A.J. McKee vs. Paul Hughes Fight Preview & Best Bets

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00:00The Mercenary, A.J. McKee versus Paul Hughes, big news, Paul Hughes, this, you know, pretty

00:08close on the odds, not too bad on this one.

00:11How do you feel about this one?

00:12Paul Hughes, he's a tough guy, you know, he's on a nice win streak here, but A.J. McKee

00:17to me is, you know, a guy who's fought some of the best of the best, and this might be

00:21a step up in competition for Paul Hughes.

00:23Is he ready for it?

00:24Or, you know, is this juice a little bit too much that he's getting?

00:29This is crazy.

00:30When I heard this fight was coming out, I thought Antonio McKee Jr. was going to be

00:33minus 500.

00:34This is a guy, I think, regardless of organization, whether it's 155 or 145, he's a top, and I'm

00:39going to play it safe here, a top 10 guy.

00:42Easy in either division, doesn't matter what organization he's in.

00:46And this is not a knock on Hughes, right?

00:48Hughes was one of the top two prospects in the world this week coming out of Cage Warriors.

00:51But man, you've watched the sport enough, there's such a difference between entering

00:56the PFL or Bellator or the UFC, starting off on the prelims and working your way up.

01:00He's jumping on the biggest, he's jumping on the biggest pay-per-view in PFL history

01:04against one of the best guys in the world, arguably the number two at 155 in this weight

01:09class, and we're only getting minus 166 on McKee Jr.

01:12My money's on him all day, every day, twice on Sunday in this fight.

01:16I think this is going to be a very good learning lesson for Hughes.

01:19If he, as long as he doesn't get finished, it's a win-win because he's expected to lose

01:23here.

01:24But odds, that's crazy to me, McKee Jr. should be at least a three-to-one favorite.

01:28Yeah, I was very surprised by that as well, like you.

01:32So I mean, if people like him, it's probably when you have to jump on quickly before they

01:35start to get smart to their mistake there to make your money.

01:38Otherwise, you're going to be paying much more premium to get it.

01:41As we look at the rest of this card, some of these undercard fights, is there anybody

01:44that you have your eye on on the undercard?

01:45Are there any underdogs that we haven't talked about that you think could be a good price

01:50for people to try to take a shot on?

01:51What else are you looking at throughout this card?

01:54Yeah, the other one I'm really looking at is former Bellator champ, Raytheon Stotts.

01:58He's a very good fighter.

01:59He's fighting someone in Breno who is more of a striker here.

02:02I think Stotts really needs this win to get his confidence back and to get back to a title

02:06shot.

02:07So he's got to utilize that wrestling.

02:08Breno has been subbed out a couple times in his career.

02:11Stotts is like a minus six or 700, so not a lot of value on the money line or at all.

02:16I would take him to win by either submission or decision.

02:18If you want to really narrow it down, I think he gets it done by sub.

02:22So that's where we're going to go with the Raytheon Stotts fight on the prelims.

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