It is simple for fans and sport bettors to miss UFC 224 while looking forward toward CM Punk’s redemption struggle at UFC 225, the champion vs. champion match-up at UFC 226 and also the rumored Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz bout at UFC 227.
That’d be a mistake.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is getting 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 even the over-under on rounds; not on digging to find underdogs to drop 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 on a four-fight winning streak, with her final loss coming by split decision to former bantamweight champion and current featherweight contender Holly Holm.
That run of achievement may jump off the page to people expecting to bet on a title underdog to upset a winner that nonetheless has a lot to prove, but when you dig deeper you find that Pennington’s streak is a bit of a mirage.
“Rocky” has just ceased two of her last 10 competitions. The two of those opponents, Jessica Andrade (strawweight) and Ashlee Evans-Smith (flyweight), are now competing in weight reduction classes. Pennington had a split decision to defeat Bethe Correia, which isn’t a great vote of confidence for all those expecting she’ll beat 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 this”don’t fall for the underdog narrative” cautionary tale is the fact that Pennington hasn’t happened since November 2016 and is being thrust to this title fight.
The winner Amanda Nunes has been much more impressive in her last 10 fights, which explains why she is such a heavy favorite.
Since the beginning of 2016, Nunes holds two wins within Valentina Shevchenko, a first-round entry of Miesha Tate and Sara McMann, and an absolutely demolishing knockout of Ronda Rousey.
Actually, the only individuals to take Nunes past the initial round of a fight was Shevchenko and Cat Zingano, who stopped Nunes with strikes at UFC 178.
Nunes has increased a lot since then and the smart cash points at her quitting Pennington within two and a half dozen rounds that’s currently at -135. In the event the rounds scare you, but want to still invest in Nunes, subsequently Nunes by TKO at +120 is a safer way to play with it. (Note: all of odds herein come from William Hill.)
There’s a threat with this bet. Pennington has only been stopped once in her profession, coincidentally also in the hands of Cat Zingano. For those with their hearts set on betting the puppy, Pennington losing by decision (Nunes by UD in +325) is the very best bet since the figures say that an upset isn’t happening on Saturday night.
Speaking of live dogs, the UFC 224 co-main is where creative bets can lead to cashing a hefty ticket.
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