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Despite Miesha Tate’s big title win over Holly Holm, she is still a big betting underdog for a third Ronda Rousey fight.

Ronda Rousey got knocked out by Holly Holm. Meisha Tate finished Holm by submission. But bookmakers clearly are more interested in the two bouts between Rousey and Tate when it comes to setting betting lines for their expected third bout later this year. Rousey, who has defeated Tate twice by submission, is still the betting favorite, though the line is not quite as lopsided as it was when it opened. Check it out, via BestFightOdds:

or those new to BestFightOdds, they take the lines from many sports books and offer the best on each side in the handy chart above. If you’d like to see what each book is offering individually, you can do that over at their site.

Rousey opened at -1200 with one agency, with Tate at +600. But that quickly came down to what we’re looking at right now. Rousey is still as high as -625 on some sites and there is a large difference in the lines as sites continue to add them. But one thing is for certain – Tate will be an underdog in her first title defense.

It’s unclear when Rousey/Tate 3 will take place due to Rousey’s movie schedule, but I’d expect it to happen later this year.

Put your shirt on, bro.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fans in Stockton, Calif., went apeshit when hometown hero Nate Diaz submitted featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the UFC 196 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last Saturday night (March 5, 2015) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Diaz, who improves to 19-10 with the twelfth submission win of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, entered the welterweight contest as a +300 underdog. Unfortunately for “Notorious,” the wily slugger managed to weather the Irish storm, then come back and seal the deal in round two.

In defeat, McGregor (19-3) returns to the featherweight division to defend his title at UFC 200, presumably against Frankie Edgar or perhaps even Jose Aldo. No telling what lies ahead for Diaz, but UFC President Dana White seems to think the UFC 196 payouts will have something to say about it.

For much more on UFC 196 click here.

Poland’s top promotion announced Khalidov vs. Karaoglu and Pudzianowski vs. Rozalski for KSW 35 in Gdansk, Poland.

Following a successful start to 2016 in Warsaw last week with three title fights at KSW 34, the promotion announced a series of entertaining fights for their upcoming show in May.

During the live broadcast, the Polish promotion confirmed that middleweight champion Mamed Khalidov will defend his title against Germany’s Aziz Karaoglu. The event will also feature a co-main event heavyweight bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski and Polish legend Marcin Rozalski. The event will also include a rematch between Kendall Grove and former middleweight title holder Michal Materla.

Khalidov was crowned the first two-division champ in KSW history when he defeated Materla in a little over 30 seconds at KSW 33. His flying knee TKO victory was just the latest in his resume of exciting finishes and he will look to add another one to his record when he challenges the renowned power-puncher Karaoglu. The German is coming off a rapid KO victory against Maiquel Falcao.

Pudzianowski had his win streak snapped at KSW 32 in London when he suffered a TKO loss to Peter Graham in the evening’s main event. He will look to rebound with a victory over one of Poland’s most endearing fighters in Rozalski.

KSW 35 takes place May 28 at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.

Current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight titleholder Rafael dos Anjos was scheduled to fight reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor in last Saturday night’s (March 5, 2016) UFC 196 pay-per-view (PPV) main event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Until a broken foot forced him to withdraw.

That prompted UFC matchmakers — after consulting with McGregor — to peg Nate Diaz as the Brazilian’s stand in, which led to an improbable, second-round submission win on just 11 days notice. Dos Anjos, like the rest of the world, tuned in for their 170-pound headliner.

And told MMA Hour he was not impressed.

“Conor did not show a lot of heart. He’s a lion when he’s punching. When he’s getting punched? He becomes a little cat. He has a chicken heart. Everyone saw the truth last Saturday. Even Holly Holm went to sleep without tapping. How are you gonna tap on the neck? On the choke? Go to sleep, be a man. Holly Holm showed more heart than him. He doesn’t deserve (another) fight at 155 pounds. He just got submitted by No. 5 lightweight in the rankings on 10 days notice. A lot of people say, ‘Ah, Conor went up two weight divisions!’ No, Nate Diaz is a 155-pound fighter. He did not fight Robbie Lawler. He did not fight Johny Hendricks. He fought Nate Diaz, which is 155.”

Dos Anjos is open to a future McGregor fight, but only after “Notorious” gets a few more wins under his belt.

That means returning to the featherweight division to face Frankie Edgar, or perhaps Jose Aldo, who was smoked in the UFC 194 main event last December. No McGregor fight means no career-altering payday, but that doesn’t seem to bother Dos Anjos.

“Money is not the most important for me,” he said. “I’m really happy with how much I make and I have everything in my life. Life is not all about money.”

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor doesn’t seem to want to dwell on his first UFC loss, and has been nothing but complimentary of the man who defeated him, Nate Diaz

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor may have suffered a major loss on Saturday at UFC 196, but the Irishman doesn’t appear to be allowing this to keep him down. After losing via submission against lightweight contender Nate Diaz, McGregor kept an outlook rooted in determination during the post-fight press conference and seemed resigned to continue onward and not dwell on the loss, instead looking at the experience as an opportunity to grow and learn (courtesy of Marc Raimondi at MMAFighting).

“It’s a tough pill to swallow, but we can either run from adversity or we can face our adversity head on and conquer it, and that’s what I plan to do. It wasn’t ideal, I got caught. It is what it is. I’ll face it. I’ll take it on the chin. And I’ll carry on. I’ll learn from it. And that’s it.”

He also showed a great degree of praise for his opponent, Nate Diaz. McGregor lauded the Stockton native for his tenacity and ability to capitalize on the opportunities presented during the fight.

“I enjoyed the fact that a person could take the shots and keep coming, he kept his composure. He went into almost autopilot mode with the shots. His face was busted up. And I went into panic mode. It was just a shift of energy and he capitalized on it. I think with a bit of adjustment and a bit of recognition it must take more than one, more than two, more than three to put the heavier man away. I think if I go in with that mindset at a heavier weight I think I will do fine again.”

More than anything, it seems to be all credit and not much in the way of excuses or lack of acknowledgment of Diaz’s talent and/or performance overall. No immediate plans for either fighter was made after the event, although various ideas have been tossed around. Given his propensity for getting into major controversies and big fights, it won’t be long before we hear from him again.