The UFC Flyweight Championship will be on the line when Brazil’s Alexandre Pantoja takes on Japan’s Kai Asakura to highlight Saturday’s UFC 310 main card: Pantoja vs. Asakura at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The first prelim card is expected to begin around 6 p.m. ET, with prelims for the UFC 310 main fight card beginning around 10 p.m. ET. Pantoja is coming off a flyweight title defense victory over Steve Erceg via unanimous decision at UFC 301 last May. Asakura will make his UFC debut, having competed for the Rizin Fighting Federation since December 2017.
Pantoja is a -270 favorite (risk $270 to win $100), while Asakura is priced at +220 (risk $100 to win $220) in the latest UFC 310 odds, with that fight listed at -250 so as not to go the distance. The co-main event is a welterweight battle between Shavkat Rakhmonov (-420) and Ian Garry (+320), both top 10 contenders in that division. Other fights on the main card are Ciryl Gane (-400) vs. Alexander Volkov (+310), Bryce Mitchell (-900) vs. Kron Gracie (+600) and Nate Landwehr (-135) vs. Doo Ho Choi (+115) .
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Pantoja vs. Overview of Asakura
Pantoja, 34, began his professional career in July 2007 in Brazil and was so impressive that he caught the attention of the UFC. Prior to joining the UFC in January 2017, Pantoja had compiled an overall record of 16-2 and won the RFA Flyweight Championship at RFA 18 in December 2014. He then captured the inaugural AXS TV Flyweight Superfight Championship with a submission victory technical against Damacio Page in August. 2015. He followed that up with a split decision win over Eric Shelton in his UFC debut at UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Pena. on January 28, 2017.
Since those debuts, he has won the UFC Flyweight Championship, successfully defending it twice. He won fight of the night twice and performance of the night three times. In 33 career matches, he has compiled a record of 28-5, with eight wins by knockout, 10 by submission and 10 by decision. He is No. 11 in the UFC men’s pound-for-pound rankings. Check out SportsLine to see his picks and analysis.
Meanwhile, Asakura, 31, started his professional career in September 2012 in Japan. He previously competed in the Rizin Fighting Federation, where he was a two-time Rizin bantamweight champion. He has also competed for Road Fighting Championship, Fighting Network Rings and DEEP. He is ranked as the #25 bantamweight fighter in the world by Fight Matrix. He is coming off a TKO victory over Juan Archuleta at Rizin 45 in December 2023.
Asakura, who was runner-up in the 2021 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix, has compiled a record of 21-4. He has 13 victories by knockout, three by submission and five by decision. He has won five of his last six fights and seven of nine. He went 8-2 as an amateur. He won his professional debut on September 16, 2012, defeating Tomoya Suzuki by submission at 2:34 of the first round. You can only see his picks and analysis on SportsLine.
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. UFC 310 Asakura Predictions
Here we will reveal one of Vithlani’s UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura picks: He backs Cody Durden (+140) to defeat Joshua Van (-165) in a flyweight clash on the first preliminary card. Durden is coming off a submission victory over Matt Schnell in September and has won four of his last six fights.
“Van is a powerful striker who throws power kicks and can mix in his wrestling,” Vithlani told SportsLine. “At just 23 years old, he’s an impressive prospect who’s learning on the job. However, I think Durden’s wrestling attack could overwhelm him. Durden sets a furious pace from the start. He can string together takedowns relentlessly and has recently shown an improved striking attack has been finished in his four UFC losses, so Van will likely have to put him away to beat him. See more UFC picks at SportsLine.
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UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura main fight card, odds
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Alexandre Pantoja (-270) against. Kai Asakura (+220)
Shavkat Rakhmonov (-420) vs. Ian Garry (+320)
Ciryl Gane (-400) vs. Alexander Volkov (+310)
Bryce Mitchell (-900) vs. Kron Gracie (+600)
Nate Landwehr (-135) vs. Doo Ho Choi (+115)
