Who do bettors like at UFC 206 on Saturday night? The main event in Toronto has Max Holloway favored against Anthony Pettis in an interim featherweight title fight. There are five fights on the main pay-per-view portion of the card and seven on the preliminary card on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. This should be a very competitive card as there are no huge favorites and only four fights where the odds are more than 2-1. Let’s take a look at who bettors are taking on Saturday at UFC 206.
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Max Holloway -210 vs. Anthony Pettis
Bettors have a very strong opinion on this fight as they have been pounding Holloway. The line on this fight opened with Holloway a -160 favorite and that number is now up to -210. This is the biggest fight of the weekend for bettors.
Pettis has not looked nearly as good lately as he did earlier in his career. Pettis won the lightweight title by beating Benson Henderson in 2013 and then beat Gilbert Melendez in a title defense. He then faced Rafael dos Anjos who pressured him to no end and Pettis lost the title. He has never been the same since losing to dos Anjos in March of last year. Eddie Alvarez pressured Pettis in the next fight in January of this year and won a split decision and then Edson Barboza dominated Pettis at UFC 197 in April. Pettis did bounce back to beat Charles Oliveira in his first fight at featherweight but beating Oliveria is one thing; beating Holloway is something else.
If the recent fights by Pettis are any indication he won’t be able to handle the pressure of Holloway but Pettis believes his move to 145 lbs has benefited him. “The cut to 145, it levels the playing field,” Pettis said. “I’m just as big as these guys, I’m stronger and they’re not going to hold me on the canvas, they’re not going to hold me on the cage because they don’t have the strength to do it.”
Donald Cerrone -275 vs. Matt Brown
Bettors also like the favorite in this fight although not nearly to the extent that they are backing Holloway. Cerrone opened as a -265 favorite and that number is up to -275.
Dooho Choi -220 vs. Cub Swanson
There has been a little bit of movement toward the underdog in this one as Choi opened up at -225 and is down to -220.
Tim Kennedy -140 vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Bettors are backing the underdog in this fight as Kennedy opened up as a -160 favorite and that is now down to -140.
Jordan Mein -160 vs. Emil Weber Meek
Bettors are taking a small opinion on Mein in this fight as the number opened at -156 and is up to -160.
Misha Cirkunov -125 vs. Nikita Krylov
Bettors have been backing Cirkunov a little bit in this fight as the number opened at -120 and went up to -130 before dropping back down to the current -125.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier -165 vs. Drew Dober
Bettors like the favorite a little bit in this fight as Aubin-Mercier opened at -160 and the number is up to -165.
Valerie Letourneau -175 vs. Viviane Pereira
This is another bout where the bettors like the favorite a little bit as Letourneau opened at -170 and is up to -175.
Mitch Gagnon -156 vs. Matthew Lopez
This is one of the few fights where bettors are backing the underdog as Gagnon opened up at -160 and is now down to -156.
Lando Vannata -175 vs. John Makdessi
The number on this one opened up with Vannata at -170 and it is up to -175.
Rustam Khabilov -200 vs. Jason Saggo
This number opened at -200 and briefly went up to -210 before settling back down to the current -200.
Zach Makovsky -160 vs. Dustin Ortiz
Bettors like the underdog a little bit in this fight as Makovsky opened at -165 and the number is down to -160.
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