UFC St. Louis: Lewis vs. Nascimento takes place on Saturday, May 11 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The offshore sportsbooks recently opened up the betting odds for the event, and MMAOB staff writer Adam Martin looks at the opening odds below.
UFC St. Louis Odds
Derrick Lewis -110
Rodrigo Nascimento -110
Joaquin Buckley -150
Nursultan Ruziboev +130
Carlos Ulberg -325
Alonzo Menifield +275
Mateusz Rebecki -250
Carlos Diego Ferreira +210
Alex Caceres -110
Sean Woodson -110
Robelis Despaigne -240
Waldo Cortes-Acosta +205
Viecheslav Borshchev -145
Chase Hooper +125
Esteban Ribovics -170
Terrance McKinney +145
Billy Goff -150
Trey Waters +130
Tecia Pennington -170
Tabatha Ricci +145
Jake Hadley -145
Charles Johnson +125
Kevin Jousset -310
Jared Gooden +250
JJ Aldrich -190
Veronica Hardy +165
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC St. Louis Opening Odds:
- In the main event, we have Derrick Lewis against Rodrigo Nascimento at heavyweight in a five-round bout. Lewis is coming off a one-sided loss to Jailton Almeida where he was taken down and held on the ground for 25 minutes. Nascimento, meanwhile, has won his last three fights in a row but this is a big step up in competition against a very experienced opponent. Even though Lewis has a bad ground game, he has the KO power to finish anyone.
- The co-main event features Joaquin Buckley against Nursulton Ruziboev at welterweight. Both men are coming off knockout wins at UFC Atlantic City, although it is worth noting that Ruziboev is dropping down to 170 lbs for this fight. Buckley has been on a series roll as of late in the UFC welterweight division and it looks like he has finally found the right weight class for himself. As for Ruziboev, he has looked awesome so far in the UFC but it remains to be seen what he will look like at welterweight. It should be a great fight but with Buckley having cut down to welterweight lately, he deserves to be the betting favorite in this fight.
