Hill vs. Santos Highlight Saturday’s ESPN Fight Night Main Card  

Saturday’s UFC Fight Night features a quality main card of six bouts with five ranked combatants.  Specifically, the main event is the light heavyweight matchup between #6 Thiago Santos and #10 Jamahal Hill.  The welterweight class offers #6 Vicente Luque against #13 Geoff Neal.  And then #14 Augusto Sakai will face Serghei Spivac in a UFC betting heavyweight matchup.  Best of all, the action can be seen on ESPN or ESPN+.  At the onset of the week betting action was hot, with plenty of early money flooding the window.

UFC Fight Night Odds: 

Fighter	ML
Geoffrey Neal	+147	Place Bets
Vicente Luque	-167
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Mohammed Usman	+220	Place Bets
Zac Pauga	-260
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Fighter	ML
Brogan Walker	-105	Place Bets
Juliana Miller	-115
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Augusto Sakai	+210	Place Bets
Sergey Spivak	-250
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Priscila Cachoeira	+150	Place Bets
Ariane Lipski	-170
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Popular But Slumping Santos Faces Resurgent Hill

Jamahal Hill has a career online sportsbook record of ten wins and one loss.  He is riding a 2-bout winning streak.  Meanwhile, Thiago Santos has a career record of 22 wins and ten losses.  Santos has lost four of his last five bouts.  Both Hill and Santos are aspiring light heavyweight contenders.

Thus, the pressure will be on full blast in this Saturday night’s main event.  The winner is an inside track to a potential championship fight opportunity.  But for the loser is the potential danger of a permanent setback.

Of great concern is the recent slump of Thiago Santos.  Santos has not been the same since his loss to Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship.  Jones won a split decision on July 6, 2019, at UFC 239 from Las Vegas, Nevada.  Santos has performed poorly in the UFC bets matchups that followed.  There is a sense that he is still re-fighting that bout against Jones.  Instead, gamblers believe that Santos should regain focus on the present.

Last time out for Santos was a unanimous decision loss to Magomed Ankalaev on March 12, 2022.  UFC Fight Night from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the event.  On October 2, 2021, Santos won a unanimous decision against Johnny Walker.  UFC Fight Night from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the venue for that triumph.

On March 6, 2021, Santos lost a unanimous decision to Aleksandar Rakic.  UFC 259 from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the event.  And then, on November 7, 2020, Santos lost 3^rd round submission choke to Glover Teixeira.  UFC on ESPN from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the event.

Last time out for Jamahal Hill was on February 19, 2022.  Hill won a 1^st round knockout over Johnny Walker.  UFC Fight Night from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the MMA betting event.  Hill won Performance of the Night honors in the win.  On December 4, 2021, Hill won a 1^st round knockout over Jimmy Crute.  UFC on ESPN from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the venue.

On June 12, 2021, Hill suffered the only Online sportsbook loss of his career.  To show, Paul Craig beat Hill in a 1^st round knockout.  UFC 263 from Glendale, Arizona, was the event.

Luque Seeks Redemption 

Overall, Vincente Luque has a career record of 21 wins and eight losses.  He is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Belal Muhammad on April 16, 2022.  UFC on ESPN from Las Vegas, Nevada, was the event.  As a result, Luque had a 4-bout winning streak snapped.

Geoff Neal is 14-4 for his career.  Last time in the octagon, Neal won a split decision against Santiago Ponzinibbio.  UFC 269 on December 11, 2021, was the Las Vegas, Nevada event.

CashBet Fight Night Free Picks

In this situation, Thiago Santos is a live, motivated and capable underdog against Jamahal Hill.  Despite his recent woes, Santos remains higher ranked than Hill.

Fight Night CASHBET Best Bet: 

Thiago Santos