UFC Saudi Arabia Whittaker vs Aliskerov | P4P Picks Presented by @BET99Sportsbook

“I am all over the former Champion Robert Whittaker here if this Line's a trap uh I'm fully prepared to fall into it because I think that this is a beautiful number on Robert whiter he's one of the best fighters in in the UFC over the past couple of years who doesn't have a belt around his waist he typically only loses to the best of the best in this weight class and no exaggeration I think that this is one of the biggest step UPS in competition in the history of the UFC here for alisov he has three fights under the UFC Banner one on Dana White Contender series and two within the UFC none of the opponents that he has faced have a winning record in the UFC then you got to factor in the fight situation for him as I said this is a short notice fight about a week and a half he was preparing to fight in Las Vegas last Saturday now he's flying to a completely different part of the world to fight at a completely different time of the day going up against one of the best fighters in the division so I think Robert Whittaker is being severely undervalued here minus 150 uh you know alisar off's going to come atam hard in the first round if he can pull off the upset it will likely happen then but I don't see it happening Robert Whittaker's fought so many different styles of opponents he's a very high IQ type of guy in there so I like him to get the W here minus 150 over at bet 99”

“keeping it simple Sergei Pavlovich knockout uh you look at vov and I mean like you said he's a gatekeeper he's a good fighter uh good kickboxing uh does a good job of keep things at range with his uh you know his reach Advantage but the thing is tends to uh he tends to lose that against guys that are really Elite at kind of anyone skill and Sergei Pavlovich is one of the hardest hitters in the division uh Sergei Pavlovich also has an insane reach especially for his height uh the guy 6'3 but I think it's reached like 84 Ines so one of the biggest ape indexes in the UFC and he hits so hard a lot of times guys think they're out of his range I then he manages to connect with them and then they're all of a sudden on the back foot and getting wobbled and just getting starched so it's a really tough matchup for him uh one interesting thing about this fight is that these guys have been sparring partners before so they have been in the Octagon before I am seeing that kind of uh permeate the MMA Community online this idea that because they're sparring partners that because they're friends uh you know they might end up going the distance uh that's pretty big plus money uh but I don't think so pav has also gone on the record as saying sorry um um volov has gone on the record as saying that pavich just wrecks him in every sparring session too I'm not sure if he's just being complimentary or not but I think from a physical attribute standpoint I think pavlovic's power is going to be too much uh yes he got knocked out by aspal in the first round but aspal might be the best heavyweight in the world and uh if you look at all his fights before that he was just starching guys early and I think uh this fight isn't going to go 15 minutes I think palich is going to be able to put him away”

“I'm going to take this fight not to go the distance that one's going off at even money plus 100 so quite simply two very aggressive guys go getting after it here great matchmaking by the UFC each of these guys will be looking to get a finish you take a look at mam medov 10 koos and 12 professional fights in his career seven of those wins have come in the first round so he doesn't typically spend a lot of time in the cage lutra Bach is a guy he seen eight of his last 11 fights get finished inside the distance a little bit of trivia for you guys the second time we'll be mentioning this guy's name on the show he got knocked out by draus dupy back in 2019 so I think that's G to be an entertaining fight I think someone is gonna get finished most likely lutterbach but maybe a uh maybe could surprise people with this submission I don't think that's going to happen but if he wins that's the only way I think he could pull that off”

“last pick for me for the UFC s Arabia card uh Rinat Fakhretdinov uh he's fighting Nicholas Dolby and there's a couple different ways you can bet this fight so neither of these guys has ever been finished and you know I like if you watch our show you know I like these patterns and these trends that I see so you can take the fight uh not to go the distance or the fight to go the distance at minus 175 but I actually like Faker off to get the W here and I think he's going to win by decision so I'm GNA take him minus 120 uh this is a guy who hasn't lost an MMA fight since 2013 that was his second career mix merel Arts Pro fight uh very nice striking differential for him about plus two per minute and uh in the UFC he's had three fights and he's averaging at 4.25 takedowns per 15 minutes in the cage and I do think that is his path to Victory I think he's going to be able to get Dolby on his back have a lot of top control that's going to chew up a lot of clock through of his four fights four fights I should say in the UFC have gone the distance I think that's going to be the case here and he gets his hand raised to win by decision here”