UFC on ESPN 14 odds
Odds range from near even to a highly unusual -1370 at UFC Fight Island 3.
UFC on ESPN 14, also known as UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till, and UFC Fight Island 3, will be held on Saturday, July 25 at the Flash Forum on Fight Island, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow the Father of MMA Odds on Twitter.
DARREN TILL +110
ROBERT WHITTAKER -140
ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA +157
MAURICIO RUA -207
FABRICIO WERDUM +240
ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON -340
CARLA ESPARZA +155
MARINA RODRIGUEZ -185
PAUL CRAIG -140
GADZHIMURAD ANTIGULOV +110
PETER SOBOTTA +135
ALEX OLIVEIRA -165
RHYS MCKEE +720
KHAMZAT CHIMAEV -1370
JAI HERBERT EV
FRANCISCO TRINALDO -130
JESSE RONSON +195
NICOLAS DALBY -275
JAKE COLLIER +230
TOM ASPINALL -310
MIKE GRUNDY +157
MOVSAR EVLOEV -207
RAPHAEL PESSOA +212
TANNER BOSER -292
BETHE CORREIA +135
PANNIE KIANZAD -165
NIKLAS STOLZE +307
RAMAZAN EMEEV -432
JOHN CASTANEDA +312
NATHANIEL WOOD -437
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:
FABRICIO WERDUM +240
ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON -340
In this fight, Gus is the -340 favorite, meaning if you bet $340 on him and he wins, you would profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $340.
If you were to bet on Werdum at +240 if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $240. 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.
And some say never bet until the weigh-ins, which took place Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. ET.