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<\/p>\nWe give your our betting tips for Derrick Lewis vs Josh Hokit at UFC Freedom 250 this weekend live from The White House lawn.<\/p>\n
The latest edition to the UFC Freedom 250 card features a heavyweight clash between Derrick Lewis and Josh Hokit. If ever a fight guarantees violence and a finish, it\u2019s this one. With a combined 33 finishes, these two men don\u2019t mess around. They get in there and look to get out as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
Derrick Lewis is coming off a one-sided loss at the hands of Waldo Cortes-Acosta, whereas Hokit is coming off the biggest win of his career, a three-round decision against Curtis Blaydes in a fight of the year contender.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at Lewis vs Hokit at UFC Freedom 250, the betting odds and interesting lines to look out for.<\/p>\n
UFC Freedom 250 – Derrick Lewis vs Josh Hokit Betting Odds
\nDerrick Lewis via knockout in round 1 (+550)<\/p>\n
The man with the most knockouts in UFC history and Donald Trump\u2019s favourite fighter, Derrick Lewis, has an excellent opportunity to steal the momentum that Hokit has built up. Although he\u2019s 41, power is the last thing to go with any fighter and Lewis has power in buckets. Every fight that Lewis has won since 2020 (six of them) has come via knockout, so expect the trend to continue if he\u2019s to have his hand raised.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Although Hokit is a tough man to finish, he received a lot of damage last time out against Curtis Blaydes and that fight was only in April. Blaydes landed 214 strikes, of which 174 were significant. Blaydes doesn\u2019t hold the power that Lewis does, with many of his finish victories coming via ground and pound. If Lewis lands the same shots that Blaydes did, it\u2019s going to be an early night for Hokit.<\/p>\n
Josh Hokit wins via decision (+650)<\/p>\n
As we previously told you, Hokit went to war with Blaydes last time out, and despite landing 177 significant strikes, he was unable to get his man out of there inside the distance. Although ordinarily he wouldn\u2019t hold back, Lewis\u2019 power is something to be cautious about.<\/p>\n
Hokit\u2019s gas tank is far better than Lewis\u2019 and he\u2019ll be able to push the pace whenever he wants. Does he have the power at the highest level? We\u2019ll find out on The White House lawn.<\/p>\n
Hokit wins via submission (+300)<\/p>\n
Following on from the potential danger that Lewis possesses, Hokit may choose to wrestle. The former football player is extremely athletic for a heavyweight and, of his nine finishes, three have come via submission.<\/p>\n
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Lewis\u2019 wrestling and athleticism are what have let him down multiple times throughout his career. His takedown defence sits at just 52%, having been taken down and he\u2019s been taken down 13 times in his last three losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Hokit chooses to, he\u2019d likely be able to take Lewis down, submit him and finish things early. +300 is a reasonable price for an outcome that will be desirable for Hokit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We give your our betting tips for Derrick Lewis vs Josh Hokit at UFC Freedom 250 this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,4227,641,50192,638,82,640,252100],"class_list":["post-731777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-derrick-lewis","tag-fighting","tag-josh-hokit","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-freedom-250-topuria-vs-gaethje"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731777","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=731777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}