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12-to-6 Elbows, which are downward strikes straight up and down with elbows, have been banned by MMA rules for years. The definition of a downed fighter has also been changed. As of Tuesday, July 23, those elbow strikes have now been deemed legal by the Association of Boxing Commissions. This could mean an overturning of Jon Jones’ only loss on his resume, which came against Matt Hamill in...

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been in hot water with the law numerous times in his career. This time, Jones is charged with two misdemeanors stemming from an incident with a drug-testing agent. Jones is slated to fight in 2024 as he returns to the octagon after various injuries. UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is unquestionably one of the best mixed martial artists of all t...

Khabib Nurmagomedov is a legend in mixed martial arts, retiring in October 2020 with a 29-0 record after his father passed away. Nurmagomedov allegedly has tax issues with Russia and has moved to the United Arab Emirates to gain citizenship. There are odds out on whether Nurmagomedov will fight again in the UFC in light of his alleged tax problems. There is no question that Khabib Nurm...

Following an impressive win over Marlon Vera at UFC 299, bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley called out featherweight titleholder Ilia Topuria. Topuria initially rejected the fight and instead told O’Malley to focus on fighting Merab Dvalishvili first. Topuria opened as a heavy favorite in a potential future fight against O’Malley. Sean O’Malley (18-1-0), 29, impressively defended his ...

Dricus Du Plessis defeated Sean Strickland via split decision for the middleweight title at UFC 297. Du Plessis is rumored to defend his middleweight title versus Israel Adesanya at UFC 300. Oddsmakers are giving Adesanya a slight edge over Du Plessis as the betting favorite. According to BetOnline, former two-time UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-3-0) is favored to win a ...

Tom Aspinall won the UFC interim heavyweight title with a 69-second knockout of Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295. Following the win, Aspinall challenged Jon Jones to a heavyweight championship unification bout. Online bookmakers have inserted Jones as a betting favorite over Aspinall in a potential fight. Tom Aspinall (14-3-0) made easy work of Sergei Pavlovich (18-2-0) in New York City at ...

Khamzat Chimaev defeated Kamaru Usman by majority decision in the co-main event at UFC 294. Chimaev has opened as a convincing betting favorite in a potential fight for the UFC middleweight championship versus Sean Strickland. Strickland does not believe that Chimaev has earned a title fight. Khamzat Chimaev (13-0-0) is looking ahead to his next challenge after earning a majority decis...

Bo Nickal is the biggest betting favorite at the UFC 285 main card but is the only favorite not to have the backing of the betting public.Valentina Shevchenko has the majority of the dollars but lags in betting tickets against Alexa Grasso.Despite a 3-year inactivity, Jon Jones has the backing of BetOnline bettors with 69% of the money and 71% of the tickets against Cyril Gane. At -2000 odds, ...

Valentina Shevchenko has opened as the massive -600 favorite against Alexa Grasso (+425). Shevchenko will defend her UFC women’s flyweight title against Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4th. The bout will be Shevchenko’s 8th defense of the UFC women’s flyweight belt and Grasso’s first-ever world title fight. UFC women’s s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has debuted as a heavy betting favor...

Jamahal Hill is the -150 favorite to beat Glover Teixeira (+130) at UFC 283 on January 21, 2023, in Brazil. UFC President Dana White announced last Saturday that Hill and Teixeira will fight for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title next month. Teixeira was supposed to fight Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 282 before he was replaced by Jan Blachowicz. Jamahal Hill has opened as the slight bett...

Henry Cejudo has opened as the betting underdog against Aljamain Sterling. Cejudo’s manager made a claim last Monday that Cejudo vs Sterling is a “done deal”. Triple C completed last month the six-month drug testing period required to return from a two-year retirement. The betting odds for the potential Henry Cejudo vs Aljamain Sterling UFC bantamweight title fight have moved to Cejudo’...

Ryan Bader has opened as the massive -400 favorite versus Fedor Emelianenko (+300). Bader and Emelianenko will headline Bellator 290 on February 4, 2023, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Bader knocked out Emelianenko in just 35 seconds when they first fought in 2019. Ryan Bader has opened as a massive betting favorite to defeat Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 290 on February 4th...

Alexander Volkanovski has opened as the +300 betting underdog against Islam Makhachev. Makhachev, who won the UFC lightweight title last weekend, hit the betting boards as the -400 favorite to beat Volkanovski. Volkanovski was listed at a shorter +180 odds as the UFC 280 backup fighter with Makhachev opening at -210 odds. Alexander Volkanovski has opened as a sizable betting underdo...

Down four rounds to none and with one minute left in Round 5, Leon Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman in the UFC 278 main event. .Usman was listed at -10000 at the start of Round 5 via BetMGM and was a -5000 at the same time in the bout at BetOnline.ag Canadian music star Drake lost nearly $500K in bets at UFC 278, including two prop bets on Usman totaling close to $200K. The UFC 278 ...