UFC Vegas 38: Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview
The main event of UFC Vegas 38’s fight card features the fight between the number 10th ranked UFC Light Heavyweight fighter, Thiago Santos taking on the former title contender and number 5th ranked Light Heavyweight fighter, Johnny Walker. Here is the Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview.
UFC Vegas 38: Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker Fight Preview
Thiago Santos is a UFC veteran and one of the most popular fighters in the UFC Light Heavyweight division. Santos earned the UFC contract by fighting on The Ultimate Fighter 2: Brazil and made his UFC debut against Cezar Ferreira on UFC 163.
He started his career in the Middleweight division and defeated many of the big names in the division such as Jack Hermansson, Anthony Smith, Gerald Meerschaert, Kevin Holland, and many others. But the major breakthrough of his career came on UFC Fight Night: Santos vs Anders when he made his Light Heavyweight debut.
He won the fight of the night bonus on his Light Heavyweight debut and won three continuous fights with also includes a win against Jan Blachowicz. After defeating Blachowicz, Thiago Santos earned the title shot and faced Jon Jones at UFC 239.
Santos took the champ into the deepest waters and in the end lost the fight by a controversial split decision. Things didn’t quite go into his way after Jones’s fight and he lost two more fights with his latest loss coming against Aleksandar Rakic on UFC 259.
Now with a win against Walker at UFC Vegas 38, he will look forward to fighting for the UFC Light Heavyweight title once again.
Johnny Walker on the other hand is one of the rising talents in the UFC Light Heavyweight division. He won the UFC contract by defeating Henrique Da Silva on Dana White’s contender series Brazil 2 and made his UFC debut against Khalil Rountree Jr. on UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Ponzinibbio.
Walker ended his first three UFC fights with highlight-reel knockouts and won performance of the night bonus in each of them. But after that, he faced two consecutive losses and now he is coming into this fight with a win against Ryan Spann in his last fight on UFC Fight Night: Covington vs Woodley.
A win against Santos can help him to catapult himself in the UFC Light Heavyweight division rankings and Johnny Walker will look forward to capitalizing this opportunity to the fullest.
UFC Vegas 38: Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker Prediction and Odds
The former title challenger, Thiago Santos is the crowd favorite entering into this fight with betting odds of -157 in his favor against Johnny Walker, who’ll be coming into this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +137 in his favor.
Despite losing his last three fights, Santos is the betting favorite to win this one and Walker is an underdog in the first-ever UFC main event of his MMA career.
Predicted Result: Thiago Santos def Johnny Walker.
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