Best Bets for UFC Fight Night - Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland

This week's UFC fight card may have the big round number of 200, but wedged between two pay-per-view cards, don't expect many high-profile matchups.

You'll see mainly newcomers, but also a card packed with middleweight matchups. That includes a main event matchup between Sean Strickland and Jack Hermansson as two top-10 ranked middleweights trying to push their way into the crowded division title picture.

Ian Parker and Reed Kuhn give their favorite plays and props for the card.

Odds are courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook.

Reed's pick: Money-line lean on Hermansson at clear plus money; Inside the Distance at even odds.

Neither fighter in the main event has a lot of flashy power, but both simply find ways to win. Strickland does so primarily with confident, high-pressure striking that frustrates opponents. He has good accuracy with his hands while working at a high pace and takes little damage in return. His style is almost exclusively boxing, and he spends a disproportionate share of Octagon time on his feet and at a distance. Strickland may be predictable, but few opponents (and none since moving to middleweight) have solved his game plan.

Hermansson is stylistically less predictable. He'll fight in more positions and spends much more time on the ground than Strickland. Should the fight end up there, Hermansson should be a threat with his submission game. It's not that he's overtly vulnerable on his feet, as he has gone plenty of rounds with talented strikers, it's just that his best chance for victory is to get the fight to the ground.

Strickland's takedown defense is solid at 82%, but since moving up to face larger opponents at middleweight, he has only had one takedown attempted on him over four fights. Hermansson may