Just this past week, BookMaker released a bunch of early odds for major upcoming fights beyond the UFC 200 weekend. It’s ok if you missed it, as most MMA coverage has been justifiably focused on a historic weekend. We’ve rounded up the opening odds for you here, from the most high-profile bouts on down.
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UFC 201, July 30
Robbie Lawler -260 vs. Tyron Woodley +180
Demetrious Johnson -1700 vs. Wilson Reis +800
Welterweight champion and last-minute comeback king Robbie Lawler is back in action against the athletic Tyron Woodley. Lawler’s -260 money line marks his largest favorite status since becoming the champion. He came into his first defense against MacDonald as a slight underdog, and closed as a -107 favorite against Carlos Condit.
Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson jumps right back into action after demolishing former gold medalist Henry Cejudo, and he’ll do so as a massive -1700 favorite against Wilson Reis. This is a stay-busy fight for the champ against an outclassed opponent, and the odds are reflected accordingly.
UFC ON FOX 20, July 23
Holly Holm -350 vs. Valentina Shevchenko +250
Anthony Johnson -270 vs. Glover Teixeira +190
Holly Holm didn’t get the immediate rematch she wanted against Miesha Tate. Instead she’ll face a tough, but relatively unknown Valentina Shevchenko. Both women are high-level strikers, but Holm is a multiple-time world champion in boxing, which accounts for her -350 money line. She will have to shore up her ground game though, as Tate exposed her grappling in their matchup.
In a bout between the two biggest knockout artists at 205, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson meets the surging Glover Teixeira on the same night. But there’s a huge difference in power here: Teixeira hits hard -- Johnson sends you to the hospital. Anyone that plans on standing with Rumble will understandably be a big underdog.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT HAMBURG, September 3
Andrei Arlovski +160 vs. Josh Barnett -210
Ilir Latifi +185 vs. Ryan Bader -265
Arlovski vs. Barnett has got an old-school feel to it, as both men have been fighting since the Pride era. Although Arlovski’s battle back from obscurity is a nice story, his glass chin has reared his head once again and two knockout losses have sent him reeling from title contention. As a striker, he gets a bad style matchup against a world-class grappler, which explains Barnett’s status as more than 2-1 favorite.
Ryan Bader might have taken Michael Bisping’s role as the perennial top contender who always falls just short of earning a title shot. After getting knocked out cold by Anthony Johnson in his audition to be the No. 1 contender, Bader gets a winnable bounceback fight against a fringe top-10 fighter in Ilir Latifi.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 91, July 13
Michael Chiesa +190 vs. Tony Ferguson -270
John Lineker -165 vs. Michael McDonald +125
Fight fans were robbed of a fight between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov when Ferguson pulled out of UFC on FOX 19 with an injury. Instead, the hottest lightweight fighter will face Michael Chiesa, who has scored a string of upsets to force his way into the top-10. As a +190 underdog, a win for Chiesa would be his biggest one yet.
Flyweight John Lineker is quickly climbing the ranks of the flyweight division, having won four straight against increasingly difficult competition. That hot streak carries over into the UFC odds, as he surprisingly opened as a -165 chalk against Michael McDonald -- a man whose only recent losses came against top contenders in Urijah Faber and Renan Barao.
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