We’ve got 2 betting tips for UFC Fight Night 45. The event is headlined by a Lightweight clash between Donald Cerrone and Jim Miller. The winner of this fight will emerge as a top contender in the division and join the long queue of fighters that are waiting to get their hands on Anthony Pettis.
Now lets take a look at our betting tips, picks and predictions for this event…
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JESSAMYN DUKE vs LESLIE SMITH
Jessamyn Duke and Leslie Smith are both tough as nails and they both like to stand and bang. Jessamyn might land a couple of take downs, but the majority of this fight will be spent standing up and neither girl has knock out power.
This fight goes the distance 9 times out of 10…
OUR BETTING TIP: 10.00 Units on this fight to go over 2.5 rounds at odds of 1.40 | -250 | 2/5
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EDSON BARBOZA vs EVAN DUNHAM
Evan Dunham struggled to deal with Donald Cerrone’s Muay Thai in his last fight, which makes Edson Barboza a tough opponent. Barboza is a faster and more technical Muay Thai striker than Donald Cerrone, which will cause Dunham all kinds of problems in this fight…
Evan Dunham is a lot slower than Barboza and he has a plodding striking style that will make it easy for Barboza to land his vicious leg kicks. This plodding style will also make it easy for Barboza to spot when Dunham is going to change levels and shoot for take downs.
Dunham’s only chance of winning this fight will be to take this fight to the ground, but Barboza has shown in previous fights that he is extremely hard to take down and even harder to keep there. This is backed up by the impressive stat that Barboza has successfully defended 85% of all take down attempts in the UFC.
Edson Barboza also has a 5 inch reach advantage over Dunham, which will make it even more difficult for Dunham to close the distance.
Barboza is at his most dangerous when he fights guys who lack knock out power and have an inferior striking style. Unfortunately Evan Dunham ticks both of those boxes and Barboza is probably going to knock him out…
OUR BETTING TIP: 10.00 Units on Edson Barboza to win at odds of 1.44 | -227 | 11/25
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DONALD CERRONE vs JIM MILLER
Jim Miller is a great fighter but I don’t see him beating Donald Cerrone because Cerrone is too well rounded and he has more ways to win this fight.
Jim Miller’s biggest weakness is that he has poor striking defence and he gets hit a lot. That’s not good against a guy like Donald Cerrone, who has serious knock out power and excellent striking.
Jim Miller’s best hope of winning this fight is to take Cerrone down, but this is a dangerous strategy because Cerrone is very active off his back with a lethal submission game. Cowboy also has good take down defence and he does a great job of scrambling back to his feet. In fact, I can’t think of a single person in Cerrone’s 13 UFC fights who has managed to keep him on the ground for longer than a couple of minutes.
Jim Miller has looked great recently but he’s also faced much weaker opponents than Donald Cerrone. This is Cerrone’s fight to lose and he should have no problems beating Jim Miller…
OUR BETTING TIP: 10.00 Units on Donald Cerrone to win at odds of 1.44 | -227 | 11/25
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