Ranked middleweight contenders top the card Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori as second-ranked Paulo Costa takes on fifth-rated Marvin Vettori in the main event. The main UFC fight card is set for 4 p.m. ET from the promotion's Apex facility.

Vettori is a -140 favorite (risk $140 to win $100), while Costa comes back at +120 (risk $100 to win $120) in the latest UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori odds from Caesars Sportsbook.

Before making any picks of your own for Costa vs. Vettori and the rest of the UFC Fight Night card, make sure you check out the MMA predictions from SportsLine MMA expert Andrew Gombas.  

Gombas is a former NCAA wrestler who taps into his experience on the mat to help understand and dissect the X's and O's of MMA matchups in a manner that sets him apart from other MMA analysts. He started the MMA handicapping service MMA Knockout Bets in 2018 and has shown a profit every year since.

With more than 1,200 selections tracked by the third-party monitoring service Bet MMA, he has shown a 10 percent return on investment for his followers. In 2020, $100 bettors who tailed his picks were up $9,200. 

Just last week at UFC Fight Night,  his winners included calling a decision victory for Andre Arlovski (-110) against Carlos Felipe (-110) in the heavyweight co-main event. Anyone who has followed Gombas is WAY UP! 

Now, he has locked in on UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori from every angle and released his top selections. A successful parlay of these picks would result in a payout of 7-1! 

Both fighters are recent title challengers who came up short against champion Israel Adesanya. Costa (13-1) was stopped in the second round of their matchup in September 2020, while Vettori (17-5-1) was on the wrong end of a lopsided decision in June. The winner has a chance of remaining a viable contender in the top-heavy division.

Costa is a power puncher who has seen 12 of his 13 career MMA wins come inside the distance, while the versatile Vettori has nine submission finishes among his 17 wins, along with two knockouts. 

For UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori, we can tell you Gombas  is backing Francisco Trinaldo (-120) to emerge victorious against Dwight Grant (+100) in a battle of rugged welterweights. He's also backing one fighter to "impose his will" and emerge with a dominant victory! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any UFC Fight Night bets of your own.

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