UFC on ESPN 15 Odds

Kirik Jenness

August 22, 2020

UFC on ESPN 15 will be held on Saturday, August 22, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 will be held on Saturday, August 15, 2020, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

These are The Odds, courtesy of Joey Oddessa. Follow the Father of MMA Odds on Twitter.

FRANKIE EDGAR +198
PEDRO MUNHOZ -278

OVINCE SAINT PREUX +104
ALONZO MENIFIELD -134

MARCIN PRACHNIO +179
MIKE RODRIGUEZ -239

SHANA DOBSON +833
MARIYA AGAPOVA -1508

TAKASHI SATO +159
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ -189

AMANDA LEMOS +107
MIZUKI INOUE -137

AUSTIN HUBBARD +109
JOE SOLECKI -139

CARLTON MINUS -124
MATTHEW SEMELSBERGER -106

MARK STRIEGL +306
TIMUR VALIEV -606

How Odds Work

Unlike a spread on an NFL game where one team is ahead by a certain number of points (ex. Saints +7), in MMA fights, the line on the game is called a moneyline. These are the +/- used on UFC broadcasts. The figure is how much money you have to bet in order to win $100 (-), and how much a $100 bet will earn (+). They are perhaps best explained via example:

FRANKIE EDGAR +198
PEDRO MUNHOZ -278

In this fight, Munhoz is the -278 favorite, meaning if you bet $278 on him and he wins, you would profit $100. If he were to lose though, you would lose the full $278.

If you were to bet on Edgar at +198 if you bet $100 on him and he wins the fight, you will profit $198. If he were to lose the fight, you would lose your original $100 bet.

Depending on how people are betting on the fights, the odds can shift from the moment they open, right up until the night of the fights.

The sport is built on moments that make you involuntary think “HOLY F***ING S***!!!” Those can come at any time, on any portion of the card, from any fighter. Thus, some bettors look to the underdogs, sometimes big ones, as the best bets.

And some say never bet until the weigh-ins, which stream Friday at Noon ET.