UFC Vegas 101: Dern vs. Ribas 2 takes place on Saturday, January 11 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the event, and MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin looks at the opening odds below.
UFC Vegas 101 Odds
Amanda Ribas -171
Mackenzie Dern +146
Carlston Harris -155
Santiago Ponzinibbio +135
Cesar Almeida -210
Abdul Razak Alhassan +180
Roman Kopylov -180
Chris Curtis +155
Christian Rodriguez -192
Austin Bashi +167
Uros Medic -206
Punahele Soriano +176
Jose Johnson -250
Felipe Bunes +210
Marco Tulio Silva -300
Igor Poteria +250
Thiago Moises -210
Trey Ogden +180
Jacobe Smith -210
Preston Parsons +180
Ernesta Kareckaite -110
Nicolle Caliari -110
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov -240
Bruno Lopes +205
Fatima Kline -225
Viktoriya Dudakova +190
Nurullo Aliev -350
Joe Solecki +285
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC Vegas 101 Opening Odds:
- The main event is a rematch between women’s strawweights Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas. Dern saw her two-fight losing skid get snapped with a decision win over Loopy Godinez in her last fight, while Ribas is coming off a competitive loss to Rose Namajunas. These two fighters first met in 2019, with Ribas pulling off the upset with a decision win. They now meet again six years later. This should be a close fight in the rematch, and the oddsmakers opened up Ribas as the favorite due to her winning the first fight, but don’t discount Dern in this one.
- The co-main event sees Santiago Ponzinibbio and Carlston Harris battle in a fight between veteran welterweights. Ponzinibbio is coming off a close decision loss to Muslim Salikhov and overall he has lost four of his last five fights. As for Harris, he is coming off a brutal knockout loss to Khaos Williams in his last fight. This should be a competitive fight, but given Ponzinibbio’s experience in the UFC and the fact he was so competitive against Salikhov, it’s a bit surprising to see Harris open up as the favorite in this one.
