MMA DFS Expert Survey: UFC 311 - Makhachev vs. Moicano
Our panel of experts is here to give you their MMA DFS advice for this week’s contests by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know Billy Ward’s favorite value play? Or h3budda’s top fighter for tournaments? Find out below!
MMA DFS Picks: DraftKings Expert Survey for UFC 311 – Makhachev vs. Moicano
Who is your favorite fighter to spend up for in cash games?
h3budda: Makhachev
Moneyball16: Makhachev
Bward586: Makhachev
LiamPicksFights: Almeida
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What are your thoughts about stacking the 5-round fights in cash games?
h3budda: You have a couple of 5-round fights on this slate with different outcomes expected. Islam Makhachev is expected to finish his new opponent Renato Moicano. I would take Makhachev alone in that fight. You are absolutely stacking the bantamweight fight. You have two of the better point-per-dollar fighters in Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov. That fight is -150 to go to a decision.
Moneyball16: With the new opponent for Islam Makhachev, I think he becomes the best pay-up cash option, and since Renato Moicano is still priced as a favorite, he is not viable in cash. The Nurmagomedov/Dvalishvili fight is probably a stack, with excellent odds to go the full 5 rounds at -140. Merab Dvalishvili is a DFS god with a long history of putting up huge scores, and while this will be his toughest matchup yet, I think you have to play him in cash. Umar Nurmagomedov provides a nice floor with an all-around game as well.
Bward586: With Islam Makhachev now taking on Renato Moicano in the main event, this is a pretty obvious choice: Stack the co-main event while rostering Makhachev, who is now a -900 favorite without a price change. Moicano should obviously be avoided in cash games, and I’m not interested in him for GPPs either.
LiamPicksFights: Merab Dvalishvili is a DFS machine, so rostering him as salary relief makes a lot of sense to me. Umar Nurmagomedov has cleared 100+ fantasy points in 6 of 6 UFC fights. The main event feels more binary. The later it goes, the more likely both fighters put up good scores, but their salaries are prohibitive.
Which fight are you most likely to avoid and why?
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