Bellator 299: Eblen vs. Edwards takes place on Saturday, September 23 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. 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.
Bellator 299 Odds
Johnny Eblen -500
Fabian Edwards +375
Aaron Pico -1250
Pedro Carvalho +850
Sinead Kavanagh -600
Sara Collins +425
Mads Burnell -155
Daniel Weichel +125
Levan Chokheli -255
Sabah Homasi +205
Peter Queally -450
Daniele Miceli +350
Mansour Barnaoui -300
Jay Jay Wilson +240
Gregory Babene -150
Charlie Ward +120
Ciaran Clarke -500
Przemyslaw Gorny +375
Luca Poclit -150
Roman Faraldo +120
Darragh Kelly -980
Jelle Zeegers +680
Brian Moore -300
Otto Rodrigues +240
Davy Gallon -245
Attila Korkmaz +195
Asaël Adjoudj -225
Ibrahim Al-Faqih Hassan +185
Kenny Mokhonoana -425
Josh O’Connor +325
Luke Trainer -550
Laurynas Urbonavicius +400
Nicolo Solli -115
Romain Debienne -115
Sergey Bilostenniy
Kasim Aras
Mark Ewen
Noah Gugnon
Chiara Penco
Mackenzie Stiller
Gasan Magomedsharipov -650
Piotr Niedzielski +475
Here are my initial thoughts on the Opening Odds For Bellator 299:
- The main event of Bellator 299 features Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen taking on top contender Fabian Edwards. Eblen has won all 13 of his career fights, including nine straight wins inside the Bellator cage. As for Edwards, he is the brother of UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards. He has a 7-2 record in Bellator including wins in his last four fights. While Edwards is a solid fighter, you have to lean toward the champion Eblen to defend his title in this matchup.
- Also on the card is a featherweight bout between Aaron Pico and Pedro Carvalho. Pico won his last fight and he has won seven of his last eight bouts overall. He might not be the top prospect that he once was but he is still a very dangerous fighter. As for Carvalho, he has lost two of his last three fights heading into this bout. Even though Carvalho has pulled off a few upsets, it’s hard to see him getting past someone as dangerous as Pico.