Matthew Lowrimore
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UFC on ESPN 63 takes place on Saturday night at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. This card features a UFC Welterweight fight between Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley 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 63 Main Card fights.
UFC on ESPN 63 Main Card Best Bets
Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley – Fight to go the Distance – No (+100)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing.
The Main Event at UFC on ESPN 63 will see Colby Covington take on Joaquin Buckley in the UFC Welterweight division. Covington enters this fight with an MMA record of 17-4 and 12-4 in the UFC. As for Buckley, he enters this fight with an MMA record of 20-6 and 10-4 in the UFC.
Buckley is the heavy favorite in this fight so instead we will be looking for this fight to end inside the distance. Buckley has seen 4 of his last 6 UFC fights end inside the distance while Covington has seen 2 of his last 5 UFC fights do the same. Because both fighters have had a decent finish rate recently, backing this fight to end inside the distance will be our best bet.
Read our full Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley prediction
Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo – Fight to go the Distance – No (-125)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at the time of publishing
The Co-Main Event at UFC on ESPN 63 will see Cub Swanson take on Billy Quarantillo in the UFC Featherweight division. Swanson enters this fight with an MMA record of 29-14 and 19-13 in the UFC. On the other side, Quarantillo enters this fight with an MMA record of 18-6 and is 7-4 in the UFC.
Quarantillo is the moderate-sized favorite in the fight so instead we are going to look for this fight to end inside the distance. Both Quarantillo and Swanson have seen 4 of their last 6 UFC fights end inside the distance, therefore backing the same here will be our best bet.
Read our full Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo prediction
Vitor Petrino Win by Finish over Dustin Jacoby (-125)
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing
The third fight on the Main Card at UFC on ESPN 63 will see Vitor Petrino take on Dustin Jacoby in the UFC Light Heavyweight division. Petrino enters this fight with an MMA record of 11-1 and 5-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 2.82 strikes and has a striking accuracy of 45%. Petrino is absorbing 2.58 strikes and has a striking defense of 45%. His grappling is also elite, averaging 3.98 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 66% and a takedown defense of 71%.
Petrino is the heavy favorite in this fight so instead we will be looking at how he will win. Petrino has won 8 of his 11 career fights by finish, while Jacoby has lost a total of 4 times by finish. Jacoby is also an unappealing 1-4 in his last 5 fights, therefore backing Petrino to win by finish will be our best bet.
Read our full Vitor Petrino vs. Dustin Jacoby prediction
