Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till main event features two highly-talented fighters. Darren Till (18-2-1) enters Saturday’s UFC on ESPN fight card having won five of his last seven bouts, which includes a split decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 last November. It was the former UFC welterweight title challenger’s first fight at 185 pounds. Till’s opponent at UFC Fight Night is Robert Whittaker (21-5-0), who’s coming off a knockout loss against Israel Adesanya in October.
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till will get underway on Saturday from UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, with the main UFC fight card starting at 8 p.m. ET. Whittaker is a -120 favorite (risk $120 to win $100), while Till is a +100 underdog in the latest Whittaker vs. Till odds from William Hill. In the co-main event, Mauricio Rua (-200) meets Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (+175) in a battle of veteran light heavyweights. Before settling your UFC on ESPN selections, make sure you see what SportsLine MMA expert Kyle Marley has to say, considering the epic run he’s on.
Marley won the first-ever “ToutMaster” UFC betting contest sponsored by MMAOddsBreaker and appears regularly on multiple MMA betting and daily Fantasy shows. He watches every single fight for every single UFC card and does extensive research before each event.
Over the past 17 months, $100 bettors who have followed Marley’s picks are up more than $20,000. The accomplished MMA analyst has been on fire in 2020, as he has connected on 14 of his last 15 main-event selections, a stretch that includes a streak of five underdogs. At UFC Fight Night last Saturday, Marley accurately predicted a victory for Jack Hermannson (-105) against Gastelum (-115) in the co-main event. He also called a dominant victory for Calvin Kattar (-300) against Dan Ige (+250) in their featherweight main event last Wednesday. Anyone who has consistently followed Marley is way up.
Now, with UFC on ESPN fast approaching, Marley has carefully studied every matchup on the card, identified the best value in the UFC odds and released his MMA picks for every fight. Those selections are only available at SportsLine.
Whittaker vs. Till preview
Whittaker (20-5) needs a win to get back into title contention and help erase the memory of his last performance. He appeared listless in front of his native Australian fans while succumbing to a second-round stoppage by Israel Adesanya. The defeat stopped a nine-fight winning streak, and Whittaker said afterward he planned to take time off to clear his head and consider his future.
The 29-year-old Australian can cement his top position with a victory, but it could be difficult against the dangerous but enigmatic Till. The outspoken Englishman started his MMA career with an 18-fight unbeaten streak and matching hype, only to see his momentum crash into adversity in the form of two straight losses. UFC president Dana White has said he admittedly rushed Till (18-2-1) into a title bout against former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, who stopped him the second round of their lopsided September 2018 bout.
He was then knocked out before his hometown fans by Jorge Masvidal in March of last year. Till finally made his long-anticipated move to middleweight and managed an upset decision victory over Gastelum. His matchup with Whittaker at UFC on ESPN is bound to be a litmus test as to whether he belongs among the division’s elite. You can only see Marley’s Whittaker vs. Till picks here.
Top UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till predictions
We’ll share one of Marley’s UFC Fight Night predictions here: He is backing Tanner Boser (-240) to get the best of Raphael Pessoa (+200) in a heavyweight bout featuring a pair of UFC veterans.
Boser is stepping in to face Pessoa after fellow heavyweight Justin Tafa was forced out of the UFC on ESPN fight card. Boser is coming off a sensational performance against the highly-touted Philipe Lins in his last fight. Boser recorded a first-round TKO against Lins less than a month ago and has won via knockout in two of his last four bouts. Pessoa, meanwhile, hasn’t fought since his unanimous decision victory against Jeff Hughes in October.
Marley believes that Pessoa will make it to the scorecards, but Boser, who has recorded nine TKO victories in his career, will ultimately get a decision victory after piling up significant strikes throughout the bout.
“I have not been high on Boser, but it’s hard to not pick him in this one,” Marley told SportsLine. “This should be a striking fight and I expect Boser to have the volume edge.”
How to make UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Whittaker picks
Marley also has strong picks for Till vs. Whittaker and every other bout on the UFC Fight Night card. He’s also backing one fighter who “will get takedowns and win rounds.“ You can see those UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till picks only at SportsLine.
Who wins Till vs. Whittaker at UFC Fight Night? And how exactly does each fight end? Visit SportsLine now to get detailed picks on every fight on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till card, all from the accomplished expert who’s up more than $20,000 and has nailed 14 of the last 15 main events, and find out.
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till odds (via William Hill)
Robert Whittaker (-120) vs. Darren Till (+100)
Mauricio Rua (-200) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (+175)
Alexander Gustafsson (-300) vs. Fabricio Werdum (+250)
Carla Esparza (+130) vs. Maria Rodriguez (-150)
Paul Craig (-110) vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (-110)
Nicolas Dalby (-270) vs. Jesse Ronson (+230)
Alex Oliveira (-175) vs. Peter Sobotta (+155)
Jai Herbert (+135) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (-155)
Tom Aspinall (-200) vs. Jake Collier (+170)
Movsar Evloev (-190) vs. Mike Grundy (+170)
Tanner Boser (-240) vs. Raphael Pessoa (+200)
Bethe Correia (+100) vs. Pannie Kianzad (-120)
Ramazan Emeev (-380) vs. Niklas Stolze (+310)
