UFC 225 odds and ends
Robert Whittaker, Colby Covington, Holly Holm, and Tai Tuivasa favored for UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 tonight at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 will be held on June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow him on Twitter.
Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champion Robert Whittaker (-280)
Yoel Romero (+200)
Fight will not be for the title as Romero missed weight again
Colby Covington (-145)
Rafael dos Anjos (+115)
Fight will be for the interim welterweight belt
Holly Holm (-160)
Megan Anderson (+130)
Tai Tuivasa (-217)
Andrei Arlovski (+167)
Mike Jackson (-217)
Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks (+167)
Late Prelim Card (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Curtis Blaydes (-187)
Alistair Overeem (+157)
Claudia Gadelha (-445)
Carla Esparza (+320)
Mirsad Bektic (-260)
Ricardo Lamas (+200)
Rashad Coulter (-135)
Chris De La Rocha (+105)
Early Prelim Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 p.m. ET)
Anthony Smith (-285)
Rashad Evans (+205)
Joseph Benavidez (-217)
Sergio Pettis (+167)
Charles Oliveira (-140)
Clay Guida (+110)
Dan Ige (-130)
Mike Santiago (EVEN)
How Fight Odds Work
Unlike a spread on a football 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 money line.
Robert Whittaker (-280)
Yoel Romero (+200)
In this fight, Whittaker would be the favorite, meaning if you bet $280 on him and he wins, you would only profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $280.
If you were to bet on Romero at +200, if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $200. 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.
These are The Ends, courtesy of the social network.
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