Are you not Entertained? Violence Saturday and college picks.
UFC 331 Picks
Alexandre Pantoja (+120) - The first one ended in 26 seconds and an injury. This one should last long enough for the former champ to remind everyone that “interim chaos” is not the same thing as beating him for five rounds.
Dooho Choi (-120) - Pitbull’s résumé is legendary. His chin is on a timeshare.
Casey O'Neill Decision (+100) - O’Neill is the better wrestler-boxer in a fight that books love to keep standing just long enough to go to the scorecards.
Edmen Shahbazyan (-190) - Home fight in L.A., power in both hands, and an opponent who has to survive the first six minutes
College Football Play
LSU (-3) - LSU is built to win and Kiffin owns real estate in everyone's head.
Lehigh (-16.5) - The Mountain Hawks are 3-0, scoring like they have a personal vendetta against defensive coordinators, and Dartmouth is walking into Family Weekend in Bethlehem. FCS spreads this big still cash when one side is a buzzsaw and the other is still finding its pads.
North Carolina ML - Clemson is starting a freshmen QB and struggled against Georgia Southern.
Alabama (19.5) - Bryant-Denny in Week 3 against a Seminoles team that is not built to survive a 60-minute track meet. Nineteen and a half is a lot until you remember Alabama can score that in one quarter and still look annoyed.
Only for degenerates to play for massive payday
1.) Tuivasa (+410) granite chin, one-punch power, and far greater UFC experience give him a real chance to survive Despaigne’s early kicks and land a fight-ending right hand in a sloppy heavyweight brawl. Just ignore his 7 fight losing streak.
2.) Gable Steveson submission (+500) - He is a -2000 Olympic wrestler against a guy the market priced like a sparring partner. Gable has been working on his submissions in camp and great value here to play versus KO prop.
3.) Giga Chikadze decision (+700) - Brito wants a street fight. Giga wants a kickboxing exhibition that goes 15 minutes and makes judges do math. You are betting that the Georgian’s calves last longer than the Brazilian’s patience.
4.) Michael Aswell decision (+300) - Plus-money on a dog to win ugly and stay upright. If this cashes, nobody at the sportsbook will congratulate you. They will just ask who hurt you.