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UFC Vegas 108 odds: Best betting props, parlays and picks | Taira vs. Park

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UFC Vegas 108 happens this weekend (Sat., August 1 2025) inside UFC’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ESPN+-streamed main event was supposed to feature Tatsuro Taira vs. Amir Albazi. However, Albazi fell out of this match-up this week and has been replaced by the undefeated Hyun Sung Park (full details here).

This card has also suffered the loss of two very hot prospects. Andre Lima, who looks like a potential Flyweight contender, had to withdraw from his fight with Felipe Bunes. And Azamat Bekoev, who looks like a destroyer at Middleweight, had two opponents fail to come through for him. Francis Marshall vs. Austin Bashi was also a great fight we lost on this card.

Bunes and Bashi remain on the card. Bunes has been given the undefeated Rafael Estevam and Bashi meets newcomer John Yannis.

Our co-main event for this card is Chris Duncan vs. Mateusz Rebecki. Before that is Esteban Ribovics vs. Elves Brener. Both those fights could be wild. Rounding out the main card is Karol Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle, Neil Magny vs. Elizeu Zaleski and Danny Silva vs. Kevin Vallejos.

The “Prelims” undercard is headlined by Rinya Nakamura vs. Nathan Fletcher. The “Prelims” also have Rodolfo Vieira vs. Tresean Gore and Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulyaev.

Let’s checkout the money lines on “Taira vs. Park” and all the other bouts on the card ...

UFC Vegas 108 Main Card Money Line Odds

Tatsuro Taira (-355) vs. Hyun Sung Park (+280)

Taira lost his O when he fought Brandon Royval in an APEX main event back in October. Royval was able to hurt Taira on the feet and then survive some deep submission attempts on the ground. The loss took the 25 year-old’s record to 15-1. In retrospect that record doesn’t look that impressive now, as it’s littered with Flyweights either no longer with the promotion or on the verge of being cut. Even so, Taira is still a very good young prospect with a grappling game that can give anyone headaches.

Park is a very interesting prospect. He came to UFC through Road to UFC and announced himself with a brutal liver shot on Shannon Ross. Sadly, he suffered a knee injury after that and was out for almost two years. He returned in May and looked as good as ever, hurting Carlos Hernandez with heavy combos and then taking him down for a quick submission (see it here).

At 29, and with all that time lost to injury and mandatory military service, Park needs to speed-run through some contenders to get himself into the title picture.

And I think he’s a credible title threat, already. His boxing is very slick and he may have some of the best power in the division. Add to that his wrestling and grappling and you have probably the best 3-0 fighter in UFC right now.

All that being said, this is a massive jump up in competition for Park. He may have the hands to hurt Taira, but I don’t know if he can withstand Taira’s tarantula like BJJ on the ground.

I really don’t know which way this is going to go. I can see Park coming in and starching Taira with his combos. And I can see Taira landing a single leg early and spending minutes in control time before pulling off something like a mounted triangle.

Either way, I think there’s a finish coming here and I am slightly favoring it to come from Park.

The round total for this fight is set at 3.5 with the over at -105 and the under at -125. I slightly favor the under there, since one half of my equation is the striking power of Park and if it’s his night on Sunday, it’s not going to take him three rounds to finish this.

Fight to go the distance is +150. Fight not going the distance is -210. I like not going the distance as a conservative bet, but I think there’s something better out there than that.

Winning round has some interesting options. Round 1 is +300, Round 2 is +400 and Round 3 is +700. I feel like this fight ends somewhere in that range, since Park is such a quick starter and Taira is also incredibly dangerous.

For my best bet, I’m going to pin my hopes on this fight not going into the championship rounds. These are two finishers here and I think we’re going to see a great fight won by a moment of brilliance — can’t wait.

Best bet: Fight to Start Round 4 - No (-120)

Mateusz Rebecki (-205) vs. Chris Duncan (+170)

Rebecki was cruising through the UFC until he ran into crafty vet Diego Ferreira. Ferreira beat him up and finished him with a late TKO (see it here). After that Rebecki and Mytybek Orolbai put on a fight of the year contender for 2024. That back and forth fight saw Rebecki win by split decision. He took a ton of damage in both those fights, though.

Chris Duncan has been relatively unscathed through his past two fights. He finished both Jordan Vucenic and Bolaji Oki by guillotine, which is becoming his signature move. Duncan was revealed to be the guillotine specialist over at ATT in a Dustin Poirier promo video lately. It’s not quite like Valter Walker and his heel hooks, but Duncan’s guillotine is an X factor in this fight worth considering.

Prior to tapping Vucenic, Duncan looked really good, beating up the so-called striker in that match-up.

I think he’s a very live dog in this match-up. He’s got a good amount of size over Rebecki (three inches in height and four inches of reach), I think that is going to help him grab a hold of the Polish fighter and horse him into that guillotine position.

I think there’s also a chance he hurts Rebecki on the feet before that happens. Rebecki is incredibly wild and leaves himself open for a lot of shots. A lot of shots have landed on him over his past two contests. He’s took them well, but you can’t do that forever. Duncan might be able to test that chin early if Rebecki is going to keep doing what he has been doing.

Duncan by submission is a very tempting +900. For this best bet, though, I’ll just go moneyline (check the long shots for more mention of Duncan’s guillotine, though).

Best bet: Chris Duncan moneyline (+170)

Elves Brener (+220) vs. Esteban Ribovics (-270)

This is a heck of a fight. Both these guys are skilled, violent and very durable.

Brener is much better than his record suggests on paper. He’s lost his last two, but those were fights with the very tough Myktybek Orolbai and Joel Alavarez. Brener had his moments in the Orolbai fight. And he was very game against Alvarez, the future Lightweight contender we seldom talk about.

Ribovics is coming off a split decision loss to Nasrat Haqparast that earned Fight of the Night honours. Before that he won a split decision over Daniel Zellhuber. That also won Fight of the Night and was considered one of the fights of the year for 2024.

Before those wars, Ribovics blew away Terrance McKinney with a headkick KO inside 40 seconds (see that here).

I think this is a very even fight and we could see both men getting rocked on the feet.

Ribovics lands an absurd amount of strikes when he fights. His sig. strikes per minute is 8.08, which is second in the entire promotion behind Joshua Van and Tom Aspinall. If this is going to be purely a striking battle, I’d favor Ribovics to wear Brener down and eventually put him away. Brener absorbs 5.3 sig. strikes a fight, while landing just 3.99. A negative sig. strike differential is always a red flag for me.

If this fight were to go to the ground, then I like Brener’s chances more. His jiu jitsu is better than Ribovics’. However, Brener’s takedown accuracy is just 23 percent. Most of his most memorable moments on the ground are off his back or as a result of someone taking him down.

If Ribovics puts Brener on his back, I think he’s going to stand up and let Brener join him.

Because of this, I think this fight is going to take place mostly in Ribovics’ wheelhouse. I think there could be some grappling involved, but not enough for Brener to do damage and build any kind of momentum.

Best bet: Esteban Ribovics moneyline (-270)

Karol Rosa (-185) vs. Nora Cornolle (+154)

Wow, this is on the main card. Ok... cool, cool.

Rosa is 2-2 in her last four and is coming off a decision loss to the genuinely interesting Ailin Perez. Her win, before that, was over Pannie Kianzad.

Cornolle submitted Hailey Cowan in her last fight. She came in heavy for that one. Prior to that she lost to the genuinely interesting Jacqueline Cavalcanti.

Is it too late to trade this fight for Perez vs. Cavalcanti?

No? Ok.

Rosa is one of the more active volume strikers in her division, landing 6.22 sig. strikes a minute and absorbing just 4.84 in return. Add a few takedowns and she’s actually a tough out. I think she’s going to land more strikes in this fight and then punctuate a few rounds with a takedown (Cornolle’s takedown defense is a very mid 50 percent).

Best bet: Karol Rosa moneyline (-185)

Neil Magny (+164) vs. Elizeu Zaleski (-198)

Who needs the GFL?

We’ve got two 40 year-olds right here.

Magny is perilously close to becoming a punching bag in there, having been finished by both Carlos Prates and Michael Morales in his last two fights. Before that he beat Mike Mallott with a buzzer beater finish, but he was losing that fight.

Zaleski was trounced by Chidi Njokuani in his last fight, a co-main event, if you could believe it. He lost that fight in the second round after catching a knee to the face (see it here). Before that he beat up Zach Scroggin, a newcomer who was thrown in at the last second. And before that he lost a decision to Randy Brown.

I really don’t like how much damage Magny has taken lately. And he looked really slow against Prates and Morales. I don’t think Zaleski is going to blast through him like those guys did. Zaleski is old and slow himself and he’s giving up seven inches of reach to Magny.

I just don’t know if either of these guys have enough left in the tank to seriously threaten the other. We could see some fun exchanges on the ground if it gets there. Zaleski has ignored his BJJ often in favor of going for crazy spinning knockouts, but his grappling is extremely good. And Magny is a sneaky good grappler himself.

This is all wishful thinking on my part. I think we’re in for a very tepid kickboxing match here, with Magny trying to keep Zaleski at range and then control him in the clinch every time he fails to do that. Zaleski will be looking to crash through that range and land big shots and then do the same in the clinch.

I think, overall, Zaleski will have the biggest moments in this fight. I have doubts that he’s still potent enough to turn those moments into a stoppage, though.

Best bet: Elizeu Zaleski moneyline.

Danny Silva (+320) vs. Kevin Vallejos (-410)

Vallejos looked sensational in last fight. He took apart Seung Woo Choi before finishing him with a crushing overhand right to ground and pound combo (see it here). Vallejos is 15-1. His one loss is to Jean Silva on Contender Series. That guy’s pretty good. Vallejos is the only guy who ‘Lord’ has beaten by decision in his career.

Silva took a split decision over Lucas Almeida in his last fight. Before that he took a split decision over Josh Culibao.

Silva is a good challenge for Vallejos. He’s very fast and has good striking and wrestling. Vallejos hasn’t shown us much of a wrestling/grappling game so far. But his hands look so good that it might not matter in this fight.

This could be a very competitive fight, but I think Vallejos is really hitting his stride right now and his striking might be a little too much for Silva.

Silva has never been stopped (he’s 10-1 and only lost a decision in his career). If Vallejos blows him a way I’ll be a little surprised and very impressed.

Silva has been shown some respect by Vegas with the round total being set at 2.5. If it was 1.5 I would have been all over the over. As it is, I’m still taking the over, thinking Silva might be able to force Vallejos into some wrestling exchanges in this fight. I still think Vallejos will win, but I like getting plus money on this one going deep.

Best bet: Over 2.5 rounds (+105)

UFC Vegas 107 ‘Prelims’ Under Card Odds

Rinya Nakamura (-425) vs. Nathan Fletcher (+330)

National level freestyle wrestler Nakamura was upset by Muin Gafurov in his last fight. The plucky Gafurov was able to take a decision despite Nakamura being a huge -600 favorite. Gafurov knocked Nakamura down early in that fight and that seemed to totally rattle him. That loss happened at UFC 311. So Nakamura has been sent back to the APEX now, where he’s again a heavy favorite.

Fletcher came off a recent TUF season last year. He’s 1-1 under the bright(er) lights. Last time out he lost a split decision to Caolan Loughran. I actually scored that fight for him, though. Fletcher is a Cage Warriors vet with decent British-style submission grappling.

Nakamura has to deliver in this fight and show that he actually wants to do this. At 30, time is running out for him to make much of an impact at Bantamweight. His high level wrestling could make him a problem. He just needs to tap into it more and not be so afraid of getting punched.

Thankfully, for him, he’s been set up with someone not known for their striking here. Nakamura should be able to get the win, on the strength of his wrestling, so long as he doesn’t exhibit symptoms of “I’m more than just a wrestler, bro” disease.

Best bet: Rinya Nakamura by decision (-125)

Rodolfo Vieira (-205) vs. Tresean Gore (+170)

Vieira was dominated by Andre Petroski in his last fight. He went 1-11 on takedown attempts and was forced to strike with the wrestler. Petroski didn’t light him up on the feet, but the demoralizing affect of all the takedown attempts made him look like a loser in that fight. Before that Vieira was able to get a takedown on Armen Petrosyan, who is no longer with UFC, and get the submission win (see it here). Vieira is now 5-3 in UFC, but hasn’t done much to reward the excitement around his signing for the company in 2019.

Gore was knocked out cold by Marco Tulio in his last fight (see it here). Tulio, for what it’s worth, appears to be a very frightening striker who is going to rack up a couple more of these finishes in the Octagon. Before that Gore returned from a two year lay-off to submit Antonio Trocoli with a first round guillotine (see it here).

It’s hard to know what you’re going to get with Gore. His long history of injuries make you question how fit and durable he will be in a given fight. He also doesn’t seem to be the sharpest fighter out there.

Vieira is very limited as an MMA fighter, but he can still style on guys on the ground. He just has to get them there. Gore has a wrestling base and an 83 percent takedown defense. He’s defended takedowns against Bryan Battle, Cody Brundage, Josh Fremd and Troccoli. None of those guys are particularly known for their wrestling.

Gore is going to be swinging for the fences against Vieira. That will be his primary form of takedown defense. After that, he will probably fall in love with his guillotine every time Vieira puts him on the fence.

Vieira hasn’t shown much on the feet, but he’s also not been seriously beat up by anyone standing. He has a 49 percent sig. strike defense, which is better than average.

I think Vieira should be able to avoid Gore’s big swings and also get himself out of that guillotine on route to putting Gore on the ground and getting him with an arm triangle.

Best bet: Rodolfo Vieira moneyline (-205)

Dana White’s Contender Series - Klein v Souza

Nick Klein (+130) vs. Andrey Pulyaev (-155)

Klein took a short notice fight with Mansur Abdul-Malik in February. That showed some guts, given how hyped Abdul-Malik was as a prospect at the start of the year. He hurt Abdul-Malik, too, stunning him with a spinning back elbow. Abdul-Malik would recover and then storm back for a standing TKO win, though (see it here). Even so, Klein performed above expectations there and might have shown that Abdul-Malik was not the prospect we were thinking he was.

Klein draws Pulyaev for his second UFC fight. Pulyaev is a bit of a strange cat. He lost a unanimous decision to Christian Leroy Duncan in his proper UFC debut (all these guys are off Contender Series now). He risked getting a point deducted for passivity in that fight. He landed just 18 sig. strikes in three rounds. Hopefully he was carrying an injury there. That would explain why he did nothing but wall and stall.

Pulyaev is the favorite here, likely due to his size advantage. He’s a very big Middleweight, 6’4” with 78 inches of reach. Klein is shorter, but just as long. I’m just worried that we’re in for another stinker here, even if Klein has shown as willingness to engage and have fun fights.

I am loathe to pick Pulyaev after his last performance. And I don’t know if I can trust Klein yet. I’ll take the point spread on Klein, since the Pulyaev I saw last time seemed incapable of finishing a fly.

Best bet: Nick Klein +3.5 (-135)

Austin Bashi (-575) vs. John Yannis (+425)

Bashi laid an egg in his proper UFC debut, losing to ‘Prospect-Killer’ Christian Rodriguez as a -270 favorite. He was initially booked to fight Francis Marshall at this event. However, Marshall had to pull out due to injury. That should be a relief to Bashi, who I think is still too raw to beat someone on Marshall’s level.

Bashi has been given a lay-up instead. Yannis is 9-3 and has been pulled off a Fury FC card to make up the numbers here. In his last fight Yannis TKO’d 0-2 UFC fighter Nick Aguirre to win a title in Fury FC.

I still have a lot of question marks about Bashi, but I think his youth and athleticism should be enough for him to out wrestle the journeyman here.

Best bet: Austin Bashi moneyline (-575)

Rafael Estevam (-550) vs. Felipe Bunes (+410)

Poor Bunes.

UFC had him ready to take on Andre Lima here. Lima is probably the best under-the-radar Flyweight in the promotion. After Lima withdrew due to injury, UFC sent Bunes Estevam... who is also a very good under-the-radar Flyweight in the promotion (and a massive favorite in this bout).

Estevam is 13-0 and has beaten Jesus Aguilar and Charles Johnson in UFC, both by decision.

Bunes is 1-1 in UFC. Last time out he beat Jose Johnson by armbar. Prior to that he was TKO’d by Joshua Van — no shame in that.

This isn’t short notice enough to have concerns about Estevam’s condition and readiness. He’s a smothering wrestler and submission artist. A slick striker might be able to touch him up and turn down the effectiveness of Estevam’s ground game, but that’s not Bunes. Bunes is decent on the ground, but he’s no killer on the feet.

Estevam should be able to control him throughout the fight for an easy decision. I’ll take the over here, thinking Bunes’ grappling is good enough to not get subbed, but not good enough to get up.

Best bet: Over 2.5 rounds (-154)

Piera Rodriguez (-205) vs. Ketlen Souza (+170)

Souza failed to follow up her amazing, bonus winning, finish over Yazmin Jauregui in Sphere (see it here). In her first fight of 2025 she dropped a close decision to Angela Hill, as she struggled with Hill’s speed and volume.

Rodriguez won, as a decent sized underdog, against Josefine Knutsson last time out. She used her wrestling to nullify Knutsson’s Muay Thai threat in that one. This was her first fight since winning by DQ over Ariane Carnelossi (who decided that headbutts were a good idea on the ground — see that here).

Souza is a fun brawler and she has a shot to beat anyone who will stand and bang with her at this weight. However, Rodriguez won’t give her that kind of fight. Her 4.06 takedowns per 15 mins should do the job against Souza’s good, not great, 64 percent takedown defense.

Best bet: Piera Rodriguez moneyline (+215)

UFC Vegas 108 Long Shots

Here’s a couple of things that look interesting (on DraftKings) for this Saturday’s UFC Vegas 108 card ...

Chris Duncan to win by Submission in Round 1 (+1600)

I love it when a guy has a signature submission. It’s all very Paul Sass and I’m here for it. Chris Duncan seems to really enjoy catching people in that guillotine of his. I think Rebecki is a prime candidate for it, too. I can see him running in with his chin up, getting tagged and then going for a lazy takedown. To that Duncan will say “thank yee very much.”

Rodolfo Vieira to win by Submission in Round 1 (+1100)

UFC Vegas 108 could be a submission party with all the slick jits on display this weekend. I think Vieira is going to be able to duck under Tresean Gore’s looping shots and get the takedown he needs in the first round. From there, it’s going to be pass to half guard, arm triangle, hop over for the finish.

Three bet Parlay: Nick Klein vs. Andrey Pulyaev Over 1.5, Danny Silva vs. Kevin Vallejos Over 2.5, Neil Magny vs. Elizeu Zaleski Over 2.5 (+338)

Klein and Pulyaev have no business getting a round total of 1.5, especially with how negative and passive Pulyaev fought in his last fight. Silva is better than he’s being given credit for and he could make things a little tough for Vallejos and Magny and Zaleski might just be too shot to hurt each other.

Got something better than those? Well, don’t be stingy. Hit us with them in the comments.

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