UFC 276 Adesanya vs. Cannonier picks and odds
Israel Adesanya (22-1) and Jared Cannonier (15-5) headline a star-studded UFC 276 going down July 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The pre-fight narrative: Adesanya, a -400 favorite to win, appears to defend his UFC middleweight title for the fifth time because it was unified following his victory over Robert Whittaker in 2019. Cannonier, in the meantime, has 5 wins and one loss since dropping to middleweight.
Take a look at our greatest UFC 276 Adesanya vs. Cannonier picks.
Adesanya vs. Cannonier picks
Greatest guess: Adesanya to win by way of determination (+120)
Adesanya has completely owned the middleweight division all through his profession. He’s an ideal 22-0 when combating in that weight class and nearly all of these victories have been decisive.
Within the UFC, Adesanya is 11-0 as a middleweight and 10 of these wins have come by both knockout or unanimous determination, with the exception being a cut up determination to Marvin Vettori in 2018.
Take a look at the most recent odds for Adesanya vs. Cannonier
His solely profession loss was when he moved as much as mild heavyweight towards Jan Blachowicz in an try to carry a number of belts without delay — even then, Stylebender misplaced that contest on factors.
Adesanya’s fashion of combating is probably not probably the most enjoyable to look at (there’s a variety of distance management and strategic putting that goes on) nevertheless it certain has been efficient. Three of his final 4 wins have gone to determination and none of his opponents landed over 60 vital strikes in these contests.
Check out how Adesanya has defended in his final 4 wins:
| Opponent | Important strikes taken |
| Robert Whittaker | 59 |
| Marvin Vettori | 58 |
| Paulo Costa (Spherical 2 KO) | 12 |
| Yoel Romero | 40 |
Adesanya isn’t one to push for a knockout. His common combat time of 17:35 is the sixth longest in UFC historical past. He has 5 inches of attain over Cannonier so we anticipate him to carry his opponent to distance and once more ship a victory by way of a drawn-out determination.
Key stat: Adesanya has by no means been knocked down in his 12 UFC fights.
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Fast decide
Over 4.5 rounds (-125): We like this decide as a complement to our greatest guess. It offers a further little bit of security within the off likelihood Cannonier wins on factors (+800) or Adesanya scores a really late knockout.
Cannonier has performed his fair proportion of placing opponents to mattress (10-of-15 wins by way of KO) however we don’t see that occuring towards Adesanya.
Talking of being knocked down or out, Cannonier has solely been on the incorrect finish of a present stopper twice, most just lately in 2018. We like this one to go the gap.
Odds as of 6:44 p.m. ET on 06/28/2022.
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