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- What: UFC Vegas 104 Co-Main Event
- Who: Chidi Njokuani vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
- Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
- Location: UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV
- Time: Prelims (4:00 p.m. ET), Main Card (7:00 p.m. ET)
- How to Watch: ESPN+
The next UFC event, UFC Vegas 104, takes place on Saturday, March 15, from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The fight at the top of the card is a middleweight rematch between two competitors ranked inside the top 15 of the UFC’s 185-pound weight class. In that contest, Marvin Vettori Vs. Roman Dolidze run back their 2023 bout, which Vettori won via decision. Meanwhile, in the co-main event, Chidi Njokuani meets Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos in a welterweight matchup. Here is some background on the UFC Vegas 104 co-main event fighters before we look at the betting odds, picks, and predictions for Chidi Njokuani vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos.
Chidi Njokuani (24-10-0-1) has been with the UFC since 2022. He sports a 4-3 record. His three losses came during a three-fight stretch between September 2022 and August 2023. Since then, Njokuani has won two straight, most recently beating Jared Gordon via decision in October 2024.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (25-8-1) signed with the UFC in 2015 after winning and defending the Jungle Fight welterweight title. He is 11-4-1 with the UFC and coming off a November TKO win over Zach Scroggin.
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UFC Vegas 104 Co-Main Event: Chidi Njokuani vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos betting picks
| Fighters |  |  |  |
| Chidi Njokuani | +150 | +153 | +158 |
| Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | -175 | -177 | -190 |
UFC Vegas 104 Co-Main Event: Chidi Njokuani betting breakdown
Chidi Njokuani is a long and lanky welterweight who will have a four-inch height advantage, and seven-inch reach advantage in this fight. He will need to use those attributes to keep Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at distance if he hopes to get the win at UFC Vegas 104. Njokuani is an active striker who can control distance well. He uses his size to his advantage and keeps his opponents to the outside; with that, his length and style, Njokuani is hard to hit, and he only gets tagged an average of 2.67 times per minute. Where Njokuani can struggle is when his opponents get in close. He can also be susceptible to takedowns.
Njokuani has not been known as a volume striker, but he broke with tradition in his most recent fight, attempting 148 significant strikes and landing 105 in a decision win over Jared Gordon. Prior to that fight, Njokuani’s career-high was 65 landed significant strikes in a three-round battle.
Njokuani averages 4.59 significant strikes per minute with an accuracy of 63 percent. He absorbs 2.67 significant strikes per minute. Njokuani’s striking defense is 56 percent. He has zero takedowns and has a takedown defense of 74 percent.
UFC Vegas 104 Co-Main Event: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos betting breakdown
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos opened his UFC career with a split-decision loss to Nicolas Dalby. He followed that with seven straight wins, including four via stoppage. That run saw him move to No. 14 in the welterweight division. However, his winning streak ended at seven when Li Jingliang knocked him out in the co-main event of a UFC Fight Night event in August 2019. Dos Santos is 4-2-1 since that setback.
Dos Santos’ nickname of “Capoeira” should give one an idea of his fighting style. Despite his age of 38, Dos Santos is an athletic striker with good movement and power. He is active with his striking, and as his nickname suggests, he employs a lot of movement in his striking. Dos Santos is also good on the ground, thanks to his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Dos Santos lands 4.33 significant strikes per minute with an accuracy of 41 percent. He gets hit 3.41 times per minute with a striking defense of 56 percent. Dos Santos averages 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes and has a takedown success rate of 20 percent. His takedown defense is 68 percent.
Best Bets: UFC Vegas 104 Co-main event – Chidi Njokuani vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
If Chidi Njokuani is the same fighter he was in the Gordon fight, he can pull off the upset and win over Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC Vegas 104. However, that fight looks to be an outlier in the career of the 36-year-old striker.
The betting pick is for Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos to defeat Chidi Njokuani by decision in the UFC Vegas 104 co-main event.
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