Matthew Lowrimore
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UFC Fight Night 247 takes place on Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. This card features a UFC Welterweight between Neil Magny and Carlos Prates as the Main Event.
Here are our best bets for this UFC card, which will include 3 fights on the Main Card. Be sure to also check out the rest of our UFC predictions for all of the UFC Fight Night 247 Main Card fights.
UFC Fight Night 247 Main Card Best Bets
Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates – Over 1.5 rounds (-130)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing.
The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 247 will see Neil Magny take on Carlos Prates in the UFC Welterweight division. Magny enters this fight with an MMA record of 29-13 and he is 22-11 in the UFC. Prates, on the other hand, enters this fight with an MMA record of 20-6 and he is 4-0 in the UFC.
Prates is by far the biggest favorite on this card and therefore too risky to bet on the money line. Instead, we will be looking for this fight to go over 1.5 rounds. Prates has seen 2 of his 4 UFC fights go over 1.5 rounds, while Magny has seen 3 of his last 4 UFC fights do the same. For this reason, backing the over 1.5 rounds will be our best bet.
Read our full Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates prediction
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier De Ridder – Fight not to go the distance (-200)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing
The third fight on the Main Card at UFC Fight Night 247 will see Gerald Meerschaert take on Reinier De Ridder in the UFC Middleweight division. Meerschaert enters this fight with an MMA record of 37-17 and he is 12-9 in the UFC. On the other side, De Ridder enters this fight with an MMA record of 17-2 and this will be his UFC debut.
De Ridder is the overwhelming favorite but given that this is his UFC debut, backing him to win is too risky. Instead, we will be looking at this fight to end inside the distance. De Ridder has seen 17 of his 19 career fights end inside the distance, while Meerschaert has seen 47 of his 54 career fights do the same. Because both fighters have had a very high finish rate, backing this fight to end inside the distance will be our play.
Read our full Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier De Ridder prediction
Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson – Over 1.5 rounds (-175)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing
The second fight on the Main Card at UFC Fight Night 247 will see Luana Pinheiro take on Gillian Robertson in the UFC Women’s Strawweight division. Pinheiro enters this fight with an MMA record of 11-3 and she is 4-2 in the UFC. As for Robertson, she enters this fight with an MMA record of 14-8 and she is 11-6 in the UFC.
Robertson is the overwhelming favorite, so instead of backing her to win, we will be looking at this fight to go over 1.5 rounds. Robertson has seen her last 4 UFC fights in a row go over 1.5 rounds, while Pinheiro has also seen her last 4 UFC fights go over 1.5 rounds. For this reason, backing this fight to go over 1.5 rounds will be our play.
Read our full Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson prediction
