Holly Holm is favored against Yana Kunitskaya at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen on Saturday, March 25 in San Antonio, Texas. This event is one of 13 fights on ESPN/ESPN+. Holm is 14-6 in her career, while Kunitskaya is 14-6 in her career. There are a total of 13 fights, all on ESPN/ESPN+ at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen. Let’s look at the bout between Holm and Kunitskaya and UFC predictions.
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen takes place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, March 25 with 13 fights, all on ESPN/ESPN+.
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Sandhagen Betting
Holly Holm (14-6, 7-6 UFC)
Holm came into the UFC with a record of 7-0 and she has seven wins and six losses in the UFC. In her last six fights, she has three wins and three loses. She defeated Megan Anderson by unanimous decision, Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision, and Irene Aldana by unanimous decision; while losing to Cris Cyborg by unanimous decision, Amanda Nunes by TKO, and Ketlen Vieira by split decision. Holm has been a pro since 2011 and she has eight wins by TKO/KO and six by decision.
Holm said this to krqe.com about her upcoming fight against Kunitskaya, “It doesn’t bother me at all. I remember when we use to train. We were trying to get each other good, you know. We were good training partners. After a good hard run, it was like, hey, good job. It was good. It was tough. We were able to train hard when she was here and I know we’ll be able to fight hard.”
Yana Kunitskaya (14-6, 4-3 UFC)
Kunitskaya came into the UFC with a record of 10-3 and she has four wins and three losses in the UFC. She defeated Lina Länsberg by unanimous decision, Marion Reneau by unanimous decision, Julija Stoliarenko by unanimous decision, and Ketlen Vieira by unanimous decision; while losing to Cris Cyborg by TKO, Aspen Ladd by TKO, and Irene Aldana by TKO. Kunitskaya has been a pro since 2009 and she has seven wins by TKO/KO and one by submission. She has seven first round finishes.
Striking Stats
Strikes landed per minute: Holm 3.24 /Kunitskaya 4.28
Striking Accuracy: Holm 39% /Kunitskaya 56%
Strikes absorbed per minute: Holm 2.86/Kunitskaya 2.94
Defense: Holm 56% /Kunitskaya 50%
Grappling Stats
Takedown average: Holm 0.72 /Kunitskaya 1.53
Takedown Accuracy: Holm 26% /Kunitskaya 53%
Takedowns defended: Holm 78% /Kunitskaya 50%
Submission average: Holm 0.1 /Kunitskaya 0.2
UFC Picks
It is hard to get too excited about taking either of these fighters. Holm is 41-years old and has almost as many losses in the UFC as she has wins. Kunitskaya, who is now known as Santos, has not fought since July of 2021. Holm is coming off a split decision loss to Ketlen Vieira in her last fight. Holm controlled much of that fight but she didn’t do much damage and Vieira was able to come away with the decision. Kunitskaya lost to Irene Aldana in July of 2021. She then announced she was expecting a child with Thiago Santos and she gave birth in April of 2022. The question in this fight is how does the layoff affect Kunitskaya? She has the skill to beat Holm if she is truly in shape. We know that Holm is tough but she also has lost much of her skill.
The price on Holm is simply too high. There is no way I would lay 2-1 on Holm in this fight. The value is definitely on Kunitskaya at plus money, so I’ll make a small play on her to win this fight. The rounds option on this fight is listed at 2.5 with the over at -300. I can’t see either of these two fighters getting the finish, so this should be a fight that goes over the rounds total. Laying the big price is a bit much for me, but taking the over is still the way I would go.
| DATE | FIGHTERS | MONEY LINE |
| 3/25 | Marlon Vera | +139 |
| Cory Sandhagen | -175 |
| 3/25 | Yana Santos | +186 |
| Holly Holm | -240 |
| 3/25 | Andrea Lee | +211 |
| Maycee Barber | -275 |
| 3/25 | Albert Duraev | +139 |
| Chidi Njokuani | -175 |
| 3/25 | Daniel Pineda | +211 |
| Tucker Lutz | -275 |
| 3/25 | Lucas Alexander | +139 |
| Steven Peterson | -175 |
| 3/25 | Preston Parsons | -115 |
| Trevin Giles | -115 |
| 3/25 | Alex Perez | +150 |
| Manel Kape | -190 |
| 3/25 | Daniel da Silva | +207 |
| CJ Vergara | -270 |
| 3/25 | Vinicius Salvador | -120 |
| Victor Altamirano | -110 |
| 3/25 | Trey Ogden | +130 |
| Manuel Torres | -163 |
| 3/25 | Austin Lingo | +183 |
| Nate Landwehr | -235 |
| 3/25 | Hailey Cowan | -135 |
| Tamires Vidal | +105 |
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