Ranked women's strawweight contenders will top the card at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez on Saturday as fourth-ranked Mackenzie Dern meets sixth-ranked Marina Rodriguez. The main UFC fight card from Las Vegas is set for 4 p.m. ET.

Dern is a -170 favorite (risk $170 to win $100), while Rodriguez is a +145 underdog (risk $100 to win $145) in the latest UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez odds at Caesars Sportsbook.

Before making any picks of your own for Dern vs. Rodriguez and the rest of the UFC Fight Night card, make sure you check out the MMA predictions from SportsLine MMA expert Andrew Gombas.  

Gombas is a former NCAA wrestler who taps into his experience on the mat to help understand and dissect the X's and O's of MMA matchups in a manner that sets him apart from other MMA analysts. He started the MMA handicapping service MMA Knockout Bets in 2018 and has shown a profit every year since.

With more than 1,200 selections tracked by the third-party monitoring service Bet MMA, he has shown a 10 percent return on investment for his followers. In 2020, $100 bettors who tailed his picks were up $9,200. 

Last week at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker, Gombas went 7-4 for 2.95 units profit and also hit the main event on Thiago Santos. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP! 

Now, he has locked in on UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez from every angle and released his top selections. A successful parlay of these picks would result in a payout of nearly 16-1!

Gombas knows the 28-year-old Dern is a five-year UFC veteran who has been on a roll, winning her last four fights, including three of those by submission. In her last bout in April, she proved her dominance by defeating Nina Nunes by submission at 4:48 of the first round. She is 11-1 in her career with seven wins by submission and four by decision.

Rodriguez (14-1-2) has also been a force, winning her last two fights this year, including a TKO of Amanda Ribas in January and a unanimous decision victory over Michelle Waterson in May. Ribas is the only one to have handed Dern a loss in her career. Rodriguez is in her sixth season as a professional and had began her career with a 10-0 mark.

For UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez, we can tell you Gombas is backing Sabina Mazo (-170) to beat Mariya Agapova by KO/TKO in a women's flyweight showdown.

Gombas has locked in strong picks for Dern vs. Rodriguez and several other bouts on the UFC Fight Night card. He's also backing one big underdog to pull off a massive upset by KO/TKO! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any UFC Fight Night bets of your own.

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