{"id":662492,"date":"2026-05-11T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662492\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:34:08","slug":"ufc-fight-night-odds-picks-seasoned-mma-analyst-reveals-selections-for-allen-vs-costa-and-other-matchups-at-las-vegas-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662492\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night odds, picks: Seasoned MMA analyst reveals selections for Allen vs. Costa and other matchups at Las Vegas May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of ranked featherweights clash when seventh-ranked Arnold Allen battles 12th-ranked Melquizael Costa in the main event at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa on Saturday at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The five-bout main card is scheduled to start at approximately 8 p.m. ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/control.kochava.com\/v1\/cpi\/click?campaign_id=koparamount-web-s1gifqd65ade0ba9c11&amp;network_id=10950&amp;ko_exchange=true&amp;site_id=CBSSports&amp;utm_post=Web_ufcfneditorial&amp;utm_tags=Web&amp;utm_network=cross_app&amp;ftag=PPM-03-10ccg0g&amp;ko_exchange=true&amp;device_id=device_id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paramount+<\/a>. Allen is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Jean Silva at UFC 324 this past January. Costa, meanwhile, won by knockout over Da Ige in his last match at UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez this past February.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, Allen is the -188 favorite (risk $188 to win $100) in the UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa odds at DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Before locking in any UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa picks, you NEED to see the latest MMA predictions from SportsLine MMA analyst Kyle Marley.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three-plus years, $100 bettors who have followed Marley&#8217;s picks are up nearly $10,000, and since May 2018, he has returned more than $21,000!\u00a0Anyone who has followed Marley could be way up. He went 9-4 in last weekend&#8217;s card.<\/p>\n<p>One of of Marley&#8217;s UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa picks: He is backing backing Nicolle Caliari (-225) to win via unanimous decision against Shauna Bannon (+172) in a women&#8217;s strawweight bout on the main UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa card.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bannon should be the better striker at range here, but Caliari should have the wrestling\/grappling edge,&#8221; Marley said. &#8220;I do think Caliari will land a couple of takedowns in this matchup, and I&#8217;ll take her to keep enough control time to win two rounds and get her hand raised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marley also has strong picks for Allen vs. Costa and other bouts on the UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa card. He&#8217;s also backing &#8220;the better overall athlete,&#8221; to emerge with a big victory! Be sure to see his UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa picks before making any of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of ranked featherweights clash when seventh-ranked Arnold Allen battles 12th-ranked Melquizael Costa in the main event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-662492","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\/662492","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=662492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}