UFC Betting Preview: Durden vs. Osbourne Fight Pick

A good example, Tom, is this fight next here I want to talk about with Durden and Osborne. I mean, Durden, bro, he's lost like five of his last six fights, six of his last eight fights. That would have been unheard of in the old days. Like, you wouldn't have lasted. They would have been like, no, you got to go. You got to go. They need fighters now. So if you're entertaining and you lose, fine. They're not going to hate you for it. But both these guys both need a win. Like, between Osborne and this guy, one of these guys needs to walk out of there with a win. It's basically a pick-em. What do you think of this one? Yeah, this is a tough one. I mean, Cody Durden, a guy I made a lot of money on, you know, early on in his UFC run. I got dog numbers on him a few times that, you know, really just made no sense. He was one of those guys, grinder, wrestler, just gonna, like you said, he's gonna bring the fight. He's gonna, he's one of those scrappy dogs that, you know, you really kind of like to back because you feel like he's a good dude. You hear him talk. He just seems like a good dude, hardworking guy. And he brings it and he, and, you know, I cast a lot of tickets on him, but When you're not the highest level of guy, and your style is to be kind of gritty, it does tend to fade pretty hard at the end of your career. And that's kind of what we're seeing with Durden. And he's fighting Osborne, who, you know, I've lost a lot of money on this guy. He's got a lot of skills. He's got power. He's able to grapple. He's a very well-rounded guy, but, you know, fight IQ, not always there. I've had, you know, fights where I'm like, yes, O'Day is just dominating. And then the next thing you know, he's getting, he's diving in for a takedown and he's getting guillotined. And it's just like, dude, come on, what are you doing? So very, very tough. Both guys kind of chinny. Both guys do have some upside here. It's tough for me. I feel like O'Day probably gets it done. I feel like he definitely has the power. Uh, to knock Durden out, but if Durden goes back to his wrestling roots and really just kind of pushes a high pace, I feel like he can win this fight, but when it all comes down to it, first of all, I think the fight ends. I don't think it goes to decision. So if you want to bet, you know, a fight doesn't go, that might be a way to go. I think one of these guys does get finished, but I feel like O'Day kind of, he's just kind of got the power and Durden's chin really has been a problem recently. So I really, I have to lean, I have to lean O'Day here. But yeah, to me, this is just, this is just a kind of a toss-up scrap war. And one of these guys is getting finished, I think. All right, we've only got two minutes already. Time is really flying by here. What was your final decision with the Smith and Brown? When it was all said and done? What are you going to do there? Because. A popular parlay. I was looking at this. I've seen other people like this as well. Everybody's on Zachary Reese against Mickey Gall. Will you agree with that, that Reese is going to beat Gall? Yeah, I do think Reese probably should win that fight. Another kind of rough fight on paper, but I do think Reese probably should win that fight.