UFC Heavyweight Championship Challenger twice Derric Lewis When he takes the undefeated growing contenders, the title will be looking to record the picture again Tallisan Tesira In Nashville, Tennessi, Brijstone Arena on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night’s main program (ET, ESPN/ESPN+at 6 pm on ET).
Lewis, who fought for an undeniable title in UFC 230 in November 2018 and is making an interim title in the UFC 265 in August 2021, making its first octagonal appearance of 2025. They defeated. Rhodrigo nesmento By the third round knockout in May 2024. Teixeira enters the fight after the first round knockout Justin Tafa UFC 312 in February.
MMA analysts and former UFC fighters Anthony Smith And Deen Thomas Their main phenomena should be predicted. The ESPN betting expert Ian Parker’s most complicated stake connects insight and analysis at stake.
Heavyweight Main Event
Lewis’s experience is big in this type of fight. It has been a minute since he fought the battle, but I think he fights better when he is able to take some time to think about how big these fights are. – Deen Thomas
Tallisan is a stud, but it has not been tested the highest. Tallisan is tall, but Lewis has a strange ability to find these young, long chin. Tallisan probably wants to wrestle, but I think Deric is really really good in this anti-opposing thing. – Anthony Smith
Betting analysis
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Parker: Tallisan to Win (+225). Lewis, a fan favorite, is coming out of a win in the previous spring, but in the 25 -year -old Teixeira, he has a quite a tough challenge. Lewis has more than 10 years of UFC experience and has several multi-round matches on their behalf, while Teixeira has not seen a second round in her eight-fight professional career. Will that be the case? In the past, Lewis has packed it and suffered losses when he was not able to get the opponents out quickly, and unfortunately for him, I see him on the wrong side of a knockout punch in this one. Teixeira is an exciting possibility and potentially the future UFC is a heavyweight contender. Either take your moneyline to your parlin or take it to win within the distance.
Parker’s best bet on the rest of the card
Welterweight: Stephen Thompson Vs. Gabriel Bonfim
Bonfim to win inside the distance. After continuous damage after ending in December 2023 and October 2024, Thompson takes another up-end finisher in Bonfim. On the feet, the distance of Thompson striking and lateral movement will help him avoid the power of Bonfim, but how long? At some point, Bonfim will take Thompson to the ground and apply its world class Jiu-Jitsu. “Wonderboy,” a 13 -year -old UFC veteran with a defeat in four of his last five quarrels, deserves credit for taking this fight at this point in his career, but Bonfim is a bad matchup for him. I hope Bonfim shines.
Fedarweight: Calvin hardcore Vs. Steve Garcia
Garcia to win (-125). Garcia, while riding a five -direct win by finishing, will be looking to add the cutter to his resume. Garcia is difficult for anyone due to its knockout power and durability for the match. He can also use his underraged ground game if needed. Hardcore is a good fighter, but he has lost four consecutively. Until he can tire Garcia with a wrestling game, which he rarely uses, I do not see the way to win for the cutter. See Garcia to continue his impressive run.
light heavyweight: Junior tafa Vs. Troop
Tafa to Win (-175). Plain and simple: If toxo cannot take Tafa down and hold it down for 15 minutes, toxcos will be knocked down. Tokkos have lost their previous two quarrels, and although the Tafa Light is new to heavyweight division, it has a knockout power that lives in the entire fight. Expect that Tafa to come out of the gate in search of finish, and I think he will receive it.
