Betting record: 5 wins 3 losses

UFC

Michael Johnson +110

Going for a 3rd straight win tonight with UFC fighter Michael Johnson as a nice underdog.

Johnson is coming off of three consecutive losses to Darren Elkins, Justin Gaethje and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Khabib is 26-0 and the UFC Champion, Justin is 18-2 fighting in tonights main event and Darren is 25-6 he is no pushover either. Those fighters have a combined record of 69-8 those three losses came against skilled fighters.

His opponent today is Andre Fili who holds an 18-5 record overall but only 6-4 in the UFC. He won is past 2 fights and only one of those wins can be called respectable. Fili has 2 TKO victories in his UFC career and both of those came against nobodies. Fili is not someone who finishes opponents. He will not finish Michael Johnson and he will not win if it goes to the score cards either. His stand up game is not as good and his grappling wont be a factor tonight.

Michael Johnson has a great take down defense when he is not fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov. Fili wont be taking him down and he wont be able to win the stand up battle either. There are levels to this game and Michael Johnson is at a higher level. No one will even be talking about Andre Fili in a few years he is severely overrated. Somehow he is the favorite to win this fight? I dont understand that logic but Im happy to see Michael Johnson as an underdog.

Johnson will likely TKO Fili tonight. If not he will win every single round. Johnson is not an Elite fighter but he is above average. He wont ever be champion but he will defeat fighters outside of the top 5.

Johnson by TKO I see it playing out in round 1.