Saturday’s monster UFC 148 card was a huge winner for bettors who took advantage of in-progress betting with Several Bookmakers, taking home a profit on eight of the 10 fights in which it was offered. MMA bettors also cashed in on big favorites Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin in the two most hyped bouts of the evening. Silva successfully defended his UFC middleweight title for the 10th time by beating top challenger Chael Sonnen in their highly-anticipated rematch while Griffin handed UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz a loss in the last fight of his career at light heavyweight. Four underdogs won in 11 bouts, with Demian Maia and Cung Le leading the upsets by combining for 461 bets and nearly $25,000 worth of wagers. The complete results follow… UFC 148 Closing Numbers and In-Progress Results (based on closing fight odds, winner in bold) Rafaello Oliveira +160 ($2,436 on 34 bets) vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo -200 ($4,597 on 56 bets) John Alessio +135 ($5,554 on 108 bets) vs. Shane Roller -165 ($26,038 on 90 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 62 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $1,045 Riki Fukuda +170 ($2,726 on 74 bets) vs. Constantinos Philippou -200 ($14,489 on 152 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 27 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $264 Fabricio Camoes +240 ($1,705 on 80 bets) vs. Melvin Guillard -300 ($35,623 on 325 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 50 bets, Several Bookmakers house won $4 Khabib Nurmagomedov +145 ($5,613 on 92 bets) vs. Gleison Tibau -175 ($24,694 on 197 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 51 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $1,899 Ivan Menjivar -115 ($7,708 on 96 bets) vs. Mike Easton -115 $(16,808 on 127 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 43 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $1,930 Cody McKenzie +500 ($1,901 on 92 bets) vs. Chad Mendes -700 ($23,372 on 344 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 13 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $46 Demian Maia +145 ($15,297 on 211 bets) vs. Dong Hyun Kim -175 ($16,715 on 322 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 12 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $76 Cung Le +180 ($9,577 on 250 bets) vs. Patrick Cote -220 ($59,063 on 269 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 90 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $3,271 Tito Ortiz +225 ($7,632 on 246 bets) vs. Forrest Griffin -285 ($74,199 on 367 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 101 bets, Several Bookmakers players won $1,136 Chael Sonnen +255 ($29,822 on 487 bets) vs. Anderson Silva -315 ($77,531 on 651 bets) In-Progress Betting Result: 66 bets, Several Bookmakers house won $1,157 Note: In-progress betting opened Silva -315, but he got off to another rough start in the first round and bets started coming in on Sonnen, dropping the line to -250, then -220, then -180 then -150 until Sonnen became a brief favorite at -150. At the end of the round, bettors started putting cash on Silva again and drove the line back up to -200 or so entering the second.
