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The UFC just had quite a banger of an event in UFC 307, and now, we are going back to the Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Even though the Fight Night may not sport too many big names, we are still getting a banger of a headliner.

The main event is a title eliminator between Brandon Royval, who recently lost a fight to the title holder, Alexandre Pantoja, but recently took payback over the former champion Brandon Moreno by winning a split decision in his latest match. His opponent will be the Japanese sensation, and 16-0 undefeated Fighter, Tatsuro Taira, a young prospect looking to make his way to a title fight in the Flyweight Division.

The co-main event sees Brad Tavares facing Jun Yong Park, in an interesting middleweight bout, which may not have such stakes as the headliner but can still be quite a fun match.

We are getting a lot of up-and-coming talent as we walk into this event, which has 14 fights, and they will be split into 6 main card bouts and 7 Prelims where the fighters will bring up the hype.

You can check all the\u00a0UFC\/MMA <\/a>bets, the analysis of each fighter, and the final bet you can make in these fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira Fight Card Odds and Picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Brandon Royval 3.055<\/em><\/td>Tatsuro Taira 1.397<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Brad Tavares 2.538<\/em><\/td>Jun Yong Park 1.517<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Grant Dawson 1.232<\/em><\/td>Rafa Garc\u00eda 4.1<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Chidi Njokuani 1.567<\/em><\/td>Jared Gooden 2.404<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Josh Fremd 1.544<\/em><\/td>Abdul Razak Alhassan 2.448<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Daniel Rodriguez 1.503<\/em><\/td>Alex Morono 2.563<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Niko Price 1.291<\/em><\/td>Themba Gorimbo 3.55<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Clayton Carpenter 1.499<\/em><\/td>Lucas Rocha 2.602<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
CJ Vergara 3.73<\/em><\/td>Ramazan Temirov 1.279<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Jonathan Pearce 1.624<\/em><\/td>Pat Sabatini 2.273<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Dan Argueta 2.399<\/em><\/td>Cody Haddon 1.564<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Cory McKenna 2.072<\/em><\/td>Julia Polastri 1.738<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Junior Tafa 1.37<\/em><\/td>Sean Sharaf 3.2<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
When?<\/strong><\/td>Saturday, October 12th, at 4:00 pm ET, 3:00 pm CST, 2:00 pm MT, and 1:00 pm PT<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Where?<\/strong><\/td>The Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Where can I watch it?<\/strong><\/td>UFC Fight Pass<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Brandon Royval?<\/strong>

Royval\u00a0has seemingly snuck his way to the top of the division, and honestly, as much as we discounted him as an average fighter many years ago, he has grown into one hell of a contender.

His fight against Pantoja was a good showcase of him having the capabilities to hang and bang with the top dogs. After a very close win over Moreno, that only cements his position as a formidable opponent for anyone who faces him, including the young and aspiring grappler in Tatsuro Taira.

Royval is a veteran in the UFC, and we think his kickboxing could present quite a few challenges for Taira, especially since Taira\u2019s striking isn\u2019t clean. It\u2019s long and in large variety but not necessarily a clean style, it\u2019smostly used to set up takedowns and trips.

Why Bet on Tatsuro Taira?<\/strong>

Taira has exploded into the UFC with such insane momentum and immense success that it\u2019s hard to see where his ceiling is because, at the moment, it feels like at24 he is just getting started. However, with that said, at his age, you cannot expect incredible well-roundedness, and you can see that when he strikes.It’s very basic striking, only to supplement his takedown capabilities, and if Royval finds his groove on the feet, it could be a dangerous fight for Taira.

With that said, whenever Taira is switched on and has started that gameplan that perfectly negates his opponents’ strengths, he\u2019s unstoppable. In this case, it\u2019s going to be the grappling, he is going to have to chain takedowns together and cut some sharp angles with the trips and takedowns in order to just overwhelm and make it difficult for Royval to counter and reverse position.

Taira\u2019s grappling threat is unique. Ideally, for Royval to achieve the most success, he needs to disengage from anything that could lead to a trip or takedown, and just keep the fight standing, no kicks, just boxing.

Final Betting Analysis: <\/strong><\/em>Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira <\/strong>

As long as this fight remains standing, we are likely to see Royval land some very clean strikes but I think that he is going to get trapped in a clinch where he will eat a knee or two eventually.That’s because that seems to be Taira\u2019s comfortable standing position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Brad Tavares?<\/strong>

Tavares\u00a0is such an old-school fighter, well-rounded and experienced. His takedown defense is going to be pivotal in getting a win over Park because the latter is very reliant on his takedowns to win, and we have seen Tavares defend takedowns very easily. Especially by Weidman, who is an elite-level wrestler.

Tavares could very, very well pull off an upset here, but we are a little bit worried about how he is going to deal with the multi-lane approach of Park.

Why Bet on Jun Yong Park?<\/strong>

Park\u00a0is a very, very well-rounded fighter who is coming off a tough split decision loss against Andre Muniz. That is despite the fact that he did some damage and was active off his back against Muniz.

Jun Yong Park has always been a very clean fighter. If he\u2019s not using his wrestling and grappling to look for submissions or control his opponents, he\u2019s using his very clean boxing to maintain range and open them up for takedowns.

The one thing he is going to be using very well, very early, is his jabs. It is his builder of combinations, a comfort weapon that he relies on to open up his opponent at a safe distance, and if he keeps sticking the jab in Tavares\u2019 face, it\u2019s going to make him a bit sloppy with the retaliations.

Final Betting Analysis:<\/strong><\/em> Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park <\/strong>

Park is going to have to be the aggressor and overwhelm Tavares to get a win here, and I firmly believe his conditioning and cardio are going to allow him to do just that.

This is still a 50\/50 fight, though. Tavares, despite being a bit of an older fighter, still looks good, but it seems like he\u2019s glided these past few fights. We haven\u2019t seen any urgency for a finish from him, it\u2019s been too clean. Park is hopefully going to push that pace to ignite some ferociousness from Tavares, but we think the former will get the nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garc\u00eda <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Grant Dawson?<\/strong>

Dawson\u00a0is coming off a strong win over Joe Solecki, in which we saw what he does best, wrestle and grapple. Near 14 minutes of control time in a three-round fight against a rather strong grappler like Solecki is insane.

Dawson is going to have to rely on that kind of game plan to neutralize thefairly strong grappling of Rafa.It\u2019s fair to say that, at this point in his career, he has faced more than enough grapplers to know the formula to deal with them. He knows their submission setups, and Garcia isn\u2019t too special.

Why Bet on Rafa Garc\u00eda?<\/strong>

Garcia\u00a0is as tough as they come, he is stocky, strong, and has a pretty impervious stance, and it’s the stance that we kind of want to rant about.

Rafa Garcia is a very grounded orthodox fighter. He has a low base, a solid shell, and heavy enough hands to dissuade his opponents from advancing without layers of attacks and feints.\u00a0

Final Betting Analysis: <\/strong><\/em>Grant Dawson vs. Rafa Garc\u00eda<\/strong>

Dawson is going to have to wrestle to win, which is a fairly expected way for him to fight, it\u2019s what he does best and we don\u2019t see that style changing any time soon.

Garcia is a strong starter, but fatigue sometimes plays a role in his fights and we see a bit of a slow decline and drop off in activity and performance as the rounds go by. It\u2019s in rounds 2 and 3 that we see Dawson capitalizing on most of the control time,and even on some takedowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Chidi Njokuani?<\/strong>

Njokuani\u00a0is coming off a fairly tough back-and-forth bout against McKee, in which we essentially saw the latter get battered but not enough for an apparent unanimous decision.

Chidi Njokuani has always been a powerful kickboxer who throws practically everything into every strike. The good thing about Njokuani is that the volume is minimalwhilst he still maximises damage. He doesn\u2019t throw anything unnecessarily, everything is well-timed and at a range in which he can land effectivelyin order to deal serious damage.\u00a0

Why Bet on Jared Gooden?<\/strong>

Gooden,\u00a0on the other hand, is someone who we do not rate highly. We’re always suspicious of fighters who don\u2019t do well in the UFC their first time around, miss weight, and get cut, only to come back, and do the same again.It\u2019s just a whole damn mess of a career.

Gooden is a powerful puncher, there is no doubt about that, but we think he is fighting a bit uphill as he takes on Njokuani, who is a bit more of a technician on the feet.

Final Betting Analysis: <\/strong><\/em>Chidi Njokuani vs. Jared Gooden<\/strong>

Gooden\u2019s explosiveness could cause a bit of a problem in disrupting the calm pattern of Njokuani, and if the latter is pushed back into the fence then that shuts down a lot of his ability to fire back effectively.

Still, we don\u2019t think Gooden has that ability since he is such a stationary target that Njokuani will be able to counter and circle away from the fence.

Gooden just seems like a bulldozer when he fights, a lot of power and aggression with none of the finesse, and we can\u2019t help but see Njokuani capitalizing on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Josh Fremd vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Josh Fremd?<\/strong>

Fremd\u00a0is coming off back-to-back losses against Petroski and Kopylov, and we suppose that puts him in a certain place on the roster at a low level.

Fremd is not a UFC-level fighter, he has somewhat okay wrestling, and despite his long frame, his striking could be better. So, with that said, it\u2019s probably obvious that we don\u2019t rate Fremd particularly highly.

Why Bet on Abdul Razak Alhassan?<\/strong>

Alhassan\u00a0is certainly getting up there in age. He\u2019s hitting that mythical 40 in a matter of months, but the good news is that there hasn\u2019t been too much sign of a performance slowdown.

Alhassan\u2019s takedown defense, as I said before, is always going to be a question when coming up against someone who employs that style in every fight. Whilst Fremd hasn\u2019t had the historical success that Malkoun and Pyfer have had with their wrestling, we think that if Alhassan is tied up in the clinch for too long, time would not be in his favor.

Final Betting Analysis: <\/strong><\/em>Josh Fremd vs. Abdul Razak Alhassan<\/strong>

Fremd has a significant height advantage butthat\u2019s only going to help Alhassan, as he is an explosive striker who deals damage in short but powerful bursts.

The good news for Alhassan is that since Fremd is taller, he would need to duck into the level change and dedicate himself to a lower stance in which he could potentially time an uppercut.

We expect the fight to end in the first with an Alhassan victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UFC Fight Night: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Bet on Daniel Rodriguez?<\/strong>

Rodriguez\u00a0is coming off a horrific losing streak, losing to Gastelum, Garry, and Magny within the last two years. It has been a tough couple of years for the 37-year-old.

Daniel is still a dangerous opponent on the feet who, due to his reach advantage, could pose quite a few problems for the really, really weird Morono.

Rodriguez is highly effective off his jab. He is comfortable throwing nothing but the jab, only to build off it as the minutes go by, adding more and more strikes to a sequence.\u00a0

Why Bet on Alex Morono?<\/strong>

Morono\u00a0is coming off a tough loss against Niko Price, although he was a short-notice fighter so we can excuse him for a bit of an off-performance.

Morono is a strange one to talk about because he doesn\u2019t have any particular style, the only style that we can see he utilizes exceptionally well is his BJJ. He is a frenetic submission specialist, who is so quick to chain submissions together, regardless of position, so if this fight hits the ground we expect Morono to absolutely dominate and perhaps find a few submission options.

Final Betting Analysis: <\/strong><\/em>Daniel Rodriguez vs. Alex Morono<\/strong>

In terms of power and cleanliness of strikes, we think Rodriguez is the much better boxer. His volume and his pressure in all three rounds are rather consistent and there has been no real slowdown as the rounds go by, and all of this could very well pay off as Morono is a plodding mess with an awkward \u201cbaby-learning-to-walk\u201d stance.

If Morono is to have a path of least resistance kind of fight, he needs to wrestle and look for submission because, on the feet, Rodriguez is more than willing to strike and exchange with anyone, and we believe he will strike his way to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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