Marcus Oyelaran — Boxing and MMA analyst
Marcus writes the boxing and UFC pages, the fight previews and the fighter profiles. He looks at how each fighter wins and loses, how often fights reach the scorecards, and what late changes do to the method and round markets.
Written by: Marcus Oyelaran·Checked by: Maren Holt·Updated:
Marcus Oyelaran covers combat sports, where a single punch can settle a market and a missed weight can change a fight a day before it happens. His pages spend as much time on how a fight is likely to end as on who wins it, because the method and round markets are where most of the betting interest, and most of the mispricing, lies.
What Marcus covers
- Fight previews. The big boxing nights and the numbered UFC cards, bout by bout.
- Fighter profiles. Records, the wins and defeats that shaped the price, style, and the next confirmed fight.
- Method and round markets. Knockout, submission or decision; round groups and the distance line.
- Late changes. Weigh-ins, short-notice replacements and what happens to a bet when the opponent changes.
How Marcus works
Marcus starts with the record, then reads it rather than counting it: who a fighter beat, how, and in which round. He separates finishing rates by weight class and by level of opposition, because a knockout rate built on early-career opponents means little against a contender. Fight dates, venues and opponents come from the promoters or from reporters who name their source; if a bout is only rumoured, his page says so. His picks are labelled as estimates, and he never treats a fight as certain.
Reading Marcus Oyelaran's picks
Marcus Oyelaran gives a winner, a likely method and a round range for each fight, in that order of confidence. The winner is the firmest part of the view and the round range the loosest, so the stake should follow the same order. When a fight changes late, Marcus Oyelaran updates the page and says plainly whether the original view still stands.
Pages Marcus wrote
- Boxing
- UFC & MMA
- Canelo v M'billi
- Fury v Joshua
- UFC 335
- Anthony Joshua
- Canelo Álvarez
- Daniel Dubois
- David Benavidez
Fight dates, venues and records in his pages are verified by Maren Holt ahead of publication. His portrait is an illustration; see the editorial team for everyone else.
Why does Marcus focus on method and rounds?
What happens to the preview if a fight is cancelled?
Are fight dates confirmed before a preview is written?
Where this comes from
- Pages written by Marcus Oyelaran, with the events and dates each coversthis site's page records; sources listed on each linked page2026-10-06
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