Rani Yahya and Enrique Barzola battle in a bantamweight bout in a preliminary match at UFC on ESPN+ 28 – also called UFC Fight Night 170 – at the Ginasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia. The card kicks off Saturday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+ in Brazil’s capital.
Yahya (26-10-0) is one inch shorter than his Peruvian counterpart, and has a three-inch reach disadvantage. Barzola is well ahead with 3.93 Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute (LPM) to just 1.59 for Yahya. In addition, Barzola has a slight advantage in Significant Strike Accuracy percentage, and leads in Takedown Average at 4.56-2.92. Barzola is also well ahead with a 45.56 Takedown Accuracy percentage to just Yahya’ 32.59.
Yahya has won three of his past four bouts, all via submission, and he has been victorious in seven of his previous nine fights.
Barzola (17-5-1) has dropped two of his past three bouts, with only a split-decision win against Bobby Moffett on the Shevchenko-Carmouche card Aug. 10, 2019.
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Rani Yahya vs. Enrique Barzola betting odds
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BARZOLA (-193) is a heavy favorite on the 2-way line against Yahya (+160), so it’s a bit risky putting up almost two times your potential return. You might want to pair Barzola with another fighter or two in a parlay. Yahya is going to eat a lot of punches per minute from Barzola, and it’s a good play to bet BARZOLA BY KO/TKO OR DQ (+330) on a small-unit wager.
You might want to look into a two-fighter parlay of Barzola and GILBERT BURNS (-189) vs. Demian Maia for a payoff of 1.32-to-1. A three-fighter parlay involving Barzola, Burns and AMANDA RIBAS (-371) vs. Randa Markos pays +195.
New to sports betting? A $10 parlay of Barzola (-193) and Burns (-189) returns a potential profit of $13.21. A $10 parlay of Barzola, Burns and Ribas returns a net profit of $19.47.
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