UFC 269 features the final pay-per-view card of 2021 and it’s also one of the most stacked cards of the year featuring two title fights. The main event features a highly anticipated lightweight title fight between champion Charles Oliveira and former interim champion Dustin Poirier. In the co-main event, women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will be defending her title against a surging contender in Juliana Pena. The main card also features “Suga” Sean O’Malley battling Rulian Paiva, and former champ Cody Garbrandt making the move down a weight class, where Kai Kara-France welcomes him to flyweight.
- DATE: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2021
- BROADCAST: Pay Per View – PRELIMS: ESPN / Sony Liv (India)
- VENUE: T-Mobile Arena
- LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada
- MATCHES: 15
Dustin Poirier:
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 5.62
Significant Striking Accuracy: 50%
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute: 4.19
Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land): 54%
Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes: 1.50
Takedown Accuracy: 36%
Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land): 61%
Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes: 1.2
Charles Oliveira:
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 3.26
Significant Striking Accuracy: 52%
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute: 3.01
Significant Strike Defence (the % of opponents strikes that did not land): 53%
Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes: 2.64
Takedown Accuracy: 44%
Takedown Defense (the % of opponents TD attempts that did not land): 57%
Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes: 2.7
(Stats via UFCstats.com)
Betting Tips:
The MMA India Show brings you another series of “The Prediction”, where, I, Jay Rock, analyze the upcoming fight cards and give my predictions, analysis, betting tips.
For the last fight card, I didn’t have a great day as I went 4-1 on picks, bringing my overall record to 237-104
Check out my previous predictions here.
UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier Odds
Priscila Cachoeira (4.00) vs Gillian Robertson (1.25)
Prediction: Gillian Robertson wins the fight.
Randy Costa (1.53) vs Tony Kelley (2.50)
Prediction: Randy Costa wins.
Ryan Hall (1.44) vs Darrick Minner (2.75)
Prediction: The fight goes over 2.5 rounds @1.95
Alex Perez (1.30) vs Matt Schnell (3.50)
Prediction: Alex Perez wins
Erin Blanchfield (2.10) vs Miranda Maverick (1.72)
Prediction: Erin Blanchfield wins.
André Muniz (1.70) vs Eryk Anders (2.15)
Prediction: Eryk Anders wins.
Bruno Silva (1.28) vs Jordan Wright (3.60)
Prediction: Bruno Silva wins/ Bruno Silva wins via KO/TKO @1.61
Augusto Sakai (1.90) vs Tai Tuivasa (1.90)
Prediction: Tai Tuivasa wins
Pedro Munhoz (1.83) vs Dominick Cruz (1.95)
Prediction: Dominick Cruz wins.
Josh Emmett (1.61) vs Dan Ige (2.30)
Prediction: Josh Emmett wins.
MAIN CARD
Sean O’Malley (1.33) vs Raulian Paiva (3.25)
Prediction: Sean O’Malley wins
Kai Kara-France (2.20) vs Cody Garbrandt (1.66)
Prediction: Kai Kara-France wins
Geoff Neal (2.00) vs Santiago Ponzinibbio (1.80)
Prediction: Santiago Ponzinibbio wins
Amanda Nunes (1.11) vs Julianna Peña (6.50)
Prediction: Amanda Nunes wins or The fight goes over 1.5 rounds @1.80
Charles Oliveira (2.30) vs Dustin Poirier (1.61)
Prediction: The fight goes over 1.5 rounds @1.57