UFC Fight Night 106 Odds For Saturday – The UFC is down in Fortaleza, Brazil this Saturday with their Fight Night 106 card headlined by Vitor Belfort vs Kelvin Gastelum.
This may be the last time we see Vitor Belfort in the octagon. Belfort made his UFC debut in February of 1997 so it has now been more than 20 years that Belfort has been fighting with the UFC. Belfort logged two fights in 2016, going 0-2 with losses to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Gegard Mousasi, so he has not been able to hang with the younger fighters in the middleweight division. In 2015, he managed to go 1-1 with a loss to Chris Weidman and a win over Dan Henderson, who is even older than Belfort at this point. Belfort also took 2014 off when the Testosterone Replacement Therapy that he had been using was banned and he has been a lot less athletic and fast without the TRT.
In Kelvin Gastelum, Belfort is getting a smaller middleweight fighter as Gastelum has been trying to compete at welterweight and he has had issues making the 170 pound weight class. At 185 pounds, Gastelum may find himself on the stocky side, especially against the taller, longer fighters in the weight class. Gastelum is talented and very balanced in his attack and he will enter the fight with the venerable Belfort a considerable favorite.
The co-feature sees Edson Barboza return to take on Beneil Dariush. Barboza has won his last two fights, taking out Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez, while Dariush went 2-1 in 2016, defeating Rashid Magomedov and James Vick and losing to Michael Chiesa. Dariush is strong minded and a game competitor who should handle fighting on the road without much issue, but he has not faced anywhere near the level of competition of Barboza, who has been under UFC contract for more than six years and gone 12-4 with the company. Barboza has faced the likes of Donald Cerrone and Tony Ferguson in recent years, and his wins over Melendez and Pettis are wins over two fighters who have been ranked in the top five of the weight class. Barboza is a step up for Dariush while for Barboza, Dariush is just another bump in the road.
UFC Fight Night 106 Odds For Saturday
The odds and over/under lines for the entire 12-fight card appears below. As expected for a fight card in Brazil, the fight is stocked with Brazilian talent. Do not miss this latest edition of the TalknShoot UFC video blog for more details on the UFC Fight Night 106.
UFC Fight Night 106 – Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste – Fortaleza, Brazil – FS1
Middleweight 5 rounds –
Vitor Belfort +325 o1½ +145
Kelvin Gastelum -400 u1½ -165
Lightweight 3 rounds –
Beneil Dariush +150 o2½ -190
Edson Barboza -170 u2½ +165
Light Heavyweight 3 rounds –
Gian Villante +120 o1½ -160
Mauricio Rua -140 u1½ +140
– Flyweight 3 rounds –
Jussier Formiga -130 o2½ -255
Ray Borg +110 u2½ +215
– Bantamweight 3 rounds –
Bethe Correia +110 o2½ -260
Marion Reneau -130 u2½ +220
– Welterweight 3 rounds –
Alex Oliveira +220 o1½ -150
Tim Means -260 u1½ +130
– Lightweight 3 rounds –
Kevin Lee -155 o2½ -185
Francisco Trinaldo +135 u2½ +160
– Welterweight 3 rounds –
Davi Ramos +180 o2½ -165
Sergio Moraes -220 u2½ +145
– Bantamweight 3 rounds –
Joe Soto +140 o2½ -265
Rani Yahya -160 u2½ +225
– Lightweight 3 rounds –
Josh Burkman +205 o2½ -225
Michel Prazeres -245 u2½ +185
– Featherweight 3 rounds UFC Fight Pass
Rony Jason -110 o2½ -140
Jeremy Kennedy -110 u2½ +120
– Middleweight 3 rounds –
Garreth McLellan +225 o1½ +130
Paulo Henrique Costa -265 u1½ -150
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