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Thirty-one-year-old Joaquin Buckley has been one of many UFC’s rising stars over the past 12 months or so. He’s gained his final six fights — 4 by knockout or technical knockout — the newest being a third-round physician’s stoppage towards former welterweight champion Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 63 in December.

Earlier than that, Buckley additionally knocked out the legendary Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson at UFC 307 in a combat that noticed Buckley earn Efficiency of the Night time. Contemplating the truth that Kamaru Usman is coming off an almost two-year hiatus after shedding three consecutive fights, it seems like an inevitability that Buckley provides him to his graveyard of UFC legends and ex-champions. I’m unsure it’s going to take that lengthy, both.

Joaquin Buckley by KO/TKO/Disqualification (+160)

Rose Namajunas is among the extra recognizable names within the UFC girls’s division after a sequence of title runs within the late 2010s and early 2020s. Nonetheless, in 2025, there’s little or no worth in betting on Namajunas as a quite substantial favourite towards a red-hot Miranda Maverick.

Namajunas has misplaced three of her final 5 fights, two of these losses coming by unanimous determination. Maverick, however, has gained 4 fights in a row outright — three of these by unanimous determination. In whole, 5 of Maverick’s seven wins within the UFC have come by determination. I see Maverick’s odds of a win by determination having nice worth on this combat, and I additionally consider Namajunas is a favourite on this matchup strictly off identify worth.

Miranda Maverick by determination/technical determination (+270)

I wouldn’t sometimes advocate betting on such an early end at this worth, however this combat is fairly simple. Abdul-Malik is an extremely gifted striker, and Brundage can’t defend the strike to avoid wasting his life. Abdul-Malik is the most important favourite on your complete card straight up at -800, and his odds to win by KO/TKO are nonetheless juiced at -330 — which means a stoppage inside the primary two rounds at -190 odds is definitely the very best worth we’ll discover for this combat.

Abdul-Malik is 8-0 in his skilled MMA profession, with seven of these wins coming by knockout or technical knockout within the first or second spherical. Brundage, however, has solely gained 4 of his final 9. Garbrandt’s six profession losses have been a combined bag — KO/TKOs, choices and submissions — however I might search for the early knockout by Abdul-Malik on this one.

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Cody Brundage u1.5 rounds (-190)