Top-five middleweights Sean Strickland and Anthony Hernandez are set to headline UFC Houston on Saturday night at the Toyota Center. The co-main event features a welterweight showdown between No. 12 Geoff Neal and Uros Medic.
The main card airs live on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET.
Let’s dive into the top bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez.
Best Bets for UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
Uros Medic Moneyline (+170)
Uros Medic (12–3, 10 KOs, 2 SUB) boasts a 100% career finish rate, and he’s won three of his last four bouts — all by first-round knockout. The Serbian southpaw, nicknamed “The Doctor,” seems poised to spoil the homecoming of Texas native Geoff Neal (16–7, 10 KOs, 2 SUB).
Now 35 years old, “Handz of Steel” has dropped five of his last eight bouts dating back to December 2020. The brutal stretch was punctuated by a buzzer-beater, first-round KO against Carlos Prates last August.
While Neal is still explosive and far more experienced against the division’s top-end competition, it seems that the damage has begun to take a toll. Expect Medic to have the upper hand on the feet and capitalize against the fading veteran — potentially cementing his place in the division’s top 15.
Serghei Spivac vs. Ante Delija Under 1.5 Rounds (-140)
Saturday’s heavyweight showdown features a pair of dynamic stoppage artists hungry to rebound, each recently derailed by Waldo Cortes-Acosta.
Promotional mainstay Serghei Spivac (17–6, 7 KOs, 8 SUB) owns an impressive 88% career finish rate with 11 first-round stoppages. His opponent, 2022 Bellator heavyweight champ Ante Delija (26–7, 12 KOs, 7 SUB), has finished 73% of his bouts with 15 first-round finishes — including nine wins in 1:30 or less.
Each of their last two respective wins was decided within the opening five minutes.
Lightning’s in the forecast when Spivac and Delija collide in Houston.
