UFC on ESPN+ 39, also known as UFC Vegas 12, UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva, and UFC Fight Night 181, will be held on Saturday, October 31, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow the Father of MMA Odds on Twitter.
ANDERSON SILVA +180
URIAH HALL -240
MAURICE GREENE +242
GREG HARDY -342
HIAGO MOISES +232
BOBBY GREEN -332
CHRIS GRUETZEMACHER +312
ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ -437
JACK MARSHMAN +270
SEAN STRICKLAND -370
COLE WILLIAMS +120
JASON WITT -150
JUSTIN LEDET +265
DUSTIN JACOBY -365
KEVIN NATIVIDAD +125
MILES JOHNS -155
VICTOR RODRIGUEZ +325
ADRIAN YANEZ -475
ANDRE FILI +105
BRYCE MITCHELL -135
CHARLIE ONTIVEROS +500
KEVIN HOLLAND -800
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:
ANDERSON SILVA +180
URIAH HALL -240
In this fight, Hall is the -238 favorite, meaning if you bet $240 on him and he wins, you would profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $240.
If you were to bet on “The Spider” at +180, if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $180. 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 streamed live on The UG, Friday at Noon ET.
