UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 takes place on Saturday, June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 303 Odds
Alex Pereira -150
Jiri Prochazka +130
Diego Lopes -150
Brian Ortega +130
Roman Dolidze -170
Anthony Smith +145
Mayra Bueno Silva -238
Macy Chiasson +195
Ian Garry -115
Michael Page -105
Joe Pyfer -162
Marc-Andre Barriault +136
Andre Fili -155
Cub Swanson +130
Charles Jourdain -198
Jean Silva +164
Payton Talbott -298
Yanis Ghemmouri +240
Gillian Robertson -278
Michelle Waterson-Gomez +225
Martin Buday -278
Andrei Arlovski +225
Rei Tsuruya -162
Carlos Hernandez +136
Ricky Simon -175
Vinicius de Oliveira +145
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC 303 Opening Odds:
- The main event sees Alex Pereira rematch Jiri Prochazka for the UFC light heavyweight title. These two met in the main event of UFC 295 last year, and Pereira knocked Prochazka out to win the vacant title. Since then, Pereira has knocked out Jamahal Hill in his first title defense, while Prochazka earned this rematch after knocking out Aleksandar Rakic. This fight was booked on short notice so it will be interesting to see how that factor plays into this bout. The bookies opened up Pereira as the favorite, but you can’t count out Prochazka from winning.
- The co-main event features Diego Lopes against Brian Ortega at featherweight. Lopes has been one of the hottest featherweights in the sport and looks to be someone the promotion wants to build as a title contender. As for Ortega, he is coming off an impressive comeback win over Yair Rodriguez. This fight was booked on short notice so it will be interesting to see how the fighters perform. Lopes opened up as the betting favorite for this bout, but this is a step up in competition and it would be a mistake to count out Ortega from possibly winning this match.
