{"id":459778,"date":"2026-02-07T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459778\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:30:38","slug":"mma-dfs-picks-draftkings-expert-survey-for-ufc-fight-night-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459778\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA DFS Picks: DraftKings Expert Survey for UFC Fight Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our panel of experts is here to give you their insights on MMA DFS<\/a> contests on DraftKings for UFC Fight Night \u2013 Bautista vs. Oliveira. They\u2019re ready to answer key questions that will assist you in making those crucial lineup-building decisions. Curious who Billy Ward has as his favorite value play? Or perhaps you\u2019re wondering who Moneyball16 has as his top fighter for tournaments? Find out below!<\/p>\n

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MMA DFS Picks: DraftKings Expert Survey for UFC Fight Night \u2013 Bautista vs. Oliveira Who is your favorite fighter to spend up for in cash games? <\/p>\n

Moneyball16:\tJavid Basharat
Bward586:\tOleksiejczuk
LiamPicksFights:\tOleksiejczuk<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts about stacking the 5-round fight in cash games? <\/p>\n

Moneyball16: I think this is probably a stack in cash games. The fight has pretty good odds to go the full 25 minutes (+140), the fight itself is closer than 60\/40, and there is solid potential for both striking and grappling from both of these fighters.<\/p>\n

Bward586: I tend to default to stacking 5-round fights when there\u2019s only one of them and will probably continue to do so here, but there\u2019s a case for fading Bautista at $8,800. There are plenty of other higher-upside plays at the top of the salary scale, and a decision win probably doesn\u2019t lead to him outscoring the fighters around him, while Oliveira has a high floor if it goes all 25 minutes and is cheap at $7,400.<\/p>\n

LiamPicksFights: I can see the argument for stacking this fight based on the unknowns for both of these athletes over 5 rounds, the high pace both men bring, and the reasonable odds for the fight to go to a decision. The problem I have with locking in a stack in all my lineups is that Bautista has never scored more than 20 points in a loss in the UFC, while Oliveira has finished 18 of his 23 professional victories. If I can only choose one, I am picking Oliveira for the salary relief and the finishing upside, but I think you will need at least one piece of this fight to find the optimal lineup. If it ends up going 5 rounds, you will probably need both.<\/p>\n

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\"Jbails26\" Justin Bailey (Jbails26)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Justin Bailey (aka jbails26) is the Lead Editor for RotoGrinders and FantasyLabs. He\u2019s been playing DFS since 2013 and specializes in small-field NFL and PGA contests (but still dabbles in MME). Justin qualified for the DraftKings Fantasy Golf World Championship in 2023. Follow Justin on X \u2013 @justinbailey32<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our panel of experts is here to give you their insights on MMA DFS contests on DraftKings for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-459778","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\/459778","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=459778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}