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UFC Fight Night June 13th: Odds, Predictions, and DFS Picks

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Just seven days after UFC 251 and about a month before the UFC moves the action to Fight Island, Mixed Martial Arts fans get a sweet taste of action from inside the octagon for Fight Night on June 13th. Gamblers and DFS players need to pay close attention to Sports Illustrated’s gambling analyst Casey Olson’s picks as he’s been absolutely on fire.

Pay close attention to the latest news as a few of the fights have already been taken off the card. Luckily Olson and fellow gambling analyst Frank Taddeo highlight all the latest headlines and give their takes on who to include in your DFS lineups and which fighters to bet on.

Read the transcript from their analysis:

Bill Enright: UFC action is back for June 13th with a another bout for UFC Fight Night. Let's bring on our gambling analysts, Casey Olson and Frank Taddeo. Casey I'm going to start with you, because I know a lot has been happening with this play card. What's the latest?

Casey Olson: Yeah, at this point, guys, let's just put bubble wrap over this card. Ray Borg Thursday pulled out, Derek Minner this morning, and then the main event and co-main both had fighters that missed weight as well. Jessica Eye barely missed, just a quarter pound over, but she refused to cut it. She said that she could barely stand, which kind of raises some eyes on that fight and Kark Roberson missed by four and a half pounds. He came in and weighed in 10 minutes after it started, and obviously just it looked like he was refusing to cut anything for Saturday's fight. But that said, hey, we still got 10 fights. Cynthia Calvillo, she's moving up a weight class and I kind of like that. We've seen some fighters look really well, Gilbert Burns recently, when they do so. And coupling that with Jessica Eyes' horrible cut. I mean, I'm going to give her a shot. She's probably gonna get pieced up on the feet. Eye is a more technical fighter, but Calvillo will take this fight down and she's very crafty on the mat, so let's see what happens there. I like Vettori as well, finally getting his win over Karl Roberson, we'll see what happens. And then Jordan Espinosa, I kind of like him as well. Both fighters in that fight are against the ropes contract wise. Probably the loser will get a pink slip, but I like the well-rounded skill set of Jordan Espinosa for me, so I'll be making a play on him as well.

Bill Enright: Frank, let me go over to you. What are the sharps telling you about where they're placing their bets this weekend.

Frank Taddeo: Yeah, right now, I got to say, we got some late word and it matches with what Casey likes as well. And that would be backing Cynthia Calvillo in the main event at odds of -110. In addition, Bill, we're also hearing word that the sharps are all over the under in this Cifers v. Agapova match. And obviously that is coming in right now at plus +140. So there's some significant value there that the sharps seem to be honing in on. But also, Bill, obviously, we're going to want to look at maybe getting some of these players into those DFS lineups as well. 

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