In a featherweight bout in the main event, Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 213 — also known as UFC on ESPN+ 71 or UFC Vegas 63 — at the UFC’s APEX Facility in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.
The fight can be viewed on ESPN+ with the prelims beginning at 4 p.m. ET and the main card at 7 p.m. ET.
Kattar is the larger fighter in stature, standing 3 inches taller and holding a 2-inch reach advantage over his counterpart.
Kattar also takes the walk with a 5.19-to-3.31 significant strikes landed per minute advantage, although Allen is the more accurate striker (46.56% to just 41.80%). Allen is also much better in the ground game, posting a 1.41-to-0.44 takedown average and a 0.38-to-0.09 submission average.
Kattar, a.k.a. “The Boston Finisher”, is looking to rebound after a disappointing split-decision loss to Josh Emmett in June. He is just 3-3 across his past 6 fights with each of the previous 4 bouts going the distance.
Allen, a.k.a. “Almighty”, is looking to build off his dominant 1st-round KO/TKO over Dan Hooker in late March in his most recent outing. Since arriving at the UFC level, Allen has a perfect 9-0 record with 6 victories by decision, 2 submission wins and the KO over Hooker.
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UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen odds
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
- Fight result (2-way line): Kattar -107 (bet $107 to win $100) | Allen -118 (bet $118 to win $100)
- Over/Under: 4.5 rounds (Over -160 | Under +115)
- Will the fight go the distance? Yes (-125) | No (-110)
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UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen picks and predictions
Records: Kattar (23-6-0) | Allen (18-1-0)
Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)
The 28-year-old ALLEN (-118) is the fighter to back on the 2-way line. He hasn’t lost in his 9 UFC bouts, and he answered plenty of questions about toughness with his 1st-round KO of Hooker last time out.
Honestly, Allen had faced a lot of tomato cans early in his UFC career, as Dana White appeared to want to fast-track him. But Nik Lentz, Sodiq Yusuff and Hooker are top-flight fighters at this level, and he got by all 3 of them, too. He’ll get by Kattar for his best win yet.
Over/Under (O/U)
ALLEN BY POINTS (+240) on the METHOD OF VICTORY is a great value play. Allen has gone the distance in 4 of his past 5 outings, and Kattar has needed the help of the judges to determine a winner in 4 straight.
In addition, OVER 4.5 ROUNDS (-160) is not priced out of line and is worth a look if you want a little wiggle room late in Round 5. But YES (-125): FIGHT TO GO THE DISTANCE is a better value.
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