UFC Kansas City: Machado Garry vs. Prates takes place on Saturday, April 26, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, 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 Kansas City Odds
Ian Machado Garry -125
Carlos Prates +105
Zhang Mingyang -549
Anthony Smith +350
David Onama -145
Giga Chikadze +125
Michel Pereira -145
Abusupiyan Magomedov +125
Randy Brown -225
Nicolas Dalby +190
Ikram Aliskerov -700
Andre Muniz +525
Matt Schnell -325
Jimmy Flick +275
Evan Elder -230
Gauge Young +195
Cameron Saaiman -150
Malcolm Wellmaker +120
Jaqueline Amorim -250
Polyana Viana +210
Joselyne Edwards -225
Chelsea Chandler +190
Chris Gutierrez -110
John Castaneda -110
Da’Mon Blackshear -350
Heili Alateng +285
Timothy Cuamba -160
Roberto Romero +140
Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC Kansas City Opening Odds:
- In the main event of UFC Kansas City, welterweights Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates meet for five or fewer rounds. Machado Garry is coming off a close loss to Shavkat Rakhmonov, which showed he is one of the best fighters in the division despite losing. As for Prates, he is 4-0 with four knockout wins in the UFC. This is a tricky fight to predict just based on the fact that Prates is getting a step up in competition, but at the same time, it’s difficult to doubt this man.
- In the co-main event, we have a battle of light heavyweights as Anthony Smith fights for the final time in the UFC against Zhang Mingyang. Smith has been one of the top light heavyweights in the UFC for the better part of the last decade, but he has lost his last two fights in a row and looked pretty bad in both of them. Mingyang, meanwhile, has a long winning streak going on at the moment and is 2-0 in the UFC with two brutal knockout wins. Just based on where their careers are going, you have to pick Mingyang to win this fight.
