UFC on ESPN+ 9 odds
Main event odds are the closest on the card – virtually identical.
UFC on ESPN+ 9, also known as UFC Fight Night 150, UFC Ottawa, and UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy, will be held on Saturday, May 4, at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow him on Twitter.
DONALD CERRONE -113
AL IAQUINTA -117
LIAS THEODOROU -120
DEREK BRUNSON -110
CUB SWANSON +120
SHANE BURGOS -150
MERAB DVALISHVILI -177
BRAD KATONA +147
SERGEY SPIVAK +147
WALT HARRIS -177
ANDREW SANCHEZ -172
MARC-ANDRE BARRIAULT +142
SARAH MORAS +462
MACY CHIASSON -762
VINCE MORALES +125
AIEMANN ZAHABI -155
KYLE NELSON +172
MATT SAYLES -232
JUAN ADAMS -139
ARJAN BHULLAR +109
COLE SMITH -105
MITCH GAGNON -125
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:
CUB SWANSON +120
SHANE BURGOS -150
In this fight, Burgos is the -150 favorite, meaning if you bet $150 on him and he wins, you would only profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $150.
If you were to bet on Swanson at +120, if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $120. 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 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.