UFC Singapore: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie takes place on Saturday, August 26 at Singapore Indoor Arena in Kallang, Singapore. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the event, and MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin takes a look at the opening odds below.
UFC Singapore Odds
Max Holloway -1000
The Korean Zombie +700
Ryan Spann -150
Anthony Smith +130
Giga Chikadze -191
Alex Caceres +166
Rinya Nakamura -450
Fernando Garcia +350
Erin Blanchfield -170
Taila Santos +145
Junior Tafa -180
Parker Porter +155
Waldo Cortes-Acosta -250
Lukasz Brzeski +210
Garrett Armfield -210
Toshiomi Kazama +180
Michal Oleksiejczuk -170
Chidi Njokuani +145
Rolando Bedoya -175
Kenan Song +150
Billy Goff -155
Yusaku Kinoshita +135
JJ Aldrich -700
Na Liang +500
Seung Woo Choi -235
Jarno Errens +200
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC Singapore Opening Odds:
- In the main event, we have Max Holloway taking on The Korean Zombie. Holloway is one of the greatest featherweights of all time and he is coming off of a nice win over Arnold Allen, who is one of the top young fighters in the division. As for The Korean Zombie, he hasn’t fought since a brutal TKO loss to Alexander Volkanovski last year. Let’s just say there is a reason why the odds are so inflated in favor of Holloway here. He is the far superior fighter at this point in time, and it’s hard to see The Korean Zombie winning outside of having a puncher’s chance.
- In the co-main event, we have a rematch between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann. These two fighters met two years ago and Smith won easily in the first round. Two years later, they fight again and Spann is actually the favorite to get the win. Since their first fight, Smith is 0-2 and Spann is 1-2. While Smith has been looking very mediocre as of late, it’s still a bit bizarre to see him as the underdog here given how easily he ran through Smith just two years ago.