MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas today officially opened up the full MMA odds for Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 8 event through Several Bookmakers. The event takes place on the morning of March 3 in Saitama, Japan and airs the evening of March 2 in North America. Here are the new undercard odds for the UFC on FUEL TV 8 card: ————————— Riki Fukuda -120 Brad Tavares -120 Takeya Mizugaki -210 Bryan Caraway +160 Cristiano Marcello +105 Kazuki Tokudome -145 Alex Caceres +115 Kyung Ho Kang -155 Marcelo Guimares +170 Hyun Gyu Lim -230 ————————— And the previously opened odds are: ————————— Wanderlei Silva +145 Brian Stann -175 Mark Hunt +135 Stefan Struve -165 Takanori Gomi +250 Diego Sanchez -350 Yushin Okami +170 Hector Lombard -230 Mizuto Hirota -110 Rani Yahya -130 Siyar Bahadurzada +145 Dong Hyun Kim -185 ————————— Brad’s Analysis: Not surprisingly for a card in Japan, Asian fighters have opened as even money or a favourite in all of the undercard fights. While the effect of travel on fighters flying half way around the world cannot be dismissed, I feel that these lines would have been similar regardless of where the fights took place. Nearly all of these fights are tricky to bet, as 3 of the 5 bouts feature fighters making their UFC debuts. Despite this, I see both Korean fighters Kyung Ho Kang and Hyun Gyu Lim as rightful favourites. The Kang/Caceres fight is especially interesting as the public is fully aware of what Caceres brings to the table from his stint on TUF and six fights in the UFC, and may bet him as the underdog despite Kang having a style that seems difficult for “Bruce Leroy” to deal with. The best advice to give on fights like these is to do your research before laying down your money folks! Just because you recognize a fighter, doesn’t mean he will (or should) win, and that’s exactly how I feel about the fighters facing those UFC debutantes.
