Really can’t make heads or tails of betting on this card.
I was gonna take Bellato over Crute - Crute can definitely win but you wonder if 4 years of losses has mentally destroyed him. Crute is competing on his home soil though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Suarez over Zhang - Zhang’s wrestling really isn’t very good, it’s just the wrestling in the women’s division is so bad that she looks decent relative to her comp. That said, Rose got the better of her when it came to top control in their second fight and Suarez is a better wrestler/grappler than Rose. Again though the monkey wrench is that Suarez doesn’t compete often and has been injured a lot. Plus traveling to Australia is an easier trip for Zhang coming from China than Suarez has to deal with. Again idk ¯_(ツ)_/¯
After Driscuss and Strickland fought the first time I told myself I’d bet on Sean in a rematch, that night I thought he had won a close fight based on volume of strikes landed.
But Du Plessis now has a champions aura around him, the dude just wins and is an absolute beast. Betting lines are reflecting this as well cause if they fought an immediate rematch it would’ve been even money - now Driscuss is a 2-1 favorite. Once again I don’t think I have a convincing edge relative to the odds. Plus the travel should be easier for Du Plessis too.
Other than that I’m not really familiar with too many guys on the undercard. I’ve seen Matthews fight before and he has been competent, but I know nothing about Prado.
Guess I’m just tossing my thoughts out there and seeing if anyone else had a solid read on these matchups.
*Edit - lmao sorry for the essay, the TLDR is that these are tough matchups to call for various reasons.