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Bellator 225 takes place Saturday, August 24 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the main card, and here they are. Bellator 225 Opening Odds Matt Mitrione -125 Sergei Kharitonov +105 Vitaly Miankov -430 Javy Ayala +310 Alejandra Lara -475 Taylor Turner +325 Yaroslav Amosov…

Andres Quintana and Bruno Cannetti will lock horns for the Combate Americas featherweight title on Friday night. This is a rematch of a previous contest, where Quintana won by first round knockout. The result doesn’t tell the entire story, and I’d encourage you to watch the fight before moving on with this breakdown. Andres Quintana…

Derek Brunson vs. Ian Heinisch I think Derek Brunson is being overlooked here once again much like he did in his last fight. Granted, this is no Elias Theodrou but a better fighter he is facing this time around. Heinisch is a pretty good fighter coming off of DWTNCS in the summer of ’18. However,…

MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin takes a deeper look at the main event of UFC 241, a five-round title fight between UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former champion Stipe Miocic. The event takes place Saturday, August 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Daniel Cormier (-135) Cormier (22-1, 1 NC) is the UFC heavyweight…

Dana White’s Contender Series takes place Tuesday, August 13 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the full card, and here they are. Dana White’s Contender Series 24 Opening Odds William Knight -139 Herdem Alacabek +100 Devin Smyth -139 Brok Weaver +110 Shanna Young -139…

MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin takes a deeper look at the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 14, a five-round title fight between UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and challenger Liz Carmouche. The event takes place Saturday, August 10 at Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay. Valentina Shevchenko (-1275) Shevchenko (17-3) is the UFC women’s…

Mike Perry vs Vincente Luque A very fun welterweight fight that could be fight of the night takes place in the co-main event this Saturday as ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry meets Vincente Luque. Luque should honestly be able to piece up Perry and work him across the majority of fifteen minutes. Perry will probably have his…

MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin takes a deeper look at the main event of UFC on ESPN 5, a five-round non-title bout between welterweight contenders Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler. The event takes place this Saturday, August 3 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Colby Covington (-245) Covington (14-1) is the former UFC interim…

Antonina Shevchenko vs Lucie Pudilova Shevchenko should be able to bounce back here after a rough loss to Modafferi in her last outing. Her grappling weaknesses showed to an extend in that fight, but I have much more confidence backing her here. Pudilova shouldn’t have much of any success getting Shevchenko on her back and…

Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar Max Holloway returns this weekend off a loss to Dustin Poirier in hopes of getting back in the win column and continuing his surging featherweight win-streak. He’s going up against Frankie Edgar who they’ve tried to book against a few different times now, but unfortunate injuries have halted the fight…