This will be the first weekend since August without a traditional football game, but that doesn’t mean sports bettors won’t be able to take advantage of online sports betting options. Saturday will feature plenty of NBA and college basketball options, as well as UFC 325 on Paramount+ for the second week in a row with numbered fights, creating plenty of opportunities to take advantage of the current situation. BetMGM Bonus Code CBSSPORTS and receive either $150 bonus bet if your first bet wins or up to $1,500 bonus bet If the first bet is lost. Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopez 2 is the main event of UFC 325, with Lopez looking to capture the featherweight title. Sign up at BetMGM Sportsbook and bet on Saturday’s hottest games and events:
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Six NBA games will be played on Saturday, with Bulls vs. Heat at 8pm ET and Mavericks vs. Rockets at 8:30pm ET. The Bulls and Heat will play the second of three games in four days, with Miami defeating Chicago 116-113 on the road on Thursday, followed by back-to-back games in South Beach this weekend. The Heat improved to 26-23, but the Bulls fell to 23-25. Josh Guidi (hamstring) is questionable for the Bulls, while Tyler Herro (ribs) remains sidelined for the Heat. Also on Saturday, the Rockets (29-17) host the Mavericks (19-29) in a Texas-on-Texas game, with Mavs top pick Cooper Flagg on the court for the first time since scoring a career-high 49 points on Thursday. In NBA betting, BetMGM’s latest Saturday NBA odds have the Heat as 5.5-point favorites and the Rockets as 10.5-point favorites.
Second-place University Conn will be one of 15 ranked teams to play Saturday in a Big East battle against Creighton at 8 p.m. ET. Winners of two of the past three national championships, the Huskies welcome a top team again this year under coach Dan Hurley and are 20-1 and on a 16-game winning streak. UW is 10-0 in the Big East. Creighton is 12-9 overall and 6-4 in the Big East. The Blue Jays are 9-2 on their home court this season. UConn is favored by 6.5 points in college basketball betting.
The UFC on Paramount+ era takes an international stage on Saturday as UFC 325 takes place in Sydney, Australia. Australia’s current featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski will be a fan favorite in Sydney when he defends his title against Diego Lopez. The two fought for the vacant belt in April, with Volkanovski winning by unanimous decision. UFC 325 begins with early prelims and prelims at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM ET, with the five-fight main card beginning at 9:00 PM ET. In UFC betting, Volkanovski is a -150 favorite against Lopez at +125 odds in BetMGM’s latest UFC 325 odds. Ahead of those two, Benoît Saint-Denis (-450) will take on Dan Hooker (+350) in a co-main event lightweight bout.
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