MMA DFS Expert Survey: UFC Fight Night - Magny vs. Prates
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 Fight Night – Magny vs. Prates
Who is your favorite fighter to spend up for in cash games?
h3budda: Prates
Moneyball16: Prates
Bward586: Abdul-Malik
LiamPicksFights: Gomes
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What are your thoughts about stacking the 5-round fight in cash games?
h3budda: The main event is heavily expected to finish in the first round or two (-150 under two rounds). There’s not a ton of safety to go to for underdogs on this slate. I would personally look to one of the female underdogs. They would have better safety than the 5-round main event.
Moneyball16: Magny is such a massive underdog on top of being +195 to lose in the first round that I don’t think he is viable in cash. Start your cash lineups by locking in Prates and the mispriced fighter (Zaleski dos Santos).
Bward586: This is a tricky one because Magny is a historically tough out, and I like him relative to his huge underdog price. However, if he loses, the odds are it comes early, which limits his floor considerably. I’ll be working to find builds without him that I like, but I’d also be okay with playing him in cash if it makes the rest of your lineup considerably stronger.
LiamPicksFights: I personally don’t see this as a stackable main event. Prates is likely to put up a big score in a dominant win or put up an insufficient score if his low-volume style doesn’t produce a finish. Magny has tested cardio, and he’s tough, but he gets smashed in most losses, and 2 of the last 4 wins were SDECs. Magny has eclipsed 100 points just 3 times since 2018.
Which fight are you most likely to avoid and why?
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Robert Brown (aka Epignosis) was having lunch at a sports bar. A football game was on. He remarked to his wife that if he could have a second life, he’d like to be someone who enjoyed watching sports. That enjoyment began when he signed up for a fantasy football league that needed one more player. Since then, he has enjoyed playing NFL, NBA, and (especially) MLB DFS. When not teaching American literature, editing content for RotoGrinders (which he has done since 2019), or making lineups, Epignosis is rocking out or jazzing it up on one of several possible instruments.