The second of three Road to UFC Championship bouts on the UFC 325 Early Prelims is between Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay. This will be a three-round Featherweight contest. Nakamura is from Japan, and Szalay is from Australia, which is the home of UFC 325. Each winner of the Road to UFC tournament will earn a UFC contract.
Check out my best bet for Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay on the Early Prelims at UFC 325.
Keiichiro Nakamura Moneyline (+114)
Szalay enters this fight riding a nine-fight winning streak, and most recently beat Baergeng Jieleyisi and Chang Min Yoon in the Road to UFC tournament. Nakamura is 7-1 with six wins by knockout and has won seven consecutive bouts. In this contest, Nakamura has a four-inch edge in height (5’10” vs. 5’6″) and standing reach (70″ vs. 66″).
On DraftKings Sportsbook, Szalay is a -135 favorite with Nakamura being a +114 betting underdog. This fight is +120 to go the distance and -160 to end before the allotted 15 minutes. On the Road to UFC, Nakamura was the better striker, landing 5.22 significant strikes per minute, which is nearly one more than Szalay. If Nakamura can continue to land a high volume of strikes while not allowing Szalay to close the distance, he should find success.
