If you want to get into sports betting scores and odds and win money on UFC Fight Night events, you’ve come to the right place. One very interesting matchup we have on Saturday night is between bantamweights Payton Talbott and Cameron Saaiman.
Talbott vs Saaiman Result

- Talbott won by TKO in Round 2 00:21
Read more for the official Talbott vs Saaiman result along with other advice on how to successfully bet on upcoming UFC fights.
Payton Talbott vs Cameron Saaiman Recap
These two fighters faced-off each other last Saturday night in Las Vegas, in which Talbott had no mercy and won the fight by a TKO at just 21 seconds of Round 2.
Talbott dropped Saaiman with a left hook right at the start of Round 2, and even though Saaiman kept fighting and trying to free himself, Talbott never stopped with his punches until the referee decided to end the fight. Saaiman just couldn’t protect himself anymore.
The American fighter was able to land punches, elbows, and knees with ease since the fight started, while Saaiman had a lot of trouble to protect himself specially against the knees of Talbott. The South African manage to end the first round, but it was clear that he wouldn’t be able to keep fighting much more.
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— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 24, 2024
Payton Talbott vs Cameron Saaiman Information
Payton Talbott vs Cameron Saaiman
Location of the fight: UFC APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Date and Time: March 23, 2024. 10 PM ET main card start
How to Watch: ESPN+
Last Fight Record
Talbott was coming off a submission win over Nick Aguirre in his UFC debut last November.
Saaiman was looking to bounce back from his first professional loss to a very tricky Christian Rodriguez last October.
Payton Talbott vs Cameron Saaiman Fighters Analysis
Payton Talbott
Talbott is an American mixed martial artist with a professional MMA record of 7-0 after this fight, including 6 TKO/KO victories and 1 submission. He has yet to lose in the cage, going 5-0 as an amateur before turning professional in 2021. He earned his UFC contract by beating Reyes Cortez Jr. at Dana White’s Contender Series.
Payton Talbott is only 25 years old. He possesses a height of 5’10”, uses a switch stance, and boasts a reach of 70″. In his first two appearances in the octagon, he averaged 6.66 significant strikes landed and 3.12 absorbed per minute. He hasn’t gotten at takedown yet but holds a solid 88% takedown defense with one submission win.
Cameron Saaiman
Saaiman is a South African mixed martial artist with a 9-2 professional record, including 6 wins by TKO/KO and 1 by submission. Before focusing on MMA, Cameron Saaiman was a South African K-1 kickboxing champion. He won a regional title in his home country before going to the UFC through DWCS.
Saaiman, 5’8” in height, is a southpaw with a 67” reach as a 23-year-old. In the octagon, Saaiman averages 5.28 significant strikes landed per minute while absorbing 3.24. He also scores 1.00 takedowns per 15 minutes and has a 44% takedown defense.
Payton Talbott vs Cameron Saaiman Betting Analysis
Making UFC picks for fights like this one, between two legitimate high-level prospects at the beginning of their careers, is very difficult. This Talbott vs Saaiman prediction needed to be done by carefully breaking down the styles of both men and how the betting lines look as well.
Stylistically, this was the most promising fight to watch all weekend. Two dynamic athletes representing the new generation of MMA.
Talbott is a very confident striker who has a unique feel for distance management and puts out an oddly calm demeanor in the cage. He almost “bore” his opponents with feints and lack-there-of, in front of them until they make mistakes. He also is a good athlete who can scramble well on the ground.
Saaiman is a dynamic kickboxer with tons of bounce in his feet and impressive explosiveness. He also can out-grapple opponents if they aren’t ready for his fast-moving style of grappling. His inexperience is the only thing that can go against him at this level.
If we talk about the UFC fight odds, Talbott was the -140 betting favorite over the +120 South African. This one opened up at pick ‘em odds as well–it’s a very close fight. Experts predicted the fight to go to the distance at -165 in their Talbott vs Saaiman prediction before the fight.
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