Ufc Fight Night 152 Predictions

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The UFC heads to Rochester on May 18th for UFC Fight Night 152 with a fight card at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. A welterweight clash between two former top lightweights will headline the event as former UFC lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos takes on Kevin Lee who will be fighting for the first time as a welterweight.

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Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee

Dos Anjos is the former UFC lightweight champion who has campaigned at welterweight since June 2017. RDA won his first three bouts but lost successive fights to champions Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman. RDA has a record of 28-11 with five knockouts and 9 wins by submission. He stands 5-8 with a reach of 70 inches.

Dos Anjos

+115

Lee

-135

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

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Kevin Lee moves up to welterweight after failing to win gold at lightweight. The Motown Phenom has a record of 17-4 with two knockouts and 8 wins by submission. Lee is 5-9 and has a reach of 77 inches. Lee lost two out of his last three fights at lightweight before deciding to move up in weight class.

Who Wins?

This is Dos Anjos' sixth bout at welterweight and even if he lost his last two bouts here, he has the advantage over Kevin Lee who's making his debut at this division. Dos Anjos has the advantage in skills and experience here. However, Lee has a significant seven-inch reach advantage, which he could use to keep Dos Anjos away from him. RDA will try to eliminate Lee's length by taking him to the ground. Lee has a good ground game, but Dos Anjos has one of the best ground games in the UFC. Lee has a good takedown defense of 80% and if he can keep this fight standing up, he's going to win on points. I like the UFC betting value of RDA here with the plus money and being the better fighter overall.

Prediction: Rafael Dos Anjos

Sijara Eubanks vs. Aspen Ladd

Eubanks is back at bantamweight after moving up and down at flyweight. The 34-year-old was a finalist at The Ultimate Fighter 26 after going unbeaten in three fights there. However, here title fight with Nico Montano didn't push through after she suffered health problems while trying to make her weight cut for the fight. She is 5-4 with a reach of 67 inches. Her record is 4-2 with 2 knockouts.

Eubanks

+185

Ladd

-220

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Ladd is undefeated at 7-0 with five knockouts and one submission victory. She is 2-0 with two knockouts in the UFC after stopping veterans Lina Lansberg and Tonya Evinger. Ladd stands 5-6 tall with a reach of 66 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance. She was rumored to face Holly Holm but will now instead welcome Sijara Eubanks to the bantamweight division.

Who Wins?

These women have fought before at Invicta 21 and Ladd won by unanimous decision. I like Eubanks' potential she has decent stand-up and okay takedowns. However, Ladd has fought better opposition and has prevailed. I think this one is going to go the distance with Aspen Ladd outworking Eubanks for the win.

Prediction: Aspen Ladd

Zak Cummings vs. Trevin Giles

Cummings is an alumnus of the TUF, having competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs Team Sonnen in 2013. The 34-year old from Irvin, Texas has a record of 22-6 with five knockouts and 11 submissions. He's never been knocked out although he's been submitted twice. Cummings stands 6-0 with a reach of 75 inches while fighting out of the southpaw stance.

Cummings

-120

Giles Amanda nunes and rousey.

+100

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Giles is undefeated at 11-0 with five knockouts and five wins via submission. He is 2-0 with 2 knockouts in UFC competition and is coming off a third-round stoppage of Antonio Braga Neto at UFC Fight Night 123. He stands 6-0 with a reach of 74 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance.

Who Wins?

Giles is unbeaten as a pro and is 2-0 with 2 KOs in UFC competition but he's not fought since December 2017. On the other hand, Zak Cummungs has won three out of his last four bouts. Giles is a well-rounded fighter while Cummings is a BJJ brown-belt with 11 submission wins. Giles has high offensive output but he's got to be careful because if Cummings gets a hold of him on the ground, it's going to be a nightmare.

Prediction Zak Cummings

Grant Dawson vs. Mike Trizano

Dawson earned a UFC contract from Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series in 2017. His UFC stint was delayed after a USADA investigation which later cleared him of any wrongdoing. The 'Prophet' is coming off a unanimous decision win over Julian Erosa at UFC Wichita. He has a record of 13-1 with 3 knockouts and 9 submission wins Dawson, who stands 5-10 with an undisclosed reach and who is a switch-hitter, is on a four-fight winning streak.

Dawson

-110

Trizano

-110

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Trizano is the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 27 and he is still unbeaten at 8-0 with 2 knockouts and 2 wins by submission. He stands 5-11 with a reach of 73 inches while fighting from the orthodox position. Trizano is coming off a win over Luis Pena, his first bout since beating Joe Giannetti to win the TUF 27 competition. Both wins were by split decision.

Who Wins?

As the betting odds have it, this fight could go either way. Trizano is a well-rounded fighter and he's lucky to stay unbeaten because his last two bouts couldn't be any closer. Dawson has some entertaining grappling. He mixes submissions, strikes, and passes in a flowing offense. He is a beast if he can get on top. Both fighters can mix it up on their feet but Dawson takes this fight to the ground where he has the edge.

Prediction: Grant Dawson

Patrick Cummins vs. Ed Herman

Cummins is unranked in the UFC's light heavyweight division. The 38-year old from Doylestown, Pennsylvania has a record of 10-6 with four knockouts and two wins by submission. Durkin has lost two fights in a row and is a loser in five out of his last eight bouts. He stands 6-2 with a reach of 76 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance. In his last bout, Cummins was submitted by Misha Cirkunov at UFC Fight Night 138.

Cummins

-120

Herman

+180

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Herman is also on a skid, having lost five out of his last seven bouts including his last three. The 38-year old from Vancouver, Washington has a record of 23-14-1 with six knockouts and 13 submissions. Herman is 6-1 with a reach of 77 inches while fighting as an orthodox fighter.

Who Wins?

Both fighters love to take their opponent down to the ground but when it comes who does the better work on the ground, it's Herman who does well with both ground and pound & with submissions. Cummins should keep this on his feet because if it doesn't, Herman is going to out grapple and out power Cummins.

Prediction: Ed Herman

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UFC Fight Night 152 is set for Saturday, May 18, and features an exciting welterweight fight as the main event of the evening. Rafael dos Anjos will clash with Kevin Lee in a 170-pound headline fight that has title implications.

The event takes place in Rochester, New York, and the main card has a total of six fights. Antonio Carlos Junior and Ian Heinisch will go head-to-head in the co-main event not long after Megan Anderson is set to welcome Felicia Spencer to the women's featherweight division.

Before checking out our best bets and analysis ahead of the UFC Fight Night 152 main card, make sure to read our Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee betting guide.

Let's get started.

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Ian Heinisch

Saturday, May 18 – 11:00 pm (ET) / 3:00am (GMT)

Ufc Fight Night 150 Predictions Prelims

Antonio Carlos Junior (better known as 'Shoeface') has worked up a five-fight winning streak since 2016 and now moved to 7-2 in the UFC. Four of his last five victories have come by way of rear-naked choke and he's now secured three submission victories in a row. Interestingly, Carlos Junior hasn't competed since April 2018 after bouts with Derek Brunson and Elias Theodorou fell through due to various injuries.

Ian Heinisch also steps into this co-main event on the back of some winning efforts, including four consecutive wins and a recent win over Cezar Ferreira to get his UFC career started. Competing for Legacy Fighting Alliance before joining the UFC, Heinisch captured the LFA Interim Middleweight Championship in May last year to gain attention from UFC matchmakers.

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Ian Heinisch – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Antonio Carlos Junior1.59ComeOn
Ian Heinisch2.50Mybookie

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There aren't many fighters harder to get a decent read on than Antonio Carlos Junior. We all know that he's a top-level grappler with outstanding back takes and rear-naked choke submissions, but it remains to be seen if he can get decent fighters down and keep them there over time. Most of Carlos Junior's wins have come against low-level competition and Heinisch doesn't fit into that category.

Even then, Carlos Junior ‘s stand-up isn't terrible in the same way that Ben Askren and Demian Maia are known to have limited success on the feet. There's a chance that he can land powerful strikes and change the fight up at any moment.

But overall, Heinisch is the real value play in this head-to-head market because this one is a lot closer than the bookmakers currently have it set.

Bet on Ian Heinisch to win: 2.50 at Mybookie

Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer

Saturday, May 18 – 10:30 pm (ET) / 2:30am (GMT)

Ufc Fight Night 152 Predictions Bleacher Report

It's incredible that Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer is a notable bout mostly because it's a genuine matchup between two real featherweight fighters and not those who could realistically compete in the smaller bantamweight division.

Ufc Fight Night 152 Predictions 2020

Megan Anderson is a former Invicta FC interim featherweight champion and is now 1-1 in the UFC after losing to Holly Holm in her debut and then picking up a somewhat crazy first-round TKO victory against Cat Zingano. Fans will recall that Anderson attempted a high kick and her toe caught Zingano in the eye, causing temporary vision impairment. Zingano wasn't able to continue fighting and Anderson picked up her first win in the UFC.

Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Megan Anderson1.56BetVictor
Felicia Spencer2.85BetOnline

Megan Anderson's one of the few women in the UFC who need to cut massive amounts of weight just to make the 145-pound limit. She's particularly vulnerable on the mat and a strong wrestler and jiu-jitsu practitioner will likely have an easy pathway to victory against her. However, as much as Spencer has taken down opponents in the past, it's not obvious whether she'll have the ability to get Anderson down in this one.

Anderson has the advantages across the board and we'll be betting accordingly.

Bet on Megan Anderson to win: 1.56 at BetVictor

Derrick Krantz vs. Vicente Luque

Saturday, May 18 – 10:00 pm (ET) / 2:00am (GMT)

Vicente Luque was supposed to finally get his shot against a well-known opponent in Neil Magny but now misses out after Magny was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in the lead-up to the fight.

Without an opponent, the UFC scrambled to find a suitable candidate to compete against Luque. They found one in Derrick Krantz, a fighter who has won all four of his last fights on the regional circuit and scored wins in seven of his last eight bouts.

Luque is quite the challenge for any welterweight mixed martial artist and not just a newcomer to the world's largest MMA promotion. He's won all four of his last fights via stoppage and managed to defeat Bryan Barberena by TKO in the third round at UFC on ESPN 1 to get his 2019 started in a big way.

Derrick Krantz vs. Vicente Luque – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Derrick Krantz7.00888Sport
Vicente Luque1.13Bovada

While Magny vs. Luque would have been a far superior fight for betting purposes, there's still a whole lot of value to extract from this one.

Krantz has a ton of losses on his record already (10) and seven of those are by way of stoppage. We're expecting Luque to get a relatively easy win against Krantz and it's more than likely that it comes inside the distance.

Bet on Total Rounds: Under 1.5 – 1.69 at BetVictor

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz

Saturday, May 18 – 9:30 pm (ET) / 1:30am (GMT)

Charles Oliviera now has the most submissions in UFC history and has a chance to make it five in a row when he meets Nik Lentz at UFC Rochester. Oliveira has always proven to be a challenge in the lightweight division but has had most of his success against low-ranked and unranked 155-pound competitors. With his anaconda choke finish against David Teymur, Oliveira has now strangled each of his last four opponents.

Nik Lentz is the man who is tasked with stopping Oliveira's submission streak this weekend. Having won three of his last four fights and each of his last two, Lentz has managed to defeat Scott Holtzman and Gray Maynard in the last eight months.

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Charles Oliveira1.30BetOnline
Nik Lentz3.70Bovada

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz is a fun rematch that comes over four years later than their original matchup at UFC Fight Night 67. Oliveira is a wild fighter who has all kinds of aggressive striking techniques in his arsenal. These can be great at times but they often leave him exposed against composed and patient fighters who are capable of working Oliveira's weak spots; that's why we've seen him lose to Paul Felder, Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway and more.

Nik Lentz is an underrated, tough fighter who is now in a great position to score a major upset victory this weekend. He's capable of hanging around whether on the feet or on the mat and can push the pace enough to take Oliveira deep into rounds two or three.

Oliveira is a deserving favorite, but not by this much. Take Lentz to win.

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Bet on Nik Lentz to win: 3.70 at Bovada

Best Bets for UFC Fight Night 152

UFC Fight Night 152 – Best Bets
BetBest OddsSite
Ian Heinisch to win2.50Mybookie
Megan Anderson to win1.56BetVictor
Krantz vs. Luque under 1.5 rounds1.69BetVictor
Nik Lentz to win3.70Bovada
Ian Heinisch
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Kevin Lee moves up to welterweight after failing to win gold at lightweight. The Motown Phenom has a record of 17-4 with two knockouts and 8 wins by submission. Lee is 5-9 and has a reach of 77 inches. Lee lost two out of his last three fights at lightweight before deciding to move up in weight class.

Who Wins?

This is Dos Anjos' sixth bout at welterweight and even if he lost his last two bouts here, he has the advantage over Kevin Lee who's making his debut at this division. Dos Anjos has the advantage in skills and experience here. However, Lee has a significant seven-inch reach advantage, which he could use to keep Dos Anjos away from him. RDA will try to eliminate Lee's length by taking him to the ground. Lee has a good ground game, but Dos Anjos has one of the best ground games in the UFC. Lee has a good takedown defense of 80% and if he can keep this fight standing up, he's going to win on points. I like the UFC betting value of RDA here with the plus money and being the better fighter overall.

Prediction: Rafael Dos Anjos

Sijara Eubanks vs. Aspen Ladd

Eubanks is back at bantamweight after moving up and down at flyweight. The 34-year-old was a finalist at The Ultimate Fighter 26 after going unbeaten in three fights there. However, here title fight with Nico Montano didn't push through after she suffered health problems while trying to make her weight cut for the fight. She is 5-4 with a reach of 67 inches. Her record is 4-2 with 2 knockouts.

Eubanks

+185

Ladd

-220

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Ladd is undefeated at 7-0 with five knockouts and one submission victory. She is 2-0 with two knockouts in the UFC after stopping veterans Lina Lansberg and Tonya Evinger. Ladd stands 5-6 tall with a reach of 66 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance. She was rumored to face Holly Holm but will now instead welcome Sijara Eubanks to the bantamweight division.

Who Wins?

These women have fought before at Invicta 21 and Ladd won by unanimous decision. I like Eubanks' potential she has decent stand-up and okay takedowns. However, Ladd has fought better opposition and has prevailed. I think this one is going to go the distance with Aspen Ladd outworking Eubanks for the win.

Prediction: Aspen Ladd

Zak Cummings vs. Trevin Giles

Cummings is an alumnus of the TUF, having competed in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs Team Sonnen in 2013. The 34-year old from Irvin, Texas has a record of 22-6 with five knockouts and 11 submissions. He's never been knocked out although he's been submitted twice. Cummings stands 6-0 with a reach of 75 inches while fighting out of the southpaw stance.

Cummings

-120

Giles Amanda nunes and rousey.

+100

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Giles is undefeated at 11-0 with five knockouts and five wins via submission. He is 2-0 with 2 knockouts in UFC competition and is coming off a third-round stoppage of Antonio Braga Neto at UFC Fight Night 123. He stands 6-0 with a reach of 74 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance.

Who Wins?

Giles is unbeaten as a pro and is 2-0 with 2 KOs in UFC competition but he's not fought since December 2017. On the other hand, Zak Cummungs has won three out of his last four bouts. Giles is a well-rounded fighter while Cummings is a BJJ brown-belt with 11 submission wins. Giles has high offensive output but he's got to be careful because if Cummings gets a hold of him on the ground, it's going to be a nightmare.

Prediction Zak Cummings

Grant Dawson vs. Mike Trizano

Dawson earned a UFC contract from Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series in 2017. His UFC stint was delayed after a USADA investigation which later cleared him of any wrongdoing. The 'Prophet' is coming off a unanimous decision win over Julian Erosa at UFC Wichita. He has a record of 13-1 with 3 knockouts and 9 submission wins Dawson, who stands 5-10 with an undisclosed reach and who is a switch-hitter, is on a four-fight winning streak.

Dawson

-110

Trizano

-110

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Trizano is the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 27 and he is still unbeaten at 8-0 with 2 knockouts and 2 wins by submission. He stands 5-11 with a reach of 73 inches while fighting from the orthodox position. Trizano is coming off a win over Luis Pena, his first bout since beating Joe Giannetti to win the TUF 27 competition. Both wins were by split decision.

Who Wins?

As the betting odds have it, this fight could go either way. Trizano is a well-rounded fighter and he's lucky to stay unbeaten because his last two bouts couldn't be any closer. Dawson has some entertaining grappling. He mixes submissions, strikes, and passes in a flowing offense. He is a beast if he can get on top. Both fighters can mix it up on their feet but Dawson takes this fight to the ground where he has the edge.

Prediction: Grant Dawson

Patrick Cummins vs. Ed Herman

Cummins is unranked in the UFC's light heavyweight division. The 38-year old from Doylestown, Pennsylvania has a record of 10-6 with four knockouts and two wins by submission. Durkin has lost two fights in a row and is a loser in five out of his last eight bouts. He stands 6-2 with a reach of 76 inches while fighting out of the orthodox stance. In his last bout, Cummins was submitted by Misha Cirkunov at UFC Fight Night 138.

Cummins

-120

Herman

+180

Odds from betonline.ag as of 5/03/19

Herman is also on a skid, having lost five out of his last seven bouts including his last three. The 38-year old from Vancouver, Washington has a record of 23-14-1 with six knockouts and 13 submissions. Herman is 6-1 with a reach of 77 inches while fighting as an orthodox fighter.

Who Wins?

Both fighters love to take their opponent down to the ground but when it comes who does the better work on the ground, it's Herman who does well with both ground and pound & with submissions. Cummins should keep this on his feet because if it doesn't, Herman is going to out grapple and out power Cummins.

Prediction: Ed Herman

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UFC Fight Night 152 is set for Saturday, May 18, and features an exciting welterweight fight as the main event of the evening. Rafael dos Anjos will clash with Kevin Lee in a 170-pound headline fight that has title implications.

The event takes place in Rochester, New York, and the main card has a total of six fights. Antonio Carlos Junior and Ian Heinisch will go head-to-head in the co-main event not long after Megan Anderson is set to welcome Felicia Spencer to the women's featherweight division.

Before checking out our best bets and analysis ahead of the UFC Fight Night 152 main card, make sure to read our Rafael dos Anjos vs. Kevin Lee betting guide.

Let's get started.

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Ian Heinisch

Saturday, May 18 – 11:00 pm (ET) / 3:00am (GMT)

Ufc Fight Night 150 Predictions Prelims

Antonio Carlos Junior (better known as 'Shoeface') has worked up a five-fight winning streak since 2016 and now moved to 7-2 in the UFC. Four of his last five victories have come by way of rear-naked choke and he's now secured three submission victories in a row. Interestingly, Carlos Junior hasn't competed since April 2018 after bouts with Derek Brunson and Elias Theodorou fell through due to various injuries.

Ian Heinisch also steps into this co-main event on the back of some winning efforts, including four consecutive wins and a recent win over Cezar Ferreira to get his UFC career started. Competing for Legacy Fighting Alliance before joining the UFC, Heinisch captured the LFA Interim Middleweight Championship in May last year to gain attention from UFC matchmakers.

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Ian Heinisch – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Antonio Carlos Junior1.59ComeOn
Ian Heinisch2.50Mybookie

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There aren't many fighters harder to get a decent read on than Antonio Carlos Junior. We all know that he's a top-level grappler with outstanding back takes and rear-naked choke submissions, but it remains to be seen if he can get decent fighters down and keep them there over time. Most of Carlos Junior's wins have come against low-level competition and Heinisch doesn't fit into that category.

Even then, Carlos Junior ‘s stand-up isn't terrible in the same way that Ben Askren and Demian Maia are known to have limited success on the feet. There's a chance that he can land powerful strikes and change the fight up at any moment.

But overall, Heinisch is the real value play in this head-to-head market because this one is a lot closer than the bookmakers currently have it set.

Bet on Ian Heinisch to win: 2.50 at Mybookie

Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer

Saturday, May 18 – 10:30 pm (ET) / 2:30am (GMT)

Ufc Fight Night 152 Predictions Bleacher Report

It's incredible that Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer is a notable bout mostly because it's a genuine matchup between two real featherweight fighters and not those who could realistically compete in the smaller bantamweight division.

Ufc Fight Night 152 Predictions 2020

Megan Anderson is a former Invicta FC interim featherweight champion and is now 1-1 in the UFC after losing to Holly Holm in her debut and then picking up a somewhat crazy first-round TKO victory against Cat Zingano. Fans will recall that Anderson attempted a high kick and her toe caught Zingano in the eye, causing temporary vision impairment. Zingano wasn't able to continue fighting and Anderson picked up her first win in the UFC.

Megan Anderson vs. Felicia Spencer – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Megan Anderson1.56BetVictor
Felicia Spencer2.85BetOnline

Megan Anderson's one of the few women in the UFC who need to cut massive amounts of weight just to make the 145-pound limit. She's particularly vulnerable on the mat and a strong wrestler and jiu-jitsu practitioner will likely have an easy pathway to victory against her. However, as much as Spencer has taken down opponents in the past, it's not obvious whether she'll have the ability to get Anderson down in this one.

Anderson has the advantages across the board and we'll be betting accordingly.

Bet on Megan Anderson to win: 1.56 at BetVictor

Derrick Krantz vs. Vicente Luque

Saturday, May 18 – 10:00 pm (ET) / 2:00am (GMT)

Vicente Luque was supposed to finally get his shot against a well-known opponent in Neil Magny but now misses out after Magny was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in the lead-up to the fight.

Without an opponent, the UFC scrambled to find a suitable candidate to compete against Luque. They found one in Derrick Krantz, a fighter who has won all four of his last fights on the regional circuit and scored wins in seven of his last eight bouts.

Luque is quite the challenge for any welterweight mixed martial artist and not just a newcomer to the world's largest MMA promotion. He's won all four of his last fights via stoppage and managed to defeat Bryan Barberena by TKO in the third round at UFC on ESPN 1 to get his 2019 started in a big way.

Derrick Krantz vs. Vicente Luque – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Derrick Krantz7.00888Sport
Vicente Luque1.13Bovada

While Magny vs. Luque would have been a far superior fight for betting purposes, there's still a whole lot of value to extract from this one.

Krantz has a ton of losses on his record already (10) and seven of those are by way of stoppage. We're expecting Luque to get a relatively easy win against Krantz and it's more than likely that it comes inside the distance.

Bet on Total Rounds: Under 1.5 – 1.69 at BetVictor

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz

Saturday, May 18 – 9:30 pm (ET) / 1:30am (GMT)

Charles Oliviera now has the most submissions in UFC history and has a chance to make it five in a row when he meets Nik Lentz at UFC Rochester. Oliveira has always proven to be a challenge in the lightweight division but has had most of his success against low-ranked and unranked 155-pound competitors. With his anaconda choke finish against David Teymur, Oliveira has now strangled each of his last four opponents.

Nik Lentz is the man who is tasked with stopping Oliveira's submission streak this weekend. Having won three of his last four fights and each of his last two, Lentz has managed to defeat Scott Holtzman and Gray Maynard in the last eight months.

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz – Best Odds
FighterBest OddsSite
Charles Oliveira1.30BetOnline
Nik Lentz3.70Bovada

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz is a fun rematch that comes over four years later than their original matchup at UFC Fight Night 67. Oliveira is a wild fighter who has all kinds of aggressive striking techniques in his arsenal. These can be great at times but they often leave him exposed against composed and patient fighters who are capable of working Oliveira's weak spots; that's why we've seen him lose to Paul Felder, Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway and more.

Nik Lentz is an underrated, tough fighter who is now in a great position to score a major upset victory this weekend. He's capable of hanging around whether on the feet or on the mat and can push the pace enough to take Oliveira deep into rounds two or three.

Oliveira is a deserving favorite, but not by this much. Take Lentz to win.

Bet on Nik Lentz to win: 3.70 at Bovada

Best Bets for UFC Fight Night 152

UFC Fight Night 152 – Best Bets
BetBest OddsSite
Ian Heinisch to win2.50Mybookie
Megan Anderson to win1.56BetVictor
Krantz vs. Luque under 1.5 rounds1.69BetVictor
Nik Lentz to win3.70Bovada
Ian Heinisch
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