PFL 2022: Week 3 takes place on Friday, May 6 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. 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 2022: Week 3 Opening Odds
Kayla Harrison -2500
Marina Mokhnatkina +1200
Ray Cooper III -435
Carlos Leal +325
Anthony Pettis -300
Myles Price +240
Rory MacDonald -400
Brett Cooper +300
Magomed Magomedkerimov -300
Joao Zeferino +240
Julia Budd -260
Genah Fabian +200
Nikolai Aleksakhin -260
Sadibou Sy +200
Larissa Pacheco -400
Zamzagul Fayzallanova +300
Jarrah Al-Silawi -240
Gleison Tibau +190
Abigail Montes -300
Olena Kolesnyk +240
Martina Jindrova -200
Vanessa Melo +160
Here are my quick thoughts on the PFL 2022: Week 3:
- This week’s PFL card features women’s lightweights and the welterweights, plus a lightweight bout involving Anthony Pettis. Starting with the women’s lightweight fights, we have Kayla Harrison once again headlining a PFL card. Harrison has been utterly dominant so far in PFL so it is no surprise to see her once again open as a massive favorite. Although Mokhnatkina is one of the better opponents that Harrison has fought thus far in her career, Harrison is still such a dominant grappler that she’s almost always going to automatically be favored to win.
- In the welterweight division, we have former champion Ray Cooper III taking on Carlos Leal. Cooper has won his last six fights in a row and he hasn’t lost since John Howard knocked him out back in July 2019. Since then, Cooper has been destroying everyone in his path. Leal, meanwhile, has won both of his fights since joining PFL earlier this year, which earned him a spot in the tournament as a replacement for the injured Magomed Umalatov. Although Leal is not a big name, he is a very dangerous fighter, and Cooper needs to take him seriously.
- As mentioned, Pettis is on this card against Myles Price. Pettis should be the comfortable favorite to win this fight, although he has not lived up to expectations in PFL thus far.