Combat sports are the order of the weekend of December 19th as we edge ever closer to 2026. The BKFC closes out the year at the Mohegan Sun with a heavyweight showdown between Parker Porter and Anthony Garrett. Out in the Midwest, three titles are at stake in RAF04, and Dalton Kasel looks to start the PBR UTB season with back-to-back triumphs as the gate lifts in Chicago. For the more mellow sports fan, the Milwaukee Wave hosts the Baltimore Blast in the MASL week four opener. Find the best bets and tips in our NXTbets expert pick round below.
When: Saturday, December 20, 2025 Where: Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT Where to Watch: Live on Fubo Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
Bare-knuckle fighting ends the year with a heavyweight clash between two unbeaten brawlers. BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun pits former UFC fighter Parker Porter against a behemoth of a man in the form of Anthony Garrett. Porter arrives in Uncasville as the favorite, given his decorated career in promotions like the UFC. Garrett is no stranger to the big leagues, having appeared in Bellator himself, and he’s got the size and an insane 11-inch reach advantage over Porter.
Key Times (EST)
Fights Start: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
It’s rare to see a fight card with value for money underdogs, but BKFC has left the best for last in 2025. Anthony Garrett pips David Sanchez for the expert pick title, leading into the Mohegan Sun, given his reach advantage, historical results, and bang for buck. The underdog in the main event arrives in Connecticut at +107 for the win, potentially paying out $41.40 on a $20.00 bet.
RAF04: Hendrickson vs Parris
When: Saturday, December 20, 2025 Where: Fishers Event Center, Fishers, IN Where to Watch: Live on Fox Nation Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
Fishers, Indiana, is set for a freezing weekend, but RAF04 is doing its best to warm the locals up by bringing a hot program. Three titles are up for grabs, headlined by Mason Parris and Wyatt Hendrickson. Also on display is Kennedy Blades, the women’s middleweight champion, who sets out for her first title defense. While there is much to excite wrestling fans, we’re psyched for the debut of combat sport royalty, Yoel Romero. The Cuban makes his debut in the league and is already battling for an interim title. He arrives with four consecutive wins across all disciplines, last losing a professional fight in 2023.
Key Times (EST)
Fights Start: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
The veteran, Yoel Romero, has reached the highest levels of the sport in promotions around the world. He knows how to win, and we think he has the goods to get the job done over Pat Downey, who stepped in as a late replacement. Romero starts at +144 for top honors, possibly paying out $48.80 when you wager $20.00.
Week four kicks off in the 2025-2026 MASL season, and a mouthwatering matchup between Milwaukee Wave and the Baltimore Blast is first up on Friday night. The Wave hosts the men from Baltimore, and both teams are desperate for a victory. Milwaukee lost its first match of the season in OT last weekend to the Ambush, while the Blast is on a two-game losing streak. While the visitors have their backs up against the wall, they can take solace in the fact that their goalie, Julian Rodriguez, currently boasts the second-most saves in the tournament.
Key Times (EST):
Match Starts: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
The first matchup of the weekend is a close battle to call, but the Milwaukee Wave edges the Blast based on current form and their higher ranking on the table. Despite their superiority, their odds are fair at -136, offering a potential payout of $34.71 on a $20.00 bet.
PBR UTB: Chicago
When: December 19 – December 20, 2025 Where: United Center, Chicago, IL Where to Watch: Live on Paramount+ Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
The PBR UTB series moves on to Chicago for round two of proceedings. Dalton Kasel enters the bucking chute as the favorite after clinching his 12th UTB career victory in Manchester a week ago. The Texan picked up from where he left off last season, and if we include his 2025 results sits with five wins in his last 11 UTB rides. Brady Fielder and John Crimber are priced just behind “Mr. 90 Points” in the odds table, but will have to up the ante if they’re to challenge an in-form Kasel. Fielder only produced a 33% ride percentage last weekend, while Crimber settled for 22nd place.
Key Times (CST):
Friday, December 19: 7:45 p.m. Saturday, December 20: 6:45 p.m.
Expert Pick
Dalton Kasel rides into round two with his tail up after a successful opening round in New Hampshire. The Austin Gambler enters the United Center at +315 for the win, potentially paying $83.00 on a $20.00 bet.
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McLaren is revising its 2026 Formula 1 development path as the team adapts to the upcoming rule changes, with team principal Andrea Stella saying it has moved away from some early concepts after gaining more information about the new regulations. Stella said McLaren’s best chance to close the gap will come from a major upgrade push around the summer shutdown, with development planned both before and after the break that follows the Hungarian Grand Prix. He said aerodynamic development has become the main competitive battleground, while mechanical setup now plays a smaller role than in earlier generations of cars.
Stella said McLaren remained about half a second behind Mercedes and Ferrari after the British Grand Prix, where Lando Norris finished fourth in the main race and reached the podium in the Sprint. He called Norris’s fourth-place finish an overachievement for McLaren’s current pace, saying it was helped more by issues affecting other teams than by a true breakthrough. McLaren is 154 points behind Mercedes in the constructors’ standings, Ferrari has moved ahead after winning two of the last three races, and McLaren has yet to win this season, with four podium finishes.
Norris offered a sharper view of the team’s current state after Silverstone, saying McLaren needed “many things better” and more upgrades to become more competitive. He described the car as “pretty poor,” called it one of the hardest Formula 1 cars he has ever driven and said recent smaller updates had not delivered the gains the team expected. Norris said McLaren had not introduced a major upgrade since the Miami Grand Prix, while rival teams had kept improving, and he also criticized the energy-management style of racing at tracks like Silverstone as “not how Formula 1 should be.”
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NXTbets Expert Pick Roundup: Weekend of December 19th
Combat sports are the order of the weekend of December 19th as we edge ever closer to 2026. The BKFC closes out the year at the Mohegan Sun with a heavyweight showdown between Parker Porter and Anthony Garrett. Out in the Midwest, three titles are at stake in RAF04, and Dalton Kasel looks to start the PBR UTB season with back-to-back triumphs as the gate lifts in Chicago. For the more mellow sports fan, the Milwaukee Wave hosts the Baltimore Blast in the MASL week four opener. Find the best bets and tips in our NXTbets expert pick round below.
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BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun: Porter vs Garrett
When: Saturday, December 20, 2025
Where: Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
Where to Watch: Live on Fubo
Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
Bare-knuckle fighting ends the year with a heavyweight clash between two unbeaten brawlers. BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun pits former UFC fighter Parker Porter against a behemoth of a man in the form of Anthony Garrett. Porter arrives in Uncasville as the favorite, given his decorated career in promotions like the UFC. Garrett is no stranger to the big leagues, having appeared in Bellator himself, and he’s got the size and an insane 11-inch reach advantage over Porter.
Key Times (EST)
Fights Start: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
It’s rare to see a fight card with value for money underdogs, but BKFC has left the best for last in 2025. Anthony Garrett pips David Sanchez for the expert pick title, leading into the Mohegan Sun, given his reach advantage, historical results, and bang for buck. The underdog in the main event arrives in Connecticut at +107 for the win, potentially paying out $41.40 on a $20.00 bet.
RAF04: Hendrickson vs Parris
When: Saturday, December 20, 2025
Where: Fishers Event Center, Fishers, IN
Where to Watch: Live on Fox Nation
Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
Fishers, Indiana, is set for a freezing weekend, but RAF04 is doing its best to warm the locals up by bringing a hot program. Three titles are up for grabs, headlined by Mason Parris and Wyatt Hendrickson. Also on display is Kennedy Blades, the women’s middleweight champion, who sets out for her first title defense. While there is much to excite wrestling fans, we’re psyched for the debut of combat sport royalty, Yoel Romero. The Cuban makes his debut in the league and is already battling for an interim title. He arrives with four consecutive wins across all disciplines, last losing a professional fight in 2023.
Key Times (EST)
Fights Start: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
The veteran, Yoel Romero, has reached the highest levels of the sport in promotions around the world. He knows how to win, and we think he has the goods to get the job done over Pat Downey, who stepped in as a late replacement. Romero starts at +144 for top honors, possibly paying out $48.80 when you wager $20.00.
MASL: Milwaukee Wave vs Baltimore Blast
When: Friday, December 19, 2025
Where: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, Milwaukee, WI
Where to Watch: Live on CBS Sports Golazo Network
Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
Week four kicks off in the 2025-2026 MASL season, and a mouthwatering matchup between Milwaukee Wave and the Baltimore Blast is first up on Friday night. The Wave hosts the men from Baltimore, and both teams are desperate for a victory. Milwaukee lost its first match of the season in OT last weekend to the Ambush, while the Blast is on a two-game losing streak. While the visitors have their backs up against the wall, they can take solace in the fact that their goalie, Julian Rodriguez, currently boasts the second-most saves in the tournament.
Key Times (EST):
Match Starts: 7:00 p.m.
Expert Pick
The first matchup of the weekend is a close battle to call, but the Milwaukee Wave edges the Blast based on current form and their higher ranking on the table. Despite their superiority, their odds are fair at -136, offering a potential payout of $34.71 on a $20.00 bet.
PBR UTB: Chicago
When: December 19 – December 20, 2025
Where: United Center, Chicago, IL
Where to Watch: Live on Paramount+
Where to Bet: With our Partnered Sportsbooks
The PBR UTB series moves on to Chicago for round two of proceedings. Dalton Kasel enters the bucking chute as the favorite after clinching his 12th UTB career victory in Manchester a week ago. The Texan picked up from where he left off last season, and if we include his 2025 results sits with five wins in his last 11 UTB rides. Brady Fielder and John Crimber are priced just behind “Mr. 90 Points” in the odds table, but will have to up the ante if they’re to challenge an in-form Kasel. Fielder only produced a 33% ride percentage last weekend, while Crimber settled for 22nd place.
Key Times (CST):
Friday, December 19: 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, December 20: 6:45 p.m.
Expert Pick
Dalton Kasel rides into round two with his tail up after a successful opening round in New Hampshire. The Austin Gambler enters the United Center at +315 for the win, potentially paying $83.00 on a $20.00 bet.
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