The UFC is headed to San Diego for a card headlining hometown-favorite Dominick Cruz and Marlon Vera, the fifth-ranked fighter in the bantamweight division. This card picks up two fights from last week’s card after being rescheduled. There are 13 total fights on the card, and it features a good mix of veterans and young prospects.

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Leg 1: Lupita “Loopy” Godinez moneyline (-325)

Angela Hill (37 years old) will not be surprised by the game plan Godinez uses. Godinez (28 years old) averages 5.37 takedowns landed per 15 minutes and will look to control Hill on the mat. Hill has solid takedown defense (76%), but Godinez displayed a different level of wrestling in her last fight. She landed all eight of her takedown attempts and had 13:26 of control time.

Angela Hill is a veteran capable of being dangerous in the octagon, but, unfortunately, she is in the later part of her career. With a nine-year difference in age, the younger fighter wins 68% of the time. Godinez is in her prime and only getting better. Angela Hill has lost 5 of her last 6, albeit versus high-level competition. She got taken down three times in her last fight and may get taken down more in this fight if Godinez has her way. “Loopy” should win via unanimous decision.

Leg 2: Bruno Silva vs. Gerald Meerschaert does not go to decision (-360)

Silva is coming off a loss in March at the hands of soon-to-be title challenger Alex Pereira. Meanwhile, Meerschaert last fought at the end of April against Krzysztof Jotko, who won by unanimous decision. Silva typically looks to put on a show and go for a knockout. Meerschaert, on the other hand, will look to use his high-level submission skills.  26 of his 34 wins are via submission. Silva has 29 career fights and has stopped his opponent via knockout 19 times. In five of those, he lost via submission. Meerschaert has a path to victory through his ground game if he can secure a takedown or knock Silva down. Silva’s path to victory is the knockout, which is very possible. Meerschaert was knocked out twice in 2020 but has racked up some cage time since then. Either way, the judges likely will not be needed.

Leg 3: Marlon Vera moneyline (-240)

The main event between Marlon “Chito” Vera (29 years old) and Dominick Cruz (37 years old) is likely to be an entertaining bantamweight bout. Cruz depends on his cardio and experience in five-round fights to pick apart his opponent. His movement is one-of-a-kind and is a huge part of his defense. However, everyone loses some speed with age. Vera should be the faster man in this matchup. Cruz does have a lot of experience, especially in five-round fights, but Vera has been fighting in the UFC since 2014, so he is experienced in his own right. Vera is in his prime and looks to improve immensely with each fight.

Vera is extremely quick and did not lose a step going into the fourth and fifth rounds against Rob Font in his previous fight. Even though Font was peppering him with huge volume, he consistently landed damage in each round. Vera will likely look to land calf kicks to slow Cruz’s movement and create a more stationary target. Then he will look to deploy his array of kicks and elbows to damage or finish Cruz. Cruz’s game plan of attrition may not come to fruition. This is a tough matchup for Cruz, so he may look to use wrestling (2.88 takedowns landed per 15 minutes). He will have to be careful because “Chito” has won eight of his 19 professional wins via submission. Vera will look to play spoiler on Cruz’s homecoming and is the better side in this fight.

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