Opening Betting Odds for UFC Vegas 105: Emmett vs. Murphy

UFC Vegas 105: Emmett vs. Murphy takes place on Saturday, April 5, at the UFC Apex 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 Vegas 105 Odds

Lerone Murphy -298
Josh Emmett +240

Joanderson Brito -180
Pat Sabatini +150

Cortavious Romious -250
Chang Ho Lee +205

Uran Satybaldiev -130
Martin Buday +110

Brad Tavares -142
Gerald Meerschaert +120

Torrez Finney -148
Robert Valentin +124

Luis Gurule -200
Ode Osbourne +170

Daniel Santos -205
Davey Grant +175

Dione Barbosa -350
Diana Belbita +285

Daniel Frunza -145
Rhys McKee +125

Loma Lookboonmee -400
Istela Nunes +330

Victor Henry -155
Pedro Falcao +135

Talita Alencar -150
Vanessa Demopoulos +130

Here are my quick thoughts on the UFC Vegas 105 Opening Odds:

• In the main event of UFC Vegas 105, we have Lerone Murphy taking on Josh Emmett in a key featherweight bout. Murphy is 7-0-1 in the UFC since he joined the promotion in 2019, and a win over Emmett would send him into the upper echelon at 145 lbs. As for Emmett, he joined the UFC in 2016 and has a 10-4 record while fighting the best guys in the world for several years. This should be a great fight, and the winner will be highly regarded in the UFC featherweight title picture. The oddsmakers opened Murphy as a big betting favorite to win this fight, but you can never count Emmett out of winning here.
• We have featherweights Joanderson Brito and Pat Sabatini meeting in the co-main event. Brito is 5-2 in the UFC and recently saw his five-fight win streak snapped when he lost a controversial split decision to William Gomis in his last fight. As for Sabatini, he is 6-2 in the UFC and most recently submitted Jonathan Pearce in his last fight. This should be a competitive matchup between two solid grapplers, but the oddsmakers opened up Birto as a small betting favorite to win.