Mairon Santos vs Francis Marshall Prediction: Mairon Santos stands a chance

In the early hours of Sunday morning in the octagon, Lightweight, the division will present a bout between Mairon Santos and Francis Marshall. It is set as the Preliminary Card fight 3 of the 12 scheduled for the day. Mairon Santos has won four of his last five matches while Francis Marshall has won three and lost two. All action will take place at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and can be watched live on ESPN+.

Mairon Santos - hopes to keep winning

Mairon Santos boasts of a professional record of fourteen wins and one loss. The 26 year old fighter is coming from a win in his last bout against Kaan Ofli about seven months ago which was decided via a left hook and ground strike knockout. This win added to the ongoing four consecutive wins Santos has recorded. These victories were against Guillermo Torres ( via unanimous decision), Edwin Cooper Jr (via split decision), Rafael Barbosa (via unanimous decision), and Jason Wong (via rear naked submission. He recently just joined the UFC promotion last year after a fair spell at legacy fighting alliance (LFA).

Francis Marshall - looking for second consecutive win

Francis Marshall boasts of a professional record of eight wins and two losses. Recently he recorde a win against Dennis Buzukja via a split decision at the UFC Fight Night. Prior to these, he has recorded two losses with his first coming against Williams Gomis via split decision. Another loss came a year ago (2023) when he came against Isaac Dulgarian via a ground and pound KO/TKO. He sustained a head injury in his bout against Danny Silva and has also had his share of cutting weight in the past. Other fighters in which Francis has recorded victories against were Micheal Lawrence via Submission and Micheal Rojo via punches KO/TKO.

Expert Betting Tips

Fans can be rest assured of an exciting and entertaining match up from this UFC on ESPN+. Each fighter has a chance in this bout. Marshall has to get work on his defense ability to takedown which has resulted in two latest losses and split decision victory. He has enough time to prepare for this match. Santos will not be knocked out in this bout with his takedown defense at 70%. This is a proper matchup between a striker and a grappler. This bout will extend over the first round. I support Santos to get the win.

Our first prediction is W1 to win by TKO, KO, or DQ - 2.75 odds for 1xbet

Our second prediction is Under 2,5 rounds - 2.35 odds for bet365

Our third prediction is W1 to win by TKO, KO, or DQ and under 1.5 rounds - 4.50 odds for bet365