UFC Fight Night 35 took place tonight live from Duluth, GA, and the event was overall pretty surprising as a number of underdogs came through while a number of big favorites struggled in victory. Overall, nine favorites won while three underdogs cashed. Here’s a betting recap of UFC Fight Night 35 based on the closing odds at Several Bookmakers: UFC Fight Night 35 Betting Favorites That Won In the main event of the evening, Luke Rockhold defeated Costas Philippou via first-round TKO (kick to the body). An amazing win for Rockhold, who won as a -405 favorite (bet $405 to win $100), while Philippou took a big hit to his stock with a loss as a +360 dog (bet $100 to win $360). In a bantamweight bout, TJ Dillashaw outclassed Mike Easton en route to a unanimous decision win. Dillashaw looks like a real 135-pound contender as he won as a -315 favorite, while Easton lost as a +285 dog. In a middleweight bout, Yoel Romero came back from being down two rounds to destroy Derek Brunson in the third round for his third-straight victory in the Octagon. Romero looked amazing in the third round and won as a -210 fav, while Brunson unfortunately lost as a +190 live dog. In a split decision that was considered controversial, John Moraga won out on the judges’ scorecards over Dustin Ortiz. This was a close fight but most though Ortiz won two rounds. But the judges gave it to Moraga, and he won as a -210 fav while Ortiz lost as a +190 dog. In a featherweight bout, Cole Miller looked amazing as he beat down Sam Sicilia via second-round submission (rear-naked choke). Miller had an all-world performance and won as a -120 favorite while Sicilia lost as a +110 dog. In a lightweight bout, Ramsey Nijem took out Justin Edwards via unanimous decision in a very fun fight. it was a close fight but Nijem took it as a -155 fav and Edwards lost as a +145 dog. In a lightweight contest, Elias Silverio showed his true potential with a dominant decision victory over Isaac Vallie-Flagg. Silverio put on a breakthrough performance to cash as a -175 fav, while Vallie-Flagg lost as a +165 dog. In a middlewieght bout, Trevor Smith defeated Brian Houston via split decision. It was a close fight, but Smith got the nod as a -130 fav while Houston lost as a +120 dog. In a lightweight bout, Vinc Pichel dominated Garrett Whiteley to a unanimous decision win. Pichel won as a -150 favorite and Whiteley lost as a +140 dog. UFC Fight Night 35 Betting Underdogs That Won In the co-main event of the evening, Brad Tavares defeated Lorenz Larkin via unanimous decision. Tavares outworked Larkin in the first two rounds to win as a +240 dog, while Larkin lost as a -260 favorite. In a preliminary flyweight bout, Louis Smolka defeated Alp Ozkelic via unanimous decision. Smolka used an impressive jab and had better cardio as he outlasted Ozkelic and won as a +248 dog, while Ozkelic lost as a -270 fav. In the first fight of the night, Beneil Dariush defeated Charlie Brenneman via first-round submission (rear-naked choke). Dariush knocked down Brenneman early with strikes then took his back and subbed him out to win as a +185 dog, while Brenneman lost as a -200 fav.
