The UFC is in “The City of Angels” for UFC 331. The crypto.com Arena plays host to the flyweight title rematch between Joshua Van and Alexandre Pantoja. We dug through the card to find the best same-game parlay spot we could for you and packaged it together to win you some money. Come check out our favorite MMA picks, bets and predictions for the weekend’s action.
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UFC 331 Flyweight Fight: Joshua Van vs Alexandre Pantoja
Start Time: 5:00pm EST (Paramount+)
In the flyweight rematch, we finally get to answer all of the what-ifs that exist from the first meeting. Just 26 seconds into the first contest, Joshua Van caught the kick from Pantoja and tripped him into posting. That post would dislocate his elbow and leave us without much of a real fight.
If we eliminate that fight from Van’s resume, he’s now put together three straight fights with absurd striking totals. 125 significant strikes has been the lowest that we’ve seen him fall in that span. His pace, even when being taken down, is impossible to keep up with and lets him rack them up.
On the other side, Van has shown that he’ll give up some takedowns. In his last title defense, he surrendered eight takedowns to Tatsuro Taira. Pantoja is a better wrestler than Taira is, which should allow him to put some numbers on the board in the grappling department. We’ll pair that with a modest number of strikes for the champ to get a nice +EV return.
UFC 331 SGP: Joshua Van 85+ Significant Strikes and Alexandre Pantoja 3+ Takedowns = +125
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