Hendricks opens as early favorite

With today’s announcement that Georges St-Pierre is vacating the welterweight title, Johny Hendricks will now fight Robbie Lawler for the UFC welterweight title.

As with most big fights, it didn’t take sportsbooks long to set odds for the big fight, with Hendricks opening as an early betting favorite:

Johny Hendricks -260

Robbie Lawler +200

For those unfamiliar with the betting odds, the numbers above represent bets based around $100.00. So a $100 bet on underdog Robbie Lawler would pay out $200 and a $260.00 bet on favorite Hendricks would pay out $100.00