UFC on ESPN+ 15, also known as UFC Fight Night 157, UFC Shenzen, and UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang will be held on August 31, at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre Arena in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow him on Twitter.
WEILI ZHANG +157
JESSICA ANDRADE -187
DUSTIN POIRIER +272
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV -372
PAUL FELDER +144
EDSON BARBOZA -174
DAVI RAMOS +200
ISLAM MAKHACHEV -260
SHAMIL ABDURAKHIMOV +267
CURTIS BLAYDES -367
DIEGO FERREIRA +200
MAIRBEK TAISUMOV -280
TEEMU PACKALEN +177
OTTMAN AZAITAR -237
SARAH MORAS +115
LIANA JOJUA -145
TAKASHI SATO +235
BELAL MUHAMMAD -335
NORDINE TALEB -125
MUSLIM SALIKHOV -105
ZAK CUMMINGS -120
OMARI AKHMEDOV -110
JOANNE CALDERWOOD +165
ANDREA LEE -215
How Odds Work
Unlike a spread on an NFL game where one team is getting a certain amount 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:
WEILI ZHANG +157
JESSICA ANDRADE -187
In this fight, Andrade is the -187 favorite, meaning if you bet $187 on her and she wins, you would profit $100. If she were to lose though, you would lose the full $187.
If you were to bet on Zhang at +157, if you bet $100 on her and she wins the fight, you will profit $157. If she were to lose the fight, you would lose your original $100 bet.
Depending on how people are betting on the fights the odds will 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 they say never bet until the weigh-ins.
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