UFC Singapore Hot Prospect Betting Pick
Rinya Nakamura by KO/TKO -135 at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
We’re back again with another hot prospect betting pick. The UFC returns to Singapore for a Fight Night event filled with prosperous talent, and we’ve located the ideal wager.
Continue reading for our UFC Singapore betting guide and best bets, taking a first look at Rinya Nakamura and his opponent, Fernie Garcia.
UFC Singapore Information
- Date & Time: Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 – 05:10 AM EDT
- Location: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
- Scheduled Fights: 13
- Main Event: Max Holloway vs. Chan Sung Jung “The Korean Zombie” (UFC Featherweight Bout)
UFC Singapore Hot Prospect Profile: Rinya Nakamura
- Pro MMA Record: 7-0-0 (5 KO/TKOs, 1 submission, 1 decision)
- UFC Record: 1-0 (1 KO/TKO)
Bantamweight prospects don’t get much brighter than Rinya Nakamura. The Japanese 135-pounder has trained vigorously on the wrestling mats since the tender age of 5, with a trophy room filled with multiple Japanese National medals in wrestling and, most notably, the 2017 Under-23 World Championship first-place position.
Following his retirement from wrestling, mixed martial arts was the path he selected, and a dominant streak of his former career translated right into the cage. He obliterated the competition with elite athleticism, offensive wrestling, and a touch of death in his fists during an MMA regional stint.
Throughout all of his noteworthy combat sports skills, nothing compares to Nakamura’s thirst for violence. When evaluating his past fights, you’ll notice how he’s consistently looking to hurt his opponents and finish the fight early. With five round-1 stoppages and one second-round stoppage, he’s displayed the skills and the aggressiveness that could make him a future star.
Nakamura vs. Garcia: The Fight Tape
Behind a 7-0-0 pro-MMA record, Rinya Nakamura boasts a 90% finish rate and has displayed fearless offensive striking and power, jiu-jitsu, and, to no surprise, an unstoppable wrestling offensive.
It’s often mentioned that wrestling is the most noteworthy base for pro-MMA. Still, when it’s at an elite level, and you couple this with Nakamura’s aggression, cardio, athleticism, and stopping ability, the ceiling for potential is incredibly high.
Fernie Garcia boasts the fundamentals in mixed martial arts that could see him compete at the tail end of 135lbs, but there’s a reason why he’s the biggest underdog at UFC Singapore. He doesn’t present many threats to the Japanese star and has already surrendered two defeats in his first two bouts for the promotion.
UFC Singapore Hot Prospect Best Bet
The available UFC odds at the top sportsbooks display an unplayable moneyline price on Nakamura (-800), and deservingly so. For this reason, we must hunt for betting value elsewhere.
Considering his willingness to finish fights during his pro career thus far, and then pairing this with an elite skillset, a sixth KO/TKO for Nakamura feels inevitable.
We’ve already witnessed 71% of his career bouts end by knockout, making a betting position on the KO/TKO prop at -135, a respectable price in a bout showing a lot of juice elsewhere.
UFC Pick: Nakamura by KO/TKO -135 at BetOnline [1.35u to win 1u]
UFC Singapore Main Card & Odds
- Max Holloway vs. Korean Zombie [UFC featherweight main event bout]
- Anthony Smith vs. Ryan Spann [UFC co-main light heavyweight bout]
- Giga Chikadze vs. Alex Caceres [UFC featherweight bout]
- Rinya Nakamura vs. Fernie Garcia [UFC bantamweight bout]
- Erin Blanchfield vs. Taila Santos [UFC women’s flyweight bout]
- Junior Tafa vs. Parker Porter [UFC heavyweight bout]
UFC Singapore Preliminary Card & Odds
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Lukasz Brzeski [UFC heavyweight bout]
- Toshiomi Kazama vs. Garrett Armfield [UFC bantamweight bout]
- Chidi Njokuani vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk [UFC middleweight bout]
- Kenan Song vs. Rolando Bedoya [UFC welterweight bout]
- Yusaku Kinoshita vs. Billy Goff [UFC welterweight bout]
- Na Liang vs. JJ Aldrich [UFC women’s flyweight bout]
- Seung Woo Choi vs. Jarno Errens [UFC featherweight bout]
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