6 months agoMario Bautista (14-2) is set to take on Jose Aldo on the main card of UFC 307. Bautista enters the bout on a six-fight winning streak and is coming off a decision win over Ricky Simon back in January. Despite the American taking on a former champion and a legend, DraftKings has Bautista as the favorite with a salary of $8,500. In the UFC, Bautista is 8-2 with four wins by stoppage while he's been finished in one of his two losses. If Bautista can beat the legend, he would be in line for a top-10 and potentially top-five opponent next.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
1 year agoMario Bautista scored a clear-cut decision win over Ricky Simon at UFC Vegas 84 on Saturday. Bautista entered the fight as the underdog, as he was unranked and getting a shot at a top-15 opponent in Simon. Bautista was able to keep the fight standing, as Simon went 2-for-13 on takedowns, and on the feet, the unranked bantamweight landed the better shots. When the final bell rang, Bautista outstruck Simon 118-to-52 to win the clear-cut decision. With the win, Bautista will now enter the bantamweight rankings.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
1 year agoMario Bautista (13-2) will be fighting a ranked opponent for the first time at UFC Vegas 84. Bautista is coming off a decision win over Da'Mon Blackshear in August to extend his win streak to five and will now face Ricky Simon on Saturday. Bautista enters the fight as the underdog as DraftKings has him at a salary of $7,600, while in his UFC tenure, he's averaging 80.63 fantasy points per fight. Bautista is 7-2 in the UFC and has won four by stoppage.
--Cole SheltonSource: UFC
2 years agoMario Bautista has officially arrived at the top of the bantamweight party, earning his fifth straight victory on Saturday. At UFC 292, he was able to earn a unanimous-decision victory over a very tough opponent in Da'Mon Blackshear. Though he was out-struck in the significant strike-category (79 to 90) and landed less takedowns (two to four), Bautista was a bit more effective with the strikes that he did land. This is a perfect example of numbers not actually telling the whole story.
--Matt BrickerSource: ESPN
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