Even without NFL preseason games, the month still shapes up as the biggest August ever with the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball back on the betting board.
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Favorites have been on a tear in UFC events, but handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is staying the course with three underdog plays for Saturday.
The former middleweight champion bounced back from losing the belt in October to score a unanimous-decision win over Darren Till on Sunday morning on ‘Fight Island.’
MMA handicapper Lou Finocchiaro expects former UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker to get back on track in Saturday night’s main event against Darren Till.
The former middleweight champion admitted he was burnt out after having his eight-fight winning streak snapped and losing his title.
The Brazilian choked out Las Vegas native Joseph Benavidez to capture the vacant flyweight title in the main event of Sunday morning’s UFC on ESPN+ 30 in Abu Dhabi.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro likes Deiveson Figueiredo (-215) over Joseph Benavidez in the main event of the UFC card Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Flyweight Joseph Benavidez gets his fourth shot at the 125-pound belt when he meets Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 30 in Abu Dhabi.
Featherweight Calvin Kattar won for the fourth time in his past five fights in the main event of UFC on ESPN 13 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is targeting two underdogs and one favorite on the UFC card Wednesday at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
Welterweight star Jorge Masvidal, fighting on six days’ notice, lost a unanimous decision to champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 251 early Sunday in Abu Dhabi.
The gambler won the first two bets Saturday on UFC 251 for a profit of about $93,000 and lost the final four wagers for a total of $400,000.
Both champions won the favor of the judges and Petr Yan stopped Jose Aldo in the UFC 251 championship tripleheader in Abu Dhabi
As COVID-19 kept international fighters from traveling to the United States, the T UFC president needed an island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 251 on Saturday on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang:
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