Midnight Mania! Betting Odds Release For Cejudo Vs. Shevchenko!

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As with all my favorite headline topics, we’re definitely going “weird” tonight.

A couple days ago, double-champ — or triple, if one was to ask the man himself — Henry Cejudo issued a challenge to women’s Flyweight queen, Valentina Shevchenko, for the “intergender” championship. For the most part, “Bullet” smartly laughed it off, but still was emphatic that she feared no challenge.

In the words of many self help books, putting something out into the universe is the first step to making it a reality. As a result of Cejudo’s callout, Bovada has released opening odds for the extremely hypothetical match, setting Cejudo as an 11-1 favorite over his fellow strap-hanger.

If I were to entertain the match up actually happening, I personally would set the spread far further, but it’s all pretty irrelevant. This fight will never happen; it’s just a (successful) attempt from Cejudo to agitate fight fans and get them talking about him.

“Triple C” might want to avoid windows for a little while though…

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Sleep well Maniacs! There’s always more martial arts madness on the way.