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Sergey Spivak Earns Second-Round TKO Finish
Sergey Spivak earned a big second-round TKO win over the struggling Augusto Sakai on Saturday's main card of action and now has back-to-back knockout wins. In 8:42 of action, Spivak tallied 33 significant strikes (86 total strikes) while only absorbing eight significant strikes. In complete control of the fight, Spivak has now won five of... Read More
Rising Star Jamahal Hill Can Move Up The Ranks
For Jamahal Hill (10-1), it has been Sweet Dreams for his last two opponents, with both of his wins coming by first-round knockout after a TKO loss due to an injury to Paul Craig in June of last year. If the injury didn't occur, we could very well be seeing an undefeated Hill in Saturday's... Read More
Thiago Santos Needs A Big Main-Event Victory
Thiago Santos (22-10) has had a very rough road in the light-heavyweight division since his major injury in his title matchup against Jon Jones in July of 2019. Since then, Santos has gone 1-3 with a decision win over Johnny Walker. DraftKings sees Santos as the big underdog against Jamahal Hill on Saturday with a... Read More
Geoff Neal Hoping To Improve His Ranking
Geoff Neal (14-4) has had a rough time since 2020, going 1-2 in the Octagon after just recently earning a split decision over Santiago Ponzinibbio in December of last year. Four of Neal's six UFC wins have come by big finishes, showing he has big-stage finishing ability. In fact, 10 of his 14 career wins... Read More
Vicente Luque In Need Of A Victory On Saturday
Looking to rebound after his four-fight winning streak was snapped, Vicente Luque (21-8-1) will enter Saturday's co-main event as the sixth-ranked welterweight and is looking to solidify his place against a rising star in 13th-ranked Geoff Neal. A very dangerous finisher, 19 of his 21 career wins have come by the finish, with 11 of... Read More
Mohammed Usman Can Capture TUF 30 Heavyweight Crown
Mohammed Usman (7-2), the brother of UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, has a chance to earn a distinction of his own -- the TUF 30 heavyweight champion -- when he takes to the Octagon on Saturday to face off against Zac Pauga. Both of Usman's TUF 30 exhibition tournament wins have come by decision, with... Read More
Zac Pauga Has Chance To Win TUF 30 Heavyweight Crown
Headed to the finals of the men's heavyweight TUF tournament, Zac Pauga (5-0) will look to remain undefeated when he faces Mohammed Usman on Saturday. During TUF 30, Pauga earned one victory by decision and one via second-round TKO. With experience in LFA and Cage Warriors, Pauga is an absolute force to be reckoned with.... Read More
Tap That: Episode #67: (Bryan) Battle-Tested
Brady Grove hosts the full-card rundown for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", bringing you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get... Read More
Brogan Walker-Sanchez Has A Chance To Capture TUF Title
Brogan Walker-Sanchez (7-2) will walk into the Octagon on Saturday with a chance to earn the TUF 125-pound women's championship against Juliana Miller. Walker-Sanchez has Invicta FC victories over Miranda Maverick and Emilee King prior to her TUF competition. Throughout her career, six of her seven official wins have come by decision, showing that she... Read More
Juliana Miller Looking For Women's Flyweight Crown
With the women's flyweight TUF crowning on the line on Saturday, ground specialist Juliana Miller (2-1) will face off against Brogan Walker-Sanchez. With minimal professional mixed martial arts experience, Miller had a terrific showing on TUF by earning a submission victory to earn her spot in the finals. DraftKings sees Killer as the slight favorite... Read More
Sergey Spivak Looking To Build Off His March Win
A winner in three of his last four bouts, Sergey Spivak (14-3) will look for another big win when he faces the struggling Augusto Sakai on Saturday. A winner in his last contest over Greg Hardy by knockout/TKO, Spivak will look to build from that momentum heading into Saturday's contest. DraftKings sees the Polar Bear... Read More
Augusto Sakai In Need Of A Huge Win Saturday
Augusto Sakai (15-4-1) is in dire need of a big win and is hoping to snap his current three-fight losing streak when he steps into Saturday's matchup against Sergey Spivak. After a hot start with a second-round knockout victory on the Contender Series in August of 2018, Sakai went on to win four straight fights... Read More
MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill (Premium Content)
The revenge was completed, Nunes got her belt back, and everything is now back to normalcy. Pretty much the times we live in these days. Anyway. The UFC is leaving the numbered-event beat for a while and entering another minor-event run of bookings starting this weekend--where else--in Las Vegas, NV, by getting back into the... Read More
DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - UFC Vegas 59: Santos vs. Hill
The revenge was completed, Nunes got her belt back, and everything is now back to normalcy. Pretty much the times we live in these days. Anyway. The UFC is leaving the numbered-event beat for a while and entering another minor-event run of bookings starting this weekend--where else--in Las Vegas, NV, by getting back into the... Read More
Priscila Cachoeira Looking To Stay Hot With A Win Saturday
Priscila Cachoeira (11-4) has turned it around in the Octagon after losing her first three appearances, going 3-1 in her last four fights. Two of her three wins have actually come via knockout/TKO stoppages. A dangerous striker like her opponent, six of Cachoeira's 11 wins have come by KO/TKO. DraftKings sees Zombie Girl as the... Read More
Ariane Lipski Making 2022 Debut Saturday Night
Former KSW champion Ariane Lipski (14-7) is set to open up Saturday's main card of action against Priscila Cachoeira. The last time we saw Lipski in the Octagon, she earned a decision victory in September of last year after dropping back-to-back matchups. A dangerous striker, six of her 14 career wins have come by knockout/TKO.... Read More
Julianna Pena Unable To Defend Her Crown
Julianna Pena stepped into the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday with an extremely difficult task in front of her in her attempt to defeat the women's mixed-martial arts GOAT in Amanda Nunes for a second time. This time, she was unable to fulfill that dream, losing a unanimous decision (45-50, 43-50, 44-50). In... Read More
Amanda Nunes Asserts Her Dominance
Amanda Nunes showed the world why she is considered the women's GOAT of mixed martial arts by earning a unanimous-decision win (45-50, 43-50, 44-50) over Julianna Pena on Saturday to reclaim her UFC women's bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 277. In 25 minutes of action, Nunes tallied 85 significant strikes compared to... Read More
Kai Kara-France Unable To Capitalize On Interim Title Shot
Kai Kara-France was unable to take advantage of an interim title fight at UFC 277 on Saturday, dropping the night's co-main event to Brandon Moreno via third-round TKO stoppage. In 14:34 of action, Kara-France tallied 53 significant strikes (just five less than Moreno) while stuffing all three of Moreno's takedown tries on the night. The... Read More
Brandon Moreno Wins Interim Title With TKO Victory
Brandon Moreno showed that he was a former flyweight champion by defeating Kai Kara-France in the co-main event of UFC 277 on Saturday for the interim flyweight title via third-round TKO stoppage. In 14:34 of action, Moreno tallied 58 significant strikes (59 total strikes) and whiffed on all three of his takedown tries. The victory... Read More
Derrick Lewis Takes TKO Loss At UFC 277
Though Derrick Lewis was in a rough situation less than one minute into his UFC 277 matchup on Saturday against Sergei Pavlovich, many people, including Dana White, believed the stoppage victory awarded to Pavlovich was a bit premature with Lewis still in the fight. Regardless, the loss still goes to Lewis, who has now lost... Read More
Sergei Pavlovich Earns First-Round Stoppage Saturday
Less than one minute was all it took for Sergei Pavlovich to stun the crowd in attendance at UFC 277 on Saturday by defeating Derrick Lewis via first-round TKO stoppage. Many, including UFC president Dana White, questioned the stoppage, stating it seemed to come way too early. Regardless, Pavlovich's 15 significant strikes in 55 seconds... Read More
Alex Perez Suffers First-Round Loss
Maybe the 20-month Octagon absence for Alex Perez did not do him any favors at UFC 277 on Saturday, when he dropped his main-card showing to Alexandre Pantoja while suffering a first-round submission loss. In 1:31 of action, Perez was able to land 10 significant strikes but spent 1:06 in the control of Pantoja before... Read More
Alexandre Pantoja Stakes Claim For Title Contention
In the main card's only submission on Saturday, Alexandre Pantoja put an exclamation point on the claim that he should be in the title talks for the UFC's flyweight title by submitting Alex Perez in their first-round matchup at UFC 277. In 1:31 of action, Pantoja landed eight significant strikes but had 1:06 of control... Read More
Anthony Smith Suffers TKO Loss
Anthony Smith's three-fight winning streak came to an end on Saturday at the hands of fourth-ranked Magomed Ankalaev in the main-card opener of UFC 277. In 8:09 of total action, Smith only landed 18 significant strikes compared to that of Ankalaev's 46. The fifth-ranked Smith really had no answers to the takedown defense and striking... Read More
Magomed Ankalaev Dominates On Saturday
Moving his winning streak to nine, Magomed Ankalaev earned a huge second-round TKO victory over top-tier light heavyweight Anthony Smith to open up the main card of UFC 277 on Saturday. In 8:09 of total action, Ankalaev tallied 46 significant strikes (64 total strikes) while absorbing only 18 significant strikes. Ranked fourth before his matchup... Read More
Tap That: Episode #66: Pardon My French
Brady Grove hosts the full-card rundown for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", bringing you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get... Read More
Amanda Nunes Seeking Revenge On Saturday
Considered by many to be the women's GOAT in the world of mixed martial arts, Amanda Nunes will return to action in the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday in an attempt to recapture her bantamweight title after a shocking loss to Julianna Pena at UFC 269 in December of last year. Prior to... Read More
Julianna Pena Hoping To Shock The World Again
Julianna Pena (11-4) will defend her UFC women's bantamweight title on Saturday in the main event at UFC 277 against the woman she defeated for the crown, Amanda Nunes, in what many may consider one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. In their first matchup, Pena scored a second-round submission victory (rear-naked choke) to... Read More
Brandon Moreno Has A Chance To Earn Interim Title
After dropping the UFC flyweight title in his last contest, Brandon Moreno (19-6-2) will have the opportunity to become the interim champion if he can defeat Kai Kara-France in Saturday's co-main event at UFC 277. Prior to the loss, Moreno had not suffered defeat in his previous seven bouts. Dangerous on the mat, 11 of... Read More
