Welcome back to Capper’s Delight. We’re coming off a winning week for the last fight card. Our bets went 2-0 for a total win of 9.32 units. Year to date our bets are down 20.78 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the handicapper profile name MMAinformed.com.
UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev (RESULTS)
Winning Bets
Chris Curtis (+4.5 units)
Our underdog 3 unit play hit as Curtis was able to finish Buckley in round 2. It was sketchy early as Buckley was able to land and took the early lead. Everything changed however when Buckley’s kick was caught and he got tagged and dropped. The wrong fighter was favored and we were fortunate to take advantage of it.
Cameron Saaiman / Edmen Shahbazyan / Raul Rosas Jr / Paddy Pimblett / Magomed Ankalaev parlay (+4.82 units)
We were very fortunate to hit this parlay for multiple reasons. Saaiman was losing his fight until he was able to finish a tired Koslow in round 3. Shahbazyan did what was expected and finished Lungiambula in round 2. Rosas was able to completely dominate Perrin and submit him in round 1. We were lucky that Pimblett was gifted the decision as most people including us felt he should’ve lost. Finally Ankalaev came on strong to get a draw against Blachowicz. Had he implemented his wrestling sooner he most likely would’ve won easily.
Losing Bets
NONE
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Strickland (PLAYS)
Amir Albazi ITD / Michal Oleksiejczuk ITD parlay +261 (1 unit) Bet was placed on 12/16/22.
Albazi is a rising star in the flyweight division. He was matched up against Brandon Royval who’s an established ranked fighter. Now he’s getting a short notice replacement in Costa who’s making his UFC debut. Albazi is much the better fighter and we’d be shocked if he wasn’t able to finish him inside the distance.
Oleksiejczuk is finally fighting at his proper weight class and is no longer giving up a huge size advantage. He fought and beat several fighters who are better than Brundage. We expect Oleksiejczuk’s superior boxing to wear on Brundage leading to a finish inside the distance.
Saidyokub Kakhramonov by decision +275 (0.50 units) Bet was placed on 12/16/22.
This is a closely lined fight that we feel will go the distance. Nurmagomedov is a striking based fighter who was out wrestled against Barcelos in his only UFC loss. We feel Kakhramonov will have enough success in the grappling to earn a decision victory.
Sergey Morozov / Manel Kape / Jake Matthews / Michal Oleksiejczuk / Julian Erosa / Amir Albazi / Arman Tsarukyan parlay +762 (0.50 units) Bet was placed on 12/16/22.
Our final bet of the year is a chalky parlay. Morozov is a decent fighter while Newson is barely UFC quality. Kape is another rising star in the flyweight division and should shine over Dvorak. Matthews looked real good in his last fight and is better everywhere against Semelsberger. Oleksiejczuk is relentless with his boxing and we expect him to finish Brundage early.
Erosa is in good fighting form and Caceres doesn’t have the power that normally gives him trouble. Albazi is legit and it would take something special from Costa to beat him on short notice. Tsarukyan is coming off a closely contested loss. He’s still a star in the making and his well rounded game should be good enough for him to get the win.
Anthony Sotelo for MMAInformed.com
