Overview
- Heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Waldo Cortes-Acosta meet Saturday on the UFC 324 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the promotion’s first U.S. event on Paramount+.
- FanDuel and DraftKings list Cortes-Acosta as a solid favorite (around -325 to -330) with Lewis a sizable underdog (about +240 to +260).
- Lewis, the UFC’s all-time knockout leader at age 40, dismissed the betting lines and vowed a first-round knockout, joking that any claimed eye poke would be a false call.
- Cortes-Acosta, targeting his sixth fight in 11 months, says a win could earn him a spot on the planned White House card and potentially set up a title or interim-title opportunity.
- With champion Tom Aspinall headed for double eye surgery, media and fighters have floated the possibility of an interim belt, though no such plan has been announced.