UFC 2024
MMA Predictions
UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 24, 2024, at Arena CDMX, in Mexico City, Mexico.
Main Card:
Brandon Moreno vs. Brandon Royval
Yair Rodriguez vs. Brian Ortega
Daniel Zellhuber vs. Francisco Prado
Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Sam Hughes
Manuel Torres vs. Chris Duncan
Prelims:
Cristian Quiñonez vs. Raoni Barcelos
Jesus Aguilar vs. Mateus Mendonça
Edgar Cháirez vs. Daniel Lacerda
Claudio Puelles vs. Fares Ziam
Luis Rodríguez vs. Denys Bondar
Victor Altamirano vs. Felipe dos Santos
Muhammad Naimov vs. Erik Silva
Our Main Card Picks:
Moreno ML @1/3 vs Royval – Main Event
Should be a levels fight. Moreno will have a ton of advantages, more technical striker, better wrestler, better durability with an overall more complete game. Royval is a fun fighter, but his style doesn’t work against the higher-level guys in the division. We do worry Moreno takes the harder path and this fight plays out on the feet. However, Moreno can get takedowns with ease and should be able to secure rounds with his wrestling. Most likely a decision but wouldn’t be shocked if Moreno found a TKO in the late rounds.
Daniel Zellhuber ML @4/11
Zellhuber will be the clear minute winner here. Great footwok with a solid jab and uses his kicks well at range. Prado has some power and Zellhuber at times struggles when opponents close distance, but think he will have a hard time finding the target. Prado struggled in the Mullarkey fight to land and we believe the movement of Zellhuber will give similar issues. Daniel will have a decent grappling edge here as well if this fight does ever hit the ground. It’s a don’t over think it spot; believe we see a dominant performance here.
Manuel Torres ML @8/15
Still a ton of unknowns on Torres’ cardio and defensive grappling but at near pick’em price we had to play the ML. Duncan has some grappling upside but if he can’t get the early takedown this fight may spiral. Torres isn’t the most technical fighter, but the dude sees red in there and chases the finish. On the feet Duncan is slow, plodding, and has minimal head movement. He’s there to be hit and has shown questionable durability in a lot of fights. Slava was able to land a big left hook and put him out and Cambell had him hurt on multiple occasions. This feels like a set up spot for Torres. But am considering Rd 2 KO.
Jauregui ML @1/6
Jauregui is pretty safe. Way sharper skill set. She is a strong parlay piece but on ML these odds offer little. Hughes has almost zero athleticism and just grits her way to the occasional decision.
Rosas jr vs Turcios – Fight to go the Distance NO @10/11
Think this could get pretty ugly if it gets to the latter rounds with how awful Rosas’ gas tank is, hard to see him cruising to a grapple heavy decision. Turcios live after a round if he’s still alive & RD2/3 props seem decent (Rosas SUB1 prob gonna be big vs. ML too since the under is so generous.
Yair vs Ortega – Under 3.5 rounds @4/6
Betting on this fight is a mess.. I can’t remember Ortega winning (And I think i’m older then him) Ortega apparently opened as fav but Yair got bet in by the people.. difficult to call but under 3.5 feels good.
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