LFA 144: Gafurov vs. Silva takes place on Friday, October 14 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 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.
LFA 144 Odds
Muin Gafurov -185
Diego Silva +155
Jordan Heiderman -200
Daiqwon Buckley +160
Jared Revel -115
Renato Velante -115
Christian Natividad -400
Israel Galvan +300
Juan Puerta -200
Yuma Horiuchi +160
Ronald Coleman -400
Chato Wiest +300
Brady Minner -200
Patrick Rivera +160
Mateo Gonzalez -125
Adamu Isah -105
Cheyenne Bowers -260
Naranjargal Tsendayush +200
Ben Schauer -300
Jeff Nielsen +240
Robson Junior -300
Andres Murray +240
Christian Turner -170
Jacobi Jones +140
Here are my initial thoughts on the Opening Odds for LFA 144:
- The main event of LFA 144 sees Muin Gafurov battle Diego Silva for the vacant LFA bantamweight title. Gafurov is coming off of a second-round TKO win over Herbeth Sousa in his last outing for LFA, which helped him bounce back following a split decision loss to Chad Anheliger on Dana White’s Contender Series. As for Silva, he is coming off of a split decision win over Askar Askar in his last outing, which helped him rebound from a split decision defeat to Dan Argueta earlier this year. Overall, this should be a competitive fight between two solid bantamweights looking to claim a piece of gold. Gafurov, though, opened as the slight favorite.
- In the co-main event of LFA 144, we have Jordan Heiderman taking on Daiqwon Buckley at heavyweight. Heiderman is coming off of a stint on The Ultimate Fighter where he went 1-1 overall in the house. Prior to TUF, Heiderman was 5-0 as a pro with four of those wins coming in LFA. As for Buckley, he is 3-0 as a pro and he made his pro debut for LFA last year. With his name value, it makes sense that Heiderman is the favorite. However, Buckley is a live dog.
