UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2020, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow the Father of MMA Odds on Twitter.
STIPE MIOCIC-114
DANIEL CORMIER-116
JUNIOR DOS SANTOS+101
JAIRZINHO ROZENSTRUIK-131
MARLON VERA+218
SEAN O’MALLEY-298
JOHN DODSON+190
MERAB DVALISHVILI-250
ASHLEY YODER+130
LIVINHA SOUZA-160
FELICE HERRIG+236
VIRNA JANDIROBA-316
DANIEL PINEDA+202
HERBERT BURNS-282
JIM MILLER+106
VINC PICHEL-136
DANNY CHAVEZ+120
TJ BROWN-150
CHRIS DAUKAUS-108
PARKER PORTER-122
24257 TONY KELLEY +179
24258 KAI KAMAKA -239
How Odds Work
Unlike a spread on an NFL game where one team is ahead by a certain number of points (ex. Saints +7), in MMA fights, the line on the game is called a moneyline. These are the +/- used on UFC broadcasts. The figure is how much money you have to bet in order to win $100 (-), and how much a $100 bet will earn (+). They are perhaps best explained via example:
MARLON VERA +218
SEAN O’MALLEY -298
In this fight, O’Malley is the -298 favorite, meaning if you bet $298 on him and he wins, you would profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $298.
If you were to bet on Vera at +218 if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $218. If he were to lose the fight, you would lose your original $100 bet.
Depending on how people are betting on the fights, the odds can shift from the moment they open, right up until the night of the fights.
The sport is built on moments that make you involuntary think “HOLY F***ING S***!!!” Those can come at any time, on any portion of the card, from any fighter. Thus, some bettors look to the underdogs, sometimes big ones, as the best bets.
