Pettis Vs Ferreira Predictions

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Pettis vs Ferreira Betting Picks Despite being the ranked fighter, Pettis is coming into the fight as the underdog against Ferreira, as per the Best online sportsbooks. It is due to the inconsistent performances of the former champion compared to his opponent, who is on a five-fight winning streak. Anthony Pettis vs Carlos Diego Ferreira takes place at UFC 246 (in Las Vegas), on 18th Jan 2020 This event is 12 days, 14 hours and 35 minutes away. You can see any predictions our MMA handicappers have on Anthony Pettis vs Carlos Diego Ferreira below.

The UFC kicks off 2020 with the return of its most bankable fighter.

UFC 246 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.

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Pettis Vs Ferreira Predictions Today

In the main event, former dual champion Conor McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) returns after a 15-month layoff to take on Donald Cerrone (36-13 MMA, 23-10 UFC) in a welterweight bout. McGregor is more than a 3-1 favorite from the oddsmakers, and he’s the pick of 11 of our 14 MMA Junkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers.

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In the co-main event, former women’s bantamweight champ Holly Holm (12-5 MMA, 5-5 UFC) takes on Raquel Pennington (10-7 MMA, 7-4 UFC). Holm is just a slight favorite, but she’s got a massive 13-1 lead in the picks with just one staff member taking Pennington in an upset.

At heavyweight, Maurice Greene (8-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is a slight favorite against Aleksei Oleinik (57-13-1 MMA, 6-4 UFC). But it’s Oleinik who has a whopping 12-2 lead in the picks.

And to open the main card, former lightweight champ Anthony Pettis (22-9 MMA, 9-8 UFC) is a sizable underdog against Diego Ferreira (16-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who has won six straight fights. But it’s Pettis with a 9-5 lead in the picks.

A women’s strawweight fight between Claudia Gadelha (17-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Alexa Grasso (11-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) was scheduled for the main card. But after Grasso missed weight by 5.5 pounds at Friday’s weigh-ins and came in at 121.5, the fight was canceled by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Grasso had been a 10-4 pick over Gadelha from our staff members in the fight, though it was Gadelha with a big 72 percent number from our readers..

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, McGregor (53%), Holm (82 percent), Oleinik (64 percent) and Pettis (63 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

THE FACTS

When is UFC 246? Sunday 19^th January, 2020 - 01:00 start (UK)

Where is UFC 246? T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada

What channel is UFC 246 on? BT Sport Box Office (£19.95)

Where can I stream UFC 246? BT Sport subscribers can stream the fight online via the BT Sport website

For viewers in the United States, the event will be shown live on ESPN+ which can you sign up to here!

Are tickets still available for UFC 246? https://www.ufc.com/tickets

THE STATISTICS

THE LOWDOWN

Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis moves back down to lightweight but no glamour match-up this time. Instead, an incredibly tough fight against Carlos Diego Ferreira.

Pettis has had a topsy-turvy time in the UFC. The former lightweight champion has not had one easy fight and duked it out in the featherweight and welterweight division. After submitting Chiesa and losing a bloody war against Tony Ferguson, he moved up to welterweight to take on one of the best technical strikers in the sport – Stephen Thompson. Pettis proceeded to live up to his nickname with an electrifying ‘superman punch’ to hand Thompson his first ever knockout loss. However, he was brought back down to earth with a dominant decision loss to Nate Diaz.

Ferreira has flown completely under the radar in the stacked division. He is on a five-fight winning streak but although there are no Hollywood names on the streak, they were all tough opponents. He earned a decision over Olivier Aubin-Mercier and then two years later knocked out Jared Gordon and Kyle Nelson. He is coming off two more unanimous decisions against beast grappler Rustam Khabilov and monster striker Mairbek Taisumov breaking their impressive winning streaks.

THE PREDICTION

This fight will depend on what Pettis turns up. He has the skills to beat most lightweights on his day but if he does not treat Ferreira the same way as his previous elite opponents, he will be in for a shock.

Like Pettis, Ferreira is a phenomenal Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and also dangerous on the feet. So, although there is little to gain for Pettis, he has to be motivated for this one. On the biggest stage, on a Conor McGregor card and the biggest name Ferreira has faced, motivation for him will be in abundance.

Winner: Ferreira via Decision

Striking and grappling stats sourced via FightMetric.