UFC 263 betting tips: Edwards out to school Diaz

Preview and odds for UFC 263

Leon Edwards insists he will show Nate Diaz “the new school of MMA” on Saturday and highlight why he deserves a world title shot.

The Birmingham-based welterweight will take on Conor McGregor’s old foe a month later than planned after his opponent picked up a minor injury which saw the contest switched from UFC 262 to UFC 263.

Edwards said: “Everyone knows Nate, he is a tough, durable opponent and it’s been like that since the start of his career.

“He is good at boxing, good at ju-jitsu but I feel this is the new school of MMA. I am able to do it all. I can strike, do wrestling, kick-boxing and boxing so I will be ready for wherever this fight goes.”

Edwards and Diaz feature on a card headlined by Israel Adesanya’s middleweight rematch against Marvin Vettori, with both contests likely to feature in plenty of UFC 263 betting tips.

Adesanya looks to bounce back

Adesanya suffered the first defeat of his MMA career against Jan Blachowicz after stepping up to light heavyweight at UFC 259 in March.

The Nigeria-born New Zealander is 4/11 to bounce back against Vettori, who he beat on a split decision in UFC’s last visit to Arizona three years ago.

Vettori has won all five of his bouts since then and is 21/10 to gain revenge.

Both fighters have had four of their last five contests go the distance and it is 4/5 for this renewal to be decided by the judges.