Overeem v Oleinik Betting Tips & Predictions

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5 August, 2024

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship moves to Russia this weekend with UFC Fight Night 149 taking place at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg. This isn’t the biggest show of the year by anyone’s standards, but it is a night of action that has followers excited with drama guaranteed. Not just one for the purists either, there’s plenty to keep casual fans and sports bettors involved. Here are our top Overeem v Oleinik betting tips.

This will be the UFC’s first visit to St Petersburg and second to Russia. That’s came as a bit of a surprise when researching this card, but everyone involved will be desperate to showcase the MMA talent coming out of Russia to the watching world, ensuring the promotion becomes a more regular visitor. The best way to do that is by offering well-matched contests, and we certainly seem to have a few of those here.

Punchy Main Card

Alistair Overeem faces off against Alexey Oleinik in a heavyweight bout that sits at the top of the bill and it’s supported be an eye-catching undercard. The main card, the best of which will be shown to UK fans on BT Sport from midnight, is made up of the bill-topper, as well as Islam Makhachev v Arman Tsarukyan at lightweight, Sergei Pavlovich v Marcelo Golm from the heavyweight division, Ivan Shtyrkov v Devin Clark light heavyweight, Roxanne Modafferi v Antonina Shevchenko women’s flyweight and Krysztof Jotko v Allen Amedovski.

Plenty to get through and we have drafted in our team of combat sports experts and betting tipsters to help guide you towards a profit. Concentrating on the main fight of the night, we look at the form of both men, as well as the betting odds attached to each fighter. We have also researched the betting to find out which firms are offering market best price on the most popular picks, helping ensure your money goes further.

All or Nothing

Followers of the UFC will be all too familiar with 38-year-old Londoner Alistair Overeem. The Demolition Man was born in the English capital but currently resides in Denver, Colorado where he represents Team Elevation, having recently joined from previous stable Jackson-Wink MMA. The 6ft 4inch fighter has campaigned at both heavyweight and light heavyweight and has a fighting style that takes its lead from his past experiences competing in Muay Thai, Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He’s an all-rounder who has been successful throughout his career.

With a professional MMA record of 44 wins from 62 fights, he has one no contest and no less than 17 defeats. Of his wins, Alistair has claimed 22 by knockout, 17 submission and only five on points. On the other side of his record we see 13 of his 17 losses have come by knockout, three by decision and one submission. An exciting fighter, he’s one that will put pressure on his opponents and force the stoppage or fall on his sword trying. That’s the reason Overeem is respected by both fighters and fans of the UFC.

Overeem is as experienced as they come but his recent form is patchy, to put it politely, losing two of his last three starts and half of his last six. Stipe Miocic KO’d Overeem on UFC 203 back in 2016 before an Ohio audience, with the other defeats included in his recent form being Francis Ngannou on UFC 218 in December 2017 and Curtis Blaydes, who dealt out a TKO defeat on UFC 225 in Chicago last summer, ending things in the third round.