The co-main event of this week’s Dana White’s Contender Series card is a Middleweight bout between Theo Haig vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk. Haig, 29, is 6-0 with six submissions in his career and hails from the legendary MMA gym, American Kickboxing Academy.
Here is my best bet for Theo Haig vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk taking place tonight on Dana White’s Contender Series.
Theo Haig Moneyline (+260)
Haig’s gym, AKA, is run by Javier Mendez, producing many stars, including Daniel Cormier, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Cain Velasquez, and Luke Rockhold. Haig began his career in 2022 and has won four contests in the last two years. Five of his six victories have come in the first round.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, you can get Theo Haig at +260 while Oleksiejczuk is a -360 favorite.
His opponent, Oleksiejczuk, is the more experienced fighter, holding a record of 15-3, while being four years younger. Oleksiejczuk does his best work on the feet, with eight of his wins coming by knockout. If Oleksiejczuk wins and earns a UFC contract, he would become the seventh active Polish fighter in the promotion.
Haig needs to use his two-inch reach advantage (77″ vs. 75″) to dictate the pace of this fight. In this contest, Haig is the better fighter on the ground, and although he doesn’t have as much professional MMA experience, he has the benefit of being a part of one of the greatest teams in the sport. If Haig can weather the early storm on the feet, he is very capable of pulling off an upset in this matchup.
