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Robert Whittaker should be better-prepared than Ikram Aliskerov for this last-minute bout in Saudi Arabia, as our UFC betting picks explain. He's just the better fighter anyway, at least by looking at the quality of recent competition.betting this Saturday from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Whittaker was originally supposed to fight Khamzat Chimaev at this event but with Chimaev withdrawing due to an illness, Aliskerov was shifted from last week's card.
Now Aliskerov takes on Whittaker who has gone 14-3 over the last decade with his only defeats during that span coming against former champion Israel Adesanya and current champ Dricus du Plessis. Expect Whittaker to weather the early storm from Aliskerov and use his more technical kickboxing and experience to pull away in the later rounds. While both of these fighters have only nine days to prepare for each other, the adjustment should be much easier for Whittaker. He was training to fight a highly-dangerous grappler with knockout power in Chimaev so it won't take much to adjust to a finisher with a combat sambo background like Aliskerov.
In addition, Aliskerov will now be fighting in a five-round main event after previously preparing for a three-round bout. Aliskerov has never gone past 15 minutes and his last three fights ended inside the first round.
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