UFC on FOX 17 is giving casual fans a few great reasons not to skip the prelims on FOX Sports 1.
Beside the prelim main event featuring two top-10 lightweights, the six scheduled lead-in fights feature a compelling assortment of ranked fighters. Let’s make some picks.
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Featherweights
Myles Jury
Charles Oliveira
Myles Jury will make a drop to featherweight and gets a stiff test right off the bat: uber-athletic Brazilian banger Charles Oliveira. Jury is coming off his only career loss, losing a unanimous decision to Donald Cerrone, who’s fighting for the title on the main card. Oliveira will look to bounce back from a bizarre TKO loss to Max Holloway, where he suffered a neck injury.
This is a bout that could easily be on the main card. Both Oliveira and Jury have the talent and physical tools to break into the top 10.
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Welterweights
C.B. Dolloway
Nate Marquardt
Two relatively well-known middleweights in desperate need of a win square off in a fight to stay relevant. Marquardt, a former title challenger, is just 1-5 in his past six fights and is in danger of being cut from the roster. Dolloway has lost two in a row and is in the same position. The easy pick here is Dolloway as Marquardt just looks old and slow.
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Women’s bantamweights
Sarah Kaufman
Germaine de Randamie
The No. 6 ranked Sarah Kaufman plays the gatekeeper role against an unheralded Germaine de Randamie. Kaufman had been vying for a higher profile bout against the likes of Miesha Tate or Bethe Correia, but will have to settle for a high risk, low-reward bout against the Dutch product.
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Middleweights
Josh Samman
Tamdan McCrory
Josh Samman has quietly won all three of his UFC fights, and has picked up bonuses in his last two. McCrory returned from a five year hiatus in 2014 and picked up two first-round finishes in Bellator to earn his ticket back to the UFC. For Samman, winning four in a row would force the UFC to test him against a name opponent sooner than later. McCrory went 3-3 with the promotion from 2007-2009 and a win over a prospect like Samman would be a fine way to open his second stint in the UFC.
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Lightweights
Nik Lentz
Danny Castillo
Team Alpha Male’s Danny Castillo has had the unfortunate luck of being paired against a murderer’s row of opponents in his past five fights, leading to a 1-4 record since 2013. Lentz isn’t too big of a dropoff as the No. 10 ranked fighter at featherweight. Another loss for Castillo would be disastrous, given the crowded state of the division.
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Lightweights
Cole Miller
Jim Alers
Miller has spent eight years competing in the octagon, going 10-7 inside the UFC. He’s a respected, experienced veteran and still just 31 years old. Alers is a former Cage Warriors champion who had his nine-fight winning streak stopped this past February when he was knocked out by Chas Skelly. Beating an established fighter like Miller could make up for that in a big way.
HOW TO BET
Access live betting lines at BookMaker Sportsbook and start wagering now. With our live betting options, you can also wager on sporting events as they unfold on television with BookMaker’s live betting platform. UFC on FOX 17 takes place Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The main card will be televised on FOX starting 8 pm. ET following the FOX Sports 1 prelims starting at 5 p.m. ET.
