It is simple for lovers and sport bettors to miss UFC 224 while awaiting CM Punk’s redemption fight at UFC 225, the champion vs. champion match-up in UFC 226 or the rumored Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz bout at UFC 227.
That would be a mistake.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is becoming an exciting fight card with intriguing alternatives for gamblers looking to parlay prelim fights with main-card bouts. The actual cash on this card will be made by betting on stoppages, decisions or the over-under on rounds; not on digging to discover underdogs to lose money on.
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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington, Preview, Betting Picks: Nunes vs. Pennington, Souza vs. Gastelum, Okeinik vs. Albini and much more UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington, Preview, Betting Picks: Nunes vs. Pennington, Souza vs. Gastelum, Okeinik vs. Albini and much more Let us begin with the card’s most important event women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes (-1400) and Racquel Pennington (+800). Pennington enters UFC 224 to a four-fight winning streak, with her last loss coming from split decision to former bantamweight champion and present featherweight contender Holly Holm.
That streak of achievement will jump off the page to people hoping to bet on a title underdog to upset a champion that nonetheless has a lot to prove, but if you dig deeper you find that Pennington’s streak is a bit of a mirage.
“Rocky” has just stopped two of her last 10 opponents. The two of those opponents, Jessica Andrade (strawweight) and Ashlee Evans-Smith (flyweight), are currently competing in weight reduction classes. Pennington needed a split decision to defeat Bethe Correia, which isn’t a terrific vote of confidence for all those hoping she’ll conquer Nunes.
Pennington’s latest wins were against Elizabeth Phillips along with a deflated Meisha Tate — equally also coming by decision. The cherry on top of the”don’t fall for the underdog narrative” cautionary tale is that the fact that Pennington has not happened since November 2016 and has been thrust to this title battle.
The winner Amanda Nunes has been much more striking in her last 10 fights, which explains why she’s such a heavy favourite.
Since the Start of 2016, Nunes retains two wins over Valentina Shevchenko, a first-round submission of Miesha Tate and Sara McMann, and a totally demolishing knockout of Ronda Rousey.
Actually, the only individuals to take Nunes beyond the first round of a fight was Shevchenko and Cat Zingano, who ceased Nunes with strikes in UFC 178.
Nunes has increased a lot since then and the wise cash points at her stopping Pennington in two and a half rounds that’s presently in -135. If the rounds frighten you, but wish to still put money on Nunes, subsequently Nunes by TKO in +120 is a much safer way to play with it. (Note: all likelihood herein come from William Hill.)
There is a threat with this bet. Pennington has just been stopped once in her career, coincidentally also in the hands of Cat Zingano. For individuals with their hearts set on betting the puppy, Pennington losing by decision (Nunes by UD in +325) is your best option because the figures say that an upset is not happening on Saturday night.
Speaking of live puppies, the UFC 224 co-main is where creative bets can lead to cashing a substantial ticket.
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