The UFC returns to the Lone Star State with an action-packed card today featuring twelve fights with a handful of ranked matchups. The main card is definitely one of the best lineups of the year for a Fight Night event, with a pair of lightweight matchups at the top. The weigh-ins for the event yesterday went relatively well, with no official misses after Jalin Turner hit the lightweight limit on his second attempt. It was announced yesterday morning, however, that Steve Garcia was withdrawing from his matchup against Melquizael Costa due to illness, which dropped the lineup down to the current twelve fights.

There are ton of great matchups this weekend, but not a ton of spots that I’m overly confident in. My favorite picks on this card are Rodolfo Bellato, Punahele Soriano, Kelvin Gastelum and Arman Tsarukyan. For some of my favorite prop bets, and how I see some of those fights going, check out my WagerWire UFC Austin article for this week. For more of my thoughts on these fighters, as well as the card overall, I’m making a special appearance on YouTube with JohnnyKpicks and Blood Money MMA Bets on their UFC Austin Pre-Fight Live Show at 2PM EDT if you want to check it out.

For the betting card this weekend, I’m keeping things pretty simple with a pair of two-leg parlays and a few shots on props that I liked. The parlays I have this week are Turner R3/Dec + Tsarukyan to Win Ov1.5 (+322 for .5 units) and Bellato ITD + Soriano R3/Dec (+299 for .5 units). The props bets that I’m running: Tsarukyan to Win R4/5/Dec (+150 for 1 unit), Gastelum to Win R3/Dec (+220 for .5 units), Gastelum to Win by KO/TKO in R2/R3 (+650 for .25 units) and Silva to Win by KO/TKO in R2/R3 (+500 for .25 units). That’s a total of six tracked bets out for 3 units spread across them. Best of luck to those that are riding with any of those plays and hope everyone enjoys the fights! Be sure to check out the Pre-Fight Live Show!

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