UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley takes place on Saturday, August 19 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. 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.
UFC 292 Odds
Aljamain Sterling -220
Sean O’Malley +185
Weili Zhang -550
Amanda Lemos +400
Ian Garry -400
Neil Magny +300
Mario Bautista -270
Da’Mon Blackshear +230
Marlon Vera -170
Pedro Munhoz +145
Brad Tavares -325
Chris Weidman +275
Gregory Rodrigues -400
Denis Tiuliulin +330
Andre Petroski -170
Gerald Meerschaert +145
Natalia Silva -300
Andrea Lee +250
Maryna Moroz -135
Karine Silva +115
Austin Hubbard -115
Kurt Holobaugh -105
Brad Katona -155
Cody Gibson +135
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC 292 Opening Odds:
- The main event of UFC 292 is a bantamweight title fight between champion Aljamain Sterling and top contender Sean O’Malley. Sterling has won his last nine fights in a row including a split decision win over former champion Henry Cejudo in his last fight. As for O’Malley, he is coming off of one of the biggest wins of his career when he defeated Petr Yan via split decision. Against Sterling, O’Malley figures to be in tough against a superior grappler. But if he is able to keep this fight standing, then he would absolutely have a chance to pull off the upset. Still, with Sterling having superior grappling and being the champ, he deserves to be favored to win this.
- In the co-main event, we have Weili Zhang against Amanda Lemos for the UFC women’s strawweight title. Zhang is coming off two straight wins, while Lemos is coming off two straight victories in her own right. Zhang is the champion of the division, so it makes sense that she is favored to win this fight. But Lemos is a hard-hitting fighter with nasty submission skills, and you can’t count her out of winning this fight, although the opening odds lean heavily to Zhang.
