Matthew Lowrimore
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UFC on ESPN 61 takes place on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. This card features a heavyweight fight between Marcin Tybura and Serghei Spivac 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 on ESPN 61 Main Card fights.
UFC on ESPN 61 Main Card Best Bets
Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac – Under 3.5 Rounds (-115)
The Main Event at UFC on ESPN 61 will see Marcin Tybura take on Serghei Spivac. This will be a fight in the UFC Heavyweight division. For the Main Event, we will be looking at this fight to go under 3.5 rounds. Tybura has seen his last 2 fights go under 3.5 rounds, while Spivac has seen his last 5 fights in a row do the same. Because of this, backing this fight to go under 3.5 rounds will be our best bet.
Read our full Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac prediction
Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov – Fight to End by KO/TKO (-135)
The fourth fight on the Main Card at UFC on ESPN 61 will see Danny Barlow take on Nikolay Veretennikov. This will be a fight in the UFC Welterweight division. Barlow is the overwhelming favorite; therefore, we will look for this fight to end by KO/TKO. While this is Veretennikov’s official UFC debut, he has seen 9 of his 13 fights end by KO/TKO. Additionally, Barlow has seen 5 of his 8 career fights end by KO/TKO as well. Because of this, backing this fight to end by KO/TKO will be our best bet.
Read our full Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov prediction
Chelsea Chandler ML over Yana Santos (+124)
The second fight on the Main Card at UFC on ESPN 61 will see Yana Santos take on Chelsea Chandler. This will be a fight in the UFC Women’s Bantamweight division. Santos comes into this fight with an MMA record of 14-8 and she is 4-5 in the UFC. She is averaging 4.16 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 56%. Santos is absorbing 3.03 strikes and has a striking defense of 50%. Her grappling is decent as well, averaging 1.11 takedowns per every 15 minutes. She has a takedown accuracy of 53% and her takedown defense is 42%.
Chandler comes into this fight with an MMA record of 6-2 and she is 2-1 in the UFC. She is averaging 3.45 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 45%. Chandler is absorbing 3.09 strikes and has a striking defense of 49%. Her grappling is also decent, averaging 1.31 takedowns per every 15 minutes. Chandler has a takedown accuracy of 60% and her takedown defense 33%.
Santos is the moderate-sized favorite in this fight but has not been consistent enough in the UFC to be worthy of a bet. Santos has lost each of her last 3 UFC fights, and while Chandler has less experience in the UFC, the edge she has in grappling makes her our best bet for this fight on Saturday.
Read our full Chelsea Chandler vs. Yana Santos prediction
