If you're looking for a fantasy-specific breakdown of these fights on DraftKings, click here for Jon Litterine's UFC 216 preview.
Note: Werdum vs. Lewis (opponent change) and Dariush vs. Dunham (majority draw) will not count against any staff records this week.
MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | JON | EVAN | JAKE |
Tony Ferguson (-225) vs. Kevin Lee (+190) | Interim Lightweight Championship | Ferguson | Ferguson | Ferguson |
(C) Demetrious Johnson (-1150) vs. Ray Borg (+700) | Flyweight Championship | Johnson | Johnson | Johnson |
Fabricio Werdum (-250) vs. Derrick Lewis (+205) | Heavyweight | Werdum | Werdum | Werdum |
Beneil Dariush (-230) vs. Evan Dunham (+290) | Lightweight | Dunham | Dariush | Dariush |
Tom Duquesnoy (-165) vs. Cody Stamann (+135) | Bantamtweight | |||
RECORD | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | |
OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 51-36 | 48-39 | 54-33 | |
PERCENTAGE | .586 | .552 | .621 |
MATCHUP | WEIGHT CLASS | RICHARD | CHRIS |
Tony Ferguson (-225) vs. Kevin Lee (+190) | Interim Lightweight Championship | Ferguson | Ferguson |
(C) Demetrious Johnson (-1150) vs. Ray Borg (+700) | Flyweight Championship | Johnson | Johnson |
Fabricio Werdum (-250) vs. Derrick Lewis (+205) | Heavyweight | Lewis | Werdum |
Beneil Dariush (-230) vs. Evan Dunham (+290) | Lightweight | Dunham | Dunham |
Tom Duquesnoy (-165) vs. Cody Stamann (+135) | Bantamtweight | Stamann | |
RECORD | 2-1 | 3-0 | |
OVERALL (since UFC 200) | 36-22 | 15-12 | |
PERCENTAGE | .621 | .556 |
THE PLAYERS
Jon Litterine: RotoWire lead MMA beat writer and scribe for our weekly DrafKings preview. Lead analyst on the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JonLitterine.
Evan Dahl: Pens our bi-weekly MMA Barometer column. Follow him on Twitter at @RealEvanDahl.
Jake Letarski: MMA and NCAA Hoops Senior Editor. Sirius XM contributor. Host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast, RotoWire Fantasy Football Podcast and RotoWire DFS Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @JakeSki52.
Richard Mann: Richard is a stats-based analyst that has appeared on ESPN MMA via Fightmetric. He handles event recaps in our Fight Stat Wrap column, and maintains his own, data-driven MMA blog at StrikescoreMMA.com. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardAMann.
Chris Olson: Contributor at RotoWire for DFS Baseball, as well as MMA fight recaps. Follow him on Twitter at @RealChrisOlson.
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