This event is set to take place on Saturday, January 24th and will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n
UFC 324 also marks the debut of the UFC on Paramount+, following the massive deal that was finalized last year. The event will feature a total of 13 fights across the preliminaries and main card, with the action starting at 5:00 PM ET\u00a0<\/p>\n
UFC 324 Preview and Predictions<\/p>\n
My article will break down three of the fights on the card, which will include my best bet for each one.<\/p>\n
UFC Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis best bet: Over 1.5 Total Rounds (-150)<\/p>\n
My first best bet for UFC 324 will target the Main Card fight between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Derrick Lewis. Cortes-Acosta enters this fight with an MMA record of 16-2 and 10-2 in the UFC. His fighting style revolves around striking, as he averages 5.55 significant strikes per minute and 0.35 takedowns every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
As for Lewis, he has a 29-12 overall MMA record, which includes 20-10 in the UFC. His fighting style is more balanced, averaging 2.51 significant strikes per minute and 0.56 takedowns every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
While both fighters have first-round knockout power, Lewis has seen two of his last three fights go over 1.5 rounds, while Cortes-Acosta has seen five of his last seven UFC fights do the same. Because of this, backing this fight to go over 1.5 rounds is the play.<\/p>\n
UFC Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas best bet: Silva Win by Decision (-225)<\/p>\n
Natalia Silva enters this fight as a heavy favourite with an MMA record of 19-5-1 and a perfect 7-0 mark in the UFC. She is a striker, averaging 5.04 per minute with only 0.34 takedowns every 15 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rose Namajunas is a bit more balanced in her fighting style. Boasting a 15-7 overall MMA record and a 12-6 UFC record, Namajunas averages 3.60 strikes per minute and 1.49 takedowns every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Silva has won five of her seven UFC fights by decision, including her last four UFC fights in a row. Meanwhile, Namajunas\u2019 last seven UFC fights have gone to decision, three of which she lost. Expect that trend to continue, and back Silva to win by decision.<\/p>\n
UFC Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva best bet: Fight to go the Distance \u2013 No (-130)<\/p>\n
My final bet for UFC 324 will target the fight between Arnold Allen and Jean Silva. Allen has made the most of his career, carrying a 20-3 overall MMA record and an 11-2 UFC mark. Silva has found similar success at 16-3 and 6-1, respectively. This has all the makings for a great fight.<\/p>\n
Only two of Allen\u2019s last five UFC fights ended inside the distance, but Silva has been an inside-the-distance machine, with all six of his recent fights ending before the judges get involved.\u00a0 I expect that trend to continue and for Silva to push the pace. At -130, betting this fight to end inside the distance is my preferred method of attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This event is set to take place on Saturday, January 24th and will be held at the T-Mobile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-428606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}