Stacking the Odds: Crafting a UFC 229 Parlay

This weekend’s UFC event has so many exciting upcoming UFC fights. We decided to make a UFC Fight Night parlay highlighting three of the most interesting fights and best bets to make on the card.

Not including the main event between lightweights Grant Dawson and Bobby Green. The UFC did a great job of setting the table for a great fight with other great matchups in multiple divisions. Let’s take a closer look at these matchups and make some of the best UFC picks you can make on this weekend’s card.

Read more for the complete parlay pick and the breakdown of why these picks were made for this special night of fights.

Leg No. 1

To start this UFC Fight Night parlay, we are going to the opening fight on the main card between light heavyweights Ion Cutelaba and Luiz Philipe Lins. This is a closely matched fight between a longtime veteran of the sport and a younger, more explosive fighter.

Cutelaba is the slight betting favorite, and we are riding with him in this matchup. His power and dynamic striking ability are going to be tough for a guy like Lins to handle throughout 15 minutes. Cutelaba is going to be very dangerous in the first 5 minutes, and it will be a huge moral victory for Lins to survive that first round.

The fight gets more interesting after that, but the way Cutelaba has been improving and showing up for fights gives us the confidence we need to pick him.

• Ion Cutelaba -135

Leg No. 2

For the second leg of this winning parlay, let’s turn the attention towards an interesting welterweight bout. Alex Morono is going up against Joaquin Buckley, who just made his welterweight debut in his last appearance.

Let’s take Buckley to win this one. He really seems like a new animal now that he has been disciplined and cut down to welterweight. Not only will his power be next level down at this weight class. But his overall health and focus in training camps have to be better. Dieting usually brings a lot of discipline and focus into training camps that might not have been there when he was comfortably fighting at middleweight.

The athletic ability and speed are still up there with the best welterweights. But Buckley is bringing middleweight power as well. Morono is one of the toughest and scrappiest fighters on the roster. So this won’t be easy and will be a great test for Buckley. We will find out whether or not he can be a legit contender at 170 lbs.

• Joaquin Buckley -175

Leg No. 3

Finally, to close out this UFC Fight Night parlay, let’s take Joe Pyfer to keep his hype going and raise his stock against a tough Abdul Razak Alhassan. Pyfer is one of the most legit prospects the middleweight division has seen. He also has to notice the trend of fast-tracking athletes in that division. And he’s focused on putting on a viral performance.

Pyfer has one of the most interesting all-around styles in the sport and has the power to put anyone’s lights out at any given moment. Alhassan will be throwing a lot of danger toward Pyfer. But the highly-touted prospect has the skills to counter and take advantage of the bad positions Alhassan puts himself in.

Alhassan will try to get this fight over in the first round, and if he doesn’t, he is going to get pieced up and ultimately stopped shortly after he misses his chance. Pyfer is someone to keep your eye on as he rises through the ranks. The UFC has a plan for him, and the co-main event of this card is just the first stop.

• Joe Pyfer -340

UFC Fight Night Parlay

• Cutelaba ML -135
• Buckley ML -175
• Pyfer ML -340

The UFC fights odds for this parlay are totaling at +254. This means that if you bet $100 on this parlay slip, you can win a total payout of $353.98 on Saturday night.

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