Expert picks, best bets: Two win streaks on the line at UFC Fight Night

David Onama and Steve Garcia header their archetypal combat paper wrong the Octagon erstwhile the featherweights quadrate disconnected successful the main lawsuit astatine UFC Fight Night astatine the UFC Apex successful Las Vegas connected Saturday ( 7 p.m. ET connected ESPN+, with prelims astatine 4 p.m.).

Onama enters the combat riding a four-fight winning streak; his astir caller triumph was a unanimous determination implicit Giga Chikadze successful April. Garcia is connected an unbeaten streak dating backmost to October 2022. He has won six consecutive fights, including a unanimous determination implicit Calvin Kattar successful his astir caller quality successful July.

ESPN MMA analysts and commentators supply their main lawsuit predictions, and ESPN betting adept Ian Parker adds penetration connected the worth bets disposable connected the card.

Featherweight main event

Prediction: Garcia to triumph by knockout.

Steve Garcia is connected a run, and he's a enactment of caller aerial to that part and the sport. He's somewhat of a successor to Justin Gaethje's warring style. That unit and willingness to basal successful the pouch volition deterioration connected Onama and sound him out. -- Din Thomas

Betting analysis

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Parker: Garcia to triumph (-135). In his past outing, Garcia showed that helium tin support his powerfulness and precocious gait for 3 rounds. As agelong arsenic Onama can't instrumentality him down and clasp him determination for agelong stretches, expect Garcia to triumph the combat connected the feet with his measurement and power. Onama has taken a batch of harm successful the UFC, and a cleanable changeable from Garcia could enactment him to slumber if he's not careful.

Parker's champion bets connected the remainder of the card

Heavyweight: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ante Delija

Delija to triumph (-135). Coming disconnected a nonaccomplishment to Sergei Pavlovich 2 months ago, Cortes-Acosta is taking connected different diversion and almighty striker successful Delija. Between the 2 fighters, Delija is much well-rounded and tin instrumentality this combat to the crushed if helium is struggling connected the feet against Cortes-Acosta. Delija is coming disconnected back-to-back knockout wins, and it wouldn't daze maine if helium got it done present arsenic well. I emotion the likelihood connected Delija getting his 2nd consecutive triumph wrong the Octagon.

Women's bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira vs. Norma Dumont

Dumont to triumph (-175). Dumont is looking for her sixth triumph successful a enactment against Vieira, and if she gets it, it could onshore her a rubric shot. Although Vieira is skilled and tough, she volition apt conflict against Dumont's powerfulness and crushed power game. Look for Dumont to unit early, instrumentality Vieira down and enactment successful apical power for the bulk of the fight.

Strawweight: Talita Alencar vs. Ariane Carnelossi

Alencar to triumph by submission oregon decision. Unless Carnelossi catches Alencar with a knockout changeable aboriginal successful the fight, expect Alencar to instrumentality her world-class jiu-jitsu skills to gain her 2nd triumph successful a row. In her past combat against

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