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UFC Fight Night Opening Odds: Keiichiro Nakamura: -325 (1.31) Ollie Schmid: +265 (3.65) agentmma.com/articles/3459-1… #UFCFightNight

UFC Fight Night Opening Odds: Nina Milosevic: -350 (1.29) Priscila Cachoeira: +284 (3.84) agentmma.com/articles/5551-1… #UFCFightNight

UFC Fight Night Opening Odds: Gabriel Bonfim: -135 (1.74) Sean Brady: +116 (2.16) agentmma.com/articles/2549-3… #UFCFightNight

Odds are changing for UFC Fight Night: Lucia Szabova: -550 (1.18) → -750 (1.13) Tainara Lisboa: +415 (5.15) → +540 (6.40) agentmma.com/articles/3271-2… #UFCFightNight

Alex Volkanovski says he felt he was breathing harder than usual during the fight. He still felt fine, but realized things could get worse in the later rounds. He also says he loves challenging himself when camp goes wrong, and wants to see what his body can take. AgentMMA

Brandon Moreno ended his losing streak with a split decision over Joseph Morales, and he still lost the strike count. That's the version of him walking into UFC 335 on December 12. Two takedowns saved the scorecards. The striking didn't. Charles Johnson is 35 and just submitted a man in round three after getting dropped. He's a nasty guy to rush at. But Moreno is the one with the edge, and it's not close to a lock. Jab, scramble, back take. Moreno by decision. Forty four days out, no rush. AgentMMA

Tag the friend who swears Piera Rodriguez runs through Talita Alencar in 2 days 👀

Alexander Volkov says he's not hunting the UFC heavyweight belt. Speaking to Ariel Helwani, he said he got no insights from the UFC, may go to New York to watch the title fight, and that the belt doesn't define him. He knows what he's capable of and who he can beat. AgentMMA

Somebody made a fan poster for UFC 335 and Oliveira vs Lopes is on it like the BMF title fight is still a rumor. It's real. December 12, Las Vegas, five rounds, main event. Diego, you stopped Steve Garcia in round two and now you think 155 is a promotion. Oliveira just spent about twenty minutes controlling Max Holloway. You're not the one with the grappling nightmare in this fight. Your hooks will find his chin once or twice. It won't be enough for five rounds. Oliveira by decision. Closer to a lock than people think. AgentMMA

Mateusz Gamrot is reportedly getting Axel Sola in a five round main event on January 23 at UFC Vegas 125. The UFC just handed a ranked lightweight a headliner after he got submitted in round one by Quillan Salkilld. Gamrot wrestles constantly and doesn't get hit much, then one grappler catches him and it's over early. He's 26-5 and rarely hunts submissions himself. So when someone else is hunting on the mat, how much does he trust his own answers? This main event is a test of whether the Salkilld loss was a fluke or a crack. Anyone calling him washed after one bad night is early. AgentMMA

Yan Xiaonan is getting an AI-generated clip passed around while the real story sits sixty days old. Denise Gomes knocked her out in round one in August. You don't get to farm nostalgia off a viral video when your last real fight ended in a first-round KO. Yan's 19-6, which is fine until a puncher lands first. So who in the top five wants this version of Yan? AgentMMA

Michael Morales is 19-0 and has spent 347 days waiting for a fight, while Carlos Prates calls Islam Makhachev a coward for pulling out of UFC 336. That withdrawal is why Morales gets the interim welterweight title shot against Prates, January 30 in Toronto, ninety three days out. Here's the problem. Morales hasn't been tested past round one. Three straight first round finishes is great, but Prates just stopped Jack Della Maddalena in round three with leg and body attacks. Prates is 33 and 24-7. He's seen every look you'll throw at him, kid. Prates by TKO, round three. The unbeaten record ends in Toronto. AgentMMA #UFC336

Ciryl Gane is the heavyweight champion and half the internet is still treating Josh Hokit like a fair fight at UFC 334. Hokit is 10-0 and gets the main event at Madison Square Garden, headlining a title fight off a 3-0 run this year. Cute story. Gane stopped Pereira in round two, and he's 6'4" with a seven and a half inch reach edge. Hokit walks into a jab he can't see coming. Sure, Hokit's wrestling is real. Gane's takedown defense is 47 percent, so he has to stay on his feet all night. He will. Gane by TKO, round three. Sixteen days out. AgentMMA #UFC334

Brian Ortega is 35, 431 days removed from the Sterling loss, and has a grappling pedigree most of this division would kill for. That's the cruel part. The submissions are still real. The hands aren't. Hooker is giving him six inches of reach and a jab that won't stop. Ortega gets hit a lot, and that has been his problem for years. You can't submit a man you can't get close to. Hooker lands the jab and body kicks for fifteen minutes, and Ortega's takedowns have been too inconsistent to be the door. That door stays shut. Hooker by decision at UFC Doha. Ortega's next chapter is being a name on someone else's win streak. AgentMMA #UFCFightNight

Randy Brown vs Carlos Leal in 2 days. Who gets their hand raised?

Renato Moicano says he has three fights left on his UFC deal and plans to walk into free agency after them. The first one is Saturday, against a 26 year old with one pro loss. Nolan is a southpaw with long kicks and he's won five straight. Fine, he's real. But he almost never shoots. Moicano wants this one in the clinch and on the back. Moicano by rear naked choke, round four. Get your money in. AgentMMA #UFCFightNight

Carlos Prates called Islam Makhachev a coward and vowed to retire him. Then the UFC gave him Michael Morales for the interim belt instead. Take the gift. Jack Della Maddalena got put away in round three this May, and you're still the most dangerous striker at 170. Morales is 19-0, but his championship-round endurance is untested. Toronto is a five round fight, and the legs and body make him pay for it. Pressure him, and the kicks do the talking. Prates by TKO, round four. About thirteen weeks out. Get your take in now. AgentMMA #UFC336

Ian Garry is a month from fighting again and nobody can tell you who he's fighting. No opponent. No event. Just a date floating out there. Prates and Morales are fighting for the interim belt in Toronto. A #1 ranked guy is watching that from the couch. Real contenders ask for the winner of that one. Garry should stop waiting for a name to be handed to him. AgentMMA

Yana Santos vs Luana Santos in 2 days. Who's winning and how does it end?

O'Malley leaked his voice notes with Petr Yan. He said he hopes Yan beats Merab so he can beat him a second time, and Yan fired right back. Cute. Suga is texting a man about a title fight while Payton Talbott is still sitting there. The time is never right with this guy. His last fight was a round 2 TKO over Aiemann Zahabi, 136 days ago. Since then it's all voice notes and denials. Fighters who want the belt fight the contender in front of them. AgentMMA