UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld odds, expert picks
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- UFC Fight Night takes place Saturday, Aug. 8 at Meta APEX in Las Vegas, with the main card at 8 p.m. ET and prelims at 5 p.m. ET, streaming on Paramount+.
- Quillan Salkilld (12-1) is 5-0 since his UFC debut last year with four finishes, including CBS Sports' 2025 Knockout of the Year over Nasrat Haqparast and a KO of former title contender Beneil Dariush.
- Mateusz Gamrot (26-4, 1 NC) once looked like a future title challenger after beating Arman Tsarukyan but has since fallen to former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and Dariush, keeping him short of elite status.
- Darren Elkins ("The Damage") fights his 42nd professional bout as a retirement fight; he's listed as nearly a 9-to-1 underdog, though he famously knocked out Mirsad Bektic as an approximately +500 underdog back in 2017.
- The co-main event pairs veteran Diego Ferreira (41, UFC debut 2014, two 2025 losses to Alexander Hernandez and Grant Dawson) against Billy Quarantillo, who has lost three of his last four and hasn't fought since December 2024.
- CBS Sports picks Gamrot via unanimous decision, favoring Salkilld's striking and takedown defense in three rounds but crediting Gamrot's wrestling pace as decisive over a 25-minute main event.
Why it matters: For Salkilld, a win vaults him into the lightweight top 10 just 18 months after his UFC debut, fulfilling his stated goal of skipping cherry-picked opponents; for Gamrot, who's 0-2 against former title challengers, another loss likely ends any title-contention conversation. Elkins closes out a 42-fight career spanning three UFC eras as a roughly 9-to-1 underdog.
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