UFC 332 goes down on Saturday from Salt Lake City, and the card is an interesting one, headlined by a bout between Natalia Silva and Wang Cong for the vacant women's flyweight championship. After longtime dominant women's flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko suffered an injury that will keep her sidelined for at least a year, she was forced to vacate the title. With UFC 332 in need of a headliner, Silva and Cong were paired to crown a new champion in Shevchenko's absence.
The co-main event is a crossroads fight at bantamweight, with rising star Payton Talbott taking on two-time former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo. Talbot sits as a heavy favorite, but we've seen him come up short as a big favorite once already in his young UFC career. You can watch UFC 332 live on CBS this Saturday beginning at 8 p.m.
The action is also available on Paramount+ -- along with every other UFC numbered event and UFC Fight Night included with your subscription! Plans start as low as $8.99/month or $89.99/year! With such an interesting card set for UFC 332, there will no doubt be plenty of interest in the event, including at sportsbooks.
With that in mind, we've once again looked at all the event's main card fights to identify our best bets for each. After a rough 1-3 result for our best bets for UFC 331, we are sitting at 22-24 for the year. Now we look ahead to this weekend with the goal of getting back in the black, with our only rule remaining that all bets must be at odds of -250 or better.
Let's take a look at this week's picks with odds via DraftKings Sportsbook. Ateba Gautier is a scary man. He has finished almost all of his wins (9 of 11 career, four of five UFC), but he faces the biggest test of his career in Roman Kopylov.
What makes Kopylov such an interesting opponent for Gautier isn't just his 12 Octagon appearances, but the fact that he has never been stopped by strikes in his career. In five career losses, Kopylov has twice lost by submission and three times by decision. There's a chance that Gautier's power striking wears down Kopylov, just as there's a chance Kopylov's endurance can contribute to wearing Gautier down and allowing him to take over the fight as it goes along.
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