Weekend Fights Preview

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett

On Saturday, the UFC heads to Austin, TX for a card headlined by Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett with featherweight title shot implications. I feel like this card is really being overlooked. There is not much hype behind it or star names for the casual fans but trust me, this card is deep and has exciting match ups from top to bottom.

With that said, here are some things to look out for come Saturday night:

• Kyle Daukaus kicks off the prelims. For all the Philly subscribers - Daukaus fights out of Philadelphia and is actually a former Philadelphia cop

• Adrian Yanez wraps up the prelims against Tony Kelley. Yanez is considered by many the best boxer on the entire UFC roster (although the main event fighter Calvin Kattar may have something to say about that)

• Joaquin Buckley faces off against Albert Duraev. You probably know Buckley without knowing you know Buckley from this kick

• Kevin Holland - nicknamed "Big Mouth" for all of his mid fight trash talk, faces off against a tough Tim Means

• Two legends Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon compete in what could be a retirement fight for either fighter. This is a good match up of two respected vets that are on the decline but can still put on a show.

• Then we have the main event #4 ranked Calvin Kattar vs #8 ranked Josh Emmett. Kattar is a fantastic boxer out of Boston that will pick you apart for 25 minutes. While Emmett is a power puncher with great wrestling coached by Urijah Faber in CA. Huge title shot implications on this one, going to be a great fight.

Man, I swear I could have a write up for every single fight on this card. Tune in, it's going to be a good one.

Fight Schedule

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Emmett on Saturday 6/18/2022

Prelims - 4:00 EST - ESPN / ESPN +

Main Card - 4:00 EST - ESPN / ESPN +

PFL on Friday 6/17/2022

Prelims - 7:00 EST - ESPN +

Main Card - 10:00 EST - ESPN / ESPN +

Lock of the Week

Parlay (+117): Cerrone vs Lauzon under 2.5 rounds (-165) WITH Adrian Yanez (-280)

We're going back to the well with a 2 leg parlay this weekend. We're 4-2 on the locks but undefeated on the two leg parlay locks so let's keep it going. I did struggle to decide which two picks to ride with in this parlay. I like a lot of bets this week, but with nothing that I feel 100% about though. With that said... lets ride.

Some stats behind the reasoning for these picks:

• Cerrone has left his chin back in 2018. 8 out of his last 10 fights did not go the distance. Including his last 3.

• Lauzon hasn't seen the third round in his last 3 fight, he's a quick starter.

• Yanez is on an 8 fight win streak and his competition has been tougher than Tony Kelly.

• Yanez and Kelly have one common opponent and they both finished him in round 2... but Yanez did it 2 minutes earlier into the round, so MMA math = Yanez will win

Storyline to Watch

The Nate Diaz Saga

We've wrote about the Nate Diaz saga before and we have an update... Well sort of. according to Ariel Helwani the UFC may be getting close to giving up waiting for the Conor match up and booking Diaz in his last fight of his contract in August.

As we have discussed, this is Diaz's last fight on his contract before he almost definitely will leave the UFC to go box Jake Paul for the biggest pay day of his career.

The UFC is most likely deciding to move on from the Conor fight because they realize there are so many other potential match ups for McGregor. Practically every fighter on the roster has called out McGregor for his comeback fight. Dana white has said that he likes the possibility of a McGregor vs Michael Chandler matchup. McGregor is rumored to be ready to return from injury early in 2023.

Who do you think Nate's next fight will be against? Take this survey and let us know. We'll share the results in Monday's edition of The MMA Snacks.

Clip of the Week

Watch Bellator fighter Danny Sabatello explain why he just now finally got a twitter. Hint: it involves him putting a brick through someone's head.