This article is part of the UFC Picks series.
Arguably the best event of the year, Saturday's UFC 300 has three belts on the line, and the card is stacked from top to bottom, including bouts that could headline every fight night card. ing. Check out how the RotoWire MMA team views these matchups.
As a reminder, the selection below is purely an excerpt. If you're looking for fantasy-specific breakdowns of these fights, check out his MMA mashup by Chris Olson or the DraftKings UFC 300 preview courtesy of John Litterin. We also have an MMA DFS Lineup Optimizer to try if you want to try out different combinations of fighters or generate multiple lineups.
| match |
weight class |
John | jake | Chris |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (C) alex pereira (-130) vs. Jamahal Hill (+110) |
light |
Pereira | Pereira | Pereira |
| (C) Zhang Weili (-485) vs. Yang Xiaonan (+370) |
Women's |
Zhang | Zhang | Zhang |
| Justin Gaethje (-160) vs. Max Holloway (+135) |
BMF |
Gaethje | Gaethje | Holloway |
| charles oliveira (+185) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (-225) |
lightweight |
Tsarukyan | oliveira | Tsarukyan |
| Beau Nickal (-2100) vs. cody brundage (+1100) |
middleweight |
Nickal | Nickal | brundage |
| UFC 300 records | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2024 record | 13-2 | 5-10 | 5-10 | |
| Percentage in 2024 | .867 | .333 | .333 | |
| 2023 record | 42-25 | 44-23 | 35-32 | |
| 2023 percentage | .627 | .657 | .522 | |
| 2022 records | 34-27 | 40-21 | 25-26 | |
| 2022 percentage | .557 | .656 | .490 | |
| 2021 records | 35-28 | 42-21 | 37-26 | |
| 2021 percentage | .556 | .667 | .586 | |
| 2020 records | 36-18 | 34-20 | 28-26 | |
| 2020 percentage | .667 | .630 | .519 | |
| 2019 records | 39-19 | 35-23 | 32-26 | |
| 2019 percentage | .672 | .603 | .552 | |
| all time | 294-181 | 297-178 | 233-193 | |
| constant percentage | .619 | .625 | .547 |
|
match |
weight |
Joe |
call | drake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (C) alex pereira (-130) vs. Jamahal Hill (+110) |
light |
hill | hill | Pereira |
| (C) Zhang Weili (-485) vs. Yang Xiaonan (+370) |
Women's |
Zhang | Zhang | Zhang |
| Justin Gaethje (-160) vs. Max Holloway (+135) |
BMF |
Gaethje | Gaethje | Holloway |
| charles oliveira (+185) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (-225) |
lightweight |
Tsarukyan | Tsarukyan | oliveira |
| Beau Nickal (-2100) vs. cody brundage (+1100) |
middleweight |
Nickal | Nickal | Nickal |
| UFC 300 records | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2024 record | 6-9 | 9-6 | 9-6 | |
| Percentage in 2024 | .400 | .600 | .600 | |
| 2023 record | 41-26 | 44-23 | 36-31 | |
| 2023 percentage | .612 | .657 | .537 | |
| 2022 records | 38-23 | 39-22 | 39-22 | |
| 2022 percentage | .623 | .639 | .639 | |
| 2021 records | 38-25 | 43-21 | 17-14 | |
| 2021 percentage | .603 | .672 | .548 | |
| 2020 records | 36-18 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| 2020 percentage | .667 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| 2019 records | 34-24 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| 2019 percentage | .586 | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| all time | 230-144 | 132-70 | 101-73 | |
| constant percentage | .615 | .653 | .580 |
the picker
John Litterin: RotoWire's lead MMA beat writer and weekly DrafKings preview writer. Lead analyst for the RotoWire MMA Podcast. Follow him on Twitter @JonLitterine.
Jake Letalski: RotoWire.com Operations Manager, Senior MMA and NCAA Hoops Editor. He is the host of the RotoWire MMA Podcast and a guest on his RotoWire Fantasy Football podcast. Follow him on Twitter @rotojake.
Chris Olson: RotoWire's “Fight IQ, present by RotoWire” contributor and columnist and fight recap for The MMA Mashup, DFS Baseball, and MMA gambling. Follow him on Twitter @RealChrisOlson.
Joe “Sun Tzu”: Best known by his Twitter handle @SunTzu, Joe is a hedge fund executive by day and a high-volume DFS player by night. He has won the “Bracket Challenge” and “Gotham” qualifiers twice. You can also find him as one of the original contributors to the DFS-centric video Breakdown, “Fight IQ, Presented by RotoWire.” “Creating Alpha in DFS” Podcast.
Cole Shelton: Cole Shelton is a full-time sportswriter specializing in MMA. His work has appeared on BJPenn.com, CBC Sports, Sports Betting Dime and Blue Jays Nation. He currently writes his MMA Best Bets column on RotoWire. Follow him on Twitter @ColeSheton91.
Drake Burden: Drake is a proven DFS winner and has earned multiple four-figure salaries. He took an interest in his MMA writing during the pandemic and is active on various his Discord and other social media communities. Follow him on Twitter @DBurdz.
