It’s all on this Saturday night in Las Vegas as two of the best featherweight mixed martial arts fighters in the world step into the Octagon together to fight it out for the UFC Featherweight Championship. With this bout headlining a 14-fight card at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada, there’s plenty of great betting to be had on the UFC this weekend.
For Alexander Volkanovski, he heads into this title fight having suffered a loss to Islam Makhachev most recently. However, this will barely feel like a loss, given it was up a weight grade and the Australian gave a very good account for himself against the champion. No doubt he’ll still be looking to return to the winner’s circle this weekend but will need to negate the unorthodox style of Mexican Yair Rodriguez, who is known for his low-percentage plays.
We break down all the latest betting odds from bookmaker William Hill and outline the best bets to make this Saturday night.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: July 8th, 12:30 A.M. (GMT)
Looking at the outright betting odds ahead of this clash, bookmaker William Hill has Alexander Volkanovski as a heavy favourite. The Australian is paying 1.25 to win, well ahead of Yair Rodriguez’s odds of 4.00.
The method of victory odds are a little more distributed with Volkanovski by decision the most likely outcome at 2.00. Following this, Volkanovski by knockout is at 3.25 before Rodriguez’s best odds are a knockout at 7.00. Neither man is seen as particularly likely to score a submission with pay outs of 11.00 and 15.00 for these results.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: July 8th, 12:30 A.M. (GMT)
This is an intriguing match up. Overall, as the odds indicate, Alexander Volkanovski should have too much gas in the tank and too technical of a plan developed to combat Yair Rodriguez. Those after a conservative bet would wager on the Australian to win outright at 1.25.
However, Rodriguez is known for taking low-percentage chances across his career. If the man is still conscious, there’s always a chance that he’ll score a crazy knockout and win the fight.
This means two things: betting on Rodriguez to win by knockout at 7.00 may not be a bad sleeper bet, while also it will open up opportunities for Volkanovski to win by knockout as well when Rodriguez exposes himself.
Overall, the best bet we suggest is actually backing this fight not to go the distance. This has a 2.00 return and allows for either fighter winning by knockout, which seems reasonably likely.
