Renato Moicano Gets Finished At UFC 311

Renato Moicano suffered a first-round submission loss to lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 311. Moicano stepped up on just a day's notice to headline UFC 311 against Makhachev when Arman Tsarukyan pulled out. The Brazillian was originally scheduled to face off against Beneil Dariush. In 4:05 of action, Moicano landed […]

Merab Dvalishvili Defends Bantamweight Belt At UFC 311

Merab Dvalishvili picked up a unanimous decision victory over Umar Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 311 on Saturday. By defeating previously undefeated Nurmagomedov, Dvalishvili has extended his win streak to 12 and surpassed former two-division champion Georges St-Pierre with 92 successful takedown attempts. In 25 minutes of action, Dvalishvili landed seven takedowns and […]

Umar Nurmagomedov Falls Short At UFC 311

Umar Nurmagomedov suffered a unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili in the co-main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. Nurmagomedov looked good and was up two rounds on two of the three judges' scorecards before Dvalishvili took over. In 25 minutes of action, Nurmagomedov landed two takedowns and 104 significant strikes. This is the first […]

Kevin Holland Gets Submitted At UFC 311

Kevin Holland suffered a submission loss to Reinier de Ridder on the main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. As the fight began, de Ridder immediately pressured Holland to the fence and secured a takedown. Eventually, de Ridder got a hold of Holland's back, and quickly transitioned to a rear-naked choke, forcing Holland to tap […]

Serghei Spivac Gets TKO'd At UFC 311

UFC veteran Serghei Spivac suffered a first-round TKO loss to Jailton Almeida on the main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. Spivac landed a takedown early into the first round and landed some hard punches as well. Almeida was able to reverse the position and land on top. Spivac found a way to get up […]

Jailton Almeida Gets TKO Win At UFC 311

Jailton Almeida scored a first-round TKO win over Serghei Spivac on the main card of UFC 311. Spivac scored a takedown on Almeida and landed some strikes on the ground, but it wasn't long before Almeida reversed the position, taking Spivac's back in the process. Almeida and Spivac then got up and started exchanging. Once […]

Reinier de Ridder Gets Submission Win At UFC 311

Reinier de Ridder scored a first-round submission win over Kevin Holland on the main card of UFC 311. De Ridder was coming off a submission win in his UFC debut and early on, he got Holland down. Once he got Holland down, he was able to control him and locked in a rear naked choke […]

Jamahal Hill Gets Finished At UFC 311

Jamahal Hill suffered a third-round TKO loss to Jiri Prochazka on the main card of UFC 311. Hill entered the bout as a slight favorite but in the first round, was dropped. In the second round, Hill fought well as he landed the better shots as the fight was tied going into the final round. […]

Jiri Prochazka Gets Knockout Win At UFC 311

Jiri Prochazka scored a third-round TKO win over Jamahal Hill on the main card of UFC 311. Prochazka entered the bout as a slight underdog, but in the first round, he dropped Hill. However, he did have some struggles in the second round as the fight was even going into the third round. In the […]

Islam Makhachev Defends Title With Submission Win At UFC 311

Islam Makhachev defended his lightweight title for the fourth time at UFC 311 on Saturday. Makhachev was supposed to fight Arman Tsarukyan but on Friday, he was forced out of the bout and Moicano stepped up on short notice. Makhachev did get hit a good punch early on, but he got Moicano down and submitted […]

Umar Numagomedov Challenges For Bantamweight Title At UFC 311

Undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov is set to face off against bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in the co-main event of UFC 311 on Saturday. Nurmagomedov earned the title shot following a unanimous decision win over Cory Sandhagen back in August at UFC Abu Dhabi. DraftKings sees Nurmagomedov as the favorite with a salary of $9,200. Throughout his […]

Merab Dvalishvili Set For His First Title Defense

Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is set to take on Umar Nurmagomedov in the co-main event of UFC 311. Dvalishvili was last seen in action at UFC 306 where he won the UFC bantamweight belt by defeating Sean O'Malley via unanimous decision. He's on a nine-fight winning streak. DraftKings sees Dvalishvili as the underdog with a […]

Renato Moicano Looks To Extend His Win Streak

Renato Moicano is scheduled to face off against Beneil Dariush on the main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. Since joining the UFC in 2014, Moicano has gone 12-5. He was last seen in action at UFC Paris where he dominated and finished Benoit Saint Denis via second-round TKO to earn his fourth consecutive win. […]

Beneil Dariush In Dire Need Of Victory

Beneil Dariush will be looking to get back in the win column when he faces off against Renato Moicano on the main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. In his last bout, Dariush suffered a knockout loss to Arman Tsarukyan, which was his second consecutive knockout loss. Before that, Dariush was on an eight-fight winning […]

Kevin Holland Looks To Get Back In The Win Column

On Saturday, fan favorite Kevin Holland is scheduled to open up the UFC 311 main card against former two-division ONE champion Reinier De Ridder. Holland was last seen in action at UFC 307 when he fought Roman Dolidze and lost in between rounds due to a rib injury. DraftKings sees Holland as the favorite with […]

MMA DFS DraftKings Value Picks For UFC 311

The first PPV of 2025 is an absolute banger -- with even several non-title fights causing me to lose sleep from anticipation this week. Inglewood will be playing host to two extremely competitive championship matchups and a handful of others that have a high-leverage impact on title shots and the UFC rankings. Some of my […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2

The UFC’s first pay-per-view event of the year happens on Saturday, January 18, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. This will be the promotion's third visit to Inglewood and first since UFC 232 in December 2018. UFC 311 features two title fights, as the highly anticipated title fight rematch between defending lightweight champion Islam […]

Reinier de Ridder Opens Up UFC 311 Main Card

Reinier de Ridder (18-2) opens up the UFC 311 main card against Kevin Holland at middleweight. De Ridder is coming off a submission win over Gerald Meerschaert back in November in his UFC debut and now takes on Holland. The former ONE Championship champion is a slight underdog as DraftKings has him at a salary […]

Jiri Prochazka Looks To Return To Win Column At UFC 311

Jiri Prochazka (30-5-1) is set to take on Jamahal Hill on the main card of UFC 311 on Saturday. Prochazka is coming off a knockout loss to Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight title back in June. Prochazka now faces another former champ in Hill and DraftKings has him as a slight underdog at a […]

Jamahal Hill A Slight Favorite At UFC 311

Jamahal Hill (12-2, one no-contest) is set to end his layoff and face Jiri Prochazka on the main card of UFC 311 in a pivotal light-heavyweight bout on Saturday. Hill hasn't fought since April when he was knocked out by Alex Pereira for the light-heavyweight title in his return to the Octagon after he tore […]

Arman Tsarukyan Gets Title Shot At UFC 311

Arman Tsarukyan (22-3) is set to take on Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC 311 on Saturday. Tsarukyan is rematching Makhachev as he lost to the Dagestani native in 2019 which was a short-notice fight and his UFC debut. Tsarukyan is coming off a decision win over Charles Oliveira and enters the fight […]

Islam Makhachev Defends Lightweight Title At UFC 311

Islam Makhachev (26-1) is set to defend his lightweight title in the main event of UFC 311 on Saturday as he rematches Arman Tsarukyan. Makhachev is coming off a submission win over Dustin Poirier and enters the bout as a sizeable favorite as DraftKings has him at a salary of $9,400. In the UFC, Makhachev […]

Tap That: Episode #163: Put on the Gloves

Brady Grove hosts the full-card rundown for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", bringing you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get […]

Interlude: Juice Box is Back

Brady Grove hosts an interlude episode of "Tap That", and is joined by a special guest, bringing you stories and insight from inside the world of mixed martial arts/combat sports from those who are currently living it. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like […]

Amanda Ribas Loses Second Fight In A Row

Amanda Ribas suffered a third-round submission loss to Mackenzie Dern in the main event of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. Ribas defeated Dern in their first matchup earlier in their careers by unanimous decision. In 14:56 of action, Ribas landed two takedowns and 17 significant strikes. This is Ribas' third loss over her last four […]

Mackenzie Dern Scores Submission Victory At UFC Vegas 101

Mackenzie Dern won her second fight in a row by defeating Amanda Ribas by a third-round armbar in the main event of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. Ribas also beat Ribas in their first fight in October of 2019 by unanimous decision after three rounds. The rematch was a back-and-forth fight, with both Dern and […]

Carlston Harris Gets TKO'd At UFC Vegas 101

Carlston Harris suffered a third-round TKO loss to Santiago Ponzinibbio in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. Harris had some success in the first round and even managed to knock Ponzinibbio down two times. Unfortunately for Harris, Ponzinibbio recovered and made a comeback in the third round by finishing Harris via TKO. […]

Santiago Ponzinibbio Gets Back In The Win Column

Santiago Ponzinibbio scored a comeback third-round TKO win over Carlston Harris in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. In the first round, Harrison dropped Ponzinibbio and Ponzinibbio managed to get back to his feet, but another heavy shot from Harris dropped the Argentinian again just before the round ended. Ponzinibbio managed to […]

Abdul Razak Alhassan Gets Knocked Out At UFC Vegas 101

Abdul Razak Alhassan suffered a first-round knockout loss to Cesar Almeida on the main card of UFC Vegas 101 on Saturday. Alhassan dropped Almeida and pursued the finish but was caught with a left hook that rendered Alhassan unconscious. It was only the second time Alhassan had been knocked out of his professional mixed martial […]