August 16, 2024
Former interim title challenger Kai Kara-France (24-11) will be looking to get back in the win column when he returns to the Octagon to face off against former title challenger Steve Erceg. In his last bout, Kara-France ended up on the wrong end of a split decision against Amir Albazi. DraftKings sees Kara-France as the underdog with a salary of $7,400. Throughout his UFC career (11 bouts), he averages 67.3 fantasy points per contest. Since there is no clear title challenger, the winner of this fight might be next in line for Alexandre Pantoja.
--Alen Kurbasic - RotoBallerSource: UFC
June 4, 2023
In a controversial decision to many, Kai Kara-France suffered a split-decision loss to Amir Albazi in Saturday's main event. Kara-France held the overall significant striking edge (99 to 43), but he also landed more strikes than Albazi in each round. Kara-France also held a higher landing percentage in each round. Regardless, Kara-France had a great showing and should lose very little ground, if any, in the division.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
May 31, 2023
Saturday night's main event will feature City Kickboxing's Kai Kara-France (24-10) looking to rebound in the flyweight division as he takes on Amir Albazi. Kara-France has already proven to be a staple at the top of the division, and this matchup will help narrow down the division's title picture. A dangerous finishing striker in the cage, 11 of Kara-France's 24 career wins have come by knockout/TKO, with an additional 10 wins by decision. DraftKings sees this as the tightest matchup of the night with Kara-France sporting a salary of $8,200. Throughout his UFC career of 10 bouts, he averages 68.2 fantasy points per contest. Albazi is a perfect 4-0 in the Octagon but will be taking a huge step up in competition.
--Matt BrickerSource: UFC
August 1, 2022
Kai Kara-France was unable to take advantage of an interim title fight at UFC 277 on Saturday, dropping the night's co-main event to Brandon Moreno via third-round TKO stoppage. In 14:34 of action, Kara-France tallied 53 significant strikes (just five less than Moreno) while stuffing all three of Moreno's takedown tries on the night. The second-ranked Kara-France can probably be marked down as a victor for anyone he faces in the division, outside of the top couple of fighters.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
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