Velasquez slight favorite over Werdum
Despite dominating Cain Velasquez and submitting him, UFC champion Fabricio Werdum opened as a slight underdog in the sports books for their rematch.
It was recently announced that FabricioWerdum’s first title defense would be a rematch with the man he took the belt from, Cain Velasquez.
And despite dominating Cain Velasquez and submitting him, UFC champion Fabricio Werdum opened as a slight underdog in the sports books.
According to BestFightOdds.com, Fabricio Werdum opened as the underdog at +124 and Velasquez as the favorite at -130.
For those unfamiliar with betting on mixed martial arts, negative number represents a favorite. In this case, a bettor would have to risk $130.00 to win $100. A positive number represents the underdog and here a bettor would have to risk $100 to win $124.