Check out the betting odds for Saturday’s UFC Brooklyn card, where the UFC’s bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw is favored over the company’s flyweight king Henry Cejudo in the main event.
UFC Brooklyn goes down this Saturday, marking the promotion’s first event of 2019 as well as their first show on ESPN+. Bloody Elbow has the betting odds. The top of the billing involves a champion vs. champion matchup. The UFC’s flyweight king Henry Cejudo is stepping up a division to challenge bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw.
Dillashaw opened up as a sturdy betting favorite with a mark of -175, and has since drifted out to a stronger line of -210. Cejudo began his UFC Brooklyn betting life as a +135 underdog, but now sits with a thicker dog tag of +175.
The over/under for the UFC on ESPN+ 1 main event has been set at 4.5 rounds. ‘Over 4.5 rounds’ owns the favored line at -130, with ‘under 4.5 rounds’ sitting in the underdog role at +110.
The oddsmakers have this one going the full 25 minutes. The prop bet ‘fight goes to decision’ enjoys the favored moneyline at -135, with ‘fight doesn’t go to decision’ being found at a slight underdog mark of +105.
The UFC Brooklyn co-main event will take place in the heavyweight division. Making his UFC debut, the controversial 3-0 Greg Hardy is one of the heaviest betting favorites on the entire card with a mega-moneyline of -490. His opponent, the 9-3 Allen Crowder, is searching for his first UFC win as a hefty +390 underdog.
The over/under for this heavyweight tilt has been set at 1.5 rounds. The bookies believe this one will end rather early. The prop bet ‘under 1.5 rounds’ sports a stout favored line of -300, with ‘over 1.5 rounds’ floating around the +250 range.
It follows then, that not many people believe the co-main event will go the distance. ‘Fight doesn’t go to decision’ sits with a super-favored line of -900. ‘Fight doesn’t go to decision’ owns a hefty underdog line of +540.
The betting lines have Greg Hardy favored to finish inside the distance, as well as in the first round. ‘Hardy wins by TKO’ can be had for -305, ‘Hardy wins inside the distance’ sits at -350, and ‘Hardy wins in round 1’ can be scooped for -230. As for his opposition, ‘Crowder wins by TKO’ is at +575, “Crowder wins inside the distance’ sits at +515, and ‘Crowder wins in round 1’ can be had for a whopping +950.
The UFC Brooklyn main card will air live on ESPN+ at 10:00 PM ET. The early prelims will start at 6:00 PM ET in the same place.
Check out the UFC on ESPN+ 1 betting odds, courtesy of OddsShark.com:
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Prelims:
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