PFL 2021: Week 7 takes place on Friday, August 13 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida. 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.
PFL 2021: Week 7 Opening Odds
Rory MacDonald -210
Ray Cooper III +175
Magomed Magomedkerimov -720
Sadibou Sy +500
Clay Collard -120
Raush Manfio +100
Loik Radzhabov -190
Alex Martinez +160
Gleison Tibau -180
Curtis Millender +155
Olivier Aubin-Mercier -305
Darrell Horcher +240
Brett Cooper -210
Tyler Hill +175
Magomed Umalatov -435
Micah Terrill +330
Michael Lombardo -290
Kyron Bowen +230
Elvin Espinoza -265
Hopeton Stewart +215
Here are my quick thoughts on the PFL 2021: Week 7 Opening Odds:
- The main event of PFL 2021: Week 7 features a welterweight semifinals matchup between Rory MacDonald and Ray Cooper III. MacDonald came into PFL with huge fanfare and made good on it with a stoppage win over Curtis Millender in his promotional debut, but he dropped a controversial split decision to Gleison Tibau his last time out. While he was able to get away with an off night during the regular season, the playoffs are a different beast, because he needs to win this fight to go to the finals. Cooper III is the defending PFL welterweight champion and he has won both of his fights in PFL in 2021. MacDonald is the more proven fighter and the bigger name so he was always going to be the betting favorite here, but Cooper is an excellent fighter in his own right and you shouldn’t count him out of winning this matchup.
- The other big fight at 170lbs features the winner of the first PFL welterweight tournament Magomed Magomedkerimov against replacement fighter Sadibou Sy. Magomedkerimov has won his last 12 fights and has beaten the likes of Cooper III during that stretch. He’s a monster favorite here and it seems justified given that Sy is just 1-1-1, 1 NC over his last four fights.
- Also taking place on this card is the semifinals in the PFL men’s lightweight division.
