In a women’s strawweight bout on the main card, Kay Hansen and Cory McKenna meet at UFC on ESPN+ 41 – also called UFC Fight Night 182 – Saturday at the UFC’s APEX facility in Las Vegas. The early prelims kick off at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+, followed by the main card set for 7 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.
Hansen (7-3) hops into the octagon just one inch shorter than her opponent, but with a tremendous five-inch reach advantage. She also owns a 56.36 to 49.47 significant strikes-accuracy percentage, and 2.41 to 1.00 takedown average. Hansen posted a third-round submission victory over Jinh Yu Frey on June 27 in her UFC debut on the Poirier-Hooker Fight Night undercard. She has won three fights in a row overall since a split-decision loss to Magdalena Sormova at Invite FC on May 3, 2019. Hansen would be best served getting McKenna to the mat quickly, as she has four submission wins in 10 career professional fights, with the armbar as her specialty.
McKenna (5-1) will be making her UFC debut after topping Vanessa Demopoulos in Dana White’s Contender Series, Season 4, Week 2. She has only one setback during her career, a split-decision loss to Micol DiSegni at CWFC 97: Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 97 on Sept. 29, 2018. Three of McKenna’s past five fights have ended up going the distance, but the Welsh fighter has shown an ability to win by way of KO/TKO (2-0) and submission (1-0).
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Kay Hansen vs. Cory McKenna: Betting odds, predictions and picks
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Hansen (-213) is a moderate favorite on the 2-way line, and you will need to risk more than two times your potential return. That’s a little too risky, however. AVOID.
Instead, look to round betting, and you can either choose two rounds like HANSEN IN ROUND 1 (+1300) and HANSEN IN ROUND 2 (+1800), or play the third round (+3100), too. If Hansen wins inside the distance, you’ll be quite a bit ahead. While the books feel this one is going the distance, I don’t see it. As such, I like NO (+175): WILL THE FIGHT GO THE DISTANCE? and UNDER 2.5 ROUNDS (+205) is an even better value. On the 5-way line, HANSEN BY KO/TKO, DQ or SUBMISSION (+290) is also a good way to bump up your bankroll, too.
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