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daily NBA Player Props<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/2026\/04\/22\/mlb-nrfi-and-yrfi-picks-april-22nd-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB NRFI &amp; YRFI Daily Bets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/2026\/04\/21\/best-bet-for-wednesday-april-22nd-nhl-playoffs-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daily Best Bet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/2026\/04\/21\/nhl-goal-scorer-parlay-for-wednesday-april-22nd-nhl-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NHL Goal Scorer Daily Parlay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/2026\/04\/21\/nba-playoffs-predictions-preview-for-wednesday-april-22nd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daily NBA Best Bets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t Forget About our Free Picks Pages, Too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/nba-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA PICKS \u2013 UPDATED DAILY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/odds.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/college-basketball-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">COLLEGE BASKETBALL PICKS \u2013 THE PICKS POWERHOUSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/nhl-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NHL PICKS \u2013 LET IT SLIDE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/soccer-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SOCCER PICKS \u2013 KICK IT ON THE PITCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/nascar-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASCAR PICKS \u2013 FEEL THE THUNDER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/ufc-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UFC PICKS \u2013 TAKE DOWN CORPORATE GAMBLING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like even more info to help make your MMA and UFC picks and predictions for UFC Vegas 116,\u00a0check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com\/podcasts\/mma-gambling-podcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Gambling Podcast<\/a>. They\u2019re dropping episodes five days a week to make you the smartest guy\/gal at the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC octagon heads back to the UFC\u2019s Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday before continuing its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,7285,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-624746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blog","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624746","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=624746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}