A short-notice heavyweight main event, a grappling chess match in the co-main, and a card full of pricey favorites who need finishes. Here's where the points — and the leverage — live.
The setup
UFC Fight Night at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Saturday 11/7. Main card at 8 PM ET. Fourteen fights on the DraftKings slate, headlined by a five-round heavyweight replacement bout after the original main event fell through.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta is trying to stop a two-fight skid after decision losses. Johnny Walker is coming off a knee-strike knockout in his heavyweight debut and took this fight on short notice. Acosta opened near -300 and money has come in on Walker, tightening the number.
Look at the price sheet. Nine fighters sit at $8,800 or more, and several of them are in fights the market sees as closer than DraftKings does. On a card like this, the field crowds the expensive favorites, and lineups that hit on two or three live underdogs at $6,500–$7,600 separate from the pack.
We don't just want to pick winners. We want to pick points per dollar, and then pick the combinations the field isn't building.
| Bout | Division | Fav $ | Dog $ | Market lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker | HW · 5 rds | 8,700 | 7,500 | Acosta ~-230 |
| Suarez vs. Jandiroba | W Straw | 8,600 | 7,600 | Suarez ~-198 |
| Smith vs. Grant | BW | 9,100 | 7,100 | Smith ~-310 |
| Ko vs. Turman | WW | 9,700 | 6,500 | Ko ~-700 |
| Fernando vs. Elekana | LHW | 9,200 | 7,000 | Fernando ~-310 |
| Kondratavičius vs. Petroski | MW | 9,300 | 6,900 | Kondratavičius ~-298 |
| +8 more fights, full breakdowns, lineups and the betting card below for members. | ||||
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