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With Saturday’s UFC 264 lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor fast approaching, bettors are looking to cash in on the many Poirier vs. McGregor prop bets available for the event. Among the more popular UFC 264 props is how McGregor vs. Poirier 3 will end. McGregor (22-5) is looking to avenge his January knockout loss to Poirier at UFC 257, the first time in his professional career he lost a fight by knockout. He was TKO’d at the 2:32 mark of the second round. Poirier (27-6) is on a two-bout winning streak and atop the UFC lightweight rankings.
Some of the more popular Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier props from William Hill Sportsbook include that the fight will go the distance at +250 and whether McGregor will win by TKO at +138. There is also a UFC prop bet on whether the welterweight championship match between Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson will be won by decision. Where are the best values in the McGregor vs. Poirier prop bets? Before making any UFC 264 prop bet picks or UFC 264 predictions of your own, make sure to see what SportsLine MMA expert Brandon Wise has to say.
Wise specializes in picking main-card fights for UFC, which has enabled him to be profitable every year. In fact, Wise called Israel Adesanya by decision at +140 and Brandon Moreno to win outright at +190 at UFC 263 last month. Wise went a perfect 5-0 at UFC 239 and was 4-1 at both UFC 245 and UFC 249.
He also nailed Khabib Nurmagomedov’s destruction of Conor McGregor in 2018, Stipe Miocic’s defeat of Daniel Cormier, Max Holloway’s downfall in 2019 and Justin Gaethje’s TKO victory over Tony Ferguson in May of last year. Now, with UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 fast approaching, Wise has carefully studied every main-card matchup and the available props and released his MMA predictions. You can only see them here.
Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor expert preview
Wise believes this could be the most important fight of McGregor’s career. Wise wants to see what adjustments McGregor makes after his TKO loss to Poirier in January. McGregor has lost two of his last three fights, with the only victory coming at UFC 246 in January 2020. In that bout, McGregor knocked out Donald Cerrone at the 40-second mark of the first round.
McGregor has strong boxing skills and of his 22 career victories, 19 have been by knockout. He is a former UFC featherweight and lightweight double-champion and is fifth in the UFC lightweight rankings. McGregor began his career in March 2008 and has had only one bout go five rounds. In 2015, he set a UFC record by recording the fastest knockout in the organization’s history in 13 seconds in a TKO win over Jose Aldo.
Poirier is No. 1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and rated No. 6 in the UFC men’s pound-for-pound rankings. Poirier has been on a roll of late, winning six of his last seven bouts, with the only loss coming at UFC 242 in Sept 2019. In that match, he lost by submission to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2:06 of the third round. The bout was for the UFC lightweight championship.
Poirier rebounded by winning a major decision over Dan Hooker on June 27, 2020. He followed that up by knocking out McGregor at the 2:32 mark of the second round in the Performance of the Night. You can only see who Wise is backing and get his strong 7-1 UFC 264 parlay on SportsLine.
Top UFC 264: McGregor vs. Poirier predictions
One of the Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor prop bets the expert recommends on the UFC 264 card: Stephen Thompson will defeat Gilbert Burns by decision in their welterweight bout.
Thompson (16-4) opened his career winning 13 of his first 14 bouts, but had struggled through a three-year stretch. He has gotten back on track with a pair of wins, including a unanimous decision over Geoff Neal last December.
Burns (19-4) has also been successful, putting together a pair of long winning streaks. He won his first 10 bouts and then won six in a row between December 2018 and February 2021. The last streak ended at the hands of Kamaru Usman, who knocked out Burns 34 seconds into the third round of their UFC welterweight championship bout at UFC 258.
How to make Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor prop bets
Wise is also backing an underdog to pull off an upset, rewarding anyone who backs him. You can only see which fighters to back here.
Who wins Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor at UFC 264? And which prop bets should you back for a 7-1 payout? Visit SportsLine now to see the top UFC 264 predictions and picks, all from the expert who has been profitable every year.
UFC 264 fight card, odds
Dustin Poirier (-105) vs. Conor McGregor (-115)
Stephen Thompson (-140) vs. Gilbert Burns (+120)
Tai Tuivasa (-140) vs. Greg Hardy (+120)
Irene Aldana (-145) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (+125)
Sean O’Malley (-800) vs. Kris Moutinho (+550)
Max Griffin (-175) vs. Carlos Condit (+155)
Michel Pereira (-160) vs. Niko Price (+140)
Trevin Giles (-120) vs. Dricus du Plessis (+100)
Ilia Topuria (-240) vs. Ryan Hall (+200)
Jennifer Maia (-190) vs. Jessica Eye (+170)
Brad Tavares (-175) vs. Omari Akhmedov (+155)
Zhalgas Zhumagulov (-400) vs. Jerome Rivera (+320)
Alen Amedovski (-175) vs. Yaozong Hu (+155)